Kate Fussner reports she's kept her inner Masshole in check behind the wheel even as she now has to deal with a Roslindale-to-Dorchester commute, but that she realized with a start one day in the North End - when stuck walking behind a clot of tourists shuffling in search of a cannoli - that the snarling beast is no longer far from the surface and she's now as ready to hate everyone around her as the rest of us.
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Uh. No. What you said
By anon
Wed, 08/17/2016 - 11:44pm
Uh. No. What you said applies to anyone, anywhere.
The fact you think it only applies to locals here speaks more about a transplant's insecurities than anything you have to say. This is especially true because of how much better this state is than most others in many qualities.
A "special snowflake" is but a transplant who thinks wherever they move to should change for them. It doesn't. Move back if you don't like it. Nothing you said is remotely unique here.
Not really
By anon
Thu, 08/18/2016 - 4:10pm
Massholes are special entitled - even the lowliest working guy has an "excuse" to be special (I was born here - I work for a living - etc.)
Case in point: I was boarding a plane in Seattle. People started making their Own Special ME lines to funnel into the boarding area. The boarding/gate agents were so annoyed by this that they stopped boarding! Then they reminded people that they were not in Boston. Then they said that they wouldn't board anyone until everyone got into a single file line "like adults should know how to do".
So, yeah, it is Boston.
Walking on sidewalks
By anon
Thu, 08/18/2016 - 8:19am
KEEP TO THE RIGHT....this allows humans and other animals to freely pass in the opposite direction. Unfortunately, many, especially true in areas with many transient residents, visitors, and tourists, walk like they're in a suburban shopping mall on a quiet Sunday afternoon. This doesn't work and is inappropriate for the setting. BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS. MANY walk in groups and WILL NOT MOVE to allow someone to pass them in the opposite direction or to just pass them because they're moving slowly.
LIKEWISE: KEEP TO THE RIGHT GOING UP AND DOWN STAIRS, i.e. subways, etc. Honestly, most locals will adhere to this commonsense policy, but for whatever reason many of our large transient population (tourists, visitors, college students, etc.) do not.
City streets ARE NOT an interstate highway. DON"T act surprised or shocked that there are A LOT of human beings on sidewalks and even on streets. We are not in a rural or outer suburban area.
As a 'local' one of the other pet peeves I have is some people are overly cautious when driving, not to mention passive aggressive. These things are just as irritating as being a hyper aggressive ahole.
Travel note...
By Michael Kerpan
Thu, 08/18/2016 - 10:25am
The keep to the right rule for stairways (and the matching rule that standees on escalators keep to the right) applies in the Kansai region of Japan (Osaka, Kyoto, etc.) but not the Kanto region (Tokyo et al). It took me a while to adjust to the Tokyo orm -- and then another while to re-adjust to our norm, whe we ended our visit in Kansai. I suspect there are other places in the world that have different practices than our own, so maybe it is best to cut travelers some slack. (No one in busy Tokyo was ever mean to me when I screwed up, BTW).
You're not really a Masshole until you start acting out.
By SalSal
Sat, 08/20/2016 - 6:45pm
Thinking bad things about "human Winnebagos" is not being a Masshole, yelling at people so they can hear you and hitting is being a Masshole.
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