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― am0n, Thursday, 26 April 2007 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

I have been called ma'am since I was like 24. it sucks.
i'm from virginia and am super polite to people in the service industry. but maybe that's from working at subway and olive garden in high school.

― Yerac, Thursday, 26 April 2007 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

i've stopped hanging out with people before who I thought were rude to the server.

― Yerac, Thursday, 26 April 2007 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

I think I became an asshole when I worked making ice cream in high school. One day I built a huge order for a guy with some like $8 sundae. I messed something up (vanilla waffle bowl instead of chocolate) and the dude watched me, standing right at the counter spend 5 minutes making that and all this other shit.

He goes, "I just have one question for you.... does that look like a chocolate waffle bowl to you?"

I should have told him to fuck off and quit there.

― THIS PIECE, RENDERED IN 1992-ERA CONSUMER-GRADE SOFTWARE, FEATURES A COMMENTARY , Thursday, 26 April 2007 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

^ err jw

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude ‫茄蕃‪, Thursday, 26 April 2007 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

diabolical fattey gets extra sundae for free, such is gluttony

― elmo argonaut, Thursday, 26 April 2007 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, working in retail really made me appreciate service industry types.

re: southern people being polite vs. northern people being polite: I think southerners have a bluntness that can come off as pretty rude (we are all really good at saying horrible things in a nice voice), but we observe common etiquette (saying ma'am, sir, excuse me, etc.) moreso than northerners, who maybe don't observe common etiquette as much but are less likely to say "oh you are such a dear" in that incredibly condescending, actually-I-think-you're-an-idiot way.

― jessie monster, Thursday, 26 April 2007 16:48 (nineteen years ago)

I think the majority of people in general aren't that bad, but it bothers me when young people don't offer their seats to older people on the T.

― jessie monster, Thursday, 26 April 2007 16:48 (nineteen years ago)

I didn't give him the fucking sundae. Dude also ordered cheeseburger, milkshake, coke, fries

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude ‫茄蕃‪, Thursday, 26 April 2007 16:50 (nineteen years ago)

^^^ wtf FATTY CENTRAL.

― jessie monster, Thursday, 26 April 2007 16:51 (nineteen years ago)

There may have been onion rings too but I don't remember. Or maybe it was fucking clam strips

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude ‫茄蕃‪, Thursday, 26 April 2007 16:51 (nineteen years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/elcorazon33/chinese.gif

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude ‫茄蕃‪, Thursday, 26 April 2007 16:51 (nineteen years ago)

my mom has been a chinese restaurant waitress for like 25 years. She won't let me eat fried rice or egg drop soup in any restaurant. she buries everything in the garden.

― Yerac, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:00 (nineteen years ago)

It's definitely not a generational thing. Kids will always be kids, but I've had plenty of foul experiences with aging MTA employees*, cranky medical office secretaries**, and law students of all ages***.

*...that can't be bothered to get off the phone/put down iPod
**...that demand I fax in my insurance card, then curtly ask what provider I have, and tell me they don't participate, bye. (I foudn your fucking office on Humana's website, bitch)
***...that think because I work in IT it's my personal duty to fix every little computer- or technology-related problem they may encounter at the library or at home

― BLASTOCYST, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:08 (nineteen years ago)

And I'm usually quite accommodating with computer questions even though my job has nothing to do with their laptops.

― BLASTOCYST, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:09 (nineteen years ago)

Or digital cameras.

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― BLASTOCYST, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:09 (nineteen years ago)

***...that think because I work in IT it's my personal duty to fix every little computer- or technology-related problem they may encounter at the library or at home

Argh, I'm like CALL FUCKING DESKTOP SUPPORT, YOU *PAY* FOR THEM TO DO THAT

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude ‫茄蕃‪, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:13 (nineteen years ago)

Also I'm not even PART of IT

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude ‫茄蕃‪, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:13 (nineteen years ago)

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― Catsupppppppppppppp dude ‫茄蕃‪, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:13 (nineteen years ago)

Admittedly, getting help with computers is always tough, and god knowz I need it too.

