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And don't fuckin say, "Have a nice night" when it's fucking 10 a.m. In fact, please don't EVER say, "Have a nice night" unless you are under 18. Show a little class and say, "Have a good evening."
By the way, if people don't smile at you, maybe it's because you're the kind of person who claims superior knowledge of "music, art, and culture." If you're so cultured and aware, work on organizing a union. (I'm assuming this is Whole Foods or some such place.) If you have any sense of solidarity with your co-workers, you probably won't feel as much of a need to commune with customers.
now then provincial, kindly ring up my monocle polish post-haste that i may be away from you unwashed plebs in time for darling mindy's catillion!
And then some of us just hate all humans. I'd probably say hello, but a smile? C'mon.
now then provincial, kindly ring up my monocle polish post-haste that i may be away from you unwashed plebs in time for darling mindy's catillion!
showstopper - Your generalizations paint the picture of the classic bitter local. so it was ok for you or your family to move here (assuming you are not from a local tribe), but now the "loser's just need to stop"? Just when exactly was the cutoff, right after you or your family got here? Anyone who is a citizen has just as much right to live in Portland as you do. Don't hate because you are getting older, your tastes are getting dated, and you don't understand the newer generations and how they express themselves.
So um, let me get this straight. In YOUR well-educated opinion, every Tom, Dick, & Harry you smile, wink, & say hello at who doesn't return the favor is an apathetic "trust-fundie" who couldn't possibly possess as much worldly experience as you, do I have that shit right? And based on as little as choice of clothing, YOU can accurately judge that someone can't possibly be as "cultured" as you? Really? Let me tell you something honey - this might not have occurred to you but some of us GROWN FOLKS live bloody, survivalist lives & might not always be in the mood for making kissy faces at total strangers. Had it ever occurred to you that maybe some of the people who walk into your dingy little corner store might be getting off of crappy minimum wage jobs themselves where they had just spent a double fucking shift starring at smiling, beaming mugs just like yours? No, I guess not. Contrary to what YOU think, a simple smile doesn't make life easier, though in your simple world of rainbows & unicorns it might make a difference. Whooptie fucking doo. Yeah, smiles are free... so are opinions. And no one ever asked for them, either. Please take my bit of advice though, as it just might save you future grief: next time you smile at someone at work & they don't smile back, please don't take it personally. It really isn't about you. So please, stop being such a self-importance twat & ring up my hard cider. THAT is your job!
I also hate having to lie constantly in order to avoid a conversation about why I hate my life. Just give me your hello, I'll give you a grunt, and the cash and let you get back to people who are interested in meeting...everyone.
POINT WELL FUCKING TAKEN!
I can't stand it when people ask me "How are you doing?"
I got alittle tired of lying to people & always telling them "i'm fine". So acouple of years ago i [briefly] decided to practice an "honest" policy. So when ever someone asked how i was doing or if i was ah`ight, i simply told them "not so good" or "no". The idea of actually saying NO whenever i was asked if i was doing fine was fairly cathartic for me.
However, this method often ended up ingaging me in waaay more conversation then i ever asked for. And in the mean while, i'm standing at the register with all these other people behind me & the cashier is wanting to have some sort of long-winded dialog with me.
So i've since gone back to lying to people. It's more simple & it gets me through check-out quicker.
Just so you know, people who type in ALL CAPS automatically lose all integrity.
Second, to the grocery stores who encourage/enforce the fake-friend bullshit - We are not fooled. Plus, it's irritating to be standing there trying to remember whether we need whole wheat or whole wheat white bread and have our train of thought interrupted by an employee doing the fake-friend routine.
Reasonable greeting: if an employee comes face-to-face with a customer, a hello is fine, or even just a nod or a smile, but when it's done in a fakey way, or an interrupting cow way, such as talking at the back of someone who is obviously looking hard at the row of pickles, it's irritating.
Also, anyone old enough to shop by themselves KNOWS that if they need help finding something, to ask an employee. We really don't need to be reminded by every employee we encounter every time we go to the supermarket, the home improvement store or the office supply shop.
Maybe there's a reason customers aren't so much smiling.