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Things that annoy you

#481
People who talk loud on their cell phones in public.
I mention this one as I sit on a train heading to Seattle, and I have to listen to the guy behind me a few rows going on and on about Samsung firmware and SSD issues for the servers his company sells. 25 minutes running.

-Mike
 
#482
fingerguy said:
Customers blaming me for all their technical issues. I can't tell you how many times I just walked into a room and getting blamed for stuff. I normally say "I just walked in".
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I used to be a telecommunication tech. A number of times I would get annoying calls in the middle of the night. More than once I would get a call from some hotshot who was making a call and heard static and wanted me to come and fix his phone system right away. I would tell them, "People get static all time. It could have been a bad line. If you want I can open a ticket and we can send someone out in the morning." Sometimes they would insist that they never heard static on their line and tell me I had to fix it now. I would tell them I wasn't coming out. If they threatened to call my boss, I would tell them to go ahead. My boss always supported me especially if the same person woke him up at 3am.
I wouldn't take personal abuse from clients no job was worth that to me. There were times when I told the client to call us back when they wanted to respond civilly as I walked out the door. Never got fired for that.
There were times when I needed to fix the client instead of the phone system. There were times when someone didn't know how to use the system and insisted the phones were broken. It was difficult sometimes to get them to listen but if I was patient and they were too I could spend the time to explain how their phone worked. Unfortunately I got a reputation for being good with the clients and was often selected to visit "problem" accounts. :beaver:
 
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slobake said:
I used to be a telecommunication tech. A number of times I would get annoying calls in the middle of the night. More than once I would get a call from some hotshot who was making a call and heard static and wanted me to come and fix his phone system right away. I would tell them, "People get static all time. It could have been a bad line. If you want I can open a ticket and we can send someone out in the morning." Sometimes they would insist that they never heard static on their line and tell me I had to fix it now. I would tell them I wasn't coming out. If they threatened to call my boss, I would tell them to go ahead. My boss always supported me especially if the same person woke him up at 3am.
I wouldn't take personal abuse from clients no job was worth that to me. There were times when I told the client to call us back when they wanted to respond civilly as I walked out the door. Never got fired for that.
There were times when I needed to fix the client instead of the phone system. There were times when someone didn't know how to use the system and insisted the phones were broken. It was difficult sometimes to get them to listen but if I was patient and they were too I could spend the time to explain how their phone worked. Unfortunately I got a reputation for being good with the clients and was often selected to visit "problem" accounts. :beaver:
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On the phone with a client now. He is driving me crazy for he wants to keep all these other devices controlling the WIFI when I specifically had a UNIFI put in to take over wireless. UGH!!!
 
#485
Michael Jewels said:
Another thing that annoys me no end: Panhandlers.

Whenever someone comes up to me and asks me for change, I look them straight in the eye, and say, "Why don't you just accept things the way they are?" :banghead: :D

Mike
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Good one. Especially the ones looking for handouts at freeway off ramps. I'd really like to see a law passed that makes it a ticketable offense for people in cars on freeways or off-ramps to interact physically with those outside of their car except in cases of emergencies or being pulled over by a cop.

And a couple of simple things to note for all of the people that give money at off ramps:
1. it is DANGEROUS regarding traffic.
2. NEVER give money to someone where you don't know the backstory. Most of the guys on offramps are scamming.
 
#487
Robroy said:
Good one. Especially the ones looking for handouts at freeway off ramps. I'd really like to see a law passed that makes it a ticketable offense for people in cars on freeways or off-ramps to interact physically with those outside of their car except in cases of emergencies or being pulled over by a cop.

And a couple of simple things to note for all of the people that give money at off ramps:
1. it is DANGEROUS regarding traffic.
2. NEVER give money to someone where you don't know the backstory. Most of the guys on offramps are scamming.
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I once used to give this trumpet player money near the exit where I got off to go to work each day. He was great, and I liked rolling down my window and listening to him, especially as a musician. I didn't give him much, maybe 2 or 3 bucks a week. A lot of people knew about him.

Long story short, a reporter decided to investigate further, which then made it to the news - as it was discovered that he owned not 1, but 2 nice homes nearby. I was devastated, and felt incredibly cheated. I really liked the guy. He was the one that jaded me and spoiled my kindness.
 
#488
FingerDub said:
I once used to give this trumpet player money near the exit where I got off to go to work each day. He was great, and I liked rolling down my window and listening to him, especially as a musician. I didn't give him much, maybe 2 or 3 bucks a week. A lot of people knew about him.

