Harford Bird
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The Dude writes checks for milk.
Yeah, but that was back in the '90s during that crisis with Saddam and the Iraqis, before debit cards were widespread.
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Bratty kids and a completely oblivious mother cut short my trip to Trader Joe's, which stinks since I wasn't able to get what I needed. Well, she wasn't completely oblivious; she acknowledged the kids' presence but did absolutely nothing about their unruly behavior. So, by not doing a damn thing, she was essentially encouraging them. In cases like that I really wish that it were okay for the store to say something. It's not like TJ's is a place with plenty of open space. When your 3 spawn run around with the kid-sized shopping carts it's going to cause problems, especially when the place is already kind of crowded.
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If my neighbor at work doesn't start chewing with his mouth closed, I'm going to do to him what Kong did with the V-Rex's jaw in King Kong. I haven't yet decided whether I'll proceed to beat my arms on my chest, though.
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When I was a supervisor, I had a very close friend working for me. He liked to use "colorful" language all the time. F bombs...female dogs..etc. I let it be known to him on many occasions that I would not go out of my way to write him up, but the SECOND that someone reported to me that they were offended by his words, I would write him up in a heartbeat. He understood. Luckily I never had to write him up, but the point is, even though you may have friends working for you, its a place of business and its your livelihood. Make it clear to them that you won't hesitate to take actions if need be. Especially if the actions were as dumb as you say!
But the problem is that the majority of people cannot separate business from personal, so while something may happen on a professional level most are bound to take it personally, too. Thus, friendships are bound to suffer.
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I have to write up a friend today for doing a couple of really stupid things. He hates me and I'm ok with that, but how can someone be so stupid?
I was placed a very difficult situation as something was reported to me as a supervisor. I have to hammer a guy that I have considered a friend for 10 years.
But his actions wholeheartedly deserve it. I feel no remorse. I am just dreading this afternoon because I just finished my documentation and my articulation impresses/scares me with the severity.
This guy might lose his job because he is stupid.
That's one of those tough situations where everyone's quick to offer advice on how to handle it, yet no one would really know what the hell to do in the same situation. Unfortunately, it's also one of those things that's damn near impossible to escape unscathed. You just have to close your eyes and hope it doesn't sting for too long.
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I have a class where I have to watch one movie a week and do a writing assignment about it. A friend of mine is in a similar class, so we are splitting the money to order netflix for 2 DVDs at a time. I put two movies in my queue Wednesday night, and I received confirmation that it was processed and shipped on Thursday with ETA Friday. Well today is Tuesday, when my friend and I needed it to come, and lo and behold, it didn't. I am furious. Netflix had better not try to charge me or one of their customer service reps is gonna get an earfull.
Remember there was no mail service yesterday, so if the USPS was slow with its parcel, which is not far-fetched in the least, then that's bound to interfere. Either way, it always sucks when that happens; it doesn't happen very often, though. If you still need the disc, you can always report it as missing on Netflix and they'll send you another copy if you choose.
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I hate the commercials that show someone coughing into his/her hand, and then the hand starts talking to him/her, b*tching about germs.
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I also don't like church, but going one day a year isn't too much to ask, I don't think (I'm in the same boat as you-- I go on Christmas Eve and that's it). Think of it as a Christmas present to your parents. They're glad for you to be there, and it's only one hour or an hour-and-a-half out of your year. As far as obligations go, there could be worse.
Yeah, my mom plays that card every year. I just find it kind of amusing that neither my mom nor I go any other day of the year, but it's so important to go Christmas Eve. Not quite sure I understand that. I guess if there's one positive, however, it's that on the way home I'll be able to drop by my office and pick up my mortgage payment coupon for this month, so I don't miss the due date.
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Awww .Be nice to your poor Mom for Christmas!
Moms have it hard!
I usually am, but this year I won't be in the area, so it'll be a ninety-minute round trip from my house. Plus, it's in a lousy part of Baltimore - Govans. The obligation is also a little frustrating.
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I love the parents dearly, but I really don't want to have to go to church with them on Christmas Eve. I'm not fond of religion and I abhor church. But if I don't go, people get pissed. Ugh!
