You know, that sort of attitude is why our economy is so fucked, and why corporations get away with murder.
A company took people's money in exchange for a promise of service, and subsequently failed to provide the service those people paid for. Why wouldn't we be pissed? Corporate America is sticking it to us again, and people are making fucking excuses for it!
Idiots advocating against their own best interest just sticks in my craw, I guess.
Well, I paid them damn good money for a service they failed to deliver.
So yea, I am, and regardless of your attempts to marginalize the fact, I have every right to be.
Welcome to capitalism, bitch.
These guys are working their asses off well over a normal work week full of hours to try and fulfill a larger than predicted volume of demand doing physical work and THIS is your attitude?
They got paid, right? Probably overtime, too.
Meanwhile, I had to do my unfulfilling job for regular pay. Where's my pity party? Oh, that's right, I'm not a narcissistic little bitch who can't do his job and blames everyone else for his own failings, so I guess I don't get one. Bumtown.
Don't you get that it's not about gifts?
You obviously don't, or else I wouldn't have to keep repeating "capitalism" as if I were talking to some sort of idiot savant.
I don't know how in hell you got that "insightful" moderation. Oh - the title of your post? "Fucking WAAAA" That's how I see you and the million or more Americans crying about your late deliveries.
We paid for a service, and the company we paid failed to provide said service. The Rules of Capitalism dictate that we have every right to bitch about it.
Over the course of my own driving career, I seldom made a late delivery. But, when I did, there was a good reason for it. Reason number one, "I'm out of hours on my log book." Reason number two, "It's unsafe to drive in this weather."
Yea, see, this is why I prefer to ship via USPS - they aren't huge pussies.
If some cry baby at the other end cried to damned hard after being given one of those two reasons, then he could expect that he wouldn't get his goodies for an extra day or six. I can always stop off at home to take care of personal business.
Nice work ethic you've got there, really drives home that point that you're a selfish asshole nobody should listen to.
Yup; original date on the tracking page was Dec. 7, which changed to Dec. 14, which changed to Dec. 17, which changed to Dec. 23, which is now sitting at Jan. 4.
Which is why I roll my eyes every time I see one of those "dur, shoulda shipped it sooner" posts.
It happens - One of the packages I had sent last year had OUT FOR DELIVERY on the tracking page at least 3 different days before it actually showed up at my house.
Tracking logs are not always accurate. Especially with FedEx... More than once I've had them mark a package Delivered several days before it actually showed up on my doorstep.
That must be why I find it... less than comforting... that our government wants to replace USPS with these stooges.
As others have said above, UPS and Fedex were both stating close to a week before Christmas that they couldn't guarantee shipment times. If you were given such a guarantee even after that point it was because the retailers were lying to you.
That's assuming the order I'm complaining about was placed close to a week before Christmas.
It wasn't, unless we're going by the abstract concept of "close to," in that December 4th is closer to Christmas than June 17th.
That being said, having the deliveries that you paid for timely delivery of arrive a little late falls in the First World Problems category.
Yea, still true, but that doesn't mean people shouldn't bitch - they paid for a specific service and the corporation failed to hold up their end of the bargain. UPS deserves to get hit hard for this, because they only do one thing, and they somehow failed to do that right.
'While others take vacation and time off in December, remember we aren't allowed ever to be off in December. Ever,' said a 20-year veteran UPS driver on the UPS Facebook page. 'So when you see your family and complain that your package is held up, everyone who moves your package is working and doesn't get the Xmas experience you get, Be thankful for that.'"
Hey, fuck you, buddy. They told you that shit about not taking time off during the busiest shipping season of the year when you took the job 20 fucking years ago, and probably reminded you every year since, so don't try to play the fucking victim here. Plus, "Dur, I had to work" is a really, really piss-poor excuse for failing to meet your work obligations, now isn't it?
I don't really get to take a lot of time off, period, but you don't see me using that as an excuse to suck at my job.
Side note: My wife ordered me a new watch on Dec. 4, shipped via UPS.
The current arrival date is sometime after Jan. 4.
I think you might be mistaking humourously poking fun for a grudge.
Yea, whatever you've got to tell yourself, bud.
It works well with America because you're sensitive about it.
Not really.
Definitely not as sensitive as Brits are when we 'Muricans point out that if not for us saving your asses in WW-duece, y'all'd be speaking German right now.
No, we're ok with it, thanks for asking though. The American Revolutionary War doesn't really feature in our social consciousness as it does yours, we're not taught about it at school (or much about the British Empire as a whole).
... And yet your pop culture personalities just can't seem to stop referring to both America and Australia as "the colonies."
