Things that jerk my chain... [Archive] - Page 11

cornfed

10-16-2006, 07:26 PM

I had these air conditioner repair men over one day. One brought his 17 year old son. While in the attic, the men dropped a pan of water. Well, it came leaking through the roof right on top of our organ. The 17 year old was standing right by it. I quickly grabbed one end of the organ and told him to grab the other end. He just stood there. I thought he was trying to be cool. So I yelled "Are you retarded or something? Grab the other end. Hurry. Hurry!!" I was so shamed when they told me he really is retarded. I yearned for a time machine. Haven't used the word since!

reuber1

10-16-2006, 07:28 PM

Exodus

10-16-2006, 07:29 PM

LOL Cornfed! I'm sorry, but that's funny!

cornfed

10-16-2006, 07:59 PM

His daddy didn't think so! He was out of that attic in no time flat!

budafist

10-16-2006, 08:11 PM

Oh no...

I'm glad that was you not me!

On second thoughts, you could argue that you are a very observant person!

Exodus

10-16-2006, 08:11 PM

So did you have to get another repair man? Or did he just charge you a whole lot extra?

ecsyle

10-16-2006, 08:12 PM

Holy shit, that is funny :D

cornfed

10-16-2006, 08:29 PM

He was free - landlords friend. Him and the landlord were the only ones allowed in the attic due to a hot wire that only they knew the location of. He did make us wait a few days before he finished! In Louisiana, that can be a loonnngggg time!!

reuber1

10-17-2006, 01:41 AM

The Chicago "Let's Get Our Fans' Hopes Up By Going 5-0 Only to Get Obliterated Early By The Frickin' Arizona Cardinals" Bears. Jesus Christ.

Yup, I'm done watching. Fan loyalty only goes so far. Here's to 5-1 Chicago. Thanks.

reuber1

10-17-2006, 04:32 AM

prewe

10-17-2006, 05:51 AM

Screw sports. My favourite hockey-team got degraded from the top-league last season, and I thaught, hey then we'll win loads of games now and get up from the second-league as soon as possible. The three first games were won, and when the third ended 10-3 I never would expected FOUR STRAIGHT LOSSES. God, life's unfair sometimes.

urstwile

10-17-2006, 06:53 AM

OK, foot in mouth...

Me and the entire collective of Bears fans just took a massive dump of relief. I heard one **** YEAH!!! that alerted my attention, and then sure enough I watched the final seven minutes which was a good idea on my part. Who comes back from a 20-0 deficit to win without scoring a single time on offense? Goddamn.
Rayburr, I don't follow sports, but I almost can't help but hear the reactions, as my husband Sam is a rabid football fan. I heard that dump of relief, at least from our neighbor. Sam had unfortunately wagered against them. :rolleyes:

Samakimoto Graphics

10-18-2006, 09:00 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6058480.stm

I'm kinda glad I live way out in the country side...where my little niece is safe until she is over 5 years. But I can't help thinking about those who have little children they can't protect from this horrible vdisease. :(

Kenya is now sagging under the weight of new refuge seekers from Somalia. Help is coming but very slow...

morea

10-18-2006, 11:19 AM

wow, that's scary!

reuber1

10-18-2006, 01:15 PM

Everyone calling the missed field goal in the Bears/Cardinals game a "game winner" despite there being at least 50 seconds left, more than enough time to start a drive that only needed to get within field goal range for Robbie Gould, the league's top scorer and kicker who has been 18/18 for field goals this season, to score the real game winner.

10-18-2006, 02:37 PM

Grossman woulda been picked.

Logo-Mechanix

10-18-2006, 03:03 PM

Sinsce were talking football here, after hearing about how the Falcons are so great at running the ball it was great watching the Giants stuff it down their throat.

Mynock

10-18-2006, 03:47 PM

Watching Grossman play, I kept hearing the song "True Colors" in my head, and I don't know why.

reuber1

10-18-2006, 05:46 PM

Chicago: 6-0
Minnesota: 3-2
Green Bay: 1-5

:D

Exodus

10-20-2006, 12:57 AM

Rain and wind blowing so pancaking hard my satellite goes out and I miss my favorite Thursday night TV shows... My Name Is Earl and The Office. Damnit!

Incidently this same thing happened Monday as I was trying to watch Heros as well.:mad:

Red Kittie Kat

10-20-2006, 02:36 AM

... having to fight with a pie crust that refuses to stay together :(

budafist

10-20-2006, 04:43 AM

Customers that want things "now" on a Friday afternoon before a long weekend...

1. I'm boozed by 4pm so I'm not going to be doing it very well.

2. Even if we printed and delivered it, you're not going to distribute it until you get in on Tuesday morning.

reuber1

10-24-2006, 01:21 PM

When the city does maintenance to the railroad tracks that run through the town, and they block off the adjacent streets to it...including any with cars parked in them. I seriously had to waste 10 minutes of my frickin' time to tell them to move the goddamn barricades just so I could get out and get to work. What a bunch of ****tards.

Virgo Nightingale

10-24-2006, 06:06 PM

Being allergic to fragrances and having my face break out with eczema because I used a fragranced shampoo. I hate not being allowed to smell nice.

Crimson

10-25-2006, 05:01 PM

doing stupid things that make my life harder than it has to be

Exodus

10-25-2006, 08:30 PM

The new firewall at work...

Patrick Shannon

10-26-2006, 02:48 AM

Human Resources (i.e. H.R.). They are worth and do absolutely nothing other than to keep hard-working employees away from earning what they should be getting, or in the case of prospective employees, job interviews. Nothing but hired guard dogs.

Do everyone a favor, H.R. scumbags, slit your throats and go home and die.

(Short story: just got screwed out of half my promised raise thanks to H.R. only DAYS after moving to a new place, am in a ROTTEN mood right now)

cornfed

10-26-2006, 02:59 AM

Being allergic to fragrances and having my face break out with eczema because I used a fragranced shampoo. I hate not being allowed to smell nice.

I'm real sensitive to perfumes too Virgo. Instead of perfume, I dab my neck, behind my ears, my wrists and the inside of my elbow with McCormicks Vanilla Extract. It works pretty good and doesn't give me a headache.

Virgo Nightingale

10-27-2006, 05:34 PM

I'm real sensitive to perfumes too Virgo. Instead of perfume, I dab my neck, behind my ears, my wrists and the inside of my elbow with McCormicks Vanilla Extract. It works pretty good and doesn't give me a headache.
That's really not a bad idea, though the alcohol may dry my skin... I may soon go to a super-dermatologist in NYC to do more extensive allergy testing to try and pinpoint exactly what it is I'm allergic to ('fragrance' is quite a broad category). Not sure how much that would help however, since companies are not required to list their exact fragrance ingredients (considered a trade secret - so instead of me being able to read an ingredient list and know whether I can use it, they can make more money because no one else can recreate the special scent of their products. Bastards.).

frankster

10-27-2006, 05:43 PM

frankster

10-27-2006, 05:49 PM

also, things that jerk my chain are when both kids get ill at the same time as me and my husband do, like now. So we were up all last night with two babies that couldn't sleep cos they felt so rotten. Now they are finally dozing in the livingroom under the same blanket, which is very cute, but damn I'm tired and now I have to struggle to stop them becoming nocturnal.

Oh and when I've typed a response to something on here and my two year old creeps up behind me and presses a short cut key on the graphics tablet that makes a nice clicky sound and somehow deletes everything. Ho hum.

cornfed

10-27-2006, 05:53 PM

frankster

10-27-2006, 06:16 PM

Frankster, how old are your kids? We have the same problem with everybody getting sick at the same time. I find mine rest better if I don't give them fever medicine. I don't give it until they're at about 101. Except for my oldest daughter (13) who gets horrible spikes in her fever. She even hallucinated one time. The highest it's ever gone, while on ibuprofen and tylenol, is 106.7. I've never gotten to the ER so fast in all my life!

they are 24 months and 7 months. It's heart breaking too see them unhappy like this. They are both very active crazy kids, so when they just want to be hugged and watch tv and cry a bit it's quite upsetting. high fevers can be really scary, but both mine have pretty low grade ones right now. I think it's a mild flu type bug that we've all got. I can't take any flu meds to cope with it either cos i'm still breastfeeding my 7 month old. arg!

