Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

Varies from project to project, but, generally, night work significantly increases costs and, even with lower traffic volume, it is much more dangerous for workers. Again, depending on location there are noise and environmental issues for night work as well.

I think as a general rule, Maryland tries to do night work on the major highways but sometimes that's just not feasible.

Had a case involving a Bay Bridge accident and had to go to the worksite. It was pretty cool but, at one point, I am walking [I]under[/I] the Bridge and the only thing between me and the Bay was a chain link fence strung across as a walkway. It was a classic case of "Don't look down, don't look down". Of course, I did and it was creepy, freaky. Guys just get used to it though.

As an example of the issues, when they do night work on the Bay Bridge, they shut down one of spans generally. Takes about an hour to shut one down or open it up (Got to make sure, when you route two-way traffic onto a one way bridge, that there is plenty of warning to avoid multiple 60 mph head-on collisions). In my case, the worker was setting out barrels to close a lane, had to cross an exit ramp to get the barrel, driver failed to pay attention, worker failed to see him and BAM. Guy was seriously messed up. All the proper safety protocols were in place, but driver just ignored them (we think he fell asleep at the wheel) and worker just failed to pay attention at the wrong time.

When you're working on the major highways, a lot can go very wrong, very quickly.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

Starting new jobs.

It just sucks. Last year I started a new job and the contract was not renewed this june. So I got laid off. I was only unemployed like 5 business days, not a big deal. The part that sucks is now I have a new job and I am back to square one of learning everything.

ADD to it the second I step foot into my new job. The senior analyst says he is out for 6 weeks for surgery and the other analyst puts in his two week notice. PLUS my program is up for a major decision so we are slammed. Basically they are asking me to make decisions about the program with few weeks of knowledge of the program. The other 2 analyst had/have 13 years and 6 years of experience on this program.

Just a pure joy.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=FRPLG;1076898]The lack of cruise control use is disappointing.[/quote]

Yup, Samuel L. agrees

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Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

1. that stranger's hair that always seem to be sitting there waiting for you on the title page when you open up a used book.

2. people who buy you used books as presents. its fucking disgusting. books are private affairs that get subject to the most perverse human fluids. if you buy a used book and give it to people as presents ... stop it. how the hell can i concentrate on the story if i have constant chatter in the back of my mind saying "omg! omg! this is disgusting! omg i hope there isnt another fucking random person's stranger hair on the next page." - flip page - "omg why the fuck is this stranger hair curly? i couldnt be? W. T.F. im burning this book ... after i go throw up."

if you insist on buying people used books, at least give them the common courtesy of also buying them a pair of sterile medical gloves for them use while handling and flipping the pages.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=over the mountain;1078181]1. that stranger's hair that always seem to be sitting there waiting for you on the title page when you open up a used book.

2. people who buy you used books as presents. its fucking disgusting. books are private affairs that get subject to the most perverse human fluids. if you buy a used book and give it to people as presents ... stop it. how the hell can i concentrate on the story if i have constant chatter in the back of my mind saying "omg! omg! this is disgusting! omg i hope there isnt another fucking random person's stranger hair on the next page." - flip page - "omg why the fuck is this stranger hair curly? i couldnt be? W. T.F. im burning this book ... after i go throw up."

if you insist on buying people used books, at least give them the common courtesy of also buying them a pair of sterile medical gloves for them use while handling and flipping the pages.[/quote]
You must really hate the library...

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

i dont go to the library but my lady insists on buying me used books.

i want to tell her to stop but i dont want to come off as a sisy but i can not concentrate when reading a used book.

if these are my current problems, im doing pretty good.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

I never realized used books were a problem for some lol, tossing a book out after one read seems like a huge waste.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=over the mountain;1078184]i dont go to the library but my lady insists on buying me used books.

i want to tell her to stop but i dont want to come off as a sisy but i can not concentrate when reading a used book.

if these are my current problems, im doing pretty good.[/quote]

Seriously, talk about first world problems. Haha

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

Digital books for the win, although I do understand the appeal of reading an actual book

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

Well....AND you can download digital from the public library for....free!
[B]NOTE:[/B] it should be noted that although no actual "book" will be distributed to the end user other than virtual, it will be in "used" form.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

people who spit on sidewalks. its disgusting.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=over the mountain;1087333]people who spit on sidewalks. its disgusting.[/quote]

Funny; my neighbor, nice guy kind of a meat head, spit in my neighbors garage. they have been mad with him for a few weeks now.

