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Yeah...being nice to people is kind of hard when they're acting up themselves. I was extremely polite to the cattle rancher, but the man with the pigs just rudely put me on the spot and started his bacon tho speech simply because I mentioned when we introduced ourselves that I want to do research on plant based for the environment; also the woman who became irrational about the cattle simply wasn't accepting science, she was saying ludicrous things like "it's different here, it's fine to graze cattle here" and "the ranchers know this land better than you do, you've been here for four days, don't generalize." I ended up changing the subject by saying I'd research it. I don't tend to be overly abrasive in those kinds of situations, but on the other hand I don't think being "nice" to certain people is effective, in the broader world...I do see its value though in work/school/personal relationships though.I have a new challenge, btw. My part time job involves working at a sustainability house on campus where they grow food among other things, usually all of their events are vegetarian and skew about 90 percent plant based. But they're "borrowing" some pigs this year to revamp the soil, no one will hurt the pigs on campus, we just take care of them and let them crap on the lawn to rebuild the soil quality, but with the knowledge that when we give them back they will be slaughtered. I definitely have a conundrum here. I'm already thinking about ways I could free them, and then thinking about the consequences to my co-workers and the university.Life is hard.
Yeah...being nice to people is kind of hard when they're acting up themselves. I was extremely polite to the cattle rancher, but the man with the pigs just rudely put me on the spot and started his bacon tho speech simply because I mentioned when we introduced ourselves that I want to do research on plant based for the environment; also the woman who became irrational about the cattle simply wasn't accepting science, she was saying ludicrous things like "it's different here, it's fine to graze cattle here" and "the ranchers know this land better than you do, you've been here for four days, don't generalize." I ended up changing the subject by saying I'd research it. I don't tend to be overly abrasive in those kinds of situations, but on the other hand I don't think being "nice" to certain people is effective, in the broader world...I do see its value though in work/school/personal relationships though.
I have a new challenge, btw. My part time job involves working at a sustainability house on campus where they grow food among other things, usually all of their events are vegetarian and skew about 90 percent plant based. But they're "borrowing" some pigs this year to revamp the soil, no one will hurt the pigs on campus, we just take care of them and let them crap on the lawn to rebuild the soil quality, but with the knowledge that when we give them back they will be slaughtered. I definitely have a conundrum here. I'm already thinking about ways I could free them, and then thinking about the consequences to my co-workers and the university.
Life is hard.
