Random Toughts -- Dedicated to Calvin and his enemy

by **RichmondPhilsFan** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 14:48:54

Doll Is Mine wrote:
Bill McNeal wrote:Getting two kittens tonight after work. Never had a cat before, this is going to be interesting.

They will drive you crazy the first 15 years.

FYP.

by **Youseff** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 14:54:09

customer service people now all do this thing where they're super sad that you're having a hard time. well, so sorry sir. I can imagine not having service is a real inconvenience so we're going to do everything in our power to get you up and operational again. how's that sound?

by **Soren** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 14:58:35

Youseff wrote:customer service people now all do this thing where they're super sad that you're having a hard time. well, so sorry sir. I can imagine not having service is a real inconvenience so we're going to do everything in our power to get you up and operational again. how's that sound?

That was my experience with Verizon, although my unrelenting insistence that what she was doing for me wasn't good enough and I wasn't going to give up until she took care of it probably left her more than a little frazzled.

No shouting or cursing or anything but I was definitely a bit forceful.

by **RichmondPhilsFan** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 15:06:43

Youseff wrote:customer service people now all do this thing where they're super sad that you're having a hard time. well, so sorry sir. I can imagine not having service is a real inconvenience so we're going to do everything in our power to get you up and operational again. how's that sound?

Yeah, it's annoying for those of us who recognize it for the boilerplate nonsense that it is.

The even worse version is on the rare occasion that I've made social media posts about a really bad company and had them respond publicly as if they are addressing my problem when they weren't. Had a huge fight with HH Gregg this summer about failed/delayed deliveries on products that I'd already purchased outright.

by **joe table** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 15:10:21

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:
Youseff wrote:customer service people now all do this thing where they're super sad that you're having a hard time. well, so sorry sir. I can imagine not having service is a real inconvenience so we're going to do everything in our power to get you up and operational again. how's that sound?

Yeah, it's annoying for those of us who recognize it for the boilerplate nonsense that it is.

The even worse version is on the rare occasion that I've made social media posts about a really bad company and had them respond publicly as if they are addressing my problem when they weren't. Had a huge fight with HH Gregg this summer about failed/delayed deliveries on products that I'd already purchased outright.

Ken M?

by **RichmondPhilsFan** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 15:14:04

joe table wrote:
RichmondPhilsFan wrote:
Youseff wrote:customer service people now all do this thing where they're super sad that you're having a hard time. well, so sorry sir. I can imagine not having service is a real inconvenience so we're going to do everything in our power to get you up and operational again. how's that sound?

Yeah, it's annoying for those of us who recognize it for the boilerplate nonsense that it is.

The even worse version is on the rare occasion that I've made social media posts about a really bad company and had them respond publicly as if they are addressing my problem when they weren't. Had a huge fight with HH Gregg this summer about failed/delayed deliveries on products that I'd already purchased outright.

Ken M?

Not sure what this means.

by **Slowhand** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 15:15:45

You guys are so cynical. Maybe they do really care. Have some faith in humanity. I know I do.

by **Soren** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 15:17:55

Yes I'm sure the Verizon rep halfway across the planet cared very deeply that I wasn't going to save $20 a month by switching to stand alone internet service.

by **CalvinBall** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 15:19:18

just because you all hate your jobs doesn't mean they do

by **Soren** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 15:20:41

I love my current job but my job as a call center rep gave me daily panic attacks and there were a few times I snuck off to cry in the bathroom.

by **Youseff** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 15:35:43

speaking of jobs I can hear my CEO & VP of CS getting a what seems to be a pretty pretty justifiable tongue lashing from a client right now.

by **Bill McNeal** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 16:15:33

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:
Doll Is Mine wrote:
Bill McNeal wrote:Getting two kittens tonight after work. Never had a cat before, this is going to be interesting.

They will drive you crazy the first 15 years.

FYP.[/quote
Lol thanks

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 16:17:16

kittens are the best. you'll have tons of fun

by **Youseff** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 16:20:31

dont read if you dont want to read the truth about cats

[Reveal] Spoiler:

they're OK except for their human brain eating feces parasites

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 16:26:47

it is a problem. people are working on it

by **Youseff** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 16:45:40

speaking of which, this is cool:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the release of genetically engineered mosquitoes in Florida, assuring anxious locals that the experimental trial would have “no significant” environmental impact.

The genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, created by the British firm Oxitec, are part of an effort to combat the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus. The mosquitoes are altered so their offspring die before they are able to reproduce, reducing the population of the Aedes mosquito that transmits Zika as well as dengue, yellow fever and chikungunya.

after mosquitoes I would like them to do this with ticks, then fleas, then people that put #lickface in their twitter bios.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 16:53:07

pretty neat bit in the NYRB review of Sonia Shah's recent book about pandemics mentioning that a big factor in the spread of those Zika-carrying Aedes mosquitos is that after the subprime crisis in 2008 and ensuing foreclosures, there's thousands of abandoned swimming pools full with standing water all over Florida suburban neighborhoods

by **Youseff** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 17:04:40

wild.

we live in a new condo next to a bunch of a hundred year old 2 story shitholes and we look down on their roofs which often have clogged drainage and accumulated backwater. I've taken to puncturing those little dishwasher packets with a knife and testing my arm accuracy by whipping them into the backwater. I'm fairly accurate in killing those squitos reproductive rights.

by **drsmooth** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 17:18:39

Youseff wrote: I've taken to puncturing those little dishwasher packets with a knife and testing my arm accuracy by whipping them into the backwater.

you dishwash them to death then

by **Bill McNeal** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 21:01:48

So far, kittens are adorable and fun. They are 4 months old and we "rescued" them from a kill shelter in NC. They are liter box trained (awesome, we showed them the box and they both hit it within an hour of being home).

Both are female, one is insane and a lot of fun and the other is a Maine Coon mix and just stares at the kids in a disapproving manner. So far it's all fun

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