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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOf all mornings I am now stuck in a dentist's waiting...
... room as a G.O.W.G. ... grumpy old white guy.. got up and turned the TV from CNN to Fox.
I went out into the hall.
marble falls
(56,996 posts)old white guys who with our brothers and sisters, young and old, white and of color got Fox turned off every TV in Temple VA.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)I don't suffer fools quietly.
marble falls
(56,996 posts)MontanaMama
(23,294 posts)that the front desk let that fly. I worked in the front office of a high end dds practice for 21 years...I would only allow neutral programming on our tv...food network, hgtv, travel channel. Folks are nervous enough going to the dentist...the news, especially Faux is too stressful
marble falls
(56,996 posts)History Channel - no problems. Fox was actually skewing blood pressure and heart rates in some vets.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)The choice would be between sitting and (not) grinding my teeth, though, or asking the staff to turn the TV off, or doing it myself. Nuts to the hall.
Hope the rest of the appointment's the nice part.
Botany
(70,442 posts)Pick your battles. Going out into the hall made sense to me.
A doctor's office we went to for a while had the TV supplied with some kind of inane health-oriented drivel that was so stripped of information that it couldn't offend or alarm anyone. Except me for the insult of imposing soothing, pointless ignorance on customers.
I'd have preferred Fox. Seriously.
Freddie
(9,256 posts)Shows a video about getting veneers and dental implants over and over all day. I too would prefer Fox. Thankfully I never have to wait too long there.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)JHB
(37,152 posts)...and either shut it off or switch to the food channel.
dubyadiprecession
(5,674 posts)Without Faux news in his life?
mnhtnbb
(31,371 posts)We--progressives, Dems--are too nice. Too willing to accommodate.
Fu*k that crap anymore. Turn it back or turn it off or turn it to a neutral channel.
We have to stand up for ourselves.
Botany
(70,442 posts)The smart move was just to walk away @ the time. Nothing I could say @ that time
would have changed his mind and it would have made other people uncomfortable.