Stereotypes and being just plain rude.

I’m not a big fan of the Republican party here in the United States.  I’m registered as an independent and vote Democrat probably 90% of the time.  But that didn’t stop me from wanting to tell this customer today to just shut up, pay for her damn beer and get the hell out.

She’s probably in her late 20’s or early 30’s.  She and her friend come into the store and as they are walking around getting their stuff I hear them bitching and moaning about Republicans.  That’s OK, everyone has their right to their opinion and to talk about it with their friends.

My coworker was ringing her up, I was ringing up one of our regulars, when an older  man in a 3-piece suit comes in to use the restroom.  Bitchy customer looks at him and asks him “Are you a Republican?”  He replies politely "Why?” She comes back with “It’s a yes or no question, just answer it.”  He says “Yes.”

“Eeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww.”  Yes, she actually said that.  The poor man just wanted to pee, didn’t confront her at all and she feels the need to offend him.

Funny thing, though, is that she didn’t bother asking the 20 year old guy with long hair wearing jeans and a T-shirt that question.  Or any of the other 3 or 4 customers that were in the store.  Nope, because if you’re wearing a 3 piece suit you must be a Republican.  And if you’re a Republican you must want to ban all birth-control and force every pregnant woman to carry every unwanted child to term.  Because, as we all know, that’s what every Republican believes. (The coworker helping her asked her why she hated Republicans so bad, and that’s all she came up with.)

It’s just plain stupid to think that every Republican has the exact same beliefs, just like it would be stupid to think that every Democrat wants to ban all guns, get every internal combustion engine removed from the planet and eliminate all defense funding.

And it’s just downright rude to drag some unsuspecting guy who just wants to relieve himself into your own bad hair day.  No excuse for it.

It's the end of the world as we know it.....

He's the conservative Representative candidate in the reddest county in the reddest state in the United States. And if I lived in his district, I think I'd vote for him. (Are you still with me, need a minute to absorb that?). Jason Chaffetz beat out Rep. Chris Cannon in the Republican primaries this year. I've already read several articles that mention this put a scare throughout the incumbents in Washington, political analysts believe that it signals the American public is tired of the same-old, same-old. Anyway, here are the quotes in the Salt Lake Tribune today that make me wish I could vote for this guy:

• "The establishment it broken...My complaint about Republicans in general is that what they say and what they do is often two different things."
• He says they claim to be the party of fiscal responsibility, but are responsible for the explosion of pork-barrel spending and the rising deficit
• He also criticizes the Republican party for supporting No Child Left Behind, failing to create a coherent energy policy and failing to do anything about illegal immigration.

Of course he is a politician, but then again, to what political advantage could he be looking for by slamming the Republicans when running in Utah county? Something to think about, anyway.