# I've been working here for fifteen years! I have benefits!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [May 24, 2010, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546 "2010-05-24T07:08:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2010, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/1 "2010-05-24T07:08:43Z")
Yes, thank you bitch for that info. You have been working at Barnes & Noble for FIFTEEN YEARS! God is that fucking sad.
I am sorry that you overheard a PRIVATE CONVERSATION between my girlfriend, where I referred, correctly, after you guys totally fucked up her transaction, to people that work in shitty positions in retail as LOSERS!
BUT I WORKED HERE FOR FIFTEEN YEARS! I HAVE BENEFITS! I HAVE RETIREMENT!
Yes, you are a loser. If I worked at Barnes & Noble for fifteen years, I would shoot myself in the fucking head with a gun. Have you checked the stock price of B&N lately? Borders is about to go tits up, and you guys are next. Good luck with that retirement plan!
So throw me out. Call security. You are still a fucking loser. Sorry, bitch!
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2010, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/2 "2010-05-24T07:33:24Z")
I predict this thread will go well
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### Author:  [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2010, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/3 "2010-05-24T07:33:34Z")
> [@Stan\_Shmenge](#):
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> Yes, thank you bitch for that info. You have been working at Barnes & Noble for FIFTEEN YEARS! God is that fucking sad.
>
> I am sorry that you overheard a PRIVATE CONVERSATION between my girlfriend, where I referred, correctly, after you guys totally fucked up her transaction, to people that work in shitty positions in retail as LOSERS!
>
> BUT I WORKED HERE FOR FIFTEEN YEARS! I HAVE BENEFITS! I HAVE RETIREMENT!
>
> Yes, you are a loser. If I worked at Barnes & Noble for fifteen years, I would shoot myself in the fucking head with a gun. Have you checked the stock price of B&N lately? Borders is about to go tits up, and you guys are next. Good luck with that retirement plan!
>
> So throw me out. Call security. You are still a fucking loser. Sorry, bitch!
Yay you! You’re better than other ppl, and you TOLD THEM! And now you’ve told US how much better you are. Have you posted this on your Facebook page? Have you send out the appropriate chain- email? Now that you have your EPIC WIN, don’t drop the ball on the notification formalities.
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### Author:  [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2010, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/4 "2010-05-24T08:05:23Z")
Wow, you sound really important. Are you a senator?
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### Author:  [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2010, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/5 "2010-05-24T09:30:44Z")
This is another public service announcement
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(tell em’ I don’t give a fuck…)
Slim Shady does not give a fuck what you think
(tell em’ to suck my…)
If you don’t like it,
you can suck his fuckin cock
(tell em’ they kissed my ass)
little did you know,
upon purchasing this album,
you have just kissed his ass
(tell em’ I’m gonna…)
Lim Shady is feed up with your shit,
and he’s going to kill you
(yeah)
Uh, anything else?
Yeah, Sue me.
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### Author:  [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2010, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/6 "2010-05-24T09:35:36Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#):
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> Yay you! You’re better than other ppl, and you TOLD THEM! And now you’ve told US how much better you are. Have you posted this on your Facebook page? Have you send out the appropriate chain- email? Now that you have your EPIC WIN, don’t drop the ball on the notification formalities.
And of course you are as big a moron as this bitch. I just walked out of the place. What a fucking joke.
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### Author:  [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2010, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/7 "2010-05-24T09:36:44Z")
> [@Angry Lurker](#):
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> I predict this thread will go well
What are you? Fucking Nostradamus? Sorry, but the dumbass coont hasn’t a leg to stand on.
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### Author:  [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2010, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/8 "2010-05-24T09:37:56Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#):
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> Wow, you sound really important. Are you a senator?
No, I am STAN SHMENGE! Way cooler than you.
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2010, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/9 "2010-05-24T10:31:12Z")
> [@Stan\_Shmenge](#):
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> What are you? Fucking Nostradamus? Sorry, but the dumbass coont hasn’t a leg to stand on.
