Angry rants galore

[Soul Saver]

Agreed. "Equal opportunities" itself is a farce. Rather than have quotas which tell you that you must have a diverse range of employees, not neccessarily the most suitable... there should be no minority/disability quotas. Rather, there should be a commitment to quality rather than "equality". People should be employed based on skill and suitability rather than race, definitely. Quotas are rather counterproductive, in that people can get special treatment based on their race and disabilities. Someone without the use of their legs isn't exactly the most suitable front line police officer.
Rather than trying to get every perceivable minority into every sort of job, even those that they are not suited for, they should instead be given de jure equality, and treated with due respect, not neccessarily given special treatment. Imagine a mentally challenged person as a prime minister/president? Actually, you need not imagine, you only need to look at George Bush. (Joking, joking )

 

[Rockman X]

Agreed. "Equal opportunities" itself is a farce. Rather than have quotas which tell you that you must have a diverse range of employees, not neccessarily the most suitable... there should be no minority/disability quotas. Rather, there should be a commitment to quality rather than "equality". People should be employed based on skill and suitability rather than race, definitely. Quotas are rather counterproductive, in that people can get special treatment based on their race and disabilities. Someone without the use of their legs isn't exactly the most suitable front line police officer.

Bingo. I really don't understand it, businesses only hurt their own productivity when they hire based on equal opportunity. Then again, I suppose it's the higher ups that worry about looking good from hiring disabled people and minorities. They couldn't give a damn about some little store they never visit where a Mexican works and can't speak a word of English and makes it that much harder for everyone else.

And well, frankly...I think it makes a store look trashy when they have a bunch of Mexicans hired, especially a fast food place. I don't want a bunch of Mexicans making my food...I mean, chances are they're not going to have the best hygiene in the world, especially if they're newly immigrated.

Imagine a mentally challenged person as a prime minister/president? Actually, you need not imagine, you only need to look at George Bush. (Joking, joking )

Now now, he's not retarded...just...slow. And easily manipulated. And can't speak well in public, which only makes him look more dumb. I really can't blame the guy for not being able to speak eloquently though, I'm still not that great at speaking in front of people and I can't imagine how hard it would be addressing the entire nation. But he is still pretty damn gullible and dimwitted.

 

[Erythritol]

I'll just play Devil's Advocate here about the affirmative action issue.

To be quite honest, not all of us have been afforded the same opportunities. I was lucky and went to a well funded public school with very good resources and great teachers. Do you think black kids in Harlem had the same resources I did? No. Were they given the same opportunities? Hell no. Is it reasonable to conclude that they probably are not as well educated as I am? Yes, I think so. Thus, it would be impossible for people who are poorly educated/cannot afford proper education to get ahead in life. It would become a vicious circle. Affirmative action, like what you were describing, tries to give people opportunities. Also, we can't pretend like racism and sexism doesn't still exist. I know that it can sometimes seem like reverse racism, but I think many minorities are vastly unrepresented in a lot of fields.

I notice that it's usually the more well-off, white people who are complaining about affirmative action. It's very easy for someone who has been given many opportunities to bitch about how it's not fair that companies sometimes hire by race and not skill level, but like I said, not everyone has been lucky enough to have the opportunity to achieve a good education. I don't get why you're bitching either. White men still rule the world, so don't worry.

 

[Serah]

FUCKING HOSPITALS!! MOTHER FUCK FUCKING HOSPITALS! I HATE THEM! I LOATHE AND DESPISE THEM!! I HATE THE NURSES THAT WORK THERE, THE DOCTORS ARE BASTARDS AND THEY CAN ALL KISS MY WHITE AMERICAN ASS!!! Okay, so a lot of you know that I suffer from a condition called Epilepsy. Some of you don't, but now do. Here recently I've been really sick for a few days and rather stressed as well. Not only with stupid online shit, but offline more than anything. Real life stuff, you know.

Anyway, this morning after my husband left for work, Logan and I got up, I fixed him breakfast and then I laid down on the couch because I really wasn't feeling well at all. I ended up feeling really strange, really icky and I just brushed it off as my sickness affecting me and I dozed off. The next thing I knew I was waking up, I was terrified, I didn't know where I was, I tasted blood in my mouth and it took me a few moments to realize I was at home with Logan. He was standing right in front of me going, "Mommy! Wake up! Mommy are you okay? Mommy you were shaking!"

I realized right then and there I'd had a seizure and I was all alone except for my 4 year old kid. So my first instinct (because I was TERRIFIED) was to call my mom since hubby was at work. I figured it was Sunday, she had to be off of work. WRONG, WAS I! She was all the way at work like over an hour drive away from me, so she told me to call 911 and to keep her updated. I called 911 and they dispatched an ambulance here, but not before they had two officers arrive over here. They stayed here with my son while waiting for my husband to get home while the paramedics took me to the hospital...

Now, here's the part where I really want to bitch and get so pissed. They stuck IVs in me, they took my blood, the pricked my finger to take my blood sugar, put me on a fucking heart monitor and pumped me full of some type of seizure med I don't even remember the name of. The nurses were ALL fucking cunts! They actually ASKED ME IF WAS ANOREXIC AND IF I ATE RIGHT!!! WTF IS THAT SHIT!? What! Just because I'm a skinny person I'm automatically anorexic!? Oh please!

