"He didn't say thank you..that's rude as hell!"

[terry78]

I'm sitting here in FedEx Kinko's printing out some stuff and this guy sneezed, and another guy said "bless you." The sneezer said nothing, and the other guy repeated loudly, "bless you!" The girl he was with said, "will you shut up?", and he's like, "no, I ain't gonna shut up, that mother****er was rude as hell!" Then the other guy walks over and said, "I did say thanks, man, you didn't hear it." Then the chick is like, "see?", and the guy just sits there. Haha, I swear, getting ready to come to blows over a thank you. I hold the door open for people and stuff like that there and occasionally I get someone that doesn't even acknowledge me. I feel it's a little insulting, but whatever. I had to laugh at this thing today though.

 

[Octoberist]

I think it's ironic; the guy wanted a 'thank you' but he was overbearing about it, making it into a non-issue.

I work in retail and I've gotten no 'thank yous' from people all the time. My tactic is to say 'you're welcome' when they don't say Thank you. Then it reminds them.

 

[Franklin Richards]

Maybe he was an atheist?


"Bless you."

"Whatever. Don't push your black magic on me, man!"

 

[Lasirius]

 

[The Original Bamfer]

It's far ruder to expect a "thank you" than to not receive one.

 

[Cunning Stunts]

I agree. The fact that he said, "Bless you!" again just to get a thanks would have made me want to tell him to shove his blessings up his ass, regardless of whether I actually did say, "Thank you," already or not.

 

[Wolfwood]

I was sitting in the library today and this girl next to me sneezed, so I looked over to her to say "Bless you," but then she looked at me and said "Bless me" and cut me off. I didn't know what to do, so I just turned awkwardly back to my work.

 

[deathshead2]

I don't say thank you when someone says "bless you" when I sneeze. I don't see the point. Its not like you did anything useful, like hand me a tissue.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

I don't say thank you when someone says "bless you" when I sneeze. I don't see the point. Its not like you did anything useful, like hand me a tissue.

It's like sending a get well card.

It's showing concern for your well being. The least you could do is say "thanks".

 

[The Spawn]

Cards actually cost money.

 

[deathshead2]

The only time I think it calls for a thank you is when somekind of work is put into it. Like stopping to pick up something I dropped, or holding the door open. Not a response that we say cus we're so used to doing it back in kindergarden.

 

[knowsbleed]

Bless you.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I don't say thank you when someone says "bless you" when I sneeze. I don't see the point. Its not like you did anything useful, like hand me a tissue.

It's like sending a get well card.

It's showing concern for your well being. The least you could do is say "thanks".

It's actually the keep evil spirits from jumping into you and possessing you b/c when you sneeze, you're momentarily exposing your soul to the supernatural world. That's the myth behind at it least. So the person did more than hand you a tissue, he kept your ass from the dark side.

 

[Super_Child]

What if you get a raging cold and theres nobody around? I can't hold off that witch in the basement by myself!

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Terry, you heard the entire thing I assume. Did he actually say thank you?

 

[Logan's Lady]

I work in food service... and take orders, then give them to the customers.

Well, I say thank you to the cook 9/10 times after they've made the food and while I'm bagging it.

Well, depending on who the cook is I get these responses:
The cook I know pretty well who is nice: she will say you're welcome about 1/2 the time.
The cook I only work with one day a week and is used to working the lunch rush: she will say you're welcome maybe 1 out of 20 times.
And, there's a different cook I work maybe once a week with: she never says you're welcome. She usually just shrugs her shoulders. But last time I worked with her she actually said "It's my job".

lol I guess cooks in food service just aren't very pleasing people

 

[BillyZaned]

Tell you the truth.... it would piss me off too... has pissed me off... my old job, I used to always say "bless you" to both my co-worker and boss (we worked in the same office department), my co-worker would say "thanks" but my boss wouldn't say anything.... some reason it pissed me off to no end... I think it was because I took the effort to say "bless you" and he couldn't mutter a simple "thanks"...

what is it about men, who have worked the same job for some years, who just become bitter... cheer the **** up ****ers

 

[Logan's Lady]

Rofl at my work... the place has only been open for about 2 years. It's too bad they've been there such a short time and hate their jobs/lives so much

 

[Erzengel]

I hate it when you let someone in when you're driving and they don't give you a wave or a nod in their rear view. *sigh* I wish I could treat cars like in GTA.

 

[Cunning Stunts]

It's like sending a get well card.

It's showing concern for your well being. The least you could do is say "thanks".

No, it's not. It's an old tradition formed when crazy religious people used to believe your soul escapes through your body when you sneeze. It's just carried over now. And honestly, I can't recall the last time I saw someone sneeze and die.

 

[C. Lee]

And honestly, I can't recall the last time I saw someone sneeze and die.

Go hang out at your closest nursing home.

 

[Cunning Stunts]

Go hang out at your closest nursing home.

You've seen someone sneeze and die?

 

[Darthphere]

I was sitting in the library today and this girl next to me sneezed, so I looked over to her to say "Bless you," but then she looked at me and said "Bless me" and cut me off. I didn't know what to do, so I just turned awkwardly back to my work.

Well the obvious thing to do was to **** her brains out.

 

[Mr.?]

Guy should have started convulsing on the floor and speaking in tongues after he said "bless you", that would have shown him.

 

[C. Lee]

You've seen someone sneeze and die?

A year ago. My mother had had a stroke...was in a nursing home....while I was visiting one day, the other lady in the room got into a sneezing fit, then started acting like in big pain....we called the nurses in to check....she went into cardiac arrest and died.