What Stpid Thing Have You Done Today? [Archive] - Page 2

RStar

08-26-2010, 05:50 PM

I'm use to dialing 9 to get out at work.

So, I'm at home and making a call. I dial 9, forgetting I'm at home. My old phone has a sticky 1 button (I hate dialing 1 and area code in the 714 area!), and I heard it beep twice so I hung up. Then I pick up again and I hear no dial tone (thinking I picked back up too quick) and I hear "hello?" just as I hang up again. I thought "who was that??". I picked the phone back up, no one there, and dialed out.

Then a few minutes later a knock at the door. Two cops. I had dialed 911 by mistake. :eek: :blush:

I got a 911 abuse ticket. :mad:

This one I didn't do.......

Today at work I get a delivery of assorted packages. One was for a woman named Lara. Only someone typed LARD. :eek:

It was from outside the company, so the sender had no idea that Lara has a weight problem. How unfortunate.

blueerica

10-05-2010, 01:08 PM

Email Chain:

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From: Steve
To: Erica
CC: My Boss

Hi Erica,

Hopefully you’ve had a chance to review the attached marketing copy points for the catalog and DVD mailer. Let me know if you have any feedback or if it’s good to go.

Thanks,

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Then I hit, "Reply All"...
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From: Erica
To: Steve
CC: Boss

[Insert Boss Lady's Name] – do you have time this afternoon to go over this? I tooooootally forgot to review this with you on Monday.

Thanks,

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Yeah, like I needed to let Steve know that I toooooooootally forgot about this super-important thing.

Prudence

10-06-2010, 07:47 PM

I was sure I didn't need sun screen, since it was just an hour boat ride and I'm already tan from living in LA, right?

Ghoulish Delight

10-12-2010, 08:48 PM

Had lunch with a friend, after which he had a phone job interview scheduled. When I got home from work I was curious how it went, so I texted him.

Me: How'd the interview go.

Friend: He got into a car accident, so it didn't :(

[I have now assumed that his girlfriend has possession of his phone and is responding for him]

Me: WTF? Really?

[no response]

Me: We had lunch a block and a half from work, what happened? And is he okay

the Girlfriend: Don't know details, his admin was just told to cancel all his meetings, she doesn't know any more.

Me: So you haven't talked to him yet?

[no response - now I'm wracking my brain trying to piece together why she has his phone but doesn't know details, hasn't talked to him, and isn't saying whether he's okay.]

Me: Well, let me know when you know more, and if there's any way we can help

Girlfriend: Oh, no worries. He's trying to reschedule. Hope the dude's okay

[err, that's a weird thing for the girlfriend to say.]

Me: Wait, who is this?

Girlfriend?: Who's what? The dude I had the interview with?

..............

Oooooooooooh! The "he" who had an accident was... and the whole time it wasn't...

I graduated high school with a 4.3 GPA you know.

CoasterMatt

10-12-2010, 09:07 PM

hehehe

Moonliner

10-13-2010, 07:39 AM

I came to work early.

I have to stop doing that. It makes the entire day seem longer.

Kevy Baby

10-22-2010, 10:12 AM

This actually happened a couple of days ago, but I forgot to post it.

I usually buy my breakfast and eat it on the way into the office, throwing away the trash in the parking structure when I get to the office.

On this particular morning, I had a few things in my hands when I got out of the car: the bag of breakfast trash, my coffee cup, an old newspaper I was throwing away, and my phone. As usual I went to the trash can to throw away the old newspaper and the bag of trash from breakfast.

Thankfully there wasn't anything yucky in the trash can when I had to dig for my phone.

Kevy Baby

11-11-2010, 09:42 PM

Because I don't spend enough time at work already...

I just spent 20 minutes researching and writing an email, only to discover that I already addressed the problem two effing weeks ago.

I think it is time for me to go home.

Moonliner

11-12-2010, 04:53 AM

I took €uroMeinke down to Georgetown. I couldn't find a bar for a pre-dinner cocktail to save my life.

In Georgetown.

That's like not being able to spot a stroller in Disneyland.

Epic fail.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v467/Moonliner/bars.png

€uroMeinke

11-12-2010, 09:37 AM

Awww - I had a great time, and besides we got to see the little k own George Mason monument AND I got to pull FDR's finger.

Kevy Baby

11-12-2010, 04:17 PM

... AND I got to pull FDR's finger.Did he fart?

Moonliner

11-12-2010, 05:21 PM

Did he fart?

I don't think so. He was very stoic.

Moonliner

12-13-2010, 01:05 PM

Note to self:

Put the cap on the pen before you put it in the shirt pocket.

Ghoulish Delight

12-13-2010, 02:22 PM

Did you leave your pocket protector at home, Poindexter?

Kevy Baby

12-13-2010, 04:06 PM

Note to self:

Put the cap on the pen before you put it in the shirt pocket....unless you want a new shirt

Cynthia

12-13-2010, 04:38 PM

Today's act of stupidity: while painting my bedroom (1960's rose pink) I wiped the sweat off my face . . . transferring a fair amount of pink onto my damp visage, later I though someone had hit me in my sleep when I caught my reflection in the mirror ; )

Moonliner

01-03-2011, 06:14 PM

It was so nice over the weekend that I opened the windows in my bedroom. I forgot to close them and today it never went above freezing. My room is now colder than your refrigerator.

Alex

01-03-2011, 06:29 PM

Perfect, I'll be right over (in my time living in Seattle I never turned on the heat and never closed the windows; not as cold as you but I like a bit of numbness in my extremities when sitting about the house).