Virgo Nightingale

10-27-2006, 07:07 PM

Yeah, virgo, you have my sympathy with that one! I found out I was allergic to random bath products at the age of 13 when I put a bath pearl in my bath and had an all over revolting itchy red reaction. It was awful and although I've been careful and never had an all over body reaction quite so bad again I do get nasty reactions to random products that have nothing similar in the ingredients. It's like playing russian roulette with cosmetics. I've found one fragrance that doesn't do awful things to me and I'm sticking with that one. No more experiementing for me, it's too uncomfortable when it goes wrong.
That sucks too, not even knowing what it is you're allergic to. I can use fragranced products sparingly - I won't get an immediate reaction. It's when I use something more regularly and lull myself into a false sense of "maybe that dermatologist was wrong and I'm NOT allergic to fragrances so let's try regular shampoo and soap since the fragrance-free stuff I've been using makes my hair and skin dry as a witch's broom" that I eventually start to break out. Oh, boy, itchiness heaven!

reuber1

10-27-2006, 09:30 PM

'Tis the Season for cranking the heat up as high as it can go. I feel like I need to wear shorts and I can barely breathe.

Oh, that reminds me. Christmas movies released before our Thanksgiving...

10-27-2006, 09:57 PM

they are 24 months and 7 months.
People that refer to children over 1 year old in months terms. :D

reuber1

10-27-2006, 10:01 PM

Support calls at 20 seconds before close on a ****ing Friday. Goddammit. :mad: :mad:

frankster

10-27-2006, 10:02 PM

People that refer to children over 1 year old in months terms. :D

Ah, there's me doing it cos you americans seem to. I'd say one or one and a half or two, but it seems all the people I've met out here use months, sometimes even up to 36 months! It seems to be the norm for clothing sizes too until after 24 months 2T, 3T etc starts. have I just met freaky parents out here? Can I go back to my UK ways?

10-27-2006, 10:12 PM

Nah - It's probably just me ... I just don't get it.

frankster

10-27-2006, 10:46 PM

actually, that's another thing that bugs me. The fact that all the baby clothing sizes in the first year go in 3 month increments. Your kid doesn't need all new clothes every 3 frickin months. Just have 0-6 month and 6-12 months. If you have a tiny newborn then I can see the advantage of preemie or newborn sizes, but kids don't start trying to crawl till they are 5 months or so and so it really doesn't matter if trousers are a bit long or tops are roomy. It's enough of a pain in the wallet when your kids are born opposite ends of the calendar so all the hand me down clothes in the right size are for the wrong climate. Yes, my kids are going to be the ones in the school yard at the beginning of the year with uniforms that they will "grow into"

prewe

11-01-2006, 05:22 AM

when i woke up this morning and was about to get to work, i peeked out the window and saw about 0,5m snow.. and i read in the paper that the trains are so late that people actually had to stay and sleep in the trains when they couldn't get any further. the town the passengers slept in am i going to visit on friday.. by train. bah, pray with me that the snow will go away. i don't feel like being 10 hours late when i just have two days up there.. the bus was on time today though, i was amazed.

Neballer

11-01-2006, 05:47 AM

0.5 meters or 5 meters?
probably .5 eh? :D

If your chain is getting too jerked by this, we can switch spots and you can come and wait for the snow to get here in Minneapolis. We only have 1 train, and if it's late not too many people care.

prewe

11-01-2006, 05:53 AM

yeah i meant .5. but if i get to minneapolis it will be even harder to get to that town this weekend, now wouldn't it? :D

Jackimalyn

11-02-2006, 05:03 PM

Call me wierd but it annoys me whan I call someone and their voicemail picks up. (The first part is your friend, the second part is that woman who sounds like she should be on a hypnosis tape.)

"Hey, sorry I missed your call blah blah blah I'll call ya back. 'Begin recording your message after the tone. When you are finished recording, you may hang up, or press one for more options. To leave a callback number, press the star key.' "

Jeeze, how is all that necessary?

artistsdad

11-03-2006, 04:27 AM

Frankster--I agree with the clothes sizes for the rugrats. Do it the logical way. Let the doting grandparents/aunts/uncles/whatnot waste money on new "cute" little outfits. For the day-to-day stuff try a thrift store (or a clothing exchange)--the rats will outgrow stuff at that age before it's worn out. We used hand-me-downs from friends and stuff out of exchange stores and thrift stores until the girls started getting a sense for what they wanted.

reuber1

11-03-2006, 12:58 PM

OUR ****ING THEATRE IS NOT GETTING THE BORAT MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!

Unbelievable.

Red Kittie Kat

11-03-2006, 01:03 PM

:( Well that sucks ... I was just watching him on Fox and was laughing so hard. Is there another Theatre within driving distance that will run it?

reuber1

11-03-2006, 01:05 PM

By the time I get off work and by the time I get there, very unlikely. This sucks, I was looking forward to this movie so goddamn bad.

Red Kittie Kat

11-03-2006, 01:08 PM

Sorry Reuber http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/RedKittieKat/smilies/hugs.gif

Riya

11-09-2006, 06:10 AM

Poor Reuber!

So, the design jobs fell through and I'm working in retail for now because I like to eat and savings are totally depleted. But thats not what I want to rant about... Anyway, there was a "highly anticipated" video game released yesterday, and for some reason, in our shipment the BLEEPING UPC BAR CODES ARE MISREGISTERED. So I have a line full of whiney teenagers and the parents of even more whiney teenagers who all want thier game and I have to type in all the numbers by hand. All day yesterday and all day today too. Why for the love of all that is holy would anyone design a black barcode with multiple inks? Especially spot colors!

prewe

11-09-2006, 06:41 AM

i'm supposed to be happy, i just met a new girl, i'm moving to her in a couple of months and it all feels just right.. but something's terribly wrong, not with me and her, but something else.. my job? i'm pretty tired of it.. could that be it? ARGH. dunno what to do. have you ever had this feeling that whatever you do or work with it just feels pointless? hrm.. gotta stop all the whining and bitching now.
take care y'all.

morea

11-09-2006, 09:57 AM

cold feet, maybe?

Careful, Prewe... one thing I've learned the hard way is that it is important to trust your gut. If something feels "wrong", try to sort out why and what you're going to do about it before taking the leap.

prewe

11-09-2006, 10:28 AM

morea, it's definately not about the girl, that i can promise. i'm just struck of boredom and want to do something new and exciting. everyday it's the same.. work, sleep, work, sleep. maybe if the work were somewhat challenging and made me use my creativity it would've been better. but as for now i'm just doing same old ads and brochures, and they all look alike.
oh well, i only have until last december, then i'm off to a new start.
i can hardly wait.

morea

11-09-2006, 10:40 AM

good to hear.

I hate getting stuck in a rut like that. Maybe this change is exactly what you need. :)

Andi Creffield

11-09-2006, 10:43 AM

have you ever had this feeling that whatever you do or work with it just feels pointless?

Aah the joys of adulthood Prewe.

Here's a squiral on a bike to keep you smiling.

http://www.taylorsprint.com/motor.jpg

prewe

11-09-2006, 10:50 AM

morea, probably. let's hope so :)

Andi, haha! thanks alot :D

time to get back to work, thanks for the support guys, appreciated!

reuber1

11-09-2006, 12:56 PM

Oh, um, almost forgot about that. We're getting it now, releases tomorrow.

Jackimalyn

11-09-2006, 02:37 PM

some of you may remember me whining about trade shw graphics like 2 weeks ago and how I had less than a week to finish them and the higher ups wouldnt decide on a theme. When they finally did, I didnt have any time so I called the trade show people and got a (free!) one week extension on the graphics (8 panel graphics and 4 headers).

