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threadkiller05851 t1_j2nt593 wrote

It's a race between those who understand the post is supposed to be satire and those who don't.

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thunder-cricket t1_j2oyvwz wrote

I get that it's supposed to be satire but I don't know who it's supposed to be satirizing. There's no group of people who think it's ok not to tip at restaurants in Vermont, for example.

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threadkiller05851 t1_j385q9n wrote

Here is the original post.
https://www.reddit.com/r/icecoast/comments/1001wma/when_did_vt_become_so_inhospitable/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

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thunder-cricket t1_j386vfs wrote

Thanks, I scanned it (it's a long post). I hadn't seen it before.

Dude sounds like he was being a dick, but he opens with an apology for his rant. He never suggests it's ok to not leave tips for people in Vermont. In fact, he says the opposite at one point. This reinforces my assertion the post we're commenting in is a satire of a straw man who doesn't exist. It's disturbing how so many people found it compelling.

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threadkiller05851 t1_j38b16p wrote

I thought the world sort of jumped on him a bit hard -it seemed like the pack of wolves really came out.I"ve been a tourist at several places over the years-I hope the natives didn't automatically hate me the way some posters seem to automatically hate any tourists in our state.

I did retail for over thirty years. I do remember the week after Xmas being it's own kind of hell.Between schools being out and many other businesses closing for the week it was very busy.It was a grind after the craziness .January 2nd was always such a relief.

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thunder-cricket t1_j38e9b6 wrote

I also go places on vacation, where I am a tourist. It's nice to see other places and meet the people who live there and spend my time and money there.

And I'm glad i live (Vermont, in case that's not clear) in a place that others consider a nice enough place to visit that they become tourists here. I appreciate them coming here and I know they contribute to the economy and the culture.

I think in the real world, Vermonters, like most everyone, treat tourists with appreciation and respect. That's been my experience. However, there's a real hostility towards them on this message board. I chalk it up to the internet tending to bring out the inner dick in people. Everything they may do that's impolite or inappropriate gets amplified and-all the good things they do is downplayed-to-ignored.

Cars do that also. It's easy to go with your worst impulses when you, and the subject of your ire, are separated by thousands of pounds of steel and glass, traveling at some unnatural velocity and you'll most likely never see them again, especially in a context where you'll experience a consequence for your bad social behavior. Similar thing happens on the internet.

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threadkiller05851 t1_j38te8e wrote

You might enjoy this video from my dashcam.I usually go 5-6 MPH over the posted speed limit but this day I was in absolutely no hurry (going posted speed of 35 mph ) when this old Volvo tailgates me. If he/she had flashed headlights/honked horn like an emergency situation I would have pulled over.Instead they passed at 50 mph on a curve,cut me off and ,,,,
https://youtu.be/fuDzdPJI9es

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