You know what makes me angry? You know what really makes me pee? I mean, besides You People being on my planet. I mean right now, at this moment.
1. People who block you on Facebook because someone else told them to do so. That has to be the most passive-aggressive shit EVER. I mean, I don't actually WANT to read any of these peoples' posts, and I don't particularly CARE anymore WHY someone is SO INSANELY BUTTHURT that they find a completely useless way to snub someone (It was weeks before I noticed), but the very idea that I would be pissed off by something in Zuckerbergland...THAT pisses me off. To the people concerned, GET A FUCKING LIFE. And I don't care how long I've known you. Sissy-ass shit like that makes me NOT want to know you. But, hey, YOU REALLY SHOWED ME, right? Right right right? HAR! GTFO.
2. People whose rectums are so intensely damaged that they won't post, but keep lurking and reading conversations, DESPERATE to see what people are saying about them. Its' kind of creepy. Well, here you go. Do you feel better now?
3. This fucking coffee. It's VILE. It tastes like roofing tar that was mixed with Keith Richards' embalming fluid, then passed through a cow. HOW THE HELL DO YOU FUCK UP COFFEE? It's really Goddamn simple. Just pour a pot of water in the back of the coffee pot (where it says "add water here"), and put 2 scoops of coffee in a filter, put the filter in the machine, and PRESS THE ON BUTTON. How do people fuck shit like that up?
That's all for now.
Dok
Lolz.
They may yet actually post, Dok. Don't give up hope!
Quote from: Cain on May 09, 2012, 05:31:38 PM
Lolz.
They may yet actually post, Dok. Don't give up hope!
4. The idea that they might post.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 05:30:38 PM
You know what makes me angry? You know what really makes me pee? I mean, besides You People being on my planet. I mean right now, at this moment.
1. People who block you on Facebook because someone else told them to do so. That has to be the most passive-aggressive shit EVER. I mean, I don't actually WANT to read any of these peoples' posts, and I don't particularly CARE anymore WHY someone is SO INSANELY BUTTHURT that they find a completely useless way to snub someone (It was weeks before I noticed), but the very idea that I would be pissed off by something in Zuckerbergland...THAT pisses me off. To the people concerned, GET A FUCKING LIFE. And I don't care how long I've known you. Sissy-ass shit like that makes me NOT want to know you. But, hey, YOU REALLY SHOWED ME, right? Right right right? HAR! GTFO.
2. People whose rectums are so intensely damaged that they won't post, but keep lurking and reading conversations, DESPERATE to see what people are saying about them. Its' kind of creepy. Well, here you go. Do you feel better now?
3. This fucking coffee. It's VILE. It tastes like roofing tar that was mixed with Keith Richards' embalming fluid, then passed through a cow. HOW THE HELL DO YOU FUCK UP COFFEE? It's really Goddamn simple. Just pour a pot of water in the back of the coffee pot (where it says "add water here"), and put 2 scoops of coffee in a filter, put the filter in the machine, and PRESS THE ON BUTTON. How do people fuck shit like that up?
That's all for now.
Dok
I was with you until you said "2 scoops." I can't feel my toes without at least 4.
As far as the coffee thing goes... Ive never really thought of it but damn. There is no reason whatsoever for bad coffee.
Quote from: v3x on May 09, 2012, 05:33:43 PM
I was with you until you said "2 scoops." I can't feel my toes without at least 4.
I just drink more to make up the lack.
Quote from: Bruce Twillis on May 09, 2012, 05:34:12 PM
As far as the coffee thing goes... Ive never really thought of it but damn. There is no reason whatsoever for bad coffee.
Unless you're in the army. I know how they make it there, and frankly, it tastes no better than it should.
Hey, this is a good idea. Listing things that make me angry is just what the Doktor ordered:
1. Those people you see on the street or on the internet whose idea of a proper debate is who gets in the most insults and/or screaming. We all know that VOLUME = WINNING, as Charley Sheen, Joe Pesci, and hundreds of others have taught us, but these people don't realize that it's an incomplete equation. VOLUME IS ONLY EQUAL TO WINNING WHEN THE VALUE OF X IS A VALID POINT. v+x = w.... IS THIS SO HARD, MOTHERFUCKERS!?
