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Ebay thinks I'm some kind of pervert.


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[quote=Monkeydad;926494]Ebay thinks I'm some kind of pervert.


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Thinks? Dude, their marketing is spot on. I bet you're wearing french slipper heels and a bustier as you're posting.

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[quote=mredskins;926455]When your office has a all hands meeting and the boss says please ask anything and you do. Then get fire stormed for it.

Apparently don't ask what the roles of new hires are in the office, that is a no no.[/quote]

Wait, that sounds familiar.

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One purchase and they annihilate my screen with sexy legs. Overkill if you ask me. What about all of the PC parts I've just bought and sold!?!?!?

Noooooooooooo...we're going to try to fill this guy's closet with panty hose.

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What the hells is wrong with getting pics of women in pantyhose.

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My new boss calls me "big dog." Gears --> Grinded. He also told me he expects me to be his muscle. Sigh. Between this and completely changing my normal work routine, this hasn't been a smooth transition so far.

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[url=http://www.bigdogs.com/]Shop with the Big Dogs[/url]

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People who stop to let other people in.

Honestly if youre doing this dont think youre being a nice guy, you arnt. All your doing to helping one person out at the expense of everyone behind you. That person trying to turn on to OUR lane will be able to do so in just time, dont worry about him. Its not your job to help him out while screwing over everyone behind you that missed a light they wold have otherwise made.

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Bosses who micromanage. And are also determined to "fix" what isn't broken. Is this related to previous posts of mine in this thread? Yes. I'm officially going insane.

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[quote=mooby;927975]Bosses who micromanage. And are also determined to "fix" what isn't broken. Is this related to previous posts of mine in this thread? Yes. I'm officially going insane.[/quote]

Yup. They dont really understand how your job is done, so they create 'busy' work for you by making requests for things that really arent worth the time you invest in them. Sure, i'll work for 2 weeks on this report, which you may or may not use to impress someone that decided 10 years ago they dont like you and will never promote you. Absolutely, would love to, great idea, when is my review? douchebag

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[quote=mooby;927975]Bosses who micromanage. And are also determined to "fix" what isn't broken. Is this related to previous posts of mine in this thread? Yes. I'm officially going insane.[/quote]

One of the best skills you can achieve in life is the ability to manage your boss. Some folks are really good at it and others not so much.

My one buddy is awesome at it and his career has shinned due to it. He has delt with some really tough bosses but in the end they liked him and promoted him along.

If folks know you work an a$$hole and you prove you can thrive under a a$$hole; mean you just laid a golden path for yourself.

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People who take their dog out in public (park, beach, walk through city) and dont clean up after it. I gotta Lab and proudly rock the poop bag.

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[quote=mredskins;927984]One of the best skills you can achieve in life is the ability to manage your boss. Some folks are really good at it and others not so much.

My one buddy is awesome at it and his career has shinned due to it. He has delt with some really tough bosses but in the end they liked him and promoted him along.

If folks know you work an a$$hole and [B]you prove you can thrive under a a$$hole; mean you just laid a golden path for yourself.[/B][/quote]

Yeah I can agree with that. My strategy at work has always been to stay under the radar, don't complain, and just get my shit done.

I know some people who constantly butt heads with their supervisors, I never understood that. As a result they're constantly on the shit list and the funny thing is, they never seem to understand why.

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[quote=Chico23231;927986]People who take their dog out in public (park, beach, walk through city) and dont clean up after it. I gotta Lab and proudly rock the poop bag.[/quote]

F'ing slobs. I mean they're literally leaving shit on the ground and they're ok with that. Mother F'ers.

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[quote=Mattyk;927991]F'ing slobs. I mean they're literally leaving shit on the ground and they're ok with that. Mother F'ers.[/quote]

Oh the best ones are the ones who pick it up with the little plastic bag then proceed to just throw the little poop filled bag on the ground. So you just took poop that probably would have decomposed in a week or so and now it will last 1000 years, awesome! Good job.

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[quote=Chico23231;927986]People who take their dog out in public (park, beach, walk through city) and dont clean up after it. I gotta Lab and proudly rock the poop bag.[/quote]

The person who lets their dog poop right in front of my house and doesn't clean it up. :Smoker:

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[quote=DynamiteRave;928026]The person who lets their dog poop right in front of my house and doesn't clean it up. :Smoker:[/quote]This. A thousand times this. Especially whoever let Fido crap on the asphalt right in front of my mailbox rather than in the grass.

