What's mildly irritating you today? - Page 42

glatt · 09-08-2008, 01:21 PM

I kinda cringed just reading it.

HungLikeJesus · 09-08-2008, 01:35 PM

Looks like it worked.

Flint · 09-08-2008, 02:13 PM

I can't believe I just got in an almost YELLING MATCH over four AA batteries.

These batteries control the keypad on the data center where my servers sit. Right outside the door are the hardware guys. Right inside the door are the operations guys, none of whom are here today.

I had to get a "hardware guy" to open the door with his key, so I could get to my servers. I determined that the keypad needed four AA bateries, so I asked the hardware guy if they had any AAs.

Flint: Do y'all have four double A batteries?
Hardware Guy: That's not my responsibility.
Flint: Well, how am I going to get to my servers today?
Hardware Guy: That's Operation's responsibility.
Flint: Nobody from Operations is here today.
Hardware Guy: That's not my problem.
Flint: [first name], you and I both know that I need in and out of that room about ten times a day.
Hardware Guy: It's not my responsibility whether you can get in there.
Flint: Well, if you want to get up and unlock the door with your key for me every time, we can do it that way...
Hardware Guy: IT'S NOT MY PROBLEM WHETHER YOU CAN GET IN THERE OR NOT.
Flint: DO I HAVE TO PUT IN A TICKET TO GET FOUR BATTERIES?
Hardware Guy: YOU'RE NOT GONNA TELL ME THAT I HAVE TO LET YOU IN THAT ROOM, THAT'S NOT MY PROBLEM WHETHER YOU CAN GET IN THERE OR NOT. THAT'S OPERATION'S PROBLEM.
Flint: WELL, GEE, LET ME ASK THE OPERATIONS GUY. [looking around] OH, THEY'RE NOT HERE TODAY.

At this point, he has actually gone to the supply cabinet and gotten the batteries, and is putting them in the door; he just wanted to let me know that it wasn't "his problem" and that he didn't "have to" do it.

Asshole.

Trilby · 09-08-2008, 02:18 PM

Union guy?

Flint · 09-08-2008, 02:21 PM

He used to work for the hospital, but our desktop support was outsourced to Dell. So, he sits at the same desk, but now he works for Dell.

Apparently that means he can't get up off his ass and get four batteries out of the supply closet without throwing a goddamn hissy fit.

lookout123 · 09-08-2008, 02:21 PM

tell him it's because of that attitude right there that he exists in the first place.

Dickhead: ?

Flint: You're dad kept bitching that birth control wasn't his problem and some poor prostitute had to deal with the results.

elSicomoro · 09-08-2008, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lookout123

Dude. you're a dude. don't ever even think about my condom again, let alone touch it. that's like a major breach of etiket.

UG is teh ghey.

Babs · 09-08-2008, 10:52 PM

I went to bed at midnight knowing I had to wake up at 4am because I was enjoying great conversation with my boyfriend of a year... Then at 2:37 I woke up to the sound of the kitchen ceiling leaking. Drip, drip, drip... The water hitting the "in case it happens again" pot on the ground was so loud and it pissed me off. Plus, why is it that nothing seems to ever wake guys up? I woke up at 4 yesterday morning, worked 12 hours, then had plenty of wine with my friend, and was still lucid enough to be disturbed by dripping water while my boyfriend, who woke up at 11:30am slept right through it.

HungLikeJesus · 09-08-2008, 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Babs

I went to bed at midnight knowing I had to wake up at 4am because I was enjoying great conversation with my boyfriend of a year... Then at 2:37 I woke up to the sound of the kitchen ceiling leaking. Drip, drip, drip... The water hitting the "in case it happens again" pot on the ground was so loud and it pissed me off. Plus, why is it that nothing seems to ever wake guys up? I woke up at 4 yesterday morning, worked 12 hours, then had plenty of wine with my friend, and was still lucid enough to be disturbed by dripping water while my boyfriend, who woke up at 11:30am slept right through it.

We have evolved.

Babs · 09-08-2008, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

We have evolved.

So now many women get schooled, have careers, care for a family, cook, clean, AND have to listen for things that go bump in the night?

"I blame the feminist movement." That's something I say jokingly to my friends about why there are so few real men left. What's next, us holding the door open for you?

monster · 09-08-2008, 11:09 PM

I always hold the door open for blokes -I love seeing that "castrated" look on their faces as they realize they must accept graciously rather than insisting on holding it open for me

HungLikeJesus · 09-08-2008, 11:15 PM

I think the worrying about things that go bump in the night is going to kill you faster than the things that go bump in the night.

And the things that you mentioned? All self-imposed, all self-imposed, all self-imposed.

