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The Morning Rant - Misanthropic Edition
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Is there something in the water or the air? Is the moon aligned in poor angles? My week of interacting with the "Customer Service Industry" is today's rant.
So you're saying no big deal Mis. Hum. This now brings me to my next wondrous retail experience. Wednesday the Fabulous Mrs. Mis. Hum and I went on our every other week date of grocery shopping. It was so pleasant I sent the following to the Supermarket HQ:
Dear (Grocery Store name withheld):
If your company were ever to produce a film entitled "This Is Not How To Provide Customer Service" our experience at your (Location withheld for Rant) store would have been a feature film. First of all we arrived to find our future check out clerk "Jane" brushing her hair while standing behind her cash register. That was not very appealing to say the least. It is also quite unprofessional. Subsequently, my wife and I proceeded to fill our grocery cart with approximately $225 worth of food. I think we spend approximately $6,000 a year at your store. We probably should have gone to a different line, but the line we chose was the shortest one. Guess who was working there? If you said "Jane", you are correct. When we arrived at the check-out lane which "Jane" was working at she was waiting on another customer. Her conversation with the customer in front of us was quite audible. She was loud enough that we heard her say, "I miss working at Walmart." Oh boy I thought, nothing like a disgruntled employee. I'm not sure what ever happened to satisfactory customer service and just keeping your mouth shut if you don't have anything positive to say. The proverbial frosting on the cake was when she threw our two boxes of cereal, two loaves of bread and a bag of Baked Lays. Cereal and chips break enough during regular shipping and handling without help from the check out employee. Even the bagger said something to her about the bread toss. My wife was not happy and told her she would appreciate it if she wouldn't throw our food. Your employee's response: "It's been a busy day, I was in a hurry." No apology. And I'm sure if there would have been one it would have been half-hearted with excuses as to her behavior. If this was my first experience at your store, I doubt if I would ever return. When we travel about the same to get to (Competitor Store A) or (Competitor Store B) or Your Store it makes one think about checking out the competition. As it is, we will stand in line somewhere else rather than be waited on by this employee. I will provide you the following information so you know I'm not making up some story. Our receipt states the following:
(Deleted for rant) Thank you for your time. Sincerely,
Mis. Hum.
Address
Phone Number
Email Address
Over 24 hours have passed since I emailed this. Have I been contacted? ***SNORT*** This retail chain is now part of the Rant on the world wide web. So the answer is no. And no, don't ask me how my switch from one cellular provider to another went Thursday. Judas Friggin' Priest.
Is it too much to expect to be treated competently, respectfully and courteously? I'm afraid it is. If we can't or don't expect the people we deal with on a regular basis to have any of these qualities, how can we expect the elected officials in our state houses and Washington, D.C. to be any better? We don't and we continue our slide away from American Exceptionalism.
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First.
Posted by: TexasDan at May 14, 2021 10:12 AM (ohOLP)
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Been in Customer Service for 28 years. I cut no one an inch of slack. I know what we have to do for our customers.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2021 10:14 AM (OCTRt)
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FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)
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Strong boomer energy in this post.
Posted by: Jeff at May 14, 2021 10:14 AM (PaQVX)
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Darn it, stopped to read the content.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at May 14, 2021 10:15 AM (JUOKG)
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Is it too much to expect to be treated competently, respectfully and courteously?
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Yes. Competence is racist, you deserve no respect because you're part of the problem and it doesn't matter anyway because everything's made of monopolies now.
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Yes. Competence is racist, you deserve no respect because you're part of the problem and it doesn't matter anyway because everything's made of monopolies now.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:15 AM (Jsjd7)
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Easy answer. We have devolved into a shit species.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2021 10:15 AM (VwHCD)
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And no, don't ask me how my switch from one cellular provider to another went Thursday. Judas Friggin' Priest.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 11:11 AM
Guessing you didn't switch to Patriot Mobile...
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 11:11 AM
Guessing you didn't switch to Patriot Mobile...
Posted by: Jordan61 at May 14, 2021 10:15 AM (Ez6QX)
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Top 10?
Posted by: WarEagle82 at May 14, 2021 10:15 AM (+Kpte)
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Wow. After last night this is so my topic.
So, my wife finally got fed up with our HP wifi printer (no cable) always reporting "Offline" (even the times that she can manage to print to it), so she sends my son out for another printer and all he can bring home is a HP wifi printer.
Their "Setup Instructions" are large postcards with 3 languages, so they don't have a lot of space to tell you how to do it in English of course.
They tell you to download HP Smart which will "Guide through a step by step process", but it fails on network issues and "Something's wrong" and really doesn't even cover how to insert ink cartridges.
So, I spent a lot of fruitless time chatting with a support rep.
So, my wife finally got fed up with our HP wifi printer (no cable) always reporting "Offline" (even the times that she can manage to print to it), so she sends my son out for another printer and all he can bring home is a HP wifi printer.
Their "Setup Instructions" are large postcards with 3 languages, so they don't have a lot of space to tell you how to do it in English of course.
They tell you to download HP Smart which will "Guide through a step by step process", but it fails on network issues and "Something's wrong" and really doesn't even cover how to insert ink cartridges.
So, I spent a lot of fruitless time chatting with a support rep.
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 10:16 AM (cI7Oj)
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minkey
Posted by: m at May 14, 2021 10:16 AM (Y3SPi)
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Easy answer. We have devolved into a shit species.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2021 10:15 AM (VwHCD)
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That, or our exceptional culture is merely reverting to the mean.
#rayOfSunshine
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2021 10:15 AM (VwHCD)
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That, or our exceptional culture is merely reverting to the mean.
#rayOfSunshine
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:16 AM (Jsjd7)
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Who Dis: General Ursus, just prior to his expedition into the Forbidden Zone to hunt down some humans.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 14, 2021 10:16 AM (cwI4U)
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I received a snotty, "No." And he's not here anyway. Go to the local hardware store", she sneered.
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And then complains when customers go to the local hardware store.
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And then complains when customers go to the local hardware store.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:16 AM (wCgji)
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This is my favorite gorilla
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 14, 2021 10:16 AM (5cd/T)
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If you were working with a disgruntled employee,
you should have gruntled her.
Yeah, I got nuthin'.
you should have gruntled her.
Yeah, I got nuthin'.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 14, 2021 10:16 AM (dWwl8)
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Is it too much to expect to be treated competently, respectfully and courteously?
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Nowadays, yes.
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Nowadays, yes.
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 10:17 AM (JVd2L)
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Who Dis is Hepburn and Tracy. You coulda put a LITTLE effort into it, ya know!
(In fact, caught Adam's Rib the other evening. Great flick.)
(In fact, caught Adam's Rib the other evening. Great flick.)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 14, 2021 10:17 AM (dfRN6)
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Damn, I read the rant! Never actually read the rant...
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at May 14, 2021 10:17 AM (UUBmN)
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If you were working with a disgruntled employee,
you should have gruntled her.
Yeah, I got nuthin'.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 14, 2021 10:16 AM (dWwl
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I had a coworker once who wore a t-shirt that read, "Gruntled Office Worker."
Management told him not to wear it anymore because "it may send the wrong message."
you should have gruntled her.
Yeah, I got nuthin'.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 14, 2021 10:16 AM (dWwl
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I had a coworker once who wore a t-shirt that read, "Gruntled Office Worker."
Management told him not to wear it anymore because "it may send the wrong message."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:18 AM (Jsjd7)
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Two things we can't stand: Customers and Service. Otherwise, we're here for you.
Posted by: Customer Service at May 14, 2021 10:18 AM (/2aWP)
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hiya
Posted by: JT at May 14, 2021 10:18 AM (arJlL)
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Jane, you ignorant slut.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 14, 2021 10:18 AM (4fSQf)
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Mis Hum, once again you have brilliantly recorded for the ages part of the reason for the decline and fall of the US.
Not being sarcastic.
Not being sarcastic.
Posted by: tbodie at May 14, 2021 10:18 AM (bwBxJ)
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Two things we can't stand: Customers and Service. Otherwise, we're here for you.
Posted by: Customer Service at May 14, 2021 10:18 AM (/2aWP)
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This is 100% my experience in Europe. Our stateside customer service ain't what it used to be on average, but we're still leagues ahead of the average experience in Western Europe...
Posted by: Customer Service at May 14, 2021 10:18 AM (/2aWP)
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This is 100% my experience in Europe. Our stateside customer service ain't what it used to be on average, but we're still leagues ahead of the average experience in Western Europe...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:19 AM (Jsjd7)
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As a long time customer service type I whole heartedly apologize for how you were treated.
I've been a manager as well as a rep, and if any of MY workers had even THOUGHT of acting like that, they would have been called on the carpet and if it was repeated they would have been seeking other employment.
Of course, my own experience on the other end of the phone has also sensitized me to how I'm treated as well and, sorry to say, I've been on the receiving end of some garbage CS.
Hang in there, I know there are still plenty of good reps out there. Sorry you had such a crap week.
I've been a manager as well as a rep, and if any of MY workers had even THOUGHT of acting like that, they would have been called on the carpet and if it was repeated they would have been seeking other employment.
Of course, my own experience on the other end of the phone has also sensitized me to how I'm treated as well and, sorry to say, I've been on the receiving end of some garbage CS.
Hang in there, I know there are still plenty of good reps out there. Sorry you had such a crap week.
Posted by: Jerry M. Root at May 14, 2021 10:19 AM (v7XIo)
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They tell you to download HP Smart which will "Guide through a step by step process", but it fails on network issues and "Something's wrong" and really doesn't even cover how to insert ink cartridges.
So, I spent a lot of fruitless time chatting with a support rep.
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My favorite part is that support is pretty much exactly like the cashiers at McDonalds who don't know what anything is but only push the pictogram buttons.
As someone who knows a great deal about tech as a hobby, it's incredibly frustrating to have to speak to customer service in Bangladesh and have to spend 45 minutes to eventually get them to do the thing that I told them they needed to do in literally the first 30 seconds of the phone call.
So, I spent a lot of fruitless time chatting with a support rep.
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My favorite part is that support is pretty much exactly like the cashiers at McDonalds who don't know what anything is but only push the pictogram buttons.
As someone who knows a great deal about tech as a hobby, it's incredibly frustrating to have to speak to customer service in Bangladesh and have to spend 45 minutes to eventually get them to do the thing that I told them they needed to do in literally the first 30 seconds of the phone call.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:19 AM (wCgji)
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Two things we can't stand: Customers and Service. Otherwise, we're here for you.
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We're not happy until you're not happy.
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We're not happy until you're not happy.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:20 AM (wCgji)
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I expect I'll get flamed for this, but I'll say it anyway: too many kids have been indulged and cossetted all their lives, never being disciplined or even sternly spoken to.
Parents either will not or cannot control themselves, indulging in some ridiculous endless adolescense, and therefore can't control their kids, who grow up into the shallow, self-centered, entitled pricks who think work is an unneeded and irksome interruption from the easy, blissful life that is their right.
I'm not advocating busting a cap in your kid's ass when they step out of line, but a few swats on the hindquarters would have stopped a lot of this noisome behavior in the bud. IMO and YMMV.
Parents either will not or cannot control themselves, indulging in some ridiculous endless adolescense, and therefore can't control their kids, who grow up into the shallow, self-centered, entitled pricks who think work is an unneeded and irksome interruption from the easy, blissful life that is their right.
I'm not advocating busting a cap in your kid's ass when they step out of line, but a few swats on the hindquarters would have stopped a lot of this noisome behavior in the bud. IMO and YMMV.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 14, 2021 10:20 AM (2JVJo)
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Customer service, on a grand scale, like chivalry, is dead.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:20 AM (Zz0t1)
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Good morning, MisHum, good morning, Horde.
Posted by: callsign claymore at May 14, 2021 10:20 AM (ZNqzz)
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Can we go back to talking about seeing Jordan's boobs?
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:21 AM (Zz0t1)
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We've all been there on the other side of a counter from an employee who should be locked in a mental institution instead of speaking with people. I haven't encountered someone that bad in a bit but I've been shut in the house for a year by order of a governor who should have been locked in a mental institution.
Posted by: WarEagle82 at May 14, 2021 10:21 AM (+Kpte)
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I expect I'll get flamed for this, but I'll say it anyway: too many kids have been indulged and cossetted all their lives, never being disciplined or even sternly spoken to.
Why would you get flamed for it? I think it's pretty well accepted wisdom on the right that kids are often spoiled by their parents and that is detrimental.
Why would you get flamed for it? I think it's pretty well accepted wisdom on the right that kids are often spoiled by their parents and that is detrimental.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at May 14, 2021 10:21 AM (jOcSX)
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Is it too much to expect to be treated competently, respectfully and courteously?
Can't you read the sign? You serve us or this whole thing falls apart.
Can't you read the sign? You serve us or this whole thing falls apart.
Posted by: Customer Service at May 14, 2021 10:21 AM (WLHrn)
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Management told him not to wear it anymore because "it may send the wrong message."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:18 AM (Jsjd7)
I hope he came in the next day with "dis" added in with a Sharpie.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:18 AM (Jsjd7)
I hope he came in the next day with "dis" added in with a Sharpie.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 14, 2021 10:22 AM (G+C8N)
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Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 10:16 AM (cI7Oj)
As someone who fondly remembers what HP used to stand for quality wise it pains me to say this, but never, ever, buy anything HP. Final straw for me was dropping a good chunk of change on an 11x17 printer and 13 months later (out of warranty) getting an error code on the display which once I finally could track it down revealed that it means something unfixable has happened and I needed to toss the machine.
As someone who fondly remembers what HP used to stand for quality wise it pains me to say this, but never, ever, buy anything HP. Final straw for me was dropping a good chunk of change on an 11x17 printer and 13 months later (out of warranty) getting an error code on the display which once I finally could track it down revealed that it means something unfixable has happened and I needed to toss the machine.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at May 14, 2021 10:22 AM (Obdic)
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The case for robot check out staff. They might not be any better but will have no hair to brush.
Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at May 14, 2021 10:22 AM (6Pqz7)
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When I went to change phone carriers last summer, the T-Mobile store had a Karen for "manager." That bitch absolutely would not stop harassing me out loud in front of several other customers because I wore my ID10T mask under my nose. I reported her to the company and wrote my useless county councilman.
Yeah, it's going to take a while for the Karens of the world to finally get the message. They will not want to stop ordering everyone around like some Auschwitz guard.
Yeah, it's going to take a while for the Karens of the world to finally get the message. They will not want to stop ordering everyone around like some Auschwitz guard.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at May 14, 2021 10:22 AM (HaL55)
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Cell phones and social media have destroyed at least two generations of Americans. No social skills, no learning about delayed gratification, and loss of empathy for fellow humans.
Posted by: Jmel at May 14, 2021 10:22 AM (dJsTl)
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HP has replaced a lot of their documentation with *link* to their FAQ.
"If it fails to do automatically print a test copy, then here is a link to our support page and here is a link to our FAQ"
Not, "here is a link to the topic 'My printer didn't automatically print a test copy while setting it up''". Just the whole fucking FAQ for you to do fruitless searches through.
"If it fails to do automatically print a test copy, then here is a link to our support page and here is a link to our FAQ"
Not, "here is a link to the topic 'My printer didn't automatically print a test copy while setting it up''". Just the whole fucking FAQ for you to do fruitless searches through.
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 10:22 AM (cI7Oj)
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Can we go back to talking about seeing Jordan's boobs?
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:21 AM (Zz0t1)
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I have no idea who Jordan is, but here's a pretty redhead by the sea:
https://is.gd/3drvdV
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:21 AM (Zz0t1)
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I have no idea who Jordan is, but here's a pretty redhead by the sea:
https://is.gd/3drvdV
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:22 AM (Jsjd7)
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This week I actually had a good customer service experience, Game Stop of all places. Very rare in these modern times.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at May 14, 2021 10:22 AM (DjiZK)
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Customer service, on a grand scale, like chivalry, is dead.
Hello! I am Bob from, um, New York, and today I will be doing the helping for you. Whatever the needful is, please let me know, and doing it will be my life's goal!
[a little while later]
NO NO NO I AM TELLING YOU THAT CANNOT BE DONE!
Hello! I am Bob from, um, New York, and today I will be doing the helping for you. Whatever the needful is, please let me know, and doing it will be my life's goal!
[a little while later]
NO NO NO I AM TELLING YOU THAT CANNOT BE DONE!
Posted by: Singh from Mumbai at May 14, 2021 10:22 AM (DpkTQ)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 14, 2021 10:22 AM (4fSQf)
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Best Judas Priest song to lift to is You've Got Another Thing Comin'
Posted by: Broseidon at May 14, 2021 10:22 AM (bPUO8)
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My latest customer service circus for getting my washing machine repaired involved contacting the manufacturer 3 times, warranty company 6 times, and the appliance store 4 times.
This started 4 weeks ago with a number of promises to get back to me. *spoiler* They didn't. Fast forward to last Tuesday when I spent 5 hours on the phone, mainly on hold, I get a service date to look at the washer.. It's for late May, maybe. Dropping my wife at our daughter's house in a few minutes where she will spend the day washing clothes.
This started 4 weeks ago with a number of promises to get back to me. *spoiler* They didn't. Fast forward to last Tuesday when I spent 5 hours on the phone, mainly on hold, I get a service date to look at the washer.. It's for late May, maybe. Dropping my wife at our daughter's house in a few minutes where she will spend the day washing clothes.
Posted by: Beartooth at May 14, 2021 10:22 AM (q2jCh)
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The thing is, for the crabby CS worker who has to deal with the drooling retards who make up the consumer public, faking sincerity and pleasantness to provide good CS, even when you don't want to, is actually a really good way to make the day go by quicker, and with less heartache.
The thing is, for the crabby CS worker who has to deal with the drooling retards who make up the consumer public, faking sincerity and pleasantness to provide good CS, even when you don't want to, is actually a really good way to make the day go by quicker, and with less heartache.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2021 10:23 AM (n+4am)
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For printer problems you're probably just better off searching online for the model and "problems" and you'll likely get all your possible problems and the solution to them.
Posted by: Buzzion at May 14, 2021 10:23 AM (G2zl5)
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No reason to withhold the name of the company. Bad reviews are part of efficient competition.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at May 14, 2021 10:23 AM (z5Vrg)
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There's a reason, starting in my late 20s, I ordered as much as I could by catalog and then switched to the internet when it became a thing in the 2000s. I try now not to order anything from Amazon if there is an alternative, but it is interesting that Amazon customer service is outstanding. If I want to stand in line and be insulted I can go to the DMV.
Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at May 14, 2021 10:23 AM (GZ/yK)
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I have no idea who Jordan is, but here's a pretty redhead by the sea:
https://is.gd/3drvdV
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:22 AM (Jsjd7)
Jordan61, the Bacon Wench.
But that's a valiant effort.
I have no idea who Jordan is, but here's a pretty redhead by the sea:
https://is.gd/3drvdV
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:22 AM (Jsjd7)
Jordan61, the Bacon Wench.
But that's a valiant effort.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)
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I have no idea who Jordan is, but here's a pretty redhead by the sea:
Anyone else have a hankering for cake by the ocean now?
Anyone else have a hankering for cake by the ocean now?
Posted by: Obligatory at May 14, 2021 10:23 AM (DpkTQ)
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The proverbial frosting on the cake was when she threw our two boxes of cereal, two loaves of bread and a bag of Baked Lays. Cereal and chips break enough during regular shipping and handling without help from the check out employee. Even the bagger said something to her about the bread toss. My wife was not happy and told her she would appreciate it if she wouldn't throw our food. Your employee's response: "It's been a busy day, I was in a hurry."
So Jane, you ignorant slut, how much time was saved throwing my food?
So Jane, you ignorant slut, how much time was saved throwing my food?
Posted by: Tami at May 14, 2021 10:23 AM (cF8AT)
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I'm not advocating busting a cap in your kid's ass when they step out of line, but a few swats on the hindquarters would have stopped a lot of this noisome behavior in the bud. IMO and YMMV.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 14, 2021 10:20 AM (2JVJo)
How about just simply instilling the value of going to work to, you know, work.
I have two kids under the age of 4. My main goal in life is to raise them to be respectable adults (and little league champions).
The problem for most parents is that they aren't respectable adults. How can they instill that which they do not embody?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 14, 2021 10:20 AM (2JVJo)
How about just simply instilling the value of going to work to, you know, work.
I have two kids under the age of 4. My main goal in life is to raise them to be respectable adults (and little league champions).
The problem for most parents is that they aren't respectable adults. How can they instill that which they do not embody?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 14, 2021 10:23 AM (KbCG3)
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Can we go back to talking about seeing Jordan's boobs?
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt
OKAY !
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt
OKAY !
Posted by: JT at May 14, 2021 10:23 AM (arJlL)
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I don't expect much of the hired help usually, but at times they can be very helpful. I had an old (experienced builder?) guy at Home Depot look at my (novice) plumbing plans and basically, he briefly redrew them for me in a much cleaner/standard way. I sought him out another time when looking for what I needed to install the pitless adapter. ... But many younger workers know very little.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 14, 2021 10:23 AM (Cus5s)
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The best customer service scam is to direct all inquiries to a call in line and then provide absolutely no route to answer a customer's inquiry or allow said customer to speak to a live human being.
I'm talking about you, Delaware EZpass!
The best customer service scam is to direct all inquiries to a call in line and then provide absolutely no route to answer a customer's inquiry or allow said customer to speak to a live human being.
I'm talking about you, Delaware EZpass!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 14, 2021 10:23 AM (pNxlR)
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My perfect air-conditioner maintenance people called me last week to schedule my annual maintenance. I said, I can't do that right now; I'll call back next week. And the girl said, "Thank you! We look forward to hearing from you." I just now called back; got a guy; he asked what weekday I'd like; I said "Monday." He said, well, this Monday we could call you between 8 and 9 in the morning and schedule an appointment for later that day; will that be o.k.?
They're perfect.
Sorry, MisHum.
They're perfect.
Sorry, MisHum.
Posted by: m at May 14, 2021 10:24 AM (Y3SPi)
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I had a coworker once who wore a t-shirt that read, "Gruntled Office Worker."
Management told him not to wear it anymore because "it may send the wrong message."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:18 AM (Jsjd7)
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Looks like that grunt got shit on.
Management told him not to wear it anymore because "it may send the wrong message."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:18 AM (Jsjd7)
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Looks like that grunt got shit on.
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 10:24 AM (cI7Oj)
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Customer service is still usually decent at Chik-fil-a...I know, I know but they are franchises and the franchise owners aren't all into the virtue signaling. Here there are 2 that are members of evangelical churches.
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at May 14, 2021 10:24 AM (UUBmN)
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I have no idea who Jordan is, but here's a pretty redhead by the sea:
https://is.gd/3drvdV
Buoyant and fluorescent. Very seaworthy.
https://is.gd/3drvdV
Buoyant and fluorescent. Very seaworthy.
Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2021 10:24 AM (WLHrn)
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Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC
@MattNegrin
Replying to @MattNegrin
Kevin McCarthy, Steve Scalise and Elise Stefanik tried to murder Democrats on Jan. 6 to stop the process of certifying the election. They convinced the media not to talk about this but instead frame their treason as "showing loyalty to Trump." The bookers are already calling her
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There's a new Tingles but they're still living up to MSNBC standards.
@MattNegrin
Replying to @MattNegrin
Kevin McCarthy, Steve Scalise and Elise Stefanik tried to murder Democrats on Jan. 6 to stop the process of certifying the election. They convinced the media not to talk about this but instead frame their treason as "showing loyalty to Trump." The bookers are already calling her
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There's a new Tingles but they're still living up to MSNBC standards.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 14, 2021 10:24 AM (VVEnO)
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"Endless adolescence"? Yes, that's exactly the parenting that causes endless spoiled infancy. People who are "friends" to the kids instead of parents. The ones who always take the path of least resistance with behavior, meals, everything.
Posted by: CN at May 14, 2021 10:24 AM (ONvIw)
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So Jane, you ignorant slut, how much time was saved throwing my food?
Posted by: Tami at May 14, 2021 10:23 AM (cF8AT)
Definitively the correct response
Posted by: Tami at May 14, 2021 10:23 AM (cF8AT)
Definitively the correct response
Posted by: Broseidon at May 14, 2021 10:24 AM (bPUO8)
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I worked retail for T-Mobile for a while.
My weirdest story was when some lady had a major problem, I couldn't solve it to her satisfaction, I told her that there was nothing else I could do, and she ended up just standing there for half an hour not saying anything.
She was pissed, so I was afraid of saying anything. After that half hour, I finally said, "Is there anything else I can do for you?"
"You mean you're not on the phone with customer service?"
*looks over at hung up phone*
"No, ma'am."
*she leaves in a huff*
My weirdest story was when some lady had a major problem, I couldn't solve it to her satisfaction, I told her that there was nothing else I could do, and she ended up just standing there for half an hour not saying anything.
She was pissed, so I was afraid of saying anything. After that half hour, I finally said, "Is there anything else I can do for you?"
"You mean you're not on the phone with customer service?"
*looks over at hung up phone*
"No, ma'am."
*she leaves in a huff*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 14, 2021 10:24 AM (LvTSG)
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I'm sick of the covid excuse for everything. Unless covid fucked up your left ear and right index finger your lazy retarded ass should still be able to answer customer phone calls
Posted by: nckate at May 14, 2021 10:25 AM (5NDrl)
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Kevin McCarthy, Steve Scalise and Elise Stefanik tried to murder Democrats on Jan. 6
Based on the Democrat's standard of reciprocity in war in regards to Israel, Scalise has a freebie right now to use whenever he wants right?
Based on the Democrat's standard of reciprocity in war in regards to Israel, Scalise has a freebie right now to use whenever he wants right?
Posted by: Obligatory at May 14, 2021 10:25 AM (DpkTQ)
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One thing I always will do is ask to speak to management after a good phone encounter in order to praise the employee.
Just because I love the story and knowing how a couple of minutes of your time can change someone's life dramatically, good or bad: I wrote a short letter to management regarding a sweet old lady who works at a local chain restaurant and who always has such a great attitude and work ethic, and she came around the counter to give me and my daughter a hug last time we were in there because she said her manager got her a raise the day after he received it.
When people do a good job, let their bosses know.
Just because I love the story and knowing how a couple of minutes of your time can change someone's life dramatically, good or bad: I wrote a short letter to management regarding a sweet old lady who works at a local chain restaurant and who always has such a great attitude and work ethic, and she came around the counter to give me and my daughter a hug last time we were in there because she said her manager got her a raise the day after he received it.
