The customer is always an asshole!

[razorjak]

http://www.violentacres.com/archives/59/two-phrases-that-destroyed-american-culture

This woman wins at life.

Glad to see there are others who will call callow fucks on when they're trying to bully people who can't do anything to defend themselves for risk of losing their job.

It's one of the reasons I could never work in the food service industry. I'd be dumping hot coffee on jackasses the first day.

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[razorjak.livejournal.com]

*Chuckles*

Sweety, you do realize that I am one of those people who " can't mind my own business" when I see people stepped on for no reason other than the person doing the stepping thinks they can get away with it.

I view those callow fucks in the same light as the fuckers who will not bother pushing their shopping cart to the corral. And we all know how I handle that shit.

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[serpent-sky.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm fully aware that if we spent any amount of time together in real life, we'd despise each other in rather short form. We're way too different.

I hate when people don't put their carts back, too. But... who am I to tell anyone else what to do? It doesn't affect me, it doesn't have anything to do with me. I take my cart back, always -- I do my part. I also grab my cart from the lot, rather than by the store, therefore, doing more than I am obligated. But to say something to someone? Just plain obnoxious, and part of what makes living in this world unpleasant.

I mean, fine, most people can agree that the cart thing is an inconvenience, and it may be your peeve. Well, then there are people who dislike my personal fashion -- and feel a need to share. Or people who have deep problems with gay people -- one who complained at me and a girl holding hands in a store, kissing each other on the cheek -- we hadn't seen each other in months! it was totally gay, but whatever! -- because it's an abomination. See? I realize I just threw my life in there, but think about it. where do you draw the line, on involving yourself with others? Probably somewhere reasonable. Where do others? Much, much further from reasonable. By my standards.

I say, so long as nobody is causing direct harm to you, your closest people, or your dog, and you can just walk away? Walk away. The world would really be a lot more tolerable.

[serpent-sky.livejournal.com]

Okay, see, I'm a strange person. I have a lot of problems, some documented mental illnesses, some just "quirks." I find I function best in life if I am left alone by the vast majority of people. Even common interaction can really upset me. As such, I think complaining about someone else's behavior, is just across the line. "Good behavior," after all, is a personal thing, no?

My definition of a raging asshole may not be the same as yours, or theirs, or anyone else's. Yes, the examples cited were my definition of raging assholes, but someone else getting involed just means there's another raging asshole for everyone to contend with -- the nosey type.

I hate when people are shitty to people in restaurants or stores or anything. When I see it, I'm shocked, because it makes no sense to me. You know what I do? I treat the person nicely. Maybe even say, after the person's gone, "eh, don't worry, you're doing good." That's just more palatable to me.

Example: once, in a nail salon, a lady was a total bitch to the manicurist. I watched this while having my toes done. She moved on to the dryer, and her lady was doing my nails. On her way out, she dropped a dollar [staggeringly low tip for a manicure] on the table with a smile. I was appalled. Did I say anything? No. It's not my place. You know what I did? I tipped the manicurist 100% -- paid double. I felt like I saw a wrong, and I righted it, without infringing on anyone else.

I mean, if someone wants to be an asshole, let them. It's their right. That's just how I see it. I don't like the idea of people correcting or interacting with every "asshole" on earth.

Another example: if I am panicking [I have severe panic attacks] I will shut down. If I'm in a store and have to get whatever -- medicine, food, etc -- I will nod at the cashier, and just try to move along quickly. Conversation is NOT happening. So if the cashier pushes, I will be more quiet. Once, this happened, and a customer grabbed my arm [setting off a shitstorm -- I can NOT be touched without all hell breaking loose] to tell me I was rude. The tirade that followed - a vaguely incoherent, curse-laden rant about not touchig people, about mental illness, and how I owe nobody so much as a nod, and how dare they even look at me, much less touch me... so on, so forth.... served NO purpose, other than to make everyone miserable, and make things worse, and last longer, for everyone involved.

Wouldn't it hae been easier for the cashier to ring me out, send my supposedly rude self [because I don't want to converse? My mind is broken!] away, and then the concerned line person just say "wow, that was rude, hop you don't have any more of that today?" Wouldn't that have been better for everyone?

Just where I'm coming from. Sorry so long!