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Dumb Salesman at GC

#181
konfyouzd said:
Interestingly enough, I have a job that pays me quite well and also gives me a lot of free time.

I spend that free time volunteering at a place near my house.

There are other people that come there and volunteer their free time as well. The odd thing is that I spend more time there to a point that some people believe I work there. There's nothing inherently wrong with that.

The fact that other volunteers will sometimes talk to you like you're lesser because of it does kind of get annoying sometimes, especially when you consider I actually have what some would argue is a nicer full time job.

I have asked a lot of the full time employees there if it's normal for folks that come from places like where I work to volunteer and be unnecessarily rude to them as well. The answer was unanimously, "Yes," and that makes me very sad.
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There are unfortunately a lot of people who make themselves feel better by making others feel worse, especially people they perceive as being unable to punch back. It’s always a dick move. Sometimes it thankfully backfires. In my home town there was a guy who was worth millions but drove a beat-up truck and dressed like a bum. I know of at least one bank clerk and (I think) one insurance rep who were fired for treating him like crap without realizing he had enough money to, well, get them fired. It’s just too easy to treat people well for that crap to fly. And mistreating someone you know can’t fight back should leave any decent person feeling worse, not better.
 
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#184
Well let's see what happens to my spirit as I have escaped apartment life and returned to my own home. I can actually play my rigs loud enough to make the speaker cone move. The shock and awe of how well they sound when played loud enough to develop full spectrum has me seeing life in an all new way. That sickly midrange preponderance was making me look as if I had eaten a tablespoon of alum.
 
#185
Mike Whitfield said:
There are unfortunately a lot of people who make themselves feel better by making others feel worse, especially people they perceive as being unable to punch back. It’s always a dick move. Sometimes it thankfully backfires. In my home town there was a guy who was worth millions but drove a beat-up truck and dressed like a bum. I know of at least one bank clerk and (I think) one insurance rep who were fired for treating him like crap without realizing he had enough money to, well, get them fired. It’s just too easy to treat people well for that crap to fly. And mistreating someone you know can’t fight back should leave any decent person feeling worse, not better.
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Damn you-know-what-ing straight. In fairness to the bullies of the world, it's just easier to treat others poorly. It is, I get it. Because a tiny, puny and totally insignificant amount of effort might in many cases be required to go positive but many just can't manage it. I feel sorry for them in their weakness.
 
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#193
WI Short Scaler said:
Lots of folks on here act that way, is that what you're referring to?
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It was not. No one here risks her job to respond to a perceived insult. Even banning isn’t a risk as long as the response follows basic politeness and PG language. Not at all the same as a retail clerk who risks his job if he responds anything other than respectfully. I know lots of people here denigrate a GC job, and admittedly it’s not exactly the image of respectability and success, but there are lots of reasons a GC clerk might desperately want to keep his job - best he can get, meeting musicians, gets to play with cool stuff, etc. That position and situation simply cannot compare to someone politely calling you an idiot on an Internet forum - especially given the control over language and tone exercised by the mods at Talkbase. We all have opinions and various degrees of willingness to suffer an idiot (as we perceive) but in responding we risk nothing more than burning an Internet hangout.
 
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Mike Whitfield said:
That position and situation simply cannot compare to someone politely calling you an idiot on an Internet forum - especially given the control over language and tone exercised by the mods at Talkbase. We all have opinions and various degrees of willingness to suffer an idiot (as we perceive) but in responding we risk nothing more than burning an Internet hangout.
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Just a level of disrespect that exists, no need for it anywhere.
 
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#195
WI Short Scaler said:
Just a level of disrespect that exists, no need for it anywhere.
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I wouldn't necessarily disagree, but after over thirty years of Internet and message boards I've pretty much developed rhino skin. Plus, as the admitted bottom layer of TalkBass - no bands, no gigging, no jamming, strictly home player barely able to play at all - I don't feel automatically entitled to any particular level of respect for the mere sake of my existence. If I say something stupid and I get trashed, maybe I'll actually learn something. And by the same token, if someone's been gigging and recording professionally for fifty years and says something stupid, well, it's still something stupid even if I'm not the one to call it out. Personally I think people are way too hung up on getting respect from strangers anyway. But in any case, I see that as a lot different from punching down. If that five decade pro calls me an idiot, I'm still perfectly able to respond without consequences. (Other than possibly proving her point anyway.) Just my two cents, and not at all disagreeing that in general, positivity and politeness and respect are all Good Things Which Oughta Be More Common.
 
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#199
When I started this I was truly joking. Now the real game to figure out, am I setting the customer up to walk into the alligator's jaws or revealing a salesman you might actually outsmart and squeeze a better deal from ?
 
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Did I start something or is it just a thing with guitar stores ?

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