Things that frustrate us all
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Agreed.The change to summer time, an hour less sleep.
But ironically there are still not enough hours in the day.....
The change to summer time, an hour less sleep.
Especially since one of the arguments for DST (that it's supposedly easier on farmers) is obsolete anyway. And probably never meant anything in the first place.
This asshat at work who can't take any criticism at ALL, even though accepting leader feedback papers is part of his job description. 99% of my day is sending papers to people (you gave this a 4; the company pre-scored this a 5 because.....etc). They say, "OK, got it" or "Really? Let me look at it again" or some such. I have to do this about 20-30 times a shift, spot check scores, answer questions and document things to pull (cheating), and also fill out a report on everyone.
This dickwad scores something that should have been pulled. I remind him that these types of papers need to be pulled. "No, I disagree. You don't know what you're talking about. Get some one who actually has some authority ."
So I do. My supervisor hates his guts, too. She tells me I was right and to use her name when I tell him. She then writes him up for wasting supervisor time. I love this woman.
is that the end of it? Oh no. He mis-scored one pre-scored paper ( which means nothing-- it is a drop in the ocean of our total papers) and, as is my job, I have to send it back to him with the reasons why it is what the company scored it. "Well, I don't agree."
No shit, Sherlock . I had gathered that already by you scoring it wrong. He wants to argue. Me: "I don't have time for this. It's that score because of X,Y, and Z. I don't have time to argue. The company gave it that score so we need to learn to see it as that score."
He sends another chat. "These are the reasons I am right...blah blah blah. I need you to understand this and know that I'm not changing the way I score."
I don't respond because I don't have time and I don 't want to give this dick any more attention.
My only reward was seeing his performance stats drop. He always had top-tier stats but since he wouldn't listen and do what he was told, he dropped into the "average" range.
Suck on that, you arrogant prick.
It's a good thing I work online. If people saw my facial expressions, I'd have been fired long ago.
This dickwad scores something that should have been pulled. I remind him that these types of papers need to be pulled. "No, I disagree. You don't know what you're talking about. Get some one who actually has some authority ."
So I do. My supervisor hates his guts, too. She tells me I was right and to use her name when I tell him. She then writes him up for wasting supervisor time. I love this woman.
is that the end of it? Oh no. He mis-scored one pre-scored paper ( which means nothing-- it is a drop in the ocean of our total papers) and, as is my job, I have to send it back to him with the reasons why it is what the company scored it. "Well, I don't agree."
No shit, Sherlock . I had gathered that already by you scoring it wrong. He wants to argue. Me: "I don't have time for this. It's that score because of X,Y, and Z. I don't have time to argue. The company gave it that score so we need to learn to see it as that score."
He sends another chat. "These are the reasons I am right...blah blah blah. I need you to understand this and know that I'm not changing the way I score."
I don't respond because I don't have time and I don 't want to give this dick any more attention.
My only reward was seeing his performance stats drop. He always had top-tier stats but since he wouldn't listen and do what he was told, he dropped into the "average" range.
Suck on that, you arrogant prick.
It's a good thing I work online. If people saw my facial expressions, I'd have been fired long ago.
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argh! It's a lovely sunny day, I had planned to go home early and to sleep off my DST lag (we switched last weekend) but instead I have to work overtime. There's a test run for the international river pollution alert system and since I am the only one at my office who speaks decent English I have to stand by in case our specialists need an interpretor.
I mean, what if there's a real emergency one day and I'm on a vacation or in hospital or at the dentist? How difficult can it be to understand the words "in W-town in X-country the substance Y got into the river Z. We shall take the following countermeasures: a, b, c. Be warned that we might not completely succeed and prepare to eliminate the rest when it crosses the border to your country. Please notify your downstream country." ? Every 5th grader could translate that! But our department managers are too lazy to even give it a try themselves.
Ah well *sigh* - I'll use that stand-by time to tidy up my office.
I mean, what if there's a real emergency one day and I'm on a vacation or in hospital or at the dentist? How difficult can it be to understand the words "in W-town in X-country the substance Y got into the river Z. We shall take the following countermeasures: a, b, c. Be warned that we might not completely succeed and prepare to eliminate the rest when it crosses the border to your country. Please notify your downstream country." ? Every 5th grader could translate that! But our department managers are too lazy to even give it a try themselves.
Ah well *sigh* - I'll use that stand-by time to tidy up my office.
THERE ARE NO BAGELS IN GERMANY
Try topping that, you lucky fools.
Try topping that, you lucky fools.
Wireless printer requires usb cable to set up, not included.
Once there was a time that every household had a box FULL of various stereo and TV cables...now I'm finding I have a box FULL of unused USB, network, and HDMI cables.
Okay, now I'm waking up a bunch of times a night with neck and shoulder pains. This wasn't happening before I was offered a bed on the weekends. I did have some issues sleeping on my couch Sunday night but felt better than I did Saturday and Sunday. Last night sucked. Today, my shoulders and neck are hurting worse than usual.
No....bagels....? I can't comprehend such a tragedy. Surely there's a big red button to push for such an emergency.
I live in the back of beyond and cannot constantly afford to travel to Berlin for bagels. But I'll be there in November to see Brad Paisley, the only country music person I actually like, so...win-win!
Latest frustration: Credit cards that still have those raised numbers.
Nobody uses those kaCHUNK-kaCHUNK card readers anymore, so why the hell do cards have this?
German hotels have bagels. At least the ones we stayed in.
Nobody uses those kaCHUNK-kaCHUNK card readers anymore, so why the hell do cards have this?
German hotels have bagels. At least the ones we stayed in.