― BLASTOCYST, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:16 (nineteen years ago)

Just be glad you're not a plumber

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude ‫茄蕃‪, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:19 (nineteen years ago)

concubines don't cook, do they? they just fuck and dance.

Get me concubines, I'll live with takeout.

I am a 'rude' pedestrian in midtown -- ie, if yer not in a hurry, go the fuck to Paris if you want to 'boulevard' three abreast.

― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:23 (nineteen years ago)

oh I HATE slowwalkers who take up the whole sidewalk more than ANYTHING. I always pass them in an obviously huffy fashion.

― jessie monster, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:26 (nineteen years ago)

me too

*glad I live in a city full of fast walkers*

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude ‫茄蕃‪, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

people who stand on narrow sidewalks and hold conversations and then make me walk through them to get by.

― jessie monster, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

also suck.

― jessie monster, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

xpost haha jm just posted what I was gonna post

― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:28 (nineteen years ago)

re: sidewalk conversations

― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:28 (nineteen years ago)

I am just going to start hitting people.

― jessie monster, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:29 (nineteen years ago)

STUDENTS OUTSIDE DORMS ON SIDEWALK

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude ‫茄蕃‪, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:35 (nineteen years ago)

jon, you mean weinstein dorm stoop smokers? i was one of those once

― elmo argonaut, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:36 (nineteen years ago)

I actually do hit people who are in my way while walking. once I was walking in harlem, late to get somewhere and I accidentally hipchecked a little girl walking in the opp. direction and 4 seconds later I heard her mother yelling WHO HIT YOU??!!

I so did not turn around.

― Yerac, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

np: Ludacris - MOVE! (BITCH GET OUT THE WAY)

― am0n, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:40 (nineteen years ago)

fucking university place

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude ‫茄蕃‪, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:42 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.gridskipper.com/travel/gear/devious-gadget-knee-defender-225743.php

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude ‫茄蕃‪, Thursday, 26 April 2007 17:59 (nineteen years ago)

go go gadget knee defender

― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 26 April 2007 18:00 (nineteen years ago)

i mind the fuck out of my Ps and Qs and as a result i savor each and every moment i can interact with an old lady in a public setting

― iiiijjjj, Thursday, 26 April 2007 18:12 (nineteen years ago)

i once kicked someone's chihuahua, but it was an accident. he was darting all around and ran right in front of my foot!

― bell_labs, Thursday, 26 April 2007 18:15 (nineteen years ago)

ppl who STAND ON SUNBWAY STAIRS

― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 26 April 2007 18:42 (nineteen years ago)

SUBWAY STAIRS ANSWERING THEIR DEVICES

― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 26 April 2007 18:42 (nineteen years ago)

he was darting all around and ran right in front of my foot!

typical excuse of serial chihuahua abuser

― dmr, Thursday, 26 April 2007 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

my personal bugbear: when you (or anybody else) has to sneeze in public – and onlookers glare as if you've horribly offended them, instead of saying 'god bless you' or 'geshundheit' or whatever.

― remy bean, Thursday, 26 April 2007 20:43 (nineteen years ago)

^ azns

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude ‫茄蕃‪, Thursday, 26 April 2007 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

You know that term, "Kill 'em with kindness"? Y'all should move to The South and discover that it's damn-near a literal expression.

"HAY MORNIN' THERE, BUDDY! HOW YOU GETTING ALONG OKAY?"
"Can I just pay for this coffee, please?"

― Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 26 April 2007 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

when i was in India and someone sneezed I said god bless you and then was terrified I would be stoned. GET YOUR GODS STRAIGHT BEFORE YOU TRAVEL.

― Yerac, Thursday, 26 April 2007 21:00 (nineteen years ago)

i was in a pizza place, walking out with a pie. there's a woman ahead of me, pushing a stroller. she goes outside before me and then holds the door open for me. i smiled, but i did not say thank you. (when i hold the door for someone i don't expect a thank you.) anyway, she got all mad and was like "You know a THANK YOU for holding the door would have been nice." am i a dick, y/n?

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 26 April 2007 21:03 (nineteen years ago)

i just say bless you. why bring god into this?

