What pissed you off today?
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My bad morning comute!
Ok, so I had a similar problem; The given rule when on the Interstate Ramp is to gain speed and merge into traffic, but you get jackasses and old people who want to go 45mph the whole way down and then the truck drivers (yes I said it, TRUCKDRIVER, you know semis) already on the interstate don't want to get over to let you get on the interstate and you have to slam on your brakes just to keep from hitting them and the jackass in front of you!!
So there is my vent for the day
Ok, so I had a similar problem; The given rule when on the Interstate Ramp is to gain speed and merge into traffic, but you get jackasses and old people who want to go 45mph the whole way down and then the truck drivers (yes I said it, TRUCKDRIVER, you know semis) already on the interstate don't want to get over to let you get on the interstate and you have to slam on your brakes just to keep from hitting them and the jackass in front of you!!
So there is my vent for the day
Ok, so I had a similar problem; The given rule when on the Interstate Ramp is to gain speed and merge into traffic, but you get jackasses and old people who want to go 45mph the whole way down and then the truck drivers (yes I said it, TRUCKDRIVER, you know semis) already on the interstate don't want to get over to let you get on the interstate and you have to slam on your brakes just to keep from hitting them and the jackass in front of you!!
So there is my vent for the day
My problem with the trucks is a little different. There are several areas where it is illegal for the trucks to be in the left hand lane, even or passing. And yet they still insist on driving over there. Grrr!!!
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Yes I get you on that!! I know we need our good and all, but seriously they don't own the road!!
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I had a bad night too, bad dreams, running, fighting, Shawn of the Dead stuff. And now my back is killing me.
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Bein' another "old guy," I can empathize with just about all of the above - bad/weird dreams and back in particular. Sowwy, dood.
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OK, so here's my drag.....I'm 26, at 115lbs and 5'3 tall I thought I was in pretty much in good shape. Well, as I found out today in my wellness and fitness class, I have high blood pressure and no stamina!! How the hell does a 26 year old have high blood pressure?! And I'm sorry to say, but my hubby has never complained about my stamina
I swear they just keep changing the requirements for good health!!
I swear they just keep changing the requirements for good health!!
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College students. College students pissed me off today.
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And how might they have done that?
it wouldn't have been because of my earlier comment, would it?
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And how might they have done that?
it wouldn't have been because of my earlier comment, would it?
Not so far as I'm aware....
I'm taking 16 credits this semester, I weasled my way into an adjunct professor position and I'm a tutor.
I think you're in the clear, darling.
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Well that is good to know. I wouldn't want to start pissing people off, when still soo new to the forum. Especially on a "What pissed you off today?" thread.
You also seem like you have a heavy load there, what did the students do that pissed you off?
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Well that is good to know. I wouldn't want to start pissing people off, when still soo new to the forum. Especially on a "What pissed you off today?" thread.
You also seem like you have a heavy load there, what did the students do that pissed you off?
Just basic new student shit. Questions that are beyond common sense...questions that illustrate that they did not in fact read the syllabus, stuff like that.
Makes me want to throw the cute ones over a table and spank them and just throw the others out of the room.
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Every girls dream to have a hot professor spank her!
It is every professor's dream to have a little co-ed over his lap, skirt up over her hips and panties around her knees...
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And (male) college librarian, a la "Debbie Does Dallas."
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*Waking up* with a freakin' sinus headache when my work invoice is due tomorrow at noon, and *needing* to work work work for the next 25 hours (minus a bit for napping, eating and regular night's sleep). !@#$%^&*!
I'm completely and totally screwed, no way around it.
My car was supposed to be picked up tomorrow to be put on a truck, that would drive it way up north to the port, to be put on a ship and taken all the way back to the states. Getting it all ready for that has been one of the most stressful events of my life to date, and I'm not normally a drama queen nor do I blow things too badly out of proportion. I'd made ALL the arrangements, all that is left is for me to pay the company and put the car on the truck.
Then the phone rings. It's the guy from the shipping company, saying good news, they can pick up my car on September 8. NOT GOOD NEWS. I tell him there has to be some horrible, terrible mistake, he confirmed with me that it would be September 3, and it's the day before, he can't cancel on me. But it's just a few days, he says, no problem. I'm flying out of the country and not coming back on Sunday, September 6, I tell him. Well, he says, you can find a friend to leave it with or find a garage or gas station we can pick it up from.
No, no, no, that's not how this is supposed to work! He told me three separate times, in writing, that this date would work. He had the nerve to deny it completely, until I reminded him I had the e-mails as proof. The whole time he's talking to me like it's my fault that he dates are wrong. My flight can't be changed. There are legal issues with leaving my car with someone, plus the awful inconvenience of putting that off on someone else!