Doesn't bother me I don't eat off the floor.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

im real close to going taxi driver on some people.

i just need to relax and not try to police every bad act by random strangers

yesterday i am in stop and go traffic on 95 north. this van tries to change lanes. it puts on its blinker, has at least 5 car lengths space to move in and the van begins to slowly change lanes. this ahole in a black honda speeds up to try and block the lane change and actually squeezes next to teh van as the van had already taken 1/3 of the lane. the van swerves back.

i track this ahole black honda and he hopes on the ICC lanes (which runs parallel to 95 for about 2 miles and lets you hop back on - lots of ppl use it to try and skip traffic on 95). but i know that this "short cut" bottle necks when it lets you back on 95.

so i maneuver through traffic on 95 trying to stay up and track this ahole in the ICC lanes. after a few minutes, glory happens. i end up in the right lane right where he tried to merge back onto 95 and briefly block him. he merges in front of me and i pull up next to him and he is all red faced and yelling. it was awesome. i stayed next to him for a few moments and then go on my way.

what a glorious moment.

but i need to stop doing stuff like that. but it is soo hard, there are so many ahole jerks on the road.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=over the mountain;1087338]im real close to going taxi driver on some people.

i just need to relax and not try to police every bad act by random strangers

yesterday i am in stop and go traffic on 95 north. this van tries to change lanes. it puts on its blinker, has at least 5 car lengths space to move in and the van begins to slowly change lanes. this ahole in a black honda speeds up to try and block the lane change and actually squeezes next to teh van as the van had already taken 1/3 of the lane. the van swerves back.

i track this ahole black honda and he hopes on the ICC lanes (which runs parallel to 95 for about 2 miles and lets you hop back on - lots of ppl use it to try and skip traffic on 95). but i know that this "short cut" bottle necks when it lets you back on 95.

so i maneuver through traffic on 95 trying to stay up and track this ahole in the ICC lanes. after a few minutes, glory happens. i end up in the right lane right where he tried to merge back onto 95 and briefly block him. he merges in front of me and i pull up next to him and he is all red faced and yelling. it was awesome. i stayed next to him for a few moments and then go on my way.

what a glorious moment.

but i need to stop doing stuff like that. but it is soo hard, there are so many ahole jerks on the road.[/quote]

bad thing is, he will look at you as the jerk, and not even think about the bad driving that led to it.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

Negative campaign ads really irk me. Makes me want to stay home tomorrow.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

In our office, all motions before appellate courts are required to be submitted to the unit that coordinates all civil litigation in the state for review and comment prior to filing. As part of my institution of "Best Practices" in [I]my[/I] unit, I review anything submitted to them. Given the deadlines being imposed, I work with my attorneys so we are on the same page during drafting and work hard to provide quick substantive turnarounds.

That's the background.

Attorney has a filing due to the central unit Monday afternoon. Gets it to me Friday morning. I work on it most of Friday (around a court appearance I had), including an hour in his office discussing legal theory, I work on it all weekend. Get it to him Monday morning with instructions to see me if he has questions.

I ask him about it today and he says it was submitted. First, he did so without cc'ing me -in violation of office protocol. I look up what he submitted on the system and find that he completely ignored my significant revisions and switched back to a legal theory I told him not to take.

If you disagree with my review, bring it to me, discuss it with me, I get that it's your name on the pleading but [I]I[/I] am responsible for this unit's litigation quality.

I got no problem with folks disagreeing with me. Just don't f'ing try to sneak something past me. Beyond angry right now.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

red tape

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

Grinding my own gears here (not as dirty as it sounds) - I really REALLY need to look for a new job but I can't shake a ridiculous level of laziness on my part.

