Dear DU, I thought it would never happen to me but,

[sarisataka]

I met a Trump supporter who randomly started talking politics.

A lady of post-retirement age came in to pay her bill. As we were finishing she said, "Thank God Trump is in office". Odd because we have been talking about the end of our below zero weather, it was a bit of a non sequitur. I responded with the simple fact that he is in office and she then touched all of the bases- Joe was senile, Jill is gay like Hillary, Obama has been running everything, Kamala is trans,
etc.

We had been have such a nice conversation until then.

Since I am in the real world and keeping one's job is difficult if you insult customers I replied, "I guess we will see what happens to the price of eggs." There was no applause, high-fives, or a sudden realization of the error of her ways, but it did throw her off track a bit. She said "I guess so", took her receipt and wished me a good day.

A drug prices go up for those on Medicare we will see if she remains enthusiastic about the current regime. Update to come, maybe.

Signed,
Cringing on the Inside

[Wingus Dingus]

1. We get this sort of shit wherever we go. I don't know why people assume

we're Repubs or Trump humpers, but they do.

[dweller]

3. Maybe compiling a list

of those to report …
🤔




✌🏻

[Wingus Dingus]

4. I think it's just appearing white middle class, honestly.

[whathehell]

30. I doubt that..All the white midfle class folks I know

voted for Harris and find Trump appalling for the same reasons as we do here on DU..You may be thinking white working class..

[sarisataka]

6. TBF, most people would assume I am Republican

White male with some white on the mountain top, middle class occupation, veteran, a few (times n ) extra pounds; I fit the stereotype. When I attend Pride events with my LGBTQ children I get some looks, then thanks for being a supporting parent.

[Wingus Dingus]

7. My husband is a veteran too--you're right, that must be a factor.

Looks like a Trumper but no stupid-ass hat.

[Cha]

12. Except you're Way too Smart to

be a brainwashed culty.

I'm grateful I don't run into any of those types here. If I did I wouldn't have to be polite. I would say that's all brainwashed Bullshit. Try thinking for yourself.

[Woodwizard]

22. I get that too.

Veteran, I have a crew cut it is easy to maintain. I work with my hands and also chainsaw sculpt, the republican party has done a masterful job making out blue collar people as republican. I do a lot of art shows throughout the year most customers are of a liberal mindset but I get trumpers who think I am on the same page as them.

When they start blabbing I usually stop and just stare at them in silence. They get the message and exit.

I hate the fact my appearance stereotypes me.

[yorkster]

10. I've been getting a bit more "responsive" to

this crapola. I'm long since retired, so don't have to be polite. Someone made fun of my mask. I told him to myob. Mjy new word is maskhole. Have only used it here on DU in written form, but you know, when you say it out loud, it has a nice ring to it.
😁

[PittBlue]

54. That is so crazy but they do believe that everyone thinks like they do.

That is because they are so effing stupid and short sighted . I despise them all.

[tulipsandroses]

2. She will. She will still justify her hate - and blame the democrats, now a minority, why her eggs are still expensive

It's all worth it to hate the people she hates. I swear they will eat cat food, or even out of garbage to keep their ability to be as hateful and racist as they wannabe.

[Deuxcents]

5. It's been my experience that these people, who are felon followers, are the first to bring up the subject

And yet in order to keep our jobs, positions and sanity, we reply hoping they’ll just go away! I’d love to be able to verbally express my distain but..sometimes I can’t. Still wish they’d go away!

[allegorical oracle]

35. In my rural area, the trumpsters aren't just felon followers, they're felons, themselves. My

surprisingly excellent auto mechanic has nothing but trump crap in his waiting room. He did four years for possession and sale of cocaine before release and opening his repair shop. There are many others here, too, with that background. Sometimes it scares me, but I can't afford to move.

[LizBeth]

8. Excellent manner to address. I too get a bunch of crap thrown my way as customer service.

I might just adopt your way

[sarisataka]

9. Even though everyone in the office is a Democrat

(all three of us) we have quite a few Republican clients. There is a rare mention of politics or someone may come in with a hat or t-shirt that gives it away. This one was an exception as she just ran the gamut.

We smile, nod, neither agree nor disagree but drop a comment that isn't quite snarky but...

[leftyladyfrommo]

11. I think most Trumpers around here really

believed what he said. Give it a little time.

[sarisataka]

14. I feed a family of four,

most of the meat I buy is "manager special" so I am well aware of the cost of food.

OTH I have two children wondering if they need to flee to Canada for their lives, one is gay the other trans. That is more important to me than if the price of eggs is up since last year.

[Hekate]

19. I think bird flu has had an effect on the price of eggs. There's plenty of Dems feeding their families on a pittance

As you know (I hope you know) one of the new regime’s glorious plans for “balancing the budget” is to take away food supplement programs for the poor. All of them.

Welcome to DU, and best of luck.

