Things that jerk my chain...

[The_Black_Knight]

I second that, wholeheartedly. I also wish Route 80 would be repaved already. That road is littered left and right with chains of potholes. Though I really don't want to deal with the traffic that will most certainly result from the roadwork. I wish there was an "instant re-pave" button.Yes, 80 looks like a B2 did a bombing run from PA all the way to NYC.

What I really wish is that this state would start taking people's licenses away. Doing more than 20 mph over the limit? License gets taken away. You cause an accident on the interstate during rush hour? License pulled. Reckless driving on the interstate? No license.

Yes, that's draconian and mean, but less cars would help out a lot around here.

[Typically]

i live about 4mins 28secs from sandy hook. they are going to start putting in a new bridge to get from highlands to sandy hook. when it's done it'll be awesome because the bridge wont open anymore but i have a feeling traffic is going to be horrendous this summer. i don't understand why all those damn new yorkers can't go to jones beach and make a mess there instead of my purdy beaches =] there are enough dopes in jersey to do that

[Typically]

Yes, that's draconian and mean, but less cars would help out a lot around here.

and make people think before they pull a stupid maneuver! you have my vote TBK

[Virgo Nightingale]

One thing that pisses me off when people try to merge into my lane is when they don't bother to signal, or signal after they've already started moving over. I'm usually more than happy to let someone in front of me if they take a moment to put on their signal and give me time to slow down a little and give them room.

[DesignVHL]

What I really wish is that this state would start taking people's licenses away. Doing more than 20 mph over the limit? License gets taken away. You cause an accident on the interstate during rush hour? License pulled. Reckless driving on the interstate? No license.


lol you wouldn't last a day on the hwy in chicago. :p going 15-20 over is pretty much the standard. Accidents happen when stupid people do stupid things, and drive recklessly. Or speeding when it is icy. If your going the speed limit, you get nasty looks for being too slow.

[DesignVHL]

One thing that pisses me off when people try to merge into my lane is when they don't bother to signal, or signal after they've already started moving over. I'm usually more than happy to let someone in front of me if they take a moment to put on their signal and give me time to slow down a little and give them room.

Virgo, people who don't use their signals is probably one of my biggest driving pet peeves. I am more apt and nice to let someone in when they use their signal.

[The_Black_Knight]

lol you wouldn't last a day on the hwy in chicago. :p going 15-20 over is pretty much the standard. Accidents happen when stupid people do stupid things, and drive recklessly. Or speeding when it is icy. If your going the speed limit, you get nasty looks for being too slow.On 80, it's impossible to even get up to the speed limit because of traffic. The signs that say "65 MPH" just sit there, taunting you, because you know you'll never get going faster than 40.

Oh, and let me add to my list: Dump trucks should not be allowed on the road during rush hour. You can deliver your crap the night before, or deliver it after 9:00 am.

[DesignVHL]

I agree knight! Dump Trucks, semis, etc. Drive me CRAZY! They can be mean too - cut people off, tailgate, block lanes and go slow on purpose. They should be banned from being on the road for rush hour times!

[Virgo Nightingale]

On 80, it's impossible to even get up to the speed limit because of traffic. The signs that say "65 MPH" just sit there, taunting you, because you know you'll never get going faster than 40.
That's funny because the part of 80 I'm on every morning (Paterson area) is a 55 mph limit. I usually leave late, so the rush hour traffic has mostly dissipated, but people literally drive 80 on 80. It's nuts. I actually passed a state trooper last week going 75 (with the flow of traffic ;)) and he just sat there. I guess 75's just not fast enough to bother with. :rolleyes:

[BJMRGTIVR6]

From a while back, I too merge over a bit and "annoy" the Aholes trying to speed by in teh shoulder.

[jimking]

Had someone do that to me yesterday in a big blue Lincoln. I'm in the left lane and the right lane ends. There's a car in front of me and no cars in the back of me so this jerk needs to cut me off causing me to slam on my breaks just when the lane ends to get in front of me instead of going with the flow, WTF! Then the punk does it to the car in front of me! So, unfortunately I got real pissed. The car in front of me takes a left turn leaving my ass behind this guy in which I did something stupid. I floor my 300 hp Cadillac and blew the gd doors off that Lincoln and the punk thought he could catch up, so I let him. He drove right up on my rear end and then thought he could pass, but I nailed it and left him in a cloud of dust a second time for good. I should never let idiots on the road get to me that way but man it's like a zoo out there. :mad:

[Typically]

u need to install an oil slick device like inspector gadget's car! leave him in a cloud of dust and his car the the guardrail :D

[budafist]

Virgo, people who don't use their signals is probably one of my biggest driving pet peeves. I am more apt and nice to let someone in when they use their signal.

Absolutely. As a full time pedestrian, I'm often crossing the road - just when I think it's safe (no cars indicating a turn into my path) some lunatic turns into my path without indicating!

[MD]

Man all you guys complaining about traffic need to lobby your job for different hours. There is nobody on the roads at 10:30 am. 10:30-7:00 is IMHO the perfect shift.

You are happy and carefree when you get to work because
a) You probably got a full nights rest
b) no aggravating traffic to deal with either way

It's not quite first shift - but it's not second shift either. Since your schedule is about an 1-2 hours off of everyone elses you never have to wait anywhere. Dinner at 7:00? We can seat you immediately. Grocery shop at midnight - walk right up to the cashier. Run some errands before work. Close out the bars the night before and still get at least 6-7 hours of sleep.

Using this schedule you don't get home from work that much later than everyone else because of the drastically reduced commuting time and you don't have to deal with customers for the last couple hours of your work day making you a lot more productive. I use an alarm maybe twice a year.

Is there any drawbacks?

[budafist]

Man all you guys complaining about traffic need to lobby your job for different hours. There is nobody on the roads at 10:30 am. 10:30-7:00 is IMHO the perfect shift.

You are happy and carefree when you get to work because
a) You probably got a full nights rest
b) no aggravating traffic to deal with either way

It's not quite first shift - but it's not second shift either. Since your schedule is about an 1-2 hours off of everyone elses you never have to wait anywhere. Dinner at 7:00? We can seat you immediately. Grocery shop at midnight - walk right up to the cashier. Run some errands before work. Close out the bars the night before and still get at least 6-7 hours of sleep.

Using this schedule you don't get home from work that much later than everyone else because of the drastically reduced commuting time and you don't have to deal with customers for the last couple hours of your work day making you a lot more productive. I use an alarm maybe twice a year.

Is there any drawbacks?

Almost all perfect except it's Friday here today and I would miss out on afterwork drinks. Afterwork drinks by yourself isn't quite the same!

You make a very compelling argument though. :)

[MD]

True - I totally miss out on great happy hour specials. My afterwork drinks will start tonight at around 9:00 cause I shoot darts on Thursday nights. We will close out the bar at about 2:00 ... and I will still get 7 hours of sleep.

[DesignStudio]

I know what you guys mean about commuting- such a hassle! I have to get out of bed, walk all the way down my hallway to the kitchen to turn on the coffee maker- and the hardwood floor is usually cold. Then walk all the way back down the hallway to my office. And then sometimes my dogs will try to jump up on my lap while I'm drinking my coffee at my desk, and they hardly ever signal. Arrr. What a pain.

[The_Black_Knight]

I know what you guys mean about commuting- such a hassle! I have to get out of bed, walk all the way down my hallway to the kitchen to turn on the coffee maker- and the hardwood floor is usually cold. Then walk all the way back down the hallway to my office. And then sometimes my dogs will try to jump up on my lap while I'm drinking my coffee at my desk, and they hardly ever signal. Arrr. What a pain.Do we have a "bitch slap" smilie on this forum? I think we need one. :p

[Virgo Nightingale]

Take your choice TBK:

http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/angry009.gif

http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/angry011.gif

http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/fighting/fighting0038.gif

http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/fighting/fighting0059.gif

http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/fighting/fighting0063.gif

http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/fighting/fighting0064.gif

[garricks]

Or maybe:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a249/garricks/BBU%20avatars/bs_axe.gif

[DesignStudio]

where's the love you guys?

[CkretAjint]

Over in the 'I forget I have a chain' thread... This is where hate, death and rock and roll reside! http://www.teamzx2.com/Smileys/others/rockwoot.gif

[Red Kittie Kat]

lmaoo well said :D

[Cyan_Ide]

I swear the people in the apartment above us have discovered a way to stay alive while not sleeping.

You can hear their music blasting and their seemingly-hoofed feet trampling post 3AM, and then, just when you think you can sleep in, at 8AM they've got their music blaring yet again. Oh, and that's also prime time to vacuum and move furniture.

