Out of the Blue [Jul 21, 2003, 08:38 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Yesterday I got a wild hair to have less wild hair, and cut most of it off (I
now resemble the logo more than ever). Later in the day we picked up some
supplies for an impromptu cookout and because there was beer in our cart, the
young lady at the checkout asked for my driver license! Now I'm not going to
kid myself that I suddenly look underage as much as she was just clueless. On
the other hand, I don't think I will ever shop anywhere else... and she sure
looked mystified when I tipped her.
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Blue, my wife works at a grocery store in Putnam County ("upstate" NY :D) and is required by company policy to card everyone that appears to be under the age of 30. She tends to get 2 responses to the questions. Those that are flattered, usually 25-35 women and those that get huffy, usually 21+ males especially if they forgot their drivers license. If she doesn't ask then she can be fired.
Tipping a checkout girl (or boy, political correctness fans)?!? Unheard of in the UK...
This comment was edited on Jul 21, 10:01.
This comment was edited on Jul 21, 10:01.
I now resemble the logo more than ever
Which one?
I kid, I kid...If I were you, Blue, I'd be telling Valve they need a spokesperson for the HL2 blitz this fall. You could make some cash off your looks, no joke.
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Good thinking, nin! Blue could pose in a hazard suit and wield a crowbar for the release of the game! I bet you could secure yourself a copy of the game at least
There was only one catch and that was Catch-22
There was only one catch and that was Catch-22
Those poor video rental places are going to be losing money because the studios want more.
Anyone remember when people weren't greedy, and instead just wanted enough money to live comfortably?
Me neither.
Anyone remember when people weren't greedy, and instead just wanted enough money to live comfortably?
Me neither.
Anyone remember when people weren't greedy, and instead just wanted enough money to live comfortably?
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Anyone remember when people weren't greedy, and instead just wanted enough money to live comfortably?
Me neither.
GO TEAM CAPITALISM!!
Give it a few decades and things will change. A lot. When we run out of resources and money and the environment is shot to hell.
Yay.
Tipping a checkout girl (or boy, political correctness fans)?!? Unheard of in the UK...Dito for Germany. Then again, maybe they're being paid minimal wage here.
Uh, none of the logos have hair, just the goatee. And great idea NIN, we could have a Gordo look-alike contest.
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re: #1: I find it flattering that it didn't occur to you that being mistaken for a 30-year-old would still be flattering for me. 
re: #2/8: They aren't tipped here either... get the joke?
re: #2/8: They aren't tipped here either... get the joke?
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guess at Fredricksons link? hmmm, the goat link would be my guess.
or possibly something off rotten.
then again maybe its an actual intelligent link so that he can get on the front page,.. hmm the twisted mind of fredster.
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- The Voices In My Fruit Loops Tell Me that a happy fredster is a fredster being force fed hot broken glass,...
or possibly something off rotten.
then again maybe its an actual intelligent link so that he can get on the front page,.. hmm the twisted mind of fredster.
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Diablo & Diablo 2 for the DS, it makes sense Blizzard!
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When I was working at a grocery store some time back, and was 18 or 19. Their was this really damn hot older (older then me) lady, had to be in late 30's. But I was really "nice" and smiling, and did a Little harmless flirting. She was a little toasted, and was having a great time having someone my age flirt with her, and gave me a $100 tip, no lie! Sometimes really old males...I am NOT joking, would give you a quarter for a tip, for some reason.
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Fred's link was actually pretty cool, although I couldn't read the language in which it was written. It was a computer mod - someone combined two cases to look like a big block engine, looked pretty cool if I do say so myself.
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I used to have to card people at the gas station for cigarrettes and the funniest was when the males below or possibly just over the legal age would say they forgot their driver's license... yet they were driving and had a wallet which they tried to pay me from. Those clowns! TEEHEE
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Sometimes really old males...I am NOT joking, would give you a quarter for a tip, for some reason.So I guess Blue goes as a really old male now? From below legal age to elderly, all in one thread. Nice.
So I guess Blue goes as a really old male now? From below legal age to elderly, all in one thread. Nice
I do not think blue is lame enough to give out a 25 cent tip! Really old in the reference I was using is 70's. But even a 70 year old is young compared to a 90 year old!
I do not think blue is lame enough to give out a 25 cent tip! Really old in the reference I was using is 70's. But even a 70 year old is young compared to a 90 year old!
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- W. C. Fields
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Sometimes really old males...I am NOT joking, would give you a quarter for a tip, for some reason.
No offense, but around here, that's the equivalent of saying "Here's a quarter, call the employment office". Of course, pay phones aren't .25 any more.
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