Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

people who follow me to my parking spot with their car to take my spot. Dude go down to more rows and park, its less f*cking time. Are you that much of a lazy piece of shit you dont want to walk an additional 40 feet?

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This woman in the cube next to me has Faithfully by Journey on infinite repeat.

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[quote=Chico23231;1042092]people who follow me to my parking spot with their car to take my spot. Dude go down to more rows and park, its less f*cking time. Are you that much of a lazy piece of shit you dont want to walk an additional 40 feet?[/quote]

I've purposely taken my time when getting in the car with those kind of people.

Get in, go through some stations for a minute or two, maybe pick something up to read or call my wife (and I will finish the call before I start driving, I prefer to watch the road when moving). Some people need to be taught the lesson of patience. They'd be in the store by the time I decide to pull out.

It's really pathetic when there is a spot open about 3 spaces away but they MUST have the closest spot so they don't overshoot their daily limit of steps walked.

No wonder 3 out of 4 people I see are overweight.

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[quote=Mattyk;1042093]This woman in the cube next to me has Faithfully by Journey on infinite repeat.[/quote]

You need to give her a DDT, Jake the Snake style

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[quote=Chico23231;1042116]You need to give her a DDT, Jake the Snake style[/quote]

lol lights out biotch

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[quote=RedskinRat;1041193]Mooby, he sounds like a homeless person with a social life. Cut him loose.[/quote]

He actually was homeless, last year, living in his car outside of Chicago until I asked his uncle to let him come back and stay at his house and asked a couple old friends from the Target I used to work at if they could get him a job there. I can't just "cut him loose" now that he's back on his feet again.

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[quote=Chico23231;1042092]people who follow me to my parking spot with their car to take my spot. Dude go down to more rows and park, its less f*cking time. Are you that much of a lazy piece of shit you dont want to walk an additional 40 feet?[/quote]

Yeah I know that feeling. And it makes a pain in the ass too when you are trying to pass them in a crowded parking lot so you can go park in the back.

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[quote=mooby;1042125]He actually was homeless, last year, living in his car outside of Chicago until I asked his uncle to let him come back and stay at his house and asked a couple old friends from the Target I used to work at if they could get him a job there. I can't just "cut him loose" now that he's back on his feet again.[/quote]

Just say hey dude treat my place with a little respect and clean up after yourself.

One of my big pet peeves is messy people.

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[quote=Mattyk;1042133]Just say hey dude treat my place with a little respect and clean up after yourself.

One of my big pet peeves is messy people.[/quote]

I tried, he made a mess after he was over a couple weeks ago and this time I gave him paper towels and a little talk about wiping his hands before he touched everything (we had Checkers a couple weeks ago and the same thing happened with the greasy doorknobs) and it appears not to have worked.

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[quote=Chico23231;1042092]people who follow me to my parking spot with their car to take my spot. Dude go down to more rows and park, its less f*cking time. Are you that much of a lazy piece of shit you dont want to walk an additional 40 feet?[/quote]

It's funny when it happens at the gym. Everyone fights for a parking space up front so that they will walk less...to work out.

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[quote=mooby;1042153]I tried, he made a mess after he was over a couple weeks ago and this time I gave him paper towels and a little talk about wiping his hands before he touched everything (we had Checkers a couple weeks ago and the same thing happened with the greasy doorknobs) and it appears not to have worked.[/quote]

Honestly if someone kept trashing my place I wouldn't have them over anymore. If he asks why just say because you're a pig.

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[url=http://wtvr.com/2014/01/08/slow-in-fast-lane-bill/]Should it be illegal to drive too slowly in the ‘fast’ lane | WTVR.com[/url]

YES!

"RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – What drives you nuts while driving around Virginia?

Is it:

A) People who text and drive

B) Drivers who won’t turn right at red lights

C) Folks who travel in the far left and set cruise control 5 m.p.h UNDER the speed limit

If you chose C, you might be in luck.

A Virginia lawmaker has proposed a bill in the General Assembly to make it against the law to drive under the speed limit while in the far left lane."

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I don't know the road laws in Virginia, but in Texas, the law states that,

"An operator of a vehicle on a roadway moving more slowly than the normal speed of other vehicles at the time and place under the existing conditions shall drive in the right-hand lane available for vehicles, or as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, unless the operator is:
(1) passing another vehicle; or
(2) preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway."

Don't know how much it's enforced, though.

