# Excuse me, but what makes you think our trade show booth is your personal trash can? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 12, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973 "2017-03-12T02:15:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973/161 "2017-03-17T08:35:57Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > I can outsell anyone on this board. > > You must not be in sales if you were you would know salesmen are the most cynical bastards on the planet. They spend a lot of time bitching about and mocking the more dimwitted or asshole-ish customers. Sorry to ruin it if you think all salespeople like you because they act nice. > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Selling crack on a street corner doesn’t count Willie Loman. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973/162 "2017-03-17T13:42:08Z")
I’ve figured out what the OP sells… SHOVELS. Dude, stop digging. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973/163 "2017-03-17T13:49:56Z")
(Stops by to sit on Russian Heel’s fancy sofa and eat popcorn) ETA: (Reads D\_odds’ comment and coughs up popcorn) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973/164 "2017-03-17T14:00:45Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > So to you and that idiot that claimed I was a whiner earlier. I wasn’t whining. Someone made a threat and I wanted to give them the opportunity to clarify they were not serious. Actually Kellyanne, it was more like “Was that a threat? We need to talk to a mod about this!” You don’t have any microwaves in your display booth do you? They spy on you. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973/165 "2017-03-17T15:56:55Z")
> [@Debillw3](#): > > who thought that snow plow drivers made a conscious decision to dump snow in front of driveways You mean like this asshole? > **[This Snow Plow Driver Messing With Some Kids Trying To Shovel Their Driveway...](https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/741863/this-snow-plow-driver-messing-with-some-kids-trying-to-shovel-their-driveway-is-the-most-spiteful-dude-around)** > > I’ve declared 2017 to be The Year Of Spite based upon so many videos and Grudge Daves and everything else going down in the last few months. But without knowing the full context here, this snow plow d... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973/166 "2017-03-17T16:15:06Z")
I always like looking at other things on cites like that. I enjoyed this one: [Real Talk – Should Guys Be Afraid To Send Their Girlfriends To Soul Cycle?](http://www.barstoolsports.com/boston/real-talk-should-guys-be-afraid-to-send-their-girlfriends-to-soul-cycle/?utm_source=desktop&utm_medium=sidebartop&utm_campaign=push) (apparently an indoor cycling class where the instructors are just looking to get laid - and maybe the women who are working out are too! > [@](#): > > Girls need to take girl instructors or gay instructors or they are probably looking to get laid plain and simple. ---
**Author:** ![Debillw3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Debillw3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debillw3)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973/167 "2017-03-17T17:57:57Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > You mean like this asshole? > > [http://www.barstoolsports.com/barstoolu/this-snow-plow-driver-messing-with-some-kids-trying-to-shovel-their-driveway-is-the-most-spiteful-dude-around/?utm\_campaign=SocialflowTw&utm\_source=BarstoolTw&utm\_medium=Socialflow](http://www.barstoolsports.com/barstoolu/this-snow-plow-driver-messing-with-some-kids-trying-to-shovel-their-driveway-is-the-most-spiteful-dude-around/?utm_campaign=SocialflowTw&utm_source=BarstoolTw&utm_medium=Socialflow) > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk No, I mean the ones you were referring to. But it’s nice that you finally found a quasi-relevant citation 3 years after you made your idiotic post–and over 12 hours after you already replied to that comment & the conversation moved way past it. ---
**Author:** ![Debillw3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Debillw3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debillw3)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973/168 "2017-03-17T18:02:51Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > I always like looking at other things on cites like that. It’d seem to be OP’s favorite website–they also cited it in their Lena Dunham thread. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973/169 "2017-03-17T18:36:44Z")
> [@Debillw3](#): > > No, I mean the ones you were referring to. > > But it’s nice that you finally found a quasi-relevant citation 3 years after you made your idiotic post–and over 12 hours after you already replied to that comment & the conversation moved way past it. Your just butt-hurt because you shot your big mouth off about my previous OP and I found a video that completely supports my point. Its hardly “quasi-relevant”. It show,s as you said I said, a snowplow driver deliberately plowing in a driveway. I dont know how old the video is but its was trending on Twitter this morning so I didn’t for out of my way to find it not that it matters. You and Mr Mean Mustard seem to have this hangup with how fast someone relies to their post. Again please show me where it says I must reply within 12 hours. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Debillw3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Debillw3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debillw3)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973/170 "2017-03-17T18:54:08Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > Your just butt-hurt because you shot your big mouth off about my previous OP and I found a video that completely supports my point. No it doesn’t. Of course, you’ve shown an inability to remember what your point actually is, so I suppose we could let that go. > [@russian\_heel](#): > > Its hardly “quasi-relevant”. It show,s as you said I said, a snowplow driver deliberately plowing in a driveway. Yes, that’s what makes it quasi-relevant. To be completely relevant, it’d need to be the actual driveway that you were talking about. “Single snowplow driver is an asshole” =/= “My snowplow driver is an asshole” Nobody doubted that some plow drivers do that on purpose–in fact, IIRC, your thread had several responses that acknowledged they do. The issue is that you insisted it was happening to you, while simultaneously ignoring the actual physics of how plows work (hint: most don’t “dump” snow anywhere; in fact, the ones you were explicitly referring to don’t dump snow like you insisted). But, again, you’ve shown that you’re a bit slow on the uptake. > [@russian\_heel](#): > > You and Mr Mean Mustard seem to have this hangup with how fast someone relies to their post. Again please show me where it says I must reply within 12 hours. I didn’t say a single thing about how long it takes to reply to a post. Your problem here is that you did reply to the post. Then the conversation moved on. Then you came back 12 hours later with a cite and an “in your face” type response–which makes you look a bit pathetic. If you can’t see the difference between “not responding in 12 hours” and “responding in a matter of minutes only to bring the conversation back to that topic 12 hours later with a post that you insist makes your point (not to mention that it doesn’t), thus painting a picture of someone dwelling on an insignificant detail”, then, well… Like I said, slow on the uptake. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973/171 "2017-03-17T18:55:38Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > i dont know how old the video is but its was trending on twitter this morning so i didn’t for out of my way to find it not that it matters. ENGLISH, iMOTHERFUCKER. DO YOU SPEAK IT!? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973/172 "2017-03-17T20:49:23Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > I always like looking at other things on cites like that. I enjoyed this one: > > [Real Talk – Should Guys Be Afraid To Send Their Girlfriends To Soul Cycle?](http://www.barstoolsports.com/boston/real-talk-should-guys-be-afraid-to-send-their-girlfriends-to-soul-cycle/?utm_source=desktop&utm_medium=sidebartop&utm_campaign=push) > (apparently an indoor cycling class where the instructors are just looking to get laid - and maybe the women who are working out are too! Well that explains where RH got the idea for a vinyl sofa in his booth. ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973/173 "2017-03-17T20:55:45Z")
_ahem_ Your =/= You’re. I had to get that off my chest. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973/174 "2017-03-17T21:18:40Z")
> [@Debillw3](#): > > It’d seem to be OP’s favorite website–they also cited it in their Lena Dunham thread. jftr, **Debillw3** , the OP is a guy; you can refer to him as “he.” ---
**Author:** ![Debillw3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Debillw3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debillw3)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973/175 "2017-03-17T21:21:07Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > jftr, **Debillw3** , the OP is a guy; you can refer to him as “he.” So noted. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973/176 "2017-03-17T21:24:30Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > jftr, **Debillw3** , the OP is a guy; you can refer to him as “he.” Are we sure? Maybe _she_ wears a lot of Siradekian shoes. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973/177 "2017-03-17T21:38:30Z")
> [@Debillw3](#): > > You remind me of an angry monkey. You just keep jumping around, hollering, and making no sense. What “sense” do you need? He hates his job and blows off his hate by whipping out his iPhone to vent at us. Probably from a barstool, most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973/178 "2017-03-17T22:00:36Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > ENGLISH, iMOTHERFUCKER. DO YOU SPEAK IT!? Your caps lock key is stuck. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973/179 "2017-03-17T22:01:45Z")
> [@Debillw3](#): > > No it doesn’t. > > Of course, you’ve shown an inability to remember what your point actually is, so I suppose we could let that go. > > Yes, that’s what makes it quasi-relevant. > > To be completely relevant, it’d need to be the actual driveway that you were talking about. > > “Single snowplow driver is an asshole” =/= “My snowplow driver is an asshole” > > Nobody doubted that some plow drivers do that on purpose–in fact, IIRC, your thread had several responses that acknowledged they do. The issue is that you insisted it was happening to you, while simultaneously ignoring the actual physics of how plows work (hint: most don’t “dump” snow anywhere; in fact, the ones you were explicitly referring to don’t dump snow like you insisted). > > But, again, you’ve shown that you’re a bit slow on the uptake. > > I didn’t say a single thing about how long it takes to reply to a post. > > Your problem here is that you did reply to the post. > > Then the conversation moved on. > > Then you came back 12 hours later with a cite and an “in your face” type response–which makes you look a bit pathetic. > > If you can’t see the difference between “not responding in 12 hours” and “responding in a matter of minutes only to bring the conversation back to that topic 12 hours later with a post that you insist makes your point (not to mention that it doesn’t), thus painting a picture of someone dwelling on an insignificant detail”, then, well… Like I said, slow on the uptake. So 12 hours is the official limitation on bringing up new information that wasn’t available before? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973/180 "2017-03-17T22:13:20Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > So 12 hours is the official limitation on bringing up new information that wasn’t available before? > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Yes? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-but-what-makes-you-think-our-trade-show-booth-is-your-personal-trash-can/781973.md?page=10)