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Let's talk about "Rude"

| February 24, 2013 8:00 PM

I'm a "True Local" and darn proud of it.  I am well educated as a professional, I served my country via the military for many years, and first and foremost, I grew up in Sandpoint.  Does just groing up in Sandpoint make you a true local.  No it does not.  You have to have a family tree that goes back at least 2 or 3 generations.  You must poses pictures of your family from many years back showing this beautiful town in its infancy.  The true locals know what I'm talking about because we have seen the horrific changes brought about in this city because of all the Californians and Easterners that have flocked to this beautiful little town and turned it into a piece of trash.  I was at Safeway about 3 months ago standing in line at the customer service counter.  I had been waiting for about 5 minutes or so.  The lady in front of me was from California and she was talking to a friend of hers that was also from California (that was not in line).  The lady that was not in line pushed herself in front of me and I asked her to get in the back of the line.  She instantly got upset and said that the people up here were supposed to be really nice.  I said that we are nice people, however we are a people that do not tolerate 'RUDE".  She glared at me and walked away and told her friend that was in front of me that she was going to another line were people are nicer.  I just laughed and smiled at her and that even made her more angry.  I have worked hard all my life, my mother, her mother and father, and so on worked off this land back in the good old days when people knew everybody else.  Back in the good old days when everyone were nice to each other.  Yes, we are a very nice people but not to the point that we will allow these so called "transplant locals" to walk on us and be rude to us just because they might have a job in which makes them more money than the average person, or a expensive car, or their big house on the lake.  These things don't mean anything to the "true locals", so don't even think about pushing these things into our faces.  We will just respond by laughing or smiling at you.  We do this because we feel sorry for you.  I think we should start re- making an old bumper sticker.  It was quite popular back in the 1970s.  It said "Have a nice trip back to California".  It had a little smiley face on it.  My advice to the new people just moving to Sandpoint is this.  Respect the city, Respect the true locals, and first and foremost, don't even try to bring California with you or your far left California political view points.  We have a great place to live here and we don't want another California here in Idaho.  Don't be "RUDE".