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I donโ€™t know what to do nowโ€ฆ

I have worked in customer service oriented jobs for a long time. I'm guessing you have worked with people a lot as well, so maybe this isn't news to you.

Some people are reasonable, and if you explain things to them logically, in a way they can understand, they will accept your explanation, however grudgingly.

Some people just want to vent. If you let them be angry and explain what is upsetting them, and let them air their grievance, that seems to help. Say that you get it, and be specific, if you can. Say how your cousin got evicted for a similar situation and how hard it was for him or her. Or whatever anecdote you may have that would apply.

All that said, some people just want what they want. They don't care about your reasons, perhaps they've already decided that they know better than you or that you either don't care or are out to cheat them.

In the last situation, like in the first two, you need to be the adult in the room and keep a cool head. To something like "I would rather go to jail." I would try some empathy and be more "real" than professional and say "Sir, I don't think you really want that. I understand that you want to say in your home but unfortunately that just isn't possible anymore." Perhaps offer to do some research to see if there are any similarly priced, comparable amenity apartments in the area on the spot with him.

If he is starting to get violent then you have to get the police involved. That is unacceptable behavior.

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What type of phone?

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Troubling times for us here at Help-QA

I appreciate this message and I know you are concern is honest and meant with the best possible intentions.

I have a couple of things to get off my chest.

I am sorry some people have felt bullied. I hope that I am not one of the perpetrators. If I am, I believe this is an unfair assessment. This isn't a question, I am just saying, and don't want a response one way or the other on this.

I do regret some of my interactions here of late. Not because I think I was being intentionally cruel to anyone, or excessively abrasive. But because instead of engaging with certain posts, the better route would have been to report them to a moderator. Not because I disagreed with them, but because I think they contained misinformation that could cause people to inadvertently hurt themselves or others. I will do that in the future, in order to have whatever differences I have with the poster (well, really the post-contents) mediated that way.

I don't mean that it should be a one-way thing, and I don't expect something to be taken down just because I reported it. I'm just saying that it isn't up to me, alone, to challenge content if I literally think it is dangerous. A moderator should be involved to verify if my concern is justified.


Does that sound fair, padre?

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If I understand correctly, you are not saying that people should not disagree, only that they need to really be careful about what they say and how they disagree.

I can appreciate this. No one is perfect when it comes to this. And I will try harder than I normally do to be as clear as I can and make sure people are aware that, when I disagree with them...it's not personal for me. At all.

But in all fairness, I think some people on here seem inordinately shocked and even offended when they get pushback on opinions that are EXTREMELY controversial. I find this difficult to understand.

Another factor here is that alot has been happening of late, everywhere. We're all, every single one of us on here, under a lot more stress than we're usually under. I think this has contributed to a lot with tensions rising. Things are literally life or death out there right now. COVID. The Protests. Impeachment. The upcoming election. Things are very tense and coming to a head. All I mean is...it's no surprise that we're all feeling a little on edge.

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I haven't set up my Slack account yet to QA, I just checking the account but it shows that I have finished my slack set up.

@Rockster160

I dont understand your question but maybe he can help

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First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak outโ€”because I was not a socialist.

Gives you chills

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very enlightened

https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/9860664...

I mean, you see this and I think you should ask yourself if you should really take her seriously.

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very enlightened

Jebus-Zeus wrote:
She's an Uncle tom

I wish I could be so succinct.

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very enlightened

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candace_Owens

I thought this was just some random girl saying her opinion, she's a pro Trump activist lol.

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very enlightened

The protesters aren't asking for Floyd to be canonized.

Protesters want better training for police officers. They want excessive force tactics like chokeholds to be banned. They want police to be held accountable for when they make fatal mistakes. That's not a black vs white thing. Innocent white men get killed by police too. It shouldn't be a Republican vs Democrat thing either.

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very enlightened

Something just struck me and I find it amusing because it seems true to me. The people who are against the protesters will say "Everybody agrees that what happened is bad!" Well, we have a video. Of course you agree that murder caught on video is bad.

If there was no video, I am sure they would not be saying that. They'd say the police did their job and should go free.

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