Things that jerk my chain...

[Mynock]

People who don't like fruit on their pizza, and oh yeah anyone who snipes the 1500th post when, I was lurking and trying for it also.

[morea]

LOL @ Kool! That's great!

there, there, Mynock... we designers are a frustrated bunch, so I'm sure that you'll have a shot at #2000 soon enough!

[JPnyc]

Oh man, any kind of fruit on pizza should be illegal. You can get deported from Italy just for that.

[reuber1]

The reason why it turns out that Nelnet wouldn't allow my primary loan provider to consolidate my student loans (http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7393&page=1&pp=10) that I have through Nelnet is because Nelnet misclassified the loans they owned. So I've basically spent the past five months spending an extra $60/month because someone who works for Nelnet is an idiot...$60/month for me is a lot.

Oh well, it's been fixed and they've finally been consolidated completely. About damn time I say.

[colonel5]

something to gripe about something to enjoy...

good: tomorrow i get to move into my new, bigger, office with a bigger window and it's more secluded so i can play my music louder and closer to the break room

bad: my boss left for vegas yesterday and left me with two 10 page documents that he wants me to make fancier and a little more "spicey"... when in reality he typed them up, didn't save the file and needs them retyped in by hand and figures he can hand them my way by saying words like "graphical and spicey"

[jimintn]

people

[morea]

Aaaaah! He wants starbursts! lol

[D-Zine]

and red and yellow! :eek:

[morea]

This is *so* not my day. While cooking breakfast, I slipped and burned the whole side of my right index finger on the frying pan, and now it is all covered in blisters.

Fine. So I ice it and take some pain meds and it lets up a little...

Well, Neuro and I went over to the park to have lunch and take some photos. I stepped on a wasp's nest and got stung right on my right achilles tendon, just above the top of my shoe. It is soooo swelled up and hurts like a bastid.

I should just go back to bed now before anything else happens... :eek:

[JaCkinbOx]

1. Patriot Act
2. Patriot Act II
3. Rich, rude elitist tourists. "Where I come from, we do it this way."
4. Dog people that think they're cat people. You probably understand this one, morea.
5. Formulaic anime.

More to come. ^_^

[reuber1]

H_A_N_G_O_V_E_R_S

I know it's been said once, but this morning it holds even more true.

[The_Black_Knight]

AAAAARRRGGGHHH!!! :mad:

People that don't understand what the "STOP" written on a stop sign means! If it says STOP in your direction, that means YOU stop, and I go!

I nearly got nailed by some moron this morning who didn't understand the concept of STOP. I guess he thought that since his giant POS Ford SUV was bigger than my Accord, that meant that he had the right-of-way. Uh, sorry, no, Mr. Troglodyte, it doesn't work that way.

It is just too easy to get a driver's license in this country... and is too hard to have it taken away from retards like the guy who almost hit me...

[JaCkinbOx]

AAAAARRRGGGHHH!!! :mad:

People that don't understand what the "STOP" written on a stop sign means! If it says STOP in your direction, that means YOU stop, and I go!

I nearly got nailed by some moron this morning who didn't understand the concept of STOP. I guess he thought that since his giant POS Ford SUV was bigger than my Accord, that meant that he had the right-of-way. Uh, sorry, no, Mr. Troglodyte, it doesn't work that way.

It is just too easy to get a driver's license in this country... and is too hard to have it taken away from retards like the guy who almost hit me...

Too easy? Been awhile since you dealt with the DMV ladies?

[Neballer]

I'd watch what you say JITB, Viki might be listening and she'll sick her mom on you. :D

[morea]

lol!

[The_Black_Knight]

Too easy? Been awhile since you dealt with the DMV ladies?
:D

Well, as long as you have the patience to wait in line, then wait in another line (once you find out you've been standing in the wrong line), then show every form of ID you've ever had and have several witnesses vouch for your identity, then wait in another line to have your picture taken and wait in yet another line to pay, then you can get a license.

For example, my grandfather, who is in his mid-nineties, is blind in one eye and has serious problems with his vision in the other eye, got his driver's license renewed recently. There is no way in heck that man should be driving. It is a miracle he hasn't plowed into somebody with his truck and killed someone yet. Fortunately, my grandparents are moving into an assisted living community, so he won't be driving anymore.

[Neballer]

lmao - I told you so. :D

[Mynock]

Threads that attempt to be longer then this one.

[MD]

Right on Mynock pancake that other thread and it's evil necromancers!

[Mynock]

I shall kill you threads all, and then bring you back to live so I may kill you again.

[The_Black_Knight]

Meetings.

I hate meetings. Especially the ones where somebody uses PowerPoint. Oh, wait! They all use PowerPoint.

I love the slides that are just a jumbled mess of colored boxes and 6 point type where the presenter says, "You're not supposed to be able to read this slide, but..." I'm not supposed to be able to read it? Then why the $*%& is it there, then?

So our director's boss shows our group at work a bunch of poorly organized, badly drawn charts or bulleted lists with tons of information that has no bearing on our daily activities on the job, then he's surprised when no one has any questions?

Working in the corporate world has some advantages, but this kind of meeting is definitely one of the disadvantages.

[JaCkinbOx]

Meetings.

I hate meetings. Especially the ones where somebody uses PowerPoint. Oh, wait! They all use PowerPoint.

I love the slides that are just a jumbled mess of colored boxes and 6 point type where the presenter says, "You're not supposed to be able to read this slide, but..." I'm not supposed to be able to read it? Then why the $*%& is it there, then?

So our director's boss shows our group at work a bunch of poorly organized, badly drawn charts or bulleted lists with tons of information that has no bearing on our daily activities on the job, then he's surprised when no one has any questions?

Working in the corporate world has some advantages, but this kind of meeting is definitely one of the disadvantages.

Somewhere in the corporate world it's assumed that underlings can be bought off cheap and that they're psychic, loyal robots with no regard to any inherent ethical code.

When are the grown-ups going to stop playing office?

[distruktor]

fat kids eating chips

[morea]

one of the few employees left in the office with me just got his pay cut by $200 a week. I have no idea what he was making before, but that is significant money regardless!

ah, job security. :mad:

[JaCkinbOx]

one of the few employees left in the office with me just got his pay cut by $200 a week. I have no idea what he was making before, but that is significant money regardless!

ah, job security. :mad:

I've heard it several times before and I still believe it: the only way to live is to have multiple streams of income and always seek out new ones. If you treat life like a game, it suddenly makes a lot more sense.

If I invested the same amount of time and attention in learning the life game as I have (un)conventional games, I'd be a rich man by now. Lol.

[morea]

the guy from the warehouse has brought me several "projects" today.

For example, his list of phone numbers. It is hand written, and he wants it typed. So instead of typing it up himself in word (which he has) he brought it to me. After all, "designer" means "office slave", right?

Everyone in the office delegates any typing to me, because "it's what I do". WHAT?!

[reuber1]

Trying to navigate through the mess that is ASP.Storefront and trying to figure out why they coded the template web pages the way they did, and trying to edit through Notepad would be impossible (I have little knowledge of ASP or half of the code they thought was necessary) and navigating through it in Dreamweaver is a pain in the avatar. While simulatenously taking tech support calls on a program I know nothing about, in a job that is totally different than what I expected when I got hired...certainly not as happy as I was when I got hired.

