Trivial Things That Make You Surly

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

9 minutes ago, lateshow said:

Makes sense. 

Totally spit ballin' too.

[Underdog 28436]

55 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

If you've got your program dialed in then it probably works most of the time. If you don't, and can't handle the increased customer base without major growing pains then I can see places failing because of too much exposure too fast.  Quality, and service suffer, and people don't come back.

My thought process as well and you put it much better than I would have.  Also, Yelpers.  Perhaps the places he's been to weren't all that and word spreads quickly over social media and places suffer.  Watched some older episodes recently and looked up some of the places and they were closed, no reason given. 

[Steamboat1874 4030]

I would live to have his job.

[elfenix 34164]

20 hours ago, Mach 1 said:

When I'm at the check out line buying my booze and cholesterol increasing keto groceries that number, say 25 items, and the cashier asks, "Need a bag?"

No thanks!  I'm a fucking kangaroo with a pouch under my shirt, but thanks for asking!

Yes I need a fucking bag.

you got all your stuff there in a cart.  they are going to be scanned and put back in a cart.  you are going to take that cart out to your car.  you are going to deposit the groceries into the car, then drive home.  you'll park in your garage, which has an entry doorway just off your kitchen.  you will remove your groceries from your car and put them in appropriate places in your kitchen. 

exactly what part of that do you need bags for?

if you're in an apartment/condo and don't park anywhere near your unit i get it.  but the vast majority of people simply don't need bags.  the only use is keeping stuff from rolling around in the trunk, which is easily done with a small bin or box you just leave in the trunk.  sam's and costco don't hand out bags and shit tons of people shop at those stores every day. 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

9 hours ago, deadshank said:

Would have never taken you for a hipster. 

I swear to God I don't own a single pair of skinny jeans or wear ski caps in summer.

[Mach 1 1676]

5 hours ago, elfenix said:

you got all your stuff there in a cart.  they are going to be scanned and put back in a cart.  you are going to take that cart out to your car.  you are going to deposit the groceries into the car, then drive home.  you'll park in your garage, which has an entry doorway just off your kitchen.  you will remove your groceries from your car and put them in appropriate places in your kitchen. 

exactly what part of that do you need bags for?

if you're in an apartment/condo and don't park anywhere near your unit i get it.  but the vast majority of people simply don't need bags.  the only use is keeping stuff from rolling around in the trunk, which is easily done with a small bin or box you just leave in the trunk.  sam's and costco don't hand out bags and shit tons of people shop at those stores every day. 

Nah, just put it in the fucking bag.

Edited March 6, 2020 by Mach 1

[WhatTheBuck 28700]

If it's a liquor store inside a grocery store, you shouldn't be allowed to purchase 25 regular grocery items. Just pay for your booze and take the rest of that shit to the normal checkout aisle. 

Also, liquor stores in grocery stores. The grocery stores in my area have bought out almost all of the independently owned liquor stores. There used to be a liquor store a block away from me and they were the only place I knew in town where I could get Red Tail Ale. Now it's in the grocery store a mile away with shorter hours and no Red Tail Ale. 

[RPM 26183]

Getting home from work, finding out DirecTv took a shit and spending over half an hour talking to Peggy in Manila.

[deadshank 24651]

4 hours ago, RPM said:

Getting home from work, finding out DirecTv took a shit and spending over half an hour talking to Peggy in Manila.

Did you take the initiative to unplug your satellite box for five minutes and then reconnect it before calling only to Peggy ask you to do the same thing again right when she connected to you on the phone?  That's causes much surl in an of its own self 

[RPM 26183]

5 hours ago, deadshank said:

Did you take the initiative to unplug your satellite box for five minutes and then reconnect it before calling only to Peggy ask you to do the same thing again right when she connected to you on the phone?  That's causes much surl in an of its own self 

What are you, psychic? 

[deadshank 24651]

40 minutes ago, RPM said:

What are you, psychic? 

experienced

[52-80 19063]

Herbs are so expensive and wasteful.  My stores only sell them as potted plants.  Sometimes I only need a little bit, but I got to buy the whole plant.  It's impossible to keep it growing.  And even if I use the whole thing, I gotta toss out this soil and plastic pot and the wrapper and all.

 

When I was trying to grow some in the garden, only thing we could sustain was rosemary

 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21780]

17 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

Herbs are so expensive and wasteful.  My stores only sell them as potted plants.  Sometimes I only need a little bit, but I got to buy the whole plant.  It's impossible to keep it growing.  And even if I use the whole thing, I gotta toss out this soil and plastic pot and the wrapper and all.

I have a bay window by the kitchen dink.  It's perfect for herb pots.  Plenty of light and right by the water faucet.

[WhatTheBuck 28700]

Does the dink have a name?

[NeverMarryAStripper 21780]

Nah, They change so often I can't ever get their name straight.  It's just kitchen dink, den dink, and bedroom dink

[Jameslaw121 4445]

On 3/5/2020 at 2:41 PM, Onboard 2.0 said:

If you've got your program dialed in then it probably works most of the time. If you don't, and can't handle the increased customer base without major growing pains then I can see places failing because of too much exposure too fast.  Quality, and service suffer, and people don't come back.

