@offbeatorbit The Venn diagram of people who say “you’re not entitled to cute clothes” in the Sh*in discourse and people calling this “evil” is essentially a circle. There are plenty of good, cute coats at thrift stores, is anyone entitled to a quality leather one on the cheap?
@borgposting Even my super-Libertarian economics teacher in HS admitted that on this scale, communism is the only system that would work (he was one of my favorite teachers in spite of that whole thing, and I sometimes think about him & hope he didn’t go fully insane post-2008)
@juneshannon FYI, every single time I’ve seen someone think they weren’t being treated like a visiting dignitary and leave in a huff, there’s been a solid reason we couldn’t bow and scrape. You’re not proving any point, but we DO do really mean impersonations of you in stupid voices
@juneshannon If you’re withholding the means to complete a transaction until I meet your arbitrary threshold of what constitutes “courtesy,” then at least be clear about what you really want: it’s not actually courtesy or real human interaction, it’s a performance
@covber1 I don’t think it’s a negative comment at all. If chatting cashiers is genuinely rage-inducing for you, I assume things must be going pretty well otherwise, which is a good thing. I will though! Hopefully cracking a few jokes with my coworkers doesn’t make anyone’s blood boil 😉
@DeeneyMeabh Hi! I’m in an unusual retail situation in that a) I get paid well above most comparable positions, b) I get benefits, and c) my boss doesn’t let customers get away with treating us like shit. It 100% makes a difference re: what I think my job is worth/what’s expected of me
@AnnODonovan13 And any politeness you get in response to doing that is 100% feigned so that you’ll get the hell out of their line and they can get on with what they’re being paid to do. So you don’t actually want courtesy, you want a performance with your shopping.