In article , "Doug Kanter"
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"basskisser" wrote in message
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Why not lighten up a little, and listen to the music until the people got
back?

Because inconsiderate people make a habit of leaving behind piles of ****
for others to deal with. The behavior should be crushed instantly and in the
most horrifying, shocking and insulting ways.

While I'm guessing Dougs statement was meant to be funny, I'd have to say
it holds alot of truth. Some of these people are like dogs who **** on
the carpet after just being let out. Disapproving looks and subtle
comments won't work, you have to rub their nose in their **** in hopes
that they get the point.

Obviously in the case of guys stereo it wasn't intentional, so making
things difficult on them isn't necessarily the right tact. Assuming it
was a mistake, I would have contacted the marina manager stating my
intentions. If or when the owner showed up I would *hope* as boaters they
would share a similar mindsets that boaters as a group are to be trusted
(at least where I come from), be willing to listen to an explanation why I
boarded, and understand that explanation, knowing that they did something
to cause the situation. If not they can verify my story with the marina.

If they persists in staying in a ****ing contest, then I'll do what needs
to be done to instill better consideration and reasoning. If you have to
be "cruel to be kind", perhaps I'll resort to "lead pipe kindness" :^)

In Doug's case, with the woman at the car dealership it's a tough call.
Obviously the woman was not "well bred" as she is portrayed as devoid of
common sense, maternal instincts, or reasoning. Rather attempt to see
Doug's point and say Thank You, she chose to stay ****y. What to do next
time? Choose to let Darwin's theory take it course, and the kid suffer
because his parent is a ****head? Or do the right thing, save the kid, be
ridiculed by the parent, while the kid grows up to be another
inconsiderate ****head. If we could go back in time would we find that
someone had saved Adolph Hitler from falling off a truck roof, or Saddam
Hussein from the back of a camel. Hmmmmm...... tough call!

Thankfully, it isn't too often, but I've seen some ****ty things that our
fellow boaters do. Besides the rude behavior I've cited before, there was
one time when someone pulled int the Put-in-Bay Yacht Club acting like
their **** didn't stink. I think they were a group of college kids
borrowing dad's boat and using his membership for a dock reservation. Not
only were they rude and uncourteous, but they had the nerve to unplug
another boaters shore power, because they needed to plug into two outlets
so they could run their boats AC electrical as well as their air
conditioner. Thankfully enough of the people were outraged that the
marina manager for the yacht club told them politely that their
reservation for later in the year would not be honored. I only hope that
later reservation was for dad, and that he was able to drive the point
home about being considerate too other boaters (assuming he has any
consideration himself).

Bob Dimond