What's mildly irritating you today?

[infinite monkey]

"Please consider the environment before printing this email."

Bite me. Because really, all I want to do is sit around printing emails for no good reason ALL DAY LONG.

What a stupid line (almost as stupid as professionals who have a cutesy saying that attaches to every email they send out. I like signature lines here in the Cellar. In work, it's unnecessary and annoying...especially when they are posting to a listserv that repeats every line of every entry in every reply.)

"Please, consider my sanity when attaching your stupid not-clever saying or puerile platitude when replying to my question."

edit: I forgot to mention the cutesy sayings are always in a cutesy font and in a cutesy color. What are we, 9?

[glatt]

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

"Please consider the environment before printing this email."

That's super annoying. They probably have no idea.

[Sundae]

Still waiting for my book.
Bloody Americans.

Well, okay, the company in CT (the state, not a code) said they despatched on 18 August *
So it's not their fault.
But someone, somewhere needs a slap upside the head.

WHERE IS MY BOOK?!

* They were so nice to me when I enquired about where the fuck my book was, that I bought another one from them.
Well, that and they were by far the cheapest option.

But by the time they arrive I will have chewed my nails down to the bone.
I am not good at postal delays.
(although I was great at waiting and used to get very good tips - and you have to seriously earn them in this country).

I think they might be being shipped not posted. Hence the long delivery time and low delivery price.
And hence me feeling like a disappointed child since 18 August.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

"Please consider the environment before printing this email."

I always thought that was a security thing since the first time I got one of those emails it was from a friend who works at a place that has a lot of proprietary information.
So I thought "Consider the environment" meant something along the lines of "Don't just print this out and leave it where anybody can see it."

And I thought "If it's really that sensitive should you even be emailing it in the first place?"

And as for considering the environment maybe they should have thought about that before inventing computers, one of the biggest environmental disasters the world has ever seen.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Sundae

Still waiting for my book.
Bloody Americans.

Well, okay, the company in CT (the state, not a code) said they despatched on 18 August *
So it's not their fault.
But someone, somewhere needs a slap upside the head.

WHERE IS MY BOOK?!

* They were so nice to me when I enquired about where the fuck my book was, that I bought another one from them.
Well, that and they were by far the cheapest option.

But by the time they arrive I will have chewed my nails down to the bone.
I am not good at postal delays.
(although I was great at waiting and used to get very good tips - and you have to seriously earn them in this country).

I think they might be being shipped not posted. Hence the long delivery time and low delivery price.
And hence me feeling like a disappointed child since 18 August.

What company in CT?

[DanaC]

Hoity Toity Starfuck Latte Schmatte Grande Mocha Choca with a twist of Breve for the Brave.

Awesome.

[Pico and ME]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

simple solution is to make a 100yard radius of the front door smoke free. That way the time they spend walking to and from the safe zone will make door opening that less frequent.

That's a great solution, but I don't think my husband will support it. He's not into the friction that would come of it. At least cold weather is coming - that might limit them somewhat.

Its a shame I'm hoping for cold weather.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Pico and ME

That's a great solution, but I don't think my husband will support it. He's not into the friction that would come of it. At least cold weather is coming - that might limit them somewhat.

Its a shame I'm hoping for cold weather.

He needs the No More Mr. Nice Guy book as well as Griff's FIL.

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

"Please consider the environment before printing this email."

I've seen that before. Would you believe, it's because there are older managers out there who are so byzantine and incapable of adapting to progress that they actually print every single email they receive? I used to work with people like that. There was one manager who would receive your email, print it, then walk over to your office with it in hand to discuss what you had told him, and keep referring back to his printed copy like a cheat-sheet. You could say, "Listen, could you just reply to my email with all this?" and he would ignore you.

[monster]

Hockey politics.

[zippyt]

Aww F That with a Crooked Stick !!!!!!!!

[footfootfoot]

Goddamn Lousy Rain.

[Sundae]

it's at least 30 minutes before I feed Diz. He has been walking all over the desk, the keyboard and me, purring his head off since I logged on this afternoon.

I think he is hungry (he's on a diet) but it's still driving me batshit crazy. To the point I am not even going to finish my catch-up, I'm having to log off.

Oh and as I typed the last sentence, the little sod jumped down and walked away!!???!!!

[Perry Winkle]

Originally Posted by Sundae

Oh and as I typed the last sentence, the little sod jumped down and walked away!!???!!!

His job was done. He got you to admit defeat.

[footfootfoot]

The right click on my mouse has stopped working.