If you went to your favorite retailer and the cashier started whining about the recent changes in the labor standards and how he was no longer getting overtime pay and on top of that his insurance premiums were going up 10 percent. Then goes into a tirade about how the republicans are screwing everyone in the country. He continues to pelt you with verbal assaults on the presidents foreign policy and global warming. All the while, he's holding your loaf of bread hostage in his hand and hasn't scanned any of your groceries. He's wasting your time and forcing you to listen to his "free speech". How long do you stand there before you tell the guy to shut the "F" up and check your groceries so you can go home and smoke a cigar and cook some steaks on the grill?

That's how I feel about anyone who wants to spout off political rhetoric at work. I don't care if they're entertainers or engineers. If you're at work and you're providing a service to a customer, keep your politics to yourself. If you and your buddy want to talk politics back in the stockroom on your break, knock yourself out.

Well said Penzt...

Hog

Hell is for looser's, they can talk their.

Isn't that like some unwritten law? No politics or religion in the workplace?

It used to be that way, but it seems like that has changed!

Charlie

I think I'd just have to shoot the guy on the spot. After all, NO ONE messes with my loaves of bread...

Lmao.

I hate when they fondle my loaf, LOL.

Barry

Yo penzt8:

"Free speech", no such animal.

"Freedom of Speech", yes.

Nothing worth while is really free.

Alot of good men and woman gave their lives so we may have the freedom to speak our minds, whether to tell someone how bad life is treating you or to tell someone to STFU.

JonR

Last time I pinched a loaf, the guy in the next stall told me to shut the f*** up. Was that you?

I'm all for free speech but I just think people take liberties with that freedom. After all, the constitution doesn't grant you the right to speak freely whenever and wherever you feel like it. It just says that the government won't make any laws that prohibit free speech.