Comments on: Stupidity and Waiting in Line after Christmas http://counterfeithumans.com/2009/12/26/stupidity-and-waiting-in-line-after-christmas/ How to Maintain Sanity over Everyday Stupidity Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:36:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Ferd http://counterfeithumans.com/2009/12/26/stupidity-and-waiting-in-line-after-christmas/#comment-12453 Ferd Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:31:23 +0000 http://counterfeithumans.com/2009/12/26/stupidity-and-waiting-in-line-after-christmas/#comment-12453 I found this humorous because I make fun of my co-workers all the time. Now that I live in the south, I hear perfectly short words stretched out into polysyllables all the time. It doesn't offend or bother me at all; we all make good fun of our differences. I found this humorous because I make fun of my co-workers all the time. Now that I live in the south, I hear perfectly short words stretched out into polysyllables all the time. It doesn’t offend or bother me at all; we all make good fun of our differences.

]]> By: Jenny http://counterfeithumans.com/2009/12/26/stupidity-and-waiting-in-line-after-christmas/#comment-12374 Jenny Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:07:51 +0000 http://counterfeithumans.com/2009/12/26/stupidity-and-waiting-in-line-after-christmas/#comment-12374 I always use two syllables for striped. I'm a Southerner. I hope the cement truck lady doesn't hunt me down like a dog. If she does, please will you protect me, Keli? Better you ending up in a striped jailbait costume than me! I always use two syllables for striped. I’m a Southerner. I hope the cement truck lady doesn’t hunt me down like a dog. If she does, please will you protect me, Keli? Better you ending up in a striped jailbait costume than me!

]]> By: Keli http://counterfeithumans.com/2009/12/26/stupidity-and-waiting-in-line-after-christmas/#comment-12187 Keli Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:08:13 +0000 http://counterfeithumans.com/2009/12/26/stupidity-and-waiting-in-line-after-christmas/#comment-12187 Oma: All I know is that she was as loud as she was wide. Counter: No kidding! Conditional: I grew up in So Cal with two parents who had accents so I understand your frustration. You are so right about those who walk straight to the front of the queue. I'm the one in line who always reminds the stuper to get in back...or else. Fortunately, I've yet to be challenged on the "or else" front. Oma:
All I know is that she was as loud as she was wide.

Counter:
No kidding!

Conditional:
I grew up in So Cal with two parents who had accents so I understand your frustration. You are so right about those who walk straight to the front of the queue. I’m the one in line who always reminds the stuper to get in back…or else. Fortunately, I’ve yet to be challenged on the “or else” front.

]]> By: conditional cognition http://counterfeithumans.com/2009/12/26/stupidity-and-waiting-in-line-after-christmas/#comment-12131 conditional cognition Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:24:52 +0000 http://counterfeithumans.com/2009/12/26/stupidity-and-waiting-in-line-after-christmas/#comment-12131 Ugh! This story brings two things to mind: 1. I grew up in the MN with two parents that had accents. Both are bright, college-educated people; yet, too often we'd encounter people that equated an accent with a lower level of intelligence and they would talk down to my parents as if they were partially deaf stupers. I quietly witnessed this extreme stuper behavior often as a kid. As I got a bit older, I nastily interjected with my take on the situation, which usually left the stuper stunned. Maybe the person was shocked to hear a typical MN accent from someone they assumed was "fresh off the boat." 2. I am currently living in the UAE and people have great difficulty lining up, unless they're given numbers. There's a general lack of respect for the queue. It's so unbelievably annoying to see someone be the 10th person to walk in the room and just walk up to the counter a head of the previous 9 people. Amazingly, the person behind the counter or the people will in line will rarely challenge the line-cutter. I've even seen it at the bank: a person is at the counter, conducting a transaction, and a stranger will cut the line, and park his stuper self at the counter within mere inches of the other person. What?!?! Ugh! This story brings two things to mind:

1. I grew up in the MN with two parents that had accents. Both are bright, college-educated people; yet, too often we’d encounter people that equated an accent with a lower level of intelligence and they would talk down to my parents as if they were partially deaf stupers. I quietly witnessed this extreme stuper behavior often as a kid. As I got a bit older, I nastily interjected with my take on the situation, which usually left the stuper stunned. Maybe the person was shocked to hear a typical MN accent from someone they assumed was “fresh off the boat.”

