Dislike button posted:

Dislike button posted:

i built a home server to play my terabytes of pirated media

craisins posted:

ic: this is everybody in yospos

craisins posted:

ooc: this is everybody in yospos

Bhodi posted:

some family members spent more than me on gifts and I'm REALLY pissed about it

mishaq posted:

nah, too lazy to bother pirate poo poo now

either stream it legally or just don't watch it

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

cadenza posted:

i let my infant child play on a loving ipad all day because i live in a house that doesn't have any books in it because i haven't read a book since i was literally at school lol

Smythe posted:

*sighs deeply when there's no gift receipt on xmas gift*

Sagebrush posted:

Ooc: Never return a gift for cash or credit or "something you actually wanted", you loving slime bag. The only acceptable reason is to get a different size if the giver guessed wrong

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

As a Millennial I posted:

i want a bb-8, but i'm going to wait until it starts showing up on craigslist.

Sagebrush posted:

Ooc: Never return a gift for cash or credit or "something you actually wanted", you loving slime bag. The only acceptable reason is to get a different size if the giver guessed wrong

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

Jet Ready Go posted:

Just bought in $20 worth of Nintendo Gift Cards at GameStop where the guy just seemed exhausted to have to explain to me how to have Android Pay activate. Whatever! Ill report in when my free $20 at Best Buy rolls in!

mishaq posted:

GobiasIndustries posted:

What are some of the best non-slate credit cards for balance transfers (730-ish FICO)? I'd been paying my slate balance off pretty well but was notified the Monday before Christmas that my department is getting shut down and I'll be jobless in January. I've got 0 APR until the end of June but want to be prepared if I've got a large balance still by that point in time.

Beefstorm posted:

My small IT shop wants everyone to get some Microsoft certifications. My boss wants to buy the $1000 yearly plan for CBT nuggets for each of us. But he wants each of us to sign a 2 year contract to do it. Thoughts? Worth it? I don't see myself leaving anytime soon.

As a Millennial I posted:

i was trapped in the Coupons and Deals Forum.

larchesdanrew posted:

Sorry to beat a dead horse even more, but do you have any idea how loving fantastic it feels to know that he is sitting there stewing over me. Rotting away in the horrible little kingdom he built out of hate and jealousy. All the people he has trampled over, all the people he has belittled, all the people he has deliberately screwed over, all of my predecessors who left to work jobs at Best Buy and in production because of him... And then I come along, rock the boat slightly, and then leave to a position where they're putting out a loving press release over my hiring. My slight boat rock is sending out ripples that are turning into waves that will grow until they engulf him. All those people he has poo poo on all these years are now openly calling for his blood, and it's all because of some little computer janitor that had the gall to make a wreath out of obsolete RAM sticks his first week.

His ego is shattered.

It's poetry.

Illuminatus posted:

My collected favorites from my own experiences as an IT field tech (copied from my Facebook page). Longish but I think its funny.

NOC: Oh NO you are using 97% of the bandwidth at your location.
Me: Well interrupt my download and tell me to stop.
NOC: You aren't supposed to be downloading that big a file.
Me: Yes that's right are you telling me to stop?
NOC: Well no....

I stepped in POLITICS at work, this may result in unemployment.
Ended up in phone call by a VIP on behalf of another bigger VIP and my explaining what I said when asked a question. A question a large number of people this week approached and asked. The call involved me stating "I wont lie" and resulted in the following (paraphrased) dialog:
VIP: Don't use the word "indefinitely", tell them "its on hold for now but will resume in the future."
Me: Is that the truth or just what you want me to tell them?
VIP: Could you just respond "I don't know?"
Me: Yes...
end of call

Phone meeting with boss today regarding "Colleague Development Plan" form we were required to fill out:
Boss "you are the only one who left the strengths and weaknesses blank"
Me "yes, though if you have something you want me to put on there I can"
Longish silence
Boss "everyone else put down things like (he listed several examples of strengths from others)"
Me "those aren't strengths those are what's required to do the job"
Boss "well what would you list on a resume as strengths"
Me "I don't I only list facts"
The conversation ended inconclusively. I still appear to be employed.

End of an email at work today:
"If necessary, I will escalate. Thank you for your prompt attention in resolving this."
What does "escalate" mean exactly? The colleague is going to mobilize troops on my border? Roll tanks into my cities? Go Nuclear?
I, not liking military threats to my sovereign nation, responded with "Escalate if you need to". Also included was an explanation of why the situation was the way it was and what was being done. This fine bit of diplomacy immediately resulted in: “It’s unfortunate that you feel that way. I will need to escalate this so that it can be resolved sooner than later.”
Tomorrow will see if I must repel an invading force.

I have had a conversation over the last couple of days with my company's accounting department.
"No I am not the end user of hundreds computers and peripherals shipped to my name over the last few years. I am a field tech, the equipment comes to me then gets sent on to its eventual home. Why do you ask?" "Amortization / depreciation for tax purposes."
As it turns out accounting only has access to the vendor shipping summary and that has only my address. I would have thought someone might have questioned all the orders several YEARS ago.

I had to respond to a complaint about me sent to my boss today. I get a couple of these a year, with what I do its expected. The complaint was I didn't provide training on how to use the newly installed 2nd monitor and my response why was too blunt.
"Sorry we are not providing training, just doing the installation, you drag from screen to screen. Any special training will come from your new company <new company>."
While doing 40 of these upgrades an additional 5-10 minutes per for training would add 200-400 minutes to the overall project. There simply wasn't time for training in the time allotted nor were we contracted for it.
The boss's solution when I asked how he would handle it: "Escalate it to the transition coordinator from <new company>." Um OK so I should say "Please speak to <X> of <new company> regarding training."
Is this any less "blunt" somehow?
PS Who needs training on how to use a monitor??

Dislike button posted:

My house has some combination of the following features:

-car port
-chain link fence
-gravel driveway
-above ground swimming pool
-pile of scrap metal

Progressive JPEG posted:

craisins posted:

i have a 3dfx

Barnyard Protein posted:

hey wanna play a game? [hands u a madcatz controller] good fuckin luck connecting a hit, fucker