When people do a good job, let their bosses know.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:25 AM (wCgji)
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RE: HP offline, there is a somewhat easy fix for it that has worked for me.
Turn on printer. Go to settings/devices/ printer. Open specific printer. From the drop down menu, click printer. There is a heading that says "use printer offline." If it is checked, uncheck it. That might fix it.
My printer used to do that a lot.
Also... don't call support. Just look online for the answer. It will keep your blood pressure down.
Turn on printer. Go to settings/devices/ printer. Open specific printer. From the drop down menu, click printer. There is a heading that says "use printer offline." If it is checked, uncheck it. That might fix it.
My printer used to do that a lot.
Also... don't call support. Just look online for the answer. It will keep your blood pressure down.
Posted by: shibumi at May 14, 2021 10:25 AM (Z/QB3)
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21 Two things we can't stand: Customers and Service. Otherwise, we're here for you.
Posted by: Customer Service at May 14, 2021 10:18 AM (/2aWP)
Ha!
Posted by: Customer Service at May 14, 2021 10:18 AM (/2aWP)
Ha!
Posted by: m at May 14, 2021 10:26 AM (Y3SPi)
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8 And no, don't ask me how my switch from one cellular provider to another went Thursday. Judas Friggin' Priest.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 11:11 AM
Guessing you didn't switch to Patriot Mobile...
Posted by: Jordan61 at May 14, 2021 10:15 AM (Ez6QX)
Guessed correctly.
I need a certain carrier for service here in the "sticks"
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 11:11 AM
Guessing you didn't switch to Patriot Mobile...
Posted by: Jordan61 at May 14, 2021 10:15 AM (Ez6QX)
Guessed correctly.
I need a certain carrier for service here in the "sticks"
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 14, 2021 10:26 AM (aA3+G)
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I'm surprised that "Jane" wasn't seen furiously typing out text messages on her phone, at some point.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 14, 2021 10:26 AM (cwI4U)
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Fortunately, The ONT commentariat still worships their CoB, and brooks no disrespect to same, unlike occasionally happens to that Food Thread CoB.
The ONT. Perhaps the last island of sanity on Earth.
The ONT. Perhaps the last island of sanity on Earth.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 14, 2021 10:26 AM (DMUuz)
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I have no idea who Jordan is, but here's a pretty redhead by the sea:
https://is.gd/3drvdV
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:22 AM (Jsjd7)
1. You, sir, are a great American.
2. I could eat that with a spoon.
3. Bunk.
https://is.gd/3drvdV
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:22 AM (Jsjd7)
1. You, sir, are a great American.
2. I could eat that with a spoon.
3. Bunk.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 14, 2021 10:26 AM (2JVJo)
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Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC
@MattNegrin
Replying to @MattNegrin
Kevin McCarthy, Steve Scalise and Elise Stefanik tried to murder Democrats on Jan. 6 to stop the process of certifying the election. They convinced the media not to talk about this but instead frame their treason as "showing loyalty to Trump." The bookers are already calling her
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There's a new Tingles but they're still living up to MSNBC standards.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 14, 2021 10:24 AM (VVEnO)
I'm sorry, what?!
@MattNegrin
Replying to @MattNegrin
Kevin McCarthy, Steve Scalise and Elise Stefanik tried to murder Democrats on Jan. 6 to stop the process of certifying the election. They convinced the media not to talk about this but instead frame their treason as "showing loyalty to Trump." The bookers are already calling her
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There's a new Tingles but they're still living up to MSNBC standards.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 14, 2021 10:24 AM (VVEnO)
I'm sorry, what?!
Posted by: Jordan61 at May 14, 2021 10:26 AM (Ez6QX)
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I agree @29. Too many people have been told they are special snowflakes and they're only at this lousy burger job until their rap-metal mixtape takes off.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 14, 2021 10:27 AM (E+OcO)
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The govt is paying the equivalent of $20-30 an hour to stay home. Companies are desperate for anyone to work no matter how incompetent. Welcome to America 2.0
Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 14, 2021 10:27 AM (Nh7jF)
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You can always count on Mis Hum when the chips are down!
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at May 14, 2021 10:27 AM (lSZIs)
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Customer service, on a grand scale, like chivalry, is dead.
Yep. I almost universally run into an "I don't give a f*ck" attitude. It definitely is indicative of where we are at right now. It's mind-blowing witnessing real-time societal collapse.
Yep. I almost universally run into an "I don't give a f*ck" attitude. It definitely is indicative of where we are at right now. It's mind-blowing witnessing real-time societal collapse.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 14, 2021 10:27 AM (W4eKo)
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When people do a good job, let their bosses know.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:25 AM (wCgji)
++++
+1. I do this, more in meatspace than on the phone (since, perversely, a lot of call center systems count a supervisor request as an escalation *and* it adds to total call time, making an "I'm happy and you're great and I want to tell your boss" count *against* the agent according to the automatic performance measures).
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:25 AM (wCgji)
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+1. I do this, more in meatspace than on the phone (since, perversely, a lot of call center systems count a supervisor request as an escalation *and* it adds to total call time, making an "I'm happy and you're great and I want to tell your boss" count *against* the agent according to the automatic performance measures).
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:27 AM (Jsjd7)
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28 Two things we can't stand: Customers and Service. Otherwise, we're here for you.
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We're not happy until you're not happy.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:20 AM (wCgji)
LOL
***
We're not happy until you're not happy.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:20 AM (wCgji)
LOL
Posted by: m at May 14, 2021 10:27 AM (Y3SPi)
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etting an error code on the display which once I finally could track it down revealed that it means something unfixable has happened and I needed to toss the machine.
*
I commend them for their honesty at least.
*
I commend them for their honesty at least.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:27 AM (wCgji)
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My favorite part is that support is pretty much exactly like the cashiers at McDonalds who don't know what anything is but only push the pictogram buttons.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:19 AM (wCgji)
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Oh, totally, and after failing--or long delays--to answer pretty simple questions I directly asked her, I ended up fixing my own problem.
I spotted a piece of packing cardboard that old HP instructions would have told me to remove as part of the setup process, and removed it--after manually moving the cartridge carriage (which is not something I've ever been instructed to do on another printer).
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:19 AM (wCgji)
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Oh, totally, and after failing--or long delays--to answer pretty simple questions I directly asked her, I ended up fixing my own problem.
I spotted a piece of packing cardboard that old HP instructions would have told me to remove as part of the setup process, and removed it--after manually moving the cartridge carriage (which is not something I've ever been instructed to do on another printer).
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 10:28 AM (cI7Oj)
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57 I don't expect much of the hired help usually, but at times they can be very helpful. I had an old (experienced builder?) guy at Home Depot look at my (novice) plumbing plans and basically, he briefly redrew them for me in a much cleaner/standard way. I sought him out another time when looking for what I needed to install the pitless adapter. ... But many younger workers know very little.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 14, 2021 10:23 AM (Cus5s)
In general there's not much of a pathway for people to have developed moderate levels of expertise in various jobs and end up working in places like Home Depot these days. If a person has skilled labor training, well those jobs pay very well, they're not going to end up in Home Depot. A lower level of skill isn't something you'd learn at high school, it's pretty all or nothing specialization through colleges or trade schools.
So in summary, why would you expect a Home Depot worker to know anything? They won't have any training related to carpentry, plumbing, etc. The job requirement is literally a HS Diploma or GED.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 14, 2021 10:23 AM (Cus5s)
In general there's not much of a pathway for people to have developed moderate levels of expertise in various jobs and end up working in places like Home Depot these days. If a person has skilled labor training, well those jobs pay very well, they're not going to end up in Home Depot. A lower level of skill isn't something you'd learn at high school, it's pretty all or nothing specialization through colleges or trade schools.
So in summary, why would you expect a Home Depot worker to know anything? They won't have any training related to carpentry, plumbing, etc. The job requirement is literally a HS Diploma or GED.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at May 14, 2021 10:28 AM (z5Vrg)
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Number of Democrats killed on Jan 6 = 0
Number of Democrats injured on Jan 6 = 0
Number of people with a weapon trying to get to a Democrat on Jan 6 = 0
Number of people demanding a free and fair election on Jan 6 = 1M or so.
Number of Democrats injured on Jan 6 = 0
Number of people with a weapon trying to get to a Democrat on Jan 6 = 0
Number of people demanding a free and fair election on Jan 6 = 1M or so.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2021 10:28 AM (DpkTQ)
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The problem for most parents is that they aren't respectable adults. How can they instill that which they do not embody?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 14, 2021 10:23 AM (KbCG3)
Thank you. That is the point I wanted to make.
**doffs hat**
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 14, 2021 10:23 AM (KbCG3)
Thank you. That is the point I wanted to make.
**doffs hat**
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 14, 2021 10:28 AM (2JVJo)
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In the immortal words of Pete from Slow Roosevelt, It's hard to be nice to stupid people.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:28 AM (Zz0t1)
89
Off topic, but maybe sort of on topic.
I read this morning that there is some kind of crack in a steel beam on the I-40 bridge across the Mississippi at Memphis.
Vehicle traffic is closed until repair, and probably even worse, barge traffic has been halted because the bridge might fall on a barge. According to what I read, approx 800 barges are now backed up (north and south) on the Mississsippi.
A picture shot of the crack is something that internet experts claim could be welded, braced, repaired in short order.
As this will be a union job with prevailing wages, the bridge might be closed for months, with barge traffic shut on the river.
So expect more things to be screwed up because of this.
This is Biden's America. You're welcome.
And back on topic, I had a wonderful experience at Menard's yesterday, as the checkout clerk had to have an extended conversation with the women in front of me, while I waited to pay for my stuff.
Yeah, it went on and on.
I read this morning that there is some kind of crack in a steel beam on the I-40 bridge across the Mississippi at Memphis.
Vehicle traffic is closed until repair, and probably even worse, barge traffic has been halted because the bridge might fall on a barge. According to what I read, approx 800 barges are now backed up (north and south) on the Mississsippi.
A picture shot of the crack is something that internet experts claim could be welded, braced, repaired in short order.
As this will be a union job with prevailing wages, the bridge might be closed for months, with barge traffic shut on the river.
So expect more things to be screwed up because of this.
This is Biden's America. You're welcome.
And back on topic, I had a wonderful experience at Menard's yesterday, as the checkout clerk had to have an extended conversation with the women in front of me, while I waited to pay for my stuff.
Yeah, it went on and on.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....Outlaw in America at May 14, 2021 10:28 AM (vcOmj)
90
We're not happy until you're not happy.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:20 AM (wCgji)
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...Or you hang up and stop bothering us!
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:20 AM (wCgji)
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...Or you hang up and stop bothering us!
Posted by: Customer Serving at May 14, 2021 10:29 AM (cI7Oj)
91
Number of Democrats killed on Jan 6 = 0
Number of Democrats injured on Jan 6 = 0
Number of people with a weapon trying to get to a Democrat on Jan 6 = 0
Number of people demanding a free and fair election on Jan 6 = 1M or so.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2021 10:28 AM (DpkTQ)
Number of conservatives killed by Democrats on Jan 6 = 1
Number of Democrats injured on Jan 6 = 0
Number of people with a weapon trying to get to a Democrat on Jan 6 = 0
Number of people demanding a free and fair election on Jan 6 = 1M or so.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2021 10:28 AM (DpkTQ)
Number of conservatives killed by Democrats on Jan 6 = 1
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:29 AM (Zz0t1)
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Yeah well, I spent time with a customer last week that bitched me out because I said I would call her and didn't. I hadn't talked to her. She'd talked to a Sales person and just assumed we were the same person. Same customer hung up on me and another rep, while we were trying to resolve some issues. There are a lot of rude customers out there too. The amount of things customers expect me to support is insane as are the types of services we have to deal with. I've taken to apologizing to customers when dealing with Mac mail because I don't want them to think I'm frustrated with them. I'm frustrated with Apple's incredibly crappy mail program.
What I see is that pretty much everyone is crankier than usual. I'm sure the never ending pandemic has nothing to do with it.
What I see is that pretty much everyone is crankier than usual. I'm sure the never ending pandemic has nothing to do with it.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at May 14, 2021 10:29 AM (5HBd1)
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So, what happened to the gasoline crisis? I can;t find a single news report today.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 14, 2021 10:30 AM (sd8p8)
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Kevin McCarthy, Steve Scalise and Elise Stefanik tried to murder Democrats on Jan. 6....
Unfortunately we award no points for merely trying. Do better next time.
Unfortunately we award no points for merely trying. Do better next time.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at May 14, 2021 10:30 AM (Obdic)
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Number of Democrats killed on Jan 6 = 0
Number of Democrats injured on Jan 6 = 0
Number of people with a weapon trying to get to a Democrat on Jan 6 = 0
Number of people demanding a free and fair election on Jan 6 = 1M or so.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2021 10:28 AM (DpkTQ)
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= Insurrection!
Number of Democrats injured on Jan 6 = 0
Number of people with a weapon trying to get to a Democrat on Jan 6 = 0
Number of people demanding a free and fair election on Jan 6 = 1M or so.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 14, 2021 10:28 AM (DpkTQ)
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= Insurrection!
Posted by: DNC at May 14, 2021 10:30 AM (cI7Oj)
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The brilliant minds in DC have decided the US Army has become superfluous to today's warfighting capabilities. Congress is proposing cutting US Army end strength down to 390k. The 'savings' would be given to the USAF, Marines, and Navy. The Army needs a 'clue', you see.
https://tinyurl.com/ue8npmjy
https://tinyurl.com/ue8npmjy
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado - Tempus belli) at May 14, 2021 10:30 AM (N3El/)
Posted by: At No Time Was John Weaver In The Physical Presence Of gp at May 14, 2021 10:30 AM (qpX6U)
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In the immortal words of Pete from Slow Roosevelt, It's hard to be nice to stupid people.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:28 AM (Zz0t1)
I'm pretty stupid but I find that people are generally nice to me.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:28 AM (Zz0t1)
I'm pretty stupid but I find that people are generally nice to me.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 14, 2021 10:30 AM (cSyAR)
99
I don't expect much of the hired help usually, but at times they can be very helpful. I had an old (experienced builder?) guy at Home Depot look at my (novice) plumbing plans and basically, he briefly redrew them for me in a much cleaner/standard way. I sought him out another time when looking for what I needed to install the pitless adapter. ... But many younger workers know very little.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 14, 2021 10:23 AM (Cus5s)
***
What made Lowes and - I assume - Home Depot big national brands was that they used to have at least one by-golly plumber, electrician, etc. in the relevant departments.
I think they stopped that about 20 years ago once they ran most of the mom and pops out of business.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 14, 2021 10:23 AM (Cus5s)
***
What made Lowes and - I assume - Home Depot big national brands was that they used to have at least one by-golly plumber, electrician, etc. in the relevant departments.
I think they stopped that about 20 years ago once they ran most of the mom and pops out of business.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:30 AM (wCgji)
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48
The thing is, for the crabby CS worker who has to deal with the drooling retards who make up the consumer public, faking sincerity and pleasantness to provide good CS, even when you don't want to, is actually a really good way to make the day go by quicker, and with less heartache.
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That's the story of my life in CSR. Being nice and helpful to angry people who feel ripped off and not given what they wanted. Or just in a dudgeon because they didn't get EXACTLY what they wanted! *sigh* Politeness goes both ways, acting like an asshole when calling CSR automatically starts with a disadvantage.
The thing is, for the crabby CS worker who has to deal with the drooling retards who make up the consumer public, faking sincerity and pleasantness to provide good CS, even when you don't want to, is actually a really good way to make the day go by quicker, and with less heartache.
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That's the story of my life in CSR. Being nice and helpful to angry people who feel ripped off and not given what they wanted. Or just in a dudgeon because they didn't get EXACTLY what they wanted! *sigh* Politeness goes both ways, acting like an asshole when calling CSR automatically starts with a disadvantage.
Posted by: exdem13 at May 14, 2021 10:31 AM (W+kMI)
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RE: customer service... I am going to throw something out there. If these people are working in store, they are probably in a mask. If they are using a real mask, it could be constantly fogging up their glasses and making them annoyed and miserable. It's hard to be good at your job when you're masked and miserable. Then add in the fact that they have to stay away from people and sanitize EVERYTHING ever 10 seconds, well, that would make anyone a bit cranky.
It is not an excuse, rather, an explanation of sorts.
It is not an excuse, rather, an explanation of sorts.
Posted by: shibumi at May 14, 2021 10:31 AM (Ve6n5)
102
Kevin McCarthy, Steve Scalise and Elise Stefanik tried to murder Democrats on Jan. 6....
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These assholes have *some* nerve saying that about Scalise!!!!!!!!
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These assholes have *some* nerve saying that about Scalise!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 10:31 AM (cI7Oj)
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As someone who fondly remembers what HP used to stand for quality wise it pains me to say this, but never, ever, buy anything HP. Final straw for me was dropping a good chunk of change on an 11x17 printer and 13 months later (out of warranty) getting an error code on the display which once I finally could track it down revealed that it means something unfixable has happened and I needed to toss the machine.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at May 14, 2021 10:22 AM (Obdic)
There is an unmet demand out there for reliable printers. Instead of paying $34 for a POS printer, that needs two $40 ink cartridges when the included ones go dry, which makes it economic to just throw it away, why not sell a $340 printer that uses cheap bulk ink, and includes an iron-clad promise from the manufacturer to provide parts and service at a fair price for no less than ten years?
I'd like to see some outfit sell a clone of the old HP PaintJet tractor-feed printer. Update it to use ink reservoirs, give it a USB port, and wifi capabilities, and maybe a provision to print hand-fed card stock, too.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at May 14, 2021 10:22 AM (Obdic)
There is an unmet demand out there for reliable printers. Instead of paying $34 for a POS printer, that needs two $40 ink cartridges when the included ones go dry, which makes it economic to just throw it away, why not sell a $340 printer that uses cheap bulk ink, and includes an iron-clad promise from the manufacturer to provide parts and service at a fair price for no less than ten years?
I'd like to see some outfit sell a clone of the old HP PaintJet tractor-feed printer. Update it to use ink reservoirs, give it a USB port, and wifi capabilities, and maybe a provision to print hand-fed card stock, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 14, 2021 10:31 AM (G+C8N)
104
No need to be courteous to assholes like that. I'll go off in a heartbeat now that I'm older.
Posted by: CSMBigBird at May 14, 2021 10:31 AM (jsWA8)
105
Is it too much to expect to be treated competently, respectfully and courteously?
No one gives a shit. They're all planning their next screaming tiktok video to get likes and further their career as an influencer.
No one gives a shit. They're all planning their next screaming tiktok video to get likes and further their career as an influencer.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2021 10:31 AM (nR2nR)
106
89 Off topic, but maybe sort of on topic.
I read this morning that there is some kind of crack in a steel beam on the I-40 bridge across the Mississippi at Memphis....
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....Outlaw in America at May 14, 2021 10:28 AM (vcOmj)
I blame Fat Elvis.
I read this morning that there is some kind of crack in a steel beam on the I-40 bridge across the Mississippi at Memphis....
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....Outlaw in America at May 14, 2021 10:28 AM (vcOmj)
I blame Fat Elvis.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 14, 2021 10:31 AM (PiwSw)
107
It's worse overseas. They have the goods, they have the power.
Posted by: Javems at May 14, 2021 10:31 AM (8SSHh)
108
I'm pretty stupid but I find that people are generally nice to me.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 14, 2021 10:30 AM (cSyAR)
But, you have no idea how hard they may be trying to achieve that view.
I'm pretty stupid but I find that people are generally nice to me.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 14, 2021 10:30 AM (cSyAR)
But, you have no idea how hard they may be trying to achieve that view.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:32 AM (Zz0t1)
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I'm not advocating busting a cap in your kid's ass when they step out of line, but a few swats on the hindquarters would have stopped a lot of this noisome behavior in the bud. IMO and YMMV.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
It's safe to say, the ass busted generation has turned out much better than the time out generation.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
It's safe to say, the ass busted generation has turned out much better than the time out generation.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2021 10:32 AM (OCTRt)
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So in summary, why would you expect a Home Depot worker to know anything?
It's easy to pick out the older guys who don't quite fit in. They used to do real work and it shows. They just got run over by globalization.
It's easy to pick out the older guys who don't quite fit in. They used to do real work and it shows. They just got run over by globalization.
Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2021 10:32 AM (3fR4G)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 14, 2021 10:32 AM (5cd/T)
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Oh and I did get an attaboy today from a customer. Rare enough to mention it on this thread. I spent about 45 minutes trying to get one guy's computer connected to his router. Finally changed his wifi password to all numbers and it worked. Then he remembered that he was having problems with his keyboard. It wasn't always typing one letter, which happened to be in his original wifi password.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at May 14, 2021 10:32 AM (5HBd1)
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I suppose my worst CustSer experiences have been with Comcast and their overseas call centers. Fucking unintelligible mush-mouths, the lot of them.
The corner gas/convenience store though, I rarely go inside. The person behind the counter is always 'new', and seems to have been trained to work so slowly as to appear almost motionless. It shouldn't take 10 minutes to buy a 12-pack of soda.
The people at my King Sooper are nice and helpful.
The corner gas/convenience store though, I rarely go inside. The person behind the counter is always 'new', and seems to have been trained to work so slowly as to appear almost motionless. It shouldn't take 10 minutes to buy a 12-pack of soda.
The people at my King Sooper are nice and helpful.
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 14, 2021 10:33 AM (iTXRQ)
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Customer service? Bwahahahahaha!
The garbage company here recently changed the address to which payments are to be sent. It's a standard monthly payment and I have it set up to go out automatically from my bank. I never look at the bill, knowing it's covered.
So when the address changed my payment went to the old address. The garbage company actually got it. But according to them, "We sent it back." My service was discontinued and I watched the truck sail by on Monday before I realized something was amiss. Of course by then the bank had wiped out the account so I couldn't simply change the address. I had to set it up again, with an extra to cover the one I'd missed.
In all my years of paying bills I have never, ever had a company refuse my money.
While I'm whining, let me throw one in about the dentist whose appointment reminder program calls people on a Sunday. Being an atheist that shouldn't bother me but even heathens should be entitled to one day of peace per week.
The garbage company here recently changed the address to which payments are to be sent. It's a standard monthly payment and I have it set up to go out automatically from my bank. I never look at the bill, knowing it's covered.
So when the address changed my payment went to the old address. The garbage company actually got it. But according to them, "We sent it back." My service was discontinued and I watched the truck sail by on Monday before I realized something was amiss. Of course by then the bank had wiped out the account so I couldn't simply change the address. I had to set it up again, with an extra to cover the one I'd missed.
In all my years of paying bills I have never, ever had a company refuse my money.
While I'm whining, let me throw one in about the dentist whose appointment reminder program calls people on a Sunday. Being an atheist that shouldn't bother me but even heathens should be entitled to one day of peace per week.
Posted by: creeper, Moron Labe at May 14, 2021 10:33 AM (XxJt1)
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I avoid "Janes" at all stores. It's worth being in a longer line. Of course, what that means is that Jane is rewarded with fewer customers for the same hourly pay. And she'll root there forever while other employees move up or along. Whatev. I want a peaceful no-drama experience so I avoid all Janes.
Posted by: Carly at May 14, 2021 10:33 AM (3kXWX)
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The missus and I moved from a very large sub/urban area a few years ago out into the boonies, nothing but small towns around us, largest in the county is 4500 people. The difference in customer service is about 180 degrees different than the city. Polite, helpful, not overbearing, pleasant, genuine smiles. Try it, you'll like it.
Posted by: Robert17 at May 14, 2021 10:33 AM (vWT4P)
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I actually had a great experience at TMobile last Saturday.
I made an appointment and said I was buying...and I didn't care that I had to pay $20 for the service fee, nor was I calling to drop it later.
At the store, a wonderful young gentlemen set me up so well, I decided to get another "free" phone for my teen (early birthday gift), so he got another $20 and made his phone sale quota for the month (I also found at that this store has this requirement - no idea if it's national). He offered the 2nd buy to his compatriot, who nicely declined (which I was thankful, b/c my CS guy was so good at his job), and I walked out with 2 "free" phones and a 3rd line on my Vet plan...
I made an appointment and said I was buying...and I didn't care that I had to pay $20 for the service fee, nor was I calling to drop it later.
At the store, a wonderful young gentlemen set me up so well, I decided to get another "free" phone for my teen (early birthday gift), so he got another $20 and made his phone sale quota for the month (I also found at that this store has this requirement - no idea if it's national). He offered the 2nd buy to his compatriot, who nicely declined (which I was thankful, b/c my CS guy was so good at his job), and I walked out with 2 "free" phones and a 3rd line on my Vet plan...
Posted by: Nova local at May 14, 2021 10:33 AM (b1h2x)
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Jordan showed her boobs off?
Huh.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 14, 2021 10:32 AM (5cd/T)
Not yet, but it's her idea, so we're working on it.
Huh.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 14, 2021 10:32 AM (5cd/T)
Not yet, but it's her idea, so we're working on it.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)
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The brilliant minds in DC have decided the US Army has become superfluous to today's warfighting capabilities. Congress is proposing cutting US Army end strength down to 390k.
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Wow. So there's 1/2 million or more easily-monitored and studied people in close contact with each other, and they've only had about 170M cases, and only 24 deaths in the last year and a half?
Seems like some actual science could happen there if someone was interested.
Oh well, screw it.
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Wow. So there's 1/2 million or more easily-monitored and studied people in close contact with each other, and they've only had about 170M cases, and only 24 deaths in the last year and a half?
Seems like some actual science could happen there if someone was interested.
Oh well, screw it.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:34 AM (wCgji)
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What I see is that pretty much everyone is crankier than usual. I'm sure the never ending pandemic has nothing to do with it.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at May 14, 2021 10:29 AM (5HBd1)
Nothing. I haven't set foot in one of the local grocery stores in many months, after the clerks started screaming at everyone and telling us how heroic they were. I don't think I'll be back.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at May 14, 2021 10:29 AM (5HBd1)
Nothing. I haven't set foot in one of the local grocery stores in many months, after the clerks started screaming at everyone and telling us how heroic they were. I don't think I'll be back.