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That bill seems a bit off the mark. How about we just enforce people needing to get back over if they aren't going fast enough to pass or are just sitting in the left lane? Don't think it needs its own bill.

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In PA, you can get pulled over for riding in the left lane for too long, period. You're expected to pull over once the right lane is clear and you've passed the other cars. They're strict about the left lane being a passing-only lane. There was a new law about 15 years ago emphasizing this and the cops were enforcing it heavily. Revenue-motivated obviously.

I know because I got pulled over by a jerk cop for being in the left lane for about a mile and a half. Said he was following me that far to see if I'd move over. I was crossing a mile long bridge over a river and just stayed in the left lane instead of changing lanes on the bridge.

I'm not calling him a jerk for pulling me over, he was screaming like he was on fire at me. He was a raving lunatic.

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Eff negotiating car prices. Thinking about just going home and grabbing the ski mask and just taking the vehicle, I'm trying to be nice

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[quote=Chico23231;1054877]Eff negotiating car prices. Thinking about just going home and grabbing the ski mask and just taking the vehicle, I'm trying to be nice[/quote]

Do your research. If it's new, you can probably pay cost for it, because from what I learned from selling cars at a reputable dealership is that more money is made depending on the amount of cars a salesman sells. I never hit any bonuses because I never sold 8 cars in 1 month (closest I came was 7 cars my first month). Some fees are negotiable, some aren't, like state tax. Processing fee might be lowered/dropped, same with delivery fee, etc. Also get multiple quotes from multiple dealerships.

Always get a paper quote from another dealer, then you can go to the dealer you want to buy from and use that to haggle them down. And if you can afford to wait go at the end of the month, that is when every salesman is desperate to get cars out of the door, to hit the bonuses for units sold. The way my pay was set up is 1500/mo, 750 base, 750 draw (i.e. pulled out of your bonuses if you got one). If you sold 8 cars, you got a $500 bonus plus 10% commission. Those bonuses/percentages went up the more cars you sold. I'm sure it was similar at other places because we were part of a chain of dealers owned by one guy. The one I worked at was a Mazda dealer but he also owned Hyundai/Nissan/Honda/Acura/etc. dealerships too. And like I said, profit wise very little money is made on new cars, because with manufacturer incentives if you can hit the bonuses you'll make more money.

Most big profits come on used cars, we would always put a several grand markup on a used car so that even if you haggled us down, there was still profit made on it. No use hitting the units bonus if you never made any profit on the cars you sold. And it never hurts to ask to see the invoice on a new car to see how much they paid for it. If you want any more help pm me, I know it can be a hassle but it might help in the long run. Also see if you can get some service incentives thrown in, we used to offer anything to help us sell a car. Free all-season mats? Done. First 3 oil changes free? Done. It might be different at a bigger dealership because we never sold as many cars as bigger stores out there, but there's lots of help out there if you need it.

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Thanks man, worked out. Felt like I got a fair price and a decent deal. 2010 awd Chevy equinox with the mid trim. Speaking of trim, I did score a telephone number and good convo with a female there as well. Probably take her out for a test drive too

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Great info Mooby.

Today I went to a public restroom in my office complex and a guy was in the stall next to the urinal I was using. His crap smelled so bad I can still smell it 10 minutes later in my office. I swear I can smell it on my clothes. I might go home to shower at lunch time. Horrible smell.
I've never smelled anything like this.
This is what I imaged the "funk of 40,000 years" smells like from the Thriller video.

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[quote=jamf;1055482]Great info Mooby.

Today I went to a public restroom in my office complex and a guy was in the stall next to the urinal I was using. His crap smelled so bad I can still smell it 10 minutes later in my office. I swear I can smell it on my clothes. I might go home to shower at lunch time. Horrible smell.
I've never smelled anything like this.
This is what I imaged the "funk of 40,000 years" smells like from the Thriller video.[/quote]

Wearing someone else's shit particles, gears grinded for sure.

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[quote=mooby;1054894]Do your research. If it's new, you can probably pay cost for it, because from what I learned from selling cars at a reputable dealership is that more money is made depending on the amount of cars a salesman sells. I never hit any bonuses because I never sold 8 cars in 1 month (closest I came was 7 cars my first month). Some fees are negotiable, some aren't, like state tax. Processing fee might be lowered/dropped, same with delivery fee, etc. Also get multiple quotes from multiple dealerships.

