Novocaine wrote:Maury2423 wrote:shza wrote:
We’ve never had a President of the United States. Just normal people like Maury who happen to have had the job of president for 4 or 8 years and should not be held to a different standard than anyone else since deep down, we’re all people.
See this is where your compensation shows, or lack of it. Where did i say something even close to that first part?
Of course we've had presidents, but they're just people like you and I. They tie their shoes like we do, they need to drink water and eat like we do. They're just better equipped or prepared than the majority of people that aren't or haven't been president.
And why in the world would you hold another human being to a higher standard than yourself or the people around you just because of what they do for a living? If you want to put those people in power in some category where they shouldn't be allowed to do no wrong then idk man, maybe you should think more highly of those around you and yourself, or don't think THAT highly of those in power.
I mean, because it's an integral part of the job. I dislike this cliché, but I suppose it's appropriate here: it's simply how the real world work. Jobs have some lateral, either explicit or implicit, requirements and norms, that one has to abide to. It's not even about power - different jobs have different expectations when it comes to dealing with the public. I mean, imagine a bouncer or security in a night club or an event flipping out every time there's some drunken bore being annoying? Or a customer service rep responding in kind every time some angry client acts with a shortage of civility? I mean, some guys do that but they generally don't have very long or successful careers. There's no expectation of symmetry here. Can you imagine a politician who goes to a townhall and answers in kind to his critics? And often they'd be entirely justified to do it. Yet they don't because they know it comes with the territory - they can always go be a lumberjack or work in an oil platform or whatever if they're not up to be the bigger person and keep a high-degree of self-control and you know, have a thick skin.
If you don't want to deal with the sort of stuff that comes with being a celebrity athlete, or a celebrity actor or whatever, like having people trying to take pics of you while you pass by then, you do what Bobby Fisher, Greta Garbo or that guy who played King Joffrey on GoT and retire from public life.
I mean, this wasn't exactly a paparazzi trying to take pics of Westbrook while he's walking to a shop with his family, or a fan bothering him in a restaurant. This fan did what thousands of other NBA fans do every season, no more, no less. It's pretty much a perk that comes with those seats, you might get a hi-5 from a player, or say something they might listen to.
This happens every game. Just like it happens to famous actors, or writers in book presentations, etc. Unless the fans keep their hands right in front of the players, impeding their natural progression, they aren't doing anything wrong and they shouldn't be afraid of players reacting with any sort of aggression.
This, this, this, and this again. Have none of you guys had jobs in customer service? You gotta keep a smile on your face and keep it moving, whether they talk about the product, the company, you, your family, or any personal insult they may hurl, otherwise you get fired. It isn't about what's right and wrong, it's about the company you represent and the fact that you need to be the bigger man because you're the one in a professional setting, they aren't.
The fan was stupid, but Westbrooks reaction was unneeded. Like it or not, you're a celebrity now, and part of the price you pay to play the game you love and earn the money to set up your family for generations is to learn how to ignore fans like that. People have to swallow their pride earning minimum wage, I'm sure Westbrook can ignore people for 30 million, especially when the action is relatively harmless in the grand scheme of things (i.e. no racial slurs, physical contact, etc).