Our company got a new CEO last summer and he's really starting to push a lot of changes that make no sense for what our unit does. We're going through a massive re-org and they're moving us to a crappier location just south of Baltimore in order to consolidate offices. It was arbitrarily decided that the move is going to happen by 12/1 (should be a fun week before Thanksgiving) even though the new space won't be ready by then.
Plus, due to the re-org we basically have to reapply for our current jobs. The company is using the guise that it wants to make sure that people are doing the jobs they want to do and are most qualified for, but our re-defined job descriptions haven't even been published yet. Basically, it's like they're trying to start a brand new company and ignoring the fact that they are currently running a very large existing one.

I wonder if Burger King is hiring?!?

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

i am also grinding my own gears.

I really enjoy it when you pull into a parking spot and when you step out of your car, you step into a puddle of coffee or soda the person who parked there right before you decided to pour out.

i have done that twice now the past week. just poured out my old coffee right where i know someone else will pull up and try to step out of their driver's side door.

WTF is going on with me. another 10 years from now, will i be so beaten down and bitter from working and rush hour that i stop following the rules of politeness and civility all together?

winter is coming.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

42 degrees outside and for some reason the a/c is blowing on inside. damn

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=ArtMonkDrillz;1093872]Grinding my own gears here (not as dirty as it sounds) - I really REALLY need to look for a new job but I can't shake a ridiculous level of laziness on my part.

Our company got a new CEO last summer and he's really starting to push a lot of changes that make no sense for what our unit does. We're going through a massive re-org and they're moving us to a crappier location just south of Baltimore in order to consolidate offices. It was arbitrarily decided that the move is going to happen by 12/1 (should be a fun week before Thanksgiving) even though the new space won't be ready by then.
Plus, due to the re-org we basically have to reapply for our current jobs. The company is using the guise that it wants to make sure that people are doing the jobs they want to do and are most qualified for, but our re-defined job descriptions haven't even been published yet. Basically, it's like they're trying to start a brand new company and ignoring the fact that they are currently running a very large existing one.

I wonder if Burger King is hiring?!?[/quote]before you leave, step up and share the dysfunction w them. they'll appreciate it, and you have nothing to lose if you were out the door anyways!

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[quote=over the mountain;1093878]i am also grinding my own gears.

I really enjoy it when you pull into a parking spot and when you step out of your car, you step into a puddle of coffee or soda the person who parked there right before you decided to pour out.

i have done that twice now the past week. just poured out my old coffee right where i know someone else will pull up and try to step out of their driver's side door.

WTF is going on with me. another 10 years from now, will i be so beaten down and bitter from working and rush hour that i stop following the rules of politeness and civility all together?

winter is coming.[/quote]once, i parked just outside the door of a gas station. i opened my door, stepped out, and stepped directly onto a beer can - attracting the attention of the 2 police officers drinking coffee by the front door.

i walked right past them inside the store, hoping they would know that the can was not mine. i was in line when one of them walked up to me and asked "this is a dumb question, but did that beer can come from your car?"

"no."

"have a nice night."

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

someone rummaged through my car the other night and took ..... my wheel lock key. it looks like a lug nut and sits in this nylon lil pouch that says "wheel lock key" on it.

they didnt take anything else. the only thing of value is my car seat.

someone also stole one of my trash cans .. again why? i assume it was some construction guys doing a job near by.

actually they did take all my change, which was mostly pennies anyway.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

grinding gear christmas style....wrapping presents. I mean whats the effin point? And plus the fact i suck at it...im always missing something, i need a gift box, more tape, etc. Eff wrapping presents, that is all!

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=Chico23231;1101364]grinding gear christmas style....wrapping presents. I mean whats the effin point? And plus the fact i suck at it...im always missing something, i need a gift box, more tape, etc. Eff wrapping presents, that is all![/quote]Driving on Christmas eve ,folks my Christmas is just as important as your's ,stop driving like and ass !!!!!:doh:

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

Console updates. I have spent my whole xMas updating this fucking wii u for my kids. Grrrr...

