It's worse in some places than others. It's why I like it here, people ARE generally nice and considerate. Like the other day...urban diner, in the city.
Older gentleman with young kid in tow, saying they're from out of town, wanting to take grandkid to see a movie, asks cashier about location and times. Of the people at the counter, an older sort immediately offered the entertainment section of their newspaper, and two younger sorts, including a backwards-ballcap-and-ECKO-shirt-and-gold teen, immediately pulled out cellphones to check local movie listings for the guy. (I did too, before I'd noticed.) The cashier wrote down directions to the local stadium theater, other people chiming in that yes, that's the best one.
I LIKE that. The only thing ruining it at times is the influx of people who invariably go out and get into SUVs with Massachusetts plates, people who are rude and impatient and demanding. We call them "Massholes."
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Date: 2007-04-11 03:15 pm (UTC)Older gentleman with young kid in tow, saying they're from out of town, wanting to take grandkid to see a movie, asks cashier about location and times. Of the people at the counter, an older sort immediately offered the entertainment section of their newspaper, and two younger sorts, including a backwards-ballcap-and-ECKO-shirt-and-gold teen, immediately pulled out cellphones to check local movie listings for the guy. (I did too, before I'd noticed.) The cashier wrote down directions to the local stadium theater, other people chiming in that yes, that's the best one.
I LIKE that. The only thing ruining it at times is the influx of people who invariably go out and get into SUVs with Massachusetts plates, people who are rude and impatient and demanding. We call them "Massholes."