Well that extension ends tomorrow, the graphics are due tomorrow and the graphic I made are really nice. My boss (the pres.) just called and said he wanted to go another direction with the graphics. ARE YOU KIDDING ME???

Cant even work late tonight, got class AND ive got a freelance project that the guy is on my ass about (I dont blame him) UGH!!! guess ill be in at 5am tomorrow. :(

11-09-2006, 04:24 PM

I know how ya feel jacki. I have had 2 projects at work and a couple freelance projects that I have been trying to get out the door for the last week but they keep on coming back.

A menu that started with just 1 page of changes to it lead to a complete redesign and 9 pages of changes. I thought it was done yesterday and I had just collected everything and sent it out for films when I get a call telling me they are changing the hours ... back on my desk it sits.

I am also working on a postcard, where we are having color correction issues, artwork that does not line up on sugar sheets for a chocolate project, a rerun of a digital job I pancaked up last week, and of course a flood of orders at 4:59 when I am trying to get out early to catch the Bucks game last night or to play Basketball tonight (Rec League).

As always one step forward - two steps back

Jackimalyn

11-09-2006, 04:38 PM

yea, guess it comes with the job. I dont think people understand that it takes time. That Ive been working on these for three weeks and now you want me to crank em out in a couple of hours. Fine, i dont care anymore, i hope your booth looks like crap.

no i dont. i hope it looks good. i hate crappy work! arrrgghhhhh!

D-Frag

11-09-2006, 07:16 PM

when thieves break into your car and steal your psp, ipod, and digital voice recorder and smash your window. yeah, that really jerks my ****ing chain

reuber1

11-09-2006, 07:26 PM

when thieves break into your car and steal your psp, ipod, and digital voice recorder and smash your window. yeah, that really jerks my ****ing chainJesus ****ing christ. Sorry about that man.

D-Frag

11-09-2006, 07:50 PM

yeah, im not to thrilled. i need to come up with $500 for my window now and have no idea how i will pull that one off

i ****ing hate thieves, this is 3 times in 3 years, with one car completly stolen. i hate this ****ing state

patkennedy78

11-09-2006, 08:43 PM

When my boss yells into my office "I got it Pat" when he receives an e-mail that he asked me to send him.

"No $hit boss, you got it huh, wow! I wasen't sure there for a minute if you would or not, because we know how unreliable e-mail is"

God, he's really getting on my nerves today.

-think positive, think positive-

reuber1

11-10-2006, 07:53 PM

It's snowing. It was pancaking 70 degrees yesterday. :mad:

Jackimalyn

11-10-2006, 08:58 PM

its snowing there already? we still got sleet up here, but this doesnt look promising
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j139/jackimalyn/mapcopycopy.jpg

reuber1

11-11-2006, 02:19 AM

Yeah. You see that county in Iowa that looks like a shoe, sorta? I work in the county above that. The roads aren't bad, but it came down pretty hard so of course, everyone's driving capabilities plummeted to full blown retarded.

frankster

11-11-2006, 04:44 AM

Overhauling a disturbingly ugly word document of a community newsletter whilst realising the content is total knobbins. I have polished a turd and I am ashamed.

urstwile

11-11-2006, 04:49 AM

Awww, frankster, sorry to hear that. That kind of thing sucks sometimes, I know.

I still love the way you phrase things, however. :D

The_Black_Knight

11-11-2006, 12:26 PM

Awww, frankster, sorry to hear that. That kind of thing sucks sometimes, I know.

I still love the way you phrase things, however. :DEverything sounds better in a British accent (even when it's typed in a British accent).

Red Kittie Kat

11-11-2006, 05:14 PM

lmao BK ... I have always thought the same thing. :D

budafist

11-12-2006, 06:00 AM

*Raises arms in the air and bows to Frankster

You polished a turd? That was one of the first things we got taught at design school: you can't polish a turd.

*Sits back in awe

frankster

11-12-2006, 07:34 AM

You polished a turd? That was one of the first things we got taught at design school: you can't polish a turd.

fair point, maybe more like this then...
http://sprinklebrigade.com/gallery-main.html

11-12-2006, 04:04 PM

bwahahahahahahahahahaha

http://sprinklebrigade.com/images/gallery/endless-summer.jpg

Red Kittie Kat

11-12-2006, 04:16 PM

oh Gawd MD!!!!

ya could have given me a warning!

:D

11-12-2006, 10:28 PM

Don't blame me - Frankster linked to it first. I just made it possible to see one of the fine samples without clicking on the link. :D

Red Kittie Kat

11-13-2006, 01:32 AM

Well when you put it that way I suppose I should say thank you for making things easier for us :D

11-13-2006, 04:55 AM

I aim to please.

Samakimoto Graphics

11-13-2006, 09:16 AM

When buglers break into your house while you are away, are not satisfied with waht they found and come back when you are in...Lucky I was ready for them this time and had sent my niece and sister away so I could deal with it.

Then you call the cops and they put you on hold, mean while the buggers are scrummbling up the roof (that's how buglers do over here), and give you another number to call that is to a cop shop 45 kilometres away, you argue with the idiot operator to call the number herself or give you one to a closer cop shop..."Sorry that is the number we have to the station closest to you," she says.

You howl for the awesome neighbours who are quick to the rescue in 10 minutes.

So you go and report to the cops next day and the idiot reception cop says, "Don't sleep too heavily,... they are looking for something for their own Chrismas feast," (translated from Swahili.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR...

So now, it's Monday morning and I feel like crap from lack of sleep, and have numerous deadlines.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR...

morea

11-13-2006, 11:54 AM

wow, Sama! That's scary! :eek:

Danger_Mouse

11-13-2006, 12:42 PM

Sick at home on a monday sucks. I hate weekday TV. NOTHING but crap.

(sticks thumb in mouth and sulks on couch wrapped in blankie)

* just read Sams post.....I guess my day is peaches next to yours.
Sorry to hear that.

Red Kittie Kat

11-14-2006, 02:11 AM

sorry to hear that Sama :(

budafist

11-14-2006, 02:47 AM

That sucks Samakimoto!

Did they end up taking anything?

Samakimoto Graphics

11-14-2006, 11:21 AM

Thanks guys.

Got the roof fixed today. I can't quite get it permanently fixed as it's still a temporary roof. The lack of a ceiling made it too easy for the bastards. Will be moving out again in six months and use money saved on rent to finish phase two of construction.

This reminds me of that post where DMs cousin won the loterry...if I had a million dollars (approx 70 mill in KeSh) I would build a fotress, complete with a moat...

No, they did not take anything. I figured they were expecting to find my family asleep and take money from us. The fact that they returned the next night confirmed this. If they'd wanted to take electronics they'd have brought metal cutters.

They did leave me a whole lot of muddy foot prints and burnt match sticks, though.:rolleyes:

morea

11-14-2006, 11:24 AM

Credit card companies.

I should NOT have to make three long distance calls about the same issue in order to get it resolved.

budafist

11-14-2006, 09:52 PM

what were the matchsticks for?

Samakimoto Graphics

11-15-2006, 09:34 AM

They did not have any flashlights, they were lighting matches to see in the dark.

Silly, eh?

Virgo Nightingale

11-15-2006, 05:29 PM

Health insurance companies.

My company just switched from Aetna to Horizon. I mention this to my boyfriend and he goes "Horizon HMO SUCKS BALLS!!!" Should have been a sign. Well, before I even have the insurance, they're screwing me over. Everyone else in the company got their new cards and such yesterday, except me. When we called the broker to ask what happened, they contacted Horizon and they said they already had someone in their system with my social security number. :eek: Why they couldn't just call us to let us know of the problem instead of just sending everyone else's stuff and figuring I'd just sulk and say "Oh well, no insurance for me" is beyond comprehension. So, they need me to fax my social security card over to verify that I'm the rightful owner of that number, and of course I can't find it. I have to find the Federal Building in Paterson (not exactly the nicest area of NJ) and stand in line at the Social Security Office to get a replacement. Joy. In the meantime, I have a doctor's appointment on Monday for a shot that has to be administered within a 5-day-or-so window, otherwise it's not as effective. Double joy.

