If this is true, it is hysterically funny to me.

[OldBaldy1701E]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-to-change-my-vote-searches-spike-in-states-won-by-donald-trump/ar-AA1u0yBR

Buyers remorse, eh?

My brother in Floridistan tells me he has been engaging with one of his neighbors and the guy voted for the orange gibbon. He railed about this and that. Well sir, on the Friday evening after Election Day, my brother went out to find the neighbor walking around his yard with a very depressed look on his face. He inquired and was told that, earlier in the day, his staff was called into a meeting where the were told that they were not getting their Holiday bonuses this year because the company had to stock up on as much whatever imported things they use on account of the tariff threat. He did not know this would happen. He did not know that his company would do such a thing.

Except that he did. My brother had explained all of this to him on the Sunday before Election Day when they were chatting over the fence while their dogs went to go potty. My brother told him all of this. The guy basically said that my brother was lying about how tariffs work and how that idiot was going to wreck things for most of the country thanks to tariffs that would destroy some industries entirely.

He believes my brother now... the stupid get...

[Moostache]

1. The first sip of MAGA tears in what will be a deluge... (n/t)

[rasputin1952]

2. I use MAGA tears to sweeten my coffee... (n/t)

[Moostache]

4. Too sweet for my palate, I cut them with saccharine to get the bitter aftertaste and balance it out. (n/t)

[OldBaldy1701E]

8. LOL!

[DENVERPOPS]

15. They will really be waking up

with everyday that passes at what they have done, and how they were truly brainwashed.

To me, the only saving grace is that ALL OF THE MAGGots will get screwed as bad us, or worse as a thank you for their votes.

They are all gonna get kicked to the curb and run over by the Trump bus.....when he gets into office he will no longer need them to vote for him, all elections will be like they are in Russia and other Tyrannies.....The MAGGot voters will have outgrown their usefullness, and it will take awhile for them to realize that fact.

[EndlessWire]

32. Oh, yeah!

You've heard it before from me, but this is so illustrative of the disdain that tRump has for everybody else. That, after he was elected in 2016, he literally said that he did not need his voters anymore, now that he was elected. That's what he said!

We are going to be crushed, and I won't feel sorry for those that don't get their holiday bonuses because they are SO EFFING STUPID.

[DENVERPOPS]

34. Weeks before the election

he was telling his Trumphumpers at every Rally to be sure to Vote for him in this election, and that they would never have to vote again.
And his cult voting followers were all too stupid, brainwashed, or ignorant to realize what he was actually saying to them......
ie: Vote for him in this election, and you will never be "allowed" to vote again....

And there were alot of educated, somewhat wealthy that stupidly believed down deep that they would be in the upper 1%
Boy, are they in for a rude awakening.......

[Walleye]

3. I'm wishing for lots of hardships on people. And this is not typical for me.

[Moostache]

5. I wish I could say I was not in the same frame of mind...

But I can't...I WANT to see these people suffer and WANT to see them face the consequences for their hero's coming catastrophe. I am an atheist, so appealing to a higher power is not in the cards, but my desire to see them suffer and to tell them smugly "fuck you, I TOLD you so" is all encompassing...

[OldBaldy1701E]

6. I myself don't know if I am wishing hardships on those people...

Or just taking comfort in the fact that I am not going to lift one finger or give one fuck about their problems.

I also plan to laugh hysterically and loudly whenever I hear the complaining. Because we are going to hear a lot of it.

[Walleye]

10. Funny, I don't really feel owned yet

[Moostache]

7. DELETED

DELETED - posted incorrectly

[OldBaldy1701E]

9. I know, right? (n/t)

[tanyev]

11. Mind the leopards!

[TommieMommy]

12. Talking to neighbor today and said I was worried about the tariffs

And how the prices are going to go up on so many imported things. He said no we don't pay that they do. 😳 Another maga who doesn't understand with zero common sense 🙄

[travelingthrulife]

45. And it hasn't been a decade since Trump's last tariff fiasco.

They've completely forgotten about it.

[Diraven]

13. I've seen multiple versions of this story

Going around social media since the election. Maybe there's some truth, who knows. They're a little too similar to all be true.

[LisaM]

14. I thought the same thing.

I think it's what I would term an urban fable.

[Mariana]

30. I notice that none of them name the employer.

So, most likely it is BS.

[EndlessWire]

33. I'm not saying that you are wrong, but

there's plenty of reasons not to name your employer these days, or any other day.

[Mariana]

35. But none of these are first-hand or even second-hand stories.

It's always "my boyfriend's cousin" or "my sister's friend" or whatever - like in the OP, it's "my brother's neighbor".

[haele]

42. I used to work shipyards as a contractor. Don't be surprised what small manufacturing will do to avoid giving bonuses...

A hint of recession, let alone an actual recession. Oil prices based politics, tariffs. A reduction in orders due the inability for Congress to pass a budget - All these things affected both the price of the components we were purchasing on Firm Fixed Price and our labor force.
The 2% to 5% of Profit overall bonuses that were normal a decade prior pretty much dried up at the slightest indication that next year might require retrenchment. The "two exit doors" at the Friday afternoon office Christmas Party, where the boss would go around to everyone and tell them which office near the building entrance to go to before they left.
It doesn't surprise me at all that long time small manufacturing businesses would be doing this starting the Friday after election day with a clear winner.
They know their Market, and they know what's coming.

Haele

[Demobrat]

16. I read a similar story about a shop in PA.

I wasn’t sure the story was real, but I know yours is. So I wonder if businesses are using the looming tariffs excuse to screw over their employees. Not that I don’t believe they would prepare for tariffs - it’s the Xmas bonus part. The only way to pay for increased inventory is to cut bonuses entirely? It just seems too pat.

Anyway, I enjoyed the story and hope to read many more like it. I’m sure everyone on here is taking stock and preparing for the upcoming reality. It will affect everyone, but the ones with their heads up their asses will feel it most. At least we won’t be surprised.

[slightlv]

21. Cancellef xmas bonuses

Are what, to me. Makes it seem real. Company=any excuse to keep the money from employees.

[Demobrat]

22. Oh I have no doubt the companies would do it.

It’s the common thread throughout the stories that makes me wonder. All cancelled Xmas bonuses. Not layoffs or wage freezes or other cost saving measures, just cancelled bonuses. It’s a little convenient.

[DiverDave]

24. You dont believe

Companies would fuck over their employees?
Example I saw.
The wife worked for a place that at the Christmas party had a draw a name out of a hat for things.
Every office worker ( all family) won ALL the prizes.
The last, a expensive stereo system went to the big boss.
Several months later they fired all the shop workers and hired back for less pay.
Everyone left.
Yeah, companies fuck workers.

[Demobrat]

25. Of course they do. It's not the fucking over I doubt.

It’s the fucking taking the same exact same form in every story that makes me wonder.

[Upthevibe]

18. OldBaldy1701E......

This is a bulls**t story.

I just checked on Scopes....This isn't true. Some of the stories say a company in Florida, some say PA, some say Michigan.....Not true....

[OldBaldy1701E]

37. That is interesting.

See, the article is one thing. That story was told to me by my brother who had this conversation with his neighbor.

I would hate to think my brother just suddenly started lying to me.

[Demobrat]

41. That's how I took it.

I had seen the story before, but assumed this one was an eye witness account, so to speak. Which made me happy.

[republianmushroom]

19. And there will be more coming.

[Hamlette]

20. I heard the "won't get their holiday bonuses" in a slightly different setting already

this is some feel good shit going around the internet. I don't believe it.

[PCIntern]

23. It's a FOAF story...a friend of a friend...

A new urban legend, like The Mexican Pet.

[OldBaldy1701E]

38. No, this came from my own brother who had the talk with his neighbor.

I hate to think that he has suddenly decided to pass off lies as life experiences to me.

[liberalla]

26. " China will pay the tariff " is the new " Mexico will pay for the wall "

Doncha know?

[Happy Hoosier]

27. They are always convinced....

that the face-eating leopard won't eat THEIR face.

[NBachers]

28. I revel in their pain, their regret, and their last dying gasps; it ain't gonna be "Rosebud."

[Raven123]

29. CAUTION: EXACT SAME STORY from a different location (PA) last week

The link I git to did not have this story.

[Mariana]

31. Name the employer, please.

[OldBaldy1701E]

39. I will ask my brother if he knows that information. (n/t)

[kerry-is-my-prez]

36. My doctor was saying that they will all deny they voted for him. That's what his Patients told him after George W.

“Oh, I didn’t vote for THAT idiot.

[OldBaldy1701E]

40. I believe that! (n/t)

[allegorical oracle]

43. SO typical. Drumpfsters have very hard heads. nt

[Autumn]

44. I've seen that posted on FB by different people, Same story different locations

I don't believe it yet.

[Sweet Freedom]

46. Same

I saw it immediately after the election. Exact same story but from Pennsylvania.