Tommy Carcetti: kind of a pussi

[BannedFromDU]

 Tommy_Carcetti (21,485 posts)


Have you ever felt unfairly judged by another person?

I have, at least once in my life.

It was years ago, at a summer job at a swimming pool. My boss there I still consider one of the worst human beings I've ever had to deal with in my entire life (and I usually like people and believe most people are good at heart). She was constantly attempting to make herself look like the "cool", "edgy" boss in front of her employees. But she had a seriously passive aggressive mean streak, and she had her favorites, and her not-so-favorites.

For whatever reason (I still to this day don't know why), I was one of her not-so-favorites. She would constantly criticize and nit pick everything I did. She would demand I enforce the most nonsensical rules at the pool. She once told me that my relationship with my then-girlfriend (now wife) was doomed to fail. Another time she told me that I was not smart enough to get a scholarship into graduate school (which I ultimately did). She accused me of omitting information on my job application (even though I had kept a hard copy of the application and was able to show her that I did not omit anything.) She scheduled me for long shifts on days that I had specifically asked off far in advance.

This grew worse and worse over the summer, until one morning when I arrived before my shift began. Except Boss Lady decided I wasn't sufficiently early enough, and she chewed me out and threatened to fire me if I wasn't sufficiently early for my shift again. It was the last straw, and I was sick of it. I was so upset and frustrated, but I didn't want to show it to her face to make me look bad, to let her know that she had gotten to me. So I went into the bathroom behind her office, went into a stall, and let out a scream. Just to get that frustration of having been abused emotionally and verbally off my chest.

I came back out feeling a little better. Except Boss Lady then came up to me and said she had heard me yell. And that she wondered if I was on drugs, because that's how people on drugs act. And that was it. I had enough of her shit. I put in my notice of resignation that day.

So why am I posting this and dredging up old bad memories?

I'm posting this because I'm a white male, and what happened to me summers ago with that horrible boss at that pool was the exception, not the rule. But seeing how things went down in Ferguson last week, and how they've gone down for the decades before that, that this is how life is like for many African Americans in this country. They are constantly being put down, constantly being told they are less than, constantly being told they are failures. And when the last straw breaks and they dare get just a little out of line, those who have provoked and prejudged them can then jump up and say, "See! I told you so! They are violent!" And it's just such a frustrating, vicious cycle.

I had that feeling one day in my life. I can't even imagine having to wake up and feel that way day after day after day.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025898847


I think this was meant to be a confessional bit of pathos that would shed light on the plight of the black man in the United States, but it comes off as the backstory for some poolboy in the background of the pool scene in Caddyshack.

To sum up: Tommy, a college graduate, was working at a POOL over the SUMMER. And he had a boss so cruel, so fiendish and inhuman, that she made him feel bad about his girlfriend and his prospects for a scholarship.

I mean, who WOULDN'T let out a primal scream at that?

Here's an artist's rendering of Carcetti on the job:



Well, not exactly, but you get the idea.

[Chris_]

What a sensitive flower.

[JohnnyReb]

He was late to work, didn't enforce the rules, couldn't follow instructions, wasn't near as bright as he thought he was, screams when he doesn't get his way.....HEY!!!! This dude is presidential material.

[Bad Dog]

Warning to kids. Don't try to go through life as a passive aggressive pu**y.

[BannedFromDU]

He was late to work, didn't enforce the rules, couldn't follow instructions, wasn't near as bright as he thought he was, screams when he doesn't get his way.....HEY!!!! This dude is presidential material.

     And he worked at a POOL. That's, like, EMPORER material for a liberal.

[landofconfusion80]

So I went into the bathroom behind her office, went into a stall, and let out a screamand smoked a fatty. Just to get that frustration of having been abused emotionally and verbally off my chest.

I came back out feeling a little better. Except Boss Lady then came up to me and said she had heard me yellsmelled pot smoke. And that she wondered if I was on drugs, because that's how people on drugs act. And that was it. I had enough of her shit. I put in my notice of resignation that day.

[Dori]

No one can force you to work at a job with a mean boss.  The answers are so simple sometimes, that I want to scream.

[lastparker]

I really wish I had more time to row over to the island, and sample some of the what must now be numbering in the THOUSANDS of  white apologist posts, dripping with faux moral outrage. In the meantime, thanks for bringing these over. This one is especially amusing.....white boy, working as a pool lifeguard, struggling with real life troubles like girlfriends and graduate school scholarships. Yup, I'm sure the people of Ferguson will stand in solidarity with you.

[Carl]

Doesn`t Tommy realize that as a guy he is gifted with not only male privilege but also institutionalized power so there is no possible way this mistreated woman could have been abusive in the work relationship.

He needs to apologize for his offensive and misogynist assertions and lies.

[thundley4]

My boss there I still consider one of the worst human beings I've ever had to deal with in my entire life

In a post talking about being judged, he judges his boss and she isn't there to defend herself. Just more of the Democrat War on Women.

[BannedFromDU]

In a post talking about being judged, he judges his boss and she isn't there to defend herself. Just more of the Democrat War on Women.

Wendy Peffercorn could not be reached for comment.

[Big Dog]

He was late to work, didn't enforce the rules, couldn't follow instructions, wasn't near as bright as he thought he was, screams when he doesn't get his way.....HEY!!!! This dude is presidential material.

And he has a small penis, which his boss could see in his swimsuit.

She was right, he didn't have what it took to keep his woman satisfied.

[miskie]

In a post talking about being judged, he judges his boss and she isn't there to defend herself. Just more of the Democrat War on Women.

If I were one of the Klu Klux Klams, I would suggest he somehow raped his boss with his maleness and white privilege, and he should apologize for his transgression against womyn worldwide.

[freedumb2003b]

No one can force you to work at a job with a mean boss.  The answers are so simple sometimes, that I want to scream.

Well, be careful else your boss will think you is on drugs!

[delilahmused]

You were judged unfairly for something? Welcome to real life.

Cindie