Why is everyone soo nice in Austin (fit in, insurance)

[EmBee]

Wonderful thread and timely too. Just got back from the grocery and there was long line everywhere. The lady in front of me look at my basket with only 5 items and let me move in front of her because she had a full cart load.

I've done this to other people before, but pleasantly surprise when other people sometimes do the same to you. Pay it forward people. You'll be pleasantly surprised.

[twange]

Originally Posted by AustinTexan

You're right, I need a rehabilitation camp where I can learn to be myself again. After having to deal with all the rude and obnoxious transplants all the time, I'm starting to act just like them! Trust me, when I'm at home and away from transplants, I'm very "Texan." Once I come to work, the "California way" just seems to creep up on me.

Unless the money is that good, I would consider other work. I cannot imagine doing any job that would cause me to feel malice and anger on a regular basis. Not good for the heart and soul, man

[Jennibc]

This thread is making me sad that I am still not back in Austin <sniffle> Oh, darn this blasted recession!

[Mckellyb]

Originally Posted by twange

Unless the money is that good, I would consider other work. I cannot imagine doing any job that would cause me to feel malice and anger on a regular basis. Not good for the heart and soul, man

No lie.

In Oregon, my boss said to me, "if you find something better, take it."

Well, after another six weeks of mulling it over, and seeing the sales staff fired (!), seeing others taking significant pay cuts (and I figured they were coming to me, next, even though they got me on the cheap, initially, with no raises over four years), I went into his office and said, "I quit." He retorted, "when?" My response, "now."

I wish I had a picture of his face. Initially, I think he thought I was kidding.

I handed him my keys and walked out the door after four years of a situation which progressively became unpleasant. Initially, I actually enjoyed going to work. My, how life can change.

A large part of it was related to me asking, "where is this position going?" His response, "this is it..." Effectively, you get to do what you're doing, indefinitely.

No thanks, I get bored. Giving me more boring stuff to do, and things I quite literally could not do due to being partially-crippled (moving furniture without help), isn't helping.

I have to admit, when moving one of those 8-foot tables through the hall, and being unable to use my cane simultaneously, I chuckled when I lost my balance and put a nice dent in the wall. Nobody ever asked about it, much to my chagrin.

My wife and I took the past three years to travel most of NA, NZ, and Australia. Sure, it cost a pretty penny, but I'd rather do it now than wait until I'm old and decrepit.

[twange]

Originally Posted by Mckellyb

My wife and I took the past three years to travel most of NA, NZ, and Australia. Sure, it cost a pretty penny, but I'd rather do it now than wait until I'm old and decrepit.

Cheers to the both of you!

One minute, you're thinking about bills, vacations, laundry, what you're doing Saturday night...the next thing you're laying in a nursing home having some unmotivated, underpaid care-worker cleaning up after you.

Go live. It's what we're meant to do

"Life's along Song...but the tune ends too soon for us all!"
-Jethro Tull

[AustinTexan]

Originally Posted by twange

Unless the money is that good, I would consider other work. I cannot imagine doing any job that would cause me to feel malice and anger on a regular basis. Not good for the heart and soul, man

I'm working on it, trust me. My wife is tired of me coming home so stressed out and short tempered and she's been wanting me to find another job for quite some time. I guarantee that no matter how nice you are, when you have to deal with the kind of people I deal with on a daily basis who are rude, obnoxious, and probably stressed out themselves, it wears on you and you start becoming the same way. A lot of these people are seeing their whole net worth wither away with the falling home prices in California, Nevada, Arizona, Florida, etc. and when they're trying to buy a home here but can't do it until they sell theirs back home (and aren't able to without losing a lot of money), they get a little worked up over the smallest issues. We've had people who simply walked away from their homes and are now trying to buy a home here in Texas. Trust me folks, don't do it. You won't get away with it and you'll be blacklisted from buying a home for at least 7-10 years. People who had perfect credit and were making a lot of money are now having a very difficult time securing financing for a home here in Texas. People from Arizona, California, Michigan, Ohio, Nevada, Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi, and Louisiana seem to be the most affected and are by far our largest client base.

We're seeing a huge influx of Missouri applicants for some reason. Does anyone know what's going on over there that's causing such a huge migration out of there and to Texas? As I've said before, people from California are coming here in much larger numbers than any other state and probably from most states combined. Add to that the fact that they seem to be the most obnoxious, rude, and demanding and you can see where my "anit-Californian" attitude comes from.

[twange]

Originally Posted by AustinTexan

I'm working on it, trust me. My wife is tired of me coming home so stressed out and short tempered and she's been wanting me to find another job for quite some time. I guarantee that no matter how nice you are, when you have to deal with the kind of people I deal with on a daily basis who are rude, obnoxious, and probably stressed out themselves, it wears on you and you start becoming the same way.

Well, think about it: you spend a lot more time with the people you "work" with than the people you care about. It's got to rub off, even just as a way of defending yourself against boorish behavior.

I couldn't take it, personally.

[stan4]

Same thing when we moved to Dallas from California. We couldn't believe sales people in the stores! They were being *gasp* nice! Weird!

Just like they said, keep passing it forward. And represent when you go out of state!

[texastea]

We lived in California for a bit while in grad school. We couldn't believe the service most of the time. One time in a fast food restaurant I asked for ketchup and the girl at the register tried to melt my face with her eyes while she slowly slid a couple of packets across the counter. THAT was weird!

[austintilelady]

Originally Posted by artsyguy

Where did you come from? My experiences in austin were usually unfriendly.... ; however, many other cities in Texas are very friendly!!

Ohio but i had the same experience just not as much in Dallas and Houston. We are spending alot of time around Buda, Onion Creek area. My employer's office is in Buda, Texas. I spent five months in Houston Galleria area and people did not just start talking to you while waiting in line.