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Post by keystonejenks on Nov 13, 2009 10:32:26 GMT -5
Man, I have to pat myself on the back. I'm not in a very good mood yet I was able to show incredible restraint from a meeting I just returned from.
I had to meet with one of the lead marketing product managers here at work. At the end of our meeting he has this email joke he shows me. The conversation starts with, "I don't know how you feel about this guy..." This guy being President Obama.
I glance at it totally uninterested in the content and follow it with a sarcastic, "Hmmm." He then says, "These guys are going to kill us with their health care reform."
I responded with a 3 second blank stare. I ended the meeting and went on with my day. Normally I try to stay out of political discussions at work but for some reason Republicans here at work are always trying to engage me in conversation; or seek my approval from some statement like the above.
How do you guys handle situations like this. I usually just show disinterest and keep it moving.
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Post by arozanski on Nov 13, 2009 10:37:06 GMT -5
I've had limited success - our company is heavily Republican, and I identified with that until recently. I have been trying to gently steer the conversations towards discussion points like those we talk about here, such as that Congress writes bills, not the President, about how Obama got handed a mess of an economy and budget, etc.
The company president is more open (although only a little), but we have one person who is a die hard "Rushie', not even worth engaging him (not on religion, either). Takes it very personally.
Another guy and I have many conversations about peak oil, digital money and potential "Big Brother" technologies. We get much further in our discussions.
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Post by flylooper on Nov 13, 2009 10:42:55 GMT -5
Man, I have to pat myself on the back. I'm not in a very good mood yet I was able to show incredible restraint from a meeting I just returned from. I had to meet with one of the lead marketing product managers here at work. At the end of our meeting he has this email joke he shows me. The conversation starts with, "I don't know how you feel about this guy..." This guy being President Obama. I glance at it totally uninterested in the content and follow it with a sarcastic, "Hmmm." He then says, "These guys are going to kill us with their health care reform." I responded with a 3 second blank stare. I ended the meeting and went on with my day. Normally I try to stay out of political discussions at work but for some reason Republicans here at work are always trying to engage me in conversation; or seek my approval from some statement like the above. How do you guys handle situations like this. I usually just show disinterest and keep it moving. The 3 second blank stare was PERFECT! PERRRRFECT! You took the high road and left them wondering. You are a leader, man! |
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Post by john on Nov 13, 2009 10:53:39 GMT -5
Heavy amounts of sarcasm.
I would have said "yeah, and I heard he wants to issue breeding licenses as weel"
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Post by bizarro on Nov 13, 2009 11:08:26 GMT -5
I have two rules for work: Never discuss politics, and never dip your pen in the company ink. I broke the latter rule and while it had no repercussions on my job I will never break that rule again.
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Post by arozanski on Nov 13, 2009 11:17:49 GMT -5
I have two rules for work: Never discuss politics, and never dip your pen in the company ink. I broke the latter rule and while it had no repercussions on my job I will never break that rule again. We do okay with #1, as long as we choose our topics somewhat carefully. And like I said, there is one guy we don't include, just because nothing good comes from it. #2 isn't really a problem (we're mainly engineers/technicians)  |
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Post by john on Nov 13, 2009 11:19:50 GMT -5
They only have red ink at my company, so we bring our own pens.
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Post by arozanski on Nov 13, 2009 11:20:35 GMT -5
They only have red ink at my company, so we bring our own pens. Ew. |
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Post by rhetorik on Nov 13, 2009 11:44:17 GMT -5
I've always been a fan of "Whatever floats your boat" as a way to respond in that type of situation.
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Post by jeromeoneil on Nov 13, 2009 12:25:51 GMT -5
I work with a bunch of tree hugging hippy socialists, so it's all cool. The few conservatives we have in these parts are of the "genuine conservative" variety. I like them, too.
That's not counting the filthy immigrants, though, of which there are many.
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Post by trash on Nov 13, 2009 14:10:28 GMT -5
I work with a bunch of tree hugging hippy socialists, so it's all cool. The few conservatives we have in these parts are of the "genuine conservative" variety. I like them, too. That's not counting the filthy immigrants, though, of which there are many. Russians huh? |
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Post by jeromeoneil on Nov 13, 2009 14:35:55 GMT -5
I work with a bunch of tree hugging hippy socialists, so it's all cool. The few conservatives we have in these parts are of the "genuine conservative" variety. I like them, too. That's not counting the filthy immigrants, though, of which there are many. Russians huh? Worse. Irish. |
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Post by john on Nov 13, 2009 15:46:34 GMT -5
Bunch of GobShite. Reet Coonts! |
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Post by trash on Nov 13, 2009 15:51:56 GMT -5
Bunch of GobShite. Reet Coonts! Fookin' 'ell ri |
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Post by ty454 on Nov 13, 2009 16:14:09 GMT -5
Yeah well top this. The guys I hang out with literally have a Sirius link sticking out of the DCS window and they listen to Rush all day long. We have serious throw-downs at least twice a week. Sometimes it ends up with someone storming out of the room out to his car for a break. Luckily the room requires security badges and is soundproof, but it can get pretty epic.
We have three hardcore conservatives, one pretty liberal, and me the independent type. I try to moderate but there's times when I think violence might happen. It's pretty epic, and totally not PC.
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