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  • From: James Dasher <jdasher AT ibiblio.org>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] N&O story
  • Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 06:30:34 -0400


On Oct 6, 2004, at 7:57 PM, K. Jo Garner wrote:

On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Ian Meyer wrote:
->some day (soon possibly) im going to go ballistic on some customer who
->can't hang up to check out, i ahve some who don't talk to me at all,
->don't even respond to "how are you?" or even "paper or plastic?" but
->yap away on their phones...

That is most extremely rude behaviour. However, it goes both ways - esp
when at a convenience store at night, when the dude behind the counter is
speaking *in hushed tones* to whomever, and won't look up, give me a
total, or acknowledge my existence pretty much...

It'd be great if someone came up with a card or something to give out in
situtations like that.

We need a system like the one Dave Barry suggested for community-policed roads:
<http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/ 9455714.htm?1c>


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James Dasher
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