Thanks for the info, Monster.

All will be borne in mind over the next day or two, but things seem OK at the moment.

I hope...:eek:

well now that we have that. Think I'll go to bed.

Hey!

Carruthers' plumbing troubles reminds me:

A doctor was getting ready for his day, when he realized the plumbing wasn't working. He called for a plumber, and after a while the fellow shows up, works for about twenty minutes, and presents the doctor with a bill for $400.

The doctor, upon seeing the bill, explodes "Holy shit, I'm a doctor, even I don't make that kind of money!".

The plumber replied "When I was a doctor, I didn't make that kind of money, either.".

Please to explain this for the hard of understanding:)

I think she's implying that the British feel bad for inconveniencing professionals, whereas Americans feel no such guilt--we're paying them, they can damn well show up on a weekend when we need them and be grateful for our money.

bingo ;)

Ahhh! ok that makes sense. I was thinking....do Americans not pay for plumbers?

:P

The Affordable Plumbing Act was shot down.

hahahahahahahaa :)

I swear to God, if the fast food chains start paying those stupid little fucktards $15/hour you will read/watch/hear about the shit that goes down in Gravdigrville.

If your curse on the world works at a fast food joint, when that ignorant stupid little waste of sperm gets off work you better hug that piece of shit tight, tell them how much you love them and that your ever so thankful they don't work in Kentucky.

Or, teach your goddamn sprog some manners, some respect, and how to count beyond three (3).

A less than positive experience at your local branch of McKentuckyfriedarbyburger?

Fixed it.

you could stop going to such places? Or at least stop asking for a BJ at the drive-thru...

Two days on and we still don't know what happened.

Come on, Grav. Spill the beans...




...or the burgers.

He can't... it, it's was just to painful to think about. :haha:

When my order was a burger and a drink shy, I came inside to get it straightened out. When I explained what was wrong (fairly calmly, I might add, although you won't believe it) the little bassturd snatched, snatched, the bag, I assume to correct my order, off the counter, and rolled his eyes at me.

We all have triggers. Now the young fellow working the counter knew one of mine. I hate that shit.

What are ya gonna do? As much as I might like to, ya can't just hand out ass-whoopings willy-nilly. Plus, you run the risk of getting handed one yourself. Ya can't set the place on fire, there's laws and shit. So, the next ten times I want one of that kind of burger...

...I'm going somewhere else. That's my only revenge, take my money elsewhere. It doesn't bother the store, doesn't bother the company, therefore accomplishes nothing. Absolutely nothing. But I feel better knowing they're not getting my money.

What I'd actually like to do is kick the boy's mom & dad in the face with a golf shoe. "Raise yer fucking kids." POW!, right in the kisser. POW!, right in the kisser. POW!, right in the kisser. POW!, right in the kisser. POW!, right in the kisser. POW!, right in the kisser. POW!, right in the kisser.[/FamilyGuy]

he was right. it was really pissing him off that time. and this time....

Images of Farva...

How'd you like me to punchy size your face, for free?!

Banish from your mind thoughts of using razor sharp wit, withering sarcasm or extreme violence. Just threaten to sue 'em.

That'll have McKentuckyfriedarbyburger quaking in its corporate boots.

You know it makes sense.

But not nearly as satisfying as putting the fear of god in them.

I depends on what message you want to send and to whom.

Gravdigr, I think your course of action is exactly right. It's the corporation that screwed up, and taking your trade that would otherwise have gone to that business to the competitors is sending a message in the only language they comprehend. Now, depending on how loudly you want to say it, that's just a matter of degree. If you were interested in trying to improve the situation, you could speak to the management. That stuff does make a difference (to businesses that have a MOD that is trying, they do have to give a shit to make a difference). Businesses like that run on very slim margins. You *do* have an impact.

And speaking of impacts, you're right again about the tree from which this bad apple's fallen. But all of that is just for your own cathartic benefit as all the "raising" (such as it was) was completed years earlier. But while you're at it, give 'em a couple kicks for me, willya?

So now Gravdgr has been promoted from merely god-like to god? When was that vote held? :p:

It was an appointment.