2. Quotebots. You know them. Those insufferable douches who constantly (mis)quote TV shows, movies, books, or anyone or anything else? Those people. I mean, sometimes a well-timed quote is funny or apropos, but if that's your only conversational skill, then you might want to try being quiet until that moment arrives.
3. Dil dip. WHO MAKES THIS SHIT? SERIOUSLY? WHOEVER THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA NEEDS TO HAVE THEIR FRONTAL LOBE REPLACED WITH A BAKED POTATO!
Also, people who ask "how are you?" They don't really want to know, and if you TELL them, they get all uncomfortable or disinterested. IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW, SAY "HELLO", INSTEAD.
SOMEONE STOLE THE KEYS TO MY BRAND-NEW FILING CABINET. Now it's just like EVERY OTHER FILING CABINET in history, with a USELESS FUCKING LOCK. Now where the hell am I gonna put my bug pron at work?
Misquoters can be hilarious as hell though. A friend of mine did such a thing when mocking another friends ex. He decided to quote army of darkness and ended up saying "you aint the queen of but two things. Jack and shit. And jack just went home."
needless to say jack just went home became a long lasting in-joke.
Ill have to work that into convo next time me and pete are hanging out. It hasnt been used in about a year and a half.
Sometimes its fun to use that discomfort and tell them exactly how you are. Note that how you are doesnt necessarily mean mood or whats going on today.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 05:43:52 PM
Also, people who ask "how are you?" They don't really want to know, and if you TELL them, they get all uncomfortable or disinterested. IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW, SAY "HELLO", INSTEAD.
Or "Hey". :
"Hey."
"Hey what?"
"Oh, nothin', I was just sayin' hey."
THA FUCK DOES THAT MEAN, ASSHOLE??
Alternatively, people who say "Hay is for horses." OH REALLY? YOU THINK THAT THAT'S A CLEVER RESPONSE, DO YOU? WELL, HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU! NOT ONLY WAS IT NOT CLEVER THE FIRST TIME WILLIAM TAFT SAID IT TO TEDDY ROOSEVELT IN 1905, IT'S NOT CLEVER, NOR IS IT IRONIC, TO USE A BANAL, TRITE, DRIED OUT PHRASE OF STUPID, USELESS WORDPLAY WHEN SOMEONE IS GREETING YOU, UNLESS YOU ARE A SOCIALLY INEPT TWIT! GRAHHHH!
I hate the word trending. It follows the 21st century quirk of turning verbs into nouns and nouns into verbs.
There is nothing wrong with the english language. We dont need to overhaul existing words. Hell i almost said repurpose there. :crankey:
But how would I incentivize the critical solves impactfully?
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 09, 2012, 06:01:56 PM
But how would I incentivize the critical solves impactfully?
You amuse me. Come the revolution, you'll get a sunny spot on the wall.
:argh: i also get a hate when people adverb things or do a suffixing.
I knew my previous relationship was going to end at some point when i realized that my ex with increasing frequency was using the word pointful. With me. In a domestic setting.
Quote from: Bruce Twillis on May 09, 2012, 06:11:46 PM
:argh: i also get a hate when people adverb things or do a suffixing.
I knew my previous relationship was going to end at some point when i realized that my ex with increasing frequency was using the word pointful. With me. In a domestic setting.
WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?????????
That she's a porcupine? You know, full of points.
Is it pointful= "is there a point?" or "is this worth my time?"
it's not pointful= "there's no point" or "its a waste of your time (and mine by proxy since i own you)."
she and i make great friends. Really horrible couple. On the brightside she knew me well enough to be mildly insulted when i jokingly called her a greyface.
Well, in fairness, that is a very insultful thing to say to someone.
Twid, that goes beyond the pale, even for bizspeak LMNO.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 05:43:52 PM
SOMEONE STOLE THE KEYS TO MY BRAND-NEW FILING CABINET. Now it's just like EVERY OTHER FILING CABINET in history, with a USELESS FUCKING LOCK. Now where the hell am I gonna put my bug pron at work?
Check to see if there's one taped to the back, sides or inside one of the drawers.
I said it in good fun. I was surprised with her reaction. Also amused. "but im not a greyface! I have fun too!"
