What Grinds Your Gears? :) - Page 59

*Whatswiththeheadbands?* · 12-29-2013, 02:59 PM

When I'm washing up, i feel in the bottom of the bowl to see if I've missed anything. I then pour the water out and i find there is a random knife in the bottom, after i couldn't feel anything.

What.The.Heck.

Dawnatello Turtle Chick · 12-29-2013, 03:11 PM

Waiting for a package that has been in a warehouse in Ft Worth for 4 days when I could drive there in an hour or so and just pick it up... But instead I just have to wait until they finally get around to it.

Also, when a moronic employee at a store tells me something I know is incorrect and won't listen but also won't leave me alone. My favorite was I needed this tiny little part (some RC adapter) to hook up my old Atari 2600 (my son lost the other one) and we went to our Radio Shack (which is a joke it's also part mattress store and part pawn shop) and the owner told me he didn't have the part and hadn't had anything like that for at least 5 or 10 years now. I looked down 1 aisle and found it, then said "Oh, here's the part I need" and brought it to the front. The guy actually told me that it wasn't the part I needed and it won't work. I told him it was exactly what I needed and pulled out my wallet to pay for it- he then says "Well I shouldn't even sell that to you, since it's not what you need" I said "I'll just buy this. This is exactly the part I need!" ..... And guess what- it was! Freaking idiot! Needless to say I avoid going there like the plague.

*Whatswiththeheadbands?* · 12-29-2013, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Dawnatello Turtle Chick

Waiting for a package that has been in a warehouse in Ft Worth for 4 days when I could drive there in an hour or so and just pick it up... But instead I just have to wait until they finally get around to it.

Also, when a moronic employee at a store tells me something I know is incorrect and won't listen but also won't leave me alone. My favorite was I needed this tiny little part (some RC adapter) to hook up my old Atari 2600 (my son lost the other one) and we went to our Radio Shack (which is a joke it's also part mattress store and part pawn shop) and the owner told me he didn't have the part and hadn't had anything like that for at least 5 or 10 years now. I looked down 1 aisle and found it, then said "Oh, here's the part I need" and brought it to the front. The guy actually told me that it wasn't the part I needed and it won't work. I told him it was exactly what I needed and pulled out my wallet to pay for it- he then says "Well I shouldn't even sell that to you, since it's not what you need" I said "I'll just buy this. This is exactly the part I need!" ..... And guess what- it was! Freaking idiot! Needless to say I avoid going there like the plague.

Yeah, that guy is stupid. It's good it was the part you needed to use.

Dawnatello Turtle Chick · 12-29-2013, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whatswiththeheadbands?

When I'm washing up, i feel in the bottom of the bowl to see if I've missed anything. I then pour the water out and i find there is a random knife in the bottom, after i couldn't feel anything.

What.The.Heck.

Thanks!

And that also happens to me about every time. Like there's ninja silverware in there or something!

*BubblyShell22* · 12-29-2013, 04:58 PM

I hear you about the missing silverware, Headbands. I've had that happen to me, too.

Dawn, that guy was an idiot and should be fired. Sometimes people make me sick with how incompetent they are.

Really bad sinus headache is grinding my gears right now. Had a reprieve yesterday, and now it's back to the horrible pain. Ugh.

Dawnatello Turtle Chick · 12-29-2013, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

Dawn, that guy was an idiot and should be fired. Sometimes people make me sick with how incompetent they are.

Really bad sinus headache is grinding my gears right now. Had a reprieve yesterday, and now it's back to the horrible pain. Ugh.

Agreed! Unfortunately he's the owner.... no luck there.

I hear you on the sinus headaches... Seems like everything is torture when you've got one.

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 12-29-2013, 10:55 PM

Ugh, you guys should try having one when you have to work drive-through in a fast-food joint. The beeping from the headset and constant street and engine noise over the speaker is a real killer!

*BubblyShell22* · 12-30-2013, 07:53 AM

Oh, man, that would probably kill me, Duckie. Poor you.

