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[Ree]

...if something pisses you off real badly, then sometimes you just don't think.

Yeah, that's true, but when you have several people saying, "I understand why you're upset, but you need to calm down and take a step back," and you go off and explode anyway, that isn't just reacting without thinking.

That's having a chip on your shoulder and an axe to grind, and really, really wanting to do it publicly and in the loudest way possible.


Oooh...and to the OP, again...thanks to a cute little link posted by Spiffy, I remembered something that is very relevant here.

Godwin's law:
"As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law

and a corollary:
"There is a corollary which roughly states that the invocation of Nazi/Hitler reduces the information content of the thread to zero."

[AFPheonix]

The above links are merely a tiny handful of the constant, ever present negative press surrounding my job. Do I take it personally, do I feel the need to reply to each person, no on both counts. What I do is I go out there and I do my job, I do it well and I do it consistently.


(if you want to find more bad press about my job just head over to google and tap in PCSO and any negative adjective you can think of)

Tell me about it. When it's a slow news day, it's apparently exposé on pharmacy tech times.
Never fails, Dateline or some other such news rag will do some breathless report on how NON-PHARMACISTS are counting your pills down and PHARMACY ERRORS OHMYGOD time, and I get to deal with twitterpated old ladies for weeks afterward.
Then they proceed to bitch that it's gonna take me 30 minutes to get the script done. Well hell lady, you don't want me to screw up and put a chemo drug in here, right? Well, give me enough time then.

[Greenday]

Never fails, Dateline or some other such news rag will do some breathless report on how NON-PHARMACISTS are counting your pills down and PHARMACY ERRORS OHMYGOD time, and I get to deal with twitterpated old ladies for weeks afterward.

We're at the point and time where we don't even bother counting pills. We just dump a bunch of pills through a counter and it does it for us. Does it really matter if a pharmacist or a technician does it?

[AFPheonix]

They took away our electronic scales, corporate decided that we were indeed far faster hand counting than the scales were at weighing. They at least let us keep the scanners to help prevent mis-dispense errors.
Ours were down all last week. Oh my god, what a pain in the ass....

It really shouldn't matter, because techs all have to be at least licensed through the state, and in my state, we will be required to be licensed nationally as well, which involves taking the PTCB exam.
Furthermore, everything we do is checked over by the pharmacist. While we're responsible to a degree for mistakes, the pharmacist is ultimately responsible as he is our supervisor.
But it doesn't matter if it's a slow news day and John Stossel wants to make a special with a fuzzy light filter. CURSE YOU PHARMACY TECHS! (shakes fist)

[BookstoreEscapee]

As for the English language: it follows other languages down dark alleys, clubs them on the head, and goes through their pockets for spare grammar.

(I wish I could claim that as my own, alas, it's my memory of a quote. Google isn't kind enough to give me an authoritative original, either. My google-fu is weak today.)

Apparently my google-fu is strong.

http://paizo.com/store/apparel/tShir.../v5748btpy7roh

I think I may have found a new sig, if you don't mind...

[CancelMyService]

Also, and I know this is a sweeping generalization based on a small sample, Marines tend to be the most sensitive tough guys ever. I mean, no one doubts they do some rough ass work, but the slightest criticism sends them in a tizzy of outrage. You'd think dudes that survived the Island would be able to handle some mean internet words.

[SportinGoods]

Tell me about it. When it's a slow news day, it's apparently exposé on pharmacy tech times.
Never fails, Dateline or some other such news rag will do some breathless report on how NON-PHARMACISTS are counting your pills down and PHARMACY ERRORS OHMYGOD time, and I get to deal with twitterpated old ladies for weeks afterward.
Then they proceed to bitch that it's gonna take me 30 minutes to get the script done. Well hell lady, you don't want me to screw up and put a chemo drug in here, right? Well, give me enough time then.

OT: Tonight on the news we had a expose on the misuse of pyrex. It wasn't clearly stated enough on the labels that taking a hot dish full of food out of a 400 degree oven and putting it on a cold counter is a bad idea. This is what happens when there is no news.

[CancelMyService]

I work for a large cable company, so at times we have all 3 local news stations running stories on how to call in and scream/threaten your way to a lower bill. Some are more measured, advising people to call in and negotiate, others (usually during sweeps periods) are all "WHAT YOUR CABLE COMPANY DOESN'T *WANT* YOU TO KNOW", which means everyone who calls in for the next week has that "I know you're lying to me" condesending tone.

[Sportsmom]

Man...I go to work for a day and miss all the fun.

And that, Ree, is why you should never go to work again.