The whole conversation ended with him telling me my only options were to drive the car to the port (can't happen, that's on the opposite side of the country) or to leave it with someone, but he'd call me tomorrow. Then he hung up on me. Seriously, I'm sick of living in a country where it's all on the customer, and the company has no reprecussions or incentive to do things right! What happened to customer service and treating people well?
So, um, anyone want to buy a 2004 Ford Focus in really, really good shape, spotless (it just had a shipping detail done yesterday), and less than 50,000 miles? Only catch is it's apparently stranded in Germany since the stupid company won't do their job.
And yes, I have had two hours to calm down. Still absolutely furious.
My car was supposed to be picked up tomorrow to be put on a truck, that would drive it way up north to the port, to be put on a ship and taken all the way back to the states. Getting it all ready for that has been one of the most stressful events of my life to date, and I'm not normally a drama queen nor do I blow things too badly out of proportion. I'd made ALL the arrangements, all that is left is for me to pay the company and put the car on the truck.
Then the phone rings. It's the guy from the shipping company, saying good news, they can pick up my car on September 8. NOT GOOD NEWS. I tell him there has to be some horrible, terrible mistake, he confirmed with me that it would be September 3, and it's the day before, he can't cancel on me. But it's just a few days, he says, no problem. I'm flying out of the country and not coming back on Sunday, September 6, I tell him. Well, he says, you can find a friend to leave it with or find a garage or gas station we can pick it up from.
No, no, no, that's not how this is supposed to work! He told me three separate times, in writing, that this date would work. He had the nerve to deny it completely, until I reminded him I had the e-mails as proof. The whole time he's talking to me like it's my fault that he dates are wrong. My flight can't be changed. There are legal issues with leaving my car with someone, plus the awful inconvenience of putting that off on someone else!
The whole conversation ended with him telling me my only options were to drive the car to the port (can't happen, that's on the opposite side of the country) or to leave it with someone, but he'd call me tomorrow. Then he hung up on me. Seriously, I'm sick of living in a country where it's all on the customer, and the company has no reprecussions or incentive to do things right! What happened to customer service and treating people well?
So, um, anyone want to buy a 2004 Ford Focus in really, really good shape, spotless (it just had a shipping detail done yesterday), and less than 50,000 miles? Only catch is it's apparently stranded in Germany since the stupid company won't do their job.
And yes, I have had two hours to calm down. Still absolutely furious.
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That really sucks!!
I can sympathize with you on that. What has come to the world of customer service? They just think they can do what ever because they have figured out that most of the time; we can't do anything to them. But if I could reach through a phone and strangle the little shits, I’d be in a much better mood
I'm completely and totally screwed, no way around it.
My car was supposed to be picked up tomorrow to be put on a truck, that would drive it way up north to the port, to be put on a ship and taken all the way back to the states. Getting it all ready for that has been one of the most stressful events of my life to date, and I'm not normally a drama queen nor do I blow things too badly out of proportion. I'd made ALL the arrangements, all that is left is for me to pay the company and put the car on the truck.
Then the phone rings. It's the guy from the shipping company, saying good news, they can pick up my car on September 8. NOT GOOD NEWS. I tell him there has to be some horrible, terrible mistake, he confirmed with me that it would be September 3, and it's the day before, he can't cancel on me. But it's just a few days, he says, no problem. I'm flying out of the country and not coming back on Sunday, September 6, I tell him. Well, he says, you can find a friend to leave it with or find a garage or gas station we can pick it up from.
No, no, no, that's not how this is supposed to work! He told me three separate times, in writing, that this date would work. He had the nerve to deny it completely, until I reminded him I had the e-mails as proof. The whole time he's talking to me like it's my fault that he dates are wrong. My flight can't be changed. There are legal issues with leaving my car with someone, plus the awful inconvenience of putting that off on someone else!
The whole conversation ended with him telling me my only options were to drive the car to the port (can't happen, that's on the opposite side of the country) or to leave it with someone, but he'd call me tomorrow. Then he hung up on me. Seriously, I'm sick of living in a country where it's all on the customer, and the company has no reprecussions or incentive to do things right! What happened to customer service and treating people well?
So, um, anyone want to buy a 2004 Ford Focus in really, really good shape, spotless (it just had a shipping detail done yesterday), and less than 50,000 miles? Only catch is it's apparently stranded in Germany since the stupid company won't do their job.
And yes, I have had two hours to calm down. Still absolutely furious.
