Can I just alert everybody on the Boards to the fact that nobody has yet jumped on JohnT for his [ul][li]grammar[/li][li]spelling[/li][li]attitude to women[/li][li]poor fathering skills[/li][li]inability to communicate or[/li][li]bad posture[/li][/ul]
Come on gang - don’t let this man get away with voicing an opinion without the usual pile-on.
Remember our motto “only the people we already know with the issues we already know” Make sure he regrets ever having raised his voice, the nasty intruder! Who does he think he is?
Dear JohnT - aren’t these boards great? If your post rate is up in the high teens every day, you’ll get well known and you can say anything you like on these Boards. One beloved regular poster started three threads on the illness of her kitten a while ago .
She got criticised too, but the troops soon tore those foolish insensitive dolts to shreds. Just don’t sweat it mate. I think your point is a good one, but even if I disagreed, I’m still convinvced you have very right to post it here.
And people who think you’re wrong could always just turn to the next thread - It’s not as if there’s any shortage, let’s face it.
Hows your wife, by the way? Or as we often say here, the other half? [exits hastily]
Sorry Redboss, but the freedom to post his opinion affords other people the freedom to criticize it.
It didnt appear to be a pile on from where I’m sitting. Or is suddenly a group of people making valid arguments against a point suddenly a pile on?
It was a stupid thing to rant about. The OP took the Waitress’ comments up the completely wrong way.
This has been anything but a pile on.
And yes, regular posters do get torn down as well.
I’m inclined to agree with Redboss. Something (admittedly trivial) pushes JohnT’s buttons, so he posts a rant about it here. Well, that’s one of the things the Pit is here for, isn’t it?
And posting a message on a board (that the hostess in question has probably never heard of) hardly constitutes an overreaction. Now, if JohnT had pulled out an industrial nail gun and tacked the hostess to the ceiling while screaming “My daughter is a whole person you @%^!!!”, then his behaviour might be deserving of criticism. But he didn’t. (I hope.)
Um…to set the record straight…(if we’re talking about the same incident), the “foolish, insensitive dolt” was gloating that her kitten was going to die, and wished for it to do so. Repeatedly. In a grieving-type thread.
Behaviour that obscene deserves tearing to shreds.
And I see only minor disagreement with the OP as a whole. No anger, no “tearing to shreds”, just mild disagreement.
Please, Redboss: tell me you haven’t joined the dark-side: the “It’s only a rant, it doesn’t need to be accurate.” crowd! :eek:
Redboss, that is one of the funniest lines I have read on the boards! I tip my hat to you, sir.
Turning my attention to the OP…I just wish my life was so near a point of perfection that all I could find to rant about was how a waitress verbally acknowledged my child’s seating arrangements.
I figure if I put Esprix’s name here, he’ll find this thread (and post) in a vanity search and rip this “gay” jerk the new asshole he needs.
After all, since the OP has a kid and a wife, therefore this is a “gay” rant, right? And “gay” is an insult, right? Tell ya what, why don’t you go back in the high-school locker room and flip towels at the latest faggot-of-the-month and let the grownups talk.
Ditto that. And when I was a restaurant hostess, and someone walked in holding a baby and said, “Two and a Half,” I’d glance at the baby and say, “I dunno… looks like a whole person to ME…”
I saw no reference to homosexuality in the OP. Could you clarify?
(Oh, and John, indeed, I don’t think the waitress meant offense. Travelling is exhausting - you’ll feel better after a few days at home. We’re pullin’ for ya. )
andros, you misinterpret me, sir. I did not mean to imply that I agreed with Redboss’ post. I merely stated that I found that particular line hilarious.
