Sometimes...
I really hate people. Specifically the over privileged assholes who come into my store.
Anyway, what brought this on was the whole Katrina mess. We, at Starbucks, are able to take donations for the Red Cross at our registers by ringing it in as a transaction. Every penny of the donations go to the Katrina survivors.
Some six-figure-three-inch-dick-head made some comment, as loudly as he could, so that everyone in the store could hear him- "I wouldn't give a cent to those idiots. It's not like they didn't have any warning."
I just stood there stunned, looking at the guy. He had his money in his hand, and was ready to go, but I couldn't function immediately. I had to say something.
As politely as my surely-ass attitude would allow, I pointed out that many of the evacuees were single mothers with children. Most of the people living in the shelters had a median income of 11,000/year. That is next to nothing! How were these people, who were most likely living check to check anyway supposed to leave? Were they going to get a motel room? How were they going to pay for the gas to get there? How were they going to feed themselves after they left their 5/hr jobs?
Count your blessings, dick head.
Anyway, what brought this on was the whole Katrina mess. We, at Starbucks, are able to take donations for the Red Cross at our registers by ringing it in as a transaction. Every penny of the donations go to the Katrina survivors.
Some six-figure-three-inch-dick-head made some comment, as loudly as he could, so that everyone in the store could hear him- "I wouldn't give a cent to those idiots. It's not like they didn't have any warning."
I just stood there stunned, looking at the guy. He had his money in his hand, and was ready to go, but I couldn't function immediately. I had to say something.
As politely as my surely-ass attitude would allow, I pointed out that many of the evacuees were single mothers with children. Most of the people living in the shelters had a median income of 11,000/year. That is next to nothing! How were these people, who were most likely living check to check anyway supposed to leave? Were they going to get a motel room? How were they going to pay for the gas to get there? How were they going to feed themselves after they left their 5/hr jobs?
Count your blessings, dick head.
posted by abbiapple at 10:04 PM
5 Comments:
Good for you. I walked out of a resturant last night only 15 minutes after our food had arrived because a friend (now former) said pretty much the same thing.
You should have also told the dickhead that many left behind did not have cars. Or they had elderly parents that would not leave.
It takes a truly self-absorbed person to be so damned heartless to another person's suffering.
You Go Girl! That man sounded like a real asshole.
Starbucks attracts these types. It is why I never go there anymore. That and the coffee now sucks and is horribly overpriced.
A "Venti" to the face would have been more than well-deserved. Sounds to me like just another Yuppie skuzball. Thank God I don't work at Starbuck's. I would have hawked a fresh loogie right in his damn espresso.
~michaelm
That guy sounds like a bloody twunt.
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