# One of my lamest rants ever! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 14, 2007, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-lamest-rants-ever/422659 "2007-10-14T06:40:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-lamest-rants-ever/422659/21 "2007-10-16T01:07:30Z")
[QUOTE=Sal Ammoniac] Put yourself in his shoes. He probably made an innocent mistake, one that (only hypothetically) set you back the lordly sum of 50 cents, and you – the high-priced consultant who makes in two days what he makes in two weeks – go all feral on him? [/QUOTE] Re-read the OP. The fuzznuts didn’t even remember what he said 2 minutes prior. And how does what I made on 1 job negate the fuckupedness of this twit? While my rant may be lame, it is justified. Your previous post was not. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-lamest-rants-ever/422659/22 "2007-10-16T13:33:54Z")
He made a mistake – a tiny mistake of no consequence whatever to you. And you gave him shit for it. How do you think you came across to him, if not as the kind of prick who would make a huge deal over a 50-cent mistake? It’s a lame rant, and it was even lamer to get angry with the kid in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-lamest-rants-ever/422659/23 "2007-10-16T14:36:45Z")
[QUOTE=Sal Ammoniac] He made a mistake – a tiny mistake of no consequence whatever to you. And you gave him shit for it. How do you think you came across to him, if not as the kind of prick who would make a huge deal over a 50-cent mistake? It’s a lame rant, and it was even lamer to get angry with the kid in the first place. [/QUOTE] So just out of interest, how much do the values between offer and request have to change before it’s worth getting angry about it? $1, $5…? ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-lamest-rants-ever/422659/24 "2007-10-16T14:45:35Z")
That’s where having an ordinary sense of proportion comes in. If it’s your own money, and the amount hurts, then you might have cause to be a bit disgruntled – disgruntled, mind you, not abusive. But where it’s only fifty cents and not even your own money…? ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-lamest-rants-ever/422659/25 "2007-10-16T17:03:49Z")
[QUOTE=Sal Ammoniac] then you might have cause to be a bit disgruntled – disgruntled, mind you, not abusive. But where it’s only fifty cents and not even your own money…? [/QUOTE] Where did I become abusive? I slammed the money down and walked off. That’s abusive? What kind of pussy would think that’s abusive? I don’t suffer fools gladly, and that kid was a fool. But, if you’ll recall, I’m the one that said it was lame to get my undies in a bunch over it, then you fucking come along and act like I pulled my pistol and shot the idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-lamest-rants-ever/422659/26 "2007-10-16T18:29:32Z")
[QUOTE=pkbites] **“What!?!:mad: You piece of…AUUUGH!!!”(storms out!)** [/QUOTE] That’s not abusive? And if it was lame to get your undies in a bunch over it then, it’s lame to get your undies in a bunch over now. I don’t see much sign of unbunching. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-lamest-rants-ever/422659/27 "2007-10-16T20:23:13Z")
I didn’t get annoyed by it but I had a WTF? moment with a cashier recently. I paid $2.15 cash for a $2.14 purchase. I reach out my hand to receive the penny in change and the cashier tosses it in the take-a-penny tray without saying a word or even looking at me. She had already turned away to converse with another employee. I am more amused than anything, mostly by my own reaction of WTF? ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-lamest-rants-ever/422659/28 "2007-10-16T23:01:54Z")
[QUOTE=Sal Ammoniac] That’s not abusive? [/QUOTE] Nope. Saying you piece of (I did NOT finish the sentence) and walking out is a justified expression of intolorance towards idiocy. ---
**Author:** ![Audrey\_Levins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-lamest-rants-ever/422659/29 "2007-10-17T10:45:32Z")
Mine’s the opposite problem. I get too much change back rather frequently (three or four times a year, which is a lot IMHO) and I always give it back if I realize what’s happened. And I’ve had more cashiers wig out than you could fathom. They’re not even grateful I’m being honest–half of them seem to think I’m trying to make them look like an idiot. No, you didn’t look like an idiot til you stood here arguing with me about it. Who the HELL pays more for something than they have to? I’m gonna start keeping it then, fuckwit. No I’m not. I’m just going to whine about it here. _whine_ ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-lamest-rants-ever/422659/30 "2007-10-20T01:05:56Z")
[QUOTE=Sal Ammoniac] Put yourself in his shoes. He probably made an innocent mistake, one that (only hypothetically) set you back the lordly sum of 50 cents, and you – the high-priced consultant who makes in two days what he makes in two weeks – go all feral on him? [/QUOTE] I don’t subscribe to that point of view – that a minimum wage job is worth only minimum effort from an employee. If someone has that attitude, good luck getting a better job, or performing well at it if they do. Also I’m wondering if he washed his hands between mopping and making the sandwich. :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-lamest-rants-ever/422659.md?page=1)