Oh yeah, I got an "improper passing" violation today too. Cops that camp out + roads that should clearly be passing lanes because you can see for quite a distance + people who drive way under the speed limit = me getting screwed. That's the third ticket (two speeding & this one) I've gotten in six months; I'm worried about what's going to happen to my license now.

**punches wall**

[TheBluePanda]

Deadlines.

Revisions.

[Satchel]

Double Dipping!

[morea]

^ lol

along the same lines, people who think the rules apply to everyone BUT them.

[Neballer]

$250 cell phone bills. I mean WTF, I don't even know that many people :mad:

[Mynock]

I had 900+ total minutes on our shared plan through Cingular and between the four of us we still managed to produce rollover minutes. I did my best. Not all of the 900 minutes where chargable because some where weekend/nights/Cingular members.

[PersonasBinar]

People that park their cars in the bike lane.

[Neballer]

^^Word
People that drive in the bike lane, or fail to realize that it is a lane at all and take kamikaze left hand turns into you.

[John G]

Making anything in Caligari's Truespace. ugh.

I'm gonna go throw up if I see another poorly designed icon.

[Mynock]

Grunge artwork posted on the GDF showcase. It doesn't have involve text or have a message which is the basis of graphic design in my opinion. It would be different if they responded to our posts to better themselves, but they post and ditch. They want a pat on the back and for us to tell them it is the coolest thing in the world. I just won't do it anymore. Not that I did it anyway. Illustration/artwork are not graphic design just cuz you used a computer to create it. Rant over. Have a nice day.

[keith1]

I hate when people start threads about "things that jerk my chain" and they never end. People keep thinking of things that jerk their chain and it never ever stops, stop complaining!!! Can't we all just get along? :D

[mylkhead]

Grunge artwork posted on the GDF showcase. It doesn't have involve text or have a message which is the basis of graphic design in my opinion. It would be different if they responded to our posts to better themselves, but they post and ditch. They want a pat on the back and for us to tell them it is the coolest thing in the world. I just won't do it anymore. Not that I did it anyway. Illustration/artwork are not graphic design just cuz you used a computer to create it. Rant over. Have a nice day.

Well yeah, and half of it is just splattering free photoshop brushes all over the place and calling it art.

[Mynock]

Well yeah, and half of it is just splattering free photoshop brushes all over the place and calling it art. I like your paint splats because it's your identity. It's art for bands. It fits your audience and has been that way alot longer then the new "trendy" artwork that has popped up here recently. Keep on the anti-grudge fight my man!

[reuber1]

Agreed on the grunge artwork. "Say my work looks good, puleaazzzzeeeee!!! I'll come back in a week!!!" I said it before and I'll say it again, give me an hour, Photoshop (really doesn't matter which version), some free brushes, and I'll permanantly keep my web browser on google's image search...I'll have at least 10 done.

This novacaine not wearing off is jerking my chain. God I hate dentists.

[The_Black_Knight]

People that don't wash their hands after using the men's room really tick me off. :mad: People that do the "run the water for less than a second to pretend that I'm washing my hands" thing are even worse. :mad: :mad:

[morea]

and THEN they expect you to shake their hand later in the day and get all funny if you don't want to!

[Satchel]

I dont wash my hands :p

what's the big deal, I dont wash my hands after I touch my arm... what's the difference?

[Neballer]

Internet Explorer.

[reuber1]

Damn those scrollbars, eh?

[LeftBrain Artist]

Hear the one about the three guys in the washroom. First guys finishes, washes his hands paying close attention to the fingertips, says "I went to Harvard - they taught us to pay close attention to the details".

Second guy finishes, washes his hands and arms going practically up to the shoulder and say "I went to Yale, we were taught to cover everything - leave nothing to chance".

Third guy finishes, walks past the other two at the sink without bothering to wash and says "I went to tech school - they taught us not to piss on our hands".

[Satchel]

"I went to tech school - they taught us not to piss on our hands".

That's what I'm talking about (I went to a tech school)
S.

ps. I think the period is supposed to go inside the quote ^^... no biggie though.

[Neballer]

Damn those scrollbars, eh?
yup.

[morea]

Had to clean the garage today. Eew.

It took 4 hours.

[jimintn]

I wish we had a garage that I could hate to clean....instead I get to wash bird crap off of the cars several times a week

[morea]

unfortunately, it'e not much of a garage, but it is a little warmer than being completely outside.

If we don't keep the older car in the garage, it refuses to start on cold mornings.

[The_Black_Knight]

:mad: :mad:

@55hole kids that go around the night before Halloween knocking people's mailboxes over. Especially when it's mine.

And what kind of @55hole parent lets their kids out of their sight the night before Halloween, anyway? "Hey, mom, I'm going over to Bob's tonight." "Okay honey. What's the baseball bat for?" "Uhh, we're gonna go to the field and hit a few balls in the middle of the night." "Okay, have fun!"

Parents like this should be arrested for criminal stupidity.

:mad: :mad:

[The_Black_Knight]

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Oh, and this forum software doesn't allow anywhere near enough mad smilies to express how ticked off I am this morning.

[The_Black_Knight]

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Just a few more for good measure.

Next year, I'm going to set up a video camera inside the house. If I see anything, I'm calling the cops and nailing the @55holes.

[morea]

better yet... sit outside in the dark with your own bat.

Ah, I love vigilante justice! :p

[The_Black_Knight]

better yet... sit outside in the dark with your own bat.

Ah, I love vigilante justice! :p
Actually, I'd rather steal their tires a few months later, after they've completely forgotten the incident. It would be especially funny if their tires had those idiotic "spinner" hubcaps on them.

I'm not kidding about the video thing. It's one thing to TP a house; you can just say "ha-ha, the idiot kids TP'd my house," and move on. It's another thing entirely when they destroy your property.

@55holes.

:mad: :mad: :mad:

[morea]

I agree. A prank is one thing... damage to property is another.

[distruktor]

buy a BB gun and shoot the little *****ers in the ass... turns the situation on its head. Now its suddenly gone from them having a blast and knocking over mail boxes at other peoples expense, to you having the time of your life and them running in fear!


mwuaahhhhahhhahhahahh!

[Neuro]

Nah! Paintball is less likely to get you arrested and makes a much better mess of them. That or put a concrete post in or a steal one like my old neighbor did because he got sick of the plows knocking his over. I used to love hearing the plow it too. BONG! LOL!!

[The_Black_Knight]

buy a BB gun and shoot the little *****ers in the ass... turns the situation on its head. Now its suddenly gone from them having a blast and knocking over mail boxes at other peoples expense, to you having the time of your life and them running in fear!


mwuaahhhhahhhahhahahh!
I guess I would also be saying "mwuaahhhhahhhahhahahh!" when they drag me into court and sue me...

What kind of world is it we live in where I can't shoot kids with a pellet gun when they're on my yard? It's all going downhill, I tell ya...

[The_Black_Knight]

Nah! Paintball is less likely to get you arrested and makes a much better mess of them. That or put a concrete post in or a steal one like my old neighbor did because he got sick of the plows knocking his over. I used to love hearing the plow it too. BONG! LOL!!
And if I paintball the vehicle, I can tell the cops to look for a vehicle with paint splattered on it! Nice. I like it...

Of course, if I actually saw who did it, I could just get the license plate numbers, and report them.

When we get another house someday, I'm going to encase the entire mailbox setup in concrete (maybe with some decorative brick or stucco on the outside). Ain't nothin' gonna knock something like that over.

