09-18-2018, 12:16 PM | #17901 | |
Hockey Boy
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So, was it safe?
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09-18-2018, 12:50 PM | #17902 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Seven miles up
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I have no idea where this should go, but it's random, odd, and political.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/opin...sm/1291933002/
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09-19-2018, 07:54 PM | #17903 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Land O Lakes FL
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The Bert and Ernie jokes actually became a serious discussion.
I hate you 2018.
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09-19-2018, 08:53 PM | #17904 | |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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Not surprising in the slightest. The incompetent appt person couldn't care less, they most likely get paid the same thing whether they do their job or not. And, depending upon location, it's often too much hassle to get rid of even the most inept employee, considering that their replacement isn't a great bet to be noticeably better.
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09-20-2018, 12:08 AM | #17905 |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: SF
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I believe somewhere there exist the ultimate razor and toothbrush. However, the bastards are keeping it from us and instead giving us incremental upgrades.
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09-20-2018, 06:29 AM | #17906 | |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
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I laughed so hard at this: Sesame Street: 'Bert And Ernie Are Not Gay, They Are Depraved Pansexual Perverts' https://www.theonion.com/sesame-stre...ep-1819595499#!
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09-20-2018, 07:17 AM | #17907 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Dayton, OH
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My company just lost its longtime contract with a large retailer that we did work for. We were on a year-to-year and knew this would happen eventually. Our department didn't turn a huge profit for the company, but it was a dependable small moneymaker every year. Luckily for us, the company had planned ahead for certain people and are keeping about half of the 20+ person team, while most of the others will find work with either the company assuming our contract or others in the industry... it's a huge industry here, so nobody should end up without work.
A few weeks before this happened, we had someone at our middle-management level move on to a sales position. We were preparing to backfill this position by promoting from within, when we were told to hold off. Then the contract loss happened. Which leads me to my question: Do I tell this guy that he was about to get promoted? From what I understand, he already has 2 offers from elsewhere, both to be kept on here and to work for the new contractor. But I kinda just want him to know that we believed in him to that point, and I guess selfishly I want him to know that barring this bad event, he was going to get a promotion. The best he's going to get out of this new circumstance is like a 5% raise. Should I tell him, or would it be more like twisting the knife at this point? I truly can't decide, though I'm leaning towards telling him.
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09-20-2018, 03:03 PM | #17908 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Just got a call from +40 (Romania).
I knew it was a scam but what the heck. Yup, my "bank" calling me ... |
09-20-2018, 03:18 PM | #17909 | |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Backwoods, SC
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Id definitely tell him. Just as a general rule, unless Im sure it the wrong call - tell the truth. Easier to deal with knowing than making wrong assumptions |
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09-20-2018, 03:38 PM | #17910 | |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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From all of that, I think this is a "go with your gut" situation. Not sure there's a one-size-fits-all answer, I think you just have to go with whatever knowledge/intuition you have about the person & roll with it.
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09-20-2018, 04:49 PM | #17911 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
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Suge Knight finally getting a lifetime achievement award to prison.
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09-21-2018, 10:39 AM | #17912 |
Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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I don't do fast food very often, maybe once a week for the kids after karate, or if I am really hung over in the morning.
I absolutely hate when I pull up to the drive through to order and get the prerecorded message asking me if I want to try a frappachino or whatever, then at the end of the message it tells me to order when ready. I begin to order and inevitably the actual human interrupts me and tells me to wait or to start over. Why the fuck do they have the message tell me to order if the real person is never ready for the order!? Why not say something along the lines of " a team member will take your order in a moment" or something like that? |
09-21-2018, 12:17 PM | #17913 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Pacific
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The McDonalds in our town opened up a 2 lane drive thru. Last time I went it took 25 minutes to get through.
Hate that place.
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09-21-2018, 12:30 PM | #17914 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
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Yeah when they tell you to hold on a second after you've already waited for 10+ minutes, I rage. I've got my order locked and loaded assholes, just take it.
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09-22-2018, 08:26 AM | #17915 |
Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Greensboro, NC
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My wife was flipping the channels the other night, and came across America's Got Talent or some such, where a group was dressed up to look like Kiss and covering one of their songs. My 9-year-old said, "Ewwwwww..they look like creepy clowns that are about to kidnap some kids." I couldn't argue with her.
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09-22-2018, 09:24 AM | #17916 |
Resident Alien
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Solution: don't eat at shitty fast-food places.
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09-22-2018, 10:32 PM | #17917 | |
Head Coach
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maryland
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This actually kind of makes sense.
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09-22-2018, 11:29 PM | #17918 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Concord, MA/UMass
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Well played Sir.
Agreed here. If I'm stuck in a long drive thru line it's because I've made some poor choices of my own and I can deal with it... But if you split it into two lines & don't have two people taking orders then once I'm at the speaker & you're telling me to wait or no one is talking to me I'm channelling that frustration at your establishment. |
09-23-2018, 02:10 AM | #17919 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
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Chick-fil-A is the only fast food option where I consider the line to be irrelevant. Everything else is situational.
I drive for GrubHub, door Dash and Uber Eats so I run into a lot of frustrating situations involving incompetent food workers. And I don't even know if it's so much that people are incompetent, it's simply that there's just not enough employees at almost every single store I visit. |
09-23-2018, 02:44 AM | #17920 | |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Concord, MA/UMass
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09-23-2018, 05:18 AM | #17921 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Chick-fil-A is still my go to fast food (although I did have to get a Big Mac for their 50th anniversary coin last month) for a chicken sandwich but Zaxby's has much better chicken salads.