Quote from: Bruce Twillis on May 09, 2012, 06:30:06 PM
I said it in good fun. I was surprised with her reaction. Also amused. "but im not a greyface! I have fun too!"
That's what pinks say, only they only have part approved and mandated fun.
Nah. She is a pretty openminded person who does like to have legit fun. But she comes across as very bourgeois and is super cereal about things that only require a small bowl of cereal.
Quote from: Bruce Twillis on May 09, 2012, 06:50:39 PM
Nah. She is a pretty openminded person who does like to have legit fun. But she comes across as very bourgeois and is super cereal about things that only require a small bowl of cereal.
:crankey:
The one thing that is grey about her is that once shes formed a negative opinion about you theres no going back. Chick can hold a grudge.
Quote from: Bruce Twillis on May 09, 2012, 05:34:12 PM
As far as the coffee thing goes... Ive never really thought of it but damn. There is no reason whatsoever for bad coffee.
Old grinds. Shitty quality beans. Any Starbucks dark roast (you know how a wet ashtray smells? That's how a dark roast, particularly the Indonesian ones, tastes). Been sitting there for too long (if it's over two hours old, make a new pot!).
People who don't turn off their turn signal for miles and miles and miles. People who don't ever USE their turn signals.
What pisses me off? Interviewers who assure you that "you'll get a call, either way," and then never fucking call.
My job pisses me off. As thankful as I am to have it, the retarded stupidity of it makes me want to cry for our nation. My assistant boss really does NOT need more anti-psychotics and anti-depressants before she runs the heavy equipment, mmkay? I don't care what the voices in her head are telling her.
My family pisses me off. Another one of my brothers has knocked up his girlfriend. Which sends my mother running to me with "HE WILL BE SUCH A POOR PROVIDER, HE HAS NO JOB!" and then getting pissed when I reply "FRUIT DON'T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE, CRACKHEAD."
I piss myself off. Why, oh why aren't I more motivated, organized, normal? I could be rich and famous and just like those people over there -->! If only I spent more time smoking meth and watching Jersey Shore.
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Quote from: Bruce Twillis on May 09, 2012, 06:50:39 PM
Nah. She is a pretty openminded person who does like to have legit fun. But she comes across as very bourgeois and is super cereal about things that only require a small bowl of cereal.
:crankey:
I have to ask WTF that means. If I don't, I might DREAM about it or something. :x
Nothing pisses off more than a Cappucino made from instant coffee. That should be the death sentence right there. Three such things have been attempted to be offloaded on me in my lifetime. All in small New South Wales towns.
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Quote from: Bruce Twillis on May 09, 2012, 06:50:39 PM
Nah. She is a pretty openminded person who does like to have legit fun. But she comes across as very bourgeois and is super cereal about things that only require a small bowl of cereal.
:crankey:
I have to ask WTF that means. If I don't, I might DREAM about it or something. :x
(http://www.theaquarian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Imaginationland-III-South-Park-Al-Gore.jpg)
It drives me mad that South Park is not yet compulsory viewing.
Quote from: Luna on May 10, 2012, 03:38:08 AM
What pisses me off? Interviewers who assure you that "you'll get a call, either way," and then never fucking call.
This. A million times this.
Even fucking worse are the ones who get shitty with you when you have the temerity to
dare to call them. Sorry, I didn't realise that not only was I not worth the phone call, I'm obviously not worth a 30 second courtesy to tell me to go fuck myself when I call you. You're right, asking for areas to improve on and skills to develop is a total waste of your time. You were just about to cure superaids and figure out a way to end human conflict.
The only thing worse than these pig-fuckers are the ones who "will let you know in a couple of days" and have still not made a hiring decision after a month.
I swear to Thor, when La revolution comes, every employer will have to pass a yearly interview by their employees. Failure will result in all shares and control passing to the next most senior person. You never know, we may eventually start seeing employers act like human beings if we use a big enough stick often enough.
Minimum-wage employers who will fire you if you dare ask to leave an hour early for a job interview. Seriously, I just heard about this today. What shitfucks.
Stelz- theres an episode of south park making fun of al gore in which he acts really really bizarre and is unable to say serious. Instead he says super cereal. I dont know how they came up with that joke but it was a memorable one.
