Attitudes Toward the South

[Flyndaran]

Well, I can't speak for anywhere else, but our crazy people don't make it on to TV unless they're a politician calling their ex-girlfriend a dog, choking a protester, or driving a jet ski to a press conference.

I think it might be because we all accept local types of crazy, but alien over there types of crazy are somehow crazier.
We have our local psycho police, and we kind of accept it. But Utah has more homophobic psychos, and somehow that feels more dangerous and alien.

[AdminAssistant]

Random sudden hate: So what if I say nu-clear or nuke-u-lar, damnit. You know what I mean. "Correct" my pronunciation again and I'll show you the definition, fuckwad. YOU can't pronounce any of OUR words right either. I'm looking at you, Weather Channel.

It's ArkanSAW. That's how it's pronounced, Kansas. The next Kansan that calls it the Ar-Kansas River....I swear. We were first. Funny note, I recently worked on a show where I had to teach a girl (from Ohio) how to say Mobile, Alabama. My accent is always the strongest when I say names from back home, town names, river names, anything related to farming. *sigh*

I can't imagine how the Weather Channel would handle something like Petit Jean Mountain....or towns like Possum Grape.

[AFPheonix]

I'm in Oregon, but I find at work that if I drawl slightly if I get a difficult customer, they seem to simmer down. I guess they feel more comfortable if I seem to be more folksy.

Go figure.

[Flyndaran]

I'm in Oregon, but I find at work that if I drawl slightly if I get a difficult customer, they seem to simmer down. I guess they feel more comfortable if I seem to be more folksy.

Go figure.

Or they think you're stupid, so they might as well give up.

[AFPheonix]

Hey, that works for me too, as long as they shut up and do as I tell them to

[Greenday]

Day 4 of Greenday's Trip in the South

People are nice. (LOL at the delivery guy asking me if I'm from out of town while he delivered my Chinese food to my hotel room)
Too much fried stuff. (Fried fruit on top of my sweet and sour chicken? wtf?)
Not enough bars.
Pizza is crap (but that's not a South thing, that's a Not New Jersey or New York thing).
Where the hell are the movie theaters!? I need to see a couple!
The highways are stupid. It's just fork after fork after fork after fork. Why not just normal exits?