Comments on: Blame Others for Your Problems http://www.doublejourney.com/2008/01/21/blame-others-for-your-problems/ Going From Good To Great Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Stephen http://www.doublejourney.com/2008/01/21/blame-others-for-your-problems/#comment-1663 Stephen Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:32:37 +0000 http://www.doublejourney.com/2008/01/21/blame-others-for-your-problems/#comment-1663 Yeah, that was a really great skit because it captured the American consumer rationality very accurately. For those of you who have not seen this skit, try renting that SNL episode from Blockbuster On-line or Netflix. Yeah, that was a really great skit because it captured the American consumer rationality very accurately.

For those of you who have not seen this skit, try renting that SNL episode from Blockbuster On-line or Netflix.

]]> By: terrence http://www.doublejourney.com/2008/01/21/blame-others-for-your-problems/#comment-1646 terrence Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:20:40 +0000 http://www.doublejourney.com/2008/01/21/blame-others-for-your-problems/#comment-1646 I'm so sad that they removed this video. it was one of the best, if not they best, SNL skit. I’m so sad that they removed this video. it was one of the best, if not they best, SNL skit.

]]> By: JennySmith http://www.doublejourney.com/2008/01/21/blame-others-for-your-problems/#comment-1644 JennySmith Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:44:27 +0000 http://www.doublejourney.com/2008/01/21/blame-others-for-your-problems/#comment-1644 Here's something interesting (at least, to me). Today in the Spiritual Care Office I was talking with one of the other chaplains who was having frustrations with his credit cards/bills all having various pay dates and not the same date. Additionally, he has this one credit card that he didn't buy anything on for one year and they sent him a bill with a finance charge of $20 because he didn't buy anything. (According to the small print, had he charged but one cent, he wouldn't have received the bill). Anyway, I mentioned to him about the SNL skit that you once posted on this blog. So I went onto your blog and searched and searched and searched and finally found the post where you wrote about this and posted the video (only to find that the video has been taken off of YouTube for copyright stuff). Anyway, now that I've settled in and have read today the last few entries you've put on this thing, I realize that had I read this entry, I would have saved myself a lot of time in searching for that original entry I was looking for. Here’s something interesting (at least, to me). Today in the Spiritual Care Office I was talking with one of the other chaplains who was having frustrations with his credit cards/bills all having various pay dates and not the same date. Additionally, he has this one credit card that he didn’t buy anything on for one year and they sent him a bill with a finance charge of $20 because he didn’t buy anything. (According to the small print, had he charged but one cent, he wouldn’t have received the bill).

Anyway, I mentioned to him about the SNL skit that you once posted on this blog. So I went onto your blog and searched and searched and searched and finally found the post where you wrote about this and posted the video (only to find that the video has been taken off of YouTube for copyright stuff). Anyway, now that I’ve settled in and have read today the last few entries you’ve put on this thing, I realize that had I read this entry, I would have saved myself a lot of time in searching for that original entry I was looking for.

]]> By: texmex http://www.doublejourney.com/2008/01/21/blame-others-for-your-problems/#comment-1597 texmex Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:49:38 +0000 http://www.doublejourney.com/2008/01/21/blame-others-for-your-problems/#comment-1597 I don't know if you watch the Simpsons, but casting the blame on others is a running motif. Homer said it best in one episode: why blame yourself when you can blame others? Between the choice of accepting responsibility and the passing the buck, many people find the former more convenient and less damaging to the ego. Another good example is from the movie Liar, Liar. Jim Carrey convinces a wife who has cheated on her husband eight times that she was the victim. Take a page from the current mortgage environment, I bet good money that there will be a class action suit against those big bad credit companies who did not cap the credit limit so that the credit card holders wouldn't overspend. After all, isn't it the responsibility of the lenders to set the proper limit? I don’t know if you watch the Simpsons, but casting the blame on others is a running motif. Homer said it best in one episode: why blame yourself when you can blame others? Between the choice of accepting responsibility and the passing the buck, many people find the former more convenient and less damaging to the ego.

Another good example is from the movie Liar, Liar. Jim Carrey convinces a wife who has cheated on her husband eight times that she was the victim.

Take a page from the current mortgage environment, I bet good money that there will be a class action suit against those big bad credit companies who did not cap the credit limit so that the credit card holders wouldn’t overspend. After all, isn’t it the responsibility of the lenders to set the proper limit?

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