Activity from April 25, 2013

by admin on April 25, 2013 at 5:30 am
Posted In: Daily Activity
  • Lavasoft is a PITA
    How do I get rid of their stupid browser??? I uninstalled it TWICE and now it doesn’t seem to be in the control panel, I made Google my default…
  • Las Vegas
    My Mom and I are leaving Sunday for Las Vegas. Any suggestions as to the best casinos for slots? We will be arriving on Sunday and leaving next…
  • Do You Deal with Criticism This Way?
    Dan Shive runs a strange, but funny web comic. I’ve come across a funny strip dealing with the way he deals with criticism….
  • Tooth Shenanigans
    For the love of calamity in a bucket of honey.

    This one tooth has just caused my endless suffering and now my bank account is going to take a…

  • How not to pass
    So, this happened a couple days before my wreck, and I was going to post it, but I’ve been a bit preoccupied this past week.

    Anyways last week we…

  • Why Yell at Me when I’m on Foot?
    When I’m at work, I tend to walk to restaurants when I go to lunch. I find trying to drive across the street is a real pain.

    This past Friday,…

  • New Job?
    So, working with my parents has taken its toll, mostly for personal reasons, but the straw that broke the professional the camel’s back was:

    As…

  • Buffet Blues or We Are Not A Bar
    We run a Buffet Weekdays at Lunch Time and Tuesdays at night. It’s a fantastic deal – all you can eat Pizza and Salad for 8 bucks (Drink not…
  • Excel Study Guide?
    So, I applied for a job yesterday, and this morning I got an email asking me to call them. Called, they want to bring me in for testing. One of the…
  • Everything Wrong With Les Miserables In 6 Minutes Or Less (LINK CONTAINS SPOILERS)
    SPOILERS to the story in the vid. I mean I’m pretty sure most people know what happened but in that off-chance that someone here hasn’t ever seen it…
  • Allons-y!
    Last night I had a guest with the last name Tennant staying at the hospital rate. In other words, they’re here to see the Doctor.
  • Breakfast show!
    And now you can also hear what a South African accent is like :D

    Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwWgwWQ7zIM)

  • Hidden under a cart
    So, I was at Wally world the other day and went to use the self-checkouts. Two were closed so I went to one that wasn’t.
    However, in front of one of…
  • Signs you need a new job
    ….When you keep being told you just barely missed the selection for a promotion, not once, not twice, but for seven different positions…
    …
  • Niagara Falls
    I was in Niagara Falls over the weekend and pictures ensued. It was mostly fun except for the getting back to the US part.
    …

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Activity from April 24, 2013

by admin on April 24, 2013 at 5:30 am
Posted In: Daily Activity
  • Somethings going down lol
    I was at work and notified I might not be able to get home because police had barricaded 10 blocks that included mine. No idea why but they had…
  • Strawberry Swirl Ice Cream
    Last week a cashier called me over to her register and said she needed help with a customer. The customer was an elderly lady (between 80 and 100)…
  • Bigoted Old Man
    Today a guy between the ages of 60-70 came through my line. While the cashier, L, was ringing up his order, he remarked upon seeing a man about…
  • Today, I’m the weak one.
    I’m only going to be strong for my pets.

    Seph – known here as ElderlyCat – is having trouble breathing.

    She’s 18 years old. Frail aged. There’s…

  • Blargh! Hate This Shift. HATE IT.
    **WARNING: Contains words. Also: Obfuscation aplenty.**

    It’s been an average day at the ITSD at The Client. We get the 4-5pm call spike down, and…

  • Numerous tales of crapulance
    I’ll upload just one more post for now, I don’t want to bombard the boards! See, this is when happens when you work for months and months and let…
  • gas station prat…
    (prat…such a lovely word….ancients bless you brits from a yank across the pond…)

    So I’m driving home and notice that my gas tank is about to…

  • I’m published!
    At last! My children’s book, written many many years ago, If Dogs Had Pockets, is now available on createspace.com, will be on Amazon by next week,…
  • Professional Office Monkey
    Hi.

    I am a young labourer, just entering the work force, in an ambiguous position that lends to some interesting opportunities and just as…

  • Straight out of Harry Potter….
    Never mind owls delivering post – how about one delivering these?

    http://www.flyingtheknot.co.uk/

  • Dammit! Don’t text and drive!
    My friend’s mom was just in a car accident. She’s fine, although I don’t know about the car.

