What are your pet peeves? - Page 13

Gemini Cricket · 08-16-2006, 02:37 PM

Those sticky security tags on the inside of CDs. Sometimes they put it on the paper underneath the case itself. You try to peel it off and it rips. Urgh!

Also, DVD stickers. Why do we need stickers on 3 sides of a DVD? Sometimes the stickers adheres to the picture on the front. I peel the tape off and it rips. Next time that happens, I'm returning it.

Ghoulish Delight · 08-16-2006, 02:49 PM

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Changing formats is a pet peeve of mine. Beta, VHS, SVHS, DVD, Blue Ray or whatever it's called. Bleh. I don't want to re-buy anything any more. Where's my iTunes-like download thingy for my computer for movies?

I can't remember the name of the company, but it exists. And Netflix is apparantly working on developing their own version.

SzczerbiakManiac · 08-16-2006, 02:55 PM

There are two types of scenarios that happen here at work (help desk) all the time that will eventually cause me to murder someone.

1) We'll get an e-mail that says, "Can you send someone over to my office to look at my computer, it isn't working."
No phone number, no office location, no actual description of the problem. We're just supposed to have a fleet of techs ready to be airlifted to any location at a moments notice. (Many problems can easily be resolved over the phone.) And, of course, we're just supposed to KNOW where everyone is located!

2) An underling of some blowhard calls in for their boss. Of course the underling has no idea what the problem is, doesn't know what OS the boss is running, can't access the boss's computer to check any of this, but needs everything taken care on NOW!

Prudence · 08-16-2006, 03:15 PM

Stupid bureaucratic rules! Some former co-workers were laid off when their funding ended. One in particular has been sending out gobs of applications and taking advantage of every re-training available to her and has had several interviews but no offers yet. So they're not sitting on their butts just accepting welfare without making any effort themselves. Now the state is denying them unemployment over the summer because the university is a "school" and school employees don't normally work over the summer so they're not eligible. WTF? Apparently no matter what your former function was, even if it was supporting year-round research programs, because the university is a "school" no former employees can get unemployment over the summer.

Of course, if you were to actually take the summer off you'd lose your benefits because staff and many faculty have 12-month appointments, and therefore you're required to work year-round; 9-month appointees can take the summer off and continue their benefits uninterrupted. But now that they want unemployment they work for a 9-month employer.

Prudence · 08-17-2006, 07:54 AM

Gah! Petty power trips!

So I'm at work. And I theoretically start at 7:30. And the lights are on. And it's clear that I'm here. And once again some VP's flunky comes by and turns them off, because it's not 8:00. Doesn't matter that I am officially scheduled to be working. Doesn't matter that with the lights out I can't see what I'm supposed to be doing. She has some damn control issues and her department takes up more of the floor than the department I'm in, and she doesn't want the lights on until 8 because I'm not important enough to merit electricity. No one can have lights until her department starts.

Of course, she has lights in her own office. It's just the overheads in cube farm land that she wants to keep off until her own people show up.

BarTopDancer · 08-17-2006, 08:32 AM

Go turn them back on P. And if she says anything tell her you need to work and if she has an issue to take it up with your boss.

Kevy Baby · 08-17-2006, 10:04 AM

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Go turn them back on P. And if she says anything tell her you need to work and if she has an issue to take it up with your boss.

Screw that - it's too obvious.

Go turn the flunky's lights off

Gemini Cricket · 08-17-2006, 10:06 AM

I'm with Kevy. Put her lights out!

Kevy Baby · 08-17-2006, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I'm with Kevy. Put her lights out!

And then turn off the lights in her office!

Gemini Cricket · 08-17-2006, 10:32 AM

Those cartons of orange juice that have a screw top cap on the side of the carton top. I thought the deal was that they made the top of a carton that way so you could open the top of the carton by unfolding it?
Have we become so inept that we can't open a carton that way any more and need the screw top?

AND

Once you open the screw top, there's a funky inner lid with a ring to pull. You pull the ring and juice squirts out at you.

Urrrrgh!

08-16-2006, 02:37 PM	#121
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Those sticky security tags on the inside of CDs. Sometimes they put it on the paper underneath the case itself. You try to peel it off and it rips. Urgh! Also, DVD stickers. Why do we need stickers on 3 sides of a DVD? Sometimes the stickers adheres to the picture on the front. I peel the tape off and it rips. Next time that happens, I'm returning it.
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08-16-2006, 02:55 PM	#123
SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	There are two types of scenarios that happen here at work (help desk) all the time that will eventually cause me to murder someone. 1) We'll get an e-mail that says, "Can you send someone over to my office to look at my computer, it isn't working." No phone number, no office location, no actual description of the problem. We're just supposed to have a fleet of techs ready to be airlifted to any location at a moments notice. (Many problems can easily be resolved over the phone.) And, of course, we're just supposed to KNOW where everyone is located! 2) An underling of some blowhard calls in for their boss. Of course the underling has no idea what the problem is, doesn't know what OS the boss is running, can't access the boss's computer to check any of this, but needs everything taken care on NOW! __________________
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08-16-2006, 03:15 PM	#124
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	Stupid bureaucratic rules! Some former co-workers were laid off when their funding ended. One in particular has been sending out gobs of applications and taking advantage of every re-training available to her and has had several interviews but no offers yet. So they're not sitting on their butts just accepting welfare without making any effort themselves. Now the state is denying them unemployment over the summer because the university is a "school" and school employees don't normally work over the summer so they're not eligible. WTF? Apparently no matter what your former function was, even if it was supporting year-round research programs, because the university is a "school" no former employees can get unemployment over the summer. Of course, if you were to actually take the summer off you'd lose your benefits because staff and many faculty have 12-month appointments, and therefore you're required to work year-round; 9-month appointees can take the summer off and continue their benefits uninterrupted. But now that they want unemployment they work for a 9-month employer. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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08-17-2006, 07:54 AM	#125
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	Gah! Petty power trips! So I'm at work. And I theoretically start at 7:30. And the lights are on. And it's clear that I'm here. And once again some VP's flunky comes by and turns them off, because it's not 8:00. Doesn't matter that I am officially scheduled to be working. Doesn't matter that with the lights out I can't see what I'm supposed to be doing. She has some damn control issues and her department takes up more of the floor than the department I'm in, and she doesn't want the lights on until 8 because I'm not important enough to merit electricity. No one can have lights until her department starts. Of course, she has lights in her own office. It's just the overheads in cube farm land that she wants to keep off until her own people show up. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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08-17-2006, 08:32 AM	#126
BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	Go turn them back on P. And if she says anything tell her you need to work and if she has an issue to take it up with your boss. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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08-17-2006, 10:06 AM	#128
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I'm with Kevy. Put her lights out!
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08-17-2006, 10:32 AM	#130
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Those cartons of orange juice that have a screw top cap on the side of the carton top. I thought the deal was that they made the top of a carton that way so you could open the top of the carton by unfolding it? Have we become so inept that we can't open a carton that way any more and need the screw top? AND Once you open the screw top, there's a funky inner lid with a ring to pull. You pull the ring and juice squirts out at you. Urrrrgh!
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