Things I think are rude:
Showing up expecting to meet with someone you’ve never spoken to before.
Bombarding people as they’re walking out of a store with a survey. Or attacking them every time they pass by you to sign up for something (that you may incur costs for later). Basically, I don’t go shopping to enter to win 1 of 10 $20 gift cards after I take a survey, or agree to a photo package. Nor am I interested in chatting with strangers.
Pressuring someone into a free trial of something they’ll have to cancel within a certain time or be automatically enrolled and have to pay for it.
Walking around work talking on your cell phone. I don’t mean waling to the copier or printer and walking back to you desk. I mean literally strolling around the office talking as loudly as possible.
People standing at my desk whispering to each other. Seriously?
Going into a vacant office to have a conversation with your tire guy on your ear piece. Just because the boss isn't in there, doesn't mean I can't hear you loud and clear 10 feet away.
Things I don’t think are rude:
Telling someone who showed up without an appointment that you don’t have time to see them.
Blowing off someone as they bombard you while you’re walking out of a store.
Refusing anything free when it has strings attached.
Punching the cell phone talker in the face?
I also don’t like it when salary people show up 15 minutes late and leave 5 minutes early every single day. I don’t get it. Do they have so little work ethic that they think it’s just fine to roll in whenever they feel like it? Or is it lack of respect for the fact that by salary they get paid regardless of when they come in so they might as well do what they please when they please. And since their time isn’t accounted for, they have no concept of it. I really hate it when other people behave as if their time is more important than yours. I don’t make you wait. I don’t make you move. Nothing revolves around you. I don’t find it difficult to have polite consideration for others. I find it difficult to be taken advantage of.
Biggest Pet Peeves:
Demanding specific things for tentative plans. (ie. I’ll need breakfast for my meeting at 8am but the guys might not come)
Making others wait for no good reason (ie. You say you’re just running to the bathroom before giving someone their break and then you take 10 minutes to chat, and grab a soda, etc.)
Telling someone they aren’t thinking or feeling what they tell you they’re thinking or feeling (ie. That didn’t hurt; there’s nothing to be mad about)
Wasting (money, food, time, etc.)
Skinny people saying they’re fat.
Fat people saying they don’t know why they’re fat.
Being incapable of having empathy for someone else, not being able to understand their needs because they aren’t YOUR needs. (Also goes with line 3)
Taking advantage of someone else (not to be confused with taking advantage of a situation)
Hypocrisy
People who ask questions that have already been answered
The Travel Agent is an asshole.
Fact: I don’t like people.
Fact: I don’t like helping people.
Fact: I do enjoy being part of a group and working to complete a project.
Fact: All I really want is to go back to school.
The vending machine gave me a regular Pepsi when I asked for a Diet. (as a side note, I prefer Pepsi to Coke now) I would be very angry or disappointed except I really much prefer real soda to diet soda.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
...Wait for it...
I've just watched the first 15 minutes of Glee, and I must say: best show ever.
Simply Asia Sweet and Sour Chow Mein
7.9 (.9 for novelty)
The actual flavor of the sauce is kind of gross and I was glad that 90% of my noodles were not coated in it. Had the top of the meal tasted like the bottom that was soaking in the sauce, I would have given it a 5. I like noodles and it came with crunchies. I’d eat it again.
Throughout the morning I have had amazing thoughts and forgotten them within seconds.
I am disgustingly addicted to caffeine. Dr. Drew, please help.
Top 5 Professions I imagine I am unable to tolerate based on idealistic criteria:
5. Nurse
4. Politician
3. Hair Stylist
2. Inner City Counselor
1. Customer Service at the Airport
Top 5 Unlikely Professions I imagine I am able to tolerate based on idealistic conditions:
5. Bomb Squad Member
4. Nail Technician (for hands only)
3. Sign Language Interpreter
2. Medical Diagnostician
1. Troubleshooter
Simply Asia Sweet and Sour Chow Mein
7.9 (.9 for novelty)
The actual flavor of the sauce is kind of gross and I was glad that 90% of my noodles were not coated in it. Had the top of the meal tasted like the bottom that was soaking in the sauce, I would have given it a 5. I like noodles and it came with crunchies. I’d eat it again.
