Only Ma and Pa Joad or someone living in a little house on the prairie are entitled to use the term “folks.”
Everyone else using the term is condescending and transparently disingenuous.
Clearly people using this term want something.
News flash, we all see it for what it is.
Jackassery!
Hey Jackass, do you know what year it is? That antique you just pulled out of your purse/pocket, yes the checkbook, in case you haven’t noticed has been completely replaced by EFT technology and the debit card. Why now, in this long line, do you make everyone wait while you: Take out your checkbook Fill…
Examples of mobile phones and jackassery teaming up to make magic are legion. They are, indeed, a match made in heaven. Where there is a cell phone/smartphone, you can be sure that a jackass is not far behind. In fact, we’ve chronicled several beautiful examples of this finely tuned humanity before: The always has a…
It must have been a hospitality industry consultant who made the determination that the phrase “my pleasure” is better than, say, “yes I can!”or “Down the hall then left!” Only a consultant could come up with a phrase that is both ubiquitous and ridiculous. Say I have checked into a hotel after a long plane…
Smoke detector – good! Chirping smoke detector – bad! Clearly designed by a Jackass. In order to replace a battery you have to figure out where the hell the chirp is coming from. This chirp sound is so short and so high pitched it is hard to discern where the sound is coming from. Making matters worse, the chirp…
Holy cow is this ever an arena that herds a bunch of jackasses together! People who overstate or misstate their work history and accomplishments has gotten simply out of control. Anyone browsing LinkedIn will soon start scratching their heads asking, “is this the same guy I worked with? I don’t remember him being much of…
What is worse than waiting in line, doing the ethically correct thing – waiting your turn – when some Jackass cuts in front of you. Worse, they pretend as if the whole thing was some kind of accident or mistake. But does that make them step out and get to the back of the line?…