R_Dudley Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Some changes going on at work, know I should be happy I still have a job but it's not easy. Re-org'd, got a new boss, changed my job and responsibilites, so far the new job outright looks like he thinks and treats me like I am his Beyotch. NICE. I never expected to become that dreaded disgruntled employee but unfortunately I fear I'm there. :wallbash: Know my options just really liked what I was doing before not so much now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Don't forget the intangibles!!!! Like getting to bang the second shift temps? I've been thinking about that... :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 I know in the past I've complained about perfectly healthy people who use the handicap button that automatically opens doors. Well, last week I finally found proof for why these people suck. As I was leaving work one day, I notice a woman on my floor who is in a wheel chair sitting in front of one of the doors, not doing anything. The button wasn't working thanks to all the lazy idiots who use it when they don't have to. So this woman was stuck at the door, not able to get out until someone else came by. It was pretty late and not many people were in the building, so she could very easily have been stuck there for a while. And then there's the city of Boston, or really, the whole state of Massachusetts. There was a general panic over the last two days because of that storm that was moving across the state. They shut just about everything down a day in advance. What was the grand total for the snowfall? Less than an inch. The entire city was crippled by a less than an inch of snow! Don't get me wrong, I had no problem leaving work early, but my god are they retarded. With all these budget issues nationwide, I can't imagine the amount of money that was thrown away yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Wings Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Some changes going on at work, know I should be happy I still have a job but it's not easy. Re-org'd, got a new boss, changed my job and responsibilites, so far the new job outright looks like he thinks and treats me like I am his Beyotch. NICE. I never expected to become that dreaded disgruntled employee but unfortunately I fear I'm there. :wallbash: Know my options just really liked what I was doing before not so much now. I'm in the same boat. I actually left my current employer for a job I thought would be doing exactly what I wanted (only to find out it sucked something awful). I was lucky enough to be able to come back and I've been here almost 3 years, but the regime has changed, people are only out for their own agendas, and the work has lessened. Top it off with a boss who complains about everything and my morale isn't exactly high. I realize it's good to have a job these days, but it still isn't good to not look forward to the work day. I know in the past I've complained about perfectly healthy people who use the handicap button that automatically opens doors. Well, last week I finally found proof for why these people suck. As I was leaving work one day, I notice a woman on my floor who is in a wheel chair sitting in front of one of the doors, not doing anything. The button wasn't working thanks to all the lazy idiots who use it when they don't have to. So this woman was stuck at the door, not able to get out until someone else came by. It was pretty late and not many people were in the building, so she could very easily have been stuck there for a while. Happens all the time in my office. I don't (and never will) understand the need to use it when you don't need to. I'd like to see what happens when it doesn't work for a guy who doesn't need it. Will he stand outside the men's room wondering how to get in? And then there's the city of Boston, or really, the whole state of Massachusetts. There was a general panic over the last two days because of that storm that was moving across the state. They shut just about everything down a day in advance. What was the grand total for the snowfall? Less than an inch. The entire city was crippled by a less than an inch of snow! Don't get me wrong, I had no problem leaving work early, but my god are they retarded. With all these budget issues nationwide, I can't imagine the amount of money that was thrown away yesterday. To be fair, every meteorologist in the Albany area was predicting 3-5 inches....probably more in Boston, right? All four major networks were eating some serious crow last night. In fact, many of the school districts just south of here into the Catskills had already closed school the night before anticipating close to a foot. That said, Boston is in the northeast. I can maybe see people in Virginia & North Carolina doing this, but Boston should be able to handle a foot of snow. It's as if everyone needed to use the "snow days" they had budgeted for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 To be fair, every meteorologist in the Albany area was predicting 3-5 inches....probably more in Boston, right? All four major networks were eating some serious crow last night. In fact, many of the school districts just south of here into the Catskills had already closed school the night before anticipating close to a foot. That said, Boston is in the northeast. I can maybe see people in Virginia & North Carolina doing this, but Boston should be able to handle a foot of snow. It's as if everyone needed to use the "snow days" they had budgeted for. 6-8 inches was the last figure I heard. Hell, yesterday morning the weather report I watched was saying that the storm might shift north a bit and hit us even harder. Even after it was pretty clear that the storm was going to miss, places were still closing. It's one of the strangest things I've ever seen. Even when the predictions were pretty tame, the entire city was losing it's mind. They must all be driving toyotas or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 I know in the past I've complained about perfectly healthy people who use the handicap button that automatically opens doors. Well, last week I finally found proof for why these people suck. As I was leaving work one day, I notice a woman on my floor who is in a wheel chair sitting in front of one of the doors, not doing anything. The button wasn't working thanks to all the lazy idiots who use it when they don't have to. So this woman was stuck at the door, not able to get out until someone else came by. It was pretty late and not many people were in the building, so she could very easily have been stuck there for a while. Did you stick around to see who finally helped her? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Maryland legislators and DC officials asking for a federal disaster declaration. http://insidecharmcity.com/2010/01/21/team-maryland-urges-support-for-disaster-declaration-for-blizzard/ Seriously? W. T. F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Maryland legislators and DC officials asking for a federal disaster declaration. http://insidecharmcity.com/2010/01/21/team-maryland-urges-support-for-disaster-declaration-for-blizzard/ Seriously? W. T. F. It's easy: they have better economies because they have lower taxes because they don't have to plan for this stuff because we all foot the bill because because because. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 My laptop slid off of my desk, which it normally would have survived. But the ethernet cable was plugged in and it landed perfectly perpendicular to the ground, driving the connector into the motherboard and cracking it. Dead. I really hate spending a lot of money only to get something to work the way it did before I spent that money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 I shouldn't complain, because it's the little guy's birthday and we had a fun time at Chuck E Cheese (all 3 1/2 hours of it) but I had to comment on these two things. Some changes going on at work, know I should be happy I still have a job but it's not easy. Re-org'd, got a new boss, changed my job and responsibilites, so far the new job outright looks like he thinks and treats me like I am his Beyotch. NICE. I never expected to become that dreaded disgruntled employee but unfortunately I fear I'm there. :wallbash: Know my options just really liked what I was doing before not so much now. We are slowly seeing a grand reorganization at my company, and upper management recently entered in a partnership with a local health care provider that has completely blown up in our faces. We have too many people coming in through this program and not enough capacity to deliver on the promises of this partnership, but now the geniuses who promised them the moon are going on the attack, saying that the individual branches are not on board and are fighting headquarters. So they decided that threatening us with our jobs if we don't make this work was the right way to go, and they even said "even the new people will be gone." I've only been on in this position for three months, and the new program that overwhelmed us was rolled out 6 weeks into my tenure. Not a huge fan of being threatened with my job after three months, especially when I am being asked to hit a moving target and not given the resources or support I need. And then there's the city of Boston, or really, the whole state of Massachusetts. There was a general panic over the last two days because of that storm that was moving across the state. They shut just about everything down a day in advance. What was the grand total for the snowfall? Less than an inch. The entire city was crippled by a less than an inch of snow! Don't get me wrong, I had no problem leaving work early, but my god are they retarded. With all these budget issues nationwide, I can't imagine the amount of money that was thrown away yesterday. Our local guys did the same thing. Warned for three or four days about how much snow was coming, this was as bad as last week, yada yada yada. The day of the storm comes, places had shut down in advance, and the system shifted a little, meaning we were going to get a fraction of what was forecast. Rather than eat crow, the one local weatherguy decided that mocking the viewers was the way to go - said something along the lines of "those of you who were hoping for a lot of snow tonight are going to be disappointed." Hey a#$^$#!e - YOU were the one who whipped everyone up into a frenzy. Then of course the next day we got about 4-5", nothing major, but a lot of blowing snow and higher winds, but after the weather people came back and basically said "nothing major coming" I think everyone let down their guard, and that included the snow removal. Roads were awful all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Dwight Drane Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 I really hate spending a lot of money only to get something to work the way it did before I spent that money. Don't worry.....with a reasonable co-pay, Viagra only runs you about $20 a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Don't worry.....with a reasonable co-pay, Viagra only runs you about $20 a month. :lol: ... but not until I meet my deductable. Which reminds me. I now pay three and a half times what I used to pay for health insurance. Good thing keeping it in the hands of private companies has kept the cost down.[/sarc] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Dwight Drane Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 You know what I hate?.........when it's 2am and you're flipping around the tv.....and nothing's on....but as you're going through 5 channels a second you flash by an unmistakable glistening bare midriff of a lass in her early 20's on some overpriced, underengineered piece of exercise paraphanalia......and you pause 3 channels after the fact...think about it for a few seconds....then head back down to that channel with the fair damsel..........and she's there, doing her thing.....with her toned abs...perfect hair....bossoms ever so slightly protruding from her 1 size too small top.......and you're intrigued....your mouth gapes open just a tad....you start thinking impure thoughts....glancing to your left and right to make sure the mrs. hasn't suddenly awakened and can catch you by surprise.....and you focus back on the tangy vixen....here we go....oh yeah....we're gonna do this...right now.....that's it...swing those hips...keep bent over...wouldn't want you to hurt your back now.....there you