A couple mornings a week while headed to work I drive out of my way to go to Bean Traders. As much as I love XDU's second home, I gotta say that I much prefer the coffee at Bean Traders. Anyway, when I stopped in this morning they had a sign up near the register saying that someone had complained to MasterCard about a credit card minimum purchase policy that Bean Traders used to have. Note, "used to have." Altho I've never used a credit card there, I've overheard them telling other customers that they don't take credit cards for purchases under $5. Which only makes sense. They've got to pay a service fee to process those payments, after all and it's the same fee no matter how small the payment. But I guess that doesn't make sense if you're a dumbass arrogant "you-must-let-me-pay-for-my-$3-latte-with-plastic" self-absorbed muthafucka. God forbid you might have to walk next door to HT and get cash out of the bank machine. So some jamoke complained to MasterCard who leaned on Bean Traders and now they're not accepting credit or debit cards at all. Yes, that makes it so much better for everyone. I'm so glad you complained whoever you are.
What is to be done? Education is clearly wasted on such people. And like my friend Jeff says, you can't just open fire cos eventually you'll run out of ammo...
What's a jamoke? Is it like a chowderhead? Whence comes the word?
Also: see why it pays to have a gun store nearby?
I'm listening to yer show right this minute via ogg. Alas, I shall have to leave my computer periodically. They should design humans with built-in wi-fi ...
Yes, chowderhead, mo-ron, etc... I always think of "jamoke" as NY street slang. Archaic NY street slang, in fact. According to this site http://rustybrain.com/archives/2000/13jamoke.html the spelling comes from the 40s but the word dates from earlier in the century, a blend of java and mocha, altho (as he says) it's unclear how it made the jump from coffee to cretins.