"Bad" Words.

Swear words, cuss words, profanity... You know what I'm talking about here.
I've been wondering these past few days why certain words are considered "bad". Who's to say that 500 years ago it was wrong to use words like f*** or s***?? What makes them wrong to say other than what we've been taught? Or slang words?? It's a clusterf***.

Why is it that when it comes to racial terms, any other ethnicity can call white people "crackers" or anything like that without problem, but when white people call others of another ethnicity any sort of slang it's called "racism"? Why can't I use the word "nigga" without being called a racist?

All these words are just that: Words. Any word can be a bad word depending on the context of which it is used, but if it's not being used in a degrading way why is it so horrible to say?

Let's start with the worst of 'em all: F***.
It can be used as a verb and an adjective. For example "I F***ing love that!" In the ''verb" sense, I'm sure you already know how it's used.  How is the word considered swearing when it's used as an expression of feeling? Sure, I can see how "I'll kick your F***ing ass" would constitute as offensive, but even so, it's just a word used to describe somebody's ass.

How about the word S***. I don't even know why we can't say that, and yet we can say poop. It's the same thing! If somebody says "I'm having a S***ty day", is that so wrong? In this sense, again, it's just self expression, explaining the kind of day they're having.

Other words?
Ass. This is the one that gets me the most. WHY CAN'T I SAY ASS??? I don't even want to get into why this one's so "bad".
Bitch: a female dog. But I realize its most common use is towards women in a degrading way. So ya got me there (but this also goes back to the slang dilemma I mentioned previously).
Now, words like "C***", "H**", "Wh***", "Sl**", etc, are all degrading words, yes, but where in the world do these words come from??

To me, words are words. I admit that every "swear word" under the sky tends to slip out of my mouth, probably more than they should, but it's my mouth they're coming out of and I don't see why people should look down on me for it, especially when I NEVER use these words unless I'm in privacy.

I'd like to meet whoever it was that said "This word is bad, and so is this one, and this one, oh and this one, too" just to ask who died and made him/her King/Queen of the dictionary.

Share your thoughts.

3 Reasons Why you Should Tip your Delivery Driver

I am a delivery driver at Jimmy John's and yesterday I was delivering in wind. I mean STRONG wind. Like 50 mph gusts, and constant high-speed winds. I lost my hat a couple of times and even thought I was gonna be blown over a couple of times.

I made $8 in tips yesterday. Out of all of my deliveries I got 3 tips.

Before I ever thought about being a delivery driver I always tipped great. If I order pizza or Jimmy John's or go out somewhere, I usually tip $3-$5 (also depending on the total.. etc). I'm trying to wrap my head around how people can be so tight with their money (in REALLY nice neighborhoods, even) when I don't have a lot of money to throw around but I always make sure that I leave a nice tip, and if I don't have enough for a tip I'll forget about it or go to the shop and get it. You know, maybe we're delivery drivers because we could use a little extra money, maybe we have student loans we need to pay??

Anyway. Here is my list of reasons for tipping your delivery driver.

1. The Weather

If the weather is shitty and you're terrible enough to have somebody go out and deliver to you in it, you should probably tip a little better than you normally would. On Tuesday it was storming and rainy all day, and I made $30 in 3 hours, but back to yesterday, somehow the wind is better than rain?? Pft. I love the rain. It can rain all it wants. If I order food in sub-zero temperatures, I always make sure they get a good enough tip to not be mad at me, hah.

2. Delivery Time/Distance

So you want to order something for lunch and have it delivered? Let's say you're ordering Jimmy John's, it's about 12:15 PM and you're located as far away as possible from the store. Do you really expect me to be there in 10 minutes?

• It's the lunch hour! We are typically very busy and sometimes there's a wait on getting orders out depending on how many drivers there are and when they get back from the delivery they're on.
• Again, it's the lunch hour! Do you REALIZE what the traffic is like? Especially when the hour starts and is almost over.
• So, you live right on the edge of delivery range, and then you complain when we "didn't get there fast enough". I mean, yeah, we're freaky fast, but I'm not going to get a speeding ticket so you can pig out on Jimmy John's 'X' minutes sooner (I know how delicious it is, but c'mon).

3. Common Sense/Putting yourself in their Shoes

I'm sure that some people don't realize that you usually tip your delivery driver (or even your hair dresser), and that's sad. What's the difference between a waiter/waitress and a delivery driver? We both bring you your food. A little obvious, don't ya think? Also, by putting yourself in their shoes, you would realize that gas isn't cheap, it sucks delivering in shitty weather, and everybody deserves a little love (especially when you're an awesome Jimmy John's driver.)

So, the next time you order out, don't be an asshole. Make somebody's day :)