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In reply to the discussion: I got my first "Merry Christmas" said to me yesterday [View all]Aerows
(39,961 posts)253. People are really making it an issue this year
I'm pretty laid back but at the grocery store, the clerk voluntarily went off on a rant about how he always said Merry Christmas to his customers. I just smiled and said "Merry Christmas to you." There is this whole vibe about some people wanting to be confrontational and defiant over this whole situation.
Personally, I think there are bigger issues that we can be stirred up over, but some folks look for a fight regardless. Considering that I live in a red area, he probably had no idea that the nice blonde lady he was talking to is a flaming liberal agnostic lesbian and just assumed I agreed with him. I just listened politely and inwardly smirked to myself.
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Maybe she was just tired, had sore feet, and was sick of saying "Merry Christmas"
The Velveteen Ocelot
Dec 2012
#1
This situation worth more than just a post on a random message board on the Intertubes---
snooper2
Dec 2012
#68
Neither was I, but Sophiegirl's suggestion remains the more useful of the two responses. (nt)
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#132
I'm with you! Everyone is assuming the poster was being hypersensitive, though she was there and
Squinch
Dec 2012
#138
Either one is possible, and there is a movement out there to defend Christmas in an imaginary war.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#230
You weren't there either, so how do YOU know what may have sufficed? You don't.
cordelia
Dec 2012
#162
well only the person who is receiving the greeting is there in person to know
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2012
#60
Well, there is also the person sending it who may not be thinking of the recipient at all.
cbayer
Dec 2012
#64
How about "Merry Christmas" in a tone of voice that didn't convey the message--
eridani
Dec 2012
#173
Wait, someone posted a story about a personal experience, and you didn't pay attention to the detail
cleanhippie
Dec 2012
#122
Again, you seem so entrenched in your position that you are unable to empathize with the OP.
cleanhippie
Dec 2012
#189
With respect to giving the OP the benefit of the doubt: I'd say that ship has sailed on this thread
Squinch
Dec 2012
#231
"I was walking me dog, and this bloke, he comes to me and says, "Nice day, innit?"
didact
Dec 2012
#223
Or, maybe the poster isn't being a jerk, and the woman was truly hostile. We don't know.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#141
And yet, of all the people posting here, she is the one who is best able to judge the intent.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#147
The person that said: Merry Christmas is the only one that actually know her intent
etherealtruth
Dec 2012
#149
And of all the people posting here, the OPer is in the best position to interpret what that was.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#150
It is a sad world indeed when someone wishes another to have a merry Christmas
Bok_Tukalo
Dec 2012
#52
Really, I am starting to feel extremely fortunate that I have never been a victim
Nye Bevan
Dec 2012
#100
But you don't really know, do you, since you weren't there. And what if you're wrong?
Squinch
Dec 2012
#142
Reminds me of something that happened at an event at our kid's elementary school event ...
JoePhilly
Dec 2012
#80
Actually, I suspect that if you call out some of those who are trying to invoke a response
JoePhilly
Dec 2012
#97
Great! Then you understand the POV of the OP and can empathize with her situation.
cleanhippie
Dec 2012
#216
Maybe all the check-out employees are required to use that specific phrase instead of Happy Holidays
We People
Dec 2012
#89
I'm wondering why the person chose to give a Christian greeting in such an unkind way
Xipe Totec
Dec 2012
#111
And people here eyeroll at the things Republicans get offended at. Oy. (nt)
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#130
I once said it reflexively -- and only later did I realize I said it to a Jewish lady!
mainer
Dec 2012
#153
Then stop throwing straw and inform yourself so as to further the discussion.
cleanhippie
Dec 2012
#202
Maybe she came off as hostile & "defiant" because the store makes her say it day after day. Perhaps
Raine
Dec 2012
#168
You are taking a lot of grief in this thread, but I can confirm that something
Sheldon Cooper
Dec 2012
#212
I just say thank you and move along. There were a couple of stores here where the employees were
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#254
Actually, here they are called "Holiday trees" unless specifically titled as such
BanTheGOP
Dec 2012
#261