papatree84 Posted November 9, 2014 Posted November 9, 2014 I just wanted to share this story with some sane people because I feel like I live in an asylum sometimes. Here it goes.... Yesterday at work some employees noticed that the American flag atop our store was was damaged and barely attached to the flag pole. They all seemed puzzled by how to get it down so I gave a suggestion. Me: "Just cut the rope still attached to the pole and the flag will fly off" This was met with some glares, skepticism, and even some stares of disbelief. Person: "But then it will touch the ground.....the flag can't touch the ground" Me:"It is just a piece of cloth......" This was met with what looked like short circuiting in their brains. One guy looked at me like I was speaking Korean. Person, with anger this time: "The flag can't touch the ground. That's really bad!" Me:" Is the CIA going to drone strike you or something? Just cut it down." My humor was lost on them, go figure. I scanned the two guys who looked like they were having the worst migraines of their lives and decided to cut my losses and leave. Later that day I learned that they decided to higher a boom operator to pull the holy cloth down with reverence; which cost the store close to a thousand dollars.
Wuzzums Posted November 9, 2014 Posted November 9, 2014 Later that day I learned that they decided to higher a boom operator to pull the holy cloth down with reverence; which cost the store close to a thousand dollars. Hahaha. Oh man, that's hilarious; never a dull moment in a statist society. The whole story reminded me of this clip:
dsayers Posted November 9, 2014 Posted November 9, 2014 Later that day I learned that they decided to higher a boom operator to pull the holy cloth down with reverence; which cost the store close to a thousand dollars. LMAO! Superstition makes people do some pretty insane things. We were recently hired by a guy who wanted us to find a guy. The reason? He needed his signature in order to be able to exhume a family member's remains to cremate them and scatter the ash elsewhere. When I heard about this, I just laughed. I don't know what the end expense was for all of that, including hiring us.
papatree84 Posted November 9, 2014 Author Posted November 9, 2014 @Wuzzums funny ass clip. that's exactly what it feels like sometimes @ dsayers at least these insane people are stimulating the economy lol.
WorBlux Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 The flag code doesn't say you can't let a flag ever touch the ground, just that you have to burn it if it does (which it perscribes you do anyways to a damaged flag)
hannahbanana Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 So they're absolutely mortified to even THINK of it touching the ground, but they were completely fine with letting this flag, which is so sacred to them, get into that condition in the first place?? Makes no sense... 2
papatree84 Posted November 10, 2014 Author Posted November 10, 2014 They don't even know their own rituals! That makes my head hurt. It makes them a little scarier in my opinion because they are totally unpredictable.
dsayers Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 They don't even know their own rituals! That makes my head hurt. It makes them a little scarier in my opinion because they are totally unpredictable. It reveals that the standard they hold isn't dogmatic, but for the sake of social acceptance. Which is fine (I think, at least for as long as they're not initiating the use of force) up to the point where their position is challenged and they respond by assuming the challenger is automatically in the wrong.
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