Did I mention that their musical rotation consists of the same 5 or 6 songs repeated over and over?

Normally I'd just shrug it off as slightly annoying, but I'm sick to the point of having difficulties standing, and consequently trying to sleep more, so it has been jerking my chain a bit more as of late.

[John G]

I swear the people in the apartment above us have discovered a way to stay alive while not sleeping.

You can hear their music blasting and their seemingly-hoofed feet trampling post 3AM, and then, just when you think you can sleep in, at 8AM they've got their music blaring yet again. Oh, and that's also prime time to vacuum and move furniture.

Did I mention that their musical rotation consists of the same 5 or 6 songs repeated over and over?

Normally I'd just shrug it off as slightly annoying, but I'm sick to the point of having difficulties standing, and consequently trying to sleep more, so it has been jerking my chain a bit more as of late.
I'm glad you're not in KC otherwise I might feel bad, but I think I'm keeping quiet enough.

[CkretAjint]

Did I mention that their musical rotation consists of the same 5 or 6 songs repeated over and over?

You should buy them an iTunes gift card for the holidays... :D

[budafist]

Over in the 'I forget I have a chain' thread... This is where hate, death and rock and roll reside! http://www.teamzx2.com/Smileys/others/rockwoot.gif

That just reminded me of something my friend said the other day. It must be in the Love thread: Sex, Drugs and Sausage Rolls :D

Man, now I want me some sausage rolls.

[Typically]

damn you buda now i want sausage rolls too!

[JgS]

Why do people try and cross the freeway on foot? Don't they realize they ain't going to make it and they will make the rest of us spend 2 hours in traffic waiting for the freeway to reopen.

[budafist]

Why do people try and cross the freeway on foot? Don't they realize they ain't going to make it and they will make the rest of us spend 2 hours in traffic waiting for the freeway to reopen.

Wow, I've never seen anyway try and cross the motorway (that's what we call the freeway).

[reuber1]

I've had enough of this ****ing winter. This is about the 4th time I've called in to work this season alone; I think that's the total that I've ever called in prior to this winter due to inclement weather. Granted, it's while I'm still at Target and the whole risking my automobile/life thing through the bluffy eastern Iowa terrain seems a little bit excessive for such a position (that quarter above min-wage isn't that big of a dangling carrot), but once this new job starts next Monday, I'd rather not be dealing with snow as the whole 'calling in' thing is not exactly what my new employers had in mind.

[Typically]

i wake up between the time of 645 and 7. my roommates alarm clock started going off today at approximately 5. he hit the snooze button 6 times. so his alarm went off for an hour! then at about 630 as i was finally getting back to sleep he let one of the cats upstairs and didn't bother to get her and bring her back down stairs. so im having people over tonight to record some hip hop tracks and the bass is gonna be bumpin and the cat might "somehow" get upstairs around 1 am :D

[frankster]

Lol, that sucks Typically. We used to have a flatmate that would set his alarm clock and then sleep through it for hours. The only way to rectify the situation was to get up when it went off, go next door and physically go and push him out of bed and onto the floor.

[The_Black_Knight]

frankster, in that situation, I would just unplug the alarm clock and plug it back in before the snooze went off again. Then, when they oversleep, just tell them that the power went off.

[frankster]

The power would have had to have gone off every day. He was totally ok with the method of "awakening" that we settled on. He needed to get up and couldn't and I needed to go back to sleep next door for another hour. It's probably not as bad as it sounds, waking up on the floor every morning to see a chick leaving your room in just her knickers and vest. If I had to get up early too then I'd make a cup of tea to soften the blow. I only had to deal with that for a year. He's married now, so my mate that married him has to deal with it. lol.

[Typically]

oooooooooooo tbk that's a great idea! but instead of me going into his room to unplug it i'll go to the basement and shut the power off to his room =]

[The_Black_Knight]

oooooooooooo tbk that's a great idea! but instead of me going into his room to unplug it i'll go to the basement and shut the power off to his room =]Yup. A quick flick of a circuit breaker switch would work great.

[reuber1]

Naturally, for the first day at my new job, the break in the few days of 40 degree weather will be freezing rain followed by snow immediately before the work hours. Grand.

[garricks]

Naturally, for the first day at my new job, the break in the few days of 40 degree weather will be freezing rain followed by snow immediately before the work hours. Grand.

IKWYM, reuber. It was 75 here today. The low in the morning will be 48, which is also the high. The low Monday night will be 28, with the Tuesday High 30 and Low 17. A 58-degree drop in two days. :eek::mad::mad::mad: with rain, sleet, snow and ice predicted.

[garricks]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a249/garricks/BB9/General/20080202Weather.jpg

Yeah, hate to see this at the beginning of the week!

[Red Kittie Kat]

hehe We got it all last week .. must be your turn ;)

[garricks]

Yeah, Kittie, we're gonna get it...weathercaster just said we're going to get snow at a rate of 1-3 inches per hour tomorrow. On top of this sleet:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a249/garricks/GDF/DSC00061.jpg

That's my patio table (clear, etched glass), about an hour after the air temp went below freezing and it started sleeting.

I'm apologize for whining so much about the weather, but I'm just done with this carp. I want my springtime right now!

The good news is that my Director called this morning to check on a job I'm doing for her, and the first thing out of her mouth was, "Well, I guess we'll both be wimping out on driving in tomorrow!"

[Red Kittie Kat]

ahh I love this time of year :D


... NOT! lol


Just be careful Garrick :)

[Typically]

its 60 in nj today :P

[Red Kittie Kat]

someone smack him


:D

[CkretAjint]

It's 80° here bright, sunny and breezy... I think I might go down to the beach and eat my lunch today! :D

[Typically]

haha yea it may be nice there now. give it 2 months and it'll be 90 and 125% humidity and rain at 3:13 every afternoon... i'm not jealous =] (i lived in tampa for 3 year)

[CkretAjint]

True... :(

[Typically]

haha sorry man wasn't trying to ruin your day =]

[Virgo Nightingale]

I love overly specific stock photo requests.

"I want an image of a doctor and a nurse and someone in a suit looking over architectural plans on a desk."

Lemme pull that out of my butt, brb. :rolleyes:

[garricks]

Virgo, aren't all requests that specific? They are with my clients!

Client requests illustration of "connecting" for a therapy group.
I knock off one with interconnecting arrows, and for good measure, another one with puzzle pieces.

Account manager calls to ask if they can have words on the puzzle pieces. I say sure, if they will send me a list.

Yesterday I found a page on my chair. Someone discovered WordArt and made me an example. And it looks nothing like any of the above.

*rolls eyes, briefly considers working at McDonald's*

[Virgo Nightingale]

I remember someone on here talking about a client who wanted: A patient who's partly Asian who's thinking about diabetes, but not thinking too hard. :confused:

Oh, and I think I forgot to mention, all the people in the shot should be on one side of the photo since I'll need to ghost back one side because there's some copy to go over it.

[garricks]

So how can you tell the patient is thinking about diabetes? and is it Type I or Type II?

Thankfully we have camera jockeys on staff too, in our meda department. When the client goes off the deep end we offer them the option of going with what we choose or paying for a photo shoot. :D

You'd be surprised how many of them actually choose the photo shoot!

[The_Black_Knight]

I remember someone on here talking about a client who wanted: A patient who's partly Asian who's thinking about diabetes, but not thinking too hard. :confused:

Oh, and I think I forgot to mention, all the people in the shot should be on one side of the photo since I'll need to ghost back one side because there's some copy to go over it.That would be me in this thread. (http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9280&highlight=thinking+diabetes) :D It was my first post ever on GDF, as a matter of fact.

And check out Craig B's first post in that thread. It's a classic. In fact, that entire thread is a classic.

[Virgo Nightingale]

Yeah, that's the one!! I don't know where I came up with the 'partly Asian' bit. Amazing what your brain comes up with to fill in the blanks of what you've forgotten. :D

[garricks]

That thread is freakin' hilarious...and so true. I get that kind of direction from teh doctors all the time. Because they are minored in design while in medical school, y'know?

[The_Black_Knight]

That was later in the thread:

"At the same workplace, we also got a request for a "silhouette of a middle-aged African American male, slightly overweight, but not TOO overweight, and not looking too much like a minority as to seem rascist." (stock photo, of course; heaven forbid we PAY for a photo shoot) for a heart disease program we were putting together."

I may have gotten a request for someone that was "Asian, but not too asian" at some point. In fact, I'm almost certain of it. I'm not sure if I ever mentioned that here or not.

[Typically]

hahah on a volcano what a loon!

