Chaska Herald - What's the deal? - Comments

Reminds me of the time I was

colifis — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:33:26 -0500

Reminds me of the time I was in line at the Eden Prairie post office. The somewhat surly window attendant asked for the next person in line but got no response because the first two people in line were yakking on their phones. He quickly responded in a very loud voice so the whole post office lobby could hear "WILL THE NEXT AVAILABLE PERSON NOT TALKING ON THEIR PHONE PLEASE STEP UP?"

The whole place cracked up laughing .......

Even worse, what's the deal

Ruth Anne Maddox — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:37:24 -0500

Even worse, what's the deal with people who make it to the front of a checkout line or order counter and then ANSWER their ringing phone while the clerk has to stand there looking stupid because it would be rude of them to turn and ask for the next AVAILABLE person in line. What would Miss Manners say?

What's the deal with people

Mark Olson — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:39:24 -0500

What's the deal with people going through a drive-thru, who ignore the intercom to continue talking on their cell phone. Boy that's rude.

If you're talking to a friend, hang up. If you're taking your family's order, perhaps you should have done that BEFORE getting in line.

Mmm-bye. What’s the deal

Mark Olson — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:56:51 -0600

Mmm-bye.

What’s the deal with “mmm-bye”?

Everyone (myself included) adds a humming “mmm” before they say “bye” and hang up the phone. But ask them about it, and no one remembers doing it. And no one ever goes “mmm-hello.”

It’s one of those weird verbal ticks that fly under the radar.

Theories anyone?

... with red light

Mollee Francisco — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:05:29 -0600

... with red light runners??? It seems as though ever since new Highway 212 opened and traffic has been a bit heavier around town that not a day passes by when I don't see at least one (if not three cars in a row) run a red light. Settle down people. A two-minute wait is infinitely better than dealing with a car accident.

(Mollee Francisco is a staff writer for the Chaska Herald. She can be reached at mfrancisco@swpub.com.)

What’s the deal with

Mark Olson — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:03:45 -0600

What’s the deal with Iowa?

Iowa gets to choose the nation’s presidential candidates? Since when did we let Iowa choose anything?

We all know that Iowa always bring a layered Jell-O dish to the potluck loaded with grated carrots, when nobody wants vegetables in their Jell-O. They want peaches in their Jell-O.

And we all know that whenever we let Iowa buy pizza, Iowa always has to have pineapple as a topping, when everybody else wants pepperoni.

And don’t get me started on Iowa’s insistence on wearing Carhartt as formalwear.

So why does Iowa get to choose our presidential candidates?

Don’t get me started on New Hampshire.

What's the deal

Ruth Anne Maddox — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:05:14 -0600

What's the deal with...

... the new face in the Minneapolis Heart Institute ad on this Web site? What happened to the Cliff Clavin look-alike? Everytime I logged on, it was like going into Cheers! Now I'm among strangers...

What's the deal with

Mark Olson — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:17:29 -0600

What's the deal with ...

... people who don't flip on their turning signal until they are actually turning?

Note to clueless driver: I know you're turning. You're going around a corner for goodness sake.

The point of a signal is to inform other drivers IN ADVANCE!!!

What's the deal?

Mark Olson — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:13:04 -0600

What's the deal ...

... with the scruffy beards on David Letterman and Conan O'Brien? Are there auditions for a "Grizzly Adams" big screen remake? Are they running for president in the 1800s?

What's the deal?