Miss Manners: My neighbor insulted me with a can of tuna

She should never have expected a replacement can. Any replacement is good enough. Don't give away things expecting them to be replaced or returned.

Team Mercury Poisoning

A can of tuna?

This Never Happened.

Who sends their child to their neighbour's door for a can of tuna??

You should have just told the kid you didn't have any tuna in the first place.

"What makes you think I have any tuna?"

Who the fuck borrows tuna?

Active duty bitch should have thrown the inferior tuna in civilian mom's FACE

He doesn't say he didn't, R8.

R3 Funny!

This was one of the oddest Miss Manners yet. My newspaper had a link to it at the top of today's website--normally she's much further down--and it was something like, "Miss Manners: Neighbor Insulted by Can of Tuna".

There really are some things that are DL catnip.

[quote] This was one of the oddest Miss Manners yet.

The real Miss Manners doesn't write or curate the columns now, her untalented children do.

You're supposed to return something equal or better, in that situation. E.g., Italian oil-packed tuna.

R13 the bitch returned something of equal monetary value and did not bother or was not capable of entering into nuances for any of these good manners and calculations. The bitch neighbour may be completely oblivious to tuna quality. At least 50% of consumers have no conception or experience of what constitutes quality in much of what they consume. And at least 50% of the population were raised in by TV and computer screens and have NO idea of the "old ways" of neighbourliness.

Although this is probably an EST, the aggrieved "lender" of fine quality tuna must live in the now. There are new rules. You loan or give something, especially something with a value of a couple dollars, that is the end of the exchange. If you can't offer YOURSELF a can of fine tuna, don't give away the can you have. Just say you have no tuna.

“And she didn't even thank me for my service!”

[quote]The price tag on her can was within a few cents of what I paid for the albacore

So the tuna giver went to the civilian store to check just how much the tuna cost then? That's beyond pathetic. Unless, of course, this story happened over two decades ago when groceries still had actual price tags, and the complainer has been bitching about it since then.

Also, the fact that they opened with "I was active duty military" when it had no relevance. Just an attempt to appear better-than.

I think small grocers still have price stickers, don't they?

AD Mom should hold onto the can until this evening, when the brat comes to trick or treat, return the can of tuna.

[quote]There really are some things that are DL catnip.

If this had started life as a DL thread, it would have gone on for hundreds of posts. The next "Not without my frosting!"

r14 = angry tuna connoisseur.

This is why I don't leave NY.

If you "borrow" food from a neighbor, you replace it with the identical item, not some cheap ass item. Hint: I'd buy the cheap ass item if I wanted to eat that crap.

If you "borrow" an egg or cup of milk, you replace it with a full container - a six pack of eggs or small carton of milk, not an open "cup" of milk or a single egg. Think of it as the convenience charge for not having to run out to the store to buy an entire carton of eggs or milk on the spot.

If you "borrow" clothing from someone, you ALWAYS launder or dry clean the item before returning it unless instructed not to do so by the owner. At the time you borrow the item, you ask whether they want you to clean the item before returning. Some people are particular so prefer that you don't.

And, of course, if you break it, you bought it. You are responsible for returning items in the same condition it was borrowed.

My neighbor farted in my face while I was eating his ass. I got pink eye as a result.

People are weird

Especially r22

r22, please don't lend anyone anything ever. You will be overwhelmed with bitterness and anger when they fail your annoying code.

[quote][R22], please don't lend anyone anything ever. You will be overwhelmed with bitterness and anger when they fail your annoying code

The world we live in where common courtesy is now bitterness and anger.

All my friends operate with this same philosophy. Whenever we borrow stuff from each other, we always return it as soon as possible without the other person having to ask or chase us down - we all actually make the effort.

But hey, if screwing people over who've done you a favor by lending you something doesn't bother you, more power to you.

R37, That's not exactly what you said three hours ago...

Um, r27...

I'm Team R22

I loaned my neighbor my dog. When my dog was returned to me, he lacked a hind leg. Not the same condition, at all! So I took a crap in me neighbor's front yard.

This is the world we live in.

Which one of you is the tuna cunt?

Ironically, it turns out that albacore tuna is much higher in mercury (for which there is no safe limit) than chunk light tuna, which is made from skipjack tuna. It has three times as much mercury, in fact. Children should never be fed albacore tuna. So the neighbor who returned a light tuna can was actually doing a kindness to the Tuna BItch. But she should have returned the can with a little note: "thank you so much for the albacore tuna can. Unfortunately, I had to toss it in the garbage as soon as I realized what it was. I know you didn't intend to try to poison my family and me with mercury".

Should have provided a link:

Doesn't anyone borrow a cup of sugar from a neighbor anymore? That used to be very popular on sitcoms from 60 or 70 years ago.

After hearing that insufferable old man speak I really wished that she had assaulted him with the can of tuna instead.

We don't want tuna with good taste! We want tuna that tastes good.