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Going Postal - A True Holiday Story

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xanis said:
Too retarded to be true. How the hell do you not have a bank account? Do you keep your money in your mattress or something? 😕
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OP gets his allowance in cash.
$5.00 a week doesn't justify having a debit card.

So, OP, will it be another year before you venture out of the basement again?
Bet you don't forget your CCW next time after such a traumatic experience!
 
PrinceofWands said:
I didn't threaten to do anything. I attempted to end further dispute by offering a choice between changing the person I was dealing with to someone NOT losing it, or skipping to the ultimate end result which would end up being involvement of law enforcement. It removes any question about the person's involvement in the transaction. Furthermore it had NOTHING to do with providing me change. I had already offered to resolve that. The worker was so utterly out of control that he refused to accept my solution and instead became angry and abusive. Your reading comprehension is SORELY lacking.
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That's great... now why don't you tell us what really happened? :whiste:

Again, you're looking at choosing popular support over rational argumentation. Ask 10 cops during US slavery rather you should return a runaway slave and see what happens. Just because you get a majority holding an opinion doesn't make that opinion moral or 'right'.
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I'm not sure what this has to do with anything. Are you saying that you are moral and 'right' and we are wrong? Since you've done nothing but spew your version of events and based on your level of anger in the original post and your indignant responses to this thread we are making assumptions about you. Morality and 'right' has nothing to do with it. You opened up this can of worms, now deal with the opinions you asked for.

Personally, I think you're nuttier than a fruitcake and the more you post, the more convinced I am of that.
 
jupiter57 said:
OP gets his allowance in cash.
$5.00 a week doesn't justify having a debit card.

So, OP, will it be another year before you venture out of the basement again?
Bet you don't forget your CCW next time after such a traumatic experience!
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I seldom, if ever, forget my weapon. I purposefully didn't have it on me at the post office because it's illegal to carry there. Again, reading comprehension failure FTL!
 
PrinceofWands said:
Every man dies; not every man truly lives.
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if threatening a postal worker is your idea of 'living' ... i'll keep my boring life.

i dont get threatened by postal workers.. i dont get threatened by the mailman... i get paid a decent salary... have plenty of 'toys' ... and have a family i love and loves me..

yup. boring is perfectly fine here.
 
JulesMaximus said:
That's great... now why don't you tell us what really happened? :whiste:
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Already have. A decade spent writing reports and testifying in court about emergency situations have honed my observation and recall to a pretty good point. Still suffer all the perception biases and memory failures of all humans of course, just saying it's at least as good as anyone you can find.



I'm not sure what this has to do with anything. Are you saying that you are moral and 'right' and we are wrong? Since you've done nothing but spew your version of events and based on your level of anger in the original post and your indignant responses to this thread we are making assumptions about you. Morality and 'right' has nothing to do with it. You opened up this can of worms, now deal with the opinions you asked for.

Personally, I think you're nuttier than a fruitcake and the more you post, the more convinced I am of that.
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Obviously I was on the moral/right high ground in the encounter, though my succumbing to outrage over his attack weakens that position somewhat. Do you think, in 11+ years of posting here, that I don't know what people are going to say? Of course I know. I also know that I was right, and am fully capable of defending myself against the ignorance of these forums. As aptly demonstrated MOST of the failures in replies have been outright reading comprehension failure.
 
guyver01 said:
if threatening a postal worker is your idea of 'living' ... i'll keep my boring life.

i dont get threatened by postal workers.. i dont get threatened by the mailman... i get paid a decent salary... have plenty of 'toys' ... and have a family i love and loves me..

yup. boring is perfectly fine here.
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Except of course that I did no such thing, whereas he DID threaten me.

If you can be happy, more power to you. For me to be happy requires me to adhere to my ideology and stand for what is right. Since I always do, I also consider myself fairly happy.
 
PrinceofWands said:
Unlike yours which will be 'bent over and took it in the ass from anyone who wanted him because he was too much of an ignorant self-hating pussy to stand up for what was right'. I'm fine dying for ideology...how are you with dying for nothing?

Oh, and way to avoid the facts of my refutation and gloss over your failures in comprehension.
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You and Moonbeam should get a room together. Preferably a padded one.
 
PrinceofWands said:
whereas he DID threaten me.
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and thus your 11 years of 'writing' are failing you.

nowhere in your 'narrative' did you indicate ANYTHING that would point to him threatening you.

perhaps if you keep repeating your ficticious account.. you'll believe it even more.

you keep blaming everything on "everyone elses reading comprehension" ... but maybe its your shitty narrative.

you write like a 3rd grader.
 
guyver01 said:
and thus your 11 years of 'writing' are failing you.

nowhere in your 'narrative' did you indicate ANYTHING that would point to him threatening you.

perhaps if you keep repeating your ficticious account.. you'll believe it even more.

you keep blaming everything on "everyone elses reading comprehension" ... but maybe its your shitty narrative.

you write like a 3rd grader.
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Screaming at me and grabbing at the counter as if to lunge at me constitutes a threat.

Actually my writing is of the highest level. I'm in the top percent of every writing and speech comparison out there (tests, grades, papers, awards, etc). By 3rd grade my writing was rated college graduate level. I was published first at age 12, and numerous times since. I have drawers full of writing, speech, and debate awards. Benefits of a classical education and natural ability. Way to prove how wrong you are in everything you say though. Thanks for that. 😎
 
PrinceofWands said:
Screaming at me and grabbing at the counter as if to lunge at me constitutes a threat.
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so the guy is gonna hurdle a counter like this?

so... you were 'attacked' by a part time olympic gymnast.

good to know
 
PrinceofWands said:
Screaming at me and grabbing at the counter as if to lunge at me constitutes a threat.