I'm sure you're all thinking identity theft - that has crossed my mind, but I do pay monthly for a credit-watch type of service and there are no alerts, no new inquiries or applications, nothing. So we're thinking that Horizon made a clerical error and put in the wrong number or that because I had Horizon under my parents' insurance like 10 years ago, perhaps they're just seeing the duplicate number from way back then but not bothering to check the name and realizing "Duh! It's the same number because it's the same person!"

I'm looking forward to resolving this.

NOT!

11-15-2006, 06:02 PM

not exactly the nicest area of NJ
There are nice areas in NJ? :eek:
just kidding ... sorta ...

Virgo Nightingale

11-15-2006, 07:42 PM

<< busily scribbling MD's name on sh!t list...;)

11-15-2006, 09:48 PM

I said i was kidding .... sorta :D

(gra-ph!c-D'sig-nah)

11-15-2006, 10:23 PM

repeating answer with question......I hate when I answer someones question and they repeat what I just said with an obvious question mark....and then that person awaits for me to answer.....In my mind I say "I just said that MF"...but what comes out of my mouth is "correct."

Do I not speak loud enough? or do some people listen through their butts?

budafist

11-15-2006, 11:01 PM

This:

C: Can I have a quote for some business cards?
B: Sure how many would you like, what stock, is it double sided, how many colours?
C: Um, just what people normally get please.

WannaBrie

11-15-2006, 11:44 PM

LMAO budafist, what do people normally get? and are these normal people or abbienormal?

budafist

11-16-2006, 01:40 AM

I should tell them they are the first normal person I have come across and I'd be interested to know what they would like for future pricing and reference.

budafist

11-19-2006, 11:54 PM

When people draw their crop marks right along the whole edge of their artwork. We just printed some invitations and there are dotted lines on some of the edges of the card.

When making crop marks, make them crop marks set a few mm away from your artwork and not borders around your artwork!

Virgo Nightingale

11-20-2006, 03:34 PM

I had a client give me a book with a photo of a fish in it which he wanted scanned for a business card. He proceeded to draw right on the photo I was to scan with a marker to show me where the fin ends to help give me an idea of where I could crop. I was so dumbfounded, I couldn't even bring myself to stop him.

Jackimalyn

11-20-2006, 04:41 PM

the woman who sits next to me was sick and she keeps making this noise in the back of her throat, where you can hear the phlem being scraped up. I think she has a sinus infection or something because she does it every 5 minutes for the past 3 weeks.

Virgo Nightingale

11-20-2006, 04:50 PM

Mmmmmm, yummy...

Red Kittie Kat

11-20-2006, 06:59 PM

lmao Jacki .. that is a hard thing to listen too :D

budafist

11-20-2006, 07:31 PM

Eww she should be at home.

Jackimalyn

11-20-2006, 09:46 PM

yea. thanks for the sympathy guys. But hey!! 3 day week!! woohoo!

budafist

11-20-2006, 10:05 PM

3 day week? How come? I want a 3 day week....

Jackimalyn

11-20-2006, 10:28 PM

oh thats right. Thursday we celebrate driving the indians out of north america by having a giant feast. wootwoot!

budafist

11-20-2006, 11:45 PM

Oh I want another excuse to feast!

Samakimoto Graphics

11-21-2006, 01:08 PM

Shame eh, Jacki.

Over here we turned the day named after the bad former president into a national day to help the less fortunate. Needless to say, he participates as well, we just leave out the pomp and granduer bit.

Perhaps it could be turned into a day to look into the general plight (since they were driven out) of indegineous peoples over there???

The_Black_Knight

11-21-2006, 03:38 PM

What is it about the concept of "walking in single file" that women just don't get?

If I'm walking down a hallway where there is only room for one person to pass in either direction, why is it that I have to be pushed up against the wall when two women are coming from the other direction? Why can't they walk in single file so that I can pass by like a normal person?

I have never had this happen with men, only women.

I try my best to be a gentleman, but I think it's time that women starting thinking of other people once in a while, too.

Mynock

11-21-2006, 04:10 PM

Thanks for the illustration, I was lost with out it. Your schooling has certainly paid off.

The_Black_Knight

11-21-2006, 04:34 PM

Thanks for the illustration, I was lost with out it. Your schooling has certainly paid off.I think I'm detecting something I've heard of called "sarcasm" here, but I'm not sure...

11-21-2006, 05:16 PM

Perhaps it could be turned into a day to look into the general plight (since they were driven out) of indegineous peoples over there???

I wouldn't worry about the Native Americans - we are paying them back in 25 cent installments.

http://nocasinoerie.org/images/jackpot.jpg

CamarotaDesign

11-21-2006, 08:06 PM

ARrrgh!!!!

I'm getting a taste of office disfunction finally. took 6 months having a real design job. But now shit is hitting the fan. Printer messes up my overprint, client is pissed, one of the mail processing machines breaks, the production crew messed up 5000 mailers, and to top it all off, our laser jet just decided to fail all print jobs.....

So this is what a normal job is like eh?

Virgo Nightingale

11-21-2006, 08:08 PM

Welcome to my world. That's how it was here today. Fun stuff.

budafist

11-21-2006, 09:05 PM

Jackimalyn

11-21-2006, 09:14 PM

Lmao

Jackimalyn

11-21-2006, 09:16 PM

The_Black_Knight

11-21-2006, 09:19 PM

UPDATE:
my coworker went to the doctor. She's still making that disgusting noise in the back of her throat but its only a matter of days now.

You're welcome to all of you who were waiting for her progress.I have the same problem, only the co-worker won't go to the doctor. I just want to scream, "GET A PRESCRIPTION FOR FLONASE! THE STUFF WORKS GREAT!" Which it does, I speak from experience.

Virgo Nightingale

11-22-2006, 09:57 PM

Working late on Thanksgiving Eve. :mad:

frankster

11-22-2006, 10:02 PM

Back in Britain I used to get made to work late on Xmas eve every year. It sucked cos I had to get to my parents house for the family Christmas and used to arrive after 12am, so actually on Xmas day. Santa must have known though and rescheduled his route appropriately, cos the stockings were still empty when I went to bed and full when I woke. It's smelly and rubbish and you have my sympathy!

Virgo Nightingale

11-22-2006, 10:39 PM

As much as I'm complaining, it was worse when I worked as a waitress full time. I can't tell you how many Thanksgivings I couldn't spend with my family because I had to work. I never understood the concept of going out for Thanksgiving dinner. It's like a sacriledge. Go home and shove a turkey in the oven and make some instant mashed potatoes in the microwave. Please. Not to mention that the people who do go out for Thanksgiving dinner generally don't go out to eat all that much to begin with and have no clue how to tip. Gee mister, thanks for that 10% tip and being so generous as to part with some of the spare change from your back pocket complete with lint as a holiday bonus, really makes up for not being with my family right now....

budafist

11-22-2006, 11:07 PM

I'm pretty lucky. Our company is closed from 22rd December until 8th January. So I don't have to ask for any time off.

sorry....wrong thread.

Drazan

11-23-2006, 03:33 PM

Having the server go down on a holiday when there's no admin at the center to put it back up.

**pulls hair**

^^wishing said hair was the admins

grrrrrrrrrrr

reuber1

11-24-2006, 02:48 AM

LeftBrain Artist

11-24-2006, 01:21 PM

Having the server go down on a holiday when there's no admin at the center to put it back up.

You have a server? AND he goes down? Sound pretty sweet to me.

Da-dum--chiiinggg.

