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The Library => Haley Center Basement => Topic started by: dallaswareagle on March 14, 2014, 04:38:36 PM
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This is with out a doubt the weirdest shit I ever seen. Most people here are nothing but fucking cube drones. Punch in at 8:00 and bust that clock at 5. The customer service section is right next to the accounting dept separated by a door. It is about 70 degrees in there, it is fucking 79 in our dept. And no airflow in my office so I bet its about 80 in here. Also there is no window in my office so I can't see outside. I feel like a rat in a maze. Thermoset has a code for it to adjust that I am not privy to (just yet). I pass people in the hallway and we never speak. I am trying to set them up to E-mail paystubs-we print them out (twice) now. You would have thought I was trying to change the wheel.
Better than the alternative I guess. :facepalm: :facepalm:
Could not hack it, Got a written warning this morning for something I didn't know I was suppose to be doing. Pretty sure got to cover someone's ass.
Gave two week notice.
Hate having to job search, but tired of walking around on egg shells around here waiting on shit. I kind of figured it out yesterday, saw two people fighting about who was right instead of what was right.. :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:
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This is with out a doubt the weirdest shit I ever seen. Most people here are nothing but fucking cube drones. Punch in at 8:00 and bust that clock at 5. The customer service section is right next to the accounting dept separated by a door. It is about 70 degrees in there, it is fucking 79 in our dept. And no airflow in my office so I bet its about 80 in here. Also there is no window in my office so I can't see outside. I feel like a rat in a maze. Thermoset has a code for it to adjust that I am not privy to (just yet). I pass people in the hallway and we never speak. I am trying to set them up to E-mail paystubs-we print them out (twice) now. You would have thought I was trying to change the wheel.
Better than the alternative I guess. :facepalm: :facepalm:
DO NOT let them borrow your stapler.
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I said no salt on my margarita.
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Hi, Dallas! What's happening? We need to talk about your TPS reports.
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Sounds like somebody has a case of the Mondays.
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Serious X advice -
Put a large size picture of you with your wife. You will gain friends and access to the thermostat.
And if you really want to have a cool day, tell them that your wife is coming to visit after yoga. That thermostat will be set to 50.
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Serious X advice -
Put a large size picture of you with your wife. You will gain friends and access to the thermostat.
And if you really want to have a cool day, tell them that your wife is coming to visit after yoga. That thermostat will be set to 50.
I'd think just a picture of the wife - maybe a small one with both in case he needs proof
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Serious X advice -
Put a large size picture of you with your wife. You will gain friends and access to the thermostat.
And if you really want to have a cool day, tell them that your wife is coming to visit after yoga. That thermostat will be set to 50.
I'd think just a picture of the wife - maybe a small one with both in case he needs proof
All sound advise except everybody but me in the accounting Dept is female. And none of them are worth posting on here.
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All sound advise except everybody but me in the accounting Dept is female. And none of them are worth posting on here.
Then put a picture of yourself in a banana hammock on your desk.
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Then put a picture of yourself in a banana hammock on your desk.
Don't think I'll be there long enough to any effect. I have been getting there around 6:30 every morning and not leaving till 5 trying to show that I am the (new) good employee, well Friday I decide to leave a little early (10 till 5) I tell the head chick (who has told me that she wants me to take her job when she retires) she looks up at me and says its not 5 yet. I said ok and walked out the door. I can't put up with shit like that. This weekend started sending out resumes again. I won't quit until I land something. I just don't think I am a corporate guy. I'll be looking for a small office environment. Would take even less money than I make now to be happier in what and where I do my job.
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Don't think I'll be there long enough to any effect. I have been getting there around 6:30 every morning and not leaving till 5 trying to show that I am the (new) good employee, well Friday I decide to leave a little early (10 till 5) I tell the head chick (who has told me that she wants me to take her job when she retires) she looks up at me and says its not 5 yet. I said ok and walked out the door. I can't put up with shit like that. This weekend started sending out resumes again. I won't quit until I land something. I just don't think I am a corporate guy. I'll be looking for a small office environment. Would take even less money than I make now to be happier in what and where I do my job.
Yea, yea, what he said. Fuck 'em in dat azz. I hope they all perish.
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Don't think I'll be there long enough to any effect. I have been getting there around 6:30 every morning and not leaving till 5 trying to show that I am the (new) good employee, well Friday I decide to leave a little early (10 till 5) I tell the head chick (who has told me that she wants me to take her job when she retires) she looks up at me and says its not 5 yet. I said ok and walked out the door. I can't put up with shoot like that. This weekend started sending out resumes again. I won't quit until I land something. I just don't think I am a corporate guy. I'll be looking for a small office environment. Would take even less money than I make now to be happier in what and where I do my job.
I'm no expert but I've always thought that it's best, if possible, to play their game for as long as it takes until I find something else, as you mentioned. I think there is something to the old adage about it being easier to find a job while you have a job.
I typically like the culture at smaller companies much better than Wall Street companies too. I have worked for 3. But there are often advantages with publically traded companies that are hard to come by in the privately held.
Play their game. Loaf off more. Turn in those TPS reports late.
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I'm no expert but I've always thought that it's best, if possible, to play their game for as long as it takes until I find something else, as you mentioned. I think there is something to the old adage about it being easier to find a job while you have a job.
I typically like the culture at smaller companies much better than Wall Street companies too. I have worked for 3. But there are often advantages with publically traded companies that are hard to come by in the privately held.
Play their game. Loaf off more. Turn in those TPS reports late.
