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Things that frustrate us all

Discofan said:
I am speaking of recent Cable Boxes, they contain a computer and a hard-drive. They can really tell you remotely a lot about the state of your box and they do. I can even (remotely) read a movie on my computer and have it displayed on the tv. I've discovered that functionality by myself. It's not listed in the owner's manual. Until then I thought that you had to copy the movie from your computer (though the WiFi interface) on the hard drive of the box, but you don't need to do that.

I mean the movie is physically on your computer and yet it's run on the box and can be seen on a tv that's in another room your house. And all is transmitted through WiFi.
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I know that we could look and tell all of the pay movies a person ordered.
They would call and dispute it.
One couple tried to convince me that they hadn't watched like 25 porn movies in one weekend!
It turned out that they Guy's 15 year old son had been over visiting......
 
When your [male] colleague, who's been here barely a year, and he can't do half what you do, and pretty much everything he does you set up for him and fix for him whenever it's not working, is getting approached by other managers in the company with job offers, and you're not. And it's the second time this has happened in like the last couple years, it was a different colleague last time who got the job offer. I mean, I'm really very happy where I am and I'd probably decline becaue I don't want to work under that manager, but he doesn't know that, right? I set up so much for both of these men, and both are so reliant on me, but they're the ones getting approached. I just don't understand sometimes, yes sorry I'm a little bitter.

I mean I'm touched he came to me for advice, it's not his fault really, he's just trying his best I guess. But I do know he complained when I got my new title this year, and I found that hurtful.
 
Avro Arrow said:
(And yes, I know Ontario just recently implemented a door-to-door sales ban, but charities are exempt,
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Man, that is nice. I hate it when anyone comes to my door unsolicited to try to sell me something. If I am interested in your product than I will contact you. Get off my front porch! :mad:
 
Marynator said:
When your [male] colleague, who's been here barely a year, and he can't do half what you do, and pretty much everything he does you set up for him and fix for him whenever it's not working, is getting approached by other managers in the company with job offers, and you're not. And it's the second time this has happened in like the last couple years, it was a different colleague last time who got the job offer. I mean, I'm really very happy where I am and I'd probably decline becaue I don't want to work under that manager, but he doesn't know that, right? I set up so much for both of these men, and both are so reliant on me, but they're the ones getting approached. I just don't understand sometimes, yes sorry I'm a little bitter.

I mean I'm touched he came to me for advice, it's not his fault really, he's just trying his best I guess. But I do know he complained when I got my new title this year, and I found that hurtful.
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It's all about perception and therefore representation. IOW, you should do a better job advertising what you do to the persons concerned.
 
It’s like people say things that think would fit a certain context, but give absolutely no thought to what they’re actually say.

Could care less, Pfft.

Also, should of, when they mean should have. I’m no language purist, but that doesn’t even make sense.
 
People needlessly being assholes.

Example from today:
A guy sneezes. A lady nearby says the harmless old reframe, "God bless you."

No, he could have said "Thanks" or said nothing, but instead he chose this path: "NO.. Thank you."
 
UncleRogi said:
Ran across this yesterday:
People who say "I could care less" when they clearly can't.

:shrug:
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I've heard about that expression though from what I've read about it, it occurs mostly in American English, the more correct term to use would be I couldn't care less. If you could care less then you do care just a little.

Butters said:
It’s like people say things that think would fit a certain context, but give absolutely no thought to what they’re actually say.

Could care less, Pfft.

Also, should of, when they mean should have. I’m no language purist, but that doesn’t even make sense.
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Should've when spoken could sound like Should of.
 
MacLeod said:
Should've when spoken could sound like Should of.
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That’s the point. You could be forgiven for mishearing, but on paper/screen, it’s a nonsense. And my wife is one of the fuckers that does it, and when I pull her on it, she just shrugs like it’s not important
 
Butters said:
That’s the point. You could be forgiven for mishearing, but on paper/screen, it’s a nonsense. And my wife is one of the fuckers that does it, and when I pull her on it, she just shrugs like it’s not important
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:ack:
Yea, because that is like a major game changer in the big picture of life on the planet.
Stick to your guns man!
 
tharpdevenport said:
People needlessly being assholes.

Example from today:
A guy sneezes. A lady nearby says the harmless old reframe, "God bless you."

No, he could have said "Thanks" or said nothing, but instead he chose this path: "NO.. Thank you."
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Shit, I would never respond that way to a perfunctory "God bless you." And I'm an atheist. That's just being a dick.

BTW, it's "refrain."
 
Orbs. They’re frustrating. Not so much orbs, but people that genuinely believe that they’re really a thing, a paranormal thing. Or not so much the people, but those reality TV shows about the people that believe that they are a thing. Well, not so much the tv shows, but that the remote control is missing.
 
Butters said:
Orbs. They’re frustrating. Not so much orbs, but people that genuinely believe that they’re really a thing, a paranormal thing. Or not so much the people, but those reality TV shows about the people that believe that they are a thing. Well, not so much the tv shows, but that the remote control is missing.
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Orbs? Are they anything like auras? Or vibes?
 
Marynator said:
When your [male] colleague, who's been here barely a year, and he can't do half what you do, and pretty much everything he does you set up for him and fix for him whenever it's not working, is getting approached by other managers in the company with job offers, and you're not.
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Ugh, that's the worst. So sorry to hear that. :(

Herbert said:
I hate it when anyone comes to my door unsolicited to try to sell me something. If I am interested in your product than I will contact you. Get off my front porch! :mad:
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If I remember correctly, we were having a huge problem with door-to-door scammers selling unnecessary water systems, locked-in electricity reselling plans, etc. The government had to do something because people were getting scammed out of thousands of dollars.

Butters said:
Orbs. They’re frustrating. Not so much orbs, but people that genuinely believe that they’re really a thing, a paranormal thing. Or not so much the people, but those reality TV shows about the people that believe that they are a thing. Well, not so much the tv shows, but that the remote control is missing.
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... are you sure you weren't watching Deep Space Nine?

Losing the remote while the TV is stuck on Deep Space Nine doesn't sound that bad.
 
tharpdevenport said:
People needlessly being assholes.

Example from today:
A guy sneezes. A lady nearby says the harmless old reframe, "God bless you."

No, he could have said "Thanks" or said nothing, but instead he chose this path: "NO.. Thank you."
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Maybe he was tired of people forcing their religion on others.
 
Discofan said:
Maybe he was tired of people forcing their religion on others.
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I don't feel she's forcing her religion on him, she's just offering well wishes because she feels it's a societal grace to do so. I feel more he's the one pushing his religion, because instead of accepting the kind gesture he goes out of his way to be nasty to her when she was just trying to be kind.

Like I totally don't believe at all in temporal reward of prayer, but when I'm going through something difficult and someone tells me she'll "pray for me", I just say "thank you" because I know she's just trying to to comfort me in a way she knows how, and she means well and is really trying to tell me while she can't actually do anything she's spending emotional energy on me, and I can simply and graciously accept her support. But like if I start lecturing her "oh prayers don't really do anything!" then I'm taking something good and turning it around, and to me I feel like that makes me a bad person.
 
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