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Sneederbunk

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10. Sent the soup back.

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Tue Aug 27, 2019, 11:05 AM

Aug 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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SF restaurant owner says Bernie Sanders was 'cranky,' rude to staff [View all] George II Aug 2019 OP

I Guess His Won't Be One Of The photos On The Wall Me. Aug 2019 #1

The thing about retail politics is that The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #2

Yep. Truth. That's part of it. A BIG part of it. calimary Aug 2019 #25

If you're a private person or you don't enjoy frequent interactions with strangers LincolnRossiter Aug 2019 #26

Good advice! Cha Aug 2019 #72

well, yah handmade34 Aug 2019 #3

Sounds like 1/2 my New York friends.... ;)...................... nt mitch96 Aug 2019 #22

He hasn't lived in NYC since his mid-20s, more than 50 years ago. George II Aug 2019 #30

you can take the boy handmade34 Aug 2019 #44

I'm a NYC boy, too - I was born about 2 miles from where he was, about six years after him.... George II Aug 2019 #86

just teasing... handmade34 Aug 2019 #92

"NYC since his mid-20" mitch96 Aug 2019 #93

I have an older brother and never like his "accent", so in my mid-teens I worked on getting rid... George II Aug 2019 #94

"By my 20s it was pretty much gone" mitch96 Aug 2019 #95

My best friends are Massholes, Codeine Sep 2019 #103

Ever been to NYC? paleotn Aug 2019 #23

yes handmade34 Aug 2019 #45

Is he sure it wasn't Larry David doing Bernie? Jk😀 Freethinker65 Aug 2019 #4

... betsuni Aug 2019 #91

Bernie is that way to everybody. It's one of the reasons why comradebillyboy Aug 2019 #5

Yep, he is a grumpy old dude. redstatebluegirl Aug 2019 #18

... Cha Sep 2019 #142

I think that's just Bernie's normal demeanor customerserviceguy Aug 2019 #6

I think waitstaff everywhere are accustomed to rude customers mcar Aug 2019 #40

Exactly.. Cha Sep 2019 #101

La La land? In my home state of CA we out progress Bernie the grump every day. wasupaloopa Aug 2019 #59

:) Yes. Can't contest that. BUT, do they outdo him in Hortensis Aug 2019 #73

+1! Cha Sep 2019 #143

La-La Land? Where did that come from? Blue_true Aug 2019 #81

I'm from the Pacific Northwest originally customerserviceguy Aug 2019 #82

Ok, now I get it. You're right, I have heard California putdowns when in Portland or Seattle. nt Blue_true Aug 2019 #83

I have friends from the Pacific Northwest who don't hold those rude prejudices Clash City Rocker Sep 2019 #129

No we don't - FreeState Sep 2019 #140

If you mean rudeness, they're not accustomed to it in most places whathehell Sep 2019 #131

Warren wouldn't have done that. sheshe2 Aug 2019 #7

this article mentions Warren also JI7 Aug 2019 #8

Thanks, JI7! sheshe2 Aug 2019 #38

The article has a photograph of Warren in the kitchen of the restaurant she visited in SF.... George II Aug 2019 #9

Thanks for that fantastic photo! sheshe2 Aug 2019 #39

Warren is a really good candidate. BannonsLiver Aug 2019 #51

Friends that have met her says she knows how to connect to the core of a person's humanity. Blue_true Aug 2019 #84

I'll never forget this: George II Aug 2019 #13

... sheshe2 Aug 2019 #41

Once they went to lunch at a place just a block down from where my son was living at the time mcar Aug 2019 #42

:) I loved when either one ran into children. Hortensis Aug 2019 #74

I am trying to lay off Bernie, but this brings back to mind that pic of him at the Eliot Rosewater Aug 2019 #60

It was reportedly a big reason, but another was that he didn't try. Hortensis Aug 2019 #75

Sent the soup back. Sneederbunk Aug 2019 #10

I wasn't at all impressed with the food at John's nilram Aug 2019 #19

There's a part of me that sympathizes with celebrities and public figures LincolnRossiter Aug 2019 #11

YES. That's the price you pay. And if you don't like it or don't want it, calimary Aug 2019 #28

Well said! NT SWBTATTReg Aug 2019 #37

Ding ding ding! sheshe2 Aug 2019 #46

Excellent point. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2019 #56

Yep.... George II Aug 2019 #58

Fan? Big time here, learned a lot about science even. Saw a taping, the ONE week Eliot Rosewater Aug 2019 #62

I do not think its a negative for Bernie. Don't get me wrong I am not a Bernie supporter mainly cstanleytech Aug 2019 #12

I'm so old I remember when the media was aghast mcar Aug 2019 #43

I wouldn't know as I have been largely avoiding the varies posts bashing any of our people as I find cstanleytech Aug 2019 #47

Isn't he always that way?? honest.abe Aug 2019 #14

Why yes, yes he is. comradebillyboy Aug 2019 #15

Can you imagine the headlines if it was VP Joe? Princetonian Aug 2019 #16

I think this is the kind of stuff that shouldn't be posted about any candidate. thesquanderer Aug 2019 #31

+1 Meadowoak Aug 2019 #33

Primary voting hasn't even begun. I advise leaving DU for the season. wasupaloopa Aug 2019 #61

Yes, unless it's part of long-term patterns of behavior Hortensis Aug 2019 #76

I agree. Princetonian Aug 2019 #87

I've heard that about him. (nt) ehrnst Aug 2019 #17

Lots of stories from Vermont. Hortensis Aug 2019 #55

Anyone who has not been vented the way Hillary or Barack were, and clearly Bernie and Eliot Rosewater Aug 2019 #63

