Dear dimwit on the phone

boxingnut4324 · Nov 27, 2013

Kolchak said:

boxingnut4324 said:

Not work related, but this one's a doozy.

Missed the freelance boat for football playoffs over the weekend, but my younger cousin wanted to go see the local playoff doubleheader so we did. I should preface this by saying that I am in my mid-20s and my cousin is 16; this will come into play later.

The stadium was big (5-6,000) and we chose to sit on the permanent cement side for easier access to bathrooms and food, which made sense as we just wanted conveinence and had no team affiliation.

The second game matched up North and Podunk. North is the top team in the state, undefeated, and has two or three legit D1 guys. However, by the luck of the draw we were on Podunk's side of the stadium.

Early on it became clear that North would roll and led by 14 quick. So my cousin and I are talking about how good North's receivers were when a Podunk fan in front of us turned around and said, "You know if you guys want to cheer for North how about you shut the fuck up and go over to their side." He was in his mid-40s.

I tried to politely respond by saying that we were neutral observers and that North did have the best player on the field.

His response: "Either you shut the fuck up or I'm going to punch you in the face."

Later in the game when my cousin and I weren't talking football....just talking about anything the guy turns and says: "Jesus, won't you two shut the fuck up! Shut your goddamn mouth or I'm gonna punch you in the face."

He left in the third quarter as Podunk was getting mauled.

Classy folks they got in Podunk these days. Cursing out a teenager and a 20-something simply for watching a game, and we did nothing at all to antagonize him or anyone else around. Have any of you been a part of, or seen, anything like that?
The guy looked like a former player who I think thought could throw his weight around like in the old days.

P.S. North won 40-something to nothing.
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The only thing missing from making it a Varsity Blues scene is if he would've been wearing his letterman jacket from 25 years ago.
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He was wearing a worn-out jacket from the local NFL team, which I think is the next best thing.

Baron Scicluna · Nov 27, 2013

boxingnut4324 said:

Not work related, but this one's a doozy.

Missed the freelance boat for football playoffs over the weekend, but my younger cousin wanted to go see the local playoff doubleheader so we did. I should preface this by saying that I am in my mid-20s and my cousin is 16; this will come into play later.

The stadium was big (5-6,000) and we chose to sit on the permanent cement side for easier access to bathrooms and food, which made sense as we just wanted conveinence and had no team affiliation.

The second game matched up North and Podunk. North is the top team in the state, undefeated, and has two or three legit D1 guys. However, by the luck of the draw we were on Podunk's side of the stadium.

Early on it became clear that North would roll and led by 14 quick. So my cousin and I are talking about how good North's receivers were when a Podunk fan in front of us turned around and said, "You know if you guys want to cheer for North how about you shut the fuck up and go over to their side." He was in his mid-40s.

I tried to politely respond by saying that we were neutral observers and that North did have the best player on the field.

His response: "Either you shut the fuck up or I'm going to punch you in the face."

Later in the game when my cousin and I weren't talking football....just talking about anything the guy turns and says: "Jesus, won't you two shut the fuck up! Shut your goddamn mouth or I'm gonna punch you in the face."

He left in the third quarter as Podunk was getting mauled.

Classy folks they got in Podunk these days. Cursing out a teenager and a 20-something simply for watching a game, and we did nothing at all to antagonize him or anyone else around. Have any of you been a part of, or seen, anything like that?
The guy looked like a former player who I think thought could throw his weight around like in the old days.

P.S. North won 40-something to nothing.
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"Sir, may I ask you an honest question? Do you own a house? Because if you do, and you punch me in the face, well, that becomes my house."

spikechiquet · Nov 27, 2013

boxingnut4324 said:

Not work related, but this one's a doozy.

Missed the freelance boat for football playoffs over the weekend, but my younger cousin wanted to go see the local playoff doubleheader so we did. I should preface this by saying that I am in my mid-20s and my cousin is 16; this will come into play later.

The stadium was big (5-6,000) and we chose to sit on the permanent cement side for easier access to bathrooms and food, which made sense as we just wanted conveinence and had no team affiliation.

The second game matched up North and Podunk. North is the top team in the state, undefeated, and has two or three legit D1 guys. However, by the luck of the draw we were on Podunk's side of the stadium.

