I wasn't TRYING to be PC, you ignorant assmonkey!

[moggy]

Friday afternoon, in the checkout line at the grocery store. I always try to be pleasant to cashiers and whatnot, because I've worked in public service before, and I know what it's like to get blasted by a customer for no good reason. So the guy says, "Hi, how are you", and I say, "Fine, how about you." Then, I don't know, I was just happy cause it was friday and my husband was home early from work and my medication's working well and all, I said, "TGIF!"

He glances at me, asks, "What does that stand for?" I'm thinking, 'What, this guy's never heard that saying before?" and I say, "Thank Goodness It's Friday." He says, "Oh, I know that, but with different words, not as PC." I admit, I was a little taken aback. He wasn't nasty about it, but it kinda felt like a slap in the face. I FELT like saying, "LOOK, buttmunch, I wasn't saying it to be PC, that's the way I always say it!" I don't consider myself a Christian, but if I was, I wouldn't go around cramming my religion down everyone's throat and automatically assuming that everyone around me was Christian, which is what I would be doing if I said "Thank God It's Friday".

And actually my husband and I don't like this particular cashier- he never seems very pleasant, and we usually try to avoid the guy, but his line was short, so we got in it. Well, Mr. Rude Fuckwidget Cashierperson, you can be CERTAIN that I will NEVER set foot in your checkout line again. Piss off!

[Daowajan]

Originally posted by moggy
I wouldn't go around cramming my religion down everyone's throat and automatically assuming that everyone around me was Christian, which is what I would be doing if I said "Thank God It's Friday".

Jews don't believe in God, apparently?

[HairyPotter]

I'm kinda confused by your story. First of all, I have never heard of TGIF standing for anything other than "Thank God It's Friday", so I can't imagine what non-PC phrase could be attached to that acronym. Secondly, I don't understand why his response was taken as anything other than a joke. Of course, I can be pretty damned naive about lots of stuff, so excuse me if I am missing the obvious.

[Cat Whisperer]

Well, if he knew what it meant, what the holy heck was he doing asking what it meant? I think a more fitting punishment for this particular piece of work would be to ALWAYS get in his line, and make it as difficult as possible; make him do price checks, wrap meat separately, make him bag everything exactly as you like it, etc. And write out complaints about him in front of him if he makes even the slightest mistake. That'll learn him.

[iampunha]

Originally posted by moggy
I don't consider myself a Christian, but if I was, I wouldn't go around cramming my religion down everyone's throat and automatically assuming that everyone around me was Christian, which is what I would be doing if I said "Thank God It's Friday".


Christians are the only people who believe in God (the being, not the name)? Coulda fooled me.

[Asylum]

Actually what's the big deal with saying "Thank God It's Friday?" I know several of atheists and agnositics who use the phrase "Thank God," not in a religious way, but just to say they're glad something worked out in a beneficial way. I always kinda figured "Thank God" had lost any real religious connotation for most people.

[moggy]

You're right, Christians aren't the only people who believe in God. Forgive the error. And no, I don't think the guy was making a joke. I probably shouldn't have even posted, it was a lame rant. Oh well.

[zoogirl]

Originally posted by Asylum
Actually what's the big deal with saying "Thank God It's Friday?" I know several of atheists and agnositics who use the phrase "Thank God," not in a religious way, but just to say they're glad something worked out in a beneficial way. I always kinda figured "Thank God" had lost any real religious connotation for most people.

I hafta agree with Asylum. Thank God has lost any actual religious meaning to the point that I consider it a mild cuss and I don't say it in church. If I do use it in reference to thanking God, I make sure I phrase it in a way that makes my intention plain. I do use TGIF, but say it "Goodness".

[mouthbreather]

Originally posted by moggy
He glances at me, asks, "What does that stand for?" I'm thinking, 'What, this guy's never heard that saying before?" and I say, "Thank Goodness It's Friday." He says, "Oh, I know that, but with different words, not as PC."

Should have responded with:

"Actually, your response leads me to a better definition, and it represents my thoughts on your PC/nonPC attitude:

Think I GIve a Fuck?"

