Well, here's my story;

One night, late, I'm dropping by my local all-night supermarket. It's dark out, it's about 1:30am. When I got out of my car, I noticed a bit of a commotion near the rear of the supermarket. It turns out some guy is getting the crap beat out of him. So I call 911 and rather quickly the police arrive and the guy doing the beating takes off into the night. They end up catching him and I got the pleasure of helping out a fellow citizen, despite having to sit in the cop shop for a few hours answering questions. Once I was done, or rather, once they were done with me, I returned back to the supermarket as I still needed to buy some shit. I walk in, get my items and go to the checkout. The cashier, an older woman in her late 40s, perhaps, asks "how I'm doing". I told her I had an exciting night so far and then I asked how she was doing. All OK so far. Then I told her, "you wouldn't believe what just happened to me!". She looks at me, smiles, them says, "I'm not your bartender, you know". I then told her that I had an incident happen and it relates to this store and I thought you'd be interested as well". Then she goes, "well, I'm sure if you want to tell me you will, I have no control of that, do I". I was somewhat miffed. I mean, I wanted to tell this chick that there's a world outside her little sheltered life and that something happened to this poor guy JUST OUTSIDE YOUR STORE and I WITNESSED IT - but obviously you don't give a crap. Oh well, each to their own. The next time I saw the cashier at the store checkout she again asks "how I'm doing". I respond instantly and loudly, "what do ya care???". The cashier and the guy behind me in line are stunned. She goes, "I care", and I told her, "no you don't" and walked out of the store.

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Posted by fedge Well, here's my story; One night, late, I'm dropping by my local all-night supermarket. It's dark out, it's about 1:30am. When I got out of my car, I noticed a bit of a commotion near the rear of the supermarket. It turns out some guy is getting the crap beat out of him. So I call 911 and rather quickly the police arrive and the guy doing the beating takes off into the night. They end up catching him and I got the pleasure of helping out a fellow citizen, despite having to sit in the cop shop for a few hours answering questions. Once I was done, or rather, once they were done with me, I returned back to the supermarket as I still needed to buy some shit. I walk in, get my items and go to the checkout. The cashier, an older woman in her late 40s, perhaps, asks "how I'm doing". I told her I had an exciting night so far and then I asked how she was doing. All OK so far. Then I told her, "you wouldn't believe what just happened to me!". She looks at me, smiles, them says, "I'm not your bartender, you know". I then told her that I had an incident happen and it relates to this store and I thought you'd be interested as well". Then she goes, "well, I'm sure if you want to tell me you will, I have no control of that, do I". I was somewhat miffed. I mean, I wanted to tell this chick that there's a world outside her little sheltered life and that something happened to this poor guy JUST OUTSIDE YOUR STORE and I WITNESSED IT - but obviously you don't give a crap. Oh well, each to their own. The next time I saw the cashier at the store checkout she again asks "how I'm doing". I respond instantly and loudly, "what do ya care???". The cashier and the guy behind me in line are stunned. She goes, "I care", and I told her, "no you don't" and walked out of the store. Comment away...

i have found, especially recently, that people don't give a fuck about anything or anyone outside of their little personal continuum. It's most evident while shopping in a supermarket, but best illustrated in the parking lot outside.

ah, the age of entitlement.

Samurai

What are you bitching about? Nevermind I don't give a shit anyway.

Just kidding,

That sucks that she is oblivious to the world just outside the store. Good work with helping the guy out, the world needs more people who are willing to get involved.

When someone asks me how I'm doing with that kind of attitude, I usually say things like, "My wife was just raped and killed. How do you think?"

It is especially pleasing to do this after some fucko looks at you and says, totally unprovoked, "Hey! Smile. It can't be that bad!"

Was she hot?

Nah, she was like 50 and haggered.

i work in a high traffic customer service area...ppl who come to me often need to provide paperwork or id...so they sometimes ask " so what do u need ? " and i usually reply with " a payrise, a holiday and preferrabley a better job, why can u help ? " .... im frequently in trouble with management for toying with people....if they ask " so how are you ? " i have no trouble being completley honest...." tired, bored and looking forward to going home " ....

we have so many pleasantries and empty questions we ask in day to day contact with strangers.... personally i take them as they come.... if you ask, i will answer, regardless if i think u actually care or not.... at least im paying attention to ppl

Posted by hatsumi i work in a high traffic customer service area...ppl who come to me often need to provide paperwork or id...so they sometimes ask " so what do u need ? " and i usually reply with " a payrise, a holiday and preferrabley a better job, why can u help ? " .... im frequently in trouble with management for toying with people....if they ask " so how are you ? " i have no trouble being completley honest...." tired, bored and looking forward to going home " .... we have so many pleasantries and empty questions we ask in day to day contact with strangers.... personally i take them as they come.... if you ask, i will answer, regardless if i think u actually care or not.... at least im paying attention to ppl

Well put, hatsumi. When people at work ask how I'm doing, I usually reply "tired as fuck", because that's the truth. It's honest, not a pre-recorded generic reply.

It reminds me of the character Zooey Deschanel plays in The Good Girl. She's incredibly blunt to customers, especially to bland women at the makeup counter.

Posted by fedge Nah, she was like 50 and haggered.

and people make fun of me for my usage of the word "Haggard" pffft... Fedge i want to meet you...next peterborough meet your coming! and we'll have haggard and sketchy adventures through the great beyond! with Bandi's 14 year old girl built frame we'll have a blast...


joking aside...


what a bitch.

You got it, househunter.



Whoa! Who is this Bandi??? She sounds cute!



















(jokes, people! jokes!)

yeah, up here (down here for you canadians) in burien, people will be total assholes. my friend almost ran over this guy who was jaywalking the other day, and when my friend apologized, even though it was the other guy's fault, he said "fuck you, bitch!". but my friend just shrugged it off. he wasn't supposed to be driving me anyways, so by law, it was his fault no matter what.

Posted by househunter and people make fun of me for my usage of the word "Haggard" pffft...

housey, just tell them you're a Merle Haggard fan. Hehe.

There are those who just ask how you're doing not cause they want to know, but just to make you think they're nice, so you'll come back.