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Saw it yesterday. And that's one of the cons of Facebook and social media in general. Before, a girl would write what this girl wrote on her Facebook wall in her journal...or just think it to herself. But because you now have "public" venting channels, it's come to this. I appreciate dad for doing this, but two wrongs don't make a right. I can bet you a lot to a little that this does nothing but alienate his daughter and put strain on their relationship. Public reprimand has its place, but you know....
 

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IKR?! Before he stated his profession, I would've sworn he was a cattle herder.
Some people like to dress differently than what their profession might tend to look like. For instance, I am a school teacher and unlike my fellow peers, I dress like a tattooed pierced joker.

 
IKR?! Before he stated his profession, I would've sworn he was a cattle herder.
Yeah... as Rasputin just said... looks and profession don't always go together. I've known some super country people that work in IT and related industries. I found it hilarious because the daughter was so dense into thinking that her dad would never find something like that considering what job he worked.
 

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Yeah... as Rasputin just said... looks and profession don't always go together. I've known some super country people that work in IT and related industries. I found it hilarious because the daughter was so dense into thinking that her dad would never find something like that considering what job he worked.
Or the fact that they were friends on facebook :conf2:
 

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Saw it yesterday. And that's one of the cons of Facebook and social media in general. Before, a girl would write what this girl wrote on her Facebook wall in her journal...or just think it to herself. But because you now have "public" venting channels, it's come to this. I appreciate dad for doing this, but two wrongs don't make a right. I can bet you a lot to a little that this does nothing but alienate his daughter and put strain on their relationship. Public reprimand has its place, but you know....
According to the text in her little hissy-fit, she hates her parents already, for no good reason. She thinks it's slavery to be forced to run a vacuum for 5 minutes a day, wipe a counter off in 2 minutes, unload the dishwasher in 5 minutes, wash her own clothes, and make her own bed. The nerve of him for being such a slave-driver.

She'll learn a lot more from this episode than she would if he had just put the thing in the closet for a month and let her sweet talk him out of it.
 

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According to the text in her little hissy-fit, she hates her parents already, for no good reason. She thinks it's slavery to be forced to run a vacuum for 5 minutes a day, wipe a counter off in 2 minutes, unload the dishwasher in 5 minutes, wash her own clothes, and make her own bed. The nerve of him for being such a slave-driver.
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That was awesome. The girl really seemed upset about making coffee too, lol. I don't know if putting his response on facebook was the best way to handle the situation because it will certainly make the girl loathe her parents, but I can't disagree with anything the father said. That was basically a rundown of my daily chores in middle/highschool, which is hardly slavedriving. Hopefully this girl and her parents can easily reconcile. I know my sister got caught ranting about the hardships in her life on facebook a few times, but she now realizes what a, uh, brat she was being.
 

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I wish I had Facebook so I could have fought back the slavedrivers that were my parents making me do chores and only allowing me to play roughly 75% of my childhood instead of 100%.
 
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What will she carry away from this? My Dad is an a-hole.

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What will she carry away from this? My Dad is an a-hole.

Father of the year.
Yeah, I'm guessing that she still wont get it. I'm also guessing that the father may be having some second thoughts today about doing this so publicly. Judging by his demeanor, he was doing this on the spur of the moment. Teens are expert on pushing all the right (wrong) buttons.
 

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According to the text in her little hissy-fit, she hates her parents already, for no good reason. She thinks it's slavery to be forced to run a vacuum for 5 minutes a day, wipe a counter off in 2 minutes, unload the dishwasher in 5 minutes, wash her own clothes, and make her own bed. The nerve of him for being such a slave-driver.

She'll learn a lot more from this episode than she would if he had just put the thing in the closet for a month and let her sweet talk him out of it.
Almost every woman (and some men) that I know who were once teenagers have felt that way at some point. Just a phase of being young & dumb.
 

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Considering he referenced previous incident of putting the notebook away for a month or so, it was better than putting a boot in her butt. It may be just what she needed, time will tell. I'll bet he made an impression on her friends or any would be boyfriend.

I did like his off switch though.