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What it takes to be a jerk (Dave Barry)
Maimi Herald ^ | Dave Barry

Posted on 05/07/2006 8:33:21 AM PDT by nuconvert

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1 posted on 05/07/2006 8:33:25 AM PDT by nuconvert
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when the bill comes, you also ALWAYS insist -- even if everybody ordered basically the same thing -- on figuring out your EXACT share (''Well, I had the Diet Sprite, which is 10 cents less than the iced tea. ...'' ); and then you decide that a 5 percent tip is adequate, thereby forcing your friends, who are embarrassed, to put in more money.

Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you. Put your ear right down to the page: YOUR FRIENDS HATE IT WHEN YOU STIFF THE WAITER. IF THE SERVICE IS OK, YOU SHOULD TIP 15 PERCENT. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TIP, THEN DON'T EAT AT RESTAURANTS.

This is the only one that really makes me crazy.

2 posted on 05/07/2006 8:39:26 AM PDT by Hildy (Producing a penny now costs the government more than 1.4 cents)
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To: nuconvert

Barry is dead wrong about the handicap spots. Many people I know have mobility issues which don't take a wheelchair or cane.

Knee replacements, heart conditions, or any other number of issues may justify not being able to walk all over the place.

Judgmental BS without knowing the facts can make dave just as much a jerk as those he assumes to be jerks. It must be a low creativity day.


3 posted on 05/07/2006 8:39:43 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: nuconvert

Addition... people who let their dogs roam unattended off their leashes. You may have a perfectly friendly dog; but my dog (on a leash,) may try to kick your dog's butt.


4 posted on 05/07/2006 8:42:37 AM PDT by cobaltblu
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To: nuconvert

Thanks, that was wonderful!


5 posted on 05/07/2006 8:42:43 AM PDT by solzhenitsyn ("Live Not By Lies")
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To: longtermmemmory

I saw a lady park in one once and then get out and pick up her toddler and carry her across the parking lot.


6 posted on 05/07/2006 8:44:18 AM PDT by cobaltblu
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To: longtermmemmory

You must have missed this.....

"I realize that some of these people have problems, such as heart conditions, that are not visible. But some of them, to judge by the sprightliness of their walks, are off to compete in the decathlon. Their only handicap is: They're jerks."


7 posted on 05/07/2006 8:44:42 AM PDT by nuconvert ([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: Hildy

How about people who insist on splitting down the middle even though they got something WAY more expensive, and then not figure in a tip either. This happened to me once....once.


8 posted on 05/07/2006 8:47:03 AM PDT by cobaltblu
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To: nuconvert
Also, if, when you talk to people, they keep backing away from you, it's because you're TOO CLOSE, all right? SO DON'T KEEP ADVANCING ON THEM LIKE A HUMAN GLACIER.

Agreed. I've been known to point this out to people who think I can't hear them if they're more than six inches away. Unless you're female and I'm clearly interested, back the F off. It's annoying as hell.

9 posted on 05/07/2006 8:48:53 AM PDT by Riley ("What color is the boathouse at Hereford?")
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To: nuconvert

"Also, you should never, ever, no matter what, butt in front of people waiting in line without asking their permission..."

Someone should show this to the proponents of giving amnesty to the illegals. It's a very basic concept.


10 posted on 05/07/2006 8:50:12 AM PDT by Joann37
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To: nuconvert

People stand in public door ways while they look in their bag or have a conversation or answer their cell phone or whatever, they're the real jerks. Oh, and DemocRATS, they're jerks too.


11 posted on 05/07/2006 8:50:40 AM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life, or nothing at all)
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To: Hildy

Do you ever fly Southwest Airlines? How about the guy who appears out of nowhere and merges into the "A" line just as boarding begins.


12 posted on 05/07/2006 8:50:47 AM PDT by Poison Pill
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To: Riley

LoL.
They're called, "Close talkers". Lol


13 posted on 05/07/2006 8:55:25 AM PDT by nuconvert ([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: nuconvert

There are a lot of jerks who ride Harleys. There are a lot of Jerks who drive automobiles. there are jerks in Congress and probably a few jerk doctors.

We cant assign jerk status to only Motorcyclists.

I tip good in restaurants, but I dont feel it is an essential. If I go with a group and I dont tip its because the service sucked. Dont chip in more to make up for me. Dont put up anything. Bad service doesnt deserve a tip.

I also have been to restaurants with the jerk who orders Drinks, a Steak with Lobster and dessert and wants me , who had a chef salad and Tea to split the tab evenly with him.


14 posted on 05/07/2006 8:55:57 AM PDT by sgtbono2002
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To: nuconvert
Thank you, and I apologize for using so many capital letters. I can be a real jerk about that.

Could you also apologize for being an anal retentive, whiny, liberal, warm and fuzzy, kumbayah-chanting, HACK?

What an ass.

Never did like the idiot.

15 posted on 05/07/2006 8:56:43 AM PDT by OldSmaj (I received my koran from CAIR. I desecrate it daily, in the privacy and comfort of my own toilet.)
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OKay, I'll add one to the jerk list....

People who wait until the cashier totals up their order and THEN start making out the check and THEN need to balance their checkbook.


16 posted on 05/07/2006 8:59:04 AM PDT by nuconvert ([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: Boxsford; kitkat; Irish Rose; Ditter

Pong


17 posted on 05/07/2006 9:01:44 AM PDT by nuconvert ([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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I estimate the one-in-a-thousand person who thinks that a loud Harley is "cool" is the bozo who's on it.

The other 999 people wish that guy would ride the Harley into a wall.

18 posted on 05/07/2006 9:02:15 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (ISLAM: The Other Psychosis)
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I'll add another to the Jerk list:

People who think every thread is about illegal immigration. (#10)


19 posted on 05/07/2006 9:04:26 AM PDT by RobFromGa (In decline, the Driveby Media is thrashing about like dinosaurs caught in the tar pits.)
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To: nuconvert

Or, after completing their transactions, they stay in line and put their money away instead of stepping aside to let the clerk wait on the next customer.


20 posted on 05/07/2006 9:04:39 AM PDT by Joann37
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