[CkretAjint]

:mad:

People that take other peoples work that has been posted, change it and post it here in the thread instead of typing out their description/opinion on it. I can understand circling something, or pointing something out. But to take it, hack up the image/logo and add their own style of type on it and tell the person to do "this". Not sure why, but that REALLY has gotten under my skin recently!!!

[morea]

that bothers me, too.

[CkretAjint]

Can we make a sticky rule about that or something? You know, a "USE YOUR WORDS!" post? :p

[morea]

haha, that's not my call. I don't think there's any actual rule against it, it just rubs me the wrong way.

[CkretAjint]

instead of making it a rule and yelling at people about it, could we make it a common courtesy post/thing? You know, it's better to let ones creative mind interpret your words, then to show them a picture and taint their view on something?

[budafist]

Good point. I think I may have done in before too. Will stop now!

I guess the biggest problem is if they decide that your idea is great, then they will have to borrow it. But if you only describe an idea in words, it can still be open to interpretation.

[CkretAjint]

I guess the biggest problem is if they decide that your idea is great, then they will have to borrow it. But if you only describe an idea in words, it can still be open to interpretation.

BINGO! :)

[budafist]

I had a bit of the nasi goreng (fried rice) left from lunch yesterday and I went to heat it up to eat it now. I gave it a shake just to loosen up the refrigerated rice. The lid wasn't closed properly and I flung rice all over the floor, down my top and on the kitchen bench.

SMAT!

No, I didn't eat all the dropped rice....just in case you were wondering.

[Spunky Nerd]

ckret and buda... this happened in my personal logo thread... I love the person's idea but now I can't get it out of my head, but I refuse to use anything like it because I feel like it's cheating... it just messes everything up.

[CkretAjint]

I'm sorry to hear that Spunky. That's exactly why I dislike doing that. I have been kind of a nazi towards that recently, asking people to stop. You should see some of the lip (who are you to tell me) comments I've gotten from people about it. :rolleyes:

[Spunky Nerd]

yeah... but I completely agree with you guys about it. I kind of let the thread die as far as the design c&c because I got so stuck with people giving me ideas... Other designers should know not to do that. I couldn't imagine in school during a crit going up to someones work and taking out a sharpie and drawing what I thought it should've looked like and then expect them to take my advice seriously, but still not create anything that actually looks like what I showed them...

[CkretAjint]

Yah, I hear you. You have to rise to the top and ignore their compliments, it's tough sometimes... I KNOW! If worse comes to worse, take their advice and do the complete opposite and then work with it from there. You'll be surprised what you can come up with when you head a different direction! :)

[reuber1]

The staredown.

I don't know when the **** this became oh so popular between men nowadays, but I can't seem to walk five feet without some asshat having to stare at me, and maintain eyecontact for the better part of an eternity. I glance over, and he's staring. I figure whatever, and look back to where I was, and I glance back, and he's still staring at me. At the store, at the gym, at a stoplight between vehicles. I don't know if it is how other males, in a world with rules against violence or whatever, need to express dominance or what? Great! You maintained eye contact with me longer than I did! Nevermind that I gave in because I think it's a childish demonstration of "I can pee farther than you" and that I think it's inherently stupid, it is a great achievement for you , one that you can go home and ****-*** to. Some ******* in the new gym I'm at is constantly giving me the stink eye...how long until I have to ask him if he's got a ****ing problem?

[CkretAjint]

*slowly backs away from reuber* wooo buddy, take a breather! ;)

[Typically]

reuber just say something most likely the guy will be like uh oh ummm and feel like a douche. i catch stares all the time because i'm 6'5", have hair to my shoulders, and have a big beard :) if that doesn't work follow them out and find what car he drives and spray adhesive a piece of paper saying what are you looking at!" to his windshield :D

[frankster]

I wouldn't go antwhere near those men, let alone speak to them. They are likely roid freaks.

[budafist]

Maybe you should give them a kissy face and wink at those starers when you walk by. Either make them look away embarrassed or you get beaten up....or you find yourself some unwanted amorous attention.

[reuber1]

I should give them the 'Jeff Goldblum is Watching You Poop' look.

[budafist]

I should give them the 'Jeff Goldblum is Watching You Poop' look.

That sounded like something that I should Google and I'm glad I did.

For those that were also confused:

http://www.macjams.com/filemgmt_data/snaps/16620_jeff_goldblum_is_watching_you_poop.jpg

[Virgo Nightingale]

Reubs, look in the mirror. Did your friends tattoo something like "I eat my own feces" on your face while you were passed out drunk? That might cause some stares.

[reuber1]

Reubs, look in the mirror. Did your friends tattoo something like "I eat my own feces" on your face while you were passed out drunk? That might cause some stares.
No. I managed to get through a whole day of work without anyone else noticing that.

buda, be proud you found that. Best thing you can do is find a full size version of that pic, print it out, and tape it to the backdoor of a bathroom stall somewhere. It WILL get laughs. Guaranteed.

[Typically]

my friend pissing on my floor http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/mad/mad0173.gif and not telling me about it so i could clean it up

[Virgo Nightingale]

Why did your friend piss on your floor? Or do I not want to know?

My ex-roommate's boyfriend used to sleep over on certain nights of the week, and this big party he went to happened to fall on one of those nights. He came in all sorts of trashed. He had gotten in her bed, almost fallen asleep and then decided he needed to relieve himself. Except he didn't quite wake up. He just got out of the bed, stood in front of the nightstand, thought it was the toilet and proceeded to urinate on it.

I woke up to my roommate screaming and yelling at him, and then him in the bathroom trying to apologize to her while puking his guts out. "I'm sorry baAAAAAAAAAuuuuggggby...."

[John G]

My buddy did that to his girlfriend's TV (he stopped when she yelled at him) and then proceeded to walk over to her fridge (open of course) and finish. Her sister was staying over for the night and had claimed the girlfriend's bed.. and he promptly hopped into bed with her.

Some thugs did pop him in the face (broke his glasses) earlier in the evening if that's an excuse.

[Typically]

i don't really know the exact reason but lots of alcohol had a lot to do with it. my friends found him with his pants around his ankles laying behind the couch haha. i'ts not a huge deal but i would have liked to known so i could have sprayed it down with stuff instead of letting it dry. now i get to piss on his floor in a drunken stooper =]

[Virgo Nightingale]

^^Yup. Payback's a bitch, ain't it? :D

[Red Kittie Kat]

Oh god you guys lol .. why do these things happen.

My friends husband came home in a drunken stupor late one night and the same sort of thing happened.

It involved turning on the light to the bathroom ........ but there was catch .. it wasn't the bathroom light. Let's just say there was a horrifically, violent act committed against a refrigerator that evening.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/RedKittieKat/smilies/surprise.gif

[Spunky Nerd]

While my dad was sleeping and had been wasted early he got up and thought that his wife's closet was the bathroom, ruined hundred of dollar of clothes and shoes, she was a spoiled brat...

[Bladez]

My brother pulled the same stunt...only he pissed on my floor and bed....while I was sleeping in it. Guess how well THAT went over!

[Spunky Nerd]

wow... Never had that happen... Though my sister was like 5 and peed in the bed while sleeping with my aunt.... thats not cool to wake up to I'm sure...

[morea]

even my cats know better than this. I'd be handing the offender a mop and bucket and letting them go to town...

(once their hangover was gone.)

[Bladez]

Oh, I didn't wait till his hangover was gone. Instead I got him outta bed nice and early so that he would be sober enough to know what he was doing. Originally he thought it was the dog so was refusing to clean it, until I explained that I actually woke up and caught him in the act. hahahaha...that was the last time that ever happend. :D

[Typically]

even my cats know better than this. I'd be handing the offender a mop and bucket and letting them go to town...

(once their hangover was gone.)

haha ya know i thought it was the cats at first! i wish it was as easy as mop and bucket this was on the carpet :mad: i gotta break out the spray bottle when i get home.

[budafist]

At least my fiance has never pissed on me or in the bedroom. When he's drunk and in a unfamiliar environment he fumbles around the room trying to find the door to the bathroom. He's normally got his eyes closed which is the biggest problem because if they were open it would be quite easy to figure out where the door is.

I'm used to it now though. I get up, grab his hand and march him into the nearest bathroom.

[Typically]

hahaha awww you're a good women buda =]

[budafist]

Well, if I didn't grab him and take him to the bathroom quickly you know what would happen so I guess I'm doing everyone favour.

But yes. I'm a good woman :)

I swear, men prepare you for motherhood.

[Bladez]

Well, if I didn't grab him and take him to the bathroom quickly you know what would happen so I guess I'm doing everyone favour.

