tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450808110059863576.post8738142098032355043..comments2023-03-31T04:26:26.549-04:00Comments on The News: Excuse Me? . . .Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12600635017582990845noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450808110059863576.post-87872136829587929852007-11-21T17:34:00.000-05:002007-11-21T17:34:00.000-05:00I guess you had to be there since from reading you...I guess you had to be there since from reading your post, I didn't see the same hostile vibe coming through her words. In my experience, I find that generally, store clerks don't think about what they are saying. They just spout whatever seems to fit with a doggedness that gets on my nerves too.<br><br>I'm glad you have plans. A turkey can just be too overwhelming for one person to eat :)<br><br>Oh, and $9 for a mediocre lunch? Time to find some new spots to hit in a hurry.mother of boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02883241640166979556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450808110059863576.post-31539433694154895552007-11-22T12:14:00.002-05:002007-11-22T12:14:00.002-05:00Well, I'm thinking that the East-Coaster/big c...Well, I'm thinking that the East-Coaster/big city dwellers will agree with me...you West-Coasters are softies. :)<br><br>I'm not against store cashiers and clerks trying to politely upsell me, but usually they say, can I interest you in blah blah blah, or would you like to get this as a gift yada yada yada.<br><br>This person went for direct personal questions that pried into my personal life. Of course I opened the door. I could have said no thanks, instead of giving personal information. But here in the city you just don't ask total strangers such personal questions.<br><br>(Well, you don't usually. There are some stereotypical personalities that can pull off, but she wasn't one of them.)<br><br>Her questions about my plans were not some casual good-will gesture either, she planning on proving that I knew some coffee drinkers that I could buy for, and when I wouldn't answer went out of her way to take one more dig.<br><br>"<b>Doooo</b> you have plans for Thanksgiving?" She asked. It was not a casual well wishing type of thing... anyway I'm rambling. But my point is for NYC standards, the direction of her questioning left the few New Yorkers that I've told so far gasping with shock.I. M. Bitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12600635017582990845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450808110059863576.post-61328499691637106062007-11-22T12:14:00.001-05:002007-11-22T12:14:00.001-05:00Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving! :)Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving! :)I. M. Bitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12600635017582990845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450808110059863576.post-57541488403055059462007-11-22T12:19:00.000-05:002007-11-22T12:19:00.000-05:00Okay, I just re-read the verbiage between us, and ...Okay, I just re-read the verbiage between us, and although I got the words right, I didn't adequately convey the tone in which she spoke. <br><br>It was insinuating, doubting, and accusing. Not the bubbly-high-pitched-nonsense voices that you usually expect from some young air-headed cashier.<br><br>She was out for blood.I. M. Bitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12600635017582990845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450808110059863576.post-42665655655873697722007-11-23T08:59:00.000-05:002007-11-23T08:59:00.000-05:00how weird.I was just in a starbucks ytd (I never g...how weird.<br><br>I was just in a starbucks ytd (I never go out of principle, but we wanted caffeine and a bathroom and Mark's mom had a coupon, hehe), and we didn't get the same treatment. Then again, we weren't in the city city, just the outskirts.<br><br>on the other hand...who knows what she would've said after she asked? maybe she saw you were annoyed and blurted this out as some kind of gesture.<br><br>anyway, yes, it's sometimes it's a little much, being bombarded all the time. Relentless, really.<br><br>hope you had a good one!Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13260829805068114560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450808110059863576.post-49419439414976631722007-11-27T11:03:00.000-05:002007-11-27T11:03:00.000-05:00Rudeness seems to be an East Coast specialty. I...Rudeness seems to be an East Coast specialty. I've lived all across the US and have never met anyone worse than East Coasters. I think that is one of the reasons why we tend not to get conversational with people we don't know (and yes, I consider myself an EC'er now). It's sad really. In most other places in the country, these small conversations are almost expected. However, rude tone is never acceptable anywhere.uncadan8http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218926845696488326noreply@blogger.com