*blindturtle02* · 12-31-2013, 03:12 PM

Computer viruses and spyware grind my gears. I was on wookieepedia yesterday only to have my antivirus software say that something called behavioral something or other had been detected. It was instantly taken care of, of course. I've scanned my entire computer at least 20 times sense then just to be sure nothing was compromised since I'm a bit of a worrier at times regarding that kind of thing. But really? Can't people find anything else to do rather than being chaotic? What's the deal with creating those types of things anyway? They're eventually going to get caught and suffer the consequences. Just a matter of time, really. Why throw away one's reputation and career opertunities over silly computer hacking and virus/spyware manufacturing? Get rich quick schemes via underhanded methods usually end in disaster, from what I've seen in the news etc. Seriously, how stupid can ya be? lol

*BubblyShell22* · 12-31-2013, 03:42 PM

Yep I hear you there, BT. That stuff is ridiculous but at least your anti-virus software caught it in time.

Snow is grinding my gears right now. Really hate winter.

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 01-04-2014, 01:17 AM

Agreed on both counts. But down here, it's never "snow", it's usually ice- in INCHES of it. And then it sits there for several days and people slide all over the roads for days until it melts because in the South, no one has the gear/machinery to deal with it, and it screws with EVERYTHING. Seriously. We don't get snow days, we get ICE days.

As for viruses, I just had one with some adware a couple of days ago, and had to do a clean-up/restart and even as system restore to a previous point THREE times to get rid of it completely. Such a pain in the butt.

*BubblyShell22* · 01-04-2014, 08:19 AM

Snow's grinding my gears again. We have a Winter Storm Warning through tomorrow and will be getting snow into Monday as well. So tired of this stuff.

Dawnatello Turtle Chick · 01-04-2014, 08:32 AM

Not setting my alarm for the next morning... Aarrrgh! Now I'm letting my husband drive us to my flea market booth and pretending I don't see him speeding. It'll be OK though. I just hate waiting to eat breakfast!

*Powder* · 01-04-2014, 04:12 PM

Getting a sinus infection after having just had one a month or so ago.

*Ninjinister* · 01-04-2014, 09:05 PM

Here's one that I've come across a lot, lately.

There are certain events in which I do not have the slightest bit of control of the outcome, that I immensely am worried about how they will commence. However, the response I get when I tell someone, is always some variation of "Don't worry about it if you can't control it." It's the very reason that I can't control it that worries me! I'm gonna get reamed no matter what... it's just a matter of how hard that bothers me.

Dawnatello Turtle Chick · 01-04-2014, 09:46 PM

I got this one again today... Always at the flea market!

The older guy that "knows it all" (and yet didn't stake down his canopy and I had to help him chase it down the road

) I look through his booth and dig around- after I had to dig out a bag, hidden under a box, in another box, pushed under a table (i.e. none of these items were visible, probably not going to sell) and look inside I find some vintage 1980's Star Wars toys and ask how much for the whole bag (there were like 4 figs in there, nothing really valuable, but I wanted one personally- the rest I've got a friend who collects) and he starts to tell me that they are vintage blah, blah and how they are worth big money (not as much as you're thinking buddy!)

I say I know what they are actually worth. He goes, oh, then I'd do $40 for the bag. Geeze! I put the bag back... Nutter! I did get 3 vintage TMNT figs from him for $10, my Usagi Yojimbo didn't have all his pieces of armor and this one did, so that swayed my decision, lol, plus they somehow smelled of bubble gum....??

If you're going to "Know it all", maybe you should actually know what you're talking about. Or update your pricing knowledge once every 5 to 10 years, lol.

*zkarlette* · 01-05-2014, 01:30 AM

When your doctor decides to move to a different city and you are forced to start all over again with the guy he left in his place.

Mr. J · 01-05-2014, 06:27 AM

Whenever I go on a music video on YouTube and I see a stupid message about Justin Bieber. I'm not a fan of him at all, I very much dislike his music, but, I would like to be able to listen to King Diamond or something without being reminded of his existence.

Don't they realize that they are promoting him just by mentioning him on every video?

*BubblyShell22* · 01-05-2014, 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ninjinister

Here's one that I've come across a lot, lately.

