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Leeroy Jenkins said:
Point is you seem to be incapable of discerning between irritants and serious problems.
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Point is you seem incapable of taking a position and putting yourself on record about anything that you would deem worthy of opening your mouth to another person.

Sounds like all the scenarios I presented in the earlier post are minor irritants to you and thus you would say nothing. Right? That is your position?

 
SIDA! said:
Leeroy Jenkins said:
Point is you seem to be incapable of discerning between irritants and serious problems.
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Point is you seem incapable of taking a position and putting yourself on record about anything that you would deem worthy of opening your mouth to another person. Sounds like all the scenarios I presented in the earlier post are minor irritants to you and thus you would say nothing. Right? That is your position?
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How annoyed are you that nobody is answering your scenario questions? How do people who don't take positions when you would make you feel?
 
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Leeroy Jenkins said:
SIDA! said:
Leeroy Jenkins said:
Point is you seem to be incapable of discerning between irritants and serious problems.
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Point is you seem incapable of taking a position and putting yourself on record about anything that you would deem worthy of opening your mouth to another person. Sounds like all the scenarios I presented in the earlier post are minor irritants to you and thus you would say nothing. Right? That is your position?
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How annoyed are you that nobody is answering your scenario questions? How do people who don't take positions when you would make you feel?
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I am not annoyed about it. You illustrate my point for me by not engaging because you don't want to be asked to justify or explain what you deem to be an irritant versus serious problems.

Isn't it so much more fun and amusing to lob shots over from a distance without actually taking a stand on anything?

As far as I can tell, you are the guy who doesn't let life's little irritants like cursing in front of your kid, talking and texting in theatres, racial epithets or unruly children in restaurants bother you. Why you are afraid of owning your position is beyond me. Clearly, you are the better man here. I am sure everyone else agrees with you. You are among friends.

 
SIDA! said:
Leeroy Jenkins said:
SIDA! said:
Leeroy Jenkins said:
Point is you seem to be incapable of discerning between irritants and serious problems.
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Point is you seem incapable of taking a position and putting yourself on record about anything that you would deem worthy of opening your mouth to another person. Sounds like all the scenarios I presented in the earlier post are minor irritants to you and thus you would say nothing. Right? That is your position?
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How annoyed are you that nobody is answering your scenario questions? How do people who don't take positions when you would make you feel?
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I am not annoyed about it. You illustrate my point for me by not engaging because you don't want to be asked to justify or explain what you deem to be an irritant versus serious problems. Isn't it so much more fun and amusing to lob shots over from a distance without actually taking a stand on anything?

As far as I can tell, you are the guy who doesn't let life's little irritants like cursing in front of your kid, talking and texting in theatres, racial epithets or unruly children in restaurants bother you. Why you are afraid of owning your position is beyond me. Clearly, you are the better man here. I am sure everyone else agrees with you. You are among friends.
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Hint: not all of these things belong in the same category.

 
Henry Ford said:
SIDA! said:
Leeroy Jenkins said:
SIDA! said:
Leeroy Jenkins said:
Point is you seem to be incapable of discerning between irritants and serious problems.
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Point is you seem incapable of taking a position and putting yourself on record about anything that you would deem worthy of opening your mouth to another person. Sounds like all the scenarios I presented in the earlier post are minor irritants to you and thus you would say nothing. Right? That is your position?
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How annoyed are you that nobody is answering your scenario questions? How do people who don't take positions when you would make you feel?
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I am not annoyed about it. You illustrate my point for me by not engaging because you don't want to be asked to justify or explain what you deem to be an irritant versus serious problems. Isn't it so much more fun and amusing to lob shots over from a distance without actually taking a stand on anything?

As far as I can tell, you are the guy who doesn't let life's little irritants like cursing in front of your kid, talking and texting in theatres, racial epithets or unruly children in restaurants bother you. Why you are afraid of owning your position is beyond me. Clearly, you are the better man here. I am sure everyone else agrees with you. You are among friends.
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Hint: not all of these things belong in the same category.
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Are you representing Leeroy Jenkins, speaking for everyone else or just yourself?

Jenkins says i don't know the difference between a minor irritant and a serious problem. You "hint" that the items I mentioned above fall into different categories.

