I generally give them a grade on their upsell “Nice try, but that’s only an A-Minus upsell.*” Delivered in a wry tone of voice, it gets more than a few of laughs from the clerks. Hell, on some truly A-Plus efforts, I’ve allowed them to persuade me, so long as I don’t take a major hit in the wallet. Not the kids’ fault they gotta toe the corporate line.
*I never grade less than an ‘A-Minus’ - their manager might be in earshot.
You’re right, it’s entirely my fault. You are entirely blameless here. No point in even suggesting that we might have both played a part in how things turned out. No, my fault.
You want tell your brother? What’s he going to do, drive over here and kick my ass? You know what, I’ll just stand there and take it. I should, seeing as how it’s all my fucking fault.
Christ, this is fucking stupid.
What is?
Is it peas?
This fucking stupid thing.
Is it your penis?
It’s entirely possible to stand up for your own rights without being rude. Merely saying, “No, thank you,” to a fucking Wal-Mart receipt checker isn’t rude. If you’d said, “Fuck off, bitch,” and shoved her out of the way, *then *you’d be rude.
I hate to go all slippery slope, but we’d get a lot of rights back if people who actually fucking knew better wouldn’t constantly let them be taken away out of the ridiculous fear that it’s somehow *mean *to *politely insist *on being treated in the way you’re legally fucking entitled to.
We didn’t think you were stupid, just ignorant. Since, you know, you appeared to be *completely fucking oblivious *as to (a) the basic concept of upselling; and (b) the fact that it generates a lot of revenue; because (c) other people actually buy stuff when it’s suggested; so (d) companies *require *their sales staff to engage in it.
That *would *in fact make everything his fault…
Dammit, Ashtar, whaddya do this time?
Soooo o o o … don’t keep us in suspense here. Did your … brother-in-law? I’m guessing? come over and whup some Lordbutt?
Since I ranted here, it’s only fair I share a couple of photos of a few select atrocities.
A car once parked here.
http://www.coalgoddess.net/files/Pictures/1012/Life_Sucks_02.jpg
10 feet down, we struck water.
http://www.coalgoddess.net/files/Pictures/1012/Life_Sucks_03.jpg
Chipmunk tunnel (typ.)
http://www.coalgoddess.net/files/Pictures/1012/Life_Sucks_04.jpg
From nearly a dozen feet underground, inspecting a steel pier.
http://www.coalgoddess.net/files/Pictures/1012/Life_Sucks_06.jpg
Una, it’s not too late for the Christmas miracle of a hundred pounds of high explosives.
Any new developments?
I was born with a penis.
Nah, and it wouldn’t come to that.
But isn’t it annoying when girls say they’re going to tell their big brother on you? Like he’s going to beat me up out by the jungle gym, ya know?
Did they think they were building Hoover Dam? I wonder if all of that concrete has fully cured over the decades 
What the heck is there 12 feet of concrete doing under a residential home?
Perhaps if you start digging horizontally, you will find a former resident’s home-brew dungeon/torture chamber.
Or the skeletal remains of Jimmy Hoffa.
What is that I don’t even
OR the skeletal remains of Shot From Guns.
Excuse me?
Whoa, this is just showing some photos, nothing directed at anyone, anything, or nothin’. Just showing the Stygian depths which lie under the foundations which have helped made this the worst Christmas ever for us.
(bangs fist on table) That’s what I want to know!
Personally, I’m hoping you bust through to a fallout shelter containing the skeletized remains of the house’s previous inhabitants. Bonus points if any of the canned goods are still edible!
Sealed over Hellmouth.
Formerly sealed over Hellmouth. :eek: