Attention all drive-thru customers.....

A fan of the site, Bella, wrote in and wanted to share something from her perspective. We have talked about people in customer service being rude, but she tells us about the customers not being so nice.

Bella says:

I saw you guys on the Tyra show and ever since then, not only have I read each and every entry you posted, but I have also been following you every day. Now, i go through something on a daily basis that irritates me to the core. So, I have decided to write a nice little letter to my customers in hopes that you will post it on your site...
take care and keep up the good job
Bella

Dear Drive-Thru customers.
Good morning and thank you for choosing our (insert company name here), May I help you? That sentence takes about 5 seconds to say. How much of a hurry do you have to be in to not be able to listen to it and feel the need to interrupt? It is rude when you interrupt ANYONE and believe it or not but the person on the other end of that line has a heartbeat just like everyone else. Not only that... but once putting your order in, please wait until I tell you to pull up before cutting me off and driving away. I am doing my job!! and dang it, I am good at it too! Don't look down at me cause I work in a coffee shop, it does not make me less of a person than you are. I have been trained to do and say things a certain way... so if deep inside you, you feel that you can't wait for me to do my job, then you have an option of choosing another location, or making your coffee for yourself at home. Losing ONE customer will not hurt my sales, or shatter my pride.
Last but not least? I have to say thank you and smile at you... why can't you say thank you back? we deserve it as much as you do....
But hey, Just a thought.
Have A GREAT Day!!


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-MRF

Annoying Roommate

-hmg

Grandma is pissed....

I found this article and thought to myself, Grandma is so pissed she actually wrote to Dear Abby. I thought Abby had died....Click on the link to see what is up.

Pay attention: Taking that call can be rude

Larry David - How to Handle Annoying Bluetooth Guys

-hmg

Facebook.....use it wisely

Dear People of earth- (yes, I totally stole that from Conan. But he is awesome!)

As Facebook rules most of our lives, I have something I need to point out to everyone. If you live in earlier times zones, please do not write about what great thing happened on my favorite TV show. Try to consider others. I will give you an example. The show, Lost, premiered this week and everyone and their mother had something to say about it. It would be nice to watch it and see these things for myself. Then we can discuss. Is it fair that I have to stay off Facebook and the many games I am addicted too because you are rude and inconsiderate...I think not. (By the way this goes for Twitter too) Anyway, I hope you all understand how important this in the grand scheme of things. I know you feel bad now, but sometimes people just need something pointed out. Thank you and have a nice day.

-MRF

Masticating Manners

-hmg

Attention shoppers....there is a dumbass on aisle 4....

Our friend, Jeri sent us this. This not only falls in the rude category but is also just dumb. It amazes me sometimes that these people exist... Click on the link below and you will see what I mean.

The Walmart Crib (Black Friday Edition)

Has this happened to you?

Here is something that I see all the time. Are there people in your life that do not return e-mails? Why is this? This is not only rude but it is definitely a pet peeve times ten. I understand that people get busy with things and might not be able to get back to you right away. But seriously, you do not have to write me a soliloquy, just a quick answer is all I need. Maybe it is just me. Maybe there is some new disease out there that I do not know about, that affects your ability to return e-mails. I would really feel bad if that were the case. Comment below about how the no-emailing has impacted your life. Or let me know about the no-emailing disease. Thanks.

-MRF

Do Not Mail : The Facts about Junk Mail

The Facts about Junk Mail

American mailboxes are inundated with junk mail. More than 100,000,000,000 pieces of junk mail are delivered each year—that’s more than 800 pieces per household. In fact, junk mail in the United States accounts for one-third of all the mail delivered in the world. Even though 44% of that mail goes to the landfill unopened, we still spend 8 months of our lives dealing with it all.

But junk mail does more than invade our homes and waste our time; it also destroys our environment.

Junk mail contributes to climate change — read our report, Climate Change Enclosed.

• It takes more than 100 million trees to produce the total volume of junk mail that arrives in American mailboxes each year—that's the equivalent of clearcutting the entire Rocky Mountain National Park every 4 months.¹⁰

• The manufacture of junk mail releases more greenhouse gas emissions per year than the emissions released by 9,372,000 million average passenger cars.¹¹ Check out the side bar to find out more facts about the Junk Mail Effect, or read our full report.
  