Long story short, a reporter decided to investigate further, which then made it to the news - as it was discovered that he owned not 1, but 2 nice homes nearby. I was devastated, and felt incredibly cheated. I really liked the guy. He was the one that jaded me and spoiled my kindness.
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That is a very common story, sans trumpet...

If you get just one person to give you five bucks every couple of lights, you are earning more money than most people. And that's tax free.

When we lived in Seattle, we would watch the vans drop them off as the changed shifts.

I don't give money to any person or organization without knowing how they intend to spend it as well as their need. People are suckers. They want to feel they are helping and being a "good" person. Throwing a couple of buck every now and then to a "homeless" person satisfies that need, often without solving any problems at all.
 
#489
FingerDub said:
I once used to give this trumpet player money near the exit where I got off to go to work each day. He was great, and I liked rolling down my window and listening to him, especially as a musician. I didn't give him much, maybe 2 or 3 bucks a week. A lot of people knew about him.

Long story short, a reporter decided to investigate further, which then made it to the news - as it was discovered that he owned not 1, but 2 nice homes nearby. I was devastated, and felt incredibly cheated. I really liked the guy. He was the one that jaded me and spoiled my kindness.
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Strange that a broke musician can busk and it's okay, but if they're well off suddenly it isn't. Did the quality of his playing suddenly change because you found out he had two houses? The only thing that really changed was your awareness of his circumstances. That says more about you than it does him.
 
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#490
Robroy said:
That is a very common story, sans trumpet...

If you get just one person to give you five bucks every couple of lights, you are earning more money than most people. And that's tax free.

When we lived in Seattle, we would watch the vans drop them off as the changed shifts.

I don't give money to any person or organization without knowing how they intend to spend it as well as their need. People are suckers. They want to feel they are helping and being a "good" person. Throwing a couple of buck every now and then to a "homeless" person satisfies that need, often without solving any problems at all.
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I get your point, but this assumes that everyone on the freeway begging for money is scamming, which is not true.
 
#491
sissy kathy said:
Strange that a broke musician can busk and it's okay, but if they're well off suddenly it isn't. Did the quality of his playing suddenly change because you found out he had two houses? The only thing that really changed was your awareness of his circumstances. That says more about you than it does him.
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I think the trumpet playing was a "hook" that kept him from being "just a beggar". And when the truth came out, it was worse even than that.

Why else would you pay a guy to play trumpet as you drive past him getting off the freeway?
 
#493
sissy kathy said:
Strange that a broke musician can busk and it's okay, but if they're well off suddenly it isn't. Did the quality of his playing suddenly change because you found out he had two houses? The only thing that really changed was your awareness of his circumstances. That says more about you than it does him.
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When you have a sign next to you that says, "homeless, please help", it certainly does matter.

Perhaps you should stop making assumptions.
 
#495
sissy kathy said:
YOU failed to mention the sign, I didn't overlook it.
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I had a legal obligation to mention the sign? You made assumptions, which you used to make an attack on my character. Now, I can see you have little semblance of personal responsibility.

By the way, I don't want to leave out this little detail also - I just farted. It's probably why this thread stinks so much.
 
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FingerDub said:
I had a legal obligation to mention the sign? You made assumptions, which you used to make an attack on my character. Now, I can see you have little semblance of personal responsibility.

By the way, I don't want to leave out this little detail also - I just farted. It's probably why this thread stinks so much.
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It annoys me when people attack my character based on their inferences from a single post of mine.
 
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#497
I got to know a few homeless men in my city. One guy affected me so deeply I offered to help get him off the street.
He said no. That shocked me. We're still friends, but I don't view him the same anymore.

-Mike
 
#499
MJ5150 said:
I got to know a few homeless men in my city. One guy affected me so deeply I offered to help get him off the street.
He said no. That shocked me. We're still friends, but I don't view him the same anymore.

-Mike
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There was a story I saw on TV about a decade ago of a man on the street in LA. They found the guy a job but he quit on the first day because he didn't like working.

My response: Maybe you'll like starving to death better.
 
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#500
lowplaces said:
Louisville Cardinal fans used to annoy me after Calipari came to Kentucky.

"Cal is going to get caught cheating.. it's just a matter of time...". " Just wait and see... They are going to take that Championship away from him...." Blah blah blah

Nothing but crickets here lately :cool:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...sg=AFQjCNEcXrQY9opGFgmY92jlQ4t6wqTw3w&ampcf=1
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Pitino has been shady a long time.

It'll be interesting how they handle this as his basketball program is a huge money maker for the school. Some of that money supports other programs and Title IX stuff.

-Mike
 
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