Intellectual Dead Zone

[Andara Bledin]

Ho ho lordy, I think the moon was full last night... ><

Not quite, but very close. My google applet tells me it's full tomorrow.

Oh, and people aren't any crazier, you just notice it more.

Instead I found him with one hand on the wheel, looking down at his cell phone. Texting. Oh my Lord.

I hope to hell you had a little chat with the bus company about this one.

Hell, I'd have been sorely tempted to have a chat with the local contabulary about this future Darwin Award nominee.

With the minimum wage there you make about what, $75 a day before taxes? Yet you’re costing him $700 a day? Does it not bother you that he could hire someone and pay them per hour what you make per shift to replace you and actually end up costing him less?

I would bow my head in shame. Bad Steve, bad.

Man, to be the company that gets paid that $700 per call because Steve can't remember how to get into his own flipping email account, and has to call in for help every single day.

^-.-^

[sms001]

Me: “Ok, what’s your phone number please?”
SC: “OH SHI-<click>“
And bam, velociraptors. See? That’s what happens when you let your guard down.

Pure Gold.

That’s another $700 you’ve cost your boss this weekend, Does it not bother you that he could hire someone and pay them per hour what you make per shift to replace you and actually end up costing him [I]less?

I was idling musing as I read the first installment of this so I expedia'd the itinerary. I could actually MAKE money (not much, but some.) AND save Steve's boss some money if I flew from Wisconsin to Vancouver and cabbed almost anywhere in the city, printed out the e-mails and flew back.
But of course, the second time I did it the Stupid Tax℠ would kick in. So maybe this support company started at a more reasonable $200.00 and have just been jacking it up for the sake of economic Darwinism since.....

[Gaki]

If you have not ripped your hair out (of at least five to ten wigs already seeming as you can't possibly have any real hair left on your poor head, at least, I can't fathom it anyway) over these and laughed hysterically in the same manner that Patrick Bateman does on the phone with his lawyer's voicemail in American Psycho...you cannot be human...or at least cannot be on the verge of becoming a serial killer like some of us are. o.o;

[El Pollo Guerrera]

I'm going to add my voice (err... typing, I guess) to the ones that say "get you camera phone and get a picture of the bus driver texting".

There is no excuse. Call the bus company, call the police, call the TV stations and newspapers. Report this guy before someone dies.

[crazylegs]

Ah yes, “I don’t got nothing”. The second most common phrase ever uttered to a police officer just below “I didn’t do nothin’!” and above “Don’t taze me, bro!” which took the crown away from “I got’s ma rights!” in 2008.

Ah, an interesting Canada/UK comparison... The phrase in the UK would be as follows

I ent done nuffin' or no-one

Just so you know.

Das Boot? That is German for boat.

Also the name of an exceptionally good TV series about a WWII U Boat and it's crew.

[tamezin]

How does the email guy still have a job?

Dude, he is likely an MIT (Manager in training), they aren't expected to actually know how to do anything.

[Talon]

Are you quite done nibbling hungrily at the very scrotum of human failure yet or do you want me to give you another moment or two to finish up?

LOL
Is it possible to laugh hysterically and throw up at the same time?

[Becks]

Are you quite done nibbling hungrily at the very scrotum of human failure yet or do you want me to give you another moment or two to finish up?

I am going to have to find a way to work that into every day conversation.

[Gravekeeper]

I am going to have to find a way to work that into every day conversation.

I'd been waiting all week for someone to fail hard enough to work it into my commentary. >.>

[Slytovhand]

I'd been waiting all week for someone to fail hard enough to work it into my commentary. >.>

All week?? I'm surprised... from your posts, I thought you'd have an opportunity every night!

I'll chime in with reporting the Bus-ted Thumber to relevant peoples.


And I want to say you did a fail! Yes, I'm sorry, GK... you did! When tossers ring in and say "This is Douchewaffle", and leave it at that and just expect you to know what they want... you never give in! I'm pretty sure the correct response to such suckiness is "Congratulations... would you like a medal?". Alternatively, you can just repeat yourself numerous times til they get the hint - eg "Good evening, this is GK".... "Yes, I heard you the first time, my name is Douchewaffle...", "Good Evening, this is GK"... they'll get the hint (and pissed off, so double points!) Don't worry about the complaints - all they can say is "CSR was overly polite while I was an arsehole - I want them fired!"


Btw - I want a 123422!

[Gravekeeper]

And I want to say you did a fail! Yes, I'm sorry, GK... you did!

The client in question is nefariously dickish to our staff, but pays us so we're stuck with em. I can't muck with em, they'll call in to complain later in the day and work over my coworkers instead after finishing with me. I must spare them that much.

[Ravenzfire]

See? See? The sheer overwhelming glory that is Air Wolf was even able to pierce the haze of psychedelic drugs and mental instability of a certifiable lunatic. Even he was forced to admit that a lone helicopter contained enough awesome to potentially stabilize two countries.

I tend to just lurk here and never post or comment (Something I really am trying to rectify, honest!) but I think you pretty much have the key to all of our present and future military needs.

A single, bad-ass, stealth helicopter loaded with Submission™ missles patroling the globe would be just the thing to strike fear into those thinking about doing Bad Things™ at an international level

Pure genius. May I also suggest, having had many a day dream as a youngling, that I be the first candidate to pilot such an endeavor. Nevermind I have no piloting skills, I can pick those up along the way. I mean it probably pretty much flies itself right? In fact, to rip off a former show about a talking car, I think an AI and voice communication should be implimented as well. If I was riding in a helcopter of such pure awesome, I would want it to be able to remind me just how awesome it is. Verbally. Repeatedly.

[Mango]

Instead I found him with one hand on the wheel, looking down at his cell phone. Texting. Oh my Lord. Nevermind the last shreds of safety I felt while on public transit evaporating, but there is a level of audacity here that I could not quite comprehend. I mean, you are a bus driver.

Did they ever catch this driver?
http://www.canada.com/vancouver/stor...9-99296a92887e

[driftwolf]

How does the email guy still have a job?

If my experience is any indication, he's probably related to someone who is protecting him.