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[quote=DynamiteRave;928026]The person who lets their dog poop right in front of my house and doesn't clean it up. :Smoker:[/quote]

I found some in front of my house just yesterday. I don't get why people can't understand picking up their dogs' poop is a necessary evil. Sure it's nasty and nobody likes doing it, but it has to be done.

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[quote=Mattyk;927989]Yeah I can agree with that. [B]My strategy at work has always been to stay under the radar, don't complain, and just get my shit done.[/B]

I know some people who constantly butt heads with their supervisors, I never understood that. As a result they're constantly on the shit list and the funny thing is, they never seem to understand why.[/quote]

That's always been the way I operated, but my old boss knew within the first month the way I operated and gave me all the leeway necessary to get the job done. I never had to deal with him breathing over my shoulder at every turn and telling me the way I needed to be doing things, my old boss was an "as long as you get your work done correct and in a timely fashion, I will leave you alone" kind of guy, whereas my new boss is a "I am going to get involved in every aspect of how you do things, and I'm going to make you conform to my outdated (seriously who goes from using a computer system back to the old "print paperwork for everything you do, and maintain file cabinets full of paperwork) methods" kind of guy. Run-on sentences aside, I've been following all his instructions for how I need to do my job, so we'll see. I'm not trying to burn any bridges here just because I had it good with my old boss.

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Employees who act like children into their 30s.

I've got this one guy who works for me who internalizes everything. He does not know how to take constructive criticism. To him, everything is a personal attack. We have handled him with kid gloves for the 3 years he has worked with us, because we know he's "sensitive." I'm finding out that we should have been more blunt with him all along. If we ask him to make a change to the way he's doing something, he sulks off to his desk and doesn't talk to anyone for a week (no joke).

Grow up, Drew.

BTW, if anyone is looking for a cleared .NET developer, I will gladly pass along his resume. :)

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Insomnia sucks.

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[quote=JoeRedskin;929212]Insomnia sucks.[/quote]

Yes it does. Sorry for you.

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[quote=JoeRedskin;929212]Insomnia sucks.[/quote]

Posted at 1:00 a.m.

[QUOTE=Monkeydad;929256]Posted at 1:00 a.m.[/QUOTE]

I almost updated it at 3:00 a.m. I finally fell asleep sometime after 6:00 a.m. The alarm went off at 7:10. Pretty brain dead right now.

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[quote=JoeRedskin;929480]I almost updated it at 3:00 a.m. I finally fell asleep sometime after 6:00 a.m. The alarm went off at 7:10. Pretty brain dead right now.[/quote]

You should be crashed by now with that little sleep and being that old. :silly:

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Thursdays kinda grind my gears. So close to Friday, yet so far away.

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[quote=Mattyk;929534]Thursdays kinda grind my gears. So close to Friday, yet so far away.[/quote]

Indeed. And yet since I am now working Tues-Sat instead of Mon-Fri, Friday's will be the new Thursdays for me. I don't know if it's just me but it seems everything is bad on Thursdays. The traffic is worse on Thursdays (almost as bad as Friday afternoon's) people are crankier (me included), and more things go wrong.

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[quote=Mattyk;929534]Thursdays kinda grind my gears. So close to Friday, yet so far away.[/quote]

Chin up, chap...there's a football game tonight.

Pip pip Cheerio.

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Douchy McDouchbag who gets on the elevator to up one floor. Muther****er, are the stairs that much of a bitch?

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I always take the stairs, two steps at a time for extra calf work. My office is on the top floor (4 floors).

I also always beat the elevator people upstairs.

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[quote=Monkeydad;929619]I always take the stairs, [B]two steps at a time for extra calf work[/B]. My office is on the top floor (4 floors).

I also always beat the elevator people upstairs.[/quote]

So do you get your extra bicep work for all the pats on the back you give yourself on here? Right?

Honestly if we had a coworker here that did what you just described in the stairwells; he/she would be the butt of many jokes. Just picturing someone in business attire doing that makes me laugh.

[I][B]Here comes Skippy! [/B][/I]

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I'm not even mad.

Who's going to mock me, the lady that looks pregnant for the last 10 years or the one who broke her office chair?

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[quote=Monkeydad;929626]I'm not even mad.

Who's going to mock me, the lady that looks pregnant for the last 10 years or the one who broke her office chair?[/quote]

Plus would it not be more of a workout to take every step vs. skipping some?

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[quote=mredskins;929623]So do you get your extra bicep work for all the pats on the back you give yourself on here? Right?

Honestly if we had a coworker here that did what you just described in the stairwells; he/she would be the butt of many jokes. Just picturing someone in business attire doing that makes me laugh.