Hey, I know mistakes happen. You fill a thousand orders, some of them will be wrong, in some way. It just happens. This kid I dealt with most recently will undoubtedly become one of those people you dread talking to on a tech/help line. He actually tried to make me feel the mistake was my fault somehow. Would I have really 'knocked him cross-eyed'? Prolly not, but, maybe, if other parameters for such a response were met. Would I have gone to jail? Almost certainly.

But, I would have gone to jail over a hamburger and a cold drink. Not acceptable.

The thing that pisses me off is that this doesn't happen at just one place. It happens at McD's. And Hardee's. And Wendy's. And Sonic. And Dairy Queen. And Burger King. And it's far from infrequent. But that shit does not happen at either of the two bar/restaurants I go to. Go figure.

Also, in regard to what BigV was saying: It's not the corporation's fault. It's the fault of those young "people" (ugh, I hate associating myself with them) who haven't had the proper motivation to treat people (and the opportunity for work) with respect. They just don't give a shit because they've never had to.

I am insignificant to the corporation. I am insignificant to the local location. I am $7 that they can get by perfectly well without.

What are ya gonna do? Suffer, that's what ya gonna do.

Tis the way of the World, unfortunately. It is always someone else's fault.

I think that the last time there was an outbreak of honesty and integrity was after the unfortunate business of George Washington and the cherry tree.

I exaggerate, but not by much.

All these problems will go away when we increase their pay to $11 hr.

(Runs & hides)

Don't hide.

WA and OR are slated to increase the minimum wage tomorrow!

In WA, it will rise to $9.38/hr. As for the $11/hr -- problems go away scenario... Well, the problems will not go away, but the boss, the person for whom the percentage of expenses are spent on labor will have much more incentive to keep the best and discard the rest when his costs increase like that. And in Seattle, it's slated to rise even higher, as most of you know, to $15.00/hr. What boss will tolerate some kid (whose home training was admittedly ... lax, to be kind) to drive away good customers like Gravdigr? Only the stupid ones with more money than brains and those ones will be going out of business anyhow.

It is already a buyer's market for labor like that, and the incentive to hire the best possible team members/candidates/workers/whatever will be stronger than ever. It *will* cost more to run a business. Some things will increase in price, that stuff happens anyhow, across all sectors. But I think service should improve when it costs more to provide that service.

Probably not. Money is a closed system, an increase in pay to them has to come from someone else's pocket. If you increase the cost of the burger to cover it then the cost of living goes up and $11/hr is no longer adequate.

Sarcasm noted.

:)

Men. Men are pissing me off right now. The ones I live with, the ones I interact with professionally, the ones who have no business sending me texts wondering if I want to have sex with them (yes, that guy) ... even my grown sons are irritating me beyond belief. Yet I love men, mostly. But right now, they are PISSING ME OFF.

I really do love men. Just need to encounter some (soon) who can restore my faith and goodwill.

Think about it, all these men, from colleagues you barely know to blood kin, a group who are so diverse they probably couldn't agree on any point, and they are ALL rubbing you the wrong way?

Are you sure you don't really want a woman with a deep voice and whiskers, who is more likely to this as you do? :haha:

I withdrew $200 from a MAC machine on Friday.... but the money never came out. It made lots of loading and sorting noises, printed the receipt twice.... and then went into 'temporarily out of service' mode.

No identifying numbers or phone # to call for problems... Fortunately, it's a PNC machine at my nearby Wawa. I called my bank to dispute it this morning. They will investigate.... but it may take 10 days for me to get my money back.

pain in the ass

Ten DAYS! For money they took away and never gave you! Could be a nightmare situation for a lot of people.

ATM errors take a monumental amount of time to resolve on this side of the Atlantic as well. The financial pages of the weekend press often relate the slow and confusing path to resolution.
On the other hand, I used a local ATM a while back and had to wait for the chap in front of me to complete his transaction. He retrieved his card, the cash appeared and he took the advice slip.
What he didn't do was take the money. I had to call him back. I'm not the quickest of thinkers, but I worked out that it was probably best to call him back rather than take the money to him.*
I didn't know how much was there and didn't want to leave myself open to accusations of theft. He could have withdrawn £50 but only £40 might have been dispensed.
I often wonder what would have happened if there had been no-one behind him.


