Reminds me of a service call I received a few months back. The call requested me to come out and re-fill the LCD because it was showing about half full. I couldn't believe this, so called to find out what was going on. She said that the liquid crystals had drained out. Thinking they're pulling my leg, I went to the site and, sure enough, the LCD was half full. Someone had cracked the screen, then someone else had spilled a soda over it, which then drained into it and made it look half full. I tried not to laugh as I told them what had happened, but I got a little pissed when they started telling me that that could not possibly have been the cause because no beverages are allowed in the control room of a Cath Lab. Never mind the fact that I could see at least a half dozen water bottles, coffee cups and soda cans and bottles in the immediate area.
You really are stupid. I live in AZ. My immediate supervisor is 100% ethnic Mexican (and his grandfather immigrated here). His stance? Fully supports SB1070. It's anti-illegal-immigration.
"Obviously, they're not setting off bombs in crowded cities or crashing planes into skyscrapers. They're just a bunch of stupid kids inconveniencing people. That doesn't change what word the dictionary uses to define such actions, however..."
Yes it does, and that's an absolute epic failure on your part for not understanding that. Perhaps you don't understand the definition of "terror?"
I all I heard was how you (or more accurately, your contemporaries) are such a crappy tradesman that people would willingly take a huge loss on your product from trading it in rather than keep it, and that it takes a while for word to get out that it really was a lousy game.
If your damn games weren't $65 then this wouldn't be an issue.
Never that that problem and I do a lot of business with USPS. I've had two regular stores in Las Vegas and three regular stores in Phoenix that I've used over the past 8 years. (I have family near each, so tend to visit each) They all do brisk business and they always have all counters open when the line gets longer than 10 people or so. I routinely hear them helping customers pick the right shipping option. I know you're thinking that that's upselling, but it isn't. They'll tell you point blank not to get one of the pricier options, explain why some options are better than others, etc. One guy convinced me to start going with Delivery Confirmation instead of Insurance (get insurance as well, but DC is what's actually important) and that's saved me on numerous occasions (Really, customer? Because according to this ### it was delivered on...)
My "official" policy is that I don't ship until payment clears. But the reality is that, for low dollar stuff (the two shipments in question were combined $50) I just don't worry about it and the stuff goes out the door the next time I'm going to the Post anyways. In addition, I'd had a successful transaction in the past with one of these guys and the other had a good reputation. I figured it wouldn't be a problem. No idea why they decided to douche at the same time. Maybe because I had decided to discontinue that product, so they figured they could do whatever they want?
I once royally messed up an order. It was something about the names or addresses, but I don't remember the specifics. Each customer was getting a few books. Amusingly, the books were all from the same author, and there were no duplicates. But I switched who was getting which one. Had them paid for and dropped off at the USPS. I got home and was going through some records and correspondence and I realized what I had done. Back to the USPS, explained what I had done, and they took the time to track down these two packages, let me open them and fix them right there, re-package them, and didn't charge me any extra.
I'm sorry if you guys have bad experiences with USPS, but they've always been great for me.
I really need to go dig out the forms and correspondence for you? Sure buddy. Just for you. The simple fact is that the vast majority of people have good experiences with the USPS because they're good at their job. Most of the "horror" stories are 15 years old and exaggerated in any event. But it's more fun to bitch about them.
A couple months back I sold some items to two separate people who knew each other (common message board). While these items were in route these gentlemen each informed me that they had no intention of paying me and that they were going to duplicate my items. They had a good laugh at duping me. I went to the local USPS branch, filled out one form for each package, and had them each intercepted prior to delivery and promptly returned to me. And for good measure I shared the correspondence on the board in questions, used their real names, sat back and enjoyed the show.
I'm taking a course in Science, Technology and Society. Apollo 13 was shown at movie night a couple of weeks back. The best part is that one of the Grumman engineers (the gentleman who designed the thruster control stick module) was the instructor and we had a nice, long Q&A afterward.
Soooooo... we're going with anecdotes? Ok, I can do that. I have never once had a problem with the USPS, even on things where I clearly screwed it up. I've never seen them sit there and talk and ignore customers. I've never seen any of the nonsense that people routinely complain about and to be honest, I don't believe it. I've had the "privilege" of moving about once every three years or so, so I've had my fair share of regular postal employees to deal with and it's always been great. Contrast this with one problem after another with FedEx and UPS (including having them attempt to pocket cash from a COD) and I flat out refuse to deal with those guys. I only ship about a hundred packages a month (and I like doing it myself rather than having them come pick up my boxes), so clearly I'm doing something wrong.
