DUmmy Noob Bids For Cred With Post Office Bouncy

[GOBUCKS]

DUmmy Kennah may not have many posts yet, but he's learning the intricacies of how to construct a bouncy tale, while simultaneously working on his DUmp cred:

Kennah  (745 posts)      Tue Dec-21-10 08:18 PM
Original message
Not Sure If I Should Be Proud Or Not, But ...
 ... earlier today I was in the Post Office sending off an Express Mail package.

I was waiting in line, ensuring I had everything filled out, when I became aware of an idiot at the counter, whom I'll call Mr. Asshole, verbally abusing a postal worker. I guess Mr. Asshole didn't know that the Post Office gets busy in late December, and he wanted faster service.

I was still trying to tune it out, then I heard Mr. Asshole's very snarky, loud comments, "Congratulations. You managed to insult the customer inside of 30 seconds. Very professional."

"You dick", I thought to myself of Mr. Asshole.

The female employee walked away from the counter, and a supervisor took over to conclude the transaction with Mr. Asshole. I thought it was over.

The woman in line behind Mr. Asshole said something about being a little nicer. He snapped at her that this was not her business, and that he wanted to conduct his business there. As she went by to the next available postal worker, she called Mr. Asshole an asshole, and thus I credit her quick thinking in naming Mr. Asshole.

He barked at her some more asking, "Did you just call me an asshole?" Now I'm paying complete attention.

He repeated his question, and the man in front of me said aloud, "Well, let's take a poll by a show of hands." About five or six of us raised our hands, and Mister Asshole flips us off and tells us, "I'll shut your pieholes."

I shot back, "Try it", and stared right at him. He responds, "Oh, tough guy." I repeated the challenge as "Try me" and kept staring at him. He turned back towards the counter and said, somewhat more softly, "OK"--perhaps accepting my challenge.

A brief conversation ensued between me, and two men in front of me in line about decency, civility, and how the tough guys of the world often end up the one's with their backsides kicked. Once or twice we remarked about the Post Office being crowded this time of year, and sarcastically adding, "Who woulda thought?"

As Mr. Asshole leaves, he makes a point of flipping me off specifically, as he walks by on the other side of the counter. I wave and tell him, "Take care, princess."

I got to the counter, with a different postal worker, and got my package mailed. She actually saved me about $5 on Express Mail by using a different envelope. She told me for Washington, Oregon, and sometimes a few other states in the northwest, it's cheaper to use this other envelope. I thanked her for being so nice. While neither she nor any of the other postal workers thanked any of us for taking on Mr. Asshole, I sorta saw this happy glow in their faces that said "Thank you for doing what we could not do."
OK, maybe I pushed too hard and escalated the situation too much, and I accept that criticism in advance. However, there is at times a serious degradation in civility and common decency in public. I find it all too common for the Mr. Assholes of the world to verbally abuse front line workers, mostly because they can get away with it. The workers don't get to push back, and maybe they have the benefit of a supervisor who will step in to deal with difficult people.

When I left the Post Office, I did keep my eyes open in case Mr. Asshole thought he might wait for me outside. I saw neither hide nor hair of him. However, as I thought about it later, I might possibly have recognized him as a semi-regular fellow commuter on the Sounder Train. If he is, it should prove interesting tonight to see if he's still wearing his tough guy britches.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x53001
Everyone is tearfully thankful that their steely-eyed, courageous, DUmbass hero was there to put the imaginary miscreant in his place. I think we have to concede that a "happy glow" is an acceptable substitute for the cheers and applause that most DUmp bouncy heroes receive.

KT2000  (1000+ posts)      Tue Dec-21-10 08:28 PM
Response to Original message
1. No criticism from me
 I am glad you stood up to that bully. Especially liked the show of hands.
You are so right about the workers not being able to do anything about that kind of abuse.
Labor and Industries in Olympia finally had to get state patrol troopers to be security for their office hours mainly because of the no tax/no id nuts.
They come up behind the person, really close and quietly tell them to calm down. If they have to, they take them out of the building.

 

crim son  (1000+ posts)        Tue Dec-21-10 08:31 PM
Response to Original message
2. Behavior like Mr. Asshole's has been tolerated too long
and should not be. You did the right thing and I wish more people were willing/able to "escalate" in the name of common decency.

In the name of common decency, this DUmmy dreamed of calling a total stranger, in a public place, an "asshole" and "princess". I guess in democrat society that passes for decency.
 