Quote from: FUCK OFF on May 10, 2012, 07:48:49 AM
Minimum-wage employers who will fire you if you dare ask to leave an hour early for a job interview. Seriously, I just heard about this today. What shitfucks.
I'd say I needed to go to the doctor/dentist when I had interviews. But I guess with not having insurance and on minimum wage in the US that one would be tricky to wrangle.
Are you suggesting we give the proles dental coverage too? That would hurt the job creators(' ability to further keep the poor poor by going ewww bad teeth im not hiring that person! They cant take care of themself!)
Quote from: Junkenstein on May 10, 2012, 05:51:50 AM
Quote from: Luna on May 10, 2012, 03:38:08 AM
What pisses me off? Interviewers who assure you that "you'll get a call, either way," and then never fucking call.
This. A million times this.
Even fucking worse are the ones who get shitty with you when you have the temerity to dare to call them. Sorry, I didn't realise that not only was I not worth the phone call, I'm obviously not worth a 30 second courtesy to tell me to go fuck myself when I call you. You're right, asking for areas to improve on and skills to develop is a total waste of your time. You were just about to cure superaids and figure out a way to end human conflict.
The only thing worse than these pig-fuckers are the ones who "will let you know in a couple of days" and have still not made a hiring decision after a month.
I swear to Thor, when La revolution comes, every employer will have to pass a yearly interview by their employees. Failure will result in all shares and control passing to the next most senior person. You never know, we may eventually start seeing employers act like human beings if we use a big enough stick often enough.
My personal favorite was the one (three weeks ago) that said "we'll call you either way" and relisted the job in the newspaper the NEXT DAY. :argh!:
My boss has been making me really angry lately. I predicted when I switched to this grant, and I told the director of the last grant I was working on, that this guy would totally take advantage of me, and basically use me as a manager without giving me the promotion (and extra pay). And that's exactly what has happened. I'm doing stuff he should be doing.
But I'm in a position where I have no choice. For example, if I don't do all of this grant writing, he won't, and we won't get funding to sustain our work. And with the Maine Legislature literally hours away from slashing about 70% of my agency's current funding, we can't afford to let these opportunities slip by us. But, there he is, just wringing his hands and doing jack shit.
I gotta get out of here.
Are there any other places in your field nearby?
Well, as it turns out, someone from the State sent me a job that I have applied for. Haven't heard back from them yet, but I know the department is severely understaffed and are having to answer a lot of questions from Legislators related to the budget. And it was the 2nd in command at that department who sent me the job so I would think that means I'd be in a pretty good position to get it. The question will be pay as it would kind of be a lateral move for me. But I know the people in the department and I know I'd be working with and for very competent people. So that would at least be an upgrade.
That might be good at least. If the manager is fucking up the grants it might be a sinking ship where you are.
Quote from: Bruce Twillis on May 10, 2012, 10:10:27 AM
Stelz- theres an episode of south park making fun of al gore in which he acts really really bizarre and is unable to say serious. Instead he says super cereal. I dont know how they came up with that joke but it was a memorable one.
It's youtubed. Thanks! :)
Quote from: FUCK OFF on May 10, 2012, 07:48:49 AM
Minimum-wage employers who will fire you if you dare ask to leave an hour early for a job interview. Seriously, I just heard about this today. What shitfucks.
At the last crappy service job I had (supermarket) there was a Honduran lady who had only been here a few years, who was applying at WalMart and the manager kept harping on her every day, saying a shithole like WalMart was the Big Time and she'd "never make it there".
This from the asshole who had everybody simultaneously responsible for the register, stocking, facing the merchandise and getting the baskets from the parking lot.
Walmart being the big time is dripping with horrormirth.
Quote from: Bruce Twillis on May 09, 2012, 06:50:39 PM
Nah. She is a pretty openminded person who does like to have legit fun. But she comes across as very bourgeois and is super cereal about things that only require a small bowl of cereal.
This phrase gives me a feels! :mrgreen:
Quote from: Bruce Twillis on May 11, 2012, 02:57:03 AM
Walmart being the big time is dripping with horrormirth.
It's SEGUIN.
