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Buddy Taking My New Slippers

Buddy seems to have taken over my new slippers that I got on Christmas. I just can’t seem to keep a pair of slippers without the cats taking them over. Maybe he is just keeping them warm for me? No, probably not, that was just silly to think that.

The title of this post actually comes from a conversation I had at work. The girl sitting next to me was talking about how she forgot to retrieve her money from the self check outs at the supermarket. She said she was lucky it was still there and a lady held up the money to show her when she was talking to the clerk when she went back for it.

She said that she bet that if she didn’t come back and that other lady didn’t see her coming, that the lady would have pocketed it.

I said I would have pocketed it too. She then said, “Yea, I would have too probably.”

That’s when I said, “I profit of of other people’s stupidity.”

So I’m actually claiming that phrase and coining it.

And later on when I got home, I was watching that show, “What Would You Do?” and they asked a question that if you were dining out and the restaurant forgot to put the charges for a very expensive bottle of wine, would you point out the error or say nothing. I said to myself, “Nope, I profit off of other people’s stupidity.” And giggled a little pit.

Anyway, Speaking of work, some of the things that the boss said needed to be enforced weren’t. Nothing serious, just minor things like filling the floor from one side to the other instead of spreading out making it difficult for floor support to get around to everybody. Hoodies and hats were still on peoples heads, but I didn’t see them later on in the day. Maybe they were told to leave?

I only smelt pot once and it was just a whiff, and nothing pungent like it was in the past. And one guy was apparently drunk when he came in. 

So either their not enforcing the policies, or just haven’t noticed these individual. I have to admit that it was actually milder and more professional than it was the last couple of weeks. I guess it’s going to take time to weed the weed heads and troublemakers.

It was a fucking zoo as far as the calls go though. Seemed like all the empty helmets fell out of the idiot sack and could only get a hold of me.

Some people think that all customer service people are gullible. One fella claimed that a turned off cell phone was somehow making calls while it was turned off and using up his minutes. All 70+ of them. And others claiming they never downloaded ring tones and music files off of the Internet, and it is somehow dialing  the Internet by itself. Only to be told that they shouldn’t have changed the default settings from the key that can’t be pressed when the phone is closed to the one on the outside on the side of the phone that gets pressed when you put the phone into your pocket.

The ones who would admit to their mistake, I actually fixed their problem, but the ones that insisted on insulting my intelligence and insisted on denying their stupidity and say things like, “How should I know that would happen?” instead of reading the fucking manual, (Since a lot of them actually say not to place features on certain hot keys) they got nothing from me, simply because they pissed me off and I am not a dill hole that is easily a push over.

Getting a dozen or so calls about the same Internet problem because of the same stupidity with customers setting the Internet connection key to an outside one really wears you down, especially when they deny doing it and somehow some magical fairy flew into their pocket while they weren’t looking and thinking they’ll get me to credit their account or  credit $20 - $40 worth of downloaded data of ring tones and music files that they say they didn’t download.

No wonder people get pissed off waiting on the phone for customer service. It’s because of these assholes that are tying up the lines and are usually the ones that keep us in the damn calls that are going in circles the longest too. 

I’ve noticed that smart people never call in, and if they do, it’s because there was a mistake on our end, and it’s just a couple of minutes to fix it.

My opinion, that you are entitled to, is that if you don’t understand the technology, then stay away from it and get somebody to teach you about it, BEFORE you end up spending money on it and then blame it on somebody else that you don’t understand it. You’ll save money, time, and sanity for both you and me.

This post is brought to you by the words Stupidity, Dumb Asses, and by the secret code ID10T.

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Bring It ON!!!

 I just thought that picture depicted the boss showing his power very well today.

Today the Site Director at work shut down the systems to have a serious chat with the entire staff at work.

Over the past few weeks that I have been there, I have noticed that all these policies that they said they have in place weren’t being followed at all or even being enforced for that matter.

There were people coming in stoned and high as a kite wreaking of pot, some people were obviously drunk, and then we have the idiots that seemed to think it was OK to horse around like a bunch of 4 year old kids.

Well the boss had everybody’s attention when he shut all the systems down to address the entire floor, that he had some news brought to his attention and along with the previous mentioned stuff above, there were people stealing computer hardware items, like monitors, memory, keyboards, and mice.

He was even addressing the supervisors and put them on the spot also because they were as guilty as the others breaking the policies.

The boss even said that the excessive perfumes and colognes they are wearing to cover up the stench of the pot smoke needs to stop too, (I never said it, somebody else did) because there are people working there with extreme sensitivities to strong perfumes. And if you walk in the building smelling of pot, you may as well turn around and go the hell home.

