Ugly Americans - What to Do

[300UGUY]

"Treat the outing like going to a freak show"

Yeah, go to WalMart and play the "Boy I'm glad I'm not like them!" game. At our WalMart, you could play that game for hours on end.

Hate to you this, but when I go to wallyworld, I see the regular folks from town. Never seen anything that would qualify for the People of Wallmart website. Maybe it's a Southern or Kentucky thing.....

Btw, you guys seem crabby today, winter getting to folks?

 

[ultrarunner]

Dad use to say... don't sweat the small stuff when it comes to people behaving badly.

A lot of his thinking was based on street smarts... it's not unheard of people getting their property vandalized or worse because someone was offended, "Felt" disrespected or just having a bad day.

I've seen fights start over something as insignificant as two cars, stopped in the middle of a normal street shooting the bull and another car comes up and honks the horn or makes a remark...

Life's too short to provoke someone who just might be a mental case or strung out.

Managing Property has taught me attitude can diffuse or avoid most any situation before it gets started.

As kids... we would question my Dad as why he would seldom call people on bad behavior in public...

Still remember Dad waiting patiently for a parking spot with the family in the car at Sears... two punks in an old pick-up swung right in and took it...laughing all the way... Dad just smiled and said it was their lucky day and let it go.

He was trying to teach us a lesson that some things are worth fighting for and others are not...

My father is a former United States Heavyweight Boxing Title Holder and could have easily popped those punks one and they wouldn't have known what hit them.

He then explained that we needed to think before acting and in his case... it would have been the same as if he drew a gun or pulled a knife...

Guess there were more than a few that had lucky days....

 

[Deere Dude]

What fries me is walking down a sidewalk or a main aisle in a mall and a pack of kids are walking toward you maybe 5 or 6 abreast. They generally will not adjust for you, but expect you to move way off to the side so they aren't inconvenienced. No doubt if you would drop a couple of them you would get charged for hurting a minor, but the thought is always there.

In our town we have more handicapped spots than population it seems. I sympathize with those that really need a close spot, but half the people I see parking there are in better shape than I am. It irritates me when someone parks in one and runs to the store. It is the me generation like no other.

As long as I am venting, we have these idjits with cell phones that that stand in line at the check out behind you and speak loud enough to be heard half way across the store, or even in a restaurant while trying to eat a semi-peaceful meal while listening to somebody elses 15 minute conversation. Why don't they save it for their ride home?

 

[MossRoad]

Stare at them directly in the eyes. When they say "What are you looking at" tell them "the person behind you". Great fun! :thumbsup:

 

[fordoutback]

Hate to you this, but when I go to wallyworld, I see the regular folks from town. Never seen anything that would qualify for the People of Wallmart website. Maybe it's a Southern or Kentucky thing.....

Btw, you guys seem crabby today, winter getting to folks?

Just out of curiosity, was anyone pointing a camera at you when you went to walmart? Sorry I couldnt resist....:laughing: I hope I didnt offend you.

 

[sam5570]

. And finally, How anyone could go shopping in their pajamas escapes me, maybe it's a wally world thing.

We call them Wallmartians.[/QUOTE]my wife advised me that there not d*** pajamas they have pockets and a name.[lounge paints] but that don't keep me from making fun of her when she goes some where with them on.

 

[RAYJAY]

I go at 3am there is nobody there except the floor ****"s and the night people .......

 

[3930dave]

As long as I am venting, we have these idjits with cell phones that that stand in line at the check out behind you and speak loud enough to be heard half way across the store, or even in a restaurant while trying to eat a semi-peaceful meal while listening to somebody elses 15 minute conversation. Why don't they save it for their ride home?

It's bad enough that some better restaurants have RF shielded their walls and/or installed jammers. :lightningbolt::lightningbolt::lightningbolt::lightningbolt::lightningbolt::lightningbolt:



Liking that dog cartoon !

Rgds, D.

 

[Deere Dude]

Just out of curiosity, was anyone pointing a camera at you when you went to walmart? Sorry I couldnt resist....:laughing: I hope I didnt offend you.

If you are in the store and you don't recognize any Walmartians, maybe you are the one. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

[3930dave]

I go at 3am there is nobody there except the floor ****"s and the night people .......

As in.... They Only Come Out at Night ? :drool: :muttering: :hissyfit: :shocked:

Rgds, D.