Ignore the Elderly

August 25th, 2010

This reminds me of something I witnessed on the Jitney years ago and have been sorry about ever since that I did not stick up for the victim.

In the early days of cell phones, before it was common knowledge that it is tabu to talk on your cell phone on the Jitney, an obnoxious younger man was loudly talking so everyone could hear his life’s story.

An elderly lady next to him asked him to lower his volume. After several painful minutes of listening to this guy, she went to the busdriver and asked him to tell the guy to get off the phone.

The driver stood up and asked him to hang up and the guy says, “I’m not going to hang up just because some old lady is bothered.”

I bit my tongue and have lived to regret not sticking up for her.

- Shop Girl

Montauk Monster Returns

August 25th, 2010

At our beach, near Ditch (the public beach) throwing a stick in the surf for our lab to go fetch and a rude dog and its owner walk by and the little rat kept barking, “YAP-YAP-YAP” and nipping at my dogs legs.

Oh course the lab only has eyes for the stick and ignored him.

A beautiful day and I have to listen to this ugl…y noise and avoid this excuse for a dog.

The owner kept walking down the beach and saw what her dog was doing, but did nothing!

Finally after the dog kept coming back to nip and YAP some more, I waved my arms and said, “Shoo,  GET!”

She comes back and says, “don’t hit my dog with that stick”

“Really! I’m just trying to teach him some manners… ”

She says “he’s just trying to be social.”

She really thought her dog biting and YAAPing was social behavior?????

Then she walks off and shoots me the bird like we’re on the highway… where do these aggressive people come from???

- AM

East Hampton Po-Po Catch The Bagel Bully

August 19th, 2010

My friend and I were going to get bagels at Goldberg’s in East Hampton near the beverage store and as you would expect on a Sunday morning, the lines were quite long. A very old man (looked around 90) was waiting in front of me patiently when this young guy with the baseball cap turned around walks up to the front of the line and tells one of the servers “I am not waiting on this line for one bagel”.

She looked scared and gave him his bagel.

My friend and I looked at each other and commented on the entitled people of the Hamptons. We finally left and were going west on 27 and there was quite a backup as you approach the light near the CVS. We were going to turn right at the light going towards the IGA but we waited in line as we were not near the broken line that allows you to go into the turning lane.

Suddenly a car comes flying by on the shoulder of the road and my friend screams “it’s him.”

We look at each other in disgust when a police car with its lights on goes flying by us on the shoulder and, you guessed it, he gets pulled over. We high fived each other and it was a moment that brought us some insane joy.

I wanted to pull up to the police car and say “he cut the bagel line too” but I just enjoyed watching him sit PATIENTLY as the cop wrote the ticket.

- Peggy

NY Post Rude Hamptons Story at the Palm

August 18th, 2010

Here we go, Amy Paul, who may or may not be a teacher in Rye NY gets upset about the service at the Palm in East Hampton.

Granny Etiquette Lesson in Southampton

August 15th, 2010

A friend was eating chips in the parking lot of Waldbaums in Southampton.

An old lady comments, “we don’t eat in public in Southampton. That’s for New York City.”

She then goes down the street to her car, and leaves her cart in the middle of the sidewalk.

I had to restrain myself from confronting her. No excuse for rude behavior even if you are old!

- Danny

Town Pond Father Daughter Demolition Derby

August 15th, 2010

Ok. This one tops it for me.

While driving west towards town pond in East Hampton, we were passed by a luxurious Mercedes driven by a young chickie.  She passed my son after the merge, and cut him off.

Moments later, she plowed into the back of another Mercedes.

Of course I told my son to pull over, so we pulled in behind both vehicles. The elderly man in the first car (also a fancy smancy Mercedes) got out of his car and sat on the grass. I walked over to him, when he gestured at me to go away, and rudely told me that he was okay and didn’t need help.

Thinking he was in shock, I asked if he was sure.  He was sure alright.

My son had approached us by this time, and didn’t even have the chance to ask if everyone were okay, when the man told my 17 yr old son to f@*k off.

We retreated back to the car, and the drivers proceeded to get back in their car. The young chippie pulled an illegal u-turn, dented up front end and all, and headed back east. The man took an alternate route.

I guess it doesn’t take too much to surmise that the rude man got plowed into by his own daughter, hence dismissing us and any help. I guess he would rather pay (what appeared to be probably around $30,000 between both cars) for it himself, than to go through his insurance.

Hmmmm, maybe this wasn’t the first time that his wreckless, ding dong daughter (or other close relative) did something this stupid.  So much for being the good samaritan, or for teaching our youth what caring about each other is all about.  Hmmpf!

-MN

Guest of a Guest reports on poor service at Serafina East Hampton

July 26th, 2010

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