Re: typically new york?

[George Robinson <GRComm...>]

Jeez Louise! 
It was a joke. Heck, I'm a New Yorker and I'm not rude. Well, not most
of the time. 

Okay, not all the time.

Anyway, if you want cold, Philly is pretty bad, too.

What Boston definitely has is the worst drivers I've ever seen. The last
time I was there, I had some idiot tailgating me at 40 mph in the rain.
(The only reason I was driving that fast in the rain is because there
was no place for me to pull over and let the jerk pass. If I slowed down
he would have run up my butt.) I've never seen that in NYC.

However, we have strayed way off topic.

And cell phone users are rude most of the time, regardless of their
place of origin.

George (No, I don't have a cell phone, thank you) Robinson




Robert Cohen wrote:
> 
> I object--vociferously!!  New Yorkers have an almost totally undeserved
> reputation for rudeness; there's often or usually a certain arrogance, but
> it's combined with an invariable helpfulness, e.g., toward strangers.
> Boston, otoh, is not only intolerably cold climatically but must be the
> rudest place on earth; *all* of my top-ten rudest encounters ever with
> people have occurred here.
> 
> --Robert Cohen
> 
> >Khaverim --
> >
> >I have to say that while this photo, which I thoroughly enjoyed, is
> >undoubtedly typically Israeli, the rudeness implied (he's got God on
> >hold while he talks to his broker, nu?) is also typically New York.
> 
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