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 26 April 2007 21:04 (nineteen years ago)

remy how many times has a stranger in passing said god bless you to you? ive had once instance in my life when i was visiting chicago & its actually managed to stick in my mind because i was so surprised by it

this might only be because i do the vast majority of my sneezing in private though

― deeznuts, Thursday, 26 April 2007 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

someone lit a cigarette in my subway car on the way to work today but I don't think it was so much conscious rudeness as just mentally ill / weird

so noticeable in a closed car tho. ugh.

― dmr, Thursday, 26 April 2007 21:14 (nineteen years ago)

mcdonalds employees who dont treat me like their superior

― deeznuts, Thursday, 26 April 2007 21:18 (nineteen years ago)

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Luzianne >>>> Lipton

― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 30 April 2007 05:42 (nineteen years ago)

I wonder what green iced tea tastes like? It is so bitter. Hm... iced jasmine tea. That would be awes.

― Trayce, Monday, 30 April 2007 06:00 (nineteen years ago)

/ is.

― remy bean, Monday, 30 April 2007 06:18 (nineteen years ago)

trayce ever have green tea ice cream

― JW, Monday, 30 April 2007 12:39 (nineteen years ago)

Luzianne >>>> Lipton

-- Curt1s Stephens, Monday, April 30, 2007 1:42 AM (6 hours ago)

spoken like a true southern person who grew up watching locally targeted commercials!!

laurel i think salada comes in a big box of not-individually wrapped bags.

― tehresa, Monday, 30 April 2007 12:45 (nineteen years ago)

speaking of commercials, i never tried tetley, how dat is?

― tehresa, Monday, 30 April 2007 12:48 (nineteen years ago)

Doesn't a true Tennessean use Sweetouchnee?

― Laurel, Monday, 30 April 2007 13:08 (nineteen years ago)

Guys you know what tea is really good iced? CHAMOMILE.

― nickalicious, Monday, 30 April 2007 14:14 (nineteen years ago)

I've actually never seen Luzianne commercials tehresa! It's just what my family uses.

― Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 00:41 (nineteen years ago)

trayce ever have green tea ice cream

Yeah that stuff is really tasty.

Also omg Nicka is OTM! Chammomile iced tea! OK I have to try this.

― Trayce, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 00:47 (nineteen years ago)

bell labs OTM way upthread. for those of us who prefer our iced tea unsweetend ITOEN is the shit. out here you can get a 24 pack at costco for like $7.

― g®▲Ðұ, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 01:04 (nineteen years ago)

no sweeteners or artificial shit. just fucking tea in a can.

― g®▲Ðұ, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 01:05 (nineteen years ago)

dick in a box has ruined/lol-ed a lot of things for me, but 'fucking tea in a can' is comedy

― rrrobyn, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 01:07 (nineteen years ago)

seriously though!

http://www.asianfoodgrocer.com/browseproducts/Itoen-Oolong-Tea-Can-11.5-FZ.HTML

― g®▲Ðұ, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 01:10 (nineteen years ago)

ooh i missed that upthread! i LOVE LOVE LOVE the itoen rose tea and have for years! for some reason that variety is often less available than others, but they're all awesome, and not sugary :)

SO GOOD:
http://itoen.com/img/products/215.jpg

― tehresa, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 01:14 (nineteen years ago)

i looks like they have a fancy-pants flagship stire in NYC:

http://www.itoen.com/store/index.cfm

― g®▲Ðұ, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 01:18 (nineteen years ago)

store

― g®▲Ðұ, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 01:18 (nineteen years ago)

styre

― rrrobyn, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 01:20 (nineteen years ago)

i drank some of that itoen tea in a plastic bottle when i was in nyc! but it was not rose flavoured. it was just straight up green uh both good and bad and i almost finished it before i could not deal with it anymore.
i like that black oolong can. (i don't like drinking from cans though!)

― rrrobyn, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 01:23 (nineteen years ago)

eleven years pass...

we never got this comported

― ɪmˈpəʊzɪŋ (darraghmac), Wednesday, 20 February 2019 00:28 (seven years ago)

please

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 21 February 2019 18:55 (seven years ago)

trayce ever have green tea ice cream

My fave type of icecream.

― nathom, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 00:43 (seven years ago)

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