Comments on: You’re a wiseass, Harry.

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:10:52 +0000

That’s generally because proper supernatural romances are between adults and not vampires and teenage mary sues. There is also the fact that Twilight is nothing more than a Mormon housewife’s wet dream of the “perfect” man and an unhealthy relationship(and one in the making if you factor in Jacob imprinting on B&E’s freak hybrid baby)

At the end of the day no self respecting vampire is going to be hanging around a high school for too long and nothing that “glitters” in the light of day is going to be out during the day without a burka

By: shepd

shepd — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:44:56 +0000

Really?

I figured the banks were making good coin not just off of the overdraft fees, but if you stay in overdraft, you usually end up with revolving compounded interest. And the interest rates I’ve had for overdraft have always been terrible, usually around 19%, just like a credit card.

But I don’t work at a bank, so I can’t say. I don’t even have overdraft as an option on my current account.

By: PinkPlaidRibbon

PinkPlaidRibbon — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:56:59 +0000

This is probably unpopular, but I don’t really have a problem with the whole 100 years old thing. Now before I get mobbed, hear it out. I’ve read other romance novels (aimed at adults, not teens), and some of them have been about supernatural creatures. Most of the time the supernatural guy is 75-100+ years old. But the difference if they aren’t cruising high schools looking for girls. They present themselves as working adults and the woman in the stories are mostly in there 20s. While it’s still a huge age difference, I don’t find it that creepy as long as he isn’t going after teens.

By: it's naptime

it's naptime — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:05:27 +0000

@Roxanne
I see what you did there.

By: it's naptime

it's naptime — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:03:51 +0000

There is a song called Roxanne that is about a man telling a woman that she does not have to be a prostitute. One line of the lyrics is “you don’t have to put on a red light.”
I was attempting to make a joke by replying as though I thought the poster really is an escort and should find other employment.
In the future I shall just reply with one of those “I see what you did there” posts and save everyone some trouble.

By: Macca

Macca — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:03:10 +0000

I think my point was the she didn’t complain about being a worker in escort service. Her problem was with customers haggling fixed prices; a rather universal problem with anyone who works with customers. But your comeback was that she should get out of escort regardless of the fact that she’s evidently fine with escort – why? The only conclusion I could draw was you thought being an escort was “bad”.

I was also pointing out that your list was poorly thought out.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:18:06 +0000

I worked at a bank’s call center for a time, and was astounded at the people who would overdraw their accounts by hundreds of dollars, generating hundreds of dollars in fees, and then threaten to take their business elsewhere.

If you constantly have a negative balance in the account, you’re costing the bank money. We would really prefer you be a drain on someone else thanks.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:14:30 +0000

This. I have no problem with someone asking for a discount, sure it gets repetitive, but it’s a simple ask and answer request.

When people…I’ll be nice and say campaign…for discounts, that’s annoying as hell. No, I’m sorry, I can’t authorize a discount for you. The end. No more bloody discussion needed.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:10:27 +0000

A couple points:

There are in fact 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don’t.

Re: Harry Potter, I don’t know ‘literature’ but the success of Potter confirms my suspicion that success is predicated on relatable and interesting characters. There was nothing new in the series, at it’s core it was a rehash of some well worn fantasy tropes, but the characters made it worth reading.

Re Twilight: Let me see if I get this straight. If a 40 year old man gets together with a 15 year old girl, he ends up getting interviewed by Chris Matthews. If a 100+ year old man does it…it’s romance?

Plus, I’m only 40, but I’d rather cut my ears off than have to converse with a HS girl. I can’t imagine I’m going to find inane prattle more endearing in 100 years.

By: jibbsfubbs

jibbsfubbs — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:06:23 +0000

I’m assuming Green Witch is a take off of Greenwich.

By: juju-skittles

juju-skittles — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 05:34:25 +0000

I liked the sequel to “Sense and Sensibility” better. “Dumb and Dumber” just had a greater feeling of verisimilitude. Though I have only seen the movie, I must admit.

By: Jessi

Jessi — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:47:06 +0000

I work for a pretty well-known retail chain (well, in the U.S. and Canada, anyway) and it’s amazing how many people ask if we can give them a discount because, “we shop here all the time.” Never once has a person who actually shops at my store on a routine basis uttered that line. The last customer who said it to me said it while I was surrounded by three other full-time associates and the store manager. That’s four of us who work between 36-40 hours a week, plus the manager who, since he’s salaried, pretty much never leaves and works about 60-70 hours a week.

None of us had ever even seen this person before.

My store isn’t stingy about giving out discounts, either. When you act like you’re entitled to one, however, it makes us far less inclined to give you one.

And when you threaten to go to the competition, we really hope you mean it, because they’re more expensive than we are, and you’re more than welcome to take your crappy attitude to them.

By: Jami

Jami — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:16:56 +0000

My library’s in a rather well to do area. While we get some poor families, the majority of the people who haggle about their fines can more than afford to pay them. Especially the country club ladies.

And there’s always the fact you can arrange a payment plan so you don’t have to pay it all at once or get sent to collections.

By: it's naptime

it's naptime — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:42:41 +0000

It’s random occupations that have nothing to do with anything. Except line cook. There really is no price haggling there.
And the line cook idea comes from past and current occupational experience for which I have no shame, so calm down.