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=over the mountain;1095805]someone rummaged through my car the other night and took ..... my wheel lock key. it looks like a lug nut and sits in this nylon lil pouch that says "wheel lock key" on it.

they didnt take anything else. the only thing of value is my car seat.

someone also stole one of my trash cans .. again why? i assume it was some construction guys doing a job near by.

actually they did take all my change, which was mostly pennies anyway.[/quote]

If your rims are somewhere between average and excellent, you should put new wheel locks on that thing asap. That sucks man.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=mredskins;1101440]Console updates. I have spent my whole xMas updating this fucking wii u for my kids. Grrrr...[/quote]

F hackers, Xbox live and PSN both down most of the day.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

working the day after Christmas

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I was really looking forward to some good gaming time with this 4 day weekend. So glad to see PSN is still down. WTF.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

Spending 8 pm to 154 am putting together a 5 foot wood doll house on Xmas eve using nothing but a lil tiny itsy bitsy Allen wrench they included.


Then waking up the next day and remembering you own a much easier to use Allen wrench key....

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

Am I the only one that doesn't care about seeing The Interview? Tired of hearing about it already.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=over the mountain;1101488]Spending 8 pm to 154 am putting together a 5 foot wood doll house on Xmas eve using nothing but a lil tiny itsy bitsy Allen wrench they included.


Then waking up the next day and remembering you own a much easier to use Allen wrench key....[/quote]

I did not see mention of any alcohol consumption during the construction? Definitely a necessary component.....for successful completion
WWSD??

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

[quote=Mattyk;1101594]Am I the only one that doesn't care about seeing The Interview? Tired of hearing about it already.[/quote]

well, it was pretty good... for a retarded movie about fart jokes. I mean, it's not a great movie, but definitely better than TMNT, tansformers 4, dumb and dumber to, or a huge pile of other garbage that's been shoveled through theatres lately. if you skip it, you won't be missing anything though. it's pretty much like every other seth rogen movie ever made.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

Sick and mother F'in tired of Redskins fans talking about trading players.

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

I am tired of Redskins fans.....

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The Warpath must have been infected with a stupid-bug once the season ended, because some of the talk on here lately has been mind-numbing. I think it was WillH who said something to the tune of, "I've never seen so much eloquent nonsense in one thread." LOL. And it can't be my fault this time... I've barely been on here in the last week or so. :D

How far away is September again?

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

im tired of "fans" complaining about other "fans". As if any person on here outside of a handful of posters have superior football IQ and knowledge. but i digress . .

The parking garage guy is really grinding my gears.

We have pay parking in the garage underneath our office building.

A few weeks ago i had to run out and pick someone up. I pay my ticket to him to get out, pick up the person then drive back to garage, get another ticket and park. When i paid at the end of the day, the garage guy said "you didnt have to pay twice, you could have just told him you were coming right back and I would have let you out."

Today - someone needs picked up. I volunteer since I now think i can leave the garage for a quick second and not have to pay two tickets. i pull up to the ticket booth, say "im going to be 2 mins, can you let me out?".

he says "no, you need to pay to get out."

so I had to pay to get out for that 5 mins and will have to pay again when i head home.

im guessin he was in the holiday spirit when he told me i didnt have to pay if i was leaving for a short time a few weeks ago. our office did get him a holiday present and all ...

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

client works and cant come into the office during work hours. I tell client she can come in after hours any day this week except Friday bc i dont want to stay late friday..

so of course i get a note today while in a conf that the client is coming in today at 6 . .

im not gonna get home until 9 at the earliest ... assuming she shows up at 6 ...

Re: What REALLY grinds your gears?
 

i feel torn saying this ...

The "blacklivesmatter" protesters are starting to grind my gears.

Back on Nov 25, they shut down downtown Baltimore during evening rush hour. It took me about 2 hours to go 5 miles.

Yesterday, they apparently decided to hold a rally. They didnt say their route until right before rush hour traffic and then proceeded to close down major downtown intersections.

So yesterday it took me only an hour to cut across downtown.

I support the idea of "blacklivesmatter", i do believe police disproportionately target black men and also have a heightened sense of fear around black men which leads to unequal treatment.

Why cant they plan a huge march on a saturday or sunday? i would join, my family would join. It would get positive press instead of negative.

Intentionally blocking traffic to make life miserable for hundred of thousands of people is the opposite way to get people to be receptive to your message.

I know there have been a zillion organized marchs in the past and other less obstructive attempts have been made for a century now ... .. .


but this is .. inconvenient for me? im a jerk