Seriously, though, I have nothing but the utmost respect for any branch of the service. My husband, father, one of my brothers, a cousin and several friends all served, and my nephew is currently serving in Iraq. I would venture so far as to say that most of our members have respect for the armed services or at least it's members.


That being said, that being said, if you think someone is being disrespectful, here's what you do ...

1. think about it, take a few minutes to do it, too. Hell, take a few days if you need them.

If you still think they are being disrespectful after doing number 1, then move on to number 2...

2. Bend over
3. Grab your big girl panties and hitch them up.
4. DEAL WITH IT!

You don't make things better by being disrespectful or attacking someone else.

[Seshat]

Apparently my google-fu is strong.

http://paizo.com/store/apparel/tShir.../v5748btpy7roh

I think I may have found a new sig, if you don't mind...

Not in the least! I bow to your Google-fu.

[Jester]

Wow. Four pages of discussion about this. I am really stunned that this all happened and got to this point, really.

Seeing as I am, reluctantly, in the center of this whole firestorm, I feel I should probably say a few things.

My point was that he(jester) was PURPOSELY insulting the marine corps.

Not only did I not purposely insult the Marine Corps in the post in question, I have never in my life insulted the Marine Corps as a whole. (I have purposely insulted individual Marines, but because they were assholes, not because they were Marines.)

My views on the Marines and this topic are pretty well dilineated in my last post in the thread about my niece and her new boyfriend, so I won't repeat it here, but if anyone wants to read it again (or for the first time) themselves, they'll find it right here.
I also sent a copy of that AND an additional apology/explanation to Darth via the email link by his name, though I do not know if he received or read it.

I must point out that my apology/explanation to Darth was NOT for using the phrase in question as I did, but for any possible insult he may have taken from such, as insulting or offending the Marines or him was not my intention.

The reason I did not apologize for how I used the phrase is simple: I didn't see anything wrong with how I used it. My comments were as follows:

So my eldest niece Princess has a new boyfriend.

A 21 year old Marine.

She's 17, and in high school.

(main body of commentary removed for brevity)

"Ooo Ra" indeed. *grumble grumble*

My use of the phrase in question was simply a frustrated verbal rolling of the eyes and pulling of the hair as I was trying to deal with a difficult subject for me. Ree put it more eloquently than I am able to:

I still don't see how DarthRetard could have taken it as an insult to the Marine Corps.

His main concern was that, being 21 and a Marine, the young man would be a lot more experienced in the ways of the world than his 17 year old niece.

I hope I have cleared up some things here, to Darth and others. I would like to point out also that I had nothing to do with Darth's discipline by the moderators: I did not complain about his comments about me in any way, was not even aware of them until after the discipline had taken place, and was actually against the discipline, and said so to more than one moderator. I like Darth, I like reading his posts, and I think he just misconstrued what I was trying to convey. I am not, however, questioning the moderartor's right to mete out such discipline, lest someone else misconstrue what I am saying.

And before I somehow manage to unwittingly put my knee in my mouth, I think I am going to go look at some recipes. Hopefully I can read and write about food without sparking yet another controversy.

[Zyanya]

Oh for heaven's sake. Being a marine does not make you a super human. Being in the military doesn't make you special or by default 'good'. Many who joing the military do so because 'ooh, gun and uniform', just like there is a sad subset of humanity attracted to the thought of being a cop.

Who you are matters. Not the uniform you wear or wore a decade ago. I'll respect you if you deserve it. If you demand respect simply because you wear the uniform, well, experience has taught me that means you aren't the sort of person that deserves respect.

The veterans I know who are actual heroes don't brag about what they did in the various wars they served in. Most, you'd never know they were veterans unless you happened to find a picture of them in uniform or someone else told you. They are just people, doing what good people do.

In my experience, those that brag loudest about having 'served' are those that did the least.

[DesignFox]

Wow, I disappeared for ten days...I can't believe what I'm seeing!

I did not get to read the original thread in question, so there isn't much for me to say about the topic. But, even coming in late, I am shocked by what is happening.

Here, of all places, we have members attacking one another and attacking the moderators. I find that extremely disappointing. Especially since most of this stems over some misunderstandings over a few simple words.

Yikes.

I am, once again, going to state to the moderators that I appreciate what they are doing. I cringed reading some of these posts (in multiple threads related to this incident) and I can't fathom what these boards would turn into if the mods weren't around.

[DarthRetard]

Again, I'll refer everyone to my thread I posted in this very same section. I came to my senses, and even though I was a little miffed, i did misconstrue some things, and I hope Jester has read the thread as well. My banning from CS was a request, because I was (and still somewhat am, but it's a past issue) upset.

[crazylegs]

I'm pretty sure this thread has all it can handle, shall we put it down and step away from it ladies and gents?