Blew a gasket today.

[Mike-n-Jolie]

Alright so,my redneck side came out today. I went to the party store to pick up the balloon order for my sons B-day. There was a lady in front of me. She wanted 20 ballons and wanted to know how much it would cost. The clerk told her the ballons are .89 a piece or a dozen for 8.99. She wants a damn calculator-literally! The lady wants to know if the clerk has a calculator! Now I'm getting irked. So,I do the math in my head and come up with $17.80. I announce my conclusion and the lady has the nerve,THE F'n NERVE to turn around and tell me "this isn't your business". Whiskey,Tango,Foxtrot? Now,I'm steamin! So, I dig in my pocket,find a quarter and SLAM it on the counter and say"there,just buy the two dozen and stop wasting everyones time". Then I whip out my reciept,force the clerk to accept it and go grab my balloons. This idiot starts the whole chicken necking "oh no you didn't" crap. "Yeah, I did". Now,I'm just beside myself with aggravation. So, I told her in plain Ebonics-"go "F" yourself. As I'm walking out of the store(ignoring the idiot) she's in the background yelling about racism. I can't wait til Tues.:smt038

 

[capecodcruiser]

Alright so,my redneck side came out today. I went to the party store to pick up the balloon order for my sons B-day. There was a lady in front of me. She wanted 20 ballons and wanted to know how much it would cost. The clerk told her the ballons are .89 a piece or a dozen for 8.99. She wants a damn calculator-literally! The lady wants to know if the clerk has a calculator! Now I'm getting irked. So,I do the math in my head and come up with $17.80. I announce my conclusion and the lady has the nerve,THE F'n NERVE to turn around and tell me "this isn't your business". Whiskey,Tango,Foxtrot? Now,I'm steamin! So, I dig in my pocket,find a quarter and SLAM it on the counter and say"there,just buy the two dozen and stop wasting everyones time". Then I whip out my reciept,force the clerk to accept it and go grab my balloons. This idiot starts the whole chicken necking "oh no you didn't" crap. "Yeah, I did". Now,I'm just beside myself with aggravation. So, I told her in plain Ebonics-"go "F" yourself. As I'm walking out of the store(ignoring the idiot) she's in the background yelling about racism. I can't wait til Tues.:smt038

All I can say is, you go boy!!!! And before someone starts to squak and scream racism, if the roles were reversed, guess what wouldn't have happened.....Good for you speaking your mind, some people are just clueless, no matter what their color and if more people spoke up, we may educate them to the fact that they aren't the only ones on this planet!! stepping off the soap box........

 

[Woody]

I don't think I'd be bragging about that incident. Why you want to brag about cussin a woman and your poor math skills?

 

[Woody]

All I can say is, you go boy!!!! And before someone starts to squak and scream racism, if the roles were reversed, guess what wouldn't have happened.....Good for you speaking your mind, some people are just clueless, no matter what their color and if more people spoke up, we may educate them to the fact that they aren't the only ones on this planet!! stepping off the soap box........

Now see what you went and did last night. You drank too much beer and killed your brain cell.

 

[Mike-n-Jolie]

I don't think I'd be bragging about that incident. Why you want to brag about cussin a woman and your poor math skills?

Wasn't bragging-venting pal! Someone is gonna hold up the line and inconvenience other people over less than $.20 because they can't do basic math? And then get rude about it to boot! I consider other peoples time as valuable. I expect the same in return. And,can you explain my poor math skills? .89x20=17.80 right? 8.99x2=17.98 right? 17.98-17.80=.18 right? Sooo,$.25 covered the difference-right? What was I supposed to do,go out to my truck and find this lady exact change-NEGATIVE! BTW,the clerk was trying to sell her two dozen ballons instead of the 20 she was making an issue out of.

 

[Woody]

Wasn't bragging-venting pal! Someone is gonna hold up the line and inconvenience other people over less than $.20 because they can't do basic math? And then get rude about it to boot! I consider other peoples time as valuable. I expect the same in return. And,can you explain my poor math skills? .89x20=17.80 right? 8.99x2=17.98 right? 17.98-17.80=.18 right? Sooo,$.25 covered the difference-right? What was I supposed to do,go out to my truck and find this lady exact change-NEGATIVE! BTW,the clerk was trying to sell her two dozen ballons instead of the 20 she was making an issue out of.

You had two shots at it and still didn't get it right. She wants 20 ballons. First dozen(12) are $8.99. Next 8 are .89ea so 8 X .89 = $7.12. Now $8.99 +7.12=$16.11.
You admit you acted like a redneck in the first sentence of the original post, I agree. So send the lady some flowers and apologize.

 

[Pseudomind]

All I can say is, you go boy!!!! And before someone starts to squak and scream racism, if the roles were reversed, guess what wouldn't have happened.....Good for you speaking your mind, some people are just clueless, no matter what their color and if more people spoke up, we may educate them to the fact that they aren't the only ones on this planet!! stepping off the soap box........

+10, Touche'

And this will never end as long as the media keeps beating the bushes about it. I have watched as a couple of generations have grown up and the mantra is the same. I often tell people if this nation makes it to 1,000 years this same old crapola will still probably be, being bantered in our society

What needs to be stressed is self-reliance, dedication, hard work , self-responsibility, to embrace education, etc.

Instead the media prefers to promote the "Woe is me, self pity, whine and cry, It's all about me!" doctrine.

Like I have mentioned before, I do not subscribe to the "White Man's Guilt" philosophy.

I tend to follow some semblance of either the Ten Commandments, Golden Rule, or Rules for Societies to live by, respect is earned.

