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my pet peeve is that william shakespeare didn't write in a throwaway character for Julius Caesar whose sole purpose is to eat some pie and say the line "sounds like Julius Caesar got his just desserts!"
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Death Zebra posted:Applying for a job and then immediately receiving an e-mail "inviting" me to the next stage which is an online application form asking for the information that I already gave by submitting my CV. I don't understand why they don't just tell you that you have to fill out the application form to begin with. It's not like they're filtering people out. The last such job I applied for was at 11pm. The most rational (lol) explanation I can think of is that they know how annoying application forms are and are deliberately blind-siding people with them to be arseholes. It actually does filter people out. Entry-level jobs especially get a shitload of applicants, so to file the number down initially some people force you to jump through a tedious extra hoop. Say you get 300 applicants, but 200 of them can't be hosed filling in that application form, you've made your potential hires pool 66% smaller and easier to handle. Still poo poo, but there you go.
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Mar 15, 2016 22:53
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My dad used to review job applications at the company he worked for sometimes. From what he described you'd be gob-smacked at how many people can't even fill out the form in coherent English (and these are ordinary office jobs where you'd be writing poo poo all day).
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Mar 15, 2016 23:42
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Strategic Tea posted:My dad used to review job applications at the company he worked for sometimes. From what he described you'd be gob-smacked at how many people can't even fill out the form in coherent English (and these are ordinary office jobs where you'd be writing poo poo all day). This. I'm running a recruitment drive for my work just now and some of the CVs astound me. Not just bad spelling/grammar but I had one that was a short cover letter and then a literal screengrab of their facebook profile page
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Mar 15, 2016 23:54
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Ryoshi posted:I was at the roller derby international championships I suppose we all mourn in our own ways.
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Mar 16, 2016 00:13
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Cleretic posted:It actually does filter people out. Entry-level jobs especially get a shitload of applicants, so to file the number down initially some people force you to jump through a tedious extra hoop. Say you get 300 applicants, but 200 of them can't be hosed filling in that application form, you've made your potential hires pool 66% smaller and easier to handle. I thought of that while I was writing the post but to due to a combination of laziness (my post writing tends to be really slow as I'm using a tablet on screen keyboard and literally one finger  ) and annoyance I really wasn't inclined to write about it. I should have done though.
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Mar 16, 2016 00:37
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reformed bad troll posted:This. I'm running a recruitment drive for my work just now and some of the CVs astound me. Not just bad spelling/grammar but I had one that was a short cover letter and then a literal screengrab of their facebook profile page At least you get actual CVs! My mom used to work HR for a large company and there were people who'd call up and be like, "Do you have a job for me, my girlfriend said you were hiring. No, I don't know what job I'm calling about. "
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Mar 16, 2016 01:13
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reformed bad troll posted:This. I'm running a recruitment drive for my work just now and some of the CVs astound me. Not just bad spelling/grammar but I had one that was a short cover letter and then a literal screengrab of their facebook profile page That should be framed.
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Mar 16, 2016 03:23
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another jobhunting pet peeve: in Belgium, there's now a law that potential employers have to reply to every applicant, even if it's to say no. So now a lot of recruitment agencies have you fill out a form (with the same basic info as on the cv that they also let you upload) and then send an automated confirmation mail that they got your form. This automated mail counts as a reply.
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Mar 16, 2016 16:53
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" Wow, you're great at drawing! Can you design a tattoo for me?" Have you considered... asking... a tattoo artist? You know, many of them actually make a living drawing. Crazy, I know. (This is an especially stupid request when they don't even offer to pay me.)
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Mar 16, 2016 17:13
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cash crab posted:" I can relate to this one, replace art with tech support. Fun fact: I may know what I'm doing with computers in general wrt programming, but most of the time when Windows does something stupid it's either A) your fault or B) easily solvable in five minutes by googling the exact error message given and doing some basic deduction from that. And if it's any more complicated than that I can assure you nobody in their right mind is gonna do it for free (e.g. your computer BSoD'd because you downloaded and ran a virus by accident).
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Mar 16, 2016 22:59
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My dad's office got an application with a competency question like describe a time where you made effective decisions "I don't have any managerial experience but I'm sure if I got the job I would learn as I go" I'm applying for that job so it made me feel better but it's me, that guy and 7000 other people. For less than 100 posts. My pet peeve is the lack of nepotism in the civil service these days 
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Mar 16, 2016 23:06
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When product packaging uses glue that is way stronger than the cardboard it is holding together. gently caress it guess those crackers are going in a tupperware since I had to shred the package to get at them.
