Comments on: Rudeness with a smile on its face

By: Coming Through! :: Englishman in New York

Coming Through! :: Englishman in New York — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:21:59 +0000

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By: Brooklyn

Brooklyn — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:09:07 +0000

In NYC, that would be followed by the simultaneous “tactical use of the compound word for female parent and sexual intercouse” and “tactical right uppercut.”

By: IanB

IanB — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:22:21 +0000

There is a technique invented in London for just this situation; one where you are part of the crowd and not the ‘running man’ as we will politely refer to him.

The technique is called: “tactical tripping”. It must be followed by “tactical pretending it wasn’t you” and “tactical gesturing with eyebrows towards innocent bystander just in case”.

Ah the joys of the Victoria Line at rush hour, I miss you…not.

By: Michael Harling

Michael Harling — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:14:59 +0000

Too bad he missed his train, but I guess the gods of Karma thought his rudeness outweighed his attempt at good manners.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:08:30 +0000

I’m so glad you clarified, Lisa…I know you don’t live in a bustling metropolis, but even you don’t have to pay a piece of wood to keep you amused!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:24:07 +0000

At least you don’t have to pay a LOT for entertainment.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:23:30 +0000

At least you don’t have to pay a log for entertainment.

By: Expat Mum

Expat Mum — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:35:06 +0000

I saw a Chicago incident yesterday that took my breath away. A woman in a car, got to the traffic lights, (on green), stopped the car right at the corner, got out to get a newspaper and completely ignored the honking cars behind her. It was a single lane road so no one was going anywhere until she got her paper.
We call these people “special”.

By: Apsidal

Apsidal — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:25:50 +0000

Check out http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7843154.stm. It relates how a disproportionate number of Brits died in the Titanic disaster because they insisted on standing in line (or queuing as we Brits put it). I can’t help concluding that New Yorkers may well have better honed survival skills than we do.

By: Brooklyn

Brooklyn — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:28:23 +0000

I’m reminded of a line from the TV version of the Addams Family (I may be paraphrasing a bit, this is from memory):

Gomez [to Morticia]: Carida, that is what we in the business world call “cutting your competitor’s throat without getting blood on his tie.”