tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183195074506062362.post3443307945122486919..comments2023-06-11T06:13:52.463-05:00Comments on My Cancer Deployment: Where For Art Thou, Miss Manners?Sugarmouth O'Riordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854359806220332036noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183195074506062362.post-88247613972448924852008-01-17T21:04:00.000-06:002008-01-17T21:04:00.000-06:00Did douchebag really go out of style as an insult?...Did douchebag really go out of style as an insult? Shoot! I've been using it all this time. That's just so me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183195074506062362.post-16607783095857613832008-01-17T10:38:00.000-06:002008-01-17T10:38:00.000-06:00OK. As a gift giver i think i can speak for all gi...OK. As a gift giver i think i can speak for all gift givers. We are trying to do something for you....we feel a bit helpless and need to feel like we are doing SOMETHING. You having that nagging feeling that you have to get the thankyou note out in 7-10 days (we can thank mom for that) is totally against the point of giving you the gift....you know?? we are not trying to give you another chore inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183195074506062362.post-17907028058585986362008-01-16T18:55:00.000-06:002008-01-16T18:55:00.000-06:00Ah, douchebag, an insult that really gets you your...Ah, douchebag, an insult that really gets you your bang for the buck. Fun to say, and it brings forth fabulous imagery. One must wonder were it went all these years.<BR/><BR/>Clearly the emailer was the right person to pin the label on. what I find even more annoying than general bad form in the inability to recognize such bafoonery. Is he that stupid that even when called out, he can't recant orAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183195074506062362.post-47865414111361502402008-01-16T14:28:00.000-06:002008-01-16T14:28:00.000-06:00Jinxy/Vance--Snicker away. My email response was ...Jinxy/Vance--Snicker away. My email response was "You were always a mean drunk," to which he responded he was sober, going out with mutual friends, thinking of me, yadda yadda...I know his comment wasn't coming from a mean place, but your don't fucking say that to a person with cancer.<BR/><BR/>Neaner--I *know* you got my back. ;)<BR/><BR/>Anon--Are you as amused/happy as I that the word Sugarmouth O'Riordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11854359806220332036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183195074506062362.post-31985990630609673962008-01-16T11:35:00.000-06:002008-01-16T11:35:00.000-06:00I'll have to put that etiquette book on my list as...I'll have to put that etiquette book on my list as well. I'm always worried about saying (writing/emailing) the wrong thing, which means that often I don't say anything at all: the flip side of a bad penny, but that still doesn't prevent that faux pas that occassionally and inadvertantly (and often unknowingly) tumbles out when I do write. <BR/><BR/>As to thank you's, I would think that being Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501803841404865563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183195074506062362.post-34083882472660195392008-01-16T10:04:00.000-06:002008-01-16T10:04:00.000-06:00needless to say, some people will always be douche...needless to say, some people will always be douchebags, no matter what the circumstances. unfortunatley, in the worst of times, they just get to show their true stripes.<BR/><BR/>in terms of the thank you question. I would guess that any acknowledgement that you can get out (email, phone message, etc.) is enough. I've always thought that a thank you letter was really just to let someone know you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183195074506062362.post-89248977697057425822008-01-16T07:54:00.000-06:002008-01-16T07:54:00.000-06:00I still have some NJ ass-kicking potential in me, ...I still have some NJ ass-kicking potential in me, let me know if you need me to use it - - i can't believe that email!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183195074506062362.post-90228562748640654992008-01-15T21:37:00.000-06:002008-01-15T21:37:00.000-06:00So how about cancer blog reader etiquette? Are we ...So how about cancer blog reader etiquette? Are we allowed to snicker at your response to New Years Asshole? <BR/><BR/>'Cause that made me cringe and laugh at the same time.<BR/><BR/>If not, it's cool. No hard feelings. I'm good. Sorry. My bad...<BR/><BR/>( he says as he slowly backs away from the drawer with the rolling pin)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com