go....there you go......................and then BAM!!!!! 250lb. Black guy comes on the screen and starts smiling at you. That's what I hate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 You know what I hate?.........when it's 2am and you're flipping around the tv.....and nothing's on....but as you're going through 5 channels a second you flash by an unmistakable glistening bare midriff of a lass in her early 20's on some overpriced, underengineered piece of exercise paraphanalia......and you pause 3 channels after the fact...think about it for a few seconds....then head back down to that channel with the fair damsel..........and she's there, doing her thing.....with her toned abs...perfect hair....bossoms ever so slightly protruding from her 1 size too small top.......and you're intrigued....your mouth gapes open just a tad....you start thinking impure thoughts....glancing to your left and right to make sure the mrs. hasn't suddenly awakened and can catch you by surprise.....and you focus back on the tangy vixen....here we go....oh yeah....we're gonna do this...right now.....that's it...swing those hips...keep bent over...wouldn't want you to hurt your back now.....there you go....there you go......................and then BAM!!!!! 250lb. Black guy comes on the screen and starts smiling at you. That's what I hate. It could be worse. Could be a 250 lb white guy, like, oh, I don't know, the one in your avatar. Can't you emulate chz? Or at least PA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 It could be worse. Could be a 250 lb white guy, like, oh, I don't know, the one in your avatar. Can't you emulate chz? Or at least PA? Nobody is me. B-) I'm so pumped right now. Three A's this sem. Bring it!!!!!!!!!!!! U farging suk Bluricanes!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 It could be worse. Could be a 250 lb white guy, like, oh, I don't know, the one in your avatar. Can't you emulate chz? Or at least PA? George the Animal Steele is my hero. :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 Might ignite a firestorm, but here goes...the use of the word "abortion" to describe anything other than the medical procedure. I know there are other definitions (including "monstrosity") but I feel that, with the the main definition being such an emotionally-charged topic, it's best to leave that term where it belongs and use another term. (Note: I am not singling anyone out - I have seen this term used here, on TSW and and a couple other boards and have even heard it used in conversation, and it always touches a nerve.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted February 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 I know its all about supply and demand, but it is ridiculous how much the airlines jack up their fares in winter when the kids are off from school? If you are trying to fly out of Buffalo to someplace warm this week(Sat - Sat) it is sticker shock. :censored: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millbank Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 got to wonder to people think that turn signal stick in car just a ornament. At least in my area of Ontario, amazing how few actually click their turn signals. A person these days driving needs give more space than ever between vehicles. These folks make me say so many bad words.... :blush: and am I ever angry at the time and how it changes. Was once a time when if Canadian Hockey team lost it would have been a embarrassment , these days they just one of a number of teams with some fine players with a equal shot at winning, they could just as easily not medal at win any. Truly hockey a game of the world now with many nations having fine players. Not a bad thing though... but humbling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottlecap Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 how about a week after a kidney stone attack, looking at the abyss of the dreaded kidney stone diet? aka lots more water, different foods and no more big portions for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chileanseabass Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 since there's only 3 men in our company, we have one men's bathroom in our office. problem is, my boss clogs the toilet on a daily basis. so for the last year and a half, whenever i have to use the bathroom, rain or shine, i walk down the street to a gas station for fear of having the toilet back up and shoot turd water at me. this is not an unfounded fear, as it happened to one of our interns, and then he, the intern, was told to clean it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 since there's only 3 men in our company, we have one men's bathroom in our office. problem is, my boss clogs the toilet on a daily basis. so for the last year and a half, whenever i have to use the bathroom, rain or shine, i walk down the street to a gas station for fear of having the toilet back up and shoot turd water at me. this is not an unfounded fear, as it happened to one of our interns, and then he, the intern, was told to clean it up. Time to invest in a plunger and some pre-emptive plunging.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 My soul is withering away to it's very core... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Time to invest in a plunger and some pre-emptive plunging.. WOW. How bad does a toilet have to be to prefer a gas station?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R_Dudley Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 since there's only 3 men in our company, we have one men's bathroom in our office. problem is, my boss clogs the toilet on a daily basis. so for the last year and a half, whenever i have to use the bathroom, rain or shine, i walk down the street to a gas station for fear of having the toilet back up and shoot turd water at me. this is not an unfounded fear, as it happened to one of our interns, and then he, the intern, was told to clean it up. LMAO. :w00t: Sorry but that's so honest, real and funny that it made my morning. Also lot's of room for side comments like "aren't almost all Bosses full of Shaught!" I now know yours is ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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