-----Original Message----- From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Thomas Seay Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 10:46 AM To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com Subject: Berkeley Gulag Stories
--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: <<The coffee anecdote, though, is an example of the fetishistic silliness of Bay Area PCism.>>
Yes, I live 20 minutes from Berkeley and have many stories about it. It's impossible to breathe in Berkeley without hurting someone's feelings.
Once several years ago, I took a girlfriend to a movie in Berkeley and made the mistake of buying a box of popcorn. We ate our popcorn and I would say that we weren't chomping or making a lot of noise but the guy in front of me turned around and in a frustrated voice asked us to stop eating the popcorn because we were intefering with the movie. My date and I looked at each other and then ate very carefully and slowly so as not to make any noise. Again the person turned around and asked in a harsh voice that we move.
Of course, my reply to him was to shut up or I was going to put a foot up his ass. He huffed and moved to another part of the movie. (See, not all of us are THAT mellow!)
Thomas
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