Why do people not like range officers

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Because every one of them sees my small girlfriend and wants to try to tell her how it’s done and what she should be shooting for her size. Bro, just leave us alone and let us shoot. Take your sexism somewhere else.

Every range I’ve ever been to with a range officer has been like this.
 
I have been going to the same place here for over 2 decades. Never had real problems with any of the RO's. Most know me by name now as I go weekly. I have at times "pushed the limit" of the rapid fire rules. I ONLY do it if no one else is there since I don't want them to have to say something to another shooter who they do not know while I was doing it. I have to guess it's because they can see what I am doing as in I am hitting the paper, and of course only do a couple mag dumps per session, and only now and then. I also clean up my spot when I am done. Many leave a mess, assuming their mother works there I guess. Target hangers often shot to hell. Stuff like that. Since the RO's check you in I always leave them a tip also. Figure it's a thankless job that pays little. If the place was to hire some who were jerks? I would of course just not renew my membership.
 
Glad I'm the officer of my own range :D.

The only public range I've been to had a 400 yard lane and a campfire going with free coffee. Pretty cool. Anyways there was a camera at the end of the lane to view your hits on a screen. The camera was out so the range officers would use a spotting scope and call out your hits for you. They didn't need to, but it was nice of them. That's my only experience. I can easily see the authority going to some people's heads though.
 
always had good luck with ROs. learned some good things. had a RO at a slow time at a range, stand behind me and catch 30-30 brass for me as it flew back over my head. think she was just bored and it seemed fun.
 
This worst I've had to deal with at our range is one of the guys tells bad jokes. Outside of that, they are friendly, unless you're doing something dumb.
 
we dont have alot of rules at the range .there is all shots must be into the berm. cant use them steel swinger targets no shooting after dark. no taenite. only time there is a range officer is when its sight in days for deer season. be nice to have some trail cams because some people dont like to fallow the rules
 
Range officers are there to protect people and to keep the range from getting shut down because of infractions. Like any other professions, there are good ones and bad ones, just like their are shooters that are anti-authority or think they know better than anyone else.

I stopped shooting at some ranges that do not have range officers, that are open to the public.

Bob
 
Good grief. I'll take care of my health, you take care of yours and all's well. Leave it to a progressive liberal to pretend to care about me, Karen.
What’s up with this “Karen” nonsense. Run across that a bit lately. Is it a label, derogatory name, some internet BS. Someone’s mother sister wife or family member may be named Karen. Curious.
 
What’s up with this “Karen” nonsense. Run across that a bit lately. Is it a label, derogatory name, some internet BS. Someone’s mother sister wife or family member may be named Karen. Curious.

It isn’t really a derogatory name, or Internet BS. It may be considered a label, but a more accurate term would be stereotype.

“Karen” is a gendered middle class name that peaked in popularity in the mid 1960s, and declined pretty rapidly after that. As a result, you can make a good guess that a person with the name is a middle class woman over 45 and under 75. You were astute to omit “daughter” from your list of who might be a Karen in someone’s life - it’s possible but not likely.

With the rise of both Internet video sharing and ready access to video recording devices (embedded in handheld portable telephones), it has become common for people to upload videos of negative social interactions in public spaces. For example a person yelling at another person over the language the other person is speaking, the the amount of cinnamon on their whipped coffee drink, or other things that would not normally be considered appropriate subjects to yell at a stranger about. As a large number of such videos accumulated, a correlation became apparent. Middle class women over the age of 45 appear as the antagonist in a high percentage of those videos.

A correlation is thus observed: A person with the name “Karen” is likely a middle class woman of over 45. Middle class women over 45 are more likely than average to be recorded behaving in an unseemly manner in public. Therefore, people named “Karen” are more likely than average to behave in an unseemly manner.

While general trends do not predict individual behavior, it is common among humans to ascribe notable and repeating individual traits to groups in a process called stereotyping. Here we have two notable and repeating individual traits (being named “Karen”, and behaving in an unseemly way in public settings) so it is inevitable that a stereotype would develop. In this case, middle class women over 45 who are behaving inappropriately in public are stereotyped as having the name “Karen”.
 
At one of my local ranges, I had a RSO that came one day to check out passes and she said as I was cleaning up my brass that I should not be taking it home and should be dumping it in the brass bin because the money from the recycling goes to volunteers like her. I politely told her that I obviously paid my admittance and I own my brass, and because I reload I am taking it with me.

