What Grinds Your Gears? :)

[BubblyShell22]

My grandmother got in a car accident. Luckily, she's okay and just shaken up but we were scared to death for a time today not knowing what had happened and whether she was in the hospital or not. Then Mom got us Burger King and got Dad a milkshake. She told him to sit up to drink it, but he didn't and ended up spilling it in the bed! So we had to get him out of bed and into the chair so Mom could take off the sheet. What a day!

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by Vegita-San

a certain group on another forum got mad at people talking about a movie calmly, started firing insults, and complained when we had enough and started firing back. and more than one person this time. then they whined and the thread got closed :/. yet no one cared when the first round of 'supportive' insults started being flung.

I hope the mods don't selectively edit it so folks can see for the record who let things get out of hand. i have a feeling most of them agree with the people who complained though...

2/10
Obvious troll is obvious.

[Cure]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

2/10
Obvious troll is obvious.

Yo, for real. This guy is tiresome. All he does is complain about people arguing here and "other forums" as if he's so above it, but he can't let it go. It's like it's all he thinks about.

[BubblyShell22]

I already advised him to leave said forums if they were that bad, but he must love the attention.

Dad woke us up at ten-thirty last night because he messed up the remote and had the TV volume up loud. We repaired the remote, but then he turned up the volume again at four in the morning. Needless to say, we are tired and not happy with him right now.

[Vegita-San]

at this point it feels like a witch hunt. i'm digging my heels in and refusing to bow down to the same 15 or so people. but, i still feel the need to vent about it in a place where the usual suspects won't attack ;o)

[plastroncafe]

Co-workers who insult your work ethic, right before asking for a favor.
They're a special kind of jackhole.

[BubblyShell22]

Originally Posted by Vegita-San

at this point it feels like a witch hunt. i'm digging my heels in and refusing to bow down to the same 15 or so people. but, i still feel the need to vent about it in a place where the usual suspects won't attack ;o)

I get why you wouldn't want to bow down to them, but if it is stressing you out and affecting you emotionally, maybe leaving would be the best course.

[Vegita-San]

LOLOLOL


20 years. First forum ban.

god I hate the SJW movement. it's amazing how ten members could cause such a fuss. What makes it worse is they'll be celebrating now and think that behavior will get them ahead in the world

witch hunt 1 - common sense 0

[BubblyShell22]

Well, maybe it's for the best because those people were making your life hell.

And I agree about the SJW movement. It gets very frustrating and annoying at times.

[Vegita-San]

it wasn't so much hell as it was a major grinding annoyance.

I HATE it when i loose even a complete strangers vote of confidence. it tends to naw at me.

having 10 people hate me for no reason other than i disagreed with them in what I Said? and having them go on the personal attack for months without refusing to stop?

that naws at me even more. so much for signing up for a backup account to say goodbye to the good members. even on a different computer they've got it blocked.


I guess getting angry enough to tel a mod they are only doing their job when II happen to do something they don't like was the final straw for them. sigh. oh well, their loss.

Their reasons for banning me? 'Terms of service violation'. talk about lazy. guess that's what you get for sticking up for yourself.

[IndigoErth]

Not really directed at you, Vegita-San, more the internet as a whole, but...

I think I'm as tired of whines about "SJWs" as I am about "fake news." Both seem to have gotten to the point that it's just a scapegoat term that is losing any real meaning.

[Vegita-San]

No worries

Fake news I can KIND of see. After seeing the feigbuster debacle, things where spun so badly to support that movie, that I can see where the term fake news came from. but, I agree it is getting a bit over used.

As for SJW's, I think these people exist. and those that just do it to cause trouble, and not believing in any cause, no matter how they may go about defending it, are a huge part of the problem online these days.

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

I think I'm as tired of whines about "SJWs" as I am about "fake news." Both seem to have gotten to the point that it's just a scapegoat term that is losing any real meaning.

The only thing that ever meant to begin with was:
Wah, I'm being a jerk and someone is calling me on it!

And usually those people are the first to wave the First Amendment flag, so long as people aren't treating them the way they treat others. That's when the tables turn and they start complaining about how persecuted they are.

[ProactiveMan]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

Co-workers who insult your work ethic, right before asking for a favor.
They're a special kind of jackhole.

Straight up insult, or did they use that really clever and not at all transparent method of framing it as a joke? I love that one because it's so mature and constructive. Puke.

[Vegita-San]

Originally Posted by ProactiveMan

Straight up insult, or did they use that really clever and not at all transparent method of framing it as a joke? I love that one because it's so mature and constructive. Puke.

I've run into those types before. they insult you, and then phrase it in a way that would appear to be joking, or 'positive' in nature so that it won't upset the more sensitive types who think you're bashing someone.

At least it's easy to use snark to throw their nonsense back at them.

if you're going to insult someone, at least straight out do it. don't try to play both sides of the road.

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by ProactiveMan

Straight up insult, or did they use that really clever and not at all transparent method of framing it as a joke? I love that one because it's so mature and constructive. Puke.

Oh you know it was totally the latter.
He's an older white guy, so I assume he thinks what he's doing is charming.

And he totally ignores the assumed social culture of working in a confined space with other people. Like, if you are on the phone he'll comment about the conversation you were having once you're off the phone.

And it's like, I know we're all working in the same office. I'm well aware of the fact that everybody listens to each other's conversations, but the polite thing to do is pretend like you haven't heard it unless that person engages you in a conversation.

I was on the phone making a doctor's appointment at my desk, and when I hung up without any invitation whatsoever he complimented me on my choice of physician. Because he had heard good things about that particular doctor.

Or my least favorite, one heel stand behind me Uninvited, and make commentary on what's on my monitor.

[ProactiveMan]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

And it's like, I know we're all working in the same office. I'm well aware of the fact that everybody listens to each other's conversations, but the polite thing to do is pretend like you haven't heard it unless that person engages you in a conversation.

That's exactly right.

I have sort of the opposite problem with the dude who sits in the desk next to mine. He'll hang up his phone and then trundle his chair over to my desk and ask me if I think he sounded rude or disinterested in his telephone conversation. I don't know man?! I have better things to do than monitor your telephony skills.

He does it all the time and he never gets the message. It's an open plan office too, so he's always paranoid that someone may have overheard something he's said and that he'll get in trouble for it. I try to tell him, if your that worried about stuff that you say, maybe think a little harder before you say it. Meanwhile, do I look like Jiminy Cricket? I've got deadlines to make.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Gear grind for today. Woke up to bad stomach pain and diarreah, Not how I wanted to start my day. Had to call in to work due to having to run to the bathroom four times in under an hour. Then when I tried to call in it was 20 minutes before anyone would answer. And I was told to call back again when the morning manager came in, and when I did so, they told me to get a doctors note before I go back. Had to call a neighbor for a ride to the local urgent care clinic, so now I'm sitting in the waiting room at the clinic for a dang note because my GI tract decided to act up on me. Yay.....

[Candy Kappa]

Oh that sucks. Moments like that it'd be worth it having that manager's phone number and text them a picture before flushing the toilet with the theft "want this at work?"

I think I ate some bad fish last night, so I had a similar bathroom frequency experience whole yesterday. But I was lucky enough that it stopped when I showed up at work this morning.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Well the bad news is its probably a stomach virus. Apparently there is one going around. The good news is I am getting a mini vacay out of this, which I sorely need tbh. Go back to work on Sunday. Also found out my suspicions of losing some weight from all the long shifts without breaks are confirmed. They weighed me in at 89 lbs. I normally weigh 95-96. Lost more than I thought.....