[morea]

as someone who actually *plays* paintball, I can forewarn you that you might leave a nasty dent in the car... which brings you right back to the lawsuit thing.

[Neuro]

Yeah but paintballs just make it more effective to find the car. They would then have to drive around that way. I had to stop Morea from trying to do that to a kid that kept knocking our makeshift fence over at the bus stop. I think I should have let her do it because she could have sniped the little bastard from the office window. That would have been fun to watch the reaction. LOL!

[morea]

I would have shot his FATHER who was encouraging him to do it!

[distruktor]

I would have shot his FATHER who was encouraging him to do it!


man.... people like that should be sterilised before they can procreate

[morea]

agreed.

I had a makeshift fence along the side of my yard (just some boards lying across cement blocks to keep people from pulling into my side yard and using it to turn around - they had torn up my yard and it looked awful. When I finally smoothed it out and replanted, I blocked it off).

Every day the father, mother and two kids would wait for the bus there, and climb all over the boards and kick them down - sometimes into the street. I would have to go out and pick them up before work every day.

Finally, one day when the father (who was DEFINITELY old enough to know better - he had to be almost as old as *my* dad!) was helping the kid to climb up and walk the boards like a balance beam (these kids couldn't have been older than 5 years old - they were tiny) I went out and told him that I really didn't want them doing that... he said, "no it's ok, I'll pick them up when we're done."

I told him that picking them up wasn't really the problem (although they had NEVER picked them up before :rolleyes:) and that my yard was not part of the bus stop, and that I didn't want them climbing on the boards because they were obviously not stable and the kids could fall and get hurt (and sue me. Yes, it was probable. People in my area are sue-happy).

He got all bent out of shape about it, and they changed bus stops and never came back... fine by me! Of course, they still live across the street from me... ah well.

[Mynock]

People who steal your avatar!

[morea]

Lmao!!!!

[The_Black_Knight]

Yeah, I hate that! :D

[Mynock]

Hehe. Do you get that I took Neballer's because he became me for Holloween?

[The_Black_Knight]

Yeah, so I'm stealing something that's already been stolen! Hee-hee!

[morea]

doh!

[The_Black_Knight]

Okay, I had to switch back. That avatar was itchy.

[Drorain]

a clock...that doesnt seem to moveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I wanna head home and do some stuff for myself...we should make 4 day work weeks mandatory.

[morea]

totally agreed.

[PersonasBinar]

mine aren't moving either

[morea]

I have nothing to work on today. Really - NOTHING.

I've just been answering the phones - 82 calls so far, and another hour and a half to go.
<sigh>

[PersonasBinar]

I'm betting this'll be an exciting preprint night when all the sales staff go home though

[Mitch Wood]

Rizlas that don't stick!! I HATE you Mr Swan!!!!

[morea]

could you use a post-it instead?

[Mynock]

huh?

[Mitch Wood]

could you use a post-it instead?

I have tried in the past when I was a wee student! ;)

Didn't go down to well to say the least!

[Mitch Wood]

huh?

http://www.rizla.co.uk/cgi-bin/disclaimer.pl?refpage=http%3A//www.rizla.co.uk/welcome_flash.php

[distruktor]

I have tried in the past when I was a wee student! ;)

Didn't go down to well to say the least!



it always seems to be when youve had a few pints... the alcohol must dilute the glue!??

[TheBluePanda]

I hate having to fight to get my paycheck because of poor organization within the management. Last payperiod it took an extra week to finally get my check. This time, its going on 4 days. Not to mention checks are bouncing, so I need it really bad! Thanks a lot management. :(

[Jason Fraker]

Blue Panda, that's totally unacceptable! I would tell your boss that you're not gonna do anything else until you get the paycheck. How would your clients feel if you waited until after the printing deadline to get them a first proof because you were having trouble getting organized?

[Neballer]

apparently my toilet is broke, and it's running like a red-headed German girl. Can't get it fixed till tomorrow.

[morea]

ugh.

My boss came in this morning and handed me a travesty of a brochure that he got from one of our competitors and wants me to "duplicate" it for us to send out. He boasted that the competitor "created it himself".

It is a piece of white paper, folded in half, and filled with warped rainbow gradient text with drop shadows, horrible clip art, a super-pixellated photo, and so many typos I want to cry.

[reuber1]

Unbelieveable. Just got my last Target review, and it's the worst one ever, a half point below the next possible ranking...major slap in the face. I got the second lowest grade you can get. The score was originally higher, but the new college-grad executives who I've worked under for less than a year made my immediate supervisor who has been my immediate supervisor for five years lower the score. It's as though certain criteria were marked lower for the sake of just bringing my score down to where the new execs thought I "should" be. I'm talking to someone about this, this is ridiculous.

[Mynock]

Don't sweat the small stuff, ray bur

[Kool]

Any chance this is because you gave your notice?

[reuber1]

It's just that I'm one of the best one's there, have worked there longer than a lot of the people there now. I guess they're just looking for people who smile all the time, not worry about getting their work done, and say "Can I Help You Find Something(TM)". No joke, we have to say that phrase to every person within ten feet, AND to people on the frickin' phone, and we have to say it verbatim, not "May I help you..." or "...find anything?" I guess staying past 3 in the morning is how they'd rather their employees spend their lives.

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if it was because of my notice. All of our new managers are recent female college-grads...no offense, but it's been nothing but cat-fights and back stabbing and all that other office melo-drama that was non-existant when all the execs were men who have had management experience.

[reuber1]

How about when you order something from Amazon on October 19th, and they, just today, post a notice on the website under "Your Account" (no e-mail, mind you) that it has been delayed and I won't receive it until around December 24th. It's a frickin' CD. Come on! Order cancelled.

[Drorain]

or how bout when you order an adobe CS2 full version from ebay, paid and then recieved and installed it...Adobe tells you not to complete the transaction because it infringes on intellectual prop. rights.

Well buddy your a little late, and it works fine for me, I'll be keeping this one.

[reuber1]

How about when ordering a pizza, and you get the wrong toppings when you get home a half hour later (damn our town and lack of a pizza place). Not that I care, wasn't my pizza. Mine was tasty, I was as happy as a clam.

[Drawing a Blank]

Mmmmmm...pizza with clams glthhhhhhh

[Mynock]

Being there longer then anyone else doesn't make you better. It just means you put up with the shit, haven't done quite enough to get fired, or haven't moved on.

[reuber1]

Being there longer then anyone else doesn't make you better. It just means you put up with the shit, haven't done quite enough to get fired, or haven't moved on.
I didn't say that being there longer made me better, however I am one of the better employees there, hands down. I have found myself getting jobs done that usually takes any other person an hour and a half in about 50 minutes...I bust my ass when I work. My immediate supervisor, who gave me the "edited" version of his final review, told me how great of an employee I was, and he's worked there for 25 years and this is someone respected by pretty much all of us who aren't execs. Maybe if you worked here you'd understand; I can't really condense five years of work and all of the external variables into one post. As for moving on, I am . I put in my resignation. Reason why I put up with it for so long is because Dubuque isn't necessarily the economic stronghold of Iowa. It took me three years (since our remodel in 2002, which is when it started to go downhill) to find another job that pays equally, even if it isn't a design gig. I'm frustrated about this situation, and that's exactly why I posted it in this thread.