Quote from: Luna on May 10, 2012, 12:16:17 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on May 10, 2012, 05:51:50 AM
Quote from: Luna on May 10, 2012, 03:38:08 AM
What pisses me off? Interviewers who assure you that "you'll get a call, either way," and then never fucking call.
This. A million times this.
Even fucking worse are the ones who get shitty with you when you have the temerity to dare to call them. Sorry, I didn't realise that not only was I not worth the phone call, I'm obviously not worth a 30 second courtesy to tell me to go fuck myself when I call you. You're right, asking for areas to improve on and skills to develop is a total waste of your time. You were just about to cure superaids and figure out a way to end human conflict.
The only thing worse than these pig-fuckers are the ones who "will let you know in a couple of days" and have still not made a hiring decision after a month.
I swear to Thor, when La revolution comes, every employer will have to pass a yearly interview by their employees. Failure will result in all shares and control passing to the next most senior person. You never know, we may eventually start seeing employers act like human beings if we use a big enough stick often enough.
My personal favorite was the one (three weeks ago) that said "we'll call you either way" and relisted the job in the newspaper the NEXT DAY. :argh!:
:crankey:
What I've been told is that "We'll call you either way," is code for, "do a follow-up phone call anyway to show you're a Go-Getter™".
Junkenstein, you were just being too much of a Go-Getter, and you were supposed to know where that thin, shitty line was to begin with. I mean come on, employers don't want someone with TOO MUCH ambition or you might give your co-workers ideas.
You know what really grates on my nerves? Theres this mother and daughter at work who sit next to each other at work on the other side of the room im in. I noticed last week that the daughter was doing this weird baby voice when she was leaving. Considering that they have a fairly long commute i figured it was just because she was a bit stir crazy. However ive been noticing it all this week. She keep fucking doing it while conversing with her mom. So i decided to google her to find out how old she is. Shes fucking 27. Guess ill turn the music up from now on.
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on May 11, 2012, 02:12:38 AM
Quote from: Bruce Twillis on May 10, 2012, 10:10:27 AM
Stelz- theres an episode of south park making fun of al gore in which he acts really really bizarre and is unable to say serious. Instead he says super cereal. I dont know how they came up with that joke but it was a memorable one.
It's youtubed. Thanks! :)
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Thank you both for neither mentioning the episode number, date, or the youtube link so other people can know wtf you're talking about ...
How the hell should i know that data? I just watch south park intermittently. Also cant youtube on the phone. I have a dumbphone.
Quote from: Triple Zero on May 11, 2012, 03:50:49 PM
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on May 11, 2012, 02:12:38 AM
Quote from: Bruce Twillis on May 10, 2012, 10:10:27 AM
Stelz- theres an episode of south park making fun of al gore in which he acts really really bizarre and is unable to say serious. Instead he says super cereal. I dont know how they came up with that joke but it was a memorable one.
It's youtubed. Thanks! :)
Thank you both for neither mentioning the episode number, date, or the youtube link so other people can know wtf you're talking about ...
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=south+park+al+gore
I'm just saying that if Stella found it on YouTube it's nice to save everybody some time and just mention the link. I always do that even if I think it's not useful for anyone right now. It's just common courtesy IMO. "Netiquette" if anybody remembers such a word.
Never had this situation: You google for a question, find someone asking the same, who replies a bit later to their own thread "Never mind, found it" without providing the answer, it's infuriating. (Especially if they say they found it on Google but their thread asking that question is the only result)
(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/wisdom_of_the_ancients.png)
Not sure if posting a LMGTFY link that doesn't answer the question either (as Al Gore appeared in many SP episodes for years, the top hit most famous of which is not the one talked about here) might actually be even less helpful. A great idea for a troll, though! :)
Yes I could have probably found the answer in the time I took to make this post and look up the relevant XKCD comic. I don't care about the episode, just be better next time.
Or you could just say "Oh hey Stella, I'm interested in that too, mind posting the link?"
For anyone that does care and couldn't find it yet, it was the Man Bear Pig episode.