And fuck the cover sheets in the ass
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Don't think I'll be there long enough to any effect. I have been getting there around 6:30 every morning and not leaving till 5 trying to show that I am the (new) good employee, well Friday I decide to leave a little early (10 till 5) I tell the head chick (who has told me that she wants me to take her job when she retires) she looks up at me and says its not 5 yet. I said ok and walked out the door. I can't put up with shoot like that. This weekend started sending out resumes again. I won't quit until I land something. I just don't think I am a corporate guy. I'll be looking for a small office environment. Would take even less money than I make now to be happier in what and where I do my job.
My wife has encouraged me to do this, but just can't do it yet. Maybe when the kids are out of the house I can justify taking the pay hit to leave big blue but until then I'll just keep worker bee-ing along. This year on my yearly review I get a 2 out of 5 rating for corporate citizenship (basically how much I buy into the company rah-rah stuff), it was one of my prouder moments. Especially since I got 4's and 5's on the other stuff, you know the unimportant things that actually pertain to my job.
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My wife has encouraged me to do this, but just can't do it yet. Maybe when the kids are out of the house I can justify taking the pay hit to leave big blue but until then I'll just keep worker bee-ing along. This year on my yearly review I get a 2 out of 5 rating for corporate citizenship (basically how much I buy into the company rah-rah stuff), it was one of my prouder moments. Especially since I got 4's and 5's on the other stuff, you know the unimportant things that actually pertain to my job.
^^Not a team player^^
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^^Not a team player^^
Yeppers. Looks like somebody needs to turn that frown upside down and get with the program Mr. Stuffy pants!! When we work as a team, we can go faster and farther!! And when you send out company communications, birthday wishes, Happy St. Pat's day, etc., always use more than two exclamation points!!! Show some pride and enthusiasm for your company, Mr. Poo Poo head!!!
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^^Not a team player^^
I support the team that has me as CEO, wifey as CFO, and three workers who have to be reminded to take potty breaks and get paid in juice boxes.
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This is with out a doubt the weirdest shit I ever seen. Most people here are nothing but fucking cube drones. Punch in at 8:00 and bust that clock at 5. The customer service section is right next to the accounting dept separated by a door. It is about 70 degrees in there, it is fucking 79 in our dept. And no airflow in my office so I bet its about 80 in here. Also there is no window in my office so I can't see outside. I feel like a rat in a maze. Thermoset has a code for it to adjust that I am not privy to (just yet). I pass people in the hallway and we never speak. I am trying to set them up to E-mail paystubs-we print them out (twice) now. You would have thought I was trying to change the wheel.
Better than the alternative I guess. :facepalm: :facepalm:
That's not corporate America.
That's corporate America from 1988. Or also a current gubment job.
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I support the team that has me as CEO, wifey as CFO, and three workers who have to be reminded to take potty breaks and get paid in juice boxes.
Sounds like quite the sweat shop you got going there.
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Sounds like quite the sweat shop you got going there.
Gotta crack that whip.
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^^Not a team player^^
He needs more flair.
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I'm no expert but I've always thought that it's best, if possible, to play their game for as long as it takes until I find something else, as you mentioned. I think there is something to the old adage about it being easier to find a job while you have a job.
I typically like the culture at smaller companies much better than Wall Street companies too. I have worked for 3. But there are often advantages with publically traded companies that are hard to come by in the privately held.
Play their game. Loaf off more. Turn in those TPS reports late.
It's 1:07pm. I just got to work (wife had day surgery) and the first thing I do is look at the X. Is that loafing enough?
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It's 1:07pm. I just got to work (wife had day surgery) and the first thing I do is look at the X. Is that loafing enough?
I just got back from a week in the Caribbean and the X was hit within the first hour back. Slacker.
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I just got back from a week in the Caribbean and the X was hit within the first hour back. Slacker.
Looking for your coconuts?
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I just got back from a week in the Caribbean and the X was hit within the first hour back. Slacker.
This guy is a team player. Which team he plays for, we may never know.
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I'm no expert but I've always thought that it's best, if possible, to play their game for as long as it takes until I find something else, as you mentioned. I think there is something to the old adage about it being easier to find a job while you have a job.
I typically like the culture at smaller companies much better than Wall Street companies too. I have worked for 3. But there are often advantages with publically traded companies that are hard to come by in the privately held.
Play their game. Loaf off more. Turn in those TPS reports late.
Coughlin's Law; Anything else is always something better.
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It's 1:07pm. I just got to work (wife had day surgery) and the first thing I do is look at the X. Is that loafing enough?
How did the vaginal rejuvination go?
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How did the vaginal rejuvination go?
different end with a camera.
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different end with a camera.
I coulda done without knowing that.
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I coulda done without knowing that.
She's got nothing to hide. Especially now.
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She's got nothing to hide. Especially now.
Well at least she has no excuse for not wanting them collards stirred...have at it big boi.
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Well at least she has no excuse for not wanting them collards stirred...have at it big boi.
I laughed in noticing that someone "liked" this post. Wonder who.
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Well at least she has no excuse for not wanting themcollards stirred beans refried ...have at it big boi.
Tejas
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Tejas
White creamy Salsa?
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Could not hack it, got a written warning (which I never have ever gotten) for something that I didn’t do, pretty sure to cover someone’s ass.
Gave two week notice.
Hate having to job search, but tired of walking around on egg shells around here . I kind of figured it out yesterday, saw two people arguing about who was right instead of what was right.
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Could not hack it, got a written warning (which I never have ever gotten) for something that I didn’t do, pretty sure to cover someone’s ass.
Gave two week notice.
Hate having to job search, but tired of walking around on egg shells around here . I kind of figured it out yesterday, saw two people arguing about who was right instead of what was right.
Good for you, man.
