[ID: Screenshot of various tags. 1. I'm Bostonian and I know lots of runners. they know what it's like to run out of water on a run so they'll give out water bottles, right. every single one of them hands out the water bottle saying "who runs without bringing water what's wrong with you"
2. when my friend and i were at fenway for the hella mega tour, we were walking around trying to figure out where we were supposed to go and the guy in front of us yelled "smart people ask questions!" in the thickest boston accent, so of course my friend and i were like "he's got a point" and proceeded to ask someone and i think about him every time i'm hesitant to ask someone about something. so thanks for that random dude in boston
3. having visited boston before this is very accurate. i got separated from my group one time and a lady spent like 20 minutes helping me find them while asking me if my eyes fucking worked because how the hell did i not notice i was alone. from what i remember from that trip, the Bostonians are very helpful but also total assholes. they'll go out of their way to help you but they sure as hell ain't gonna be nice about it
4. REAL. i was in boston visiting with a friend and we got a very exasperated older woman who just came up and herded us onto the correct train, shaking her head at our stupidity the whole time
5. i got honked at in a parking lot when a guy saw me looking for my friend who moved their car lol. in a helpful way mind you. he was like OVER THERE pointing wildly
6. one of the most classic boston experiences. every single drunk old man who's ever fallen on the sidewalk has been picked up and scolded by about 3 random strangers
7. walked through the wrong door at south station and the guy said [all caps] DO YOU WORK HERE? TRAIN IS THAT WAY [end all caps] [smiling face with tear emoji] [saluting emoji]
8. Boston is the most helpful and least nice city. one time a group of men helped me dig my car out of a snowbank but they DID call me a moron the entire time. "you don't have a fucking shovel?"
9. got loss in the UMAss Hospital after an initial appointment with my rheum up here. Guy yelled at me and told me I was stupid so I must be new to Boston. then told me "the lab is over this way sweetheart". Honestly best interaction I've had in a large hospital
10. me and my brother went through a toll booth in boston in january and he was sitting in the passenger seat wearing shorts because we had been driving for 13 hours by that point. and when we stopped at the tollbooth this old lady working the booth yelled [all caps] "WHAAADDISIT SUMMER? THE HELL IS WRONG WIT YOU? PUDDAH COAT ON" [end all caps]
11. Tumblr post from @poettheythem: I work in salem and one time a person came in and told me they found the places because they were told "It's across the fucking street dipshit" and you know what it was they found us
12. Screenshot of tags: my sister was lost in a train station and had a lady tell her she looks like a tourist (derogatory). that lady then walked her to where she needed to be in the station
13. Tumblr post from @unculture: one time I was visibly struggling trying to parallel park in downtown boston and two drunk guys posted themselves on either side of the car so they could help guide me in with some of the angriest and most dismissive hand gestures i've ever witnessed. i parked perfectly and they walked off without a word before i could get out of the car
14. Screenshot of tags: that one time in Boston I thanked a guy for holding the door for me and he replied in an exasperated tone: "well i ain't gonna slam it on youse..."
15. I worked in Boston for a couple months working as an archivist and I had to walk a mile to and from work in the hottests months of the summer and every day there'd be this dude sitting at a bench on my route and he'd yell at me and go "Jesus Christ here comes the racehorse again! muthfafuckah you ever gonna learn to take the bus?" and one day i stopped and was like hey i appreciate it but there's no bus routes nearby and it's quicker to walk and he just switched to yelling "hey lookit this new yoahkah thinks they're too good for our buses." he was a very sweet guy though. he'd give out water and snacks to joggers like others have mentioned and i let him know it would be my last day the week before i left and he handed me a [all caps] HUNDRED DOLLAR GIFT CARD TO DUNKIN. [end all caps] absolute hero. bill if you're out there you're the best.
16. boston my dearly beloved. i miss the east coast man. i lived in Oregon for 4 years and it's not the same. people are all "oh a flat tire? that's really shitty. I really hope you get this sorted out!" and then they drive off where on the east coast someone's dad is already changing it for you while telling you you're an unprepared idiot. thanks man
17. Comment from @oliviagordonwrites: Tsundere city
18. Screenshot of tags: me in Boston not realizing you have to buy a Charlie card on a certain day and me not being there on any of the days you can buy a Charlie card, standing there lost in front of the T. a man walked up to me, stared me down gruffly and slapped HIS Charlie card into my palm then walked away shaking his head. I saw him again another day at the same station and he steadfastly ignored me even when I tried to call to him to thank him
19. okay I am this guy. these tourists were SHOUTING on the green line once trying to figure out how to get to Fenway and I was so fucking cranky about it as I moved seats to get away from them and their shouting I was like [all caps] YOU GET OFF AT KENMORE READ A MAP [end all caps] and then left. so.
