Why do people call me and complain that their computer started a fire that did thousands of dollars in damage to their living room, but they have no documentation of this (no pictures), refuse to provide any proof and just think we’re going to say “Ok, sorry about that, here’s a new computer and a couple of grand for your trouble”?
Oh wait, it is because they’re thieving scumsucking MORONS who seem to think that our company is completely stupid and will just pay them off with no evidence.
I’m sticking with weather rants. I was working outside in the yard, not at home, at work, because I don’t have an office job, and it starts raining on me. I know Oregon is known for its rain, but contrary to popular belief it doesn’t rain 12 months out of the year. This is the middle of fucking July! I just heard the rest of the country is enjoying a heat wave.
My mom had complained about not being able to find her favorite lip moisturizer, so I located it on Amazon from an apparently reputable seller and ordered four tubes. Three of the tubes are fine, but the fourth had clearly been used many, many times. :mad: Eww. How does something like that even get shipped? Oh, and the seller failed to include a packing slip. I’ve contacted the seller regarding a replacement or refund; it will be interesting to see how this one plays out.
This is fun! I picked up an unmarked daylily at Kmart years ago, all it had on the container was a price tag of 50 cents. I planted it at my mom’s and the next year it had the most beautiful purple flowers on it. Still going strong too. Did the same thing at Menards with a Lenten Rose. Turned out to be a color I hadn’t seen before.
Since this is the rant thread… I think I’m getting carpal tunnel. My left wrist aches constantly and I can barely use my thumb. Seems to run in my family, I guess it’s my turn. Thanks, Grandmas…
Now, this requires a sympathy thread as well as a rant thread. Maybe a poll about where to get the cheapest beer in town as well. Sobs for you.
I do have beer. I also have a working car again, but the guys broke the bezel on the the steering wheel so it looks like someone used a hammer and screwdriver to steal my car.
Well, that’s why I have beer…once again, I have learned to give it to them AFTER they have completed repairs…not as a bribe to keep them working.
“Enjoying” might be too strong a word there, bub! According to Weatherbug, it is currently actual temperature 86 F, with a heat index of 92 degrees. At 12:30 am. Today was something like the fiftieth day in a row of temperatures above 90 degrees. We’re expecing a cool snap this weekend, with high temperatures only reaching around 90 degrees.
The storm on Monday actually knocked our temperatures way down here–we dropped probably close to 20 degrees. Supposed to be popping back up to the 80s as of tomorrow, though.
Grosssssssss. On the other hand, I can think of a bunch of ways that a used tube could get in there (most of them involving a disgruntled employee somewhere along the line). Hopefully the seller will apologize profusely and fix the problem.
A couple weeks ago, a co-worker and the Office Services Manager were having a bit of a tiff because the OSM talks very loudly on the phone, despite HR having the rule that we should use our inside voices, etc. They sat in different rows, but basically sat within 12’ of each other. My co-worker spoke with our manager and then HR. But, the end result was that about half a dozen employees had to move to new cubes and aisles on the floor, just 5 months after a major move of most departments in the company (I’m guessing there are about 400 employees at this office) from one floor to another to create more synergy or something like that. It’s apparently cheaper to spend time and effort moving people all over rather than one person shutting the fuck up. Whatever. It’s annoying, but such is life.
But today, and this seems to be along the lines of the “Dear Work: Potluck is not a treat.” thread, I was putting my lunch in the break room fridge when I noticed a sign near the coffee pots. It was telling people to be sure to fill the carafes when they empty one (no problem with that) and to put the fresh coffee carafe behind the old coffee carafe (again, no problem). But then, the note said something about how if we continue to not do this, we may lose this “great free benefit.” Since the fuck when is coffee at work, shitty coffee at that, a great benefit?! I’ve never worked somewhere that didn’t offer coffee, and certainly not one that hung it over our heads as something of a fucking gift. Fuck you, Office Services. Maybe your budget wouldn’t be looking bad right now if you weren’t moving people around willy nilly. Shut the fuck up; quit keeping fucking pens and highlighters and staples under lock and key; and give me my free fucking coffee, whether I fill it or not!
mke, for some reason, the alert email for your post has my GMail suggesting that I create an event in my calendar for Saturday, July 16 titled “talks very loudly on the phone.”
Do it. DO EEEET! Of course, if your office is empty on Saturdays, it won’t have quite the same effect. If people find out about it, though, they might start leaving you alone.
Of the 50 largest cities in the U.S., I live in the second-coldest (Milwaukee is beaten only by Minneapolis). Frankly, I’d rather have your summers than our winters.
Yeah, us too. I think we’re on something like our 24th straight day over 100. Going for the record*!
And it rained a bit, so the humidity is horrid. I’m not sure what the heat index is, I’m sure it’s something scary.
It’s been like this since early June. I’m afraid of what August is going to be like.
*I remember 1980. It SUCKED.
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Oh hell no. If it’s cold, you can bundle up. There’s nothing you can do when even thinking of movement causes sweat.
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Exactly. I’ve done Christmas in northern Minnesota. Easy-peasy compared to down here.
Do you really need to use the only lunchroom sink to scrub every conceivably small piece of organic residue from your lunch tupperware? Take that shit home and wash it there.
Let water run…test with finger until nice and hot
Pre-rinse tupperware, hold up to inspect, rinse some more
Squirt in too much dish soap, work into lather
Scrub scrub scrub. Rinse. Repeat 6 times. Splash water and suds everywhere.
Give a healthy 3 last rinses, after all, homeopathy says that the more you wash the dirtier it gets!
Oh dear, what a mess I’ve made!
Set clean tupper on folded dish towel
Get 6 paper towels and start wiping up suds and water…
At this time I went into an Amok Time disembodied rage…I later awoke with coworkers fanning me and trying to feed me a glass of water. My coffee cup was still unrinsed.
This seems to be a common misconception among people who don’t actually live in places where it gets really cold. Sure, if I’m home, I can crank up the heat, put on my gay astronaut boots, and wrap myself in layers of blankets. But when *you’re *home, you can walk around naked with the A/C on.
No, during winter months, I pretty much just freeze. All the time. Everywhere. I can’t feel my toes about six months out of the year.
“Whoops, 'scuse me, I’m just going to sneak in here for a sec,” you say, as you smile disarmingly and snake out a quick arm to get your mug under the faucet long enough to get a bit of water, swirl it around, and dump it out again. Et voila.
I’ve lived in both. Chicago, with many winter work trips to MSP, and now DC. Cold is much easier to handle. Probably because my body is, shall we say, designed for the cold rather than the hot.