Ghoulish Delight

01-04-2011, 04:02 PM

More embarrassing than stpid:

Over my last two working days (which would be Dec. 23 last year and today) This has been the [paraphrased] entirety of the email exchange between me and developers of a software product we're trying to implement here:

12/23 Me: Hey, thanks for helping with the changes - it would be nice though if with these new changes you had retained feature X from the old way.

12/23 Me: Oops, just noticed that feature X is still there and I'm just blind.

1/4 Me: Hey, happy new year. I'm trying to make a change, but it's not working for some reason, not getting any useful error messages. Any ideas?

1/4 Me: Nevermind, I tried a few more things and got it working. But now I'm having another issue, something else isn't updating right.

1/4 Me: Apparently the path to clarity for all of my problems is to shoot an email off to you guys because once again I've figured out the answer.

They're based in Israel, so they probably didn't see my first email on the 23rd until I'd already sent the "nevermind" email, and they will probably show up tomorrow morning to find I've spammed them with three more ultimately superfluous emails today. Sigh.

Alex

01-04-2011, 04:05 PM

Hey, I'm doing a lot of work with a vendor in Israel. Probably not the same one though.

But yeah, the fastest route for me to find an easy answer is to put my confusion out there for public consumption.

Not Afraid

01-04-2011, 08:03 PM

The fast way to get something fixed is to have someone stand behind you while you're trying to explain what is broken. It magically becomes fixed!

Ghoulish Delight

01-11-2011, 09:32 AM

Ow.

Took a spill off my bike today. No major damage it seems. A couple of skinned knees and a decent bump on my elbow, but everything seems to be in working order.

Entirely my own fault. Broke my cardinal rule and paid the price. Had to stop short and take hard turn, and the bike stalled out and I got dumped. Found myself with my left leg pinned under the bike and right foot jammed in the fronts spokes. Struggled to get it unjammed for a good minute before someone finally got out of their car to help.

I'd say my pride was hurt worse than anything...but no, that fvcking hurt. But I think I'll live. And maybe next time I'm faced with the opportunity to break my cardinal rule for no good reason, the sting of the antiseptic spray will have burned itself into my brain as a warning.

Alex

01-11-2011, 09:57 AM

Mazel tov. You're a man now.

cirquelover

01-11-2011, 10:41 AM

Ow. I'm sorry GD. That sounds brutal, take some Tylenol and maybe a nice cup of tea. At least someone got out of their car to help, instead of leaving you tangled up.

Take it easy on the way home.

Ghoulish Delight

01-11-2011, 10:49 AM

Meh, I walked it off.

Scrooge McSam

01-11-2011, 11:54 AM

Rub some dirt on it

Gn2Dlnd

01-11-2011, 01:40 PM

Oucha magoucha!

Ghoulish Delight

01-11-2011, 03:15 PM

I figured this would happened. At the moment, my knees hurt like hell, everything else felt fine. At which point I figured, okay, it's going to be my elbow that turns out to be hurt the worst. Sure enough, a few hour later, my knees feel fine, but the little bump on my elbow hurts like a sonofabich. Still confident it's nothing severe, but owwie.

I'm sure there's some sort of evolutionary physiological reason for that, it almost always seems to be the case. Whatever hurts the worst initially probably isn't the worst damage you did to yourself. Perhaps it's a result of the fact that often the best thing to do for the worst injury is leave it the fvck alone, so you're better off being distracted by some superficial injury that you can't make worse and can make yourself feel better by treating that.

Morrigoon

01-11-2011, 03:23 PM

Not a bad theory

Bike accidents sure do suck. I remember my last accident... slipped off a pedal ended up bending the handlebars... with my stomach. That was pretty awful, but yours sounds even worse. All I can say is pop some aspirin and I hope the nasty heals soon!

Not Afraid

01-11-2011, 03:24 PM

OUCH!!!!

This is why I don't ride a bike. Imagine what my kind of fall would be like if this is what happened to you!

I'm glad it wasn't worse, and I hope it doesn't turn out to be worse than a few large bumps.

Morrigoon

01-11-2011, 03:34 PM

Accidents aside, I really admire your bike commute

Ghoulish Delight

01-11-2011, 03:40 PM

Incidentally (tangenting to something from your fb back during the rainy season) - the Santa Ana River is STILL 6-8 feet deep through Santa Ana. They've been gradually releasing water from behind Prado Dam. It's astounding how much water is still coming down.

Not Afraid

01-11-2011, 03:42 PM

The LA river is still flowing nicely as well.

Morrigoon

01-11-2011, 03:42 PM

Sounds like water control is well planned. Nice to hear they're earning their salaries :)

Ghoulish Delight

01-11-2011, 03:58 PM

I do feel kinda gypped. I mean, why the hell did I pay for the helmet if I'm not even going to hit my head when I fall? I might as well not wear the damned thing.

Alex

01-11-2011, 04:01 PM

I agree. Plus it makes you look like a sissy to a degree that no amount of ethnically insensitive vocabulary can overcome.

Ghoulish Delight

01-11-2011, 04:10 PM

Hey, some of my best friends are Gypsies.

innerSpaceman

01-11-2011, 05:04 PM

I'm glad it wasn't worse, and I hope it doesn't turn out to be worse than a few large bumps.

I was gonna say the same about your upcoming surgery.

I'm here till Thursday, folks! :eek:

Cadaverous Pallor

01-11-2011, 05:39 PM

Still confident it's nothing severe, but owwie.
:( I've got a hug waiting for you.

