australopithecus
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My dog got into a bag of rice last night, which duly fermented in his stomach resulting in ,£2000 worth of surgery last night. Idiot dog, rice is not for you!
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Duvelthehobbit666
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Commercials during a good movie on tv.
ImprobableJoe
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The fact that my favorite variety packs of beer contain at least one variety that I don't like, but that my dirt-poor upbringing doesn't let me pour down the sink.
Lallapalalable
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Agree, but I abridge my grievance to the first word. In fact, all advertisements, ever. At least the ones that cost the salary of a dozen people to promote a brand or company that, really, does not need to improve its brand recognition. McDonalds? Not a single one of their commercials informs me of anything I don't already know. "Oh, what's that? They sell food? Why, I am ever so glad this 15 second burst of noise informed me so, for I grew up herding llamas in the Andes, and for all I knew those red buildings every three blocks were where fat people go to get their blood re-mayonaised." I could go on an epic* rant on McDonalds and their asshat advertising, but as applies to the entire industry, the worst aspect is the lies. AT&T and Verizon, and every telecom company in the world, but these two for example, both have commercials saying their 4g network is the biggest, fastest, shiniest and sexiest in the country, and then show a 'coverage map' comparison, where theirs is like "wow, everyone!" and the other is like "oh, so, twenty people?" They both have made this claim about the other, so one of them is definitely lying. Blatantly, carelessly, and "We don't give a fuck about what you think, buy our shit!"-ly. My opinion? They both lie. I bet even the shitty map is better than either of theirs. For instance, Verizon was boasting "fastest 4g in [your area]" (seriously, the font was different and everything). The kicker? Our area didn't even have 4g available at the time. Not for another four months did we. So, they paid money, good money, to not set up 4g networks and instead tell us we not only had 4g, but the best! I digress, but whenever I see a commercial, I make a conscious effort to avoid the company that spent enough money to feed hundreds for months on a predatory tactic to take my money in exchange for a probably inferior product, only to put my money towards a portion of another god damned commercial with stupid music that gets stuck in my head until I just feel like giving up and letting the crows have at me.Duvelthehobbit666 said:
As for why I came here: I am working a second job that I want to make my primary job, as the full time benefits are nice. However, my boss's boss hired her daughter to work at our site, and she is FUCKING USELESS, and dumb as hell. She works at 20% the speed as anyone else (I did math, she really sucks that bad), and she'll leave after 4 hours of work that she was two hours late for anyway (we make our own hours, one reason I want to keep this job). While she is there, she will attach herself to someone and also bring their productivity down. If we're the only two there, I won't chat with her beyond "oh hey, I see you were able to figure out how to start the car today," so she'll go and do nothing for as long as she's there. Well, not nothing, texting takes time, and all that sitting around and driving to the gas station for slushies, she's lucky she has time to even clock in! But no, if she does get the itch to pull even a fraction of her weight, she'll pick the easy jobs, and take for-fucking-ever to do a shitty job, which I get to clean up after once she leaves, usually for hours at a time. Now, I've dealt with this before, and isn't the worst deal because I soak up extra hours doing my job plus hers, but there's more. I mentioned how her mother is a supervisor? Yeah, well, she's the supervisor in charge of layoffs and such. Our busy season has wound down, and a good number of people were let go, but not little miss doesn't want to do shit. And to top it all off, my immediate supervisor shares all of my complaints and has tried to do something about it, but nothing has changed. I swear, this girl could commit felony assault on an old woman and still keep her job. In short, she's stupid, incompetent, lazy, tactless and not even hot.
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*yes, I used 'epic' properly; it would take a library to contain the written volumes that would be the product of the verbal explosion I would spew, inspiring poets and musicians, and even the gods themselves for centuries after its first utterance.
ImprobableJoe
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It has been over 100 degrees every day for the last week. Yesterday it hit 104, a record high. Last night it only dropped to 77, which is a record as well.
ImprobableJoe
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HAHAHA!!!WarK said:
Lallapalalable
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Noticed a dove nest on my porch, so I went to clear it and saw there is an egg. Can't in good conscience get rid of it, so now I have to deal with the mess as they add to the structure. Seriously, there were more twigs on the porch floor than the nest was even made of.