Posted by: CN at May 14, 2021 10:34 AM (ONvIw)
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Not 170M. 170K. But you knew that.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:34 AM (wCgji)
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Again as a guy who's done CSR before. the reps have to get the updates, understand them, and then have to justify it to the customers on the fly. Not always the easy thing and good thing to do for all the workers. Especially when the new rule limits options and offers to the customers. I think Hammacher Schlemmer is the last store/catalog company that allows no-reason returns (with order invoice).
Posted by: exdem13 at May 14, 2021 10:34 AM (W+kMI)
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One other thing, somewhat related. I've been calling TV and radio stations for the past several weeks, sales prospecting with their engineering departments for some of the repair services I provide. A surprising number of them have totally fucked up business phone lines, with phone trees that basically go nowhere, that don't answer at all, or tell you they only communicate via email. Or like one of the local IHeartMedia radio stations here (one of the biggest local FM stations, by the way), which has it's business line going to a fax machine, and never answers the studio line at all.
One other thing, somewhat related. I've been calling TV and radio stations for the past several weeks, sales prospecting with their engineering departments for some of the repair services I provide. A surprising number of them have totally fucked up business phone lines, with phone trees that basically go nowhere, that don't answer at all, or tell you they only communicate via email. Or like one of the local IHeartMedia radio stations here (one of the biggest local FM stations, by the way), which has it's business line going to a fax machine, and never answers the studio line at all.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2021 10:35 AM (n+4am)
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suppose my worst CustSer experiences have been with Comcast and their overseas call centers. Fucking unintelligible mush-mouths, the lot of them. ...
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 14, 2021 10:33 AM (iTXRQ)
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It is a night-and-day difference between Comcast Consumer and Comcast Business. I needed some of the Business-class features (and boy do you pay for them) but there is one added benefit: when I have needed to call them (which has been rare), the hold times are minuscule, the reps on the other end are in the United States *and* speak English, their training is decent and they know when to tap out and kick it up the chain without wasting a ton of time.
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 14, 2021 10:33 AM (iTXRQ)
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It is a night-and-day difference between Comcast Consumer and Comcast Business. I needed some of the Business-class features (and boy do you pay for them) but there is one added benefit: when I have needed to call them (which has been rare), the hold times are minuscule, the reps on the other end are in the United States *and* speak English, their training is decent and they know when to tap out and kick it up the chain without wasting a ton of time.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:35 AM (Jsjd7)
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"Is it too much to expect to be treated competently, respectfully and courteously?"
Everybody has discovered that no matter whether they do their jobs well or not, it all pays the same. So don't expect much.
Everybody has discovered that no matter whether they do their jobs well or not, it all pays the same. So don't expect much.
Posted by: At No Time Was John Weaver In The Physical Presence Of gp at May 14, 2021 10:35 AM (qpX6U)
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I try now not to order anything from Amazon if there is an alternative, but it is interesting that Amazon customer service is outstanding. If I want to stand in line and be insulted I can go to the DMV.
Posted by: MaureenTheTemp
They drive their employees like cattle going to the slaughter. My son worked at a fulfillment center for a while last year, and it was exhausting for him, working 10-12 hour days on the weekend.
And no, he's not wimp.
He now hates Jeff Bezos, so it was a learning experience.
Posted by: MaureenTheTemp
They drive their employees like cattle going to the slaughter. My son worked at a fulfillment center for a while last year, and it was exhausting for him, working 10-12 hour days on the weekend.
And no, he's not wimp.
He now hates Jeff Bezos, so it was a learning experience.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....Outlaw in America at May 14, 2021 10:36 AM (vcOmj)
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I worked retail for T-Mobile for a while.
The poor kid who actually helped me a lot by showing me an even cheaper plan (pre-paid) was trying to crawl under the counter after the third time Karen yelled at me across the showroom. He showed me out and had an "I'm really really sorry, Sir" look on his face.
I worked retail for T-Mobile for a while.
The poor kid who actually helped me a lot by showing me an even cheaper plan (pre-paid) was trying to crawl under the counter after the third time Karen yelled at me across the showroom. He showed me out and had an "I'm really really sorry, Sir" look on his face.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at May 14, 2021 10:36 AM (HaL55)
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The missus and I moved from a very large sub/urban area a few years ago out into the boonies, nothing but small towns around us, largest in the county is 4500 people. The difference in customer service is about 180 degrees different than the city. Polite, helpful, not overbearing, pleasant, genuine smiles. Try it, you'll like it.
Posted by: Robert17
Local farm store Fix-n-Feed. Even the high school girls know how to fix shit.
Tractor Supply? Clueless.
Posted by: Robert17
Local farm store Fix-n-Feed. Even the high school girls know how to fix shit.
Tractor Supply? Clueless.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2021 10:36 AM (OCTRt)
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Jordan showed her boobs off?
Huh.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 14, 2021 10:32 AM (5cd/T)
Not yet, but it's her idea, so we're working on it.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)
I endorse this idea.
Huh.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 14, 2021 10:32 AM (5cd/T)
Not yet, but it's her idea, so we're working on it.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)
I endorse this idea.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 14, 2021 10:36 AM (5cd/T)
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What made Lowes and - I assume - Home Depot big national brands was that they used to have at least one by-golly plumber, electrician, etc. in the relevant departments.
I think they stopped that about 20 years ago once they ran most of the mom and pops out of business.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:30 AM (wCgji)
Was at a Lowes a few months ago with my pops and he was looking for firring strips. Asked a dude in the lumber department where we might find them. He had no clue what we were even talking about.
And that was after looking for 10 mins to find someone to ask!
I think they stopped that about 20 years ago once they ran most of the mom and pops out of business.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:30 AM (wCgji)
Was at a Lowes a few months ago with my pops and he was looking for firring strips. Asked a dude in the lumber department where we might find them. He had no clue what we were even talking about.
And that was after looking for 10 mins to find someone to ask!
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 14, 2021 10:36 AM (KbCG3)
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Seems like some actual science could happen there if someone was interested.
Oh well, screw it.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:34 AM (wCgji)
How many died on the cruise ships when this shit first 'broke' last year? Weren't we supposed to just sink the ships because everyone was DOOOMED!!!!!
Seems like some actual science could happen there if someone was interested.
Oh well, screw it.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:34 AM (wCgji)
How many died on the cruise ships when this shit first 'broke' last year? Weren't we supposed to just sink the ships because everyone was DOOOMED!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:36 AM (Zz0t1)
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I'd like to see some outfit sell a clone of the old HP PaintJet tractor-feed printer. Update it to use ink reservoirs, give it a USB port, and wifi capabilities, and maybe a provision to print hand-fed card stock, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 14, 2021 10:31 AM (G+C8N)
I buy quality when I can. Somewhat related to your wish there is a company making HP clones of their fantastic calculators from the 80's. Company is Swiss Micros and I have their DM-41 which is an update to HP's old HP-41. Magnificent machine. Metal case, multiline display, interfaces via USB with your PC. They are doing well with it as far as I know so there is definitely a market for people that want to sell quality.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 14, 2021 10:31 AM (G+C8N)
I buy quality when I can. Somewhat related to your wish there is a company making HP clones of their fantastic calculators from the 80's. Company is Swiss Micros and I have their DM-41 which is an update to HP's old HP-41. Magnificent machine. Metal case, multiline display, interfaces via USB with your PC. They are doing well with it as far as I know so there is definitely a market for people that want to sell quality.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at May 14, 2021 10:36 AM (Obdic)
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The govt is paying the equivalent of $20-30 an hour to stay home. Companies are desperate for anyone to work no matter how incompetent. Welcome to America 2.0
Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 14, 2021 10:27 AM (Nh7jF)
Saw a local TV ad yesterday. Window/siding contractor looking for workers...never seen that before.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 14, 2021 10:27 AM (Nh7jF)
Saw a local TV ad yesterday. Window/siding contractor looking for workers...never seen that before.
Posted by: BignJames at May 14, 2021 10:36 AM (AwYPR)
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There is an unmet demand out there for reliable printers. Instead of paying $34 for a POS printer, that needs two $40 ink cartridges when the included ones go dry, which makes it economic to just throw it away, why not sell a $340 printer that uses cheap bulk ink, and includes an iron-clad promise from the manufacturer to provide parts and service at a fair price for no less than ten years?
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Once I went laser I never looked back. Cheap B&W Brothers are out there for $80 or so, with cheap toner that gets 3000+ pages IIRC. After we needed color we moved to a $200 Canon and use $50 knockoff toner.
Night and day. The only drawback is you can't print heat-sensitive things like iron-on t-shirt transfer sheets, but that's pretty much the only downside we've discovered.
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Once I went laser I never looked back. Cheap B&W Brothers are out there for $80 or so, with cheap toner that gets 3000+ pages IIRC. After we needed color we moved to a $200 Canon and use $50 knockoff toner.
Night and day. The only drawback is you can't print heat-sensitive things like iron-on t-shirt transfer sheets, but that's pretty much the only downside we've discovered.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:37 AM (wCgji)
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The brilliant minds in DC have decided the US Army has become superfluous to today's warfighting capabilities. Congress is proposing cutting US Army end strength down to 390k.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:34 AM (wCgji)
They're missing recruiting goals and gonna get a raise on top of reducing end strength.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:34 AM (wCgji)
They're missing recruiting goals and gonna get a raise on top of reducing end strength.
Posted by: Broseidon at May 14, 2021 10:37 AM (bPUO8)
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Don't forget. Saturday is Peace Officers Memorial Day
Posted by: Marcus T at May 14, 2021 10:37 AM (VpIIl)
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Objective perception. A common weakness. Even war planners need objective perception.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 14, 2021 10:37 AM (QeenG)
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Jordan showed her boobs off?
Huh.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 14, 2021 10:32 AM (5cd/T)
Not yet, but it's her idea, so we're working on it.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)
*sighs*
Huh.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 14, 2021 10:32 AM (5cd/T)
Not yet, but it's her idea, so we're working on it.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)
*sighs*
Posted by: Jordan61 at May 14, 2021 10:37 AM (Ez6QX)
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A surprising number of them have totally fucked up business phone lines, with phone trees that basically go nowhere,
It's been that way for years. If they wanted to talk to you, they'd pick up the phone. And every single phone tree starts with "...our options have changed"
It's been that way for years. If they wanted to talk to you, they'd pick up the phone. And every single phone tree starts with "...our options have changed"
Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2021 10:37 AM (UMXod)
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117 At the store, a wonderful young gentlemen set me up so well, I decided to get another "free" phone for my teen (early birthday gift), so he got another $20 and made his phone sale quota for the month (I also found at that this store has this requirement - no idea if it's national). He offered the 2nd buy to his compatriot, who nicely declined (which I was thankful, b/c my CS guy was so good at his job), and I walked out with 2 "free" phones and a 3rd line on my Vet plan...
Posted by: Nova local at May 14, 2021 10:33 AM (b1h2x)
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Commission is on the phone line, not the phone itself.
I had a guy who kept coming to me to test phones and stuff, and when he finally decided to purchase the phones he did so at full price. He made sure to come to me to make sure I got my commission.
Oh, I got that commission. $0. It was great. I didn't say anything to him about it. I'm an asshole, but not that much of one.
Posted by: Nova local at May 14, 2021 10:33 AM (b1h2x)
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Commission is on the phone line, not the phone itself.
I had a guy who kept coming to me to test phones and stuff, and when he finally decided to purchase the phones he did so at full price. He made sure to come to me to make sure I got my commission.
Oh, I got that commission. $0. It was great. I didn't say anything to him about it. I'm an asshole, but not that much of one.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 14, 2021 10:38 AM (LvTSG)
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People in Wisconsin were not nice to you? What, did you move to Michigan?
Posted by: grammie winger at May 14, 2021 10:38 AM (45fpk)
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Not 170M. 170K. But you knew that.
Posted by: Moron Robbie
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I just assumed everyone got it 24 times.....
Posted by: Moron Robbie
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I just assumed everyone got it 24 times.....
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at May 14, 2021 10:38 AM (UUBmN)
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Consumer Brand Sabotage is a real thing- gripes like Mis Hum's have gone viral usually after efforts thru the normal channels (like here) have been ignored. Some examples were United Airlines breaking a guy's long time guitar (Wikipedia even has a "United Breaks Guitars" entry!).
Posted by: LASue at May 14, 2021 10:38 AM (Ed8Zd)
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Like the wise old Capt McCall for Lonesome Dove. I can't stand rude behavior, won't stand for it.
Posted by: CSMBigBird at May 14, 2021 10:38 AM (jsWA8)
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"There is an unmet demand out there for reliable printers."
Yesterday I printed out my 22-page tax return. It printed without running out of ink, and with no paper jams. It was a good day.
Yesterday I printed out my 22-page tax return. It printed without running out of ink, and with no paper jams. It was a good day.
Posted by: At No Time Was John Weaver In The Physical Presence Of gp at May 14, 2021 10:38 AM (qpX6U)
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So in summary, why would you expect a Home Depot worker to know anything? They won't have any training related to carpentry, plumbing, etc. The job requirement is literally a HS Diploma or GED.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at May 14, 2021 10:28 AM (z5Vrg)
In my experience, Home Depot hires many retired tradesmen as part-timers. The grey-headed guys usually know their shit.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at May 14, 2021 10:28 AM (z5Vrg)
In my experience, Home Depot hires many retired tradesmen as part-timers. The grey-headed guys usually know their shit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 14, 2021 10:38 AM (G+C8N)
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Excellent rant, Mis Hum.
Customer service is a lost art. I find myself first shocked and then pleasantly surprised if I enter a store and an employee thanks me for coming and then sincerely asks if I need help. (Other than Ace Hardware, where this is a regular occurrence.)
Customer service is a lost art. I find myself first shocked and then pleasantly surprised if I enter a store and an employee thanks me for coming and then sincerely asks if I need help. (Other than Ace Hardware, where this is a regular occurrence.)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at May 14, 2021 10:38 AM (rwusL)
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>Is it too much to expect to be treated competently, respectfully and courteously? I'm afraid it is.
That's correct.
The American nation is a broken people. The 'education' system has destroyed its soul.
Someone smart said the Republic can be as good at the people.
Much of the country cheers on fascism. This is a symptom of the rot.
G-dless people devolve into nasty animals.
That's correct.
The American nation is a broken people. The 'education' system has destroyed its soul.
Someone smart said the Republic can be as good at the people.
Much of the country cheers on fascism. This is a symptom of the rot.
G-dless people devolve into nasty animals.
Posted by: havelhavolim at May 14, 2021 10:38 AM (fLpTX)
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Jordan showed her boobs off?
Huh.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
Looks like I picked the wrong day to lose my camera !
Huh.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
Looks like I picked the wrong day to lose my camera !
Posted by: JT at May 14, 2021 10:38 AM (arJlL)
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Kid's marching band did their awards ceremony over the weekend. The had a video where they did some skits making light of a few things.
One was about the 'pandemic.' They started out with yelling 'WHERE'S YOUR MASK!?? WE'RE IN A PANDEMIC!!!'
It evolved to things such as "We're in a PELICAN!! Where's your MASK!!!"
I was quite amused.
One was about the 'pandemic.' They started out with yelling 'WHERE'S YOUR MASK!?? WE'RE IN A PANDEMIC!!!'
It evolved to things such as "We're in a PELICAN!! Where's your MASK!!!"
I was quite amused.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:39 AM (Zz0t1)
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It's easy to pick out the older guys who don't quite fit in. They used to do real work and it shows. They just got run over by globalization.
Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2021 10:32 AM (3fR4G)
^^^^^ THIS ^^^^
At my local Depot, there are about 4 guys I will regularly seek out and ask for. All retired tradesmen who are there for the benefits, I assume. They know their shit, no one else does.
Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2021 10:32 AM (3fR4G)
^^^^^ THIS ^^^^
At my local Depot, there are about 4 guys I will regularly seek out and ask for. All retired tradesmen who are there for the benefits, I assume. They know their shit, no one else does.
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at May 14, 2021 10:39 AM (yFCNq)
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Now, a thousand centuries ago, I had a part-time job at Ritz Camera (remember film and prints?).
Some customers were horrible and tested my patience. Just absolute assholes. They don't know how to use a camera, so they end up taking a whole roll of shitty pictures, then expect to not be charged for said shitty pictures.
Why I oughtta... !
Some customers were horrible and tested my patience. Just absolute assholes. They don't know how to use a camera, so they end up taking a whole roll of shitty pictures, then expect to not be charged for said shitty pictures.
Why I oughtta... !
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 14, 2021 10:39 AM (iTXRQ)
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Local farm store Fix-n-Feed. Even the high school girls know how to fix shit.
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Yep. As a general rule, if you can find somewhere that still sells nails and fasteners in brown paper bags by the pound, that's where you need to be shopping, even if it's 10% more.
Those guys can usually answer most of your questions.
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Yep. As a general rule, if you can find somewhere that still sells nails and fasteners in brown paper bags by the pound, that's where you need to be shopping, even if it's 10% more.
Those guys can usually answer most of your questions.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:39 AM (wCgji)
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Once I went laser I never looked back. Cheap B&W Brothers are out there for $80 or so, with cheap toner that gets 3000+ pages IIRC. After we needed color we moved to a $200 Canon and use $50 knockoff toner. ...
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:37 AM (wCgji)
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I bought a little, cheap mid-speed Brother B&W laser printer (HL-2040 model) in I think 2006. I'm still using it. The thing just won't die. It does one shitty thing (all of the Brother B&W machines do it, I think), though, in that it declares the toner dead way before the toner is dead. It uses a simple optical sensor, though, so a little piece of black electrical tape lets it work. I usually get another 150 pages or so out of the "dead" cartridge.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:37 AM (wCgji)
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I bought a little, cheap mid-speed Brother B&W laser printer (HL-2040 model) in I think 2006. I'm still using it. The thing just won't die. It does one shitty thing (all of the Brother B&W machines do it, I think), though, in that it declares the toner dead way before the toner is dead. It uses a simple optical sensor, though, so a little piece of black electrical tape lets it work. I usually get another 150 pages or so out of the "dead" cartridge.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:39 AM (Jsjd7)
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Then again, neither am I. But I do enjoy getting it in the butt.
Posted by: Tinko at May 14, 2021 10:39 AM (bgWIn)
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Much of the country cheers on fascism. This is a symptom of the rot.
G-dless people devolve into nasty animals.
Posted by: havelhavolim at May 14, 2021 10:38 AM (fLpTX)
"Take my liberty, but give me netflix and candy crush!"
G-dless people devolve into nasty animals.
Posted by: havelhavolim at May 14, 2021 10:38 AM (fLpTX)
"Take my liberty, but give me netflix and candy crush!"
Posted by: CN at May 14, 2021 10:39 AM (ONvIw)
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*sighs*
Posted by: Jordan61 at May 14, 2021 10:37 AM (Ez6QX)
Notice I'm staying out of this conversation? I'm good that way. lol
Posted by: Jordan61 at May 14, 2021 10:37 AM (Ez6QX)
Notice I'm staying out of this conversation? I'm good that way. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2021 10:39 AM (VwHCD)
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Once I went laser I never looked back. Cheap BW Brothers are out
there for $80 or so, with cheap toner that gets 3000+ pages IIRC.
Not since the 'Rona. Everyone is working from home and printers have vanished.
there for $80 or so, with cheap toner that gets 3000+ pages IIRC.
Not since the 'Rona. Everyone is working from home and printers have vanished.
Posted by: grammie winger at May 14, 2021 10:40 AM (45fpk)
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101 RE: customer service...
It is not an excuse, rather, an explanation of sorts.
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As someone who's been a phone order taker and CSR guy in the past, the idea of working under Covid restrictions in the cubicle farm is daunting. Wear the mask and take orders via headset? When rapid and concise speech is the difference in an upsell? And the mask probably makes the customer think I'm stoned or actually working somewhere on the shores of the Bay of Bengal? Yeesh, what a grind.
It is not an excuse, rather, an explanation of sorts.
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As someone who's been a phone order taker and CSR guy in the past, the idea of working under Covid restrictions in the cubicle farm is daunting. Wear the mask and take orders via headset? When rapid and concise speech is the difference in an upsell? And the mask probably makes the customer think I'm stoned or actually working somewhere on the shores of the Bay of Bengal? Yeesh, what a grind.
Posted by: exdem13 at May 14, 2021 10:40 AM (W+kMI)
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I was a cable tv customer service rep for years. You may call that an oxymoron, but, as locals, we really did our best. That job no longer exists and service is much worse for it.
I can tell you that there is nothing more important to a lot of people than tv. Snow, floods, lightning storms, power outages, nothing should interrupt Days of Our Lives.
I can tell you that there is nothing more important to a lot of people than tv. Snow, floods, lightning storms, power outages, nothing should interrupt Days of Our Lives.
Posted by: huerfano at May 14, 2021 10:40 AM (DzhEB)
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Gentlemen, you're not going to get to see them, but if you were, it would be at the TxMoMe.
Link in the left sidebar.
Link in the left sidebar.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 14, 2021 10:40 AM (DMUuz)
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Number of Democrats killed on Jan 6 = 0
Number of Democrats injured on Jan 6 = 0
Number of people with a weapon trying to get to a Democrat on Jan 6 = 0
Number of people demanding a free and fair election on Jan 6 = 1M or so.
Number of Congressmen shot by a Democrat = 1.
Scalise better shove that "Hardball" tweet right back down their throats.
Number of Democrats injured on Jan 6 = 0
Number of people with a weapon trying to get to a Democrat on Jan 6 = 0
Number of people demanding a free and fair election on Jan 6 = 1M or so.
Number of Congressmen shot by a Democrat = 1.
Scalise better shove that "Hardball" tweet right back down their throats.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 14, 2021 10:40 AM (2JVJo)
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I am surprised by the lack of cordiality of "Jane." The "JAS law of interpersonal relations" states that folks are generally more helpful if you are close enough to get your fingers around their throat.
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at May 14, 2021 10:40 AM (xopIz)
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Nov. 3rd and 4th 2020 may have been the greatest attack on our country since the Civil War. The DeepState war had been going on long before that, but that was perhaps the culmination of their infiltration of our institutions, as they openly negated an election, then started threatening anyone that questioned their bold attack.
Openly stealing an election to install their demented puppet, then framing patriotic Christians as Terrorists, and making examples of a few with claims of Insurrection (after their four years of coup/sedition). This is much worse than 9/11 ... and we see the FBI and DOJ on board with the protection of Democrat criminals, and persecution of patriots.
Openly stealing an election to install their demented puppet, then framing patriotic Christians as Terrorists, and making examples of a few with claims of Insurrection (after their four years of coup/sedition). This is much worse than 9/11 ... and we see the FBI and DOJ on board with the protection of Democrat criminals, and persecution of patriots.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 14, 2021 10:40 AM (Cus5s)
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If you want to see the flip side of customer service, work as a convenience store cashier for a few weeks. They get constant abuse from asshole customers. I had to quit, because I was going to end up killing somebody if I stayed.
Posted by: At No Time Was John Weaver In The Physical Presence Of gp at May 14, 2021 10:40 AM (qpX6U)
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When I started working at a grocery store they showed us a video on how to pack groceries and the clerks were good about pointing out if you did anything wrong. But I'd been shopping with my mom most of my life and learned to pack groceries really well.
One thing that annoyed me when I worked there was the big hispanic dudes who'd come in with a family and refuse to carry anything. The wife had to carry all the freight, they were around as body guards or something? So I'd load up this doom bag of everything heavy: cans, bags of flour, etc, and shove them into the arms of the guy to carry.
One thing that annoyed me when I worked there was the big hispanic dudes who'd come in with a family and refuse to carry anything. The wife had to carry all the freight, they were around as body guards or something? So I'd load up this doom bag of everything heavy: cans, bags of flour, etc, and shove them into the arms of the guy to carry.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2021 10:41 AM (KZzsI)
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The govt is paying the equivalent of $20-30 an hour to stay home. Companies are desperate for anyone to work no matter how incompetent. Welcome to America 2.0
Posted by: Joe XiDen
Don't know where. Texas will pay me a little over $9.00/hr for 13 weeks. Then, fini.
Posted by: Joe XiDen
Don't know where. Texas will pay me a little over $9.00/hr for 13 weeks. Then, fini.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2021 10:41 AM (OCTRt)
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Since apparently some people aren't cooperating, here's another pretty redhead near water:
https://is.gd/yqeO9C
https://is.gd/yqeO9C
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:41 AM (Jsjd7)
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A picture shot of the crack is something that internet experts claim could be welded, braced, repaired in short order.
As this will be a union job with prevailing wages, the bridge might be closed for months, with barge traffic shut on the river.
So expect more things to be screwed up because of this.
This is Biden's America. You're welcome.
And back on topic, I had a wonderful experience at Menard's yesterday, as the checkout clerk had to have an extended conversation with the women in front of me, while I waited to pay for my stuff.
Yeah, it went on and on.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....Outlaw in America at May 14, 2021 10:28 AM (vcOmj)
Beam not simply cracked; sheared clean through, just beyond the shear reinforcement fishplate. Might be a design flaw.
As this will be a union job with prevailing wages, the bridge might be closed for months, with barge traffic shut on the river.
So expect more things to be screwed up because of this.
This is Biden's America. You're welcome.
And back on topic, I had a wonderful experience at Menard's yesterday, as the checkout clerk had to have an extended conversation with the women in front of me, while I waited to pay for my stuff.
Yeah, it went on and on.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....Outlaw in America at May 14, 2021 10:28 AM (vcOmj)
Beam not simply cracked; sheared clean through, just beyond the shear reinforcement fishplate. Might be a design flaw.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 14, 2021 10:41 AM (G+C8N)
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Customer service is a lost art. I find myself first shocked and then pleasantly surprised if I enter a store and an employee thanks me for coming and then sincerely asks if I need help. (Other than Ace Hardware, where this is a regular occurrence.)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at May 14, 2021 10:38 AM (rwusL)
It's not an art you just have to be mentally healthy and give a fuck.
But at the same time, no doubt these employees deal with the same shit from their superiors and the customers, so its turtles all the way down.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at May 14, 2021 10:38 AM (rwusL)
It's not an art you just have to be mentally healthy and give a fuck.
But at the same time, no doubt these employees deal with the same shit from their superiors and the customers, so its turtles all the way down.
Posted by: havelhavolim at May 14, 2021 10:41 AM (fLpTX)
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Notice I'm staying out of this conversation? I'm good that way. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2021 10:39 AM (VwHCD)
Wait.....what is this bus doing here and why am I under it?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2021 10:39 AM (VwHCD)
Wait.....what is this bus doing here and why am I under it?
