"You're not special"

August · 06-07-12, 03:29 PM

One of the better speeches I've ever read.

Quote:

Like accolades ought to be, the fulfilled life is a consequence, a gratifying byproduct. It’s what happens when you’re thinking about more important things. Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you. Go to Paris to be in Paris, not to cross it off your list and congratulate yourself for being worldly. Exercise free will and creative, independent thought not for the satisfactions they will bring you, but for the good they will do others, the rest of the 6.8 billion–and those who will follow them. And then you too will discover the great and curious truth of the human experience is that selflessness is the best thing you can do for yourself. The sweetest joys of life, then, come only with the recognition that you’re not special.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/reg...eid=1061137286

Betonov · 06-07-12, 03:35 PM

Love it. This is special and original. Someone had the cohones to tell them the truth. I just wish there was someone like that when I finished high school.

frau kaleun · 06-07-12, 06:32 PM

I can hear the screams of thousands of parents all across this great land of ours....

"But but but my child is a PRECIOUS SNOWFLAKE!"

razark · 06-07-12, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

"But but but my child is a PRECIOUS SNOWFLAKE!"

And it's true. They are all unique. Just like everyone else.

(Except mine, of course. Mine are so much better than the rest of them.)

Ducimus · 06-07-12, 07:06 PM

This day and age, it seems like everybody thinks they are special, and bad things can't happen to them. Then they sit there looking like dumb pieces of excrement when bad things do happen. I always think to myself, "what, you thought you were special or something?"

Sailor Steve · 06-07-12, 07:09 PM

I'll have you know I am special!

And I'll be competing in some very special games this summer.

06-07-12, 07:14 PM

Hit a few fast food joints across the U.S.A. and you'll find 'Special' people working at all of them.

Sad part is they are an example of what schools turn out as High School Graduates.

They can't think for themselves.

Example....
I order a large combo meal but want a small drink.
I'll pay the price just give me a small drink!!
But Sir!! You get a large!!
I don't want a large!!
But your paying for it Sir.
Give me a small or I'll come in and pour it on your floor!!
That's a small coffee, right?

WTF???

Sailor Steve · 06-07-12, 07:35 PM

Jeff, that reminds me of the Animaniacs episode where they went to the drive-in movie. Wacko goes to the snack bar and orders pizza. The kid with the pimples and the braces and the cracking voice asks if he wants fries with that.

Wacko asks (with his Ringo accent) "Why would I want fries with a pizza?"

The kid stares at him for a few seconds and says "I'll have to ask my manager!"

06-07-12, 07:38 PM

I get this stuff all the time on the road!!

I want a large combo meal but a small drink.
I'll pay the price no problem.
It overloads the mind behind the counter!!

frau kaleun · 06-07-12, 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by privateer

I get this stuff all the time on the road!!

I want a large combo meal but a small drink.
I'll pay the price no problem.
It overloads the mind behind the counter!!

Same thing happens when I want just a sandwich and fries, but no drink. If I'm taking the food home from a drive-thru, I don't need one and have no reason to bother messing with one in the car.

But if the trio of sandwich/side/drink is one of their specially numbered "combo meals," they can't quite grasp the fact that I'm willing to pay separately for only two of the items instead of ordering the combo. You get that long pause on the other end of the conversation and you know the poor kid is trying to piece it all together in his head.

Sailor Steve · 06-07-12, 09:34 PM

The places I go to are better. I've never had a problem altering a combo. They're always accomodating and they always get it right.

I guess they hire them right out of college.

frau kaleun · 06-07-12, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

The places I go to are better. I've never had a problem altering a combo. They're always accomodating and they always get it right.

I guess they hire them right out of college.

They probably have a co-op arrangement with the Liberal Arts department.

August · 06-07-12, 10:55 PM

They're nothing new. It's just that in the old days they were mostly out of the public eye sweeping a factory floor, plowing a furrow or stacking boxes on a loading dock somewhere.

magic452 · 06-08-12, 01:00 AM

Me. " I would like 6 regular tacos"

Him "Would you like a 6 pack?"

Me "How many tacos in a 6 pack?"

"6"

"How many tacos did I order?"

"6"

"What is the difference?"

After a long pause "none"

It just doesn't pay to confuse the poor guys.

Magic

nikimcbee · 06-11-12, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by privateer

Hit a few fast food joints across the U.S.A. and you'll find 'Special' people working at all of them.

Sad part is they are an example of what schools turn out as High School Graduates.

They can't think for themselves.

Example....
I order a large combo meal but want a small drink.
I'll pay the price just give me a small drink!!
But Sir!! You get a large!!
I don't want a large!!
But your paying for it Sir.
Give me a small or I'll come in and pour it on your floor!!
That's a small coffee, right?

WTF???

Don't make me tell my McDonalds' story from Galveston!

06-07-12, 07:09 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I'll have you know I am special! And I'll be competing in some very special games this summer. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-07-12, 07:35 PM	#8
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Jeff, that reminds me of the Animaniacs episode where they went to the drive-in movie. Wacko goes to the snack bar and orders pizza. The kid with the pimples and the braces and the cracking voice asks if he wants fries with that. Wacko asks (with his Ringo accent) "Why would I want fries with a pizza?" The kid stares at him for a few seconds and says "I'll have to ask my manager!" __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-07-12, 09:34 PM	#11
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	The places I go to are better. I've never had a problem altering a combo. They're always accomodating and they always get it right. I guess they hire them right out of college. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-07-12, 10:55 PM	#13
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	They're nothing new. It's just that in the old days they were mostly out of the public eye sweeping a factory floor, plowing a furrow or stacking boxes on a loading dock somewhere. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

06-08-12, 01:00 AM	#14
magic452 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Reno Nevada USA Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Me. " I would like 6 regular tacos" Him "Would you like a 6 pack?" Me "How many tacos in a 6 pack?" "6" "How many tacos did I order?" "6" "What is the difference?" After a long pause "none" It just doesn't pay to confuse the poor guys. Magic __________________ Reported lost 11 Feb. 1942 Signature by depthtok33l

06-07-12, 03:35 PM	#2
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Love it. This is special and original. Someone had the cohones to tell them the truth. I just wish there was someone like that when I finished high school.

06-07-12, 06:32 PM	#3
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	I can hear the screams of thousands of parents all across this great land of ours.... "But but but my child is a PRECIOUS SNOWFLAKE!"

06-07-12, 07:06 PM	#5
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	This day and age, it seems like everybody thinks they are special, and bad things can't happen to them. Then they sit there looking like dumb pieces of excrement when bad things do happen. I always think to myself, "what, you thought you were special or something?"

06-07-12, 07:14 PM	#7
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Hit a few fast food joints across the U.S.A. and you'll find 'Special' people working at all of them. Sad part is they are an example of what schools turn out as High School Graduates. They can't think for themselves. Example.... I order a large combo meal but want a small drink. I'll pay the price just give me a small drink!! But Sir!! You get a large!! I don't want a large!! But your paying for it Sir. Give me a small or I'll come in and pour it on your floor!! That's a small coffee, right? WTF???

06-07-12, 07:38 PM	#9
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I get this stuff all the time on the road!! I want a large combo meal but a small drink. I'll pay the price no problem. It overloads the mind behind the counter!!