Wiping the old coffee skin out of my treasured Iron Maiden coffee cup, the damn thing gets a little slick, and lucky me, I'm Mister Fumble Fingers this morning. There's a small patch of tile around the sink, then a thin layer of carpet tile beyond that. As it tumbles from my fingers, I do a cool dance move trying to slow its decent with my body, and almost, almost flip it back up into my hands with my foot, hackey-sack style. Instead it goes flying off onto the sparsely carpeted floor and the handle busts off. Oh well, at least there wasn't coffee in it, and its just the handle - so it still holds coffee, its just a little hotter than normal.

C_Ward87

11-26-2006, 06:41 PM

My photoshop teacher at school jerks my chain. I had a damn good GPA of 3.84, and she gave me a C, which combined with my Gov't grade (my fault I know :cool:) dropped it to a 2.4. She apparently thinks I don't spend enough time in the development process. This really makes me mad, because I spend just as much time and effort as a friend of mine, whom I sit next to, and she's making an A. She doesn't question my skills in photoshop what so ever, but since I don't spend enough time in that development stage, she gave me that grade, WHICH ISNT FAIR BECAUSE ANOTHER FRIEND OF MINE HASNT BEEN IN CLASS FOR 3 WEEKS BACK TO BACK AND HES MAKING THE SAME GRADE AS ME!!!! I just don't get it, I'm talking to the head of the department tomorrow. :mad:

reuber1

11-27-2006, 12:05 AM

Rex Grossman needs to be benched, NOW.

The_Black_Knight

11-27-2006, 12:09 AM

Rex Grossman needs to be benched, NOW.Yeah, I hate it when pitchers screw everything up!

Virgo Nightingale

11-27-2006, 04:42 PM

Jackimalyn

11-28-2006, 07:14 PM

@#$%&!!!!

morea

11-28-2006, 07:19 PM

there, there. In 9 posts you get a taco... does that help at all?

(((HUGS)))

Jackimalyn

11-28-2006, 07:23 PM

lol thank you. make that 8!

frankster

11-28-2006, 07:30 PM

Wiping the old coffee skin out of my treasured Iron Maiden coffee cup, the damn thing gets a little slick, and lucky me, I'm Mister Fumble Fingers this morning. There's a small patch of tile around the sink, then a thin layer of carpet tile beyond that. As it tumbles from my fingers, I do a cool dance move trying to slow its decent with my body, and almost, almost flip it back up into my hands with my foot, hackey-sack style. Instead it goes flying off onto the sparsely carpeted floor and the handle busts off. Oh well, at least there wasn't coffee in it, and its just the handle - so it still holds coffee, its just a little hotter than normal.

Mugs really do develop a large amount of sentimental value don't they! My husband still brings up the time that his brother smashed his 2000AD mug that he won against the wall in a fit of teenage rage. Maybe one day I will search down a replacement on ebay or something, after all, they gave them out to everyone that had a letter printed in 2000AD, so there must be a few still around. Good luck with the crazy glue.

Exodus

11-29-2006, 04:29 PM

!@#$% This day has sucked since the moment my alarm went off! I feel like a sacrificial lamb... :( I have to take over the check book because that is obviously not my wife's strong point. :mad: Car needs serviced but have no money. Getting killed with work at the moment. Getting all the "critical" and "rush" jobs passed to me. Getting brow beaten for not getting everything done in a nanosecond. 'F' Them, 'F' this company I work for, 'F' my useless "Art Director" and 'F' this day!

Sorry guys. :(

Jackimalyn

11-29-2006, 04:31 PM

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j139/jackimalyn/hug.jpg

Exodus

11-29-2006, 04:32 PM

Thanks, Jacki :)

morea

11-29-2006, 04:37 PM

there, there. (((HUGS))) maybe this will make you feel better...

Thought for the Day: Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs. ;)

Jackimalyn

11-29-2006, 04:58 PM

am i the slinky?

reminded me of the terrible secret of space...

Exodus

11-29-2006, 05:01 PM

I think my boss will be the slinky today...

Jackimalyn

11-29-2006, 05:04 PM

man. we dont have many stairs at my work. and my boss is outta town. Well he got lucky THIS time...

Samakimoto Graphics

12-01-2006, 07:40 AM

So, I'm running late to catch the early bus to work this morning. It had rained all nioght last night so, as is customary, I wore my Wellington boots and carried apair of shoes to change when I got to the tarmac near the bustop. Seeing as I was already short of time, I decided to take a short cut through an unfenced section of a neighbouring plot. This would shave off a crutial 8 mins. I get half way and find a pile of weeds (uprooted weeds) in the muddy foot path. No worries I can jump over...so I do... I loose my footing and my boot slides under me and I sit on my muddy boot heel...It, could've been worse I think to myself.

Needless to say, my light pink trousers are all muddy in the seat. But I'm already nearly late and closer to the bustop than I am to the house, so I have to go on to work and get cleaned up there.

On the way I have to deal with stares, and people pointing out to me that the seat of my pants is muddy.

Gah! I wish I'd worn Brown or black today!

morea

12-01-2006, 10:45 AM

ack... that's no fun. Have you got a jacket with you that you can tie around your waist?

Samakimoto Graphics

12-04-2006, 10:30 AM

No fun indeed.

I had on a short jacket. But it was too cold to take that off just to save my rep.

I got in to work earlier than most people in my department, went into the single user handicapped loo and cleaned up good...

reuber1

12-06-2006, 02:23 PM

Not being able to Alt + S to submit posts on the board in Firefox 2.0

Juggnoxalo

12-06-2006, 06:49 PM

When the Faculty/Staff calls to ask why I haven't been in school when we sent them the doctor excuses two days ago.

Seems like they're always on my case..

Virgo Nightingale

12-06-2006, 08:20 PM

Being bored. Really really bored. So bored, I can't even think of a topic to start a new thread with. I've read most of the threads and have posted what I can. I don't want to resort to unrelated non-sequitor replies to random threads just so it looks like I'm busy doing something at my computer.

morea

12-06-2006, 08:21 PM

I feel your pain! ACK!

Virgo Nightingale

12-06-2006, 08:26 PM

The large, almost finished cup of extreme caffeine coffee surely isn't helping the restlessness, I'm sure.... Buzzy, buzzy buzz....

budafist

12-06-2006, 09:32 PM

Gah! A client wants open files, all links, fonts, low res pdfs, high res pdfs, in single pages as well as spreads for EVERYTHING I've done for them. On CD before Christmas. It's gonna be a good half day worth of collecting and burning. Why do people do this at the busiest time of year??

Juggnoxalo

12-07-2006, 08:35 AM

budafist

12-07-2006, 08:21 PM

In the end it only took me an hour to compile all that. I haven't burned the CDs yet, but shouldn't take too long to burn it. Sweet. All the fuss for nothing I guess.

12-07-2006, 08:33 PM

I guess that leaves to some spare time to contribute to activities like ...

A police-led initiative of spraying water on state highways to release the trapped spirits of those killed in motor crashes has been declared a success.

Yesterday a special police convoy carrying Maori elders sprayed 10,000 litres of Waikato River water on SH1 and SH2 in a bid to free the spirits of crash victims.

Dick Waihi, iwi liaison officer for the Counties-Manukau police district, today said the operation had been successful.

"About 35 people turned up to support us," Mr Waihi said. "It was very successful.

"It was a first for the country and we have had some really good feedback."

Maori elders consider the combination of blessed river water and prayers to be a trigger for the release of the spirits of those trapped by violent deaths on the roads.

Water was pumped from the Waikato River into a tanker at Tuakau by the New Zealand Fire Service.

From 5.30am the convoy drove south from Mt Wellington to Mercer on SH1, and then along SH2 to Maramarua.

The ceremonial spraying was interrupted at Mercer and Maramarua, where a karakia was performed.

Mr Waihi said the 2½-hour exercise was cost-free, with people donating labour and resources.

Despite the prayers, Mr Waihi said the exercise was non-religious and not just for Maori fatalities.