Always get a paper quote from another dealer, then you can go to the dealer you want to buy from and use that to haggle them down. And if you can afford to wait go at the end of the month, that is when every salesman is desperate to get cars out of the door, to hit the bonuses for units sold. The way my pay was set up is 1500/mo, 750 base, 750 draw (i.e. pulled out of your bonuses if you got one). If you sold 8 cars, you got a $500 bonus plus 10% commission. Those bonuses/percentages went up the more cars you sold. I'm sure it was similar at other places because we were part of a chain of dealers owned by one guy. The one I worked at was a Mazda dealer but he also owned Hyundai/Nissan/Honda/Acura/etc. dealerships too. And like I said, profit wise very little money is made on new cars, because with manufacturer incentives if you can hit the bonuses you'll make more money.

Most big profits come on used cars, we would always put a several grand markup on a used car so that even if you haggled us down, there was still profit made on it. No use hitting the units bonus if you never made any profit on the cars you sold. And it never hurts to ask to see the invoice on a new car to see how much they paid for it. If you want any more help pm me, I know it can be a hassle but it might help in the long run. Also see if you can get some service incentives thrown in, we used to offer anything to help us sell a car. Free all-season mats? Done. First 3 oil changes free? Done. It might be different at a bigger dealership because we never sold as many cars as bigger stores out there, but there's lots of help out there if you need it.[/quote]

Don't forget the most effective technique. Bring food. If you're negotiating spend 20 bucks for doughnuts and coffee for the folks you're negotiating with and you'll make that back plus quite a bit. [url=http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/01/should-you-eat-while-you-negot/]Should You Eat While You Negotiate? - Lakshmi Balachandra - Harvard Business Review[/url]

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[quote=Daseal;1055529]Don't forget the most effective technique. Bring food. If you're negotiating spend 20 bucks for doughnuts and coffee for the folks you're negotiating with and you'll make that back plus quite a bit. [url=http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/01/should-you-eat-while-you-negot/]Should You Eat While You Negotiate? - Lakshmi Balachandra - Harvard Business Review[/url][/quote]

LOL. I remember hearing about that before, but I've never done that. One of the things I was taught was that if you're dealing with a customer over the internet or phone your first priority should be getting them in the door. I've heard of some of the newer dealerships having coffee bars/doughnut shops in them too, there's a BMW dealer in MD owned by the same company that I work for that has a coffee shop inside it. And if the dealer doesn't have one you can always get a dialogue going with a salesman and invite them to a restaurant or other place to negotiate. It definitely won't hurt to try that though, the article makes it sound advantageous.

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[quote=Chico23231;1054923]Thanks man, worked out. Felt like I got a fair price and a decent deal. 2010 awd Chevy equinox with the mid trim. Speaking of trim, I did score a telephone number and good convo with a female there as well. Probably take her out for a test drive too[/quote]

Nice. Congrats on the trim and the other trim lol. Hope it helped.

@Jamf: thanks, even though I only did it for 3 months (before I decided I didn't want to spend almost 60 hours a week doing something that paid around 1100 if I didn't hit any bonuses) it was useful if only for the learning experience.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

My boss.

I just started a new job back in August and I'm ready to quit. I like what I do (administrative program support) and the community I serve but my boss makes it completely unbearable. What makes it worst is that this isn't a team environment, everyday its just me and her. It's a one year contract position with Americorps and I was grateful to get it because I was unemployed and deadass broke but it's not worth the abuse I put up with. Constantly being told I do everything wrong, receiving absolutely ZERO praise for anything, being snarked at and condescended to every day for 8 hours a day, I received no training from her, the Americorps member who was there before me gave me the best crash course she could before leaving. My boss was spoiled on the last Americorps member slaving for her on hand and foot and her sitting back and doing very little and I'm not the same way. Americorps works on a stipend and I'm technically making less than $40 a day. I have to listen to how chummy she is with her boss so complaining to him is out of the question and I have no HR to complain to and it makes me ready to hurl myself into traffic.

It's bad. Real bad.

And I have 7 more months in my contract. I already know I'm not going to make it. I'm looking for new jobs already.

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[quote=DynamiteRave;1055543]My boss.