Throughout the morning I have had amazing thoughts and forgotten them within seconds.
I am disgustingly addicted to caffeine. Dr. Drew, please help.
Top 5 Professions I imagine I am unable to tolerate based on idealistic criteria:
5. Nurse
4. Politician
3. Hair Stylist
2. Inner City Counselor
1. Customer Service at the Airport
Top 5 Unlikely Professions I imagine I am able to tolerate based on idealistic conditions:
5. Bomb Squad Member
4. Nail Technician (for hands only)
3. Sign Language Interpreter
2. Medical Diagnostician
1. Troubleshooter
Sunday, September 20, 2009
The User's review
SYTYCD
Not to be Politically Incorrect or socially rude, but having a disability (in dance: being fat, deaf, blind, in a style of dance that isn’t aesthetically pleasing, etc) shouldn’t give you any leeway in competition. If you’re deaf and you have average technique, then you need to work on your technique. If you’re fat and that affects your ability to move freely and easily, then you need to work on your weight. If you’re style of dance isn’t “typical,” then you probably won’t make it on the show. Let’s be honest, the deaf girl was nowhere near as good as most of the people they get. The only reason they kept her for anything was because she’s deaf and made Mary cry. Any hearing person who danced like that, they wouldn’t have given a second glance at. They would have told them to get stronger and come back again. The show isn’t called So You Have A Disability But Still Want to Dance on TV. For all things, there is a bar. To be in the Olympics, you have to reach, if not surpass, that bar. If you’re missing a leg and can’t run as fast as someone with 2 legs, they’re not going to give you a head start and a gold medal so your feelings don’t get hurt. They’re going to say, you’re too slow.
Aside from my tantrum, I’m not sure if I like the one hour a night try out show. They only show 3 or 4 actual dances which only include 1 or 2 actual dancers and whatever freaks they find. It’s turning into American Idol.
Glee
Loved it. Love the music. Love the jokes. Love the sarcasm. Love the one liners. Don’t even care that half the episodes make no sense whatsoever. My favorite part was definitely when the Dakota guy came and made fun of them all. Reminded me of Bring it On with the Fossee wannabee I loved.
“Here are your detailed menus for the month.”
“Mine only says “coffee””
Oh Steve Yoder if you could watch this show.
And “Acafellas”? You know I’m a sucker for words that combine 2 words.
The only thing I don’t like about Glee is the new mom and dad. Useless. Except Josh Groban saying he loves a blowsey drunk.
OMG that gym teacher/cheerleading coach. “I want a fog machine” Maybe I like this show so much because I love joke tellers who don’t laugh at their own jokes. People who can keep a straight face while saying hilarious things impress me.
Not to be Politically Incorrect or socially rude, but having a disability (in dance: being fat, deaf, blind, in a style of dance that isn’t aesthetically pleasing, etc) shouldn’t give you any leeway in competition. If you’re deaf and you have average technique, then you need to work on your technique. If you’re fat and that affects your ability to move freely and easily, then you need to work on your weight. If you’re style of dance isn’t “typical,” then you probably won’t make it on the show. Let’s be honest, the deaf girl was nowhere near as good as most of the people they get. The only reason they kept her for anything was because she’s deaf and made Mary cry. Any hearing person who danced like that, they wouldn’t have given a second glance at. They would have told them to get stronger and come back again. The show isn’t called So You Have A Disability But Still Want to Dance on TV. For all things, there is a bar. To be in the Olympics, you have to reach, if not surpass, that bar. If you’re missing a leg and can’t run as fast as someone with 2 legs, they’re not going to give you a head start and a gold medal so your feelings don’t get hurt. They’re going to say, you’re too slow.
Aside from my tantrum, I’m not sure if I like the one hour a night try out show. They only show 3 or 4 actual dances which only include 1 or 2 actual dancers and whatever freaks they find. It’s turning into American Idol.
Glee
Loved it. Love the music. Love the jokes. Love the sarcasm. Love the one liners. Don’t even care that half the episodes make no sense whatsoever. My favorite part was definitely when the Dakota guy came and made fun of them all. Reminded me of Bring it On with the Fossee wannabee I loved.
