Comments | missmp: venting my spleen

missmp

venting my spleen

Jun 24, 2009 10:40

I met up with my husband yesterday at the farmer's market, and we bought our veggies for the week before walking up to Trader Joe's to look for their prenatal vitamins, which are the only ones that don't make me sick to my stomach, so I'm a total diva about them ( Read more... )

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amberlynne June 24 2009, 15:37:55 UTC

Those people drive me crazy!!! I especially hate it when I am clearly ON MY WAY TO/FROM LUNCH, sometimes with the lunch IN MY HANDS and they still try to stop me. Some people have JOBS, okay? They don't have time to deal with hippies in the middle of the day.

Also, sometimes, I just want to screech "I WORK FOR THE PEACE CORPS! GO BOTHER SOME ASSHOLE INVESTMENT BANKER OR SOMETHING!"

But I am way too mature for that.

dietcokebreak June 24 2009, 17:34:33 UTC

I especially hate it when I am clearly ON MY WAY TO/FROM LUNCH, sometimes with the lunch IN MY HANDS and they still try to stop me. Some people have JOBS, okay? They don't have time to deal with hippies in the middle of the day.

Ditto that! I get that whenever I try to grab something for lunch in Kendall Square, which I then bring back to eat in my office. (They are right in front of the COOP.) Some of us are on the clock, and many of us are on a university's payroll.

athena_01 June 24 2009, 20:19:18 UTC

Tee hee.

lyrainverse June 24 2009, 21:54:29 UTC

Gahhhh I hate them too! And I'm an environmentalist! Mostly I'm suspicious of their fundraising, because I spent two days as a canvasser, and 50% of the funds we raised was our take-home pay. Soooo sketchy. Which is why I quit.

My normal solution is to to tell a white lie: "Oh, I already talked to your colleague down the street!" I hate being rude because mostly they're just overly earnest college kids who got duped by the "Make $700/wk working for the environment!" signs plastered all over campus.

dickumbrage June 25 2009, 01:45:24 UTC

OMG i hope you email me so bostonist can scoop those chowderheads.

katesti June 25 2009, 03:19:46 UTC

I have the same issue most days. There are Greenpeace folk that plant themselves RIGHT IN FRONT of the bookstore where I like to get lunch. I usually just pretend I can't hear them because my iPod is too loud (and AVOID EYE CONTACT AVOID EYE CONTACT AVOID EYE CONTACT), but if I don't have my iPod on, and they ask me if I want to save the earth/care about polar bears/whatever? I just flatly say No. Rude? Yes. Effective? Oh yes.