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[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by Shkspr

Note to my dentist: if my thoughts during sedation turn to the dental scene from Marathon Man, you may have underestimated the amount of novocaine necessary for the procedure.

So, was it safe?

[PilotMan]

I have no idea where this should go, but it's random, odd, and political.


https://www.azcentral.com/story/opin...sm/1291933002/

[miami_fan]

The Bert and Ernie jokes actually became a serious discussion.

I hate you 2018.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

As a business, if you're going to join the modern world and offer services you can sign up for online (in this case, appointments), you should damn well make sure you implement the process right.

So, when I make an appointment for new tires, the appointment is received and accepted via email confirmation, and I show up at your store only to be told that the person who does appointments never actually opened the appointment to see that I wanted new tires (at a tire store - who knew?!) so they never ordered them, you can kindly F the F off.

Not surprising in the slightest.

The incompetent appt person couldn't care less, they most likely get paid the same thing whether they do their job or not. And, depending upon location, it's often too much hassle to get rid of even the most inept employee, considering that their replacement isn't a great bet to be noticeably better.

[AENeuman]

I believe somewhere there exist the ultimate razor and toothbrush. However, the bastards are keeping it from us and instead giving us incremental upgrades.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by miami_fan

The Bert and Ernie jokes actually became a serious discussion.

I hate you 2018.

I laughed so hard at this:

Sesame Street: 'Bert And Ernie Are Not Gay, They Are Depraved Pansexual Perverts'

https://www.theonion.com/sesame-stre...ep-1819595499#!

[Butter]

My company just lost its longtime contract with a large retailer that we did work for. We were on a year-to-year and knew this would happen eventually. Our department didn't turn a huge profit for the company, but it was a dependable small moneymaker every year. Luckily for us, the company had planned ahead for certain people and are keeping about half of the 20+ person team, while most of the others will find work with either the company assuming our contract or others in the industry... it's a huge industry here, so nobody should end up without work.

A few weeks before this happened, we had someone at our middle-management level move on to a sales position. We were preparing to backfill this position by promoting from within, when we were told to hold off. Then the contract loss happened. Which leads me to my question:

Do I tell this guy that he was about to get promoted? From what I understand, he already has 2 offers from elsewhere, both to be kept on here and to work for the new contractor. But I kinda just want him to know that we believed in him to that point, and I guess selfishly I want him to know that barring this bad event, he was going to get a promotion. The best he's going to get out of this new circumstance is like a 5% raise.

Should I tell him, or would it be more like twisting the knife at this point? I truly can't decide, though I'm leaning towards telling him.

[Edward64]

Just got a call from +40 (Romania).

I knew it was a scam but what the heck. Yup, my "bank" calling me ...

[CU Tiger]

Originally Posted by Butter

My company just lost its longtime contract with a large retailer that we did work for. We were on a year-to-year and knew this would happen eventually. Our department didn't turn a huge profit for the company, but it was a dependable small moneymaker every year. Luckily for us, the company had planned ahead for certain people and are keeping about half of the 20+ person team, while most of the others will find work with either the company assuming our contract or others in the industry... it's a huge industry here, so nobody should end up without work.

A few weeks before this happened, we had someone at our middle-management level move on to a sales position. We were preparing to backfill this position by promoting from within, when we were told to hold off. Then the contract loss happened. Which leads me to my question:

Do I tell this guy that he was about to get promoted? From what I understand, he already has 2 offers from elsewhere, both to be kept on here and to work for the new contractor. But I kinda just want him to know that we believed in him to that point, and I guess selfishly I want him to know that barring this bad event, he was going to get a promotion. The best he's going to get out of this new circumstance is like a 5% raise.

Should I tell him, or would it be more like twisting the knife at this point? I truly can't decide, though I'm leaning towards telling him.

Id definitely tell him.
Just as a general rule, unless Im sure it the wrong call - tell the truth.
Easier to deal with knowing than making wrong assumptions

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Butter

Should I tell him, or would it be more like twisting the knife at this point? I truly can't decide, though I'm leaning towards telling him.

From all of that, I think this is a "go with your gut" situation.

Not sure there's a one-size-fits-all answer, I think you just have to go with whatever knowledge/intuition you have about the person & roll with it.

[stevew]

Suge Knight finally getting a lifetime achievement award to prison.

