Rebuttal
- wadE
I loved Wade's gambit from yesterday
so much I just had to add my $.02
People who cannot pronounce the Spanish "n" should not be allowed to eat. Period. In line for lunch today I overheard a woman who wanted more "hollapaynos" on her taco salad.
I couldn't agree more. I'm taking a wild guess that this woman looked like she was
straight our of Fargo. These are the same people who for a meal at an Italian restaurant
go to the Olive Garden.
Similarly, anyone who can't correctly say "Chipotle" should lose a kidney. It's not chi-pol-tay. It doesn't even look like chi-pol-tay.
Anyone else find it funny that Wade is harping on these words? "Ummmm... are you like...
Mexican or something?" </Mosier>
Scenario: you are coming up to a closing elevator door. You see someone inside already. Do you a) put your hand in to stop the doors from closing even though another elevator would get you in 1.2 seconds? b) Hold the elevator door for someone 35 yards away so that she can catch the elevator as well? c) Accidentally press the wrong floor, laugh, and say "I must have a case of the Wednesdays!" while an angry business analyst hopes you fall down the elevator shaft as you exit? Or d), All of the above?
I actually in this case lunge for the close door button. That way it looks like I'm
lunging for the open door button. Occassionally I get them mixed up and the door opens
and I look like a hero. Regardless, what really burns me is when I do hold the door, and
the person who gets in is going up 1 floor. Unless you've got crutches or are in a wheelchar,
or if you are carrying a lot of stuff that would prevent you from operating a door handle,
take the stairs. Your heart will thank you!
How can you seriously be in management? Honestly? Blackmail, that's the only thing I can think of. Naked pictures of executives. I used to joke that you got a free lobotomy when you got promoted to management, now I think it might be true. (On the positive side, the person that I'm referring to in said bullet just got canned for incompetence issues.)
That's great! A couple months ago the other project manager on my project got
canned.
And the guy they've brought in supposedly has all this experience in project management
and has managed hundreds of millions of dollars worth of work...and the guy is a putz. I
figure this job is going to be like high school. If I pay attention and don't say anything
stupid, I should get straight-As.
FLUSH THE URINAL. GOOD GOD. Now I have to flush twice-- not that I have an issue with touching the flusher like the candyass before me, but it's the principle of the thing. I also get to look at your warm piss.
Seriously! And you have to flush before you go...because it's one thing to have a
drop of your own pee fly out and hit your pants... but someone else's? Ewwwww!!!
Slow people. If you want to walk slowly, please stay to the side and/or get the hell out of my way.
I know he's talking about the skyways in downtown Minneapolis...but this applies to
everyone everywhere. Whether your at the mall, or driving on a highway. Slow traffic,
stay right! Unless of course you are in England...then stay left.
Juvenile delinquents working at the Target downtown. I understand you may not be excited about the daily life of a cashier-- I get that. However, the bored look? The rolled eyes? Spare me. And I'm not sure about you, but when I buy something from a corporation, say "thanks" and said corporate representative responds not with "thanks" but "yup"-- I consider never shopping there again.
Yeah, no kidding. Here's all you need to do for your job.
1. Say, "hi".
2. Scan items.
3. Bag items (soft/fragile stuff on top please!)
4. State total
5. Say, "thank you".
Not too freakin' hard. Or are you too cool to act all "corporate" and stuff? Guess
what sport...your working at Target! I'm guessing you need that job a helluva lot more
than they need you. So suck it up and act professional (relatively speaking).
Of course there is the flip-side...the person who talks too much. "Hey, how you doin'
today, did you find everything today? Would you like to save 10% today by signing up for our
credit card?" That's the worst. The only thing worse is the occassional person
who doesn't take 'no' for an answer on the credit card thing. "But you're missing out on
saving $7.48!" Did I stutter? I said 'no'!
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