Comments on The Revenge

Haha, this reminds me of this one crazy time when I...

Oh screw it, you win.

Charles Mudede, if you weren't an otherwise creepy motherfucker, I would love you for this.

That is probably the most elitist thing about Portland, the way the warm their stumps like that. Bunch a fuckin' economists, those people.

Maybe he's an Iraq war vet? If so, way to show your appreciation.

i'm assuming his arm wasn't in your food. And if not, it's the same as holding it in your hand.

dude, get a life.

What ever happened to the good old days when people felt shame for being freaked out by people with disabilities? At least you didn't call him "retarded".

I... am I missing something here?

Really. What was the weird thing here? Clerk is holding your food (albeit not with a hand), clerk comments that it's nice and warm (I've had other clerks at places like Whole Foods say things like "That looks good!" which is chummy but not inappropriate), you pay for your food at eat it.

What's the revenge here? Why is revenge an element? This wouldn't make any more sense if it was like, "I went to the bookstore, and I bought a book about cars, and the clerk was a JEW. Sweet revenge!"

It sounds to me like the clerk recognized that you found his arm "disturbing" and was reacting to that. Pretty funny guy.

Looks like we know one person at the stranger who doesn't have the amputee fetish

Why is Chuckie in my town? Who invited him? I thought we still shot Marxists on sight.

Would you have been less disturbed if he'd handed it to you using a prosthesis?
For future reference, the Zupan's farther west on Burnside also employs a young man who has one complete arm and one ending mid-forearm. He's not a checker yet, so you're probably safe. Maybe you should stick to cold foods just in case.

ewwwwww! you know what i hate? when fat black guys touch containers that hold my food. i don't even like the idea that there are fat black guys stocking food at the supermarket. actually, i hate that fat black guys exist in a world that also contains my food. gross!

where's MY revenge???

If it makes you feel any better, your checkout person wasn't a pregnant lady.
Jesus christ, Charles. I normally *like* your posts. The only way you can live this one down is by topping it with something more horrible. I'm sure you'll try.

@11

"Would you have been less disturbed if he'd handed it to you using a prosthesis?"

If it was me? Yes.

That's OK, Chuckles. He pissed on your food when you weren't looking.

You are all reacting to the writer, not what he wrote. If (practically) anyone else had written about this experience there would be sympathy galore. It would be just as gross if the guy had wanted to keep it on his hand. "Can I keep it there" EWW.

he made Charles uncomfortable & if he held it in a hand that would be a no no also. "your food feels warm can i keep it there" is creepy. people who work where you buy things shouldn't act like they are your best bud.

"wag of the finger" to him.

he he .

First, why are you eating at the virulently anti-union Whole Foods?
Second, so you felt that he was somehow intentionally putting you off your food? Is it possible that by feeling disturbed you mean that you felt fear regarding his lost member and his request for warmth? Could it be this fear was unacceptable to your conscious mind so you converted it into anger and then projected it onto him as hostility, thus justifying your revenge? Allowing you to feel good about your revenge and thus superior to him?

@16
No, I am not reacting to the writer. The sentiment expressed in the post is actually just awful.
Favorite CM post: http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/the_lost_wolf .
Least favorite post: this one. FWIW, I'm pretty sure #8 has it right. Charles' disgust was obvious, the clerk was making the best of it.

I hear you, Chuck; stumps make me almost as uncomfortable as facelessness, or Whole Foods.

@10

Then why did it take so long for the Red and Black cafe to close. Did you ever get a look at those damned Communists? Jesus Christ, I couldn't stand that place.

I agree with 17. This was creepy. No one says things like that. And yes, if a clerk was holding my food in his hand and saying "it's so warm, it feels good, can I keep it there" I would be repulsed.

He was probably groping your food through the box with his phantom limb.

They can do that, right?

you're a fucking douche bag chuck!

Charles, what a godawful post.

@21: There was no Red and Black Cafe. There was a Black Cat Cafe, and a Red and Black Books. Is that what you are talking about? If so, they were not Communists but Anarcho-syndicalists.

should have eaten at The Shack on Alberta.

Says the amputee: “It’s so warm, it feels so good. I don’t want to take it off. Can I keep it there?”

Says the amputee: “It’s so warm, it feels so good. I don’t want to take it off. Can I keep it there?”

Says the amputee: “It’s so warm, it feels so good. I don’t want to take it off. Can I keep it there?”

Fuck. Chuck is a dick and the amp is the victim?

everyone is mean mean mean.

@25 Black Cat Cafe and Red and Black Books were both in Seattle...I doubt PDX had similarly named duo.

And, I'm w/Charles on this one...that would've creeepd me right out.

Totally creepy.