• The Canadian Boreal forms part of the greater Boreal Forest, which stores more carbon than any other terrestrial ecosystem on earth.¹² Despite this natural ability to protect us from the effects of global warming, the Canadian Boreal is being logged at a rate of 2 acres a minute, 24 hours a day¹³ to produce junk mail and other paper products.

• Deforestation of Indonesia’s tropical forests is responsible for 8% of global carbon emissions.¹⁴ This destruction is largely driven by demand for pulp and paper for end uses like junk mail. Logging contributes to Indonesia’s status as the world’s third largest emitter of CO2 into the Earth’s atmosphere, despite its relatively small size.¹⁵

• Both Canada’s Boreal and Indonesia’s tropical forests are home to indigenous communities who depend on the land for hunting, fishing, economic development and cultural activities.

• The Boreal provides critical habitat to caribou and half of North America’s songbird species.¹⁶ Indonesia is home to 12% of Earth’s mammal species, and 17% of all bird species.¹⁷ Many of these, including endangered orangutans and tigers, rely on Indonesia’s rapidly disappearing tropical rainforests for their survival.

Do Not Mail : The Facts about Junk Mail (click on link to read more!)

-hmg

Another fan submission- A companion piece to our site's title picture

A fan, Matthew, found this picture on media1.break.com.

Still rude....

Hotel Hell

The list of the skankiest hotels in the country is out! Huzzah! And the good new for New York is that we are no longer first on the list! Woot! Here's to number six! The NY Post takes us on a brief and disgusting tour of this delightful place in the heart of midtown Manhattan:



For the full NY Post story, click here.

-hmg

Airline Rudeness

We all know how difficult it is to fly. Packing alone is a nightmare. But some people just do not care at all. A fan of the site, Art, shared his frustration with us. Do you have similar stories? Tell us in the comment section below:

Art says:

How about those people that bring carry on luggage that is too big for the over head compartment.

They take all the time in the world trying to fit 40 pounds of s**t into a 10 pound can.

Pretty Grifter

[photo from Gothamist.com]

From Gothamist:

"Ladies, pay no attention to this unflattering mugshot. (The lighting makes his neck look fat!) 57-year-old Solomon Nasser is quite the catch: He is a multi-millionaire with a private jet, he graduated with a PhD from MIT at age 22, he was a former CIA agent and advisor to President Bush, as well as a Navy admiral and an inventor with 80 patents. And look at that lush head of hair! Some lucky young lady's going to snatch him up any second unless you act now and help him out of his messy divorce. He just needs $125,000 or so. Any takers?" Read the full story here.

-hmg

Rudeness Quiz

Below is a link to a quiz on Beliefnet.com called: Rudeness: How uncivil are you? See what this quiz says about you. Not sure if it is totally accurate, but you be the judge.



http://www.beliefnet.com/section/quiz/index.asp?surveyid=172&milestoneID=&ppc=sendtofriend&utm_campaign=sendtofriend-%2fsection%2fquiz%2findex.asp&utm_source=sendtofriend&utm_medium=sendtofriend



-MRF

Hey dummy, if you want me to take your class be a little nicer...

Dear Mr. Fit-

I am trying very hard to get myself into better shape. A friend told me you offered this great class and raved how I should try it. Well as soon as I stepped into your door it suddenly got very chilly. Why you ask? Oh because you were an a**hole! Yeah I said it. Instead of making me feel comfortable and welcomed, you made it seem like I had committed some crime, because I had a bad back. Just say I am worried that you will hurt yourself. Is that so difficult? No you had to be sarcastic about how I couldn't do the workout, etc, etc. If you want someone to buy your product try killing them with kindness. (FYI killing them with kindness is an expression, so please do not take it literally) But now that I think of it, you are a bit of a bonehead so you probably can't even read this. So why am I writing...cause maybe someone smarter then you will read it to you.

-MRF

What. the. hell????

Um. So apparently, a guy in an MTA shirt is wrassling (or petting, or doing something weird) with a chicken on the subway. Yes, a live chicken. As in BAWK BAWK.

Only in New York, kids.

Full NYPost story here.

-hmg

Make yourself comfy, Bub....

Okay, I understand that shopping can be exhausting, but this is just ridiculous: http://gothamist.com/2010/01/25/ikeas_newest_product_roll_out.php

-hmg

Is it really rude or just kinda gross?