I am aware of the fact that if you asked a hundred people to rank a list of 20 different scenarios that there would be a lot of differences in the composition of these lists. But you both and others rely on making vague statements because you do not want to be forced into justifying why X is a minor irritant or Y is a serious problem. Like I said above, it is easier to rag on/critique MOP, myself and others who put themselves out there with what they have done or would do when you can take pot shots from the back of the room. It is far different when you step into the fray and are forced to undergo an examination of what you would do and in what situations.

I have no problem with someone saying...yeah, SIDA!, I agree with you on this, this and that. But, over here...I am not crossing that line because it is not worth it to me or the risk is just too great for my liking.

I have no problem being scrutinized for my actions or being asked to justify why I think a certain way or do certain things. Unfortunately, most people it seems have adopted a viewpoint that they are not accountable to anyone else. That whatever they do is none of anyone else's business and whatever someone does is none of my business. And I suspect that some of things I see in this thread is a manifestation of what I believe we are increasingly seeing in society.

And that is...nobody wants to be judged or asked to answer about why they did X,Y and Z. Don't judge me and I won't judge you.

It is crap and why our society is decaying.

I am breathless with anticipation for your response. I can't wait to read how sane and normal you two are and what great judgment you are able to display in discerning the difference between irritants and serious problems. I am sure you have it all figured out and I just don't "get it".

 
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SIDA! said:
Henry Ford said:
SIDA! said:
Leeroy Jenkins said:
SIDA! said:
Leeroy Jenkins said:
Point is you seem to be incapable of discerning between irritants and serious problems.
Click to expand...
Point is you seem incapable of taking a position and putting yourself on record about anything that you would deem worthy of opening your mouth to another person. Sounds like all the scenarios I presented in the earlier post are minor irritants to you and thus you would say nothing. Right? That is your position?
Click to expand...
How annoyed are you that nobody is answering your scenario questions? How do people who don't take positions when you would make you feel?
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I am not annoyed about it. You illustrate my point for me by not engaging because you don't want to be asked to justify or explain what you deem to be an irritant versus serious problems. Isn't it so much more fun and amusing to lob shots over from a distance without actually taking a stand on anything?

As far as I can tell, you are the guy who doesn't let life's little irritants like cursing in front of your kid, talking and texting in theatres, racial epithets or unruly children in restaurants bother you. Why you are afraid of owning your position is beyond me. Clearly, you are the better man here. I am sure everyone else agrees with you. You are among friends.
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Hint: not all of these things belong in the same category.
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Are you representing Leeroy Jenkins, speaking for everyone else or just yourself?Jenkins says i don't know the difference between a minor irritant and a serious problem. You "hint" that the items I mentioned above fall into different categories.

I am aware of the fact that if you asked a hundred people to rank a list of 20 different scenarios that there would be a lot of differences in the composition of these lists. But you both and others rely on making vague statements because you do not want to be forced into justifying why X is a minor irritant or Y is a serious problem. Like I said above, it is easier to rag on/critique MOP, myself and others who put themselves out there with what they have done or would do when you can take pot shots from the back of the room. It is far different when you step into the fray and are forced to undergo an examination of what you would do and in what situations.

I have no problem with someone saying...yeah, SIDA!, I agree with you on this, this and that. But, over here...I am not crossing that line because it is not worth it to me or the risk is just too great for my liking.

I have no problem being scrutinized for my actions or being asked to justify why I think a certain way or do certain things. Unfortunately, most people it seems have adopted a viewpoint that they are not accountable to anyone else. That whatever they do is none of anyone else's business and whatever someone does is none of my business. And I suspect that some of things I see in this thread is a manifestation of what I believe we are increasingly seeing in society.

And that is...nobody wants to be judged or asked to answer about why they did X,Y and Z. Don't judge me and I won't judge you.

It is crap and why our society is decaying.

I am breathless with anticipation for your response. I can't wait to read how sane and normal you two are and what great judgment you are able to display in discerning the difference between irritants and serious problems. I am sure you have it all figured out and I just don't "get it".
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You do remember how funny you thought it was when you thought someone else was being presumptuous, right?