:thumbsup:

 

[Presentation]

Alright so,my redneck side came out today. I went to the party store to pick up the balloon order for my sons B-day. There was a lady in front of me. She wanted 20 ballons and wanted to know how much it would cost. The clerk told her the ballons are .89 a piece or a dozen for 8.99. She wants a damn calculator-literally! The lady wants to know if the clerk has a calculator! Now I'm getting irked. So,I do the math in my head and come up with $17.80. I announce my conclusion and the lady has the nerve,THE F'n NERVE to turn around and tell me "this isn't your business". Whiskey,Tango,Foxtrot? Now,I'm steamin! So, I dig in my pocket,find a quarter and SLAM it on the counter and say"there,just buy the two dozen and stop wasting everyones time". Then I whip out my reciept,force the clerk to accept it and go grab my balloons. This idiot starts the whole chicken necking "oh no you didn't" crap. "Yeah, I did". Now,I'm just beside myself with aggravation. So, I told her in plain Ebonics-"go "F" yourself. As I'm walking out of the store(ignoring the idiot) she's in the background yelling about racism. I can't wait til Tues.:smt038

Mike,

You are a small, pathetic poor excuse of a man.

"go "F" yourself

ditto

No, I’m not a democrat. The above has nothing to do with the election; it has to do with you picking on someone else that is obviously less well off then you.

 

[fc3]

Not just going downhill. Screaming downhill.

 

[Presentation]

Not just going downhill. Screaming downhill.

Yeah, I’m trying to calm down. That post got my dander up.

Interestingly, the other forum member who also was upset with this post is from Wisconsin.

Maybe we are just more sensitive to one person mistreating another, less fortunate person around here.

I’m definitely not saying the rest of the country would be like Mike, I’m just observing that it seems us in Wisconsin will verbalize our strong disappointment when it happens. At least in this case.

 

[hack4alivin]

You know what would be really nice? If any thread flagged as “Holding Tank” did not pop up on the home page. In that way this stuff would stay where is belongs.

 

[Nehalennia]

You know what would be really nice? If any thread flagged as “Holding Tank” did not pop up on the home page. In that way this stuff would stay where is belongs.

I agree 100%. Wes/Jim, can all of the posts that are in and belong in the holding tank be exempt from popping up or showing up when you click on "NEW Posts- 24/48 Hours"?

I read the title "Blew a Gasket today" and didn't notice it was in the Holding tank. I was worried that Mike had blown a gasket so I clicked to read of his unfortunate experience and hope to learn to avoid it.

This is simply more crap.

Mike I understand you're venting. I can understand the frustration, but you did bring race into this. Your sentence including "ebonics" clued us all in that her color was an issue. There are lots of people out there that may have asked for a calculator, held up the line and irritated those being slowed by their actions.
Color has nothing to do with it. If it was a little white haired old "White" Grandma, I bet you would have acted differently.

Move on. Too much sh*t in the holding tank is beginning to dilute the intent of this site.
It would be nice if it wasn't as equally advertised as the good threads

 

[Pseudomind]

Here is a good Coulda, shoulda, woulda, or If-then-else etc.example

A simpler solution would be to just READ. A thread is in the "Holding Tank" where it belongs, and those who choose not to READ "Holding Tank" comments, get their undies in a bunch, instead of just stating something like;

I did not look at the forum the last post was in before opening it to read, so now I am going to complain, for MY shortcomings for not looking at which forum the thread was in before opening.

That is a big problem with the world today, no one wants to admit to their own mistakes, just blame someone or something else.

So now rant and rave some more, one never has to look at any comments in the "Holding Tank", unless they choose to do so

Sooo explain now how you happen to be reading this post? :huh:

 

[fc3]

I didn't mean you, Doug. The world, the country, etc.

 

[comsnark]

Gotta agree to an extent. This is why I never read the "last thread in 24 hours" type stuff. I always drill down from the forum view.

That way, I don't have to wade through all the BIH posts to find the gems about GPS systems. Which is why I didn't see the thread on "house pics" until all the excitment was over.

 

[hack4alivin]

Here is a good Coulda, shoulda, woulda, or If-then-else etc.example

A simpler solution would be to just READ. A thread is in the "Holding Tank" where it belongs, and those who choose not to READ "Holding Tank" comments, get their undies in a bunch, instead of just stating something like;

I think you missed my point, and I am reasonably sure that everyone responding to threads on CSR can read. I would be rather difficult to respond if not.


I do not know if it could even be done, but post that are flagged “Holding Tank” will populate the main page of recent threads, very often pushing off posts with actual boating content. In this case someone’s boating question can get pushed off and lost before someone that can answer it finds it. Today alone there was three holding tank post on the “Home” page.

Don’t get me wrong I will frequent the holding tank myself, in fact I do enjoy the reading, but if I choose to jump in that’s my choice. Yea sure I can read the holding tank flag on the home screen but why sacrifice this valuable screen space on holding tank threads. Just my thoughts:huh:

 

[billandamy]

I'll agree and propose:

1. Holding tank is for registered members ONLY (not paying members, but members willing to have an actual registered screen name) On another bb I am on, the off topic section is never seen by "guests".
2. Holding tank threads do not appear in "last 24 hrs" portion up top.
3. That after the above occurs, the dorks and wusses who constantly complain about the holding tank find some actual friends and see what people in life outside of boats (gasp) actually discuss, the good, the bad, the funny.

 

[hack4alivin]

My bad… I thought “Blew a gasket” was really about the boat. Silly me.

 

[Presentation]

I didn't mean you, Doug. The world, the country, etc.

Thank you.

 

[Skuza]

Way to go man! I can't stand stupid people, no matter WHAT their color. They come in all colors, shapes, sizes and sexes!