# Just ask me once, goddammit! (fast-food rant) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 5, 2002, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-ask-me-once-goddammit-fast-food-rant/135438 "2002-11-05T21:09:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-ask-me-once-goddammit-fast-food-rant/135438/81 "2002-11-18T18:48:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lezlers \* > Blowero, > > Sometimes people don’t have to actually _say_ anything, they just give off an asshole vibe. I’ve caught myself doing it occasionally and felt much guilt and shame afterwards (if you step out of your own little world for all of two seconds and pay attention to how others are reacting to you, it’s not hard to tell) and have apologized. > > Your condesending statements of “aww, your poor widdle brain…” ect. ect. pretty much sum up your overall attitude towards service employees. Hmmm…sorry if I offended anyone. I thought it was understood that this was The Pit, and I was just having a little fun ranting about a particular thing that annoys me. I’ve stated several times now that I don’t make a habit of being rude to service employees; does that mean I’m not allowed to rant about it? You should tell Dennis Miller, because he wouldn’t have had a career if that were the case. As for my comments to other posters, I try not to make a habit of being a smart ass to anyone UNLESS THEY DID IT FIRST. In the case of **baltotop** , it was this comment: > [@](#): > > so if you want to make your order come quicker i suggest that you answer the questions and stop whining… that I thought was kind of smart-assey, and deserved a smart-ass response. C’mon people, if you are THAT thin-skinned, but you like to write snide comments like that, you should probably stay out of The Pit. > [@](#): > > I’m just going off of this thread, I don’t know how you are personally, but if that’s the attitude you give off towards service employees, don’t expect too much in return. Seriously? You are basing your opinion of how I interact with others in society based on a BBQ Pit thread? I can’t tell you how wrong you are. Although, if I DID go to a fast-food place, and some sniveling, pimple-faced employee told me to “answer the questions and stop whining”, I suppose I might have some choice words for that individual. Fortunately, that has never happened, because an internet message board is not the same as real life. I know, shocking - isn’t it?:eek: ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-ask-me-once-goddammit-fast-food-rant/135438/82 "2002-11-18T19:04:56Z")
Blo, I was actually thinking “okay, I was wrong, he was just heated and overreacting” until your last paragraph. I’m very much aware that a message board is not the same as real life, but thanks ever-so-much for that clarification. OTOH, I believe you can learn a great deal about someone from what they post on said message board, particularly their general attitudes. You’ve got the condesending thing down pat. From your last response to me, I’m going to go with Guin in saying that you’ve probably gotten a little extra something in your food… ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-ask-me-once-goddammit-fast-food-rant/135438/83 "2002-11-18T19:18:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PhiloVance \* > \*\*I just had to laugh at that. For years, I tried to get my kids over the age of two to handle a glass on their own. Straws (like baby bottles) are a convenience no normal person needs. :rolleyes: > > I’m not dissin you, Legomancer, but it just struck me as funny, that McDonalds is trying to do what I was. 😃 \*\* How bout if I decide for myself what I need and what I don’t, okay? ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-ask-me-once-goddammit-fast-food-rant/135438/84 "2002-11-18T19:34:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lezlers \* > > I was actually thinking “okay, I was wrong, he was just heated and overreacting” until your last paragraph. > > I’m very much aware that a message board is not the same as real life, but thanks ever-so-much for that clarification. OTOH, I believe you can learn a great deal about someone from what they post on said message board, particularly their general attitudes. You’ve got the condesending thing down pat. > > From your last response to me, I’m going to go with Guin in saying that you’ve probably gotten a little extra something in your food… Lez, You’re obviously trying to get a rise out of me by repeating your accusation that I am rude to service employees, even after I have denied it. In my opinion, quite childish. ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-ask-me-once-goddammit-fast-food-rant/135438/85 "2002-11-21T17:25:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blowero \* > \*\*Lez, > > You’re obviously trying to get a rise out of me by repeating your accusation that I am rude to service employees, even after I have denied it. In my opinion, quite childish. \*\* I’m sorry daddy, I won’t do it again. Promise… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-ask-me-once-goddammit-fast-food-rant/135438/86 "2002-11-21T17:49:19Z")
> [@](#): > > does that mean I’m not allowed to rant about it? You should tell Dennis Miller, because he wouldn’t have had a career if that were the case. ] Dennis Miller has a career? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-ask-me-once-goddammit-fast-food-rant/135438/87 "2002-11-21T19:42:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diogenes the Cynic \* > \*\* > > Dennis Miller has a career? 😕 \*\* 😃 Well, he _used to_. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-ask-me-once-goddammit-fast-food-rant/135438/88 "2002-11-21T19:44:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lezlers \* > \*\*I’m sorry daddy, I won’t do it again. Promise… :rolleyes: \*\* Somehow I doubt that.☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-ask-me-once-goddammit-fast-food-rant/135438.md?page=4)