So, you personally, might be over it, but culturally speaking still seem to be holding a grudge.
Been there, done that, took it out back and put 'er down for the good of the pack.
I did manage to find a version of PuppyStudio with the RT kernel that actually works (as opposed to the 100 or so PuppyStudio ISO files that are, in fact, completely unusable shit); looks promising, but to be honest haven't really had much chance to mess with it.
The Macbook I have just does audio production so damn good right out of the box (and it's only on Leopard!), I'm hard pressed to go back to my old method - spending so much time configuring Windows and Linux boxes I never get the chance to actually record anything.
Nothing like knowing half the facts to back a half a thought.
Hey, you know what? That was childish and uncalled for. I'm going to be the bigger person here and ignore it.
It's easy to blame the American voter, but not so easy to zoom out and look at the bigger picture. Let us gander at what has changed in the last 30 years, and how has that impacted our ability to discuss and debate issues?
1. Media Monopolization - 30 years ago, it was possible to see alternative views. Milton Friedman was on numerous TV shows, and it gained those media outlets ratings and money. Today, you will hear no such alternative views on economics on TV shows. You get Miley and other nonsense, so can't think about a different way of doing things unless you are intelligent enough to go out looking. The majority of the population does not have that ambition or level of intelligence.
2. Take over of all parties - 30 years ago, where was some differences between Democrats and Republicans. We had a 3rd party that nearly won a presidential election even though he was being blackmailed by Republicans. A whopping 1 person went to jail over the blackmail, and very few people heard anything about this happening. See item 1.
3. Militarization of Police - 30 years ago, we could March on DC and be heard. Today, you are jailed on the bus *IF*, and only *IF* you are lucky enough to hear about a political rally due to item 1. Protesters are tried by the media (also see item 1) long before a court, and the only thing people hear about in regards to a protestor is what the media want's them to hear (again see item 1).
4. Our education system has been corrupted. Why don't you know? See item 1. What can you do about it? Petition and teach people to think critically. You won't, most likely. Due to item 1 again, many self proclaimed intellects can't recognize a fallacy that's punching them in the nose.
Can't say I disagree, save for the needless playground insults there at the end.
In short, there is a lot of things we need to change. Blaming the people who are lied to and have no alternative reality to investigate and contemplate are not fully to blame. You start knocking on doors, talking and teaching and see the result. I do this every day, and it's slow going. More and more we need to teach and be vocal because item 1 is such a huge advantage to the bad guys.
Or don't, simply hide and pretend there is nothing going on. You can't win a game you refuse to play, but you sure as hell can lose it.
I don't blame them for "being lied to," I blame them for not only being stupid enough to believe such blatant bullshit, but to also insist, often with the threat of violence, that ALL Americans acquiesce to those aforementioned people's specific ideologies.
No, I don't cut a lot of slack. Know why? Because I've been hearing all the same lies as everyone else, but I'm smart enough to know that, when I think I'm being bullshitted, I should do some research and verify what I'm being told. Because I'm not one of those low-information, preach-to-the-choir, narcissistic asshole voters.
An asshole, sure, but an honest, informed, and straightforward one.
For everyone except the professionals there really is no need for a tower anymore. I see more and more people using laptops instead of desktop peecee's. It's a niche market nowadays.
Well sure, but in my experience most of the people who want the tower want it for the expandability factor.
Otherwise, why bother paying a premium for what is essentially a laptop, except you can't take it anywhere?
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Woah.... Who shit your Cheerios? Chill out man.
You know, that sort of attitude is why our economy is so fucked, and why corporations get away with murder.
A company took people's money in exchange for a promise of service, and subsequently failed to provide the service those people paid for. Why wouldn't we be pissed? Corporate America is sticking it to us again, and people are making fucking excuses for it!
Idiots advocating against their own best interest just sticks in my craw, I guess.
Wow aren't you the entitled little prick?
Well, I paid them damn good money for a service they failed to deliver.
So yea, I am, and regardless of your attempts to marginalize the fact, I have every right to be.
Welcome to capitalism, bitch.
These guys are working their asses off well over a normal work week full of hours to try and fulfill a larger than predicted volume of demand doing physical work and THIS is your attitude?
They got paid, right? Probably overtime, too.
Meanwhile, I had to do my unfulfilling job for regular pay. Where's my pity party? Oh, that's right, I'm not a narcissistic little bitch who can't do his job and blames everyone else for his own failings, so I guess I don't get one. Bumtown.
Don't you get that it's not about gifts?
You obviously don't, or else I wouldn't have to keep repeating "capitalism" as if I were talking to some sort of idiot savant.