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Mar 16, 2016 23:19
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Telemarketers and spoofed caller ID numbers. That poo poo can't be legal, can it? Cause I sure get a lot of calls from numbers that give me a "This number no longer in service/is disconnected" message when I call back.
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Mar 16, 2016 23:20
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Danger Mahoney posted:When product packaging uses glue that is way stronger than the cardboard it is holding together. gently caress it guess those crackers are going in a tupperware since I had to shred the package to get at them. See also: stuff that comes in a bag with a "Tear here -->" on it and the arrow points to a spot on the bag that is 100% the same as every other part of the bag and no easier to tear. I just go straight to cutting open most packaging because I'm tired of falling for that poo poo.
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Mar 17, 2016 00:23
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Danger Mahoney posted:When product packaging uses glue that is way stronger than the cardboard it is holding together. gently caress it guess those crackers are going in a tupperware since I had to shred the package to get at them. Related to this: resealable plastic packaging where the resealable bit sticks together like it was loving glued and you end up tearing the plastic around it trying to open the drat thing. Or, when tearing the packaging open at the part where it tells you, you either end up tearing off too little- so you have to take scissors to it anyway, or too much- making the resealable part loving useless.
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Mar 17, 2016 17:02
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gleebster posted:I suppose we all mourn in our own ways. It was either go to the event I'd bought tickets for months before or sit by myself in an AirBnB rental house all day with no food and no car, but by all means go on passing judgment man.
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Mar 17, 2016 18:23
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When people tell me I'd look so pretty with jeweltone color streaks in my hair and absolutely refuse to listen when I've told them I've tried and it doesn't work without bleaching my hair crispy. Nothing like coworkers reminding you of a failed dream to put you in a poo poo mood for your work shift.
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Mar 17, 2016 19:52
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queserasera posted:When people tell me I'd look so pretty with jeweltone color streaks in my hair and absolutely refuse to listen when I've told them I've tried and it doesn't work without bleaching my hair crispy. Nothing like coworkers reminding you of a failed dream to put you in a poo poo mood for your work shift. I feel bad that that makes you feel so bad. What about those colored clip-in extensions?
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Mar 17, 2016 22:29
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artsy fartsy posted:I feel bad that that makes you feel so bad. What about those colored clip-in extensions? That I can do--and will do, in fact. I was pissy earlier about it because I remember trying to get it done in college and having it fail spectacularly.
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Mar 17, 2016 23:24
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Online recipes that are made by lunatics who had their tongues cut out so to them poo poo like "1 1/2 cups white sugar and 1 cup brown sugar" seems reasonable an good. No they're not!? In so many cookie recipes there's too much drat sugar. This one recipe of asks for nearly two cups of white sugar. I can't eat that poo poo, there's just so sugary and cloying and one gives me a stomach ache and nausea  Why didn't I listen to my instincts and halve that poo poo.
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Mar 17, 2016 23:52
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Really loving loud body functions, like yawning. Sneezing I can forgive for the first sneeze, but cover your mouth. I had a ride today with a guy who wasn't used to being up so early, so he'd yawn, loudly, the kind where you stretch your entire head like a loving snake choking down an antelope, EVERY FIFTEEN MINUTES. And complained how tired he was. Dude, that is great, but you signed up to ride with me, I work this poo poo every day and don't need you loving yawning and reminding me I didn't get enough sleep last night! People who are "too good" to work retail. An old friend of mine worked at a grocery store and was making good money when she decided cashiering wasn't for her, and quit. What was for her, you ask? Well, she's an artist! She makes clothes for the SIMS games and makes other game mods! She graduated high school, never got any art training outside of the idiots on deviantArt, and was shocked her parents demanded she get another job to help pay bills. She ended up, last I heard, volunteering at a friend's game store, where she'd work, unpaid, for 40-50 hours a week and maybe get a new videogame here and there. She said being a cashier was horrible and so boring and she wanted to live her dream! Which is well and fine but bitch, when you got bills to pay, you don't get to whine about having to get a job when your art is "so much more fun."
