Great rant!
It made me happy I don’t have to deal with assholes like Fin_man all day long.
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I can sympathize with Fin_man, mainly because when I go to the post office, they always ask me that (seems like it’s always the same guy, too), and they (well, he, because, like I said, it seems to always be the same guy) says it in a tone like I’m a stupid moron for paying cash when I could use my credit card. It’s not the question, it’s the tone. Everything else he says in a normal tone, but that question is always in the “you’re a moron” tone.
Considering the OP, I can easily see this operation taking upwards of twenty minutes.
When I opened this thread and read the OP, I kept waiting for the additional info/outrage/massacre that would make it rant-worthy.
And then I got to the end and realized that…er…nope, that was it. Lady tells him about a credit/debit card payment option, and Fin_Man is so outraged that by the time he’s gotten home and logged on, he’s still not over it.
Geez. I wonder what happens when his local convenience store does fund drives for charity, and they ask him, “Would you like to donate a dollar to Charity X?”
“IF I’D WANTED TO FUCKING DONATE TO YOUR GODDAMN FUCKING CHARITY, I’D HAVE FUCKING SAID SO, NOW WOULDN’T I? WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM, LADY? YOU THINK MY DOLLAR BILL GREW ON A TREE? YOU THINK I WANT MY NAME ON ONE OF YOUR LITTLE FUCKING PAPER SHAMROCKS? TELL JERRY’S KIDS TO KISS MY FUCKING ASS!”
I like you, Fin_Man. Why’d you gotta go posting something so lame and asshole-ish? Seriously, dude. If this is the biggest pisser you’ve encountered recently, maybe you ought to get out a little more.
[sub]Or perhaps not, in the interests of public safety.[/sub]
Yo, Dopers,
This is actually a national phenomenon. I travel extensively and have had the displeasure of using post offices in the Midwest, the South, Colorado and now Los Angeles. Every fuckin’ time I’m there, he or she at the counter asks if I’d like to use my Debit Card or other plastic.
I think they’re trying to track us. Either that or they’re building some kind of marketing database.
I never knew that pitting someone or something couldn’t be done unless it was life-threatening. I always saw the pit as a place where one could just, you know… vent about what they didn’t like, be satisfied, and move on. Kind of like hitting a pillow, but with thousands of anonymous strangers watching. Kinda kinky, if you ask me… but I digress. Allow me to share the earth-shattering threads that people had the audacity to start without once considering whether this would shake the Free World to its very foundations: I Hate the new 50 Cent CD!!! and Neighbors taking your parking space are two threads that immediately come to mind. I strongly suggest you go immolate those posters as well. Otherwise, cut Fin_man a smidgeon of ye olde slacke.
Yeesh.
Sqube, the rule of the Pit is that the pillow has to at least in some measure deserve the Pitting. Buying substandard merchandise: warranted. Annoying neighbors: arugable, depending on the offence. Screaming at employees (even behind their backs) for trying to give you better service: jerkish.
Besides, the real fun of the Pit is when a thread turns and bites the author on the ass. Makes reading here more interesting, and posting a lot more exciting.
Blowback Pittings are the best. Everytime you post a Pit, you are taking the chance that people may point out what an idiot you are or were.
So while this is the Pit and you can say what you want (within reason), so can others.
The 'ol reverse pile on. 
Ok, mabye pet peeve worthy?
Did it seem like my anger/annoyance was this bad? No, not in the least.
Thanks. I like you too. But this is the biggest pisser I’ve encountered recently. Life is pretty good.
Sqube, thanks. I was wondering why people were getting so worked up over this.
And Miller (who seems to follow me around and try to pick a fight), show me where in Pit rules it says “the rule of the Pit is that the pillow has to at least in some measure deserve the Pitting”.
You know, there’s a real asshole around here who keeps leaving shit at our house. I tell him to get the fuck off our property, take his nasty-ass Weird-mobile and go the fuck back to wherever the fuck he’s fucking from. Apparently, this fucker things he has some fucking God-given right to leave his fucking shit at our fucking house because he’s our “Mailman”. I’m thinking of fucking becoming a fucking “Mailman” and going to his fucking house and fucking showing him how it fucking feels.
Ha! Thirty people in this pit thread are calling you a moron, but I’m the one who’s following you around trying to pick fights. Yeah, I’m your personal big, bad, stalker troll. Ooga-booga!
I’ll make you a deal, Fin_Man. You stop posting mind-bogglingly stupid OPs, and I’ll stop calling you on it.
Hey asshole - explain how your post behind mine in this thread - How to use apostrophes, for fuck’s sake - fits into your “stop posting mind-bogglingly stupid OPs, and I’ll stop calling you on it” rule.
Fin_man, I understand your annoyance, but it hardly seems to merit starting a thread.
I submit, once again, that it is not required to change the world with every thread that you start. We’ve got an entire forum called Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share. I believe it stands to reason, therefore, that most of the threads in there are not going to be earth-shatteringly important. So… how about that slack?
Yup. My S.O. is a bookstore manager. He and his employees are rated on how (and IF) they mention promotions and additional store events. The HQ for his chain send out “mystery shoppers” to check to see that the employees a) recommend an additional item and b) mention something that’s going on in the store. If this doesn’t happen, the employee AND the manager get a warning. If it doesn’t happen multiple times, the employee AND the manager can lose their jobs.
Knowing this has made me lots more tolerant of employees who ask me stuff like this. I don’t take offense at it anymore.
actually my biggest pet peave with fast food ordering is that after you finish rattling off your order, and end with…“and thats it.” they reply. “will that be all?”
hello???
eh, you should have had some fun with it.
POE: You know we also take credit and debit cards?
Fin_man: Nooo! Really? Here put the 53 cents on the debit card, the 10 bigones on the charge, and while your at it, can you break my 20?