Also here is a link to a video of the various points Al Gore says serial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9wmczxnT3c
HAY TRIP!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h05YfP_8UsU
Quote from: Net on May 11, 2012, 06:36:26 AM
Quote from: Luna on May 10, 2012, 12:16:17 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on May 10, 2012, 05:51:50 AM
Quote from: Luna on May 10, 2012, 03:38:08 AM
What pisses me off? Interviewers who assure you that "you'll get a call, either way," and then never fucking call.
This. A million times this.
Even fucking worse are the ones who get shitty with you when you have the temerity to dare to call them. Sorry, I didn't realise that not only was I not worth the phone call, I'm obviously not worth a 30 second courtesy to tell me to go fuck myself when I call you. You're right, asking for areas to improve on and skills to develop is a total waste of your time. You were just about to cure superaids and figure out a way to end human conflict.
The only thing worse than these pig-fuckers are the ones who "will let you know in a couple of days" and have still not made a hiring decision after a month.
I swear to Thor, when La revolution comes, every employer will have to pass a yearly interview by their employees. Failure will result in all shares and control passing to the next most senior person. You never know, we may eventually start seeing employers act like human beings if we use a big enough stick often enough.
My personal favorite was the one (three weeks ago) that said "we'll call you either way" and relisted the job in the newspaper the NEXT DAY. :argh!:
:crankey:
What I've been told is that "We'll call you either way," is code for, "do a follow-up phone call anyway to show you're a Go-Getter™".
Junkenstein, you were just being too much of a Go-Getter, and you were supposed to know where that thin, shitty line was to begin with. I mean come on, employers don't want someone with TOO MUCH ambition or you might give your co-workers ideas.
I had a chucklesome one some years ago when I was in-between jobs. The following is pretty much verbatim as far as I remember it, so probably exaggerated to the point of falsehood.
2 days after a (seemingly) fairly positive interview -"I'll let you know!"
Me- Hi Is that (crazy bastard)?
(crazy bastard) - Yes! What?! Who is it and what do you want!?(surprisingly aggressive tone)
Me- It's (Me), I had an interview with you a couple of days back and wanted to follow up. If this is a bad time....
(crazy bastard)-FUCK YOU.
I was convinced that I'd either rang the wrong number or rang a crackhead in disguise. Somewhat perturbed, I resolved to call into the place in person the next day.
Upon my arrival it was made clear that I should leave immediately unless I wish to engage in fisticuffs with this gentleman.
I learned a lot that day.
1- Call the phone, don't go back ever without a specific invite
2- When interviewing, remember to interview the employer. They may be fucking crazy. And you're relying on them for money.
3-Never regret not getting a job, the chances are they're fucking crazy and just hiding it better.
3 has been somewhat re-inforced by many of my employers being clinically insane. I mean this literally, more than a couple have had a stay in a mental care facilities.
You know what else fucks me off? Peas. Fuck Peas.
I have two bosses and between the two of them, since I work from home and they don't see me, they seem to think I'm like four or five people and we all work around the clock or something, and they assign work to me accordingly. I only get one paycheck, though. I'm working right now, even though it's nearly 8pm on a Friday. I have time to post right now because I'm in the middle of a 20-minute compile-redeploy cycle.
Here's something that has made me a little ticked lately. In addition to being a front-line developer, I'm also the third-tier support guy for our whole team. This means when a customer has a problem and first-tier support or second-tier can't fix it, then I have to fix it or find someone who can. Two of these problems came to me last week, and the second-tier support guy couldn't fix them because he's on vacation, so they came to me. They are supposed to be fixed by today, because we're scheduled to have the latest release to QA on Monday. I took one for myself, but I preferred not to take other one because it was in fairly complex code in a module that I am completely unfamiliar with.
I fixed the first bug, and my boss is on vacation, but the guy substituting for him told me to fix this one. I have lots of other things I am supposed to be doing, plus I'm constantly being interrupted by people needing to know shit, so it's ...
brb, compile-redeploy is done, need to test and see if my last change fixed the problem ...
FUCK YEAH! That fixed it. The whole problem boiled down to a date format not being correct in a browser cookie. Now I just have to get all this stuff checked in, reviewed by others, fill out a bug closing template, get a backport approved, do the backport, test it and get it checked in, and get everything packaged up for QA by Monday morning -- but that's monkey work; I can do all of that shit drunk. brb, getting a beer while my code is being reviewed ... there, that's much fucking better.