    The kid that hit her was texting while driving. …

  • Doctor who funnies
    buahahaha.
    (no spoilers, just funny stuff I found) :D

    just something funny I found on Facebook:

    How did you know we were Doctor Who fans?…

  • I feel bad…a Rant…long.
    This could almost go under CoC, but this is more about me.

    So far it has been an interesting year at work. I was off for 2 weeks because my two…

  • Posting to the world: ‘I don’t pay my bills’
    You gotta love social media. I work for a utility. One of our customers posted on a media outlet’s Facebok page that the company I work for ‘sucks’…
  • How to deal with backstabbing friend
    will do my best to keep the drama short lived. basically she backstabbed me for alot of things, and is now acting clueless and i am preparing to let…
  • job application wtf
    So, I applied for a job. I got a form letter from an address that was donotreply.company@company.com … said form letter requested that I reply to…
  • The Mood Police
    So, at work tonight, I was actually in a pretty good mood. I was on my last load at the mill, and though my paperwork hadn’t been signed yet upon…

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Activity from April 23, 2013

by admin on April 23, 2013 at 5:30 am
Posted In: Daily Activity
  • Personal References
    I’m applying for a TACC Support Specialist job that a friend of mine was contacted about. He already has a pretty good job so he told me about it. …
  • Squee!!
    My hubby is the best hubby in the world!

    He got me the Dresden Files RPG Book 1 for my birthday!! :D :D:D:D

    I don’t think I’m gonna be able to…

  • Guild Wars 2
    Does anyone play? I took advantage of the free weekend they just had, liked it and so I upgraded to a full account.

    I have no idea what I’m…

  • They found us …
    RCMP arrests 2 in alleged terror plot to derail passenger train…
  • Westboro Baptists’ non-protest …
    Way to go, Teamsters!…
  • Your Lane. STAY IN IT.
    I understand that sometimes a car can… drift over the line a bit. I accept that.

    I also accept that some people change lanes this way. They…

  • Again With This?
    At The Client ITSD, when resetting network passwords, the policy is, if they need their Network A password reset, provide it to them over the phone….
  • NSFW!! "The Butt Rocket" — Some will find this hilarious, others will find it stupid
    Ok, video NSFW…

    Premise of video:

    Group of guys think it’ll be funny to launch a bottle rocket out of one of their butts.

    Guy pulls his…

  • Want some farm stories?
    Hello there! :wave:

    I work on my family’s farm. We raise quite a few birds of different kinds and a few pigs. We sell our product to a couple…

  • The Lunch Adventure
    This afternoon, I went to a buffet restaurant for lunch. You choose what you want, they weigh the tray, and you pay based on the weight. I’ve eaten…
  • …Still Addicted. But it’s gotten worse. D:
    ITS GRADUATED NOW. Oh dear lord.

    http://i.imgur.com/du0a1En.jpg

    Yes, that is the 1980′s G1 Transformers opening title card. Canvas measures…

  • Hags (or why I hate the bus part 18373389729)
    I was getting the bus back to the parents when I ran into a friend who I hadn’t seen in a couple of years. She has recently had a baby and was sat on…
  • Walshart…enough said
    We have three of these stores in my city and I am not a fan of any of them. But I will admit that I go shopping at them due to the low prices,…
  • Sucky Cashier (AKA Be Grateful You Have a Job)
    Okay, I debated on whether or not I should post this but it really irked me. Bit of background: My fiance is now a truck driver and I have been going…
  • We have a serial shoplifter…
    On Saturday (when we were swamped), a woman came up to me, asked if I was store security–since when does store security wear an apron? I pointed…
  • Q: When is a snake not a snake?
    A: When it turns out to be a blue-tongue lizard.

    This is from a while ago, but I thought I’d share.

    So my mum is the squicky type over spiders…

  • Missing: 10 gallons of orange paint
    Pulled into a truck stop in the wee small hours (i.e. parking would be scarce). From the driveway, a left turn leads into a “dead end” aisle with…
  • This happens after every disaster, so thanks Boston Bomber
    No seriously, every time there is some heinous crime, terror attack, or natural disaster it becomes crazy beyond belief in the casinos. People get…
  • "A child! My kingdom for a child!!! "
    *I’m the equivalent of an ASM at a local theme park*

    *Names have been changed to protect the child…*

    Mother is outside my store screaming….

