*&#^ Yankees

[Bullitt-]

  First off let me say that I live in a very diverse community with people from all over the world that I work with, know & get along with just about everyone. I have family that is from many parts of the country but I have never in my life witnessed such small minded self absorbed commentary as what I heard today.


  So about noon I'm in Tractor Supply, it's busier than I have ever seen, when from half way across the store I hear a loud shrill female say "Is this on Sale?".  I think to myself "Some People". I am a particularly quite person and loud obnoxious people stand out to me. I go about my business & keep hearing this shrill voice everywhere I go but never see the source. Finally I get in the one open checkout line behind about 3-groups, after a couple of minutes a second cashier shows up and invites folks to move to his lane and a couple of guys from the back move over. WELL it just so happens that the female shrieker is directly behind me & I hear, "Guess it doesn't matter that we were here first bla bla bla bla so much for Southern Hospitality bla bla bla bla."  To say this was getting on my nerves a little would be an understatement but I just stood there quietly. As luck would have it the good ole boy just in front of me was returning a few items...for cash...which added to the complexity of the transaction including calling & waiting for a manager to approve. The whole time this rattle-trap is going on & on about stupid this & that & "We should take them back North with us & show them how it's done."   OK I'd had enough, all the pleasant southern folk, I assume, are standing in the same line not complaining to anybody, I had observed nothing out of the ordinary other than a much busier store than usual, so I turn around.....There stands this 30ish 5-ft nothing 200+lb gal dressed like she had been gardening & a skinny little dude maybe 5'5" 135-lb that she is obviously with.
So I politely say in my best Southern drawl "You folks not from around here?
She replies "No we're nOT from AluhbAHmu."
I say "Well you say Alabama just like a native. Are you from Chicago? You sound like the Dahmn Yankees I grew up with."
"No we're from New York."
"I've never had the pleasure of meeting anyone from New York City"
"We don't live in the city"
 "Well I know some folks from New Jersy"
 "No that's tOEtally different " rolling her eyes.
About then the cashier was ready for me but I can hear her still chattering at her husband, who has never said a word the whole time that I could tell. So just as I finish my transaction I look back & say "Yawll enjoy your trip back to New York."
"Unfortunately were not going back."
As I'm turning to walk away "I AIN'T keeping you here." 

[Slotts]

    Oh, that's funny! Good one!   If you ever sell any parts here on CC.com, I will have to ask you "Is this on Sale?" being from up north and everything. 

Slotts

[Moparal]

Wade, Im a heinz 57 and a trans plant. I love it here.  I have to deal with all types all over the world. Some good and some bad.  What I did like was you just taking it all in and then in your usual way, letting them know they were Aholes and could go back where they came from.  Maybe after they spend a few more bucks in our state tho

[Bullitt-]

Yea Alan I was killen-em-with-kindness

You know the difference in a Yankee & a Dahmn Yankee?










Yankee comes South, complains about it & goes home








Dahmn Yankee comes South, complains about it & stays.

[fantum]

We have our share of them in Miami, too.  They are some of the most obnoxious, rude, intolerable individuals I have had the displeasure of meeting.  (There are some exceptions to the rule, and to them I apologize for this generalization.)  However, I sometimes wish they would put up a fence to keep the obnoxious ones from escaping.  (On second thought, the normal ones probably wish the obnoxious ones would leave - quickly  )!!!!!!!!

I, too, like the way you handled it.  Nothing like southern "hospitality."

[RusTy/SE]

 
"No we're from New York."
"I've never had the pleasure of meeting anyone from New York City"
"We don't live in the city"
 

I know what you mean Wade

fyi__New York City encompasses the five burroughs; the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan (informally referred to as "the city"), Queens, and Staten Island (or Richmond). New York is the rest of the state.

Being from Brooklyn, i wish I could have been there to toss a few well aimed f-bombs her way. (Thinks to himself)...f'n cow.

We're not all like this

[go-fish]

There are all kind, everywhere. Just like Al said. Being in the military you get to experience alot of differnt personalities. I have a good friend from the woods in NY and he is about as Redneck as you can get, I love hanging out with him. I have a really good female friend from Brooklyn. She's about as wide as she is tall, Black, very loud but always cracking a joke and laughing, she would be my wife if I didn't meet my wife first. She's a "best" friend.

I have met some real wonders from up North and the South and from out West too.I have alot of family in California. There are some real doozies there. I love the place(not the politics) but even Californians have to admit there are wierd individuals(nice weather attracts them).

I am from Oklahoma and people always generalize Okies as not smart or "Hillbillies". Many enterprising folks came to Oklahoma upon statehood in 1907 form all over the country and globe so we are very diverse. Yet, we have a stereotype attached to us that we all speak with drawls, listen to country music, are illiterate, and not good at most things that don't involve riding horses and punching cattle. I have been there.

The fact that this lady was from New York does not make her the obnoxious person she is. In this land we call America there are many of those but also remember, the ones that might not stick out like a sore thumb would lend you the shirt off thier back if they saw you in their hometown in need of help.

[NoMope Greg]

The fact that this lady was from New York does not make her the obnoxious person she is. In this land we call America there are many of those but also remember, the ones that might not stick out like a sore thumb would lend you the shirt off thier back if they saw you in their hometown in need of help.

Well said!

[bb71challenger]

Yep I can spot them a mile away. I guess things are just different back east. Most of the yankees I see make it obvious that they would run up the back and down the other side of anyone who is in their way. Just is not done like that out here......except for those damn yankees. Wanna know when its a damn yankee or a yankee? A yankee is just passing through and a damn yankee is living here.   

[Moparal]

This is where I get confused     My grand parents and relatives came from Kentucky/tennesse-vs-canda/michigan.     

[Bullitt-]

   Like I said in my opening statement I know plenty of folks, Yankees included, that we get along just fine & are friends like Russ.  And I have to admit that not all Southerners are kind gentle souls... You should have to deal with an Old Money Southern Belle when things aren't going her way....She can can but the Royal B on your itch