This creepy old dude with a Russian accent came over while I was feeding my ballots into the ballot eater. Under the pretext of helping me, he started reading my ballot to see how I'd cast my votes.
As it happens, the polling place was the MRI lab lobby at the hospital where I work, so I was wearing my White Coat of Ultimate Authority. So I really let him have it:
"Sir, are you actually reading my ballot, as it appears, or does it just LOOK like you're reading my ballot?"
He squinted up at me, abashed. I raised my voice and continued, "..Because it MATTERS. The latter is just rude; the former is a FELONY."
A lady came over to me and started to tell me there was no need to be rude. I wheeled on her, told her that American blood was spilled to gain the right to secret ballot and that she needed to consider her history, then walked off.
What the fuck happened to my America, man? I'm starting to get pissed off.
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Date: 2005-11-09 03:46 am (UTC)As it happens, the polling place was the MRI lab lobby at the hospital where I work, so I was wearing my White Coat of Ultimate Authority. So I really let him have it:
"Sir, are you actually reading my ballot, as it appears, or does it just LOOK like you're reading my ballot?"
He squinted up at me, abashed. I raised my voice and continued, "..Because it MATTERS. The latter is just rude; the former is a FELONY."
A lady came over to me and started to tell me there was no need to be rude. I wheeled on her, told her that American blood was spilled to gain the right to secret ballot and that she needed to consider her history, then walked off.
What the fuck happened to my America, man? I'm starting to get pissed off.