Let it snow? (buy, living in, association fees)

[charolastra00]

This is going to sound so trivial, but I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE it when cashiers scrutinize every last item in my cart! Maybe it's their idea of making small talk, but I don't appreciate the bag girl holding up my package of chicken liver with disdain and telling me I have "interesting tastes" as the carton of lox rolls down conveyor belt. Maybe where I live in MA is more "ethnic" so this is common, but goshdarnit neither the cashier nor the bagger said ANYTHING to the gentleman in front of me with the poor chopped off piggie feet. Also, after I've been in the North I talk very fast with a smidge of an accent, so people here have to ask me to repeat myself over and over. I make a conscious effort to slow down, but I'm never asked to repeat myself in Boston and it really gets embarrassing and frustrating.

[puffle]

OK Stop! You're killing me here! Do you suppose they have ever seen a Jewish person before, not that you are, but typically, people of the Christian persuasion rarely get lox and chicken liver. I love meeting people that have never met a Jewish person before. I part my hair to prove that I don't have horns.

[miu]

I used to drive down to Atlanta once a month to do that Scott's Antique Show about 5-6 years ago. My thoughts were very friendly people at the show but one woman upset a fellow Boston antique dealer by asking if she could "jew the price down on a set of forks"... and my friend then announced that the forks were no longer for sale. And that potential customer was surprised that her use of "jew" as a verb would be found offensive. Then, when going to Subway sandwich shops down there, at the time, the only slice cheese that was offered was American cheese. No provolone for my italian cold cuts... only square cheese. And the sandwich makers were the ones calling it "square cheese". And the traffic on their I-285 beltway road was terrible.

[charolastra00]

Originally Posted by puffle

OK Stop! You're killing me here! Do you suppose they have ever seen a Jewish person before, not that you are, but typically, people of the Christian persuasion rarely get lox and chicken liver. I love meeting people that have never met a Jewish person before. I part my hair to prove that I don't have horns.

Yup, I'm Jewish and as a small child I was the only Jew most anyone I knew had ever met. So now there's a whole generation of people from my town whose entire perception of what Judaism is about come from what I thought I knew what I was talking about as a child! "God kills bad kids on Yom Kippur. With lightning." Yeah, NO idea where I got that from >.>

Many of my friends have never seen real snow either, besides the bare inch or so we get every few years that makes for many grassy snowmen. They wanted me to bring back a snowball for them but it would have just turned into a puddle of lukewarm water thanks to Logan and Delta.

[smarty]

How did we get from snow... to being a Jew?

charolastra00 .... next time try dry ice... it keep the snow really cold for a long time...

Check out the ethnicity in my profile... hahaha

[puffle]

Good Morning Smarty. Happy almost Xmas. If you look above the last few posts you'll read about Charolastra00's experience at a supermarket in Altlanta. I just guessed she was Jewish based on her food choices.

[packedandready]

I used to drive down to Atlanta once a month to do that Scott's Antique Show about 5-6 years ago. My thoughts were very friendly people at the show but one woman upset a fellow Boston antique dealer by asking if she could "jew the price down on a set of forks"... and my friend then announced that the forks were no longer for sale. And that potential customer was surprised that her use of "jew" as a verb would be found offensive. Then, when going to Subway sandwich shops down there, at the time, the only slice cheese that was offered was American cheese. No provolone for my italian cold cuts... only square cheese. And the sandwich makers were the ones calling it "square cheese". And the traffic on their I-285 beltway road was terrible.



I would find that offensive as well...some also find "you tried to gyp me" to be offensive.

[HeadedWest]

Originally Posted by puffle

Plus, ever since the first week that we got here I haven't been able to shake a constant cough and a feeling like I still have a cold.

Unfortunately, that kind of not-well-but-not-quite-sick conditions is part of winter, too. At least for me.

[Lindsey_Mcfarren]

I miss Massachusetts but I don't miss the snow.

How do you guys get by without a snowblower?

[miu]

I've shoveled out my driveway on my own many times. I just do it patiently section by section. I've never even used a snowblower ever, until two years ago, I still used a push lawnmower! lol. On the other hand, my boyfriend and male tenant are snowblower people. They used to go next door to the elderly couple and use their snowblower to clear their driveway and then ours. My tenant just bought a used snowblower for a $100 but it's only 5hp.