ACA happened because Pelosi knew how to move it through. ehrnst Aug 2019 #64

I am OK with the way Canada does it. Eliot Rosewater Aug 2019 #65

Do you know how Canada did it? ehrnst Aug 2019 #67

Yes, I have a friend there who lectures me all the time about it LOL Eliot Rosewater Aug 2019 #68

You make choices, because that's the reality. It costs a lot of money. ehrnst Aug 2019 #69

Politicians must never forget that everybody has a sphere of influence FM123 Aug 2019 #20

Maybe he was having a bad day Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2019 #21

And, not the first time. Cha Aug 2019 #98

reading the numerous stories about BS ..... he has bad days every day. I don't think he is nice. trueblue2007 Sep 2019 #105

I think Barney Frank gave a good description here: betsuni Sep 2019 #108

"Frank told The New York Times in 1991" melman Sep 2019 #113

He hasn't changed. You must not be very familiar with Bernie. betsuni Sep 2019 #137

Next time Bernie says he wants a soft boiled egg and bowl of oatmeal, that's NCjack Aug 2019 #24

'Get Off My Lawn!' tendencies empedocles Aug 2019 #27

Yeah, he strikes me as a grump. Turin_C3PO Aug 2019 #29

Yep same here. I'd vote for a house plant compared dewsgirl Sep 2019 #134

Bernie behaved the same way when I saw him in 2016. madaboutharry Aug 2019 #32

lol.. I saw this on twitter yesterday. Cha Aug 2019 #34

Not surprised at all Vegas Roller Aug 2019 #35

I've noticed this at the debates Bayard Aug 2019 #36

No need to be "rude" enough to lose Cha Aug 2019 #48

The article states that Jane felt the need to apologize as they were leaving. sheshe2 Aug 2019 #49

That's right, she.. Cha Aug 2019 #50

Wow. sheshe2 Aug 2019 #52

And, John Konstin still "won't Cha Aug 2019 #66

OMG this is a hit piece! jcgoldie Aug 2019 #53

Welp this place is going down hill fast. RhodeIslandOne Aug 2019 #54

Of course he was cranky. At 111 years old, John's Grill is obviously part of the establishment. betsuni Aug 2019 #57

Sen. Bernie Sanders was in town for the Democratic National Committee's summer meeting.... Steelrolled Aug 2019 #70

Yeah, of course, blame it on the DNC that Cha Aug 2019 #79

nobody had to be there. Sanders uses the dnc for his own advantages JI7 Aug 2019 #80

Post removed Post removed Aug 2019 #71

"Bernie Talks Like a Jewish Man from Brooklyn and You Need to Get Over It"...nt SidDithers Aug 2019 #77

One can talk.like a Jewish man from Brooklyn without being rude whathehell Sep 2019 #133

We already had to put up with one miserable occupant of the Oval Office. democratisphere Aug 2019 #78

A petty and biased hit piece - plain and simple. Joe941 Aug 2019 #85

It's kinda "petty" to be Cha Aug 2019 #89

It gives us insight into the man. Is there anything about it that's untrue? NurseJackie Sep 2019 #124

LOL! ecstatic Aug 2019 #88

K&R Tarheel_Dem Aug 2019 #90

.. Cha Aug 2019 #96

Hi Dear Cha! Tarheel_Dem Aug 2019 #97

ALoha, Tarheel! Cha Sep 2019 #99

Hey Cha Gothmog Sep 2019 #104

Heh Goth Cha Sep 2019 #106

K&R for visibility lunamagica Sep 2019 #100

I think the original post is petty BS flotsam Sep 2019 #102

K&R Jamaal510 Sep 2019 #107

... betsuni Sep 2019 #109

"It was all very nice, except for cranky Bernie," Konstin told Politico. NurseJackie Sep 2019 #110

More or less cranky than Klobuchar, would you say? Act_of_Reparation Sep 2019 #111

Well... depends on how far back one goes ehrnst Sep 2019 #112

So about the same, then. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2019 #114

"About the same?" You have some sources for that kind of historical "grumpiness" on Klobuchar? ehrnst Sep 2019 #115

A confusing proposition. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2019 #117

Let's review: ehrnst Sep 2019 #118

Still confused. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2019 #123

Folding when you have nothing in your hand is a good choice. ehrnst Sep 2019 #128

That's a LOT different than snapping at an attendee at a political event. George II Sep 2019 #122

"[Throwing things at your staff] is a lot different that snapping at an attendee... Act_of_Reparation Sep 2019 #125

One is a public event the other was a staff meeting/gathering. One was snapping at... George II Sep 2019 #126

That's some "vague, off-the-cuff statement of a subjective feeling" there... ehrnst Sep 2019 #130

For some, and we know a group on the right and left like this, NOTHING their Eliot Rosewater Sep 2019 #121

I haven't seen Amy Klobuchar cranky in public at all, especially on the campaign trail. George II Sep 2019 #116

We all get cranky. Having to interact with people as much as any political aspirant ... marble falls Sep 2019 #119

I don't believe anyone is telling you not to vote for Sanders if he gets the nomination. ehrnst Sep 2019 #120

churchill wasn't always the nicest dude.. President Sauron Sep 2019 #127

Churchill? You are comparing him and what he dealt with and accomplished with this? Eliot Rosewater Sep 2019 #139

welcome to DU gopiscrap Sep 2019 #141

The article also included a quote about Elizabeth Warren, at a different location. pnwmom Sep 2019 #132

Huge eye roll. Jirel Sep 2019 #135

I've eaten at John's Grill, many times. The staff is great, professional, know mulsh Sep 2019 #136

K&R nt BlueMississippi Sep 2019 #138

K&R betsuni Sep 2019 #144