There is a guy I work with who is a heroin addict. I am an electrician and have worked with him now for about three years. I like the guy but he really annoys me with his self deluded rambling after his 'dinner'.
Every day wherever we happen to be working he has to go off on his own for half an hour or more for his 'dinner'. Sometimes he returns with a flaky manurfactured story about his struggle to find a sandwich shop or just generally some dull blatantly untrue anecdote that is supposed to distract me from his dilated pupils and gouched out demeanour.
I have joked with him before about his addiction and he pleaded with me never to talk about it as he would lose his job if he was exposed. I just hate the way since then he keeps up this charade that I am one of the people who doesn't know his secret.
I just wish he would be honest and say "I am rattling right now and I need to do some gear. I am just nipping down to the Tesco Express toilets with my tinfoil and lighter".
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
STOP SENDING ME STUPID QUESTIONS VIA MSN EVERY 15 MINUTES AND INTERRUPTING MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT/WORKFLOW ARGH. THE ANSWERS U SEEK ARE RIGHT THERE IN THE NOTES IN FRONT OF YOU IN THE DAMN DATABASE.
*flails*
― Senor DingDong (Trayce), Thursday, 10 February 2011 00:34 (thirteen years ago) link
THE ANSWERS U SEEK
http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs864.snc4/71099_87148029543_3558715_n.jpg
― down in the eustachian tube at midnight (electricsound), Thursday, 10 February 2011 00:35 (thirteen years ago) link
fuck that fucking puppet and all it stands for
― Most women do not like atheism.(8)(9)(10) (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 10 February 2011 00:35 (thirteen years ago) link
it has no legs 4d4m
― down in the eustachian tube at midnight (electricsound), Thursday, 10 February 2011 00:36 (thirteen years ago) link
i could fill this entire thread with stories relating to the thing that fucking puppet represents
anyway
― Most women do not like atheism.(8)(9)(10) (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 10 February 2011 00:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Fuck that puppet and all it socks for
― Senor DingDong (Trayce), Thursday, 10 February 2011 00:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Man we're shitting up a lot of threads today aint we
looooooool
― down in the eustachian tube at midnight (electricsound), Thursday, 10 February 2011 00:41 (thirteen years ago) link
meanwhile the mongrel thread sits dormant
― Most women do not like atheism.(8)(9)(10) (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 10 February 2011 00:45 (thirteen years ago) link
i like it when you guys come out of your ghetto!
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 10 February 2011 02:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Hey I'm out here all the time, not my fault if you dont NOTICE *sulks*
― Senor DingDong (Trayce), Thursday, 10 February 2011 02:57 (thirteen years ago) link
it hurts me when u lie like that. :(
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 10 February 2011 03:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Awwww U know I <3 u man.
― Senor DingDong (Trayce), Thursday, 10 February 2011 03:03 (thirteen years ago) link
This one girl. This ONE girl. Ugh. First of all, she has this whiny voice that cuts through every single thought in my head. Not a thought in her head goes by without her flapping her gums about first. Every time, every single fucking time they upgrade our computers or she buys a new laptop or she buys a new phone, she is constantly saying "My (blah) is doing this! Why is it doing this! I have tried and tried and I can't get it to work" and calling help desks and asking every single person who walks by, asking the same questions over and over because whenever someone gives her the answer, she does nothing. Fuck, when they upgraded her computer to the latest Office suite she paged our IT guy 5 times a day for a week about shit like how come her email inbox looks different, and where did this email go, and how come there's all these symbols all over my Word document, and where did my formatting bar go... and it honestly takes every ounce of patience I have in me just to sit next to her every day.
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 10 February 2011 03:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Hahah oh god, people who need babying like that are the worst.
..that said I've managed to hose the launch icon for Outlook off my computer alltogether and I havrnt had the heart to ask anyone to look at it cause it seems so dumb, so I've been starting outlook from its exe file in Explorer for a week now. Embarrassing.
― Senor DingDong (Trayce), Thursday, 10 February 2011 03:45 (thirteen years ago) link
win+r -> 'outlook'
― Most women do not like atheism.(8)(9)(10) (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 10 February 2011 03:46 (thirteen years ago) link
! fuck! So obvious. Thankyou. *smacks self in forehead*
― Senor DingDong (Trayce), Thursday, 10 February 2011 03:50 (thirteen years ago) link
To bring it back, go to Outlook.exe in your C: and right-click on it to create a shortcut on the desktop
It's probably at C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\Outlook.exe or C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\Outlook.exeor similar
― the most cuddlesome bug that ever was borned (James Morrison), Thursday, 10 February 2011 03:59 (thirteen years ago) link
icons are so 20th century
― Most women do not like atheism.(8)(9)(10) (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 10 February 2011 04:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Well um, I know perfectly well how to create a shortcut.
The problem is, with outlook.exe I cannot do this. Wether it is the way the permissions are set on the network here or somehting I dont know, but it doesnt let me make a shortcut to the desktop, OR a quicklaunch icon.
I can do it with other things. Its weird.
― Senor DingDong (Trayce), Thursday, 10 February 2011 04:18 (thirteen years ago) link
LOL sorry I didnt mean that to sound so snotty =)
― Senor DingDong (Trayce), Thursday, 10 February 2011 04:19 (thirteen years ago) link
is your control panel locked down? you could do a repair or something
― down in the eustachian tube at midnight (electricsound), Thursday, 10 February 2011 04:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Hm, didnt think of that, I'll ave a squiz.