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I hate when people wish me "Happy Holidays".
Chalk it up to living in a society where you can't say word one without *someone* getting offended. People have become gun shy because people are so damn sensitive.
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Don't point the shower head at the damn curtain without putting it back after you're finished!
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Imagine having a related technological field job where everyone recognizes you as the expert by virtue of having the job, but a good portion of people when asking for advice or help either ignore it, or flat out disagree with it. That's frustrating as hell.
As a technical person, I absolutely cannot stand it when I've thoroughly researched something and have come to one conclusion as a result, yet my manager or some other non-technical person doubts or questions me. Don't you think I'm in a better position to know what the hell I'm talking about?
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Customers who fail to read my directions to fix their problems:
(via e-mail) "I can't get to such-and-such network drive." My (e-mail) reply: "Try logging off of your PC and logging back in. If you don't log off and log back in on a regular basis, your network password may expire without you knowing it." Phone call: "I'm still having problems getting to such-and-such network drive." My reply: "Have you tried logging off and logging back in?" Their reply: "You mean of the computer itself??"
Grrrrrrrrrrr.
Man, I absolutely HATE those types of customers.
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I agree. In today's society, we defiantly take grammar and usage for granite.
People just need to understand grammer and it's importance to the English language.
On a separate note, I f*cking hate micro-managing! I'm a freakin' Programmer Analyst III - I don't need someone constantly looking over my shoulder.
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Worst vs. Worse is the DOMINATE grammar mistake on the OH lately!
For all intensive purposes it sure is.
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Le Festin - Camille
It's the French (obviously) song from Ratatouille.
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The Holiday Hyundai "Duh" commercial.... I hate it. Overplayed and annoying to begin with.
Hyundai has had annoying/obnoxious commercials the past few years. I guess they feel that their improved reputation warrants it.
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What's the big rush? You need to hurry home to do something important, like watch American Idol or something?
What if I have ice cream? What if I've had too much water in a short period of time and "the urge" just hit me? What if I'm friends with Jack Bauer and he informs me that there's a bomb in the store, but I need to pick up a gallon of milk first? It would suck to be without milk, but if that bomb goes off because the person (notice how I didn't specify gender) in front of me continues to swipe the credit card the wrong way, despite the illustration on the device showing you which way to swipe it, I could have even more problems. If I were blown to bits, who would pick up my mail? I'd hate to think someone would break into my mailbox and actually steal my Netflix rentals. And if I dropped the milk in the explosion, the gallon might burst open and spill all over the floor. So, not only would a bomb have gone off, but the floor would be slippery because of the spilled milk caused by the explosion that I could have avoided if only the person in front of me had just looked at the little illustration showing you how to swipe the credit card. So, all in all, I have my reasons...
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People over sixty-five years old should be banned from grocery store self-checkout lanes AND the credit card devices at regular registers. They just have no idea how to operate modern technology and they almost always cause a back-up.
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The Wendy's commericals have been creeping me out lately. A guy in a pippi longstocking wig yelling is not the best way to convince me to eat a square inferior (but never frozen) burger.
Agreed. Dave Thomas would die all over again if he could see the crap commercials they're churning out.
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There are some personal calls that are fine to make at work, but there are those that should really be made in privacy. Learn the location of the line that separates them; I don't need to hear your little arguments with the spouse, nor do I need to hear about why your kids are being morons.
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Learn the dimensions of your car, people, so you know whether you can squeeze to the right of the car in front of you to make that right turn.
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Bee Movie TV Juniors. Why? Why make Bee Movie in the first place!?!
While the computer animated animal/insect movies have definitely become tiresome (I guess original ideas are a thing of the past, unless you're Pixar), Jerry Seinfeld made a hell of a lot of money for Universal/NBC, so this is probably just a favor they're doing in return. Plus, the guy is a good writer, so Bee Movie may actually turn out to be enjoyable. Frankly, I hope it does well, because I think Jerry is nothing short of brilliant.
Moms have it hard!
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First you trade the Cadillac in for a microphone, then the refrigerator decides to tender its resignation, now the freakin' hard drive on my laptop throws in the towel!