It just kinda rubbed me the wrong way. She sounded selfish instead of phrasing it that recycled brass helps with operating costs.

Besides her though, I have never had a problem with any other RSO's. They are usually polite and helpful.
 
The problem with some RO's is they think they know it all and are on a power trip. Safety is one thing but an attitude that they are better than the folks on the line is another. Another example is when one tries to tell you that you cannot shoot a scoped 44 mag with a 7.5 inch barrel at the 50-100 yard line and that it is only allowed on the pistol range.
 
It isn’t really a derogatory name, or Internet BS. It may be considered a label, but a more accurate term would be stereotype.

“Karen” is a gendered middle class name that peaked in popularity in the mid 1960s, and declined pretty rapidly after that. As a result, you can make a good guess that a person with the name is a middle class woman over 45 and under 75. You were astute to omit “daughter” from your list of who might be a Karen in someone’s life - it’s possible but not likely.

With the rise of both Internet video sharing and ready access to video recording devices (embedded in handheld portable telephones), it has become common for people to upload videos of negative social interactions in public spaces. For example a person yelling at another person over the language the other person is speaking, the the amount of cinnamon on their whipped coffee drink, or other things that would not normally be considered appropriate subjects to yell at a stranger about. As a large number of such videos accumulated, a correlation became apparent. Middle class women over the age of 45 appear as the antagonist in a high percentage of those videos.

A correlation is thus observed: A person with the name “Karen” is likely a middle class woman of over 45. Middle class women over 45 are more likely than average to be recorded behaving in an unseemly manner in public. Therefore, people named “Karen” are more likely than average to behave in an unseemly manner.

While general trends do not predict individual behavior, it is common among humans to ascribe notable and repeating individual traits to groups in a process called stereotyping. Here we have two notable and repeating individual traits (being named “Karen”, and behaving in an unseemly way in public settings) so it is inevitable that a stereotype would develop. In this case, middle class women over 45 who are behaving inappropriately in public are stereotyped as having the name “Karen”.
Lots of words, but etymology aside, it is definitely a derogatory term now. Similar to "boomer."
 
Thanks to those responses on “Karen” I was labeled such for commenting what I considered a dangerous stunt involving a girl child jumping into her fathers arms from a a considerable height. Best policy these days MYOB and stay off social media.
 
Lots of words, but etymology aside, it is definitely a derogatory term now. Similar to "boomer."

Some words start out derogatory. Others are made so by the actions of those associated with them. When the latter case applies, the word is at most conditionally derogatory. It is important to understand the context to know whether the derogatory connotation applies to the specific usage. Sometimes a name is just a name.

For another example, consider the word “genius”. It too is conditionally derogatory. The same phrase, “You’re quite the genius, aren’t you?”, may be complimentary or derogatory. One cannot say that a particular use of the word is derogatory without evaluating the broader context.
 
The problem with some RO's is they think they know it all and are on a power trip. Safety is one thing but an attitude that they are better than the folks on the line is another. Another example is when one tries to tell you that you cannot shoot a scoped 44 mag with a 7.5 inch barrel at the 50-100 yard line and that it is only allowed on the pistol range.
Might want to check that particular ranges rules on such.
In my case our private club up here in RI have no RSO’s. Where I shoot at my Florida home, Knights Trail rely on volunteers with a couple of county employees as I what I assume are trained RSO’s who actually run the place. In 15 years I’ve never met one unpleasant one. That however may be my own perception of whose in charge and who’s not.
 
We even have a private club with a Bar and that allows drinking once the last gun is put up for the day.

Bob
 
Some words start out derogatory. Others are made so by the actions of those associated with them. When the latter case applies, the word is at most conditionally derogatory. It is important to understand the context to know whether the derogatory connotation applies to the specific usage. Sometimes a name is just a name.

For another example, consider the word “genius”. It too is conditionally derogatory. The same phrase, “You’re quite the genius, aren’t you?”, may be complimentary or derogatory. One cannot say that a particular use of the word is derogatory without evaluating the broader context.
Perhaps, but in this case it's patently obvious the intent is derogatory, and so is the widespread usage of the term "Karen." To claim it's just a name for a middle aged woman without considering the CURRENT ACCEPTED MEANING is absurd.

Leave it to a progressive liberal to pretend to care about me, Karen.
 
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