I'd also dip the fuck out if I walk into a restaurant and the manager is strapped. I genuinely wonder at the emotional/mental stability of anyone who thinks they need a gun on them as they go about their day.
"No, don't do that thing entirely on your own that only affects you and has nothing to do with me! That's my business, because I don't like it! Minding your own business means only doing things I like!"
Look, no one will ever manage to stop you from shitting on people for having different cultural values to your own. You might be able to manage doing so in a factually consistent manner. People can mind their own business and still do things that cause you to think or behave In a certain manner. What you're really trying to say is that you can't or don't see why you should mind your own business because you feel your emotional comfort is more important than the other person's wants and needs regarding their own comportment.
Wouldn’t you also leave if the manager was walking around with a combat knife? I would definitely question what sort of establishment I’m in if the manager feels the need to be armed.
I don't think I'd be too interested in eating at a restaurant where an 18 yr old became manager after only working there for 4 months. Place sounds like it's a sinking ship. I don't have any faith in that kitchen being up to code and I'm not interested in getting a horrible case of food poisoning
I'm with you. I've been a line cook for 15 years, and I had to do over a year in the dish pit before I was even aloud to make salads, and another 5 years before I was even in a position become a manager or head chef/sous chef.
He's been legal to work for 4 years, and has 4 months experience at this particular restaurant. I'd be very interested to see how this place runs.
that's basically every fast food restaurant, including pizza joints. A real adult may be the store manager, but 18 year old me was a shift manager at dominoes. The requirements are a pulse, ability to deal with shitty working conditions and low pay, and 8th grade math.
I went to a sandwich joint today and there was a sign on the wall. It essentially said "we encourage you to bring guns in here, but if you need to use it, please aim well." Everyone behind the counter had a MAGA hat on. I did a 180 and walked out fuck that shit.
No, no its not. It's shit behavior. If he feels better, safer, or more empowered with it. Fuck it. If he isn't a nitwit all good. Little weird? Sure. Would I do it? No. Live and let live though damn. This is the same kinda energy people have in high-school while making fun of the Magic the Gathering kids in lunch. Fuck I'm tired. Tired of people dictating outlier behavior without any sort of empathy.
Just remember that the average Redditor is young and stupid. They honestly, truly believe a lot of the ridiculous echo chamber nonsense about how [X behavior from outgroup member] is dangerous and unhinged. They don't see a kid from a different walk of life taking responsibility for his own safety. That's what's being pictured, but they've got an internal narrative suggesting that he's going to be the next school shooter pizza joint stabber. This ostracization is a very petty, very human attempt to either expel the threat from the tribe or ridicule it into line. Given a couple decades more experience, some of these commenters will realize that you can't actually mock someone into adopting your core values. In the meantime, we get to deal with their shit.
(And for the record, I say all this as someone who would never be caught dead open carrying anything, yet alone a ridiculous knife like that. Whether or not any of us wants to be armed is a personal choice, but choosing to open carry invites conflict and makes you look like a tool. Still not something to shit on him for.)
Yup. Also think about that jizz stain be in middle management. Having that little but of power to control his underlings. People will hate him in no time
Id be more comfortable with being around someone openly carrying a pistol (granted it’s a regular person and it’s stored right) because something about big combat knives make me feel uneasy, like it’s added for violence rather than actual protection
I mean, I kinda get it - my inner child is definitely a mall ninja. But I grew up in the 1980s with all the Ninja movies, and so on. And even I knew not to open carry a giant knife like that.
Or just get your gun yoinked. It seems like the people who open carry are all out here with it hanging off the back corner of their waist with nothing but gravity holding it in.
It would be so easy to walk up, grab it, disarm the obvious threat and have 2 guns instead of one.
I'm a queer Jewish man in the middle of a red state with active anti-lgbt groups, hate groups and a law that says you don't need a permit to carry-open or concealed.
