older reddit post [CW: some ableism in the comments] but its hilarious how thoroughly OP was bullied. They also claimed to be a teacher who “works with mental health professionals” so they couldn’t possibly be out-of-touch :hasan-ok-dude:
This story can’t possibly be true. I refuse to believe someone has been deprived of social interaction this badly.
It’s Poe’s Law in action
Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody a Creationist in such a way that someone won’t mistake for the genuine article.
Nathan Poe, 2005
There’s simply no degree of bizarre anti-social behavior that is so outlandish that no one would ever do it. You’ll think you’re writing the most over the top, ridiculous, unbelievable, impossible satire of a human being and then the guy at the bar next to you will sigh and with the longest, most tired face say “Yeah, my family is just like that too”.
I think it’s largely a class thing. The writer thinks that the restaurant owner is lesser than her, so his attempts to be friendly and engender good will are manipulative and, god, i don’t even know the right language. Like he should be acting subservient instead of friendly, and treat them in accordance with their station or something? Providing a discount is an insult because it implies she couldn’t pay full price? Or it’s just good old fashioned racism. I know a lot of people scoff at the idea of racism being directed at non-Anglo white people but it’s still a thing. It’s not as destructive as racism directed at non-white groups, but there are still plenty of East Coast WASPs who think anyone who can’t trace their ancestry back to the battle of Hastings is less human.
This has to be a bit
It largely is. There’s a certain degree to which people with this attitude have an impenetrable wall of self-righteousness that protects them from self reflection, but it doesn’t protect them from alienating the people around them.
there’s also people so obsessed with financial relationships having nothing personal or human to them These people freak out if their uber driver talks to them
This is a struggle session for me. On the one hand. The lady is absolutely ridiculous, full stop. On the other, the man was It*lian. It’s hard to say who was right and who was wrong.
Zero ability to imagine someone having even a slightly different cultural affect, even when that affect is one of generosity to you and your friends. No, it must be a power play.
The power play in question? The self-professed desire to be a more appealing dining establishment than your competitor. People paying full price once: X dollars. People paying nearly full price twice: X+Y dollars.
The weird thing is that that almost would be coherent, but this lady clearly meant that it was meant to have power over them, the group of customers.
Imagine complaining about free fuckin garlic knots. Those things are :marx-ok:
