Gear Grinding Part 5: The Story of the Broken Tooth

[aparch]

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IKEA furniture. Why did I think this was a good idea?

I love IKEA furniture. But then again, I love building with LEGO, so I'm used to assembling things with just a few pictures.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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I love IKEA furniture. But then again, I love building with LEGO, so I'm used to assembling things with just a few pictures.

Got it assembled, but not until I literally started forcing pieces together. All those d@mn pegs.

 

[FreshFish]

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I hate UN week. I really hate UN week!

Crowd control barriers. Police checkpoints. Select streets with blockades set up so that the big shots can drive across town without any traffic in their way, which of course means that whatever traffic usually uses those streets is now shunted elsewhere, creating gridlock everywhere.

A giant farking mess.

 

[jen]

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This #X thing promoted on Twitter really grinds my gears. You know what's easier than using #x to "pause a conversation?" Don't look at your effing phone while you're driving. You don't need to instantly reply to everything. Your friends will live without your constant contact. It's not that hard. I shudder to think of a future where cell phone etiquette is a thing of the past because ALL generations have gotten used to having it permanently attached to their hands, all the time, and it isn't considered rude anymore to look at your phone all the time when you're out and ignore everything and everyone around you. That was quite a run-on sentence.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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Nailed it

 

[St. Clown]

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This #X thing promoted on Twitter really grinds my gears. You know what's easier than using #x to "pause a conversation?" Don't look at your effing phone while you're driving. You don't need to instantly reply to everything. Your friends will live without your constant contact. It's not that hard. I shudder to think of a future where cell phone etiquette is a thing of the past because ALL generations have gotten used to having it permanently attached to their hands, all the time, and it isn't considered rude anymore to look at your phone all the time when you're out and ignore everything and everyone around you. That was quite a run-on sentence.

I hate when I'm out with friends and they've got their phones out while we're at a table or something like that. Unless there's something important going on that requires your attention immediately (expecting a death, baby being delivered, etc.), it's just rude to keep checking your phone. If you're out with friends, then those people should be where your attention is placed. I've always thought that if you're checking your phone the whole time, then you're telling the person you're with that someone or something else is more worthy of your time.

 

[FreshFish]

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I hate when I'm out with friends and they've got their phones out while we're at a table or something like that. Unless there's something important going on that requires your attention immediately (expecting a death, baby being delivered, etc.), it's just rude to keep checking your phone. If you're out with friends, then those people should be where your attention is placed. I've always thought that if you're checking your phone the whole time, then you're telling the person you're with that someone or something else is more worthy of your time.

Someone related to me a story about being in a restaurant and watching a group of 8 to 10 young women being seated at a table. Every one of them then pulled out their phone and started tapping keys, each oblivious to the other 7 or 9 people around them.




PS The gender doesn't matter, it merely was what the person saw.

 

[MountieBoyOz]

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I hate when I'm out with friends and they've got their phones out while we're at a table or something like that. Unless there's something important going on that requires your attention immediately (expecting a death, baby being delivered, etc.), it's just rude to keep checking your phone. If you're out with friends, then those people should be where your attention is placed. I've always thought that if you're checking your phone the whole time, then you're telling the person you're with that someone or something else is more worthy of your time.

This times a million. I've made it a rule not to check my phone at dinner. We took the time to get together, so take advantage of it. The whole scene is idiotic if you ask me unless for the reasons you stated. I'll have it on vibrate in case my work calls and needs me to answer any questions. Other than that, they've got my undivided attention.

 

[MissThundercat]

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My boss at the cat shelter I volunteer with got upset when I told her I might have to stop volunteering there because of work, or at the very least, step away for a little while. She said "we all work and volunteer." Problem with working retail is that yes, it's a job, but the hours vary from week to week, so I can't commit to a time like a full time worker with fixed hours would do. And while I love volunteering there, my paid job comes first.

 

[bigblue_dl]

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My boss at the cat shelter I volunteer with got upset when I told her I might have to stop volunteering there because of work, or at the very least, step away for a little while. She said "we all work and volunteer." Problem with working retail is that yes, it's a job, but the hours vary from week to week, so I can't commit to a time like a full time worker with fixed hours would do. And while I love volunteering there, my paid job comes first.

What a *****. What kind of ego do you have to have to think you're a boss when your "employees" are volunteers.