2. I am currently living in the UAE and people have great difficulty lining up, unless they’re given numbers. There’s a general lack of respect for the queue. It’s so unbelievably annoying to see someone be the 10th person to walk in the room and just walk up to the counter a head of the previous 9 people. Amazingly, the person behind the counter or the people will in line will rarely challenge the line-cutter. I’ve even seen it at the bank: a person is at the counter, conducting a transaction, and a stranger will cut the line, and park his stuper self at the counter within mere inches of the other person. What?!?!

]]> By: Counter Culture Clown http://counterfeithumans.com/2009/12/26/stupidity-and-waiting-in-line-after-christmas/#comment-12101 Counter Culture Clown Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:30:30 +0000 http://counterfeithumans.com/2009/12/26/stupidity-and-waiting-in-line-after-christmas/#comment-12101 Oh the people we can learn from. :) Oh the people we can learn from. :)

]]> By: omawarisan http://counterfeithumans.com/2009/12/26/stupidity-and-waiting-in-line-after-christmas/#comment-12070 omawarisan Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:38:56 +0000 http://counterfeithumans.com/2009/12/26/stupidity-and-waiting-in-line-after-christmas/#comment-12070 I'm guessing cement truck's pronunciation was impeccable. I’m guessing cement truck’s pronunciation was impeccable.

]]> By: Keli http://counterfeithumans.com/2009/12/26/stupidity-and-waiting-in-line-after-christmas/#comment-12053 Keli Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:57:47 +0000 http://counterfeithumans.com/2009/12/26/stupidity-and-waiting-in-line-after-christmas/#comment-12053 Jingle: I actually do write about my encounters with stupers all by myself. In the early days, my husband acted as editor, but I had to fire him because he wanted to insert too many expletives and offer advice that involved the use of violence at times, which I really don't condone except in extraordinary cases. Happy holidays to you as well! Jingle:
I actually do write about my encounters with stupers all by myself. In the early days, my husband acted as editor, but I had to fire him because he wanted to insert too many expletives and offer advice that involved the use of violence at times, which I really don’t condone except in extraordinary cases. Happy holidays to you as well!

]]> By: Keli http://counterfeithumans.com/2009/12/26/stupidity-and-waiting-in-line-after-christmas/#comment-12052 Keli Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:53:38 +0000 http://counterfeithumans.com/2009/12/26/stupidity-and-waiting-in-line-after-christmas/#comment-12052 Mad Woman: I was highly entertained by all of it. For about two hours afterward, I pronounced all one syllable words as two, whenever possible. Br-ead. Sh-irt, etc. Just for giggles. Sofi: The holidays seem to bring out the best in some and the stupid in others. Onedia: I loved the fact that they totally ignored the stuper, denying her existence. Would that I could! Mad Woman:
I was highly entertained by all of it. For about two hours afterward, I pronounced all one syllable words as two, whenever possible. Br-ead. Sh-irt, etc. Just for giggles.
Sofi:
The holidays seem to bring out the best in some and the stupid in others.
Onedia:
I loved the fact that they totally ignored the stuper, denying her existence. Would that I could!

]]> By: jingle http://counterfeithumans.com/2009/12/26/stupidity-and-waiting-in-line-after-christmas/#comment-12032 jingle Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:32:02 +0000 http://counterfeithumans.com/2009/12/26/stupidity-and-waiting-in-line-after-christmas/#comment-12032 hello: interesting story, did you write it by yourself? happy holidays! hello:

interesting story, did you write it by yourself?

happy holidays!

]]> By: Onedia http://counterfeithumans.com/2009/12/26/stupidity-and-waiting-in-line-after-christmas/#comment-12030 Onedia Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:04:29 +0000 http://counterfeithumans.com/2009/12/26/stupidity-and-waiting-in-line-after-christmas/#comment-12030 The times I have felt the most "uneducated" have been when someone corrected me with attitude when I pronounced a word incorrectly (or they thought I had)I think the best I mustered in response was to turn it into a joke. I like this couple's manner much better. The times I have felt the most “uneducated” have been when someone corrected me with attitude when I pronounced a word incorrectly (or they thought I had)I think the best I mustered in response was to turn it into a joke. I like this couple’s manner much better.

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