 
Henry Ford said:
SIDA! said:
Henry Ford said:
SIDA! said:
Leeroy Jenkins said:
SIDA! said:
Leeroy Jenkins said:
Point is you seem to be incapable of discerning between irritants and serious problems.
Click to expand...
Point is you seem incapable of taking a position and putting yourself on record about anything that you would deem worthy of opening your mouth to another person. Sounds like all the scenarios I presented in the earlier post are minor irritants to you and thus you would say nothing. Right? That is your position?
Click to expand...
How annoyed are you that nobody is answering your scenario questions? How do people who don't take positions when you would make you feel?
Click to expand...
I am not annoyed about it. You illustrate my point for me by not engaging because you don't want to be asked to justify or explain what you deem to be an irritant versus serious problems. Isn't it so much more fun and amusing to lob shots over from a distance without actually taking a stand on anything?

As far as I can tell, you are the guy who doesn't let life's little irritants like cursing in front of your kid, talking and texting in theatres, racial epithets or unruly children in restaurants bother you. Why you are afraid of owning your position is beyond me. Clearly, you are the better man here. I am sure everyone else agrees with you. You are among friends.
Click to expand...
Hint: not all of these things belong in the same category.
Click to expand...
Are you representing Leeroy Jenkins, speaking for everyone else or just yourself?Jenkins says i don't know the difference between a minor irritant and a serious problem. You "hint" that the items I mentioned above fall into different categories.

I am aware of the fact that if you asked a hundred people to rank a list of 20 different scenarios that there would be a lot of differences in the composition of these lists. But you both and others rely on making vague statements because you do not want to be forced into justifying why X is a minor irritant or Y is a serious problem. Like I said above, it is easier to rag on/critique MOP, myself and others who put themselves out there with what they have done or would do when you can take pot shots from the back of the room. It is far different when you step into the fray and are forced to undergo an examination of what you would do and in what situations.

I have no problem with someone saying...yeah, SIDA!, I agree with you on this, this and that. But, over here...I am not crossing that line because it is not worth it to me or the risk is just too great for my liking.

I have no problem being scrutinized for my actions or being asked to justify why I think a certain way or do certain things. Unfortunately, most people it seems have adopted a viewpoint that they are not accountable to anyone else. That whatever they do is none of anyone else's business and whatever someone does is none of my business. And I suspect that some of things I see in this thread is a manifestation of what I believe we are increasingly seeing in society.

And that is...nobody wants to be judged or asked to answer about why they did X,Y and Z. Don't judge me and I won't judge you.

It is crap and why our society is decaying.

I am breathless with anticipation for your response. I can't wait to read how sane and normal you two are and what great judgment you are able to display in discerning the difference between irritants and serious problems. I am sure you have it all figured out and I just don't "get it".
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You do remember how funny you thought it was when you thought someone else was being presumptuous, right?
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Lawyers love asking questions but hate giving answers.

 
Obviously these "situations" are getting to you. It's unhealthy to let everything that's not in your control affect you, you can't change the world.

Sick family members, personal financial woes, stuff like that is worth worrying about. I can't solve world hunger or the violence in the middle east. I'm not going to let it tear me apart inside and turn me into an angry lunatic that no one wants to be around.

 
Penguin said:
Obviously these "situations" are getting to you. It's unhealthy to let everything that's not in your control affect you, you can't change the world.

Sick family members, personal financial woes, stuff like that is worth worrying about. I can't solve world hunger or the violence in the middle east. I'm not going to let it tear me apart inside and turn me into an angry lunatic that no one wants to be around.
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There's no room for non-postion takers in here.
 
Earlier today a saw an overweight woman buying pop tarts, I felt like waiting outside and tripping her in the parking lot

 
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Penguin said:
Earlier today a saw an overweight woman buying pop tarts, I felt like waiting outside and tripping her in the parking lot
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If they're unfrosted and a flavor with "real fruit", I give 'em a break. Frosted cinnamon sugar, though, and she's going down. I mean, you gotta draw a line.

 
Ministry of Pain said:
You can sit there and type all you like, I go by people I talk to from these countries, and also my own personal travels. I would disagree, there is a path for folks who do not have as much when they enter this World, for the most part it is pretty fair.

Rather than worry about comforting the poor, why don't we pour more resources into the folks who did make the choice to better their lives and enter the working class as well as those who already are in the working class, why don't we spend more resources on the folks who are driving this country? Shouldn't the folks breaking their backs everyday get some benefits? I want a system that rewards hard work.
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Oof. Yes, going by personal anecdotes is the best way to understand the situation. And life is so fair and that path so defined that class mobility is worse here than in Canada or Europe. But, sure, your story about a window man is probably stronger evidence than studies which take out for anecdotes.