[I][B]Here comes Skippy! [/B][/I][/quote]

Yeah, cos being fit is sooooo lame. /sarc

Does your extra X chromosome make you more bitchy, mred, or is it the humidity?

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[quote=mredskins;929630]Plus would it not be more of a workout to take every step vs. skipping some?[/quote]

Nope. More resistance to push up further...feel the calves burn.

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Go to a local store for lunch, grab a couple items and immediately head to the quick, "10 items or less" check out...lady in front of me checking out A) has 13 items and B) asks for a f*ckin pen.

A) rules. if it says 10 items, then 10 is the effing max. its a line for people like me, with 3 items who want to grab and go.

B) Who the f*ck writes a effing check anymore? Of course we need to write it out, let the cashier run it and record it in our little register. An addition 2 minutes to my waiting time while im staring at the other line 10 items line breeze right through. Who the f*ck writes a check? Get a effing check card.

2 gears in with one lady, and she wasnt old like 40. god damn it

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[quote=Chico23231;932478]Go to a local store for lunch, grab a couple items and immediately head to the quick, "10 items or less" check out...lady in front of me checking out A) has 13 items and B) asks for a f*ckin pen.

A) rules. if it says 10 items, then 10 is the effing max. its a line for people like me, with 3 items who want to grab and go.

B) Who the f*ck writes a effing check anymore? Of course we need to write it out, let the cashier run it and record it in our little register. An addition 2 minutes to my waiting time while im staring at the other line 10 items line breeze right through. Who the f*ck writes a check? Get a effing check card.

2 gears in with one lady, and she wasnt old like 40. god damn it[/quote]



I had to laugh at this because I have experienced this all too often. The blood begins to boil when it happens as well...lol

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[quote=Chico23231;932478]Go to a local store for lunch, grab a couple items and immediately head to the quick, "10 items or less" check out...lady in front of me checking out A) has 13 items and B) asks for a f*ckin pen.

A) rules. if it says 10 items, then 10 is the effing max. its a line for people like me, with 3 items who want to grab and go.

B) Who the f*ck writes a effing check anymore? Of course we need to write it out, let the cashier run it and record it in our little register. An addition 2 minutes to my waiting time while im staring at the other line 10 items line breeze right through. Who the f*ck writes a check? Get a effing check card.

2 gears in with one lady, and she wasnt old like 40. god damn it[/quote]

I called a lady out one time at Wegmans. I was having a wicked day and I had to run in for stuff for dinner. She literally had over 20 items in the 10 or less line; I huffed and puffed. She finally was like to the cashier please take this gentleman first he is obviously upset. I said lady it clear says ten or less don't make me the a$$hole for complaining about you breaking the rules. The cashier was smurking the whole time.

I hate when people try to bend rules and hope now one says anything so they can get away with it.

Paying with check is unbelievable I get that sometimes as well; we need to be done with checks at least in the retail world.

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This is my new gear grinder!

The dysfunctional functioning alcoholic single mom next door to me.

Her mom has been my neighbor for since I moved there. She is in her mid sixties; I help her out all the time because she is my neighbor and she is a single women living alone.

So come early July she says her daughter (27) is moving back in with her son (4); same age as my son. Great my son needs a play mate at home.

It was fine at first but she has totally taken advantage of the situation with us. Literally dropping him off and taking off. Last Saturday she asked if he could go to the pool with us; sure no problem (she will always ask in ear shot of the kids so if you say no they have a fit). This was noon we get back at 4 she is not around and her mom is no where to be found. It gets about 8:30 and her mom shows up so we shuttle him off to her; she was out and didn't realize her daughter was gone. The daughter as of this morning has still not shown up but has text her mom saying she needs sometime(she is on a bender I just know it).

Most weeknights she drops him off to us and takes off saying she has a doctors appointment or some lame excuse; she is just going drinking. She is our best buddy when she has her son and wants to pawn him off but if it is a day his dad has him she can't remember our names. She has literally in the past walked right past my son when he has said hi to her; really? After the hours I have watched your kid and feed him you can't say hi to my son.

On the rare occasion she does stay with us to watch him she is glued to her phone with the text messaging and facebook shit. She is there but not mentally.

I am really stuck with this situation because the boys want to play together but there are times I can't handle him, my son and my 1 year old daughter all at the same time. It has also got to the point where he has gotten comfortable with us that we have to discipline him at times (most kids at first are afraid of other adults and tend to behave better than when with their parents).

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Still my boss. Me and my coworkers have figured out his master plan: Teach all of us how to do everything in his old non-computer reliant methods, so he doesn't have to do anything.