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Good for you, man.
Yeah, because the public sector is so much better. :taunt:
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Yeah, because the public sector is so much better. :taunt:
I wish I could like this multiple times.
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I wish I could like this multiple times.
you could like it once...
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Yeah, because the public sector is so much better. :taunt:
It is a little bit better in Texas. Besides Mrs. Dallas makes the big money and I always have umpiring and military retirement to fall back on.
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It is a little bit better in Texas. Besides Mrs. Dallas makes the big money and I always have umpiring and military retirement to fall back on.
Do I need to tell you what she can fall back onto?
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Do I need to tell you what she can fall back onto?
Your dick?
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Back dat ass up and drop it down lo
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Yeah, because the public sector is so much better. :taunt:
I don't understand why you felt the need to post this.
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Do I need to tell you what she can fall back onto?
All options are on the table right now.
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All options are on the table right now.
Like a pen?
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Think I am being a pussy about the bullshit that goes around here. Taken from a company wide E-mail.
Using the CAPS LOCK can be perceived by others as argumentative and defensive.
Both of these behaviors are not what (Deleted) Inc. wish to portray.
Using CAPS in email form is no longer an acceptable form of communication. Turn the CAPS Lock OFF.
This message approved by: Eric Pitt [VP of Operations]
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FUCK ERIC PITT
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Think I am being a pussy about the bullshoot that goes around here. Taken from a company wide E-mail.
Using the CAPS LOCK can be perceived by others as argumentative and defensive.
Both of these behaviors are not what (Deleted) Inc. wish to portray.
Using CAPS in email form is no longer an acceptable form of communication. Turn the CAPS Lock OFF.
This message approved by: Eric Pitt [VP of Operations]
I, for one, think it's a truly noble service.
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Think I am being a pussy about the bullshit that goes around here. Taken from a company wide E-mail.
Using the CAPS LOCK can be perceived by others as argumentative and defensive.
Both of these behaviors are not what (Deleted) Inc. wish to portray.
Using CAPS in email form is no longer an acceptable form of communication. Turn the CAPS Lock OFF.
This message approved by: Eric Pitt [VP of Operations]
I've been a corporate drone for six years now. This is very typical. It's a very defensive/CYA environment.
Florida is an employment at will state and it took me nearly a year and a half to get a non-performing (failing to show up...showing up stoned) employee terminated (actually...the irony is that the day I got permission to terminate, she called and quit).
It's bullshit, for sure. I'm working on my exit strategy as we speak.
That said, it's not the worst thing in the world. The pay and benefits are great. I get to bowl with AWK and Ogre and occasionally see Jumbo rock faces.
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I've been a corporate drone for six years now. This is very typical. It's a very defensive/CYA environment.
Florida is an employment at will state and it took me nearly a year and a half to get a non-performing (failing to show up...showing up stoned) employee terminated (actually...the irony is that the day I got permission to terminate, she called and quit).
It's bullshit, for sure. I'm working on my exit strategy as we speak.
That said, it's not the worst thing in the world. The pay and benefits are great. I get to bowl with AWK and Ogre and occasionally see Jumbo rock faces.
Mine was fuck it, two week notice. Got to work on my professionalism.
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Both of these behaviors are not what (Deleted) Inc. wish to portray.
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This message approved by: Eric Pitt [VP of Operations]
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I've been a corporate drone for six years now. This is very typical. It's a very defensive/CYA environment.
Florida is an employment at will state and it took me nearly a year and a half to get a non-performing (failing to show up...showing up stoned) employee terminated (actually...the irony is that the day I got permission to terminate, she called and quit).
It's bullshit, for sure. I'm working on my exit strategy as we speak.
That said, it's not the worst thing in the world. The pay and benefits are great. I get to bowl with AWK and Ogre and occasionally see Jumbo rock faces.
What this guy said.
Its pretty typical. Comes with the territory of getting good pay and benefits. After a while you learn how to play the game and do what you want without getting caught.
I mean, yeah the CAPS email was stupid but is it really affecting you or what you do daily? No. Not unless youre a douche that likes to use CAPS all the time. In that case you probably deserve to be tormented with the corporate PC bullshit. As much as THS doesnt like to hear it, and as inefficient as some companies can seem to be - the public sector is far worse. Most companies/businesses are profitable.
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Think I am being a pussy about the bullshit that goes around here. Taken from a company wide E-mail.
Using the CAPS LOCK can be perceived by others as argumentative and defensive.
Both of these behaviors are not what (Deleted) Inc. wish to portray.
Using CAPS in email form is no longer an acceptable form of communication. Turn the CAPS Lock OFF.
This message approved by: Eric Pitt [VP of Operations]
simple solution. never use caps lock.
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As much as THS doesnt like to hear it, and as inefficient as some companies can seem to be - the public sector is far worse. Most companies/businesses are profitable.
And again - what the fuck are you talking about?
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What this guy said.
Its pretty typical. Comes with the territory of getting good pay and benefits. After a while you learn how to play the game and do what you want without getting caught.
I mean, yeah the CAPS email was stupid but is it really affecting you or what you do daily? No. Not unless youre a douche that likes to use CAPS all the time. In that case you probably deserve to be tormented with the corporate PC bullshit. As much as THS doesnt like to hear it, and as inefficient as some companies can seem to be - the public sector is far worse. Most companies/businesses are profitable.
Getting on the X?
HR just came to me, Gonna have a sit-down with them, owner and head of accounting. Told them I did send the two week notice e-mail in anger but I would hold to it if they needed.
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Getting on the X?
HR just came to me, Gonna have a sit-down with them, owner and head of accounting. Told them I did send the two week notice e-mail in anger but I would hold to it if they needed.