If I don't arm because of a misplaced sense of superiority I'm a fool with a better chance of ending up dead than a heterosexual christian man.
Being armed will do jack-shit for you. Best case, you shoot the whacko who shoots you. Worst case, the whacko will shoot you first and you can’t do shit about it. In any case it’s escalation and escalation is bad. The logic of “I need a gun because you have a gun” is terrible and literally reduces your safety, instead of increasing it.
I guess I’m too European to get this totally flawed argumentation.
I’m pretty against guns and would love to see most of them off the street but the situation is pretty fucked in the US. I don’t blame minorities or people who belong to groups which are frequently the target of violence for carrying. There are too many crazy motherfuckers with guns out there.
No it's fine, I don't deserve any chance to defend myself and have to be gunned down in prejudiced cold blood because if it's going to happen it's going to happen. Apparently.
Please explain to me. How is having a gun going to save you from a prejudiced group of bigots? Just don’t describe some wannabe Rambo scenario, like most of people do in this context…
btw, kinda nice how you make a point of offending me in every comment for having a different opinion than you. Getting offended by people having different opinions is a great prerequisite for a person carrying a gun.
The logic of “I need a gun because you have a gun” is terrible and literally reduces your safety, instead of increasing it.
I am a walking target, you fucking child.
You don't understand how it is here nor what it's like to be a minority here (and possibly at all) and you, again, don't know what the fuck you're talking about.
My state is trying to make any live entertainment with transgender performers and people in drag illegal and conservatives are showing up armed to LGBTQ+ events. A synagogue here was vandalized last month. An abortion clinic here was set on fire last year.
Grow the fuck up. They really are out to get us. You don't know what you're talking about either.
Probably would be carrying one right now, except the place he works at wouldn't allow it. So we got the next best thing. No doubts got the strap in the car waiting for off hours.
Becaue I am a gun owner and a nurse and all the accidental gun shot wounds I have see are duds that look exactly like this kid. In my experience, most people that don't have military type continued hands on training with guns, when faced with a split second decision are totally incapable of making good choices. No one can predict how they will react when in a stressful situation. If this kid thinks that knife carried in that way is anyway reasonable or appropriate for self defense, his decision making is already in question.
I give two shits about laws. I have guns and I want to keep it that way. What i care about is the 2 year old that comes in with her face blown off because her 18 year old brother left his carry weapon on his bedside table while he took a shower. Or the 19 year old dud who is paralized because his buddy shot him accidently. Or the dozens of dudes I have seen who sliced their hands open putting away the knife they were carrying. All these guns and knives were owned and carried legally, and it didn't fucking matter.
Carrying a weapon is the easy part. Knowing how to not fuck up is much haarder.
Thank Christ there are gun owners like you, please please please get in touch with your local and state Democrats about getting their messaging right on gun safety measures
It's not like we have statistics about how the USA has more gun related deaths than other modern nations, not like we see a school shooting every other month, it's definitely not happening right in front of our eyes while gun nuts tell us it's not
Thank God there are responsible gun owners like the person above you
Lol why do you just assume that? Most people who open carry are pretty comfortable with firearms. Nobody knows how they are gonna react when shit hits the fan but you can’t how someone will just from a picture.
Nah in my experience most people who open carry do it to show off, look "cool", be intimidating ect. And most of the time they're self taught or "grew up shooting" so their complacency with firearms usually leads to dumb stuff.
Last time I reported anyone on reddit, it was an unsolicited DM from someone who only posts Ask Reddit questions that get 1-2 upvotes and 0 responses. They asked me if I "liked to travel". Reddit wrote back and said they checked it out and everything was fine.
They quickly delete these accounts if you put the reason for the report as "bot". They definitely don't care about an actual human harassing someone though lol
Thanks, for next time. I can't imagine this was a real person... they made zero comments, only posts, and there was no reason to think I was a 'lover of travel' or whatever.