Taverner  (1000+ posts)        Tue Dec-21-10 09:32 PM
Response to Reply #2
12. It's the Tea Party way : if you aren't getting what you want, yell louder

I haven't heard any Tea Party people yelling. They just got themselves organized and won an election.

Booster  (1000+ posts)      Tue Dec-21-10 08:56 PM
Response to Original message
6. Good for you. I hope if I'm ever in that kind of situation I have the
guts to do what you did. 

 
"What he did" was to make up a story about a conflict at the post office, describe himself acting like an obnoxious jerk that he thinks is heroic, then post his ludicrous tale on a message board for political lunatics. Yeah, I can see why you hope you could do that.

ProgressiveProfessor  (1000+ posts)        Tue Dec-21-10 08:58 PM
Response to Original message
7. The princess line is priceless and leaves him no effective response

Aside from crushing your face.

butterfly77  (1000+ posts)     Tue Dec-21-10 09:04 PM
Response to Original message
9. I wonder if he was a teabagger..
I'm looking forward to seeing some of them get their asses kicked,for the New Year.

DUmmy Bonobo, who apparently believes this silly tale, pisses on the hero's cornflakes:

Bonobo  (1000+ posts)      Tue Dec-21-10 10:33 PM
Response to Original message
16. You actually have no idea what prompted the man to complain...
You did not hear what preceded him telling the postal worker that he/she had offended him.

You, like many Americans, seem to have an under-developed sense of how professionals should work.

I think you should have kept your own big mouth shut and maybe you should also be thankful that you did not instigate a bigger problem.

Sometimes "Asshole" is in the eyes of the beholder and it is hard to tell who will get their ass kicked when a fight starts.

Sometimes violence escalates out of control and you should be aware that your own actions may have contributed to a situation getting worse.

[GCBill]

Fairy tales used to start out "Once Upon A Time..."

Now they are "Earlier Today..."

[Rainbow Rising]

Kennah  (745 posts)      Tue Dec-21-10 08:18 PM
Original message
Not Sure If I Should Be Proud Or Not, But ...

Oh he's very sure that he should be proud, he just wants to strike an "aw shucks" pose for his audience.  Fake humility is so irritating, especially when it's so transparent.

[diesel driver]

He should have saved more than that.

Express goes for around $13-$16.

The next step down from that is Priority, with the flat rate envelope going for $4.95.

DUmmie can't even tell a good lie.

[JakeStyle]

Kennah sounds like a real internet badass.  If he and Redstone teamed up they could intimidate the whole world-wide web with just a glance.

[Ballygrl]

No description of the guy who was "verbally abusive"? so can we conclude that if the story was true it was either a little guy or old person, someone who isn't a "threat physically" to yell at in public?

BTW, I went to the post office yesterday and it was very pleasant, ran into a soldier and thanked him for his service, than saw a cute little doggie in a car with his head out the window and going nuts because he wanted to be petted and having a pleasant conversation with the dog's owner, and the dog's owner wishing me a Merry Christmas and me wishing her 1.

[njpines]

Kennah sounds like a real internet badass.  If he and Redstone teamed up they could intimidate the whole world-wide web with just a glance.

Hi-5!

[Karin]

Let's see.  We're missing the So.  We do have plenty of verbatim conversations, complete with quotation marks.  We have the crowd going along with the story-teller, and the warm afterglow was a nice effect.  We also have the obligatory "teabagger" comment from the replies.  On the other hand, the tale was way too long, and not particularly riveting.  We are missing a conversion.  

Does not demonstrate a glimmer of aptitude for potential, even with practice and honing.  D

[Ralph Wiggum]

Let's see.  We're missing the So.  We do have plenty of verbatim conversations, complete with quotation marks.  We have the crowd going along with the story-teller, and the warm afterglow was a nice effect.  We also have the obligatory "teabagger" comment from the replies.  On the other hand, the tale was way too long, and not particularly riveting.  We are missing a conversion.  

Does not demonstrate a glimmer of aptitude for potential, even with practice and honing.  D

My thoughts exactly.

Taverner  (1000+ posts)        Tue Dec-21-10 09:32 PM
Response to Reply #2
12. It's the Democrat way : if you aren't getting what you want, yell louder

Fixed for truth.

[vesta111]

No description of the guy who was "verbally abusive"? so can we conclude that if the story was true it was either a little guy or old person, someone who isn't a "threat physically" to yell at in public?

BTW, I went to the post office yesterday and it was very pleasant, ran into a soldier and thanked him for his service, than saw a cute little doggie in a car with his head out the window and going nuts because he wanted to be petted and having a pleasant conversation with the dog's owner, and the dog's owner wishing me a Merry Christmas and me wishing her 1.