Nope. Use this. Air your grievances POLITELY. Tell them that your new employee perspective has allowed you to identify areas where there can be both improvement and cost savings, which is what you felt was a primary function of your job, but you are not being allowed to do the job that you were hired to do. Be polite but open and honest and lay it out. Either you are given the autonomy to do your job as you see fit without bullshit interference, or they need someone else to maintain the status quo.
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Nope. Use this. Air your grievances POLITELY. Tell them that your new employee perspective has allowed you to identify areas where there can be both improvement and cost savings, which is what you felt was a primary function of your job, but you are not being allowed to do the job that you were hired to do. Be polite but open and honest and lay it out. Either you are given the autonomy to do your job as you see fit without bullshit interference, or they need someone else to maintain the status quo.
Good point, I'll bring pictures of the X-gate from 2012 to help me.
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Good point, I'll bring pictures of the X-gate from 2012 to help me.
Your boss is a midget? How does he feel about being thrown threw the air?
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Your boss is a midget? How does he feel about being thrown threw the air?
Her mind is.
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And again - what the fuck are you talking about?
Your disdain for corporate jobs and looking down on anyone who chooses to have one, as if they are some kind of poor schmuck who doesn't know any better.
Or was that not you that TW put in their place a couple of months ago?
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Had our pow-wow on Friday afternoon, worked out some things but really just puts me in holding pattern. Not really cut out for the political BS that goes on around here. The head guy and I (he's ex-military) came to an understanding, as I was leaving his office he said that any two week notice I give will be adhere too no matter what the situation and I said any other e-mail warnings I get I will walk out the door anyway. Updated my resume and sent a few out over the weekend. I have had two jobs since being out of the military, I don't want to be seen as a job hopper.
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Your disdain for corporate jobs and looking down on anyone who chooses to have one, as if they are some kind of poor schmuck who doesn't know any better.
Or was that not you that TW put in their place a couple of months ago?
Yeah never said any of that in those posts. If that's what you took away from it, you're no different than Fox News morons who bring predisposed conclusions to conversations instead of understanding what an opposing viewpoint is conveying.
EDIT - Also, I've been more private sector the last year and a half than just about everyone here save for Kaos.
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Yeah never said any of that in those posts. If that's what you took away from it, you're no different than Fox News morons who bring predisposed conclusions to conversations instead of understanding what an opposing viewpoint is conveying.
EDIT - Also, I've been more private sector the last year and a half than just about everyone here save for Kaos.
The concept of Fox news is "fair and balanced". You need to take your anti-capitalism and disposable socialism viewpoints to a hippy commune somewhere.
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No matter where you choose to work, the concept of "balanced" will determine your overall happiness.
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We report. You decide.
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As a "boss" I'm sometimes required to do things you'd think wouldn't ever be necessary.
> Company-wide memo reminding people that shoes must be worn when representing the company at public events.
> Memo that the singing of religious hymns should be conducted after regular business hours as it could be heard by customers calling the helpdesk. (Had two in separate offices who 'got religious fever' and started harmonizing with each other from their respective offices. When I banned the bellowing, I was threatened as a persecutor of religion. I had to alter the restriction to say any music)
> Note that boiling eggs in the microwave was not permitted. Because one tried to bpil an egg in the microwave, obviously. It blew the door off, ruined the microwave and sprayed scalding hot egg remnants against the opposite wall. Had anyone been in the kitchen when the egg bomb exploded, I'd have been dealing with medical bills.
> Restriction on the number of exclamation points and capitalized words in an email. Perhaps the silliest one of all. Had a client relations rep who started every email she sent with GOOD Morning!!!! And then had one, two or three exclamation points after every sentence. So the average email read like this:
GOOD Morning!!!!
We are PLEASED to announce that in September we will be offering FOUR new training opportunities!! Trainings on payroll entry, transcript generation, outcome followup and end of year processing will be held online!!!!! We will also offer one hands on session on each topic at a location to be announced SOON!!!!
Hope you have a GREAT day!!!
Before I sent the memo outlining what was acceptable and not acceptable in emails, I had a communications specialist come in and give a half day seminar on writing effective emails. She took notes, seemed to pay attention and then her next email started with GOOD Morning!!!!!
So I sent the memo. And had people complain. Didn't have anybody threaten to quit, but still.
Guess my point is that sometimes as a boss you have to do stupid things because you have stupid people working for you. What you don't need is the people who aren't being stupid bitching because they don't like hearing rules that the stupid people forced on you.
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Guess my point is that sometimes as a boss you have to do stupid things because you have stupid people working for you. What you don't need is the people who aren't being stupid bitching because they don't like hearing rules that the stupid people forced on you.
Dallas, maybe you need to look inward.
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As a "boss" I'm sometimes required to do things you'd think wouldn't ever be necessary.
> Company-wide memo reminding people that shoes must be worn when representing the company at public events.
> Memo that the singing of religious hymns should be conducted after regular business hours as it could be heard by customers calling the helpdesk. (Had two in separate offices who 'got religious fever' and started harmonizing with each other from their respective offices. When I banned the bellowing, I was threatened as a persecutor of religion. I had to alter the restriction to say any music)
> Note that boiling eggs in the microwave was not permitted. Because one tried to bpil an egg in the microwave, obviously. It blew the door off, ruined the microwave and sprayed scalding hot egg remnants against the opposite wall. Had anyone been in the kitchen when the egg bomb exploded, I'd have been dealing with medical bills.
