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Blue Tooth=Loser (I'm on a big equals sign kick today)
I guess I can forgive people using them in their vehicles but if you walk around with one, you need to re-evaluate your life choices.
Thank you.
A handful of people I work with walk around with a blue tooth or some hands-free thing attached to their ear....like they're THAT important. That kick was over a year or so ago.
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Wings, sorry about your dog. You're "lucky" to have another one at home. That should definitely make things a bit easier on you. I'm going to have to disagree with DeLuca on this one though. Like I said last week, the dog is as much a part of the family and immediately replacing it seems a bit cold (for a lack of better terms) to me.
I don't necessarily think it's cold, but it would seem kind of along the ranks of "we're getting a new one to forget about the old one".
It's not that we want to forget about the old dog...we've been re-living the memories over the past week and that's actually helped more than anything. I've only thought about getting a new one because the house seems a little less full w/o her, plus a young dog would be a great playmate for our other one.
We were fortunate in how we "stumbled upon" both of these dogs. The first (the one that we just put down) was a stray that my sister-in-law found and the second was one that we got from our groomer because the original owners gave up. Because our schedules are nightmares until December, we're going to wait until then....unless we "stumble upon" a new dog before then.
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Sorry to hear that. It is one of the worst feelings in the world. I hope you are looking into replacing her. IMO, when you have to let go it is best to find another dog right away.
Well, technically, I think she's irreplaceable, but I know what you mean. :thumbsup:
We've had two dogs for a while, so the house isn't exactly empty. We will definitely get another one, though our schedules are preventing us from doing it right away. Likely in a few months, unless something comes along in the meantime.
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I had to put the dog down last Friday. This was the first time I'd ever done this and it was easily the most painful & difficult thing I've ever had to do. I still feel mildly guilty about doing it, but I know she's not suffering anymore. She would've just gotten sicker and things would have been exponentially worse for her.
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But have you ever tried to complain? I don't think it's laziness as much as just genuine frustration. More often than not this happens:
1. When you call, odds are that you are calling a call center in Timbuktu and good luck if you can understand them.
2. It is increasingly difficult to get a hold of someone who can actually solve your problem. I can think of numerous times that I have sat on the phone forever trying to find the right person to address my issue.
There are so many examples! How about calling a cable company to inquire about the Center Ice Package? "The What"??? Or the dish company years ago that promised we could get hockey and so we made the switch and no hockey. Or how about when you get laid off and want COBRA continuation of coverage and they dont even mail the sh*t for six weeks and then LO! the President has reduced COBRA rates by 70 percent but by golly just try to find ANYONE on the phone who knows anything about it!
Have you ever called Verizon to complain that your bill is not right? Or how about actually calling an insurance company with questions or GOD FORBID the billing office at a hospital to find out what the hell those charges are!!!???
I could go on and on. Horror stories! No wonder we don't complain, it takes a full time commitment to do so. I'm sure each one of you have spent hours if not days on the phone trying to resolve something. It sucks. It's just a giant void of knowledge out there.
Well, when it's things like COBRA coverage, you have every right to complain. If you don't, that's not being lazy - it's being stupid. Major costs and/or purchases that you pay every month better be on the ball.
I was referring to the little things - like the extra 20 cents your DD coffee costs or the extra "tax" the grocery store didn't tell you about, but it showed up at the register. I'm guilty of realizing that it cost more than I expected, but don't complain because I feel I'll look like one of those annoying customers that's crying over a dime.
That said, I did complain to my local grocery store once - when the self-checkout aisles kept shorting me 2 cents on my change every time I used it. After a number of these instances, I went to the customer service desk. They were happily ready to give me my 2 cents, and it took a few minutes to get the point that the machine did this every time I used it. I use my debit card now, but each time I've used cash since I complained, the change was correct. :thumbsup:
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They're just as much a part of the family as anyone else. I just wish they lived about 40 years longer.
Same here, shrader. Thanks for the thoughts.
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Good luck with that. No matter how old or sick a dog is, that potential decision always sucks. I've only had to deal with it once at an old enough age to remember, but now just thinking of it gives me chills.
This would be the first time for me. I've never really had a dog until the wife & I got this one, so that makes this decision that much harder. The vet always gives us the "quality of life" speech, which I can never argue with. Only recently, I've started thinking that she might be giving up, if she hasn't already. She doesn't do much around the house anymore, except for sleep on the couch. I know she's not comfortable, but it still doesn't make me want to make this decision.
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4. Stupid new eye doctor who overcharged me almost $200 for new glasses. After verifying my coverage, I had to call them 3 times before they finally got it right. I am not sure if this was intentional or the opticians who figure out the costs are IDIOTS! It is not rocket science.
I saw this all the time with a health insurance company of mine. I think companies are doing this all the time, making gobs of money this way. Someone pointed out how Americans are too lazy to complain....it's ringing true more & more these days, especially as the economy is what it is now.
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I don't think it's exclusive to large groups. People are self-absorbed and inconsiderate at an unprecendented level. Next time some punk ass kid tries that with me, I'm lowing my shoulder and going Kaleta on their ass. I'm sick and tired of people's lack of consideration of those around them. It's all about looking out for number one, screw whoever I inconvenience to get what I want.
