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Where I live was a central hub for evacuees from Katrina three years ago. Needless to say, we're swarming with folks from Louisiana again. So yeah, Wal-Mart is a little more crowded than usual. Deal with it.
So I get this asshat on the phone. (I am never volunteering to work an extra day during hurricane season again.)
Me: "Newsroom."
Local Moron: (There's no need to repeat all the hateful shit this guy said so paraphrased...) *ten minute rant on all the people in the area who fled the hurricane are clogging up the streets, buying all the stuff out of the stores, filling up all the hotels, etc., so forth, so on. Sprinkle with your own idea of a liberal usage of the N-word before he gets to the point* "...because of all this, I had to stand on line for twenty minutes at the store!! This is ri-goddamn-diculous! These people need to go back where they came from *rant rant rave*"
Me: *having been planning this retort since he started screaming* "Okay, so you called me to complain that you had to wait in line for twenty minutes because a whole lot of people, who had to flee their homes because of the possibility of a repeat of a really tremendous tragedy, who don't really know where they are right now and don't know when or if they'll be able to go back home, and most of whom probably don't have too much more than the clothes on their backs...because they're at the store buying groceries so you had to actually wait your turn."
Moron: "You're just saying it like that to make me sound like an asshole!"
Me: "I didn't have to put anything like anything to make you sound like an asshole, sir." *hang up*
My editor heard me say this, and started to come over to talk to me about it, but the phone rang again. Guess who. Here's the half of the conversation I overhear.
Editor: "Yes sir...yes...yes...I apologize for that, it was uncalled for...what was the issue?" *long pause* "Yes, there are a lot of evacuees here, I imagine the store would be busy..." *pause* "Um...what? Sir...sir? Sir, don't use that language with me...sir...sir, no...SIR." *pause, hangs up* "What an asshole."
Me: "Told you so."
Editor: "Just don't say that on the phone again. They might record it."
Me: "Kay."
The only reason I'll be glad to see everyone go back home after all this is so I don't have to listen to the racist monkeydungs come crawling out from under the rocks anymore...
So I get this asshat on the phone. (I am never volunteering to work an extra day during hurricane season again.)
Me: "Newsroom."
Local Moron: (There's no need to repeat all the hateful shit this guy said so paraphrased...) *ten minute rant on all the people in the area who fled the hurricane are clogging up the streets, buying all the stuff out of the stores, filling up all the hotels, etc., so forth, so on. Sprinkle with your own idea of a liberal usage of the N-word before he gets to the point* "...because of all this, I had to stand on line for twenty minutes at the store!! This is ri-goddamn-diculous! These people need to go back where they came from *rant rant rave*"
Me: *having been planning this retort since he started screaming* "Okay, so you called me to complain that you had to wait in line for twenty minutes because a whole lot of people, who had to flee their homes because of the possibility of a repeat of a really tremendous tragedy, who don't really know where they are right now and don't know when or if they'll be able to go back home, and most of whom probably don't have too much more than the clothes on their backs...because they're at the store buying groceries so you had to actually wait your turn."
Moron: "You're just saying it like that to make me sound like an asshole!"
Me: "I didn't have to put anything like anything to make you sound like an asshole, sir." *hang up*
My editor heard me say this, and started to come over to talk to me about it, but the phone rang again. Guess who. Here's the half of the conversation I overhear.
Editor: "Yes sir...yes...yes...I apologize for that, it was uncalled for...what was the issue?" *long pause* "Yes, there are a lot of evacuees here, I imagine the store would be busy..." *pause* "Um...what? Sir...sir? Sir, don't use that language with me...sir...sir, no...SIR." *pause, hangs up* "What an asshole."
Me: "Told you so."
Editor: "Just don't say that on the phone again. They might record it."
Me: "Kay."
The only reason I'll be glad to see everyone go back home after all this is so I don't have to listen to the racist monkeydungs come crawling out from under the rocks anymore...
you.
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