"I was just seeing if the terms "Paulbot" or "Paultard" are lingo on the innertubes and, boom, common. It was this that reminded me of my unfortunate encounter with a 'bot.
First the definition from Urban Dictionary:
1. Paulbot
An example of a good and righteous bot that freaked out on me (very passively) at work one night when I pointed out to him in a single sentence that Ron Paul would not give back a white power guy's campaign contribution and he could google it (true). Probably not the best idea I've ever had and I certainly learned my lesson.
Hello,
I am a patron of your bar. I was born in Austin. I love beer, and am the guy in my group of friends that pushes for the Draught House as my friends and wives like cocktails. Anyways, I came into the Draught House last night and I perused the chalkboard for which microbrew I was going to try, like I always do. I have never ordered a beer that wasn't on your specials list. So, the bartender comes up and I say "I will have 2 of the Pale Ales" gesturing towards the chalkboard. He looks at me implying "are you stupid, look how many Pale Ales there are, I am really busy so please be specific". He was clearly trying to show me up, and the Northwestern Pale Ale was the only Pale Ale on the board. So that was just an example of cocky, shithead service that I have come to expect from a sixth street bartender, but that is not why I am writing this email.
You see, the next thing he said, after the Pale Ale had been specified, was something along the lines of "great, I get to serve two fascists." Now it was loud in there on a Saturday night, and I couldn't really hear him, and it was totally out of the blue, so I said "what?" He said "Ron Paul is a Facist." Now I knew he was referencing my Ron Paul hat, which I wear everywhere. So, I didn't want any trouble so I said something along the lines of "let me guess, you like Obama?" followed by "well I like Obama too, just Ron Paul a lot more." Again, I could barely hear him, and this last part made me think he was on drugs, because he rambled a bit about "Iowa, $10,000, Nazis and the KKK, you should look it up, google it" But even if his crazed rant has a shred of truth to it, it was a terrible way to inform me, a customer trying to enjoy my night out. Ironically, the bartender used his authoritarian position to let me know that Ron Paul hats were not allowed at his bar, all in the name of anti-fascism. I guess for how often fascism is incorrectly bantered about these days as a label for your enemy (e.g. Islamofacism), that I suspect he doesn't even really know what fascism means.
Now I don't even know if you, [boss's name], are this bartender, but I hope either way you will show me the courtesy of responding to this email. I didn't specify which bartender, but my guess is that you know who I am talking about. This has been really bothering me, b/c I am pretty principled and don't want to have boycott my local beer hall.
Sincerely,
giant fucking asshat (privacy yo)
Mind you, this was a beer purchasing transaction. About 15 - 30 seconds. What a lengthy narrative.
Totally forgot about that dude. What an a-hole. These people bother me. The 'bot down the street still hasn't taken down his sign.