Apparently somebody was going home with the stink of pot on them because somebody was sitting beside them that had come in after smoking a Doobie transferring the stink to their cloths. I can believe it because some of these pot heads really ranked with the stink of pot.

The Big Boss basically gave everybody the ultimatum. If ya can’t act like mature and responsible adults, and don’t like the rules and policies in place, then get the fuck out.

I felt like standing up and applauding him. But then I would have looked like a tool, starting off with the slow clap and all.

I was glad to see somebody stand up and do their job to put some of these idiots in their place. I really hope the supervisors take him serious and follow through. These people that find it necessary to use the ‘F’ word every second word in their sentence is really getting out of hand, and having to apologise to a customer for some piece of shit that has no courtesy for others working around him/her is really embarrassing.

I cant wait to see how things will be tomorrow, since that’s the day there is going to be the ZERO tolerance. No hats, pot stink, perfume and cologne, food, cell phones, swearing, and horsing around. Plus they’ll be installing security cameras.

The next few days should be interesting.

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That's what I refer to as a brain fart

I got to jet and go to work. No time to post, but at least the cats can still keep you all entertained.

I took my time getting ready for work and wasn’t paying attention to the time and now I’m cutting it short. But I still managed to post this.

Damn! I didn’t even eat yet, I’m going to be grumpy and hungry at work now.

TTFN

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Holy shit! Just when you thought people couldn’t get any more weird, you see something like this.

I could be wrong, but this has got to place some serious physiological effects on these kids. Can you imaging when they get older and look back at this, just how awkward they will feel knowing that they sucked on Mommies tit till they were 6 years old or older?

Can you imagine the conversation, “Hey Timmy, what cha’ havin’ for dinner after school?” 

“My Mom.”

Eyww!

If a kid is old enough to chew food on their own, then it’s time to lay off of the tit. That’s just my opinion, and you’re entitled to it.

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Distinctly Bush

What are we going to have a laugh at when Bush is no longer in the spotlight making his blundering Bushisms?

I’ve always looked forward to the press releases or comedy shows making fun of his latest public addresses or speeches, pointing out some of the wacky and weird things he would say.

I have to say that George W. Bush has been one of the most entertaining Presidents that I have ever seen. I bet all them comedy shows like Saturday Night Live and MadTv will miss him too. He gave these shows a lot of great material.

Some of my favorite blunders are;

• “I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.” —September 2000, explaining his energy policies at an event in Michigan.
• “There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.” — Sept. 17, 2002, in Nashville, Tenn.
• “Too many good docs are getting out of business. Too many OB/GYNs aren’t able to practice their love with women all across this country.” — Sept. 6, 2004, at a rally in Poplar Bluff, Mo.
• “Make no mistake about it, I understand how tough it is, sir. I talk to families who die.” — Dec. 7, 2006, in a joint appearance with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
• “Thank you, Your Holiness. Awesome speech.” April 16, 2008, at a ceremony welcoming Pope Benedict XVIto the White House.
• “The fact that they purchased the machine meant somebody had to make the machine. And when somebody makes a machine, it means there’s jobs at the machine-making place.” — May 27, 2008, in Mesa, Ariz.
• “I remember meeting a mother of a child who was abducted by the North Koreans right here in the Oval Office.” — June 26, 2008, during a Rose Garden news briefing.
• “This thaw — took a while to thaw, it’s going to take a while to unthaw.” Oct. 20, 2008, in Alexandria, La., as he discussed the economy and frozen credit markets.

There is a bigger list here. They get funnier as you go down the list.

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Now this is so creepy, it makes me cringe when I see them talking to molded plastic babies like little 4 year old girls.

I don’t know about you, but I don’t think this is healthy, or normal, but this is just my opinion, and you’re entitled to it.

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The Good Wife's Guide

This was sent to me by e-mail. It has been sitting in my in-box since April 6th, 2008. I’m just now getting around to posting it. I was actually debating if I should or not, some might be offended, then after thinking that, I posted it, because it’s what I do.

It’s a Good Housekeeping article from 1955 on how a Housewife should do her duties in the home the proper way.

The last one. “Always know your place.” was the one that got a chuckle out of me.

If I didn’t know any better, I bet this was written by some guy who was sick and tired coming home to a grouchy wife and a filthy home everyday after work. He was probably tired of being nagged at when he came home from the pub.

Were people so gullible in the 50’s?

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