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Mar 18, 2016 01:32
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Cowslips Warren posted:Really loving loud body functions, like yawning. "Yeeehhh." Stretch. "Yeehh." Stretch. "YEEHH. YEH YEH YEH YEH YEH" What the gently caress is this poo poo
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Mar 18, 2016 05:03
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Arrath posted:Telemarketers and spoofed caller ID numbers. That poo poo can't be legal, can it? Once I got a call that the ID was *my* number. THE CALLS ARE COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE AAAAAAA
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Mar 18, 2016 05:26
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A couple people I work with always say "knock on wood!" then knock on their desks and it breaks my concentration and fills me with great rage. Also one girl always says "good morning" when she answers the phone, like every time, no matter what time it is. It happens to everyone here and there, but this is every time.
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Mar 18, 2016 05:30
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Searching realty websites and the like to find a place, and most listings have two options for pictures: 1) 320 pixel x 240 pixel heavily jpeg'd images that look like complete poo poo, should have been rejected on sight, and you can't make out a single solitary thing, but they have a giant watermarked copyright of 2016 on them  .2) at least larger 800 pixel x 600 pixel images that are clearer than the former, but look like they were taken on a 1.0 megapixel camera from 2001. Oh, and the image is way overexposed or underexposed. This is two-motherfucking-thousand and sixteen, why are realty websites so awful at pictures? I get that realtors care more about potential buyers and getting money than taking pictures or at least having an employee with basic knowledge of how cameras work and Photoshop, but when your pictures look like... that, it cheapens your overall image and makes me think you're some scummy fly-by-night slumlord trying to pawn off property, even if the property could potentially be nice (but isn't shown as so because of the lovely pics).
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Mar 18, 2016 14:28
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Cowslips Warren posted:Really loving loud body functions, like yawning. Sneezing I can forgive for the first sneeze, My pet peeve is people who sneeze like their head is going to explode. I know they can't control it logically but I FEEL the bastards are doing it on purpose!
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Mar 18, 2016 14:52
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Cowslips Warren posted:Which is well and fine but bitch, when you got bills to pay, you don't get to whine about having to get a job when your art is "so much more fun." "Ugh, I'm so poor. They're going to shut my power off next week because I can't afford the bill." "I saw in the paper that Target has immediate openings for cashiers." "UUUUUGGGGH, I'm not doing that."
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You Are A Elf posted:This is two-motherfucking-thousand and sixteen, why are realty websites so awful at pictures? It's deliberate. They want to make you come and see the place in person so they can try to talk you into it.
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Mar 18, 2016 15:36
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Sports team fans that argue about whether or not someone is "allowed" to be a fan of multiple teams. Case in point: I live in Nebraska and college sports here can get pretty crazy, to the point that fans of the UNL Cornhuskers will argue with fans of other college teams like the Creighton Blue Jays or UNO Mavericks about how they need to "pick a side" or they're not "real fans" if they don't support one specific team. It gets especially bad with the Husker fans, but since I'm not a college sports buff I just toss in their face that it's been almost 20 years since that poo poo team has won a national championship. gently caress y'all, you want to annoy me I'll spit truth and watch you flail helplessly and make excuses because you have nothing better to do with your life than cling to a college sports team and live vicariously through them, you losers.GOTTA STAY FAI posted:"Ugh, I'm so poor. They're going to shut my power off next week because I can't afford the bill." This poo poo too, people need to suck it up and take what they can get until they can find what they want. If they don't want to try, it's their own drat fault - I've worked lovely retail jobs after being laid off and then found something better later. Doesn't pay well and may not be the greatest, but it's temporary, puts money in my pocket, and for some people could be a wake-up call to dealing with whiny/needy/entitled assholes like themselves. BOOTY-ADE has a new favorite as of 15:40 on Mar 18, 2016 |
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DarkCrawler posted:My pet peeve is people who sneeze like their head is going to explode. I know they can't control it logically but I FEEL the bastards are doing it on purpose! Similar note: I've broken my nose a few times, and so my septum is just a mound of hamburger. So when I sneeze, it stops short halfway through my nose and I make this really dense "PFFFT" noise and then I have to take a second to recover because it feels like being punched in the face. 90% of people who see me do this very helpfully suggest I should try sneezing like a normal person. I CAN'T, YOU DUMBASS. GOTTA STAY FAI posted:"Ugh, I'm so poor. They're going to shut my power off next week because I can't afford the bill." I understand not everyone can hack it in retail positions, because let's face it, they're actually pretty hard. Especially cashiers confined to a till in a place like Target or Safeway. It's dull, but stressful, and people scream incredibly personal abuse at you all the time. But I always bristle when people suggest they're too good for that sort of thing. You're too good to have a job? gently caress off.
