A site of nerdery, life, geekism, and monsters
Archive for July, 2009
solution to many problems
Jul 31st
Today we were talking about ways to mess with a coworker, and I randomly recalled a conversation I was present for during college. A friend of mine (we’ll call her Katie because that’s her name) came in all pissed off at her terrible roommate for something or other, and this time it was “the last strawâ€. My other friend (we’ll call him Bill, for no reason at all) set to thinking about how to fix the situation.
Katie: “I mean, like, can I put Nair in her shampoo bottle or something? But then she’ll know its me. I don’t want her More >
titanic mistake
Jul 30th
After being a fan of TMI Thursday for awhile, I figured it was my turn to bring something to the party. Nobody likes the guy who shows up and eats all the taco dip and doesn’t bring something along (taco dip is awesome, but the person who figured out the taco seasoning and cream cheese combination is freaking insane). So here goes, and hopefully this makes me less of a moocher.
I was the tender age of 16, and at the time I had a couple friends who worked at the local movie theatre. They were able to get us tickets More >
i’m scrappy
Jul 28th
Don’t count me out! I’ll fight my way back in, because I’m SCRAPPY!
….What? That’s not what this award means? It’s for blogs that “show candid honesty”? Hey, you know what, I’ll take it. Just call me Abe ’cause I’m about to drop some HONESTY on y’all.
I wish I could take credit for being creative enough to come up with the stories I have. As anyone who has ever worked in customer service can tell you, you just can’t make this stuff up.
Also, I’d like to thank God and Jesus and my agent. This award was bestowed upon me by a very More >
…sorry?
Jul 24th
I’m just putting this ticket in unaltered as I think the original wording cannot be improved upon.
Summary:Client called to ask “Did I know about the thing she needed to finish for today.”
Work log:Told her, “No, I don’t”Client was still confused, said she would check with her admin.Hung up on me.
Solution:No action taken.
Root Cause:User error. http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThisIsWhyYourHoldTimeIsSoLong
my bike chain cried out
Jul 23rd
“Did you hear the guy who made WD-40 died?”
“Yeah, what are we going to do without him?”
“…Squeak?” http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThisIsWhyYourHoldTimeIsSoLong
wine and cherries
Jul 22nd
Like everything in my world for the last couple weeks, this story begins with The Wedding. This is also the longest post I’ve done, which I know is against my style here. But every once in awhile you gotta wear red socks just to see if your style might involve red socks.
The fiance wanted to get a specific type of candy for our wedding favors that she had while studying abroad. After some brief research, we found that this candy is not sold in the US. This particular confection has a plastic bubble inside with a toy, like the kind More >
mmmm nom nom
Jul 22nd
fiance: Good morning!me: morninjeff: sojeff: i noticed last night when i went to bed that we did not have blueberry cakejeff: and this morning when i woke up, we have blueberry cakefiance: must have been the blueberry fairyfiance: i was thinking that the dad’s should wear a different color tuxedo, right now they’re the same as youjeff: sure, whatever you wantfiance: this kept me up last night. what do you think?jeff: i think you need to calm down. unless it results in more tasty baked goods.
I just wanted to put this up here to prove that I have the most More >
regional differences
Jul 16th
I’m in Milwaukee currently, and have lived in the north my whole life. There are a number of phrases that I’ve heard that apparently have southern origins that just don’t make sense to me. I know some of the readers here are bilingual in English and Southern, so any help is appreciated
1. “I’ve been mashin’ the ‘OK’ button, but nothin is happenin’.”I’ve heard the word “mash” replace “click” on several occasions. Every time I want to tell them that mashing is not necessary, just click the button with one finger. When someone says this, in my head, I see them More >
or a cupcake maybe
Jul 15th
I’ve been debating posting this today, as I don’t think my words can adequately convey the emotions present in this story. I’ve talked to two people this morning who had locked out their accounts because they entered the wrong password three times. Both people were very much upset; not at their password or the stupid computer, but at themselves for entering their password wrong. They kept beating themselves up over it, and the sorrow in their voice was just making me feel really bad for them:
“I’m so sorry, I don’t know why I did this, but I must have had More >
looking up
Jul 14th
Best call I’ve had in awhile:
“Don’t worry ma’am, people often leave their Caps Lock key on when they type their password, and since you see only asterisks you can’t tell. It’s a common mistake.”
“Honey, if it’s true that we all learn from our mistakes, I’d be the smartest damn person on the planet.”
“Can I use that as my email signature?” http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThisIsWhyYourHoldTimeIsSoLong
