People wonder why I think today’s parents suck. :rolleyes:
Not that fast food is good for you or anything, but if a parent can’t tell their kid no often enough to keep it from becoming obese and so thinks it’s the fault of the fast food company? That in my book is sucky parenting.
Let’s just say that he foolishly took it to his boss, I got called in to talk about it, was told I was near the line but not over it, then had a chance to talk about the various incidents that I was not happy about, at which point it became about talking to HIM about these things.
Then the supe and I had a meeting in which we straightened most of it out, I told him to his face that the “I’m the boss and you do as you’re told” card “does not fly with me and I don’t respect people who play it” (got something of an apology out of that) and then he played the “I still need it like X and we’ll have this resolved by Y date” card to which I agreed, because that’s all I was really asking for in the first place.
We’ll see how it goes from here.
I did tell him that the job of a supervisor is to handle the issues that arise with their people and prevent them from reaching the people above them. That taking it to his boss makes it look like he can’t handle the job. His position was that he was fairly new at being a supervisor and was trying to make sure things didn’t go too far between us. But I think he learned something from it.
You’re a lot more optimistic than I would be, but to the extend one’s expectations and therefore demeanor influence the ultimate outcome, I suppose that is a good thing. 
I guess we have to buy a new tv, since half of the scenes, the actors, and any writing are disappearing on the edges of our perfectly good old tv. Assholes.
The little people inside the box are conspiring against you. I suggest you take action and stop the TV revolt immediately!
The state of modern tv is revolting, I’ll give you that. 
There were McDonald’s restaurants around when I was kid in the sixties; somehow my parents managed to tell me and my sisters “no” whenever they felt like it (which was most of the time - we saw the inside of a restaurant a couple of times a year).
If it’s a CRT type of tv as opposed to the newer LCD or plasma types, then a shrinking picture might be an indication that the magnetic yoke has degraded.
The yoke wraps around the cathode ray tube at the point where it flairs out to become the view screen. It is an electro-magnet that is used to guide the electron beam to the coating of phosphors inside the viewing end of the tube. This is what allows the electron beam to “paint” the picture one horizontal line at a time.
When it starts to fail, it is no longer able to force the beam to the edges of the screen.
edit - if this is the problem (and it may not be), it is an expensive repair, so your initial thought of simply replacing the set is probably justified.
Goddammit.
Students, we have been talking about this research paper for the entire semester - 13 weeks now. I’ve given handouts in class, posted handouts on the course website, given mini-lectures about researching, writing, formatting, held an entire MANDATORY 75 minute lecture on writing in APA format, answered questions, reminded you about due dates and deadlines and requirements.
And yet, you can’t remember that yes, you need a title page, yes, you need an abstract page, yes, the required length does not include those pages, yes, you need to follow APA format, yes, you need to cite your sources, yes, you need to provide a reference page, yes, you need to submit your paper to turnitin.com as well as a hard copy to me, yes, during class on the due date which is today. Yes, font size must be 12 points (I know what 14 point font looks like, you little cheaters). Yes, margins must be 1" (I know what 1.5 inch margins look like, you little cheaters). Yes, we covered this all already - forty times. Yes, points will be taken off for not following directions.
God almighty FUCK. You fuckers are the reason I drink so much.
If the scenery is passing by when they’re sitting on a loading dock, they’re probably high enough that they can watch it even with the door closed.
Look at it this way: you’re doing the world a favor by (we can only hope) weeding these morons out before they can do damage to anyone but themselves. At least, that’s how it would work in my ideal world. You’re taking one for the team–I’ll buy you a beer sometime.
Sometimes, when I’m playing a video game that The Other Shoe has already beaten, he’ll give me a little hint when I invariably get stuck. (“See that flashing yellow arrow? Go that way…”)
I really, really need a hint.
He’s so damn good at reading people, at knowing who’s bullshitting and who’s genuine - something I monumentally suck at - except for one tiny percentage of the population. It is comprised entirely of: my parents. I feel like those little kids on the news, the ones who wind up driving a car when they’re so tiny they can barely see or reach the pedals. I feel exactly like that, and I’d like very much to pull over and let someone else drive my life for a while, because I’m just making a mess no matter what I do, and I can’t even get it through my head that with these two people, there simply is no right answer.
Why can I not admit that? Why do I keep torturing myself? Why do I keep thinking that if I beat my bloody forehead against this wall more, I’ll find that elusive right answer?
Kill them. Make it look like an accident. Send me something tasty out of their wine cellar as a thank-you.
They don’t drink.
(And believe me, if anyone needs a stiff drink, it’s each of them.)
Any good books? I’d also accept one or two of those.
They’re not really readers, either.
There’s … not much to recommend about them as people, to be brutally honest.
I don’t think the picture is shrinking - it’s still going right to the edge of the set. It is becoming increasingly obvious, however, that the action going on with the actors is wider than our set will show.
Oh. Sorry. I guess the people creating new shows have decided to write off the part of the audience that still likes their 4:3 ratio CRT’s. I didn’t think they had the balls to that so soon. It’s only been a year since the change over after all and I’m sure there are plenty of people who don’t think upgrading their tv is a priority - especially if you happen to be out of work and/or behind on your mortgage. That’s a little callous I think under the circumstances. I wonder if the producers are getting “incentives” from the electronics industry (I mostly joking, but not completely).
I didn’t think it would be happening so soon either, but when I say obvious, I do mean obvious - like two characters talking, and one of them so far off to the side that only their hand was showing (and it was clear that he was supposed to be in the shot, not just appearing as a hand and arm). We’re noticing it with titles and words on the screen as well.
Our tv is working perfectly well except for this, and I have no inclination to buy a new tv just because there is new technology available now, but the rubbing our noses in what we’re missing is getting annoying.
Well, you know what they say… rain is like sex. You never know how many inches you’re going to get or how long it’ll last.
going to a funeral for a baby tomorrow.
This week has been horrible.