# I've been working here for fifteen years! I have benefits! **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/81 "2010-05-24T19:02:21Z")
That isn’t a thumb. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/82 "2010-05-24T19:05:24Z")
Someone better tell Drew Curtis of [Fark.com](http://Fark.com) that “coont” is a racial slur. For those who aren’t familiar with the site, there’s a profanity filter on it that turns “shit” into “shiat”, “bitch” into “biatch” and so on. If you try to make a post with “cunt” in it, the filter turns that into “coont”. TBH I’ve seen “coont” for years as slang for “cunt” and never once thought it was anything else, kind of like “shite” for “shit”. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/83 "2010-05-24T19:10:19Z")
> [@Stan\_Shmenge](#): > > 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. > [@statsman1982](#): > > Promise? Now, don’t go sending him that fast-track application; that’s not nice. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/84 "2010-05-24T19:40:01Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > Someone better tell Drew Curtis of [Fark.com](http://Fark.com) that “coont” is a racial slur. For those who aren’t familiar with the site, there’s a profanity filter on it that turns “shit” into “shiat”, “bitch” into “biatch” and so on. If you try to make a post with “cunt” in it, the filter turns that into “coont”. > > TBH I’ve seen “coont” for years as slang for “cunt” and never once thought it was anything else, kind of like “shite” for “shit”. Agreed. He was just trying to beat the prohibition on using that word in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/85 "2010-05-24T19:42:12Z")
So now we have consensus, can we go back to how much the OP is a fuckwit? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/86 "2010-05-24T20:03:39Z")
> [@Angry Lurker](#): > > And Guinnie, pet, I don’t want this argument with you as it’s fruitless and may do you some damage. I just hope you get some help soon. If you want some help and don’t know where to turn please PM me. No, that’s okay, I think I’ll decline. Asking you for help on where to turn would be like asking Paris Hilton for help on how NOT to be a skank. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/87 "2010-05-24T20:07:43Z")
But she’s beautiful ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/88 "2010-05-24T20:12:58Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Agreed. He was just trying to beat the prohibition on using that word in the Pit. It’s not actually prohibited in the Pit, except when used to insult another poster. Calling an off-board personality a cunt is acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/89 "2010-05-24T20:31:38Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > It’s not actually prohibited in the Pit, except when used to insult another poster. Calling an off-board personality a cunt is acceptable. –unless the OP is a bigger prick than than his pittee is a cunt. I’d call that unacceptable. And applicable here. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/90 "2010-05-24T20:47:14Z")
When I see someone drop the ball like the OP I sometimes research their other posts to see if they are usually this bad, or if this was a one-off. I did so for the OP. One thing stood out immediately from another thread… “I should be happy to have any job in this economy” (for the contradiction to the sentiment expressed in the OPost) Yes you should. ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/91 "2010-05-24T21:02:33Z")
> [@Angry Lurker](#): > > You insulted the proletariat on a left leaning board. This is only going one way my friend 😃 I doubt it matters if the board is left/right/centrist leaning, any forum that is not full of fucking assholes would be calling the OP out on his shit. I am actually not believing the OP is legit, just because of how absurd and stupid it is. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/92 "2010-05-24T21:07:31Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > It’s not actually prohibited in the Pit, except when used to insult another poster. Calling an off-board personality a cunt is acceptable. Does that mean we can do it when someone goes offline? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/93 "2010-05-24T21:11:24Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > It’s not actually prohibited in the Pit, except when used to insult another poster. Calling an off-board personality a cunt is acceptable. I don’t think it’s prohibited, but calling someone a “coon” is a bit more wince-worthy, in my book, than “cunt”. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/94 "2010-05-24T21:38:24Z")
> [@julius blaze](#): > > I doubt it matters if the board is left/right/centrist leaning, any forum that is not full of fucking assholes would be calling the OP out on his shit. I am actually not believing the OP is legit, just because of how absurd and stupid it is. Yes and no… I mean I pretty right wing economically and I would call this out on any board, but I can’t deny that there are plenty of other people with similar views to me who would side with the OP, that it was somehow the “fault” of the Borders worker, even though that negates our entire thinking, but then a lot of right wingers are stupid, oh dear I’m digressing… Yes the OP does seem trolly, but then so many things do, I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/95 "2010-05-24T21:39:34Z")
> [@Stan\_Shmenge](#): > > 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! If you think that retards who fuck shit up only work in retail, you clearly don’t have enough job experience to be mocking anyone else’s position. And from the fact that you’re currently running some kind of temp gig, that seems to be a pretty accurate assessment. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Two guesses as to why she was angry. 'Cause she’s uppity? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/96 "2010-05-24T21:50:55Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > I don’t think it’s prohibited, but calling someone a “coon” is a bit more wince-worthy, in my book, than “cunt”. Racial slurs are a different issue, and may be subject to moderator action. However, the case for “coont” as a racial slur is not sufficiently strong to warrant intervention. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/97 "2010-05-24T21:52:01Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Racial slurs are a different issue, and may be subject to moderator action. However, the case for “coont” as a racial slur is not sufficiently strong to warrant intervention. Ok, thanks for the clarification. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/98 "2010-05-24T21:57:50Z")
Well, from the digging others have done, I stand corrected. I genuinely thought OP had acheived something in the world of work. As it appears, he hasn’t even managed to equal the achivements of those who he despises. I shall ahve to to give this some thought. ---
**Author:** ![ColdPhoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@ColdPhoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdPhoenix)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/99 "2010-05-24T22:41:08Z")
IME coont is Scottish/Irish for cunt. No racial connotations. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546/100 "2010-05-24T22:44:25Z")
> [@Stan Shmenge](#): > > 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! It’s true that employees should not be commenting on private conversations between customers. It’s also true that customers who deliberately make rude comments about an employee to one another so that the employee will hear them, rather than politely but firmly expressing their customer dissatisfaction to the employee directly, are total ass-leaks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-working-here-for-fifteen-years-i-have-benefits/540546.md?page=6)