Someone Hates Southerners
In the interest of being fair and balanced, I wanted to share with you a comment you may not have read that was written last night in regards to a past article titled “Tips You *Must* Know When Dealing With A Southerner” about interacting with us Southerners. Bart Wheeler’s position:
Southerners being so “honest” and “friendly” is just plain not true. My experience is they’re conniving, evil, backstabbing and ready to do anything it takes to get ahead. I have a boss, a true “flower of the south” from some hillbillie swamp in Florida and she’ll come to me acting all kindsa friendly, playful and “nice” just to get some information out of me she will later use to ridicule me and put me down with in front of our superiors. Or she’ll snitch on me for the dumbest little infractions. How is that “friendly”, “generous” or “honest”?! And all your bullcrap ideals of “real men” and chivalry only show how sad and pathetic “y’all” are. And your racism and prejudice only show how insecure you are. Just as a reminder, YOU LOST THE WAR. What? “The south shall rise again?” Go ahead, losers. I frikkin’ dare you.
Yikes!!! I guess not all Southerners give us a good name! I assure you Bart, your co-worker is a horse of a different breed. On behalf of the South, I’m sorry you’ve had that experience, buddy! Come to Austin- dinner’s on me (consider it the South’s repayment for your suffering).
Photo credit: JimHatesWork.com (I swear to God that I’m 90% sure this is a picture of my uncle, circa 1990- I’m emailing my mom right now)- click image to enlarge
January 25th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
This guy hasn’t met the true southern gents and belles…Why do we always hear about a war that was before all of our time? May he find some peace and visit Texas soon! His mind will change quickly!
January 25th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
I apologize. I was writing this late at night and may have made an unfair overgeneralization. I am somewhat at a loss at how to relate to this one person I work with and I vented my anger here. But, to be fair, I have met Southerners I respected and liked (North Carolina belongs, right?). I really feel like a class “a” you-know-what right now.
Austin has always intrigued me… Isn’t it a little Bohemian compared to the rest of the South?
Anyway, my remarks were out of place. Thank you for responding. That reminds me the internet is not some black hole you can throw your garbage into.
Hmmm, Austin… I am getting tired of winters in Colorado
January 25th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
It’s always NOT a good idea to generalize about any place or people. I’ve met enough nice southerners and plenty of rude ones. I’ve been good northerners and plenty of not so good ones.
Once you make a blanket statement about a people group I can almost assure you you’ll meet someone who won’t fit that profile and you better be humble enough to accept it.
January 25th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Huh. Sounds like she’s just a bitch. There are bitches in the north, south, east and west.
January 25th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Bart, no worries- guess what? Jay’s point is the best… people can suck no matter where they are from.
I assure you that your comment didn’t hurt me or offend me- it was too funny NOT to publicize!!! See, that’s true Southern charm- forgive and forget; we take it easy!
(Yes, Austin is Bohemian-ish. Very diverse, mostly people from not-Austin.)
Last note- don’t worry, Texans don’t realize we’re Southerners… we’re simply “Texans”- a class of our own! Good luck with your crappy coworker- just tell her she sucks at being Southern (if she’s a true Southerner, that will offend her- great litmus test). OR, you can point her here so she can read your comments directly
January 26th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Glad I came back to read Bart’s apology! Now Bart, if you are planning a Texas trip, I think Houston would be a well-deserved visit! Austin isn’t really Texas! They are implants that really don’t represent Texas. They have bumper stickers that read, “Keep Austin Weird,” they are just that! No offense to my beautiful and talented Texas friend Lani who lives there. Well, I did too during my college years, however, Houston is a great place for you to visit. It may not be as pretty as Austin, but we do our share of providing the world with our oil/gas products. Houston has the most diverse community, beautiful skyline, close to the water for your yachting experience. We have the world renown medical center, world renown chefs and restaurants. We are represented in all the sporting venues and you can even use our freeways as the Autobahn! Austin is considered the Music Capital of the World with great live music, and Houston is considered just CLASS! So tell your co-worker to kiss your ass and get your butt to Texas, you will be glad you did! Oh, Lani is right…we Texans never think we are from the South — WE ARE JUST SIMPLY FROM TEXAS!
January 27th, 2008 at 8:21 am
you will get more honesty in NYC. It will be brutal and you might not like it, but honest.
January 27th, 2008 at 8:54 am
FYI– My comments was a friendly joke to my Austin friends! And Lani is the best!!!
January 27th, 2008 at 9:50 am
I was having fun also, pointing out that the not so subtle differencs between the N and S.
Not intended as a disrespect either way, I live in the Mountain west. More in response to the b_ _ _ _ in Florida.
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