What happens alot of times too is they take out loans to cover the expense of hiring a ton more people. Plus buying a bunch more food and other stuff from their vendors. Then when the fad starts to wear off or it's unsustainable, they're still stuck with the loans but without the cash flow.

[Jameslaw121 4445]

Pizza that isn't completely cut through the crust....

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

16 minutes ago, Jameslaw121 said:

What happens alot of times too is they take out loans to cover the expense of hiring a ton more people. Plus buying a bunch more food and other stuff from their vendors. Then when the fad starts to wear off or it's unsustainable, they're still stuck with the loans but without the cash flow.

That makes some serious sense.  

[Jameslaw121 4445]

39 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

That makes some serious sense.  

Especially considering that most of these are "Mom and Pop" type places. The owners are probably great cooks with small wait staffs that are easy to manage. But their probably not very advanced with finance or prepared management-wise to suddenly have their staff double or more. 

[justhookit 4174]

So you think these restaurants were operating at less than half capacity before the tv show? Like only using half their tables and had enough space to double their staff in the kitchen?

[Walden Ponderer 12639]

5 hours ago, 52-80 said:

When I was trying to grow some in the garden, only thing we could sustain was rosemary

Get yourself a freight pallet. Fill it with compost, and put your basil, oregano, dill, etc. in between the slats. Keep it slightly moist, and profit.

[Jameslaw121 4445]

55 minutes ago, justhookit said:

So you think these restaurants were operating at less than half capacity before the tv show? Like only using half their tables and had enough space to double their staff in the kitchen?

Not more tables. But more hours where all the tables were full. Normally a restaurant would only be fully wait staffed from say 7-10 on a Friday  and Saturday night. But you're running at say 30% of full staff on a Sunday morning. But then you get popular and Friday and Saturday are a little bit busier but those days where you were at 30% you're suddenly at 70%.

Food prep staff is a similar story. Plus add in the fact that they may have upgraded (and financed) some of the kitchen appliances. 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

5 hours ago, justhookit said:

So you think these restaurants were operating at less than half capacity before the tv show? Like only using half their tables and had enough space to double their staff in the kitchen?

No not at half capacity, but you've been moving along at a pace you do well at, and then all of a sudden you have a big, sudden jump in business, and you don't grow your waitstaff, you don't maintain quality with the extra traffic.

[_triplesix_ 3]

Got damn daylight savings time. We’re about 100 years past where it makes any sense at all.

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

On 3/6/2020 at 1:46 AM, RPM said:

Getting home from work, finding out DirecTv took a shit and spending over half an hour talking to Peggy in Manila.

<RayDog>Pics?</RayDog>

Also...

This dude has taken this thread to heart and is taking action.

And holy shit, look at his sweatshirt! He has to be on this thread.

 

[Armybrat 40675]

Those city streets look like a depressing place to live and work.

[Thetexashammer 1062]

Fucking people won't respond when I send them emails trying to buy their cars. Shit's aggravating yo. 

[Iceman 2629]

The bags with chips to the top are on the baking aisle...in the flour section.

[HRSchenker 2257]

3 hours ago, Thetexashammer said:

Fucking people won't respond when I send them emails trying to buy their cars. Shit's aggravating yo. 

People in general just don't respond to emails anymore. I can't tell you how many times I've emailed someone with the intent on doing business with them and get nothing. One company I emailed responded to me 4 months later asking if I was still interested. Is business in this country so good that you can blow someone off for that long and it not be that big of a deal?

[PilotsError 2280]

1 hour ago, HRSchenker said:

People in general just don't respond to emails anymore. I can't tell you how many times I've emailed someone with the intent on doing business with them and get nothing. One company I emailed responded to me 4 months later asking if I was still interested. Is business in this country so good that you can blow someone off for that long and it not be that big of a deal?

 

There's a movement started by people like Dan Kennedy and Ben Seller to refuse to answer email except maybe once a week.  It's really taken off.  Most of the people I know who do it consider it a power move.  it's like, if you're someone they need to talk with you'll already have their cell to text them.  They consider it beneath them to respond in quick fashion to email.  

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

2 minutes ago, PilotsError said:

 

There's a movement started by people like Dan Kennedy and Ben Seller to refuse to answer email except maybe once a week.  It's really taken off.  Most of the people I know who do it consider it a power move.  it's like, if you're someone they need to talk with you'll already have their cell to text them.  They consider it beneath them to respond in quick fashion to email.  

THAT is some pure D, narcissistic, bullshit.  E mail makes business better, faster, and more efficient.  I rely on e mail daily to handle questions from contractors in the field and clients I work with.  Ain't no one more important than a question about a detail that needs to be addressed to allow people to keep working.

[Iceman 2629]

1 hour ago, PilotsError said:

 

There's a movement started by people like Dan Kennedy and Ben Seller to refuse to answer email except maybe once a week.  It's really taken off.  Most of the people I know who do it consider it a power move.  it's like, if you're someone they need to talk with you'll already have their cell to text them.  They consider it beneath them to respond in quick fashion to email.  