"Ok so serious question about something like this: my neighbor’s dog (which is a pit bull they got from the pound as an adult) killed our dog we’ve had for about 8-9 years. Our dog was a mini pincher."
Did you just not read what you linked to or are you being intentionally misleading?
You can’t have someone take your hands off and kill you with them. You can’t have someone turn your hands on you and kill you; though you can have them slap you and ask why you’re hitting yourself. You can’t accidentally drop your hand and critically injure yourself (unless you relax your arms too fast and accidentally but yourself but you can recover). There are a ton of reasons not to carry a fixed blade combat knife as a fucking pizza store manager.
I realize the irony of “disarmed” and the joke therein but I’m not about to Try and make it.
I didn’t. But okay. I just proved that knives are dangerous. My point was that knives are dangerous not only to the “bad guy” but super dangerous to the wielder.
I get the very distinct impression that you don’t know much about this subject.
Ayo why did you have to make it a race or gender thing, no one said anything about either of these groups of people. Just saying you didn’t need to go there.
It's called a deterrent. Real badasses don't come on reddit and claim, "I could take that from you and I'm half your size". Be better, digital warrior.
As someone who fought in a war, I'd like to throw my two cents in here. If you're that scared that you need to carry a knife or a gun all the fucking time... You are a bitch. Maybe look into surgery to get your dick over 2 inches. End.
As someone who actually fought in the war, you're a fucking idiot. And the irony of your other stupid comment is that Pizza Delivery is one of the most dangerous jobs in the US.
Heck, I was a delivery driver and eventually GM of a pizza chain location in a rural town and I'd often end up taking deliveries when things got busy or my driver called out in the morning.
I absolutely understand OP's impulse to worry about their own safety. I don't think I'd ever openly carry a weapon though, and I'm almost certain it's against any franchise's policies to do so; it certainly was against my company's. Despite that, I did CC a handgun every day, but I was sure not to let anyone know that and using it would never be my first choice if something did come up. I'm not about to risk my life over some corporation's profits.
OP is getting a lot of flak, but I think it's unjustified. He's just young and might have witnessed incidents in the past. People don't seem to understand that delivery jobs can be extremely dangerous. Two drivers were beaten and robbed in one year in my region, one of whom had their vehicle stolen as well. One store was robbed at gunpoint (robber got away with $500, the idiot).
If you can't figure out the difference between a war and a pizza delivery boy, I'd say you picked the right username.
Edit: love your incest story about jerking off to your sister.
Edit: Jesus fucking Christ... I am stopping reading shit you've posted. You wanted to fuck your sister. Your cat got raped and you feel to blame??? Wtf did you do to your cat? I'm done you disgusting fuck.
I don't live in America, but I find it weird how you guys look down on this kid for something many of their states almost encourage, aka open carry. America is a bunch of sub cultures, aka a republic
Open carry isn't my cup of tea either, but damn, this kid clearly was just happy about bein promoted. Some of y'all don't understand basic human decency or how to communicate your ideals
Yeah, but this is a kid who might be in an area or sub culture that is cool with open carry. Don't get me wrong, open carry isn't something I like either and I wouldn't live in a place that had that, but this is just some kid.
You're never gonna teach someone if most of what you (not you in particular) do is shame them. I'm just annoyed more people aren't bein constructive with this kid and just educating him
The fact that it's a lot easier to kill someone when you can see their weapon. Everytime I see someone open carry, I walk around them thinking how dumb they are considering I could pull my concealed out in half a second and they'd be dead. Such a target for no reason
Yeah, but you have the extra step of moving your shirt or whatever to grab your concealed. Open carry allows me to simply move my hand to the right without moving a shirt out of the way.
My woman has a target on her back regardless of if she has a firearm or not. We carry to protect ourselves and others, I don’t see why anybody would judge us for embracing our right to carry a firearm.
No she’s a woman. We are going to conceal we just haven’t received our license and haven’t trained to be as quick to pull from conceal compared to open. Why is she a target? Ever heard of human trafficking? Rape? Kidnapping? There are a wide variety of crimes that happen to women simply because they’re women.