I think everyone agrees with hard work and intelligence determining success. The problem is that it doesn't. People say that, hide behind an anecdote or two about a rags to riches story and don't actually see if that is the case.

If hard work or intelligence were truly the most important, wouldn't we expect to see people move from the top and bottom fifths of income from generation to generation? Or do you think the rich are better at instilling hard work in their children? Why is a high performing 8th grader from a low income area as likely to graduate college as a low scorer from a high income background?

Since Canada and other European countries do more for the poor, shouldn't class mobility be worse? After all, what incentive do they have compared to Americans? Yet, studies show you can rise in class much easier in those countries. Sort of debunks this whole, we coddle our poor too much, doesn't it?

 
Walgreen's tried to rob my kid. I told you - it's the weakest among us that these types try and prey on. That's the really unfortunate part about it.

 
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Penguin said:
Obviously these "situations" are getting to you. It's unhealthy to let everything that's not in your control affect you, you can't change the world.

Sick family members, personal financial woes, stuff like that is worth worrying about. I can't solve world hunger or the violence in the middle east. I'm not going to let it tear me apart inside and turn me into an angry lunatic that no one wants to be around.
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I am not sure what you mean by "obviously these situations are getting to [me]."

Are you under some impression that I am screaming and yelling at everyone in public or on the verge of a mental breakdown? Are you under the impression that I am scanning every restaurant for unruly kids so that I can scold their parents? I don;t go looking for trouble or try to find instances to get worked up about. Believe it or not, I am a pretty laid back and easy going guy.

These situations don;t get to me...because I am not an emasculated individual who thinks that the situations are beyond my control or that I am powerless to effectuate change, Or in instances where there is no real change that I can effectuate like racial epithets in the park - I got in their face and made myself painstakingly clear as to what I thought about them, etc.

Instead of stewing about the inconsiderate behavior or others in a restaurant or snickering about it to my wife and allowing it to ruin my evening or driving home from the park aggravated and pissed off that I tucked tail and skulked away like a little #####, I feel great. Even the BBB incident which was annoying and aggravating, had things about it that I have left out that made it totally worth it.

One of the ironies of this thread is that I bet each and every one of you have gotten worked up or exhibited some road rage while driving. Bravo to you all for really answering the bell of that serious problem of being cut off with the horn honk, bird and cursing from the comfort of your car. Or perhaps, you were really indignant and tailgated them or gave them a brake check. You guys really know how to step up when it really counts...when the situation is really serious.

Oh wait...I forgot. I am at FBG. None of you guys would ever do that. You are far too refined and level-headed to engage in such insane behavior. .

 
LOL at thinking that your examples are any more "Serious" than some jag off who's not paying attention cutting you off. None of it is serious. That's the part you don't understand, it's all petty bull####. And if you let yourself get worked up about stuff like that it's not healthy. If you bottle it up, it eats you alive. If you let it out and act like a jack ###, you alienate everyone around you. It's a lose/lose proposition, and it's all over trivial nonsense, none of it is "SERIOUS BUSINESS."

 
Let's imagine your driving home from work and someone that isn't paying attention pulls out in front of you causing you to break. Yeah it's F'ing annoying and dangerous and the guy was an irresponsible idiot for not paying attention. What are you going to do? Are you going to hunt him down and ram his Civic with your SUV? What if his wife happened to be with him and their two kids are with their baby sitter Katie? Are you going to make them orphans just because Mr. MOP was getting a ride along BJ from Mrs. Mop (Ms. MOP or kitchen MOP, whoever - not that MOP would care if you orphaned his kids anyway.)

You gotta pick your battles and there are only a few worth fighting. Some poor woman making bad dietary decisions isn't one of them. Some 14 year old running out of a CVS with a pack of Bubble Yum isn't one of them. Grandma MOP not having her check book and double coupons ready at the check out counter isn't one of them.

 
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I was serious earlier when I asked what you do for a living and if you are in charge of or supervise people in any capacity.

 
I was just telling my wife last night, "Only the FootballGuys can take a thread with this title and turn it into 23 pages." I love this place.

