A few years ago I whipped out a Classic SD to remove a staple in some papers and the middle aged ewe sitting at the next desk just about freaked out. She said "I can't believe you bring a weapon to work" as tho it was an assault rifle or something. I looked her square in the eye and said "Don't be stupid, I would have a better chance of killing you by smashing your skull in with that oversized coffee mug on your desk."I'm not sure it really made the point I was intending, but she did stop bugging me.
I don't get much of that out here in the West. When I do get a comment my reaction is, "Yes, its also a scissors, nail file, screwdriver, etc.", showing each. Generally the reaction is "That's pretty neat".
Quote from: PTRSAK on January 25, 2015, 10:20:53 PMA few years ago I whipped out a Classic SD to remove a staple in some papers and the middle aged ewe sitting at the next desk just about freaked out. She said "I can't believe you bring a weapon to work" as tho it was an assault rifle or something. I looked her square in the eye and said "Don't be stupid, I would have a better chance of killing you by smashing your skull in with that oversized coffee mug on your desk."I'm not sure it really made the point I was intending, but she did stop bugging me.
I feel the same. People are just brain washed to be afraid of anything sharp or pointy.
Quote from: 16VGTIDave on January 25, 2015, 03:01:35 PMI used to be polite when sheeple made such stupid comments. Now I stop what I'm doing, look directly at them and ask "Are you really as stupid as you just sounded?" And I wait for their answer. If it is anything other than a meek "yes", I berate them with aggressive confidence and demand that they deal with the situation that required my SAK, without any assistance. Only once I get an apology do I relent.The use of tools and ability to create fire are 2 of the basic skills that allowed us to rise above the apes. I refuse to be forced back down the evolutionary ladder just to appease the delicate sensitivities of the privileged lemmings society has created. Nor should you.DaveAmen.I've come across this attitude before, but in pertaining to firearms.I had to ship a pistol back to the manufacturer for warranty repair. At the post office, when they asked "Is there any weapons, fluids, etc." in the box I replied "Yes, there is a pistol in it. Unloaded, without ammunition in the box heading back to the manufacturer for warranty repairs."The lady behind the counter freaked out and scurried away. The manager had come from the back to examine the package with me (make sure it's unloaded, no ammo in the box, etc.) and you could tell he wasn't pleased. She comes back and acts disgusted to be assisting me.The manager had to come back over to pick the box off the counter because the woman was, as she said "I'm scared to touch it. Guns kill people every day, I don't want to go near it."
I used to be polite when sheeple made such stupid comments. Now I stop what I'm doing, look directly at them and ask "Are you really as stupid as you just sounded?" And I wait for their answer. If it is anything other than a meek "yes", I berate them with aggressive confidence and demand that they deal with the situation that required my SAK, without any assistance. Only once I get an apology do I relent.The use of tools and ability to create fire are 2 of the basic skills that allowed us to rise above the apes. I refuse to be forced back down the evolutionary ladder just to appease the delicate sensitivities of the privileged lemmings society has created. Nor should you.Dave
[sarcasm] so you are afraid for your life because I have a small personal tool chest in my front pocket (SwissChamp) but do not care that the guy on your other side has a picture from when he won the Wushu tournament? [/sarcasm]
We're at a family Bday party and wife asks for a knife to open her present. I hand her my Vic Climber with the main blade open and the lady next to her commented "be careful with that thing!"... She needed it again and this time I gave it to her with the "sheeple" friendly blade out. Our nation has become one of scared sheeple. Disgusting. Should've pulled my BM.
Quote from: RVER on January 24, 2015, 11:05:58 PMWe're at a family Bday party and wife asks for a knife to open her present. I hand her my Vic Climber with the main blade open and the lady next to her commented "be careful with that thing!"... She needed it again and this time I gave it to her with the "sheeple" friendly blade out. Our nation has become one of scared sheeple. Disgusting. Should've pulled my BM.My family is just the opposite.Whenever they need a knife,can opener,cork screw,scissors ect.,they ask me for the tool I'm carrying knowing I will have what they need.
