u/MeiNeedsMoreBuffs

A user makes a post in r/curatedtumblr that talks about stories their server friends have told them.

Seemingly out of nowhere, a line in the first half of the post takes a swipe at nurses and implies being a restaurant server is a much harder job than being a nurse:

>"Restaurant servers have the job mean nurses think they have. The entire world is working against them the entire shift."

Naturally, this causes controversy in the comments, with people both for and against the line in the post, citing statistics and their own experiences as either a nurse or a server.

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>Why is everyone in the comments getting hung up on nurses. Is reading comprehension really just that bad these days. Bad nurses think the world is out to get them. A server will encounter the world's shittiest day by just breathing.

>>I’m genuinely wondering: do you think the job of being a nurse gets easier if you’re a nice person? Does being pure of heart protect you?

>>>Yes, actually. Being a good person literally makes life easier to navigate. As a nurse you are in a industry who meet people at their lowest points, why are you adding vinegar to the already shitty situation by being mean on purpose?

>>>>Fucking Protestant work ethic in the year of our lord 2026. Let me ask you a question: if the servers’ job is harder, by your logic, that means they’re awful people? Clearly if they were nicer, it would make life easier to navigate.

>>So I'm not going crazy, everyone else really forgot the "mean" in "mean nurses", implying that regular nurses are not being mentioned here.

>>>Being a mean nurse doesn’t make your job any easier than being a nice one. A mean nurse still has the same job as a regular nurse. They’re dealing with the same awful people, the same terrible work environment, the same long hours, and the same low wages. It’s weird to bring up nurses at all, a mean nurse is still facing a far worse environment than a server does, even if you think they deserve it (and I’m saying this as a server myself) (edit: phrasing)

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> Im sorry, people really think being a server is harder than a nurse?? Lmao I was a server for years and it never got to me at all. Worst case scenario: I forget to put in someone’s order.

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>RN here - trust me: the person being an impatient/rude asshole at the restaurant is also an impatient/rude asshole at the ER/clinic/hospital. Based on my personal experience, people fall over themselves A LOT more to excuse rude/abusive patients.

>>Food service is different. You can't get angry. It's not even allowed.

One of my kids got hospitalized for flu at a very early age, and they needed O2, and they were fighting the cannula, and I stepped up to help the nurse, and she wheeled on me and snarled, "Step back, he could die!"

Okay. So, I stepped back. And, on death's door though he might have been, she had no hope in hell of getting a cannula on him. So finally, she turned to me and said, "Can you help me here?"

And I smiled, and said very calmly, "No. He could die." This is her Tuesday, and my kid, and there is no question that everyone in the room got the message, yet I was nothing if not polite.

And they yoinked her right the fuck out of the room, and I fixed his cannula.

And that's the difference.

>>>r/thathappened

>>>Nurses get sexually assaulted and have the hospital do nothing about it besides maybe issue a new nurse to that patient. Not to mention the straight up physical assault, abuse, bigotry, and every other type of mistreatment. One in four nurses in America reports being physically assaulted by a patient at least once. They face all that with, usually, little to no support or backup from hospital staff, with the threat of losing their jobs if they make a stink. But you’re right, nurses are totally allowed to be as mean as they want, always. I mean, your one anecdote proved that.

>>>lol ok

>>>>Nice contribution.

>>>>>Do you have a point? Because you haven't made one yet. Do you have anything to say that's more eloquent than, "lol ok".

No one wants to be a nurse right now. I know people who shouldn't be allowed to take care of their own children who've moved into nursing, and are suddenly acting like they're heros.

Do you have a point? Or is, "lol ok" as far as it goes with you?

>>>>>>Yeah, “Food service is different. You can’t get angry. It’s not even allowed.” is an idiotic statement unsupported by anything you wrote. Maybe that part was sarcasm? Hard to tell since you told an unrelated story

>>>>>>>At least I told one. At least I put something out there. What's your bit? It just seems to be "lol ok" over and over again?

>>>>>>>>So the thing about making a point is you actually have to make it. You made a claim about servers then told an unrelated story about a nurse telling a random chucklefuck (you) not to interrupt them doing their job then claimed that was the difference.

Starting to suspect you’re a bot since you seem stuck on “lol ok,” something I wrote once. Someone else also replied with it but your programming probably isn’t sophisticated enough to discern that.

Edit: lol blocked by the bot

>>>>>>>>>This is how bots work, they sit and argue with you when your whole schtick is just "lol ok"?

