Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=TheMalcolmConnection;1072740]Good afternoon sir.

In keeping with the thread, another thing that grinds my gears is having employees that finish an advanced degree and instantly come into my office asking for a raise.

Am I being a douche or being reasonable? This particular employee's resume hasn't exactly been stellar. He went today to meet with our CTO because he is "unhappy with his career trajectory". Just because you suddenly have a Master's entitles you to nothing.[/quote]


We have a idiot working for us ,finish 4th in his class at Penn State ,can't find his way out of a paper bag!

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

Know tons of book smart people that can't survive in the real world.

I mean it's amazing that he got his Master's, but there is ZERO on paper proving to anyone in my department why he deserves a raise. He's like, "Here's a diploma. Give me $$$".

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

Set up gotomypc, for 2 quickbook computers that our remote people use (remote people = owner, owner's wife, owners daughter in 3 different states LOL). In order to have any type of effective account management and access control you have to get a corporate account, not the "pro" account that lets you have 2 computers with unlimited users all using one account login. Stupid...

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

farts.

you cant trust them.

i let one go in my office and it stunk.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

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Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

people that wave others through at stop signs.

if it's your turn, go.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=tshile;1074649]people that wave others through at stop signs.

if it's your turn, go.[/quote]

One of my big gripes too. Just go, you're only messing up the flow and causing more confusion.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=over the mountain;1074458]farts.

you cant trust them.

i let one go in my office and it stunk.[/quote]

Shoulda went with a crop duster

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

1. coffee lids that leak.

good god that pisses me the feck off.

for something so small and simple, it can lead to disaster


2. our firms IT guy.

never really fixes anything, just band-aids things.

seems we always have to call him every 2 weeks

spends half his time on the clock actually just socializing with certain staff members which costs us money to him hourly and that employees time as well.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

my boss who insists on printing out internet or email crap that throws the printer i use out of format.

before i print i need to get up and check the printer to make sure it isnt screwed up. if i dont, it ends up printing on envelopes or printing the first page 20 times.

then he just leaves all these random email/internet printouts on the printer and never picks them up. i organize them on a table next to the printer but they will just sit there for a few days until i throw them away.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=over the mountain;1075054]1. coffee lids that leak.

good god that pisses me the feck off.

for something so small and simple, it can lead to disaster


2. our firms IT guy.

never really fixes anything, just band-aids things.

seems we always have to call him every 2 weeks

spends half his time on the clock actually just socializing with certain staff members which costs us money to him hourly and that employees time as well.[/quote]

1. Amen. Starbucks is terrible for this. From what I can tell, where the lid and the fold of the cup meet leaks like a sieve. I find using a blocker actually makes this worse.

2. Does he have enough money? I know a lot of IT guys get blamed for doing half-assed fixes, but often that's due to the budget you get. I don't know any IT folks that want to deal with old hardware, legacy software, etc etc.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=Daseal;1075070]1. Amen. Starbucks is terrible for this. From what I can tell, where the lid and the fold of the cup meet leaks like a sieve. I find using a blocker actually makes this worse.

2. Does he have enough money? I know a lot of IT guys get blamed for doing half-assed fixes, but often that's due to the budget you get. I don't know any IT folks that want to deal with old hardware, legacy software, etc etc.[/quote]

1. yes, i was talking aobut starbuck's lids

2. yes, we do have a crappy IT budget with dinosaur hardware and cheap software

whats the score of the US v belguim game?

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1. We should start a class-action lawsuit for the amount of ties I've ruined with those damn dripping cups.

2. I bet that's the problem more than your IT guy. Can't get blood from a stone.

3. 1-0.

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Attorney - who has been receiving direct oversight from the two senior counsel because of recent job performance issues - walks into my office at 4:30 yesterday to tell me he is going on extended medical leave as of 5:00. Next thing out of his mouth is "I don't want to leave anyone in a jam."