Sometimes the things we personally think are rude are really not. Last weekend at the Golden Globes a picture circulated of Best Supporting Actress winner, Monique's unshaven legs. Now personally it grosses me out, but is it rude? Many bloggers wrote about it, including the link below. What do you think about this?



http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/18/monique-gets-a-leg-up-on-the-competition/



-MRF

How difficult is it to turn off a cell phone?

Now, how many of you have asked this question daily? I was at an event yesterday and it is still amazing to me the amount of people that do not turn off their cell phones before it started. In fact, I had one of my friends come up to me and say she had something for the website. Some guy had his IPhone on and was texting the whole time. She could not wait to tell me about it. Seriously who do these people think they are? And has it ever occurred to them how the people that are speaking would feel if they knew they were sitting there texting? Tell us your stories at mail.heyrude@gmail.com or comment below. It never ends folks. It never ends.

-MRF

Dating deal-breakers ... from her point of view

Dating, oh what fun! Wanna know what we think is rude on a date - at least from a woman's point of view? Such as, like, "adjusting," checking the Blackberry, married...you know, the usual stuff.

(Next week: a man's point of view) Check out the article below from OnMilwaukee.com...

OnMilwaukee.com Living: Dating deal-breakers ... from her point of view

Any horrifically rude date stories?? Oh please, do tell... Mail.heyrude@gmail.com.

-hmg

Hey Lady, who do you think you are? Driving is not a recreational sport.

Dear crazy ladies who drive in the suburbs (I am talking to you, who picks up and drops off your kid at dance class. You know who you are!)-

Sometimes all a girl wants to do is go get a yogurt. That is all I wanted the other day. This one particular place I like to go is in a small shopping center. But every time I go there I notice something. These ladies that are driving and do not have time to look around for other cars going in and out of parking spots. Hello, you are mothers. Don't you think it is time to show some kind of example? Besides driving like there is no one else around, you have the nerve to be holding and talking on your cell phones. Seriously, Oprah just had a show about this and I thought all of you would at least listen to her. But no, you go on your merry way, almost crashing into my car. Then you have the nerve to make a nasty face at me. Were you raised in a barn? Sorry, that is insulting animals and they have more sense then all of you. Not only are you rude and self involved, but you procreated. How scary is that? You might be raising someone like you. Those poor kids never had a chance. Please do me a favor, wait till you get home to find out who is sleeping with whose husband. You can do it.....nah probably not you stupid wenches!

-MRF

Pictures, Videos and blogs

Thank you to all of the fans that keep sending us pictures, videos and stories. Please keep them coming to mail.heyrude@gmail.com. You might just see your story up on the site!

What's That Smell?

Kent, whom I've known since I was a wee first-grader in Wisconsin, is a fan of the site, and sent us this tasty story:

As it turns out, the worst "HEY RUDE" incident is one that I wasn't able to photograph or video for you. I was at the gym for a work out. Normally I spend some time one of the various pieces of cardio equipment that they have there... all the equipment stair climbers, elliptical trainers, tread mills etc. are all packed tightly packed together... not "room to breath" so to speak.

One day while at the gym, all the elliptical trainers were occupied except for one right next to me. A small petite woman, I'd guess to be in her 50's, comes up and starts marching away on the machine next to me. In a short time, after her arrival, there literally is " no room to breath"... not cause we're packed in so tightly, it's because she decided to lay a horrific fart right smack dab in the middle of all of us. But because we're so close together, everyone starts staring right at me! (of course it couldn't be the little lady right next to me... jeeezzz)

"WHAT YOU DO": I just kept marching away on my machine without breathing!

"WHAT YOU WANT TO DO": I wanted to start shouting, "it's not me!!! ... honestly, it's not me!!"

[Added the video from YouTube for fun.....] - hmg

Retail Hell

"Lolo" sent us a delicious picture, and equally yummy rude story to go with it [bold emphasis mine]:

"I work at the mall and I never thought I would have to clean some of the things I do. Today a family of five were acting kinda weird when they left the store. When I went to check the fitting room their daughter used, there was pee everywhere and our merchandise on top of or used as towels. They never told us and I had to clean it up. This is the biohazard bag that has the wet clothes in it. This is the second time this has happened to this store."

Seriously, WTF??

We want more tales of rudeness, with pictures or video...go ahead, it feels so good to rant!! Send all stories and pictures to mail.heyrude@gmail.com.

Thanks, Lolo!

-hmg

www.heyrude.com on the Tyra Banks Show

If you have not seen the co-creators of www.heyrude.com on the Tyra Banks Show, below is our segment. Enjoy!