 
Yesterday, I showed compassion and empathy towards a fellow human being.

Then I thought of this thread so I punched myself in my face.

 
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In Canada, if any item get scanned improperly (above the quoted price) it's free. It's law.

Up to a maximum of 10$

That being said, Ive seen items scanned improperly, customer makes it known, manager comes, changes it, and that's the end.

NEVER once seen an issue over the matter. Ends as quickly as it starts

I feel like a guy like MOP would get the free item and still write to corporate that if he wasnt a savvy, aware customer, Walgreen's would have taken advantage of him and countless other fixed income families - and seek reparation like that race of minorities he doesn't seem to like working in his Walgreen's got.

 
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Soulfly3 said:
In Canada, if any item get scanned improperly (above the quoted price) it's free. It's law.

Up to a maximum of 10$

That being said, Ive seen items scanned improperly, customer makes it known, manager comes, changes it, and that's the end.

NEVER once seen an issue over the matter. Ends as quickly as it starts

I feel like a guy like MOP would get the free item and still write to corporate that if he wasnt a savvy, aware customer, Walgreen's would have taken advantage of him and countless other fixed income families - and seek reparation like that race of minorities he doesn't seem to like working in his Walgreen's got.
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Wait, do Canadians think that black people got reparations in the U.S.?

 
Henry Ford said:
Soulfly3 said:
In Canada, if any item get scanned improperly (above the quoted price) it's free. It's law.

Up to a maximum of 10$

That being said, Ive seen items scanned improperly, customer makes it known, manager comes, changes it, and that's the end.

NEVER once seen an issue over the matter. Ends as quickly as it starts

I feel like a guy like MOP would get the free item and still write to corporate that if he wasnt a savvy, aware customer, Walgreen's would have taken advantage of him and countless other fixed income families - and seek reparation like that race of minorities he doesn't seem to like working in his Walgreen's got.
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Wait, do Canadians think that black people got reparations in the U.S.?
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SEEK reparation

ah, #### ok... I see how my wording made it sound differently.

No, we know they didnt. I did mean seek.

 
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I went to buy a bag of halloween candy at Walgreens for the kids I'm teaching at church. Found some for 2.99, and she rang it up for 7.99. I told her that it was marked 2.99 and showed her. There were 4 boxes of the candy (hershey's, reeses, kit kat, and something else) all there clearly marked 2.99. She said "Oh they must be mis-marked" and turned around and walked off. All I could think about was this thread. I grabbed all 4 boxes and threw them to the floor and yelled "DON'T WANT ANYONE TO MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I DID" and stormed out.

Actually, I just looked at her for minute, waiting for her to say "Oh, that's our mistake, let me remove the errant tags and ring that up for you". That didn't happen, but I told the shift leader who was walking by, who removed the tags. Still didn't offer the candy at a deep discount, so I picked up a different bag (reese's only). I don't go to Walgreen's often, and based on my experience and the lawsuit that gave a little credence to MOP, I won't frequent it much in the future.

 
Penguin said:
I can't believe that MOP hasn't had Weights & Measure go in there and tear that place apart
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:lmao:

In all honesty, I rarely check the prices for something I'm buying unless it's on a deep discount. Going Incredible Hulk on store employees because something was 3/$6 instead of 3/$4 is just insane.

 
Corporation said:
I went to buy a bag of halloween candy at Walgreens for the kids I'm teaching at church. Found some for 2.99, and she rang it up for 7.99. I told her that it was marked 2.99 and showed her. There were 4 boxes of the candy (hershey's, reeses, kit kat, and something else) all there clearly marked 2.99. She said "Oh they must be mis-marked" and turned around and walked off. All I could think about was this thread. I grabbed all 4 boxes and threw them to the floor and yelled "DON'T WANT ANYONE TO MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I DID" and stormed out.

Actually, I just looked at her for minute, waiting for her to say "Oh, that's our mistake, let me remove the errant tags and ring that up for you". That didn't happen, but I told the shift leader who was walking by, who removed the tags. Still didn't offer the candy at a deep discount, so I picked up a different bag (reese's only). I don't go to Walgreen's often, and based on my experience and the lawsuit that gave a little credence to MOP, I won't frequent it much in the future.
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Guess you don't live in a state that requires them to sell at the posted price. One of the benefits of living in a liberal state.

 
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