Service With A Snarl
Another candidate for our not-entirely-suited-to-the-job file:
The elderly couple ordered a “carefully budgeted” $50 of groceries to be delivered to their home last Sunday… Nothing was amiss until they went outside to meet the driver, Tara, for fear that she might struggle with her vehicle in their snow-covered driveway. When they opened the front door, Tara yelled at them… while rocking her vehicle back and forth in the driveway.
It turned out the issue wasn’t snow.
The ostensible cause of Tara’s mental crisis can be viewed here.
Update, via the comments:
The individual in question, the one swollen with righteousness, is no longer employed.
Via I, Hypocrite, via Darleen. Also, open thread.
I bet you a fiver Tara has a penis.
viewed here.
Happy ending. 🙂
Mike D: Gigglesnort
I got nothing. At least nothing nice.
I have been smitten by a mental image of Tara, as gleaned through my stereotypical spyglass.
A stint in a cell over Christmas on bread and water, would be the start of some beneficial therapy, which she may wish to continue with to enhance her self esteem.
Previously.
It turned out the issue wasn’t snow
Crazy eyes.
Telegraph (but it might have been any of them:-
11:40am
Breaking: Boris Johnson announces first death from omicron in the UK
Next line
Boris Johnson has confirmed the first death of a patient with omicron in the UK.
Lying bloody fear-mongering bastards.
A stint in a cell over Christmas on bread and water, would be the start of some beneficial therapy
Guard, is this bread organic and gluten-free?
Lying bloody fear-mongering bastards.
A running joke is that every murder victim and traffic fatality gets classified as due to COVID.
It turned out the issue wasn’t snow
I am a little uneasy about this story, though: The only other mentions of this incident are on blogs that link to the alphanews site, and I have no idea how reliable that site is. Cannot find any primary sources. Cannot find the quoted text anywhere on Facebook.
Good point, pst314. I’ve seen “news stories” that were not. They came from sites that looked like legit news sources, not the onion or bee.
Lying bloody fear-mongering bastards.
True story, heard at Thanksgiving from a relative. Her father died recently after a long stay in a Canadian hospital.
He was in the hospital because he was a stage IV cancer patient, and there he caught pneumonia, but because he popped on the covid test, guess what killed him?
Good point, pst314.
I even did an image search on the driver’s face. Nada.
Do any of David’s readers use Instacart? I wonder if customers can see photos of all local Instacart drivers.
Blaine is a northern suburb of Minneapolis, by the way.
I am a little uneasy about this story, though
I got a similar feel. It would take me pages to sufficiently describe this phenomenon, but this smells a bit like a fake hate crime, with a strong dash of false-flag thrown in, and coming as it does so shortly after the Smollette case I am highly suspicious.
“Amber Gray” supposedly originated this story by a FB post, per the article. The only “Amber Gray” who even remotely fits the demographic of the accompanying profile pic that I can find on FB right now is a young woman in Illinois who tragically lost her 38 year old husband to a traffic accident around Thanksgiving.
I bet you a fiver Tara has a penis.
It’s a man, baby!
Bet another fiver there are no negative repercussions for Tara from either CUB Foods or Instacart. They’d have BLM AND the trans mafia down on their heads.
I posted a comment at alphanews, asking if they have reached out to the Blaine PD for corroboration and comments.
And he would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn’t for that…sandwich.
A running joke is that every murder victim and traffic fatality gets classified as due to COVID.
Not completely a joke, from the CDC itself, scroll down…
That would be murder, suicide, car wrecks, falling off a ladder, tsunamis, etc., etc., yet they are counted among the 780,000 “covid deaths” despite the disclaimer that 5%* (it is right there on their website, so anyone with any “misinformation” claims can bugger off) are from covid alone.
The UK has similar gamesmanship “The daily COVID deaths counts reported on the government’s COVID-19 dashboard (produced by PHE) shows deaths within 28 days of a first positive laboratory-confirmed test.”
IOW, run over by a
trucklorry because you glued yourself to the street at a “protest”, but you had covid three weeks ago.*(“For over 5% of these deaths, COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned on the death certificate. For deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19, on average, there were 4.0 additional conditions or causes per death.” – from CDC link above.)
Tara has a penis.
My thoughts, exactly.
Not that it makes her any less a real woman. I love my job.
If the story about Tara is true, it illustrates why we need police. No need to go searching for irony these days…
No, this is not progress.
Thanks pst, now I have ptsd. Pity any such children who are just props for the mentally ill.
Thanks pst, now I have ptsd.
The motto on the masthead of that link: “This channel gives me depression”.
It seems to be real:
https://www.kstp.com/minnesota-news/blaine-police-investigating-after-instacart-shopper-allegedly-drives-over-elderly-couple-groceries/6331227/?cat=12196
pst314 is asking the same questions I had when reading this article. Are we sure this story is real? It wouldn’t be too hard to fake the evidence shown in that post, and heaven knows how many “some customer wrote something racist on the receipt instead of a tip!” articles we’ve seen. This could be one of those aimed at the other side of the political aisle.
It’s worth noting the gofundme is almost up to $4000. Are we sure this isn’t some kind of outrage scam?
It seems to be real
Let’s hope for follow up on this incident by the local news.