> Restriction on the number of exclamation points and capitalized words in an email. Perhaps the silliest one of all. Had a client relations rep who started every email she sent with GOOD Morning!!!! And then had one, two or three exclamation points after every sentence. So the average email read like this:
GOOD Morning!!!!
We are PLEASED to announce that in September we will be offering FOUR new training opportunities!! Trainings on payroll entry, transcript generation, outcome followup and end of year processing will be held online!!!!! We will also offer one hands on session on each topic at a location to be announced SOON!!!!
Hope you have a GREAT day!!!
Before I sent the memo outlining what was acceptable and not acceptable in emails, I had a communications specialist come in and give a half day seminar on writing effective emails. She took notes, seemed to pay attention and then her next email started with GOOD Morning!!!!!
So I sent the memo. And had people complain. Didn't have anybody threaten to quit, but still.
Guess my point is that sometimes as a boss you have to do stupid things because you have stupid people working for you. What you don't need is the people who aren't being stupid bitching because they don't like hearing rules that the stupid people forced on you.
I agree with the writing style points but I believe there are exceptions. Ex: fuck you. Fuck you just doesn't have the same impact as, "FUCK YOU!!!" seems to have. I guess it's a matter of taste. You're the boss, so, fuck you it is.
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Guess my point is that sometimes as a boss you have to do stupid things because you have stupid people working for you. What you don't need is the people who aren't being stupid bitching because they don't like hearing rules that the stupid people forced on you.
Dallas, maybe you need to look inward.
This is how we really know you care.
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I agree with the writing style points but I believe there are exceptions. Ex: fuck you. Fuck you just doesn't have the same impact as, "FUCK YOU!!!" seems to have. I guess it's a matter of taste. You're the boss, so, fuck you it is.
I think you could probably get by with two exclamation points. I'd also prefer that if you're going to go for the emphatic reference that you'd direct the emphasis to the "you" portion. It's more personal.
I'd revise your entry to read "fuck YOU!!" to achieve that goal.
If your emphasis was directed more venomously, the word 'fuck" should be capitalized. I still think you could go with just two exclamation points (or perhaps four, but never three). That would leave you with "FUCK you!!" Give the impression that you're spitting the curse at them.
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Guess my point is that sometimes as a boss you have to do stupid things because you have stupid people working for you. What you don't need is the people who aren't being stupid bitching because they don't like hearing rules that the stupid people forced on you.
Dallas, maybe you need to look inward.
I sense a trend here.
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I think you could probably get by with two exclamation points. I'd also prefer that if you're going to go for the emphatic reference that you'd direct the emphasis to the "you" portion. It's more personal.
I'd revise your entry to read "fuck YOU!!" to achieve that goal.
If your emphasis was directed more venomously, the word 'fuck" should be capitalized. I still think you could go with just two exclamation points (or perhaps four, but never three). That would leave you with "FUCK you!!" Give the impression that you're spitting the curse at them.
Well now I am truly confused as to what is correct because I love to give the "fuck you you fucking fuck".
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I still think you could go with just two exclamation points (or perhaps four, but never three).
See, I am a 1 or 3 "!" person myself. 2 or 4 "!" throws off the balance to me. It's like planting 4 bushes in the front of your house. There is no middle. There is no focal point.
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EDIT - Also, I've been more private sector the last year and a half than just about everyone here save for Kaos.
Um. How's that again? How can you possibly be more private sector than those of us who work 40+ hours a week in... wait for it... private sector jobs? By being self-employed? Hate to tell you this, but the states do not count the self-employed as "private sector" for purposes of tracking unemployment, unless by "self-employed", you own a business that is duly licensed and registered as an entity with the state - like an LLC, PC or Inc. Were you any of those? If not, you are not considered as "private sector".
"Jobs data by industry do not include agricultural workers, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, or domestic workers in private households."
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See, I am a 1 or 3 "!" person myself. 2 or 4 "!" throws off the balance to me. It's like planting 4 bushes in the front of your house. There is no middle. There is no focal point.
You seek symmetry, I seek balance. With four bushes, the focus is on whatever is in the middle of the arrangement. I prefer that the house be the focal point, not the "centered" bush. A bush should accentuate the elevation (or "face") of your home and not be the focus itself.
When the Mexicans tried to put three bushes in front of my home, I insisted on a cluster of four with bookending larger shrubs (a holly variation and a crepe myrtle). I didn't know the proper translation for "four, dammit." Apparently "cilantro, por diem" is not correct.
I eventually got my point across by standing on a spot, pointing vigorously and shouting "el busho, right here-o". My efforts to communicate on their terms clearly pleased them as they went about their work with happy smiles and nods. I even heard them repeating "el busho, right here-o" on numerous occasions as they worked. I felt like we truly connected. But they put six bushes in the grouping anyway. Perhaps my ability to cross the cultural divide resulted in some extra greenery.
When I later oversprayed Roundup and murdered one of the bushes, the symmetry was off and I had to kill another one to make up for it. I like the balance of 2, 4, 6, 8 and other even numbers.
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When I later oversprayed Roundup and murdered one of the bushes, the symmetry was off and I had to kill another one to make up for it. I like the balance of 2, 4, 6, 8 and other even numbers.
I think you can have symmetry with odd numbers. With odd numbers larger than 1, you can have true balance by having a defined center. Three bushes, one in the middle with the same number on either side of the visually established center.
I am fond of even numbers in certain situations, like when eating M&Ms (two by two, first sorted by color, of course. Red first, then brown, orange, yellow, green and blue, assuming the traditional colors. The exception being when I get a wild hair and leave the orange and blue for last, because it is visually appealing in the bowl.)
Bazinga.