But yes. I'm a good woman :)

I swear, men prepare you for motherhood.

I was gonna say, it sounds like you're all set for a 3 year old!

[garricks]

There was a theme rework. So the note card and the tote bag design need to be redesigned. The theme is “Spring Garden”. Then, some flower incorporated into the design. The flowers need to be an Iris, Lily of the Valley, Tulip. (you can have all three or just one kind.) I am still thinking this needs to be one color…I am not sure if you can find images of these flowers that are not color. Let me know if you have any problems. Maybe you can crate images of outlines of these flowers…like in a garden?!

As for the note card. This can be four color, please add the ‘spring’ design with the flowers. The card note size is 4 ¼”x5 ½ (they would like to be able to print these cards themselves, on their computer…is that possible?

Could you have these redesigns by next Wednesday? Thanks!
(By next Wednesday, she means tomorrow)
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[doctorfoz]

here, Garricks, use this

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x308/doctorfoz/EasyButton.jpg

(and here's some filler for the head-shaped dent in your desk)

[budafist]

A couple of new graduates have landed themselves a decent sized client and came to us for advice on how to print. My boss went through all the things they needed to do to make their file print properly. Things like spot colours and bleed. He specifically asked them if they knew how to set those up. They said yes.

Had they said no or that they were unsure they come have come and talked to me or my staff.

So instead, they sent in files with no bleed and spot colours set up as CMYK.

When someone is throwing you a lifeline. Take it! Or at least have a look at what the lifeline looks like.

[teniworks]

The bosses at work are bringing in a "traffic consultant" to analyze where and how everyone can be more productive. She also plans on sitting and talking with us one-on-one to see how long it takes for us to complete our work, what our days are like, etc. Why does this remind me of Office Space? :eek: I am becoming way too paranoid at this job.

[frankster]

The bosses at work are bringing in a "traffic consultant" to analyze where and how everyone can be more productive. She also plans on sitting and talking with us one-on-one to see how long it takes for us to complete our work, what our days are like, etc. Why does this remind me of Office Space? :eek: I am becoming way too paranoid at this job.

Funny, things would be much more productive if your boss did some of the work rather than sit and watch you guys do it.

[budafist]

I wouldn't mind a traffic consultant at my work. She might find that I am the only one in the art department doing overtime hours and also doing about 90% of the workload. Maybe we should be paid according to workload here. Now that would be neat.

I know it's a hassle, but if you are doing your job, then you should be fine. It's the ones that aren't doing their job that the boss is after.

I sound like the teacher's pet don't I?

[The_Black_Knight]

The bosses at work are bringing in a "traffic consultant" to analyze where and how everyone can be more productive. She also plans on sitting and talking with us one-on-one to see how long it takes for us to complete our work, what our days are like, etc. Why does this remind me of Office Space? :eek: I am becoming way too paranoid at this job. http://studentpages.scad.edu/%7Ecweath20/GDF/lumbergh.jpg

Uuuumm, yeah, that reminds me... I'm going to need you to go ahead and come in on Saturday... yeah, right. Mmmkay? Grrreat...

[BJMRGTIVR6]

A couple of new graduates have landed themselves a decent sized client and came to us for advice on how to print. My boss went through all the things they needed to do to make their file print properly. Things like spot colours and bleed. He specifically asked them if they knew how to set those up. They said yes.

Had they said no or that they were unsure they come have come and talked to me or my staff.

So instead, they sent in files with no bleed and spot colours set up as CMYK.

When someone is throwing you a lifeline. Take it! Or at least have a look at what the lifeline looks like.

Somebody didn't want to sound dumb at the moment...unfortunately know you know they did not know. Some colleges do not really explain these things. I know some newbies here at work felt stupid that they didn't know half the stuff they needed to know...also funny how the ones in Master's classes do not know it either.:rolleyes:

[garricks]

Secretary: "Hey, garricks, how do I put a rainbow gradient in a headline in Word?"

garricks: "You can't."

:eek:

[Typically]

excel sheets in comic sans

[CkretAjint]

Having to become "The Master of Powerpoint" within the next week.... OYE, my head hurts already.

[CkretAjint]

Secretary: "Hey, garricks, how do I put a rainbow gradient in a headline in Word?"
garricks: "You can't."


Hey man, don't be a hater. Maybe it's a flyer for a gay-pride parade? :p

[garricks]

Hey man, don't be a hater. Maybe it's a flyer for a gay-pride parade? :p
:) It's not. It's for a bereavement support group. :eek:
I suggested that she fill out a work request for us and let us design it for her. :D

And hey, Typically just named the font that shall not be named. RKK, where are you with your wet noodle? :p

[Optimusdinkus]

lol, so I'm making 2 tables for a book we are puting together. That day I wasn't told that he was flying in a collegue of his from mexico to help with a case that he is doing for a patient, so Im sitting there going, what the hell does he want in this damn table? My boss comes in and asks me to ask him (cause I know spanish preaty well) if he could draw out a shade diagram. I said, I'll ask him. Once I asked the dentist he told me he needs probably a few days to illustrate the diagram.

I said no problem I'll talk to the doctor about it. Right after I said "he needs a week to..." he says, "Just go home Tom, if your not going to try (by trying, he means coercing the dentist to draw) having the attitude you have about it."

Was it wrong to take his advice and just bolt?

[budafist]

Somebody didn't want to sound dumb at the moment...unfortunately know you know they did not know. Some colleges do not really explain these things. I know some newbies here at work felt stupid that they didn't know half the stuff they needed to know...also funny how the ones in Master's classes do not know it either.:rolleyes:

Most design schools don't explain these things. Which is why my boss specifically asked them. Maybe what he should have said is if they knew how to set them up to our specs. Then just handed them to me anyway.

[DesignVHL]

I'll tell you what's been jerkin' my chain lately! Small vent session about a pet peeve I have:

Anyone read Computer Arts Magazine? Its one of my fav. design mags - I LOVE IT. But their advertisements totally disapointment me, and give the magazine such a cheap look! If you thumb through HOW mag, you won't find very many badly designed ads, like you do in the CA mag. There are more bad ads than good. WHY IS THIS? WHY MUST IT BE LIKE THIS? WHY CAN'T CA only INCLUDE well designed ads - its a design mag - so I would think that their ads would want to reflect the quality of the magazine. It bugs me I can't help it! Anyone else notice this? I'd scan in what i'm talkin about, but thats not legal. :p

[budafist]

I love Computer Arts too but the March issue was weird. Have you got that one? I don't like the new die cut and those weird lime/green circle quotation marks throughout the magazine are ugly.

I have a subscription so I guess I just have to handle it. If I didn't have a sub I might stop buying it because of the new design.

I don't really look at the ads, but I can see your beef with them.

[DesignVHL]

well i have to turn the page to get to the next article...none of those ads apeal to me anyways since they are mostly UK businesses I can't really use.

I don't mind the redesign - it was overdue. I liked the feb issue design and cover MUCH better though. I'd have to go back and look at those lime green quotes - didn't notice them first time I flipped through - so maybe it doesn't bother me as much as it does you. I LOVE the front cover type treatment! :)

[budafist]

I just feel like those circles don't add anything positive as a design element. They are very basic and distracting to me. I would prefer a prettier motif to be scattered through the magazine.

[DesignVHL]

just took a look at the last issue - yep i can agree with you. :) I don't HATE them, but agree they don't add much. Not enough to cancel my subscription though or not renew. Its still a great mag.

[budafist]

This thread just reminded me to call up the magazine company and let them know I've moved house. Turns out that my subscription has finished. March was my final one so I guess I'll not be receiving any more anyway.

[teniworks]

The way that our office is set up is that people's offices are not actual rooms so the walls do not go all the way up to the ceiling. My boss decides that she wants water and wants someone to get it for her because she's on the phone. So she starts hurling things over the wall and since i am trying to ignore her, she throws larger things over the wall. So I go and get her stupid water. I feel like such a slave at my job :(

[frankster]

Throw her the water ;)

[John G]

and that's how people get pee in their coffee

[budafist]

and that's how people get pee in their coffee

So that's how that happens!

You should write a note to her: I may or I may have not spiked your water with something unpleasant.

[budafist]

When a client needs an urgent poster A2 poster job, then upon collection realises he had meant to say A1.

Then he complains about the price for the job and wants to pay the price he got quoted for the A2 posters but printed in A1. So now I've printed a set of A1 posters as well as the set of unwanted A2 posters and he gets a discount on the A1s he takes home.

How does that work?

He said he used to be a printer too!!!

