Racism
What the hell is with racism still being active outside the deep woods of the South? I thought we had kind of moved on from this topic by now or at least kept it so close to the chest that we never let it out.
Anyways, here’s the gist. A year ago, an employee of my mother’s accused her and the surgery center she worked at of being racist because they made her do all the typing and heavy lifting which degraded her as a woman of color.
The center had to choose how to handle the situation carefully and because they didn’t act to my mom’s liking, she ended up quitting. A few months later the assistant filed a lawsuit.
My mom is a lot of things, but she’s not a racist. Like me, she might not like the amount of “Spanish influence” that has crept across our borders, but I don’t blame her. Spanish advertising in anyway always boils my blood.
No, my mother is just a slave driver (no pun intended) when it comes to what she expects out of her job and her subordinates and frankly it sounds like this woman couldn’t cut it.
Regardless, they just came out of trial, and the woman was awarded $100,000 for defamation of character.
Luckily, my mom being a conspiracy theorist, always protects herself and when she brought in all the documentation, the plaintiff’s reward was reduced from $300,000 to the “measly” $100,000.
All in all, I though this kind of stuff ended after that guy spilled McDonald’s coffee on his junk. It’s just more examples of a system in dire need of an overhaul.
In the Navy
Why do we give discounts to active military people? I’m not trying to sound disrespectful or rude, but I think we give far too much to those we already give a lot too. If you’ve read my blog you know my understanding that our military isn’t conscription based. It’s VOLUNTARY. While it’s tragic when our men and women die, they know what they signed up for.
So why do we, as the tax-payers who bankroll their jobs, give them a break on everything else?
I mean think about. Their cost of living is subsidized in the sense that they have no cost expenditures outside of things like iPods, computers and a night out on the town. They live on base, they eat food prepared for them and while in combat they get paid even more, plus it’s not like they can spend any of that money while they’re deployed. So why do we give them 5-15% off.
It’s nonsense if you ask me.
Electronic Disharmonic
My mom’s LCD TV broke last night and she’s been a riot of anger since it happen. I mean I was pretty ticked when my box broke (I’m just shipping it out today! Ugh!) but I was nowhere as livid when her tivo’d soap operas went down for the count.
I mean she was ready to have me go buy a new TV, Johnny on the spot. I don’t know who Johnny is, but I told her at least let me see if it can be fixed.
It turns out Phillips TVs have a huge problem with power regulation and that once they “go,” it’s a roll of the dice if they can be saved. I’m going to test some stuff out when I get home, but I’m disappointed in the lack of quality that America has measured the standard shelf live of being.
One-year warranty? Nothing ever goes wrong in one year. It breaks the first few days (SEE: Defective) or it breaks from wear and tear later down the road. However, later down the road to me is not two years. When you invest something like $1,500.00 in a product, later down the road should be 5-10 years. I mean if you think about it. That 1,500 smackaroos averaged us about $70.00 a month just to have. That’s not a good deal at all.
It makes me wish COSCO still had its lifetime warranty. But all good things must come to and end.
Anywhoo, I’m going to check into seeing if there is anything that can be done to fix it. It’s something wrong with the power supply, so any of you smart peeps out there can feel free to drop advice if you have any.
ADIOS
Oh and one last thing, I ordered pizza for the family last night, and it showed up a hour and thirty minutes later. It was an hour later. When I called the guy to ask what was going on, he put me on hold for 9 minutes before I hung up. I fully intend to complain to his manager tomorrow when the guy comes in, but what should I ask for? Needless to say, I doubt I’ll be using that Pizza Hut anytime soon.
Oh and here’s a video I pulled from my files. It’s dated, but it always makes me smile.
2 comments:
Well..... in the military there is an option to live on a partialy condemned base built during wwII or in the ghetto surrounding it. There is one thing feds do well, and that's spend money.... poorly. The enlisted people live in shot holes. Literally..... in virginia my training barracks was condemned due to rats, mold and pipes that were not connected ... I ate cheese lasagna every day for a week for lunch and dinner and had shower and shot at a gym 200 yards from my room becAuse like I mentioned earlier, the pipes did not work.
So are you trying to say that the movie Top Gun was not in fact a documentary, but a lie?
Are there really no volleyball courts? It that's the case, I MIGHT change my opinion.
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