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Um. How's that again? How can you possibly be more private sector than those of us who work 40+ hours a week in... wait for it... private sector jobs? By being self-employed? Hate to tell you this, but the states do not count the self-employed as "private sector" for purposes of tracking unemployment, unless by "self-employed", you own a business that is duly licensed and registered as an entity with the state - like an LLC, PC or Inc. Were you any of those? If not, you are not considered as "private sector".
Well, ok, fine. I'm not private sector. Am I public? Nope not that either I don't think. Either way, I never said anything that GH insinuated.
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Guess my point is that sometimes as a boss you have to do stupid things because you have stupid people working for you. What you don't need is the people who aren't being stupid bitching because they don't like hearing rules that the stupid people forced on you.
Dallas, maybe you need to look inward.
If there is one thing that I have learned, it's that there is no such thing as a stupid question. There are just stupid people.
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As so many insist on attempting to point out, it's good for my standard of living for those of you to participate in that kind of work.
Unfortunately for you, I copied that little statement before you deleted it. And it sums up your position up neatly, doesn't it?
So I guess you can understand why many on here would resent being seen as the means to fund the standard of living of a healthy, educated young person who walks away from gainful employment while trying to figure out what he wants to be when he grows up, even when he has a family to support. I hope you appreciate the gift you have been given, and make the most of the opportunities that seem to have come your way. I suspect that you may feel as though you are entitled to this freedom to find yourself, no matter the cost, because happiness is so important to one's self-esteem, and everyone deserves to be happy. Or at least YOU do, right? Because that's what matters!
So by all means, let me and my fellow corporate drones continue to fund your journey of self-exploration. We hope you succeed beyond your wildest dreams, so that one day you too can pay enough taxes to support the next generation of wanderers. Here. Have a cookie. Nap time is in 15 minutes. We will pass out the trophies afterwards.
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Unfortunately for you, I copied that little statement before you deleted it. And it sums up your position up neatly, doesn't it?
So I guess you can understand why many on here would resent being seen as the means to fund the standard of living of a healthy, educated young person who walks away from gainful employment while trying to figure out what he wants to be when he grows up, even when he has a family to support. I hope you appreciate the gift you have been given, and make the most of the opportunities that seem to have come your way. I suspect that you may feel as though you are entitled to this freedom to find yourself, no matter the cost, because happiness is so important to one's self-esteem, and everyone deserves to be happy. Or at least YOU do, right? Because that's what matters!
So by all means, let me and my fellow corporate drones continue to fund your journey of self-exploration. We hope you succeed beyond your wildest dreams, so that one day you too can pay enough taxes to support the next generation of wanderers. Here. Have a cookie. Nap time is in 15 minutes. We will pass out the trophies afterwards.
What you DON'T seem to want to understand is that I DON'T feel that way. You're so blockheaded and stubborn and full of yourself as believing that you're the only spine of the country that you refuse to hear what anyone else is saying. Which is why I deleted it. Because I knew you would take it wrong and miss the sarcasm.
And you act like I didn't pay taxes. What's 14% of $51k? That came out immediately. What would I pay in health insurance if I was paying it by myself? You really think self-employed workers are funded by people like you? I didn't take out a loan. I didn't borrow anything. Only tax deductions I got were from materials that I purchased with my own savings. What exactly do you think you're providing for me that others aren't?
Please cite specifically where your hard earned money gave me some kind of special opportunity that wasn't there without your corporate job? Roads? Military? But wait, I still paid federal, state, and FICA. So you can't take all the credit there.
What you refuse to acknowledge is that our economy is diverse and performs like a team. There are no handouts unless you're on some kind of welfare. Never took an unemployment check. Don't even know what food stamps look like.
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What you DON'T seem to want to understand is that I DON'T feel that way. You're so blockheaded and stubborn and full of yourself as believing that you're the only spine of the country that you refuse to hear what anyone else is saying. Which is why I deleted it. Because I knew you would take it wrong and miss the sarcasm.
And you act like I didn't pay taxes. What's 14% of $51k? That came out immediately. What would I pay in health insurance if I was paying it by myself? You really think self-employed workers are funded by people like you? I didn't take out a loan. I didn't borrow anything. Only tax deductions I got were from materials that I purchased with my own savings. What exactly do you think you're providing for me that others aren't?
Please cite specifically where your hard earned money gave me some kind of special opportunity that wasn't there without your corporate job? Roads? Military? But wait, I still paid federal, state, and FICA. So you can't take all the credit there.
What you refuse to acknowledge is that our economy is diverse and performs like a team. There are no handouts unless you're on some kind of welfare. Never took an unemployment check. Don't even know what food stamps look like.
I pay about 38% in taxes. Your suffering amuses me.
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I pay about 38% in taxes. Your suffering amuses me.
1st world problems
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I pay about 38% in taxes. Your suffering amuses me.
I pay more than 14%. Was just saying that's what comes out immediately being self-employed. And I didn't say I was suffering at all. Just pointing out that I'm not walking up to some government office to accept a cash payment from TW's bank account.
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I pay more than 14%. Was just saying that's what comes out immediately being self-employed. And I didn't say I was suffering at all. Just pointing out that I'm not walking up to some government office to accept a cash payment from TW's bank account.
I wasn't aware that option was available. To which office should I go?
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I wasn't aware that option was available. To which office should I go?
I'd like to know as well. Apparently she makes the big bucks.
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You two get your own Sugar Mama.
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I was talking with the accountant the other day and was astonished at the amount of taxes we take out on the butler. On another note, whenever my driver would take the Aston Martin to get serviced or detailed, he would try to claim the mileage as a business expense. Imagine the nerve of some people.
