Small acts that signal to strangers you are TA

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Anonymous wrote:People who park themselves for hours at a table in a café and proceed to take loud work calls and/or attend Zoom meetings, shouting into the phone or mic like they are in their damn office. There are always men doing this at Northside Social in Falls Church. Serious lack of social skills.

I worked at a restaurant in a business district in college and we had dudebro corporate Chads who would buy a cup of coffee or a bagel and then spend all day conducting “meetings” and “interviews” with a rotating cast of characters at the table.

Especially at Union Market. At least take one of the tables in the back. The front window seats should be for people who just bought a meal. People should move in and out of those seats every 20 minutes or so.

Why don't establishments put limits on how long patrons can stay and consume what they purchased? Honest question because I also think it's ridiculous to just sit there all day.

Starbucks had to apologize for their racism. That's why.

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Anonymous wrote:People who park themselves for hours at a table in a café and proceed to take loud work calls and/or attend Zoom meetings, shouting into the phone or mic like they are in their damn office. There are always men doing this at Northside Social in Falls Church. Serious lack of social skills.

I worked at a restaurant in a business district in college and we had dudebro corporate Chads who would buy a cup of coffee or a bagel and then spend all day conducting “meetings” and “interviews” with a rotating cast of characters at the table.

Especially at Union Market. At least take one of the tables in the back. The front window seats should be for people who just bought a meal. People should move in and out of those seats every 20 minutes or so.

Why don't establishments put limits on how long patrons can stay and consume what they purchased? Honest question because I also think it's ridiculous to just sit there all day.

Starbucks had to apologize for their racism. That's why.

At the same time, entrance is reserved.
A store can ban customers who make it a habit to do this .

Tables are business premises that belong to the store. A business is not a library

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Anonymous wrote:People who park themselves for hours at a table in a café and proceed to take loud work calls and/or attend Zoom meetings, shouting into the phone or mic like they are in their damn office. There are always men doing this at Northside Social in Falls Church. Serious lack of social skills.

I worked at a restaurant in a business district in college and we had dudebro corporate Chads who would buy a cup of coffee or a bagel and then spend all day conducting “meetings” and “interviews” with a rotating cast of characters at the table.

Especially at Union Market. At least take one of the tables in the back. The front window seats should be for people who just bought a meal. People should move in and out of those seats every 20 minutes or so.

Why don't establishments put limits on how long patrons can stay and consume what they purchased? Honest question because I also think it's ridiculous to just sit there all day.

Starbucks had to apologize for their racism. That's why.

But what if they don’t actually racially discriminate and kick everyone out equally after 20 min.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t talk to strangers. It irks me when some AA women start to comment in public that I should have said excuse me or hello or thank you.
I do what I can to stay out of people’s way and that is just the way I am.
I am also curious as to whether or not that person who berates me in public is just as harsh with her judgments when it is a person who is also from her ethnicity.

I don’t understand why some women behave like this

Oh, you're definitely TA. A racist one at that.

You are exactly what I mean.
When I am out and about I do not converse with strangers or start or join a conversation. What is wrong with that?

People like you are what I need to avoid

The fact that you're a grown-ass adult who can't function in public and yet it's everyone else's fault is why you're the TA.

Oh I function very well. And I have learned the street smarts to avoid certain types of people

Clearly you don’t if you can’t utter a simple thank you.

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Anonymous wrote:Bringing your dog into every freaking store.

I bring my dog wherever he's allowed. Get over it.

So you are TA! They are not legally allowed, the business just chooses to ignore it. Stop being TA and leave your mangy dog at home.

+1 I don’t want to see your dog at Total Wine, Starbucks, Costco, Walmart, Safeway, or District Taco - all places where I have seen dogs indoors in the last year or so. My issue is that not all dogs are well-behaved and calm, and even dogs that are usually well-behaved at home or on walks can get over excited in a busy store. I also think it’s gross in food establishments.

My local wine store loves my dog and gives him treats when we visit. Shrug.

You're still TA. Shrug.

That’s just your opinion. Not your store, not your business.

True. But you and the business still need to follow the law. If you run a red light 15 times and don’t get a ticket, it doesn’t mean it’s not stupid or against the law.

I have no idea what the law is about dogs and wine stores. It’s not my problem. Stay mad.

It is your problem dumb ass if you bring your dog.

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That person who decides the best place to park their car is right next to the entrance of the grocery store, blocking the ramp.

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The blue BMW driver who weaves through a 4 way stop and skips at least 6 cars. It happens regularly!

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Tinted windows.

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Anonymous wrote:Bringing your dog into every freaking store.

I bring my dog wherever he's allowed. Get over it.

So you are TA! They are not legally allowed, the business just chooses to ignore it. Stop being TA and leave your mangy dog at home.

+1 I don’t want to see your dog at Total Wine, Starbucks, Costco, Walmart, Safeway, or District Taco - all places where I have seen dogs indoors in the last year or so. My issue is that not all dogs are well-behaved and calm, and even dogs that are usually well-behaved at home or on walks can get over excited in a busy store. I also think it’s gross in food establishments.

My local wine store loves my dog and gives him treats when we visit. Shrug.

You're still TA. Shrug.

That’s just your opinion. Not your store, not your business.

True. But you and the business still need to follow the law. If you run a red light 15 times and don’t get a ticket, it doesn’t mean it’s not stupid or against the law.

It's not against the law to bring dogs into establishments that don't serve food, like liquor stores. It's up to the discretion of the business. Liquor stores in particular seem to be into dogs. I've stood outside a few near me to be polite waiting for DH; they beckon us in to give a treat. You may not like this but it's not illegal. A restaurant is different.

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Anonymous wrote:Tinted windows.

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BLM lawn sign

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Not shoveling your sidewalk. Leaving a sheet of ice on the roof of your car.

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Parents who

cut into the Kiss and Ride line.

arrive a full hour ahead of dismissal and idle in front of the school and block traffic.

can’t bother to adhere to rules and race up to the school front entrance, slow and make their kid run into traffic.

cut me off as I try to get into staff parking or think they’re clever by dropping student off in staff lot.

send their sick kid to school

have no viable way of being contacted during the day (number is disconnected, vm not set up, won’t return calls, no emergency contacts)

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One of my greatest pet peeves now is when I am in a public place & someone is either talking loud to someone on speaker or they can be playing audio from their phone! 😡
Drives me so mad!

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t talk to strangers. It irks me when some AA women start to comment in public that I should have said excuse me or hello or thank you.
I do what I can to stay out of people’s way and that is just the way I am.
I am also curious as to whether or not that person who berates me in public is just as harsh with her judgments when it is a person who is also from her ethnicity.

I don’t understand why some women behave like this

Oh, you're definitely TA. A racist one at that.

You are exactly what I mean.
When I am out and about I do not converse with strangers or start or join a conversation. What is wrong with that?

People like you are what I need to avoid

The fact that you're a grown-ass adult who can't function in public and yet it's everyone else's fault is why you're the TA.

Oh I function very well. And I have learned the street smarts to avoid certain types of people

But you're getting called out for not saying "Excuse me" and "Thank you". I think you need to learn that that is part of functioning in public. You have to say those things. It's not "conversing with strangers". Even children know this.