Kevy Baby

01-11-2011, 06:46 PM

Broke my cardinal rule and paid the price.What cardinal rule of yours did you break?

Ghoulish Delight

01-11-2011, 08:37 PM

Never cross in front of a driver-occupied vehicle without eye contact from said driver.

I was intent on getting through the intersection (it's easily a 10-15% time penalty on my commute if I make that light or get stopped) and was going to gamble with someone waiting to make a right. I DID think better of it, but by the time I did I couldn't come to a stop before the intersection, so I had to try to turn off. But I just had too much speed, plus I hit the slope of the corner ramp, so my wheel just went perpendicular and I got dumped.

lashbear

01-11-2011, 11:14 PM

the little bump on my elbow hurts like a sonofabich. Still confident it's nothing severe, but owwie.
Sounds pretty Humerus to me. :D

DreadPirateRoberts

01-12-2011, 06:26 AM

What cardinal rule of yours did you break?

never get involved in a land war in Asia

Stan4dSteph

01-12-2011, 08:27 AM

Ouch. Hope you're feeling better today, Greg.

Ghoulish Delight

01-12-2011, 10:33 AM

Maybe a little better, but more importantly, no worse. Decided not to ride today due to feeling the slightest of twinges of a strained muscle on one of my legs riding home last night. Wasn't even enough to bother me during the ride, but I definitely felt it stiffen up afterwards and still feel it this morning, so no point in pushing my luck. But otherwise I'm really barely dinged. Not even a bruise anywhere (I do not bruise easily - except when giving blood).

Kevy Baby

01-12-2011, 12:24 PM

Never mind - nothing to see here

katiesue

01-13-2011, 10:56 AM

While getting gas this morning I though hmm let me see if my paycheck is in. It's the first one of the year and they'd sent out an email yesterday reminding people that deductions would be different etc.

So I log in on my phone. No deposit. Uh what. Ok maybe it just hasn't updated yet or on mobile or something.

Come into work and log on, still nothing. Panic. Start trying to figure out who the heck does payroll. We're a remote office, 2 people, and they've done a lot of changes in corporate so I have no idea who's left or who to contact.

So I IM a colleague in our main office and she gives me a name. I say thanks I didn't get paid (or maybe someone's trying to tell me something). Then I look up the payroll persons contact info and start typing an email.

Then I get an IM from the colleague - "It's Thursday"

doh - we get paid on Fridays. Oops

Morrigoon

01-13-2011, 11:31 AM

Yes, but it FEELS like a Friday, so they should pay up ;)

cirquelover

01-13-2011, 12:03 PM

I wish it was Friday too!

Betty

01-13-2011, 02:44 PM

That's it. Let's vote on it.

Alex

01-13-2011, 03:16 PM

I've scheduled the vote. To allow people time to organize there thoughts the vote will take place in 10 hours. The universe will then have no more than 2 hours to fulfill the decision.

Betty

01-13-2011, 04:58 PM

I've scheduled the vote. To allow people time to organize there thoughts the vote will take place in 10 hours. The universe will then have no more than 2 hours to fulfill the decision.

Yeah, I'm going to have to override your schedule, mmkay. It's already Friday which means tomorrow we should all just sleep in.

€uroMeinke

01-13-2011, 10:10 PM

I think we just need to bring in a consultant experienced in advancing the future - where"s the Lashpair?

BarTopDancer

01-13-2011, 10:43 PM

It's been "Friday" for the past few weeks. Therefore Thursday is the new Friday.

Alex

01-13-2011, 10:59 PM

Just drive faster, you'll get there a little bit sooner.

cirquelover

01-14-2011, 08:08 AM

Whew, I made it. It's Friday!!

katiesue

01-14-2011, 10:57 AM

I did actually get paid today, whew.

SzczerbiakManiac

01-14-2011, 12:43 PM

Just drive faster, you'll get there a little bit sooner.But my car doesn't go 186K MPS... not even close.

Alex

01-14-2011, 12:51 PM

That's only necessary if you want to get there much faster. Just as much faster as you can will still get you there a little bit sooner, though still at the same time as everybody else.

Kevy Baby

01-14-2011, 01:23 PM

But my car doesn't go 186K MPS... not even close.Sounds like it's time for a tune-up; maybe put a supercharger on it.

lashbear

01-16-2011, 12:54 AM

I think we just need to bring in a consultant experienced in advancing the future - where"s the Lashpair?
Sorry, I can only change today into Sunday. However this means you will have been paid, so that's OK.

Ghoulish Delight

03-22-2011, 04:06 PM

alphabassettgrrl

03-22-2011, 06:37 PM

I'm navigationally challenged today. Granted, the stage was crowded and navigating was something of a challenge, but still. My brain was definitely "off" today.

Not Afraid

03-23-2011, 08:01 AM

I grabbed my coffee mug that I have at work so I don't use a billion paper cups. I brought it to the break room, carefully rinsed it out. I set it down next to the coffee machine. I then proceeded to grab a paper cup and fill it with coffee.

It seems I do need that cup of coffee.

I really don't know how I am going to do without coffee for 8 weeks. Add some heavy drugs in the mix and I'm going to be dangerous!

Kevy Baby

06-02-2011, 09:03 PM

I sent two texts meant for Susan to my boss today.

Thankfully, it wasn't anything horrible.

But, oh what could have been...

blueerica

06-03-2011, 07:20 AM

The I did an email faux pas classic, the "Reply to All". No clue as to why I would have hit reply to all, but now everyone knows my company cell phone choice with Verizon.

Mwah, mwah, mwaaahhh....