There are certain events in which I do not have the slightest bit of control of the outcome, that I immensely am worried about how they will commence. However, the response I get when I tell someone, is always some variation of "Don't worry about it if you can't control it." It's the very reason that I can't control it that worries me! I'm gonna get reamed no matter what... it's just a matter of how hard that bothers me.

But if you worry about something that's out of your control, it's just going to be worse for you. The best thing you can do is just let the chips fall where they may. Yeah, it sucks, but that's the best thing you can do. I know how you feel though, Ninji. I've felt that way myself at times.

Dirty Blond · 01-05-2014, 11:14 PM

When people tell me how to do my job. I don't think anyone appreciates that.

12-29-2013, 02:59 PM	#1161
Whatswiththeheadbands? The Weed of Crime Join Date: May 2013 Location: The Shadow's Sanctum Posts: 3,007	When I'm washing up, i feel in the bottom of the bowl to see if I've missed anything. I then pour the water out and i find there is a random knife in the bottom, after i couldn't feel anything. What.The.Heck. __________________ Who knows what Evil lurks in the hearts of Men? The Shadow knows...

12-29-2013, 03:11 PM	#1162
Dawnatello Turtle Chick Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Mineral Wells, TX Posts: 1,178	Waiting for a package that has been in a warehouse in Ft Worth for 4 days when I could drive there in an hour or so and just pick it up... But instead I just have to wait until they finally get around to it. Also, when a moronic employee at a store tells me something I know is incorrect and won't listen but also won't leave me alone. My favorite was I needed this tiny little part (some RC adapter) to hook up my old Atari 2600 (my son lost the other one) and we went to our Radio Shack (which is a joke it's also part mattress store and part pawn shop) and the owner told me he didn't have the part and hadn't had anything like that for at least 5 or 10 years now. I looked down 1 aisle and found it, then said "Oh, here's the part I need" and brought it to the front. The guy actually told me that it wasn't the part I needed and it won't work. I told him it was exactly what I needed and pulled out my wallet to pay for it- he then says "Well I shouldn't even sell that to you, since it's not what you need" I said "I'll just buy this. This is exactly the part I need!" ..... And guess what- it was! Freaking idiot! Needless to say I avoid going there like the plague. __________________ These are here-->[IMG][/IMG]<---and here.

12-29-2013, 04:58 PM	#1165
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	I hear you about the missing silverware, Headbands. I've had that happen to me, too. Dawn, that guy was an idiot and should be fired. Sometimes people make me sick with how incompetent they are. Really bad sinus headache is grinding my gears right now. Had a reprieve yesterday, and now it's back to the horrible pain. Ugh. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a**holiness."-Mr. Anderson.

12-29-2013, 10:55 PM	#1167
MsMarvelDuckie I Married a Duck! Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: The bowels of Hell, Texas(otherwise known as Decatur) Posts: 8,773	Ugh, you guys should try having one when you have to work drive-through in a fast-food joint. The beeping from the headset and constant street and engine noise over the speaker is a real killer! __________________ "You IDIOTS! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -from "Spaceballs" "Where Science ends, magic begins." -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491 My various stories and fan-fics are now here- https://m.fanfiction.net/u/4770494/#end

12-30-2013, 07:53 AM	#1168
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	Oh, man, that would probably kill me, Duckie. Poor you. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a**holiness."-Mr. Anderson.

12-31-2013, 03:12 PM	#1169
blindturtle02 Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Tx Posts: 2,627	Computer viruses and spyware grind my gears. I was on wookieepedia yesterday only to have my antivirus software say that something called behavioral something or other had been detected. It was instantly taken care of, of course. I've scanned my entire computer at least 20 times sense then just to be sure nothing was compromised since I'm a bit of a worrier at times regarding that kind of thing. But really? Can't people find anything else to do rather than being chaotic? What's the deal with creating those types of things anyway? They're eventually going to get caught and suffer the consequences. Just a matter of time, really. Why throw away one's reputation and career opertunities over silly computer hacking and virus/spyware manufacturing? Get rich quick schemes via underhanded methods usually end in disaster, from what I've seen in the news etc. Seriously, how stupid can ya be? lol __________________ Please don't remove my nice hat and wack me in the butt with it.

