USA - Spoiled Nation

[Bonzi]

21 Surprising Statistics That Reveal How Much Stuff We Actually Own

 

[pwjohn]

Not that this is new news to anyone, but, I was embarrassed about it the other day....

Hubby and I were having a late night snack at Denny's and this woman next to us wanted the "Pumpkin Pancakes" ...... the very sweet/polite waiter (who was our waiter also, and one of the best we have had) - told her they ran out.

She about had a fit. Told him that was the only reason the came there and went on and on about it. He even went back to double check for her (knowing they were out) and told her he was sorry etc. yet she continued to complain....

I mean really? A fit over Pumpkin Pancakes? It's a very sad statement about our country.....

Would you throw a fit over not getting your pancakes?

If not then why do you measure the rest of us by the actions of this one person?

The op laughingly tars an entire nation of more than 300,000,000 people based on the bad behavior of one person.

One example. Are you saying the US is not a Spoiled Nation?

In what way?

 

[Bonzi]

Not that this is new news to anyone, but, I was embarrassed about it the other day....

Hubby and I were having a late night snack at Denny's and this woman next to us wanted the "Pumpkin Pancakes" ...... the very sweet/polite waiter (who was our waiter also, and one of the best we have had) - told her they ran out.

She about had a fit. Told him that was the only reason the came there and went on and on about it. He even went back to double check for her (knowing they were out) and told her he was sorry etc. yet she continued to complain....

I mean really? A fit over Pumpkin Pancakes? It's a very sad statement about our country.....

We've become a terribly narcissistic society. If we don't get want we want, we just have to get angry.

Pumpkin pancakes do sound pretty freakin' good though!
.

I'm a French toast person myself. Although, I did get the buttermilk pancakes that night.
I may have to try the pumpkin ones next time (if the still have them or don't run out.....) - if it made her that angry they must be pretty good....

You had buttermilk pancakes?

Dale must be spinning in her grave.

on a side note... take that damn St Patrick's tree down.

You're right.

can't decorate for St Patricks day til after New Years

It's hideous - and detracts from your mind-stimulating posts....

 

[Auld Phart]

We've become a terribly narcissistic society. If we don't get want we want, we just have to get angry.

Pumpkin pancakes do sound pretty freakin' good though!
.

I'm a French toast person myself. Although, I did get the buttermilk pancakes that night.
I may have to try the pumpkin ones next time (if the still have them or don't run out.....) - if it made her that angry they must be pretty good....

You had buttermilk pancakes?

Dale must be spinning in her grave.

on a side note... take that damn St Patrick's tree down.

You're right.

can't decorate for St Patricks day til after New Years

It's hideous - and detracts from your mind-stimulating posts....

Just in the spirit of the Season.

Idiots want to call a Christmas Tree a Holiday Tree, I'll be glad to show them how stupid that is

 

[Bonzi]

Not that this is new news to anyone, but, I was embarrassed about it the other day....

Hubby and I were having a late night snack at Denny's and this woman next to us wanted the "Pumpkin Pancakes" ...... the very sweet/polite waiter (who was our waiter also, and one of the best we have had) - told her they ran out.

She about had a fit. Told him that was the only reason the came there and went on and on about it. He even went back to double check for her (knowing they were out) and told her he was sorry etc. yet she continued to complain....

I mean really? A fit over Pumpkin Pancakes? It's a very sad statement about our country.....

Would you throw a fit over not getting your pancakes?

If not then why do you measure the rest of us by the actions of this one person?

The op laughingly tars an entire nation of more than 300,000,000 people based on the bad behavior of one person.

One example. Are you saying the US is not a Spoiled Nation?

In what way?

Let's just say this.... we have places open 24 hours where you can get warm (airports, hotels, hospitals, casinos, restaurants) - drinking fountains with clean water, trash cans filled with good food. A homeless person could eat like a king compared to many nations.

 

[pwjohn]

Not that this is new news to anyone, but, I was embarrassed about it the other day....

Hubby and I were having a late night snack at Denny's and this woman next to us wanted the "Pumpkin Pancakes" ...... the very sweet/polite waiter (who was our waiter also, and one of the best we have had) - told her they ran out.

She about had a fit. Told him that was the only reason the came there and went on and on about it. He even went back to double check for her (knowing they were out) and told her he was sorry etc. yet she continued to complain....