Really - then perhaps you could have said something yesterday when I assigned you a new case with a response date two weeks from now. Maybe you could have said something to the other senior counsel when you handed him your brief for review/editing which is due in less than two weeks (and for which he got you an extension). Maybe at our now weekly meetings, you could have indicated this was pending rather than making vague references to possible leave requests - that way we may have been able to deal with the multitude of issues pending in you not-to-particularly-heavy case load. As it is, all the deadlines we set for making sure you were properly handling your caseload are pretty much out the door and to complete any of the necessary work means that myself and the other senior counsel must do your work.

Bottom line, don't walk in 30 minutes before you intend to take an extended absence, take a steamer on my desk, and then say "I don't want to leave anyone in a jam." I am still livid.

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It has been a gear grinding day.

At our rental, a couple of tenants "swapped out" of the existing lease. The swap included the primary signatory on the lease. Prior to the swap, I made clear to both exiting and incoming tenants that, regardless of the swap, the incoming tenant would be responsible for any crap left by old tenants.

On the day after the swap, new primary tenant dumps a ton of sh** in the driveway. When confronted, he says it was all the old tenant's stuff that she was supposed to clean out but was now saying she wasn't responsible for. He was going to hire a hauler but didn't realize how expensive it would be to haul all the crap left behind. He is trying to get cash from old tenant but good luck with that. He's a good guy with very good references. I am confident he will make it all go away in short order - one way or another.

That's the backstory, now the gear grinding part. Neighbor A who lives across the alley from the rental and next to us is trying to sell her house. We have been on good terms with her for about 10 years. The tenant's stuff has been in the driveway for less than 72 hours and she has called my wife and I at least 20 times to bitch and ask what we are doing about it. I told her we had been in contact with the tenant, that he had gotten screwed over by past tenant and we were all working to get it cleaned up by the end of the week.

Neighbor A tells me Neighbor B is really upset about it too. I call him, he wants it cleaned up but is in no way upset. According to Neighbor B, it was neighbor A who approached him to bitch. He and I have known each other for 20 years, and he closed the conversation with "Yo, brother I got your back. We cool."

The thing about Neighbor A that is particularly gear grinding, however, is that my wife and I (mostly my wife) have provided her free dog sitting and kid sitting on a regular basis - literally hundreds of dollars worth if we were to charge for it. Also, since we have a spigot and electric on the front of the house and she does not, she just helps herself to water and electric - generally, I don't mind but a six-pack or other in-kind offering on occasion would be nice. Recently, every time she has a showing during the day, my wife goes over and turns on the AC for her and brings her giganto Mastiff to our house. Last time, my wife fricking cleaned the litter boxes for her. All free of charge.

You'd think she could cut us a little f'ing slack.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

Please let it end ...

Case against very intelligent creepy stalker dude. Arguing he was sanctioned differently then others in similarly situated circumstances for illegal reasons, he asks for all relevant sanction letters to demonstrate this. We produce thousands of pages of documents including similar but different sanctions, client assures me all relevant documents. Plaintiff doesn't believe it and files a motion to compel and argues we are acting in bad faith.

Me to client: Okay, plaintiff has filed a motion to the court seeking to compel us to produce all the records. Have we produced all the records?

Client: Yes.

Me: You're sure. You have looked in all the nooks and crannies, boxes and e-files. I have everything that may even be possibly relevant.

Client: Absolutely. Checked and Double Checked.

Me: Okay. Please check ONE MORE TIME before I make any representations to the court.

Client: Okay. [24 hour pause] ... Yup, you have them all, every scrap in existence.

Me: Great, thanks.

Me to Court: We have given him everything relevant. Nothing has been withheld, we have carefully searched and all the documents he could possibly use to argue his point have been produced.

[24 hour pause] Court: In light of counsel's representations, no extension to Plaintiff. The order to compel is denied and no sanctions for bad faith levied.

THREE HOURS LATER ...

