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Old 02-08-2007, 09:59 AM   #76
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whoops, wrong thread.
how'd that happen?
LMAO...
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Old 02-08-2007, 10:03 AM   #77
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People who use "how are you?" as a greeting and then act confused when you answer their question.
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Old 02-08-2007, 10:07 AM   #78
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"How you doin'?"

"How you doin'?"

"How you doin'?"

"How you doin'?"

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Old 02-08-2007, 10:21 AM   #79
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"How YOU doin'?" (sorry, couldn't resist, been watching too much of Friends lately)
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Old 02-08-2007, 10:26 AM   #80
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People who use "how are you?" as a greeting and then act confused when you answer their question.
Do they? I must bug the hell out of them then, I've always answered it as a genuine question!

Today I am mostly being annoyed by my own lunch. Or my own inability to make it, I'm not sure.

I tried to make myself California style sushi rolls today. No, I didn't need to look up a how-to site, it was obvious how to make them! Bamboo mat to roll them on? No, of course I didn't need one - I'd do it at my desk!

I had hoped that once I'd gone to the trouble of cooking the rice - 20 mins, opening the tuna & mixing with horseradish (no wasabi in town) - 5 mins, and then assembling - 5 mins, I'd be popping perfect little rounds into my mouth as I carried on working.

OH NO. Sushi wanted to play unwinding games...
So I ended up shovelling it in with a fork and chasing stray grains all over my desk like an anteater...
I might as well have eaten it all separately, would have been less time & effort.

I don't like it when my food misbehaves. Like when crackers & crispbreads snap in my hands and shed their precious cargo on my desk, or pizza topping slides off in one go and flaps burningly on my chin, or soup gives me hiccups. I feel it breaks some fundemental contract.
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Old 02-08-2007, 11:09 AM   #81
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You find bugging annoying?
Ignoring emails and phone calls. If they'd bug my calls, at least I'd know they were listening!
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Old 02-08-2007, 11:26 AM   #82
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That reminds me. Hopeful vendors who call me to sell me crap I don't want and then expect me to pick up the phone and talk to them. Or return their voice mail. Or e-mail. Please take a hint. I have never returned your call. I won't be buying anything from you. Stop wasting your time and my time.
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Old 02-08-2007, 11:38 AM   #83
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I've said before, I pre-screen my calls with caller ID. It's beyond me why they keep it up--maybe they get paid per phone call. I can give you the names of three or four companies that just keep calling and calling at least once or twice a month in spite of the fact that I never answer and never return their calls. I've never been a sales droid, but I always thought part of the required tool set was knowing when you have a cold lead so you don't waste time on a hopeless situation.


The one time I did, against my better judgement, talk to somebody who came by selling something I needed to buy, it ended up ugly. (short version: me: "I need A and B." him: "Pshaw. Why would you want that? Nobody does that. That's silly. [wait 1 week] Hey, are you going to buy it?" "No." "Oh, OK, can I ask why not?" "Because you don't want to do A and B." "OH OH NO NO WAIT I changed my mind!!! We'll do it!")
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Old 02-08-2007, 11:42 AM   #84
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Now, that reminds me of one:

Coca-Cola Corporation and their "reward" points program. But that's another thread I will start some day, if they continue to refuse to answer my questions more like humans and less like robots.

Big corporations are the anti-christ.
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Old 02-08-2007, 01:03 PM   #85
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stories on news sites that are only in video format.
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Old 02-08-2007, 01:35 PM   #86
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Doubled and redoubled! And in spades!
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Old 02-08-2007, 01:53 PM   #87
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Old 02-08-2007, 02:02 PM   #88
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teenagers.
I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for those meddling kids.
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Old 02-08-2007, 02:53 PM   #89
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Misogynistic guys who are willing to start an argument with Pete, but won't bring it when I'm there.
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Old 02-08-2007, 02:56 PM   #90
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