tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post5713238652664817237..comments2024-03-29T05:29:08.934-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Thanksgiving incident at Trader Joe'sNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-48046199665304232632019-11-26T05:19:23.454-06:002019-11-26T05:19:23.454-06:00I’m with your son and wife. The guy was kidding. L...I’m with your son and wife. The guy was kidding. Like you said, just making chit chat. A cashier is not going to seriously impose himself at your family’s Thanksgiving dinner. I wouldn’t invite a stranger to dinner. Elizabeth Smart’s parents brought a stranger to their home — he said he would work for food. He kidnapped their 14-year-old for months. You are soft-hearted — and that is a great quality — you would have gone back if your family hadn’t provided their take on it. Aunt Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05059190273926041821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-46236369503145575852015-12-13T18:11:07.493-06:002015-12-13T18:11:07.493-06:00i think he saw all the stuff you were buying for y...i think he saw all the stuff you were buying for your son and it looked good to him as a young man as well . hence his comment .i think he was saying id like to eat this stuff too. FMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12277389094095765860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-9435890733404799512015-11-26T21:03:17.478-06:002015-11-26T21:03:17.478-06:00No thanks on Trader Joe's- too many hipsters, ...No thanks on Trader Joe's- too many hipsters, overpriced and I don't want to hear lectures from the goofy cashiers on why they don't use plastic bags.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-3694240035446151462015-11-26T12:20:45.798-06:002015-11-26T12:20:45.798-06:00I don't mind the banter in principle, but ther...I don't mind the banter in principle, but there's no question some people are better at it than others. The kids with carts are cute, except when they're in my way. ;)Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-62581865359599756802015-11-26T10:44:52.882-06:002015-11-26T10:44:52.882-06:00Different families have different traditions about...Different families have different traditions about this sort of thing. For 20+ years, my family did thanksgiving with close family friends, who took in any stray who anyone knew. Might be 20 there, might be 40, including basic-training sailors from Great Lakes, newly arrived immigrants, friends-of-friends-of-folks who came every year but had noplace to go that year. Never knowing who'd be there was one of the delights, along with the food and drink. <br /><br />As for Trader Joe's, the clerks banter is a bad business strategy. Every time I go there to buy some flowers to leave on my mother's grave, the clerk feels the need to banter about how grateful some lucky girl will be to get them. I just shake my head, knowing he or she is obeying corporate orders. And then there's the genius who decided little kids deserved their own mini shopping carts to careen around the place with . . . Bill Savagehttp://chicagobydayandnight.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-70423381807845214582015-11-26T06:44:14.080-06:002015-11-26T06:44:14.080-06:00Maybe it would be easier if your son drove to the ...Maybe it would be easier if your son drove to the store by himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-75444159757998813542015-11-26T06:32:33.501-06:002015-11-26T06:32:33.501-06:00Elliot-Is there some medication or counseling that...Elliot-Is there some medication or counseling that can help with your fear of strangers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-83426745276448291462015-11-26T06:31:07.466-06:002015-11-26T06:31:07.466-06:00I've said it before and will again-that Mrs. S...I've said it before and will again-that Mrs. S., she's a wise one. She sounds very practical/pragmatic. That's a good thing.anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-21775584755653367062015-11-25T22:17:09.127-06:002015-11-25T22:17:09.127-06:00I often find myself looking back and wishing I had...I often find myself looking back and wishing I had been more forthright in my efforts to help. There are situations, such as the one you posted, where a few more words may have been enough to clarify or potentially offer help but the sudden nature of the event catches you off guard. Never fails to dampen my day. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01157373822570717825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-47427941857543853212015-11-25T21:53:20.483-06:002015-11-25T21:53:20.483-06:00I find the checkers often pleasantly friendly. It ...I find the checkers often pleasantly friendly. It seems a bit unusual that someone pitches someone to invite them for Thanksgiving, maybe. There are indeed many people alone on Thanksgiving and other big holidays. Most probably don't mention it. I have a friend that invited a homeless guy from their area for a number of years. And, a guy who works for our building part time got handed a little card, an invitation to a dinner at a private home here locally. Free. For strangers. bbrandolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09341924481745330966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-54537830483358547572015-11-25T20:33:29.375-06:002015-11-25T20:33:29.375-06:00I'd probably invite people to my house, but I&...I'd probably invite people to my house, but I'm autistic and strangers freak me out, so we just take in dogs and cats instead. True story. And we feed the raccoons and possums too.PadraigElliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02129677070567100371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-313891077791565082015-11-25T20:32:02.839-06:002015-11-25T20:32:02.839-06:00Many a truth is said in jest.Many a truth is said in jest.PadraigElliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02129677070567100371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-62079345320925682232015-11-25T20:29:55.829-06:002015-11-25T20:29:55.829-06:00There is only one way to know for sure....
There is only one way to know for sure....<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251719976370065445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-47206818986474949812015-11-25T20:21:01.688-06:002015-11-25T20:21:01.688-06:00See above. See above. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-76688093545477761262015-11-25T20:20:42.164-06:002015-11-25T20:20:42.164-06:00No. My wife pointed out that I was being dense, an...No. My wife pointed out that I was being dense, and the kid obviously was joking. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-28531588669293135302015-11-25T20:20:26.969-06:002015-11-25T20:20:26.969-06:00The cashier sounds like an oddball to me and was p...The cashier sounds like an oddball to me and was probably kidding. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-8291851005486996192015-11-25T19:29:00.448-06:002015-11-25T19:29:00.448-06:00Have you gone back yet? Have you gone back yet? Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09313582022654558550noreply@blogger.com