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:41 AM (Zz0t1)
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Anyone mention the FL Dunkin Donuts complaining customer who may have used the n-worg getting punched by the employee, falls on his head, then fies?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2021 10:41 AM (bDqIh)
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So AOC got her widdle feelings hurt by the mean old Greene lady.. SanFranNan is calling for an ethics investigation against Mrs. Greene... Of course there was nothing unethical about Nan tearing up the Presidents speech on National TV.
Posted by: It's me donna at May 14, 2021 10:41 AM (Zmnko)
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I bought a little, cheap mid-speed Brother B&W laser printer (HL-2040 model) in I think 2006. I'm still using it. The thing just won't die. It does one shitty thing (all of the Brother B&W machines do it, I think), though, in that it declares the toner dead way before the toner is dead. It uses a simple optical sensor, though, so a little piece of black electrical tape lets it work. I usually get another 150 pages or so out of the "dead" cartridge.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:39 AM (Jsjd7)
I miss my old HP laser printer.....
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:39 AM (Jsjd7)
I miss my old HP laser printer.....
Posted by: Broseidon at May 14, 2021 10:41 AM (bPUO8)
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In my experience, Home Depot hires many retired tradesmen as part-timers. The grey-headed guys usually know their shit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 14, 2021 10:38 AM (G+C8N)
That is the case with our local HD. They will hire as many retired trades people as they can get.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 14, 2021 10:38 AM (G+C8N)
That is the case with our local HD. They will hire as many retired trades people as they can get.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at May 14, 2021 10:41 AM (Obdic)
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 10:41 AM (+Vt0n)
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Not since the 'Rona. Everyone is working from home and printers have vanished.
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I bet the chip shortage has hit all of that stuff, too. That $200 Canon is probably $300 now. Well, more with inflation that doesn't exist I guess.
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I bet the chip shortage has hit all of that stuff, too. That $200 Canon is probably $300 now. Well, more with inflation that doesn't exist I guess.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:41 AM (wCgji)
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Well, lets face it. the ones they are hiring now are the ones who blew through their stimulus money first and now need a job. They just don't give a crap.
Add to that the typical level of education and attitude of the high school graduate today and... here ya go.
Add to that the typical level of education and attitude of the high school graduate today and... here ya go.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2021 10:42 AM (axyOa)
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Commission is on the phone line, not the phone itself.
I had a guy who kept coming to me to test phones and stuff, and when he finally decided to purchase the phones he did so at full price. He made sure to come to me to make sure I got my commission.
Oh, I got that commission. $0. It was great. I didn't say anything to him about it. I'm an asshole, but not that much of one.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 14, 2021 10:38 AM (LvTSG)
Huh, so I totally made his day accidentally
. Well, when you're good enough to get a customer to buy extra phones, they probably usually come with extra lines. It explains why they sell the "phones" free (I did the any phone free trade in for me, then picked up the advertised free phone, a worse one, for the teen...
He was so nice to me, even before I bought the extra line, so I'd give the guy a raise. Funny enough, he said he was working 2 stores b/c one TMobile store had all the employees quit (and I said "bad manager that got fired after everyone else left" and he said he didn't know...or wouldn't say)...
Commission is on the phone line, not the phone itself.
I had a guy who kept coming to me to test phones and stuff, and when he finally decided to purchase the phones he did so at full price. He made sure to come to me to make sure I got my commission.
Oh, I got that commission. $0. It was great. I didn't say anything to him about it. I'm an asshole, but not that much of one.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 14, 2021 10:38 AM (LvTSG)
Huh, so I totally made his day accidentally
. Well, when you're good enough to get a customer to buy extra phones, they probably usually come with extra lines. It explains why they sell the "phones" free (I did the any phone free trade in for me, then picked up the advertised free phone, a worse one, for the teen...
He was so nice to me, even before I bought the extra line, so I'd give the guy a raise. Funny enough, he said he was working 2 stores b/c one TMobile store had all the employees quit (and I said "bad manager that got fired after everyone else left" and he said he didn't know...or wouldn't say)...
Posted by: Nova local at May 14, 2021 10:42 AM (b1h2x)
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My son worked Customer Support for Spectrum. He was supposed to listen to a customer's rant about how they were getting lousy service and were quitting, and then *sell* them on continuing. Also when they were calling to complain he had a script to up-sell them on some of the features they didn't buy!
He hated working there.
He hated working there.
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 10:42 AM (cI7Oj)
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Gentlemen, you're not going to get to see them
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 14, 2021 10:40 AM (DMUuz)
You'd be surprised what peer pressure can accomplish.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 14, 2021 10:40 AM (DMUuz)
You'd be surprised what peer pressure can accomplish.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:42 AM (Zz0t1)
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Duncanthrax,
Are you meeting us for lunch in SW Austin on May 28th?
Are you meeting us for lunch in SW Austin on May 28th?
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at May 14, 2021 10:42 AM (UUBmN)
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I will NEVER buy an HP printer again. They stopped making ink cartridges for mine.
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at May 14, 2021 10:42 AM (xopIz)
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The brilliant minds in DC have decided the US Army has become superfluous to today's warfighting capabilities. Congress is proposing cutting US Army end strength down to 390k. The 'savings' would be given to the USAF, Marines, and Navy. The Army needs a 'clue', you see.
https://tinyurl.com/ue8npmjy
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado - Tempus belli) at May 14, 2021 10:30 AM (N3El/)
The current woke madness sweeping through the ranks, I'm not sympathetic. I assume that these cuts are in part a cover for eliminating insufficiently left-wing soldiers. Good. Let the military weaken itself to the point which it can't fight its own citizenry.
The article claims that they want to cut personnel to save money for use on new weapon systems. My bet is that within a couple years those programs are all drastically reduced or killed outright, since a smaller force means smaller orders, which means suddenly rising unit costs, which because an excuse for claiming that the program is a waste of money.
https://tinyurl.com/ue8npmjy
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado - Tempus belli) at May 14, 2021 10:30 AM (N3El/)
The current woke madness sweeping through the ranks, I'm not sympathetic. I assume that these cuts are in part a cover for eliminating insufficiently left-wing soldiers. Good. Let the military weaken itself to the point which it can't fight its own citizenry.
The article claims that they want to cut personnel to save money for use on new weapon systems. My bet is that within a couple years those programs are all drastically reduced or killed outright, since a smaller force means smaller orders, which means suddenly rising unit costs, which because an excuse for claiming that the program is a waste of money.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at May 14, 2021 10:42 AM (jOcSX)
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>Jordan showed her boobs off?
Huh.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 14, 2021 10:32 AM (5cd/T)
Not yet, but it's her idea, so we're working on it.
Posted by: Sponge -
I'm here to help.
Huh.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 14, 2021 10:32 AM (5cd/T)
Not yet, but it's her idea, so we're working on it.
Posted by: Sponge -
I'm here to help.
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 14, 2021 10:42 AM (iTXRQ)
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172 Anyone mention the FL Dunkin Donuts complaining customer who may have used the n-worg getting punched by the employee, falls on his head, then fies?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2021 10:41 AM (bDqIh)
Did he fo and fum too?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2021 10:41 AM (bDqIh)
Did he fo and fum too?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 14, 2021 10:42 AM (Y5qcH)
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It's easy to pick out the older guys who don't quite
fit in. They used to do real work and it shows. They just got run over
by globalization.
Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2021 10:32 AM (3fR4G)
Thats the secret really. Its always funny when I go in there though. Long haired freak who they think probably don't know shit, yet has 20 years in the trades, and I get the B team coming up to me to try and help and I end up frying their brain. lol
fit in. They used to do real work and it shows. They just got run over
by globalization.
Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2021 10:32 AM (3fR4G)
Thats the secret really. Its always funny when I go in there though. Long haired freak who they think probably don't know shit, yet has 20 years in the trades, and I get the B team coming up to me to try and help and I end up frying their brain. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2021 10:43 AM (VwHCD)
188
Don't know where. Texas will pay me a little over $9.00/hr for 13 weeks. Then, fini.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2021 10:41 AM (OCTRt)
There are reasons Texas isn't a bankrupt state.
Don't know where. Texas will pay me a little over $9.00/hr for 13 weeks. Then, fini.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2021 10:41 AM (OCTRt)
There are reasons Texas isn't a bankrupt state.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:43 AM (Zz0t1)
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You'd be surprised what peer pressure can accomplish.
Posted by: Sponge
___
*eyes Sponge*
Doesn't work on everyone.
Posted by: Sponge
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*eyes Sponge*
Doesn't work on everyone.
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 10:44 AM (+Vt0n)
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As someone who knows a great deal about tech as a hobby, it's incredibly frustrating to have to speak to customer service in Bangladesh and have to spend 45 minutes to eventually get them to do the thing that I told them they needed to do in literally the first 30 seconds of the phone call.
I was bored one day and decided to toy with the "Microsoft" rep who phoned to tell me that they had detected a virus on my computer.
First, I asked which one since we have multiple. That ate up a couple minutes.
Then they asked my to press the windows icon on the bottom left of my screen. I told them I was running Ubuntu and there was no icon on the bottom left. They repeated the instructions a couple times and then got a "supervisor".
Took them 10 minutes before the disconnected.
I was bored one day and decided to toy with the "Microsoft" rep who phoned to tell me that they had detected a virus on my computer.
First, I asked which one since we have multiple. That ate up a couple minutes.
Then they asked my to press the windows icon on the bottom left of my screen. I told them I was running Ubuntu and there was no icon on the bottom left. They repeated the instructions a couple times and then got a "supervisor".
Took them 10 minutes before the disconnected.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2021 10:44 AM (nR2nR)
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> There is an unmet demand out there for reliable printers. Instead of paying $34 for a POS printer, that needs two $40 ink cartridges when the included ones go dry, which makes it economic to just throw it away, why not sell a $340 printer that uses cheap bulk ink, and includes an iron-clad promise from the manufacturer to provide parts and service at a fair price for no less than ten years?
You want a laser printer. HP LaserJet Pro P1606 or something like that. The damn things run for a decade without issues without breaking a sweat.
You want a laser printer. HP LaserJet Pro P1606 or something like that. The damn things run for a decade without issues without breaking a sweat.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2021 10:44 AM (YYlyE)
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Anyone mention the FL Dunkin Donuts complaining customer who may have used the n-worg getting punched by the employee, falls on his head, then fies?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2021 10:41 AM (bDqIh)
Yeah earlier this week I think. I meant to ask at the time, not that it matters, but did the guy even use the n-word, or did the other guy just say he did?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2021 10:41 AM (bDqIh)
Yeah earlier this week I think. I meant to ask at the time, not that it matters, but did the guy even use the n-word, or did the other guy just say he did?
Posted by: Jordan61 at May 14, 2021 10:44 AM (Ez6QX)
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146 So in summary, why would you expect a Home Depot worker to know anything? They won't have any training related to carpentry, plumbing, etc. The job requirement is literally a HS Diploma or GED.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at May 14, 2021 10:28 AM (z5Vrg)
In my experience, Home Depot hires many retired tradesmen as part-timers. The grey-headed guys usually know their shit.
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Go to Lowes or Home depot and look for the fifty-plus year old redneck, or the guy who looks like he's an outlaw biker or Viking on the weekends. They know everything in their department backwards and forwards, and know the guy to talk to if they don't. And your order won't get screwed up either.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at May 14, 2021 10:28 AM (z5Vrg)
In my experience, Home Depot hires many retired tradesmen as part-timers. The grey-headed guys usually know their shit.
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Go to Lowes or Home depot and look for the fifty-plus year old redneck, or the guy who looks like he's an outlaw biker or Viking on the weekends. They know everything in their department backwards and forwards, and know the guy to talk to if they don't. And your order won't get screwed up either.
Posted by: exdem13 at May 14, 2021 10:44 AM (W+kMI)
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Of course there was nothing unethical about Nan tearing up the Presidents speech on National TV.
Posted by: It's me donna at May 14, 2021 10:41 AM (Zmnko)
Ripping the speech was the least of her unethical behavior. She's covering many events of January 6th, and before the election she said "Trump doesn't know it yet, but he IS losing". I wonder who has the laptop and what is on it? Enough that the fibbies will break down doors in Alaska
Posted by: It's me donna at May 14, 2021 10:41 AM (Zmnko)
Ripping the speech was the least of her unethical behavior. She's covering many events of January 6th, and before the election she said "Trump doesn't know it yet, but he IS losing". I wonder who has the laptop and what is on it? Enough that the fibbies will break down doors in Alaska
Posted by: CN at May 14, 2021 10:44 AM (ONvIw)
195
I will NEVER buy an HP printer again. They stopped making ink cartridges for mine.
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at May 14, 2021 10:42 AM (xopIz)
Yeah, I ran into that problem with my 2003 HP. But thankfully with inflation, with whatever new laser printers we buy, they'll be worthless soon.
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at May 14, 2021 10:42 AM (xopIz)
Yeah, I ran into that problem with my 2003 HP. But thankfully with inflation, with whatever new laser printers we buy, they'll be worthless soon.
Posted by: Broseidon at May 14, 2021 10:45 AM (bPUO8)
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The article claims that they want to cut personnel to save money for use on new weapon systems. My bet is that within a couple years those programs are all drastically reduced or killed outright, since a smaller force means smaller orders, which means suddenly rising unit costs, which because an excuse for claiming that the program is a waste of money.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at May 14, 2021 10:42 AM (jOcSX)
Now is a good time as any to start designing a flag.
The article claims that they want to cut personnel to save money for use on new weapon systems. My bet is that within a couple years those programs are all drastically reduced or killed outright, since a smaller force means smaller orders, which means suddenly rising unit costs, which because an excuse for claiming that the program is a waste of money.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at May 14, 2021 10:42 AM (jOcSX)
Now is a good time as any to start designing a flag.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at May 14, 2021 10:45 AM (z5Vrg)
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The current woke madness sweeping through the ranks, I'm not sympathetic. I assume that these cuts are in part a cover for eliminating insufficiently left-wing soldiers. Good. Let the military weaken itself to the point which it can't fight its own citizenry.
___
This is exactly how I feel.
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This is exactly how I feel.
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 10:45 AM (+Vt0n)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2021 10:45 AM (nR2nR)
199
*eyes Sponge*
Doesn't work on everyone.
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 10:44 AM (+Vt0n)
I live on the principal that there are points given for effort.
*eyes Sponge*
Doesn't work on everyone.
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 10:44 AM (+Vt0n)
I live on the principal that there are points given for effort.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:45 AM (Zz0t1)
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>>The govt is paying the equivalent of $20-30 an hour to stay home. Companies are desperate for anyone to work no matter how incompetent. Welcome to America 2.0
You forgot the first part of this story:
Government-mandated lockdowns in 2020 resulted in layoffs and businesses going under. People who **wanted to get back to work** and **wanted to save their businesses, keep employees ** protested, were called selfish, granny-killer Naaaaaazis.
Now that these people have not jumped back to work like good lil' serfs of the state, they have magically transformed into selfish bums who refuse to leave home.
You forgot the first part of this story:
Government-mandated lockdowns in 2020 resulted in layoffs and businesses going under. People who **wanted to get back to work** and **wanted to save their businesses, keep employees ** protested, were called selfish, granny-killer Naaaaaazis.
Now that these people have not jumped back to work like good lil' serfs of the state, they have magically transformed into selfish bums who refuse to leave home.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2021 10:45 AM (bDqIh)
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197 The current woke madness sweeping through the ranks, I'm not sympathetic. I assume that these cuts are in part a cover for eliminating insufficiently left-wing soldiers. Good. Let the military weaken itself to the point which it can't fight its own citizenry.
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This is exactly how I feel.
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 10:45 AM (+Vt0n)
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"There's an app for that."
-Big Tech
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This is exactly how I feel.
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 10:45 AM (+Vt0n)
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"There's an app for that."
-Big Tech
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 14, 2021 10:45 AM (LvTSG)
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Saw a local TV ad yesterday. Window/siding contractor looking for workers...never seen that before.
Posted by: BignJames at May 14, 2021 10:36 AM (AwYPR)
Everyone is looking to hire. Dumbass DeWine says that he's ending the extra money that makes everyone not want to work at the end of next month. You know along with his stupid lottery.
My brother in law said a few states are going with ending the stupid federal crap and offering a "get a job and if you can keep it for 4 weeks we'll send you $1200." Attempting to incentivize people to work instead of being lazy welfare bums? What a concept!
Posted by: BignJames at May 14, 2021 10:36 AM (AwYPR)
Everyone is looking to hire. Dumbass DeWine says that he's ending the extra money that makes everyone not want to work at the end of next month. You know along with his stupid lottery.
My brother in law said a few states are going with ending the stupid federal crap and offering a "get a job and if you can keep it for 4 weeks we'll send you $1200." Attempting to incentivize people to work instead of being lazy welfare bums? What a concept!
Posted by: Buzzion at May 14, 2021 10:46 AM (G2zl5)
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Not since the 'Rona. Everyone is working from home and printers have vanished.
Posted by: grammie winger at May 14, 2021 10:40 AM (45fpk)
Wifey's home office machine gave up the ghost 2 weeks ago and as her in-house technical support guy I was tasked with replacing it. You're not kidding, really hard to find anything, even direct from the manufacturer. Lots and lots of pictures on the web sites, when you click them either comes up with currently unavailable or backordered.
Posted by: grammie winger at May 14, 2021 10:40 AM (45fpk)
Wifey's home office machine gave up the ghost 2 weeks ago and as her in-house technical support guy I was tasked with replacing it. You're not kidding, really hard to find anything, even direct from the manufacturer. Lots and lots of pictures on the web sites, when you click them either comes up with currently unavailable or backordered.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at May 14, 2021 10:46 AM (Obdic)
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I have no idea who Jordan is, but here's a pretty redhead by the sea:
https://is.gd/3drvdV
Buoyant and fluorescent. Veryseaworthy. see-worthy.
FIFY
Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2021 10:24 AM (WLHrn)
https://is.gd/3drvdV
Buoyant and fluorescent. Very
FIFY
Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2021 10:24 AM (WLHrn)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2021 10:46 AM (axyOa)
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Then they asked my to press the windows icon on the bottom left of my screen. I told them I was running Ubuntu and there was no icon on the bottom left. They repeated the instructions a couple times and then got a "supervisor".
Took them 10 minutes before the disconnected.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2021 10:44 AM (nR2nR)
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If you *really* wanna have fun, play the dummy and reel them in. Build a virtual machine with Windows on it so they have a sandbox to play in. For extra points, have some juicy-looking stuff like a folder with Excel files in it called "Finances." Let them in to play. Be extremely trusting and naive, but also incompetent and slow.
You can get an hour or more's entertainment out of the scammer, leave them frustrated and give them nothing.
Took them 10 minutes before the disconnected.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2021 10:44 AM (nR2nR)
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If you *really* wanna have fun, play the dummy and reel them in. Build a virtual machine with Windows on it so they have a sandbox to play in. For extra points, have some juicy-looking stuff like a folder with Excel files in it called "Finances." Let them in to play. Be extremely trusting and naive, but also incompetent and slow.
You can get an hour or more's entertainment out of the scammer, leave them frustrated and give them nothing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:46 AM (Jsjd7)
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Duncanthrax,
Are you meeting us for lunch in SW Austin on May 28th?
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at May 14, 2021 10:42 AM (UUBmN)
You guys going to Kerby Cafe? Love there queso.
Are you meeting us for lunch in SW Austin on May 28th?
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at May 14, 2021 10:42 AM (UUBmN)
You guys going to Kerby Cafe? Love there queso.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at May 14, 2021 10:46 AM (DjiZK)
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@realDailyWire
'I Think I Can Use My Own Judgment On That': Pro-Abortion Pelosi Says She Can Decide Herself Whether She Can Take Communion
https://tinyurl.com/ygmgvhbr
'I Think I Can Use My Own Judgment On That': Pro-Abortion Pelosi Says She Can Decide Herself Whether She Can Take Communion
https://tinyurl.com/ygmgvhbr
Posted by: Tami at May 14, 2021 10:46 AM (cF8AT)
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There's a really good checker at the Dollar Tree. I always make it a point to go in her line for my salt and vinegar pork rinds, because we always have a nice little chat. One day, her register ran out of some denomination, and she had to call a manager to bring more. The guy in front of me just unloaded on her about her terrible service. And it was his fault because he had requested weird change for a big bill.
So it can cut both ways.
There's a really good checker at the Dollar Tree. I always make it a point to go in her line for my salt and vinegar pork rinds, because we always have a nice little chat. One day, her register ran out of some denomination, and she had to call a manager to bring more. The guy in front of me just unloaded on her about her terrible service. And it was his fault because he had requested weird change for a big bill.
So it can cut both ways.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2021 10:46 AM (Uh2oA)
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I'm pretty sure beating customers to death is just normal youthful behavior, racists.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:46 AM (wCgji)
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One thing that annoyed me when I worked there was the big hispanic dudes who'd come in with a family and refuse to carry anything. The wife had to carry all the freight, they were around as body guards or something? So I'd load up this doom bag of everything heavy: cans, bags of flour, etc, and shove them into the arms of the guy to carry.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2021 10:41 AM (KZzsI)
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"El Hombre".
My brother was in the Gulf war, and his unit was supplying the Kurds. The male Kurds used to laugh at the GIs running around providing them food and accommodations because that was "women's work" to them.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2021 10:41 AM (KZzsI)
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"El Hombre".
My brother was in the Gulf war, and his unit was supplying the Kurds. The male Kurds used to laugh at the GIs running around providing them food and accommodations because that was "women's work" to them.
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 10:46 AM (cI7Oj)
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Saw a local TV ad yesterday. Window/siding contractor looking for workers...never seen that before.
Posted by: BignJames at May 14, 2021 10:36 AM (AwYPR)
There is a bill in the LA legislature to authorize a $1000 bonus to people on unemployment to take a job.
Posted by: BignJames at May 14, 2021 10:36 AM (AwYPR)
There is a bill in the LA legislature to authorize a $1000 bonus to people on unemployment to take a job.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 14, 2021 10:47 AM (Y5qcH)
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Did I miss boobs?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2021 10:45 AM (nR2nR)
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Not anymore!
https://is.gd/s0UgSa
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2021 10:45 AM (nR2nR)
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Not anymore!
https://is.gd/s0UgSa
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:47 AM (Jsjd7)
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My brother was in the Gulf war, and his unit was supplying the Kurds. The male Kurds used to laugh at the GIs running around providing them food and accommodations because that was "women's work" to them.
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 10:46 AM (cI7Oj)
But America is the most sexist country on Earth.
My brother was in the Gulf war, and his unit was supplying the Kurds. The male Kurds used to laugh at the GIs running around providing them food and accommodations because that was "women's work" to them.
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 10:46 AM (cI7Oj)
But America is the most sexist country on Earth.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:47 AM (Zz0t1)
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If you *really* wanna have fun, play the dummy and reel them in. Build a virtual machine with Windows on it so they have a sandbox to play in...
You can get an hour or more's entertainment out of the scammer, leave them frustrated and give them nothing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:46 AM (Jsjd7)
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Holy cow I like this idea so much.
You can get an hour or more's entertainment out of the scammer, leave them frustrated and give them nothing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:46 AM (Jsjd7)
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Holy cow I like this idea so much.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:48 AM (wCgji)
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'I Think I Can Use My Own Judgment On That': Pro-Abortion Pelosi Says She Can Decide Herself Whether She Can Take Communion
https://tinyurl.com/ygmgvhbr
Posted by: Tami at May 14, 2021 10:46 AM (cF8AT)
Right, because that's how it works.
https://tinyurl.com/ygmgvhbr
Posted by: Tami at May 14, 2021 10:46 AM (cF8AT)
Right, because that's how it works.
Posted by: Jordan61 at May 14, 2021 10:48 AM (Ez6QX)
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Duncanthrax,
Are you meeting us for lunch in SW Austin on May 28th?
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at May 14, 2021 10:42 AM
Just cleared last issue. Yes.
Are you meeting us for lunch in SW Austin on May 28th?
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at May 14, 2021 10:42 AM
Just cleared last issue. Yes.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 14, 2021 10:48 AM (DMUuz)
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I used to frequent Kirby Lane on Research Blvd back in the day. Great breakfast.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 14, 2021 10:48 AM (5cd/T)
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Pelosi is so arrogant. I mean, I know the Holy See bends its knee to the American power demons who masquerade as Catholics, but if they ever decided to excommunicate these blood-soaked babykillers, it would NOT be Pelosi's choice at all.
Pelosi is so arrogant. I mean, I know the Holy See bends its knee to the American power demons who masquerade as Catholics, but if they ever decided to excommunicate these blood-soaked babykillers, it would NOT be Pelosi's choice at all.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2021 10:48 AM (Uh2oA)
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'I Think I Can Use My Own Judgment On That': Pro-Abortion Pelosi Says She Can Decide Herself Whether She Can Take Communion
https://tinyurl.com/ygmgvhbr
Posted by: Tami at May 14, 2021 10:46 AM (cF8AT)
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Yeah, who needs the Successor of Peter chiming in on that when you belong to a sect whose big distinction in Succession.
Who is he? Fuck him.
https://tinyurl.com/ygmgvhbr
Posted by: Tami at May 14, 2021 10:46 AM (cF8AT)
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Yeah, who needs the Successor of Peter chiming in on that when you belong to a sect whose big distinction in Succession.
Who is he? Fuck him.
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 10:49 AM (cI7Oj)
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Duncanthrax,
Are you meeting us for lunch in SW Austin on May 28th?
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at May 14, 2021 10:42 AM (UUBmN)
You guys going to Kerby Cafe? Love there queso.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at May 14, 2021 10:46 AM (DjiZK)
I've been to the one in Westlake. Nice!
Are you meeting us for lunch in SW Austin on May 28th?
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at May 14, 2021 10:42 AM (UUBmN)
You guys going to Kerby Cafe? Love there queso.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at May 14, 2021 10:46 AM (DjiZK)
I've been to the one in Westlake. Nice!
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2021 10:49 AM (axyOa)
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'I Think I Can Use My Own Judgment On That': Pro-Abortion Pelosi Says She Can Decide Herself Whether She Can Take Communion
Wow. That's not how that works, but you sure can see the high and mighty attitude of pure royalty on that cuunt with THAT statement.......
Wow. That's not how that works, but you sure can see the high and mighty attitude of pure royalty on that cuunt with THAT statement.......
