Posted on 03/25/2015 7:07:07 PM PDT by Nowhere Man
I agree with most of what you wrote but if I were you I would avoid discussing politics or religion with my clientele.
Politics isn’t about logic, it is emotion. Until people feel the pain of their poor electoral choices, they will continue to believe what they believe.
Yeah, I see your point. You can never tell who will make a ruckus.
I can't engage people on politics because I know it's only a spitting contest and no one is going to have an epiphany and change their mind. Liberals are shallow and stupid, generally speaking. You cannot reason with an entity driven purely by self-serving ideals and emotions. All you do is dive up your own blood pressure.
Politics should not be discussed in a business, if you care about that business. If you get the urge, go to Starbucks and talk to the barrista about how beautiful the Confederate flag is.
Not worth losing your Job over.
When dealing with Liberal Customers at work, there is one rule to know. Their Money is as Green as anyone else’s.
Talking sense to a Liberal is like barking at the Moon.
Well I live North of Pittsburgh and you aren’t going to find many favorable to Cruz in this highly liberal drenched area. They’re pretty backward in their mindset anyway so put a liberal lean on them and they come short on gray matter. There’s a few bastions here and there but consistently suppressed.
My son was in “adult” college here getting his masters when 9/11 hit. They had discussions in the classroom of course....it was an eyeopener for him...said he felt like he was in another country by all that was spoken and it was anything but favorable for America.
Do your employers know you do this? Conservatives used to have an expression, "shut up and sing." I guess it got revoked.
>>Politics isn’t about logic, it is emotion.
This is the point. Whenever I’m insulted by a liberal I tell them the opposite - Politics isn’t about emotion, it’s about logic. Sometimes, rarely, they snap out of it.
Remember that most Catholics are democrat voters, not republicans, so her politics were normal for that denomination.
Point taken, I’ll be more careful in the future. I like the Starbucks idea but I don’t drink coffee. B-)
That said, people aren't dumb. They are blind...by choice.
"There are none so blind as those who will not see." (attributed to Matthew Henry)
I rarely do that but I will use better judgement in the future.
Well, they root for the Steelers. What do you expect?
Heck one time I thought a woman was pregnant, when in fact she was just fat wearing a tunic like top....I was assisting her with fragrance and mentioned it's always a good idea to change fragrances when your pregnant and why. Oh my gosh she yelled "How dare you!" and went on a huge rant while her mother tried to calm her down. When nothing I could say helped I offered to get management....and did. She wanted me fired!
Management had a hard time not laughing when I shared why she needed to address this idiot, (and she's heavy too), but went out to cool everybody's jets just the same. Afterward her mother came back to apologize for her daughters behavior. It was wicked I tell ya!!!
You should have said... “Your poor grandchild”...when she looked at you with a funny look you could have said....”selfish people are ensuring she lives in a 3rd world country.”
....”Politics isn’t about emotion, it’s about logic. Sometimes, rarely, they snap out of it”...
On that point it’s a good comeback to ask them if they want a logical response or an emotional one...you’d be surprised how they answer that...but gives you an idea ‘how’ to follow through.
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