I don't know how in hell you got that "insightful" moderation. Oh - the title of your post? "Fucking WAAAA" That's how I see you and the million or more Americans crying about your late deliveries.
We paid for a service, and the company we paid failed to provide said service. The Rules of Capitalism dictate that we have every right to bitch about it.
Over the course of my own driving career, I seldom made a late delivery. But, when I did, there was a good reason for it. Reason number one, "I'm out of hours on my log book." Reason number two, "It's unsafe to drive in this weather."
Yea, see, this is why I prefer to ship via USPS - they aren't huge pussies.
If some cry baby at the other end cried to damned hard after being given one of those two reasons, then he could expect that he wouldn't get his goodies for an extra day or six. I can always stop off at home to take care of personal business.
Nice work ethic you've got there, really drives home that point that you're a selfish asshole nobody should listen to.
So if you wanted it earlier you should have paid for expedited shipping.
Didn't bother to RTFS, did you? Even those who did pay for expedited shipping got screwed. Says so right there, at the top of this page.
Yup; original date on the tracking page was Dec. 7, which changed to Dec. 14, which changed to Dec. 17, which changed to Dec. 23, which is now sitting at Jan. 4.
Which is why I roll my eyes every time I see one of those "dur, shoulda shipped it sooner" posts.
It happens - One of the packages I had sent last year had OUT FOR DELIVERY on the tracking page at least 3 different days before it actually showed up at my house.
Tracking logs are not always accurate. Especially with FedEx... More than once I've had them mark a package Delivered several days before it actually showed up on my doorstep.
That must be why I find it... less than comforting... that our government wants to replace USPS with these stooges.
As others have said above, UPS and Fedex were both stating close to a week before Christmas that they couldn't guarantee shipment times. If you were given such a guarantee even after that point it was because the retailers were lying to you.
That's assuming the order I'm complaining about was placed close to a week before Christmas.
It wasn't, unless we're going by the abstract concept of "close to," in that December 4th is closer to Christmas than June 17th.
Side note: My wife ordered me a new watch on Dec. 4, shipped via UPS.
The current arrival date is sometime after Jan. 4.
Something tells me this has something to do with the fulfillment and not the shipper. You don't want to/can't wait for a package? Go to the store.
It was shipped Dec. 6.
Yes, I actually understand how to use a tracking number.
Seems to be getting you a bit worked up :)
Then your ability to infer emotion through text is lacking, at best.
That being said, having the deliveries that you paid for timely delivery of arrive a little late falls in the First World Problems category.
Yea, still true, but that doesn't mean people shouldn't bitch - they paid for a specific service and the corporation failed to hold up their end of the bargain. UPS deserves to get hit hard for this, because they only do one thing, and they somehow failed to do that right.
Capitalism accepts no excuses.
'While others take vacation and time off in December, remember we aren't allowed ever to be off in December. Ever,' said a 20-year veteran UPS driver on the UPS Facebook page. 'So when you see your family and complain that your package is held up, everyone who moves your package is working and doesn't get the Xmas experience you get, Be thankful for that.'"
Hey, fuck you, buddy. They told you that shit about not taking time off during the busiest shipping season of the year when you took the job 20 fucking years ago, and probably reminded you every year since, so don't try to play the fucking victim here. Plus, "Dur, I had to work" is a really, really piss-poor excuse for failing to meet your work obligations, now isn't it?
I don't really get to take a lot of time off, period, but you don't see me using that as an excuse to suck at my job.
Side note: My wife ordered me a new watch on Dec. 4, shipped via UPS.
The current arrival date is sometime after Jan. 4.
I think you might be mistaking humourously poking fun for a grudge.
Yea, whatever you've got to tell yourself, bud.
It works well with America because you're sensitive about it.
Not really.
Definitely not as sensitive as Brits are when we 'Muricans point out that if not for us saving your asses in WW-duece, y'all'd be speaking German right now.
If you're going to open with a needless insult, I'm going to assume that you're an idiot and not worth responding to.
That is all.
Really? I've had the opposite problem.
FWIW, I've got a Dell 1545 that lacks the 10-key, you may want to look into their product line.
No, we're ok with it, thanks for asking though. The American Revolutionary War doesn't really feature in our social consciousness as it does yours, we're not taught about it at school (or much about the British Empire as a whole).
... And yet your pop culture personalities just can't seem to stop referring to both America and Australia as "the colonies."
So, you personally, might be over it, but culturally speaking still seem to be holding a grudge.
Hard to find a laptop with that kind of punch.
The base model, quad-core Mac Pro starts at $3,000.
