customers_suck: You can sing along if you know the song.

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whysperingwynd) wrote in

customers_suck,
@ 2005-09-18 01:14:00

Current mood:

accomplished

You can sing along if you know the song.
So one of my cousins, bless is cute little heart, tends to be a bit of a crazy-maker sometimes. When he gets annoyed about something, he gets really annoyed. Usually this doesn't do anything other than convince people he's a bigot when he's not (I promise he's not), but today... it made him a sucky customer.

We were at a local Canadian retail place, and like many businesses here, they're collecting donations for Hurricane Katrina. The cashier asked if I would like to donate a dollar to help out...

Me = duh
K = Ranting but kind-hearted (usually) cousin
C = cashier

Me: Yeah sure, I'll donate.
C: Thank you!
K: Goddamnit, I'm tired of hearing about the hurricane!
Me: What why?
K: It's always being shoved down my throat! Everywhere I go! It's just like the tsunami thing!
Me: Well thousands of lives are ruined, why not help out? It's a buck for God's sake.
C: *looking uncomfortable and annoyed at him*
K: But seriously, why does it have to be sh---
Me: STOP. Being. A. Little. BITCH!
K: *is cut off and stares unblinking*
C: *tries to stop but just bursts out laughing*

So... poor cashier, I'm sorry that my cousin doesn't think before he speaks, but I'm glad you got a laugh in for the day.

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	catnip_martini 2005-09-18 07:25 am UTC (link)
	Good on you! :) Cate (Reply to this)

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	lintilla 2005-09-18 11:57 am UTC (link)
	>>the real death toll was 83 in Louisiana.>> Last I heard, it was above 800 in New Orleans alone. (source - BBC, and I'd link a story if their website weren't being a bitch and a half.) And my aunt and uncle, who live in Gulfport, definitely had their property destroyed. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	lintilla 2005-09-18 12:21 pm UTC (link)
	Found it - I was slightly off, as this article reports the death toll at 792, but they're still finding bodies. :/ (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	darkcryst 2005-09-18 12:36 pm UTC (link)
	Concidering they reckon a few thousand are still unaccounted for... ... yeah :( (Reply to this) (Parent)

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	lintilla 2005-09-19 12:45 pm UTC (link)
	Like what? Diseases spread by dirty floodwater? Starvation? Lack of medication? Secondary effects, perhaps, but effects nonetheless. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	ladyinred667 2005-09-21 07:40 pm UTC (link)
	NO U DONT UNDERSTAND ITS A CONSPIRACY! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	whysperingwynd 2005-09-21 07:45 pm UTC (link)
	...... Crackhead. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	ladyinred667 2005-09-21 07:46 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe if I wasn't being sarcastic. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	whysperingwynd 2005-09-21 10:53 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, shoot, sorry, we already had some crazy diehards in here so I had a hard time telling them apart. bows in apology (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	ladyinred667 2005-09-21 10:59 pm UTC (link)
	No problem. Hard to tell on the internet sometimes. :) (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	whysperingwynd 2005-09-21 11:15 pm UTC (link)
	Oh god, I know. And I've done the same thing myself, screaming 0h /\/\y g0d t3h 1nt3rn3t 1z t3h h4xx0r c00l!!!!!! to mock people...so again, apologies. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lintilla 2005-09-21 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, well, when you put it THAT way... ;) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ex_adifferen962 2005-09-18 12:32 pm UTC (link)
	because, you know, Katrina totally waited for Labor Day to hit the shores. I find it strange that at first Katrina was labeled as a "class five storm" and was later downgraded to a class four. That happens to hurricanes a lot. Ophelia changed status a few times as well. (Reply to this) (Parent)

analise
2005-09-18 01:10 pm UTC (link)

Dude, almost the entire state of Mississippi was without power for at least a couple of days. I drove through said state on Tuesday right after the storm, and even from the interstate (I-20 for those who care), you could see trees down and suchlike all along it.

Even as far north as Vicksburg (which is about 3, 3 and a half hours northeast of New Orleans), where I'm from, power went out (for several days, minimum), trees were down, and houses were damaged. We didn't get that much rain, comparatively speaking, so no flooding that I know of but still....if it was that bad up there? Yeah, I could imagine it was much worse down towards the Coast.

Yeah, gas prices were hiked, but that wasn't oil companies planning a disaster so much as taking advantage of one.

I know people who live an hour or so north of NO that had trees fall on their house and had to move up to Starkville and stay there for a while because they didn't have anywhere else to go.

I know people who live near Pascagoula who were without power for a very long time and could hardly get away from their house after the storm because of all the damage around them, though luckily, their house wasn't damaged.

I mean, geez, paranoid much?

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	ladyinred667 2005-09-21 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	So if you lost everything, and I mean EVERYTHING you own, AND your city was destroyed to the point you had no way to get food or water to survive, and you had no place to live but a flooded, toxic street, you'd go, "Oh well, I had it better than those other 2 billion people, I'll just adapt without help from anyone." ??? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	dindin 2005-09-21 08:25 pm UTC (link)
	Okay. Tell you what then: why don't you give up everything you own for say...6 months and see how much you don't need our help. Starting....NOW! (Reply to this) (Parent)

badluck97
2005-09-18 02:41 pm UTC (link)

"I find it strange that at first Katrina was labeled as a "class five storm" and was later downgraded to a class four. "

that's cause once the hurricane hits land, it begins to lose the elements that kept it so powerful.

think of it as a laptop who's powercord was removed and its then left to run on its internal batteries, slowly the power level dies down until there's nothing left.

-aki

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nemi
2005-09-18 03:07 pm UTC (link)

Uh...

>>I find it strange that at first Katrina was labeled as a "class five storm" and was later downgraded to a class four.<<

This happens regularly. Storms gain and lose strength throughout their duration.