Client: Oh hey, we just found this sanction letter involving another individual who was both criminally charged and administratively charged ... just like the Plaintiff. For the same violations as the Plaintiff. With a different sanction than the Plaintiff. It was in the same box as the other letters. Sorry, [I]WE JUST MISSED IT[/I].

Me: <Head Explodes>

I cannot WAIT to tell the Judge "ooops!"

Hey client, way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and double your litigation expenses.

I need alcohol on an intravenous level.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

Oh, by the way ... did I mention that my car overheated on the interstate last Friday and blew the engine (As in "you need a new engine or a new car")?

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

A truism in relationship to Neighbor A


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Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=JoeRedskin;1075180]Oh, by the way ... did I mention that my car overheated on the interstate last Friday and blew the engine (As in "you need a new engine or a new car")?[/quote]


New car !:food-smil


or an old "good" one ...


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Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

Joe a lot of your ranting could have been in the bad news thread. Let's make sure we are using the proper threads.
=)

[QUOTE=mredskins;1075201]Joe a lot of your ranting could have been in the bad news thread. Let's make sure we are using the proper threads.
=)[/QUOTE]
I'll give you the overheating car was legitimately "Bad News" material.

The lazy employee, inconsiderate neighbor, and idiotic client, however, were all serious gear grinders. Do your job, cut me some slack and f***ing think!!
Is that too much to ask of people?

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=JoeRedskin;1075207]I'll give you the overheating car was legitimately "Bad News" material.

The lazy employee, inconsiderate neighbor, and idiotic client, however, were all serious gear grinders. Do your job, cut me some slack and f***ing think!!
[B] Is that too much to ask of people?[/B][/quote]

Yes, yes it is.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

Remember the client who carefully checked and double checked things last week?

He just found another 200 pages of "oops" documents. <Banging Head>

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

This isn't really a gear-grinder, but it is a slight annoyance of mine.

People who misuse the phrase "begs the question." Listen, and right now I'm looking at you, [URL="http://www.csnwashington.com/redskinsblog/30-questions-can-jackson-match-philly-production-dc"]Rich Tandler[/URL], "begs the question" does [I]not[/I] mean "raises the question" or "asks the question." It simply refers to a circular argument. See better definition [URL="http://begthequestion.info"]here[/URL]. (And no, I did not create that website. :D)

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

What grinds my gears? The sensitive ass people that unfriend you on facebook because you question the validity of a moronic post they make, which ends up being completely false. So many morons, so little time. Good riddance.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

Ughhhhh. For the last 2 days when I pull up ESPN.com, around 50% of the time a naked Prince Fielder is just staring at me. That is just foul

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

chico - just dont make eye contact and try to look down a lot.

i want to get out ahead of the curve of hate on this one - those crab car decals colored-in as the maryland flag. seemingly overnight they are everywhere. i saw one on a delaware license plate car yesterday. dela - freakin - ware.

i blame under armor for making the maryland flag now a trendy color scheme.

you wanna show some true maryland pride on your car - slap on an Os bird, the natty boh guy and a wtmd decal and be done with it.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

My daughters refuse to have a synchronized sleep schedule. It is like they want be to gray up on purpose.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

1. car decals in the shape of a bone that says "I love my grand dog".

2. aggressive older ladies who wont pull over to the side of the road after they cut you off. she wasnt that old, maybe 50 ish.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

People that are in a big rush to pass you on the highway, only to then move over in front of you and then proceed to slow down causing you to have to pass them, then a mile down the road here comes guess who passing you again. Rinse and repeat.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=Mattyk;1076893]People that are in a big rush to pass you on the highway, only to then move over in front of you and then proceed to slow down causing you to have to pass them, then a mile down the road here comes guess who passing you again. Rinse and repeat.[/quote]

The lack of cruise control use is disappointing.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

V,D,O,T ,what they have done to the traffic in northern VA on 95 is a sin .