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Ozz81 posted:Sports team fans that argue about whether or not someone is "allowed" to be a fan of multiple teams. Case in point: I live in Nebraska and college sports here can get pretty crazy, to the point that fans of the UNL Cornhuskers will argue with fans of other college teams like the Creighton Blue Jays or UNO Mavericks about how they need to "pick a side" or they're not "real fans" if they don't support one specific team. It gets especially bad with the Husker fans, but since I'm not a college sports buff I just toss in their face that it's been almost 20 years since that poo poo team has won a national championship. gently caress y'all, you want to annoy me I'll spit truth and watch you flail helplessly and make excuses because you have nothing better to do with your life than cling to a college sports team and live vicariously through them, you losers. Creighton and Omaha don't even have football teams to my knowledge (at least on the FBS level) so that's extra dumb. I assumed everyone in Nebraska rooted for the Huskers in the fall and then did their own thing for other sports.
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I live in Nebraska and people are downright offended that I didn't entirely denounce my college team to become a Huskers fan. When I ask them if they'd stop being Huskers fans if they moved closer to another college of course the answer is always "hell no!" They don't get how these two are related.
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I'm at a bar, there's a sign that says "on tap" then has a list of beers. I ordered one from that list and it came in a bottle, what the gently caress? not that I'm against bottled beers but I would like to know in advance
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Mar 19, 2016 05:31
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Facebook friends who get involved in obvious pyramid schemes.
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Celery Face posted:Facebook friends who get involved in obvious pyramid schemes. I've got one person on mine currently heavily involved in Herbalife, Shakeology and that Beach Body Coaching thing. The amount of posts she makes daily about each is insane. The worst part is she is clearly not making any money but sticks with it - her and her husband got evicted from their apartment because they pre-bought so much herbalife poo poo that they couldn't pay rent and had to move back in with her parents. She posted this is a inspirational story about how Herbalife and the other poo poo "kept her going when times were tough". I mean I give them props for being persistent and putting a lot of effort into it, but I don't understand with all the material out there explaining why they are scams and how you will almost certainly not make money they still do it. If they just channeled all that effort into a legitimate job they'd probably be happier and actually be making money instead of relying on the pity of family to survive financially.
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Ozz81 posted:Sports team fans that argue about whether or not someone is "allowed" to be a fan of multiple teams. Case in point: I live in Nebraska and college sports here can get pretty crazy, to the point that fans of the UNL Cornhuskers will argue with fans of other college teams like the Creighton Blue Jays or UNO Mavericks about how they need to "pick a side" or they're not "real fans" if they don't support one specific team. It gets especially bad with the Husker fans, but since I'm not a college sports buff I just toss in their face that it's been almost 20 years since that poo poo team has won a national championship. gently caress y'all, you want to annoy me I'll spit truth and watch you flail helplessly and make excuses because you have nothing better to do with your life than cling to a college sports team and live vicariously through them, you losers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN1WN0YMWZU
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Celery Face posted:Facebook friends who get involved in obvious pyramid schemes. I'm not sure what's worse, the fact they get sucked into the MLM crap or the fact that the MLM crap totally sucks their personality away. I had (past tense) a friend who used to be cool and was someone I'd talk to regularly then she got into that Jamberry bullshit and suddenly every conversation turned into a canned sales pitch. I had to stop talking to her because she literally couldn't say anything that wasn't a scripted sales pitch anymore. I also have a Facebook friend who's into the Shakeology/Beach Body bullshit and will actually go out of her way to shame people who mention going to the gym or going out for a run or other traditional forms of exercise that don't require bouncing around like an idiot in front of your TV. Didn't you KNOW you could SAVE MONEY and NOT PAY FOR A GYM MEMBERSHIP or BORE YOURSELF TO DEATH RUNNING if you just buy these horrifically overpriced DVDs from ME, YOUR NEW COACH?!?!?!?!
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Tagging along with a friend to a party they got invited to only to find out it's a MLM party of some kind when you get there.
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There's a sinister conspiracy on hand in the Laptop Industry. Everything I look at have the trackpad edging towards, or literally on the left side on the machine. I HATE leaning over with my right hand to use it. Put it in the center damnit! I don't want to buy a mouse >:T
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