One of my longtime co-workers catches hell( jokingly) about deleting his emails on Friday after lunch.

"Fuck em.  If it's important, they'll send it again."

[HornsOverIthaca 2333]

1 hour ago, PilotsError said:

 

There's a movement started by people like Dan Kennedy and Ben Seller to refuse to answer email except maybe once a week.  It's really taken off.  Most of the people I know who do it consider it a power move.  it's like, if you're someone they need to talk with you'll already have their cell to text them.  They consider it beneath them to respond in quick fashion to email.  

Fuck these people with an armed AMRAAM

[Iceman 2629]

Seller sounds more like Simple Jack with a title...

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

Unless otherwise posted or the flow of traffic prevents it or you're driving a school bus, you can fuckin' turn right on red, so GO, MOTHERFUCKER. 

Edited March 9, 2020 by SwanderedTalent

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

On 3/6/2020 at 8:19 PM, Walden Ponderer said:

Keep it slightly moist, and profit.

This advise works on many levels

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

The amount of people who will be late in the office this morning because OMFG! DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME! makes me surly as hell.

 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

54 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

The amount of people who will be late in the office this morning because OMFG! DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME! makes me surly as hell.

 

Wait..... that was this weekend ??!!

[SilasCoade 2620]

the fact that daylight savings time exists.

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

16 minutes ago, Llogg said:

the fact that daylight savings time exists.

How else will Clock Changers stay employed?

[Biff Tannen 45470]

I knew the time change would make an appearance in this thread. 

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

6 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

I knew the time change would make an appearance in this thread. 

It happens (dramatic pause) like clockwork

 

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!

[NeverMarryAStripper 21780]

I made my son change all the clocks for DST. When he changed the one in my bedroom he put it on military time. I didn’t notice until this morning when my alarm went off and I read the 17:45 time as 7:45. I yanked him out of bed and accused him of being a dumbass and making us all late.

[nnm 35964]

59 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

I made my son change all the clocks for DST. When he changed the one in my bedroom he put it on military time. I didn’t notice until this morning when my alarm went off and I read the 17:45 time as 7:45. I yanked him out of bed and accused him of being a dumbass and making us all late.

You slept until 5:45 pm?  You really were late. Unless you’re a stripper. 

[Guest Lobo]

1 hour ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

I made my son change all the clocks for DST. When he changed the one in my bedroom he put it on military time. I didn’t notice until this morning when my alarm went off and I read the 17:45 time as 7:45. I yanked him out of bed and accused him of being a dumbass and making us all late.

From you alright!  I learned clocks from watching you!  
 

 

[El Diablo 4232]

Was that the Ivy League kid?

[NeverMarryAStripper 21780]

3 hours ago, nnm said:

You slept until 5:45 pm?  You really were late. Unless you’re a stripper. 

He also didn't understand how military time works.  When he reset the clock it was Sunday afternoon at 4:00 so he set it to set it to 04:00 military time. 

And no it wasn't the Ivy League kid.  He's 38 and lives in Phoenix.  He also just informed me that he won his first case in front of the Arizona Supreme Court.  I got to watch him argue that one.

Edited March 9, 2020 by NeverMarryAStripper

[Guest Lobo]

To be fair, it's not really military time, it's just the timekeeping system that 175+ countries use around the world, each and everyday.  Because it makes infinitely more sense.  Like the metric sense?  

How many days in a year, kids?  365.  Mark them so.  

How many days in a week, kids?  7.  Mark them so.

How many second in a minute, kids?  60.  Mark them so.

How many minutes in an hour, kids?  60.  Mark them so.

How many hour in a day, kids?  24.  Right.  But count the first 6 while you're asleep as AM even though it's "night."  Count the next 6 as while you're awake.  Then count the next 6 as PM for no reason, just to confuse the terms midnight and noon, AM and PM.  And then finally, have some peace within the last 6 hours as we move into PM despite 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 awkwardly repeating themselves in front of you for no reason.  AM/PM is beyond worthless.  

[NeverMarryAStripper 21780]

You're a Euro commie and probably watch that flop ball shit

[nnm 35964]

1 hour ago, Lobo said:

To be fair, it's not really military time, it's just the timekeeping system that 175+ countries use around the world, each and everyday.  Because it makes infinitely more sense.  Like the metric sense?  

How many days in a year, kids?  365.  Mark them so.  

How many days in a week, kids?  7.  Mark them so.

How many second in a minute, kids?  60.  Mark them so.

How many minutes in an hour, kids?  60.  Mark them so.

How many hour in a day, kids?  24.  Right.  But count the first 6 while you're asleep as AM even though it's "night."  Count the next 6 as while you're awake.  Then count the next 6 as PM for no reason, just to confuse the terms midnight and noon, AM and PM.  And then finally, have some peace within the last 6 hours as we move into PM despite 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 awkwardly repeating themselves in front of you for no reason.  AM/PM is beyond worthless.  

When I started working for a European-based company I quickly came to see the advantage of using 24-hour time. So much easier. 
As well as using the “9 March 2020” convention. There’s a reason the military has adopted it. It’s much much easier.