Near epic fail

[sirchristian]

So just after saying goodbye to my friends and fellow actors, I cross the street towards MSG. Some oblivious ass blindly makes a right turn and almost runs me down. I jumped forward and the car missed me by about a foot and a half. I look back as he goes past and make eye contact. He pulls to the curb and rolls down his passenger window... The

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[richaarde]

New Yorkers are their own special breed.

I once saw some guy go into some shitty corner convenience store and ask the clerk about some cigars, as if he was at some cigar shoppe where the clerk would be an expert on cigars. Naturally, the clerk didn't know anything about cigars, and probably barely spoke English.

So the customer thought it was best to berate the clerk, and go on about how could he sell a product he didn't know anything about...

I walked out of there as fast as my legs would take me.

Ha!

[angryjonny]

I encountered a fairly similar situation, except the pretentious bastard in question was barely 18 and was clearly trying to impress his girlfriend with his discriminating tastes and ability to thrasonically mock ethnic minorities in a city that could care less about his existence. The young roustabout concluded his purchase (of a plastic-wrapped cheap vanilla-flavored cigar which he bought for $5.00) by sniffing it- through the plastic- and releasing a loud sigh before explaining to his girlfriend how "Niiiiiiiiiiiiiice" expensive cigars were. I left the store laughing, and the dude almost shoulderchecked me on his way out.

Re: Ha!

[richaarde]

I'm sure the kid's girlfriend was thoroughly disgusted impressed with him.

Re: Ha!

[angryjonny]

Duly. I think I'll qualify my sentiment from yesterday. I just hate people in general.