I Was Trapped At an Auto Repair Place with Fox News Playing for 3 Hours

[Bigredhunk]

54. Always a brutal occurrence

It doesn't happen that often around here, but it does happen. I think most businesses/doctor's offices/etc... know better than to put something divisive on the TV.

There's a car wash chain nearby who does a good job with the wash - inside & out. They have two locations. Each location is owned by a different brother. The one location would always have The Weather Channel on, although I've not been there in years. That's a wise choice. It's weather. Who's going to bitch about that? The other one would often have faux on the TV. I'd usually say something.

I've noticed over the past couple of years it's been faux less and less. The last time I was in there (and every other time it happened) I thanked the cashier for not having faux on the TV. She said that a lot of people complained about it (when faux was on). I was happy, so I bought a couple of packets of 5 washes each. When I was paying, I noticed a binder behind the counter which read, "Obamacrap." Pissed me off that I'd given them my money. I always knew they were assholes though. I'd heard from employees that, if something broke on a car (antenna or something), the business would pay for it out of the employee tip $$.

I hate going there, but they do a good job. Then there's the, "Where do I shop?"-question. Most business should be boycotted for one reason or another. Liberals (people with consciences) have very few places to comfortably shop.

Anyway, I hate the blather of things like Who Wants To Be A Millionaire & Dr Phil, but you have to have something like that or The Weather Channel or HGTV on the television. You can't have news stations because everything is so partisan and we're such a divided populace (mostly b/c of punditry, asshole talking heads, and slanted news coverage)