"Some people don't have an understanding why we are doing it. They should find out more about Maori protocols before making comment."

Waikato road policing manager Inspector Leo Tooman had no problems with the initiative.

"Anything that helps is worthwhile, isn't it?"

urstwile

12-08-2006, 02:57 AM

OMG MD, where do you find this stuff?!? :D

budafist

12-08-2006, 04:08 AM

What is my country coming to? I swear to you guys, not all New Zealanders are that kookie!

Samakimoto Graphics

12-08-2006, 05:48 AM

Hey don't make fun of the elders, they know their stuff! :D

This is just the stuff that makes "me forget I have chain", it colours life :) .

Exodus

12-11-2006, 02:42 PM

Coming back to work after vacation. :(

budafist

12-11-2006, 07:41 PM

I was about to go to work this morning when our flatmates came home from being out all night - they weren't even about to go to bed at 8.30 in the morning - they were going straight to the beach! Grrr...wish I was at the beach. It's a solidly beautiful day out there.

reuber1

12-11-2006, 07:42 PM

Wanna trade? It looks dreary and ugly outside, though there's no snow so that's a plus and a half.

budafist

12-11-2006, 08:26 PM

But I'm stuck at work. It really doesn't matter what it's like outside since I can't enjoy it. I guess I'd rather it be crap so that no one can enjoy it!!

budafist

12-11-2006, 11:34 PM

I post in here far too often...

I've got a label that's an overprint label to go on a brochure because the pricing has changed and they don't want to reprint it. Fair enough.

Sent them the proof - it's a lot of text to go in a 85x95mm space. They came back to me asking for all the text to be larger. Um...ok. I've tightened the leading a whole lot, but it was tight to begin with. People just dont factor in that when they want something to be bigger, it's going to take up more space! Space we don't have...

budafist

12-11-2006, 11:35 PM

...I'm too young to be a grumpy old heifer...

frankster

12-11-2006, 11:42 PM

When everyone on the board of a local community group I belong to gets given a gift for thier contribution for the year and I don't get one despite doing a shed load of free graphics work for them and dealing with the printing and paying for the printing myself and waiting to be reimbursed!?!? I've also dealt with thier disturbingly ugly and rubbish website and customised an online community platform for them to use rather than thier smelly yahoo group. Why don't I get a mini plastic Christmas tree damn it! They better hadn't try to give me one later or I'll stick it up thier asses! Bah Humbug!

frankster

12-11-2006, 11:45 PM

...I'm too young to be a grumpy old heifer...

I'm not. Moooooo, Growl! :mad:

budafist

12-11-2006, 11:55 PM

Frankster you poor dear. You can borrow my Christmas tree if you like. It's real. For some odd reason it smelled like pine the first day we got it, but now it doesn't smell. I think they spray it with pine smell at the "shop".

frankster

12-12-2006, 12:02 AM

Aw, thanks Budda. I don't want thier silly present really. I'm just so dissapointed that they obviously attach no value to anything I've done for them, but the people that organise the paper plates and plastic cutlery for the annual picnic are acknowledged. I love real trees, the kids would eat it though (they are weird in several ways and that is one of them)

budafist

12-12-2006, 12:12 AM

Our rabbit nibbled at the pine needles when we got it. So I looked up on the net to see if bunnies and pine needles go together. Apparently they aren't toxic but are an irritant. Can puncture insides of dogs and cats. She's stopped eating the pine needles now - they probably made her feel yucky. Perhaps your kids will learn from their mistakes :)

frankster

12-12-2006, 12:15 AM

well, either that or get "punctured insides"!

budafist

12-12-2006, 12:27 AM

Oooops. Right...Maybe you just tell them to chew properly?

frankster

12-12-2006, 12:30 AM

Will do! Ffi only has two teeth though, so she'll be chewing for quite some time.

budafist

12-12-2006, 12:39 AM

lol - that's cute. What use are 2 teeth?

frankster

12-12-2006, 12:43 AM

She's used them to bite me good and proper a couple of times. The top two front ones are just about to appear now, so then she'll look like your rabbit!

hewligan

12-12-2006, 12:44 AM

What is my country coming to? I swear to you guys, not all New Zealanders are that kookie!

Well, maybe not all, but I certainly am. If, maybe, not in that way.

Anyway, since it would probably be wrong to shout it at the top of my voice in the office, I would just like to say:

NO YOU CAN NOT HAVE IT BEFORE CHRISTMAS!

Thank you.

frankster

12-12-2006, 12:46 AM

NO YOU CAN NOT HAVE IT BEFORE CHRISTMAS!

Quite! Especially if you aren't going to do anything with it until two or three weeks into the new year!

budafist

12-12-2006, 12:51 AM

Shush Hewligan! It's ok for the odd NZer to be kookie - but that was a police-led initiative.

I'm so bored...It's quietened off again. I've got everything on proof and I'm sitting here twiddling me thumbs.

hewligan

12-12-2006, 12:53 AM

Our kookieness is all part of our charm.

budafist

12-12-2006, 02:31 AM

One of our clients just pulled a job. I'm not that mad since it's not freelance work - I still get paid my wages. But there was revision after revision and then she goes and pulls the job. It was referred by a broker, so the broker is also annoyed at the job being pulled.

I thought that I had followed all her instructions. There were a lot of revisions - normally I take it as a positive thing. To me it means that the client knows what they want.

I guess at her end she was sick of me know knowing exactly what she wanted without having to explain it to me. Kinda had when you don't get to meet the person or have much to do with them.

That's one reason I dislike brokers. The broker originally gave me the brief (one of those free reign types) when it turned out their client had strict style guides, which of course I hadn't followed for the first proof, because I hadn't been provided with anything. But after a few revisions I really thought I had got it right.

Oh well...you win some...

Exodus

12-12-2006, 12:25 PM

Sorry, Buda... I hate when that happens.

morea

12-12-2006, 12:46 PM

people sans spines. My God, I don't understand how this one in particular can even stand up on his own.

GRR!

Exodus

12-12-2006, 12:53 PM

My boss is like that. I also feel that he is sans testicles too.

On a side note... You gonna hit 25K today Mo? You can do it! Just pull a mac.Finn! :D

morea

12-12-2006, 01:35 PM

I'm not touching that mac.Finn - I don't know where it has been! :eek:

Exodus

12-12-2006, 01:39 PM

I didn't mean that kind of "pull"... your mind is in the gutter! Or is my mind in the gutter...? :p

morea

12-12-2006, 01:42 PM

it's you. Trust me. ;)

MyST

12-12-2006, 01:44 PM

There's nothing wrong with spineless people. Unless, well unless you really think there is, then I'd probably agree with you I guess.
What does everyone else think... cuz I'll go with whatever they're thinking.
Unless my Mom tells me I should not, then I'd have to secretly agree with you guys, but agree with her when I'm in her company. So if you see me with my Mom, and I blink my right eye, that means don't talk about it. Unless you think I should blink my left eye.

morea

12-12-2006, 01:46 PM

oh hell... where did I put that brick?

*flings brick at MySTy*

MyST

12-12-2006, 01:47 PM

don't you mean brink?

morea

12-12-2006, 01:47 PM

oh shut up you. You're supposed to be feigning unconsciousness.

mac.FINN

12-12-2006, 02:55 PM

Mo you can pull a me anytime you like ;) I won't tell, honest.

morea

12-12-2006, 03:14 PM

well, ok... if I have permission and everything... ;)

Virgo Nightingale

12-12-2006, 04:33 PM

People who don't read through the whole email I send and don't follow directions. We have a broker who brings us projects, and he asked that I send a pdf directly to his client since time is of the essence (when isn't it?). No problem, I send the file and within the body of the email I mention "Please let Bob (the broker) if you have any changes." After all, it's his client and he's responsible for being the middle-man. So the guy calls me with the changes. :rolleyes:

Jackimalyn

12-12-2006, 06:43 PM

AGHHH!!! I ordered a 1280x1024 LCD screen and today I received a 1024x768 monitor. !@#$%^&!! Not only is there NO phone number on the website so i can get this cleared up, now I even if I CAN enchange it, I wont get it by Christmas!! Screw it. Im going to be the jerk-arse customer who makes THEM pay for faster shipping so I get it by Christmas. AGH!!!!!!

reuber1

12-12-2006, 07:26 PM

Jackimalyn

12-12-2006, 07:29 PM

^^ its about 40 degrees in my office. the whole offics is surrounded by windows, its so cold! I brought a space heater to work i keep under my desk. Its December in Wisconsin and I take layers off when i go outside after work

reuber1

12-12-2006, 07:32 PM

With all the computers and stuff we've got running (and hot-air of the World of Warcraft nerd variety), it would still wind up being 60 degrees in here. Thank god this place allows us to dress in pretty much whatever we want, I'm in my workout clothes right now.

