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Gear Grinding Part 5: The Story of the Broken Tooth

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leswp1 said:
This isn't a therapy thread is it? If it is then the attitude that people are F ups isn't very helpful. You also have no idea whether people are trying to fix things or not. They might be but they shouldn't have to say they are working on stuff because the point of this thread isn't whether you are helping yourself, it is about being aggravated.
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I don't know, I seem to remember you giving people advice fairly often in this thread. :rolleyes:
 
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New thread, to give advice to others, has been created, so we don't have to drag this one down with pesky help.
 
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leswp1 said:
This isn't a therapy thread is it? If it is then the attitude that people are F ups isn't very helpful. You also have no idea whether people are trying to fix things or not. They might be but they shouldn't have to say they are working on stuff because the point of this thread isn't whether you are helping yourself, it is about being aggravated.
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When someone has been *****ing about the same problem for 3+ years, I think it's pretty safe to draw the conclusion they aren't doing squat to improve the situation. Your misguided/hypocritical rant was amusing to read, though.

There's plenty of instances of people complaining about stuff they can control (often followed up with advice from others on how to try to fix it) and also stuff that's out of our control (bad drivers, loud chewers, road crews, etc.) Both are perfectly acceptable. However, when the "under one's control" complaints are repeated over and over for several years, despite plenty of advice to that person on ways to make the situation improve...well guess what. That just grinds my gears. And I should be able to complain about it in this thread without reproach from holier-than-thou types, shouldn't I?
 
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It's really frustrating to watch a good friend repeatedly commit financial suicide... I've known the guy since high school and he's never been really good with his money... But the past year has been really rough watching the stupid spending and financial decisions kick into overdrive... It's getting to the point where stuff is getting cartoonishly stupid (like not realizing that a $1200 payday loan would result in a payment of about $225/week and something that needed to be paid back ASAP... Also filling out his W-4 so taxes are NOT withheld and then simply not paying anything or filing taxes when he learned in April that he owes a significant amount to Uncle Sam)... The guy is now one minor screw-up away from losing utilites and even worse, his townhouse... And yet the stupidity continues... I feel like I have the horse at the water trough, but the horse simply refuses to put his head down and take a drink :mad:
 
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One of the greatest innovations in commuter travel in the past decade has been the advent of "quiet cars." One car of the train is designated as a "quiet car" in which no cell phone usage is allowed, all speakers on computers, etc. are turned off. So why would people, knowing in advance that they are entering a quiet car, proceed to have a conversation for much of their trip? Grr.
 
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Was sternly asked why on one of my projects I didn't pave an intersection. Explained that between the project switching between being done by the contractor, then done by the city, and then by us again, along with a couple other utility conflicts, I skipped it because that's what I was told at the time.

Boss who told me now wants the intersection paved because it was "our mistake" and needed to be done. :rolleyes:

I have a hunch the I'm going to get removed from this project come winter. The boss has nit picked the projects I've been assigned and every time it seems like I make things smooth and the projects are going well, random crap like this comes up.
 
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FreshFish said:
or even better, you send an email that says "this email is to confirm our conversation this morning, in which you told me....."
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Yep - I almost wrote that, too - if you can't get them to put it in writing, you have to do it yourself. And back up your email at least weekly.

I would still say that it's better to get them to write it down, though - if you write it down, it's your words and they honestly may not see it to quibble over the exact phrasing. If *he* writes it, he can't argue semantics or spin later, since they're his own words.
 
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LynahFan said:
Yep - I almost wrote that, too - if you can't get them to put it in writing, you have to do it yourself. And back up your email at least weekly.

I would still say that it's better to get them to write it down, though - if you write it down, it's your words and they honestly may not see it to quibble over the exact phrasing. If *he* writes it, he can't argue semantics or spin later, since they're his own words.
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Since I'm the field inspector for these projects, I am tasked with keeping a field book with notes for all these projects. This little tidbit has already definitely been included in it. :D

Thanks to being in the construction industry for so long, I'm fully aware of being in "C.Y.A." mode all the time.
 
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Agreed. People think it's easy to just stop using something like that.

Should be interesting for my employer as well.
 
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My doorbell went off 4 times at 1 am (and all different "songs"). I think it's the frequency the doorbell uses - and I already fixed it once. This grinds my gears.
 
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Somehow, the National Weather Service sends broadcast text messages to all cell phones in our metropolitan area. Nice to have an insistent beeping at 5:18 AM to let us know it is raining heavily! (as if the drumming sound on the roof wasn't enough) :mad:
 
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FreshFish said:
Somehow, the National Weather Service sends broadcast text messages to all cell phones in our metropolitan area. Nice to have an insistent beeping at 5:18 AM to let us know it is raining heavily! (as if the drumming sound on the roof wasn't enough) :mad:
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I have all of those alerts turned off on my phone. I have no interest it getting a blaring alarm for storms, amber alerts, etc.
 
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