Quote from: toolguy on January 26, 2015, 03:40:31 AMQuote from: RVER on January 24, 2015, 11:05:58 PMWe're at a family Bday party and wife asks for a knife to open her present. I hand her my Vic Climber with the main blade open and the lady next to her commented "be careful with that thing!"... She needed it again and this time I gave it to her with the "sheeple" friendly blade out. Our nation has become one of scared sheeple. Disgusting. Should've pulled my BM.My family is just the opposite.Whenever they need a knife,can opener,cork screw,scissors ect.,they ask me for the tool I'm carrying knowing I will have what they need.Mine too ... and my friends ... and my neighbours ... and my boss ... ... although, there are a few of them who will (highly amusingly) go out of their way to get dedicated tools for the job as quickly as possible, hoping they will do that before I have got the relevant tool out of my pocket, as a feeble attempt to discredit pocket tool carry, and therefore feebly justify their lack of carry
Quote from: Syph007 on January 25, 2015, 05:19:42 PMIt would be pretty hard to get by in life owning zero knives. Want to cut some meat... hmmm what do you do chew it apart? Ive never ever seen that attitude personally though. Most people I know carry pocket knives of some sort. Even my wife carries a wenger.what!? She doesn't carry an alox custom?
It would be pretty hard to get by in life owning zero knives. Want to cut some meat... hmmm what do you do chew it apart? Ive never ever seen that attitude personally though. Most people I know carry pocket knives of some sort. Even my wife carries a wenger.
My family is just the opposite.Whenever they need a knife,can opener,cork screw,scissors ect.,they ask me for the tool I'm carrying knowing I will have what they need.
If someone comments on a SAK I whip out a Resilience or Matriarch and say "step back now we getting serious"
i never hand anyone my knife or let them use it.I always do it for them if it must be opened or whatever.people don't know how to use knives or ruin the edge or tip on my blades.I just can't deal with that.my blades are bone slicing scary sharp and I'm an edge snob...obviously.
I stay very quiet about EDCing a SAK. People who know me well know I always carry one (or something else sharp), but they also know I hardly ever lend tools. I think one of the more important reasons for people becoming upset over the sharps we carry is a need for excerting power over others. If you can make the knife owner back down, you have won a "battle" that day. I thank it's exactly the same reason people in customer service have absurdly many stories about being treated like smurf or people coming with a ridiculously entitled air about them. They are taught they have to be "reasonable" and "positive" 24/7 while the bills pile up and the workplace become smurfier and smurfier and at the same time that smurfy job can be "downsized" at any moment. So we get people mentally similar to caged animals , they are constantly on the lookout for a chance to lash out and be the big dog, if only for a minute. Being upset over trifles or playing the victim are just as much attempts at excerting power over others as being a bully is. So, I think the correct response is the same as for animals, be firm, but not aggressive. A firm, polite response is often the best course in many matters anyway, I think...
Quote from: Steinar on January 26, 2015, 01:33:01 PMI stay very quiet about EDCing a SAK. People who know me well know I always carry one (or something else sharp), but they also know I hardly ever lend tools. I think one of the more important reasons for people becoming upset over the sharps we carry is a need for excerting power over others. If you can make the knife owner back down, you have won a "battle" that day. I thank it's exactly the same reason people in customer service have absurdly many stories about being treated like smurf or people coming with a ridiculously entitled air about them. They are taught they have to be "reasonable" and "positive" 24/7 while the bills pile up and the workplace become smurfier and smurfier and at the same time that smurfy job can be "downsized" at any moment. So we get people mentally similar to caged animals , they are constantly on the lookout for a chance to lash out and be the big dog, if only for a minute. Being upset over trifles or playing the victim are just as much attempts at excerting power over others as being a bully is. So, I think the correct response is the same as for animals, be firm, but not aggressive. A firm, polite response is often the best course in many matters anyway, I think...That may very well be the most intelligent thing I've heard or read all day...
I have a great story about a chicken, can of Crisco. bald midget prostitute and myself.Not sure if it really works in this case though.
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