They tell personal stories and try to make a point, while you, over and over just "lol ok".

You have said nothing. This whole thread, you've said nothing. And I am a bot? What a joke.

>>>>>>>>(third user) lol ok

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>We gotta stop letting waiters act like they have the hardest job in the world

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Servers stop trying to act like their job is the hardest in the world challenge

It’s a good thing to be more grateful and see lower-entry level jobs in a better eye, but some people in some online leftist circles are incredibly insufferable about their low wage job of a store clerk or server being the hardest thing in existence. Yes, you are holding a valuable job that shouldn’t never be shamed or taken for granted. Yes, it can be a hard and thankless job, moderately physically and mentally demanding at times. No, you are not on par with the physical activity of a coal miner or even the average construction worker, or farmer. No, you are not as mentally and physically challenged as the average emergency or IU doctor or nurse, or a surgeon, or a firefighter. And that’s ok.

It shouldn’t even be a “who has it the hardest” competition but here we are.

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>Random undeserved shade at nurses for no reason

>>they specified mean nurses

>>>and for real some of the _meanest_ people i’ve known have been nurses

>>>>And when I worked in food service, pretty much all the other waiters were wildly transphobic and sexist. You wanna keep playing the “my anecdotes define a massive group of people” game?

>>>>For good reason though. Not only is nursing a hard job, but it also is a perfect scenario to develop compassion fatigue.

And worse still, if you have a shit customer at a restaurant everyone says "that guy was a dick." If you have a shit patient in the hospital, they say "don't hold it personally. They're at the hospital, on the worst day of their life." - and this IS true, for the record. But it's STILL shitty because now you've got people trying to talk down the equally justified emotions you're feeling

Edit: for clarification, I do not say this to say that this is either inevitable or good. I only mean to say it's understandable.

>>>But it says “restaurant workers … have the job mean nurses think they have”. Regardless of how nice or mean the nurse may be, the job is still awful. And while it doesn’t excuse it, a lot of the “mean” nurses people complain about probably are that way because of the abuse, long hours, and poor pay. The idea that restaurant servers — still a difficult and hard job — are somehow at a level of suffering that nurses can’t imagine is wild.

>>>Nurses have the job stupid, whiney servers think they have.  Mind you, I'm only talking about stupid and whiney servers.

>>>I don’t think the job is easier if you’re a nice nurse

>>>>Your job is always easier if your coworkers like you.

>>>>>Sure but the majority of the difficulty is having to deal with the traumatic and messed up things you see, a toxic work environment is just the cherry on top of the shit sundae

>>>>>>Yeah and if im stuck eating a shit sundae i atleast want to be able to piss and moan about it with my friendly coworkers instead of having to survive the shift with one that hates you. 

>>>>>>>The point is when mean nurses complain about how hard their job is, it’s for the exact same reason nice nurses complain

>>>>>>>>Yeah and the nice nurse will be allowed to complain and have their feelings validated. The mean nurse gets no validation because they are mean and nobody wants the hear them complain. Being a nice coworker means your coworkers are willing to listen. Nobody cares when the curmudgeon complains. 

>>>>>>>From how you talk about people, I really doubt any of your coworkers like you.

>>>>>In 2023, the US saw 23,767 reported instances of physical assault against nurses by patients. Thats a massive increase from previous years, which has only continued to climb.

But yes, I’m sure your coworkers liking you makes the job so much easier. You prick.

>>>>>>Okay but what does this stat have to do with being a good coworker. 

>>>>>>>Ohhhh, you’re the dumb kind of stupid. I’m not going to bother trying to explain this further.

>>>>>>>>Ok sweety thats nice. I hope you learn to be less miserable in life. 

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The post is currently two hours old so more comments are flooding in

The only time I remember seeing something like this is on the Virus Bombs from the Blue Shadow Virus arc of Clone Wars, which seemed to have a 24 segment display.

Searching up "star wars clock" just gives me a listing of merchandise.

While this is obviously inspired by recent events in the news, I'm curious about what the exact legal repercussions would be if a visiting head of state was arrested by a local police force against the wishes of the federal government.

Lets say that the Prime Minister of Atropia is wanted by the ICC. The PM visits Dover, and the Mayor orders the Dover Police Department to arrest him, against the wishes of the Federal US government. Now that the visiting Prime Minister is sitting in a jail cell, what happens next?

• Would the Mayor have committed a crime? If so, which crime and what would be the sentence?
• What specific legal avenues would allow the President of the US to order the Mayor to release the PM?