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Grinding Away..Things that grind your gears, part three

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To the ******* who let his dog take a dump right in front of my building's door. **** you.
 
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Old Pio said:
Unfreakinbelievable. And far from unique in today's America. I think TV has had a corrosive effect on our collective manners. We talk, we walk around, we eat, and DVR's make it even easier to be boorish. The problem is taking these manners on the road. As a kid the old man took all of us to see a Pete Fountain concert at an outdoor theatre. Godfrey Hirsch was there and IIRC so was Al Hirt. Some pretty powerful talent. And the music was wonderful. Except for the two middle aged ladies sitting behind us who yakked constantly throughout (why would somebody buy tickets, get dressed up and drive to a concert to spend the entire time discussing the affairs of their boring lives?) Anyway, the old man put up with it for a long time, finally asking the two insufferably rude babes if they'd like him to ask the guy with the clarinet to shut up. Naturally they were offended at his impertinence. But at least they shut up. I'm guessing you handled this situation better than I would have.
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And you wore an onion on your belt, as was the style at the time...
 
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unofan said:
And you wore an onion on your belt, as was the style at the time...
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NSFW Language and probably nudity.
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JuveGG24 said:
To the ******* who let his dog take a dump right in front of my building's door. **** you.
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Teachers that give HUGE assignments for school vacation grind my gears. Lil has a massive project that the teacher didn't give the ruberic for until Friday. He has been working on it every day so far. Not done. Has a youth group trip this week end for a human dog sled race. Really sweating if he will be able to get it done. This means we can't do anything fun as a family because he has been at it from about 9AM to 9pm with little breaks for the last 4 days. (saturday we had somewhere to go) :mad:
 
leswp1 said:
Teachers that give HUGE assignments for school vacation grind my gears. Lil has a massive project that the teacher didn't give the ruberic for until Friday. He has been working on it every day so far. Not done. Has a youth group trip this week end for a human dog sled race. Really sweating if he will be able to get it done. This means we can't do anything fun as a family because he has been at it from about 9AM to 9pm with little breaks for the last 4 days. (saturday we had somewhere to go) :mad:
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My teachers loved to do this over Christmas break. We'd spend half our time in Chicago and Milwaukee doing homework and projects when we should have been visiting with family.
 
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MinnesotaNorthStar said:
My teachers loved to do this over Christmas break. We'd spend half our time in Chicago and Milwaukee doing homework and projects when we should have been visiting with family.
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I can't believe they actually want more money. Stupid, freeloading, overpaid homework mongers.

Settle down people, it's a joke.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
I can't believe they actually want more money. Stupid, freeloading, overpaid homework mongers.
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Exactly - if I had it my way, they'd be paid $15.00/hr. (no overtime pay, of course).

It's time to cut back on their fringe benefits too. If that means eliminating the teacher's lounge and making cuts to the "Friday afternoon take-out pizza & beer budget", then so be it. :D
 
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Why do people not listen to voicemail anymore :confused: Today I had two separate people not pick up my call, so I left a message... Both later called back, saying "I saw you called. What's up?" Neither listened to the voice mail... One of them was detailing some pretty intricate schedule changes for the upcoming high school baseball season, so it was kinda lengthy... I already went over this once... There is no need for me to repeat myself... Listen to the message, then call back if you have any questions... You have the recording feature for a reason :mad: :rolleyes:
 
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RaceBoarder said:
Why do people not listen to voicemail anymore :confused: Today I had two separate people not pick up my call, so I left a message... Both later called back, saying "I saw you called. What's up?" Neither listened to the voice mail... One of them was detailing some pretty intricate schedule changes for the upcoming high school baseball season, so it was kinda lengthy... I already went over this once... There is no need for me to repeat myself... Listen to the message, then call back if you have any questions... You have the recording feature for a reason :mad: :rolleyes:
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That drives me absolutely nuts.
 
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That's right up there with a coworker sending you an email, and immediately upon hitting "send", they come to your office to let you know they sent you an email and want to know what you think.

Look: you just sent the **** thing. I see it. Now give me a chance to read it! Turn around, waddle back to your chair, sit the eff down and wait for me to type up a response or come talk to you myself. God I hate that.
 
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johnnypohlfan said:
That's right up there with a coworker sending you an email, and immediately upon hitting "send", they come to your office to let you know they sent you an email and want to know what you think.

Look: you just sent the **** thing. I see it. Now give me a chance to read it! Turn around, waddle back to your chair, sit the eff down and wait for me to type up a response or come talk to you myself. God I hate that.
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I do that to people, but when I do that, it is to send someone a spreadsheet or something like that. I write a very short summary so when they go back through email, they know what its about, but don't go into detail, with the plan to talk to the person about the attachment right away.
 
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johnnypohlfan said:
That's right up there with a coworker sending you an email, and immediately upon hitting "send", they come to your office to let you know they sent you an email and want to know what you think.

Look: you just sent the **** thing. I see it. Now give me a chance to read it! Turn around, waddle back to your chair, sit the eff down and wait for me to type up a response or come talk to you myself. God I hate that.
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I used to share a cube with a guy who would send me an e-mail AND print it to hand to me. Dude- I'm RIGHT HERE!
 
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Before I left for my morning run, I started a pot of coffee, thinking I'd have a full pot to come home to. Instead, I come home and find a huge puddle of coffee, running from the counter to the kitchen floor. :mad:
 
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I work with this guy who will, if someone is speaking during a meeting and he's sitting next to them, lean over and read their notes instead of listening, and then ask questions while reading the notes (instead of asking questions based on what the person is saying). Then his questions are usually something the speaker is going to answer, if he'd shut up and wait a minute. This. Drives. Me. Nuts. Don't lean over and read my notebook while I am talking!!!!!!
 
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jen said:
I work with this guy who will, if someone is speaking during a meeting and he's sitting next to them, lean over and read their notes instead of listening, and then ask questions while reading the notes (instead of asking questions based on what the person is saying). Then his questions are usually something the speaker is going to answer, if he'd shut up and wait a minute. This. Drives. Me. Nuts. Don't lean over and read my notebook while I am talking!!!!!!
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What a toolbox.
 
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jen said:
I work with this guy who will, if someone is speaking during a meeting and he's sitting next to them, lean over and read their notes instead of listening, and then ask questions while reading the notes (instead of asking questions based on what the person is saying). Then his questions are usually something the speaker is going to answer, if he'd shut up and wait a minute. This. Drives. Me. Nuts. Don't lean over and read my notebook while I am talking!!!!!!
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You could have some real fun with this- have a fake set of notes and when he is completely off point...
 
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The University of Minnesota Athletic Department...if I listed all the reasons why it might break the internet ;)
 
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CBS news just did this story on NCAA football recruits with criminal records, they went on and on about how bad it was, I think it was 1 in 14 who had been cited or a had a criminal record. Did they mention what it was in the general student population, nah, what a hatchet job. I guess SI is the one doing the story
 
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