#i've seen people argue that he's unforgivably rude to SOOKIE

[sarabethsilver]

The narrative of "Jess is so rude to everyone in town! 😱" will never not be funny to me.

The kid barely talks to anyone? Unless he's working a shift at Luke's, Jess tries very hard to avoid all human beings. Literally walks around with a book blocking his face so that other humans won't even see him. But I guess he doesn't smile much and he says "huh" a lot so... that's unspeakably rude?

In a town with multiple adults (Luke, Mrs. Kim, Taylor, Michel) who are irritable and loudly rude to everyone that crosses their path, it's so silly that Jess is somehow the one crossing the line.