CoolHandMike
CoolHandMike t1_jawmdz9 wrote
Reply to comment by MartianActual in Hatboro, Pennsylvania woman facing charges after racist rant at pizzeria by Snoi7
It's really fun (but not really) watching these types of people do a complete 180 when you mention having served in the military. Side note, I hate the whole "thank you for your service" thing that has been programmed into our population. Yeah, I served, but I was an electronics tech fixing radios in the repair shop. Teachers and nurses are much more deserving of this kind of respect imho.
CoolHandMike t1_j4ik5ij wrote
Nope, you're out of luck. Happened to me a couple of years ago. You'll have to find a beverage store in the interim.
CoolHandMike OP t1_j1m0is9 wrote
Reply to comment by SBRH33 in Asked to conserve electricity on Christmas eve. What is even going on anymore by CoolHandMike
Oh, I have one, bought after a long outage back in 2016 or so. I will say that our power delivery is many times more reliable here in Berks than it was in Chester County at least.
CoolHandMike t1_j1lbjo0 wrote
Reply to So here I sit in the dark. Wearing flannel-lined jeans and a hoodie. And I get an email from First Energy saying if I don't conserve electricity there may be managed blackouts. WTF? by BeltfedOne
Didn't realize there was already a post about this. Posted a similar rant earlier. WTF indeed.
*edit Also I have the same temp monitor on my desk, currently reads 12 outside and 65 inside
Submitted by CoolHandMike t3_zusz8o in Pennsylvania
CoolHandMike t1_jazcvxi wrote
Reply to comment by MartianActual in Hatboro, Pennsylvania woman facing charges after racist rant at pizzeria by Snoi7
That IS hardcore. Your wife is a force of nature, for sure.
I mostly used to get annoyed at the hardware store, since it seems to be a part of their training to specifically thank you for your service when you ask for the discount at check-out (Lowe's and HD). Feeling inspired one day, I turned it around and thanked them for the discount and that's become my mantra. "Thank you for your service." "Hey, thanks for the discount!" Some cashiers seem pleasantly surprised by the "return compliment", so that's nice. (Side-note: recently bought a house and during the first few years it wasn't uncommon for me to visit multiple stores per week, if not per day. "The Thankening" got old quick.)
That said, the self-checkout at Lowe's used to loudly "THANK YOU FOR YOUR MILITARY SERVICE" when you scanned your membership card, which was just super-cringe to me. Like, why is a machine programmed to suddenly (and loudly, for all to hear) call me out like this. I did not ask for, nor do I need this kind of self-aggrandization. However I've noticed in the past couple of times I've visited that it doesn't seem to do that anymore, just displaying it on the screen in text instead. But it could just be my local store's settings or something, I'm not sure. I hope it continues.