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Midig posted:The extremely prevalent hypocrisy when it comes to rudeness. Those who call out rudeness are usually waaaay more rude. Was feeling sort of ill and got little sleep the other day, but I need the money so I did not call off work. Got berated by some customer for not greeting him enthusiastically enough. Maybe I was not at my best 8 o clock in the morning, but I think it is sort of odd and hypocritical to DEMAND politeness out of me. It should come naturally, not as the lifeblood of your day. If it's all loving mandatory and contrived then I don't even see the point of it. Forgot to say thank you for a cup of tea while you are silently thankful, better sour the mood by making a big deal out of it! Politeness means being considerate of the people around you, not just saying please and thank you. The thing that baffles me there are people that expect your a game at all times. It's like hey life isn't perfect and poo poo happens, you know? I think the worst I ever saw for that was customers getting annoyed if restaurant people were obviously wore out because they'd been there like 14 hours. That happens because of how that industry works sometimes and pretty much nobody will be 100% on after 14 hours of work no matter what that work is. Related are people that act like not being a morning person is some kind of crime. Hate to break it to you but some people are just barely functional at 8 a.m. and there is nothing wrong with that. Of course these are the same people who will demand to see a manager at the slightest error and then bitch until they get something free.
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So 12 hours is absolute max where I am from and only happens in such industries, while 8 hours (including break) is the norm. We also do not have this "let me speak to the manager mentality" that I assume is prevalent at Mcdonald's or Walmart in the US. Also to expand upon the rudeness/manners thing, some of the rudest people I know are the ones most obsessed with it, such as "no arms on the table while eating". I think it is the larger societies fault since the concept of rudeness/manners is taught from when you are young, but you are taught to follow rules and not how to be empathic and understanding. Which is why a lot of people can be the most polite angels in certain circumstances where it is socially demanded of you and then become rude and vicious people outside of this (such as being a customer or being on the internet). Midig has a new favorite as of 22:10 on Aug 9, 2018 |
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Aug 9, 2018 22:07
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Midig posted:So 12 hours is absolute max where I am from and only happens in such industries, while 8 hours (including break) is the norm. We also do not have this "let me speak to the manager mentality" that I assume is prevalent at Mcdonald's or Walmart in the US. Oh, you mean like how my mother will fastidiously set the table with linen napkins and multiple forks, everything is passed with a "please" and a "thank you," you have to ask to leave the table, yet she can't resist "joking" about how black people "all look the same"? Raised right.
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Aug 9, 2018 22:21
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Raised Reich.
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Aug 10, 2018 06:25
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I swear some companies make it difficult to pay your bills on purpose.
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Aug 10, 2018 07:20
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"oh did i say that out loud"
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Aug 11, 2018 21:37
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Overwatch Porn posted:"oh did i say that out loud" “I said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet”
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Aug 12, 2018 05:01
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I've encountered a couple of people lately who call slide shows "PPTs". Like, in actual speech as well as writing. They actually talk out loud about "creating a peepeetee" or whatever.
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Aug 12, 2018 05:21
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"Excel sheets", "Word documents" and so on...
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Aug 12, 2018 09:23
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Neighbours who play crappy, loud music on their balcony. Seriously, who wants to hear "You win again" by the BeeGees 5 times in one hour? No, not on repeat, they play that track as every second to third song.
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Aug 12, 2018 12:19
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Tiggum posted:I've encountered a couple of people lately who call slide shows "PPTs". Like, in actual speech as well as writing. They actually talk out loud about "creating a peepeetee" or whatever. Corporate abbreviations (or whatever they’re called I can’t think of the right word) are one of my most hated things. And unfortunately I am using them now. Store manager? GM. Area manager? AM. There’s a bunch of other stupid ones too that again I can’t remember because I just woke up. Corporate talk is absolute garbage and I hate the fake go-getter attitude of people who gladly use them. “Man, Joe Blow is a Million Man!!!” *runs around like they’re on coke while they’re saying this* I work in retail-ish and these people get promoted like crazy. I just can’t do it, it’s too disgusting. I feel dirty like I need to rip my skin off of I say any of those terms. please give me a real job please
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Aug 12, 2018 12:28
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I can't tell if my current job is more or less corporate than my last one, but at least no one's saying "scrum" anymore. Kind of related peeve: text boxes that automatically highlight the text when you click on them, so when I (unconsciously, on autopilot because I'm at work) click and sweep across the text it de-selects instead of selects 
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Aug 12, 2018 14:42
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I work in newspaper layout and my job includes products from multiple markets. It seems that every newsroom or in some cases very editor has different lingo. One man’s deck is another man’s subhead, even though the program we use has specific definitions for those terms. A kicker could be the thing above a headline that tells you what the topic is or it could be part of the article itself. I’ve had one editor refer to the former option as an “eyebrow.” There needs to be an AP Stylebook but just for lingo.
