# Oh, You've Apologized?  That Makes It ALL Better.   \[RO\]

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 22, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-youve-apologized-that-makes-it-all-better-ro/589988 "2011-07-22T15:01:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-youve-apologized-that-makes-it-all-better-ro/589988/41 "2011-07-27T05:57:52Z")

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> [@handsomeharry](#):
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> I think: Dick move against a bunch of dicks doing dick things. If you are striking, you aren’t working…they were on the employers property, taking up space, and, let’s be real, creating an atmosphere of intimidation…TS for them…What did they expect, ice cream?
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> Best wishes,  
> hh

Yes, standing up for yourselves. Such a dick move. I mean, god forbid someone assert their rights. God forbid someone actually fight to preserve their right not to be exploited. God forbid people actually get paid for work rather than wind up at the company store–you know, where we were before the unions.

Talk about an entitlement complex.

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**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-youve-apologized-that-makes-it-all-better-ro/589988/42 "2011-08-01T16:20:44Z")

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> [@handsomeharry](#):
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> I think: Dick move against a bunch of dicks doing dick things. If you are striking, you aren’t working…they were on the employers property, taking up space, and, let’s be real, creating an atmosphere of intimidation…TS for them…What did they expect, ice cream?
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> Best wishes,  
> hh

No…but as an employer myself, I consider what the manager did as a short-sighted, idiotic and DICK move…regardless what the strikers did or didn’t do.

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-youve-apologized-that-makes-it-all-better-ro/589988/43 "2011-08-07T03:29:04Z")

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> [@Guinastasia](#):
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> So do employers. Why do you think unions came about in the first place? Look up the Homestead Strike sometime.

Things that happened on the order of 100 years ago are of limited value in convincing people of the _continued_ value of a given organization or concept.

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