 

[The Rube]

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What a *****. What kind of ego do you have to have to think you're a boss when your "employees" are volunteers.

Ego trip. Many charity people/cause people have this. Devon Still was just ripped because "there are other kids with cancer, you know."

 

[walrus]

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I hate when I'm out with friends and they've got their phones out while we're at a table or something like that. Unless there's something important going on that requires your attention immediately (expecting a death, baby being delivered, etc.), it's just rude to keep checking your phone. If you're out with friends, then those people should be where your attention is placed. I've always thought that if you're checking your phone the whole time, then you're telling the person you're with that someone or something else is more worthy of your time.

I'm not sure it means anything beyond addiction to smart phones.

 

[joecct]

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People who leave their shopping cart all over the place in the parking lot instead of returning it to the front of the store or the cart return depot.

 

[Spartanforlife4]

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People who leave their shopping cart all over the place in the parking lot instead of returning it to the front of the store or the cart return depot.

I've seen some put carts on the grass of those tiny medians that they usually use for growing some trees in the parking lot. Really people? That means they took the effort to lift it up at least 5 inches instead of just roll it back to the cart holder.

As for mine this morning: I guess I was severely dehydrated last night because I woke up at 6am extremely thirsty and even after six glasses of water my mouth still feels dry. Plus I can hear the marching band from my apartment and apparently they start practicing for noon games at 7am so good bye to those extra couple hours of sleep.

 

[MissThundercat]

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What a *****. What kind of ego do you have to have to think you're a boss when your "employees" are volunteers.

Ego trip. Many charity people/cause people have this. Devon Still was just ripped because "there are other kids with cancer, you know."

She never had this attitude towards me before, and other charities that I volunteered with understood that "paid job comes first." I used to work for Sam's Club in 2008-early 2010, and said supervisor knew that eventually, I'd have to stop volunteering.

People who leave their shopping cart all over the place in the parking lot instead of returning it to the front of the store or the cart return depot.

I've seen some put carts on the grass of those tiny medians that they usually use for growing some trees in the parking lot. Really people? That means they took the effort to lift it up at least 5 inches instead of just roll it back to the cart holder.

Didn't encounter any of that today. However, when I ask a customer to leave the cart for me, I get the cart shoved at me, like the customer is trying to take me out with the cart.

 

[leswp1]

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Aggravated with myself. Some time in the last few yrs the protection plan for our phones stopped covering loss or stolen. I missed that little detail. Lil's phone caught as he tried to take it out of his pocket while walking across the canal bridge. Wellllllll, it bounced off the bridge railing, into the canal where lil watched it spinning out of sight. Replacement 600$ at the least. Call into the credit card co which covers stuff for 90 d. I have to call tomorrow. Meanwhile the backup for his contacts, etc is non- functional he is cranky because he is on hold for 20 min and they can't make it fix.

 

[Slap Shot]

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House hunting in Philippines. Had an agreement on the best house I've seen so far regarding amenities and price and I'd stop by tomorrow with three months worth. Another renter stopped by after I left and she agreed to rent to them because they paid one month on the spot. If she told me to pay her today it would have taken 30 minutes for me to come back cash in hand.

 

[bigblue_dl]

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Having to travel to Colombia for work is currently grinding my gears.

 

[wolverineTrumpet]

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Ignorance that would prefer to remain ignorant is grinding my gears.

Production supervisor doesn't believe my answer for what caused failures because, "we make these all the time and haven't seen that before". I point out a few cases where we have seen this failure, on this type of part, she ignores that answer. I give her a part so she can see for herself, she still doesn't believe me.

Two hours later her boss e-mails me with, "usually this causes a low resistance or open. Why do you think caused high resistance." [sic] Umm...because I have the ability to reason? It would never cause low resistance (not a conductive material), and typically for our product high resistance given time and heat will become an electrical open.

I had to fight these same people last week on a different issue, and when I tried to show the production supervisor data, she physically swatted it away.

They won't believe my simple answers. When I expand to show the reasoning behind my conclusion, they refuse to listen. I don't know how to convince someone that won't listen to reason. Logic and facts have always been my ammo, I have been disarmed. What can I do?

 

[MarkEagleUSA]

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They won't believe my simple answers. When I expand to show the reasoning behind my conclusion, they refuse to listen. I don't know how to convince someone that won't listen to reason. Logic and facts have always been my ammo, I have been disarmed. What can I do?

Borrow a shovel!