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Aug 12, 2018 15:05
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Henchman of Santa posted:I work in newspaper layout and my job includes products from multiple markets. It seems that every newsroom or in some cases very editor has different lingo. One man’s deck is another man’s subhead, even though the program we use has specific definitions for those terms. A kicker could be the thing above a headline that tells you what the topic is or it could be part of the article itself. I’ve had one editor refer to the former option as an “eyebrow.” There needs to be an AP Stylebook but just for lingo. Oh see we call that "jargon" no wonder
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Aug 12, 2018 15:11
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I don't mind jargon if it's something a word doesn't already exist for, but when you start calling things that already have perfectly good words already jargony stuff, it gets pretty annoying. It seems common in office settings because it makes the job seem harder than it actually is, which gives them more power to fire people for arbitrary reasons, like if some guy is doing his job fine but nobody likes him, they could say he wasn't buying in to company culture by using the buzz words or whatever.
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Aug 12, 2018 15:17
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yeah I eat rear end posted:People who call you repeatedly without leaving a message or at least a text saying who they are. I haven't answered your daily call the past 7 days guy, take a hint. It just makes me more suspicious that you want to sell me some bullshit when you do that. Agreed. Counter point, I hate when people that I talk to 20 times a day actually leave me messages. I'll see the missed call, I'll call you back. You know I'll call you back. I always call people back. I don't need a message to know that you're my co-worker that I've already spoken to 10 times today and will be speaking to 10 more times later.
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Aug 12, 2018 17:52
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mostlygray posted:Agreed. Voicemails from people you talk to a lot can be infuriating. Like they will just ramble about things like how they thought they should call you since they had some free time while out shopping and have you seen the sale they have on laundry detergent? what a bargain oh and this lady from work was asking how you were and I told her x y and z and....OhI'mRunningOutOfTimeCallMeBackIt'sSuperImportantGottaGoBye (said in the final 2 seconds).
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Aug 12, 2018 18:23
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*my nose when my arms and hands are full* "Heeeeyy, so, your nose here. I can see that you've got your hands full and can in no way release them from what your'e holding, so I guess I'll just give you THE BIGGEST loving ITCH YOU'VE EVER EXPERIENCED AT THIS GODDAMN MOMENT." Every. Single. Motherfucking. Time. * See also: going an entire day without your phone ringing once, but the second you wash your hands and they're all wet and dripping, ~*RING RING MOTHERFUCKER*~
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Aug 12, 2018 18:41
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yeah I eat rear end posted:Voicemails from people you talk to a lot can be infuriating. Like they will just ramble about things like how they thought they should call you since they had some free time while out shopping and have you seen the sale they have on laundry detergent? what a bargain oh and this lady from work was asking how you were and I told her x y and z and....OhI'mRunningOutOfTimeCallMeBackIt'sSuperImportantGottaGoBye (said in the final 2 seconds). No, the annoying one is it comes from a private number, that loving message is like 10 min long and at the very end they give a callback number with a 8 number extention in about 1/4 of a second so you have to listen for like 30 loving min to get the right number
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Aug 12, 2018 18:51
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People who smoke out their windows. It's always fun to have that stench just seep into my apartment through the windows. Also the smokers in my building have caused 2 actual fires since I moved in. So gently caress them extremely much. ( Chucking lit cigs into the underground vents for windows and stuff. Not sure what the term for them are. (Y'know, when windows are underground? Window Wells?))
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Aug 12, 2018 21:34
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The Mighty Moltres posted:I'm playing as a feral werewolf in Skyrim right now, and I'm getting tired of listening to "Werewolves of London" as a way to get pumped up before transforming and terrorizing the countryside. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1-xRk6llh4
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Aug 12, 2018 22:36
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People who won’t change their avatar from the default one. I’ll see a post by some jackass like “I hate them queers and blacks!!!!” And then a couple posts later I see some post and just mentally assume it’s the same person and then I look at the name and it’s a different person! Argh. It’s like 5 or 10 dollars just buy a drat avatar even if it’s some weird anime boobs or something.
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Aug 13, 2018 04:13
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Websites that detect what browser you're using and block you from accessing them if yours isn't on their list. I don't need to "upgrade" my browser, it's the latest version, it's just not one of the five most popular ones in the world. It would work fine if you'd let it.