I just started a new job back in August and I'm ready to quit. I like what I do (administrative program support) and the community I serve but my boss makes it completely unbearable. What makes it worst is that this isn't a team environment, everyday its just me and her. It's a one year contract position with Americorps and I was grateful to get it because I was unemployed and deadass broke but it's not worth the abuse I put up with. Constantly being told I do everything wrong, receiving absolutely ZERO praise for anything, being snarked at and condescended to every day for 8 hours a day, I received no training from her, the Americorps member who was there before me gave me the best crash course she could before leaving. My boss was spoiled on the last Americorps member slaving for her on hand and foot and her sitting back and doing very little and I'm not the same way. Americorps works on a stipend and I'm technically making less than $40 a day. I have to listen to how chummy she is with her boss so complaining to him is out of the question and I have no HR to complain to and it makes me ready to hurl myself into traffic.

It's bad. Real bad.

And I have 7 more months in my contract. I already know I'm not going to make it. I'm looking for new jobs already.[/quote]

Damn. That sounds pretty unbearable. GL with your job search D-Rave. If you break your contract do you have to pay a penalty?

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[quote=mooby;1055553]Damn. That sounds pretty unbearable. GL with your job search D-Rave. If you break your contract do you have to pay a penalty?[/quote]

At the end of the year you get an educational award of up to $3500 you can use towards school loans, classes etc. But I'm done with school and loan free so I don't even need the award. But if you leave early, you're basically in bad standing and not eligible for it nor are you allowed to serve in Americorps again. (I wouldn't anyway. I'd rather volunteer my time for free. Lesson learned)

College kids are desperate to finish because they tend to need that money, but its not even taxed, so at the end of the year, you end up PAYING taxes on it.

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Biased people and hypocrites. I am a transplant from California, I have adopted the Redskins as my second favorite team as I have been a 49er fan for 40 years. I belong to the 49er Webzone, sick of all the crying over there about how
the referees screw over the 49ers all the time. No one ever mentions missed calls that help the 49ers, just the times the opponents get away with something. All the latest complaining about the Seahawks and their drug use got me to join over here. Either this place is dead in the off season or has way less active members than they do.

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[quote=Buffalo Bob;1058103]Either this place is dead in the off season or has way less active members than they do.[/quote]

This place comes alive in the offseason, it's all we got as Skins fans.

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[quote=Buffalo Bob;1058103]Biased people and hypocrites. I am a transplant from California, I have adopted the Redskins as my second favorite team as I have been a 49er fan for 40 years. I belong to the 49er Webzone, sick of all the crying over there about how
the referees screw over the 49ers all the time. No one ever mentions missed calls that help the 49ers, just the times the opponents get away with something. All the latest complaining about the Seahawks and their drug use got me to join over here. [B]Either this place is dead in the off season or has way less active members than they do.[/B][/quote]

The Warpath is never dead but it may seem that way because it is more selective in its clientele than other sites.

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I'll throw one in this thread because I haven't ranted about anything in a while.....

This might sound trivial or what not, but like others have pointed out, this is all we have sort of while not much stuff is going on football wise.

A couple of guys from the office frequent a McDonald's down the road from the plant. At least three times over the past week, they've come back with this item wrong, this burger missing cheese, no fries, etc.... I laugh privately to myself because most fast food places around here there's a good chance your order is going to get F'd up...

Now I know the cardinal rule is that you always should check the bag before you leave...whatever.. My gripe is that things are so bad with the industry that customers have to check behind the people who are being paid to do it correctly.. My other gripe is that they don't say anything about it to a manager or someone at the store (But they probably wouldn't give a shit anyway, and might sabotage your food the next time they see you). A lack of dining options where i work might explain some of it....but CMON MAN!!

Missing the days where you could go through the drive through and not have to worry about it. The good ole days are gone my friends....

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[quote=SolidSnake84;1058119]I'll throw one in this thread because I haven't ranted about anything in a while.....

This might sound trivial or what not, but like others have pointed out, this is all we have sort of while not much stuff is going on football wise.

A couple of guys from the office frequent a McDonald's down the road from the plant. At least three times over the past week, they've come back with this item wrong, this burger missing cheese, no fries, etc.... I laugh privately to myself because most fast food places around here there's a good chance your order is going to get F'd up...

Now I know the cardinal rule is that you always should check the bag before you leave...whatever.. My gripe is that things are so bad with the industry that customers have to check behind the people who are being paid to do it correctly.. My other gripe is that they don't say anything about it to a manager or someone at the store (But they probably wouldn't give a shit anyway, and might sabotage your food the next time they see you). A lack of dining options where i work might explain some of it....but CMON MAN!!

