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[James Dasher <jdasher AT ibiblio.org>]

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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