I think the biggest thing was his attitude towards me - as if I should have known that the posters were to be A1. Sure, the posters were on the small side, but an order is an order. I don't upsell people. If you don't know what A2 is, then ask for the dimensions.

[Red Kittie Kat]

The way that our office is set up is that people's offices are not actual rooms so the walls do not go all the way up to the ceiling. My boss decides that she wants water and wants someone to get it for her because she's on the phone. So she starts hurling things over the wall and since i am trying to ignore her, she throws larger things over the wall. So I go and get her stupid water. I feel like such a slave at my job :(


you should have gotten down on the floor and cut her phone line .. then she could have gotten her own water :D

[BJMRGTIVR6]

At work i live in cubcle land and our boss starts thropwing paper clips and laughing. It is rather fun...we can throw stuff back.

[Typically]

my motorola q just gave me a "motorola flash mode bootloader version...." screen when i try to turn it on after lunch. the funny thing is i was just talking to my friend about how it's been working fine and i shouldn't need to upgrade my phone anytime soon. ugh i googled the error and found out that it is pretty much death for the phone. so now i have to go to the verizon store and wait around for them to either fix it or give me a new one. sooooo not what i was planning on doing tonight.

[DesignStudio]

I got another project request recently on my website, that falls into a certain category of requests that I get occassionally, though not often. The "client" seems to know far too specifically exactly what they want, and uses terminology that makes them seem overly familiar with the graphic design industry. When I provide a quote or estimate for the work, I never hear from them again. I'd say these are almost certainly other designers feeling out competitor pricing. It's really frustrating to me that we're not allowed to discuss pricing in a constructive environment like this one, and the only way to accomplish it is to waste other designers' time with bogus requests for work.

[budafist]

Just heard from my boss:

One of our clients owe us a lot of money from a previous print job so the new job that they just had printed had been printed and then put on hold. It has been sitting here at our office until they pay their old invoice.

We expect clients to pay their invoices within 1 month. If they don't, any new jobs don't leave here. I think that is fair.

Now they are threatening not to pay for the old invoice or the new invoice because their job won't be delivered on time for the weekend. They have had all week to pay (and the last month) and they need the print job for a show in the weekend.

That makes me so mad.

[CkretAjint]

Oye... I feel you Buda. That is SO annoying!

[budafist]

My boss has gone and delivered the job now without payment because he doesn't want the company name to look bad for not delivering something on time. Even though we haven't seen any money.

Oh well, it's not my company.

[budafist]

We are not having a good day here.

Client asked for dark green. When my boss called her up and asked for a Pantone number, she said "just any dark green". So we printed it a standard dark green. When she came to collect it she didn't like the colour. She wanted a much greyer dark green, the one we picked was too green.

So boss tells her that she can pick a green out of the book for next time and we'll match it. She said she didn't want these ones since she didn't like the colour. She wanted us to reprint the job.

Boss: Well, what do I do with these? You'll have to pay for this lot.
Client: Well, I haven't opened the packet.

Haha. As if not opening the packet means that we can sell her print job to someone else. Some people!

[tZ]

^ what a f**kin moron (person in story)

I guess that goes to show her that not all "dark greens" are created equally. Maybe she should have picked it herself instead of giving you consent to do so for her.

[frankster]

Is your boss running a charity Buda?

[garricks]

Boss: Well, what do I do with these? You'll have to pay for this lot.
Client: Well, I haven't opened the packet.

ROFL...like it was software?! :eek:

[budafist]

Is your boss running a charity Buda?

Who knows?! Don't worry we have 2 directors of this company and the other boss was mad at him for delivering the job.

ROFL...like it was software?! :eek:

Isn't it funny that I thought that it was more like food? You can't return a chocolate bar once you've opened it ;)

[garricks]

As a customer, I would have liked to be warned “you have an outstanding invoice. We’ll need payment for that before we can accept this rush job that’s due this weekend.” I would have personally delivered the check when I delivered the files. But I would completely understand if I didn't follow through with the payment.

And I only jumped to software because I spent 5 hours installing Leopard on my laptop last night. At one point I regretted having broken the seal on the package. But it went on to install fine. :D

[budafist]

They offered to pay half of the old invoice before the weekend (the new job hasn't been invoiced yet), but my boss would only accept full payment of the previous job/s before releasing the newest job.

But then my boss changed his mind. :rolleyes:

So now the tally is:
Client: 2 jobs printed and delivered
Us: No jobs paid for

[reuber1]

Getting the lowly $300 tax rebate. **** YOU GOVERNMENT.

[MD]

Better than my $144 return roobs (state and federal).
**** the capitol gains tax!

[reuber1]

Better than my $144 return roobs (state and federal).
**** the capitol gains tax!
Yikes. That blows pretty hard. In retrospect, my total return is actually substantial, so I'm not too pissed...I was just kind of reactionary at the rebate/bribe amount because I was under the impression that $600 was the lowest amount people would be given, or you weren't getting one at all.

I'll probably be looking into a new TV now...I was thinking of saving for a MBP, but since I'm working as a designer full time now, the only thing I'll probably do on a new Mac is surf the Internet and fiddle with Garageband. Looking to go LCD, with 1080p, and hopefully something around 37" to 42".

[MD]

How did you find out how much your rebate was going to be? I have yet to send my taxes off, $144 isn't enough motivation.

I am sure that right around the time the rebates ship out there will be a lot of tv's on sale for about $600 - $700. During Christmas my Dad picked up an Olevia 47" for $599 at Sears the weekend before black Friday. They were running a deal that took a few hundred dollars off if you charged it to your Sears card.

[garricks]

Better than my $144 return roobs (state and federal).
**** the capitol gains tax! Better than my $ x,xxx PAYMENT, MD. And that's ON TOP of what they've already got from me.

Duble **** the Cap Gains Tax.

[Riya]

Yep you two have it lucky, I got one of those big payments too.

[reuber1]

How did you find out how much your rebate was going to be? I have yet to send my taxes off, $144 isn't enough motivation.
One of Turbo Tax's updates pretty much lets you know after doing the federal portion how much you're getting, and it said "You're eligible for a $300 rebate." without any explanation to the amount. Since I was unemployed through September and most of October, and I only worked part-time as an intern during June, July, and August, I'm sure that has something to do with it.

[MD]

I had a payment too ... but I happened to come across a few receipts for business expenses that helped offset the freelance money I had to claim. I usually get a return of about $1400 but selling off my stock portfolio erased that right quick. Luckily most of them were long term investments.

[garricks]

Sigh. Our Apple consultant showed up out of the blue this morning and announced he was upgrading the servers to Leopard. So instead of playing graphic designer today, I have to play network administrator. :confused:

[CkretAjint]

Looking to go LCD, with 1080p, and hopefully something around 37" to 42".

Keep us informed if you find anything good! I am looking around for the same thing with my refund. I keep eye balling the Samsung 42" *drools*

[Typically]

hehe i've been thinking the same thing as well =] HD xbox 360 mmmmmmmm

[CkretAjint]

hehe... yah. My TV has a bad cable input on it and 'burps' (shoots the volume up and down) and fizzles in and out, forcing me to turn it on and off 5 or 6 times within the first 5 minutes of use until it "warms up". SUPER ANNOYING!!!!!! I'm not paying to fix the ancient beast so i might as well upgrade to something cooler, lighter (things has to weigh close to 150 lbs) and prettier... Plus it's only 25"

[Typically]

yea the tv i have in the living room is my roommates and will be leaving with him in may so i'm on the look out for something. i have a back up in the basement that still works but its old and very large.

[reuber1]

Keep us informed if you find anything good! I am looking around for the same thing with my refund. I keep eye balling the Samsung 42" *drools*
lol, that's exactly what I'm looking at as well. Great reviews from what I've seen. I'm holding off to see if Target will be carrying them with their electronics department reset that usually comes in April (the store I've worked at has 720ps for the most part), because with my Target Red Card I can get 10% off my next purchase if I put about another $500 on it *coughPlaystation3MetalGearSolid4bundlecough*.

If I get one soon, I'll let you know, but I've pretty much unanimously heard great things about Samsung.

[beowolfe03]

*Rant is go*

Clients don't seem to understand the concept of "Artist Rendering."

