tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post9006017510363878955..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: Don't Talk to Strangers!Anne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-72947664913188261632009-10-08T09:40:45.631-04:002009-10-08T09:40:45.631-04:00I was going to post all about how I'm quite ha...I was going to post all about how I'm quite happy to talk to people in stores of all kinds, and then it hit me - even after living in NJ almost 11 years, I'm still a Texas girl at heart.<br /><br />I surprised you didn't take her bagel chips and shove 'em where the sun don't shine.KrisMrsBBradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14988742743150495260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-56523371330328196892009-10-05T17:48:08.303-04:002009-10-05T17:48:08.303-04:00Oh Gawd! I've laughed so hard I have tears!Oh Gawd! I've laughed so hard I have tears!Lyndanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-89571090414660042322009-10-03T03:29:16.528-04:002009-10-03T03:29:16.528-04:00Here in Northern California, I talk to strangers i...Here in Northern California, I talk to strangers in stores often. Often they talk back to me or at least smile. <br />Remind me to stay out of New Jersey. (the only part of New Jersey I've been in is Chatham, and they were middling friendly if I remember right. It was a long time ago.)kimchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14020798623317549440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-45264476285330249082009-10-03T03:21:31.910-04:002009-10-03T03:21:31.910-04:00Here in the UK Society would stop if we didn't...Here in the UK Society would stop if we didn't talk to strangers. It goes hand in hand with our love of queuing. It's protocol when standing in line to talk to your fellow queuers and complain about the weather. Come on over - I think we do shake and bake too!Lynhttp://www.witch-blog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-32692983221051933292009-10-01T12:16:09.498-04:002009-10-01T12:16:09.498-04:00There are two grocery stores in my West Philly nei...There are two grocery stores in my West Philly neighborhood - one is shiny and neat and made to appeal to the suburban kids who come to school at Penn and are terrified of anything too "urban"; and another that is run-down and not very clean but stocks an amazing variety of ethnic foods and mostly serves the very mixed neighborhood that exists side-by-side with Penn. I avoid the shiny place like the plague; it's horrible and crowded and nobody makes eye contact. I go to the other one when I need a supermarket. It always has fun music on the loudspeaker, people talk to each other over the produce, little old ladies give random and unsolicited cooking advice, and if you asked where the shake-and-bake was you'd have about five people leading you there and offering to exchange shake-and-bake recipes. In several languages. <br /><br />There are many, many things I don't love about this city. But there are a few things that I do, and that's one of them.Nettlehttp://nettle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-87429150681294085902009-09-30T21:28:23.659-04:002009-09-30T21:28:23.659-04:00Whoa! I live right near Lawnside! Thanks for the t...Whoa! I live right near Lawnside! Thanks for the tip... And I'll bet they've got Southern chicken coating too.Anne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083739996560380258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-89925742144502639532009-09-30T20:51:13.952-04:002009-09-30T20:51:13.952-04:00I think it has a lot to do with the store and the ...I think it has a lot to do with the store and the neighborhood you shop in. My Mom has this amazing mutant power where people talk to her. I've inherited it, and we're both natives of Jersey. And Mom shops at the Pathmark in Lawnside twice or so a month, the folks there seem pretty friendly.Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07250084025459835860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-18143183129846654032009-09-30T15:59:04.887-04:002009-09-30T15:59:04.887-04:00Sheesh indeed.
I'm in upstate NY so we get sad...Sheesh indeed.<br />I'm in upstate NY so we get saddled with some of the same stereotypes as "New Yorkers" even though the Big Apple is a totally different universe from my rural town.<br />In the big city stores, yeah, asking a stranger about something is tantamount to being a terrorist sometimes. <br />I fear for societies future here in the northeast US.Maebiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818255129828936381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-6753624875740798652009-09-30T11:42:41.322-04:002009-09-30T11:42:41.322-04:00I was born and raised in TN. I learned manners. So...I was born and raised in TN. I learned manners. Some people think manners are "shallow" or "insincere", but I'd rather a stranger put on a smile and say "good morning!" - even if it's "insincere"- than let the door hit me in the face while they practice their "real" rudeness. Since then I've lived in St Louis (still pretty courteous), Chicago (lots of Appalachians), Philly (horribly mean), Austin (gloriously hospitable), and finally Los Angeles. <br /><br />LA is a nightmare of stuck up, pretentious, morons who are in love with themselves, together with a healthy dose of various immigrants who's cultural customs vary but are still perplexing to me. I try to roll with it, but as my extroverted, also born-in-the-south, jewish, southwestern-raised husband always says, "You can take the girl out of the South, but you can't take the South out of the girl..."Gruvkittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667411138724801816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-8790299151240268352009-09-30T00:45:05.394-04:002009-09-30T00:45:05.394-04:00that's why i love small towns in texas...we ho...that's why i love small towns in texas...we hold the door open for you, let that person in front of you go first if they only have 2 itmes and you have a full basket. everyone knows me from family dollar..well, hell everyone knows me..and i was in the grocery store and some one came up to me and asked where the canned milk was..i took them right too it..they figure if i knew where things were at family dollar i'd know where they would be at food mart..we wave to each other driving on the road..even if we dont know who the person is..men will tip their hat at you..and the four way stop signs is hysterical..no one wants to be the rude one and go first..i want to have some one draw a cartoon of 4 cars at a 4way and have the cars all have cobwebs and skeletons in the cars...yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-21633860522771299242009-09-29T23:37:37.171-04:002009-09-29T23:37:37.171-04:00What goes around comes around, so little Miss Yupp...What goes around comes around, so little Miss Yuppie Bitch will get hers in due course, I'm sure.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-2890910675439924742009-09-29T21:45:20.811-04:002009-09-29T21:45:20.811-04:00What a bee-otch. sheesh.
If you don't talk t...What a bee-otch. sheesh. <br /><br />If you don't talk to strangers as an adult, how will you make any friends?<br />I'm still trying to train myself out of a lot of perfectly sensible childhood conditioning - nearly 30 years in! *smacks forehead*<br /><br />But I married an *incredibly* extroverted guy, and he talks to *everybody,* thus relieving me of the stress of having to make first contact much of the time. ;)Souris Optiquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560601043872845480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-90757352697546076962009-09-29T20:37:41.766-04:002009-09-29T20:37:41.766-04:00How rude. I'm always asked where things are w...How rude. I'm always asked where things are when I'm out shopping and I've never found it at all offensive.<br /><br />I think I know where the shake and bake was ... up little miss NJ Yuppie's ****Mama Kelly of 2 Witches Bloghttp://2witches.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-64618733985426053192009-09-29T20:06:34.230-04:002009-09-29T20:06:34.230-04:00That's why we are famous for our "Souther...That's why we are famous for our "Southern hospitality"; if someone responded to us like that, we'd have pulled out our gun and shot her. One last asshole polluting the spice ailse.Alex Pendragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15877845166621794334noreply@blogger.com