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What you refuse to acknowledge is that our economy is diverse and performs like a team. There are no handouts unless you're on some kind of welfare. Never took an unemployment check. Don't even know what food stamps look like.
And that's great. If you are a conscientious tax paying citizen like most of us, then good on you.
I do remember a post a while back though about how you were considering going on benefits after you quit your gainful employment, and then wanted your wife to quit her job at the same time so she could stay home with the baby. To some of us, benefits are for a temporary support system when you lose your job involuntarily or due to circumstances beyond your control, like sickness or an accident. I would find a fast food job before I went on benefits if I were healthy and able to work - working a job like that or on a farm or on a road crew in Texas in July is a motivating factor to speed up the "what do I want to be" discussion. Now, obviously we find out that you didn't do that, but you never said otherwise until now.
But all that aside - what really chaps me about your little ongoing narrative is that you are SO damn condescending from your little pedestal in your attitude towards those of us who, like the majority of working Americans, have regular corporate jobs. It's your attitude that annoys the crap out of me. It's not enough that you don't think you could manage a regular job - you have to bash those of us who HAVE figured it out how to manage it in a successful manner - oh how boring, oh how pedantic, oh how monotonous, too much stress, too much pressure... and you have no frame of reference for making any of those statements since by your own admission, you have never held a regular 9-5 job. My point all along, which YOU seem to have missed, is that even though it isn't for you, it is obviously working for the rest of us, so until you have experienced it, shut up about it! Even if work is not the touchy feely happy happy every single day, that is not a realistic expectation for ANY job. Maybe my skin is just thicker than yours, but a bad day at work doesn't mean I go home and have to talk myself out of jumping off the roof. I go home, exhale, and enjoy with my family the creature comforts that job brought me.
It's great that you want to be in academia (I guess that's the plan today?) because the world needs teachers, but sometimes I think that academic types would benefit from a year or two in the "real world" so that they aren't just teaching abstract theory written by other sheltered academics who also have no real world experience and have never tested their academic based theories. Who makes a better business teacher? A guy who has written some scholarly papers on mergers and acquisitions based on research of real world examples, or the guy who, as CEO of a Fortune 500 company, actually participated in a multi-million dollar merger? Real world trumps theory every day.
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You two get your own Sugar Mama.
Don't worry, darling. I have claimed you as a dependent.
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Well, ok, fine. I'm not private sector. Am I public? Nope not that either I don't think.
Glad you cleared that up. Because I was wondering that myself.
I never said anything that GH insinuated.
Bullshit and you know it. You are backtracking. And she called you out for the same thing then too. Its all there if you need to re-read.....unless of course you went back and edited that too.
Before people start labeling any form of a corporation evil, they should realize:
Tax revenue from those jobs funds everything else in govt you could benefit from - whether it be a govt job, contractors, welfare or the military. And maybe just maybe people that work in one are actually happy with what they do and enjoy it.
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Don't worry, darling. I have claimed you as a dependent.
Hey. What about me?
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Hey. What about me?
Don't you go letting your dumbass friends get you in trouble.
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Don't you go letting your dumbass friends get you in trouble.
You looked so pretty on that curb.
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Hey. What about me?
You are the hired help. Personal body guard and food taster. Now go get me a sammich.
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You are the hired help. Personal body guard and food taster. Now go get me a sammich.
He has a name, and he isn't old.
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And that's great. If you are a conscientious tax paying citizen like most of us, then good on you.
I do remember a post a while back though about how you were considering going on benefits after you quit your gainful employment, and then wanted your wife to quit her job at the same time so she could stay home with the baby. To some of us, benefits are for a temporary support system when you lose your job involuntarily or due to circumstances beyond your control, like sickness or an accident. I would find a fast food job before I went on benefits if I were healthy and able to work - working a job like that or on a farm or on a road crew in Texas in July is a motivating factor to speed up the "what do I want to be" discussion. Now, obviously we find out that you didn't do that, but you never said otherwise until now.
Maybe jokingly? Maybe in the heat of a moment during a tough time? But I don't remember that. Was going to get a part time job to pay for health insurance since shit Obamacare was still going to cost me $400 (or more actually by this point, it would have been closer to $500).
But all that aside - what really chaps me about your little ongoing narrative is that you are SO damn condescending from your little pedestal in your attitude towards those of us who, like the majority of working Americans, have regular corporate jobs. It's your attitude that annoys the crap out of me. It's not enough that you don't think you could manage a regular job - you have to bash those of us who HAVE figured it out how to manage it in a successful manner - oh how boring, oh how pedantic, oh how monotonous, too much stress, too much pressure... and you have no frame of reference for making any of those statements since by your own admission, you have never held a regular 9-5 job. My point all along, which YOU seem to have missed, is that even though it isn't for you, it is obviously working for the rest of us, so until you have experienced it, shut up about it! Even if work is not the touchy feely happy happy every single day, that is not a realistic expectation for ANY job. Maybe my skin is just thicker than yours, but a bad day at work doesn't mean I go home and have to talk myself out of jumping off the roof. I go home, exhale, and enjoy with my family the creature comforts that job brought me.
Please link where I "bashed" your profession. I just said I couldn't do it. Maybe after your condescending and snide response in that other thread I got upset and made a sarcastic crack, but apparently that's not allowed anymore on this board if it involves people in the corporate world. I kind of figured that which is why I edited that one comment.
I'm sorry if the only reaction you have to my opinions is a ten-cups-of-coffee strong rebuttal, but I never once lambasted the corporate world. Just said it wasn't for me.
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I have been biting my tongue long enough. Just because many of us on here can afford a life of luxury and believe in capitalism does not constitute the bashing of a differing opinion. Give the bum a break.
