Posted on 05/16/2004 6:08:28 AM PDT by nuconvert
I've been known to punch people this rude & stupid.
Yes, bring on Halli. 3 psi will rip off an ear lobe.
Object lessons work.
Words to queue by.
Told a lady in Wal-Mart last night her child (sitting up on the edge of the shopping cart) might fall and could be seriously injured. Woman went off on me. Asked her to calm down. Became angrier. Clerk happened to be passing by and offered to help her with what she was trying to find and I left to avoid a worse confrontation. So many Americans, bereft of the Word of God, have lost it.
I was at the horse races once at Bay Meadows, and a Vietnamese man rudely crowded in the betting line in front of my friend, a Viet Nam veteran (No, not John F'n Kerry -- I said FRIEND, not FIEND). My friend tapped him on the shoulder and said, "I used to paid to kill you guys!" The man quickly excused himself from the line.
and "bereft" of common sense.....
"I should have shot you in Saigon when I had the chance." Works well too.
Tell your friend I want to have his baby.
Without a doubt you had good intentions, but by expressing your concerns you may have tipped the woman over the edge. So many watchdogs are coming out of the woodwork to prevent any accidents that we have become risk-averse. No sharp edges on toys or playground equipment. Helmets on bike-riders. It never ends.
The fact that the woman was in the presence of the child indicates that she was on top of things and assuming the role of child protector. I don't condone rude, but I don't blame her for lashing out at more nannyism.
Shermans are dee vurst. And mein fater vas paid to kill peoples like zem.
The bad part? I haven't the slightest idea what he's talking about...but then I don't really care about reading what hollywierd sluts do.
It is time we all just ignore them and quit buying their drivel.
ROFLOL!
Thank you .
As a small woman, I get shoved in front of all of the time.
Most people have no manners any more.
I have taught my daughter from birth to have basic manners, and people act SO surprised and delighted because she says "Please" , "Thank you, " "You're Welcome! and "Excuse me!" without prompting.
Like a polite child is a strange creature from another planet or something!
And whats the deal with Elevators? SHEESH!
When the doors open, you're supposed to let people get out before you barge in.
Sharp elbow jabs to the ribs seem to get the point across...sigh.
Sorry, I tend to over-react to this kinda shallowness. Last week on DC metro my wife almost got run over by idiots barging in - so I literally extended both arms and PUSHED both lanes of traffic back off so we could exit without being trampled. Shouted at them too. I'm sure they thought *I* was the one being rude. LOL.
LOL!
. . .and no need to qualify that it was not 'effinkery'; unless your friend was second in line.
Kerry excuses himself politley as well; :DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!# . .. and there can be no doubt about it.
This is a sure and needed laugh! Thx.
Well, people like you and I need to understand that OUR time is not as important as THEIRS! LOL!
I live way too close to Ann Arbor, which is where I generally encounter the behavior.
DC must be simply AWFUL for it.
Another pet-peeves is aggressive soccer moms with a stroller AND a cell-phone....OBLIVIOUS. One of them about ran over my daughter two weeks ago....just chatting away, never noticed.....
See, the reason she's mad at you, if the kids falls out of the cart and smashes his head on the floor she can sue Wal-Mart for a kajillion bucks and she can support her family in style. But if you indicate it might be her personal responsibility to keep her kid safe while shopping who knows where that kind of thinking might lead?
People aren't taught these things anymore. Etiquette, what's that?
"Without a doubt you had good intentions, but by expressing your concerns you may have tipped the woman over the edge. So many watchdogs are coming out of the woodwork to prevent any accidents that we have become risk-averse. No sharp edges on toys or playground equipment. Helmets on bike-riders. It never ends."
My pet peeve is air bags... ever see the results of an air bag deployed on a rescue attendant while trying to help someone, AFTER the accident? Not pretty.
What's that?
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