If you can't "find a laptop with that kind of punch" for 3 grand or less, you're not looking very hard.
Click the first link, screenshots halfway down the page.
We're not talking about cell phones, now take your Nokia brick back to 2001 where you both belong.
Been there, done that, took it out back and put 'er down for the good of the pack.
I did manage to find a version of PuppyStudio with the RT kernel that actually works (as opposed to the 100 or so PuppyStudio ISO files that are, in fact, completely unusable shit); looks promising, but to be honest haven't really had much chance to mess with it.
The Macbook I have just does audio production so damn good right out of the box (and it's only on Leopard!), I'm hard pressed to go back to my old method - spending so much time configuring Windows and Linux boxes I never get the chance to actually record anything.
So, you really think a netbook is inherently more useful than, say, a 16" Alienware powerhouse?
That is a bad comparison because it misses the point of WHEN smaller is better
Well, I blame you for not being more specific when you said "... in just about any area of computing, IS more useful."
I think mine is a good comparison, since, "in just about any area of computing," the Alienware beats the pants off a netbook.
So, Apple's typical customer cares more about aesthetic than usefulness?
Smaller in just about any area of computing, IS more useful.
I can only guess you're saying this because, as one of the venerated resident Apple fanboys, you feel compelled to 'represent.'
C'mon, dude. Really.
Nothing you've said in the rest of your post really relates to your claim that "smaller is more useful."
So, you really think a netbook is inherently more useful than, say, a 16" Alienware powerhouse? After all, smaller is more useful, right?
Nothing like knowing half the facts to back a half a thought.
Hey, you know what? That was childish and uncalled for. I'm going to be the bigger person here and ignore it.
It's easy to blame the American voter, but not so easy to zoom out and look at the bigger picture. Let us gander at what has changed in the last 30 years, and how has that impacted our ability to discuss and debate issues?
1. Media Monopolization - 30 years ago, it was possible to see alternative views. Milton Friedman was on numerous TV shows, and it gained those media outlets ratings and money. Today, you will hear no such alternative views on economics on TV shows. You get Miley and other nonsense, so can't think about a different way of doing things unless you are intelligent enough to go out looking. The majority of the population does not have that ambition or level of intelligence.
2. Take over of all parties - 30 years ago, where was some differences between Democrats and Republicans. We had a 3rd party that nearly won a presidential election even though he was being blackmailed by Republicans. A whopping 1 person went to jail over the blackmail, and very few people heard anything about this happening. See item 1.
3. Militarization of Police - 30 years ago, we could March on DC and be heard. Today, you are jailed on the bus *IF*, and only *IF* you are lucky enough to hear about a political rally due to item 1. Protesters are tried by the media (also see item 1) long before a court, and the only thing people hear about in regards to a protestor is what the media want's them to hear (again see item 1).
4. Our education system has been corrupted. Why don't you know? See item 1. What can you do about it? Petition and teach people to think critically. You won't, most likely. Due to item 1 again, many self proclaimed intellects can't recognize a fallacy that's punching them in the nose.
Can't say I disagree, save for the needless playground insults there at the end.
In short, there is a lot of things we need to change. Blaming the people who are lied to and have no alternative reality to investigate and contemplate are not fully to blame. You start knocking on doors, talking and teaching and see the result. I do this every day, and it's slow going. More and more we need to teach and be vocal because item 1 is such a huge advantage to the bad guys.
Or don't, simply hide and pretend there is nothing going on. You can't win a game you refuse to play, but you sure as hell can lose it.
I don't blame them for "being lied to," I blame them for not only being stupid enough to believe such blatant bullshit, but to also insist, often with the threat of violence, that ALL Americans acquiesce to those aforementioned people's specific ideologies.
No, I don't cut a lot of slack. Know why? Because I've been hearing all the same lies as everyone else, but I'm smart enough to know that, when I think I'm being bullshitted, I should do some research and verify what I'm being told. Because I'm not one of those low-information, preach-to-the-choir, narcissistic asshole voters.
An asshole, sure, but an honest, informed, and straightforward one.
Statist authoritarians. The biggest threat to an all-powerful government is a citizenry that has no need for it.
So... murderers and rapists, but ones who strongly believe their harmful actions are backed by the state's monopoly on violence?
I'm gonna throw ignorant fools in there, too, for good measure.
For everyone except the professionals there really is no need for a tower anymore. I see more and more people using laptops instead of desktop peecee's. It's a niche market nowadays.
Well sure, but in my experience most of the people who want the tower want it for the expandability factor.
Otherwise, why bother paying a premium for what is essentially a laptop, except you can't take it anywhere?