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In reply to the discussion: Checkout line protests are actually catching on! [View all]3catwoman3
(25,050 posts)35. I was in line at the grocery store...
...yesterday. I had picked up a copy of the current People magazine with Barack and Michelle Obama on the cover, and was putting on the conveyor belt.
And older white guy in one of those motorized carts was next in line. He saw the magazine and said, "You don't want that guy's picture in your house do you?" I shot him a mind-your-own-business look, and said, fairly loudly, "Don't start wth me."
He did indicate that he did not like either candidate this time around. I did not ask who he voted for, as I did not wish to engage any further.
I am going to try to be like Joy Reid, and not take any crap from anybody, which will be a real stretch for me. Shy and retiring both have my picture next to them in the dictionary.
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I am the same. I'm not letting any comments go by. Lately the easiest thing is to say,
Squinch
Dec 2016
#37
Every one of us who doesn't react as you did, helps normalize them since many others will laugh and
JudyM
Dec 2016
#79
LOL! Yes, I've worked in retail. And I got paid by the hour so stuff like this didn't
Squinch
Dec 2016
#85
I have been doing this kind of thing for years (phyllis schlafly's books were the start). even
niyad
Dec 2016
#55
I'd rather see the enormous profits of mechanization distributed to more people than
Squinch
Dec 2016
#104
Yes, my daughter works at our grocery store...and has to fix all of these. nt
MadDAsHell
Dec 2016
#67
Work that can't possibly be done by a machine in a field where people are in immediate
Squinch
Dec 2016
#87