Dante’s Opinion: My Girlfriend Says She’ll Break Up With Me If I Vote for Trump. What Would You Do?

Sometimes…eh.

My girlfriend says she’ll break up with me if I vote for Trump. What would you do?

Vote for Trump. That’s what I would do. I mean, she can’t force you to vote for something. She can’t threaten for your vote. She will vote for who she wants because of her reasons. We have a situation where we have a responsibility to vote in the most unfiltered way possible.

Honestly, if that’s what breaks you up, I’d say good for you.

I get what she may be feeling like. To vote for Trump obviously means you stand by his ideals. If she’s turned off by those, and you stand by them, then yeah, she may not be interested in sticking with you.

It’s private. You don’t even have to tell her who you’re voting for. Did she tell you who she’s voting for? You don’t have to say anything, at all.

If it were me, I would vote for who I want and F the rest. It’s probably for the best if the relationship ends.

Dante’s Best: October 2016

A monthly feature where I take the best posts from the month and share them with you. The best is determined by mostly my preference but also views and likes.

We’re looking at the featured posts. If I have any other types of posts, I will pick the best of those. So, it’s like this:

  • Best Dante’s Opinion for the month
  • Best Dante Positive for the month
  • Best Dante Funny for the month
  • Best non featured post for the month

Dante’s Opinion

The winner for the month of October goes to this:

Why do people ask questions like “what’s up” or “how is your day” when they really don’t care at all? It’s the same dialogue with the same answer. I don’t get why this is used. It literally has no meaning. When I’m asked “what’s up” or “how’s it going” all I do is repeat what they say or say “nice”. And it is very annoying. I know it’s considered good etiquette, but how? There is no reason for it. If you really want me to tell you how my day is, let me think about it, tell you, and give details. If you don’t care about my day, then I see no point in asking the question.

And, I basically ranted a response in agreement with this original question. A very close second was about when to have homemade chocolate cake. But yeah man, that stupid question people ask without expecting an answer to is too much for me.

Dante Positive

Remember that boy who grew his hair out just so he could donate it to cancer victims who lost their hair? I do. And that’s the best Dante Positive post in October.

Dante Funny

It’s really a shame but I didn’t post much humor in October by my standards. However, a winner must be chosen. The best Dante Funny had to have been the Bats, Rats, and Cats jokes post. Plus, have you seen the featured image for it?

Other

The best non featured post for October had to be my reflecting on whether I should be a minister or not. Trying to figure out if the call is real. Trying to figure out how to get to where I need to be. It’s really fascinating.

So, those were the best of October. Dante’s Best.

Dante’s Opinion: Should I Complain About Receiving An Inaccurate Greeting?

I have seen some heavy stuff in my day but this is the winner. This takes home the gold.

I went to the store at 9:00 am, and clerk said to me “good afternoon” instead of “good morning” Should I complain to her manager?

I’m trying with all of my heart to believe this is real. I’ve been doing this series and I guess the trolls finally got in. Receiving an inaccurate greeting like this is just…it’s not a big deal.

It happens. Not to me; but it happens. I’ve been greeted with the wrong “time of day” before. 9 am seems a little off to mistake for at least noon, but whatever.

Was the cashier being sarcastic? I love sarcasm but it makes no sense here for use. Maybe is was a terrible joke.

Was there an attitude problem with the delivery of the greeting?

Do you have nothing better to do than to cry about this? I could give you 100 things that bother me more than this. What’s going on, here?

No, you shouldn’t complain to her manager. What is the manager supposed to do anyway? Write her up? Fire her? Go take some sort of special training seminar? I mean, give me a break.

But, like I said, this question isn’t real. I presented this to give you a good laugh. I mean…this can’t be real, right? People can’t exist just for this, right?

Dante’s Opinion: How Do You Deal With Rude Customers?

A little personal for me this time.

How do yall deal with rude customers? I just dont understand how people can get so angry and feel like its okay to yell at cashiers. I got fussed at by two different customers and in both instances the issue was not my fault and their issue had nothing to do with me but themselves. Im not a confrational person so im not really good at defending myself verbally. It was just soo bad, i just wanted to walk away from the register and cry after the second rude customer.

It sucks because “the custmer is always right” and i cant say anything back to them. Then on top of that you have other customers looking at you getting fussed at. Its so embarrassing. After the second guy was rude to me, a customer came up to me and said that im doing a great job and to ignore that *** hole lol. But how do yall deal with situations like those? Does it ever get to you? I guess i just need to work on having thicker skin so that stuff doesnt bother me….ive never had customers be mad at me like that before.

Been there. Working in retail can be painful at times. You know how many times I get yelled at for asking for photo ID to sell tobacco? It’s company policy to require that for EVERYBODY. Struggles with coupons. Misreading of promotional signs.

Some people are just mean in general. You can’t take it personally or you’ll die. I haven’t had a problem in my years and I make sure I support fellow retail workers.

You have to stay strong during the heated moment. You don’t have to defend yourself; in fact, I would advise not to. Talking back in any form will only escalate the problem. Perhaps bring in a manager. I usually am able to handle it on my own because they are all smoke and no flame when they get upset at me and I know it.

And, like that comforting customer, I usually get a boost of confidence from understanding people. People get it. Just keep your cool; stay professional, and pray for the meanies. We don’t know what they are going through.

I personally enjoy working in retail.

Dante’s Opinion: Should I tell my coworker that he smell bad?

Oh this is one of the tough ones.

Should I tell my coworker that he smell bad? One of my coworker who s kinda good with me he smells bad, seriously i can tell which aisle he passed which way he went just by follow the trail of his body odor…. I don t know how to tell him without being rude or making him feel bad about it.

Oh…that sounds bad.

Okay, so I think you should not say anything to him. Take it to the boss. The boss will have to reinforce proper hygiene stuff in the workplace. There’s no way you can say something without hurting the guy’s feelings. Let the boss handle it. Well, that’s what I would do. I prefer no confrontation.

Dante’s Opinion: Should the NFL repeal the ban on celebrations?

I rarely talk about sports. Here we go:

Should the NFL repeal the ban on celebrations? The NFL has become known as the “No Fun League” with players getting penalized or fined for celebrating touchdowns. The increase in penalties (not just on celebrations) is one of the factors in the decrease of TV ratings.

Alright.

First of all, this is one of those rules that don’t matter. I don’t know about your claims about ultimately leading to less views, but I do think this ban should be lifted.

I don’t know, man. If I made an awesome catch or took a dive or returned the interception, I feel like I want to celebrate a bit. We’re human. I don’t know why it had to be stopped. Unsportsmanlike conduct? Were the celebrations offensive? If we controlled the type of celebrations, that’s fine. Like, in the NBA, I know anything resembling a gun is fined. But, if you notice, when players make shots (especially 3’s), they have a little quick celebration with their hands. The game is much quicker so they don’t have as much time as the NFL players would have after a score.

I don’t know; I didn’t think it was a problem. I figure concussions were a problem but I’m no expert. Have a good one!