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=Mattyk;1076893]People that are in a big rush to pass you on the highway, only to then move over in front of you and then proceed to slow down causing you to have to pass them, then a mile down the road here comes guess who passing you again. Rinse and repeat.[/quote]

classic distracted driver by a hand held device.

by slowing down to 40 in a 65 mph zone, they dramatically reduce the dangers of driving and texting.

giant - i dont travel that 29 mile stretch of 95 often but that is they worst, slowest highway construction i have ever seen. started in 2012, they are saying it will be completed by end of 2014.

[url=http://www.vamegaprojects.com/about-megaprojects/i-95-hov-hot-lanes/]Virginia Megaprojects - I-95 HOV/HOT Lanes[/url]

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[quote=over the mountain;1076910]classic distracted driver by a hand held device.

by slowing down to 40 in a 65 mph zone, they dramatically reduce the dangers of driving and texting.

giant - i dont travel that 29 mile stretch of 95 often but that is they worst, slowest highway construction i have ever seen. started in 2012, they are saying it will be completed by end of 2014.

[url=http://www.vamegaprojects.com/about-megaprojects/i-95-hov-hot-lanes/]Virginia Megaprojects - I-95 HOV/HOT Lanes[/url][/quote]

Nothing has been slower then the work on 95 around White Marsh, MD. Shit has been going on since like 2007/08.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=over the mountain;1076910]classic distracted driver by a hand held device.

by slowing down to 40 in a 65 mph zone, they dramatically reduce the dangers of driving and texting.

giant - i dont travel that 29 mile stretch of 95 often but that is they worst, slowest highway construction i have ever seen. started in 2012, they are saying it will be completed by end of 2014.

[url=http://www.vamegaprojects.com/about-megaprojects/i-95-hov-hot-lanes/]Virginia Megaprojects - I-95 HOV/HOT Lanes[/url][/quote]

I have to drive a 10 mile stretch of 95 from Woodbridge to Alexandria every day and I've noticed something new they've done every day. Maybe people are just impatient, but I'd rather take the necessary time to have the work done right. I don't think it's going to improve traffic that much but maybe some of the more wealthier people won't mind paying to use the toll road, which would definitely help my commute.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=mooby;1076968]I have to drive a 10 mile stretch of 95 from Woodbridge to Alexandria every day and I've noticed something new they've done every day. Maybe people are just impatient, but I'd rather take the necessary time to have the work done right. I don't think it's going to improve traffic that much but maybe some of the more wealthier people won't mind paying to use the toll road, which would definitely help my commute.[/quote]


I know it well , I was baby sitting my grandson on Quantico a couple of weeks last year .My question is why is the work not done at night like in Maryland on the beltway ...8pm -4am

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[quote=mredskins;1076917]Nothing has been slower then the work on 95 around White Marsh, MD. Shit has been going on since like 2007/08.[/quote]

I can tell you - with SmootSmack level of reliability - that they are still fighting legal battles on right-of-way issues associated with the project.

The work is massively complex in terms of the structures being constructed (high speed ramps and bridges subject to extremely high levels of stress from use and the elements), safety concerns during construction (trust me, it is unnerving to be standing near the constant traffic flow - think of changing a tire next on the interstate, every day, all day, for a year), and traffic engineering being done (compare it to trying to reroute two major rivers without ever stopping the flow of water).

On top of all that, given the fluidity of the traffic patterns, the level of complexity added by the nature of the location (i.e. - a confluence of major highways), redesign for unexpected issues is a constant problem even with all the expertise going into the original design.

If we didn't care (1) about seizing folks property without paying them a fair price; (2) if the bridges collapsed in 20 years; (3) if a few dozen workers being killed while it was being built; or (4) if we just completely shut down I-95/695 and Rte. 43 while the work was being done, the job could be done in about three months.

You know ... like they do in Russia.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

Government Shills making excuses for inefficient roadwork policies

:food-smil

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

They pay me to shill - I shill. With gusto.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=JoeRedskin;1077040]They pay me to shill - I shill. With gusto.[/quote]


JR , why not at night ? 8pm to 4am not peak travel times .