Mouselemming

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Then dunk them: Climate change!

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Agreed. The "lady" is Judy Woodruff, PBS anchor and correspondent since it was the MacNeill-Lehrer News Hour, so it would greatly surprise me if she didn't have some credible evidence behind "the reporting is".

But I missed that moment last night, so I'd want to be sure she said it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And where you live?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Yes! Look at these 2 sizes of tic-tacs!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Haha, I worked in a high-end gift shop and spent my day reading labels for ladies too vain to wear reading glasses.

I'd help them pick out the gift they needed, often for their mother in law which I think is unfair, it's HIS mom. Then while we wrapped the gift, they'd get several other items for their own home.

We weren't on commission so it was never a "hard sell," and I was always sensitive to people who prefer to shop alone because I do too. But some customers want attention or at least human interaction.

And sometimes I would take a mom's little kids around the store, showing them the things it was okay to touch and steering them away from the fragile porcelain, so their mom could relax enough to think about what she needed to get. Fortunately we had a section of "grandma gifts for children" so I could always take them there if she was comfortable having them out of her sight.

And then a few times a year we'd get a man, who was shopping for his wife or his own mother! We'd always help them out because they'd be lost, and often it was less about finding the things, and more about asking about her, so we could help them figure out what she might enjoy and appreciate.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Yes, seeing if she's okay with meeting outside the retail context is the test. If not, go no further.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Yes, that too!

[–] [email protected] 73 points 2 days ago (16 children)

Start by learning, "retail employees have to act friendly and be nice to you. It has nothing to do with their actual feelings."

It's good practice for "women often have to act nice to men they don't like, because they're afraid of being harmed by them before they can get to safety."

[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Seems fair. If the candidate can be a felon, why not the voter?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Maybe, since it was inevitable anyway, that's his goal. Otherwise, you'd get the Convention bump, and later when attention was back on him again you could have the Swift Bump. This way it's all at once and he can try to take the spotlight again after. Not saying it's a smart strategy, but it could be on purpose.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hey, who you calling drones?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Shhh, don't jinx, long way to go.

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