1 post tagged “frank bruni”

I read Frank Bruni's blog sometimes and I found myself really amused by his latest blog post - he writes about going to Philadelphia and trying out cheesesteaks and being befuddled by the attitude he got there, as well as underwhelmed by the cheesesteak experience. It is almost the exact same experience we had while we were in Philly. The only difference? We went to different places. I don't think it's too much to ask for nice service - I mean we got better service at a McDonald's in California than we did most of the time in Philadelphia. We couldn't figure out why so many people seemed to be in such bad moods. One of our friends (who attends school there) suggested that it might be "East Coast directness as opposed to West Coast passive aggressiveness". But then again, Frank Bruni is a New Yorker, and by definition an East Coast person, so it can't be just that.