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Aug 13, 2018 11:49
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Tiggum posted:Websites that detect what browser you're using and block you from accessing them if yours isn't on their list. I don't need to "upgrade" my browser, it's the latest version, it's just not one of the five most popular ones in the world. It would work fine if you'd let it. Guys, I found the dude using WebTV! I thought you got banned a long time ago.
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Aug 13, 2018 11:58
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Two weeks ago, I had a flood in my apartment due a washing machine hose bursting after midnight, and I couldn't get the water valve at the pipe shut off (the valve was both rusted and sitting lodged behind another pipe in the corner of the kitchen by the floor, and I couldn't get my hand or pliers around the valve to shut it with any leverage). So I had to call the emergence maintenance line for my apartment building management. The emergency maintenance line is really a voicemail system that allows you to leave a message with the building manager, and his phone will ring after you've left the message. This means that you have to wait for the automated recording to first go through "Press 1 for Annabelle in the main office, Press 2 for Balthazar in billing," etc. until you get "Press 8 for emergency maintenance." Then, when you've pressed 8, you have to listen to a recording listing all the types of issues that are NOT emergencies with directions to hang up and call the main office, and then you have to listen to the recording giving you examples of things that ARE emergencies. Then, once that's done, you are directed to input your phone number using the key pad and leave a message. I don't know how long that whole procedure took -- maybe a minute? -- but it is entirely too loving long when you're in an apartment with a pipe spraying water everywhere. Then, because my hands and clothes were all wet from trying to shut the water off, I couldn't input my phone number on the keypad of my iphone because the screen wouldn't register touches from my damp fingers. I had to go through that whole recording a second time. There should be a separate phone number for emergencies, and the list of what does and does not constitute an emergency should be attached to your lease or somewhere where everyone needs to read it at least once -- not as a recorded message you have to sit through while you're trying not to panic as your apartment floods. GODDAMNIT. So, my apartment flooded into the communal hallway and down into the ceiling of the apartment below me, which sustained even more damage than my apartment did. The apartment management has had to pay for water emergency cleanup service (4 days of work) and carpet shampooing. Also, the night of the flood, I slipped on the wet carpet as I was moving my belongings off the floor and sprained my thumb, and tomorrow I have to consult with a hand surgeon because I probably have torn ligament in there. (My thumb moves in mysterious and unnatural ways when it's not in a brace -- it's gross.) All because some genius decided to install the valve to the water pipes behind another pipe, where it couldn't be turned except in the best of conditions. Aha, that is the real peeve! 
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Aug 13, 2018 14:34
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I rode the bus to work and someone was smoking at the bus stop and now I'm paranoid I smell like smoke.
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Aug 13, 2018 18:37
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Well-intentioned FB posts denouncing animal abuse, complete with gross descriptions and pics of what someone did to their pets/pets they were taking care of. Last one I saw included the pic of a drowned dog. What the hell???? I do not need to see that each time I open my timeline, especially if it is someone in the other loving corner of the country or even in another country entirely. Don't give me the "I reposted it so you would know not to get near that person", when I (and you) would need a plane to do so. It's just morbid.
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Jiru posted:Well-intentioned FB posts denouncing animal abuse, complete with gross descriptions and pics of what someone did to their pets/pets they were taking care of. Last one I saw included the pic of a drowned dog. What the hell???? I do not need to see that each time I open my timeline, especially if it is someone in the other loving corner of the country or even in another country entirely. Don't give me the "I reposted it so you would know not to get near that person", when I (and you) would need a plane to do so. It's just morbid. Similarly (except for the well-intentioned part): people who post gore of the coptic christians in egypt being beheaded by ISIS and linking to that religion of peace website. Like yeah it's bad, but I do not need to see people getting their heads cut off or victims of chemical weapon attacks etc on my facebook. It's especially annoying because it's not supposed to make you feel bad for the victims, it is clearly "hate islam" propaganda.
