Here's a story to make you love humanity: George and Joyce Gruss were traveling through Columbus, Ohio, during the weekend's snowstorm, stopped in at a fast food restaurant, and decided to help a homeless couple they met, paying for the couple to spend three nights at a Super 8 Motel so they wouldn't have to stay outside in 9-degree weather. Isn't that the spirit of generosity that makes America so exceptional?
Plural was a boo-boo on my part, but 75% is a stat that there should be data to support.
I know what the poster meant so was only semi-serious questioning it, but "frequently", "all to often", "in many instances" or whatevz might have been better than stating an absolute number.
I don't own the hotel (much less a chain), I just run it. I draw a modest salary as manager of a 17-room "boutique hotel" in a 100-year-old building in the downtown area of my home town. My hours on duty include working weekend-long shifts every other weekend, coming to work at 8am Friday and not going home until 5pm Sunday night. So you can guess from that how off the mark your 1%er crack is.
Local Samaritans assume, based on our low rates and downtown location, that we're a good dumping ground for folks they're trying to help, but really almost any other cheap motel in town would be better. All our rooms are along one long corridor, and all it takes to fuck up every guest's night is to have one really loud couple fighting in the hall, or even behind closed doors, if they're particularly enthusiastic about it. It's a little too intimate of a place to be able to isolate troublemakers away from people who just want to get a decent night's sleep.
So yeah, I'm a "front line" employee who needs to be wary about who gets past my front desk.
Agreed. A "no ID" disqualification is bullshit from the get-go, but enforcing it after the fact is utter bullshit. I know we can't expect Wonkette to do a major investigative piece and dig out the real facts, but the fact that the motel "security guard" got involved at all suggests to me there was a lot more going on that two homeless folks hunkering down gratefully for a warm night's rest.
Since you took a lot of time to write up a justification for putting people out into the cold, what would you say to Jesus in his instructions for how to treat the "least of these"? Because what you are justifying is your own damnation. Now, if you are not a believer in and follower of Jesus Christ, that question is moot. But, if you are, you've got a dilemma on your hands. Those "problems" will be sitting on the right hand of God and you won't.
Not really trying to justify putting people out in the cold, but just pointing out that there was very likely more to this story than written in the article, and while we libtards *do* like to get our righteous rage on against "the man," we shouldn't let that urge blind us to actual causes and effects of serious issues like homelessness. And while I respect real Christian values (not the hateful, vengeful old-testament based ones) I am not a Christian.
It's true, if Jesus was running all the hotels in the world, we wouldn't have a homeless problem. But you'd never want to stay at a hotel yourself.
A shorter term for "in my experience" would be "anecdotal evidence". Oops, that's not shorter.
Keith Moon was notorious for stuff like that.
Plural was a boo-boo on my part, but 75% is a stat that there should be data to support.
I know what the poster meant so was only semi-serious questioning it, but "frequently", "all to often", "in many instances" or whatevz might have been better than stating an absolute number.
You're making two assumptions, both off the mark.
I don't own the hotel (much less a chain), I just run it. I draw a modest salary as manager of a 17-room "boutique hotel" in a 100-year-old building in the downtown area of my home town. My hours on duty include working weekend-long shifts every other weekend, coming to work at 8am Friday and not going home until 5pm Sunday night. So you can guess from that how off the mark your 1%er crack is.
Local Samaritans assume, based on our low rates and downtown location, that we're a good dumping ground for folks they're trying to help, but really almost any other cheap motel in town would be better. All our rooms are along one long corridor, and all it takes to fuck up every guest's night is to have one really loud couple fighting in the hall, or even behind closed doors, if they're particularly enthusiastic about it. It's a little too intimate of a place to be able to isolate troublemakers away from people who just want to get a decent night's sleep.
So yeah, I'm a "front line" employee who needs to be wary about who gets past my front desk.
Well, there was that one time Jesus told his disciples to piss in the faces of the poor, because that'd learn 'em good.
It worked 2000 years prior, too!
The freedom to choose your corporate masters or starve under a bridge.
Agreed. A "no ID" disqualification is bullshit from the get-go, but enforcing it after the fact is utter bullshit. I know we can't expect Wonkette to do a major investigative piece and dig out the real facts, but the fact that the motel "security guard" got involved at all suggests to me there was a lot more going on that two homeless folks hunkering down gratefully for a warm night's rest.
Oh my Dear Lord, Dok hauled out the kittens! DON'T GO IN THERE!!
yes . . . we are not.
[i, myself, am exceptional for other things]
I signed the petition, because sometimes, the only causes worth fighting for are the lost ones.
Since you took a lot of time to write up a justification for putting people out into the cold, what would you say to Jesus in his instructions for how to treat the "least of these"? Because what you are justifying is your own damnation. Now, if you are not a believer in and follower of Jesus Christ, that question is moot. But, if you are, you've got a dilemma on your hands. Those "problems" will be sitting on the right hand of God and you won't.
Indeed, the more fundamental a religion is, the more emphasis there is on punishment.
Supply Side Jesus
I was just funning w/ you. I've read details of your work in past posts.
Not really trying to justify putting people out in the cold, but just pointing out that there was very likely more to this story than written in the article, and while we libtards *do* like to get our righteous rage on against "the man," we shouldn't let that urge blind us to actual causes and effects of serious issues like homelessness. And while I respect real Christian values (not the hateful, vengeful old-testament based ones) I am not a Christian.
It's true, if Jesus was running all the hotels in the world, we wouldn't have a homeless problem. But you'd never want to stay at a hotel yourself.