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Getting a guitar. I'm doing it. For real. No don't try to stop me. I'm trading in either my Yamaha bass guitar or my Epiphone bass guitar and getting an acoustic electric. It's happening, and soon.


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Siberian_Khatru said:
Getting a guitar. I'm doing it. For real. No don't try to stop me. I'm trading in either my Yamaha bass guitar or my Epiphone bass guitar and getting an acoustic electric. It's happening, and soon.


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I'm finding it hard to like this post lol. I hope that really isn't you, SK! :D
 
zeroturbulence said:
One of the worst pains in life is the pain of knowing that no one understands you..
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Difficult to translate this as it is a verse, but:
"This burden we have to carry : To feel more terribly than others that this world is not our home"
Jens Bjørneboe
 
Isaiah 41:10-13New International Version (NIV)

10 So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

11 “All who rage against you
will surely be ashamed and disgraced;
those who oppose you
will be as nothing and perish.

12 Though you search for your enemies,
you will not find them.
Those who wage war against you
will be as nothing at all.

13 For I am the Lord your God
who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear;
I will help you.
 
Tintin said:
Yes, I shaved my beard and it was weird.

Sounds like a Veggie Tales song. Anyway, I'll post a photo soon. Both here and on Facebook.
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we need to find a vegetable that represents Tintin. How about drumstick? Or long beans? Or snake gourd? Hmmm.. :rolleyes:

Big day tomorrow, bro.. i bet you guys won't win. :p
 
It is 46 degrees here in Vermont today. Yay!! The ducks are happy, the ice on the river is breaking up and I can actually see grass! :o
 
I had an interesting introduction to work this morning as I was met with a dozen emails that simply demanded we refund a product for somebody. A friend told me after the matter that we're sometimes given opportunities/difficult people to respond how Christ would respond, not to throw it back. What a concept! Despite handling it peaceably for the sake of being professional, I wasn't esteeming exercising grace under pressure to the Lord (all the while the reality was that I was conjuring a handful of smart alec replies. No Siberian! That's a bad Khatru.)
 
Siberian_Khatru said:
I had an interesting introduction to work this morning as I was met with a dozen emails that simply demanded we refund a product for somebody. A friend told me after the matter that we're sometimes given opportunities/difficult people to respond how Christ would respond, not to throw it back. What a concept! Despite handling it peaceably for the sake of being professional, I wasn't esteeming exercising grace under pressure to the Lord (all the while the reality was that I was conjuring a handful of smart alec replies. No Siberian! That's a bad Khatru.)
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Hi Siberian,

As someone else who works in customer service, I've thought about this as well. I was wondering though... What do you do when you know the person is doing something wrong? For instance, they're returning a product they didn't buy at your store but demanding your store give them the refund. Or, they purposely put a lower price tag on a product and insist on being given that price. Is it right to just smile and go along with it all, playing dumb and being the one to apologize, as many in customer service are forced to do?

I always wonder what Jesus would do if He were a customer service worker and was confronted with people who were flat-out stealing.

Granted, Jesus wouldn't have to worry about whether or not He kept His job.
 
sometimes, patients swear up and down i said something i KNOW i didn't say. for example, time/day of their appointment, how their insurance works, costs, etc. or they'll claim the doctor said something and i know he didn't. sometimes, i just want to tell them to their face, "why you be lying?!!!!" but... i don't. sigh.
 
seoulsearch said:
Hi Siberian,

As someone else who works in customer service, I've thought about this as well. I was wondering though... What do you do when you know the person is doing something wrong? For instance, they're returning a product they didn't buy at your store but demanding your store give them the refund. Or, they purposely put a lower price tag on a product and insist on being given that price. Is it right to just smile and go along with it all, playing dumb and being the one to apologize, as many in customer service are forced to do?

I always wonder what Jesus would do if He were a customer service worker and was confronted with people who were flat-out stealing.

Granted, Jesus wouldn't have to worry about whether or not He kept His job.
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I couldn't work in a job like that, id tell the idiot trying to steal to get out in a not so nice manor.

then again I ain't a nice person when dealing with stupid people.
 
seoulsearch said:
Hi Siberian,

As someone else who works in customer service, I've thought about this as well. I was wondering though... What do you do when you know the person is doing something wrong? For instance, they're returning a product they didn't buy at your store but demanding your store give them the refund. Or, they purposely put a lower price tag on a product and insist on being given that price. Is it right to just smile and go along with it all, playing dumb and being the one to apologize, as many in customer service are forced to do?

I always wonder what Jesus would do if He were a customer service worker and was confronted with people who were flat-out stealing.

Granted, Jesus wouldn't have to worry about whether or not He kept His job.
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melita916 said:
sometimes, patients swear up and down i said something i KNOW i didn't say. for example, time/day of their appointment, how their insurance works, costs, etc. or they'll claim the doctor said something and i know he didn't. sometimes, i just want to tell them to their face, "why you be lying?!!!!" but... i don't. 29 Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt from him either.sigh.
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Luke 6:29 nasb
 
wisebeardman said:
I couldn't work in a job like that, id tell the idiot trying to steal to get out in a not so nice manor.

then again I ain't a nice person when dealing with stupid people.
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I hate it too, Wise. Boy, do I hate it. But Jesus wouldn't have to worry about keeping a job to pay for the bills and for health insurance.

The Bible passage I'd want to tell these people is "Go and SIN NO MORE."
 
melita916 said:
one of my college professors would always tell us that as our dismissal lol

*done with lecture*

"go and sin no more"

ok byeeee lol
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WOW! You actually posted a comment without ONE SINGLE REFERENCE TO FOOD! Wonders will never cease........(hehe)
 
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