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I have been biting my tongue long enough. Just because many of us on here can afford a life of luxury and believe in capitalism does not constitute the bashing of a differing opinion. Give the bum a break.
That's not your tongue.
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And if anyone else needs to go sit on a stick, here's all I said in the previous thread:
In response to Dallas complaining about his corporate job...
I know someone that tells similar stories to this. He works in a high rise downtown. Said he does 3-4 hours of office work and the rest is chit chatting with coworkers, his "hour" lunch, and surfing the net.
I asked him how does he stay sane...he said his $84k paycheck and annual bonus keeps him sane. Said he also likes getting to work at 830 and leaving at 5 on the dot every day. Never works weekends.
I couldn't do it. I have never had a corporate office job in my life. Even though I disliked teaching, it provided so much more of a lifestyle suited to my interests than the high paying accountant or lawyer.
In response to a confusing and angry response from TW...
I don't understand any of this. You're saying being a teacher isn't useful? Education isn't valuable?
We take nice vacations and we don't have any debt. Retirement is a bit lackluster, but I couldn't live and work for the end. I like living in the now even if it means a bite in the ass later.
Though that might not happen as being the village bard paid more money than the village English teacher.
And that useless degree and as you implied "laziness" has lead to a fellowship at Auburn University to study something I'm interested in while being paid for it.
I guess I'm saying that I'm sorry that you're working 60 hours a week in an office so you can live in the safety net of the suburbs.
And in response to TW again....
I've worked my ass off too the past year and did so as a teacher for six years. I've greatly enjoyed having flexible hours and not having a supervisor or boss to answer to. It's been a nice way to live, and I don't see how I could enjoy the office environment. I'm glad you do, and I'm glad it works for some people.
I quit teaching because I didn't feel like I was a good fit for teaching teenagers especially teenagers with learning disabilities or hindrances. I also hated the "be at work at 7am and you cannot leave until 3pm unless we schedule a meeting then you cannot leave until 430" rule. I like delving into a subject completely when teaching and not having to hold everything back until it's just a teaspoon full of easily regurgitated trivia facts. I also like the idea of advancing a field through research and contributing to a better life for people.
I thought you lived in Houston?
So again, when you find the place where I bash the private sector, promote the public sector, act like a leech, or consider your lifestyles to be inferior to mine, let me know.
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And if anyone else needs to go sit on a stick, here's all I said in the previous thread:
In response to Dallas complaining about his corporate job...
In response to a confusing and angry response from TW...
And in response to TW again....
So again, when you find the place where I bash the private sector, promote the public sector, act like a leech, or consider your lifestyles to be inferior to mine, let me know.
Could you look up some quotes where I called you a gay or racist or something? TW and Dallas aren't the only ones who hate you.
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Could you look up some quotes where I called you a gay or racist or something? TW and Dallas aren't the only ones who hate you.
Never said I hated him. Just his smugness and cavalier attitude towards adulthood. He will do well in academia.
And I don't drink coffee.
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Could you look up some quotes where I called you a gay or racist or something? TW and Dallas aren't the only ones who hate you.
Never said I hated him. Just his smugness and cavalier attitude towards adulthood. He will do well in academia.
And I don't drink coffee.
Neither I have, don't think I ever said I hated anyone on this board. Have called someone a douche canoe. But that's cause he questioned my keenness.
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Never said I hated him. Just his smugness and cavalier attitude towards adulthood. He will do well in academia.
And I don't drink coffee.
He writes good but I don't know about his ciphering.
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Neither I have, don't think I ever said I hated anyone on this board. Have called someone a douche canoe. But that's cause he questioned my keenness.
It was joshing. I knew you didn't hate him.
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What does any of this he said/she said Chopperish bickering have to do with he Mexicans and my bushes?
Sancho, where for art thou?
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Never said I hated him. Just his smugness and cavalier attitude towards adulthood. He will do well in academia.
And I don't drink coffee.
diet cherry dr. pepper...with sonic ice. and she stimulates her corporate pussy with the finest dildos from :hop:
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diet cherry dr. pepper...with sonic ice. and she stimulates her corporate pussy with the finest dildos from :hop:
This is what happens when you neglect and ignore me. You forget the important stuff. I hate diet cherry Dr. Pepper. I drink my Dr. Pepper straight and fully leaded.
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This is what happens when you neglect and ignore me. You forget the important stuff. I hate diet cherry Dr. Pepper. I drink my Dr. Pepper straight and fully leaded.
for realz?
damn. i swear there was a diet dr. pepper somewhere...oh well.
you stimulate me.
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Neither I have, don't think I ever said I hated anyone on this board. Have called someone a douche canoe. But that's cause he questioned my keenness.
Doucheketeer is the correct term. You really aren't very keen, are you?
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Neither I have, don't think I ever said I hated anyone on this board. Have called someone a douche canoe. But that's cause he questioned my keenness.
I forgot...was that me? I hope it was me.
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Somebody called the piccolo player a motherfucker on here one time.
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Doucheketeer is the correct term. You really aren't very keen, are you?
me? no not at all. I have keen things, therefore I am keen by association. Like being on the X.
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Somebody called the piccolo player a motherfucker on here one time.
What I want to know is who called that motherfucker a piccolo player?
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What I want to know is who called that motherfucker a piccolo player?
Test tube baby!
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I forgot...was that me? I hope it was me.
Do you hate tomatoes?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nN1HqAps4Y#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nN1HqAps4Y#ws)
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Things could be worse
http://youtu.be/PxymwN7nYQQ (http://youtu.be/PxymwN7nYQQ)