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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 12:26 PM Aug 2020

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This message was self-deleted by its author (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Aug 2020 OP
... handmade34 Aug 2020 #1
I love it! RainCaster Aug 2020 #2
Excellent! 👏👏👏👏 SheltieLover Aug 2020 #3
You smarty pants,... bet she was cranky after that. magicarpet Aug 2020 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author magicarpet Aug 2020 #5
Clever!! Rude a&& got what she deserved... SWBTATTReg Aug 2020 #6
Humorous, but the mechanics do not work. Sneederbunk Aug 2020 #7
True. Hoyt Aug 2020 #9
Yup Sherman A1 Aug 2020 #12
I was wondering abou tthat.. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2020 #29
Messing with seniors.. irisblue Aug 2020 #8
Good one! kimbutgar Aug 2020 #10
THAT is hilarious soothsayer Aug 2020 #11
Beautiful. Reminds me of Fried Green Tomatoes question everything Aug 2020 #13
LOL ROFLMAO bucolic_frolic Aug 2020 #14
oh, that's sweet packman Aug 2020 #15
Hilarious! n/t moonscape Aug 2020 #16
... pazzyanne Aug 2020 #17
You're are 83 years old......GOT TO HAND IT TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! onecent Aug 2020 #18
I've seen this before & it's always hilarious!!! CaptainTruth Aug 2020 #19
Fantastic! gademocrat7 Aug 2020 #20
LOL SunSeeker Aug 2020 #21
Old people know a lot of tricks and this is a good one! . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2020 #22
One of my favourite sayings: BobTheSubgenius Aug 2020 #23
PS BobTheSubgenius Aug 2020 #24
BRILLIANT!!!!! AZ8theist Aug 2020 #25
LOL Delmette2.0 Aug 2020 #26
That really should be on the new Mastercard ad priceless. Oppaloopa Aug 2020 #27
Pretty funny. PatrickforO Aug 2020 #28
More of us need to learn to not get mad but get even without breaking the law!... Illumination Aug 2020 #30
Shouldn't Have Done It JGug1 Aug 2020 #31
It's meant to be a joke, a humorous anecdote. Ptah Aug 2020 #33
More likely they gave her the meal for free because you told the first cashier you paid for it. aikoaiko Aug 2020 #32
LOL Historic NY Aug 2020 #34
This originally was written as humor - not a real story left-of-center2012 Aug 2020 #35
False tale....As said above "The mechanics don't line up" Boxerfan Aug 2020 #36
read the post immediately above yours left-of-center2012 Aug 2020 #37

handmade34

(22,753 posts)
1. ...
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 12:28 PM
Aug 2020

RainCaster

(10,585 posts)
2. I love it!
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 12:29 PM
Aug 2020

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
3. Excellent! 👏👏👏👏
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 12:29 PM
Aug 2020

magicarpet

(13,881 posts)
4. You smarty pants,... bet she was cranky after that.
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 12:29 PM
Aug 2020

Response to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

SWBTATTReg

(21,811 posts)
6. Clever!! Rude a&& got what she deserved...
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 12:30 PM
Aug 2020

Sneederbunk

(14,185 posts)
7. Humorous, but the mechanics do not work.
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 12:31 PM
Aug 2020
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
9. True.
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 12:36 PM
Aug 2020

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
12. Yup
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 12:47 PM
Aug 2020

But, it is fun to read.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
29. I was wondering abou tthat..
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 02:49 PM
Aug 2020


Had to think for a second, because I have not done a fast food drive thru in over 15 years.

irisblue

(32,794 posts)
8. Messing with seniors..
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 12:31 PM
Aug 2020

David Mamet Quote
Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance.

kimbutgar

(20,764 posts)
10. Good one!
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 12:39 PM
Aug 2020

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
11. THAT is hilarious
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 12:40 PM
Aug 2020

question everything

(47,211 posts)
13. Beautiful. Reminds me of Fried Green Tomatoes
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 01:10 PM
Aug 2020

when the Kathy Bates character told the rude young woman who took her parking space: I am older and have more insurance..



bucolic_frolic

(42,478 posts)
14. LOL ROFLMAO
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 01:28 PM
Aug 2020

Been a long time since I read one like that. When you're old and smart they just let you do it. And you do it 'cuz you can!

