She was an inconsiderate person who probably would have been rude no matter how you approached the situation (including complaining if you had said "excuse me"). There's not a lot you can do about it, except ignore it.
A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.
Wash ,'The Message'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
bon bon - Oct 25, 2007 8:21:08 am PDT #8556 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
JZ - Oct 25, 2007 8:22:45 am PDT #8557 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I wasn't filled with unusual amounts of rage until I read your story, tommyrot, but that's all fixed now. WTF is wrong with people?
ita's warning did say "worse than goatse," but then qualified that with "possibly" and added that it seemed to her both funnier and less scarring. There was no way on earth I was clicking that link, but the warning was just ambiguous enough that I read the whitefont, and oh how I wish I hadn't.
Dana - Oct 25, 2007 8:24:30 am PDT #8558 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
She was an inconsiderate person who probably would have been rude no matter how you approached the situation
Plus, then complaining about it on her cell phone, as if you can't hear her, is fucking tacky.
tommyrot - Oct 25, 2007 8:26:23 am PDT #8559 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
including complaining if you had said "excuse me"
Yeah, it occurred to me to tell her that she'd probably have complained no matter what I did, but she was still on the phone minutes after the event when the train pulled up, so I didn't say anything to her. Because, you know, I try not to be rude....
JenP - Oct 25, 2007 8:35:14 am PDT #8560 of 10001
Happy Birthday, Brenda!
Shouldn't have read the whitefont. Usually I'm OK with the whitefont. But there's just no OK there. Ah, well. I was warned. No one else to blame.
bon bon nailed it on that rudemeister, tommy. Bleh.
Thanks for the Alan Johnston link, Jars.
shrift - Oct 25, 2007 8:35:44 am PDT #8561 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I don't know why people feel free to be dicks about the little things. One jackhole can really make your day or week go sour. I think everyone should participate in Operation Don't Be a Total Douchebag for a day, and anyone who can't make it a full 24 hours without being a fuckwit should be ejected from the planet.
lisah - Oct 25, 2007 8:39:33 am PDT #8562 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
ita's warning did say "worse than goatse," but then qualified that with "possibly" and added that it seemed to her both funnier and less scarring. There was no way on earth I was clicking that link, but the warning was just ambiguous enough that I read the whitefont, and oh how I wish I hadn't.
I am JZ.
sarameg - Oct 25, 2007 8:56:07 am PDT #8563 of 10001
I think I want to kill the test team. They pretty much dumped something in our lap, but said "you must use our testbase! But we won't actually configure your stuff for it or tell you how to! You'll just have to figure it out yourself because we're done!" We're not able to do any meaningful testing until we get the good goodamned testbase to work.
I hate it when people think they've got a good idea.
Steph L. - Oct 25, 2007 9:13:51 am PDT #8564 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
sarameg, e-mail the test team ita's link.
Anonymously.
Allyson - Oct 25, 2007 9:16:10 am PDT #8565 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
ita's link has scarred me. I don't know how to make it go away.
ION, there was screaming in my apartment building. Followed by suicide threats, and asking me to "watch" the the suicidal person on Saturday.
Um. You don't want that. Because I'll be driving her ass to a hospital.
I really need to move.