Herp: Thank you for continuing to check up on this. I wasn’t going to check again until another 24 hours had passed. Thanks!
heaven knows how many “some customer wrote something racist on the receipt instead of a tip!” articles we’ve seen
Indeed!
It’s worth noting the gofundme is almost up to $4000. Are we sure this isn’t some kind of outrage scam?
Good question. If it had happened to my parents, I would not have started a gofundme appeal but would instead have just bought them groceries out of my own pocket. On the other hand, if a $50 grocery bill is a continuing problem for them, a gofundme could be nice.
Just one more illustration of why the right to bear arms is an essential human right.
I bet you a fiver Tara has a penis.
In a jar on the mantel?
The parallels to Fight Club are ominous.
An update:
So, all’s well, etc. And it’s good to know that some individuals are so gorged on piety, so committed to being a good person, that they’ll repeatedly drive over your bags of groceries while screaming incoherently.
The parallels to Fight Club are ominous.
Never been tempted to watch it. Am I missing much?
Surely that should read ‘ex-Instacart driver’..?
screaming incoherently
Is that the Woke equivalent of speaking in tongues?
It must be quite strange, and exhausting, to go through life having to react vehemently, and often ludicrously, to anything of which you disapprove.
I don’t mean to sound sympathetic, of course.
It must be quite strange, and exhausting, to go through life having to react vehemently, and often ludicrously, to anything of which you disapprove.
They very often declare themselves “tired”. Must be all that time spent “literally shaking”.
They very often declare themselves “tired”.
But not as likable as lily von Shtupp
Surely that should read ‘ex-Instacart driver’..?
From the Instacart website:
“Personal shoppers pick items with care. Chat as they shop and manage your order.”
So it seems these drivers also do the shopping. That surprised me, as my local supermarket has its own people fill baskets for online orders.
That was another thing that I somewhat read into this story. As it was groceries that were being delivered, it seemed likely that there should have been some sort of a relationship there. In addition to being something likely to be delivered regularly to older people there’s the personal factor in regard to vegetables and meats and such. But I wrote that latter thought off as to maybe, it being $50 only, that the delivery was just for standard packaged goods. So I’m curious, does anyone have experience with personal shoppers, specifically in regard to produce and meats? I didn’t realize until this story that we had Instacart here, nor this thing about how they will chat with you as they shop your order. I have seen Publix people doing personal shopping but I wouldn’t trust them much. Not for myself but thinking of an elderly neighbor who would not think of imposing on friends, and who has started to view the Publix corp with similar distaste as I do.
there’s the personal factor in regard to vegetables and meats and such.
That, in fact, is one reason I have been reluctant to try out such services.
Not for myself but thinking of an elderly neighbor who would not think of imposing on friends…
Yes, a common attitude: people have their pride and hate to feel that they are a burden, and hate to admit to others that they cannot do everything for themselves.
Don’t feel too bad, David: Everyone makes mistakes now and then. Embarrassing: British Realize They’ve Been Using The Wrong Words For Hundreds Of Things
Everyone makes mistakes now and then.
Prepare my galleons.
[ Rummages for flashcards with correct spelling of aluminium. ]
If the shopper actually spends time in jail, this would be more than the punishment for many who burned down buildings during the riots. So I vote for “no time will actually be spent in jail”.
Such people want to give the visual appearance of defiance and anger and chaos, prefer to be jerks in public, and then melt down because they can only get a job as a personal shopper. Why are there consequences? It’s not fair!
Prepare my galleons.
They’re fenders, David, not wings. Otherwise we’d have flying cars. 😀
Never been tempted to watch it. Am I missing much?
“Missing much”? Look at what you’re surrounded by here. You’re missing nothing.
*ducks out door*
Prepare my galleons.
[ Activates regiment of sultry barmaids to distract galleon crews from their duty. ]
They’re fenders, David, not wings.
So twenty years of watching “Top Gear” wasted?
Bummer.
*streams Clarkson’s Farm*
Never been tempted to watch it. Am I missing much?
I enjoyed it quite a bit. The problem with radical critiques of capitalism, consumerism, masculinity, etc. is that it’s really hard to be effectively coherent (which is why Jordan Peterson is so feared; his arguments are almost meme-worthy).
Chuck Palahniuk has that ability, too. His writing book is also insanely useful and practical, and I speak as one who has a library full of them.
Another favorite Palahniuk movie is “Choke,” which I picked up when the local Blockbuster went out of business. Stars Sam Rockwell, who has become my must-see actor.
Hard to think you can create an affecting movie about a sex addict who picks up women at the meetings, but the more you see of his life (he works at a Rev War recreation tourist trap), the more you feel for his hunger to connect with people and his inability to do so.
(“Choke” by the way, refers to his technique for connecting. He goes into restaurants, pretends to choke on food, and gets rescued with the H. maneuver. He does this because he wants to be held and cared for, and is willing to fake it to get it.)
Should you see them? If you love movies, absolutely. “Fight Club,” no matter what you think of it, made an impact on the culture, and for your self-education alone it is worth watching.
If you just want to be entertained, well, it depends on what tickles you. These aren’t Adam Sandler movies. They’re witty, intellectual, observant, ironic and emotional.
They’re fenders, David, not wings.
This is a fender: