Hee. Post Dcon kerflap:
Apparently going "boo hoo, I'm not responsible for your happiness" is a sign that I'm an evil person. Yes. Because I was installed on this very earth to make your life as happy and easy as possible when you do nothing for yourself.
That saying "There's nothing funny about in essence, advocating elitism as a way to make YOUR life easier" is not funny, is me without a sense of humor.
Frankly, i've attended cons with people where nothing made them happy and they really are a wet sock on the experience. The issues the guy was whining over were no one's fault ( for the drink) and his own for the bad burger.
You'd assume that the american "save your own ass first" mentality would come into play here, but you'd be wrong. These are people my sister's age, in that grouping of age that seems to have spawned the "me me me" cluster of misguided souls that think the world caves to their whim. While not all are like that, there's certainly an uptick in the occurence of these spoiled types.
I did grow up expecting "nothing." most of the time, got exactly that. I wanted a denim jacket( stupid example, but i was 14), my mom insisted I work for the money. Nothing has been simply handed to me for the sheer existence of my wonderfulness.( a trend that's woefully lacking. Am I not amazing?:D )
When I worked at the airport, people used to pitch the unholiest of fits that anything should impede their vacation. A delay in flights, a delay in customs. A rubbery airport sandwich. These are not hardships.
I've dropped expensive drinks, and probably eaten things that gave me devilish food poisoning. ( i say you haven't lived till you're hit with a horrific case of the runs, while hanging on to a luggage cart at calgary airport, and drinking gatorade and hoping that the airline clerks check you on, ignoring your sweaty, pale, and obviously distressed state. I know another person this sort of "dear god, death would be nice" experience has happened to.)
But...I wouldn't blame it on the other patrons of the dining establishment for "making the staff rush." If people expect counter staff to serve them in an instant, and yet have fully cooked items, these two things MAY be mutually exclusive and an adjustment of the schedule and expectation may be well in order.
Do not blame ME for your lack of bad planning, or random mishap. It's unfair to assume everyone else is out to ruin your special time and that they should be gone from the equation.
Things I do expect at dragoncon: that at certain points, I'll be getting to know people in the elevator lobbies when the waits start. That getting food quickly is a dodgy prospect and so having snacks on hand is a better plan. That the drinks are overpriced, so I don't drink them anyway, and find alternate means of getting the drink on. That it will be crowded, and maybe even insanely so, but it's a temporary state of being and we're all here for fun, and sometimes you get jostled or have to wait in line and it's nothin personal.
( what I didn't like was most was the 50some fairies, and only a generous third of them actually doing what they were asked to do.)
Again, one's failure to plan for potential inconveniences is not my problem. It doesn't make for a funny-lite article when you try to write off your mishaps as "the other guy's fault."
The people who snivel that the event's much too big and only the TRUE fans should be there, need to take a hike. I pays my moneys, just like you, and I get in. We're on the same level here. Maybe Dragoncon can offer VIP passes that include someone to hand feed you, wipe your ass, and generally clear the paths for you so that you might never have to be bothered by the rabbling crowds.
Otherwise, you can get in line with the scantily clad fairies, the leias, the million Battlestar fans and a sweaty furry costumer, and put up with it like the rest of us who have the brains to handle this with some grace and humor.
If however, large crowd events like Dcon ruffle your delicate constitution so, there are hundreds of smaller cons that may be more to one's liking.
This guy seems to advocate that anyone who's there to buy, sell, or game, should stay home. That the people from out of town should stay home ( is he a halifaxian?). That anyone, aside from his own criteria, should stay home. The gamers, the sellers, the people from out of town aren't the ones complaining, dude. You are, and therefore, the problem, and the lack of humor, is yours. I'm not telling anyone who doesn't meet my personal standard, to stay home. That's not my call to make.
I swear personal responsibility is a lost and gone concept in this age.
Now. I have to study and plan some more of this trip. I am anticipating ( See! thinking ahead) that the food on the train may be expensive and of a somewhat polymer texture, so I should probably get to a grocery store in the next few days to get trip munchies.
( I'm also certain this dude has never experienced anything resembling real hardship. I swear we're becoming groomed for easy alien takeover. If we won't complain about an undercooked burger, we're likely not going to put up much resistance being sold into slavery on Meepthorp 7. We're basically weak little doughballs, aren't we?)
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