20. when I visited boston this was very true. i was walking around with a (guy) friend and it was kinda icy and a random guy yelled hey bozo give her your arm she might fall. extremely funny callout...
21. I was walking around at night Boston with friends a few months ago and this guy was on his phone talking wicked loud. he stopped his conversation and yelled at a person behind us "what are you doing?" and there's this homeless woman just chilling. I think this dude is about to start a fight with a homeless woman and he walks right up to her and is like "are you hungry? you want something to eat?" all still in this pissed off tone and she's like uuuuuuhhh and he's like "what do you want?" so she's like "oatmeal" and he's like "no protein? just oatmeal? nah let's get you some protein" and walks her to a convenience store. most aggressively good hearted gesture I've ever seen. really thought he was gonna try and fight her but nah he bought her a whole meal with protein
22. summary of a masshole. boston mass. i am guilty of going up to tourists doing laps on the government center platform and just telling them which line to catch. if i can hear the family debate with my headphones in then you're annoying me and i'm interpreting it as a cry for help
23. a man once got frustrated with me at the train station waiting for me to tap my charlie card when it wouldn't scan and he leaned over and tapped his card and urgently ushered me through. thank you to that boston commuter for a free train ride
24. lmao I just remembered the time I Was The Bostonian (I live in Boston). there was this big group of tourists getting tickets to a train and i heard them talking about realized they were about walk through the turnstiles going the Wrong Direction (meaning they'd have to buy ANOTHER set of tickets on the other side once they figured it out) and literally threw myself in the way and shouted NO at this girl and she was super wide eyed like HUH and I went [all caps] YOUR STOP IS ACROSS THE STREET GO THERE NOT HERE [end all caps] and they just kinda blinked and went and i wonder if they realized i overheard them or if they think i just like Knew or maybe they thought I was nuts idk lol
25. it's like when your toddler is crying stuck on top the kitchen table. you have to point out that climbing up when you don't know how to get down isn't the smartest move and then you help them down. Boston understand you have to know you fucked up but we will help you this time
26. was travelling alone in my early twenties and got to logan airport with 20 minutes before my connecting flight to new york. for some fucking reason they make you go through security again between terminals and i was at the BACK of the line and started SOBBING because there was a blizzard rolling in and I was going to be stuck and broke in fucking Boston. I called my uncle and cried pathetically about this and apologized about missing my flight. The lady in front of me went "oh for FUCK'S SAKE" and pushed me ahead of her and then i was passed from person to person until I was at the front of the line. the security guy tried to tell me I couldn't do that but the dude behind me snapped "let the dumb bitch through you dumbfuck" and he did. i made my flight. i think about those rude angels all the fucking time.
27. my bike bike basket got busted and was leaning down into the back wheel. dude in an electricians truck or something got out and used zip ties to fix it. satisfied he just left without saying a word
28. i feel like i'm going insane every time i say thank [big smile emoticon] to someone in Boston and they look like I told them to jump in the river and drown
29. ma. masshole. masshole fav. i truly love my city. even that one time I went to pick up my bestie from Logan and thought. what the hell. let's get some food in Chinatown and walk around the brownstones, not thinking about traffic or parking. spent an agonizing 10 minutes tryna parallel park on one of those fuckass single lane high traffic Cambridge roads that were put there by the fucking horse drawn carriage and not a city planner who knew that the city would be huge. anyways lady behind me literally got outta her car, shooed me outta the driver's seat of my own car, and then parked for me, told me "baby you need some help", which is a nice way of saying are you fucking stupid
30. This is extemely Boston. I watched someone struggle to get a suitcase up the stairs at South Station and somebody just took it from them and hauled it up. And they were "oh my god thank you so much!" And the dude just goes "you were blocking the stairs" and walks away
31. for real [smiling with a single tear emoji]. my mom's doctors were in boston and when I first drove her there I got so lost. i pulled into a gas station and asked the guy please how do i get there. that bitch sighed for 3 whole seconds with the biggest look of disgust. marched me outside. gave me direction while pointing at tall things. made me repeat them. told me my gloves better be in the fucking card it's freezing. dismissed me with a rude hand gesture. i think about him all the time god bless
32. this explains so much about jerma /end ID]
#see the explanation of ‘being rude signals that you’re not trying to scam or get anything from them’ makes so much sense #as someone who is from the Midwest where we are Very Nice #but also where like solicitors and missionaries and other annoying people will weaponize that niceness against you #I can get how rudeness could become its own social glue #whereas if a stranger talked to me like this where I’m from I might burst into tears lol #bc that would be a huge violation of the Midwestern social contract of ‘be friendly or politely ignore each other’ via @ilovedthestars
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