My Knife Spooked My Co-worker

mmarkh said:
I just find it annoying when someone butts into a conversation uninvited. Enjoy your ice cream.
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Thank you! I went with Haden Dazs Midnight Cookies and Cream. I've never tried it so hopefully it's good.

I know what you're all thinking. Ice cream, this early in the morning? Not very healthy! Right, so I grabbed a bag of chips and a soda to go with it.

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Diet, of course.(gotta watch those thighs!)
 
Noticed one of the phlebotomists at the hospital I work at with Byrd clipped in her front pocket. I said nice knife and she said it's the least dangerous thing she carries. Abreath of fresh air and my kind of lady!
 
Bimjo said:
I went through this once. Co-worker saw my knife clip in my pocket and wanted my knife taken away. My reply was to hold up my forefinger and ask "what is this?"

Reply: "your finger"

Me: "What is this if I use it to pick my nose?"

Reply: [shocked look]

Me: "It's a tool."

Me: "What is this if I stick it in your eye?"

Reply: [another shocked look]

Me: "It's a weapon. Just like everything in this room that I can pick up could be misused as a weapon. So…. are we going to take away everybody's fingers, or are we going to be adults about this?"

I still have my knife.
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That is pretty frikkin good brother. :thumbup:
 
JLBauer said:
Thank you! I went with Haden Dazs Midnight Cookies and Cream. I've never tried it so hopefully it's good.

I know what you're all thinking. Ice cream, this early in the morning? Not very healthy! Right, so I grabbed a bag of chips and a soda to go with it.

chipsanddrink.jpg


Diet, of course.(gotta watch those thighs!)
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To be hardcore, you need to open your soda like I open my water. :cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUsBYRpNjfs
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I had my 3" XM-18 at work the other day and I was cutting something with it and one of my coworkers asked if I was going off to war :rolleyes: The executive VP was passing by right at that moment and came over to see what he was talking about. She saw my knife and said "That's cute, but it's a little small" then walked over to her office :D
 
Bimjo said:
I went through this once. Co-worker saw my knife clip in my pocket and wanted my knife taken away. My reply was to hold up my forefinger and ask "what is this?"

Reply: "your finger"

Me: "What is this if I use it to pick my nose?"

Reply: [shocked look]

Me: "It's a tool."

Me: "What is this if I stick it in your eye?"

Reply: [another shocked look]

Me: "It's a weapon. Just like everything in this room that I can pick up could be misused as a weapon. So…. are we going to take away everybody's fingers, or are we going to be adults about this?"

I still have my knife.
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Beautiful. Seriously, probably the best response to that situation I've ever heard of.
 
It will happen, quite often you'll find. In my teenage years, I was almost arrested for carrying a knife on my own front porch because my neighbor's girlfriend drove by, noticed the knife, and called the police from a nearby pay phone :mad:
Thankfully, the cop who arrived on scene spent more time admiring the blade than chastising me for doing something legal.
 
So much talk about knives being a tool! And everybody also realise that it is a weapon - all the difference is in the mind of the person wielding it! So, how do you to know it is a tool - do you read peoples minds?
There is no right or wrong here. Anybody believind that a person in the street with kitchen knife is there just to cut some apple - deserves to be called a shipley the same way as the next guy being afaid of his co-worker with SAK.
So who acts stupid then - you demonstrating your knife and expecting everybody around just eccept you a good guy with a tool, or people around, beliving you a good guy, just a bit insensetive to the people around you - so asking to be more aware?

And of course after you provide an explanation - that you can kill them with a piece of piping, your bare hands or just stick your finger in their eye, they will see that it is OK! :D
You must be kidding me! :D :D

Sorry, it all sound a bit snobbish to me.
 
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Scott Neelan said:
Just a friendly reminder: being liberal doesn't automatically make someone anti-gun or anti-knife, thanks. Not sure why these sort of threads jump right into the unnecessary labels and insults, but...
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Exactly what I was thinking.

I know a hell of a lot of people that would do the same thing this woman coworker did, and who would be called "conservative" by those who like to use labels.

Then, there are the millions of people who don't really fit a label, liberal or conservative, republican or democrat, because they have varied views on many things and don't choose to side with a particular line of thinking dictated by someone or something else.

Anyway, back on topic:

When I read the OP, the first thing I thought was: That's what happens when you show off a knife. Discretion is always best. Keep it in your pocket until you need to use it. Then those who want to make an issue of it have less of a reason to do so: "Hey, I was just using it to open a box."