I have been a disappointed with their lemonade though. I go to the same store most of the times and there is a lack of consistency in the lemonade. Last edited by Edward64 : 09-23-2018 at 05:19 AM. |
09-26-2018, 07:15 AM | #17922 |
Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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Yesterday a man in a landscaping truck pulled up to my 15 year old niece while she was waiting at her bus stop. Asked her for directions, then exposed himself to her and told her to get in the truck. She yelled then ran home . Kid is smart. Before she took off she got a picture of the truck and the plate. Her mom called the cops and gave them all the info. Have to think it is just a matter of time before they catch him. All the major news outlets picked the story up also so its been everywhere in the city they live in.
Fucked up world. https://www.wric.com/news/local-news...top/1474389607 |
09-26-2018, 07:28 AM | #17923 |
Resident Alien
Join Date: Jun 2001
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That's terrible. Glad she had the presence of mind to get pictures of the vehicle.
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09-26-2018, 08:19 AM | #17924 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
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Glad she's safe. Also glad the guy was stupid enough to do something clearly over the line before he tried to persuade her to get in the car.
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09-26-2018, 09:22 AM | #17925 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Land O Lakes FL
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That is brutal. I am glad she is safe and I really hope they catch this guy
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09-26-2018, 10:01 AM | #17926 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Backwoods, SC
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Glad she is safe.
Hope the guy dies a painful and agonizing death soon. |
09-26-2018, 10:02 AM | #17927 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Backwoods, SC
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Side note: TIL its pronounced Henr-'I'-co not Henr-'E'-co
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09-26-2018, 10:24 AM | #17928 |
Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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09-28-2018, 01:30 PM | #17929 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
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I want to punch the Chevy ad guy right in the face - immediately after kicking him in the balls.
This 3-part commercial that fades in and out with his stupid "Oh I forgot" crap is bad enough. But what really sets me off is he's making the point that Chevy won some award 3 years in a row, and with a smarmy chuckle says, "Third time's a charm." NO, MORON! THIRD TIME WAS NOT THE CHARM. That saying means that you did not succeed the previous two times, but the third time, you got lucky and did. Therefore, the third time was "the charm." PLEASE LEAVE EARTH FOREVER. Or at least my TV.
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09-28-2018, 01:43 PM | #17930 | |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: North Carolina
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Concur. Have you seen the parodies? If "Real People" Commercials Were Real Life - CHEVY Hatch - YouTube |
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09-28-2018, 02:04 PM | #17931 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
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That is awesome.
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09-28-2018, 04:18 PM | #17932 |
General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The Mountains
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This one's my favorite If "Real People" Commercials were Real Life - CHEVY Millennials - YouTube But there's about 6-7 of them. |
09-28-2018, 08:25 PM | #17933 | |
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Join Date: Nov 2013
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These are actually pretty funny
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09-30-2018, 01:29 PM | #17934 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Backwoods, SC
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I would greatly enjoy sipping a cold beer while listening to the philosophical musings of JohninmiddleGa waxing poetically about the "greatness" that is this Roval
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09-30-2018, 01:37 PM | #17935 | |
Hall Of Famer
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I might start with the fact that (doing my reading) Stanton Barrett is making his first Cup start in a decade. That might be more interesting (such as it is) to me than the rest of this convoluted mess.
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10-01-2018, 02:24 PM | #17936 |
Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Greensboro, NC
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We use IM extensively for internal communications at my workplace, often to ask one another quick questions. When someone sends me a "hey...you got a sec for a quick question," I've been in the habit of responding. "Hit it."
Fortunately, when I hit the spacebar before that first "t" instead of after it a few minutes ago, I was responding to a male's question. That could've been bad.
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10-01-2018, 02:25 PM | #17937 |
Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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hit it and quit it?
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10-01-2018, 08:36 PM | #17939 |
Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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I might now have to start my conference calls with "Fellas I'm ready to get up and do my thing"
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Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint |
10-01-2018, 09:06 PM | #17940 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maryland
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10-02-2018, 04:12 PM | #17941 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
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I think someone mentioned this driving move(Lathum?) Where an idiot slows down to 10MPH on the freeway to let someone merge from a stop sign merge point. Blew my mind. It's the highway, you're only supposed to be stopping to avoid an accident, there is no way you should be helping people merge.
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10-03-2018, 09:53 AM | #17942 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Land O Lakes FL
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It is fascinating to see what items are given the high security treatment at retail stores. I went to a CVS this morning and they treated Five Hour Energy drinks were secured in the same way razor cartridges were.
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10-03-2018, 04:48 PM | #17943 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
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I have an old law school buddy who bought those Olive Garden pasta passes for him and his wife. He's been there 16 times since September 24th. He has posted on FB about each visit. It's kinda funny, especially knowing how much of a scrooge he always was. But damn... that's a lot of Olive Garden.
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10-11-2018, 04:32 PM | #17944 |
Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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Is the Trump thread messed up for anyone else? The last post I see is 13302 then the page is cut off.
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10-11-2018, 04:34 PM | #17945 | |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Decatur, GA
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Yep. Same here. It's like the formatting of the link screwed with the page? I can kind of participate by clicking "Post Reply" and then seeing who posted .
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10-11-2018, 05:45 PM | #17946 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Have same problem.
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10-11-2018, 05:47 PM | #17947 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2013
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ditto
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10-11-2018, 05:51 PM | #17948 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Georgia
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I put bob on ignore and that fixed the problem, so there's clearly an issue with the link he posted.
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10-11-2018, 06:04 PM | #17949 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maryland
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Yeah, there's some weird stuff inside that anchor tag that is screwing up the rest of the page.
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10-11-2018, 06:24 PM | #17950 |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2004
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Sorry guys, no idea what's going on with that link. I can't even get in to edit my post. Maybe one of the mods can delete the post. Otherwise just put me on ignore - i don't post much anyway and think my time is done here.
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