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Regardless of whether this is a good idea or not: wow, this one pulls out all the propaganda stops. Especially this quote, early on in the article, in a separat
by semi-extrinsic 10y ago
Regardless of whether this is a good idea or not: wow, this one pulls out all the propaganda stops. Especially this quote, early on in the article, in a separate paragraph, stands out:
"If you had told me you were going to put it in a locker, I’d have been pissed off," Kevin Schmidt, 37, tells the bouncer. "This is okay."
Shaping your opinion up front and early: "this is OK, other people like yourself say so."
- Sylos 10y agoThe quote doesn't even make sense to begin with either. I can understand that it maybe feels better, when you can keep your properties in your pocket, but ultimately you know that you will get your phone back from the locker, too, so there's no reason to get objectively more pissed off about that than about the bag.
- majewsky 10y agoThere are scenarios in which there is a difference: If some emergency happened and the hall were evacuated, everyone would be away from their phones, and they might be destroyed by whatever happens to the hall (flood, fire, etc.). Also, a locker system introduces the possibility of disorganization: I would imagine that there will be an error where somebody else gets handed my phone instead of me. Or a malicious worker at the locker could steal it. The same reasons why I would never leave my phone in the pocket when I hand my jacket in at the cloakroom.