Happy Holidays vs Merry Christmas

[JLeigh34]

Maybe someone who is in a bad mood, and just didnt like the fact that the clerk said what she did..Werent you ever in a bad mood, and someone just said something innocently and it set you off?..I know it's happened to me

Nope. I don't get nasty with people that are going out of their way to be kind if I'm in a bad mood. Actually, it usually cheers me up and improves my mood. I always try to be friendly to everyone.


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[Iwritecode]

For those of you at least 30 years of age, did any of you know of anyone that had issues of a serious type with allergies? It seems to be an issue of the last 10-15 years.

I never did but my kids went to school with one kid that had a peanut allergy.

But instead of banning peanut products from the entire school, they separated the one kid into a different room.

Similar thing when I was in school. One of my good friends was/is a Jehovah witness. Instead of banning classroom parties, they let him go home for the day when the party started.

This whole make everyone and everything equal and PC so nobody gets offended seems to be taken too far. Maybe it’s OK if kids grow up and realize that not everyone is the same and it’s ok to be different?

 

[Iwritecode]

Peanuts? People make shit and bring it in and every kid dies that comes within 500ft of a peanut.... so no more parties!

I'm sure that's part of it but they don't even let the kids pass out valentines or even birthday invitations because someone might not get included.

 

[JLeigh34]

I'm sure that's part of it but they don't even let the kids pass out valentines or even birthday invitations because someone might not get included.

Oh for goodness sake. Twenty years from now everyone is going to be a huge crybaby pansy.


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[Ares]

I'm sure that's part of it but they don't even let the kids pass out valentines or even birthday invitations because someone might not get included.

Everyone has feelings dude..... we need to protect all of them.... till they hit middle school or high school and the realization of where you fit in the social structure becomes clear anyways, but since you have the emotional toughness of a toddler you go off the deep end rather than being like "**** it, I'm a nerd, lemme find some other nerds so we can play WoW together, I may not get dates, but ima have a sweet ass new mount when I get home"

 

[Nail Polish]

Personal experience...

I was in line at the grocery store waiting to check out with a gallon of ice cream...The guy right in front of me had already checked out and was showing pics of his grandkids to the checker who he obviously knew..This went on for a few minutes and I could feel the ice cream getting soft..The cashier's eyes kept darting back and forth. She could guess I was getting impatient. Finally I said to the guy.." hey man, my ice cream is getting soft here, can you show the clerk your grandkids pics on your own time?"..I was pissed cause he showed absolutely no concern that I was waiting to check out while he was BSing with the clerk. He knew I was standing there and could have let me go, but he was acting big with his grandkids pics...

I should have phrased if differently. Maybe asking him if I could check out cause of the ice cream etc, but I was pissed and you know how that goes.. Anyway, the guy shot me a dirty look, and left. The clerk apologized for making me wait, and I checked out.

..My point is, we all get pissed about something, and it may have nothing to do with whats obvious. Maybe those 2 old geezers were pissed at that girl for some other shit, and that was their chance to get a dig in.. I wonder if someone in the store thought I was anti-grandkids...lol

 

[Iwritecode]

Then these over-protected kids grow up and start bringing their parents to their job interviews.

 

[gpphat]

Personal experience...

I was in line at the grocery store waiting to check out with a gallon of ice cream...The guy right in front of me had already checked out and was showing pics of his grandkids to the checker who he obviously knew..This went on for a few minutes and I could feel the ice cream getting soft..The cashier's eyes kept darting back and forth. She could guess I was getting impatient. Finally I said to the guy.." hey man, my ice cream is getting soft here, can you show the clerk your grandkids pics on your own time?"..I was pissed cause he showed absolutely no concern that I was waiting to check out while he was BSing with the clerk. He knew I was standing there and could have let me go, but he was acting big with his grandkids pics...

I should have phrased if differently. Maybe asking him if I could check out cause of the ice cream etc, but I was pissed and you know how that goes.. Anyway, the guy shot me a dirty look, and left. The clerk apologized for making me wait, and I checked out.

..My point is, we all get pissed about something, and it may have nothing to do with whats obvious. Maybe those 2 old geezers were pissed at that girl for some other shit, and that was their chance to get a dig in.. I wonder if someone in the store thought I was anti-grandkids...lol

The difference between your story and JLiegh's is the guy in front of you was being inconsiderate to the rest of the people waiting in line...where with the store clerk in JLiegh's example was being friendly to the customer and then the customer was rude back to the clerk. If someone gives you a pleasant greeting/farewell, no matter your mood or religious beliefs the right thing to do at the very least is say thank you. You can try and come up with whatever deeper issue could lie in that persons actions...but in the end being a decent person should trump any reaction.

 

[Nail Polish]

My point was..We dont know if the clerk in JLeighs case had done something to offend those people prior to the incident or not. Maybe that day, maybe at an earlier date. Maybe they had to wait too long etc.....Its all an unknown..Thats all Im saying..

 

[Ares]

My point was..We dont know if the clerk in JLeighs case had done something to offend those people prior to the incident or not. Maybe that day, maybe at an earlier date. Maybe they had to wait too long etc.....Its all an unknown..Thats all Im saying..

Correct, we don't know alot of stuff about them and they are still douchebags based on the evidence of them being douchebags to that girl who offered them a "Happy Holidays"

 

[Nail Polish]

Correct, we don't know alot of stuff about them and they are still douchebags based on the evidence of them being douchebags to that girl who offered them a "Happy Holidays"

Agreed 100%..But I was arguing their motive, not doucherry

 

[Ares]

Agreed 100%..But I was arguing their motive, not doucherry

As long as we can agree they were douchebags I'm cool

 

[Nail Polish]

we agree 100% on that

 

[DC]

**** those pussies that get "offended" when someone says Happy Holidays. When someone says that, it's more about THEM and THEIR feelings than yours. Cry me a river if you're offended.

I say Merry Christmas every time, all the time. And people lap it up like cocaine at a Rick James party.

Stupid consumers.

 

[Ares]

**** those pussies that get "offended" when someone says Happy Holidays. When someone says that, it's more about THEM and THEIR feelings than yours. Cry me a river if you're offended.

I say Merry Christmas every time, all the time. And people lap it up like cocaine at a Rick James party.

Stupid consumers.

If you go to England and say "Merry Christmas" you think they get snotty and go "**** YOU MATE, ITS HAPPY CHRISTMAS!"

 

[DC]

Dig it.

 

[Ares]

Dig it.

Ummm excuse me, its "I feel you bro".... aight get it right next time :lol:

 

[Iwritecode]

If you go to England and say "Merry Christmas" you think they get snotty and go "**** YOU MATE, ITS HAPPY CHRISTMAS!"

I wouldn’t get upset or offended if someone said it to me but Happy Christmas just sounds odd to me. Merry Christmas sounds better.

 

[Ares]

I wouldn’t get upset or offended if someone said it to me but Happy Christmas just sounds odd to me. Merry Christmas sounds better.

Its British of course it sounds odd lol... everything they say is somewhat understandable but a little odd to our ears

 

[DC]

Dig it.