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calimary

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10. If NOTHING ELSE, register your complaint, and displeasure.
Wed Mar 6, 2019, 08:17 AM
Mar 2019

If management never hears a complaint, the automatic assumption is that whatever they’re doing or whatever channel the TV’s tuned to, it’s okay with everybody.

They HAVE TO hear that the exact opposite is true - that everybody’s NOT okay with it.

Silence gets you nowhere. Complain! But ALWAYS be polite about it. Getting angry or upset can be counterproductive. There’s probably gonna be somebody who’ll revel in your discomfort, but we already know trump’s fans can often be really mean/spirited and downright schmucky. Your getting upset will only delight them and make them feel somehow vindicated or superior, or trigger their “too fucking BAD, snowflake!” mentality. Don’t give them that opening. Some of the worst of these assholes have a big fat chip on their shoulders and would just love picking a fight with a “libtard.”

Always be BETTER than that (AND them)! Because YOU’RE the one on the right side in this case.

Ruin their day. Deny them a fight.

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I'm occasionally subjected to it at the fitness center, as well. TwilightZone Mar 2019 #1
Before I could leave and or took off my glasses .. Botany Mar 2019 #3
Worse than just watching it DFW Mar 2019 #12
Are you telling me Acme Products aren't real? Botany Mar 2019 #13
No, I wouldn't do anything like to you DFW Mar 2019 #16
don't you dare mess with the movable hole Botany Mar 2019 #17
It never occurred to me to do so, I promise! DFW Mar 2019 #19
"Is ACO going to jail?" Blue Owl Mar 2019 #2
My ex-dentist used to keep the TV in his waiting room tuned into this brackish filth. jcmaine72 Mar 2019 #4
Ha - love this post malaise Mar 2019 #18
Hey, thanks! jcmaine72 Mar 2019 #20
Okay, here's what to do: calimary Mar 2019 #5
maybe mention it in a yelp review Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2019 #7
YES. That, too. Definitely. calimary Mar 2019 #9
The gym is part of a chain ... planet fitness Botany Mar 2019 #14
Please don't judge me....I have a cousin LibDemAlways Mar 2019 #6
last year, was at an out of town gym; fux was blasting from one of the teevees so I diva77 Mar 2019 #8
If NOTHING ELSE, register your complaint, and displeasure. calimary Mar 2019 #10
Fox also does "news" breaks on AM stations all over the country RandiFan1290 Mar 2019 #11
That is Fox in a nutshell Botany Mar 2019 #15
Miniature Universal Remotes can be a blessing MurrayDelph Mar 2019 #21
I got FOX banished from our local YMCA farmbo Mar 2019 #22
AOC is the new Fox News boogeyman. sarcasmo Mar 2019 #23
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