Aperol Spritz & Pomme Frites?

I’m a fan of the Negroni. I need a little gin with my Campari. (Also, sister, not brother.)

And as I’m sure I don’t have to tell you, a term can be considered racist whether or not you think it is. I’m old enough to remember my friends’ parents using language that was unacceptable even at that time - but y’know, they “didn’t mean anything by it.” As for me, I’ve had to adjust how I refer to members of the LBGTQ community several times over the course of my life, because language evolves. I try - not always successfully - to keep up.

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I’m not one to take Wikipedia as a perfect source but in this case they say it is a pejorative term. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_(slang)

And given the context the OP used it it doesn’t sound like a term of endearment.

Where are we with calling people “sensitive nancies”?

I think that one is still fine, but I wanted to be sure.

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Why is it necessary to call anyone anything pejorative?

Again - is that the level of discourse we want here?

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I never heard this interpretation and I’ve been coming to the Jersey shore for more than 40 years and have lived here for 30. Thanks for the education.

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That’s the only meaning of “Bennie” I’m familiar with, but I’m not from Jersey.

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It wasn’t, meant as a compliment it was used in the context of a descriptive phrase

Works for me brother, but ya got some real beauties here so be careful with language or phrases or words or maybe just thoughts.
Hey ya think I could get a decent beer and Fries in Keansburg?

Because it’s not what it came from, probably a familial interpretation that got passed down.
Curlz defines the term in a very historically accurate way.and it’s was in that way that I used it.

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Totally agree! @CurlzNJ knows her stuff.

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Bennies has been around forever. So much so, that any flashy tourists would have been called andies, or maybe ulysseses.

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Oh I could enlighten, but should I?

I think I’m the only person here who has to interact with such people from a service industry perspective in a very busy summer store and not just as a fellow patron.

I could use terms far more severe than @Ragtopssk but I’ll stick to rude, entitled, and filthy. While we have our regulars who aren’t exactly sweet as pie, the Bennies who come in, frankly, are disgusting. Loud, messy, demanding. You should see the bathrooms when they’re done-- some try to “shower” off the sand in the sink. And worse has been done, and intentionally so. It could be a crime scene. Their overall attitude is appalling and we can never move fast enough for their liking. Its kind of funny because when they speak, they can hardly string an articulate sentence together.

Essentially, they arrive as visitors who get the opportunity to look down on and spit at the locals. I said to my boss the other day that I’m shocked I got through the summer without getting into a fight with one of them (verbal not physical LOL).

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Perfect I can add nothing except “ Hey where do you get your Aperol spritz and Pomme Frites. “ I am literally laughing out loud & too old to write that as the commonly used abbreviation. Your insight is spot on. Maybe I could add “ It’s a Jersey thing you wouldn’t understand “ Glad you haven’t assaulted anyone .:wine_glass:

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I’m offended by the specific callout of “Jersey mods” and their “different” sensitivities…SMH.

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Aperol Spritz: at home
Pomme Frites: Five Guys, All American (Massapequa, Long Island), Drifthouse (Sea Bright, but they’re inconsistent)

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