I am becoming addicted to these bouncy tales.

There must be some we can think up here about how we put the libs. down and out with our own bouncy tales.

Such as how we jacked up a coworker that was on light duty due to an abortion.

You know the drill, how a customer in a bank that was overdrawn and complaining it was not their fault and was told off in front of 50 customers.
 
I would like to hear from return clerks at the stores find a customer returning underware that has been not worn they say and smells funny.

[GCBill]

Earlier today, I was walking to the community cafe for some fair trade coffee and a soy bran muffin when I encountered a big brute wearing a "Palin '12" jacket win an "I heart Dick Cheney" button. He was savagely flailing on a juvenile pinniped with his winter footwear, which appeared to be weighted down with a soft, grey, heavy metallic substance. 

This, of course, made me quite irascent. "Sir", I said, "this behavior is most assuredly unacceptable, and I would urge you to cease injuring this creature".

He turned towards me and said, "Obama is a socialist! I hate brown people!". By this time, a small group of curious onlookershad gathered.

I informed him, "No, President Obama is a corporatist. And socialism is not bad. Don't you believe in firefighters and fairness?"

He replied, "I suppose I do! I never thought of it that way before!"

I handed him some literature about Alan Grayson and Bernie Sanders. I said, "Read this, you will be enlightened!"

He thanked me, and the crowd spontaneously began singing The Internationale: "Debout, les damnés de la terre! Debout, les forçats de la faim! La raison tonne en son cratère! C'est l'éruption de la fin!"

My faith in humanity is restored!

[Karin]

Not bad.  Not bad 'tall.   

Alan Grayson literature

[IassaFTots]

LOL!

So, I was at the grocery store yesterday.  They had clementines, 2 lbs for 2.99, 5 for 4.99.  This elderly lady was next to me looking at them too.  She said to me, "This is a good deal on clementines."  I replied that it was indeed a good deal.  She then let me know she was unsure if she could use 5 pounds of clementines.  I suggested she juice them.  We agreed that 5 lbs of clementines for $4.99 was a good purchase, so we both picked up a bag.  

And then the security guard jumped out of the Christmas Tree display and told the lady he would walk her to her car, because he was concerned with the jackholes (my word not his) barreling through the parking lot.  

The end.  

[jukin]

GCB HI5!!  9.2 bongs!

I particularly like the use of obscure but obviously very smart words used indicating the jeanus of the poster.  I deducted a quarter bong for not starting out with "So."

[Karin]

OK, so I had to go look up "pinniped."  Got it.  What's the soft grey metallic subtance? 

[JohnnyReb]

...and Johnny tries his hand at song writing again....to the tune of that song from the sound of Music....which my unmusical ass can't remember which comes first.

Dough....that stuff we get for free.

Ray...my social workers name.

ME....it's all about ME.

"O"....my blesseded president.

SEW...a needle in your eye.

LA...another screwed up place.

FAR...North Korea will do.

TEE...Obama has a few.

....and that will bring us back to the welfare office.

[IassaFTots]

...and Johnny tries his hand at song writing again....to the tune of that song from the sound of Music....which my unmusical ass can't remember which comes first.

Dough....that stuff we get for free.

Ray...my social workers name.

ME....it's all about ME.

"O"....my blesseded president.

SEW...a needle in your eye.

LA...another screwed up place.

FAR...North Korea will do.

TEE...Obama has a few.

....and that will bring us back to the welfare office.

Psssst.  It is Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do. 

But I love it anyway.   

[GCBill]

OK, so I had to go look up "pinniped."  Got it.  What's the soft grey metallic subtance? 

Lead! As in "lead-filled snowshoe"!

My inspiration?

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws5Xeu3BEQk[/youtube]

[GCBill]

GCB HI5!!  9.2 bongs!

I particularly like the use of obscure but obviously very smart words used indicating the jeanus of the poster.  I deducted a quarter bong for not starting out with "So."

Now for the translation from "Bouncy" to real life:

I walked down to Dunkin' Donuts for a sausage & egg flatbread sandwich and a cuppa joe (heavy cream, heavy sugar). Along the way I knodded and said hello to a passerby. At the store, I wished them Merry Chrismas and left a dollar tip on a $3 purchase (because I hate the poor and working class).

I guess if I really CARED about the DD employees, I would have left them a well-worn copy of "Das Kapital" and urged them to obstruct and overthrow their multinational corporate overlords!

