Inconsiderate parking lot behavior

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mountainbike

I can’t speak for wes . . .

Don’t put words in my mouth

I don’t recall asking for an explanation

All I said is I thank you for acknowledging the inconsistency

What games are going on, by the way?

“Name calling” . . . huh?

Who called you names?

As far as I know, calling somebody inconsistent isn’t name calling

You are spinning this way out of control, in my opinion

I like you just fine, but that doesn’t mean I have to agree with you on everything, all the time

That goes for anybody

Are you possibly seeing an attack where there is none?

Again, I can’t speak for wes . . . but I wasn’t attacking you, nor am I doing so now

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Altruism What Is Altruism?

Altruism
1. Loving others as oneself. 2. Behaviour that promotes the survival chances of others at a cost to ones own. 3. Self-sacrifice for the benefit of others [Italian: altrui others]

Now I am not in love with that definition but consider we are all out to help other people with a car problem or whatever and consider any input altruistic, ie my def wanting to help someone with no desire for compensation for that help. Now with that in mind let us go forward.

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the same mountainbike If you’re comfortable discussing the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America but not the second I have no problem with that. I swore to protect your right to do that. I don’t have to understand!

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I was the one to kinda start the derail when I mentioned that 9mm ammo was cheaper than .380.
After that “king for a day” thread, or whatever it was, I know how some feel talking about firearms.
Though, if anyone wants to talk about them(wesw looking for a handgun, etc.), my PM box is open.

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@RodKnox
Are you sure you don’t mean ten percent for each category ? :wink: I think we all fall into one of those categories at some point. The better drivers just re invent themselves into a being a sane human being when they get behind the wheel. And then there are drugs…including alcohol.

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As always Richard -cephus,asserts himself-Kevin

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Saw something stupid in the supermarket parking lot today

A guy was sitting in his car, guzzling a super big gulp

he decided he didn’t want to/couldn’t finish it, so he got out of the car with the super big gulp.

He proceeded to put it directly behind his rear tire. He let out a super big belch, and he made sure that some people walking by heard it, also. it was the kind of belch that guy at the bar, on “The Simpsons,” does. you know, when he burps, his whole face vibrates. I don’t know the name of the character, but if you’ve watched the show, you know who I mean. The people walking by just shook their heads, and he had a smile on his face

Then he got in, started the car, and purposefully backed up over the super big gulp, making a super big mess

He could have easily walked to the front of the store and thrown it in the trash can, but no, he just had to make a mess

That was probably the most exciting moment of his day, and he probably patted himself on the back, while he was driving off

His wife probably has him on a short leash, so maybe this was his act of defiance . . . ?

Maybe he also sticks bubble gum on the underside of his desk at work

probably thinks he’s some kind of a rebel, when he does these stupid things

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Maybe he also sticks bubble gum on the underside of his desk at work

No No No only under the tables in the break/lunch/conference room never his own desk. That’s just gross.

probably thinks he's some kind of a rebel, when he does these stupid things

Rebel without a clue!

And the Simpsons character was/is Barney.

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@db4690, what makes you think a dork like that could get married?

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@jtsanders You’re right

I was giving “Barney” more credit than he deserves

I would never belch in somebody’s face, not even an enemy’s face

Not even sure I have many enemies, at the moment

When I was at the dealer, it was a different story, but thankfully my current work situation is much better. I strongly suspect when people are paid decently and have good benefits, they have less to gripe about and will probably treat their colleagues, bosses, etc. better

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@db4690 I would take that one step further and say fairly compensated, treated with respect and as an adult. I have had people come to work here that were paid very well, had great benefits but were treated like children. They weren’t trusted to do anything on their own without some micro-manager having to approve and they left because of it.

I think that latter part may be even more important than the compensation. If you love what you do and where you work, you may put up with lower pay. It’s well known that raises are only short term fixes for a sucky work environment…cash may entice someone to hang around but they will be miserable and make everyone else miserable until they leave for “greener” pastures…

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When I worked in the steel mill, management started treating hourly workers like adults, and asked for opinions on how to run the operation better. There were several times more good ideas once that happened than beforehand.

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I guess I’m lucky. I don’t think I ever worked any place where adults weren’t treated like adults. Even us kids were treated as adults. Most places ran like well oiled machinery, but then my memory may be fading.

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I once had a boss whose attitude was to assume that all of his mechanics were morons

Until/unless they proved him wrong

For example . . .

When walking by, he would always and immediately say “Whoa, that’s wrong.” Then if he happened to look closer, he would recognize that it was correct after all. Then he would say something along the lines of “I guess you got it right this time”

And if you were given something to diagnose, if you didn’t have it 100% figured out in 5 minutes, he’d come by and want to know what’s so difficult.

I wish I could diagnose every check engine light or noise in 5 minutes or less. But I can’t be that fast, not every single time, anyways

he talked up a storm. But if you really listened and read between the lines, it was clear that he wasn’t nearly as smart as he’d like you to believe

But since he was a “yes man” he rose in the ranks pretty quickly, so to speak. In the beginning, when he was still turning wrenches, he flagged a lot of hours

But . . .

Half of his repairs turned into comebacks

And when there was a warranty noise complaint, he lied through teeth and claimed he never heard the noise. Then he turned in the repair order and got his next job. Of course, the customer would come back, mad as ever, in a few days. But somebody else would have to diagnose and repair that noise. And they weren’t allowed to claim they couldn’t hear it

Somehow, upper management liked his style. When he turned in repairs as “unable to duplicate” they felt he was being inefficient. While everybody else saw it quite differently

Needless to say, even the mechanics that joked around with him loathed him, with a passion. They only acted like buddies, so that he wouldn’t talk smack about them to upper management, and get them in trouble

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Db, I have a name for people like that. Unfortunately, this is a family forum. But I’ll offer a clue: the name is anatomically derived… {:slight_smile: