TorchTheWitch
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Sun Apr-16-06 02:59 PM
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I HAD to make some kind of comment since because HE brought it up it was obvious he WANTED to talk about it and EXPECTED me to say something. I never ASKED him a damn thing since I HATE talking about the war at work because I have strong feelings against it which usually don't jive with those customers returning from the war or claiming to be. It's my freaking JOB to talk about whatever it is the customer WANTS to whatever my feelings about it. I made a general comment to show I was listening and that I was at least somewhat familiar with the subject matter. I purposely didn't form the comment as a question so he would know he could continue with the subject or not (forming the comment as a question implies *I* want to hear more whether or not HE wanted to tell more)... it's all about what the CUSTOMER wants to talk about whether or not the subject matter is one I'm comfortable with.
And isnt there some old saying about not talking about politcs in a bar...
Wow... when's the last time you were in a bar? A bar is the one place people DO expound on politics since alcohol always tends to bring out strong feelings in people. Not a night I work passes that somebody doesn't want to jaw politics with me, which I particularly dislike in my business because it's a conversational mine-field. Customers particularly like talking politics with dancers since it's our job to heartly agree with everything they say and admire them for saying it.
The only place other than my work that there's more political pontificating is right here at DU. One of the biggest reasons I come here and came here to begin with is that before I arrived I wasn't very politically savy and wanted to keep abreast of what the hell the customers were talking about on both sides of the isle. And it's paid off handsomely. I can play the Rush Limbaugh fan, the raging tree hugging liberal, the straddling both sides of the fencer, the voter who pulls the lever for whoever makes me pay a few dollars less in taxes, the patriotic flag waving God Bless America uninformed citizen... whatever THEY want me to be so convincingly I suddenly become their new best friend and next thing you know I'm showing them the way to the VIP room that spells the big money for me.
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