Posts made by dontpanda

@Kanye-Qwest Other way around, actually. I made a comment to someone else and she interjected.

So, "It's awful that people lose their legs in thresher accidents," is replied to with, "Don't you realise people still stub their toes?"

@ixokai I see one is stalling. Now what?

@Arkandel Oh, sure. I get that, and I wasn't even arguing that LGBT people should just be glad they're not getting murdered. I was super clear about that matter, too. But this person just would not understand that her saying it was just as bad for LGBT to not have legal rights as it is to get killed for being gay/etc was not only wrong but wildly so.

Not trying to stir anything up, just a rant...

I cannot understand why some people do not see the substantial and important difference between the challenges faced by lbgt* people in north America (legal rights, etc), and them being THROWN FROM ROOFS in Muslim countries.

I got into an argument about this, and she just would. Not. Admit that there isn't an lbgt person in the world who would choose to risk being thrown from a roof over maybe not being able to get married or whatever...

It's not to minimise anything people experience, but in straight comparison, it's no comparison.

@ThatGuyThere I don't like to lie, even when it's harmless. Instead, I say, "No thank you," when I'm asked for information I don't want to share.

@Lotherio said in Chrome help:

Check security, make sure your not blocking the site somehow. Change your security to always allow the site if you trust it?

I'm not blocking any sites. Even turned off my virus program, etc., to test. Still has the problem with that one site. Thanks for the suggestion!

@Arkandel said in Chrome help:

@dontpanda Try incognito mode as well just in case? ctrl+shift+n to make a new window from within Chrome.

I tried this and it didn't change. Good suggestion, though. One I wouldn't have thought of, myself.

Alright, I'll ask here since I'm pretty irritated and I figure y'all like the computers...

I use Chrome, mostly. When I try to go to pitfootball.com, it won't load. It loads on others' computers, but not mine. It works (sort of) on firefox.

Nothing has helped. Rebooting, deleting cookies/cache, restoring chrome to default settings, flushing the dns... It still won't work. I continue to get the "this page is unresponsive" message.

Any ideas?

I broke a cardinal rule regarding my mobile devices and turned on my location services, just to try this thing. I figured: people think it's fun and who am I to argue with the horde?

So I download it and use my throwaway gmail address to log in. It wants me to let it see who I am on google and... something else. I deny that. It takes me to the login screen again. I log in, and it wants the same permissions. I start to get the sneaking suspicion I won't be able to play unless I let it into my life.

Baleeted it is, then.

You came close, Pokemon Go... you came closer than my google maps app did to getting me to leave my gps on. But no, you had to get greedy and want access to my life that isn't relevant to the game.

I think it's a cool app idea. I'm happy to see people getting out and doing stuff. Almost hit a dude who was walking around not paying attention, but in my neighbourhood there's no guarantee he was playing Pokemon Go....

@TNP said in RL Anger:

Finding the flavor of cilantro revolting is genetic.

Crap. One more privilege I'll have to check, now...

You know what? - cilantro is awful. It befouls all food it touches. If I had my way, we'd collect all the cilantro in the world and set it ablaze in one glorious, profanely putrescent, bonfire.

Every food item is worsened by its inclusion. No cuisine has ever been improved.

@Templari I spoke to a good friend of mine (I'm Canadian, btw) about it, and he said I should keep going to work as scheduled, and make them "send me home" each shift until it was resolved with the labour board.

Frankly, I figured I'd just speak to them about it first. If they don't want me, that's fine with me. I just would've preferred they been straight with me about it

@Cobaltasaurus Your stories about shift changes reminded me of this one:

I used to do loss prevention at a small bookstore chain. I liked it. Wander around, check out books, catch dumb people stealing. It was good.

Management was messed up. I don't know why. Anyway, our loss prevention supervisor was let go, and then it was months before we had a new one. In the meantime, the other LP guys and I made our own schedules. It worked very well.

New dude comes in and changes a pile of things that don't actually help. But okay, no problem. He and I got along okay, but then he started changing MY schedule (not the other guys') after it had already been made. I got two phone calls about not coming to work, and when I showed management that I had a copy of the original schedule, they said it was my job to check every day for changes. When I replied that I don't work every day, and if the schedule is changed on my day off - as was the case in this instance - how would I know, they just said, "It's your responsibility."

I learned shortly after that the supervisor dude wasn't keen on me being there. Not sure why.

Sure enough, another phone call due to a changed schedule and I was terminated "with cause" because I missed too many shifts. I made an appointment to speak to Management and the GM said it was just easier if I left, and they "wouldn't make it worse" than to have that as the reason on my employment record.

I was so glad when I learned the little chain was going under/being sold/whatever. Apparently I wasn't the only employee they shafted this way.

To me, the word "paranormal" is different from supernatural. I'll try to explain...