I mean really? A fit over Pumpkin Pancakes? It's a very sad statement about our country.....

Would you throw a fit over not getting your pancakes?

If not then why do you measure the rest of us by the actions of this one person?

The op laughingly tars an entire nation of more than 300,000,000 people based on the bad behavior of one person.

One example. Are you saying the US is not a Spoiled Nation?

In what way?

Let's just say this.... we have places open 24 hours where you can get warm (airports, hotels, hospitals, casinos, restaurants) - drinking fountains with clean water, trash cans filled with good food. A homeless person could eat like a king compared to many nations.

America is in fact a 24 hour, 7 day a week operation, which makes necessary a lot of what you mistake for some kind of a luxury.

 

[Bonzi]

Would you throw a fit over not getting your pancakes?

If not then why do you measure the rest of us by the actions of this one person?

The op laughingly tars an entire nation of more than 300,000,000 people based on the bad behavior of one person.

One example. Are you saying the US is not a Spoiled Nation?

In what way?

Let's just say this.... we have places open 24 hours where you can get warm (airports, hotels, hospitals, casinos, restaurants) - drinking fountains with clean water, trash cans filled with good food. A homeless person could eat like a king compared to many nations.

America is in fact a 24 hour, 7 day a week operation, which makes necessary a lot of what you mistake for some kind of a luxury.

That's something wealthy people who have never gone without say....

 

[iamwhatiseem]

My guess is she was a fat cow. Seen it a million times, they are angry and bitter with little else going on but to belittle people around them to feel better about themselves, since improving themselves is off the table. I probably would have used my free speech too and told her I didn't come to Denny's to hear her juvenile crap.

Mostly I felt bad for the waiter. He was very sweet and accommodating.
He gave us a free Hot Fudge Sundae too

Why did you get a "free" hot fudge sundae? Why is it ok for you to mooch but a person gets upset because they don't have what is advertised and that condemns all Americans? What the hell.

Point, nothing is free, and the person should not have gotten as mad as you relate.

No coffee this morning?
Geez

 

[pwjohn]

The op laughingly tars an entire nation of more than 300,000,000 people based on the bad behavior of one person.

One example. Are you saying the US is not a Spoiled Nation?

In what way?

Let's just say this.... we have places open 24 hours where you can get warm (airports, hotels, hospitals, casinos, restaurants) - drinking fountains with clean water, trash cans filled with good food. A homeless person could eat like a king compared to many nations.

America is in fact a 24 hour, 7 day a week operation, which makes necessary a lot of what you mistake for some kind of a luxury.

That's something wealthy people who have never gone without say....

Thats billshit.

 

[Disir]

Not that this is new news to anyone, but, I was embarrassed about it the other day....

Hubby and I were having a late night snack at Denny's and this woman next to us wanted the "Pumpkin Pancakes" ...... the very sweet/polite waiter (who was our waiter also, and one of the best we have had) - told her they ran out.

She about had a fit. Told him that was the only reason the came there and went on and on about it. He even went back to double check for her (knowing they were out) and told her he was sorry etc. yet she continued to complain....

I mean really? A fit over Pumpkin Pancakes? It's a very sad statement about our country.....

I used to work as a bartender and sometimes worked in places that served food. I have come to the conclusion that it isn't really about the pancakes. It's about screaming and yelling at someone that is in a position that cannot scream back.

 

[Bonzi]

Pumpkin pancakes....I don't think I would want that if they were free....bleh.

I probably won't order them because I'm afraid I won't like them then, what a waste.....

 

[Mudda]

If you mean "spoiled" as in rotten to the core, I agree.

 

[Mudda]

And I bet that everyone at Denny's was overweight, eating that garbage late at night. Am I right?

 

[Bonzi]

Mostly I felt bad for the waiter. He was very sweet and accommodating.
He gave us a free Hot Fudge Sundae too

There's no way I would have ever lasted over a day waiting tables. Some people go to restaurants to feel like royalty, with all the expectations of treating people like servants. I'm sure many people have had their plates blessed with a little extra dna too.

I'd love to be a waitress - or a black jack dealer!

 

[Bonzi]

And I bet that everyone at Denny's was overweight, eating that garbage late at night. Am I right?

