Medusa's Quesion du jour (the year of the horse edition!)

[anunitu]

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This happened at Glide Church,a food kitchen in SF where I was doing volunteering. Two guys were having Grits,one had his with salt and butter,the other had his with sugar and milk. These two guys got into a knock down drag out fight over how you were supposed to eat grits.

[iflewoverthecuckoosnest]

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What's the worst overreaction you've seen and what caused it?

Once I was kicking it in my room with my headphones popped it. I was having a blissful time until this pounding started shaking the whole room. I was quite startled and pulled the headphones out, only to see my Dad come charging in with the phone in hand to roar at me about how my friend was on the other line. He shoved the phone in my hand and charged off.
He always got pissed if I couldn't hear him over my headphones. But, ya know, that's kind of how headphones work. If it was really the urgent of a matter, he could always just tap me on the shoulder like a normal human being. But he preferred throwing a goddamn fit and making me feel like shit. It was pretty silly.

[Clive]

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What's the worst overreaction you've seen and what caused it?

Probably the time three lesbians with chips on their shoulders shouted at me because the buffet at the Pizza Hut I was working at didn't have a pepperoni pizza on it. They had asked me if there would be any more and I told them I'd ask the cook to make one. He was a tad busy working on actual orders so it took a little while, and they weren't happy about that. One of them bitched in my face and then told me I was "dismissed." Then they complained about me to the manager, and when they left they stomped croutons into the carpet.

At that same job some woman had me fired because she had ordered coffee and then was unhappy because the restaurant didn't carry creamer (because who the eff orders coffee at Pizza Hut, and creamer would just go bad).

[Torey]

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What's the worst overreaction you've seen and what caused it?

Three Lebanese guys at my work - I work at a home furnishings store, and they wanted free cardboard boxes to put their plates in (the plates were sold "loose" and separately because they were As-Is slightly blemished items). We didn't have anymore, so they proceeded to shout, swear and finally grab a ballpoint pen and threaten to stab my boss with it.

[Rowanwood]

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What's the worst overreaction you've seen and what caused it?

I work in customer service.

Yeees.

I can't even pick one, but anyone who's sobbing on my phone because their toilet is running needs a serious priority check.

[Ophidia]

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What's the worst overreaction you've seen and what caused it?

Every single day I have worked at a hotel, someone has a meltdown over something. Usually it's more than one person over the course of the day. In fact, as I type this, I imagine somewhere in a Las Vegas casino, someone is melting down right now. Probably more than one person.

I think the best one ever so far was this one woman. I don't know the details because it's been a few years, but someone probably told her we were out of the room type she wanted, or maybe her credit card declined, or our prices were too high, or whatever. She proceeded to start screaming racial insults at the desk clerk. Then, she went up and down our desk and personally screamed insults at every single one of us working. She called me a fat, pasty, retard. She then called the woman next to me a fat, pasty dyke. Our manager at the time was a rather short man, but he jumped over our counter to intercept her and she laid into him, too.

It was free entertainment, but wow.

[anunitu]

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That story Perz,makes me want to give you a hug and say "Its alright,everything will look better in the morning"

[Ophidia]

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That story Perz,makes me want to give you a hug and say "Its alright,everything will look better in the morning"

It's all free entertainment, lol.

[Medusa]

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What's the worst overreaction you've seen and what caused it?

Retail seems to be where it's at! I had a lady get upset because we do not have a water fountain in our HARDWARE store. We tried to explain to her that at the end of our parking is the gas station. It's like 50 feet away. We share the same plot of land! She just thought it absurd and demanded water. I'm like there is the bathroom. :=I:

[Clive]

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Retail seems to be where it's at! I had a lady get upset because we do not have a water fountain in our HARDWARE store. We tried to explain to her that at the end of our parking is the gas station. It's like 50 feet away. We share the same plot of land! She just thought it absurd and demanded water. I'm like there is the bathroom. :=I:

I would have given her a puzzled look and said, "Water? You mean like from the toilet?"

[ChainLightning]

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I'm WAY behind.

What's your movie theater go-to food?

It used to be popcorn. Then, when they started closing all the drive-ins, I quit going to movies. If I'm obligated, in some way, where I actually have to go into a movie theater? Junior mints, milk duds, soft pretzels especially (if they have 'em). Anything soft or that can be dissolved by sucking on it. With no teeth, options become limited.

What's the biggest difference between you and the people you date?

As Corbin said, gender.

But, other than that, if I'm being totally honest, probably intelligence. The theme has usually (read: ALWAYS) been something like, "I'll date anyone that is dumb enough to date me."

What's the last habit you picked up because of the people you spent time with?

The last one? Letting my bedroom get messy.

What would you do differently if you knew no one would judge you?

Tough question!

I don't have that fear of judgement that some people claim is "normal". In fact, most of the people I know don't give two shits what others may think and I'm firmly ensconced in that camp.

That said, there are a few things that I do solely for the impression I can create in others' minds. I pass myself off as being very hard-nosed leader and as if I'm constantly restraining myself (as opposed to refraining) from a constant/continuous string of profanity, for example. If impressions, and indeed human psychology, didn't enter into it, I'd likely change the former. The latter is still too fun to give up, regardless of impressions.

What's something you never realized about yourself until someone else told you?

I'm an asshole.

Or, rather, "can be", IMO.

What's the worst overreaction you've seen and what caused it?

WAY too many to list. I've worked at a full service car wash, a prime venue for customers that were to later become "walmartians". I've been on the internet for near 15 years. In nearly every pursuit, interest and hobby, I've been exposed to humans and in fact some of the worst, in human behavior.

And it's not a list of quote/unquote atrocities that I care to dwell on or record.

[Medusa]

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What activity/event makes you feel old?

[anunitu]

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What activity/event makes you feel old?

Sitting here trying to remember what makes me feel old...makes me feel old,what was your name again??and who am I again??

[Ophidia]

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What activity/event makes you feel old?

Watching music videos. All the bands I loved as a teenager are old folks, and all the new performers look like they're just now hitting puberty.

[nbdy]

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Looking in the mirror usually does the trick. ;-P