[Lifeafter70]

33. Yes the avian flu is the reason for the high cost

And lack of supply of eggs.
I work in a grocery store and our egg prices have not changed much. Cheapest price per dozen is 3.49 up to 6.49 for organic. We do have a limited supply, so are usually out of eggs by noon each day.
Just yesterday a customer asked what the deal was with eggs and when I tried to explain, she stated it was a hoax and now with trump in office things will change. Told her I doubted it since we lost a quarter of laying hens last year (CA) and a commercial poultry farm in Georgia has been infected. She replied trump would just import eggs from other countries.
She just couldn't grasp how it was the avian flu and it wasn't just happening to poultry farmers in the US.
The devastation of this virus has been in the news for almost a year yet many have not heard it or don't believe it.

[Deuxcents]

40. When her favorite felon imports eggs, will she complain if there's a tariff on them?

[Lifeafter70]

41. I did mention tariffs and wished her a good night

But they are clueless to what's really going on and it's all about the price of eggs.
I have to be careful cause I have gotten a couple of warnings regarding my remarks on tarrifs. So many do not understand who pays them. They also don't realize how much of our everyday groceries or ingredients are imported from other countries, especially Canada.
It just not worth it to point out their misinformation. I'm 72 and need my job for a few more years.

[Deuxcents]

42. Yes..sometimes it's just not worth it as facts just don't sink in when they already know everything

[allegorical oracle]

36. Price of chicken, too. Used to be able to buy and bake a whole chicken for $5. That same size

hen now costs $13 in stores near me.

[Hekate]

39. Same reason. As for bargains on chicken, the best deals are the rotisserie chickens wherever sold...

They are known to be a “loss leader” — the kind of item that people go into a store to buy and then stick around to fill up their carts. It’s worth it to the stores to sell them pretty cheaply.

If a person is bargain hunting from store to store already, it’s worthwhile to keep that in mind.

[niyad]

24. What flavour pizza would you like?

[Celerity]

45. Which flavour do you desire?

[niyad]

57. LOVE IT!!!

[Celerity]

58. I guess they went out through the in door before they could make up their mind, lolol

[niyad]

60. They lasted a bit longer than I thought they would. Their rhetoric

escalated with each post.

[Celerity]

61. they turned up the dial for the AI spice factor, lolol

[niyad]

62. Indeed!

[yardwork]

46. Who is belittling prices?

What does "Jill is gay" have to do with lowering prices?

What do you think the solution is?

[maxsolomon]

50. Because thinking that Biden bears responsibility for grocery price increases

and that Orange Clown will be able to lower them is patently absurd, much like thinking Kamala Harris is a Transwoman.

Only solving Bird Flu and increasing supply will ease egg prices.

Welcome to DU, as they say.

[Ping Tung]

15. "To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason

To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture. Thomas Paine

[Bluetus]

16. I would encourage people to not focus on eggs.

That is all about the Avian flu. and can go either direction. Instead, it is better to focus on the real economic damage that Trump is ALREADY doing.

In the last 90 days, since Trump really started shipping up the tariff talk, the cost of many electronics products has skyrocketed. I have particularly noticed hard disks and cell phones. The products I am looking for are up about 30% in that time, and I believe that is a direct result of suppliers trying to set the price at a level they can survive if they get hit with a big tariff.

[yardwork]

48. I disagree. Trump promised to lower prices immediately.

Let's see him do it. Let's not give him a pass.

[Bluetus]

51. That is likely to happen on its own. Don't give Trump a victory he doesn't deserve.

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20 million chickens were destroyed in 4Q because of the flu. The prices will come down as new generations of chickens are raised. Don't give Trump credit for that.

The tariff threats are ALREADY raising prices. THAT is where we need to hang Trump.

[yardwork]

55. Ok, let's remind people that Trump promised to lower all prices.

Let's not mention eggs.

[Bluetus]

63. Absolutely.

He has already raised a bunch of drug prices today with his EO rescinding the limits Biden put on them, although that may be reversed in court.

[Hippo_The_Pointer]

17. A different strategy

Good for you for keeping your cool while also getting in the egg issue. I have started using a different strategy when random strangers jump right into politics with me! I have started to agree with them, but then add in an appropriate comment about how I hope the government can finally deal with "issue XYZ". What I then do is pick what ever issue XYZ I think will impact them personally. So an older person - Well maybe I would go to

"Yeah I agree, let's hope the team can get rid of some of those subsidies. Seems like the first one their aiming at is those prescription drug subsidies. Fingers crossed I'm hoping they can now follow through and get this budget sorted out!"

I use a tone of voice that is believable rather than sarcastic and try and look like I really am on their team. I get my line in and then make an excuse saying I need to hurry off so I don't have to get into any further exchange. If I can put a crack in their mental armor that's a good day for me

My initial experiments with this approach are looking more promising. It at least gets them to think.