I'm not fat

 

[Freewill]

My guess is she was a fat cow. Seen it a million times, they are angry and bitter with little else going on but to belittle people around them to feel better about themselves, since improving themselves is off the table. I probably would have used my free speech too and told her I didn't come to Denny's to hear her juvenile crap.

Mostly I felt bad for the waiter. He was very sweet and accommodating.
He gave us a free Hot Fudge Sundae too

Why did you get a "free" hot fudge sundae? Why is it ok for you to mooch but a person gets upset because they don't have what is advertised and that condemns all Americans? What the hell.

Point, nothing is free, and the person should not have gotten as mad as you relate.

No coffee this morning?
Geez

Sorry, a bit rough in trying to make a point.

Never the less I am pretty tired of people saying because one ahole acts like an ahole that condemns the rest of us. I am also tired of folks telling us we have to live like third world countries or we are greedy bastards.

 

[Mudda]

My guess is she was a fat cow. Seen it a million times, they are angry and bitter with little else going on but to belittle people around them to feel better about themselves, since improving themselves is off the table. I probably would have used my free speech too and told her I didn't come to Denny's to hear her juvenile crap.

Mostly I felt bad for the waiter. He was very sweet and accommodating.
He gave us a free Hot Fudge Sundae too

Why did you get a "free" hot fudge sundae? Why is it ok for you to mooch but a person gets upset because they don't have what is advertised and that condemns all Americans? What the hell.

Point, nothing is free, and the person should not have gotten as mad as you relate.

No coffee this morning?
Geez

Sorry, a bit rough in trying to make a point.

Never the less I am pretty tired of people saying because one ahole acts like an ahole that condemns the rest of us. I am also tired of folks telling us we have to live like third world countries or we are greedy bastards.

But we are greedy bastards.

 

[Bonzi]

My guess is she was a fat cow. Seen it a million times, they are angry and bitter with little else going on but to belittle people around them to feel better about themselves, since improving themselves is off the table. I probably would have used my free speech too and told her I didn't come to Denny's to hear her juvenile crap.

Mostly I felt bad for the waiter. He was very sweet and accommodating.
He gave us a free Hot Fudge Sundae too

Why did you get a "free" hot fudge sundae? Why is it ok for you to mooch but a person gets upset because they don't have what is advertised and that condemns all Americans? What the hell.

Point, nothing is free, and the person should not have gotten as mad as you relate.

It just hit me - people would love to have one bit of any kind of food, yet, a fit over pumpkin pancakes.
We are all guilty of putting too much importance on our material possessions.
Myself included.

 

[Bonzi]

My guess is she was a fat cow. Seen it a million times, they are angry and bitter with little else going on but to belittle people around them to feel better about themselves, since improving themselves is off the table. I probably would have used my free speech too and told her I didn't come to Denny's to hear her juvenile crap.

Mostly I felt bad for the waiter. He was very sweet and accommodating.
He gave us a free Hot Fudge Sundae too

Why did you get a "free" hot fudge sundae? Why is it ok for you to mooch but a person gets upset because they don't have what is advertised and that condemns all Americans? What the hell.

Point, nothing is free, and the person should not have gotten as mad as you relate.

No coffee this morning?
Geez

Sorry, a bit rough in trying to make a point.

Never the less I am pretty tired of people saying because one ahole acts like an ahole that condemns the rest of us. I am also tired of folks telling us we have to live like third world countries or we are greedy bastards.

I just think we all need to have a more grateful and appreciative attitude for what we DO have.....

 

[LoneLaugher]

Not that this is new news to anyone, but, I was embarrassed about it the other day....

Hubby and I were having a late night snack at Denny's and this woman next to us wanted the "Pumpkin Pancakes" ...... the very sweet/polite waiter (who was our waiter also, and one of the best we have had) - told her they ran out.

She about had a fit. Told him that was the only reason the came there and went on and on about it. He even went back to double check for her (knowing they were out) and told her he was sorry etc. yet she continued to complain....

I mean really? A fit over Pumpkin Pancakes? It's a very sad statement about our country.....

Would you throw a fit over not getting your pancakes?

If not then why do you measure the rest of us by the actions of this one person?

The op laughingly tars an entire nation of more than 300,000,000 people based on the bad behavior of one person.

One example. Are you saying the US is not a Spoiled Nation?

It's a silly concept.