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a half of his body is inside her mother‟s shirt. When the mother finally calls the waitress, Caroline feels that she cannot serves the customer with her saying that
actually she respects it all, but she will throw up at the end. Finally Max with her curiosity goes to her table as the waitress to write
down her order. Nonetheless, Max does not only write the order but she also gives her comment for her son. Both of the utterances said by Max are actually sarcastic
comments for the son as the result for her curiosity. In this situation, Max uses sarcasm as tool for politeness. For this reason, her customers as the hearer do not
get offended considering Max‟s choices of words and politeness she uses.
Situation 44
Han : Hello, Earl. Hello, Caroline. Hello, reason I do two hours of
phone therapy every wednesday before work. So, did you all miss me?
Caroline : You were gone? cause I swear I just saw you yesterday. Wait, maybe that was a cat.
Han : I was gone, people
The situation above takes place in the diner when Han comes back from a convention about the restaurant and diner association at San Fransisco. When he
enters the door, he greets the co-workers in his diner hopes that they are missing him as he gone for several days ago. Meanwhile, his co-workers in the diner does
not realize that he is gone since they seem fine and are not surprised when Han app
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response and Caroline‟s utterance, Han gets mad and shouts that he was gone for several days.
Situation 46
Woman 1 : Would you be interested in having a popular reality show filmed here? You... phone rings Im so sorry. I have to take this. Just a
minute. talking on phone So what are we think? Caroline : Wed love it. Were in. What show?
Woman 1 : Keeping up with the Kardashians. Caroline : Finally, God opens a door
Max
: And I’m closing a window. closing the windows
The situation 46 above takes place in Max‟s cupcakes shop when a woman with a fancy car stops by and wants to talk to the owner of the shop to
offers a special opportunity for them. The offer is that their cupcakes shop will be the place for filming one of popular reality show on TV which starring the
Kardashians. Caroline and Max have different response to the offering since Caroline knows the whole thing about Kardashians‟ family while Max is not.
Max totally disagrees with the opportunity offers to her and chooses to refuse the offer by using sarcasm as a tool for politeness since she knows that the
woman stands in front of her is someone whom she should give respect to. Therefore she tends to use figurative language in refusing the offer. Caroline does
not want to give up for the chance given, then she tries to persuade Max and ignores the sarcasm said by Max.
Situation 61 Caroline : Is it even possible for Sophie to have a baby? I mean, didnt that
window close around the same time Blockbuster Video did?
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The conversation above happens with the shocking news at that morning in the diner when everyone is working than suddenly Sophie comes with her
happy face and the news about her being pregnant. Everyone in the diner knows that Sophie is Oleg‟s wife but they are married when both of them is no longer
young. Sophie says that she feels something in her belly and that her boobs are really sore. Max and Caroline do not take the news seriously because as woman
they know that Sophie is not in her fertile age anymore. Besides, Sophie has not taken her pregnancy test yet.
Caroline politely gives her comment about Sophie‟s fertility that she illustrates like the Blockbuster Video
‟s door which opens and closes in seconds and in any means Caroline wants to say that Sophie‟s fertility cannot be expected
and is not easy to have a baby. Max as the hearer cannot gives her agreement to Caroline‟s assumption since none of them knows how old Sophie is since her face
cannot be the indicator for identifying her age. Since Max does not know Sophie‟s
exact age, she says that Sophie is ageless just like a unicorn or Anderson Cooper, one of Max‟s favorite actors which look younger than he actually is. Caroline and
Max‟s sarcastic utterance here are the example of sarcasm as the use of politeness‟ tool. Both Caroline and Max tend to not use any rude words while talking about
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Table 3.4. The Hearer’s Response of Sarcastic Utterances Based on Purposes
No Purpose of sarcasm
The Hearer‟s Response 4.
Tool for Politeness a. Smiles
b. Tells the truth c. Ignores
d. Smiles e. Gets angry
f. Persuades more g. -
5. Hearer’s Response of Sarcastic Utterances as Persuasive Aspects
Sarcastic utterance as one purpose can be a powerful tool to be used persuasively. First is by providing the evident for the utterance to be accepted as a
truth. Second is by its language which makes sarcasm is easier to memorize than literal utterance. Third is that sarcasm can be very informative. The example
below shows how are the responses from the hearer of sarcastic utterance used as a persuasive aspect.
Situation 45
Han : I discovered an exciting new item for our menu.
Oleg : No way. No new menu additions. I already lie awake in bed
worrying about how high the food bar is here. Han
: Its 4 toast. Max
: 4 toast? Thats 5 more than our toast is worth. Han
: Delicious, homemade artisan bread. At first, I was reluctant to put something so big in my mouth. But the hot butter drizzling
down my chin was my sticky reward. Caroline
: Han, toast is trendy foo die food. It’ll die here, like my soul
did. Our customers are just plain, normal people. From the co-text of the conversation, it is understood that Han is trying to
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convention. The idea is that Han wants add toast as the new menu in his diner but the price does not suit with the environment there in Williamsburg. However,
even Oleg and Max already told Han their disagreement, Han still insist on his idea of the toast which is too expensive to be sold at the diner.