[Rilchiam]

Originally posted by HairyPotter
I'm kinda confused by your story. First of all, I have never heard of TGIF standing for anything other than "Thank God It's Friday"

Toes Go In First. This would apply both to putting on socks and swimming before Memorial Day.

[acconav]

conan o'brian:
"in the year 2000, militant atheists will take over the U.S. and order the closing of all churches, synagogues, and TGIFridays"

[Manda JO]

Is it possible that amoung his set "TGIF" have a really, really different meaning:? Something really explicit and/oe obscene? It may well have been that you shocked him, and then after he figured out you didn't mean the really rude thing he thought you did, he couldn't really explain himself: "I'm sorry, Ma'am, my first thought was "Tits and Groins I Fuck!" (note: I made that up.)

[BiblioCat]

Of course, if you'd said it stood for "Thank God It's Friday", it would have turned out that the guy was a militant born-again fundamentalist who would have been offended beyond belief.
Sometimes you just can't win.

Kinsey the Cynic
who's been in a really bad "Fuck You" mood all weekend

[Steve Wright]

There is a variant, common in the low circles I move in, which is TFIF. No prizes for guessing what the first F stands for. I wonder if this was what the cashier had in mind?

[Cleophus]

Originally posted by featherlou
Well, if he knew what it meant, what the holy heck was he doing asking what it meant? I think a more fitting punishment for this particular piece of work would be to ALWAYS get in his line, and make it as difficult as possible; make him do price checks, wrap meat separately, make him bag everything exactly as you like it, etc. And write out complaints about him in front of him if he makes even the slightest mistake. That'll learn him.

So let me get this straight. Because a cashier's(also a person) deportment isn't exactly what you want, you want to make him run through hoops for no other reason then some sort of revenge? For all you know, the cashier in question may have been trying to make a friendly remark. Does talking to the cashier about the situation not seem like an acceptable solution, or do you feel like it would be beneath you? Also, you want to hold up the line for the customers behind you? I'm not sure, but I think that falls under "being an asshole."

You may now continue your rant.

[lieu]

Tell his manager it now means
This Grocery Is F*cked.

[grayhairedmomma]

..I wouldn't go around cramming my religion down everyone's throat and automatically assuming that everyone around me was Christian, which is what I would be doing if I said "Thank God It's Friday".

How does thanking God that it's friday assume that the person you're speaking with is Christian, and how is that cramming a religion down someone's throat? Are people no longer allowed to express their belief in a diety?

[Cat Whisperer]

Originally posted by Cleophus
Originally posted by featherlou
Well, if he knew what it meant, what the holy heck was he doing asking what it meant? I think a more fitting punishment for this particular piece of work would be to ALWAYS get in his line, and make it as difficult as possible; make him do price checks, wrap meat separately, make him bag everything exactly as you like it, etc. And write out complaints about him in front of him if he makes even the slightest mistake. That'll learn him.

So let me get this straight. Because a cashier's(also a person) deportment isn't exactly what you want, you want to make him run through hoops for no other reason then some sort of revenge? For all you know, the cashier in question may have been trying to make a friendly remark. Does talking to the cashier about the situation not seem like an acceptable solution, or do you feel like it would be beneath you? Also, you want to hold up the line for the customers behind you? I'm not sure, but I think that falls under "being an asshole."

You may now continue your rant.
Uh, actually, my advice was given tongue-in-cheek, and since only moggy knows the situation, she is free to take it or ignore it as she sees fit (and since it was over-the-top advice, I assumed she was going to ignore it, or laugh at it as the joke it was, which I obviously didn't make clear).

[rsa]

[PC police here]
That should be "intellectually challenged derrière primate". Please try to be more careful in the future.
[PC police leaving]

[moggy]

This guy is never really "pleasant". He may have been trying to make small talk, but it just wasn't working, and he's kinda had an attitude before. The idea of making him work extra hard is amusing but I would never do something like that (yes. featherlou, your advice gave me a chuckle). In future, I will just avoid his checkout line.





My apologies, rsa. :)