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
15. oh, that's sweet
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 01:29 PM
Aug 2020

moonscape

(4,662 posts)
16. Hilarious! n/t
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 01:36 PM
Aug 2020

pazzyanne

(6,500 posts)
17. ...
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 01:44 PM
Aug 2020

onecent

(6,096 posts)
18. You're are 83 years old......GOT TO HAND IT TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 01:54 PM
Aug 2020

CaptainTruth

(6,540 posts)
19. I've seen this before & it's always hilarious!!!
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 02:02 PM
Aug 2020

gademocrat7

(10,615 posts)
20. Fantastic!
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 02:14 PM
Aug 2020

SunSeeker

(51,300 posts)
21. LOL
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 02:21 PM
Aug 2020

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,605 posts)
22. Old people know a lot of tricks and this is a good one! . . . nt
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 02:22 PM
Aug 2020

BobTheSubgenius

(11,530 posts)
23. One of my favourite sayings:
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 02:36 PM
Aug 2020

"Old age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill."

You GO!!!

BobTheSubgenius

(11,530 posts)
24. PS
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 02:37 PM
Aug 2020

Yeah, you should have!

AZ8theist

(5,310 posts)
25. BRILLIANT!!!!!
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 02:39 PM
Aug 2020

Delmette2.0

(4,131 posts)
26. LOL
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 02:44 PM
Aug 2020

I would love to do just that, but I don't frequent McD's very often.


Oppaloopa

(861 posts)
27. That really should be on the new Mastercard ad priceless.
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 02:44 PM
Aug 2020

PatrickforO

(14,479 posts)
28. Pretty funny.
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 02:45 PM
Aug 2020

You know, I worry about seniors, since I'm about to be 62. We're being divided out of the herd by right-wingers who are basically saying the choice is to hurt young people by closing stuff down, or just sacrifice a few million elderly people to keep the ol' economy humming.

Seriously. I just read a report by the Kansas City Fed that used an elegant quadratic equation model to determine the proper balance point between the survival interests of the elderly and the economic interests of the young.

And, for those a bit younger than you, left-of-center, if laid off, they will have about half the chance of younger workers are getting a new job, and for those 'lucky' ones who do find something, it will likely pay around half of what they were earning. And in the meantime, Trump wants to cut the Social Security payroll tax to starve the already thin trust fund.

Honestly, I have absolutely NO idea why any senior citizen would EVER vote for a Republican.

 

Illumination

(2,458 posts)
30. More of us need to learn to not get mad but get even without breaking the law!...
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 02:55 PM
Aug 2020

JGug1

(320 posts)
31. Shouldn't Have Done It
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 03:06 PM
Aug 2020

I'm only a little younger than you are and I think what you did is shit. You had a chance to be a hero and you made yourself a chump.

Ptah

(32,951 posts)
33. It's meant to be a joke, a humorous anecdote.
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 03:10 PM
Aug 2020

aikoaiko

(34,113 posts)
32. More likely they gave her the meal for free because you told the first cashier you paid for it.
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 03:08 PM
Aug 2020

And the cashier confirmed it with the rude driver.

Now the cashier was on the spot for vouching for her claim at the second window.

Still, you caused her and the workers some stress and McDonalds lost a few dollars.


Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
34. LOL
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 03:12 PM
Aug 2020

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
35. This originally was written as humor - not a real story
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 03:34 PM
Aug 2020

I can't believe folks are criticizing the woman's behavior,
that she jeopardized someone's job,
or that she technically could not have paid at one window and picked up at another,
that she was cruel to the other driver, etc.

Sheesh- It's humor.

Boxerfan

(2,530 posts)
36. False tale....As said above "The mechanics don't line up"
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 05:13 PM
Aug 2020

Anyone wanna play whats wrong with this story?. It shouldn't take long Or I hope it doesn't.
Cute but not true.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
37. read the post immediately above yours
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 06:07 PM
Aug 2020
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