Actually my writing is of the highest level. I'm in the top percent of every writing and speech comparison out there (tests, grades, papers, awards, etc). By 3rd grade my writing was rated college graduate level. I was published first at age 12, and numerous times since. I have drawers full of writing, speech, and debate awards. Benefits of a classical education and natural ability. Way to prove how wrong you are in everything you say though. Thanks for that. 😎
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You're certainly full of yourself, of that there is no doubt.
 
JulesMaximus said:
You're certainly full of yourself, of that there is no doubt.
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Have never claimed otherwise. The fact remains that professional assessment of my language abilities refutes his opinion. Now, this particular piece of writing may not be that great...in fact given my exacerbation and general mood I'm surprised it came out as lucid as it did. Still, it's pretty good overall...especially compared to the mass of crap that passes as communication on the internet.
 
PrinceofWands said:
Again, you're looking at choosing popular support over rational argumentation. Ask 10 cops during US slavery rather you should return a runaway slave and see what happens. Just because you get a majority holding an opinion doesn't make that opinion moral or 'right'.
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The slavery question would depend on the cops' jurisdiction. In Alabama? You send the slave back. In Massachusetts? You don't. Cops aren't there to decide what's moral, they're there to enforce existing laws. I am just curious how many police officers would decide that the postal employee was the one causing the disturbance and not you. I will accept that he shouted first. But "You're already in the system" doesn't constitute a threat. Shouting "you might as well just call the cops now and save time!," could be construed as a threat; you could easily be indicating that the cops will be needed to prevent you from attacking him. The fact that there were several witnesses who recoiled as you screamed and saw you potentially reaching for a gun is not going to work in your favor, regardless of how you think the escalation occurred. The fact that you completely ignore the possibility of being arrested for causing a public disturbance is especially telling; even if you didn't think it was likely, a sane person would consider it POSSIBLE.

With regards to your writing, I never meant to suggest that you weren't a good writer; the story is well-written and articulate. The problem is that you want us to view you as the protagonist in the story. Unfortunately, the way you've written the part makes you look the aggressor, and that doesn't invite the reader to side with your position. I'm not saying it's factually inaccurate or poorly written, but if the events transpired exactly as you've written them, you're not the hero in this picture.
 
Why do you need to carry a concealed weapon on your trip to and from the post office? Is someone out to get you?
 
This has to be the most ridiculous thread ever. I mean, really, some (likely) overweight carpal-tunnel USPS cashier is going to do you bodily harm to the point that you even get close to the reflex of drawing your firearm? Then you spew some luddite bullshit about "wasteful" credit cards and/or debit cards, 3/4 of which is useless and incorrect invective.

I'd hate to have seen what you would do with my run-in with a moronic Honda sales guy who asked if I was a "tough guy" and said we'd see who was a "tough guy" by stepping outside this weekend for demanding a new battery after the guy tried to stare me down.

I laughed my ass off in the middle of the Honda dealership, this is the 21st century, not the 18th where dueling was the rage. That's the difference, you think with your nuts before your brain.

Go back to the woods Unabomber.
 
TheVrolok said:
There are a number of reasons that the OP is off his rocker; this, however, is not one of them.
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I'm all for the dude carrying as a Constitutional right. However, to even get close to the motion of drawing a weapon in a situation like this, where the guy raised his voice once, is ludicrous.
 
Atomic Playboy said:
The slavery question would depend on the cops' jurisdiction. In Alabama? You send the slave back. In Massachusetts? You don't. Cops aren't there to decide what's moral, they're there to enforce existing laws. I am just curious how many police officers would decide that the postal employee was the one causing the disturbance and not you. I will accept that he shouted first. But "You're already in the system" doesn't constitute a threat. Shouting "you might as well just call the cops now and save time!," could be construed as a threat; you could easily be indicating that the cops will be needed to prevent you from attacking him. The fact that there were several witnesses who recoiled as you screamed and saw you potentially reaching for a gun is not going to work in your favor, regardless of how you think the escalation occurred. The fact that you completely ignore the possibility of being arrested for causing a public disturbance is especially telling; even if you didn't think it was likely, a sane person would consider it POSSIBLE.

With regards to your writing, I never meant to suggest that you weren't a good writer; the story is well-written and articulate. The problem is that you want us to view you as the protagonist in the story. Unfortunately, the way you've written the part makes you look the aggressor, and that doesn't invite the reader to side with your position. I'm not saying it's factually inaccurate or poorly written, but if the events transpired exactly as you've written them, you're not the hero in this picture.
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That's a matter of interpretation. It depends on if you value social compliance and pandering to authority, or standing on principle and demanding individual rights. It depends if you value resistance or conformity. It depends on many things.

For me, the 'aggressor' in any situation is the one that starts it. Period. Nothing else applies. Obviously some people feel differently, which is their right. I don't need to be 'the hero', I need to be factually correct. It's the only thing that matters in any great part to me. Anything else is subjective.
 
LegendKiller said:
This has to be the most ridiculous thread ever. I mean, really, some (likely) overweight carpal-tunnel USPS cashier is going to do you bodily harm to the point that you even get close to the reflex of drawing your firearm? Then you spew some luddite bullshit about "wasteful" credit cards and/or debit cards, 3/4 of which is useless and incorrect invective.

I'd hate to have seen what you would do with my run-in with a moronic Honda sales guy who asked if I was a "tough guy" and said we'd see who was a "tough guy" by stepping outside this weekend for demanding a new battery after the guy tried to stare me down.

I laughed my ass off in the middle of the Honda dealership, this is the 21st century, not the 18th where dueling was the rage. That's the difference, you think with your nuts before your brain.

Go back to the woods Unabomber.
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Whatever works for you.
 
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