You can't control people's reactions, but you can control your actions.

Another thing, I think many places would definitely fire someone over carrying a LEGAL knife into the workplace if they had been warned that it was issue. So be careful. The knife laws won't help when HR comes to tell you to gather your things because coworkers have complained that you make them feel unsafe.

Let me clarify that I think all law-abiding and responsible citizens should be able to carry knives and guns anywhere they choose. If I could carry a gun here in NYC -- I would.

Does that make me "conservative" or "liberal"?
 
RandomAyes said:
Amen brother. I say engage. Talk to the woman. Try to start the conversation over. Explain that a sharp, high quality knife is an elegant tool and a piece of functional art. Maybe she doesn't understand because she has not one single decent knife in her home. Maybe you could offer her a challenge vis-a-vis a common kitchen knife. Let her borrow one of yours, a good quality knife properly sharpened, so she might learn how satisfying food prep can be with the right tool. Just a thought.
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Right on -- using reason over harsh words and confrontation always works better. :thumbup:

Get people on your (our) side, not further against you (us).
 
I've had a small sebenza been called a "hunting" knife, but never got any official action filed against me.

Though at one point I was carrying a BM32 balisong at work and had to open something (a Yankee swap item in front of half the office no less). I asked if anyone had a pair of scissors :p
 
The OP was more polite than I would have been. Had I been your boss, I would have fired her for creating a hostile work environment.

legion681 said:
OP, it's people like that coworker of yours that make the world a miserable place to live in. I thoroughly hate people like that, for me they are just as good to have around as varmin.
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Who is this guy varmin, and why is he so offensive?:D

glockman99 said:
I'd start writting her name & phone number on the walls in various men's rooms, with: "For a great time with a wild woman, call...".:D.:D.
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How about collecting a bunch of subscription cards from magazines, filling them out with her name and address and sending them in?

I was at a state government building recently. As I was using the computer, I heard the secretary say, "there's a man at my desk with a weapon." I knew she was talking about me, as I was the only one there. I wear a neck knife outside my shirt. (I've lost so much feeling in my hands, from Diabetic Neuropathy, that I keep dropping or fumbling folding knives) The security guard came in, looked at me, and said, "That's not a weapon, that's a tool", and left. I was grinning like a possum eating a sweet potato.
 
unwisefool said:
I had my 3" XM-18 at work the other day and I was cutting something with it and one of my coworkers asked if I was going off to war :rolleyes: The executive VP was passing by right at that moment and came over to see what he was talking about. She saw my knife and said "That's cute, but it's a little small" then walked over to her office :D
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In any other circumstances I would have been offended. :D
 
I find that many people will take ANY opportunity they can to make a stink about something. Especially if they think they are gaining some kind of cheap & easy virtue. Generally the subject of their scorn is something they are completely ignorant about and are arguing against a caricature built by mainstream media. It is bullshit but the norm. Sadly I have been in the same situation. I will be using a very utility, EDC type of knife to do some mundane task. Someone will come along, see it and make a dumb ass comment referencing Rambo without fail. I will go on to articulate all I can about how knives are tools, I appreciate the art, craftsmanship, quality of material and every other non violent appeal a knife has that all of us here know about. Only to get a blank look and..."Yeah but do you think you're some kind of Rambo or something?" I could scream. That's just how it is. Sheeple.
 
Ankerson said:
Not exactly, THEY [liberals] have all the rights and try and take away everyone elses or ban things they don't like.
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ib·er·al:

Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry.

Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded.

It might behoove some of you guys to get your information concerning those of liberal persuasion from more reliable sources. I consider myself very liberal, and I'm a gun owner, I never leave the house without a good pocketknife and I don't wish to take anything from anyone, rights or otherwise. I can assure you that I'm no different from many of my liberal friends and acquaintances in that regard. Painting with such broad strokes makes for a sloppy composition.

Back OT: The OP's coworker desperately needs to get a friggin' life and keep her bulbous proboscis out of other people's business. Her overweening self-important behavior was potentially threatening to the OP's livelihood, while he did absolutely nothing threatening to her or anyone else. That said, fear is an excellent tool for reducing fully functional humans to irrational herd animals who are more than happy to fight tooth and nail against their own self interests, so maintaining a low profile attitude toward our knives in public is a good survival strategy. Like it or not, anything less is liable to stampede the herd these days.
 
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