That's the attitude of people these days, too. That statement is one thing if you're talking about moving to a new job to better your income, but not when you're talking about common courtesy. One idiot coughed w/o covering, knowing full well I was two feet from him...I was sick for a week & a half.
My complaint: my dog is 13 and it's not looking promising. She's already stayed at the vet one night and will be there again tonight...she's not eating and her kidney enzymes are almost off the chart - this after about 2-3 years of kidney and liver problems. We may be making a difficult decision today or tomorrow.
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I guess my point wasn't clear. I was asking him to drop everything and help me. I can pick out the right ones, but I'd much rather have Buffalo Wings do it for me.
This is about all I can do for you right now...
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And I love it when one of my posts sets the thread off in a completely unpredictable direction. :thumbsup:
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People.
Not all of them, but especially those who think your purpose in life is to drop everything and help them.
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One final complaint for the day...
I know many of us don't watch baseball, but those score bars that sit there stationary on the screen are starting to burn in to my HDTV screen. I can adjust the stretch/zoom to eliminate that, but so much for the HD.
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Now Wacko Jacko is gone.. That's two today.. Who will be the third???
Ed McMahon.
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Yeah, people annoy me way too much to ever get married.
People annoy me way too much, period.
#1 - My boss left the job recently, so the new boss is the same person that has been "second in charge" of my unit. Everyone else is now bugging her, requesting the same stuff that was rejected by the old boss....as if she wasn't paying attention to begin with.
#2 - The entire NY state senate.
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Microsoft Access - our outfit uses many databases with this and it's nearly unusable over a wide-area network. Us network support techies get the complaints (people think the network is slow) because Access is horrible.
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And the worry of the possibility that the NHL's golden boy may get his ring, cup and MVP even though he has done very little in the finals.
It's a team game, after all.
My complaint (albeit late) is that I had something great to complain about, but completely forgot what it was.
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On a related note, I get a kick out of these women that get implanted with all these embryos because they can't get pregnant, then when they all survive and the doctors tell them they should remove a couple because it is safer for them and the mother, they say,"No. God gave me all these miracles and I'm going to have all of them." Bullsweet! Man and Science gave you all those babies, not God. If it was up to him you wouldn't have any kids.
As for J+K+8. I have one daughter. Having spent the last three days traveling between work and the hospital, it really pisses me off when I see them treating 8 healthy kids like accessories or paychecks. I know I'm probably just jealous, but they don't know how good they've got it.
EDIT:Sorry for bringin' the Heavy to the party. Just had to get it out.
What burns me the most about things like this is that I can't have kids and I watch this garbage all the time. JK+8, OctoMom, & people like who Swamp speaks of just annoy me. Seems like they have kids just to get the attention. Even my irresponsible brother-in-law has a baby boy about a year old.
Don't get me wrong...as much as I was disappointed with our situation, I'm over it and the wife & I are enjoying our life as just the two of us (and dogs & cat). But this stuff I can't stand.
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Take some solace in this, but remember that it may be NSFW.
I've been Dilbert-ized for years. I just haven't complained about it recently.
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We had a major firewall upgrade last night that went miserably bad. We thought we were done at 7:30, but when my boss' boss called me an hour later, the night had only begun. We were lucky enough to be able to back out and stabilize everything, but I'm on about 4.5 hours of sleep (I know...more than a set of newly-anointed parents usually get, but it's less than I'm used to).
Then I walk in to the same guy that's been harassing me all week, telling me to do stuff that he should be coordinating. And no, I don't report to him.
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Couldn't get this out of my head for an entire day.
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shiit rolls downhill.
Can't disagree with you there, but - and here's the fun part - the guy is supposed to be a peer of mine and he can't manage his own projects. When people are suggesting he come up with a plan, he throws others under the bus by saying he's not privy to the info he doesn't have, so make someone else do it.
Not that he'd know the meaning of the word 'privy', either.
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Not to basically repeat myself but:
Summer? What's that?
We've had high 40s, low 50s here over the last couple days. I really don't mind all that much, it's just strange.
And it's not technically summer yet, either.
One more complaint....why do I have to deal with people (who make more money than me) that try to dish off their work on me?
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I can't get grass to grow in my back yard, so I mowed a bunch of dirt with grassy patches on Tuesday night and stirred up dirt & dust clouds the size of Texas. I think I'm still coughing from it.
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It's other drivers for me (again). When you want to drive 45mph on the highway, please do it in the right lane. Also, when the light turns green, you don't have to wait 5 seconds to hit the gas. I may be impatient, but c'mon.
I sincerely believe that the DMV needs to re-test people every 2-3 years (instead of every 8) and then make the tests difficult enough so that people on the road actually know what to do at a stop sign intersection.
Complaint Thursdays
in The Aud Club
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Drivers who pay absolutely zero attention to others on the road.
I was trying to leave my parking lot after work on Monday. It's a relatively big one, since there are about 1,000 people in my building. I got behind this yahoo crawling along at about 5mph, who decided to brake at every point in the lot that could be considered an intersection (where a row meets a "main drag" of sorts). She then actually stopped about 50 feet from the traffic light where you leave the lot (looked like she wanted to turn into a spot in front of the building) while the light was a stale green, ready to turn yellow/red at any second. I honked, so she realized she better get out of my way. You got it...I missed the light.
No joke...it looked like she was sight-seeing instead of trying to find a parking spot. C'mon - it's not like I work at a major tourist attraction.