Stupid Excuses

Shawnee123 · 04-26-2010, 12:02 PM

We hear them all the time. One of my favorites, when the student doesn't want to do the stuff that's required of them before they borrow large amounts of money:

"It won't let me!" (not IT as in Internet Tech)

They mean the computer won't LET them use their PIN, or it won't LET them fill out the form.

Yeah, the software is set up to determine ahead of time if it likes you or not, and it won't LET you do anything if it doesn't like you.

It wouldn't be garbage in/garbage out or anything. Or, a more honest thing to say would be "I DON'T WANNA DO IT. I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT. DO IT FOR ME." They will certainly be rousing successes in class, because hardly any classes call for computer work or problem-solving skills. In fact, I think if you talk to the professor they'll do your work FOR you, if your computer won't LET you.

What are your favorite excuses you've heard?

Spexxvet · 04-26-2010, 01:36 PM

I'd like to read your post, but the sun is in my eyes, my shoe is untied, and I stepped on a cow.

spudcon · 04-26-2010, 08:22 PM

I've gotta clip my fingernails next week

Cicero · 04-26-2010, 08:48 PM

I have just decided that I am too skinny to do my homework. How's that for a bad excuse?

squirell nutkin · 04-26-2010, 08:53 PM

I think I posted this already, but it bears repeating:

Cow orker called (late) to say she wouldn't be able to come to work because...

her boyfriend fucked her too hard the night before and she was having trouble walking.

That was her excuse for not coming to work.

TheMercenary · 04-26-2010, 09:35 PM

"What is the maximum range of an excuse?"

"Zero Meters Sir!"

Sundae · 04-27-2010, 07:41 AM

Even in the short time I've been working as a TA I've managed to translate "Mrs O-, I don't under-stand!" to mean, "Can you come and give me enough hints that you are effectively doing the work for me?"
The class I'm in is full of wonderful, intelligent children.
But such is the human condition that they will always try it on with a newbie.

I'm wise to them.
Except when it comes to cutless-making.
And I enjoyed that too much to say no.

ZenGum · 04-27-2010, 08:50 AM

Merc, I like that one!

Shawnee, are you sure you don't work at a Uni in Adelaide? Same old same old everywhere, I guess.

Tulip · 04-28-2010, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

Cow orker called (late) to say she wouldn't be able to come to work because...

At first, I thought Squirell did a typo. But as it turns out, I think he typed it on purpose. Why do you call your co-workers cow orkers?

xoxoxoBruce · 04-28-2010, 02:21 AM

Cellar tradition.

squirell nutkin · 04-28-2010, 02:32 AM

I think it started out as one of those typos that speaks to an underlying truth

DanaC · 04-28-2010, 03:52 AM

Wasn't it Shaw who started that?

xoxoxoBruce · 04-28-2010, 07:58 AM

Wolf, I think?

monster · 04-28-2010, 08:18 AM

It's all over the interwebs this site tries to blame Dilbert

DanaC · 04-28-2010, 08:24 AM

Yeah, but only for popularising it.

04-26-2010, 12:02 PM	#1
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Stupid Excuses We hear them all the time. One of my favorites, when the student doesn't want to do the stuff that's required of them before they borrow large amounts of money: "It won't let me!" (not IT as in Internet Tech) They mean the computer won't LET them use their PIN, or it won't LET them fill out the form. Yeah, the software is set up to determine ahead of time if it likes you or not, and it won't LET you do anything if it doesn't like you. It wouldn't be garbage in/garbage out or anything. Or, a more honest thing to say would be "I DON'T WANNA DO IT. I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT. DO IT FOR ME." They will certainly be rousing successes in class, because hardly any classes call for computer work or problem-solving skills. In fact, I think if you talk to the professor they'll do your work FOR you, if your computer won't LET you. What are your favorite excuses you've heard? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby Last edited by Shawnee123; 04-26-2010 at 01:52 PM.

04-26-2010, 01:36 PM	#2
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	I'd like to read your post, but the sun is in my eyes, my shoe is untied, and I stepped on a cow. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

04-26-2010, 08:22 PM	#3
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	I've gotta clip my fingernails next week __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

04-26-2010, 08:48 PM	#4
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	I have just decided that I am too skinny to do my homework. How's that for a bad excuse? __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

04-26-2010, 08:53 PM	#5
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	I think I posted this already, but it bears repeating: Cow orker called (late) to say she wouldn't be able to come to work because... her boyfriend fucked her too hard the night before and she was having trouble walking. That was her excuse for not coming to work. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

04-26-2010, 09:35 PM	#6
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	"What is the maximum range of an excuse?" "Zero Meters Sir!"

04-27-2010, 07:41 AM	#7
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Even in the short time I've been working as a TA I've managed to translate "Mrs O-, I don't under-stand!" to mean, "Can you come and give me enough hints that you are effectively doing the work for me?" The class I'm in is full of wonderful, intelligent children. But such is the human condition that they will always try it on with a newbie. I'm wise to them. Except when it comes to cutless-making. And I enjoyed that too much to say no.

04-27-2010, 08:50 AM	#8
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Merc, I like that one! Shawnee, are you sure you don't work at a Uni in Adelaide? Same old same old everywhere, I guess. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

04-28-2010, 02:21 AM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Cellar tradition. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-28-2010, 02:32 AM	#11
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	I think it started out as one of those typos that speaks to an underlying truth __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

04-28-2010, 07:58 AM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Wolf, I think? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-28-2010, 08:18 AM	#14
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	It's all over the interwebs this site tries to blame Dilbert __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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