So anyway, it was like yesterday afternoon before I finally had a strong enough grasp on this code that what it's doing, but I still didn't understand what was going wrong. My boss was back from vacation, so I asked him a question about it. He said, if you need help with this, ask [guy on our team who wrote this module]. He has bandwidth.
:walken:
So, basically, we have a guy who is intimately familiar with this code and could have fixed this bug in an afternoon, but no, it's better to jeopardize the release schedule by having me spending a week exploring this shit and getting behind on all of my other work.
Heh, re-reading this on preview and noticed the part about it being nearly 8pm. I have been working as I write this and it's 9pm now. I just finished doing the backport and am about to test it, even though the backport hasn't been approved yet, because fuck them and their rules, man. I'm a rebel. I'm dangerous and mean. I will, of course, wait for the backport to be approved before I check it in and do the packaging.
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Quote from: Luna on May 10, 2012, 12:16:17 PM
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Quote from: Luna on May 10, 2012, 03:38:08 AM
What pisses me off? Interviewers who assure you that "you'll get a call, either way," and then never fucking call.
This. A million times this.
Even fucking worse are the ones who get shitty with you when you have the temerity to dare to call them. Sorry, I didn't realise that not only was I not worth the phone call, I'm obviously not worth a 30 second courtesy to tell me to go fuck myself when I call you. You're right, asking for areas to improve on and skills to develop is a total waste of your time. You were just about to cure superaids and figure out a way to end human conflict.
The only thing worse than these pig-fuckers are the ones who "will let you know in a couple of days" and have still not made a hiring decision after a month.
I swear to Thor, when La revolution comes, every employer will have to pass a yearly interview by their employees. Failure will result in all shares and control passing to the next most senior person. You never know, we may eventually start seeing employers act like human beings if we use a big enough stick often enough.
My personal favorite was the one (three weeks ago) that said "we'll call you either way" and relisted the job in the newspaper the NEXT DAY. :argh!:
:crankey:
What I've been told is that "We'll call you either way," is code for, "do a follow-up phone call anyway to show you're a Go-Getter™".
Junkenstein, you were just being too much of a Go-Getter, and you were supposed to know where that thin, shitty line was to begin with. I mean come on, employers don't want someone with TOO MUCH ambition or you might give your co-workers ideas.
I had a chucklesome one some years ago when I was in-between jobs. The following is pretty much verbatim as far as I remember it, so probably exaggerated to the point of falsehood.
2 days after a (seemingly) fairly positive interview -"I'll let you know!"
Me- Hi Is that (crazy bastard)?
(crazy bastard) - Yes! What?! Who is it and what do you want!?(surprisingly aggressive tone)
Me- It's (Me), I had an interview with you a couple of days back and wanted to follow up. If this is a bad time....
(crazy bastard)-FUCK YOU.
I was convinced that I'd either rang the wrong number or rang a crackhead in disguise. Somewhat perturbed, I resolved to call into the place in person the next day.
Upon my arrival it was made clear that I should leave immediately unless I wish to engage in fisticuffs with this gentleman.
I learned a lot that day.
1- Call the phone, don't go back ever without a specific invite
2- When interviewing, remember to interview the employer. They may be fucking crazy. And you're relying on them for money.
3-Never regret not getting a job, the chances are they're fucking crazy and just hiding it better.
3 has been somewhat re-inforced by many of my employers being clinically insane. I mean this literally, more than a couple have had a stay in a mental care facilities.
You know what else fucks me off? Peas. Fuck Peas.
Well, FINALLY got a letter from the interview I went to the first week of April. It says, "wow, you have a ton of awesome experience, but we're hiring somebody else."
Charming. Did they at least say what the successful one was more experienced at?
I get a feeling it's a no, because I have never had a letter actually include any kind of suggestion for improvement, it's all been from actuallly talking to who-ever interviewed you.
Nope. "As you know, we interviewed a number of candidates for the payroll position, and we have determined that although your qualifications are impressive, we chose another candidate that was more suitable for the requirements of our opening."
It could be a whole host of reasons. For example, the State job I interviewed for awhile back, I didnt get it and had a rejection letter worded similar to that one. I later found out that from the beginning they had decided they were going to promote someone already in the department, but by law, had to go through the hiring process.
