Went to Subway today. The guy who made my sandwich, asked me if I had already voted. I replied yes. He then says: Can I ask you who you voted for?
I said, its very unprofessional to talk about politics to customers- even for subway.
He then goes on for about 5 minutes, first saying “I bet your a Trump supporter” and go on and on and basically repeats himself. He must have said “trust me, this is what I am majoring in” at least 5 times during his speech. By the way, he goes to Dallas County Community College (Mountain View) where he is studying economics, foreign policy, business administration and political science. However, both Rice and SMU are interested in him attending there school next year. His words- Not mine! He also thinks Rice and SMU cost around $10k-$12k a year. He also thinks because he was on the BETO street team, that will lead to opportunities or open some big doors for him to pursue his dream job: being a staffer for a major senator or being on “some” committee where he is over public policy.
I didn’t really say much but I did notice how he used both Bill Maher and John Oliver as sources on how Trump has hurt job growth, made our “GOP”- GDP go down 50% blah blah blah… I just listened because I didn’t want to talk to him but I did very sarcastically say after his time was up: Well, hope it works out for you and if it doesn’t, the world always needs sandwich makers.
Where do they get this? When did 19-20 year olds start thinking they know more about life than we do? Without having any life experience- other than the job making sandwiches at Subway, why do they feel like they have the answers? Why do they feel like what they say matters? It seems like when I was 18-22 back around 2000, I didn’t talk politics, probably because I was chasing girls. But today, it seems like every high schooler is involved in politics and wants to have those grown up conversations.
How do you deal with these people if not just ignore them.
Wasn’t that the impetus for the development of SS109/M855 in the 80s?
Seriously though, I find that kid’s behavior outrageous. Customers are not supposed to be sounding boards for one’s unsolicited political idiocy.
I think part of the “know it all” problem with that age group is simply the arrogance of youth but coupled with, and exacerbated by two decades of participation trophies and being told how special they are by their bourgeois helicopter parents.
How do I deal with them? I just don’t get into conversations with them. If that were me I would have asked for my money back!
I’m just a customer, came in to eat not get a political lecture from a college kid. If you can’t simply take my money and give me my sandwich then I’ll go get one somewhere else and I’d make sure to let the owner know
I’m generally the type who just quits going to an establishment that pisses off vs complaining to the management, but the above incident might have annoyed me enough to actually do the latter.
On the other hand I don’t think I would have allowed myself to get drawn into a discussion in the first place. I don’t come across as very approachable in public anyway so this particular situation of being lectured by some millennial “sandwich artist” Bolshevik I don’t even know probably wouldn’t even happen to me.
call the owner and corporate say how some kid started berating you about politics and ragging on me even though I said nothing like he was hoping for a argument
lecturing me on how biz and life works
I’m the same way. I never complain to management but this case I would have simply because it’s starting to be an epidemic with these sjw types. Time it starts to effect their wallets.
I would have simply explained to him that the MSM is a giant propaganda machine, he’s been lied to and that he should look up the term “useful idiot” on his next break. And I would have shut him down long before he got all that non-sense out. Then, I’d inform the manager about his unprofessional behavior.
Ignoring this, failing to engage, and just walking away is how we’ve gotten to this point. Its much easier to ignore this sort of thing, and who wants to waste their time arguing with an idiot, but leaving it alone only makes it worse. I’m not saying to spend hours of your time in a futile discussion, but seeds can be planted fairly quickly. A simple: “Did you know unemployment is the lowest it has been since 1969? Yeah man, look it up. You are being lied to.”
“Their” tactic is to keep us divided and hating each other. My tactic is to find common ground and unite against “them”.
I was interested in firearms rights by my late teens so by his age I had already seen the down side of liberal democrats. By reading Congressional Record and other stuff on people being touted by conservative republicans it became rather obvious By my early 20’s few, if any, of those people viewed the 2nd Amendment as a right either.
Had to sift through all of that in hard copies too. Pretty sad when people can get the info with the touch of a button and obviously don’t. Assuming they haven’t looked is giving them the benefit of the doubt too.
Some people are just know-it-alls. Or they grew up with their parents hanging on every clever utterance that dribbles out of their mouth, so they think everyone cares what they think.
Others get this idea from their collage professors.
The thought of someone like that working in government and making policy makes me shudder.
I don’t discuss politics so I would have not had any arguments to counter his theories.
I had a similar thing happen to me yesterday in Harbor Freight. I give the guy my number. He says how are you Mr. … "what’s it like to have a name like a famous family… Well I knew exactly who he was talking about and I just cringed. Then I said oh I try not to go there, I just tell people it’s spelled just like the piano.
He pauses for a second then back to some comment about the ‘famous’ family and trying to get me to comment. Then… finally when he realized I just wasn’t going there, he says… oh I play piano btw.
Normally I would think this was small talk but he just seemed to be taking a poll. I guess he got his answer when I didn’t say oh yeah Alec is a cool guy.
It could just be me and maybe he was just the overly outgoing type but he sure seemed like he was digging for answers. This went on the whole time I was checking out.
Subway, WTF? Does any actually eat there anymore??? So many other good sandwich shop options.
As soon as he started in with the Trump lines, I would have gone to my Grandfathers go-to phrase that has never let me down. “If I wanted shit out of you, I’d squeeze your head.”
The dude is F’d. Maybe he is one of those uber smart people that just can’t hack real life. More likely he is a moderately smart person, who has delusions of grandeur and thinks that everything should be handed to him. His punishment is to be him the rest of his life until he gets his head out of his ass.
I don’t think Alec Baldwin is a cool guy, but since you mentioned pianos, I do appreciate his support of the New York Philharmonic as their radio presence. Beyond that, though, I don’t agree with him on anything.
Oh yeah, I acknowledge he is a talented guy and I’m sure does good work for the arts community but man his politics drives me crazy… and his Trump impersonation is not his best acting my any stretch.
