Originally Posted by
klogaroth
You misunderstand the purpose of a pug, and the nature of it. Possibly wilfully, but I'll leave that aside.
The purpose of a pug beyond the initial weeks of a tier is to get some reward. Usually gear. The nature is that it is a bunch of random people.
A group leader sees a bunch of applicants. They don't owe the applicants to their group anything. They just want to do a dungeon, without having everyone submit a resume and go through interviews and assessments. Put yourself in their shoes. They want to make a quick decision. What are you bringing to the table that the 90+ other applicants for their dungeon spot aren't? If your plan to distinguish yourself is that you were good a decade ago, then it's just not going to cut it. The whole project is held together only by the desire of the participants to obtain the reward. You don't have to be a dick to people, in fact it's best if you aren't, because that jeopardises the chance of the group sticking together to obtain the rewards. If you were there to socialise though, it would be recruitment for a standing M+ team, or a guild. But pugs are not that. They are a temporary alliance, held together by the promise of a reward, that will almost certainly dissolve after a single play session. A dungeon one night stand.
I'm not sure how you got to screaming at fast food workers from there, but I'd advise that you don't. It's also a different situation entirely. Think not about comparing yourself to a fast food worker, but to a restaurant. With an M+ group leader as a customer. They don't owe any particular restaurant their business. They are going to eat at the restaurant that looks good now, when they want to eat.