[Mynock]

Fair enough, but is there a economic stronghold of Iowa :P

[reuber1]

It's the box of loose change I have padlocked. No one's getting in there. : p
Cedar Rapids probably the closest thing to one. One of my old college buddies worked at a Target there that's ranked about 60th or so in the company out of 1500 or so stores (he's hated our store since he transferred back...for I time I did think it was just me). THey actually have entertainment, outside of getting plowed.

It's true, this state sucks. I wish there was a bridge to/from Illinois in my town so I don't have to drive 30 miles north/south just to drive across the Mississippi to get to a state that's about 800 meters away from my bed. However, I've been to South Dakota so I'm aware of much worse. I have considered moving plenty of times, I just need to make enough to actually afford a downpayment & get me on my feet! It's tough to get out. Parents tried selling our house multiple times, with no buyers or people who wanted to pay no more than $40,000 for it.

[Mynock]

Welcome to Tatooine!

[reuber1]

These aren't the droids you're looking for. Move along.

[MD]

Corn Pops® pisses me off. Fantastic cereal - shitty packaging.
The foil like inside packaging tears very easily. Usually I rip the packaging on the initial opening - and its all downhill from there. The tiny tear leads to a large hole which leads to a whole bunch of rouge stale cereal at the bottom of the box. With all the technological advancements in recent years why can't they create inside packaging that holds up while keeping my pops fresh? I would say that I will never buy Corn Pops® again until they fix this problem.....but I really like em' and I am only 2 boxes away from a King Kong® Thermal Wove shirt. No Shipping and Handling - Extra Bonus :D

[Mynock]

Don't bother washing it you'll end up with a white wove shirt.

[MD]

Hey, don't rain on my free cereal prize parade Mynock. Granted it's not as good as the light saber® spoon I got over the summer, but its a pretty decent offer.

[Mynock]

I got a dream team coat-jacket-zip up thingy from kellogs from my crazy grandma and the damn thing was like made of paper. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO cheap!

[morea]

it's the thought that counts. ;)

[MD]

Wacky Wall Crawlers - awesome cereal box toy (at least for a day or 2 until they lose their stickiness)

[Mynock]

Loved them the little octopi guys. Damn I loved those things. I was amazed by them.

[morea]

can't you wash them in dish soap and water to re-stickify them?

[Mynock]

I believe so. I normally lost them or lost interest in them in a few days.

[Neballer]

hey MD® what with all the®

[MD]

I don't know®
^ I think that belongs to Nickelodeon®

[Neballer]

Nickelodeon owns Corn Pops!
That's it, I'm never eating cereal again.

[MD]

No I think they may have registered the phrase "I don't know®" from the TV show You can't do that on Television®. You know the show you would get slimed on for saying that infamous phrase.

http://www.ycdtotv.com/images/2005/bickford_slimed.jpg

[Neballer]

either way I don't eat cereal. Just don't say water standing next to Allanis Morrisette and everything will work itself out just fine. :D

[G-Man79]

WTF!?!?! I was told I would be getting a review and a raise....in SEPTEMBER! It's f'ing NOVEMBER! Cmon with this shit. If you don't have the money for the raise then quit promising it after every paycheck that goes by without it. And the paychecks are biweekly to boot! Heyzeus Cristo!!!! >:(

[G-Man79]

Oh yeah, one more thing:

ESTA EL POSTO DEL DIABLO! VIVA LOS BANOS DEL LOS MUERTOS!!! SEIS SEIS SEIS!

We now return you to your regular programming.

[morea]

WTF!?!?! I was told I would be getting a review and a raise....in SEPTEMBER!

My boss tripled my responsibilities over the course of the last year, and when my review came up he said, "good job... I just can't afford to give you a raise". WTF?

[Mynock]

Nose bleeds. I seem to get them in winter I think because of the super dry air.

[G-Man79]

My boss tripled my responsibilities over the course of the last year, and when my review came up he said, "good job... I just can't afford to give you a raise". WTF?
Anything happening on the job front, Mo?

[morea]

not yet. still looking. :rolleyes:

[LeftBrain Artist]

Nose bleeds. I seem to get them in winter I think because of the super dry air.

Me too. Which reminds me I should fire up the humidifier at home. Then again, maybe its got something to do with my glue sniffing habit - nah, they just tell you that to scare you.

[MD]

Still being here at work on a friday......<grumble>

[Neballer]

being at work at 8pm.
that sucks bawls :eek:

[LSD-ZIN]

Here's what jerk's my chain

1. Egoistic self obsessed numsculls who can't do their job properly then like to pounce their mistakes onto someone else and haven't got a concious about it afterwards.

2. Racist buggers.

3. People who feel threatened by people better than them who will then do anything to bring them down and destroy them.

4. People than stand behind you constantly - do you not want to just turn around and punch them in the face?

5. Manipulation.

6. Repetitiveness.

7. Verbal Diarohhea.

[MD]

Here's what jerk's my chain

1. Egoistic self obsessed numsculls who can't do their job properly then like to pounce their mistakes onto someone else and haven't got a concious about it afterwards.

2. Racist buggers.

3. People who feel threatened by people better than them who will then do anything to bring them down and destroy them.

4. People than stand behind you constantly - do you not want to just turn around and punch them in the face?

5. Manipulation.

6. Repetitiveness.

7. Verbal Diarohhea.

I hate Repetitiveness too. ;)

[MD]

being at work at 8pm.
that sucks bawls :eek:
I was there until 9:30 - that really sucks.

[Ryan8720]

Dhl

[LeftBrain Artist]

Funny you said DHL, we've got a pickup guy that stops in every day to make a pickup if we've got one. We put a sign out on our door to let him know there's nothing to pick up. Depending on how busy I am, I sometimes don't put the sign out, which means the DHL guy comes in - nothing is there to pickup, so he gives me a hard time about it. His exact words: "JUST YANKIN' YOUR CHAIN". Seriously. I didn't draw the correlation to this thread until just now. Must be a company policy.

Wow. I'm easily amused.

[Ryan8720]

Well I think I will take this opportunity or elaborate on my frustration with DHL.

So, most of you have heard of my quest for the free iPod. Well, guess what, it finally shipped. Unfortunately, they decided to use DHL. The package was shipped using DHL Next Day service. It was supposedly guarenteed to be here at 10:18 am on Friday. No show. So the next day it doesn't show again and I call them. The lady says she will have it to me Monday morning. However I tell her that won't work because I'm not home until 3:30 pm and the package requires a signature. So she says she will put in the order. Monday comes around and I find that they attempted delivery at 11:30 am and will come back the next day. So I call them again. The guy says that the lady I spoke to before wasn't from the local station, and she just changed the order history, which they apparently don't check. He tells me he will get it taken care of and it will come AFTER 3:30 on Tuesday (today). Well, here we are on Tuesday, and I check the tracking info again. To my utter disbelief, it was attempted at 11:08 am. So I call them yet again. This time the idiot on the other end (a different person than before) tries to explain to me that the package isn't really late, I just haven't been there to recieve it. He also tells me I am making it difficult on them. At this point I very nearly lost my temper. But I didn't and he talked to the courier or something of that sort. Supposedly they are having it delivered after the courier makes a pickup. But I'm not sure I trust them. I guess we'll see.

[Ryan8720]

It arrived. Hurray!

[Neballer]

good news ryan.

and as for me - wet, cold feet. They totally sucks bawls.