A fair point, but if you live in an area where all of those things are an inherent and present possibility, why are you assuming anyone who would commit those crimes is going to come from the front? Why do you assume that your SO would ever see the criminal coming? And if she can't see them coming, why do you think someone with the element of surprise,who would overpower your SO if she didn't have a firearm, would ever giver her the opportunity to draw it? Good in you for doing it in the future, but all the things you pointed out could also be fought against with a knife, and a knife can be put in your pocket where you aren't making yourself the most obvious target.
We do go off the assumption that she’ll see the threat, that’s fair. We’ve considered a knife, but she feels more comfortable and safe with her firearm. I would carry a knife, but I personally like having my firearm with me rather than leaving it in the vehicle or at home where I have roommates. I really believe in gun safety and I believe that if it’s not on you, then it should be secured away safely. I promise you once we get our licenses and we’ve trained properly, we won’t be such obvious targets. But until then, we want to feel that we’re able to protect ourselves in an incident.
Look up crime statistics in the US and argue that women wouldn’t be safer by carrying a firearm in the US. We don’t want to open carry, but until we get a license we open csrry.
Odds are always there. My dad was carjacked in front of a police station, thankfully he Carries, and pulled out a bigger gun (a magnum revolver) and shoved it in the other guys face, turns out the other guy didn’t have any bullets in his gun, and my dad dragged his ass right into the police station zip tied up with shit in his pants.
Also fun fact, that was the only time my dad wore shorts, and he has never worn them again. This was nearly 30 years ago. I think shorts are less the issue, and instead maybe locking his doors. But that’s neither here nor there.
The odds are still there lmao. Yea you struck me as someone who is deeply invested in statistical models.
Odds are you’re more likely to kill yourself or someone you care about with that firearm than ever any form of self defense. Since you’re such a numbers guy.
Yeah and we accept that. We know having a gun increases the chances that we use it on ourselves or each other. At least at that point it’ll look like a Mr and Mrs Smith movie.
I drive an Elantra bro, so there goes your stereotyping. I hit the range monthly, because what’s a gun worth if the operator isn’t trained to use it? I’ve always found that I’m more comfortable with an open carry.
Yeah because that’s totally reasonable. Some of us can’t afford to simply get up and leave. We are where we are simply because we can’t afford to go elsewhere right now. Sounds like you’re a bit privileged if you’re able to just get up and go whenever you’d like.
Oh I'm definitely privileged. But I got my privilege after getting a job with the training I got in the military, which is also why I think it's dumb as hell to open carry. Especially in a place where you're apparently constantly in danger.
Yeah and some of us aren’t that fortunate. I’d like to be a skilled worker and I’d like to move us from where we are, but that just isn’t the case currently. We carry just in case in the event we need it. We’ll eventually conceal, but that won’t happen until we’re licensed to do so and trained to do so. I think any reasonable gun owner would agree that following the law is probably best and being trained to conceal carry before conceal carrying is a good idea.
Hey fuck that mindset, I don't give a fuck what your job is, don't call yourself "unskilled" labor. If you work a job, you're skilled at something. My point is while training is great, making yourself the most obvious target possible is worse than just carrying an alternate weapon.
Fair enough. I just don’t have the skills, currently, to obtain a well paying job. I have skills, as anybody else, but they are not yet worthy of obtaining something higher paying. And we’ll only have to be a target for a few more months. I do hope until then we’ll continue to be safe, we avoid trouble because we don’t want to be put in a situation where we have to use our firearms.
Until I have the option to conceal, I’m going to carry my firearm with me. Would you rather I leave it at home unsecured with roommates? Leave it in my car unaccompanied? Pick what’s best.
In America, this is pretty common so I don’t really see anything wrong with it. People will do what they do and what makes you any better for judging them? It’s weird.
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