Oh, and as to your non sequitur about spam mail... WTF are you talking about? So the USPS is responsible for the quantity and quality of mail sent? Really? They tell advertisers to use glossy, non-farmed timber paper? And you're getting all of these mailings *from* the USPS (as in, they're not just delivering it, but they created it. Because that's what your last sentence sounds like you're claiming)
If a reviewer claims that, then you point out that they're using pirated software and go from there. Suggest to them that they remove the slanders comments, publicly apologize, get a legitimate copy and try the review again. If not, start the law suit.
"Put in extraneous information that's just there to distract the people who don't know what they're doing."
I graduated from the US Navy's Nuclear Power program back in '95. We once had an exam question that took up literally half the page. You had the bottom half of that page and the entire next page to work it out. The question contained every bit of information that could possibly be relevant. It also included the answer, though it was in a format you generally wouldn't recognize it in. The whole point was to see if you could separate the wheat from the chaff. You were openly mocked if you got it wrong. They wrote "MOTOKAWG" across the page if you got it right: Master of the obvious, knows answer when given.
So all of you complaining about having to go on site to reboot a server don't telecommute either. You can't have it both ways.
Regarding shoddy equipment, you should probably stop talking before you embarrass yourself further. Seriously. That's the same as asking why IT departments exist.
The simple fact is that all of you in IT think that you're special. You're not.
No, it can't. I service five hospitals, repairing their X-ray equipment. I basically sit around and wait for things to break. I can do that just as easily from my house. When something does break, waiting half an hour for me to show up from my house is not going to have any negative effect. If it's a portable X-ray, they'll simply use another one. If it's a room, they've already re-scheduled patients to other rooms so I can have it for as long as I need. Being in the same city is about the only limitation.
WTF are you doing (or driving) that requires $7800/yr in gas? My daily commute is 20 miles each way. Between that and general around-town driving (groceries, kids to soccer, etc.) I put 10 gallons in per week. At the current $3.50/gal, that's a $1820/yr. Are you on the wrong side of town for where you work?
So I'm being punished because my boss moved me to a new facility twice as far from work as when I first started? How about you go fuck yourself, I'll tax it, and we'll compare.
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Reminds me of a service call I received a few months back. The call requested me to come out and re-fill the LCD because it was showing about half full. I couldn't believe this, so called to find out what was going on. She said that the liquid crystals had drained out. Thinking they're pulling my leg, I went to the site and, sure enough, the LCD was half full. Someone had cracked the screen, then someone else had spilled a soda over it, which then drained into it and made it look half full. I tried not to laugh as I told them what had happened, but I got a little pissed when they started telling me that that could not possibly have been the cause because no beverages are allowed in the control room of a Cath Lab. Never mind the fact that I could see at least a half dozen water bottles, coffee cups and soda cans and bottles in the immediate area.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_oxynitride
I believe that's what they're doing.
Border Patrol? You mean from U.S. Customs and Border Protection? The Federal Agency? Why are you bringing this up in a conversation about a state law?
You really are stupid. I live in AZ. My immediate supervisor is 100% ethnic Mexican (and his grandfather immigrated here). His stance? Fully supports SB1070. It's anti-illegal-immigration.
You should leave the talk to the adults who served. We NEVER called the "Big E" a ship. She was always a boat.
CVN-65 U.S.S. Enterprise (1996-2000)
"Obviously, they're not setting off bombs in crowded cities or crashing planes into skyscrapers. They're just a bunch of stupid kids inconveniencing people. That doesn't change what word the dictionary uses to define such actions, however..."
Yes it does, and that's an absolute epic failure on your part for not understanding that. Perhaps you don't understand the definition of "terror?"
... this crap. This is exactly what I need to help me kick the idiot box to the curb once and for all.
I all I heard was how you (or more accurately, your contemporaries) are such a crappy tradesman that people would willingly take a huge loss on your product from trading it in rather than keep it, and that it takes a while for word to get out that it really was a lousy game.
If your damn games weren't $65 then this wouldn't be an issue.
Never that that problem and I do a lot of business with USPS. I've had two regular stores in Las Vegas and three regular stores in Phoenix that I've used over the past 8 years. (I have family near each, so tend to visit each) They all do brisk business and they always have all counters open when the line gets longer than 10 people or so. I routinely hear them helping customers pick the right shipping option. I know you're thinking that that's upselling, but it isn't. They'll tell you point blank not to get one of the pricier options, explain why some options are better than others, etc. One guy convinced me to start going with Delivery Confirmation instead of Insurance (get insurance as well, but DC is what's actually important) and that's saved me on numerous occasions (Really, customer? Because according to this ### it was delivered on...)
My "official" policy is that I don't ship until payment clears. But the reality is that, for low dollar stuff (the two shipments in question were combined $50) I just don't worry about it and the stuff goes out the door the next time I'm going to the Post anyways. In addition, I'd had a successful transaction in the past with one of these guys and the other had a good reputation. I figured it wouldn't be a problem. No idea why they decided to douche at the same time. Maybe because I had decided to discontinue that product, so they figured they could do whatever they want?