― Senor DingDong (Trayce), Thursday, 10 February 2011 04:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Hm i dont think i better touch this shit.
― Senor DingDong (Trayce), Thursday, 10 February 2011 04:42 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry!
― the most cuddlesome bug that ever was borned (James Morrison), Thursday, 10 February 2011 04:43 (thirteen years ago) link
James; its ok! It was a perfectly valid suggestion! :) I dont know why it doesnt work!
― Senor DingDong (Trayce), Thursday, 10 February 2011 04:47 (thirteen years ago) link
:)
― the most cuddlesome bug that ever was borned (James Morrison), Thursday, 10 February 2011 05:01 (thirteen years ago) link
So a follow-up on super observational bro from yesterday. A little context first, it has been really cold here in Chicago all week with temperatures hovering just above 0 degrees F most of the week, but dipped down to seven below (before including any windchill this morning). Anyway, after this guy got to work he has spent the last 40 minutes walking up to everyone saying "boy, it's cold out!".
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 10 February 2011 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link
that dude is seriously my favorite person in the world right now
partially because he is in Chicago and I am not
― Indolence Mission (DJP), Thursday, 10 February 2011 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
boy its cold out
― OLD MAN YELLS AT SHOUT RAP (chrisv2010), Thursday, 10 February 2011 15:21 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 10 February 2011 15:21 (thirteen years ago) link
"It's nice out.""Yes, I think I'll leave it out."
― Groovy Goulet (pixel farmer), Thursday, 10 February 2011 15:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay, so this morning is a perfectly great example of why I think popcorn girl and her popcorn thing is really, really weird. A few hours ago a consultant dropped off a huge breakfast spread for us - bagels, donuts, coffee cakes, fresh fruit, muffins, etc. Really great stuff and a nice variety - everything from really healthy options to pretty decadent stuff. Anyway, popcorn girl walks back to the break room, stares at the spread for a few minutes, then pops a bag of her stupid microwave popcorn.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 11 February 2011 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link
one of the ladies here (not piss vag) just came in my office chomping as loud as she possibly could on a carrot. Grr.
― OLD MAN YELLS AT SHOUT RAP (chrisv2010), Friday, 11 February 2011 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
okay I had to search through the thread for the genesis of that reference and thank you for the new display name
― CAN YOU GULP ANY LOUDER PISS WOMAN (DJP), Friday, 11 February 2011 16:55 (thirteen years ago) link
OMG SHE IS TALKING IN BABY TALK
― ENBB, Friday, 11 February 2011 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
WHOMEVER JUST LEFT THE OPEN SMOKED SALMON SITTING ON THE FUCKING TABLE IN THE BREAKROOM! SERIOUSLY? Next week you'll complain about the mouse problem again. You'll thank me i threw it out when there is a black bear in the breakroom rather than a couple of mouse turds.
― OLD MAN YELLS AT SHOUT RAP (chrisv2010), Friday, 11 February 2011 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Why's it have to be a "black" bear, Chris?
― HELP ýs DANCE FLORR??? (San Te), Friday, 11 February 2011 21:10 (thirteen years ago) link
what do u have against black bears, San Te
― VegemiteGrrl, Friday, 11 February 2011 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Lol I get an instant message intended for the dude with the extremely similar name to mine. I politely ask if dude meant to contact the other guy and spelled out the name, and he says "oh, right".
Three seconds later he sends me the same cut/pasted instant message again.
― HELP ýs DANCE FLORR??? (San Te), Friday, 11 February 2011 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
IM needs a death ray
― VegemiteGrrl, Friday, 11 February 2011 22:02 (thirteen years ago) link
good afternoon piss vag, can you please remove your shit encrusted fingernails off my desk.
― OLD MAN YELLS AT SHOUT RAP (chrisv2010), Monday, 14 February 2011 19:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Ugh, dear boss: don't message me saying "why did I nto know about this issue, can you come see me and go over it?" when I have BEEN CC'ING YOU ON EVERY MAIL BETWEEN ME, CUSTOMER AND THE TELCO SINCE DECEMBER >:|
If you dont bother reading your email then I cant be bothered chasing it up.
― Senor DingDong (Trayce), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 00:19 (thirteen years ago) link
y'know I miss contributing to this thread but like the last two weeks have been Heaven so alas I can't!
― pon de river, pon deez nuts (San Te), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 00:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, what sort of attitude is that?
― the most cuddlesome bug that ever was borned (James Morrison), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 00:40 (thirteen years ago) link
it's my backhanded way of saying "thank you dear GOD for letting me change departments!"
― pon de river, pon deez nuts (San Te), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 00:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Dear quasi-boss who isn't really my boss: stop trying to show off to our bigwig visitor by referring to the 'waterfront' ahead. The accepted metaphor is 'horizon' and it doesn't need replacing, and watching you doing so makes me cringe. Or say 'outlook'. Or 'future'.
― ljubljana, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 01:01 (thirteen years ago) link
what.
― kkvgz, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 01:21 (thirteen years ago) link
My boss who isn't really my boss repeated the phrase "all very positive signs" more than 5 times in her presentation of last year's numbers. The thing is, if you were to look at the data in a fair and balanced way, there were no positive signs at all. However, to say so would really hurt the feelings of those people in my organization who didn't actually want to do any work, so we had to provide her with numbers that she could spin. God, it's such an empty charade.
― kkvgz, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 01:25 (thirteen years ago) link