You insulted the proletariat on a left leaning board. This is only going one way my friend 😃
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### Author:  [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2010, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/10 "2010-05-24T10:50:11Z")
Oh for fucks sake **Stan.**
(Oh, btw, I had an uncle called _Stan_…he was my favourite uncle of all time! He was my mums younger brother so was unmarried and all that shit when I was a wee kid, but he was _The Best_. He used to take my sister and me to the movies and buy us ChocTops and popcorn, and let us watch \*\*Deadly Ernest \*\*on the telly when my nan reckoned we should have been in bed! He was the best uncle a kid could ever have!!)
You, on the other hand, are a complete fucking tool.
🙂
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### Author:  [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2010, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/11 "2010-05-24T11:07:07Z")
> [@Stan\_Shmenge](#):
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> If I worked at Barnes & Noble for fifteen years, I would shoot myself in the fucking head with a gun.
No you wouldn’t, you fucking retard.
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### Author:  [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2010, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/12 "2010-05-24T11:13:39Z")
In all seriousness though, it really shits me when those who (for whatever economic or psychological reason) reckon that they lord above us proles who actually work 9-5 (or whatever variation thereof) for a fucking living. Yeah, you say it’s sad working at B & N for 15 years? I’d LOVE to work in a bookshop, and you’d have to cart my body out in a box at the end of my employment!! Bookstore=Heaven in my thesaurus. 😃
The fact that _you_ were there buying books or whatever shows that the industry provides a service to _you,_ and that the lady behind the counter provides a service in merchandising the books to you…and you are maligning her, for _what_ exactly? Being a **person** behind a counter selling **you** books that **you** would like to **purchase**? I don’t see the problem here, except that **YOU** are the one with an attitude **Stan** , and you might be better rid of it before the next time you attend a retail outlet, just sayin’ and all.
Still reckon you’re a complete fucken moron/tool/wanker, whatever takes yer’ fancy. 😃
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/13 "2010-05-24T11:25:27Z")
Thing is, **kambuckta** , the naked truth is that he wouldn’t be insulting them if he wasn’t so insecure himself. Methinkings OP is not CEO type, more a middle management goon.
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### Author:  [@simple\_homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simple_homer)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2010, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/14 "2010-05-24T11:28:25Z")
I would not want her job for 15 years either.
But, you do have to give her credit for being responsible enough to stay at a job long enough to be able to have benefits.
She seems better to me than a person that just goes from low income job to another without ever being eligible for benefits.
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### Author:  [@simple\_homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simple_homer)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2010, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/15 "2010-05-24T11:33:34Z")
> [@Angry Lurker](#):
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> Thing is, **kambuckta** , the naked truth is that he wouldn’t be insulting them if he wasn’t so insecure himself. Methinkings OP is not CEO type, more a middle management goon.
I agree. The CEO’s that I know have a greater appreciation for responsibility, stability and hard work.
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### Author:  [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2010, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/16 "2010-05-24T11:35:03Z")
> [@Angry Lurker](#):
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> Thing is, **kambuckta** , the naked truth is that he wouldn’t be insulting them if he wasn’t so insecure himself. Methinkings OP is not CEO type, more a middle management goon.
You might be right\*\* Angry\*\*. It’s the MM leftovers who get riled at those above them for missed opportunities, and those below them for not aspiring to the heights they’ve risen to.
Must be hard for him negotiating such a tight-wire of unfulfilled expectations. 😃
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2010, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/17 "2010-05-24T11:49:01Z")
To paraphrase Winston Churchill: the woman at B&N could someday get a better job but **Stan** will still be a dickhead.
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### Author:  [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2010, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/18 "2010-05-24T11:53:37Z")
> [@Stan\_Shmenge](#):
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> If I worked at Barnes & Noble for fifteen years, I would shoot myself in the fucking head with a gun.
What else would you shoot yourself in the head with? A tree? A boat?
You are every bit as dumb as you think her to be. You’re not even smart enough to shut the hell up about it.
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### Author:  [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2010, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/19 "2010-05-24T11:57:21Z")
> [@Gyrate](#):
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> To paraphrase Winston Churchill: the woman at B&N could someday get a better job but **Stan** will still be a dickhead.
That’s a really drunk quote **Gyrate** , but I’ll forgive you because I’m ugly.
Or words to that effect etc. 😃
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### Author:  [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2010, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/20 "2010-05-24T12:01:54Z")
Oy. What a tool.
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