[Lathum]

I don't do fast food very often, maybe once a week for the kids after karate, or if I am really hung over in the morning.

I absolutely hate when I pull up to the drive through to order and get the prerecorded message asking me if I want to try a frappachino or whatever, then at the end of the message it tells me to order when ready. I begin to order and inevitably the actual human interrupts me and tells me to wait or to start over.

Why the fuck do they have the message tell me to order if the real person is never ready for the order!? Why not say something along the lines of " a team member will take your order in a moment" or something like that?

[tarcone]

The McDonalds in our town opened up a 2 lane drive thru. Last time I went it took 25 minutes to get through.

Hate that place.

[stevew]

Yeah when they tell you to hold on a second after you've already waited for 10+ minutes, I rage. I've got my order locked and loaded assholes, just take it.

[Ben E Lou]

My wife was flipping the channels the other night, and came across America's Got Talent or some such, where a group was dressed up to look like Kiss and covering one of their songs. My 9-year-old said, "Ewwwwww..they look like creepy clowns that are about to kidnap some kids." I couldn't argue with her.

[Kodos]

Solution: don't eat at shitty fast-food places.

[cuervo72]

Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

My 9-year-old said, "Ewwwwww..they look like creepy clowns that are about to kidnap some kids." I couldn't argue with her.

Originally Posted by Kodos

Solution: don't eat at shitty fast-food places.

This actually kind of makes sense.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

This actually kind of makes sense.

Well played Sir.

Originally Posted by tarcone

The McDonalds in our town opened up a 2 lane drive thru. Last time I went it took 25 minutes to get through.

Hate that place.

Agreed here. If I'm stuck in a long drive thru line it's because I've made some poor choices of my own and I can deal with it... But if you split it into two lines & don't have two people taking orders then once I'm at the speaker & you're telling me to wait or no one is talking to me I'm channelling that frustration at your establishment.

[stevew]

Chick-fil-A is the only fast food option where I consider the line to be irrelevant. Everything else is situational.

I drive for GrubHub, door Dash and Uber Eats so I run into a lot of frustrating situations involving incompetent food workers. And I don't even know if it's so much that people are incompetent, it's simply that there's just not enough employees at almost every single store I visit.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by stevew

Chick-fil-A is the only fast food option where I consider the line to be irrelevant. Everything else is situational.

I drive for GrubHub, door Dash and Uber Eats so I run into a lot of frustrating situations involving incompetent food workers. And I don't even know if it's so much that people are incompetent, it's simply that there's just not enough employees at almost every single store I visit.

Unfortunately for me the majority of the time my dumb or shortsighted decisions lead me to fast food it's after 10pm or on a Sunday, which really curtails my Chick-fil-A consumption.

[Edward64]

Chick-fil-A is still my go to fast food (although I did have to get a Big Mac for their 50th anniversary coin last month) for a chicken sandwich but Zaxby's has much better chicken salads.

I have been a disappointed with their lemonade though. I go to the same store most of the times and there is a lack of consistency in the lemonade.

[Lathum]

Yesterday a man in a landscaping truck pulled up to my 15 year old niece while she was waiting at her bus stop. Asked her for directions, then exposed himself to her and told her to get in the truck. She yelled then ran home . Kid is smart. Before she took off she got a picture of the truck and the plate. Her mom called the cops and gave them all the info. Have to think it is just a matter of time before they catch him. All the major news outlets picked the story up also so its been everywhere in the city they live in.

Fucked up world.


https://www.wric.com/news/local-news...top/1474389607

[Kodos]

That's terrible. Glad she had the presence of mind to get pictures of the vehicle.

[Ksyrup]

Glad she's safe. Also glad the guy was stupid enough to do something clearly over the line before he tried to persuade her to get in the car.

[miami_fan]

That is brutal. I am glad she is safe and I really hope they catch this guy

[CU Tiger]

Glad she is safe.
Hope the guy dies a painful and agonizing death soon.

[CU Tiger]

Side note: TIL its pronounced Henr-'I'-co not Henr-'E'-co

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by CU Tiger

Glad she is safe.
Hope the guy dies a painful and agonizing death soon.

Daddy and grandpa are both loyal NRA members. Especially grandpa. This guy better hope the cops find him first.

[Ksyrup]

I want to punch the Chevy ad guy right in the face - immediately after kicking him in the balls.