They want me to "design" metal signs for their lobby, but really that just means I take their logo, make it one colour and put it up on a photo of their wall so they can see it before I ship it off to the sign makers.
So I thought it might be helpful to render the conceptual finished sign rather than just putting a white vector logo on a wall, so I put the logo into Photoshop, applied a basic steel texture/colour to it and added a drop shadow to it so it looks (mostly) like a 3-D sign actually hanging on the wall.
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a256/beowolfe03/WallPreview2.jpg)
Apparently, this confuses people. I always explain to the client that it's only a rendering of metal, and due to the sign being real metal and the variances in the atmospheric lighting in the office, it may not look exactly like my rendering. I make it clear that I have no control over the final colour of their sign unless they choose to do it in plastic instead of metal. But today the response was, "We like it...but I believe you said the color could be changed if needed."
What?! I said no such thing! My exact words were:
"I have no control over the final colour---changing the preview colour won’t affect anything."
It's a RENDERING, as in, not real! I thought, if you saw that it looked like a metal sign, you were smart enough to realise that it represented a 3-D metal sign. Do you think we're going to be printing something on the metal to alter the colour? You asked for a steel sign, did you not? So no! The sign shop will NOT print the drop shadows or Photoshop generated bevels! I (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a256/beowolfe03/WallPreview2.jpg)t's an artist rendering!!

Perhaps I'm better off just giving them the flat white vector. But no doubt they'd complain about the sign being white and not being able to see it.

I just can't win here.

*Rant completed*

[maritsaki]

Ooooh how nice a place to let off some steam...

Mine for today is neighbours who blame you and complain to you for the party your neighbour upstairs had the other night, just because you're on the ground floor and are easier to reach and shout at... (we told them off big time though, hehehe) :)

[budafist]

Ooooh how nice a place to let off some steam...

Mine for today is neighbours who blame you and complain to you for the party your neighbour upstairs had the other night, just because you're on the ground floor and are easier to reach and shout at... (we told them off big time though, hehehe) :)

You should have shouted back at them and blamed them on the party.

I like this thread. I have plenty of steam these days to let off!

Does this mean that this thread is super steamy?

[artistsdad]

Rueber--

1080P in anything under 50 inches is a waste of money. You can't tell the difference if you're more than 1 or 2 feet away from it.

Save your money on the TV and put it on a good power filter and HDMI cables.

[MD]

Actually artistsdad good hdmi cables are a waste of money too for anything under 6 feet.

[reuber1]

Rueber--

1080P in anything under 50 inches is a waste of money. You can't tell the difference if you're more than 1 or 2 feet away from it.

Save your money on the TV and put it on a good power filter and HDMI cables.
Really? Did not know that. Even for gaming though? Now that I have the time, and something more than just the Wii (360 now, and a PStriple when the MGS4 bundle arrives), I want to make sure I get a really crisp image, but I am definitely not in the market for a 50" or larger...42" is almost too big for me even. I've been reading things on 'ghosting' and what not, but it's a lot of info to take in and I need to get some sleep.

May have to start a separate thread so people can continue to bitch. :p

[artistsdad]

*********this is a temporary hijack. You will be returned to your regularly scheduled thread shortly. Please stand by*********

MD--HDMI cables give a better picture and sound than the component cables do, partially due to no analog/digital conversion necessary. Difference in picture/sound quality of high-dollar HDMI over cheap HDMI is questionable, agreed. A lot has to do with whether you're running through a receiver or not, and the capablility of said receiver.

Rueber--unless you have VERY good eyesight (and some of you folks in the design biz obviously have the eye for detail), the difference just isn't there. Check out how many top-flight 1080p panels less than 40 inches are out there. Most of them start out @46 to 50 inches.

If you're big into BluRay (which is just a last gasp for the DVD format--it's dead but doesn't know it yet) or xbox360 or PS3, the added crispness is noticable over 50 inches. Since 1080P isn't broadcast, and no provider is crowing about broadcasting it in the near future, if you're not into one of the afore-mentioned groups, you're better off w/a 720P (check the warranties on the less-expensive ones, many of them suck) with the proper accessories to get the most out of it.

Check out hdguru.com. Great info. There is an article on there about warranties. I'll wander around it and pm you the link.

PM me if you want more info (facts? opinion? who knows?). I'm learning from you folks about the design stuff, but I do know a **bit** about Audio/Video.

**************We now return you to your regularly-scheduled griping. See---I told you it was temporary**************

[John G]

Really? Did not know that. Even for gaming though? Now that I have the time, and something more than just the Wii (360 now, and a PStriple when the MGS4 bundle arrives), I want to make sure I get a really crisp image, but I am definitely not in the market for a 50" or larger...42" is almost too big for me even. I've been reading things on 'ghosting' and what not, but it's a lot of info to take in and I need to get some sleep.

May have to start a separate thread so people can continue to bitch. :p
most games display max 720p only (some do 1080i, but 720p is a better picture than 1080i).... Grand Turismo 5 may be doing 1080p when it comes out in a year though...

[reuber1]

Thanks for the very helpful info guys (and the PMs artistsdad). If I have any other questions, which I probably will, I'll start another thread. I will admit I'm pretty daft about this stuff.

So, back on topic...

It's snowing again!

[CkretAjint]

Great info... I think we need a TV thread in killing time.

Back on topic: my boss is annoying. :(

[Typically]

people who need an image now but get back to you 2 weeks later saying the file is corrupt can you send it again??? if it was that big of a rush why did it take 2 weeks to figure out it was corrupt?

[MD]

I was reading an article on gizmodo a few months back putting Monster Cables vs monoprice HDMI cable. Verdict - the monoprice cable ($4.79) performed perfectly in short distances.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/hdmi-cable-battlemodo/the-truth-about-monster-cable-part-2-verdict-cheap-cables-keep-upusually-268788.php

[reuber1]

Still snowing. C'mon, it was 56 degrees yesterday.

[budafist]

people who need an image now but get back to you 2 weeks later saying the file is corrupt can you send it again??? if it was that big of a rush why did it take 2 weeks to figure out it was corrupt?

Maybe it took that long for their farmed out designers in India to get back to them?

[reuber1]

Ugh...as of yesterday, we've received the most snowfall in one season in this area's recorded history. OK, record broken, now **** off winter.

[CkretAjint]

Bitter reuber? lol

[reuber1]

Bitter reuber? lol
Just a little. Our local "meteorologists" (smug guys with suits who stand in front of a green screen...education in meteorology not required) updated the local site at 5:00 CST, saying that the storm has moved east of us and we should just be in for a calm night and a sunny Friday; it was still snowing at 9:00 last night, with a band of nasty weather from Des Moines to here according to Mr. Doppler.

So far they are right on the ' sunny Friday' but there's always a chance for a monsoon.

[CkretAjint]

That sucks. It was overcast here this morning and I kept looking at my watch making sure I didn't leave for work and hour early cause it sure felt that way!

*yawn*

[CkretAjint]

...education in meteorology not required...

Sounds like Graphic design.... lol

[Typically]

yea but you have to pretty to be a meteorologist =] i mean look at Mr. Sam Champion here

http://www.nyu.edu/dental/nexus/images/winter2004/champion.jpg

hahahahahahaha

[CkretAjint]

*hides* he looks mad at me...

[Virgo Nightingale]

He looks like he's wishing real hard that it will snow on you, Ckret...

[Typically]

he does have that "i'm going to eat your soul" look in his eyes

[Red Kittie Kat]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/RedKittieKat/Birthday/hypno.gif




You will like the snow.... YOU WILL LIKE THE SNOW!!!

[garricks]

ROFL I thought he'd look good with redeye, too!

[Red Kittie Kat]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/RedKittieKat/smilies/biggrin1.gif

[CkretAjint]

*scared*

[Virgo Nightingale]

I'm hoping and praying for a mini ice age just so YOU can get your fair share of snow and quit yer "Hardy har! It's sunny and warm down here in Florida! You guys and your snow, boo hoo! Sucks for you! I'm nice and toasty, prolly goin' to the beach after work. You all have to shovel your driveways, suckers!"

:p

[CkretAjint]

Snow in Fort Lauderdale? *chuckles*

[morea]

why, why, WHY does IE have to be obnoxious and not display my page properly when it validates fine through W3C and looks absolutely lovely in Firefox?!

[Virgo Nightingale]

Cuz IE sucks balls.

[CkretAjint]

If it doesn't suck it blows! :D

[Red Kittie Kat]

Says who?


:D

[Virgo Nightingale]

If it doesn't suck it blows! :D
In certain instances, it's the same thing. ;)

[CkretAjint]

Virgo you and your dirty mind!!! :eek:

[CkretAjint]

Says who?

Says me. That's my new theory at work. If a project doesn't suck, it blows... They have all been getting on my nerves recently! :(

[Red Kittie Kat]

In certain instances, it's the same thing. ;)



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/RedKittieKat/smilies/eek.gif

[frankster]

The nonagon song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5ohtlewREI). It will not leave my head. It's been days now. I've tried everything, well, that's not true. I've not tried eeeverything. I mean I've not tried actually brain damaging myself to get rid of it or anything, but I've tried listening to a lot of other music to replace it and it's not budging. A couple more days of this and I'll be sticking forks in plug sockets to get the music to stop.