Derfie

12-14-2006, 03:39 PM

This is very similiar to Virgo's post:

I have been dealing with a printer, who prefers me to send him e-mails, but he doesn't read the e-mails all the way through and misses the print instructions!!! HELLOOOOO it's all in writing so we don't have to rely on verbal communication only. He sent me a quote for 2 different print quantities...I reply that I want quanitity b, I send him the quantity again when I post to the FTP site, and the job shows up today in the smalller quantity. It's not like he doesn't get my e-mails, when I send an e-mail saying that I have sent a job and I list a few questions, I get a one word response "Great!"

Did he even notice that I had a nice clean, numbered list of questions that needed to be answered? And BTW it's not like my e-mails are paragraphs, They are short 4 sentence e-mails, must be laziness. I have the same problem with a client, who will not answer basic questions via e-mail, yet that is his prefered method of contact. I know I get swammped in my inbox, but if I am responding on something important, the least I can do is answer the question!

reuber1

12-14-2006, 05:45 PM

Exodus

12-14-2006, 06:00 PM

It's friggin December, and my Powerbar just melted in my damned hands.

lol, I just went to lunch with the windows and sunroof open.

Virgo Nightingale

12-14-2006, 06:21 PM

The inability for any bricks & mortar establishment to set their indoor temperatures in moderation. Just because it's December doesn't mean "let's crank the heat to 90 degrees"...my skin is dryer than a desert, it burns when I inhale or exhale through my nose, my lips are chapped to all hell. Seriously, turn off the heat, it's like 40 degrees outside, that's beautiful weather.
The heat doesn't bother me as I'm almost always cold. But it pisses me off in summer when the AC is crankin' at 60 degrees. Do these people realize that since it's summer I might enter your store wearing a tank top and will leave when I realize that people are staring at me because I'm shivering so hard they think I'm having a seizure?

Exodus

12-14-2006, 06:24 PM

The heat doesn't bother me as I'm almost always cold. But it pisses me off in summer when the AC is crankin' at 60 degrees. Do these people realize that since it's summer I might enter your store wearing a tank top and will leave when I realize that people are staring at me because I'm shivering so hard they think I'm having a seizure?

They're not staring at you because you are shivering. They're staring at you because your headlights are on high beams. ;)

reuber1

12-14-2006, 06:27 PM

They're not staring at you because you are shivering. They're staring at you because your headlights are on high beams. ;)If our server wasn't down briefly I would've beaten you to it.

Logo-Mechanix

12-14-2006, 06:29 PM

I just went out to lunch also and it is 60 degrees out there, feels more like spring is coming than winter.

Exodus

12-15-2006, 03:27 PM

Huge piles of work thrown in my inbox on Friday. Urrrgh! Looks like I will not be getting much GDF time today. I'll see ya'll after I've unburied myself!

12-15-2006, 10:44 PM

Any Christmas song that features a synthesizer should be banned from public airwaves. This includes the Beatles.

frankster

12-15-2006, 11:18 PM

Any Christmas song that features a synthesizer should be banned from public airwaves. This includes the Beatles.

siiimply haaaaaving a wonderful christmas time!

WannaBrie

12-15-2006, 11:26 PM

That's exactly what I thought of frankster!

I hate most xmas music. I cannot shop in a mall at this time of year, makes me nauseous, I worked for a few yrs in a mall in high school and while in college...

PrintDriver

12-15-2006, 11:40 PM

I dunno, maybe it's a sign of old age but working retail for 4 years taught me to tune it out. I hear the music when I want to hear it but usually if I'm in a <yuck> MALL, I'm on a mission to get in and get out without getting trampled.
Maybe it's just a guy thing too. It's amazing what we can tune out.......
;)

Logo-Mechanix

12-16-2006, 01:15 AM

What did you say? Honestly I think my wife waits until the seventh game of the world series, the fourth quarter of the super bowl and the seventh game of the stanley cup finals to ask me if my feelings for her have changed since we were 23. Yeah I can tune some things out.

reuber1

12-16-2006, 02:20 AM

I wish I learned the tune-out trick after working retail. Instead I seem to be more sensitive to it. Alvin & THe Chipmunks must DIE!!!!! NO MORE!!!!

Riya

12-16-2006, 08:41 AM

Heh. I've tuned it out. We have about 20 different tracks (plus DJ commentary), played on a loop, over and over and ove again. Since Thanksgiving.

cleaver

12-16-2006, 01:31 PM

1) When people answer questions like they know the answer when they have no clue.

2) Celebrities who think they are immune to the law when they are actually targets. (e.g. Tank)

Virgo Nightingale

12-16-2006, 01:31 PM

siiimply haaaaaving a wonderful christmas time!
By boyfriend hates that song with a fervent passion. I left it on his voicemail once just to pancake with him. He thought it was one of his other friends messing with him, he nearly decked him.:D

budafist

12-19-2006, 04:53 AM

My boss asked me to stay later at work to wait for a file to come in that was to be printed by the nightshift guys. Yeah fine whatever. When I go and ask him later when the file is coming, oops he forgot to tell me that they decided not to print it tonight afterall.

I mean how hard is it for you keep me in the loop?

urstwile

12-19-2006, 06:06 AM

Oooooh, I really hate that too, Buda.
http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/angry021.gif

Exodus

12-19-2006, 02:54 PM

Oooooh, I really hate that too, Buda.
http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/angry021.gif

That smiley rules Urst! :D

budafist

12-19-2006, 09:21 PM

It certainly does!

jennull

12-20-2006, 02:36 AM

Salespeople who don't understand the definition of the word 'deadline.'

CamarotaDesign

12-20-2006, 09:13 PM

Seems like when you start getting rolling on negative vibes it just keeps snowballing. I'm in such a bad mood right now. I hate this idiot client who keeps telling me "can you put more space there, move this over there" OK HOW ABOUT YOU *****ING DESIGN IT!

second thing today, coworker who gives me work to change, sloppy corrections, and didnt even list all the changes, I get an email back "oh theres some typos that need to be fixed"

Thanks for telling me that after I PDF'd them and sent the proof back!!!!!

3rd thing... Go for Lunch at a taco shop, Right now I have a cold, and apparently I am weird because I can't eat cheese when I have a cold because it stuffs me up. So of course they screw up my order and put a ton of cheese on my tacos. I send it back, and have to feel like the picky jerk.

I come back, and need to vent, I tell a coworker the story, and they seem to act like I'm going ballistic over a tiny thing... I need to leave early I think, Im getting pissed off today and its rubbing off on everyone.

Jackimalyn

12-20-2006, 09:22 PM

oh, im so sorry :( sometimes, like when the taco shop screws up my order, i feel like the GDF is the only one who understands...

we feel for you.

CamarotaDesign

12-20-2006, 09:36 PM

thanks jacki theres a smile I could use:)

LeftBrain Artist

12-21-2006, 09:00 PM

siiimply haaaaaving a wonderful christmas time!