Kevy Baby

08-29-2011, 02:34 PM

I thought I lost my cell phone earlier today.

I had taken it with me to the restroom (to play a game - no phone calls in the potty) and apparently left it there. When I realized I had done this, I checked with both the management office (which is on the same floor) and security (neither had it). I also tried to call the phone a couple of times but no one answered.

I used the "Find My iPhone" feature (anyone with an iPhone should have this in place - if not, do so now (http://www.apple.com/iphone/find-my-iphone-setup/)) to try to locate my phone. When it came up on a map, it showed the phone being on a street that is a mile or so away. What I didn't realize at the time was that what it was showing me was the center of a very large circle of where the phone was - probably about a mile+ radius around that point. :rolleyes:

While I was looking at the "Find my iPhone" map, I saw that one of the options (besides locking my phone and wiping my phone, the latter of which was what I was getting ready to do) was to send a message to the phone, which I did (and apparently it plays a really annoying sound at the same time).

Well, this got the person's attention (where apparently the two calls I made to the phone did not) and they called immediately. Someone from another office had picked it up and gave it to their receptionist who was planning on giving it to security on their way out to lunch. Problem solved.

What I was most pissed about was the possibility of having to replace my iPhone before the G5s came out.

RStar

08-29-2011, 03:51 PM

I sent two texts meant for Susan to my boss today.

Thankfully, it wasn't anything horrible.

But, oh what could have been...

I'm not sure how that speaks to how you feel about your boss, or about Susan, that you'd confuse the two. :D

But, glad you found your phone. Even if it did almost get you fired. ;)

Kevy Baby

08-29-2011, 06:50 PM

Another Stpid thing...

I had been holding off on this one until I knew how things would work out (which they did). I will get the what-could-have-been-terrible-news out of the way first. Spoilerized in case you want to skip it.

Two weeks ago, both of our Chameleons had issues which caused us to take them to the vet; the male had some spots on his back that we were concerned about and the female slit her own throat (we're pretty sure it was her typical clumsiness and not an attempted suicide). The spots on the male turned out to be normal and non-lethal (and pretty innocuous), but the vet found an abscess in his mouth which normally wouldn't be caught until it was too late - thankfully we caught it early and could do something about it. For the female, she got a couple of stitches.

Last Friday morning, when I was feeding everyone, I found the female (Karma) on the bottom of her cage and she was black (not a good sign). I honestly thought we had lost her as she didn't move at all for a couple of minutes after I picked her up and even then, it was barely perceptible. I will state right now that she will be fine (otherwise I wouldn't be posting this); however, Friday morning, I honestly did not think she would make it.

So why is this in the "What Stpid Thing Have You Done Today?" thread? Because Susan sent me a text letting me know she was on the way to the vet.

And I asked her if Karma was still alive.

Did I think Susan be taking a dead animal to the vet? :rolleyes:

alphabassettgrrl

08-29-2011, 06:53 PM

Glad the little girl will make it.

If it makes you feel better, I probably would have asked the same thing.... :)

JWBear

10-29-2011, 09:35 AM

I accidentally left the oven on all last night.

€uroMeinke

10-29-2011, 11:06 AM

I accidentally left the oven on all last night.

I've done 3 days

BarTopDancer

10-29-2011, 11:17 AM

I accidentally left the oven on all last night.
I've left the gas stove on. Thankfully there was nothing on the stove.

Ghoulish Delight

11-11-2011, 02:04 PM

So I've been trying for a week+ to get something tested at our office in India. It needs to be tested before this week is over.

With the nearly 12 hour time difference, things are difficult, any communication takes a full day. As if that weren't enough delay, Monday was a holiday in India, and then the person who was supposed to do the work had to take the week off for an emergency.

So I asked on Wednesday for remote access to their systems so I could just do it myself. Instead the manager said he'd find someone else to do the work (would be way faster for me to just do it myself).

Yesterday, at almost 5PM (around 6AM India time), I got an email from someone about installing the software necessary (see the "Workplace reallyisms" thread for the substance of that email). We exchanged emails for a little while, then they stopped responding, so I went home. I kept checking in at home, trying to get status. Got no response, so I went to bed after 11 (middle of the work day in India) with one more email saying, "This is critical, I need to get this done tomorrow, please let me log in remotely".

Well, he responded shortly after I sent that. And from his response (and the appearance of an email from someone else in India) it finally dawned on me...this guy is not in our office in India, he's in San Jose.

He has an ethnically Indian name. And his manager (copied on the emails) has the same first name as the manager in India. And he working on exactly what someone in India would be working on if they were trying to do the testing I needed them to do. So I never thought to question it.

But now I feel kinda racist and had to send an uncomfortable apology email (I decided not to say, "I thought you were in India", just said "I mistook this for a different email conversation.").

ETA: Of course, the questions that this guy was asking were stupid, no matter what country he's in

BarTopDancer

11-11-2011, 02:22 PM

...really believed when someone who said "I'm so sorry, I want a second chance, I'll do whatever it takes to make it up to you" meant "I'm so sorry, I want a second chance, I'll do whatever it takes to make it up to you" instead of "I'm so sorry, I want to do the minimum amount of work needed for you to give me a second chance and then bring things back to exactly how they were".

Betty

11-12-2011, 09:02 AM

CoasterMatt

11-14-2011, 01:17 PM

I showed up to work this morning. That's about all.