[MD]

You finally got it hey Ryan :D
How many gigs is your free ipod?

[LeftBrain Artist]

Sounds like you got the same problem I got Ryan. Nobody at home to take care of crap like that. I recently had my Mac mini and new monitor delivered to the workplace - I'm always there during business hours.

[The_Black_Knight]

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I HATE the #$%@ing things. They should be illegal. Period.

Yes, yours too. I don't care how much you think you need it. Get a rake you #$%@ing lazy @ss. It doesn't take that much longer, and your fat @ss will actually get some exercise.

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[Ryan8720]

You finally got it hey Ryan :D
How many gigs is your free ipod?
30gb, photo, video. It's beautiful.

[TheBluePanda]

I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word. I hate Microsoft Word.

[Mynock]

Times New Roman, not Times

[Logo-Mechanix]

I love my leaf blower, to hell with the rake.

[MD]

Speaking of hating fonts - Have any of you noticed a small resurgence in the use of Pioneer? That font is terrible but I have seen it used in an NBA commercial for/on ESPN and some other television commercial. I have to admit it though - It looked kinda nice ... I wish that I possesed the design talent necessary to make Pioneer look good.

[reuber1]

Wanting to go out on a much anticipated Saturday night...but because I live on frickin' Hoth, isolated from all of the drunken fun I should be having, plus the fact that every single snow plow in Iowa must be under scheduled maintenance tonight because I haven't seen any, I get to sit here. The roads were so bad, that a 30 mile drive took me an HOUR AND A HALF after I got off of work several hours ago. They still haven't plowed anything since! Dammit!

[MD]

That sucks roobs - We got a couple inches here too, I think it caught them off guard. We were not supposed to get this much snow. I was sliding around on my way down to the Bucks game tonight. Luckily the roads were not too bad after the game. Bundle up - get on your tonton and tip one back for me. ;)

[reuber1]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y126/reuber1/tauntaun.jpg

[Mynock]

I used to play Hoth in my backyard all the time, awe good times. I would always pretend I was crawling in the snow like Luke, but I could never get the lightsaber and that really jerks my chain.

[panzer]

i gotta agree with mangus(colorado?)

its bad in europe for these immagrants grrr

[panzer]

erm well how was i to know this thread went on through a loop in time and back again sheesh

[morea]

The guy that has called three times this morning (we've only been open an hour and a half) after I told him the person he is looking for is NOT HERE... really jerks my chain!

[LeftBrain Artist]

I live on frickin' Hoth

Yeah, we got about 6-8" inches from that storm. And now its colder than a witch's teat.

[morea]

wow, that's gumption... a customer just called and asked for an employee's HOME phone number.

um... NO.

[Logo-Mechanix]

A customer just asked whats a jpeg. After he sent me 3 of them.

[morea]

lol! Some people.

[Neuro]

A customer just asked whats a jpeg. After he sent me 3 of them.

Should of sent them back and said...Here ya go, dumbass!

[Neballer]

Riding all the way to school, only to realize I grabbed the wrong file for my file project. :mad:

[MD]

Reluctant to go to the Apple Store cause that mall it's in is a madhouse this time of year, I was searching online for an alternate place to purchase a copy of Dreamweaver. Clicking on a office supply store I found this steal.

List Price: $199.99
OUR PRICE: $224.93
WTF?!? Isn't the "Our price" supposed to be drastically cheaper than the list price and make me want to shop there?

[Satchel]

Deer jerk my chain! I was in an accident lastnight... head on with a deer going 70 mph. It pretty much crushed my front end, but everyone in the car was safe and sound - I still hate those damn deer though!
S.

[D-Frag]

second paycheck in a row in which I haven't been paid on time. don't know how im supposed to shop for christmas presents this year, considering I was going to do it this weekend. I guess not now. The owner better expect me to take a couple days off next week to get my pre-christmas shit done. Isn't there some kind of law stating you have to pay your employees on time? Was supposed to get paid yesterday, here it is today and still no paycheck, and the owner says hes not coming in.

<----------not a happy camper

[Logo-Mechanix]

D-Frag, turn the jerk into the labor board , there are definitely laws. It seems people are always trying to jerk around artists, i'll bet after you turn him in you will get paid on time. Do it anonymously but remember he will probobly know it was you. If he fires you sue him for wrongful termination. I can't stand hearing about people getting ripped off probobly because it has happened to me, bounced paychecks and no check at all. Now when that happens its straight to the labor board the first time it happens no matter the excuse. Because trust me if you go to him first there will be an excuse. The alternative, tell him your not coming in until you get your money in cash. Or just key the crap out of his car.

[Kool]

Deer jerk my chain! I was in an accident lastnight... head on with a deer going 70 mph. It pretty much crushed my front end, but everyone in the car was safe and sound - I still hate those damn deer though!
S.

I bet the deer isn't too happy with you either LOL :D

[G-Man79]

^ LOL! Glad you're okay Satch.

[reuber1]

It took me an hour to try to teach some idiot how to find the pathway to a shortcut he has on his desktop. UN-PACKAKEING-BELIEVABLE.

[reuber1]

I'm out of DRUGS!!!! NOOOO!!!

[morea]

can you just take extra over-the-counter ibuprofin based on the dosage you were taking before?

[reuber1]

Probably. I was going to do that anyway, although it really hasn't been too bad just yet (been about 6 hours since my last pill and only slight discomfort). It's just the sight of an empty bottle that turns my smile upside down.

[morea]

same with my and Guinness. ;)

[reuber1]

Getting a cold just days after getting those teeth out (especially the sore throat) has made my Ibuprof indispensable, though.

[skirklan]

second paycheck in a row in which I haven't been paid on time. <snip> Isn't there some kind of law stating you have to pay your employees on time? Was supposed to get paid yesterday, here it is today and still no paycheck, and the owner says hes not coming in.

Wake up and smell the coffee. There are labor laws, but if you are in the USA, some of them only apply to companies with over 100 employees. Did you know that there's a law that says if an employer promises a new-hire a raise (as in "after you prove your skills") before you take a job and he hasn't given you that raise in 180 days, you have no recourse? Lawmakers figured if you stayed with the PUTZ for over 180 days, you need the job more than the raise. And employers who use this tact, know you're helpless after that time period--they use it against you. Just like tenant laws are made by legislators who are landlords, the labor laws are made by people with interests in corporations--meaning they are weighted in the favor of the rich and powerful. Late paychecks are an indicator that perhaps the next one might bounce--I would start taking the checks to his bank to cash just to avoid all the bad check charges that might come if you deposit it in your account and write checks on it. Also, this is a sign that perhaps he's spending his days getting lap dances, which sometimes happens when a guy knows his business is going down the tubes. Consider going freelance.

Freelance, a term first used in Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott, was coined to describe a mercenary "free-lance" warrior. So paint your face blue, put on your kilt and scream "FREEEEEDOM" and stop being plundered by this cretin. He's got you working for free, denying your wages while he attends to his Christmas chores (or whores, in the case of the lapdances). :p

Hey, sorry about the teeth, the deer and the pain. There's a natural anti-inflammatory called "Boodles Berries" which help stiffness, too. Take some golden raisens and soak them in GIN in the fridge overnight. The secret is to take 9 over the course of the day--more or less doesn't work (I don't know why) but several people I know swear by this.

Good luck.