Finally, Caroline has her idea to persuade Han about the pricey toast by making a sarcastic utterance.
The word “It will die here, like my soul did” sarcastically means that the toast will not be succeed to be sold because the
customer is just plain and normal people, not the people who prefer eat at the restaurant. Caroline‟s choice of words in the utterance makes the hearer easier to
remember and to easily understand what actually the speaker meant. With the sarcastic utterance from Caroline in a purpose of persuading Han, he finally is
able to listen to Caroline‟s suggestion and as the hearer, Han gives a nod to show his agreement.
Situation 47
Max : Whats going on?
Caroline : Even one tweet from Kim would have exposed us to 22 million followers. Scientology doesnt even have those numbers. They
screwed us
Max : I know.
This situation happens when Max and Caroline are both disappointed after hear the news about the Kardashians
‟ not going to make their reality show in their cupcakes shop. The conversation occurred at the mid-day when Caroline still
tries to sleep in her build – up bed and the clanking noise comes from the Max‟s
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she is still trying to sleep at the mid-day and that is because her thought about the failed reality show with the Kardashians.
With her sarcastic utterance, Caroline means to persuade Max to think the same way as her which mentioning about Kim Kardashian‟s followers on
twitter. Caroline still imagines about how famous she will if the Kardashians really comes to film the reality shows and tweets about the cupcakes shop in her
twitter. With the same level of emotion from Max, she finally agrees at what Caroline says.
Situation 59
Caroline : Can you believe hes telling his entire tour that our cupcake business is gonna fail?
Han : Just to play devils advocate, maybe he has the most basic
understanding of supply and demand.
Caroline : Han, dont blow this, it might be our only connection ever. Han
: Who the hell does that dickweed think he is? The conversation between Han and Caroline above are about the
annoying tour guy whom they both hate for his attitude. However, the similarity in hating the tour guy makes Han and Caroline finally have something in common
since their first meeting. In the conversation, Caroline wants Han to have the same thought as her for what the tour guy does to her and Max. Thus, when Han says
something which d oes not support Caroline‟s utterance, she warns Han with her
sarcastic utterance. By saying, “Han, dont blow this, it might be our only connection ever”
Caroline asks Han to not mess up their one and only connection since she is not sure whether they will have the other connection again in the future. Feeling that
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he has said the wrong statement, Han tries to correct his statement which supports Caroline and not the tour guy.
Situation 65
Han : Let me help. I took a class in motivational speaking.
Caroline : Well motivate your ass back down. I got it. Han
: Do you? You‟re losing this crowd faster than I‟m going to lose my diner.
This conversation happens in the diner when Caroline gathers some of the business owner along the Williamsburg diner to talk about their place which soon
will be replaced by a big theatre called iMax. Caroline as the speaker greets them, introduces herself and starts with the introduction about the issues. Seeing that
Caroline cannot go well with her speech, Han offers his help to make the speech more clear and people gathered there understand the explanation since he ever
takes motivational class. Meanwhile, Caroline does not need Han‟s help since she thinks that she
can handle the meeting. Therefore, she says her sarcastic utterance which persuades Han to go back to his seat and let her continue her speech. As the
hearer, Han who feels that he can be better in leading the speech, gives his sarcastic utterance back that Caroline will not succeed in making her speech to the
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Table 3.5. The Hearer’s Response of Sarcastic Utterances Based on Purposes
No Purpose of sarcasm
The Hearer‟s Response 4.
Persuasive Aspects a. Accepts the truth
b. Agrees with the issues c. Knows the fault and corrects it.
d. Gives sarcastic utterance back
6. Hearer’s Response of Sarcastic Utterances as Retract Ability
Sarcastic utterances as the purpose of retract ability lets someone states something and expresses its opposite at the same time. The speaker can avoid any
responsibility for the falseness in the utterance. The example below shows how are the responses from the hearer of sarcastic utterance used as a retract ability.
The utterance 9 found in the episode 1 of the first season when the diner is closed and Max is going to count the tips.
Situation 9
Max : We split the tips. Give me yours.
Caroline : giving 2
Max : You did better than I thought you would.
The presupposition of the utterance “give me yours” is that Max believes Caroline gets the tips from the customer. It is indeed true that Caroline has the
tips, but the amount of money is not what Max really expects. After Caroline gives her tips that she gets, Max tends to gives her sarcastic utterance rather than
insult her with aggressive manner. From the utterance
“You did better than I thought you would” Max does not really gives his literal meaning in her utterance. What Caroline did for the tip