“Here are your detailed menus for the month.”
“Mine only says “coffee””
Oh Steve Yoder if you could watch this show.
And “Acafellas”? You know I’m a sucker for words that combine 2 words.
The only thing I don’t like about Glee is the new mom and dad. Useless. Except Josh Groban saying he loves a blowsey drunk.
OMG that gym teacher/cheerleading coach. “I want a fog machine” Maybe I like this show so much because I love joke tellers who don’t laugh at their own jokes. People who can keep a straight face while saying hilarious things impress me.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
At work. How cliche
Can you tell me the name of your human resources manager?
JK
OK And what is her job title?
...
I would like a flight from 9/26 to 10/02
Here is flight information for 9/26 to 10/02 Can I book this flight?
Yes
(4 hours later)
Oh wait I meant 9/28 not 9/26 Please change everything.
I do believe that Michelle Duggar wants all those kids. I do believe that she is as happy as she says she is about being pregnant 47 times. However, I cannot wrap my educated mind around her saying she was surprised she got pregnant again.
Really? 18 kids and you’re surprised?
Then I thought, maybe their lifestyle/religion doesn’t know the physics of where babies come from. Maybe she thought God was done with her uterus and decided to stop despite their unprotected sex continuing. Bless her heart, I think she’s doing a fabulous job for what she has and for what she believes, but there is no way on this green earth she was surprised she got pregnant again.
When you type “Obama” into Google, it fills in with “called Kanye West a Jackass”
I also love how no one is really disagreeing with his statement, rather, whether or not the President should be allowed to behave as and have opinions as a human being. Although, I will agree with the point Lisa made on the radio this morning, “The question was what did Obama’s daughters feel about the whole thing, not what did Obama feel about it.” I really feel like I’m missing out on this whole issue because I can’t listen to NPR anymore. And because I don’t have copious amounts of free time in which to watch The Daily Show. Damn you full time job! My favorite is definitely 50 Cent’s (I believe) comment on the whole thing. To type it out is useless because the audio of him is priceless. Essentially, he said he wished Kanye had down that to him so he could punch him in the face. Love it.
As a side note, posting off the record information to be used as slander is irreprehensible. Thankfully, approx. 93% of the world agree with Obama’s comment and apparently, like him all the more for it.
Aside from this, I hope no one can hear me swearing on the phone.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
I love Grey's Anatomy Season 2
Life (and other fail blog moments)
Monday I needed gas, but I didn’t get it Monday night. It was $2.49. Tuesday morning I needed gas, but I didn’t get it. It was $2.49. Tuesday after work I couldn’t drive another 200 yards without getting gas. I got gas. It was $2.54. Tuesday 4 hours after work I didn’t need gas. It was $2.49 again.
Fail.
I take 3 freeways to work in the morning. I am easily distracted. I noticed my exit would be coming up in 2 ¾ miles. 3 miles later, I noticed things looked different. So I watched for 2 miles to see if I had passed my exit or not. Indeed I had. I turned around and everything was fine. I was running late though. In fear of missing my exists again, I got into the right lane very early and was driving 30mph. Frown face. I made it to my final exit with approx. 5 minutes to spare. I was then stopped at every possible (and there are only 2) red light. At my turn, I was waiting for traffic when the car in the left turn lane in front of me (and by “car” I mean semi) decided they were going to go back into the driving lane right when traffic opened up to let me turn.
Fail.
I was expecting my old job would direct deposit my final check. I went to my online account and was excited to see the money, but it wasn’t there and my account was $500 lower than I’m used to.
Fail.
Monday I needed gas, but I didn’t get it Monday night. It was $2.49. Tuesday morning I needed gas, but I didn’t get it. It was $2.49. Tuesday after work I couldn’t drive another 200 yards without getting gas. I got gas. It was $2.54. Tuesday 4 hours after work I didn’t need gas. It was $2.49 again.
Fail.
