OMG! We'd Better Act Quickly...

OMG!!  And just when you think things can't possibly get any worse.........

@jack-dodds 

my thoughts exactly.  The end can't be far away.  

I can't even tell you the less experience I had at the McDonald's I haven't eaten there for what 6 months and when I went my Big Mac which is served in a paper carton came to me and it had it was wet and it was like what the hell's on top of it and so they told me it might have been the fact that the gloves the cook was wearing had dripped oil onto the top or maybe it was water so I said well I don't want this go back and re-cook it so they brought it back to me and they asked me how it was and I said I don't know let's take a look I opened it up and there were two buns right on top of each other it's like wait a minute where's the burger they're supposed to be a bun a burger a bun another burger and all the fixings and it's like I don't want this it's like what the hell how can you get this wrong I pointed to the picture I said I want the Big Mac that's right there on the picture me like an idiot I sent it back and then had them redo it I shouldn't just said you know what take my debit card give me my money back I'm not ever going to eat here again how can a McDonald's get this wrong you've been cooking Big Macs for how many years and you're this stupid and you want how much money per hour... I'll never eat in another McDonald's again for the rest of my life 

Sorry my talk-to-text feature is not working very well tonight so I hope you get the drift of what I'm saying it's like how can you be this stupid how .... how....how.... ?

Steve, asking someone "how can you be this stupid" is now being taken as a challenge.

Posted by: @bob-jackman

Steve, asking someone "how can you be this stupid" is now being taken as a challenge.

LOL!

Posted by: @bob-jackman

Steve, asking someone "how can you be this stupid" is now being taken as a challenge.

You're so right Bob.  Sadly, it's impossible to debate with stupidity.  And even more sadly, is the fact that anyone with even a little common sense and/or logic is now in the minority and told to be quiet, as we're forced to accept mediocrity as being okay.  People are no longer held accountable for any type of standard.  Hate to sound like an old person, but I've been around long enough to see and realize that our world is a mess and getting worse.  

Posted by: @georgeschire

Posted by: @bob-jackman

Steve, asking someone "how can you be this stupid" is now being taken as a challenge.

You're so right Bob.  Sadly, it's impossible to debate with stupidity.  And even more sadly, is the fact that anyone with even a little common sense and/or logic is now in the minority and told to be quiet, as we're forced to accept mediocrity as being okay.  People are no longer held accountable for any type of standard.  Hate to sound like an old person, but I've been around long enough to see and realize that our world is a mess and getting worse.  

George, you speak the truth. 

Steve 

Posted by: @100ford2003

Posted by: @georgeschire

Posted by: @bob-jackman

Steve, asking someone "how can you be this stupid" is now being taken as a challenge.

You're so right Bob.  Sadly, it's impossible to debate with stupidity.  And even more sadly, is the fact that anyone with even a little common sense and/or logic is now in the minority and told to be quiet, as we're forced to accept mediocrity as being okay.  People are no longer held accountable for any type of standard.  Hate to sound like an old person, but I've been around long enough to see and realize that our world is a mess and getting worse.  

George, you speak the truth. 

Steve 

Sadly Steve, on this subject, I wish I didn't.  But between, social media and the news media, I think our world has become angry and divided.  Not saying it was ever perfect, but certainly in the last 30 years or so, it's gradually been on a downhill slide.  And with but minimal exceptions, I don't see the generation coming up and taking over, making it any better.    

@georgeschire, apparently, neither did we. 🤔

Posted by: @jkuvakas

@georgeschire, apparently, neither did we. 🤔

To me it seems to have gone down hill in this country with the ME generation as I call them  in the '50's & '60's.  They did not care about God & Country just themselves, seems like people born after 1950.  Definitely NOT everybody [Maynard G Krebs] but it started with a few and grew through the 1980's, everybody gets a trophy. 

I have not eaten in a fast food restaurant in 20+ years and then only breakfast all the way back to the '70's, the last time for any non breakfast meal, well I did use their restrooms quirt a bit over the years.

@100ford2003 One of the few smart things the French say is "never argue with a fool. Passers-by will not know which is which".  Best try and get your money back and get the hell outta there.

Posted by: @jkuvakas

@georgeschire, apparently, neither did we. 🤔

Oh believe me John, I'd be one of the first to admit that my generation and the one we brought in to the world, dropped the ball many times.  Ironically, most mistakes and shortcomings are never noticed until the damage has been done.  But also, there is an old adage that "we should learn from those mistakes and shortcomings", but sadly, again that doesn't appear to be the case. 

I was told by my grandma (one of the very few positive role models in my life) that it goes like this: "Touch a hot stove, burn your hand, and it's an accident.  Touch a hot stove a second time, burn your hand, and it's stupidity".  In many ways, we as a society don't learn from "touching a stove and getting burnt".  There's also another old adage that says, "History repeats itself".  I think that ties in to the "hot stove" example in a weird kind of way.  

Posted by: @brush

Posted by: @jkuvakas

@georgeschire, apparently, neither did we. 🤔

To me it seems to have gone down hill in this country with the ME generation as I call them  in the '50's & '60's.  They did not care about God & Country just themselves, seems like people born after 1950.  Definitely NOT everybody [Maynard G Krebs] but it started with a few and grew through the 1980's, everybody gets a trophy. 

I have not eaten in a fast food restaurant in 20+ years and then only breakfast all the way back to the '70's, the last time for any non breakfast meal, well I did use their restrooms quirt a bit over the years.

@brush,

I think your 50's & 60's time frame is a little off.  After World War II, American's had compassion, respect and tolerance for the country and right and wrong.  They wanted to work and make the world better. 

The 70's & 80's generation was "the ME generation".  They began the rebellion against their parents, authority figures, and wanted to do it "their way".  From my ringside seat, it's been downhill since. 

And today, we're at the bottom of the mountain, a mountain that is to hard to climb back up.  The law is no longer supported, people have no moral fiber or work ethic, and God is ignored totally. 

You can't tell today's generation "NO", because they weren't taught to be respectful.  Every simple rule, guideline, or law is debated and ignored.  That's where "the ME" comes in.  They only want to do what "they want to do" and if they can't have "their way" they rebel and protest. 

I could go on, but I think this horse has probably been beat down enough. 

Posted by: @charles-rockett

@100ford2003 One of the few smart things the French say is "never argue with a fool. Passers-by will not know which is which".  Best try and get your money back and get the hell outta there.

I've heard a different version of that but I agree 101% you are so right Charles !!!! 

And one of my favorites is.. 'never engage in a battle of wits with someone who is unarmed'. 

Steve