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	teruhiko 2009-02-09 05:19 pm UTC (link)
	Funny how little sense their letter to the dry-cleaners makes considering how proud they seem to be of their apparent education. To the point they feel the need to list every school they've attended in a damn email signature, no less. Who does that? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	llama_treats 2009-02-09 05:29 pm UTC (link)
	I know, right? My signature is more like: L. Treats, Demento Society Member since 1983 (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	derumi 2009-02-09 05:41 pm UTC (link)
	Mine is my name, my email address, and when my ex-fiancee and I were getting married. Oh, I better update that. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	phosfate 2009-02-09 06:28 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, please do it with a strikethrough! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	derumi 2009-02-10 04:01 am UTC (link)
	Heh! Tempting, but I actually want to keep any post-relationship meetings with her civil if not friendly. She's not a bad person, just the wrong person. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	phosfate 2009-02-10 03:44 pm UTC (link)
	Oh fine. Be civil. flounce (Reply to this)(Parent)

	adverb 2009-02-09 11:40 pm UTC (link)
	I just do random quotes for my ready-made signature file. If I'm writing to somebody all official-like, I just type in my name. (I don't use email for official purposes very often.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kadath 2009-02-09 05:41 pm UTC (link)
	Who does that? The deeply insecure. (Reply to this)(Parent)

beccastareyes
2009-02-09 05:42 pm UTC (link)

I always thought you listed the highest only (plus where ever you're working now), since it's generally assumed that if you graduated college that you have some type of high school equivalency, and so on. It's not like being blackboard monitor of your third grade class is going to be needed to break ties.

Plus, there's this wonderful thing called a curriculum vitae that can be provided if asked. Generally speaking, dry cleaners don't care, though, unless they're hiring.

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	delineated 2009-02-09 07:11 pm UTC (link)
	Was that a The Fifth Elephant reference I spotted there? If so, much love! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	beccastareyes 2009-02-09 07:34 pm UTC (link)
	It was. Good spotting. ^_^ (Reply to this)(Parent)

stella_polaris
2009-02-09 11:06 pm UTC (link)

I work at McDonald's, and today we got a customer complaint from someone who'd gone through our DT yesterday, bought a Happy Meal, and hadn't gotten the toy.

Now, I understand being miffed about that, you buy the Happy Meal for your kid who will probably throw a tantrum if there's no toy, and also, the fact of the matter is, you've paid for it, you should get what you pay for, otherwise it's comparable to us just stealing your money.

But this lady wrote a half a page essay on how hysterical her kid had become and how she had to calm him down even at bed time because he was crying about not getting his toy. Now, aside from, geeze, spoiled brat much?

She also felt the need to mention that she was a politician, and an assistant to some other politician who I didn't even recognise, but the message was loud and clear.

Who writes a complaint to McD's about a missing plastic toy and includes all their occupations?

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	julesnoctambule 2009-02-09 11:35 pm UTC (link)
	Someone who believes that they are entitled to get everything they want because of their occupation(s)? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	platedlizard 2009-02-10 12:15 am UTC (link)
	No kidding. And why write a letter when you can just go over the next day and tell them what happened and ask for a toy? I mean, really. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kosaginolegion 2009-02-10 06:56 pm UTC (link)
	I thought that too. Then I remembered. Real World Logic and all that. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ladybirdsleeps 2009-02-10 12:53 am UTC (link)
	I'm surprised that a kid even remembered that he hadn't gotten the toy by bedtime. That's a long time for a young kid to stay focused on one thing. Unless the kid was twelve or something. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sorchar 2009-02-10 02:24 am UTC (link)
	By which age he's probably graduated from Happy Meals anyway. My kid stopped eating the kids' meals years ago when he realized that the cheap toy wasn't worth still being hungry. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ladybirdsleeps 2009-02-10 02:43 am UTC (link)
	Well, a normal kid probably would have. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lirazel 2009-02-10 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	I still order kids' meals, but mostly because that's the right amount of food for me, and for a good price. And I try to remember to tell them to keep the toy, as I don't want it (usually). (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sorchar 2009-02-11 06:09 am UTC (link)
	nod There've been many times I wished I could order off the kids or senior menu, so I didn't end up with a crapload of food I couldn't finish. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	moonjaguar 2009-02-10 03:18 am UTC (link)
	I can only see a kid that age being hung up on it only if Mommy kept bringing it up repeatedly, either directly to the kid or in his hearing. Gut reaction? I call exaggeranigans. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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