I have faith, practice a religion (and draw the distinction between the two), and generally try to live as though what I believe is actually true. I don't believe in ghosts and the rest of that stuff. So, I look at the supernatural (eg: miracles), and I say, "Sure." But when I hear stories related to the paranormal (eg: ghosts, premonitions, precognition, etc), I find that stuff absurd.

I even like science.

@Arkandel said in RL Anger:

I didn't put my wallet in the gym bag when I was packing the bike bag to get to work this morning. Dammit, I hate asking to borrow money even though I'll return it in 24 hours but I'm ravenous and of course today is the one day in the week I didn't bring lunch either.

Bah.

I hate borrowing money so much I can't even describe. I've starved at my desk rather than borrow money from people.

Now I leave a box of Clif bars in my desk for emergencies.

@Bobotron 7 years! It's been a good run.

My wife and I had been saving up for an anniversary meal at a pretty expensive place, and tonight we went. It's in this old mansion, so we were in a room by ourselves for a few minutes. A couple of guys get seated at the table beside us, and it's obvious they were from the US South (Arkansas, as it happens); I say obvious because that accent is not often heard up here in Manitoba... Sticks out something fierce.

Anyway, I struck up a conversation with them, asking them about their trip (they were coming for the fishing, etc), and joked that I wasn't sure how friendly we could be, since I'm a Florida Gators fan, and our teams are in the same football conference. That got some talk about football happening, some stuff about parenting (they asked if it was a special occasion for us, and wished us a happy anniversary), and some politics. They were friendly and polite, and I got on immediately with them.

The food was amazing. The bill came, and when I opened it, there was a note saying, "The gentlemen beside you have paid the cheque in full. Happy anniversary!"

Blown. Away.

The joke around my friends and family is that I'm cold and dead inside because I'm not outwardly emotional, but I almost choked up. These guys had no way of knowing we'd been saving up for this, and just how much the almost $200 means. I shook their hands, and my wife hugged them, and we thanked them profusely. I made sure I left the waiter his gratuity, since I couldn't be sure it had been covered by the two fellows, and we left... deliriously happy.

I am doubly blessed. A woman who has loved me all these years, and a meal paid for by two strangers.

I have just... so many. I worked a barrel full of awful jobs to pay for university, because, well, university wasn't going to pay for itself, and I refused to get a loan.

I worked in the lumber yard of the worst local chain hardware store in the country. That had some good ones...

• A group of people were looking through the lowest quality studs we sold - they weren't suited for building structure, but were fine for supporting walls while you nailed them down, etc etc - and wanted me to open up a brand new lift of them because these were "all warped." Yes, that happens. But since this lift was pretty new, I wasn't going to. They made my life very difficult, and finally demanded to see my manager. He came out (this was one of the Managers I liked) and told them we wouldn't open a new lift for them. He looked at their order and realised they'd bought basically a garage package, but skimped on the 2X4s. He got a smile and then told me to open a new lift. They were pleased, and I was puzzled, until they were gone and he told me his plan. He was going to wait a few days and then call the City's building inspectors and rat them out. Sure enough, he did and they were inspected and - what do you know! - those 2X4s weren't up to code. They had to tear the building down (walls, really). So... then they showed up and wanted a refund from me. I politely informed them that we couldn't accept returns of lumber with holes in it... And then they had to buy all new studs and plywood. Good business decision.

• To this day I do not know why some children poop in the display toilets. I just don't. I have two. They don't poop in display toilets...

• A fellow came in and wanted us to load up his truck while he went in to pay. I told him I wouldn't. He called me racist names that didn't even apply to me (I'm pretty white, and my first name isn't one a Jewish person would have, so... piece it together from there) and used his truck to push the little dumpster (it was on wheels) into the racks of lumber before trying to drive off in a huff. Except he tried to leave through the entrance and got stuck there by an incoming customer, who politely left his truck there while we barred the first fellow from the store, including pictures and whatnot.

I've also worked as a security guard, at 7-11, and was a delivery driver for Office Depot. I seriously could be here all night...

@Roz said in RL Anger:

@Coin Have you tried Calibre? I've used it for exactly that purpose.

+1 for Calibre. It's excellent.

@Cobaltasaurus I used to work in the lumber yard part of a hardware store. 15 mins before close, dudebro pulls his truck into the lumber lot (without having made a purchase), and heads into the store. 14 mins later, he returns with an invoice. Guy bought enough stuff to build a garage - including insulation and shingles.

He hands it to my coworker who looks at it and says, "Nope. Come back tomorrow." Dudebro gets cranky, but none of us are backing down. He wants the manager, who comes out and gets the story (keeping us open with his truck, etc) and tells Dudebro that he can come back tomorrow at 6, or spend the evening with the guard dogs that we hire to protect the yard, but the gate will be locked.

I loved that Manager...