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Post by Office Ninja on Jan 10, 2010 2:31:46 GMT -5
Well we just got back from Ohio. HAd to take an emergency trip out there for Bryce's dad. He had to go to the hospital due to blood clots in his lungs. He was released but of course the clots are still there and he is on very light duty and blood thinners for the rest of his life. Poor guy. Im glad he is feeling better though.
I have to say, Ohio was BEAUTIFUL! It snowed the whole time we were up there. And its not like the snow we get in Tulsa where its all icy and nasty and stuff. IT was a pretty powdery snow. I have never seen snow like that! It was so nice. And Mount Vernon is such a nice little town. They have a Town Square with this big fountain and monument. It was really nice to see. In Oklahoma we don't have town squares.
It was a fun trip, even if the reason we went totally sucked. I cant wait to go back now!
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Post by dejibo on Jan 10, 2010 10:23:43 GMT -5
I am glad his dad is feeling better. That stinks!
Snow can be awesome! we get tons of the stuff here, and put it to good use. Skiing and snowmobiles, and ice fishing and such. The stuff they get in the south is icky! freezy, sloppy, and slippery. Good packed powder can be tons of fun.
skipped church. just dont care. hanging around the house and trying to figure out projects to occupy my mind.
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Post by Caller on Jan 12, 2010 1:29:00 GMT -5
Missed an opportunity to become a manager at work recently. A manager stepped down from his position because he got another job and so I went and asked if his position would be open but I was told that the store was overstaffed for managers and so no, they wouldn't be replacing him. But then lo and behold a few weeks later, a new manager was hired! A woman who has only been working in the store for about a year and not even in the same department that she was hired to supervise!
Yeah well, that didn't go over well with me. On one hand, I can understand them saying they weren't going to hire since it was obvious the woman was chosen before the previous manager even stepped down. But on the other hand, I don't like being directly lied to; why couldn't they simply have told me they already filled the position?
But I think I know why: I don't kiss ass. If a customer is ignorant or rude to me or a coworker, I defend myself and them. If a customer is hostile, so am I. I don't bend over backwards to suck up and give them the world when they don't deserve it. I am nice to the customers that DO deserve it. If they treat me and my coworkers with respect, they shall receive it in kind. I am not a slave and nor am I beneath them, begging them to talk to me so that I may feel honored to wait upon them.
And that is why I'll never be a manager. <_<
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Post by dejibo on Jan 12, 2010 9:29:25 GMT -5
customer service is a very hard job. its hard to stand still while some bitch or dirtbag, slathers their shitty day all over you! it has nothing to do with the shoes you are showing them, or the product you are demonstrating. They are simply whiney lil scumbags, who are not going to be happy to matter what. Or dont you love those that WEAR the item they got, then are bringing it back to return, now that the special event is over?! As a teen I worked at the returns desk in a kmart style store. Good Lord! dirty panties! I would say NO! and they would scream for a manager to say how abusive I just was, and the manager would TAKE THEM BACK! Give them their money back AND apologize for the way I treated them!!! OMG! now I want to kill her AND him! Afterwards he would tell me that its just the way the game is played. Oh really??!! well, play it without me! Gawd, I hated customer service. too many scum bags, on both sides of the cash register.
How is Bryce's dad? any better?
Whats everyone up to? its been quiet here.
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Post by df2506 on Jan 12, 2010 18:27:00 GMT -5
Hey everybody.
Not much going on here...yet.
Dad is still recovering from his accident last month (broken left arm). Its still broken, not sure how much its healing yet. We will know more on Tuesday when he goes to the doctor. Hope he's healing...
I'm waiting to go back to college (next week). It is my last emester. Not really happy about that. Everyone else seems to be, but A) I've been enjoying my time at the college (expect for last semester) and B) I have no idea what-so-ever what I am going to do for a job. So clueless. Not looking forward to job hunting at all. So ya, looking forward to getting back to college, just not looking forward to the end.
Otherwise, not much else to report. The whole family is still playing AC: City Folk a lot and watching tv. Not much going on till next week.
I am trying to remain postive about things. Its getting harder and harder. *sigh* 2010 hasn't gotten off to a great start...
Hope everyone is doing ok.
DF2506
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Jan 12, 2010 19:36:29 GMT -5
Too true. There are so many customers that are assholes. I have seen waitresses at my job burst into tears cause a customer was being a dick to them. But the same can go the other way too. Like with my old internet. I was nice to them but THEY were dicks to ME so I got nasty with them. Saying that arrogance is on both sides is totally true.
So my restaurant got fumigated last night. I can't remember if I told you guys or not but we had cockroaches. SO last night we closed early and everyone moved everything out of the kitchen and into the dining room. This morning,after the fumes were cleared out, we had to move everything back in. Aside from that we cleaned and sanatized everything. Every wall, ever floor and ceiling tile....every damn thing in that kitchen got cleaned hardcore this morning. So now we need to be more diligent in our cleaning duties. I can't believe we let it get that bad. XD
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Post by dejibo on Jan 18, 2010 9:44:14 GMT -5
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Post by dejibo on Jan 18, 2010 11:54:25 GMT -5
this is not my house, but sometimes I feel this trapped in the winter.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Jan 18, 2010 19:31:05 GMT -5
That's gotta be somewhere in Canada. I've seen massive snow banks in my life but never that big. Atleast in person. Sometimes on the news we see these kind of pictures from the Territories up north. Daaaaamn!