>>I also find it suspicious that USA today reported "death toll could possibly be in thousands" right after the storm, but the real death toll was 83 in Louisiana.<<

Everyone knows USA Today is McNews. Aside from that, the death toll is already near 800. They expect to find more.

>>I know people who live in Kenner, which is right near New Orleans, and they're perfectly fine.<<

Disasters sometimes miss areas right near other hard-hit areas. I live in wildfire territory, and sometimes entire proprties get completely missed by fire, while the neighbors' homes burn. That's how it is - small varibles make a difference.

Paranoid much?

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	rimrunner 2005-09-18 06:40 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, for fuck's sake. I'm sure that my displaced family, friends, and soon-to-be students will be delighted to know that a natural disaster was specially arranged entirely for the benefit of the oil industry. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

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	ex_adifferen962 2005-09-19 01:11 pm UTC (link)
	BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! because oil companies make PRIVATE WEATHER CONTROLLING MACHINES in order to DESTROY THEIR OWN REFINERIES! please...please get medication. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kiwislut 2005-09-19 06:06 pm UTC (link)
	And where are they hiding this magical weather machine, pray tell? In Oz? Is it powered by pixie dust and unicorn horns? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

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	mslaynie 2005-10-01 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	Again... you are batshit crazy. Spare yourself the long agonizing death from terminal disease, and die now, kthx. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	dejla 2005-10-05 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	Please stop watching daytime soap operas. I know they sound real, but you're completely confusing fantasy with reality. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

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namegirl
2005-09-18 08:33 pm UTC (link)

this is a picture of Katrina's projected path prior to her making landfall, it also includes locations of oil refinaries in that area:

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is the scale that hurricanes are measured by. You can find out more information on hurricanes at Hurricanes are fed by warm water so a pocket of cold air, cold water, no water at all (ie. land) can reduce the hurricane's strength and therefore damage. Except for windspeed, Katrina was stronger than Camille, which was the third strongest in the US (Camille was 200mph winds, 905mb barometric pressure, Katrina capped out about 175mph I believe with a 903mb barometric pressure at one point, I believe)

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	namegirl 2005-09-18 08:33 pm UTC (link)
	I suck at ending my link tags :( (Reply to this) (Parent)

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	namegirl 2005-09-19 07:49 am UTC (link)
	ROFL, I'm just as passionate about storms as some people are about sex...now I just need the funding to go to school so I can get paid for it (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

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	namegirl 2005-09-19 08:08 am UTC (link)
	Mum taught me to read the clouds and wind and such when I was a kid, then I saw Twister when I was in grade 7 and that cinched it. Unfortunately, the school I want to go to is in Oklahoma and costs more than just a little bit. :( (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

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	namegirl 2005-09-19 08:26 am UTC (link)
	^_^ I aim to please, feel free to friend me or chat with me on MSN (namegirl@hotmail.com) as I am trapped at work for another hour and a half and don't have much else to do. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

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namegirl
2005-09-19 08:44 am UTC (link)

whoa whoa whoa whoa...please please tell me you're telling some morbid joke...nothing is worth suicide. And you seem very cool. Maybe rather than ending the friendships in your life, you should build relationships to give you something to live for.

Either way, you seem like a wonderful person with a beautiful soul. I hope I have the chance to get to know you better.

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	whysperingwynd 2005-09-19 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	...... Why does this sound very, very improbable to me? Hmm. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

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	whysperingwynd 2005-10-07 01:10 am UTC (link)
	Wow. You are a drama queen. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	serasempre 2005-10-11 03:10 pm UTC (link)
	I did a little google. That's a very old name for "primary central nervous system lymphoma." Which occurs in only 2% of the population, mostly 55 year old and older men. Interesting. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	h2openguin 2005-09-21 08:02 pm UTC (link)
	You should definitely kill yourself. What are you waiting for? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	commanderd 2005-09-22 02:27 pm UTC (link)
	If one wishes to cut oneself off from the world, one should definately not brag about it on livejournal communities. Rather negates the whole point and smacks of rather an excesively angsty attitude. (Reply to this) (Parent)

sheilamarie
2005-09-19 02:11 am UTC (link)

2 sisters, 2 nieces, 1 nephew, my mother-in-law, my best friend, and all of their families plus other friends and associates all lost their homes due to flooding in St. Bernard Parish from to Katrina. St. Bernard has several refineries and all are closed until January at the earliest. My family won't be able to move back home until August of next year at the earliest (and that's not likely) since their homes have to be torn down and rebuilt. There were some 80 deaths in St. Bernard alone (counting the 34 from St. Rita's nursing home) with a population of 67,000 and with more people able to evacuate ahead of the storm. I know that this is true because people I know have gone back to try and salvage things from their homes only to find that either their house no longer exists, or it's in such a state that it's virtually impossible to salvage ANYTHING. These weren't even the homes that had crude oil in them due to the leak from an oil tank. The footage the news media is showing is NOTHING compared to what my home town is having to go through, the news is completely ignoring the first to parishes in Louisiana. So yeah, they aren't showing everything, it's much much worse. 75% of St. Bernard parish will have to be torn down and rebuilt from scratch.

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	nyghtpanthyr 2005-09-19 05:47 am UTC (link)
	Hurricane Andrew hit Land as a Category 4 storm, but after going back and reviewing the damage caused they reclassified it as Category 5. It happens once in a while. Categories are just a way of measuring windspeed and damage, estimates can be off. the Fujita scale for tornadoes works the same, I think... been a while since I stared into a weather book (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mslaynie 2005-10-01 05:46 pm UTC (link)
	You are batshit crazy. You need to unplug your internet, and your TV, and go live under a rock. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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