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       #Post#: 43764--------------------------------------------------
       Not wanting to be battered = lack of Christmas spirit
       By: Songbird Date: December 14, 2019, 7:07 pm
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       So DBF and I went to Radio City to see the Rockettes.  Great
       show, if you're in NYC at Christmas you should see it.
       The lobby opens an hour before the show, but the theater doesn't
       open until 30 minutes before the show.
       So a bunch of us are lined up in the lobby, waiting for the
       doors to open.
       And the couple behind me are complaining about having to wait,
       and about a million other inconveniences.  And the woman has a
       big shopping bag, which hits me in the back every time she
       moves.
       So I finally turn around and say something to her.
       And her response?  "It's Manhattan, it's Christmas, where's your
       Christmas spirit?"
       #Post#: 43769--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Not wanting to be battered = lack of Christmas spirit
       By: pierrotlunaire0 Date: December 14, 2019, 9:02 pm
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       [quote author=Songbird link=topic=1442.msg43764#msg43764
       date=1576372048]
       And her response?  "It's Manhattan, it's Christmas, where's your
       Christmas spirit?"
       [/quote]
       It's been beaten out of me.
       #Post#: 43790--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Not wanting to be battered = lack of Christmas spirit
       By: Songbird Date: December 15, 2019, 1:13 pm
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       [quote author=pierrotlunaire0 link=topic=1442.msg43769#msg43769
       date=1576378920]
       [quote author=Songbird link=topic=1442.msg43764#msg43764
       date=1576372048]
       And her response?  "It's Manhattan, it's Christmas, where's your
       Christmas spirit?"
       [/quote]
       It's been beaten out of me.
       [/quote]
       Wish I’d thought of that yesterday.
       #Post#: 43802--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Not wanting to be battered = lack of Christmas spirit
       By: TootsNYC Date: December 15, 2019, 5:58 pm
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       [quote]And the couple behind me are complaining about having to
       wait, and about a million other inconveniences.
       …
       “It’s Manhattan, it’s Christmas, where’s your Christmas
       spirit?”[/quote]
       ;D ;D ;D ::)
       #Post#: 43829--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Not wanting to be battered = lack of Christmas spirit
       By: bopper Date: December 16, 2019, 1:09 pm
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       People have a sense of where their bodies are, but when they are
       wearing a backpack or holding a bag they do not have sense of
       where those are.
       #Post#: 43865--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Not wanting to be battered = lack of Christmas spirit
       By: lakey Date: December 16, 2019, 6:15 pm
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       [quote]
       Re: Not wanting to be battered = lack of Christmas spirit
       « Reply #4 on: Today at 01:09:22 pm »
       Quote
       People have a sense of where their bodies are, but when they are
       wearing a backpack or holding a bag they do not have sense of
       where those are.[/quote]
       I don't think I agree with that. When I'm carrying a bag, purse,
       or something, I can tell if I'm bumping people. I guess people
       in large cities like New York become more tolerant of having
       their space invaded, but being repeatedly bumped with a shopping
       bag would be annoying and I don't think "Christmas Spirit" has
       anything to do with it.
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       Re: Not wanting to be battered = lack of Christmas spirit
       By: BeagleMommy Date: December 17, 2019, 2:16 pm
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       New York is sometime tight during the holidays, but I've never
       had anyone accuse me of not having Christmas spirit when they
       bumped me with their bag.  I usually get an apology for the bump
       and they try to move it to a place that won't bump.
       I would have been tempted to tell Complaining Woman "it's been
       slowly drained out of me and into your bag".
       #Post#: 43921--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Not wanting to be battered = lack of Christmas spirit
       By: lowspark Date: December 17, 2019, 2:46 pm
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       She just sounds like she was generally a grump, or at least in a
       grumpy mood. She was maybe not feeling the Christmas spirit
       since she was complaining about things, and projected that
       feeling on to you!
       Maybe a good reply would have been, "Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas!
       ... Now, please don't bump me with the bag again."  ;D :P
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