I once royally messed up an order. It was something about the names or addresses, but I don't remember the specifics. Each customer was getting a few books. Amusingly, the books were all from the same author, and there were no duplicates. But I switched who was getting which one. Had them paid for and dropped off at the USPS. I got home and was going through some records and correspondence and I realized what I had done. Back to the USPS, explained what I had done, and they took the time to track down these two packages, let me open them and fix them right there, re-package them, and didn't charge me any extra.
I'm sorry if you guys have bad experiences with USPS, but they've always been great for me.
I really need to go dig out the forms and correspondence for you? Sure buddy. Just for you. The simple fact is that the vast majority of people have good experiences with the USPS because they're good at their job. Most of the "horror" stories are 15 years old and exaggerated in any event. But it's more fun to bitch about them.
Goody! More anecdotes!
A couple months back I sold some items to two separate people who knew each other (common message board). While these items were in route these gentlemen each informed me that they had no intention of paying me and that they were going to duplicate my items. They had a good laugh at duping me. I went to the local USPS branch, filled out one form for each package, and had them each intercepted prior to delivery and promptly returned to me. And for good measure I shared the correspondence on the board in questions, used their real names, sat back and enjoyed the show.
Yes, the USPS is clearly incompetent.
What does the "N" in "RPN" stand for?
Lighten up, Francis
Right. Besides, everyone knows that it's proper name is Hydro-oxidic acid. Sheesh.
Lighten up, Francis.
I'm taking a course in Science, Technology and Society. Apollo 13 was shown at movie night a couple of weeks back. The best part is that one of the Grumman engineers (the gentleman who designed the thruster control stick module) was the instructor and we had a nice, long Q&A afterward.
Yes. Footfall is excellent. Highly recommended. Even if we do know how it ends.
Soooooo... we're going with anecdotes? Ok, I can do that. I have never once had a problem with the USPS, even on things where I clearly screwed it up. I've never seen them sit there and talk and ignore customers. I've never seen any of the nonsense that people routinely complain about and to be honest, I don't believe it. I've had the "privilege" of moving about once every three years or so, so I've had my fair share of regular postal employees to deal with and it's always been great. Contrast this with one problem after another with FedEx and UPS (including having them attempt to pocket cash from a COD) and I flat out refuse to deal with those guys. I only ship about a hundred packages a month (and I like doing it myself rather than having them come pick up my boxes), so clearly I'm doing something wrong.
Oh, and as to your non sequitur about spam mail... WTF are you talking about? So the USPS is responsible for the quantity and quality of mail sent? Really? They tell advertisers to use glossy, non-farmed timber paper? And you're getting all of these mailings *from* the USPS (as in, they're not just delivering it, but they created it. Because that's what your last sentence sounds like you're claiming)
If a reviewer claims that, then you point out that they're using pirated software and go from there. Suggest to them that they remove the slanders comments, publicly apologize, get a legitimate copy and try the review again. If not, start the law suit.
"Put in extraneous information that's just there to distract the people who don't know what they're doing."
I graduated from the US Navy's Nuclear Power program back in '95. We once had an exam question that took up literally half the page. You had the bottom half of that page and the entire next page to work it out. The question contained every bit of information that could possibly be relevant. It also included the answer, though it was in a format you generally wouldn't recognize it in. The whole point was to see if you could separate the wheat from the chaff. You were openly mocked if you got it wrong. They wrote "MOTOKAWG" across the page if you got it right: Master of the obvious, knows answer when given.
Go back to your toilet, Wolowitz.
(http://bigbangtheory.wikia.com/wiki/Howard_Wolowitz)
So all of you complaining about having to go on site to reboot a server don't telecommute either. You can't have it both ways.
Regarding shoddy equipment, you should probably stop talking before you embarrass yourself further. Seriously. That's the same as asking why IT departments exist.
The simple fact is that all of you in IT think that you're special. You're not.
Lucky bastard?! Please don't limit (label?) me. I'm just your average, garden-variety bastard.
No, it can't. I service five hospitals, repairing their X-ray equipment. I basically sit around and wait for things to break. I can do that just as easily from my house. When something does break, waiting half an hour for me to show up from my house is not going to have any negative effect. If it's a portable X-ray, they'll simply use another one. If it's a room, they've already re-scheduled patients to other rooms so I can have it for as long as I need. Being in the same city is about the only limitation.
WTF are you doing (or driving) that requires $7800/yr in gas? My daily commute is 20 miles each way. Between that and general around-town driving (groceries, kids to soccer, etc.) I put 10 gallons in per week. At the current $3.50/gal, that's a $1820/yr. Are you on the wrong side of town for where you work?
So I'm being punished because my boss moved me to a new facility twice as far from work as when I first started? How about you go fuck yourself, I'll tax it, and we'll compare.