[garricks]

frankster, I love it! But by Monday I'll be ready to help you with the socket-fork-sticking, I'm sure. One listen and the melody is already in my head!

[Red Kittie Kat]

Great!! now it will be stuck in my head too :D

[Virgo Nightingale]

Paper clips work better than forks. I know this from experience. ;)

[Tea]

Paper clips work better than forks. I know this from experience. ;)

Things are starting to make sense now.......;)

[budafist]

It explains the "hair" on the avocado in Virgo's avatar :)

[Yossarian]

It explains the "hair" on the avocado in Virgo's avatar :)
**Tries really hard to forget that he saw the men's health episode of Oprah where Dr. Oz explained the Mayan origin of the word avocado.**

[garricks]

Today was a long day, and to top it off, I heard from a client regarding a logo design, "Well, I like the font you chose, but it only says Blorg Snarf. We've been using Blorg Snarf Piffle, so you need to change it. Oh, and can we see some with just BSP? (Which, the actual acronym spells nothing and has absolutely no brand equity to the larger organizationl.) This after several days of sketching and lots of thought put into it.

I'm a bitter, bitter person tonight.

[CkretAjint]

Welcome to the club garricks! :)

[garricks]

Oh, I’m a charter member, Ckret. It’s just the client works with us enough to know better. I actually replied laughing, “Oh, very funny April Fool’s joke.” And I found out it was no joke.

I'm having a stiff scotch and pulling the covers over my head. :(

[CkretAjint]

Lol... :d

[Red Kittie Kat]

don't forget to take a flashlight under there ;)

[garricks]

I don't need one...I know where everything is!

[Optimusdinkus]

Saaaoooo my boss today gives me an excell spreadsheet that contains names to be printed as certificates. I ask 3 times, is this everyone? and are the names right? being young n such he gets all fusy at me because he figures Im being a smart ass. I said, allright. I make the indesign file and everything runs smoothly. After the print job, apparently the list given was completly wrong (all 150 of them). All of a sudden, he goes freakishly ballistic, and I show him, point blank, look at yur darn file (In an email format mind you). He ends up storming off and cools his jet's, but now he feels he "needs" to supervise me more in case Im doing something wrong. Sum people I tell ya.

And can you guys see my avatar?

[urstwile]

That stinks, Optimus.

And yes, I can see your avatar.

[Red Kittie Kat]

I can't see it .. I haven't been able to see it for a few days now :(

[urstwile]

It's in CMYK, that's why. Safari's able to see CMYK images, but most others aren't. You'll need to switch it to RGB Optimus. :)

[Optimusdinkus]

THATS what it is, well its pulling my chain so Im going to go update it right now

[Optimusdinkus]

Better? like the color?

[urstwile]

Ah, it wasn't in color before. I like it. And now maybe others will see it as well. :)

[garricks]

I can see it! It's a Christmas miracle!

(Seriously, me likes...nice goat!)

[Red Kittie Kat]

It issss a Christmas Miracle :D

I can see it fine now ... looks great :)

[Red Kittie Kat]

Ya know whats jerkin my chain right now??

Not one freaking American TV station (of the 1000 out there) is running the Grand National! I am soooo pissed beyond words. Now I can't watch it till after the race online somewhere.

Ooooh I'm so freakin mad :(

[beowolfe03]

Hello, I'm Average Joe and I'm starting social networking site that is guaranteed to be the next Myspace because I'm just that cool!
I mean, check out my my personal, rocking motto:
"I'M IN A RACE TO BEAT LIFE SINCE I CAN'T CHEAT DEATH!"
You may think I'm big into Cancer Runs or an old folk's health club since my motto roughly translates into, "I can't wait to die since I'm going to die soon anyway!" But really, you're thinking too far into it! Idiocy ftwlolwtfbbq! But hey, I have a great idea! Why don't I use this slogan to promote my social networking site aimed at healthy, vibrant youth from age 13-20? Oh man, that's super! That will bring MySpace to its social networking knees, loln008DQcultrbkgtg!
PS: Screw you design girl! You are utterly helpless and have no say in my world! Take that! Buwahahaa!

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Yeah. People with high expectations for their social networks make me laugh, but when you add it to the fact that they're too silly to even understand their own motto...that jerks my chain. But it's mostly just laughable. :p

[Red Kittie Kat]

I wasn't even sure what you were talking about lol :D

[garricks]

I wasn't even sure what you were talking about lol :D
¿Qué?
---Fawlty Towers

[Red Kittie Kat]

Baaaaaaaaaasil!!!



:D

[Typically]

this lady at here wears sandals/open back shoes everyday. i have never heard the flip flop sounds so loud in my life! it sounds like someone is slapping 2 loaves of italian bread together when she walks. it's not just me that has noticed this though. all 4 of us in the marketing department, the people in the customer service department where she works and the accounting department too! i'm gonna start wearing sandals and put bubble wrap on the heels and walk past her desk repeatedly.

[Red Kittie Kat]

lmao typically! That is just too funny ... now I can hear the snapping and slapping :D

[WannaBrie]

She must have big feet! Or be what I used to call my ex roomate - a stomper.

[budafist]

That's a funny one. I don't think I've ever come across that problem.

[garricks]

I've got a foot dragger in my office

Shhhoooop! Shhhhoooop! Shhhoooop! Shhhhoooop!http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a249/garricks/BBU%20avatars/explotar2jr.gif

[urstwile]

Foot draggers are way worse than flip-floppers, imo.

Living in San Diego, flip-flopping is a sound you hear a lot, most everyone wears open backed shoes or flip flops to work where I work, including the men.

[Quirk]

Don't know if this is the right thread for this, but I don't want to start another one and I just want to wine about how this internship has been somewhat pointless thus far...

all the work we (another girl is interning with me) do is not even considered for being used... we are working on the same projects (separately)... and we never have enough work.

So, my ten hours a day here ends up being spent on overworking the same project over and over and over again with no break... which leads to boredom... which leads towards me working on my own projects..

So, in the end I just end up feeling like a bad intern, and unproductive...

It's annoying, really.

[budafist]

It's my fault - I should know that any plant put on the coffee table is at risk of being bunny food. But I really didn't figure that Tofu would eat a cactus!

He didn't eat the whole thing just the tops of all the "heads". It's a fluffy cactus, not a spiky.

Oh well, I've learned my lesson.

[DesignStudio]

Don't know if this is the right thread for this, but I don't want to start another one and I just want to wine about how this internship has been somewhat pointless thus far...

all the work we (another girl is interning with me) do is not even considered for being used... we are working on the same projects (separately)... and we never have enough work.

So, my ten hours a day here ends up being spent on overworking the same project over and over and over again with no break... which leads to boredom... which leads towards me working on my own projects..

So, in the end I just end up feeling like a bad intern, and unproductive...

It's annoying, really.

I did some in-house contractor work for a large (read: extremely large- number one in their field in the world) company once. Although they offered ongoing work (some contractors had been there in-house for years), I had to quit after just a few months because of the same problem you're having. Out of a given 40 week I was required to be there, I probably had a good 4-6 hours of work to do. Of course every weekend we were asked to come in for 20 hours of overtime where there was a week's worth of work that had been handed off on Friday evening and was needed by Monday morning. After three months I reached the end of the internet and my tolerance for downtime, and I had to quit despite the cushy paycheck.

[budafist]

Couldn't you have brought your freelance work to your office to do in your 34 hours of weekly downtime?

I had a friend (not in the design industry) that worked freelance as well. 1 job was more like a PA position but had a lot of downtime so in her downtime she would be making a mint doing her freelance work. She'd be getting paid twice for her working day.

[DesignStudio]

It's my fault - I should know that any plant put on the coffee table is at risk of being bunny food. But I really didn't figure that Tofu would eat a cactus!

He didn't eat the whole thing just the tops of all the "heads". It's a fluffy cactus, not a spiky.

Oh well, I've learned my lesson.

I feel your pain, here's a list of things I didn't figure my dogs would eat while we were out of the house:

-Laptop charger
-Vacuum cleaner cord
-Shoes
-Entire bag of cough drops
-Entire box of herbal tea bags
-ibuprofen (that one cost us about $3k in emergency treatment)
-Couch cushions (to be fair though she was just trying to dig her ball out from under the couch)
-a hat
-chocolate covered raisins
-a loaf of bread
-package of hamburger buns
-partial bag of onions
-partial bag of potatoes
-poinsettia
-Mac computer cord
-iron supplement pills
-q-tips
-earings

I'm sure that's only a partial list, but that's what I can remember off the top of my head. And so I don't give all dogs a bad name, both our dogs are terrors... I mean terriers.

