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Night y'all, smooches
That does it to me too....(Reading some news stories)......And, when I worked in retail (20 years ago). That'll REALLY make you hate people!
Wish that I could say the same
. Awake @ 5:30am, out the door for work by 7am. Home @ 5pm....and right after I eat....my son wants me to play with him (usually video games). Then, when he goes to bed @ 9pm, he wants me to lay with him so that he can talk to me about stuff (everything from school to video games). I wind up falling asleep @ 9:30pm, and then I wake up @ 11pm or 12. This is where it SUCKS. Now I'm wide awake, and don't see myself falling back to sleep until 2am or so. Then....back up @ 5:30am. I love my son, and he's my buddy!.....and I know that one of these days, he won't want to spend as much time with me....as he does now. For now......Goodnight all.....
I don't pay attention to the news for just that reason.
As far as retail goes, I hear that a lot, but I can't help but feel people approach it the wrong way. Don't get angry, just start laughing. Those crazies are hilarious!
As far as retail goes, I hear that a lot, but I can't help but feel people approach it the wrong way. Don't get angry, just start laughing. Those crazies are hilarious!
Gnight, and while you might not be day to day buddies, I'm sure with that kind of connection he'll still always be down to hang out when he can make time once he's out on his own.Wish that I could say the same
I sure hope so
!.....Thanks.
OK....Really quick. When I worked in retail, I treated just about everyone like I was friends with them. Most of the time, I didn't mind working. NOW.....FF 20 years later.....and now I go into a store to purchase stuff. No "good mornings", or "thank yous" (and I shouldn't have to say it first, although sometimes I do, and usually don't get a response back
).....and MOST of the employees look @ you like you're just another asshole, and not one of the people that helps their salary get paid. Good luck finding anyone when you have a question about something or help getting something.......They just scatter like mice. These are most of the reasons why I buy most of my stuff, online. My wife STILL works in retail.......and with the stories that she tells me.....I don't know how she can still deal with it!
I did retail and phone repair. I motherfucking hated everyone, I mean everyone.That does it to me too....(Reading some news stories)......And, when I worked in retail (20 years ago). That'll REALLY make you hate people!
Even openly chastised a poser with two no bluetooth phones wearing two bluetooth devices one on each ear, no wifi or air card pretending to be doing business in a diner... Oh fuck I clowned his ass something fierce.
I would wear my work shirt out after work and people used to accost me asking me shit about their other carrier phones. One time I was seriously needing to shit and this tmobile twit came up blabbering about some bullshit and pushes his phone at me.. I took it and walked to the bathroom... dude just stood there. I walked out and he asked me where his phone was and I told him in the shitter.
I fully believe cellphones cook people's brains and they are the zombies of the zombie invasions. Have gone so far as to slap iphones out of smug fuckers hands that meander and stop blocking shit in the store to look at their phones. Or if talking really loud getting close and screaming "GET OFF THE FUCKING PHONE AND WALK!!"
I know asshole but they deserve it.
It's all the approach. While I 100% agree that society as a whole has taken a huge downward turn into being full of jackasses, if you look at those people as something to laugh at, well it's all worthwhile. Those stories, well, if you turn them into something to mock and laugh at, suddenly they aren't things to get angry about.
I don't do retail work regularly, I do customer service, but retail stuff is at events, and god the stories and long standing running jokes. Just gotta step back and realize that they're not yelling at you, they're yelling at the job title you're taking on. Smile, nod, nod, crack a joke, laugh, nod that it isn't funny, quick fake apology, nod nod, and they move along once they've run out of steam. Then you turn to your coworkers and laugh your asses off.
Quite a few times I've dealt with these people and the new guys helping at the events come up and are like "man that guy was an asshole" my only response is "naw he's comedy gold" and then the next year when we're there and that person is helping again we're cracking jokes about it.
I guess day to day it could be draining, I get that, I just take a different look on it when I deal with it. And, the best thing, the thing that will make that 40 hour weekend of work all that much better, is when the customer behind them starts mocking them too. There are still some good people out there, and those people make my day when I work retail. What I do is work highschool sporting events 13 weekends out of the year, and like I said it's good 15-40 hour weekends. The best is when the parents start picking on their kids, ahh such a joy. Had a mom continually call "medium" "Medgium" to the point that her son was noticeably distraught. That happened years ago but still every day the people in my office will call medium "medgium".