Kevy Baby

11-14-2011, 01:47 PM

I didn't

Ghoulish Delight

11-28-2011, 11:28 AM

This (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?p=354078#post354078)

katiesue

11-28-2011, 12:32 PM

Crap out of stock :(

Ghoulish Delight

11-28-2011, 12:36 PM

Damn. Sorry to get your hopes up. :(

Might come around again post-Christmas. RadioShack had the same deal up a few days before Black Friday.

katiesue

11-28-2011, 01:06 PM

I already ordered one - not a deal but I'll have one. Madz changed her mind on what she wanted Thursday night about 11 - too late to grab most of the deals. Worst case I've got one, if I can find a better deal I can just return what I ordered.

Moonliner

11-28-2011, 08:01 PM

Went down to the National Mall today. Visited the National Archives stood in front of the:

Declaration of Independence
The Constitution Of The United States of America
Bill of Rights.

Then went to the Smithsonian American History Museum. Gazed upon:

The Star Spangled Banner
General George Washington's Dress Uniform
A myriad of other notable historical artifacts

All with my fly wide open.

Morrigoon

11-28-2011, 08:30 PM

Wow Moonie... you REALLY have a hard on for American history, don't you? ;)

CoasterMatt

11-28-2011, 09:07 PM

Somebody call the 'Boner Police (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZaAFbT0b5Y)'! (NSFW)

BarTopDancer

11-28-2011, 09:26 PM

Kevy Baby

11-28-2011, 10:11 PM

Wait. Those still exist?!?!The fact that you can post that proves their existance.

BarTopDancer

11-28-2011, 10:53 PM

The fact that you can post that proves their existance.

The fact that I am posting THIS proves their existence.

what's that whirring I hear off in the distance???

€uroMeinke

11-28-2011, 11:29 PM

Strangler Lewis

11-29-2011, 11:06 AM

Yes, I can see it: "I hold THESE truths to be self-evident."

Moonliner

11-29-2011, 11:11 AM

Wait. Those still exist?!?!

Ironically the bill of rights is faded and hard to read.

And on a total aside, did you know the last line of the Star Spangled Banner:

"And the home of the brave"

Is actually written as a question:

"And the home of the brave?"

Ghoulish Delight

11-29-2011, 11:30 AM

And on a total aside, did you know the last line of the Star Spangled Banner:

"And the home of the brave"

Is actually written as a question:

"And the home of the brave?"

That's because it is a question. "O say does that Star Spangled banner yet wave...?" It's not questioning whether it's the home of the brave, it's questioning whether the flag survived the night.

CoasterMatt

12-01-2011, 12:50 PM

I stapled myself.

Snowflake

12-01-2011, 04:12 PM

Kevy Baby

12-01-2011, 06:30 PM

Went to the grocery store and used the self-checkout. Once I was done, I pushed my cart towards the exit. Stopped to see if "Badder Santa" was available at the Red Box (it wasn't). I then continued to push my cart towards the exit. I stopped to get the bags out of the cart (there were only three and I didn't see the need to push the cart out to the car).

I then turned around to go back to the self-checkout to pick up my bags.

DOH!

Alex

12-05-2011, 06:32 PM

Tried to use the local library for actual research purposes.

Am now stuck feeling embarrassed by for my abandoned profession (not that I ever intended to go into public librarianship, I was all snobby and focused solely on academic).

JWBear

12-19-2011, 03:23 PM

I came back to work after a week off....

Moonliner

05-31-2012, 09:40 AM

Walking down the street passing an attractive woman....

Her: Are you getting a good look?

Me: *pause*, I'm not wearing my sunglasses am I?

Her: No.

Capt Jack

06-01-2012, 02:58 PM

I messed up and actually said what I thought.

lashbear

06-03-2012, 11:25 PM

I carefully packed our clippers, and now I have a 10 foot long beard and hair and cannot clip myself until I find them.

Moonliner

06-04-2012, 08:16 AM

I carefully packed our clippers, and now I have a 10 foot long beard and hair and cannot clip myself until I find them.

"carefully" must mean something different down under than it does here.

cirquelover

06-04-2012, 10:54 AM

We took a little drive yesterday to check out a bird trail......I left the camera at home! Husband was not happy that we had to turn around after 15 miles, at least I remembered the water and Cheezits. :rolleyes:

Ghoulish Delight

06-04-2012, 10:56 AM

Not today but yesterday. Forgot to put sunscreen on for a 2 hour bike ride in the middle of the day. Wee bit red and sore today.

lashbear

06-05-2012, 06:15 AM

"carefully" must mean something different down under than it does here.

Carefully, as in a very safe place. So safe that I still cannot find them. You might get to see me with a plaited beard.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39523000/jpg/_39523791_beard_4.jpg

Ghoulish Delight

06-21-2012, 12:39 PM

My pants were feeling a little under seasoned today, so I went ahead and spiced them up with some drippings from the tacos I had for lunch.

Betty

06-21-2012, 01:28 PM

I'm hoping you spilled hot sauce on your pants and didn't, as they say, have a little accident. ;)

Ghoulish Delight

06-29-2012, 02:07 PM

This is actually something stpidly I HADN'T done and finally corrected today.

I got my car registration renewal notice in April.

I got my smog check done in early May. I did it at the AAA office that is literally on the same block as my office. The day I got the smog check done, I didn't ran out of time to walk into the AAA office and pay for registration.

But that's okay, it was early May and I had until 6/18 to walk (or easier yet, bike) one block and take care of it.

Fvck.

Kevy Baby

06-29-2012, 02:37 PM

DOH!

DreadPirateRoberts

06-29-2012, 02:39 PM

I always pay my registration online, even before I get the smog check. When you get the smog check they sent it electronically and then the dmv mails the stickers.