This 3-part commercial that fades in and out with his stupid "Oh I forgot" crap is bad enough. But what really sets me off is he's making the point that Chevy won some award 3 years in a row, and with a smarmy chuckle says, "Third time's a charm."

NO, MORON! THIRD TIME WAS NOT THE CHARM.

That saying means that you did not succeed the previous two times, but the third time, you got lucky and did. Therefore, the third time was "the charm." PLEASE LEAVE EARTH FOREVER.

Or at least my TV.

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

I want to punch the Chevy ad guy right in the face - immediately after kicking him in the balls.

This 3-part commercial that fades in and out with his stupid "Oh I forgot" crap is bad enough. But what really sets me off is he's making the point that Chevy won some award 3 years in a row, and with a smarmy chuckle says, "Third time's a charm."

NO, MORON! THIRD TIME WAS NOT THE CHARM.

That saying means that you did not succeed the previous two times, but the third time, you got lucky and did. Therefore, the third time was "the charm." PLEASE LEAVE EARTH FOREVER.

Or at least my TV.

Concur.

Have you seen the parodies? If "Real People" Commercials Were Real Life - CHEVY Hatch - YouTube

[Ksyrup]

That is awesome.

[molson]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

That is awesome.

This one's my favorite

If "Real People" Commercials were Real Life - CHEVY Millennials - YouTube

But there's about 6-7 of them.

[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

Concur.

Have you seen the parodies? If "Real People" Commercials Were Real Life - CHEVY Hatch - YouTube

These are actually pretty funny

[CU Tiger]

I would greatly enjoy sipping a cold beer while listening to the philosophical musings of JohninmiddleGa waxing poetically about the "greatness" that is this Roval

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by CU Tiger

I would greatly enjoy sipping a cold beer while listening to the philosophical musings of JohninmiddleGa waxing poetically about the "greatness" that is this Roval

I might start with the fact that (doing my reading) Stanton Barrett is making his first Cup start in a decade.

That might be more interesting (such as it is) to me than the rest of this convoluted mess.

[Ben E Lou]

We use IM extensively for internal communications at my workplace, often to ask one another quick questions. When someone sends me a "hey...you got a sec for a quick question," I've been in the habit of responding. "Hit it."


Fortunately, when I hit the spacebar before that first "t" instead of after it a few minutes ago, I was responding to a male's question. That could've been bad.

[cartman]

hit it and quit it?

[cuervo72]

Originally Posted by cartman

hit it and quit it?

I'm guessing Ben is thinking more this than this.

[cartman]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

I'm guessing Ben is thinking more this than this.

I might now have to start my conference calls with "Fellas I'm ready to get up and do my thing"

[cuervo72]

The Voice Behind One Of Hip-Hop's Most Famous Hooks : NPR

For anyone who already didn't know.

[stevew]

I think someone mentioned this driving move(Lathum?) Where an idiot slows down to 10MPH on the freeway to let someone merge from a stop sign merge point. Blew my mind. It's the highway, you're only supposed to be stopping to avoid an accident, there is no way you should be helping people merge.

[miami_fan]

It is fascinating to see what items are given the high security treatment at retail stores. I went to a CVS this morning and they treated Five Hour Energy drinks were secured in the same way razor cartridges were.

[Ksyrup]

I have an old law school buddy who bought those Olive Garden pasta passes for him and his wife. He's been there 16 times since September 24th. He has posted on FB about each visit. It's kinda funny, especially knowing how much of a scrooge he always was. But damn... that's a lot of Olive Garden.

[Lathum]

Is the Trump thread messed up for anyone else? The last post I see is 13302 then the page is cut off.

[ISiddiqui]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Is the Trump thread messed up for anyone else? The last post I see is 13302 then the page is cut off.

Yep. Same here. It's like the formatting of the link screwed with the page? I can kind of participate by clicking "Post Reply" and then seeing who posted .

[Edward64]

Have same problem.

[NobodyHere]

ditto

[larrymcg421]

I put bob on ignore and that fixed the problem, so there's clearly an issue with the link he posted.

[cuervo72]

Yeah, there's some weird stuff inside that anchor tag that is screwing up the rest of the page.

[bob]

Sorry guys, no idea what's going on with that link. I can't even get in to edit my post. Maybe one of the mods can delete the post. Otherwise just put me on ignore - i don't post much anyway and think my time is done here.