Thought of the day .

"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It's simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we've been taken.
Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back."
~Carl Sagan

Floorist said:

"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It's simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we've been taken.
Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back."
~Carl Sagan

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The poor south has to live with that name charlatan ….. The truth will always find its way out eventually, however we need to rely on BELIEVING IT ! and that’s were the SITUATION LIES Everyone is susceptible to being bamboozled, but the good news is that everyone also has the capacity / flexibility to forgive themselves and others (not forget) when it happens. Now power is restored back to its rightful place, internally, so that we can mentor responsibility over blame.

True power comes from within never from without, so how can you get it back, when truly you never lost it in the first place, that’s the major Bamboozle we grow up learning and in some cases ( possibly mine ) die with.

New Quote, sorry Carl : by the infamous rug dog MSli.

….If pursuing the truth turns into a Blaming and Naming Game, you loose power every time.

Went to get a coffee yesterday morning. Walked into the coffee shop and grabbed a chair since there was a couple people in line ahead of me. My turn comes and the gal asks me what can she get me. I tell her to make me something special. What size she asks. Medium I say. Couple minutes later my drink is ready. I ask her what it is. Cinnamon something something with oat milk. Whatever, I did ask her to make me something special and gave her the choice as to what it would be so who am I to complain if I don’t like it, right. I’m gonna drink it or I shouldn’t have ordered it! I go to pay and she asks me if I’m going to try it first. I asked her why, if I don’t like it are you going to make me another drink (for free). I think she would have if I didn’t like the drink but don’t think she should have if I didn’t like the drink.

What would you have done? Would you have made another drink if that was your customer? I wouldn’t have without flipping you shit about it.

What would you expect from that situation if you were the customer? What would you do in that situation if you were the barista?

C.J. said:

Went to get a coffee yesterday morning. Walked into the coffee shop and grabbed a chair since there was a couple people in line ahead of me. My turn comes and the gal asks me what can she get me. I tell her to make me something special. What size she asks. Medium I say. Couple minutes later my drink is ready. I ask her what it is. Cinnamon something something with oat milk. Whatever, I did ask her to make me something special and gave her the choice as to what it would be so who am I to complain if I don’t like it, right. I’m gonna drink it or I shouldn’t have ordered it! I go to pay and she asks me if I’m going to try it first. I asked her why, if I don’t like it are you going to make me another drink (for free). I think she would have if I didn’t like the drink but don’t think she should have if I didn’t like the drink.

What would you have done? Would you have made another drink if that was your customer? I wouldn’t have without flipping you shit about it.

What would you expect from that situation if you were the customer? What would you do in that situation if you were the barista?

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I would not order the way you did.

Floorist said:

I would not order the way you did.

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I knew that was coming from Rusty

C.J. said:

What would you expect from that situation if you were the customer? What would you do in that situation if you were the barista?

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I wish I was younger, because I want to date her ….. Well I would not have anticipated ( not expect ! ) her asking to taste it, but when you think about how the transaction went down, it’s now more of an encounter rather than a customer / vender one. SO ! More Interaction is now on the table and almost anything goes.
( improvisation ) …. I would have been fine tasting it, then deciding keep or hint for another. Now on her side ( a very sexy side at that ) If you like it , I’m gonna feel a little extra special for whipping up a good one, you hate it, I get a free one, and it’s the flavor I love.

At cards with the Christian’s , pictures of Smugglers Notch got shared. Two other tourists interacted with them and took a special photo on a rock next to a lake. I said, wouldn’t life be improved if we lived each day as a vacation day, more friendly, less serious.

MSLI said:

I knew that was coming from Rusty

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My waitress knows what I want. I hand-made a child's rocking chair for her when she was pregnant. Excellent young waitress.

If I’m at a restaurant and everything they have is good, sometimes I’ll tell the wait person to surprise me. Salad dressing? Don’t care, I like em all. Ice cream? Yes please. I’m not a picky eater so I’m not often disappointed by what I get. I take it back, I did order coffee like that one other time and I got a hazelnut latte. Man, that’s something lame that I would normally order on my own. Ain’t no surprise in that. I had one other notable time of ordering like that. We were at a fancy Italian restaurant and I told dude to surprise me. He looked at me and said I’m not playing guessing games, you will tell me what you want to eat. I did.

I do realize when I order like this that I’m leaving the choice up to someone else. I wouldn’t expect anyone to be a mind reader so if I get something shitty, well that’s my own damn fault. It’s coffee, how shitty can it be. Foofy, yes. Over priced, absolutely. Shitty, not usually. Maybe I just want something different that I don’t even know I’m missing out on yet.

C.J. said:

Maybe I just want something different that I don’t even know I’m missing out on yet.

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I like your adventurous style C.J.

MSLI said:

I like your adventurous style C.J.

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Life is short, live a little.

Floorist said:

I would not order the way you did.

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Working with niece today and I read her C.J.’s Barista ‘ surprise me order ‘ and she said exactly what you said

There’s a few people around here with oxygen concentrators. I’ve wondered about this for some time. Guess I have my answer.

C.J. said:

Went to get a coffee yesterday morning. Walked into the coffee shop and grabbed a chair since there was a couple people in line ahead of me. My turn comes and the gal asks me what can she get me. I tell her to make me something special. What size she asks. Medium I say. Couple minutes later my drink is ready. I ask her what it is. Cinnamon something something with oat milk. Whatever, I did ask her to make me something special and gave her the choice as to what it would be so who am I to complain if I don’t like it, right. I’m gonna drink it or I shouldn’t have ordered it! I go to pay and she asks me if I’m going to try it first. I asked her why, if I don’t like it are you going to make me another drink (for free). I think she would have if I didn’t like the drink but don’t think she should have if I didn’t like the drink.

What would you have done? Would you have made another drink if that was your customer? I wouldn’t have without flipping you shit about it.

What would you expect from that situation if you were the customer? What would you do in that situation if you were the barista?

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Totally your fault.

highup said:

Totally your fault.

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That’s my whole point. If I order like that it’s MY fault, not theirs.

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EXACTLY why democracy is a foolish concept.

Incognito said:

EXACTLY why democracy is a foolish concept.

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Or could we improve the voting process by segregating certified voters from uncertified ones ? ….. I bet you didn’t think I would ever say something like that

Then the media / marketing manipulation would have to improve to a higher, more sophisticated level

C.J. said:

That’s my whole point. If I order like that it’s MY fault, not theirs.

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Yeah, I new that was what you'd do. Me too.
Is it possible to watch that video too many times?