Ghoulish Delight

06-29-2012, 03:10 PM

That's what I usually do. But this year I was reminded that I can do it through AAA and skip the online processing fee, and get my stickers immediately, by taking advantage of the AAA services conveniently located RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

Oh well, at least some of the late fee is offset by the fact that normally I would have paid the online payment fee.

Alex

06-29-2012, 04:13 PM

One of things days I'm going to have to find out what these smog checks are like.

I'm hoping that if we are ever expected to do them on the hybrid they'll tell me because I've never done it.

Kevy Baby

06-29-2012, 04:31 PM

My Stpid thing for the day? Put on a fresh coat of Chap Stick right before I sat down for a haircut.

cirquelover

06-30-2012, 07:09 AM

Ewwww!

Kevy Baby

07-31-2012, 07:59 PM

Lost me key to my friend's office. I am now sitting here waiting (going on two hours now) for someone to stop by to lock the place up.

I have one place to look and if it is not there, I am going to pay for the replacement key (it is one of those weird keys that I think are laser cut with the square blue tops).

SzczerbiakManiac

08-11-2012, 02:07 PM

As is my custom on weekend mornings, I've been mulling about the house wearing what I call "laundry clothes"—articles that I wouldn't wear if I was going out, but more than suffice while cocooning. "Laundry clothes" also include underwear that may be ripped, have weakened elastic, or are slightly ill-fitting.

I've been up and about for several hours. While walking around the house, I noticed my underwear felt weird. I chalked it up to them being "laundry underwear" and didn't give it much thought. However, it was not until I went to the loo a few minutes ago that I realized they were on backwards. :rolleyes:

Kevy Baby

08-11-2012, 02:37 PM

I hate when I wear my thing better, especially that it fits better that way.

Cadaverous Pallor

08-11-2012, 08:01 PM

I went to Disneyland today.

Stpid. I just couldn't bear staying in the house all day. We went slowly, spent lots of time in air conditioned places, and stayed hydrated.

Still, stpid. My body is in shut down mode, and Theo has been a crazy person all evening. Barring some special visit, I won't be doing DL in full summer weather again until next year.

Ghoulish Delight

09-06-2012, 09:05 AM

Before leaving my job I carefully downloaded my last year's worth of pay stubs from the online system since access to the system ended on my last day.

I then carefully left them on the company laptop.

cirquelover

09-06-2012, 09:18 AM

Doh, that really sucks!

Kevy Baby

12-18-2012, 02:12 PM

We stopped using our Mindspring (Earthlink) emails 3-4 years ago. I kept them active (for $5/month) until we got everything changed over (with the intention of 6 months or so). I just today switched them off.

The funny thing is that they are sending the confirmation email to the email address I just closed.

Kevy Baby

12-26-2012, 07:11 PM

Note to self: don't put cans of root beer in the freezer (for a quicker cooling) thinking you will remember to take them out in time. You won't.

And it will be a mess to clean up.

Alex

12-26-2012, 07:25 PM

I wonder what my mom's secret was. When I was a kid the standard school field trip lunch included a can of soda that had been frozen (intentionally) and then served to keep the lunch cool and was mostly melted by the time lunch rolled around.

Don't recall the cans ever exploding though often the top would be distended. Wonder if can design has changed since, making them more likely to explode.

Stan4dSteph

12-27-2012, 09:27 AM

Note to self: don't put cans of root beer in the freezer (for a quicker cooling) thinking you will remember to take them out in time. You won't.If I do that, I always set a timer so I won't forget.

Kevy Baby

12-27-2012, 11:05 AM

Oh, I don't need to set a timer: I won't forget :blush:

CoasterMatt

12-27-2012, 02:57 PM

I knocked my D300 off of a night stand, and it landed lens down on laminate floor.

The UV filter/lens protector shattered, and the outer ring pushed down on the threads on the front of the lens, but the lens is alright, and the camera body just shrugged it off.

CoasterMatt

12-27-2012, 03:01 PM

I figured this would be a good thread to put this photo...
http://i.imgur.com/quJAh.jpg

Moonliner

03-05-2013, 07:30 AM

Getting ready for work this morning, I steam ironed my stomach.

Owww.

Highly recommend not trying this at home.

€uroMeinke

03-05-2013, 09:11 AM

My cup of coffee is still in the kitchen :-(

Kevy Baby

03-05-2013, 07:22 PM

I kept meaning to post this - it actually happened a couple of weeks ago.

It was raining as I drove into work, so naturally I had my windshield wipers on (and did not turn them off when I arrived at work). It wasn't raining too hard as I was driving so they were on intermittent.

When I went out for lunch, the rain had stopped. When I got in my car, I started my car before I closed my door (a normal thing for me to do).

The windshield wipers cycled. My door was still open. The inside of my door as well as my left arm are now soaked.

Kevy Baby

03-14-2013, 06:17 PM

I have GOT to stop farting in my car

SzczerbiakManiac

03-14-2013, 08:52 PM

I fart in my car plenty, but I have learned not to do it in the last few minutes of the trip. That generally gives it enough time to disperse because I always have either the vent on or windows down. But if I forget the rule, if I come back into the car within a few hours... whew! :eek:

Capt Jack

03-15-2013, 12:03 PM

I have GOT to stop farting in my car

its as good a place as any

scaeagles

03-20-2013, 12:57 PM

I now coach a 6th grade girls basketball team. Makes me feel like I did a stupid thing EVERY DAY.

SzczerbiakManiac

03-20-2013, 01:50 PM

How so?

scaeagles

03-22-2013, 04:38 AM

Mostly a joke. I love the girls. But it's like coaching a group of ADD cats.