Anyways, good and bad, and make the bad good, that's how I approach it. Rude customer simply gets subtle insults and made fun of for years to come.
I don't do retail work regularly, I do customer service, but retail stuff is at events, and god the stories and long standing running jokes. Just gotta step back and realize that they're not yelling at you, they're yelling at the job title you're taking on. Smile, nod, nod, crack a joke, laugh, nod that it isn't funny, quick fake apology, nod nod, and they move along once they've run out of steam. Then you turn to your coworkers and laugh your asses off.
Quite a few times I've dealt with these people and the new guys helping at the events come up and are like "man that guy was an asshole" my only response is "naw he's comedy gold" and then the next year when we're there and that person is helping again we're cracking jokes about it.
I guess day to day it could be draining, I get that, I just take a different look on it when I deal with it. And, the best thing, the thing that will make that 40 hour weekend of work all that much better, is when the customer behind them starts mocking them too. There are still some good people out there, and those people make my day when I work retail. What I do is work highschool sporting events 13 weekends out of the year, and like I said it's good 15-40 hour weekends. The best is when the parents start picking on their kids, ahh such a joy. Had a mom continually call "medium" "Medgium" to the point that her son was noticeably distraught. That happened years ago but still every day the people in my office will call medium "medgium".
Anyways, good and bad, and make the bad good, that's how I approach it. Rude customer simply gets subtle insults and made fun of for years to come.
The reason I don't have a smart phone is that. Same reason all my friends know that if they want to talk to me they can come over to my house, or send a text message "hey come over". I refuse to play that game.
Except they make it personal and or threatening.
Have ejected more than my fair share of fucksticks.
One dude got so bad they canceled his account and gave me the pleasure of clicking the cancel button.
He came back in and threatened me again with violence and got really shitty hostile, cops removed him but I made it known I would go scorched earth on his ass if he so much as stepped foot in the store again or tried to approach me outside of work ever. I ran into him at the grocery store he took off and left his cart.
Precious moments. Hang on to those.
And, that's why you laugh at those people!
Laugh now, but if I was not recovering from the surgery I would have slapped him around a bit.
Continue to game! doesn't have to be serious, grab some casual game and make it a point to play it once in a while together once he's out on his own. Games are awesome, you get to chat and all the awkward "I don't have anything to talk about" silences are eaten up by just gaming. It's time spent together and that's what is important.I sure hope so
When I was younger my Uncle got me into online gaming, my brother, father and I used it as a way to connect with him even though he was in Vancouver and we were in Southern California. He now uses that same type of thing with his daughter who's moved out. They still play online games regularly together, she still comes over and they play a bit of this and that. I was just up there for a weekend and we spent most of it chatting about the gold ol' days of gaming and about new games and how to cheat them (yay bots!). Anyways, it's a great connection tool. Relieves stress, nice way to cool down, and you can do it together without having to leave your houses, so even when he's off on his own in college or wherever, you can still hop online and get together without having the "formality" of a full blown conversation, just friends gaming and chatting in between.
as a guy who's ended 99% of confrontations like that by simply looking over or at most taking one step in that direction, I don't know I just find that kind of thing laughable. They can do all they want, but in the end I know they're scared little shits and nothing more than comic relief in my life.
Certain lines shall not be crossed. Spitting on a man is one and threatening harm on his family is another. He crossed both those lines, he is deserving getting stomped into a flabby grease spot.
You're not wrong, but the fact that he ran when he saw you is proof he was a whole lot of hot air. And that's how I take all those things, a whole lot of hot air. Though yes, spit on me and I'm gonna make them wet their pants, no need for a stomping, but humiliation is always fun, and far less trouble. Only ever had one person have the balls to do that to me, quick pin to the wall and whisper into the ear and I never really saw the guy again. "the only reason you're not on your way to the hospital is because I don't want to deal with the cops" people don't seem to like not having their feet on the ground, only had it done to me a couple times and as far as I was concerned it was quite fun
but then again I'm a little nuts and probably naive as to what can actually harm me.
