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Whoops, Nikki Haley Tweets her snobbery

TragicMonkey said:
It's not "snobbery", it's unprofessionalism. For a diplomat to complain of having to work because of a diplomatic crisis involving a hostile nuclear power suggests unfitness for the job. That's not an attitude one wants for someone in that job. Just like you wouldn't like to hear your heart surgeon bitching about having to work the day of your surgery when she'd rather be on the beach, would you? What kind of job performance do you think you're getting from someone who announces, publicly, how much they are annoyed by having to do their job?


I may resent having to work nights, weekends, and holidays in my job but I sure as hell never let the people I'm doing work for at those times know that. As far as they know I adore being woken up at 2 a.m. on Thanksgiving to deal with their emergency.
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^Bingo!^

It's a very rare holiday in my adult life where I didn't end up working or at least on call.

If you want holidays off for yourself or your family, don't go into the Military, Government or public service.
 
I can understand that she'd complain to family and friends, but for a UN ambassador to post something like that on social media, where the whole world can read what she thinks about having to work is poor form.
I mean, she didn't exactly complain, but she did open herself up to those accusations. Something someone in her position should know to avoid.
On the other hand, compared to what's apparently perfectly reasonable for the POTUS to tweet, this is nothing.

Also, I find the sentimentalist 'hurr, wut about our troooops?' argument to be cheap and tiring.
 
BStrong said:
^Bingo!^

It's a very rare holiday in my adult life where I didn't end up working or at least on call.

If you want holidays off for yourself or your family, don't go into the Military, Government or public service.
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No one complains more about working holidays than people in the military. Our chief of the boat's favorite phrase was "a bitching sailor is a happy sailor."
 
Porpoise of Life said:
I can understand that she'd complain to family and friends, but for a UN ambassador to post something like that on social media, where the whole world can read what she thinks about having to work is poor form.

I mean, she didn't exactly complain, but she did open herself up to those accusations. Something someone in her position should know to avoid.
On the other hand, compared to what's apparently perfectly reasonable for the POTUS to tweet, this is nothing.

Also, I find the sentimentalist 'hurr, wut about our troooops?' argument to be cheap and tiring.
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Having once found myself a party to a conversation where a father explained to myself (Army) and another guy (Corps) why his son was "too good" and "too smart" for military service, you are far from being alone.
 
BStrong said:
Having once found myself a party to a conversation where a father explained to myself (Army) and another guy (Corps) why his son was "too good" and "too smart" for military service, you are far from being alone.
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His son probably wasn't, but I can think of a few people that were too good. I think John Nash was probably too good.
 
Darat said:
I'm left confused. What was wrong with her tweet? (Apart from the general wrongness of all tweets?)
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The Fourth of July is a major national U.S. holiday. People go to the beach, have backyard barbecues and watch big fireworks shows. She's mad that she had to work -- meaning fulfill her duties at the highest levels of the federal government -- on her day off. A lot of less exalted government employees had to work, too.
 
What a crock of bull pucky!

Is this the entire "Tweet"?

“Spending my 4th in meetings all day. ‪#ThanksNorthKorea.”
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This made the news and the illustrious ISF?

Looks like a shot at NK and not at all a complaint about work. It's the hashtag at the end that makes it about NK and not about her.

This just shows how blinded people can be by their own bias. Unbelievable.
 
BStrong said:
The time honored tradition.

I'm never offended by my brothers in arms.
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How about sisters in arms? (Army)
:D

I agree, it is bad form to bitch about work publicly.

Hopefully, her mention of North Korea was about
working night and day on diplomacy?

While Trump is otherwise occupied.
 
Pretty clear that misogyny is driving people to be upset at Nikki Haley over this.
 
snoop_doxie said:
How about sisters in arms? (Army)
:D

I agree, it is bad form to bitch about work publicly.

Hopefully, her mention of North Korea was about
working night and day on diplomacy?

While Trump is otherwise occupied.
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My failure to note my sisters as well brothers was an oversight that I'm pained to admit.

In my own family some women followed the family tradition and joined and have served our country.

All women veterans and currently serving members should be well recognized for the contributions they make.
 
Hell on the 4th I went into a supermarket to get hot dogs and saw all sorts of workers in there working that day for minimum wage (and just enough hours to not get health insurance) yet not a single tweet about those poor bastards.

And the worst job I ever had was for a cable company that required me to work Thanksgiving and Christmas when I would not only be at work but have to be yelled at over the phone by drunk people complaining their PPV porn wasn't working and didn't care at all that the person they were yelling at on Christmas is at work instead of with their families.

But, no, let us pretend the only people that ever work on holidays are cops, health workers and the military.
 
snoop_doxie said:
How about sisters in arms? (Army)
:D

I agree, it is bad form to bitch about work publicly.

Hopefully, her mention of North Korea was about
working night and day on diplomacy?

While Trump is otherwise occupied.
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Trumpf is always occupied
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