Moonliner

03-22-2013, 05:41 AM

Mostly a joke. I love the girls. But it's like coaching a group of ADD cats.

So, how did that Harvard win do for your brackets this year?

Gn2Dlnd

03-22-2013, 08:04 AM

ADD cats = Cats

SzczerbiakManiac

04-23-2013, 05:33 PM

I didn't realize this until I got home and changed my shirt, but I forgot to put on deodorant today.
Thanks gawd I don't have a strenuous job! :eek:

Kevy Baby

06-25-2013, 07:05 PM

I discovered that when I went to pee this morning at work that I put my boxers on backwards

Moonliner

06-26-2013, 08:05 AM

I discovered that when I went to pee this morning at work that I put my boxers on backwards

Before or after?

Moonliner

01-29-2014, 12:54 PM

On a related note....

Before using any bathroom anywhere be sure to check supply levels before you get started.

alphabassettgrrl

01-29-2014, 10:56 PM

Indeed.

Motorboat Cruiser

01-30-2014, 12:12 PM

I was eating one of those plastic cups of grapefruit slices last night. Through the remaining juice, I saw what appeared to be one sliver of fruit at the bottom, but I couldn't seem to find it with the fork. Turned out it was my finger showing through the bottom of the cup.

Granted, I was a little sleep-deprived, but it reminded me of when my cat used to try to reach for objects on the other side of the sliding door.

Kevy Baby

01-30-2014, 09:38 PM

Have you ever farted just before you sat down and then realized you just farted in your own face?

3894

01-31-2014, 02:17 PM

I refilled this.

http://images1.vat19.com/jelly-belly-dispenser/jelly-belly-dispenser-office-2.jpg

katiesue

01-31-2014, 09:42 PM

We're looking at colleges. Maddie arranged a tour at Marymount. Ok I know exactly where Loyola Marymount is no problem. We arrive at the scheduled time. They look at us like we've got 3 heads. Yea didn't know there is also a Marymount in Palos Verdes. Took her to the wrong school. Sigh.

Luckily got to Palos Verdes and they were able to reschedule and they let us know that she had also been accepted. So now that I took her to the right one we have to figure out if we can afford it.

cirquelover

02-04-2014, 12:35 PM

Congrats Maddie on being accepted!

Our school is paying for 2 years of community college for Zach. Then he can transfer to the college of his choice and finish his degree, on our dime.

katiesue

02-04-2014, 01:38 PM

And because I'm brilliant like that. Yesterday I was comparing tuition costs and somehow got on the out of state page for one college vs the in state for another and for a brief moment it was so much cheaper for her to go to San Francisco than to stay home and go to San Marcos. I need to stop looking I think.

Cirque that's great for Zach. Maddie's now busy applying for every scholarship she thinks she qualifies for, there's even an app for that.

Moonliner

02-04-2014, 02:11 PM

there's even an app for that.

Link?

katiesue

02-04-2014, 02:29 PM

https://www.scholarships.com/. I think there are some others as well.

Moonliner

02-21-2014, 09:12 AM

Noooooo!

I was out of the office for a bit yesterday, when one of my co-workers dropped off a box of See's candy in the break room. I'm taking the real deal picked up at a See's store not that packaged months ago crap we normally get here on the bitter east coast and these local heathens ate it all before I returned.

alphabassettgrrl

02-21-2014, 11:30 AM

Oh, no!!!!

Alex

02-21-2014, 03:11 PM

Fortunately, See's chocolate isn't all that good so you didn't miss much.

Ghoulish Delight

02-21-2014, 11:00 PM

Not something stupid I did - something stupid a Time Warner Cable customer service agent did...they entered a chat with my mother.

My mother sent me the transcript. I've witnessed many an encounter between my mother and customer service over the phone. She's skilled, but she's not subtle, her most effective tactic is brute force. And while she's far more tech savvy than the average retiree, she doesn't spend a lot of time communicating via chat, so her etiquette and understanding of the medium is lacking.

What she sent is about the most unhinged I've seen her. Yikes. Within 2 exchanges she escalated to "Spare me your platitudes!" And she thinks she looks like the hero.

€uroMeinke

02-27-2014, 10:15 AM

When I got to work today I realized I put my underware on backwards. Yay for handicap stalls.

alphabassettgrrl

02-27-2014, 06:42 PM

I've gone out with my shirt on backwards.

Kevy Baby

02-28-2014, 08:23 AM

When I got to work today I realized I put my underware on backwards.Hopefully it wasn't a thong.

Ghoulish Delight

02-28-2014, 10:26 AM

Yay for handicap stalls.Dude, I think you're being a little harsh on yourself...that's no reason to self-diagnose as mentally handicapped.

Strangler Lewis

02-28-2014, 01:04 PM

Hanging out bottomless at work in the stall with room for others seems somewhat counterintuitive.

Morrigoon

03-22-2014, 01:40 AM

Been counting down the days until Gally registration, but I did not hop online the instant it opened up. Long story short, it sold out in 75 minutes, without me.

3894

03-22-2014, 08:46 AM

Gally registration

What is it? I googled and got a sex offender.

Moonliner

03-22-2014, 09:31 AM

What is it? I googled and got a sex offender.

Gallifrey One 2015 (http://www.gallifreyone.com/)

A convention in LA for fans of the BBC show Dr. Who. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who)

lashbear

03-24-2014, 05:20 AM

...and they apparently get very snippy when it is suggested that maybe a bigger event might be a good thing. Snippy as in "go start your own... good luck!"