[JohnnyReb]

Now for the translation from "Bouncy" to real life:

I walked down to Dunkin' Donuts for a sausage & egg flatbread sandwich and a cuppa joe (heavy cream, heavy sugar). Along the way I knodded and said hello to a passerby. At the store, I wished them Merry Chrismas and left a dollar tip on a $3 purchase (because I hate the poor and working class).

I guess if I really CARED about the DD employees, I would have left them a well-worn copy of "Das Kapital" and urged them to obstruct and overthrow their multinational corporate overlords!

Then in appreciation they would have incresed your heavy cream, heavy sugar order to no cream and a dab of corn syrup.

[AllosaursRus]

Earlier today, I was walking to the community cafe for some fair trade coffee and a soy bran muffin when I encountered a big brute wearing a "Palin '12" jacket win an "I heart Dick Cheney" button. He was savagely flailing on a juvenile pinniped with his winter footwear, which appeared to be weighted down with a soft, grey, heavy metallic substance.  

This, of course, made me quite irascent. "Sir", I said, "this behavior is most assuredly unacceptable, and I would urge you to cease injuring this creature".

He turned towards me and said, "Obama is a socialist! I hate brown people!". By this time, a small group of curious onlookershad gathered.

I informed him, "No, President Obama is a corporatist. And socialism is not bad. Don't you believe in firefighters and fairness?"

He replied, "I suppose I do! I never thought of it that way before!"

I handed him some literature about Alan Grayson and Bernie Sanders. I said, "Read this, you will be enlightened!"

He thanked me, and the crowd spontaneously began singing The Internationale: "Debout, les damnés de la terre! Debout, les forçats de la faim! La raison tonne en son cratère! C'est l'éruption de la fin!"

My faith in humanity is restored!

Ya forgot the cop jumpin' outa the bushes!

[PatriotGame]

Earlier today, I was walking to the community cafe for some fair trade coffee and a soy bran muffin when I encountered a big brute wearing a "Palin '12" jacket win an "I heart Dick Cheney" button. He was savagely flailing on a juvenile pinniped with his winter footwear, which appeared to be weighted down with a soft, grey, heavy metallic substance. 

This, of course, made me quite irascent. "Sir", I said, "this behavior is most assuredly unacceptable, and I would urge you to cease injuring this creature".

He turned towards me and said, "Obama is a socialist! I hate brown people!". By this time, a small group of curious onlookershad gathered.

I informed him, "No, President Obama is a corporatist. And socialism is not bad. Don't you believe in firefighters and fairness?"

He replied, "I suppose I do! I never thought of it that way before!"

I handed him some literature about Alan Grayson and Bernie Sanders. I said, "Read this, you will be enlightened!"

He thanked me, and the crowd spontaneously began singing The Internationale: "Debout, les damnés de la terre! Debout, les forçats de la faim! La raison tonne en son cratère! C'est l'éruption de la fin!"

My faith in humanity is restored!

I came across the same person. I got in his face, repleted 20 Soros leftist talking points and really dressed him down.
A crowd had gathered across the street and started to cheer.

As he ran away, he kicked a kitten...

[GOBUCKS]

I came across the same person. I got in his face, repleted 20 Soros leftist talking points and really dressed him down.
A crowd had gathered across the street and started to cheer.

As he ran away, he kicked a kitten...

....and I noticed he was wearing a large crucifix necklace...

[Ballygrl]

I am becoming addicted to these bouncy tales.

There must be some we can think up here about how we put the libs. down and out with our own bouncy tales.

Such as how we jacked up a coworker that was on light duty due to an abortion.

You know the drill, how a customer in a bank that was overdrawn and complaining it was not their fault and was told off in front of 50 customers.
 
I would like to hear from return clerks at the stores find a customer returning underware that has been not worn they say and smells funny.

That's the difference between them and us, we're secure enough in our views and ourselves that we don't need to lie to feel good.

[Ballygrl]

LOL!

So, I was at the grocery store yesterday.  They had clementines, 2 lbs for 2.99, 5 for 4.99.  This elderly lady was next to me looking at them too.  She said to me, "This is a good deal on clementines."  I replied that it was indeed a good deal.  She then let me know she was unsure if she could use 5 pounds of clementines.  I suggested she juice them.  We agreed that 5 lbs of clementines for $4.99 was a good purchase, so we both picked up a bag.  

And then the security guard jumped out of the Christmas Tree display and told the lady he would walk her to her car, because he was concerned with the jackholes (my word not his) barreling through the parking lot.  

The end.