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:49 AM (Zz0t1)
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Pelosi is so arrogant. I mean, I know the Holy See bends its knee to the American power demons who masquerade as Catholics, but if they ever decided to excommunicate these blood-soaked babykillers, it would NOT be Pelosi's choice at all.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2021 10:48 AM (Uh2oA)
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Francis ain't no spring chicken.
Pelosi is so arrogant. I mean, I know the Holy See bends its knee to the American power demons who masquerade as Catholics, but if they ever decided to excommunicate these blood-soaked babykillers, it would NOT be Pelosi's choice at all.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2021 10:48 AM (Uh2oA)
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Francis ain't no spring chicken.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 14, 2021 10:49 AM (LvTSG)
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Holy cow I like this idea so much.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:48 AM (wCgji)
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I view it as a bit of public defense. The more time I can make them waste with me (if I have it to spare), the fewer calls they're making to innocent, unsophisticated marks.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:48 AM (wCgji)
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I view it as a bit of public defense. The more time I can make them waste with me (if I have it to spare), the fewer calls they're making to innocent, unsophisticated marks.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:49 AM (Jsjd7)
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I used to frequent Kirby Lane on Research Blvd back in the day. Great breakfast.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 14, 2021 10:48 AM (5cd/T)
I did as well, great place and one of the few reasons to drive down into Austin from Liberty Hill.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 14, 2021 10:48 AM (5cd/T)
I did as well, great place and one of the few reasons to drive down into Austin from Liberty Hill.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at May 14, 2021 10:50 AM (DjiZK)
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If you *really* wanna have fun, play the dummy and reel them in. Build a virtual machine with Windows on it so they have a sandbox to play in. For extra points, have some juicy-looking stuff like a folder with Excel files in it called "Finances." Let them in to play. Be extremely trusting and naive, but also incompetent and slow.
You can get an hour or more's entertainment out of the scammer, leave them frustrated and give them nothing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
And have that one "finance" file be a destructive virus that they "steal".
You can get an hour or more's entertainment out of the scammer, leave them frustrated and give them nothing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
And have that one "finance" file be a destructive virus that they "steal".
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2021 10:50 AM (OCTRt)
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Ask a mountain man how to handle our problems?
Not me, I was just a hardcore backpacker. Just looking for a mountain man might be dangerous. And he would hurt our feeling, but give moonshine out afterwards.
Not me, I was just a hardcore backpacker. Just looking for a mountain man might be dangerous. And he would hurt our feeling, but give moonshine out afterwards.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 14, 2021 10:50 AM (QeenG)
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'I Think I Can Use My Own Judgment On That': Pro-Abortion Pelosi Says She Can Decide Herself Whether She Can Take Communion
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I suspect most leftists think like this.
Remember when Obama said that sin was when he did something that he thought was out of step with what he usually preferred to do?
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I suspect most leftists think like this.
Remember when Obama said that sin was when he did something that he thought was out of step with what he usually preferred to do?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:50 AM (wCgji)
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Once I went laser I never looked back. Cheap B&W Brothers are out there for $80 or so, with cheap toner that gets 3000+ pages IIRC. After we needed color we moved to a $200 Canon and use $50 knockoff toner.
Night and day. The only drawback is you can't print heat-sensitive things like iron-on t-shirt transfer sheets, but that's pretty much the only downside we've discovered.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:37 AM (wCgji)
I had a laser printer for a while. It cacked out. And I really needed color. The big problem with most home/small business printers is the sheet feeder. It is damned hard to build a sheet feeder that will reliably feed single sheets of paper from a stack, especially if static cling is present. Tractor feed printers were a little more trouble to load initially, but dead-nuts reliable until the paper was exhausted.
Night and day. The only drawback is you can't print heat-sensitive things like iron-on t-shirt transfer sheets, but that's pretty much the only downside we've discovered.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:37 AM (wCgji)
I had a laser printer for a while. It cacked out. And I really needed color. The big problem with most home/small business printers is the sheet feeder. It is damned hard to build a sheet feeder that will reliably feed single sheets of paper from a stack, especially if static cling is present. Tractor feed printers were a little more trouble to load initially, but dead-nuts reliable until the paper was exhausted.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 14, 2021 10:50 AM (G+C8N)
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Quilter's Irish Death ,
Not Kerry. Are you in the area? My email is in my nic if you want details.
Not Kerry. Are you in the area? My email is in my nic if you want details.
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at May 14, 2021 10:50 AM (UUBmN)
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The miscreants hired by our local supermarket chains are the reason I loathe getting more items than I can reasonably scan in the self-checkout line. If I ever hope to hear the formerly customary "pleases" and "thank yous," they come solely from the automated teller.
Posted by: red speck at May 14, 2021 10:50 AM (gS3OW)
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My local Home Depot guys know a lot more than the Lowes idiots. Could just be my local ones.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2021 10:50 AM (VQQAx)
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213 Did I miss boobs?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2021 10:45 AM (nR2nR)
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Not anymore!
https://is.gd/s0UgSa
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:47 AM (Jsjd7)
I knew the Horde wouldn't let me down.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2021 10:45 AM (nR2nR)
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Not anymore!
https://is.gd/s0UgSa
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:47 AM (Jsjd7)
I knew the Horde wouldn't let me down.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 14, 2021 10:51 AM (jvt6t)
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Jordan Peterson advises that we not raise kids that other people will dislike. Not talking about curtailing civil rights, just raising children.
Posted by: JM in Florida at May 14, 2021 10:51 AM (HCeRP)
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My mom gets these "your x is messed up and we are helping out" calls almost daily. She doesn't buy any of their crap but sometimes calls me to check.
Like the last one claiming to be a bank she doesn't go to telling her that her credit card she doesn't have is overcharged.
The problem is that she is too polite and from a generation that thinks its awful to hang up on someone in the middle of a call. So she keeps talking to them and apologizing trying to hang up and they're trained to keep people on the line.
Like the last one claiming to be a bank she doesn't go to telling her that her credit card she doesn't have is overcharged.
The problem is that she is too polite and from a generation that thinks its awful to hang up on someone in the middle of a call. So she keeps talking to them and apologizing trying to hang up and they're trained to keep people on the line.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2021 10:51 AM (KZzsI)
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Go to Lowes or Home depot and look for the fifty-plus year old
redneck, or the guy who looks like he's an outlaw biker or Viking on the
weekends. They know everything in their department backwards and
forwards, and know the guy to talk to if they don't. And your order
won't get screwed up either.
Posted by: exdem13 at May 14, 2021 10:44 AM (W+kMI)
Bingo. Their hands also tell the story. Did they spend their life holding a pen or a hammer. I was in there last week, and I needed the copper straps for copper pipe, and I found 1 in a box by the PVC fittings. I asked the dude if they have any more. He says they're copper, so they're over by the copper. I said yeah, but I found them over by the PVC. He says oh that won't do and starts organizing the shelves. lol
redneck, or the guy who looks like he's an outlaw biker or Viking on the
weekends. They know everything in their department backwards and
forwards, and know the guy to talk to if they don't. And your order
won't get screwed up either.
Posted by: exdem13 at May 14, 2021 10:44 AM (W+kMI)
Bingo. Their hands also tell the story. Did they spend their life holding a pen or a hammer. I was in there last week, and I needed the copper straps for copper pipe, and I found 1 in a box by the PVC fittings. I asked the dude if they have any more. He says they're copper, so they're over by the copper. I said yeah, but I found them over by the PVC. He says oh that won't do and starts organizing the shelves. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2021 10:51 AM (VwHCD)
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Gun maker relocating headquarters in Middle Tennessee, investing $7.2 million
"While TROY has enjoyed a very successful period of growth in Massachusetts, the changing climate for firearms manufacturers in the state determined the need for our relocation to Tennessee to ensure the continued success of the company," Steve Troy, president and CEO, Troy Industries, Inc., said. "We are excited to begin this new venture and appreciate all the support we have already received from Representative Mark Green, Governor Bill Lee and the state of Tennessee in making this relocation possible."
https://tinyurl.com/e3b94jhv
"While TROY has enjoyed a very successful period of growth in Massachusetts, the changing climate for firearms manufacturers in the state determined the need for our relocation to Tennessee to ensure the continued success of the company," Steve Troy, president and CEO, Troy Industries, Inc., said. "We are excited to begin this new venture and appreciate all the support we have already received from Representative Mark Green, Governor Bill Lee and the state of Tennessee in making this relocation possible."
https://tinyurl.com/e3b94jhv
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 10:51 AM (+Vt0n)
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'I Think I Can Use My Own Judgment On That': Pro-Abortion Pelosi Says She Can Decide Herself Whether She Can Take Communion
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Theologically, isn't this attitude (it is between the Almighty and me and the Church needn't be involved) fairly anti-Catholic?
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Theologically, isn't this attitude (it is between the Almighty and me and the Church needn't be involved) fairly anti-Catholic?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:52 AM (Jsjd7)
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My brother was in the Gulf war, and his unit was supplying the Kurds. The male Kurds used to laugh at the GIs running around providing them food and accommodations because that was "women's work" to them.
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 10:46 AM (cI7Oj)
Had similar experiences over there. Thought it was weird how they always put women in the back of their trucks. The interpreters told me it was because men sit up front. Wouldn't you want your hot wife in the truck cab with you?
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 10:46 AM (cI7Oj)
Had similar experiences over there. Thought it was weird how they always put women in the back of their trucks. The interpreters told me it was because men sit up front. Wouldn't you want your hot wife in the truck cab with you?
Posted by: Broseidon at May 14, 2021 10:52 AM (bPUO8)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 14, 2021 10:52 AM (VVEnO)
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Quilter's Irish Death ,
Not Kerry. Are you in the area? My email is in my nic if you want details.
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at May 14, 2021 10:50 AM (UUBmN)
Unfortunately no, hopefully back out that way by the end of the year. We used to live up between Liberty Hill and Georgetown.
Not Kerry. Are you in the area? My email is in my nic if you want details.
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at May 14, 2021 10:50 AM (UUBmN)
Unfortunately no, hopefully back out that way by the end of the year. We used to live up between Liberty Hill and Georgetown.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at May 14, 2021 10:52 AM (DjiZK)
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If you *really* wanna have fun, play the dummy and reel them in. Build a virtual machine with Windows on it so they have a sandbox to play in. For extra points, have some juicy-looking stuff like a folder with Excel files in it called "Finances." Let them in to play. Be extremely trusting and naive, but also incompetent and slow.
This trick still works, but you have to do a little bit more work than that. You have to make the VM seem like its actually a daily driver computer. Lots of files on the desktop, folders, programs that don't come bundled standard (ninite is good for this). Some of the smarter ones will even open up This PC -> Properties where it'll tell you if it's a VM. I think there's a way to change that value as well.
This trick still works, but you have to do a little bit more work than that. You have to make the VM seem like its actually a daily driver computer. Lots of files on the desktop, folders, programs that don't come bundled standard (ninite is good for this). Some of the smarter ones will even open up This PC -> Properties where it'll tell you if it's a VM. I think there's a way to change that value as well.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2021 10:52 AM (YYlyE)
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Meet Stefanik, the new Liz Cheney.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 14, 2021 10:52 AM (Nh7jF)
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They drive their employees like cattle going to the slaughter. My son worked at a fulfillment center for a while last year, and it was exhausting for him, working 10-12 hour days on the weekend.
And no, he's not wimp.
He now hates Jeff Bezos, so it was a learning experience.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....Outlaw in America
I know, most of the time I can find something on Walmart or Target, even if I pay a little more I don't care, I can afford it. I don't want to support Bezos, he's not just a modern day slave driver, but he shills for the left communism for everybody else but not for him.
And no, he's not wimp.
He now hates Jeff Bezos, so it was a learning experience.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....Outlaw in America
I know, most of the time I can find something on Walmart or Target, even if I pay a little more I don't care, I can afford it. I don't want to support Bezos, he's not just a modern day slave driver, but he shills for the left communism for everybody else but not for him.
Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at May 14, 2021 10:52 AM (GZ/yK)
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>>187 It's easy to pick out the older guys who don't quite
fit in. They used to do real work and it shows. They just got run over
by globalization.
Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2021 10:32 AM (3fR4G)
On the flip side, I remember older coworkers about 15-25 years ago who'd smugly brag about "not knowing anything about computers."
They shut up or disappeared in the ensuing decade.
fit in. They used to do real work and it shows. They just got run over
by globalization.
Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2021 10:32 AM (3fR4G)
On the flip side, I remember older coworkers about 15-25 years ago who'd smugly brag about "not knowing anything about computers."
They shut up or disappeared in the ensuing decade.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 14, 2021 10:52 AM (vuisn)
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238 'I Think I Can Use My Own Judgment On That': Pro-Abortion Pelosi Says She Can Decide Herself Whether She Can Take Communion
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Theologically, isn't this attitude (it is between the Almighty and me and the Church needn't be involved) fairly anti-Catholic?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:52 AM (Jsjd7)
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Fairly? How about wholly.
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Theologically, isn't this attitude (it is between the Almighty and me and the Church needn't be involved) fairly anti-Catholic?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:52 AM (Jsjd7)
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Fairly? How about wholly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 14, 2021 10:52 AM (LvTSG)
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Popes have met evil ends.
Posted by: torabora at May 14, 2021 10:52 AM (eCWrU)
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>>Pro-Abortion Pelosi Says She Can Decide Herself Whether She Can Take Communion
Perfection.
On par with the self-own by Chelsea Clinton speaking about abortion, lamenting the fact that abortion was not an option for her grandmother when she had an unwanted pregnancy (Hillary).
Perfection.
On par with the self-own by Chelsea Clinton speaking about abortion, lamenting the fact that abortion was not an option for her grandmother when she had an unwanted pregnancy (Hillary).
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2021 10:52 AM (bDqIh)
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If you can find one, we've had extremely good luck with our Canon MF644CDW. We just use it for light office/ household/ family stuff, though.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:53 AM (wCgji)
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Any Cen Tex moron who would like to meet up for lunch in SW Austin on May 28th, send me an email in my nic. This will be at a public venue so pants are required and family/friends are welcome.
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at May 14, 2021 10:53 AM (UUBmN)
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The article claims that they want to cut personnel to save money for use on new weapon systems. My bet is that within a couple years those programs are all drastically reduced or killed outright, since a smaller force means smaller orders, which means suddenly rising unit costs, which because an excuse for claiming that the program is a waste of money.
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I whole-heartedly agree with the military weakening itself on flesh and blood soldiers versus the Republic at large. However! I think the force reductions are also predicated on the purchase of more combat-capable drones, UPVs, and actual robots. The Military-Industrial Complex has been very pro-automation these past few years. It's easier to fight endless wars against Eastasia and Eurasia when there are fewer meatbag soldiers doing the actual fighting.
The article claims that they want to cut personnel to save money for use on new weapon systems. My bet is that within a couple years those programs are all drastically reduced or killed outright, since a smaller force means smaller orders, which means suddenly rising unit costs, which because an excuse for claiming that the program is a waste of money.
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I whole-heartedly agree with the military weakening itself on flesh and blood soldiers versus the Republic at large. However! I think the force reductions are also predicated on the purchase of more combat-capable drones, UPVs, and actual robots. The Military-Industrial Complex has been very pro-automation these past few years. It's easier to fight endless wars against Eastasia and Eurasia when there are fewer meatbag soldiers doing the actual fighting.
Posted by: exdem13 at May 14, 2021 10:53 AM (W+kMI)
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Remember when Obama said that sin was when he did something that he thought was out of step with what he usually preferred to do?
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OK, for argument's sake, let's talk about Lady YD. She is a reflexively good and kind person. For her that definition would hold - the broader definition of "sin" would line up very closely with "uncharacteristic behavior for Lady YD."
But I have a sneaking suspicion that Obama might not be a good guy. Like, maybe he's a shifty grifter who sins all the time.
Remember when Obama said that sin was when he did something that he thought was out of step with what he usually preferred to do?
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OK, for argument's sake, let's talk about Lady YD. She is a reflexively good and kind person. For her that definition would hold - the broader definition of "sin" would line up very closely with "uncharacteristic behavior for Lady YD."
But I have a sneaking suspicion that Obama might not be a good guy. Like, maybe he's a shifty grifter who sins all the time.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2021 10:53 AM (Uh2oA)
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If you are writing a letter of complaint, always address it to the Chief Marketing Officer or the Customer Experience Officer of the company, that is the only way it will be dealt with...I complained to the CMO of Verizon and got a new phone once, it works
Posted by: KT in SL, TX at May 14, 2021 10:53 AM (xN7Z/)
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Remember when Obama said that sin was when he did something that he thought was out of step with what he usually preferred to do?
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Boy, is he in for a surprise.
And he will have eternity to see the error of his ways.
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Boy, is he in for a surprise.
And he will have eternity to see the error of his ways.
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 10:53 AM (+Vt0n)
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This trick still works, but you have to do a little bit more work than that. You have to make the VM seem like its actually a daily driver computer. Lots of files on the desktop, folders, programs that don't come bundled standard (ninite is good for this). Some of the smarter ones will even open up This PC -> Properties where it'll tell you if it's a VM. I think there's a way to change that value as well.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2021 10:52 AM (YYlyE)
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Yup. It's easy enough to do, though. There at least to be a number of honeypot VMs available for download that you could just change the serial number on. They're probably still out there. But really, that play is all about the love of the game...
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2021 10:52 AM (YYlyE)
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Yup. It's easy enough to do, though. There at least to be a number of honeypot VMs available for download that you could just change the serial number on. They're probably still out there. But really, that play is all about the love of the game...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:53 AM (Jsjd7)
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Jordan showed her boobs off?
Huh.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 14, 2021 10:32 AM (5cd/T)
Not yet, but it's her idea, so we're working on it.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:33 AM
Perhaps some strategically placed bacon would help...
Huh.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 14, 2021 10:32 AM (5cd/T)
Not yet, but it's her idea, so we're working on it.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 10:33 AM
Perhaps some strategically placed bacon would help...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 14, 2021 10:53 AM (m+jkK)
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#244
It's called work for a reason.
It's called work for a reason.
Posted by: torabora at May 14, 2021 10:54 AM (eCWrU)
258
Pelosi is so arrogant. I mean, I know the Holy See bends its knee to the American power demons who masquerade as Catholics, but if they ever decided to excommunicate these blood-soaked babykillers, it would NOT be Pelosi's choice at all.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2021 10:48 AM (Uh2oA)
With the pope ignoring the gay weddings done by their German priests, I wouldn't expect this anytime soon.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2021 10:48 AM (Uh2oA)
With the pope ignoring the gay weddings done by their German priests, I wouldn't expect this anytime soon.
Posted by: Broseidon at May 14, 2021 10:54 AM (bPUO8)
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My "customer service" pet peeves:
1. When "thank you" gets a "Not a problem" in response. Of course its not a problem- its your job!! Say you're welcome or my pleasure. Geez!
2. "Welcome In!" Welcome. Just Welcome!!!
3. When you call to complain and you give a big explanation and they obviously read their pat response: "I can see why that made you upset" or "Im sorry you experienced that." Very robotic. How about, Yikes! Thats horrible!
1. When "thank you" gets a "Not a problem" in response. Of course its not a problem- its your job!! Say you're welcome or my pleasure. Geez!
2. "Welcome In!" Welcome. Just Welcome!!!
3. When you call to complain and you give a big explanation and they obviously read their pat response: "I can see why that made you upset" or "Im sorry you experienced that." Very robotic. How about, Yikes! Thats horrible!
Posted by: LASue at May 14, 2021 10:54 AM (Ed8Zd)
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>Wouldn't you want your hot wife in the truck cab with you?
Posted by: Broseidon
not if she's all pissed off from sitting in back all that time-
Posted by: Broseidon
not if she's all pissed off from sitting in back all that time-
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 14, 2021 10:54 AM (iTXRQ)
261
Since apparently some people aren't cooperating, here's another pretty redhead near water:
You are a great American.
You are a great American.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at May 14, 2021 10:55 AM (HaL55)
262
Don't matter how good or kind you think you are.
Everybody is a sinner.
Only way to God is through Jesus.
Don't care if you agree with that or not.
Everybody is a sinner.
Only way to God is through Jesus.
Don't care if you agree with that or not.
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 10:55 AM (+Vt0n)
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'I Think I Can Use My Own Judgment On That': Pro-Abortion Pelosi Says She Can Decide Herself Whether She Can Take Communion
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I sympathize. A lot of those Biblical prohibitions really harsh my mellow.
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I sympathize. A lot of those Biblical prohibitions really harsh my mellow.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 14, 2021 10:55 AM (VVEnO)
264
OK why the HP hate...did they say something woke?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 14, 2021 10:56 AM (GPwVZ)
265
Congress is proposing cutting US Army end strength down to 390k. The 'savings' would be given to the USAF, Marines, and Navy.
Didn't they just cut the size of the Marines, including getting rid of all Marine tanks?
Didn't they just cut the size of the Marines, including getting rid of all Marine tanks?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 14, 2021 10:56 AM (nR2nR)
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>>They drive their employees like cattle going to the slaughter. My son worked at a fulfillment center for a while last year, and it was exhausting for him, working 10-12 hour days on the weekend.
And no, he's not wimp.
He now hates Jeff Bezos, so it was a learning experience.
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Yes, and they are hiring like crazy because of all the small businesses that went under during the lockdown. So when someone complains about people not getting back to work, you have to consider that pre-covid work may have been a lot better, and now they are being called lazy for not stepping up to work at Amazon or Walmart at a reduced salary, and far reduced treatment by their newglobal mega-corporate overlords employers.
And no, he's not wimp.
He now hates Jeff Bezos, so it was a learning experience.
- - - -
Yes, and they are hiring like crazy because of all the small businesses that went under during the lockdown. So when someone complains about people not getting back to work, you have to consider that pre-covid work may have been a lot better, and now they are being called lazy for not stepping up to work at Amazon or Walmart at a reduced salary, and far reduced treatment by their new
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2021 10:56 AM (bDqIh)
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Wouldn't you want your hot wife in the truck cab with you?
Posted by: Broseidon
not if she's all pissed off from sitting in back all that time-
Posted by: DB
Especially if she smells like three day old tuna sitting in the desert.
Posted by: Broseidon
not if she's all pissed off from sitting in back all that time-
Posted by: DB
Especially if she smells like three day old tuna sitting in the desert.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2021 10:56 AM (OCTRt)
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228. Is this like " my truth", or if it feels good, do it?
Posted by: CN at May 14, 2021 10:56 AM (ONvIw)
269
I will readily admit that I would NOT want to work in CS. I've seen way too much idiocy out there, especially in the past year or so.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 14, 2021 10:56 AM (W4eKo)
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The problem is that she is too polite and from a generation that thinks its awful to hang up on someone in the middle of a call. So she keeps talking to them and apologizing trying to hang up and they're trained to keep people on the line.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2021 10:51 AM (KZzsI)
Also of the generation that just cannot not answer a phone call. My MIL is the same way. I keep telling her if you don't recognize the number let it go to voicemail. If they don't leave a msg...it's a scam. And sometimes it's a scam even if they do leave a msg.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2021 10:51 AM (KZzsI)
Also of the generation that just cannot not answer a phone call. My MIL is the same way. I keep telling her if you don't recognize the number let it go to voicemail. If they don't leave a msg...it's a scam. And sometimes it's a scam even if they do leave a msg.
Posted by: Tami at May 14, 2021 10:56 AM (cF8AT)
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'I Think I Can Use My Own Judgment On That': Pro-Abortion Pelosi Says She Can Decide Herself Whether She Can Take Communion
Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
--I Corinthians 11: 27
Can't say she wasn't warned
Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
--I Corinthians 11: 27
Can't say she wasn't warned
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2021 10:56 AM (KZzsI)
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Don't matter how good or kind you think you are.
Everybody is a sinner.
Only way to God is through Jesus.
Don't care if you agree with that or not.
Posted by: SMH
-x-
Bingo! Amen!
Everybody is a sinner.
Only way to God is through Jesus.
Don't care if you agree with that or not.
Posted by: SMH
-x-
Bingo! Amen!
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at May 14, 2021 10:57 AM (UUBmN)
273
Try digging shoulder deep OHSA illegal ditches by hand and then tell me fulfillment center work is too much.
Posted by: torabora at May 14, 2021 10:57 AM (eCWrU)
274
Jordan Peterson advises that we not raise kids that other people will dislike. Not talking about curtailing civil rights, just raising children.
Posted by: JM in Florida at May 14, 2021 10:51 AM (HCeRP)
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So, knifefights, or no?
Posted by: JM in Florida at May 14, 2021 10:51 AM (HCeRP)
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So, knifefights, or no?
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 10:57 AM (cI7Oj)
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It's funny how difficult it is to easily search for things online these days. Regardless:
FALSANI: “Do you believe in sin?”
OBAMA: “Yes.”
FALSANI: “What is sin?”
OBAMA: “Being out of alignment with my values.”
FALSANI: “Do you believe in sin?”
OBAMA: “Yes.”
FALSANI: “What is sin?”
OBAMA: “Being out of alignment with my values.”
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:57 AM (wCgji)
276
Republicans are running from material discussions about January 6th. Is it any wonder the media believes that is their kryptonite, and something that will divide the Republican Caucus?
WAKE THE HELL UP!
WAKE THE HELL UP!
Posted by: Marcus T at May 14, 2021 10:57 AM (VpIIl)
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"While TROY has enjoyed a very successful period of growth in Massachusetts, the changing climate for firearms manufacturers in the state determined the need for our relocation to Tennessee to ensure the continued success of the company," Steve Troy, president and CEO, Troy Industries, Inc., said. "We are excited to begin this new venture and appreciate all the support we have already received from Representative Mark Green, Governor Bill Lee and the state of Tennessee in making this relocation possible."
https://tinyurl.com/e3b94jhv
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 10:51 AM
The way MA is going, I wouldn't be surprised to see S&W say screw it and leave the state.
https://tinyurl.com/e3b94jhv
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 10:51 AM
The way MA is going, I wouldn't be surprised to see S&W say screw it and leave the state.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 14, 2021 10:57 AM (m+jkK)
278
OK why the HP hate...did they say something woke?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 14, 2021 10:56 AM (GPwVZ)
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I think it's more about slowly degrading quality and serviceability of hardware over the past twenty years. They're not alone in manufacturing semi-disposable goods masquerading as what used to be major appliances.
Although the tortured paper path of early aughts HP duplex laser printers is something that should have resulted in some people being imprisoned in the Hague...
