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In reply to the discussion: CostCo Karen: 'I feel threatened' id'd and fired. [View all]gratuitous
(82,849 posts)When you're acting out in public (and don't deny it, you know you do) and someone's pointing their cell phone at you, they're video-recording you. You will not come out of it looking good. You just won't. Even if you think you're totally right, you won't come out looking good. The reason someone's pointing their cell phone at you is because you're acting like a nitwit (hence my salutation). Long ago, the Bible queried, "Can a leopard change its spots?" Updated to today, Jeremiah might wonder "Can a nitwit stop nitwitting?"
When you see the cell phone come out, stop nitwitting. Really. You're being a nitwit, and you will be identified. Shut up. Walk away. Cause the recording to stop.
I'm saying this not because I think you're capable of reining yourself in, but basically to make me feel better. When you lose your job or you are the target of online abuse or people come up to you in public and give you shit for being a nitwit, I can take comfort in saying, "I fucking told you so, you nitwit."