General outlet for steaming about TubaDiva's unprofessionalism

[What_Exit]

@Left Hand of Dorkness

Thanks, incidentally, to the mod who pulled the trigger on this one!

Daniel

Wow, that was quick. He asked for Posting death by mod and got a very prompt response. Who says the mods don’t try hard to assist the general Posters.

Hey where was everybody yesterday when I was trying to go it alone?
Scumpup: Your right it wasn’t done for Daniel, it was done by Greathouse’s virtual request.

Jim

[AncientHumanoid]

Oh damn. I forgot the smiley.

[Giraffe]

@NoClueBoy

No, no, no, no. It’s more akin to this: You prepay for a meal. Sitting down to eat it, you notice that while much of it is absolutely primo, there was this one bit that was really far below par. You make mention of it to the person you paid. Instead of a “Oh, sorry,” or even a “Well, that IS what you paid for, we can’t control what you personally like or dislike,” that person walks over to the rest of your food on the table, jumps on top of the table, drops their drawers and takes a dump on your plate, then tells you “You should be happy that we fed you anything for your money.”

I think a far better analogy would be this:

You go to a restaurant and order dinner. The food comes, you eat it. The waiter refills your water glass a little slower than you’d like, but otherwise the service is OK. You pay your bill and leave the restaurant, grabbing a mint on the way out. “Have a nice day,” the hostess tells you as you leave. Then you go home and post on a message board where the moderators are all a bunch of jerks. “Man, I should have stayed at the restaurant,” you think. “Maybe gotten a piece of pie or something.” Then a good movie comes on TV and you fall asleep on the couch in your underpants.

[AncientHumanoid]

@Left Hand of Dorkness

Real nice.
Daniel

Thanks! I believe a person gets what they deserve.

You should see what Santa got me!

[Left_Hand_of_Dorkness]

@Giraffe

you fall asleep on the couch in your underpants.

:eek: You have a couch in your underpants?

Daniel

[Giraffe]

In case my analogy wasn’t clear, the pie represents the SDMB and the underpants represents SkipMagic. He knows why.

[Giraffe]

@Left Hand of Dorkness

:eek: You have a couch in your underpants?

No, the couch symbolizes the feeling of helplessness we all feel when we call customer service and get put on hold for a long time.

I thought that was pretty obvious.

[Guinastasia]

@NoClueBoy

Well, I’m off my meds … :dubious:

Wanna borrow some of mine?

Left Hand, I think the point is, we still like this place for what it is, and since the good outweighs the bad, it’s worth it to try and work for change.

YMMV

[AncientHumanoid]

@Giraffe

I think a far better analogy would be this:

You go to a restaurant and order dinner. The food comes, you eat it. The waiter refills your water glass a little slower than you’d like, but otherwise the service is OK. You pay your bill and leave the restaurant, grabbing a mint on the way out. “Have a nice day,” the hostess tells you as you leave. Then you go home and post on a message board where the moderators are all a bunch of jerks. “Man, I should have stayed at the restaurant,” you think. “Maybe gotten a piece of pie or something.” Then a good movie comes on TV and you fall asleep on the couch in your underpants.

Perfect.

'Cause when comes down to it, it’s an entertainment. And part of that entertainment to me is the ability to interact and even complain if I so choose. There are very few people, here or ir,l that I actually hate. Usually, I just respond to certain behaviors. Yipper, I’m a single cell animal. Stimulus - Response

What’s a poor amoeba to do?

[Scumpup]

@Left Hand of Dorkness

Do I give a shit? You are, after all, a social reject who can’t recognize common courtesy.

Daniel

I recognize common courtesy just fine, Captain Kiss-Ass. I also recognize toadying when I see it. Sometimes the latter wears the trappings of the former.

[Left_Hand_of_Dorkness]

@Guinastasia

Left Hand, I think the point is, we still like this place for what it is, and since the good outweighs the bad, it’s worth it to try and work for change.

And that’s fine. However:

1. If you believe that there’s no hope of change, then you’re wasting your time to try to change it.
2. You’re not going to achieve change through snarky, contemptuous jibes at the folks in control.
3. Personally, I think the changes being sought are totally trifling. But that’s just my opinion.

Daniel

[Left_Hand_of_Dorkness]

@Scumpup

I recognize common courtesy just fine, Captain Kiss-Ass.

Bullshit.
Daniel

[AncientHumanoid]

@Left Hand of Dorkness

Bullshit.

Ooh! The Cotton Eyed Joe! Come on, all you shit kikkers!

[Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew]

@Giraffe

I think a far better analogy would be this:

You go to a restaurant and order dinner. The food comes, you eat it. The waiter refills your water glass a little slower than you’d like, but otherwise the service is OK. You pay your bill and leave the restaurant, grabbing a mint on the way out. “Have a nice day,” the hostess tells you as you leave. Then you go home and post on a message board where the moderators are all a bunch of jerks. “Man, I should have stayed at the restaurant,” you think. “Maybe gotten a piece of pie or something.” Then a good movie comes on TV and you fall asleep on the couch in your underpants.

What kind of pie?

[Richard_Parker]

@Scumpup

I recognize common courtesy just fine, Captain Kiss-Ass. I also recognize toadying when I see it. Sometimes the latter wears the trappings of the former.

Your argument is so dizzyingly stupid that LHoD apparently won’t even take the time to respond to it, but to me it’s like an itch that must be scratched.

Thanking someone doesn’t mean that you believe they did something just for you. In fact, according to common courtesy, one should thank all kinds of people that are just doing their job.

[tiny_ham]

@Biffy the Elephant Shrew

What kind of pie?

I like coconut cream pie.

But I also like a good, classic Apple.

[Miller]

@tiny ham

But I also like a good, classic Apple.

Windows is better. Stupid.

[wring]

@Miller

Windows is better. Stupid.

and Miller wins the internet!

[tiny_ham]

@Miller

Windows is better. Stupid.

I thought Windows ran on Apple now.

OH SNAP

[SkipMagic]

@Giraffe

In case my analogy wasn’t clear, the pie represents the SDMB and the underpants represents SkipMagic. He knows why.

It’s because I’m a tighty whitey.

@NoClueBoy

And then there’s that really bad Mod-hole who I truly hate with the burning fury of a large dog, but whose name will remain a secret, even tho that person knows who I’m talking aboiut, don’t you SkipMagic !?

Boy, my underpants get talked about a lot in this thread, don’t they?