[Patrick Shannon]

Sitting here on CHRISTMAS NIGHT and listening to my neighbor moaning while her bedpost keeps getting nailed against my wall >_<

I am so sick of this apartment, screw them....seriously, by this time next year, I am getting my own damn home in the middle of nowhere.

[reuber1]

...screw them....I think they're already taking care of that themselves. :p

[Patrick Shannon]

HAHA, didn't realized I said that...pun not intended ;P

[reuber1]

I hear that. When I was living in the dorms in college, my first roomate didn't mind bringing girls all the time and having some late night activities with them...while I was three feet away trying to sleep. Wouldn't matter if I had to be in at work at 5:00 a.m. either, they went on and did their thing. I hated it.

[skirklan]

Let me tell you about "nowhere." I lived in the big city and was tired of those boom mobiles that would drive by and vibrate your teeth out of your mouth; you know the ones. So I moved into the middle of the forest. One day, I heard this really loud stereo. As I drove down the road on my way into town, I passed the house with the really loud stereo--it was a mile down the road on my mountain. Seems mom was working and the kids could let loose while she was gone.

So, unless you're moving to another planet, nowhere is long gone.
Remember what Buckaroo Bonzai said, "No matter where you go, there you are." :p

Of course, you could just moan back or each time the bedpost hits the wall, bang on the wall like an echo. Unless they're looking for an audience, they'll probably move the action into another room and you might actually get some sleep.

Good luck.

[Satchel]

An ex- of mine's townhouse had the bedrooms back to back and it was like that there... But of course some nights it was them making noise, some nights it was us, you just gotta laugh about it, it's part of life man! IF you cant sleep get a hold of some NyQuil, works like a charm!
S.

[Patrick Shannon]

Sometimes what I do in retaliation is crank up the stereo (not extremely loud or anything), if anything just to muffle it out.

Actually what's more shocking is the fact that she does this with her children sleeping in the next bedroom over. And while sex is normal, the fact that she does nothing but yell at them all day is not. I kid you not, last week I was down in the living room and heard something like the following....

HER: "Get upstairs and go to f***ing bed, god damnit!!!!!

FIVE YEAR OLD: F*** you!



Seriously, those kids are going to be robbing stores someday under that influence.

[Satchel]

Yeah that's unfortunate... I dont know what to tell you about that. Child protective services maybe?
S.

[Drorain]

supposed 'friends' people I went to school with, and ran into working together. we all became a pretty nice clique, then when most of us left the old company, we hear nothing from this one girl. She even went to someone's wedding 3 months back and since has just stopped talking to them.

ARGH

Yuppies jerk my chain too...very annoying

[balou]

JERKS MY CHAIN...

Asking a company for a logo. Getting the email with an attachment, opening the email and seeing the attachment ends in .doc

Then calling the next company for a logo and they ask me what my fax number is.

*%$&*§*!

[Patrick Shannon]

And on top of that, when you ask them for the JUST the file that they imported into that Word document to begin with, you get the deer-in-headlight stare.

[Satchel]

Watch out for deer!
S.

[balou]

So true.

I'll just add them to my long list of companies to call on because they need a good freelance designer.

[Neballer]

I ****ing hate snow

[Patrick Shannon]

I ****ing hate snow

Yeah...and I want to smack those people (other than skiers or snow plow employees) who say "I just Loooooovvveee winter!"

I'm betting they have a garage, because they've never had to scrape off the ice or warm up their cars in the morning.

[Neballer]

I hear you there Patrick

[reuber1]

Snow sucks. The problem I have is that in eastern Iowa, there are quite a few hills with very curvy roads, yet the damn plows rarely touch them. Driving on that is like rollerskating as a cow.

What we have right now is perfect winter weather...no snow, 30 degree weather, a little humidity, and the snow on the ground is the same stuff that was dropped in fall. Fall, on the other hand was nasty, where it was 0 degrees, windy as hell, and snowed every other day.

[Logo-Mechanix]

I ****ing love snow. Of course I ski, hunt and love being outdoors in almost any weather exccept rain I ****ing hate rain. Oh and a 4 wheel drive truck helps.

[tZ]

snow sucks... currently I'm in michigan(where it snows like hell) and can't wait to get back to savannah.... I f**king hate snow also.

[morea]

isn't it ironic that you're all posting how much you ******************* hate snow, and the particular words you are using are censored out with little SNOWFLAKES! There's a veritable blizzard in this thread! :D

[Booger]

lmao morea, thats a good thought.

[tZ]

lol #$^!ing hate snow- there - ha!

[morea]

lol! You got me... I fail the inkblot test when it comes to "#$^!ing " ;)

[Booger]

you failed the #$^!ing test? hrmm, didnt know you could do that. ;)

[morea]

how embarassing. :o

[morea]

I had a headache. :p

[Booger]

worst excuse ever. :P

[morea]

That reminds me of a joke.

A guy walks into his bedroom late one night and shakes his wife to wake her up.

"What's wrong?" she asks.

He offers her a bottle of pills and a glass of water. "Here honey, I brought you some aspirin for your headache."

"But I don't have a headache..." she replies, confused.

"Gotcha". He said. :D

[Booger]

hahahahha!
good one!

[G-Man79]

It all comes full circle: http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=189986&postcount=6

Question: If you have a headache, wouldn't you want to do something about it to take your mind off the pain? HeLLo!?!

[morea]

Ok boys, I was just using a tired old cliche to explain how I could have failed the #$^!ing test in hopes of providing some light humor to the rant thread.

I'm not the i-have-a-headache kinda girl. :p

hmm, that didn't sound the way I meant it to.

[Logo-Mechanix]

When you have been with the same woman for 15 years and married to her for 7 of those you just say I don't feel like it.

[G-Man79]

Wowsa! Attaboy, Neuro!

I keed, I keed.

[morea]

lmao

[Ryan8720]

I wish I could get some snow. I live in the chemical valley and we rarely get a substantial amount. I want to go sledding. I haven't done that in years.

[Neballer]

I hate Kinkos.

[skirklan]

I wish I could get some snow. I live in the chemical valley and we rarely get a substantial amount. I want to go sledding. I haven't done that in years.

Hey, I'm just South of you (NW NC) and it's 64 degrees right now in the mountains. I think you can forget snow this week.

What do you mean you live in chemical valley--like, acid and meth, no coke?
:eek:

[Ryan8720]

There are huge Dow plants all around.

There have been quite a few meth labs that got busted in the last year though.

[skirklan]

There are huge Dow plants all around.
There have been quite a few meth labs that got busted in the last year though.

Meth--the new growth industry.

Ah, Dow. Yes, I recently met up with my best friend from high school (20+ years after the fact) and when growing up, we lived near a Dow Chemical plant in Fairport Harbor on Lake Erie. Turns out, we both developed thyroid deficiencies. Bad stuff in the water--drink bottled. :(

Who determined we weren't part of the environment? That's a chain jerker.

[Satchel]

I hate when people talk about putting a winners wall up for over 6 months - Do nothing about it, then they drop 125 winner pictures from the past year on me, each picture has to be cut out and doctored to look nice, all the logos taken out and I'm sure I'll be giving some haircuts among other things! That's a wonderful way to start a year!
S.

[reuber1]

Went up for my workout (ran for a solid hour and ten minutes...holy sh!t) and when I came into town, gas was $2.09. I figured I'll get it on my way out of town...as soon as I got done two hours later with getting some groceries and such, it was $2.17. #@!%!!!