I can sympathize with you on that. What has come to the world of customer service? They just think they can do what ever because they have figured out that most of the time; we can't do anything to them. But if I could reach through a phone and strangle the little shits, I’d be in a much better mood
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The last time we shipped back from Germany, the car shipper left the window down while it was on ship. They hit really rough seas and water got in the car. A lot of water. Apparently water got in the intake too. So when we got it back, it was mildewed to hell, and threw a rod as soon as my dad started it. Their response? "Gee, we're sorry. Talk to your insurance company."
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On current irriatations, is is so fucking hard to call someone when you say you are going to? Fucker lives two hours from me, so a four-hour round trip. He says he's getting home at noon and will call, which would get me home at 4pm. Does he? Fuck no. He calls at 130pm, which would cause me to get home after 6pm due to the traffic snarl that I would have to drive back through. And this is after the same fucker blew off one appt on monday and then had the audacity to lie to my client and say that I never called him.
Oh, yeah, the client calls him while this is going on, and he bitches to the client about how long it is taking. Considering that I was sitting on the side of the road waiting for roadside assistance on my fucking rental, I was in no mood to play nice. The client got an earful about said entirely difficult asinine fucker.
The car? Oh yeah, that's a fucking gem.
When I picked up the rental, I showed the the rather blatant damage to the right side of the front bumper, damage bad enough to knock the spoiler and bumper off. I asked the girl if the wheel was okay, and she said it was driving fine. Sure, it drove fine until the tire blew. I get the okay to change the tire, and there was NO FUCKING LUG-WRENCH. What the hell?!?
It takes them quite a while to get me, and I'm not happy. The girl picking up the car explains that the rim is damaged and they're going to charge me. Excuse me? I pointed out the pre-existing damage to that part of the car when I picked it up, and specifically asked if that wheel was okay. She says there was no way I could've driven it like that. I tell her that the bead could hold plenty well as it is a low-profile tire with a rigid wall. She gets glassy-eyed and says "Uh, bead?"
So I proceed to have a little discussion with her explaining how radial tires work, how they are mounted, the adhesives used, and why it could've held air until it was presented with a torsional load such as the fast on-ramp I took prior to the release of air pressure. Then I explained torsional load. Her response? "Oh." Then I explained that this is what I do for a living, and in fact I am the guy that inspects damaged cars for THEM in this region.
Her tune changed rapidly. They are still filling out a damage report, but now it was all talking about pre-existing damage, and that I shouldn't have to worry about it, and no we didn't mean it when we said we were going to have to collect your deductible before you leave. But, y'know, I still might have to pay for the rim if their investigator says so.
GRRRRRRR.
I would ask if this whole mess could get any worse, but I know goddamned well that it can, and likely will.
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On current irriatations, is is so fucking hard to call someone when you say you are going to? Fucker lives two hours from me, so a four-hour round trip. He says he's getting home at noon and will call, which would get me home at 4pm. Does he? Fuck no. He calls at 130pm, which would cause me to get home after 6pm due to the traffic snarl that I would have to drive back through. And this is after the same fucker blew off one appt on monday and then had the audacity to lie to my client and say that I never called him.
Oh, yeah, the client calls him while this is going on, and he bitches to the client about how long it is taking. Considering that I was sitting on the side of the road waiting for roadside assistance on my fucking rental, I was in no mood to play nice. The client got an earful about said entirely difficult asinine fucker.
The car? Oh yeah, that's a fucking gem.
When I picked up the rental, I showed the the rather blatant damage to the right side of the front bumper, damage bad enough to knock the spoiler and bumper off. I asked the girl if the wheel was okay, and she said it was driving fine. Sure, it drove fine until the tire blew. I get the okay to change the tire, and there was NO FUCKING LUG-WRENCH. What the hell?!?
It takes them quite a while to get me, and I'm not happy. The girl picking up the car explains that the rim is damaged and they're going to charge me. Excuse me? I pointed out the pre-existing damage to that part of the car when I picked it up, and specifically asked if that wheel was okay. She says there was no way I could've driven it like that. I tell her that the bead could hold plenty well as it is a low-profile tire with a rigid wall. She gets glassy-eyed and says "Uh, bead?"
So I proceed to have a little discussion with her explaining how radial tires work, how they are mounted, the adhesives used, and why it could've held air until it was presented with a torsional load such as the fast on-ramp I took prior to the release of air pressure. Then I explained torsional load. Her response? "Oh." Then I explained that this is what I do for a living, and in fact I am the guy that inspects damaged cars for THEM in this region.
Her tune changed rapidly. They are still filling out a damage report, but now it was all talking about pre-existing damage, and that I shouldn't have to worry about it, and no we didn't mean it when we said we were going to have to collect your deductible before you leave. But, y'know, I still might have to pay for the rim if their investigator says so.
GRRRRRRR.
I would ask if this whole mess could get any worse, but I know goddamned well that it can, and likely will.
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