  • Blu-Ray Player
    I am considering adding a Blu-Ray player/burner to my PC. I am not sure if I want an internal or external drive. I have checked Newegg, Tiger…

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Activity from April 22, 2013

by admin on April 22, 2013 at 5:30 am
Posted In: Daily Activity
  • Short and Stupid
    I’m wandering around filling up the windshield washer buckets (with the squeegees at every pump) with that blue washer stuff. I have my uniform hat…
  • Driving in crappy conditions pop quiz!
    So say that you are driving a silver-greyish coloured car. It is very foggy outside and also most likely raining.

    Do you:

    A: Turn your high…

  • Please avoid this place! (Kinda gross)
    If any of you in NJ get pedicures *PLEASE* don’t go to Aqua spa on route 18, there has just been another person who has gone to the hospital with…
  • A Higher Power clearly likes good music
    Surprised nobody posted yet, but Cape Breton singer Rita McNeil…
  • Teach me how to walk!
    Me – “*opening spiel, welcome to Health Insurance Inc…*
    SC – *SIGH*….then silence
    Me – “Hello? You’ve come through to Health Insurance Inc?”…
  • Bang Head Here (LONG W/LANGUAGE))
    After a little hiatus, I’m officially back. I’ve been struggling with gallbladder attacks left and right, and it’ll be finally removed in the latter…
  • Must sees in Houston Texas
    Hey everyone, will be going to Houston 5/1 to 5/4. Any suggestions for must sees or do?
  • My first Garb
    So. After many years of fighting practice in the SCA, I’m finally getting Garb made, so I can fight in events. Oi vey. Had a basic fitting the…
  • my first con!
    ok not my first one ever….but my first one as a vendor!

    my college’s anime club is holding it this year and its their first year. They had one…

  • If You Weren’t Parked, I Wouldn’t Have Your Car!
    People seem to have this belief that they can’t get nabbed for illegal parking if they don’t actually park between the lines in a stall within the…
  • Selling a German Woohoo
    Other MOD: “Hey, I saw this car you might like. It’s sort of like a station wagon, and it’s German, and I think it’s called a Doohoo?”
    Me:…
  • Frappuccino’s are tough
    Here’s a brief GWC sighting courtesy of Hubs. He works at a guard shack to a gated community. A woman pulled up to his gate.

    Resident: “Hey, can I…

  • Cop is messing with us
    So we were driving home late last night, around 11:30pm. There was a guy travelling in the left lane who wasn’t passing us who had bright headlights…
  • An end of an era (or error, take your pick)
    The era of bonus cash is coming to an end at our humble resort. We will be joining the 21st century sometime next month and switch over to an…
  • A whole month of cupcakes!
    Some of these look really good. But I never thought of using parsnips or beets in cupcakes.

    http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=84728

  • I tried to give her the benefit of the doubt, but I doubt my doubt
    It was 10 minutes to closing and I saw this woman with a full cart and arguing kids. Supervisor did the first closing announcement. She continued…

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Activity from April 21, 2013

by admin on April 21, 2013 at 5:30 am
Posted In: Daily Activity
  • Excuse me . . . GTFO
    This afternoon, my Tae Kwon Do school had black belt testing. This happens only 3 times a year. Several good friends of mine were testing for…
  • I’m baaaack…as are the SCs!!
    Hello everyone! *waves*
    After quite a long hiatus, I’m back, with PLENTY of stories to share and vent about.
    Long story short, things were really…
  • In which I whine about my throat.
    Or, “How did I get this fat when it’s this hard to eat?”

    For years now, I’ve had a problem with my throat closing up when I try to eat. It seems…

  • Is that with a B or an E?
    I was sitting at the front desk yesterday when a twenty-something man came in to take care of his violations. He did not have the physical ticket…
  • But it’s Workman’s Comp!
    Now to be fair: most people who file for workman’s comp really do need it and don’t abuse the system. So no fratching, please.

    But Misty’s story…

  • Question for mothers/expectant mothers
    This isn’t for me, but for a young woman I know who is pregnant.
    Does anyone else have experience with nausea and taking prenatal vitamins?
    She…
  • Credit card man
    While working audit shift at the motel I work at a man came in and asked about a room. When I was presented with drivers license and credit card I…
  • Wherein Pedobear Approves…But I Won’t
    Sigh.

    Ok, so, we have yet another high school group, mostly band kids, staying with us for a couple days. As far as groups go, they are actually…

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