Snow Day and Politeness

I worked this past weekend, and it rained almost the whole time. I have to admit that was kind of nice because it kept us from being too busy. Don't get me wrong; we were still plenty busy. But I digress. One of my technicians also works for the local school system, and she was thrilled when she heard that classes were canceled today. I just don't understand why they cancelled school at 3:00 on Sunday afternoon when it was just raining. Apparently, Atlanta and Athens got some snow, and we were supposed to, but we didn't. Our other county just postponed classes for an hour, and that seemed like a much better plan to me, especially since it didn't even get cold enough for the roads to freeze. I know "they" were afraid of snow since we never get any, and no one knows how to drive in it, but the temperature was in the fifties or sixties on Saturday, so I don't think the ground would have been cold enough for any snow to stick.

My first thought when I heard that school had been cancelled was, "Oh, boy!" Then I realized that my day wouldn't change at all just because there was no school. We don't do school anyway, and Daniel and Sarah Beth still need to be taken care of. If it had been really bad, John might not have gone to work, and then he could have entertained our children while I cleaned bathrooms. That's the only difference snow would have made for us.

Another thing happened this weekend about which I want to ask your opinion. I had to call another pharmacy to transfer a prescription, and here is the conversation.

Other pharmacist, let's call him Scott because that's his name: CVS, this is Scott.

Nikki: I need a copy, please. (A copy is just a transfer.)

Scott: You must be from the North.

Nikki: No, I was born here in the South.

Scott: We like to use a Southern greeting down here. What city were you born in?

Nikki: I was born right here in this city.

Scott: I guess we need to teach you some manners.

As I discussed this conversation afterwards with my technicians, we decided that it was awfully rude of him to point out my lack of politeness. What do you think? Let me explain something else: most pharmacists use such a short greeting ("I need a copy") because usually a technician answers the phone, and we need the pharmacist for a transfer. We are usually too busy to say, "This is Nikki from the Wal-Mart on ---- Street, and I would like a copy, please, because then we have to say it all over again when the pharmacist gets on the phone. We like to streamline the process. Do you agree with our assessment that it was rude of Scott to point out my, as he called it, lack of manners?