That's based on what I saw on their Facebook page.

Moonliner

03-24-2014, 07:33 AM

Snippy as in "go start your own... good luck!"
.

Perhaps you could contact James Earl Jones. I hear he's quite receptive to pitches for new conventions.

Morrigoon

03-25-2014, 01:44 AM

I have to admit... as much as I DO wish it were bigger, just so I could go, the intimacy of the convention was one of its more desirable attributes.

Moonliner

04-12-2014, 09:55 AM

I just sneezed and hiccuped at the same time.

Not recommended.

alphabassettgrrl

04-12-2014, 09:57 PM

Sneeze/hiccup - my husband had that going on. Not fun, I hear.

Stupid thing today? We set props to get ready for the next scene in the show we're rehearsing, and I lost track of what we were up to. I tried to take props off that were set and supposed to be on stage.

Kevy Baby

04-15-2014, 02:13 PM

A while back I took a screen capture of a text conversation I was having with someone.

Somehow I managed to post that as a picture on a foursquare check-in.

How the hell did that happen?!?

Thankfully, with the help of Susan, I discovered it today and was able to remove it. Nothing incriminating, just wondering how the hell it happened.

Moonliner

04-15-2014, 02:42 PM

SzczerbiakManiac

04-15-2014, 09:52 PM

VMLM! :evil:

Moonliner

05-05-2014, 07:59 AM

Spent 15 min scrubbing blueberry smoothie off the wall, floor, counter, and Venetian blinds of our kitchen.

Snowflake

05-05-2014, 08:39 AM

Spent 15 min scrubbing blueberry smoothie off the wall, floor, counter, and Venetian blinds of our kitchen.

Oops! Lid not secured, I take it?

Moonliner

05-05-2014, 09:59 AM

Oops! Lid not secured, I take it?

If by "secured" you mean totally forgot to put it on before hitting blend, then yes. The lid was not "secured".

RStar

05-05-2014, 07:17 PM

I just sneezed and hiccuped at the same time.

Not recommended.Now, sneeze/fart is a whole different thing! Unless it's a shart, and then it's not recommended.

If by "secured" you mean totally forgot to put it on before hitting blend, then yes. The lid was not "secured".

I thought you were going to say you sneezed while attempting to ingest said smoothy....

alphabassettgrrl

05-05-2014, 07:36 PM

Take the train down to LA for Train day. It'll be fun, my brain says. Talked the husband into coming along, too. We'll leave on the 3:30 train, home by just about 6.

Go to buy our tickets... and the train left at 3. D'oh! Next train.... 7:10. Or, considering it got delayed, 7:30.

But I got us a ride with a friend, so while we didn't get home when I had intended, it wasn't as late as it could have been.

The trains were fun, though!

Moonliner

05-09-2014, 07:08 AM

Auto-correct, you bitch.

I sent a text this morning. It started with "Let me know if you hear any news....."

Auto-correct change the word "Let" to "Marry"

Mom was a bit confused.

Kevy Baby

05-09-2014, 07:09 AM

So did you hear any news?

RStar

05-09-2014, 07:43 AM

Congrats! ;)

Strangler Lewis

05-09-2014, 11:26 AM

The first ribald joke my father ever told me when I was a child involved an incorrectly punctuated telegram from a wife to a husband: NOT GETTING ANY BETTER. COME HOME QUICKLY.

scaeagles

05-09-2014, 02:23 PM

Auto-correct, you bitch.

Very recently the mother of one of the players on my basketball team texted me asking if she could do anything for me prior to a game that day. I was busy and tried to text "just a sec" which sent as "just sex". That was awkward.

Moonliner

05-09-2014, 03:10 PM

Very recently the mother of one of the players on my basketball team texted me asking if she could do anything for me prior to a game that day. I was busy and tried to text "just a sec" which sent as "just sex". That was awkward.

Wouldn't that depend on her response?

Moonliner

02-03-2016, 03:22 PM

Got a quick weekend trip coming up, checked my flight reservations today and yeah, I booked the return flight for March rather than Feb. So I either have to stay for a month or pay the change fee.

alphabassettgrrl

02-03-2016, 04:08 PM

Oops!

I made an assumption while driving. I'm turning right, the light on their street turns yellow, and I assumed the car coming up to it would stop for the yellow/red, and I pulled out onto the street.

They didn't stop, and I got honked at. And of course, on the motorcycle, I don't really want to be turning right and looking left, so I was a little surprised.

Moonliner

02-03-2016, 05:08 PM

alphabassettgrrl

02-04-2016, 11:41 AM

Yeah, I was reminded that motorcycles are the hunted while on the road. My bad.

Moonie, I hope your travel changes don't cost you too much cash.

Moonliner

02-01-2017, 09:21 AM

Spent 5-min looking for my wallet before I found it in my pocket.

€uroMeinke

02-01-2017, 09:31 AM

I flossed the crown off my tooth

Ghoulish Delight

02-01-2017, 11:00 AM

Lesson learned. Don't floss.

SzczerbiakManiac

02-01-2017, 01:09 PM

While technically not today, I think this fits the theme.

Up until November 2016, I hadn't worn/owned a watch since high school. I received a smartwatch as a gift and have been enjoying using it--when I remember to put it on in the morning!

At first, I thought the issue was that it was charging on my computer desk which is on the opposite side of the room from where I get ready in the morning. So I bought a cool little charging station that's right next to were I keep my keys. Nope, didn't help. 2-3 times a week I'll be driving into work, look at my naked wrist, and call down a curse from a non-existent god.