I was born in California (Orange County) where I lived for 5 or so years before moving to Virginia. Since then I have gone back to visit just about every summer for vacation. Last summer when I was out there I was buying my cousins ice cream in a Cold Stone. The chick working behind the counter was really busy so when she gave my cousins and me our ice creams, she left to go help someone else before I had paid for it. Thinking she had forgotten, I asked out out, "so wait, do I pay for this now or ...?"
The guy who was standing behind me very happily answered, "oh no, didn't you hear, it's free today! You can just go ahead and leave!" Being the friendly and sociable person I am, I naturally replied with "Oh great, free ice cream!"
After the chick came back and I paid, I walked outside to where the rest of my family was waiting and I came to a sudden realization. I thought to myself:
"What if that man had said that exact same thing to someone else on the east cost?" I decided it probably would've gone something like this:
East Coast Man: "So wait, do I pay for this now or ...?"
Affable Californian: "oh no, didn't you hear, it's free today! You can just go ahead and leave!"
At this point, without even hesitating, the East Coast man would've pulled out a knife, and stabbed the californian right in the face. The person waiting behind the californian would've caught the body falling without a thought, then handed it off to two men who would be standing by to throw it into a trunk, and then into a river.
There's no WAY you could get away with saying that kind of crap here in the east coast.
Has anyone else who's been acquainted with both sides of the United States noticed how drastically more mean the East Coast is?
The guy who was standing behind me very happily answered, "oh no, didn't you hear, it's free today! You can just go ahead and leave!" Being the friendly and sociable person I am, I naturally replied with "Oh great, free ice cream!"
After the chick came back and I paid, I walked outside to where the rest of my family was waiting and I came to a sudden realization. I thought to myself:
"What if that man had said that exact same thing to someone else on the east cost?" I decided it probably would've gone something like this:
East Coast Man: "So wait, do I pay for this now or ...?"
Affable Californian: "oh no, didn't you hear, it's free today! You can just go ahead and leave!"
At this point, without even hesitating, the East Coast man would've pulled out a knife, and stabbed the californian right in the face. The person waiting behind the californian would've caught the body falling without a thought, then handed it off to two men who would be standing by to throw it into a trunk, and then into a river.
There's no WAY you could get away with saying that kind of crap here in the east coast.
Has anyone else who's been acquainted with both sides of the United States noticed how drastically more mean the East Coast is?
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