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Aug 14, 2018 17:29
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My friend's kid is in a charter school BASIS, and she raves about how great it is and how much he is learning. Okay, cool. She recently quit her job as a hospital tech, got her bachelor's in some kind of ecological and water science, and is now teaching (the gently caress?) at a public school in a poo poo area. She is horrified at how little the kids know and how poo poo the school is and all this....but when I asked her why she didn't get a job at a charter school, she brushed it off. Later she told me this year is just a stepping stone, next year she should be able to be a special science/ecology teacher in the same district AND will be able to sign on for the pension plan and all the benefits. So. Wait. Public school is horrible but she is totally willing to skate by and be clearly disgusted by these kids, as long as she gets a nice pension from it, something no charter school offers. The state of education in the US is my peeve. And the fact she clearly hates the school and the dumb kids she is teaching but it's worth it if she gets a pension plan. Cowslips Warren has a new favorite as of 04:02 on Aug 15, 2018 |
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Aug 15, 2018 03:58
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More and more news sources on my Google News page is limiting me to only a few articles a month and then starts asking for money. I'm about ready to block New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, etc because I want to read some loving free news without being bothered about money.
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Aug 15, 2018 17:25
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Being called about every small detail for a gather up, 5 times in a row. Either say everything you want in one conversation or text.
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Aug 16, 2018 23:23
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Bit of an internal peeve, but I hate how my brain goes into  mode when it comes to planning travel times and stuff. Intellectually, I understand that I don't need to worry about leaving 40 min early for something 20 min away, but at the same time a part of my brain is screaming YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE LEAVE NOW JFC
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Aug 17, 2018 00:35
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Why do some people clip their keys to a belt loop instead of just putting them into their pocket, so you have to listen to nonstop jingling? Why do they even have that many keys? I carry a key to lock my house. It's also normal to have a key for a vehicle. What the gently caress are the other 15-20 keys for and why are you carrying them daily?
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Aug 17, 2018 01:26
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:Why do some people clip their keys to a belt loop instead of just putting them into their pocket, so you have to listen to nonstop jingling? Why do they even have that many keys? House key, car key, garage key, mailbox key, work outer door key, work inner door key, work mailbox key, parents house key, gimp cage key, parents garage key, parents mailbox key, wife’s car key, bike lock key, file cabinet key It’s all pretty standard stuff, my dude
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:Why do some people clip their keys to a belt loop instead of just putting them into their pocket, so you have to listen to nonstop jingling? Why do they even have that many keys? See, I use a carabiner clip to attach my keys to my belt loop because that makes them easy to grab. But! And here's the fun and easy part: I tuck my hanging keys into my pocket! Because i, too, hate sounding like a cart full of spoons.
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Aug 17, 2018 02:26
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areyoucontagious posted:House key, car key, garage key, mailbox key, work outer door key, work inner door key, work mailbox key, parents house key, gimp cage key, parents garage key, parents mailbox key, wife’s car key, bike lock key, file cabinet key House key, car key. The rest of those are things that can be left at home unless you are using them. What the gently caress. When are you ever going to be unlocking your garage while away from home? Once you get past 3-4 keys it's probably easier to just carry lock picks. A FUCKIN CANARY!! has a new favorite as of 03:10 on Aug 17, 2018 |
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I get annoyed on Facebook when people say they would do something but they can’t. Specifically, my sister is trying to find a home for a dog. Sweet dog, but has some problems with other dogs. So she posts and there’s all these comments about how they would in a second but they already have chester. I’d take him in a heartbeat but he wouldn’t get along with Cody. Shut the gently caress up, what possible good are these comments doing other than her seeing the notification and thinking someone can take the dog but oops I’d take him right now except Lola is already here.
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Aug 17, 2018 05:36
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:House key, car key. The rest of those are things that can be left at home unless you are using them. What the gently caress. When are you ever going to be unlocking your garage while away from home? I never leave home without my gimp cage keys
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oldpainless posted:I get annoyed on Facebook when people say they would do something but they can’t. Specifically, my sister is trying to find a home for a dog. Sweet dog, but has some problems with other dogs. So she posts and there’s all these comments about how they would in a second but they already have chester. I’d take him in a heartbeat but he wouldn’t get along with Cody. Shut the gently caress up, what possible good are these comments doing other than her seeing the notification and thinking someone can take the dog but oops I’d take him right now except Lola is already here. I follow a couple of local animal shelters and ugggghhhhhh I loving hate this as well. I guess it might boost how many people see the post? Still super annoying. Good luck to your sister finding doggo a home tho! She could actually think about contacting a local shelter to see if they could put the dog up on their social media or even handle adoption with her acting as a foster? I've seen people do that.
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:Why do some people clip their keys to a belt loop instead of just putting them into their pocket, so you have to listen to nonstop jingling? Why do they even have that many keys? I don't have a ton of keys, and I hate hanging them off my belt. So I got a small key clip that suspends them from the side of my pocket, inside the pocket. Much more comfortable that way, and easier to take out if I've got other stuff in the pocket as well.
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