# When some animals are more equal than others. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 18, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523 "2007-12-18T23:46:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/101 "2007-12-22T02:42:24Z")
> [@lobstermobster](#): > > I’m not one of those “may I please speak to your manager” douchebags. That’s too bad, because being a “douchebag” by talking to a manager is the only way to get anything done in the vast majority of retail stores. But hey, why get things done when you can get into a fight about it instead? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/102 "2007-12-22T03:00:24Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] That’s too bad, because being a “douchebag” by talking to a manager is the only way to get anything done in the vast majority of retail stores. But hey, why get things done when you can get into a fight about it instead? [/QUOTE] What in the world are you generally getting done that requires a manager? The only managers I’ve ever had to interact with that I can remember off the top of my head are the people called over to do an override. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/103 "2007-12-22T03:05:42Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > What in the world are you generally getting done that requires a manager? See: > [@jsgoddess](#): > > The only managers I’ve ever had to interact with that I can remember off the top of my head are the people called over to do an override. Or just about any other problem that comes up in a retail transaction, ever. Pieces missing from the product? Damage? Math error? Member card issues? The manager was always the only person with the ability to fix any of that in any retail place I’ve worked at and most of the ones I’ve shopped at as well. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/104 "2007-12-22T04:28:58Z")
The manager is also the person who comps your meal if it was especially bad. There is definitely a time and place for talking to managers; the person you usually interact with is just a wage-slave peon with no power at all; the only person who might be able to help you if you have a problem is often the manager. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/105 "2007-12-22T04:37:59Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] There is definitely a time and place for talking to managers [/QUOTE] Sure, but I consider “getting anything done” at a retail establishment to be trouble-free 99.9% of the made-up statistic time. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/106 "2007-12-22T05:53:46Z")
I used to want to be in The Clique. Then somebody told me they hated me because I was in The Clique. And then somebody else told me everybody in The Clique hated me. Finally, I remembered I finished high school two thirds of my life ago so the whole thing was beyond silly. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523/107 "2007-12-22T07:25:16Z")
[QUOTE=Una Persson] Reported. [/QUOTE] That cracked me up. [QUOTE=Eureka] As someone who sometimes reports posts, I’ve gotten e-mails from various mods saying various forms of “Thanks” “Good eye” “I see why you were concerned, but I disagree about the appropriate response” and one “Yes, please report egregious stuff even in threads that look heavily moderated, we got your report of this particular egregious stuff before we read it in the thread”. The last (and most recent) was in response to a report this post message from me consisting of “Here’s a post from a probable returning sock which includes a link to a place where links are discouraged, but I’m not really sure why I’m bothering to report it because this thread seems to be heavily monitored by moderators”. I assumed I got the e-mail response in large part due to my tone–but I could be wrong. [/QUOTE] **Eureka** , the mods secretly hate you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/430523.md?page=5)