Sundae · 09-09-2008, 06:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

I always hold the door open for blokes -I love seeing that "castrated" look on their faces as they realize they must accept graciously rather than insisting on holding it open for me

America is spoiling you! I hold the door open for whoever is behind me - I haven't yet seen a man who reacts to the fact that I'm a woman! Although occasionally a polite man will step back from a door to let me through first - I always blush as I say thank-you, it somehow feels a very personal thing to do!

monster · 09-09-2008, 07:40 AM

yeah, sadly there may have been an element of artistic licence in there

(very few people do say thank you either, these days... I must have reached the next generation

)

Am mildly irritated by the driver who overtook us on our bikes as we overtook a parked car this morning without even slowing down and then beeped us -in a dead end residential neighborhood at 7am. asshole.

HungLikeJesus · 09-09-2008, 10:30 AM

When a woman holds the door open for me, I always say "thank you," and give her a little pat on the head.

09-08-2008, 01:35 PM	#617
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09-08-2008, 02:13 PM	#618
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I can't believe I just got in an almost YELLING MATCH over four AA batteries. These batteries control the keypad on the data center where my servers sit. Right outside the door are the hardware guys. Right inside the door are the operations guys, none of whom are here today. I had to get a "hardware guy" to open the door with his key, so I could get to my servers. I determined that the keypad needed four AA bateries, so I asked the hardware guy if they had any AAs. Flint: Do y'all have four double A batteries? Hardware Guy: That's not my responsibility. Flint: Well, how am I going to get to my servers today? Hardware Guy: That's Operation's responsibility. Flint: Nobody from Operations is here today. Hardware Guy: That's not my problem. Flint: [first name], you and I both know that I need in and out of that room about ten times a day. Hardware Guy: It's not my responsibility whether you can get in there. Flint: Well, if you want to get up and unlock the door with your key for me every time, we can do it that way... Hardware Guy: IT'S NOT MY PROBLEM WHETHER YOU CAN GET IN THERE OR NOT. Flint: DO I HAVE TO PUT IN A TICKET TO GET FOUR BATTERIES? Hardware Guy: YOU'RE NOT GONNA TELL ME THAT I HAVE TO LET YOU IN THAT ROOM, THAT'S NOT MY PROBLEM WHETHER YOU CAN GET IN THERE OR NOT. THAT'S OPERATION'S PROBLEM. Flint: WELL, GEE, LET ME ASK THE OPERATIONS GUY. [looking around] OH, THEY'RE NOT HERE TODAY. At this point, he has actually gone to the supply cabinet and gotten the batteries, and is putting them in the door; he just wanted to let me know that it wasn't "his problem" and that he didn't "have to" do it. Asshole. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-08-2008, 02:18 PM	#619
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Union guy? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

09-08-2008, 02:21 PM	#620
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	He used to work for the hospital, but our desktop support was outsourced to Dell. So, he sits at the same desk, but now he works for Dell. Apparently that means he can't get up off his ass and get four batteries out of the supply closet without throwing a goddamn hissy fit. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-08-2008, 02:21 PM	#621
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	tell him it's because of that attitude right there that he exists in the first place. Dickhead: ? Flint: You're dad kept bitching that birth control wasn't his problem and some poor prostitute had to deal with the results. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

09-08-2008, 01:21 PM	#616
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I kinda cringed just reading it.

09-08-2008, 10:52 PM	#623
Babs looking for Howard Roark Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE Posts: 7	I went to bed at midnight knowing I had to wake up at 4am because I was enjoying great conversation with my boyfriend of a year... Then at 2:37 I woke up to the sound of the kitchen ceiling leaking. Drip, drip, drip... The water hitting the "in case it happens again" pot on the ground was so loud and it pissed me off. Plus, why is it that nothing seems to ever wake guys up? I woke up at 4 yesterday morning, worked 12 hours, then had plenty of wine with my friend, and was still lucid enough to be disturbed by dripping water while my boyfriend, who woke up at 11:30am slept right through it.

09-08-2008, 11:09 PM	#626
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I always hold the door open for blokes -I love seeing that "castrated" look on their faces as they realize they must accept graciously rather than insisting on holding it open for me __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-08-2008, 11:15 PM	#627
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I think the worrying about things that go bump in the night is going to kill you faster than the things that go bump in the night. And the things that you mentioned? All self-imposed, all self-imposed, all self-imposed. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

09-09-2008, 07:40 AM	#629
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	yeah, sadly there may have been an element of artistic licence in there (very few people do say thank you either, these days... I must have reached the next generation ) Am mildly irritated by the driver who overtook us on our bikes as we overtook a parked car this morning without even slowing down and then beeped us -in a dead end residential neighborhood at 7am. asshole. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-09-2008, 10:30 AM	#630
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	When a woman holds the door open for me, I always say "thank you," and give her a little pat on the head. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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