I think I was bad. I went off on the pizza folks today.

[IdaBriggs]

Stopped off at Dolly's pizza, and was told it would be 8 minutes for a slice or 8 minutes for a personal pizza, so I opted for the personal pizza. While I was waiting, I started browsing through their community wall stuff (I'd already tossed my change into the breast cancer jar), and then noticed TO MY HORROR that they had a large picture of an October 4, 2004 Bush rally, complete with framed ticket.

I started out calm -- "Excuse me, but are you folks Bush supporters?"

The front counter girl politely explained that THE OWNERS were, and I very politely told her that, despite my love for their pizza, I would not be purchasing anymore pizza from their establishment, and I wanted her to make sure that she told them it was because of their support for Bush.

There was a stunned silence at this point, quickly followed up by the Pizza Boy (a teenager) saying to me, "That's dumb. Why are you mixing politics up with Pizza? Its not like Bush has done anything to you, personally!"

At which point, I went off on him. For the next seven minutes, I treated this young man to a lecture on 3000 dead Americans from 9/11, the Downing Street Memo/Minutes, 100,000 dead Iraqi civilians, 1700+ dead American soldiers, 6000+ maimed American soldiers, an economy in shambles, personal experiences of friends who are in bankruptcy and foreclosure, along with the "new law" about that stuff, and a final "health insurance" rant that included a reference to Andy and the $50K that had to be raised before he could get life saving treatment, as well as the obvious fact that HE (Pizza Boy) didn't have health insurance, so unless he was covered by his parents, one serious illness, and his financial future wasn't good.

To his credit, Pizza Boy was polite while I emphatically made my points, with the final, "I have to make sure my money is going to support the businesses of people who value our country, instead of Bush supporters."

His final words on the topic: "I agree with everything you say, but I guess its never really affected me one way or the other yet."

:banghead: