"the help"

'reunited and it feels so good...'

charlottesville, VA

this little utopia in the middle of rural virginia was a great place to meet up with my bff jean-paul.  we spent most of our time eating like gluttons, whining about the sparseness of the rutgers campus compared to UVA campus, playing scrabble, and settling back into our normal childish banter.

i couldn't help but notice the stark difference in people's attitudes down in the "south".  virginians, and i'm assuming almost anyone south of new jersey, are super sweet and are always sincere when they say (with a southern draw) "and y'all have a nice day!" as opposed to the dirty jerzey way "yeah have a great day (you piece of shit)".  

having this in mind, i was greatly amused by this one incident that occurred at starbucks last week.  i was busy stocking when a gentleman attempted to make a joke about me.  his wife quickly chided him saying, "honey, stop bothering the help!"...the HELP?!?  since when was i demoted from a barista to an amoeba?  i wanted to say something in response and out of sheer disgust to this ridiculous comment, but i just walked away.

alas, as they were walking out, all i could say was "y'all have a nice day!"...i guess i didn't have the jerzey in me to say "have a great day (you silly bitch)".