* No good deed goes unpunished

A minute or so and then the machine would draw it back in. I've had that happen to me. Then you have to go to the bank and tell them what has happened - I don't think the machine credits it back to your account unless you do that.

If you ever need cash, and can't find one of your ATMs (y'know, one that doesn't charge you an extra fee), go to a Minit Mart (a genuine Minit Mart brand Minit Mart). All Minit Marts have fee-free ATMs.

I think.

I'm told the WAWA stores around here have free ATMs.
I've been incredibly lucky with ATMs and use them almost weekly. The new ones are a little unnerving as you feed in a check to deposit without typing in the amount. The machine reads the check, even checks that look like they were written by a doctor and folded up in my wallet for a week. Then it tells you what it read and asks for confirmation. If you disagree it pouts, spits the check out, and dismisses you like a 3rd grade teacher. :eyebrow:

The Wawas DO have free ATM. Unless you're with TD bank. because TD bank charges you if you use a non TD bank machine. Fuckery.

These fees are worse than Pawn shops, I tells ya!

Yep, that's pretty much how it works.

The VA. Pull tab to open.. tear here, easy open. resealable.

the bank is not your friend, unless you're a shareholder. get thee to a credit union.

Here's the black female Grav in a McDonalds near me..... (NSFW)

Video: Woman's curse-laden tirade at Ypsilanti McDonald's goes viral

This from the comments at the foot of the article:

:)

But she's just a bitch, the cops would tell her to calm down and escort her out to the parking lot. If she refused or directed her tirade at them, cuff her and sit in the back of the cruiser for awhile. A disorderly conduct citation and if she was still not contrite, maybe spend the night in jail.

If Grav did that he'd be a criminal, a terrorist. They'd at least pepper spray or Taser him before a night in jail. And if he looked cross-eyed at them, they'd get some time and a half doing the paperwork for shooting him.

He's wise to the ways of his world, and smart to walk away. Besides, he can come back when they're not looking, piss on the front steps, and run.*



*Not in this weather. http://cellar.org/2014/frozen.gif

I saw that vid earlier this past week and knew, just knew it would bite me in the ass. She prolly went to jail for disturbing the peace, at the least.

In all actuality, I was rather quiet in my order rage. I doubt anyone more than four feet away knew anything about my 'tirade'.

Don't get thrown in jail for a hamburger, I always say.

Also: I don't think we have an Ypsilanti here in KY. That might be the Ypsilanti in, uh, where was that, now...Oh, yeah it's in MICHIGAN!

It didn't bite you in the ass. :headshake Your story rings a bell with everyone, we've all been there, and hopefully acted as wisely as you did.

It cost me $430 for a new glass door on the pizza shop. :blush:

I dried one of my brand new SmartWool socks.

Huh. My wife throws her Smartwool sock in the drier all the time and they are fine. Were yours the really thick hiking kind or the daily wear thinner kind?

They were the thick kind. You can dry them but they lose a lot of their soft fluffiness and shrink a bit. So now I have one super soft and fluffy one and one that is not so super soft and fluffy and about an inch shorter..

I don't know why for sure, but I just lol'd at the image of this big old fluffy sock next to a sad little went-through-the-dryer sock.

You're sick. It's not funny at all.

Every time you laugh at a shrunken sock Jesus kicks a puppy.

I'm sorry. I really should think of the socks. I shouldn't be such a sock extremist.

You're not the extremist, talk to the sick son of a bitch who wantonly threw that sock in the dryer.

Hey, yeah, you're right. I'm just reporting as I see it. I'm like the sock media. But sure, now I'm going to get blamed because a whole bunch of copycats are going to start throwing one of a pair of smartwool socks into the dryer. Like I created some sort of frenzy. Like I create the terror. hmmmph

now he's footfootfo on one leg

balls.

for fuck's sake, run the *other* one through the dryer too, and make them match. until then, I see you walking in circles.

Haggis!


Sent by thought transference

Silly foot3, just hit the undo button on your dryer.

or take up felching felting. You never know, that could be your true vocation...