[uncle carbunkle]

that's your punishment for driving to the gym.
;)

[AlexNJ210]

that's your punishment for driving to the gym.
;)


pppfff hahaha. thats something a mom would say to her 35 year old son. "All that runnin and ya didnt think to save some gas!"

You know what jerks my chain, people who dont know how wide their car is, will pass by you (on coming mind you) missing by inches while they have about 8 feet on the other side. DRIVES ME NUTS.


HA! i kill me:p

[Neballer]

One of my steady freelance clients has recently hired someone new in accounts receivable. She must not be able to read, because she's been sending my checks to an address I haven't lived at for 2.5 years. My address is on the pancaking top of all my invoices. :rolleyes:

[reuber1]

Freehand is pissing me off right now. I'm two seconds from "frisbee-ing" my laptop across the living room.

[morea]

I've worked here for over a year. Every day I take lunch at 1:30. Every day.

The woman in the next office used to leave for lunch any time between 12 and 1, so I just got used to waiting until 1:30, and now that I am used to it, I prefer it.

Well, she has started warming up her lunch at 20 after one, then coming in and saying "ok, what time are you going to lunch?"

I tell her, "I go every day at 1:30." I've told her many times.

Well, she's supposed to cover for me while I go to lunch, and she has to leave to make our daily deposit at the bank at 2... so I having to go later and later, or else take shorter and shorter lunches.

But if I say that I'm going to go early she acts all upset. Grr.

/rant

ok, I feel a little better now. :p

[G-Man79]

Not knowing as much as I should about .net, ASP, PHP, CSS.

"IIIIIIIDIOT!"

[Logo-Mechanix]

Everyday for 7 years I have parked in the same spot. Well recently the secretary here who can be a real moody witch sometimes but for the most part is nice to me has started parking in my spot when the weather is bad (she gets here a half hour before me). Well its really starting to piss me off, so the last time I got up and it was raining I made sure I got here a few minutes before her. When she came in she was not happy she had to park in the spot on the other side of me and she made it known. All I said was oh I thought that was my spot for the last 7 seven years I must have been really mistaken.

[reuber1]

Should have said "Oh, I thought you always drove the WAH-mbulance."

[LSD-ZIN]

I was pulled into the boardroom the other day and told that profit ratio of
the creative earnings for the company I work for was 1.3 and that we should
be getting 2.0 - basically they said they are expecting £290,000 profit and
are only getting £210,000.

I was then told that may work is below the standard that the company expects
from me and that they are giving me a month to improve otherwise my booty is
out the door. I was told I have no clue about marketing and that basically
my work is a load of rubbish. Turns out my senior designer who I work with
on the same brand has been told the same thing about his work and they don't
believe his portfolio which he showed them at his interview was really his
work now.

Working in the graphic design trade for 4 years now I had worked for three
years as the graphics and marketing manager for an architectural practice
and then after three years wanted to treat my architectural bunions and get
experience in the advertising sector. Not withstanding, during the four
years I have also freelanced as well - always having a job to do and clients
always impressed with my work and coming back with repeat business whislt
referring friends back at the same time. Notwithstanding, I have never let
anything interfere with my current employment, always putting it first and
working all hours of the day and night to get things done and to the
standard that I feel should be achieved. As I have only been working in
advertising for a year - I have been keen to learn and have never been
afraid to ask questions and keen to get opinions on my work so I can learn
and improve in the industry that I work in. I have now been told by the
creative director to stop asking him questions and only present the final
product to him. If I have any questions or want to know if I'm heading in
the right direction to go ask someone else. Fair is fair, however,
previously I have been told that all should do a series of scamps first and
then present them to the director and the suggested idea which you feel is
right to follow so that he is sure they are heading in the right direction.
OK???

So, I sit at my desk today, do some shite sticker to advertise on a rugby
crossbar - make sure I everything is adhering ot brand guidelines for the
advert, do a series of options then narrow it down to two, print it out and
ask one of the guys if they have a couple of minutes to spare - to have a
look for their opinion - it's a shite sticker for god sakes - easy peasy -
and he says - fine - no - I agree with you - fine but has the creative
director had a look at it because you really need to discuss your scamps and
ideas with him prior to proceeding to the final stage. I'm standing there
thinking - well I've been told not to - notwithstanding - not saying
anything because I'm specifically been told in that meeting not to say
anthing which has been told within those four walls about not seeing the
creative director until I have a final outcome which he can just sign off
and that's it. SO WHAT DO I DO?????

I've got to the point I'm being screwed here because my work IS GOOD.
yeah - I may not have the advertising experience as the others who have
worked there for eight years or more but I am learning and I'm asking
questions because I'm learning and trying to improve myself - but my work is
good - if it wasn't I wouldn't be getting my repeat business out of
freelancing.

To sum up both the senior designer and myself are so pissed off as they have
basically given us a months notice without being blantantly honest to us. I
take it this is normal for the advertising trade????!! How do people get
away with this??
OK business is business but I have always believed in what goes around comes
around. I've got to the point now that I am seriously considering setting
up permanently on my own such that a. I can offer a hell of a better service
to my clients - b. there's no bullshit involved. It appears there are too
many people in advertising that are bullshitters and clients are appearing
to suffer from this or are going elsewhere because they are not wanting to
pay the extortionate fees for a ferkin crap service.

There. I feel better. I needed to get that out.

[uncle carbunkle]

- write your letter of resignation and send them 47 'scamps' of it - ask their opinion.

- write out a list of their 'rules' and post it next to your desk. refer all weirdos with new rules to the sheet, ask them to cross out the conflicting rule and pencil in their new rule. have them initial and date the change.

- start your own firm with the senior designer. bury the competition.

[Drorain]

so get out...you have been given a month, time to hop out dont give them the option. You are good and you can command a higher wage at 4 years exp

you need out, freelance if you can, but i dont know how you start that its easy here in the states

are they harassing you in any way, make note of that too

[Patrick Shannon]

I have now been told by the
creative director to stop asking him questions and only present the final
product to him. If I have any questions or want to know if I'm heading in
the right direction to go ask someone else.

Well christ, is he not the director? He should be so lucky that an employee is asking questions versus not giving two craps about the work and presenting whatever junk forth.

[Drorain]

oh by the way LSD

I should like to reply to the Creative director with the following inspirational quote...

"Kiss my dick"
You can deliver it with to birdies as well ;)

[reuber1]

Why the hell are there no phone calls when I'm on my damned break, but assuredly when I log back in there will be 9,000!?! #*!@!!!

EDIT: Sure enough, I've been off break for about thirty minutes and I've already had three calls, each around ten minutes. Here comes the next one. Seriously, there were ZERO when I was on break.

[C.E.]

When the power company shuts your electric off even after you paid and then tells you that it's your responsibility to make sure they process your electronic over-the-web payment properly because after 8 previous over-the-web payments which were processed correctly the one that doesn't go thru is due to 'your human error' even though they keep your checking acct # and routing # on FILE.

[John G]

When Flash just up and quits on me after a good solid hour and half worth of work.

FU Flash.

[Booger]

When Flash just up and quits on me after a good solid hour and half worth of work.

FU Flash.replace Flash with Corel, repeat throughout day.