So, it could have come down to something like that, or something else unrelated to actual skills and experience, but they will never cop to that.
Quote from: Sita on May 11, 2012, 08:32:08 PM
For anyone that does care and couldn't find it yet, it was the Man Bear Pig episode.
Also here is a link to a video of the various points Al Gore says serial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9wmczxnT3c
Oh yeah cool, that one episode that you get 10 million hits for when you google "south park al gore"!
Wow, I suddenly feel incredibly lucky in my interviewing and hiring experiences.
Quote from: PROFOUNDLY RETARDED CHARLIE MANSON on May 12, 2012, 06:03:15 PM
Wow, I suddenly feel incredibly lucky in my interviewing and hiring experiences.
So did I, up until the banksters crashed the economy.
Quote from: Junkenstein on May 12, 2012, 02:00:37 AM
Quote from: Net on May 11, 2012, 06:36:26 AM
Quote from: Luna on May 10, 2012, 12:16:17 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on May 10, 2012, 05:51:50 AM
Quote from: Luna on May 10, 2012, 03:38:08 AM
What pisses me off? Interviewers who assure you that "you'll get a call, either way," and then never fucking call.
This. A million times this.
Even fucking worse are the ones who get shitty with you when you have the temerity to dare to call them. Sorry, I didn't realise that not only was I not worth the phone call, I'm obviously not worth a 30 second courtesy to tell me to go fuck myself when I call you. You're right, asking for areas to improve on and skills to develop is a total waste of your time. You were just about to cure superaids and figure out a way to end human conflict.
The only thing worse than these pig-fuckers are the ones who "will let you know in a couple of days" and have still not made a hiring decision after a month.
I swear to Thor, when La revolution comes, every employer will have to pass a yearly interview by their employees. Failure will result in all shares and control passing to the next most senior person. You never know, we may eventually start seeing employers act like human beings if we use a big enough stick often enough.
My personal favorite was the one (three weeks ago) that said "we'll call you either way" and relisted the job in the newspaper the NEXT DAY. :argh!:
:crankey:
What I've been told is that "We'll call you either way," is code for, "do a follow-up phone call anyway to show you're a Go-Getter™".
Junkenstein, you were just being too much of a Go-Getter, and you were supposed to know where that thin, shitty line was to begin with. I mean come on, employers don't want someone with TOO MUCH ambition or you might give your co-workers ideas.
I had a chucklesome one some years ago when I was in-between jobs. The following is pretty much verbatim as far as I remember it, so probably exaggerated to the point of falsehood.
2 days after a (seemingly) fairly positive interview -"I'll let you know!"
Me- Hi Is that (crazy bastard)?
(crazy bastard) - Yes! What?! Who is it and what do you want!?(surprisingly aggressive tone)
Me- It's (Me), I had an interview with you a couple of days back and wanted to follow up. If this is a bad time....
(crazy bastard)-FUCK YOU.
I was convinced that I'd either rang the wrong number or rang a crackhead in disguise. Somewhat perturbed, I resolved to call into the place in person the next day.
Upon my arrival it was made clear that I should leave immediately unless I wish to engage in fisticuffs with this gentleman.
I learned a lot that day.
1- Call the phone, don't go back ever without a specific invite
2- When interviewing, remember to interview the employer. They may be fucking crazy. And you're relying on them for money.
3-Never regret not getting a job, the chances are they're fucking crazy and just hiding it better.
3 has been somewhat re-inforced by many of my employers being clinically insane. I mean this literally, more than a couple have had a stay in a mental care facilities.
You know what else fucks me off? Peas. Fuck Peas.
THE BOLDED. YES.
I quit a job once when I realized that not just management, but EVERYBODY WHO'D BEEN THERE MORE THAN 2 YEARS WAS ON MEDICATION.
I like peas, though.
Quote from: Net on May 13, 2012, 12:18:39 AM
Quote from: PROFOUNDLY RETARDED CHARLIE MANSON on May 12, 2012, 06:03:15 PM
Wow, I suddenly feel incredibly lucky in my interviewing and hiring experiences.
So did I, up until the banksters crashed the economy.
They didn't do it alone.