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 14, 2021 10:56 AM (GPwVZ)
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I think it's more about slowly degrading quality and serviceability of hardware over the past twenty years. They're not alone in manufacturing semi-disposable goods masquerading as what used to be major appliances.
Although the tortured paper path of early aughts HP duplex laser printers is something that should have resulted in some people being imprisoned in the Hague...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:57 AM (Jsjd7)
279
Can we go back to talking about seeing Jordan's boobs?
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt
wait, did we get to see them?
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt
wait, did we get to see them?
Posted by: SturmToddler at May 14, 2021 10:57 AM (8D42x)
280
OK why the HP hate...did they say something woke?
Posted by: Nevergiveup
Their crap doesn't work.
Posted by: Nevergiveup
Their crap doesn't work.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2021 10:57 AM (OCTRt)
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Remember when Obama said that sin was when he did something that he thought was out of step with what he usually preferred to do?
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Yeah he said sin was something out of line with his values. What a turd. Honestly.
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Yeah he said sin was something out of line with his values. What a turd. Honestly.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2021 10:57 AM (VQQAx)
282
Was anyone angered in the first Mission Impossible movie when they turned Jim Phelps into the bad guy?
Just curious.
Just curious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 14, 2021 10:57 AM (LvTSG)
283
264 OK why the HP hate...did they say something woke?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 14, 2021 10:56 AM (GPwVZ)
No, they just make crap products.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 14, 2021 10:56 AM (GPwVZ)
No, they just make crap products.
Posted by: Tami at May 14, 2021 10:57 AM (cF8AT)
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>>> 'I Think I Can Use My Own Judgment On That': Pro-Abortion Pelosi Says She Can Decide Herself Whether She Can Take Communion
There are times where I have skipped it because I felt unusually non-Christian at times. I don't think I ever thought I could make that determination, though, But I'm not as Catholic as Pelosi.
There are times where I have skipped it because I felt unusually non-Christian at times. I don't think I ever thought I could make that determination, though, But I'm not as Catholic as Pelosi.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 14, 2021 10:57 AM (bkUtD)
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264 OK why the HP hate...did they say something woke?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 14, 2021 10:56 AM (GPwVZ)
Nah they're just shit products.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 14, 2021 10:56 AM (GPwVZ)
Nah they're just shit products.
Posted by: Buzzion at May 14, 2021 10:57 AM (G2zl5)
286
*Sighs, deeper and longer*
Posted by: JT at May 14, 2021 10:45 AM (arJlL)
*pokes JT*
Have you Morons forgotten who controls the bacon?
Posted by: JT at May 14, 2021 10:45 AM (arJlL)
*pokes JT*
Have you Morons forgotten who controls the bacon?
Posted by: creeper, Moron Labe at May 14, 2021 10:58 AM (XxJt1)
287
Well are we free enough to make love in the backseat, while the car drives?
Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 14, 2021 10:58 AM (QeenG)
288
Oh yeah no problems with HPiece of Shit. Why do you ask?
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2021 10:58 AM (VQQAx)
289
274 Jordan Peterson advises that we not raise kids that other people will dislike. Not talking about curtailing civil rights, just raising children.
Posted by: JM in Florida at May 14, 2021 10:51 AM (HCeRP)
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So, knifefights, or no?
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 10:57 AM (cI7Oj)
That depends on whether knifefights are in this year. Though things supposedly come back around every couple decades.
Posted by: JM in Florida at May 14, 2021 10:51 AM (HCeRP)
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So, knifefights, or no?
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 10:57 AM (cI7Oj)
That depends on whether knifefights are in this year. Though things supposedly come back around every couple decades.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at May 14, 2021 10:58 AM (z5Vrg)
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Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
--I Corinthians 11: 27
Can't say she wasn't warned
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2021 10:56 AM (KZzsI)
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I doubt that Dem "Catholics" actually believe that anyway.
Her "divine spark" was mystic crap.
--I Corinthians 11: 27
Can't say she wasn't warned
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2021 10:56 AM (KZzsI)
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I doubt that Dem "Catholics" actually believe that anyway.
Her "divine spark" was mystic crap.
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 10:58 AM (cI7Oj)
291
My local Home Depot guys know a lot more than the Lowes idiots. Could just be my local ones.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2021 10:50 AM (VQQAx)
From my experience Lowes tilts a bit towards the average home owner. Home depot tilts a bit towards the trades dude. I usually find more ex trade guys working at home depot.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2021 10:50 AM (VQQAx)
From my experience Lowes tilts a bit towards the average home owner. Home depot tilts a bit towards the trades dude. I usually find more ex trade guys working at home depot.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 14, 2021 10:58 AM (VwHCD)
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> Is this like " my truth", or if it feels good, do it?
When I hear, "my truth", my brain translates it to, "I know it's a lie, you know it's a lie, but I demand you accept it anyway." That doesn't go over well with bonhomme.
When I hear, "my truth", my brain translates it to, "I know it's a lie, you know it's a lie, but I demand you accept it anyway." That doesn't go over well with bonhomme.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2021 10:59 AM (YYlyE)
293
The way MA is going, I wouldn't be surprised to see S&W say screw it and leave the state.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
You saw how quick MagPul pulled out of Colorado?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
You saw how quick MagPul pulled out of Colorado?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2021 10:59 AM (OCTRt)
Posted by: JT at May 14, 2021 10:59 AM (arJlL)
295
OK why the HP hate...did they say something woke?
Posted by: Nevergiveup
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Same thing as a lot of other products that used to be great. They lost their way with cost cutting and chasing pointless innovation (no instruction manuals in packages covers both) instead of maintaining quality.
Posted by: Nevergiveup
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Same thing as a lot of other products that used to be great. They lost their way with cost cutting and chasing pointless innovation (no instruction manuals in packages covers both) instead of maintaining quality.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:59 AM (wCgji)
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When "thank you" gets a "Not a problem" in response. Of course its not a problem- its your job!! Say you're welcome or my pleasure. Geez!
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Oh, that burns my mom's britches.
But it actually doesn't bother me much. "Your welcome" means the same thing; the sentiment is the same. Roughly a billion or so Spanish speakers say "de nada" all the time, and it's not to be rude to each other.
So, sometimes I say it just to needle her a little, lol.
When "thank you" gets a "Not a problem" in response. Of course its not a problem- its your job!! Say you're welcome or my pleasure. Geez!
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Oh, that burns my mom's britches.
But it actually doesn't bother me much. "Your welcome" means the same thing; the sentiment is the same. Roughly a billion or so Spanish speakers say "de nada" all the time, and it's not to be rude to each other.
So, sometimes I say it just to needle her a little, lol.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2021 10:59 AM (Uh2oA)
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Also of the generation that just cannot not answer a phone call.
My mom is getting better at screeing phone calls, she generally won't answer if she does not know the name, but if its something local or a business she recognizes she still answers.
Its hilarious, Garbage had a hit song about a girl being forced to start screening her phone calls because a guy won't leave her alone, now its the extreme outlier when someone just answers the phone when it rings. Hell, most younger people would much rather just text and hate phone calls.
My mom is getting better at screeing phone calls, she generally won't answer if she does not know the name, but if its something local or a business she recognizes she still answers.
Its hilarious, Garbage had a hit song about a girl being forced to start screening her phone calls because a guy won't leave her alone, now its the extreme outlier when someone just answers the phone when it rings. Hell, most younger people would much rather just text and hate phone calls.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2021 10:59 AM (KZzsI)
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I have an old HP LaserJet P2035n that I bought used about 12 years ago for about $100. Still runs like a champ (although a touch noisier than more modern printers). No wireless, so I have it hard wired to ethernet, and I never have problems with it. A two-pack of knock-off toner from fleabay is about $20.
There's a bunch of them on fleabay now, still around $100 ea.
I have an old HP LaserJet P2035n that I bought used about 12 years ago for about $100. Still runs like a champ (although a touch noisier than more modern printers). No wireless, so I have it hard wired to ethernet, and I never have problems with it. A two-pack of knock-off toner from fleabay is about $20.
There's a bunch of them on fleabay now, still around $100 ea.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2021 10:59 AM (n+4am)
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The way MA is going, I wouldn't be surprised to see S&W say screw it and leave the state.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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I've only been to that state once, when I was driving.
Had to drop a trailer off near Boston.
Not a friendly place.
No reason to travel to the northeast ever again.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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I've only been to that state once, when I was driving.
Had to drop a trailer off near Boston.
Not a friendly place.
No reason to travel to the northeast ever again.
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 11:00 AM (+Vt0n)
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Also let's not forget Carly.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2021 11:00 AM (VQQAx)
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Everyone makes crap products these days because it's cheaper to make Chinese junk than anything quality. Additionally, IIRC, they actually lose money on the printers, but make up for it with the ink/toner so there's not a whole lot of incentive to make a quality printer.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at May 14, 2021 11:00 AM (jOcSX)
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It can work the other way as well. I provide A LOT of customer support to faculty and students. I bend over backwards to try and help students because I want them to be successful. Then they don't respond or ignore requests to participate in troubleshooting. At the end of the semester, suddenly they demand they get their "A" in a course. They didn't do enough to get one, but still they demand it.
Posted by: Lord Squirrel at May 14, 2021 11:00 AM (ZIoLS)
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Some of the HP printers are very good units. It's the only thing they've done well in the past 25 years.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2021 11:00 AM (VQQAx)
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As someone who knows a great deal about tech as a hobby, it's incredibly frustrating to have to speak to customer service in Bangladesh and have to spend 45 minutes to eventually get them to do the thing that I told them they needed to do in literally the first 30 seconds of the phone call.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:19 AM (wCgji)
Worse? I'm a Microsoft Certified System Engineer... hell I TAUGHT IT for Microsoft 'partners' for years.
They used to have a help desk number JUST for MCSEs... but they discontinued it years ago... so now? Yup, have to go through the standard crap from someone who can't speaka da English well, and does not know crap beyond the Script... the very script I've ALREADY done.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:19 AM (wCgji)
Worse? I'm a Microsoft Certified System Engineer... hell I TAUGHT IT for Microsoft 'partners' for years.
They used to have a help desk number JUST for MCSEs... but they discontinued it years ago... so now? Yup, have to go through the standard crap from someone who can't speaka da English well, and does not know crap beyond the Script... the very script I've ALREADY done.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 14, 2021 11:00 AM (oHd/0)
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>Was anyone angered in the first Mission Impossible movie when they turned Jim Phelps into the bad guy?
I was angry at the helicopter-inside-the-tunnel gag, which was so over the top it was laughable
I was angry at the helicopter-inside-the-tunnel gag, which was so over the top it was laughable
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 14, 2021 11:00 AM (iTXRQ)
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From my experience Lowes tilts a bit towards the average home owner. Home depot tilts a bit towards the trades dude. I usually find more ex trade guys working at home depot.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Exactly.
Home Depot - Repair
Lowe's - Remodel and re-furnish
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Exactly.
Home Depot - Repair
Lowe's - Remodel and re-furnish
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2021 11:00 AM (OCTRt)
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301 disposable Chinese goods.
Posted by: CN at May 14, 2021 11:01 AM (ONvIw)
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True about how Obama and lefties view sin as anything outside of their current values.
Posted by: Broseidon at May 14, 2021 11:01 AM (bPUO8)
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I feel pretty strongly about civility. You don't have to like the person, care about them, or anything else, but if you treat everyone civilly we can greatly improve the quality of our lives.
Posted by: Seems Legit at May 14, 2021 11:01 AM (o25GB)
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My local Home Depot guys know a lot more than the Lowes idiots. Could just be my local ones.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2021 10:50 AM (VQQAx)
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My local HD is useless. Every HD I have been in over in the neighboring city is also useless. So are the various Lowes stores I've tried in Neighboring City. I dunno if it's my region or what (both were pretty good when I lived in CO), but here you are definitely on your own.
Where that's not true, though? Ace. They don't have the selection, but boy do they have the expertise. If it's something that they don't have but I can wait for, I do it every time. My local Ace are a bunch of very good, knowledgeable people (plus my local store seems to have a "hire cute girls to run the registers" policy. which ain't a bad play either).
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2021 10:50 AM (VQQAx)
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My local HD is useless. Every HD I have been in over in the neighboring city is also useless. So are the various Lowes stores I've tried in Neighboring City. I dunno if it's my region or what (both were pretty good when I lived in CO), but here you are definitely on your own.
Where that's not true, though? Ace. They don't have the selection, but boy do they have the expertise. If it's something that they don't have but I can wait for, I do it every time. My local Ace are a bunch of very good, knowledgeable people (plus my local store seems to have a "hire cute girls to run the registers" policy. which ain't a bad play either).
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 11:01 AM (Jsjd7)
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OK why the HP hate...did they say something woke?
Posted by: Nevergiveup
Their crap doesn't work.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2021 10:57 AM (OCTRt)
Precisely. Too many models, crappy parts. I had to return 3.
Posted by: Nevergiveup
Their crap doesn't work.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2021 10:57 AM (OCTRt)
Precisely. Too many models, crappy parts. I had to return 3.
Posted by: runner at May 14, 2021 11:01 AM (V13WU)
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Y'know what would really boost appreciation for customer service?
Knife fights!
I fondly recall the knife fight sleepovers we had when we were kids ...
Y'know what would really boost appreciation for customer service?
Knife fights!
I fondly recall the knife fight sleepovers we had when we were kids ...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 14, 2021 11:01 AM (pNxlR)
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> Try digging shoulder deep OHSA illegal ditches by hand and then tell me fulfillment center work is too much.
Try working in a third world e-waste recycling plant and tell me digging shoulder deep OSHA illegal ditches by hand is too much.
Try working in a third world e-waste recycling plant and tell me digging shoulder deep OSHA illegal ditches by hand is too much.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2021 11:01 AM (YYlyE)
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308 True about how Obama and lefties view sin as anything outside of their current values.
Posted by: Broseidon at May 14, 2021 11:01 AM (bPUO
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Bigots. What about tomorrow's values?
Posted by: Broseidon at May 14, 2021 11:01 AM (bPUO
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Bigots. What about tomorrow's values?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 14, 2021 11:01 AM (LvTSG)
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o when someone complains about people not getting back to work, you have to consider that pre-covid work may have been a lot better, and now they are being called lazy for not stepping up to work at Amazon or Walmart at a reduced salary, and far reduced treatment by their new global mega-corporate overlords employers.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2021 10:56 AM (bDq
It's not just Amazon and Walmart looking to hire. And I'm sorry you can't get your dream job back and so would rather stay at home rather than get back to work at a pay scale less than what you were making before, just like I had to do when I was unemployed for two years and finally found another job.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2021 10:56 AM (bDq
It's not just Amazon and Walmart looking to hire. And I'm sorry you can't get your dream job back and so would rather stay at home rather than get back to work at a pay scale less than what you were making before, just like I had to do when I was unemployed for two years and finally found another job.
Posted by: Buzzion at May 14, 2021 11:01 AM (G2zl5)
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I've gone back to Hoe Depot because the people who work there are actually knowledgeable and want to help you. Lowes has become the place for a lot of people who know nothing, don't want to work and avoid talking to you best they can. No thanks.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 14, 2021 11:01 AM (VpIIl)
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When "thank you" gets a "Not a problem" in response. Of course its not a problem- its your job!! Say you're welcome or my pleasure. Geez!
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There's another recent one that I can't remember right now that is so weird to hear. Even grown ups have started to use it. It's similar to no problem but even more offensive. Not "no biggy" but similar.
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There's another recent one that I can't remember right now that is so weird to hear. Even grown ups have started to use it. It's similar to no problem but even more offensive. Not "no biggy" but similar.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 11:01 AM (wCgji)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 14, 2021 11:02 AM (QeenG)
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Her "divine spark" was mystic crap.
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 10:58 AM (cI7Oj)
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Or... alternatively, it's a totally sweet lifestyle magazine:
https://tinyurl.com/2nk3yjwt
Her "divine spark" was mystic crap.
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 10:58 AM (cI7Oj)
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Or... alternatively, it's a totally sweet lifestyle magazine:
https://tinyurl.com/2nk3yjwt
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2021 11:02 AM (Uh2oA)
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Hey grocer, Your minimum wage employee puts minimal effort into her job....
Concerned patron, My minimum wage employee showed up today....In this day and age, that means all work expectations were exceeded and you're talking about employee of the week. With government support iof the worthless and lazy, getting enough butts out of the recliners and on to the work floor is a task for Sisyphus. There's good employees and clock watchers and a supply shortage of both.
Concerned patron, My minimum wage employee showed up today....In this day and age, that means all work expectations were exceeded and you're talking about employee of the week. With government support iof the worthless and lazy, getting enough butts out of the recliners and on to the work floor is a task for Sisyphus. There's good employees and clock watchers and a supply shortage of both.
Posted by: Downcast at May 14, 2021 11:02 AM (5eIA9)
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Also of the generation that just cannot not answer a phone call.
My mom is getting better at screeing phone calls, she generally won't answer if she does not know the name, but if its something local or a business she recognizes she still answers.
Its hilarious, Garbage had a hit song about a girl being forced to start screening her phone calls because a guy won't leave her alone, now its the extreme outlier when someone just answers the phone when it rings. Hell, most younger people would much rather just text and hate phone calls.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2021 10:59 AM (KZzsI)
are you thinking No Doubt?
My mom is getting better at screeing phone calls, she generally won't answer if she does not know the name, but if its something local or a business she recognizes she still answers.
Its hilarious, Garbage had a hit song about a girl being forced to start screening her phone calls because a guy won't leave her alone, now its the extreme outlier when someone just answers the phone when it rings. Hell, most younger people would much rather just text and hate phone calls.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2021 10:59 AM (KZzsI)
are you thinking No Doubt?
Posted by: SturmToddler at May 14, 2021 11:02 AM (8D42x)
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God does it my way!
Posted by: Pelosi Sings Sinatra! at May 14, 2021 11:02 AM (VVEnO)
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Some of y'all might have gotten burned buy some of the shit that HP sells, but if you know what to get, it's some good shit.
Posted by: Broseidon at May 14, 2021 11:02 AM (bPUO8)
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You saw how quick MagPul pulled out of Colorado?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2021 10:59 AM
Yep. S&W is a major employer around here, but the idiots on bacon Hill are specifically targeting some of their products. The reasoning seems to be "we don't allow you to sell those evil, scary assault weapons here, why should you be allowed to manufacture them for export to states that do allow them?" If I were S&W, I'd be looking for commercial property in TX.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2021 10:59 AM
Yep. S&W is a major employer around here, but the idiots on bacon Hill are specifically targeting some of their products. The reasoning seems to be "we don't allow you to sell those evil, scary assault weapons here, why should you be allowed to manufacture them for export to states that do allow them?" If I were S&W, I'd be looking for commercial property in TX.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 14, 2021 11:02 AM (m+jkK)
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OK why the HP hate...did they say something woke?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 14, 2021 10:56 AM (GPwVZ)
Their quality has gone down the shitter.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 14, 2021 10:56 AM (GPwVZ)
Their quality has gone down the shitter.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 14, 2021 11:03 AM (G+C8N)
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FALSANI: “What is sin?”
OBAMA: “Being out of alignment with my values.”
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:57 AM (wCgji)
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I believe that just like when he said he believed in "American Exceptionalism" and then went on to say "just like the Japanese believe in 'Japanese Exceptionalism' and the Germans believe in 'German Exceptionalism'," and so on.
Meaning that he was taking it from a subjective perspective. Oh, we think Obama sinned because it was out of alignment with our views.
OBAMA: “Being out of alignment with my values.”
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 10:57 AM (wCgji)
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I believe that just like when he said he believed in "American Exceptionalism" and then went on to say "just like the Japanese believe in 'Japanese Exceptionalism' and the Germans believe in 'German Exceptionalism'," and so on.
Meaning that he was taking it from a subjective perspective. Oh, we think Obama sinned because it was out of alignment with our views.
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 11:03 AM (cI7Oj)
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86% of gas stations in Washington, D.C., are out of fuel today.
Posted by: SMOD at May 14, 2021 11:03 AM (RHGPo)
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re: customer service- I had fantastic service from Shark vacuums- 5 year warranty, no idea if I qualified but the woman (in Nova Scotia, I asked!) ran the serial number and asked if the address was the same and the part should be there in 5 days. Three minutes and unbelievably pleasant conversation! Part arrived in 5 days.
Posted by: free tibet at May 14, 2021 11:03 AM (AytXr)
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6 year old critically wounded in Sderot
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 14, 2021 11:03 AM (GPwVZ)
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> True about how Obama and lefties view sin as anything outside of their current values.
Posted by: Broseidon
which boils down to 'if I don't like it, it's wrong.'
Posted by: Broseidon
which boils down to 'if I don't like it, it's wrong.'
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 14, 2021 11:03 AM (iTXRQ)
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OBAMA: "Being out of alignment with my values."
Yeah that was the big reveal. He's not a Christian, not even close. He talks about Jesus like a great prophet, he defines sin as being up to his ethics rather than God's law, etc. Obama went to church but the church was basically a social justice hate factory. Which is no church at all, without a lampstand.
Yeah that was the big reveal. He's not a Christian, not even close. He talks about Jesus like a great prophet, he defines sin as being up to his ethics rather than God's law, etc. Obama went to church but the church was basically a social justice hate factory. Which is no church at all, without a lampstand.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2021 11:03 AM (KZzsI)
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Thinkpad is another one that I look back on fondly. They're still decent quality, but holy crap those old laptops were something else.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 11:04 AM (wCgji)
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From my experience Lowes tilts a bit towards the average home owner. Home depot tilts a bit towards the trades dude. I usually find more ex trade guys working at home depot.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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True.
Hubs buys a lot of wiring from HD (which, along with everything else, is getting more expensive by the day).
Folks wanting electricians to change their lightbulbs are digging deeper into their wallets as a result.
Gas is $3.22 on this side of the river...and with river traffic shut down due the bridge in Memphis...it's gonna get real interesting.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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True.
Hubs buys a lot of wiring from HD (which, along with everything else, is getting more expensive by the day).
Folks wanting electricians to change their lightbulbs are digging deeper into their wallets as a result.
Gas is $3.22 on this side of the river...and with river traffic shut down due the bridge in Memphis...it's gonna get real interesting.
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 11:04 AM (+Vt0n)
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Thankfully, in my AO rude service is exceedingly rare. But it might just be my charming personality. 
there are a couple of clerks in a couple of stores I avoid, however.
there are a couple of clerks in a couple of stores I avoid, however.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Confuzzled at May 14, 2021 11:04 AM (xPJvm)
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330 > True about how Obama and lefties view sin as anything outside of their current values.
Posted by: Broseidon
which boils down to 'if I don't like it, it's wrong.'
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 14, 2021 11:03 AM (iTXRQ)
Technically that is how moral relativism works.
Posted by: Broseidon
which boils down to 'if I don't like it, it's wrong.'
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 14, 2021 11:03 AM (iTXRQ)
Technically that is how moral relativism works.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at May 14, 2021 11:05 AM (z5Vrg)
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 14, 2021 11:05 AM (iTXRQ)
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Is it too much to expect to be treated competently, respectfully and courteously? I'm afraid it is.
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And, and, and . . . Callers to a customer service line treat employees with courtesy and respect?
I'm lucky in that I always want to leave them laughing and appreciative so the rare times that I am not treated courteously and respectfully are total anomalies.
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And, and, and . . . Callers to a customer service line treat employees with courtesy and respect?
I'm lucky in that I always want to leave them laughing and appreciative so the rare times that I am not treated courteously and respectfully are total anomalies.
Posted by: mustbequantum at May 14, 2021 11:05 AM (MIKMs)
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Its hilarious, Garbage had a hit song about a girl being forced to start screening her phone calls because a guy won't leave her alone, now its the extreme outlier when someone just answers the phone when it rings. Hell, most younger people would much rather just text and hate phone calls.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2021 10:59 AM (KZzsI)
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That was without doubt actually No Doubt, with their hit single "Spiderwebs" of the album "Tragic Kingdom" (one of the better album names of the decade, as well as what was in my opinion No Doubt's best effort).
https://youtu.be/6ZktNItwexo
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2021 10:59 AM (KZzsI)
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That was without doubt actually No Doubt, with their hit single "Spiderwebs" of the album "Tragic Kingdom" (one of the better album names of the decade, as well as what was in my opinion No Doubt's best effort).
https://youtu.be/6ZktNItwexo
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 11:05 AM (Jsjd7)
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86% of gas stations in Washington, D.C., are out of fuel today.
Posted by: SMOD
First good news.
Posted by: SMOD
First good news.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 14, 2021 11:05 AM (QeenG)
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FALSANI: "Do you believe in sin?"
OBAMA: "Yes."
FALSANI: "What is sin?"
OBAMA: "Being out of alignment with my values."
Proof right there Obama's not a Christian. A Christian would say, something like, "Being out of alignment with God." But Obama's answer puts HIM in the place of God, which is actually Satanic.
OBAMA: "Yes."
FALSANI: "What is sin?"
OBAMA: "Being out of alignment with my values."
Proof right there Obama's not a Christian. A Christian would say, something like, "Being out of alignment with God." But Obama's answer puts HIM in the place of God, which is actually Satanic.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2021 11:05 AM (YYlyE)
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No worries! That's it. Thanks.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 11:05 AM (wCgji)
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OK why the HP hate...did they say something woke?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 14, 2021 10:56 AM (GPwVZ)
Their quality has gone down the shitter.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 14, 2021 11:03 AM (G+C8N)
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And they can't even give you more than an oversized postcard, printed in 3 languages and a small paperback-sized two-page pamphlet as setup instructions, which *does not* cover first time installation of ink cartridges, so when you look on line the closest think you can find is how to *replace* ink cartridges.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 14, 2021 10:56 AM (GPwVZ)
Their quality has gone down the shitter.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 14, 2021 11:03 AM (G+C8N)
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And they can't even give you more than an oversized postcard, printed in 3 languages and a small paperback-sized two-page pamphlet as setup instructions, which *does not* cover first time installation of ink cartridges, so when you look on line the closest think you can find is how to *replace* ink cartridges.
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 11:05 AM (cI7Oj)
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3. When you call to complain and you give a big explanation and they obviously read their pat response: "I can see why that made you upset" or "Im sorry you experienced that." Very robotic. How about, Yikes! Thats horrible!
Posted by: LASue at May 14, 2021 10:54 AM (Ed8Zd)
Perhaps you need a stress pill, LASue.