12-31-2013, 03:42 PM	#1170
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	Yep I hear you there, BT. That stuff is ridiculous but at least your anti-virus software caught it in time. Snow is grinding my gears right now. Really hate winter. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a**holiness."-Mr. Anderson.

01-04-2014, 01:17 AM	#1171
MsMarvelDuckie I Married a Duck! Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: The bowels of Hell, Texas(otherwise known as Decatur) Posts: 8,773	Agreed on both counts. But down here, it's never "snow", it's usually ice- in INCHES of it. And then it sits there for several days and people slide all over the roads for days until it melts because in the South, no one has the gear/machinery to deal with it, and it screws with EVERYTHING. Seriously. We don't get snow days, we get ICE days. As for viruses, I just had one with some adware a couple of days ago, and had to do a clean-up/restart and even as system restore to a previous point THREE times to get rid of it completely. Such a pain in the butt. __________________ "You IDIOTS! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -from "Spaceballs" "Where Science ends, magic begins." -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491 My various stories and fan-fics are now here- https://m.fanfiction.net/u/4770494/#end

01-04-2014, 08:19 AM	#1172
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	Snow's grinding my gears again. We have a Winter Storm Warning through tomorrow and will be getting snow into Monday as well. So tired of this stuff. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a**holiness."-Mr. Anderson.

01-04-2014, 08:32 AM	#1173
Dawnatello Turtle Chick Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Mineral Wells, TX Posts: 1,178	Not setting my alarm for the next morning... Aarrrgh! Now I'm letting my husband drive us to my flea market booth and pretending I don't see him speeding. It'll be OK though. I just hate waiting to eat breakfast! __________________ These are here-->[IMG][/IMG]<---and here.

01-04-2014, 04:12 PM	#1174
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,956	Getting a sinus infection after having just had one a month or so ago.

01-04-2014, 09:05 PM	#1175
Ninjinister 無問題 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Moesko Island, WA Posts: 14,348	Here's one that I've come across a lot, lately. There are certain events in which I do not have the slightest bit of control of the outcome, that I immensely am worried about how they will commence. However, the response I get when I tell someone, is always some variation of "Don't worry about it if you can't control it." It's the very reason that I can't control it that worries me! I'm gonna get reamed no matter what... it's just a matter of how hard that bothers me. __________________

01-04-2014, 09:46 PM	#1176
Dawnatello Turtle Chick Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Mineral Wells, TX Posts: 1,178	I got this one again today... Always at the flea market! The older guy that "knows it all" (and yet didn't stake down his canopy and I had to help him chase it down the road ) I look through his booth and dig around- after I had to dig out a bag, hidden under a box, in another box, pushed under a table (i.e. none of these items were visible, probably not going to sell) and look inside I find some vintage 1980's Star Wars toys and ask how much for the whole bag (there were like 4 figs in there, nothing really valuable, but I wanted one personally- the rest I've got a friend who collects) and he starts to tell me that they are vintage blah, blah and how they are worth big money (not as much as you're thinking buddy!) I say I know what they are actually worth. He goes, oh, then I'd do $40 for the bag. Geeze! I put the bag back... Nutter! I did get 3 vintage TMNT figs from him for $10, my Usagi Yojimbo didn't have all his pieces of armor and this one did, so that swayed my decision, lol, plus they somehow smelled of bubble gum....?? If you're going to "Know it all", maybe you should actually know what you're talking about. Or update your pricing knowledge once every 5 to 10 years, lol. __________________ These are here-->[IMG][/IMG]<---and here.

01-05-2014, 01:30 AM	#1177
zkarlette Fashionably late Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: CA Posts: 4,146	When your doctor decides to move to a different city and you are forced to start all over again with the guy he left in his place. __________________ "If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time" E.W

01-05-2014, 06:27 AM	#1178
Mr. J Thug Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 69	Whenever I go on a music video on YouTube and I see a stupid message about Justin Bieber. I'm not a fan of him at all, I very much dislike his music, but, I would like to be able to listen to King Diamond or something without being reminded of his existence. Don't they realize that they are promoting him just by mentioning him on every video? __________________

01-05-2014, 11:14 PM	#1180
Dirty Blond Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 827	When people tell me how to do my job. I don't think anyone appreciates that.