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Businesses that are saying F the rules
Posted on 5/6/20 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 5/6/20 at 1:40 pm
I'm torn here. I think these closures have well outlived their usefulness (if there was any at all) and we need to start opening things back up, quicker and sooner.
But when some businesses have decided the rules don't apply to them, I just can't support that. We should, as a society, encourage people to follow the rules, and if you don't like the rules, then fight like hell to change them.
But when the state says a bar can't have in-bar service, and there are 50 cars in the parking lot, and the door constantly opening and closing and people drinking at the bar, and no one enforces the rules, it's a slap in the face to the bar down the street who is abiding by the rules.
We are going to be seeing a lot more of this in the days ahead. More proof that nice guys finish last.
But when some businesses have decided the rules don't apply to them, I just can't support that. We should, as a society, encourage people to follow the rules, and if you don't like the rules, then fight like hell to change them.
But when the state says a bar can't have in-bar service, and there are 50 cars in the parking lot, and the door constantly opening and closing and people drinking at the bar, and no one enforces the rules, it's a slap in the face to the bar down the street who is abiding by the rules.
We are going to be seeing a lot more of this in the days ahead. More proof that nice guys finish last.
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Posted on 5/6/20 at 1:41 pm to LSUFanHouston
Fortune favors the bold.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 1:43 pm to LSUFanHouston
Posted on 5/6/20 at 1:46 pm to LSUFanHouston
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I'm torn here.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 1:46 pm to LSUFanHouston
So the asshats that said raise the budget or lose LSU football get to decide that la carretas can have 200 people in the parking lot but the barbershops have stay closed and risk bankruptcy? Screw that
All businesses should have an option to stay open with parameters
All businesses should have an option to stay open with parameters
This post was edited on 5/6/20 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 5/6/20 at 1:46 pm to LSUFanHouston
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hen fight like hell to change them
Uh, that's kind of the point of protesting unjust rules by not following them.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 1:47 pm to LSUFanHouston
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But when the state says a bar can't have in-bar service, and there are 50 cars in the parking lot, and the door constantly opening and closing and people drinking at the bar, and no one enforces the rules, it's a slap in the face to the bar down the street who is abiding by the rules.
Then maybe you shouldn’t abide by stupid rules just because some stuffed shirt petty tyrant says so.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 1:50 pm to LSUFanHouston
Well I can’t speak to everyone but we own a non essential business. Stayed closed until it was abundantly clear that this thing was not what they made it out to be. Observed those who got sick and recovered who we knew personally. Observed people living with sock people and not getting sick. So we reopened on May 1. Our clients wanted us back and come in for services on the “low” effectively. The “rules” as you say are not legal in my opinion. They’re constitutionally suspect at best, politically driven at worst.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 1:52 pm to LSUFanHouston
I support their right to rebel.
I’ve been trying to figure out why though.
I believe in hierarchy. But at the same time I have a healthy disregard for the rules, and I always have.
It must be cultural.
I intuitively know that there are people who can tell me what to do, and there are people who can’t.
But it has nothing to do with titles, oddly. It’s more about how old you are, and who you are. And there are limits to what I can be commanded to do.
I’ve been trying to figure out why though.
I believe in hierarchy. But at the same time I have a healthy disregard for the rules, and I always have.
It must be cultural.
I intuitively know that there are people who can tell me what to do, and there are people who can’t.
But it has nothing to do with titles, oddly. It’s more about how old you are, and who you are. And there are limits to what I can be commanded to do.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 1:56 pm to LSUFanHouston
The rules at this point are for the most part reasonable, IMO.
When people start abusing them, it only seems to lead to more extreme measures.
I think we should take obvious precautions and follow the rules as they now stand, just so we can get out of this without any more complications/closures down the road.
I'm worried if we don't, we're going to start pushing this into football season.
When people start abusing them, it only seems to lead to more extreme measures.
I think we should take obvious precautions and follow the rules as they now stand, just so we can get out of this without any more complications/closures down the road.
I'm worried if we don't, we're going to start pushing this into football season.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 1:59 pm to LSUFanHouston
Sounds like a bootlicker in here
As long as daddy government makes the rules, whatever they are or as horrible as they are we must obey.
Into the cars! Thanks daddy government!
As long as daddy government makes the rules, whatever they are or as horrible as they are we must obey.
Into the cars! Thanks daddy government!
Posted on 5/6/20 at 1:59 pm to LSUFanHouston
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But when some businesses have decided the rules don't apply to them, I just can't support that. We should, as a society, encourage people to follow the rules, and if you don't like the rules, then fight like hell to change them.
yeah frick that
I see where you are coming from in ordinary circumstances, but these circumstances are not ordinary. These "rules" are being made not through the legislature, the instrument of the people, but through executive actions of single people in charge of entire states. On top of it all, these executive actions are textbook government overreach. I have zero issue with people taking a moral and legal stance against them.
This post was edited on 5/6/20 at 2:07 pm
Posted on 5/6/20 at 1:59 pm to LSUFanHouston
If you ain't first, you're last!
Posted on 5/6/20 at 2:04 pm to LSUFanHouston
I think the way the whole ‘essential business’ thing was handled poorly. If I have a local sporting goods or running/fitness or golf store but have to go bankrupt because the government won’t let me open while watching people pour in and out of Academy Sports with bags of active wear, shoes, golf equipment, or other clothing then I’m pissed and prob going to jail over it.
If their only open because they sell ammo/guns then that’s the only departments that should be available to the public.
If their only open because they sell ammo/guns then that’s the only departments that should be available to the public.
This post was edited on 5/6/20 at 2:13 pm
Posted on 5/6/20 at 2:08 pm to LSUFanHouston
If nobody follows a rule is it still a rule?
Posted on 5/6/20 at 2:41 pm to LSUFanHouston
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More proof that nice guys finish last.
I disagree with your premise here. It isn't whether the bar owners are nice or not. It's whether they are the compliant type (e.g. "sheep"). I think nearly every business owner sees the shutdown as ignorant BS by now. Some comply anyway, some ars saying F it.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:15 pm to LSUFanHouston
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But when the state says a bar can't have in-bar service, and there are 50 cars in the parking lot, and the door constantly opening and closing and people drinking at the bar, and no one enforces the rules, it's a slap in the face to the bar down the street who is abiding by the rules.
I think you should forfeit up your money to repay the lost earnings of the bar owners...do you think thats fair?
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:33 pm to LSUFanHouston
Maybe the bar down the street shouldn’t act like a pussy.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:43 pm to LSUFanHouston
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I'm torn here. I think these closures have well outlived their usefulness (if there was any at all) and we need to start opening things back up, quicker and sooner.
But when some businesses have decided the rules don't apply to them
rules?
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We should, as a society, encourage people to follow the rules, and if you don't like the rules, then fight like hell to change them.
It should not be expected that laws that steal constitutional freedom and that have a significant immediate impact are simply ignored. This isn't a case where getting a judgement in 6 months satisfies the necessary outcome.
People need to make a living. Despite you not realizing it, your desire to have "people follow the rules" isn't more important than their desire to stay solvent.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:58 pm to LSUFanHouston
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We should, as a society, encourage people to follow the rules
Did you report your Jewish neighbors to the Nazis yet?
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