Gyaahh! Now I'm gonna have that stupid song stuck in my head.

cornfed

12-21-2006, 09:14 PM

LeftBrain, it's better than what I've had stuck in my head today. I can't get this incredibly stupid song that I wrote when I was about 9 out of my head. It's called "Fantasy Flight" if that gives you any idea of how awful it is!

reuber1

01-02-2007, 06:53 PM

Whoopeee. Back on Tech Support. And what a day for it, we already have 120 calls between 5 of us.

Exodus

01-03-2007, 01:32 PM

I thought you were moving on to another job anyway DM.... what happened to that? Sorry your in a shitty state right now. I feel your pain. (Trust Me!)

Danger_Mouse

01-03-2007, 01:52 PM

I thought you were moving on to another job anyway DM.... what happened to that?

you know what? I thought I was too.
I was past the interview, and was negotiating salary, then no word from them. I emailed asking what was up, no answer. So I have given up.

I don't get it, everything was perfect then it all fell apart and they cant even email me to let me know why. What the hell is wrong with people anyways?

Exodus

01-03-2007, 02:02 PM

I don't know what the hell is wrong with people. We seem to be in the same boat though...

Jackimalyn

01-03-2007, 02:05 PM

id go down there to find out whats up DM. Not in a threatening "Im gunna bomb this place" kinda way but i think they'd be willing to tell you why you werent hired.

Danger_Mouse

01-03-2007, 02:07 PM

heh its on the other side of country. I was really excited about it too as it moved me back home amongst family and friends.

I think I will email him again though (ill be sure to make it non bomber like haha)

balou

01-03-2007, 02:38 PM

Danger averted Danger Mouse!

Sounds like a good place NOT to work if that's the way they handle their business.

DesignerScott

01-03-2007, 03:03 PM

I think managers like politicians seek those roles because the like the feeling of lips on their asses. The really good managers are in their position because they are good at managing. (It's a lovely catch 22)
I refuse to play politics at work, and will always tell people when their ideas are crap. (but somehow I managed to keep the job I'm at for 11 months now. Not sure why they haven't fired me yet though.)

Danger_Mouse

01-03-2007, 03:19 PM

Sounds like a good place NOT to work if that's the way they handle their business.

I am feeling the same way. That would have been a big move for me and want to make sure its for the right job.

Im not into the political side of that either. I have been toldin the past by many that I am a good manager, even though officially I am NOT a manager. I just don't know what else to do but just be another cog in the wheel of the company. I have no or little faith in most of a the managers at my work anymore.

Well, no use whining about it anymore. I just gotta keep truckin' on finding new work so I can tell these idiots to kiss me arse. (of course I will do it in a politically correct way without burning my bridges). Somewheres out there has to be a place that will utilize me and my skills and not try to snuff me out just because I am ambitious.
I am even considering leaving the design field all together. Been nothing but 11 years of BS for the most part.

balou

01-03-2007, 08:52 PM

CHEESE & RICE! Logo's with cartoon illustrations should be created in ILLUSTRATOR or VECTOR FORMAT! VECTOR! VECTOR! VECTOR! Cripes.

end vent.

Jackimalyn

01-04-2007, 03:47 PM

My Boss: We need some photos of our product for a customer.
Me: Do you want me to take some?
Boss: No, I'll take some and email them to you.
In my head: **Great...**

Later That Day-
Boss: I got the photos. They turned out kind of dark, can you "photoshop them" so you can see stuff?
Me: Some of these are completely black, why did they turn out so dark? What setting was the camera on?
Boss: I dont know,... "Scene"
Me: What scene?
Boss: Just scene.
Me: It should have options of specific scenes. Could I see the camera? ...You were taking pictures in a poorly lit factory and you have it set on "beach/Snow Scene" thats why they are black.
Boss: Well you can just put them in photoshop and add a flash right?

riiight...

cmont

01-04-2007, 03:59 PM

Boss: We need some sort of flashy logo animation done in flash, something like the Pixar lamp but not as long or flashy.
Me: What do you have in mind?
Boss: Something where all the letters in our company name spin around quickly and spell out different words, like leadership, change, you know things like that. But it has to look sexy.
Co-worker: Well cmont took a flash class last semester he might be able to do something for you.
Boss: Well he's not at that level yet.
Me: (Jaw drops).
Boss: Maybe after another few classes you can design something and sell it to us.

Ok so maybe I havent taken Flash classes forever but this man hasn't even seen the work i've done in flash. Not to mention I used director for years before switching to flash. ugh, i love it when people judge and don't have a basis to do so. I think I might just have to design something flashy and sexy and show it to him and be like, but I can't sell it to you cause I don't know how to export it, they didnt show me how in class yet.

Kool

01-04-2007, 04:17 PM

You should have naked women spin the letters around in yours cmont, that would be sexy. http://home.comcast.net/~rnick9/koolsmiley.gif

cmont

01-04-2007, 04:38 PM

yea that would definitely jazz it up a bit... or have like naked chickes opening briefcases with different letters in them a la deal or no deal

budafist

01-05-2007, 02:50 AM

Or nekkid girlies pole dancing on all the tall letters.

Exodus

01-05-2007, 02:51 PM

Rasterized eps support files... WTF. Why bother?

balou

01-05-2007, 02:53 PM

Rasterized eps support files... WTF. Why bother?

My bet is that they were created in Photoshop and someone asked for either an Adobe Illustrator file or an eps so they went into PS and saved it as an eps because they don't know what Illustrator is.

Am I right? Huh? Am I right?

Exodus

01-05-2007, 03:01 PM

My bet is that they were created in Photoshop and someone asked for either an Adobe Illustrator file or an eps so they went into PS and saved it as an eps because they don't know what Illustrator is.

Am I right? Huh? Am I right?

Oh yea. We ask our customers that choose to use our in-house services to provide their logos in vector and photos in high res. These people want me to design a 14' x 48' billboard and have their logo be a prominate element. I was given a 1.5" x 4" rasterized eps of their logo @ 300 dpi.

Pancaking Morons.

Virgo Nightingale

01-05-2007, 03:05 PM

That's why we get paid the big bucks. To magically place a tiny raster image on a huge billboard and still have it crisp and clean. Right.

Exodus

01-05-2007, 03:10 PM

I'm gonna try emailing them. I'll prolly have to bend over on this one and take it like a good little designer and re-draw it. It wouldn't take long to redo in Illy... but it's the principle of the thing.

Exodus

01-05-2007, 06:50 PM

Rasterized eps support files... WTF. Why bother?

Three in one day. Two from the same place.... even after I told them about the first one.

****! http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/angry021.gif

balou

01-05-2007, 07:17 PM

Uh oh! Exodus is going postal on us!

http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/violent069.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

Exodus

01-05-2007, 07:35 PM

LMAO! I love that Balou! :D

budafist

01-05-2007, 10:51 PM

Yup I feel the pain of the rasterized eps files...get them all the time.

Riya

01-06-2007, 01:08 AM

Nice smiley!

I wish the people at work would just grow some balls and fire me. I know they are trying to make me quit.

budafist

01-06-2007, 02:30 AM

People generally don't get fired here in NZ. You need to have done some serious misconduct to get fired.

morea

01-07-2007, 07:51 AM

ugh, the stomach ache you get from drinking cup after cup of coffee over several hours so you can stay up over night with a sick kitty.

4 more hours until we can meet with the vet.
*reaches unhappily for another cup of coffee, and the Pepto Bismol.*

morea

01-07-2007, 08:56 AM

you know, it's 4:55 in the MORNING here now.

Inevitably, a statement like that is given like so: "It's 4:55; do you know where your children are?"

To which I reply, enthusiastically, "why YES! They are within my loins, and I am not letting them out! I like them right where they are... it's easy to keep track of them, and they never borrow the car or stay out past curfew!"

Of course, that's when people start looking at me funny, possibly because I am carrying on both sides of the conversation, and I may or may not be aware of it myself.

That sort of jerks my chain. Then again, it might not. I may or may not be delirious right now.