The nurses...omg I wanted to bash each one of their fucking skulls. They were like "We're gonna get you in a gown and so we need to to strip down from the waist up." I was like "okay," so I started pulling my shirt up over my breasts and the nurse gets REALLY bitchy with me and goes "No! I need you to take your ARM out first!" I just looked at her and was like "I was GOING to. I'm sorry! I'm still just a bit disoriented!" Which I was. I still felt woozy and was only just starting to grasp my bearings. Well, after all that, they got the gown on me, and then they went to take blood. The bitch fucking JABBED the needle into my arm! By this point, my husband is PISSED, I'm upset and just want to go home.

Logan was there too and he'd had a coloring book and crayons. Well, there was somebody in the same room as I was who'd broken his leg or some shit and Logan's just chattering away to me, coloring his pictures and one of the fucking nurses comes in there and goes "You should REALLY be quiet you know. There's somebody on the other side of the curtain that's really sick!"

Oh Dave gave her a death glare, just because my son was trying to talk to me! He was worried about me! The child had witnessed me having a bloody seizure FFS! As she walked out I go "Oh yeah, a broken leg is somebody who's REALLY fucking sick, isn't it!?" I know the bitch heard me but I don't care. She had me so upset and she had my husband MEGA-PISSED for the way they were treating me. So, we sat in the fucking ER for 4 fucking hours waiting and waiting for all of my test results to come back and they finally show up, tell me everything was fine, that the cause of my seizures were probably due to the fever I had and the stress I've been under.

Here's the best part: When it was time to leave, she was going to remove the tape that was holding down and in my IV, she FUCKING RIPS IT OFF IN THE DIRECTION OF THE HAIR GROWTH ON MY ARM! I have FOUR goddamned patches on my arm where the bitch just carelessly rips off the tape! I looked at her and I was like "This is a lot more fucking painful that having that goddamned IV put in." I had my fist reared back and she's lucky she walked away from me that very second because if she hadn't, I was going to knock her out. So yeah, that's my rant and the story of such a wonderful hospital visit that I can't wait to go back!

 

[Rydia]

Wow, Tifa, that's just ridiculous what happened. I would complain about that nurse to the hospital because she should not have treated you like that.

I hope you're alright now.

 

[Serah]

Yeah, I came home and slept for quite a few hours. When I woke up, I felt a lot better, but still not as good as I could feel. Oh, I'm calling them tomorrow and raising a bitch fit because of how terrible they were, not only to me but to my family as well. I wonder what other patients were treated so terribly by them today.

Oh, they claimed to be "oh so busy!" That's BULLSHIT. My husband went and walked around the ER to look for HIMSELF and see if they were busy! Were they!? Fuck no! They're just too lazy to do their jobs! You should see my arm where the bitch drew blood. It's ALL bruised up from that needle.

 

[Failure]

Sucks to hear that. Well at least you're ok! Thats what counts in the end right?

 

[Rydia]

And being busy is not an excuse for for the unpleasant behavior or the bruising. Did their nursing school even teach them how to deal with "busy" situations? Did they not take a bioethics course?

And even if a nurse was having a "bad" day, she could have at least given you an apology. Health care workers should not act like that, especially a nurse, who's job it is to care for the patients.

 

[Serah]

And being busy is not an excuse for for the unpleasant behavior or the bruising. Did their nursing school even teach them how to deal with "busy" situations? Did they not take a bioethics course?

Pfft, evidently not or maybe they just decided to ignore that particular course. I'm not kidding you. That nurse was a BITCH.

And even if a nurse was having a "bad" day, she could have at least given you an apology. Health care workers should not act like that, especially a nurse, who's job it is to care for the patients.

I know, it's still no excuse at all for the way she treated me. Anyway, I called them this morning and had a nice rant about how I was treated, how I'm bruised all over my arm from their blood tests, how I was snapped at, etc...I remember the nurse's name was Cathy, the one that was 'taking care' of me. They kept apologizing and promised and swore they'd have a talk with her about the way she went about doing her job, etc...I'm still pissed. I don't feel like it's good enough and if I know them, they probably will just let it fucking slide.

 

[Failure]

Ok, I wasn't sure what to do with this, so I decided a good place for it to be was here.

So, on skype today I got to overhear my friend and his father arguing with his mother. I kinda felt like I was invading their privacy, but I just decided to listen anyway, and telling myself that it was my friend who I cared about made it easier, but thats no excuse. Anyway back on topic.

His mother apparently told him yesterday (his birthday) that he couldn't do what he wants with his life, that he's going to go to OSU (oregon state university), and get a good job and some other stuff(it was all a bunch of BS). He told her: "What if I don't want to go there? what if I don't even wanna go to college?"
She got all rage at him and started screaming about how he's going to ruin his life and he's going to be homeless on the street. She said that he had to make money! and he couldn't be happy.
He asked whats wrong with being happy if he made a little less money? and she said that hes going to go to college and avoided the question. Throughout all of this, his father was sticking up for him. His mother kept calling the both of them close minded (when she was clearly the one being close minded). He even said "What if I want to drive a truck like Dad? Is there something wrong with that?" She started screaming about how he doesn't want to be like his father and that he should be trying to do better.

I understand that she wanted him to have a good successful life, but if he's not happy then whats the point? I think its pretty fucked up that people still think that money is the only thing that matters. I'm pretty sure he covered it up with "Oh I'm sick,"(He said this when he finally came back to his computer btw) but I think he was actually in tears because his mother wouldn't accept that he wanted to do something that made him happy.

I know this didn't happen to me, but it was still one of my best friends who it did happen to, and he's like a brother to me.