[norabi]

political correctness
if someone behaves like an idiot they should be told their color, gender, political views , religion, sex prefference shouldn't matter.
red tape
hiding from logic

[JaCkinbOx]

replace Flash with Corel, repeat throughout day.

I don't think Corel Word Perfect has ever been a legimitate program at all. I think it's just one big virus they're trying to take over the world with.

[Mynock]

I don't think Corel Word Perfect has ever been a legimitate program at all. I think it's just one big virus they're trying to take over the world with.I'm sure he was talking about Corel Draw. Word Perfect back in the day when Microsoft hadn't yet strangled the world with MS Word, was the superior program. That was a few years ago, though. I don't know how Word Perfect is nowadays, but I likin' MS Word's rise to the popularity of VHS over Beta tapes cuz they were cheaper, not better than Beta.

[Neballer]

Azteca® Brand Tortillas.

Don't buy them, because they fall apart with the slightest amount of filling in them. And who likes a fillingless burrito? not me.

[whammajamma]

hey!...arn't designers meant to be placid fellows! Live and let live boys and girls life is too stressful anyways to be influenced by other people trying it on with you!

Best things to do is kick back grab a beer and think on your next move!

JH www.feedmecoolshit.com

[uncle carbunkle]

^chain jerker.

[Patrick Shannon]

I hate it when someone brings some stinkin' baby by you to introduce, then you say "Hello/What's up/etc" (like you would any other person), and then the person w/ kid looks at you weird just because you didn't babble some baby-jibberish at it.

It sounds weird, and although I don't care for them very much, I still don't ever talk down to children (at any age).

[Mynock]

What about dogs? Do you talk down to animals?

[Booger]

I hate it when someone brings some stinkin' baby by you to introduce, then you say "Hello/What's up/etc" (like you would any other person), and then the person w/ kid looks at you weird just because you didn't babble some baby-jibberish at it.

It sounds weird, and although I don't care for them very much, I still don't ever talk down to children (at any age).I
*HATE* Baby jibberish.
talking like that to a kid, and even pets is the most annoying thing.
ooohhhooohhhkkakakakakakagagagagagmmmmm ahaahaha boobooobooo
sssssssssshssssssshshshshshhhhhh sh........ blabhlabblahahaaa

seriously WTF does that do? its "pancaking" stupid.

<- not a father

[Patrick Shannon]

What about dogs? Do you talk down to animals?

Honestly, no I don't. ;) But I don't interact too much with animals these days except for a stray cat that mooches me for a free meal nightly.

As far as babies/kids go, I'm of the mindset that they're always learning from adults so what good does baby gibberish crap do? On something somewhat related I'm reminded of a book (*think* it was the Celestine Prophecy) I read long ago when a character in the book was riding along with a mother and a little girl, and the character asks the mother "how old is she now?" The mother frowned and said something to the effect that the child was perfectly capable of being addressed that question herself.

It was a good point. If you were with two adults and wanted to know how old "A" was, would you ask "B" while "A" was present?

[greyghost]

Ooooh, I HATE baby talk! I have a friend that gets all high-pitched (I mean HIGH pitched) and says things like "hey booboo!" and other baby talk to her dog. When she does it to my dogs, they just look at her, then back at me and back at her like "WTF is wrong with this lady?"

[Drorain]

no water....cant use the hopper, or the sink, or the coffee machine

this sucks...someone must've dropped a massive bomb and screwed up our whole septic system...lovely

[reuber1]

Ack. Gross.

[greyghost]

No electricity. For 7 hours yesterday. Thankfully it wasn't super-cold, but I have never wanted hot coffee so bad!

[Chris79]

Lost electricity for 6 full days last January. Hadn't bought a generator and they were all sold out in the area, except some small ones. Cooked a LOT of hotdogs over the fire in my fireplace :P

One word: Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Logo-Mechanix]

My power went off Saturday night for about 30 seconds while my wife was using the computer and you guessed it a power surge sent my computer looping to the safe mode screen but would not go all the way into safe mode it just continued looping to that screen. Well $45.00 dollars and 2 1/2 hours on the phone with HP and I was able to restore the last saved version of the hard drive. I had backed up files about 4 months before that but I would have lost some valuable work. Now I back up every 2 weeks no excuses.

[reuber1]

Wow, lot's of power outages. Guess that explains the situation with our cell phone service provider from two days ago.

[morea]

Being told that while I *deserve* a raise (the 3rd one I was promised and have not received) the company can't afford to give me one. Again.

It wouldn't bug me so much, I guess, if I didn't park next to the boss's new SUV.

[Drorain]

i will say at least my boss is driving a mercedes...a 10 year old mercedes

so I'm not feeling all that bad

[greyghost]

I wish I had a new car.
My Jeep is 12 years old, 210,000 miles. And lately EVERYTHING breaks. I only take it around town anymore, I just don't trust it to go further than Rome (next big town).


A friend in town has a grey 2004 Honda Pilot. Man what a sweet ride. I'm hoping if she ever decides to sell it... that I can buy it.

[Logo-Mechanix]

Damn Grey, thats alot of miles even in 12 years. When I gave my '92 Suzuki Samurai to my mom after I drove it for 10 years it only had about 130,000 miles on it. Incidently she is still driving it and has put about 15,000 more miles on it.

[greyghost]

It's gotten scary to drive. A few months ago I had smoke from the steering column - some wires somehow touched, and I'm told it "could" have started a fire. Anyway, I didn't have blinkers after that and even with a new switch, I don't have the emergency lights anymore.

The rear main seal died. I didn't know - the oil gage has gone loopy and been replaced three times in the past year, so when it acted screwy again I just didn't trust the gage. When I checked the oil anyway at the next stop - NO OIL. I mean, bone dry. Heck I wonder when it all poured out? Then OMG, what kind of damage?

there's a seal for the transmission fluid that is leaking. The seal will cost $60 to replace, not including labor. So I just keep adding tranny fluid.

The neutral ignition switch died. Sometimes you could start it, sometimes not. Just fixed that.

The thermostat died. Twice in one year.

The exhaust up by the front manifold has a crack. Thus my car sounds nice and LOUD inside the vehicle. Cost to weld back together? $300.

battery, brakes, etc - normal crap.

Plus, I dunno - it shouldn't bother me but I don't like giving people rides in it anymore. It's embarrassing. One of my dogs has puked in it (yes I cleaned it, no it doesn't smell, but it did stain), the fabric seats are worn and show rings where I or a passenger had a beverage resting, the backseat is stained from having the seats down and transporting plants. The headliner is held up by pins, and torn in places. Oh yeah, and with 2 dogs getting rides in it every once in a while, there's some dog hair too (I am getting pleather seats next time, buddy!) My hubby got it into an accident so the right rear panel has a good dent in it.

The paint is still mostly beautiful... so it still cleans up nice, at least on the outside.

[Neballer]

That sounds like one sweet ride grey - lots of character. :D

[Logo-Mechanix]

That thing is nickle and diming you. When my Suzuki started doing that I started saving for a new vehicle, it comes to a point where you start spending so much on repairs to a vehicle it would almost be cheaper to buy a decent used vehicle.

[greyghost]

Yeah, well a new vehicle isn't the priority right now. I'm trying to make my biz bigger, my hubby is quitting his job in May to do Heaven-Knows-What.... so I have to be the breadwinner. And right now, what I make is not going to support us AND a newer car. Oh well.

Edit: OMG, the stress of saying that has upset my stomach again. Dammit.