[Virgo Nightingale]

Aren't onions poisonous to dogs?

Yup, they are. (http://www.jlhweb.net/Boxermap/onions.html)

Yikes, DS. That's quite a list! :eek:

My cat's pretty good about not eating things she's not supposed to, except for plastic grocery bags. Even if I try to treat her with table scraps (like a little chunk of meat without a lot of seasoning or sauce) she won't bother with it.

[DesignStudio]

Couldn't you have brought your freelance work to your office to do in your 34 hours of weekly downtime?


No, that's what made the job truly great. Not only was it against policy to be working on outside work (you couldn't transport materials in or out because of sensitive material and clearences). But we were using powerpoint as a print design tool, and our computers didn't have Adobe software on them. And in case you think you read that wrong, yes I did say that all design work was done in powerpoint.

[budafist]

Oh, then it's not a wonder why you didn't stay!

I would have guessed that dogs would eat chocolate covered raisins. So would rabbits if you left them out.

[DesignStudio]

I would have guessed they'd eat chocolate covered raisins too, I just didn't guess they'd figure out how to open the pantry and get the raisins off the top shelf.

Yes onions are poisonous, luckily they didn't eat many. The zinc in the coughdrops, the electric shock from on power cords, and especially the ibuprofen are all harmful. Luckily they survived the entire learning process, and now we take much better precautions. We've installed locks on all the food cupboards, taken the hanging towel off of the refrigerator since they figured out how to use the towel as a handle, and keep anything edible off of the counter since even though they are too small to jump up they've apparently figured out how to move furniture or open drawers to create stairs. For dumb dogs that will eat anything, they are pretty smart.

[MD]

Thats a lot of precautions to take ds.

or you could just use a shocker collar. buzzzaaaap - they will learn their lesson in a couple weeks.

[DesignStudio]

well then we'd have to be home to shock them. They don't commit the crimes when there are witnesses home. We could leave a t-bone in the middle of the floor and they wouldn't touch it as long as we were around.

They know what they are and aren't supposed to do, they just think they can get away with it when we aren't home. And you can't punish a dog for something after they've done it, you have to catch them in the act for it to be succesful. They're thought process isn't such that they'll relate the punishment to what they did wrong, they relate the punishment to the last thing they did. So if they eat something they shouldn't, and then run up to us when we get home and we punish them then- they think they're being punished for running up to us.

I'd like to set up a hidden camera and a microphone so I can yell at them when I'm not home, but I think the hook and eye latch on the pantry and keeping the countertop clean is easier.

[budafist]

I would have guessed they'd eat chocolate covered raisins too, I just didn't guess they'd figure out how to open the pantry and get the raisins off the top shelf.

That's hilarious! And the stuff of cartoons.

We found out the other day that Tofu finds our air mattress quite delicious. So that's why he was hanging out under our bed (where we keep the air mattress). It's covered in bunny sized bites now and quite useless.

[urstwile]

...But we were using powerpoint as a print design tool, and our computers didn't have Adobe software on them. And in case you think you read that wrong, yes I did say that all design work was done in powerpoint.
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[Typically]

throat, ear, and upper respiratory infections =[

[Drazan]

throat, ear, and upper respiratory infections =[

ditto

and a website meeting today to boot so I can't even stay home. :(

[Red Kittie Kat]

aww I hope you both feel better http://redkittiekat.com/p9/wub.gif

[Typically]

thanx kitty =]

[Quirk]

I did some in-house contractor work for a large (read: extremely large- number one in their field in the world) company once. Although they offered ongoing work (some contractors had been there in-house for years), I had to quit after just a few months because of the same problem you're having. Out of a given 40 week I was required to be there, I probably had a good 4-6 hours of work to do. Of course every weekend we were asked to come in for 20 hours of overtime where there was a week's worth of work that had been handed off on Friday evening and was needed by Monday morning. After three months I reached the end of the internet and my tolerance for downtime, and I had to quit despite the cushy paycheck.

Wow, that really sucks... so at leas this isn't that bad... today is my last day anyway and everyone has pretty much told me to not do anything and relax... and the director thinks I did a really good job, so that's nice. A good grade should come out of this at least.

[Optimusdinkus]

Hello, I'm Average Joe and I'm starting social networking site that is guaranteed to be the next Myspace because I'm just that cool!
I mean, check out my my personal, rocking motto:
"I'M IN A RACE TO BEAT LIFE SINCE I CAN'T CHEAT DEATH!"
You may think I'm big into Cancer Runs or an old folk's health club since my motto roughly translates into, "I can't wait to die since I'm going to die soon anyway!" But really, you're thinking too far into it! Idiocy ftwlolwtfbbq! But hey, I have a great idea! Why don't I use this slogan to promote my social networking site aimed at healthy, vibrant youth from age 13-20? Oh man, that's super! That will bring MySpace to its social networking knees, loln008DQcultrbkgtg!
PS: Screw you design girl! You are utterly helpless and have no say in my world! Take that! Buwahahaa!

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Yeah. People with high expectations for their social networks make me laugh, but when you add it to the fact that they're too silly to even understand their own motto...that jerks my chain. But it's mostly just laughable. :p
It's even worst with porn sites.......

[CkretAjint]

I swear I work with a bunch of 5 year olds! I got this email just now from my boss who has been in a HORRID mood all last week and this week...

"Your boss was pissy and upset with me because I didn’t recognize her new glasses…"

Seriously? I mean come on!!! :rolleyes:

[Red Kittie Kat]

gawd lol ... how dare they pay attention to their job and not her accessories! lmao ;)

[DesignStudio]

Well that kind of makes since, if by boss you mean wife or girlfriend. Otherwise, that's just wierd and seems to bring up some boundary issues.

And on second thought, that's not even normal if it's your wife. So that's pretty weird regardless.

[CkretAjint]

Wife? Girlfriend? *throws up in garbage can* HELL NO!!!!!!!!!! By boss, i mean supervisor at work. *yacks one more time just for good measure*

[John G]

someone's in love

[WannaBrie]

^I'm with John, Ckret, "me thinks thee doth protest too much" ;) :p

[CkretAjint]

ha! I work in a department of 30, 23 are women, 18 are under 30 years of age. There are PLENTY of way hotter and nicer people that I work with... Sorry to disappoint all your hopes of hearing about secret 'i wish' office romances! :p

[budafist]

Well my fiance replaced his old necklace with a new one. The only difference was that his old necklace was all medium sized black beads and the new one had the medium sized black beads with some smaller light colour beads thrown in.

When I finally noticed it was like I'd be neglecting him. I didn't want to ask how long he'd changed necklaces for.

[DesignStudio]

My wife is the opposite, she buys new stuff- shoes, a purse, etc, and then hopes I don't notice.

[Red Kittie Kat]

lmao DS :D

[Botchup]

When the boss asks me to come up with some new covers for our sample folders! Great!

So I grab out the corporate guide and standards manual, follow a few design elements, chuck our current slogan with our logo on the bottom in a white strip along the bottom.

He likes them. But says he thinks the titles for the covers should be on a CURVE across the top, and should be in rainbow colouring. I chuckled with him.

I printed them out, cut them down, put the new covers and spines into the folders.

"They look nice, but I really wanted to see the rainbow coloured text on a curve."

Er, okay. Sure, I'm your graphic designer but you can have a bit of leeway I guess. Maybe you'll see the error of your ways and realise it looks SUPER corny and utterly awful...

Guess what happened? No seriously. Go on... GUESS.

Oh the humanity.

Every time I get out the sample folders now, just watch how quickly I open them up in case the client dare sees the cover.

[Optimusdinkus]

Wow... So I'm being asked to make a product list for the back of the book. Not asked, demanded to. Im demanded to raise hell with doctors that they look at the pdf documents I made, and to go in each page and identify what product was used in what place. He wants it done by friday this week, and Im going nuts trying to explain to him I don't know these people well enough to demand stuff from them, either you or your assistant's need to complete this task.

Is it really within my knowledge and jurisdiction to make the list my damn self which is what he really is asking?

Sure I'll design it, but getting all the assets to be proper, just nope. He is also trying to push out the current project director which is causing her (the project director) not to do anything I ask from her hence we are at a nice little stalemate due to his idiocy.
Oh well, I'll just keep collecting paychecks till this moron gets his shit together, or if not, w/e. I feel like shit whenever I'm thinking that but it really is true.