So I discovered this one show on TV. Its called Legend of the Seeker. Its a swords and scorcery, fantasy style show and its pretty good. Its in its second season right now. The show is based on the Sword of Truth books of which there are eleven. After watching all of season 1 and catching up with season 2 I decided to buy the first book. Its pretty good so far and a bit differant from the show. The story of the book and show have their share of cliches and predictable plot points but its still fun entertainment. The characters are pretty likeable and I have not encountered a single person that I havn't liked so far. Even if they are bad or something.
Anyways, thats all thats new with me. I am reading. I don't do it much. I think I read one, maybe two books a year. If there are eleven books in this series it might take me a whole decade to go through them all. XD
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Post by Office Ninja on Jan 19, 2010 2:21:57 GMT -5
I am afraid to watch that series because I have read all of the books. By the way, it is an amazing series of books. YOu need to read all of them.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Jan 19, 2010 3:01:51 GMT -5
If you compare the Lord of the Rings movies to the source material, they do a good job of keeping things as accurate as possible. Obviously with a few changes to make it fit better as a movie. With Legend of the Seeker, there are quite a few changes. They keep the overall plot going but while reading there were quite a few moments where the book and show differ greatly. Like for instance....not gonna give too much away incase you decide to watch the shwo yourself.
Zedd, in the book, is said to be Richard's best friend, and they spend a lot of time together. In the show, Richard only knows Zedd as the crazy old man that talks to his chickens (before learning he is a wizard). And there are quite a few scenarios and things that are inaccurate to what I've read of the book so far (14 chapters). With all the changes they made for the show I can see why fans of the book wouldn't like it. Myself, I'm only reading the first book now so I still enjoy the show for what it is but I'm also enjoying the book. If you can download the first two episodes (they are two eps in one) then I would reccomend that. You may not enjoy it what with all the innacuracys. But I kinda view it as sorta like the Spiderman movies. Innacurate, but they maintain the original idea.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Jan 26, 2010 2:20:19 GMT -5
I am liking the book more so far because it is much darker than the show. I just read the part where Rahl gained the little boy's trust only to kill him, cut him open and summon his soul back as a beast from the Underworld. Pretty twisted. The one thing I prefer with the show is that Kahlan is a lot tougher while in the book she is seems a bit weaker. Like, she's the damsel in distress. But I'm not even half way through the book (almost there though) so she may still kick some ass and show her strength.
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Post by Office Ninja on Jan 26, 2010 14:29:53 GMT -5
Ohhhhhhh just wait! Kahlan is my favorite character.
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Post by df2506 on Jan 26, 2010 15:34:53 GMT -5
I started back to college last week. So far, its going pretty good. My favorite classes seem to be Non-Western Lit and the Advanceed Fiction class. Though, the Film and Journalism classes are good to. Only class that is so-so so far is the Senior Semiar. I guess its not bad (not like that drama class last semester), but the teacher rambles a lot and the material is a bit dry (James Joyce).
Best of all, non-school related, Dad is feeling better. He is going to have to get some physical threapy though for his left arm. That said, he is doing more things on his own now. So, with a little threapy, hopefully he'll get back to normal.
Things are ok right now. I'm especially enjoying the Non-Western Lit because there are a lot of good books in that class. Plus, I'm having a lot of fun with my games (White Knight Chronicles next week) & tv shows I'm watching (can't wait till Lost returns next week).
Main thing I wish right now: that winter would go away. ugh. tired of it already. lol.
DF2506
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Post by masaia on Jan 27, 2010 20:44:43 GMT -5
Starting to lose faith in people.
Our company hosts offsite backups for our customers. This is solely reliant on a product called the Sonicwall CDP (Continuous Data Protection). It, in realtime, backs up data as you make it. This allows for easier to access files when you accidentally delete a file (and you will). It's also low maintenance for the customer, as they don't even have to touch it.
Sounds all good on paper, but in practice, I'm starting to hate these things. Because you don't have to watch them, when something goes wrong, it's usually has been going on for at least a few days. Usually it can be fixed by restarting the damn thing, but sometimes you have to call the dreaded technical support. The only good thing about Sonicwall is that 85% of the workers have English as their first language. You'll only sometimes get Hindu-Bob or Pierre-french.
... But that doesn't mean they aren't equally full of fail. They had us update all our CDP boxes firmware, otherwise they wouldn't support them any more. So we started the first one, and it bricked after installation... lovely. We got it RMA'd and on next day delivery. I started to work on it almost immediately out of the box... And it wouldn't license on their server. So I call back to technical support, and lo and behold, they messed something up in the shipping process. Mr. awesome said it would be fixed in five minutes. One hour later, I get a call saying they are still working on it. Three hours later, it STILL isn't working. Now we go to the office manager and he expedites it (this is about 5PM in the evening now). The new tech agent (as Mr. awesome was so awesome he went home early) fixed the licensing issue within the guaranteed five minutes... But then we tried to finally log in, and the database didn't work.
This isn't the first time we've had this problem either. No one can even build a solid product, and even the higher level tech support can't do diddly squat. So my customers go without their offsite backup for another day!
Despite all this, I'm in a good mood today XD
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