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[greenkoolayd]

in half an hour i have to give a powerpoint presentation about the pros and cons of distracted driving/texting-while-driving legislation.  wish me luck.

[littlefallsmets]

You should definitely show up late, claiming that you got in a car wreck because you were distracted by the stress of giving the presentation.

[greenkoolayd]

wasnt necessary.  also, i totally got an A AND i have my final paper is more organized and put together.

[theinevitable]

What does it have to do with race? The whities I work with do the same from time to time.

Yeah, see, that's the thing. both my white  and black coworkers are a mix of lazy and not-lazy. But the mix that was there yesterday was that I was the one white guy, and my black coworkers were all noisily fuck*ng around while a huge line of (white) customers glared at them.

[side_show]

... worry more about the carpet stains, and how every attempt to improve them has lead to worse looking stains, and now a gross musty odor. 

[greenkoolayd]

http://www.cracked.com/article_18861_5-internet-life-lessons-parents-need-to-start-teaching-kids.html

[jay-ell]

...realize that now, when someone expresses a political opinion I find repugnant*, I don't get angry, I just think less of that person and move on with my life.

Does that mean I'm finally becoming a grown-up, or just that my youthful sense of moral outrage has been tempered by cynicism and a loss of faith in humanity?

*The opinion in question was, "Gays in the military are fine, as long as they keep them in the Navy, where they belong."

[Nabubrush]

*The opinion in question was, "Gays in the military are fine, as long as they keep them in the Navy, where they belong."

I wish they had just been riffing on the Village People song.

[greenkoolayd]

self righteous indignation has its place, i guess.

[jay-ell]

I wish they had just been riffing on the Village People song.

Dude's a Green Beret, so...no.

[Nabubrush]

Dude's a Green Beret, so...no.

Well, I figured you knew what you were talking about. I was just wishing.

[jay-ell]

I wasn't there so I can't lay in on if that was dude using service branch humour to lay off a question or not.

He wasn't. This sentiment was part of a larger monologue that was all quite serious; the statement I gave above was a paraphrase of his proffered solution to the "don't ask, don't tell" issue.

He also suggested that the Air Force would be an appropriate second choice. I was...stunned...to say the least.

[theinevitable]

they were just standing there because my flamboyantly gay coworker was telling a stupid story really loudly in his really annoying voice, and they were all listening and laughing loudly. for a really long time.
I guess he mostly conforms to horrible stereotypes of gay dudes, instead of horrible stereotypes of black dudes.

the layout of our registers is weird, and it is conducive to weird situations like this happening I think. all of the customers are in one big line which feeds into a line of registers-- when the cashier is ready he waves you over. This leads to major confusion, anger, etc. When people get what is going on it goes really fast, though, because you are never in the "wrong" line. I do not understand why we don't have a sign that says "wait here for your cashier to wave you over."

a lot of people can't even figure out where the line is. although we do have signs for that.

[pmcd9]

That's really the best way, but a lot of people get confused because it's so unusual to see that system in place.

[CortJstr]

I feel that's the best way but the fact that Best Buy works like that makes me doubt my own logic.