Early on it became clear that North would roll and led by 14 quick. So my cousin and I are talking about how good North's receivers were when a Podunk fan in front of us turned around and said, "You know if you guys want to cheer for North how about you shut the fuck up and go over to their side." He was in his mid-40s.

I tried to politely respond by saying that we were neutral observers and that North did have the best player on the field.

His response: "Either you shut the fuck up or I'm going to punch you in the face."

Later in the game when my cousin and I weren't talking football....just talking about anything the guy turns and says: "Jesus, won't you two shut the fuck up! Shut your goddamn mouth or I'm gonna punch you in the face."

He left in the third quarter as Podunk was getting mauled.

Classy folks they got in Podunk these days. Cursing out a teenager and a 20-something simply for watching a game, and we did nothing at all to antagonize him or anyone else around. Have any of you been a part of, or seen, anything like that?
The guy looked like a former player who I think thought could throw his weight around like in the old days.

P.S. North won 40-something to nothing.
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Yeah, after the first threat, I would have been the guy to egg him into hitting me so I could sue the everlovingfuck out of him.

Mark2010 · Nov 27, 2013

boxingnut4324 said:

Not work related, but this one's a doozy.

Missed the freelance boat for football playoffs over the weekend, but my younger cousin wanted to go see the local playoff doubleheader so we did. I should preface this by saying that I am in my mid-20s and my cousin is 16; this will come into play later.

The stadium was big (5-6,000) and we chose to sit on the permanent cement side for easier access to bathrooms and food, which made sense as we just wanted conveinence and had no team affiliation.

The second game matched up North and Podunk. North is the top team in the state, undefeated, and has two or three legit D1 guys. However, by the luck of the draw we were on Podunk's side of the stadium.

Early on it became clear that North would roll and led by 14 quick. So my cousin and I are talking about how good North's receivers were when a Podunk fan in front of us turned around and said, "You know if you guys want to cheer for North how about you shut the fuck up and go over to their side." He was in his mid-40s.

I tried to politely respond by saying that we were neutral observers and that North did have the best player on the field.

His response: "Either you shut the fuck up or I'm going to punch you in the face."

Later in the game when my cousin and I weren't talking football....just talking about anything the guy turns and says: "Jesus, won't you two shut the fuck up! Shut your goddamn mouth or I'm gonna punch you in the face."

He left in the third quarter as Podunk was getting mauled.

Classy folks they got in Podunk these days. Cursing out a teenager and a 20-something simply for watching a game, and we did nothing at all to antagonize him or anyone else around. Have any of you been a part of, or seen, anything like that?
The guy looked like a former player who I think thought could throw his weight around like in the old days.

P.S. North won 40-something to nothing.
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Were they selling alcohol at this event? I've seen normally sane people act like complete asses at sporting events (and other places) when they've had too much to drink.

Bradley Guire · Nov 27, 2013

Asshole fans like that don't need a drop, especially when the world is out to get them.

Bradley Guire · Nov 30, 2013

Tales from Black Friday

Customer A: What do you mean, you're suspending returns until Saturday? You mean you're not taking returns on a normal day of business?

(At this point, I'm not sure if they guy is screwing with me. Seriously, he's there at 5 a.m. on Black Friday and calling it a "normal day of business." Sigh.)

Customer B, on why he can't have the doorbuster price on a doorbuster item three hours after the sale: So, why should I pay full price three hours after the sale? You didn't sell all of your doorbuster items during the sale, so a lot of people passed on it. I don't think it's worth full price, and I should get it for the doorbuster price to take it off your hands.

(Doorbuster sales are to get you to come here and spend your money with us before you run out of money. You snooze, you lose.)

KYSportsWriter · Nov 30, 2013

Mark2010 said:

boxingnut4324 said:

Not work related, but this one's a doozy.

Missed the freelance boat for football playoffs over the weekend, but my younger cousin wanted to go see the local playoff doubleheader so we did. I should preface this by saying that I am in my mid-20s and my cousin is 16; this will come into play later.

The stadium was big (5-6,000) and we chose to sit on the permanent cement side for easier access to bathrooms and food, which made sense as we just wanted conveinence and had no team affiliation.