OMG you are AWESOME! I say that all the time. I also say the more people I meet, the more I like my dogs lolol. I work in Mental Health so I can sympathize with you greatly!
The news story I read is about dog.
Some scumbag is stealing pets, torturing them and tossing them on the roadside.
I hope someone catches his ass.
I personally look down on animal abusers more than I do pedophiles! As someone who dedicates a good portion of her free time to raising, training and showing Rottweilers, I would love for my rotts to get their teeth on that asshat! How can one do that to an animal...ugh
Dozens.
Not just one.
We had a scumbag locally who was kidnapping and skinning little dogs.
This dude in Wa. is stealing pets, bigger dogs. I want to get a hold of this dude and show him the business end of a tack hammer SLOWLY.
If you catch him wait for me before the fun begins....I can be there on my broomstick in under an hour!
Faster than the SR71.. better slather on the balm cause you gunna wind burn your ass.
My solution for animal abusers:
Remove their clothing, fully strap them to a wall with large quantities of duct tape (hopeully they're very hairy), leaving only their genitals exposed. Spray catnip on said genitalia, then sprinkle with catnip herb. Open door for a multitude of large cats to have their way with danglin'. Lions, cheetahs, leopards accepted.
Remove their clothing, fully strap them to a wall with large quantities of duct tape (hopeully they're very hairy), leaving only their genitals exposed. Spray catnip on said genitalia, then sprinkle with catnip herb. Open door for a multitude of large cats to have their way with danglin'. Lions, cheetahs, leopards accepted.
I knew there was a reason why I liked you
would not be the first time my ass was burned hehehe
l am not much of a pill man. One swallow and poof max orbit acquired. I like Marquita's, downing beers, at it tastes good. Pills are computer aged stuff. I like getting bombed the old fashion way.
tack hammer to small joints first... then the weight bearing ones.
Jug o honey and a fire ant colony.
*drops mic*
ya I like to work for my orbital bombardment also.l am not much of a pill man. One swallow and poof max orbit acquired. I like Marquita's, downing beers, at it tastes good. Pills are computer aged stuff. I like getting bombed the old fashion way.
I get it I'm weird but as far as I'm concerned, well, either just plain kill them and let that be the end of it, or let society accept the cost of "rehabilitation" and toss them in a psych ward to cure their crazies. Going nutso on a nutso just seems overly redundant to me.
There was a story in the local news a couple years back. A guy did similar to what I described to a cat and left it stranded in a fenced in yard. As a cat/pet lover and owner, I'm ok wth my solution.
sure.
Some sins require suffering.
Pedophiles, and animal abusers cannot be fixed.
All good, I just question people's fantasies about that kind of stuff, can you really do it? would you be ok calling yourself a good person afterwards, or would it haunt you? Not trying to stick up for those abusive pieces of shit, just don't get it beyond a fantasy.
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I think I'd be ok with doing what this guy did. He completely wrapped the cat in duct tape and left it there. I'd be perfectly ok with that. He could cry and be heard just like the cat was.
I have done some deadpool like retribution, like what he did to the pizza dork.
Slept like a baby, consider myself good.
His target slept soundly for the first time in years after I did it.
Ok, yeah, that i'd be ok with... hell I've done close to that as a prank on people, though clothing on so minimal hair ripping, but still, that's much less than smashing knee caps and what not. Call me the party pooper, but I just feel like we dehumanize these crazies enough. I can't help but think they need help more than they need to be tortured. If we want to just kill crazies, fuck it I'm down, but apparently we don't as a society but some crazies we're ok with torturing but others we have to cater to, inconsistencies bother me.
All for making someone wet themselves, it's the torture that I question. If you're capable, man all the power to you, you're a stronger person than I am.
The mentally ill is one thing.
Being a sick sadistic broken fuck is something all together a different color horse.
Though in many cases, I believe people can be rehabbed, but it does also take a lifetime of work... I also believe that not everyone can be. And I agree with BN that you just don't mess with kids and you don't mess with animals. Both are innocent and defenseless. That's some seriously messed up shit, probably coming from someone else that was seriously messed up. Horrible vicious cycle.
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