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	<title>Comments on: Dining Experience Interrupted by Ignorance of Etiquette</title>
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		<title>By: Joanne</title>
		<link>http://openmindrequired.com/blog/2008/08/dining-experience-interrupted-by-ignorance-of-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-1059</link>
		<dc:creator>Joanne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I didn&#039;t even mention your niece&#039;s name in the above post, but you&#039;re still incensed over it. And Robbie herself thought it was funny enough to pose for the pictures. 

Next time, Robbie says she&#039;s going to wear a big sweatshirt with a hood and sunglasses. Several of us got a great big laugh over it. I&#039;m sorry you don&#039;t see the humor in that. 

And my response to the situation is just as funny as the rest. Why do you think I posted those goofy pictures of myself looking mortified? I like to make fun of myself, too.

Here&#039;s a deal I&#039;ll make you. You small town people can continue to interrupt my meals and and chat with my companion. You can do my hair, ruin the color, and ignore me for two hours while I sit in your chair. But by the same token, I will continue my obnoxious behavior by writing about your obnoxious behavior. And if you want to feel sorry for me, then knock yourself out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I didn&#8217;t even mention your niece&#8217;s name in the above post, but you&#8217;re still incensed over it. And Robbie herself thought it was funny enough to pose for the pictures. </p>
<p>Next time, Robbie says she&#8217;s going to wear a big sweatshirt with a hood and sunglasses. Several of us got a great big laugh over it. I&#8217;m sorry you don&#8217;t see the humor in that. </p>
<p>And my response to the situation is just as funny as the rest. Why do you think I posted those goofy pictures of myself looking mortified? I like to make fun of myself, too.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a deal I&#8217;ll make you. You small town people can continue to interrupt my meals and and chat with my companion. You can do my hair, ruin the color, and ignore me for two hours while I sit in your chair. But by the same token, I will continue my obnoxious behavior by writing about your obnoxious behavior. And if you want to feel sorry for me, then knock yourself out.</p>
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		<title>By: Sophie</title>
		<link>http://openmindrequired.com/blog/2008/08/dining-experience-interrupted-by-ignorance-of-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-1057</link>
		<dc:creator>Sophie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually, I have read your entire blog--and if you believe that trash talking about others is a form of &quot;fun&quot; then I feel really sorry for you. You think your blog about Leslie was funny? Or your dining experience in Veneta-funny? They weren&#039;t--they may have been if you had not mentioned names or the town-but you chose give names and therefore the funny effect was gone.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually, I have read your entire blog&#8211;and if you believe that trash talking about others is a form of &#8220;fun&#8221; then I feel really sorry for you. You think your blog about Leslie was funny? Or your dining experience in Veneta-funny? They weren&#8217;t&#8211;they may have been if you had not mentioned names or the town-but you chose give names and therefore the funny effect was gone.</p>
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		<title>By: Joanne</title>
		<link>http://openmindrequired.com/blog/2008/08/dining-experience-interrupted-by-ignorance-of-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-1055</link>
		<dc:creator>Joanne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So I should drive half an hour for a meal because small town people don&#039;t know how to respect the privacy of others? Is that what you&#039;re saying? That&#039;s certainly an option. But then, what would I blog about? There&#039;s nothing funny about eating at Shari&#039;s.

You have identified yourself in another post as the aunt of the waitress I &quot;blasted&quot; and are commenting here because you&#039;re angry about my criticisms of the narcissistic hairdresser. You have read a few posts and have decided you know everything you need to know about me.

You are correct. For a time I did not pay my payroll taxes. I only had so much money, so I paid my employees and my vendors. I didn&#039;t even pay myself and my house payment got behind. But my employees always got paid.

As business continued to decline and the cash flow diminished, I had to close the business and foreclose on the home. I have since paid most of the payroll taxes and made arrangements to pay the remainder. The IRS and I are in good standing. 

But you don&#039;t care about that, right? You&#039;re just looking at anything to find fault with so you can continue judging me and posting your nasty comments.

You obviously know a lot about whining, so I&#039;ll have to take your word for it that I was whining about the payroll taxes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I should drive half an hour for a meal because small town people don&#8217;t know how to respect the privacy of others? Is that what you&#8217;re saying? That&#8217;s certainly an option. But then, what would I blog about? There&#8217;s nothing funny about eating at Shari&#8217;s.</p>
<p>You have identified yourself in another post as the aunt of the waitress I &#8220;blasted&#8221; and are commenting here because you&#8217;re angry about my criticisms of the narcissistic hairdresser. You have read a few posts and have decided you know everything you need to know about me.</p>
<p>You are correct. For a time I did not pay my payroll taxes. I only had so much money, so I paid my employees and my vendors. I didn&#8217;t even pay myself and my house payment got behind. But my employees always got paid.</p>
<p>As business continued to decline and the cash flow diminished, I had to close the business and foreclose on the home. I have since paid most of the payroll taxes and made arrangements to pay the remainder. The IRS and I are in good standing. </p>
<p>But you don&#8217;t care about that, right? You&#8217;re just looking at anything to find fault with so you can continue judging me and posting your nasty comments.</p>
<p>You obviously know a lot about whining, so I&#8217;ll have to take your word for it that I was whining about the payroll taxes.</p>
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		<title>By: Sophie</title>
		<link>http://openmindrequired.com/blog/2008/08/dining-experience-interrupted-by-ignorance-of-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-1046</link>
		<dc:creator>Sophie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First off, you were in a small town restaruant where everyone knows everyone-for privacy you should have gone to Shari&#039;s in Eugene!

May your move from our community be swift- we, the small town people of Veneta, do not need to have someone such as yourself trying trying to shove your big town ways down our throats.

In addition-not paying your payroll taxes?  What kind of business owner are you? And then you have the nerve to whine about it!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First off, you were in a small town restaruant where everyone knows everyone-for privacy you should have gone to Shari&#8217;s in Eugene!</p>
<p>May your move from our community be swift- we, the small town people of Veneta, do not need to have someone such as yourself trying trying to shove your big town ways down our throats.</p>
<p>In addition-not paying your payroll taxes?  What kind of business owner are you? And then you have the nerve to whine about it!</p>
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		<title>By: Rosemary Bridges</title>
		<link>http://openmindrequired.com/blog/2008/08/dining-experience-interrupted-by-ignorance-of-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-668</link>
		<dc:creator>Rosemary Bridges</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It really bothers me when children are allowed to act like wild animals in restaurants.  While they climb under tables, run around the room, help themselves to a buffet and make loud noise, there parents just sit there oblivious to the whole thing.  I always taught my children to act with respect and dignity in public and am just totally blown away at this problem that is just rampant in restaurants and any other places that people take their children.  I pay am paying for that service and table to sit at and it would be nice if others would respect that and teach their children how to act. www.adashofrosemary.wordpress.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It really bothers me when children are allowed to act like wild animals in restaurants.  While they climb under tables, run around the room, help themselves to a buffet and make loud noise, there parents just sit there oblivious to the whole thing.  I always taught my children to act with respect and dignity in public and am just totally blown away at this problem that is just rampant in restaurants and any other places that people take their children.  I pay am paying for that service and table to sit at and it would be nice if others would respect that and teach their children how to act. <a href="http://www.adashofrosemary.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.adashofrosemary.wordpress.com</a></p>
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