[Cowpunk]

18. I'm sorry, but you and other Dems are making a mistake talking about the price of eggs, thinking it's clever.

Egg prices are super high now, and will likely get higher, because of bird flu. But that mess is probably not going to last more than a year. Egg prices will fall considerably in the near future without any help from TFG.

[Hekate]

20. So what is your line with random strangers, now that you've pegged us as "you & other Dems" ?

[Cowpunk]

43. I'm not sure why "you & other Dems" bothers you.

I hope you're not you're trying to imply that I am some kind of troll, because that would be juvenile. I would ask such a person how they feel about all those people who beat up police officers and ransacked the Capital getting full pardons.

[Raven]

21. I think your answer was perfect. n/t

[progressoid]

23. Just come out and tell them they need therapy - specifically cult deprogramming

Anyone who spouts things like, "Jill is gay, Hillary, Obama have been running everything, Kamala is trans" etc. needs professional help.

[bdamomma]

37. Some people

have very short memories after Covid our economy come back with the skilled leadership of President Biden. Our economy was the best in the world compared to other countries. Some people would rather believe the hateful rhetoric, and placing blame on others. Propaganda can do that. Social media too.

[Paladin]

25. Glad you maintained your composure and manners.

It would be a shame to jeopardize a job because of some no-nothing trump trash.

[Traildogbob]

26. The Most deadly

Contagious virus we ever encountered within our species. No vax available. The rotting brain virus. It will destroy us all. I wear the mask to avoid the stench of the rot. And that is what I tell them, when asked why I am still masked.

[Diamond_Dog]

27. I read this here a short while ago and plan to use it.

If I’m ever again accosted by an idiot like this who states all this obvious nonsense, I will pause and look at them quizzically and say “Are you okay”?

It lets them know I don’t buy their b.s. at all but in a non threatening way. Especially good if the idiot is male and bigger than me or looks dangerous.

[John1956PA]

28. Serious question: Where did she get those ideas?

Most of the lunacy she spouted (seems to me) to have been too outlandish for Faux programming.

Perhaps she getting those weird ideas (directly or indirectly) from some Putin-financed podcast.

[sarisataka]

32. She is old enough I would doubt podcasts

I would guess listening to RW radio shows. It is the type of lunacy they like to spout.

[bdamomma]

31. There are many more

like her with the same conspiracy stories. They can get misinformation, propaganda from many sources. Not only FOX.

They are really in a vacuum, they believe in the worst about people, full of hate and cynicism. She probably have something to say about DEI too.

I'm glad I'm not like that.

[niyad]

34. You handled that very well. I am so very glad that I do not have to censor

myself in my rare (so far, at least) encounters with those people. One of the perks of being a retired, thoroughly pissed-off ZERO-patience BITCH is that I do not have to "go high" when they go stupid.

I just got off the phone with a friend who runs a convenience store in Grand Junction, qbert's former district, heavily magat-infested, including one of his coworkers. My friend told me that this idiot (the politest thing we call him) had just been whining to him about how Medicaid was going to take away his c-pap machine.. When my friend asked the reason, the idiot said it was because they were running out of money because the Dems had spent it all, but now that ##### is back in office, he will fix everything.

My friend was still laughing when he called me.

[bdamomma]

38. Just shook

my head on that part of "he will fix everything" geez, these people are really delusional, how do they believe this felon will do anything to help them. The felon only thinks about himself, spreads lies and he's a criminal.

Well, they are living in their own psychosis, and sometimes it's best not to engage with them.

[niyad]

59. I avoid them as much as possible. It is a bit easier for me, as I live in a

reasonably sane part of my town., rarely venture into the magat parts of town. My friend lives in magaville, and the idiot I mentioned is a coworker who never shuts up about politics at work. Since his wife is the district manager for that company, nothing will be done about him.

[yardwork]

44. You handled that well!

I think we should keep reminding them of Trump's promises.

PS What is their preoccupation with Jill being gay, Hillary being gay, Kamala and Michelle being trans?! Who would care even if it were true? I don't get it.

[Mysterian]

47. Many elderly people can be susceptible to Fox "News"-style propaganda

Even happened to my mom.

[maxsolomon]

53. My Dad told me Kamala was a Communist back when she secured the nomination.

I asked where he heard that. He couldn't remember. He has memory issues in the last year, but he sure remembered to vote.

Thinking Harris is Trans, however? I don't think I'd be able to resist asking for more information.

[moonscape]

49. I question how many will stop drinking the

Koolaid. He’ll keep lying and gaslighting, new conspiracy theories. I mean, even Putin still has supporters.

[Rebl2]

52. She

will blame Biden and Harris for increasing prices for her medication no doubt 🙄

[Iris]

56. Why are these people so obsessed with the sexuality of others??

[Hassler]

64. Glad I'm retired. I'd be tempted to take a swing

And launch the Maga Moron.

[iemanja]

65. Eggs have gone up 35 cents a dozen

According to someone on Twitter who just went to Walmart.