sebmojo posted:

GXL posted:

Hello all. I am the Costco PAPR man, I am the voicebox light-up bubble helmet man. This will be my penultimate post in the CSPAM covid thread. I can no longer read the posts here due to the latent threat of revisiting the traumatic experience of the Costco sample vendor incident.

GXL posted:

The day of reckoning finally arrived. I got into a fight with a sample tender at Costco. He made a crack about my PAPR as I walked past his cart of little juice cups. I stopped to explain that it was offensive for him to comment on the appearance of a customer. He said that I should wear something else if I didn't want people to talk about me. The irreverence from a store employee was something that I wasn't expecting, and I lost my cool. After I was done yelling and had walked away, a manager sprinted to my cart and pulled me aside to be debriefed on the situation. He was apologetic and said that outside vendors staff the sample carts. I explained that I mostly felt embarrassed that I had engaged with the harasser at all and that I just wanted to finish my shopping. I deliberately avoided that section of the store following the incident, so I don't know what happened to the cart man after that.

Sitting here several hours later, what mostly upsets me is knowing that there's no place in this hellhole world where I am safe. I can go to another Costco, but it will only be a matter of time before I have to confront some other fool who cannot accept an individual making a choice that differs from one they would make for themselves. The medical virus has won, and the social virus has won. The last option available is accepting that every inch outside is a combat zone.

olives black posted:

I legit would have turned his sample tray over

fosborb posted:

seriously, yes, yelling at sample cart vendors is embarrassing and maybe this is more a reflection on me, but I'm legitimately relieved you recognize that

but I have to mentally complete this scene. was the external speaker on?

GXL posted:

Do you think it's fair that I (or anyone else who violates a social norm primarily concerning dress) should be a regular target for public harassment? It takes a lot of discipline to not lash out in retaliation at the people who decide that it's OK for an outsider to be punished for merely being present. I was only embarrassed that I failed to maintain that discipline, and only then because violating it needlessly put me in danger. I'm aware that my participation in passively accepting the abuse only further perpetuates it as being acceptable, but there is never going to be enough support for masking in the general public to make challenging this kind of abuse relevant or wise.

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

sample time is over

Dr. Cool Aids posted:

my gp has a wooden leg because he cheated on his wife and her dad shot him

Al! posted:

hope that nut was worth it

Grassy Knowles posted:

It was worth a shot

Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:

Was that dude wearing one of those bubble helmet things with the fans?

wheatpuppy posted:

If I was the sample guy I'd be mad at him too. Why would you approach a Costco sample table in a getup that ensures you can't eat any samples? It's pure madness.

Grassy Knowles posted:

Imagining walking all the way out of costco to lift the mask and try a sample rn then walking back in, calling it mid and asking for another flavor

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

Volmarias posted:

The holy Trinity, Bed, Bath, and Beyond.

GoGoGadgetChris posted:

I respect your views, but in my faith we are taught that beyond was their only profit, bath leads to vanity, and bedding was just a sham

Captain Invictus posted:

is that the guy who has the insane light up anti-covid helmet

Carthag Tuek posted:

who here can honestly say they were not a dumbass in 2020?

Captain Invictus posted:

BJ's is better.

SyNack Sassimov posted:

Well yeah who doesn't love a good BJ, but I fail to see what that has to do with bulk groceries.

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

Stoatbringer posted:

This weirdo gives me serious uncanny valley vibes.

funeral home DJ posted:

He looks like a GTA3 character that someone tried to render photorealistically.

smoobles posted:

Ran it thru Bing

Captain Invictus posted:

head should be fatter and forehead should take up at least half of it

smoobles posted:

Captain Invictus posted:

AI is a problem but I gotta say, it's handy for shitposting

BigHead posted:

Antivehicular posted:

I can only read this guy's posts in the voice of the "do you find something comical about my appearance when I am driving my automobile?" guy from the Simpsons

Lobok posted:

Other than the towering forehead those AI images are still giving him way too much credit in the looks department.

Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:

Was that dude wearing one of those bubble helmet things with the fans?

Jabberlock posted:

some stupid family event like hanging out in front of Disney World

Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:

Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:

I was thinking of these.




There's another one but it looks more... normal? than these do.

Grassy Knowles posted:

you’re susceptible to chloroform I’m susceptible to colorforms we are not the same

Grassy Knowles posted:

you’re susceptible to chloroform I’m susceptible to colorforms we are not the same

Grassy Knowles posted:

I dont hate the futurama head bubble tbh, i can see some fun things to do with that

Grassy Knowles posted:

I dont hate the futurama head bubble tbh, i can see some fun things to do with that