Posted by: LASue at May 14, 2021 10:54 AM (Ed8Zd)
Perhaps you need a stress pill, LASue.
Posted by: HAL 9000 at May 14, 2021 11:05 AM (PiwSw)
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which boils down to 'if I don't like it, it's wrong.'
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 14, 2021 11:03 AM (iTXRQ)
Makes sense, they're God in their own minds and thus anything they don't like is ungodly, filthy, forbidden.
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 14, 2021 11:03 AM (iTXRQ)
Makes sense, they're God in their own minds and thus anything they don't like is ungodly, filthy, forbidden.
Posted by: Thrawn at May 14, 2021 11:05 AM (Enc9Y)
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Yeah HP has gone downhill but I still like them better than most other Printers.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 14, 2021 11:05 AM (GPwVZ)
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which boils down to 'if I don't like it, it's wrong.'
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 14, 2021 11:03 AM (iTXRQ)
Which boils down to I am God
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 14, 2021 11:03 AM (iTXRQ)
Which boils down to I am God
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2021 11:06 AM (VQQAx)
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Hubs buys a lot of wiring from HD (which, along with everything else, is getting more expensive by the day).
Folks wanting electricians to change their lightbulbs are digging deeper into their wallets as a result.
Gas is $3.22 on this side of the river...and with river traffic shut down due the bridge in Memphis...it's gonna get real interesting.
Posted by: SMH
Quote on our barndominium went from $230k in March to $270k last week.
Folks wanting electricians to change their lightbulbs are digging deeper into their wallets as a result.
Gas is $3.22 on this side of the river...and with river traffic shut down due the bridge in Memphis...it's gonna get real interesting.
Posted by: SMH
Quote on our barndominium went from $230k in March to $270k last week.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2021 11:06 AM (OCTRt)
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De nada!
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at May 14, 2021 11:06 AM (UUBmN)
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Thankfully, in my AO rude service is exceedingly rare. But it might just be my charming personality.
there are a couple of clerks in a couple of stores I avoid, however.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Confuzzled at May 14, 2021 11:04 AM (xPJvm)
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One of the things I love about CO is how nice all the people are. One of the things I hate about the human deluge from CA, is how much it's changing that.
Thankfully, in my AO rude service is exceedingly rare. But it might just be my charming personality.
there are a couple of clerks in a couple of stores I avoid, however.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Confuzzled at May 14, 2021 11:04 AM (xPJvm)
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One of the things I love about CO is how nice all the people are. One of the things I hate about the human deluge from CA, is how much it's changing that.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2021 11:06 AM (Uh2oA)
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>>It's not just Amazon and Walmart looking to hire. And I'm sorry you can't get your dream job back and so would rather stay at home rather than get back to work at a pay scale less than what you were making before, just like I had to do when I was unemployed for two years and finally found another job.
Oh, agreed, people have to compromise and adjust expectations. I am just annoyed how for most of 2020 the government/MSM/Left messaging was: STAY HOME, SAVE lives or your the greediest of bastards!!
And now it's: LAZY BASTARDS WON'T LEAVE HOME!! I see no aknowledgement of how government policies and MSM covid porn have significantly changed the job market, it's just always blame the people for not doing what they're told.
Oh, agreed, people have to compromise and adjust expectations. I am just annoyed how for most of 2020 the government/MSM/Left messaging was: STAY HOME, SAVE lives or your the greediest of bastards!!
And now it's: LAZY BASTARDS WON'T LEAVE HOME!! I see no aknowledgement of how government policies and MSM covid porn have significantly changed the job market, it's just always blame the people for not doing what they're told.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2021 11:06 AM (bDqIh)
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That was without doubt actually No Doubt, with their hit single "Spiderwebs" of the album "Tragic Kingdom" (one of the better album names of the decade, as well as what was in my opinion No Doubt's best effort).
https://youtu.be/6ZktNItwexo
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 11:05 AM (Jsjd7)
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I love that song.
https://youtu.be/6ZktNItwexo
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 11:05 AM (Jsjd7)
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I love that song.
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 11:06 AM (cI7Oj)
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are you thinking No Doubt?
Probably, I get the two bands mixed up in my head. Both came out around the same time, both with a female lead, both had similar styles.
which boils down to 'if I don't like it, it's wrong.'
Its worse than that. They define sin as what they think to be right and wrong at the moment and that means you're not just wrong if you disagree, you're evil. Leftists don't think you're confused or of a different opinion, they believe you are sinning.
And unlike actual Christianity which teaches redemption, love, and that sin is against God rather than us... they believe you're sinning against them.
And there is no way to be saved.
Probably, I get the two bands mixed up in my head. Both came out around the same time, both with a female lead, both had similar styles.
which boils down to 'if I don't like it, it's wrong.'
Its worse than that. They define sin as what they think to be right and wrong at the moment and that means you're not just wrong if you disagree, you're evil. Leftists don't think you're confused or of a different opinion, they believe you are sinning.
And unlike actual Christianity which teaches redemption, love, and that sin is against God rather than us... they believe you're sinning against them.
And there is no way to be saved.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2021 11:06 AM (KZzsI)
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339 86% of gas stations in Washington, D.C., are out of fuel today.
Posted by: SMOD
First good news.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 14, 2021 11:05 AM (QeenG)
14% too few.
My sympathies to any of our brethren who works near or on that Den of Iniquity though.
Posted by: SMOD
First good news.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 14, 2021 11:05 AM (QeenG)
14% too few.
My sympathies to any of our brethren who works near or on that Den of Iniquity though.
Posted by: Thrawn at May 14, 2021 11:06 AM (Enc9Y)
354
Proof right there Obama's not a Christian. A Christian would say, something like, "Being out of alignment with God." But Obama's answer puts HIM in the place of God, which is actually Satanic.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2021 11:05 AM (YYlyE)
Reminds me, bush isn't a Christian to many anymore either. Not with those lies he told about Trump voters.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2021 11:05 AM (YYlyE)
Reminds me, bush isn't a Christian to many anymore either. Not with those lies he told about Trump voters.
Posted by: Broseidon at May 14, 2021 11:06 AM (bPUO8)
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@scottwongDC
Another verbal altercation just happened in the House:
MTG's spokesman Nick Dyer told @RepSwalwell: "Biden says you can take off your mask"
Swalwell confronted Dyer, got in his face and according to Dyer, said: "You don't tell me what to fucking do!"
.@RepSwalwell responds: "No one should be bullied for wearing a mask. So I told the bully what I thought of his order. Predictably, he went speechless. I regret I wasn't more explicit."
And then he let go a fart not unlike a thunderclap....
Another verbal altercation just happened in the House:
MTG's spokesman Nick Dyer told @RepSwalwell: "Biden says you can take off your mask"
Swalwell confronted Dyer, got in his face and according to Dyer, said: "You don't tell me what to fucking do!"
.@RepSwalwell responds: "No one should be bullied for wearing a mask. So I told the bully what I thought of his order. Predictably, he went speechless. I regret I wasn't more explicit."
And then he let go a fart not unlike a thunderclap....
Posted by: Tami at May 14, 2021 11:06 AM (cF8AT)
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which boils down to 'if I don't like it, it's wrong.'
Posted by: DB- just DB
God and I don't like that!
Posted by: DB- just DB
God and I don't like that!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 14, 2021 11:07 AM (VVEnO)
357
SMH, are you still here? Why is the river closed in Memphis?
Posted by: creeper, Moron Labe at May 14, 2021 11:07 AM (XxJt1)
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86% of gas stations in Washington, D.C., are out of fuel today.
Posted by: SMOD
Must be because I filled up down there on Wednesday Morning ha?
Posted by: SMOD
Must be because I filled up down there on Wednesday Morning ha?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 14, 2021 11:07 AM (GPwVZ)
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Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 10:16 AM
Had the same problem with an HP wireless printer. Tried everything the troubleshooting and web said I should do. I finally gave up and got a different brand.
My sister wanted the printer so I gave it to her. Her son in law is an IT help desk guy. It took him 2 visits, but it's up and running for her. I, on the other hand, would never have figured it out.
Good luck with the HP!
Had the same problem with an HP wireless printer. Tried everything the troubleshooting and web said I should do. I finally gave up and got a different brand.
My sister wanted the printer so I gave it to her. Her son in law is an IT help desk guy. It took him 2 visits, but it's up and running for her. I, on the other hand, would never have figured it out.
Good luck with the HP!
Posted by: 496 at May 14, 2021 11:07 AM (U1eOr)
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My HD is pretty good. I go there a lot.
The local Lowes is fun just to see the circus clowns there...purple hair, high heels, studs, piercings and tats. And that's both the xen and xomen.
The local Lowes is fun just to see the circus clowns there...purple hair, high heels, studs, piercings and tats. And that's both the xen and xomen.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2021 11:07 AM (axyOa)
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Quote on our barndominium went from $230k in March to $270k last week.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2021 11:06 AM (OCTRt)
Ouch.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2021 11:06 AM (OCTRt)
Ouch.
Posted by: Jordan61 at May 14, 2021 11:07 AM (Ez6QX)
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351 That was without doubt actually No Doubt, with their hit single "Spiderwebs" of the album "Tragic Kingdom" (one of the better album names of the decade, as well as what was in my opinion No Doubt's best effort).
https://youtu.be/6ZktNItwexo
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 11:05 AM (Jsjd7)
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I love that song.
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 11:06 AM (cI7Oj)
I knew a guy that thought the line where she sung "I screen my phones calls." was "I scream my balls off."
Caught him signing it once.
https://youtu.be/6ZktNItwexo
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 11:05 AM (Jsjd7)
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I love that song.
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 11:06 AM (cI7Oj)
I knew a guy that thought the line where she sung "I screen my phones calls." was "I scream my balls off."
Caught him signing it once.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 14, 2021 11:08 AM (UuD2k)
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.@RepSwalwell responds: "No one should be bullied for wearing a mask. So I told the bully what I thought of his order. Predictably, he went speechless. I regret I wasn't more explicit."
And then he let go a fart not unlike a thunderclap....
Posted by: Tami at May 14, 2021 11:06 AM (cF8AT
Surprised he didn't cuss in Chinese.
.@RepSwalwell responds: "No one should be bullied for wearing a mask. So I told the bully what I thought of his order. Predictably, he went speechless. I regret I wasn't more explicit."
And then he let go a fart not unlike a thunderclap....
Posted by: Tami at May 14, 2021 11:06 AM (cF8AT
Surprised he didn't cuss in Chinese.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 14, 2021 11:08 AM (4fSQf)
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Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 11:05 AM (Jsjd7)
I was a big fan. First two albums are awesome. Her voice was very soulful and I think quite underrated. Her solo career was crap. Should have tried to make real music but at that point a bit of an unrealistic expectation.
I was a big fan. First two albums are awesome. Her voice was very soulful and I think quite underrated. Her solo career was crap. Should have tried to make real music but at that point a bit of an unrealistic expectation.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2021 11:08 AM (VQQAx)
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>>>Was anyone angered in the first Mission Impossible movie when they turned Jim Phelps into the bad guy?
Not really, he was actually a decent villain in it, IMO.
Not really, he was actually a decent villain in it, IMO.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 14, 2021 11:08 AM (bkUtD)
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This morning went into a donut shop sans mask. Been there a few times. The gals remember me because I always put a large donation in the tip jar.
They were refusing service to a guy who was maskless. A masked "Karen" stood behind him and scolded him for not being "able to read." A hands on hips scold. Told him to get out of her way.
Talked to the guy, he is vaccinated. I waved at the gal at the counter and the guy and I walked out. I am sure the Karen is a generous tipper.
They were refusing service to a guy who was maskless. A masked "Karen" stood behind him and scolded him for not being "able to read." A hands on hips scold. Told him to get out of her way.
Talked to the guy, he is vaccinated. I waved at the gal at the counter and the guy and I walked out. I am sure the Karen is a generous tipper.
Posted by: Mr. Barky at May 14, 2021 11:08 AM (hKi6n)
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357 SMH, are you still here? Why is the river closed in Memphis?
Posted by: creeper, Moron Labe
Moose out front should've told you.
Posted by: creeper, Moron Labe
Moose out front should've told you.
Posted by: 496 at May 14, 2021 11:08 AM (U1eOr)
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324
If I were S&W, I'd be looking for commercial property in TX.
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They probably are shopping around for more southerly real estate. Wouldn't surprise me at all if there was a news story some day about S&W moving, and leaving the workforce behind to cry to the state capitol about the unfairness of it all.
If I were S&W, I'd be looking for commercial property in TX.
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They probably are shopping around for more southerly real estate. Wouldn't surprise me at all if there was a news story some day about S&W moving, and leaving the workforce behind to cry to the state capitol about the unfairness of it all.
Posted by: exdem13 at May 14, 2021 11:08 AM (W+kMI)
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>Makes sense, they're God in their own minds and thus anything they don't like is ungodly, filthy, forbidden.
the flip side of that is, when they like something, they just assume others like it too, and can't comprehend when that doesn't happen
the flip side of that is, when they like something, they just assume others like it too, and can't comprehend when that doesn't happen
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 14, 2021 11:08 AM (iTXRQ)
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Why is the river closed in Memphis?
Posted by: creeper, Moron Labe at May 14, 2021 11:07 AM
Moose out front shoulda told ya.
Posted by: creeper, Moron Labe at May 14, 2021 11:07 AM
Moose out front shoulda told ya.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 14, 2021 11:08 AM (m+jkK)
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Oh, MisHum, it's been a loooong time since we were the country of, "The Customer is Always Right!
My parents were born in the early 1920's and as far back as I can remember they always lamented the decline of customer service. As a child I didn't understand it, but now I sure do!
Especially airlines and especially now that every store is going the route of self-checkout...I feel like it's an annoyance for them to provide the goods or services that are the very reason for their existence!!
My parents were born in the early 1920's and as far back as I can remember they always lamented the decline of customer service. As a child I didn't understand it, but now I sure do!
Especially airlines and especially now that every store is going the route of self-checkout...I feel like it's an annoyance for them to provide the goods or services that are the very reason for their existence!!
Posted by: RondinellaMamma - Trump is still The Duly Elected President of the USA at May 14, 2021 11:08 AM (8/7u2)
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365 >>>Was anyone angered in the first Mission Impossible movie when they turned Jim Phelps into the bad guy?
Not really, he was actually a decent villain in it, IMO.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 14, 2021 11:08 AM (bkUtD)
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But is that not shitting on the character from the show? Peter Graves thought so.
Not really, he was actually a decent villain in it, IMO.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 14, 2021 11:08 AM (bkUtD)
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But is that not shitting on the character from the show? Peter Graves thought so.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 14, 2021 11:08 AM (LvTSG)
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"You mean you're not on the phone with customer service?"
*looks over at hung up phone*
"No, ma'am."
*she leaves in a huff*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 14, 2021 10:24 AM (LvTSG)
She could have left in a minute and a huff.
*looks over at hung up phone*
"No, ma'am."
*she leaves in a huff*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 14, 2021 10:24 AM (LvTSG)
She could have left in a minute and a huff.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 14, 2021 11:09 AM (zkS5c)
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357 SMH, are you still here? Why is the river closed in Memphis?
Posted by: creeper, Moron Labe at May 14, 2021 11:07 AM (XxJt1)
One of the bridges cracked and the Coast Guard shut down river traffic. Was up to 800 barges now, I think.
Posted by: creeper, Moron Labe at May 14, 2021 11:07 AM (XxJt1)
One of the bridges cracked and the Coast Guard shut down river traffic. Was up to 800 barges now, I think.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 14, 2021 11:09 AM (UuD2k)
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86% of gas stations in Washington, D.C., are out of fuel today.
Posted by: SMOD
I know Bluebell is out there...I hope she was able to get some before they ran out.
Posted by: SMOD
I know Bluebell is out there...I hope she was able to get some before they ran out.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2021 11:09 AM (axyOa)
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>>>Was anyone angered in the first Mission Impossible movie when they turned Jim Phelps into the bad guy?
I was, however, getting very tired of all of 24's villains turning out to be white guys.
I was, however, getting very tired of all of 24's villains turning out to be white guys.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 14, 2021 11:09 AM (bkUtD)
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86% of gas stations in Washington, D.C., are out of fuel today.
Posted by: SMOD
Must be because I filled up down there on Wednesday Morning ha?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 14, 2021 11:07 AM (GPwVZ)
Did my part by filling up my half tank.
Posted by: SMOD
Must be because I filled up down there on Wednesday Morning ha?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 14, 2021 11:07 AM (GPwVZ)
Did my part by filling up my half tank.
Posted by: Broseidon at May 14, 2021 11:09 AM (bPUO8)
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> Also of the generation that just cannot not answer a phone call.
*raises hand*
I only voluntarily talk on the phone with people I want to spend time with. I'll talk on the phone with customer service if I have to. Otherwise, send me a damn text or email and I'll prioritize it accordingly.
*raises hand*
I only voluntarily talk on the phone with people I want to spend time with. I'll talk on the phone with customer service if I have to. Otherwise, send me a damn text or email and I'll prioritize it accordingly.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2021 11:09 AM (YYlyE)
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Although, I do greatly prefer Garbage to No Doubt (and Shirley Manson (yum) to Gwen Stefani).
Garbage - As Heaven is Wide:
https://youtu.be/w1I9kAgO4HQ
Garbage - As Heaven is Wide:
https://youtu.be/w1I9kAgO4HQ
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 11:09 AM (Jsjd7)
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No worries! That's it. Thanks.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 11:05 AM (wCgji)
i work with a shit ton of Aussies (mining) and have adapted the vernacular. that's aussie for you're welcome, essentially. which isn't bad, but it has carried out of the office.
of course, their more colorful "language" has also made it into the office vernacular as well. makes for interesting mixed company meetings...
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 11:05 AM (wCgji)
i work with a shit ton of Aussies (mining) and have adapted the vernacular. that's aussie for you're welcome, essentially. which isn't bad, but it has carried out of the office.
of course, their more colorful "language" has also made it into the office vernacular as well. makes for interesting mixed company meetings...
Posted by: SturmToddler at May 14, 2021 11:09 AM (8D42x)
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Don't matter how good or kind you think you are.
Everybody is a sinner.
Only way to God is through Jesus.
Don't care if you agree with that or not.
Posted by: SMH
We are only saved by Grace, by the life, death and resurrection of Christ.
There are no good works that we can do on Earth that can equal that.
Pelosi had condemned herself, by her pride and vulgar defiance.
Chelsea said that if Jesus was alive today, he would be working for women to have "pro choice", ie, Abortions. Chelsea and her mother and father have also condemned themselve by their pride and self righteousness.
Only God can decide who shall be saved and who shall not, but these people condemn themselves by their own words. What other conclusion can you draw?
Everybody is a sinner.
Only way to God is through Jesus.
Don't care if you agree with that or not.
Posted by: SMH
We are only saved by Grace, by the life, death and resurrection of Christ.
There are no good works that we can do on Earth that can equal that.
Pelosi had condemned herself, by her pride and vulgar defiance.
Chelsea said that if Jesus was alive today, he would be working for women to have "pro choice", ie, Abortions. Chelsea and her mother and father have also condemned themselve by their pride and self righteousness.
Only God can decide who shall be saved and who shall not, but these people condemn themselves by their own words. What other conclusion can you draw?
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....Outlaw in America at May 14, 2021 11:09 AM (vcOmj)
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SMH, are you still here? Why is the river closed in Memphis?
Posted by: creeper
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I-40 bridge over the Mississippi in Memphis has a crack.
Bridge is closed, no river traffic for the foreseeable future until repaired.
Posted by: creeper
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I-40 bridge over the Mississippi in Memphis has a crack.
Bridge is closed, no river traffic for the foreseeable future until repaired.
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 11:09 AM (+Vt0n)
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Everyone makes crap products these days because it's cheaper to make Chinese junk than anything quality. Additionally, IIRC, they actually lose money on the printers, but make up for it with the ink/toner so there's not a whole lot of incentive to make a quality printer.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at May 14, 2021 11:00 AM (jOcSX)
Well, that's the scam, right there. They sell cheap-ass printers for an unbelievably low price, and they come with a pair of "demo" ink cartridges that are basically only a quarter full. When they run out, you have to buy the regular cartridges, and the pair will cost you more than the entire printer did.
And then, there's the "death gene" built into cartridges, that stops them from working after a certain time has elapsed, even if still near-full.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at May 14, 2021 11:00 AM (jOcSX)
Well, that's the scam, right there. They sell cheap-ass printers for an unbelievably low price, and they come with a pair of "demo" ink cartridges that are basically only a quarter full. When they run out, you have to buy the regular cartridges, and the pair will cost you more than the entire printer did.
And then, there's the "death gene" built into cartridges, that stops them from working after a certain time has elapsed, even if still near-full.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 14, 2021 11:09 AM (G+C8N)
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@RepSwalwell responds: "No one should be bullied for wearing a mask. So I told the bully what I thought of his order. Predictably, he went speechless. I regret I wasn't more explicit."
And then he let go a fart not unlike a thunderclap....
Posted by: Tami at May 14, 2021 11:06 AM (cF8AT)
And then he presumably ordered a nuclear strike on Dyer's hometown. If I know Fartwell, anyway.
@RepSwalwell responds: "No one should be bullied for wearing a mask. So I told the bully what I thought of his order. Predictably, he went speechless. I regret I wasn't more explicit."
And then he let go a fart not unlike a thunderclap....
Posted by: Tami at May 14, 2021 11:06 AM (cF8AT)
And then he presumably ordered a nuclear strike on Dyer's hometown. If I know Fartwell, anyway.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2021 11:09 AM (Uh2oA)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2021 11:10 AM (OCTRt)
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AT&T has consistently been my 'Customer Service' fail. After wading through sundry menus on the phone, one is finally connected with, apparently Calcutta, and greeted with a singsong . 'Hello, my names is Pheelup...' . Uh, right, Philip.
In the case of Dominion Energy, I never was able to connect to a live person about a service problem.
In the case of Dominion Energy, I never was able to connect to a live person about a service problem.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 14, 2021 11:10 AM (830x5)
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>>>86% of gas stations in Washington, D.C., are out of fuel today.
Posted by: SMOD
Is there a more apt comparison between Trump and Biden?
Posted by: SMOD
Is there a more apt comparison between Trump and Biden?
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 14, 2021 11:10 AM (bkUtD)
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Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2021 11:06 AM (bDqIh)
You're my go-to for poignant well reasoned sense around here. Not that there aren't others but you're always right on.
You're my go-to for poignant well reasoned sense around here. Not that there aren't others but you're always right on.
Posted by: ... at May 14, 2021 11:10 AM (VQQAx)
Posted by: Hunter at May 14, 2021 11:10 AM (m+jkK)
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To be fair, a lot of our service industry consists of low-wage people who had to keep working through the recent COVID lockdown fiascos, largely ignored.
While there are certainly a lot of dicks out there, there are also a lot of people who kept smiling and working through a dark year, not getting paid any extra, and having to expose themselves to hundreds of strangers a day. The ones who kept my personal infrastructure going, letting me buy food, clothes, phones, and everything else I needed.
Nobody writes about the ones who just quietly and politely get the job done. They're largely transparent to us.
Just thought that needed saying, too.
While there are certainly a lot of dicks out there, there are also a lot of people who kept smiling and working through a dark year, not getting paid any extra, and having to expose themselves to hundreds of strangers a day. The ones who kept my personal infrastructure going, letting me buy food, clothes, phones, and everything else I needed.
Nobody writes about the ones who just quietly and politely get the job done. They're largely transparent to us.
Just thought that needed saying, too.
Posted by: MW at May 14, 2021 11:10 AM (KXr4W)
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She was loud enough that we heard her say, "I miss working at Walmart."
Wait - I thought Walmart was the worst employer on earth. Did leftists and labor unions misinform me?
Wait - I thought Walmart was the worst employer on earth. Did leftists and labor unions misinform me?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 14, 2021 11:11 AM (YqDXo)
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We rarely take that bridge when heading down to Texas (use I-55).
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 11:11 AM (+Vt0n)
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I very rarely, almost never complain but once when I did (and man was it ever a lot to push me to do this) I e-mailed Buffalo Wild Wings with a long, detailed complaint ending with "I will never patronize any of your locations again and will tell everyone I know about this."
A week later I got an e-mail telling me that I would soon be receiving some coupons in a separate e-mail. Coupons. No apology, nothing, but they're going to send me coupons. After I just said I would never darken their doors again.
Bet you can guess the kicker. The coupon e-mail never arrived.
Buffalo Wild Wings is asshoe.
A week later I got an e-mail telling me that I would soon be receiving some coupons in a separate e-mail. Coupons. No apology, nothing, but they're going to send me coupons. After I just said I would never darken their doors again.
Bet you can guess the kicker. The coupon e-mail never arrived.
Buffalo Wild Wings is asshoe.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at May 14, 2021 11:11 AM (Bmy3R)
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Quote on our barndominium went from $230k in March to $270k last week.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2021 11:06 AM (OCTRt)
Was just talking to my landlord about this last week. His BiL had his mountain cabin heavily damaged in one of the Sierra Nevada wildfires a few months ago. After getting the repair estimate, it was going to take a couple of months before the contractor could get him fit into the schedule.
When lumber prices went through the roof last month, the contractor had to requote for an additional $10k or so.
Quote on our barndominium went from $230k in March to $270k last week.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2021 11:06 AM (OCTRt)
Was just talking to my landlord about this last week. His BiL had his mountain cabin heavily damaged in one of the Sierra Nevada wildfires a few months ago. After getting the repair estimate, it was going to take a couple of months before the contractor could get him fit into the schedule.
When lumber prices went through the roof last month, the contractor had to requote for an additional $10k or so.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2021 11:11 AM (n+4am)
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I-40 bridge over the Mississippi in Memphis has a crack.
Bridge is closed, no river traffic for the foreseeable future until repaired.
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 11:09 AM (+Vt0n)
Go ahead...take the masks off, but you're not going anywhere.
Could be just a crack...but I find the timing...suspicious.
I-40 bridge over the Mississippi in Memphis has a crack.
Bridge is closed, no river traffic for the foreseeable future until repaired.
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 11:09 AM (+Vt0n)
Go ahead...take the masks off, but you're not going anywhere.
Could be just a crack...but I find the timing...suspicious.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 14, 2021 11:11 AM (axyOa)
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RepSwalwell responds: "No one should be bullied for wearing a mask. So I told the bully what I thought of his order. Predictably, he went speechless. I regret I wasn't more explicit."
And then he let go a fart not unlike a thunderclap....
Posted by: Tami
Bull. Swalwell's farts go poooooooooooooof.
You have to have tight sphincter muscles to get loud.
And then he let go a fart not unlike a thunderclap....
Posted by: Tami
Bull. Swalwell's farts go poooooooooooooof.
You have to have tight sphincter muscles to get loud.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 14, 2021 11:11 AM (OCTRt)
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Was anyone angered in the first Mission Impossible movie when they turned Jim Phelps into the bad guy?
The first Tom Cruise Mission Impossible movie was supposed to be the original MI team with the TV show actors being killed off and Phelps being the bad guy. They refused, stating that their characters would never, ever turn evil.
The first Tom Cruise Mission Impossible movie was supposed to be the original MI team with the TV show actors being killed off and Phelps being the bad guy. They refused, stating that their characters would never, ever turn evil.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2021 11:11 AM (KZzsI)
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386 AT&T has consistently been my 'Customer Service' fail. After wading through sundry menus on the phone, one is finally connected with, apparently Calcutta, and greeted with a singsong . 'Hello, my names is Pheelup...' . Uh, right, Philip.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 14, 2021 11:10 AM (830x5)
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Retort:
https://tinyurl.com/29kfm9df
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 14, 2021 11:10 AM (830x5)
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Retort:
https://tinyurl.com/29kfm9df
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 14, 2021 11:11 AM (LvTSG)
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>>>Wait - I thought Walmart was the worst employer on earth. Did leftists and labor unions misinform me?
I've heard their employees get paid pretty well.
I've heard their employees get paid pretty well.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 14, 2021 11:11 AM (bkUtD)
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It's you bad consumers insisting on buying gasoline that's the problem, not Xao Bai Din's energy policy!
Posted by: News Media Whores at May 14, 2021 11:12 AM (a2g/f)
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Posted by: MW at May 14, 2021 11:10 AM (KXr4W)
I got fired from my last job for exposing myself to strangers.
I got fired from my last job for exposing myself to strangers.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 14, 2021 11:12 AM (UuD2k)
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There's another recent one that I can't remember right now that is so weird to hear. Even grown ups have started to use it. It's similar to no problem but even more offensive. Not "no biggy" but similar.
Posted by: Moron Robbie
Absolutely!
That one? Gack - I hate it. It's used for 'yes', 'Of course', and 'I wasn't raised right so I'll say this'.
Posted by: Moron Robbie
Absolutely!
That one? Gack - I hate it. It's used for 'yes', 'Of course', and 'I wasn't raised right so I'll say this'.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 14, 2021 11:12 AM (Rvt88)
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"Running out of gas" also has the effect of keeping people at home. How can you work or have commerce if you can't get anywhere???
***winning!***////
-Our betters
***winning!***////
-Our betters
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at May 14, 2021 11:12 AM (UUBmN)
404
also, people are saying 'no worries!' now
I hate that shit too
DB
"No worries" seems be the thing people in their 20's- 30 say, but it has since expanded to some older folks. I don' t like it either.
I hate that shit too
DB
"No worries" seems be the thing people in their 20's- 30 say, but it has since expanded to some older folks. I don' t like it either.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2021 11:12 AM (k39e/)
405
@355
Personally I would have asked him how Fang Fang was.
But the way SwallowsWell reacted is the typical MO of leftists, over the top aggression to a mild hectoring for the express purposes of provoking an even more aggressive response so that they become the victim.
They're all punks.
Personally I would have asked him how Fang Fang was.
But the way SwallowsWell reacted is the typical MO of leftists, over the top aggression to a mild hectoring for the express purposes of provoking an even more aggressive response so that they become the victim.
They're all punks.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 14, 2021 11:12 AM (qmgN2)
406
Surprised he didn't cuss in Chinese.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 14, 2021 11:08 AM (4fSQf)
Fartwell indulges in a bit of CCP-tainted Chinese mu shu from time to time, he doesn't speak it.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 14, 2021 11:08 AM (4fSQf)
Fartwell indulges in a bit of CCP-tainted Chinese mu shu from time to time, he doesn't speak it.
Posted by: Thrawn at May 14, 2021 11:12 AM (Enc9Y)
407
I was, however, getting very tired of all of 24's villains turning out to be white guys.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp
I'd like a word with you.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp
I'd like a word with you.
Posted by: Merrick Garland at May 14, 2021 11:12 AM (VVEnO)
408
I-40 bridge over the Mississippi in Memphis has a crack.
I saw a picture of that, its a lot more than a crack, one of the main beams has broken all the way through and displaced a bit.
I saw a picture of that, its a lot more than a crack, one of the main beams has broken all the way through and displaced a bit.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2021 11:12 AM (KZzsI)
409
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 11:06 AM (cI7Oj)
I knew a guy that thought the line where she sung "I screen my phones calls." was "I scream my balls off."
Caught him signing it once.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 14, 2021 11:08 AM (UuD2k)
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Well, when it gets to be an earworm, I've often sung it "I scream my phone calls", because it amuses me.
Same reason for the p in hampster.
I knew a guy that thought the line where she sung "I screen my phones calls." was "I scream my balls off."
Caught him signing it once.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 14, 2021 11:08 AM (UuD2k)
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Well, when it gets to be an earworm, I've often sung it "I scream my phone calls", because it amuses me.
Same reason for the p in hampster.
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 11:12 AM (cI7Oj)
410
365 >>>Was anyone angered in the first Mission Impossible movie when they turned Jim Phelps into the
bad guy?
Not really, he was actually a decent villain in it, IMO.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 14, 2021 11:08 AM (bkUtD)
When he gave his reason for being so it was very prophetic. Along the lines of the president woke up one morning and realized he could run the country without Phelp's help - how dare he. Watched that movie a few weeks back and was sort of amazed at how that line all of a sudden had come true.
bad guy?
Not really, he was actually a decent villain in it, IMO.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 14, 2021 11:08 AM (bkUtD)
When he gave his reason for being so it was very prophetic. Along the lines of the president woke up one morning and realized he could run the country without Phelp's help - how dare he. Watched that movie a few weeks back and was sort of amazed at how that line all of a sudden had come true.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at May 14, 2021 11:13 AM (Obdic)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 14, 2021 11:13 AM (QeenG)
412
Go ahead...take the masks off, but you're not going anywhere.
Could be just a crack...but I find the timing...suspicious.
Posted by: Diogenes
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I do too.
Could be just a crack...but I find the timing...suspicious.
Posted by: Diogenes
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I do too.
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 11:13 AM (+Vt0n)
413
If Customer Service was honest:
'yeah, we suck. I wouldn't do business with us either. I sit beside some of the biggest idiots I've ever met. Jane over there stuck a plate covered in tinfoil in the microwave yesterday. Now no one can nuke anything. Damn near burnt the building down.
Ted, two cubes over, picks his nose and sticks it under his desk. He doesn't think anyone sees it but we all call him booger behind his back.
Mary, my boss, is banging the copier repair guy. She doesn't think we can hear the thumping coming from the supply closet.'
'yeah, we suck. I wouldn't do business with us either. I sit beside some of the biggest idiots I've ever met. Jane over there stuck a plate covered in tinfoil in the microwave yesterday. Now no one can nuke anything. Damn near burnt the building down.
Ted, two cubes over, picks his nose and sticks it under his desk. He doesn't think anyone sees it but we all call him booger behind his back.
Mary, my boss, is banging the copier repair guy. She doesn't think we can hear the thumping coming from the supply closet.'
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 14, 2021 11:13 AM (4fSQf)
414
Wait - I thought Walmart was the worst employer on earth. Did leftists and labor unions misinform me?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 14, 2021 11:11 AM (YqDXo)
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My wife's dead aunt/surrogate mother worked there for decades. When she got gravely ill with cancer they did everything they could to accommodate her until she voluntarily left to see to her health. They treated her very well.
Wait - I thought Walmart was the worst employer on earth. Did leftists and labor unions misinform me?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 14, 2021 11:11 AM (YqDXo)
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My wife's dead aunt/surrogate mother worked there for decades. When she got gravely ill with cancer they did everything they could to accommodate her until she voluntarily left to see to her health. They treated her very well.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 14, 2021 11:13 AM (Uh2oA)
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 11:13 AM (cI7Oj)
416
6 year old critically wounded in Sderot
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 14, 2021 11:03 AM (GPwVZ)
I'm seeing a bunch of (crap) articles about how the Iron Dome system is evil because it allows those sneaky Jews to live without fear while the poor innocent Gazans get pounded from the air by those same sneaky Jews.
The Nazi sympathizers that ran the media in the 30s are back with a vengeance. We are definitely heading into some bad times.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 14, 2021 11:03 AM (GPwVZ)
I'm seeing a bunch of (crap) articles about how the Iron Dome system is evil because it allows those sneaky Jews to live without fear while the poor innocent Gazans get pounded from the air by those same sneaky Jews.
The Nazi sympathizers that ran the media in the 30s are back with a vengeance. We are definitely heading into some bad times.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado - Tempus belli) at May 14, 2021 11:13 AM (N3El/)
417
Makes sense, they're God in their own minds and thus anything they don't like is ungodly, filthy, forbidden.
Yup. They are their own gods, in whom they are well pleased.
Yup. They are their own gods, in whom they are well pleased.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at May 14, 2021 11:13 AM (HaL55)
418
410 When he gave his reason for being so it was very prophetic. Along the lines of the president woke up one morning and realized he could run the country without Phelp's help - how dare he. Watched that movie a few weeks back and was sort of amazed at how that line all of a sudden had come true.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at May 14, 2021 11:13 AM (Obdic)
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The fantasy is that a rogue element would think that instead of a company man dedicated to the IMF and CIA.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at May 14, 2021 11:13 AM (Obdic)
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The fantasy is that a rogue element would think that instead of a company man dedicated to the IMF and CIA.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 14, 2021 11:13 AM (LvTSG)
419
386 AT&T has consistently been my 'Customer Service' fail. After wading through sundry menus on the phone, one is finally connected with, apparently Calcutta, and greeted with a singsong . 'Hello, my names is Pheelup...' . Uh, right, Philip.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 14, 2021 11:10 AM (830x5)
I had the exact opposite when someone was trying to socially engineer AT&T to give them control of my phone. Once I got to the right person, they helped me out tons.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 14, 2021 11:10 AM (830x5)
I had the exact opposite when someone was trying to socially engineer AT&T to give them control of my phone. Once I got to the right person, they helped me out tons.
Posted by: Broseidon at May 14, 2021 11:14 AM (bPUO8)
420
>>>I saw a picture of that, its a lot more than a crack, one of the main beams has broken all the way through and displaced a bit.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Driving home from Dallas with my son, we crossed it at night and saw the fabulous Bass Pro Shop Pyramid. Pretty cool.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Driving home from Dallas with my son, we crossed it at night and saw the fabulous Bass Pro Shop Pyramid. Pretty cool.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 14, 2021 11:14 AM (bkUtD)
421
Nothing on the radio (playing waaay in the background) except Mask Talk.
One would think that 100 fargin' million were dead already.
p.s. Joe is a Dolt.
One would think that 100 fargin' million were dead already.
p.s. Joe is a Dolt.
Posted by: klaftern at May 14, 2021 11:14 AM (RuIsu)
422
> I-40 bridge over the Mississippi in Memphis has a crack.
I have a crack, Focker. Can you close me?
I have a crack, Focker. Can you close me?
Posted by: bonhomme at May 14, 2021 11:14 AM (YYlyE)
423
Probably, I get the two bands mixed up in my head. Both came out around the same time, both with a female lead, both had similar styles.
i can see that, but it's not terribly hard to differentiate them.
No Doubt - Gwen Stefani - tall leggy hot blonde
Garbage - Shirley Manson - Dusky hot red head
i'd give my soul to either....
i can see that, but it's not terribly hard to differentiate them.
No Doubt - Gwen Stefani - tall leggy hot blonde
Garbage - Shirley Manson - Dusky hot red head
i'd give my soul to either....
Posted by: SturmToddler at May 14, 2021 11:14 AM (8D42x)
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at May 14, 2021 11:14 AM (Zz0t1)
425
Driving home from Dallas with my son, we crossed it at night and saw the fabulous Bass Pro Shop Pyramid. Pretty cool.
__
Yes it is.
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Yes it is.
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 11:14 AM (+Vt0n)
426
>>Nobody writes about the ones who just quietly and politely get the job done. They're largely transparent to us.
Just thought that needed saying, too.
- - - -
Excellent point!
Just thought that needed saying, too.
- - - -
Excellent point!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 14, 2021 11:15 AM (bDqIh)
427
and Shirley Manson (yum) to Gwen Stefani
Yeah Gwen could sing well but gave off a heavy STD vibe and wasn't nearly as attractive to me.
Yeah Gwen could sing well but gave off a heavy STD vibe and wasn't nearly as attractive to me.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 14, 2021 11:15 AM (KZzsI)
428
I saw a picture of that, its a lot more than a crack, one of the main beams has broken all the way through and displaced a bit.
I wonder where that steel came from?
I wonder where that steel came from?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at May 14, 2021 11:16 AM (HaL55)
429
Everyone makes crap products these days because it's cheaper to make Chinese junk than anything quality. Additionally, IIRC, they actually lose money on the printers, but make up for it with the ink/toner so there's not a whole lot of incentive to make a quality printer.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at May 14, 2021 11:00 AM (jOcSX)
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Ah. That explains HP+, where you vow that you will always use HP ink in the printer, and they let you print over the web.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at May 14, 2021 11:00 AM (jOcSX)
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Ah. That explains HP+, where you vow that you will always use HP ink in the printer, and they let you print over the web.
Posted by: Axeman at May 14, 2021 11:16 AM (cI7Oj)
430
We are definitely heading into some bad times.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado - Tempus belli) at May 14, 2021 11:13 AM (N3El/)
Tell us about it.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado - Tempus belli) at May 14, 2021 11:13 AM (N3El/)
Tell us about it.
Posted by: Hamas at May 14, 2021 11:16 AM (jvt6t)
431
The Mississippi is shut down? No good. I drove over that bridge not long ago. *shudders*
I pulled up the most recent Local Notice to Mariners. From the looks of that, the river is in sad shape everywhere.
As is the rest of America.
I pulled up the most recent Local Notice to Mariners. From the looks of that, the river is in sad shape everywhere.
As is the rest of America.
Posted by: creeper at May 14, 2021 11:16 AM (XxJt1)
432
Don't wake up cranky and horny.You must choose .
Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 14, 2021 11:17 AM (QeenG)
433
Buffalo Wild Wings is asshoe.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at May 14, 2021 11:11 AM (Bmy3R)
The BWW around the corner from my place when I was living in Texas had a big sign saying something like "we proudly ban guns on the premises" with no 30.06 sign as required by TX law.
This, in rural Texas.
BWW is definitely asshoe.
Buffalo Wild Wings is asshoe.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at May 14, 2021 11:11 AM (Bmy3R)
The BWW around the corner from my place when I was living in Texas had a big sign saying something like "we proudly ban guns on the premises" with no 30.06 sign as required by TX law.
This, in rural Texas.
BWW is definitely asshoe.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 14, 2021 11:17 AM (n+4am)
434
OT but my 1:64 scale Bluesmobile arrived in the mail today
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 14, 2021 11:17 AM (iTXRQ)
435
i work with a shit ton of Aussies (mining) and have adapted the vernacular. that's aussie for you're welcome, essentially. which isn't bad, but it has carried out of the office.
***
Yeah, I'd be perfectly fine with an Australian saying it because it would probably register in my mind as a local response, same as my British fried says boot and it has nothing to do with shoes.
It grates me to have a waiter reply "no worries" when I try to be polite and thank him for refilling my tea glass.
***
Yeah, I'd be perfectly fine with an Australian saying it because it would probably register in my mind as a local response, same as my British fried says boot and it has nothing to do with shoes.
It grates me to have a waiter reply "no worries" when I try to be polite and thank him for refilling my tea glass.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Only 24 total COVID related deaths in the military since 2019 at May 14, 2021 11:17 AM (wCgji)
436
This is 100% my experience in Europe. Our stateside customer service ain't what it used to be on average, but we're still leagues ahead of the average experience in Western Europe...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:19 AM (Jsjd7)
This.
The attitude there seems to be "I'm more important than you. You are merely a customer, whereas I am an employee."
I attribute this attitude to socialism, which greatly favors the producers over the consumers.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 14, 2021 10:19 AM (Jsjd7)
This.
The attitude there seems to be "I'm more important than you. You are merely a customer, whereas I am an employee."
I attribute this attitude to socialism, which greatly favors the producers over the consumers.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 14, 2021 11:18 AM (YqDXo)
437
the worst is this:
when a group of males and females is referred to collectively as 'guys'
waiters do this a lot
"You guys need anything?"
when a group of males and females is referred to collectively as 'guys'
waiters do this a lot
"You guys need anything?"
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 14, 2021 11:19 AM (iTXRQ)
438
Everyone makes crap products these days because it's cheaper to make Chinese junk than anything quality. Additionally, IIRC, they actually lose money on the printers, but make up for it with the ink/toner so there's not a whole lot of incentive to make a quality printer.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at May 14, 2021 11:00 AM (jOcSX)
The very worst one is Epson. Their printers are fine, but programmed only to print a certain number of pages before they turn into pumpkins, and cannot be revived. Grrrr.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at May 14, 2021 11:00 AM (jOcSX)
The very worst one is Epson. Their printers are fine, but programmed only to print a certain number of pages before they turn into pumpkins, and cannot be revived. Grrrr.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 14, 2021 11:21 AM (YqDXo)
439
OMG, CS has been horrible for me. Just bought a house that needs some work. Sadly, it's all a variety of handyman jobs that are out of my league but not jobs big enough (like a $100,000 redo of the kitchen) to attract anyone good (that I have been able to find).
Folks who were doing a couple of kitchens at a time are now managing a half dozen and seeking decent help. My experience has been that the folks left to do anything are ones that would just as soon not work in the first place as long as Uncle Sugar funds a staycation.
And wow, forget it when you are dealing with one of the big companies (cable providers, big banks, chain stores, etc.)
I could write a book but have to work.
Folks who were doing a couple of kitchens at a time are now managing a half dozen and seeking decent help. My experience has been that the folks left to do anything are ones that would just as soon not work in the first place as long as Uncle Sugar funds a staycation.
And wow, forget it when you are dealing with one of the big companies (cable providers, big banks, chain stores, etc.)
I could write a book but have to work.
Posted by: RM at May 14, 2021 11:22 AM (U3LtS)
440
I had the exact opposite when someone was trying to socially engineer AT&T to give them control of my phone. Once I got to the right person, they helped me out tons.
Posted by: Broseidon
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I am happy that your experience was good, however, in conversations with friends, their experience with AT&T has been like my own - long, convoluted, and difficult.
I had the exact opposite when someone was trying to socially engineer AT&T to give them control of my phone. Once I got to the right person, they helped me out tons.
Posted by: Broseidon
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I am happy that your experience was good, however, in conversations with friends, their experience with AT&T has been like my own - long, convoluted, and difficult.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 14, 2021 11:24 AM (WD9ZA)
441
OT but my 1:64 scale Bluesmobile arrived in the mail today
Posted by: DB
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Hmm. I'd be more inclined to a Deathmobile, as in 'Animal House'.
Heh. Just checked...there actually is one tinyurl.com/a28rx96s
Posted by: DB
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Hmm. I'd be more inclined to a Deathmobile, as in 'Animal House'.
Heh. Just checked...there actually is one tinyurl.com/a28rx96s
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 14, 2021 11:32 AM (pK7cg)
442
We rarely take that bridge when heading down to Texas (use I-55).
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 11:11 AM (+Vt0n)
All the I-40 bridge traffic is being routed to the I-55 bridge.
Posted by: SMH at May 14, 2021 11:11 AM (+Vt0n)
All the I-40 bridge traffic is being routed to the I-55 bridge.
Posted by: BignJames at May 14, 2021 11:32 AM (AwYPR)
443
I'm of the opinion that you should never have to "flex" to a company over how much money you spend at them on a yearly basis to get good service.
I get folks telling me how much money they spend at my business every year all the time. We're account based, so I can easily check the history (which I do, every time, more for the humor factor) and 9 times out of 10, the person in question hasn't spent very much money with my company at all.
The thing is, THAT ISN'T IMPORTANT in the slightest. I truly don't care if it is literally the first time you've ever darkened my doorway. I expect that your customer service experience will mirror that of our most loyal and high spending customers. If the quality of customer service is based on how much money you spend with the company, then it is piss poor customer service. Full stop.
The attitude that it should be tied to your expenditures only contributes to a small spender never, ever, ever becoming a big spender, because they will take their business elsewhere.
A guy spending $200 a year with me could easily become a guy spending $100k with me the next year, if he starts a project.
I get folks telling me how much money they spend at my business every year all the time. We're account based, so I can easily check the history (which I do, every time, more for the humor factor) and 9 times out of 10, the person in question hasn't spent very much money with my company at all.
The thing is, THAT ISN'T IMPORTANT in the slightest. I truly don't care if it is literally the first time you've ever darkened my doorway. I expect that your customer service experience will mirror that of our most loyal and high spending customers. If the quality of customer service is based on how much money you spend with the company, then it is piss poor customer service. Full stop.
The attitude that it should be tied to your expenditures only contributes to a small spender never, ever, ever becoming a big spender, because they will take their business elsewhere.
A guy spending $200 a year with me could easily become a guy spending $100k with me the next year, if he starts a project.
Posted by: Goober at May 14, 2021 11:37 AM (Hgvgt)
444
Mary Poppins Said: " too many kids have been indulged and cossetted all their lives, never being disciplined or even sternly spoken to."
This isn't the kids' fault. None of these kids ever bought themselves a participation trophy. They are exactly what their parents raised them to be. As a business owner with a shitload of employees, it's unfortunately become MY job to teach them the things their parents did not. It's a pretty thankless job, and for every one of them that eventually gets it and shapes up, there are 5 that just can't, who leave my employ hating me and even filing EEOC complaints against me for expecting them to show up for work of time. Luckily, my state's EEOC commission has wisened to the BS, and essentially tells these kids to stop their whining.
This isn't the kids' fault. None of these kids ever bought themselves a participation trophy. They are exactly what their parents raised them to be. As a business owner with a shitload of employees, it's unfortunately become MY job to teach them the things their parents did not. It's a pretty thankless job, and for every one of them that eventually gets it and shapes up, there are 5 that just can't, who leave my employ hating me and even filing EEOC complaints against me for expecting them to show up for work of time. Luckily, my state's EEOC commission has wisened to the BS, and essentially tells these kids to stop their whining.
Posted by: Goober at May 14, 2021 11:42 AM (Hgvgt)
445
Wow, we really are screwed. Our attempt to take over the government by force was led by a guy in facepaint and buffalo horns. "Send the best!!!"
Posted by: Azjaeger at May 14, 2021 11:47 AM (C5g+n)
Posted by: aelfheld at May 14, 2021 12:02 PM (Zy9Yy)
447
MisHum, I don't know how old "Jane" i, but my brother works at the local Bojangles here in upstate SC, and the labor pool down here (for fast food, at least) is pathetic. These youngsters are the most unmotivated, f*cked up individuals imaginable. The store manager is a liberal who epitomizes the soft bigotry of low expectations. She makes excuses for them instead of providing guidance on how to succeed at a job. The horror stories he tells have made Publius and I reluctant to eat food prepared there. I weep for the future.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess - #SuperStraight at May 14, 2021 12:05 PM (Mzdiz)
448
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess - #SuperStraight at May 14, 2021 12:05 PM (Mzdiz)
The Bo's in Simpsonville or Fountain Inn?
The Bo's in Simpsonville or Fountain Inn?
Posted by: BignJames at May 14, 2021 12:16 PM (AwYPR)
449
I believe a lot of how you are treated lies in where you live/shop.
I would guess that the smaller conservative town (with fewer welfare cases) will provide people that will treat the customers better.
Because part of it is being themselves. If they're an ass in private you can guarantee they'll be an ass as an employee. Sometimes not. Some folks do a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde but usually they're consistent.
I'm finding more and more about the town I moved to and how lucky my choice wasl/is.
I would guess that the smaller conservative town (with fewer welfare cases) will provide people that will treat the customers better.
Because part of it is being themselves. If they're an ass in private you can guarantee they'll be an ass as an employee. Sometimes not. Some folks do a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde but usually they're consistent.
I'm finding more and more about the town I moved to and how lucky my choice wasl/is.
Posted by: jakee308 at May 14, 2021 12:51 PM (dLws2)
450
Some O'Reilly's auto parts stores (and maybe some NAPA) stores can make up hydraulic hose. Limited selection of fittings, but not too bad.
Several online places, too, if you have time to wait.
Tractor supply has premade hose with fixed male NPT ends, too, if you can tolerate adding an adapter on the end(s).
Several online places, too, if you have time to wait.
Tractor supply has premade hose with fixed male NPT ends, too, if you can tolerate adding an adapter on the end(s).
Posted by: EXTERMINATE! at May 14, 2021 03:41 PM (hbrUW)
451
I'd still like to know how Liz got the number 3 spot. She doesn't have the seniority. She hasn't lead any fights for conservative legislation. Did she really only get this position because her daddy was Veep? This was a disgrace all the way around. Good riddance to nepotism rubbish.
Posted by: BurkeanMama at May 14, 2021 03:58 PM (CYk5a)
452
I'm late to the thread as I'm cautious about posting at work but I want to counter with a story about good customer service.
I do regular business with Harry and David. I sent a gift basket to my mom for Mother's Day. Simple, straightforward and it did arrive when I was told it would.
Mom opened the box and discovered that several of the pears that had gone bad. She emailed customer service, gave them the order number and sent a picture. Within the hour, they emailed her to apologize and they sent her a box of pears.
So fellow Morons: There are good companies out there still.
I do regular business with Harry and David. I sent a gift basket to my mom for Mother's Day. Simple, straightforward and it did arrive when I was told it would.
Mom opened the box and discovered that several of the pears that had gone bad. She emailed customer service, gave them the order number and sent a picture. Within the hour, they emailed her to apologize and they sent her a box of pears.
So fellow Morons: There are good companies out there still.
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Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse
Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party"
Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad
Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up
Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
Greatest Hitjobs
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
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