Missing the days where you could go through the drive through and not have to worry about it. The good ole days are gone my friends....[/quote]

Well for what it's worth, (yes my diet is awful not the point of the response), I eat McD's for breakfast when I drive in at 930 and Wendy's when I go home around 10. Lunch is a mix from 7-11 salads, to papa john single pizza's. I have good service every morning, and evening. Since most of the drive ladies know me, we joke and usually everyone's happy. I think most of the time how you are treated by the people serving the food is a lot more reflective of (generic) you, then it is of them.

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[quote=SolidSnake84;1058119]I'll throw one in this thread because I haven't ranted about anything in a while.....

This might sound trivial or what not, but like others have pointed out, this is all we have sort of while not much stuff is going on football wise.

A couple of guys from the office frequent a McDonald's down the road from the plant. At least three times over the past week, they've come back with this item wrong, this burger missing cheese, no fries, etc.... I laugh privately to myself because most fast food places around here there's a good chance your order is going to get F'd up...

Now I know the cardinal rule is that you always should check the bag before you leave...whatever.. My gripe is that things are so bad with the industry that customers have to check behind the people who are being paid to do it correctly.. My other gripe is that they don't say anything about it to a manager or someone at the store (But they probably wouldn't give a shit anyway, and might sabotage your food the next time they see you). A lack of dining options where i work might explain some of it....but CMON MAN!!

Missing the days where you could go through the drive through and not have to worry about it. The good ole days are gone my friends....[/quote]

Maybe your office mates' orders were correct but they made an excuse to go back because they wanted more heroin:
[url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/01/29/268458034/heroin-in-the-drive-thru-mcdonalds-employee-busted?ft=1&f=1001]Heroin In The Drive-Thru? McDonald's Employee Busted : The Two-Way : NPR[/url]

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[quote=Buffalo Bob;1058103]Biased people and hypocrites. I am a transplant from California, I have adopted the Redskins as my second favorite team as I have been a 49er fan for 40 years. I belong to the 49er Webzone, sick of all the crying over there about how
the referees screw over the 49ers all the time. No one ever mentions missed calls that help the 49ers, just the times the opponents get away with something. All the latest complaining about the Seahawks and their drug use got me to join over here. Either this place is dead in the off season or has way less active members than they do.[/quote]

A lot of people go into hibernation during the off-season, myself included. I tend to disappear between February and July. But we have a ton of members, we've been known to overload the server at times.

Maybe not anymore, Matty's paying for the grade A++ servers.

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This fucking clothes emporium and their 'old people repellent' lighting:

[IMG]http://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/t1/1545672_614222778642816_1094338849_n.png[/IMG]

Cog chewed to a nub. FACT!

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And don't get me started on timekeeping in a corporate environment:

[IMG]http://scontent-a-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1/1517498_608302819234812_1366281806_n.jpg[/IMG]

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[quote=Lotus;1058113]The Warpath is never dead but it may seem that way because it is more selective in its clientele than other sites.[/quote]


Since there is open membership and anyone can wander in here please tell me how the Warpath [I]selects[/I] members?

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;1058123]Well for what it's worth, (yes my diet is awful not the point of the response), I eat McD's for breakfast when I drive in at 930 and Wendy's when I go home around 10. Lunch is a mix from 7-11 salads, to papa john single pizza's. I have good service every morning, and evening. Since most of the drive ladies know me, we joke and usually everyone's happy. I think most of the time how you are treated by the people serving the food is a lot more reflective of (generic) you, then it is of them.[/quote]

You've got a good point there. Regarding our office guys, these particular folks are the nicest guys in the world. like salt of the earth type people...but i guess you never know what happens when people's backs are turned.....

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[quote=Alvin Walton;1058151]Since there is open membership and [B]anyone can wander in[/B] here please tell me how the Warpath [I]selects[/I] members?[/quote]

Not quite how it goes.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=Alvin Walton;1058151]Since there is open membership and anyone can wander in here please tell me how the Warpath [I]selects[/I] members?[/quote]

You've been around long enough to see people come and go and I'm sure you have ideas about why some folks go.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

fed gov't employees.

i get to rep a good bit of them and I am always shocked at how over-paid they are for clocking 40 hour work weeks with pension and benefits.

then they come in and you meet them and they are fat, lazy and can not speak properly ..... but drive multiple high end vehicles while the rest of us bust hump 50-60 hours a week with no pension and have to contribute to health ins for half the pay.

i dont hate the individual federal employee (except when they complain), i hate the fed govt system for their employees.