The second game matched up North and Podunk. North is the top team in the state, undefeated, and has two or three legit D1 guys. However, by the luck of the draw we were on Podunk's side of the stadium.

Early on it became clear that North would roll and led by 14 quick. So my cousin and I are talking about how good North's receivers were when a Podunk fan in front of us turned around and said, "You know if you guys want to cheer for North how about you shut the fuck up and go over to their side." He was in his mid-40s.

I tried to politely respond by saying that we were neutral observers and that North did have the best player on the field.

His response: "Either you shut the fuck up or I'm going to punch you in the face."

Later in the game when my cousin and I weren't talking football....just talking about anything the guy turns and says: "Jesus, won't you two shut the fuck up! Shut your goddamn mouth or I'm gonna punch you in the face."

He left in the third quarter as Podunk was getting mauled.

Classy folks they got in Podunk these days. Cursing out a teenager and a 20-something simply for watching a game, and we did nothing at all to antagonize him or anyone else around. Have any of you been a part of, or seen, anything like that?
The guy looked like a former player who I think thought could throw his weight around like in the old days.

P.S. North won 40-something to nothing.
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Were they selling alcohol at this event? I've seen normally sane people act like complete asses at sporting events (and other places) when they've had too much to drink.
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It's a high school event. I doubt alcohol would be sold.

boxingnut4324 · Nov 30, 2013

KYSportsWriter said:

Mark2010 said:

boxingnut4324 said:

Not work related, but this one's a doozy.

Missed the freelance boat for football playoffs over the weekend, but my younger cousin wanted to go see the local playoff doubleheader so we did. I should preface this by saying that I am in my mid-20s and my cousin is 16; this will come into play later.

The stadium was big (5-6,000) and we chose to sit on the permanent cement side for easier access to bathrooms and food, which made sense as we just wanted conveinence and had no team affiliation.

The second game matched up North and Podunk. North is the top team in the state, undefeated, and has two or three legit D1 guys. However, by the luck of the draw we were on Podunk's side of the stadium.

Early on it became clear that North would roll and led by 14 quick. So my cousin and I are talking about how good North's receivers were when a Podunk fan in front of us turned around and said, "You know if you guys want to cheer for North how about you shut the fuck up and go over to their side." He was in his mid-40s.

I tried to politely respond by saying that we were neutral observers and that North did have the best player on the field.

His response: "Either you shut the fuck up or I'm going to punch you in the face."

Later in the game when my cousin and I weren't talking football....just talking about anything the guy turns and says: "Jesus, won't you two shut the fuck up! Shut your goddamn mouth or I'm gonna punch you in the face."

He left in the third quarter as Podunk was getting mauled.

Classy folks they got in Podunk these days. Cursing out a teenager and a 20-something simply for watching a game, and we did nothing at all to antagonize him or anyone else around. Have any of you been a part of, or seen, anything like that?
The guy looked like a former player who I think thought could throw his weight around like in the old days.

P.S. North won 40-something to nothing.
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Were they selling alcohol at this event? I've seen normally sane people act like complete asses at sporting events (and other places) when they've had too much to drink.
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It's a high school event. I doubt alcohol would be sold.
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No booze and he definitely wasn't drunk. Seemed like a former player who threw his weight around back in the day and thought he could now years after the sun had set. Oh well. Any time I cover a team from Podunk, which is very rare to begin with, I will inwardly be cheering for them to get mauled.

champ_kind · Dec 1, 2013

no, coach, if the tournament organizers didn't select an all-tournament team, we can't just say your players made all-tournament because they scored in double figures

Mark2010 · Dec 1, 2013

Even better.... "We selected our own all-tournament team, but none of YOUR players were included."

Spartan Squad · Dec 4, 2013

Dear mother of former local athlete,
I really appreciate you sending me info on your daughter who competed in an international event, complete with links for info. I do have an issue, however. The two links you sent have the same article and they literally only include one sentence on your daughter. I will be sure to blow this up big.

Kolchak · Dec 4, 2013

This is a first for me. Has anything like this happened to anyone else?

Parent reads a prep game story on website and is upset that his or her child wasn't mentioned once, calls the paper to request that said child gets added to the story.

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