fighting the good fight......

A long time ago I used to work for a large grocery chain located in the burbs of Atlanta. It was a good stepping stone for me until I eventually realized what I wanted to do for a real job. At the store I had a wonderful manager who took me under her wings and pushed me past the limits of what I thought were my abilities. Her name was Inga, and she was every bit of the feisty and fair person I needed to adopt me and teach me new heights. One day, Inga and I were discussing food orders and job chores when another one of my associates came up to us. He didn't feel it was fair that he had to go around our food court and empty the waste baskets. To my surprise, Inga let him off the hook and engaged someone else to do the duty. When I asked her about it later and said that I would have demanded him to do said duty, she replied: "Sometimes you have to choose your battles, dear". I didn't quite understand it fully at the time, and was about ready to slap the guy upside his head in my own defiance, but just let the matter drop.... but not the advise.

Recently, I have come to realize that those words are golden. During this past week, I have been embroiled in a war of words with some people attacking my nephew on his blog. Without going into all the details, I would like to send you to his site to read all that has been going on.
It shouldn't be a funny thing to read about, but it is because it has gotten so far out of hand by a few individuals.... hence making it a hilarious, but scary read. His address is: www.dailymess.com . You would have to read the post "11:00 news", then "Am I Being Unfair?"... although there is a link on Unfair to read the original post.

What started as a somewhat harmless post, then forgotten, has turned into monster that keeps growing and growing. Somehow my comments on it have gotten quite a bit of attention as well, as several people have wished me harm or called me unspeakable names. Geez... little old me, and so much attention! The best part is that my nephew has taken off any links to other sites, so as to have it all contained to his site. This turns out to be for safety reasons... as it is quite heated and laden with threats.

So at this point you are probably wondering why I continue when the threats are a bit scary.
Well for one reason, we're talking family here.... need I say more? The other reason is because I like a good fight. By good, I am referring to a fight where I know I'm right in my convictions without resorting to profanity, name calling and smoke-screening the facts. Yes, I do have a bad habit of swearing... but I keep 99% to myself, and never comment on anyone's blog using it.
I try to stick to the facts by not calling people names or threatening their lives in order to get my point across. To me that is the mature road to take. So knowing that I am keeping my head, staying calm, cool and collected, is making this a good fight for me..... besides, if I look past all the profanity and mentally picture the person mouthing off, I have to laugh.

Dailymess has been asked by a concerned anonymous friend to remove the posts, but I'm not sure what my nephew will do. It took over 50 comments on one post, and 14 on the second one, which bounced his blog into Google search results.... making number 9. With those numbers, he says he has never had a better relationship with google than now.

I hope you will all have a chance to read it soon and come to your own conclusions. And before I forget.... if you have eyes that bleed, this is not a post you will want to read. The comment section is riddled with a ton of profanity.... and a good amount is lashed at me, but mostly my nephew. Happy reading, y'all!