I take 3 freeways to work in the morning. I am easily distracted. I noticed my exit would be coming up in 2 ¾ miles. 3 miles later, I noticed things looked different. So I watched for 2 miles to see if I had passed my exit or not. Indeed I had. I turned around and everything was fine. I was running late though. In fear of missing my exists again, I got into the right lane very early and was driving 30mph. Frown face. I made it to my final exit with approx. 5 minutes to spare. I was then stopped at every possible (and there are only 2) red light. At my turn, I was waiting for traffic when the car in the left turn lane in front of me (and by “car” I mean semi) decided they were going to go back into the driving lane right when traffic opened up to let me turn.
Fail.
I was expecting my old job would direct deposit my final check. I went to my online account and was excited to see the money, but it wasn’t there and my account was $500 lower than I’m used to.
Fail.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Too much September
Top 5 all time favorite Grey’s Anatomy episodes based on the moments in them:
5. Season 2
4. The one in season 3 when the ferry explodes
3. The one in Season 2 (I think) when the trains collided and the old black man and the young girl were impaled with the tree or something and they have to quit working on the girl because the guy has a better chance to live and Meredith is screaming they can’t leave her behind.
2. The one in season 3 after Denny dies and Burke loses his hand and he tells Izzie “You are not fine. I am not fine.”
1. The one in season 2 when Christina can’t stop crying after her abortion.
Possible responses to an old man telling you you are putting people out of a job by using the self check out lanes:
*Kroger doesn’t pay union wages. Just standing here makes you a communist.
*Do YOU realize that you’re putting chefs out of work by cooking that food yourself?
*Do you realize children of farmers can’t afford shoes because you’re shopping at a chain grocery store instead of a farmer’s market?
*Being old doesn’t give you the right to hassle people.
The radio was talking about how or if you can say something to parents with ridiculously overweight kids. I think the answer is no. Then a guy called in and said fat people used to make comments about his skinny kids and how they need to put some meat on their bones. I think that’s inappropriate, too. One of the radio guys made the excellent observation that people with addictions like to be around other people with addictions. Either as a way to connect or as a way to not feel so bad. Like they’re not alone. Or possibly as a taking-you-down-with-me. Or maybe I just can’t word what he said correctly.
The neighbors spent the end of summer playing water guns or some other shooting game late at night. They would run across our lawn and mostly across the path in front of the window. It irritated the dog. I wanted to yell at them that it was too late (dusk) to be running and shooting directly in front of our front window. Based on this observation, I imagine I will be the crotchety old woman who steals your ball when it goes on my lawn.
5. Season 2
4. The one in season 3 when the ferry explodes
3. The one in Season 2 (I think) when the trains collided and the old black man and the young girl were impaled with the tree or something and they have to quit working on the girl because the guy has a better chance to live and Meredith is screaming they can’t leave her behind.
2. The one in season 3 after Denny dies and Burke loses his hand and he tells Izzie “You are not fine. I am not fine.”
1. The one in season 2 when Christina can’t stop crying after her abortion.
Possible responses to an old man telling you you are putting people out of a job by using the self check out lanes:
*Kroger doesn’t pay union wages. Just standing here makes you a communist.
*Do YOU realize that you’re putting chefs out of work by cooking that food yourself?
*Do you realize children of farmers can’t afford shoes because you’re shopping at a chain grocery store instead of a farmer’s market?
*Being old doesn’t give you the right to hassle people.
The radio was talking about how or if you can say something to parents with ridiculously overweight kids. I think the answer is no. Then a guy called in and said fat people used to make comments about his skinny kids and how they need to put some meat on their bones. I think that’s inappropriate, too. One of the radio guys made the excellent observation that people with addictions like to be around other people with addictions. Either as a way to connect or as a way to not feel so bad. Like they’re not alone. Or possibly as a taking-you-down-with-me. Or maybe I just can’t word what he said correctly.
The neighbors spent the end of summer playing water guns or some other shooting game late at night. They would run across our lawn and mostly across the path in front of the window. It irritated the dog. I wanted to yell at them that it was too late (dusk) to be running and shooting directly in front of our front window. Based on this observation, I imagine I will be the crotchety old woman who steals your ball when it goes on my lawn.
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