Not all Knomiras are human. And not all Galactic citizens are as enlightened as they themselves think. -- AmberFox
[AN: Bless you for letting me get to the very roots of weaponised frailty]
Never under-estimate a worker in the service industry. They've gone through a lot to be there. For starters, they have to be able to recognise every species in the Galactic Alliance and recognise what they can tolerate.
Which works against the intolerant and the intolerable alike.
Tourist Saigilop Dayl was merely a case of keeping one's hand in. Practice to make certain the skills still existed in order to handle someone who is liable to throw a tantrum at the drop of a hat. To make things convenient, they carried a hat to drop at all times.
"You're trying to KILL ME," Dayl screeched, pitching a fit to carry to the cheap seats. Or, in this case, to the nearest security officer. If a security officer wasn't available, then an ill-informed and protective Deathworlder would be ideal. "You can't do this to me! I know my rights!"
"Please do list them for me with your compatible responsibilities," intoned Mixer Pax, maintaining hir friendly smile. "Especially where it pertains to defying the laws of physics."
This did not do anything to quell the Havenworlder ruckus. In fact, Knomira Dayl fell artistically to the floor, flailing and screaming. Occasionally, the word 'murder' might be derived from the ballyhoo.
It worked, in that some official people arrived to see what the fuss was about. What Dayl did not know was that every single one of them had received a live feed from the moment the spectacle commenced.
What Dayl never expected was a medtech to administer tranquilisers so strong that they would wake the next day with a psychiatrist on call to assist them with their delusions.
Demands to speak to Pax's manager would be met with a live call to Pax hirself. And much amusing confusion and mortification that was recorded for the inevitable court case.
Weaponised frailty is still a weapon.
Using weapons without provocation in Alliance space is a reformatory offence.
Depending on their willingness to acknowledge their actions, Dayl would be in remedial education for some significant time.
[Image by Olivier Guillard on Unsplash]
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Amazing Juice
It'd have to be amazing to keep the ice on the bottom ;)
I...don't even know what happened there and I'm not sure too many of the rest of whatever crowd was there and not trained in recognising stuff did either XD
Heh, they wanted the ice on the BOTTOM of their glass. But ice floats in liquid, that's just the way it works. Heh. And the havenworlder apparently doesn't like that the mixer couldn't defy physics.
Ahhhhhhh.
That was some serious overreaction XD
And damn I guess I definitely need more coffee or sleep ^_^;
This reminds me of a blowup I saw at a coffee shop back in July, when I took my sister there so she could get her caramel frappe'. LOL The woman ordered an iced mocha coffee, then she threw the cup to the floor spattering the drink everywhere and started screaming and swearing enough to make a hardened sailor gasp. Why? Her iced coffee was COLD! LOL! What, iced coffees are supposed to be hot? It's like.. really? I laughed my tail off, she got kicked out after knocking chairs over and basically acting like there was some huge conspiracy going on. My sister just rolled her eyes and once the knomira left, my sister ordered her drink, and we left a large tip. Btw, if you have one, go to Carabu Coffee, that is where my sister goes. Apparently, they've got really, really, good stuff. I like their hot chocolate.
I...uh...wat O_O
I shared this with J and after laughing uproariously he said maybe they thought it was their meth dealer and they were after their ice.
Which part of ICED mocha did this specimen fail to understand? LOL.
I swear that 90% of the time, the Knomiras are throwing a tantrum to get free stuff so that they go away. The rest of it is them getting what they want because they're spoiled brats. [Also *-ist prejudiced a-holes but I think the 'spoiled' covers it all]
Why do I have this sudden mental image of a giant bird throwing itself to the ground with feathers everywhere thrashing around squawking like it's being killed, when all that happened is you took the big mirror out of its cage to be cleaned? LOL My coworker's parrot does that every time he puts the parrot into the large holding cage while he cleans the parrot's enclosure. The holding cage has a couple of perches, but nothing else, because it's just in there for a little bit while he cleans the big knucklehead's aviary. He showed me a video of it, it was silly.
LoL! Does your coworker laugh at/tease the angy parrot each time? XD
maybe it's just something we would do coz we're arseholes
The Puppy used to throw toddler tantrums when we were leaving the park like a toddler, would throw herself on the ground and refuse to budge. After a few days of just picking her up by the harness (usually dangling on the end of the lead) and dragging her, I one day just unclipped the lead and walked to the car, opening up the boot for her. She had a moment of no wait whut and then sheepishly slunk to the car and jumped in.