Random Rants LVII: wow. many anger. very whining.

[Borachio]

Eh? Since when was Yorkshire in America?

I mean, it should be (the place has always been home to lunatics) - assuming it couldn't be moved even further afield - but it isn't, as far as I know.

And £1 on £20 doesn't qualify as VAT. I wish it did.

 

[bhavv]

Isn't this this "not include vat in price"-thing you have in America?

No, its meant to be £19.99 including vat.

 

[Borachio]

If this shop is in Yorkshire, I'm confident it will be out of business before the end of the week.

 

[bhavv]

Its been in business for years!

 

[Borachio]

Then it can't have been misleading Yorkshire men and women over matters of price, for all this time.

I'm just saying.

 

[bhavv]

Its not an individual store issue, its the main website for Dominos with the wrong prices. 20 mins until they open so I can order by phonecall instead.

 

[azzaman333]

heyyyyyyyyy let's go to the bar

oh wait

lame.

 

[The_J]

Damn, that situation annoys me.
There's a woman at work. And I like her. And I'd like to go out with her. But I work with her. Means not only she is in the same department, but I do data analysis for her. If I screw it up, then we have a problem. And there's some likelyhood for that, because she's noticably older, and I don't think we really fit together. So I tell myself everytime no, but then again I'm distracted in all the meetings.
And next Saturday is Valentine's day, there are no dance courses this week (no chance to meet other girls), all other females in the department are either taken, not interesting, or will be gone in a month, at latest.
Not even a chance to distract myself with the help of someone else.
Damn it .

 

[Borachio]

Go for it. Ask her out.

1. She refuses (She likely will, won't she?). End of story. (Except that it likely wouldn't be the end for me. I'd ask her again. Just in case.)
2. She accepts. And who knows?

 

[bhavv]

Is it really that hard to ask her if she would like to go get something to eat after work?

 

[bhavv]

Well I had to pay £21 for it. The offers on their website hadnt been updated. They run a 2 pizzas for £19.99 alongside 2 pizzas, a drink and side for £20.99, but both show up on the website as £19.99.

And for the first time I only managed to eat half a pizza ... because plus the cheesy balls.

 

[Borachio]

You wuz robbed. But you didn't have to pay £21 (£20.99 + 1p) for anything at all. At the end of the day. Although you'd have had to forego your pizza. So maybe the extra money was worth it? But not if you couldn't eat it all. Or do you reheat them later? In which case maybe it was a good buy.

That's all I have to say. For now.

 

[Kennigit]

Well I love to complain, so here I am I guess (tangentially related to age discussion):

I don't think there is a single person I'm supposed to interact with for any work-related stuff that is <30 years old. Plurality is >40 years old.

It's so out of place.

 

[Farm Boy]

It has nothing to do with my skill. They've just gotten better while my skill level has stayed relatively constant. They also play the game a lot more than I do.

I'm not even 20, it's not because I'm getting old.

Keep telling yourself that. It works. But the metabolism is still going to hose up in about ten years!

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Also, not VAT in Murica. Just two to three levels of government taxes that aren't in the price. Which is really fine. When they include the tax in the deal price they just round up anyways.

 

[Zack]

Well I love to complain, so here I am I guess (tangentially related to age discussion):

I don't think there is a single person I'm supposed to interact with for any work-related stuff that is <30 years old. Plurality is >40 years old.

It's so out of place.

1. Have a Mario Kart party.
2. Crush your co-workers.
3. Seize control of the office.

 

[nc-1701]

I've been very frustrated lately and missing myself of 4-5 years ago... Compared to then my situation is better by any reasonable metric. I'm stronger, better looking, got a masters degree, less crazy girlfriend, more friends, my own place, independence, and a rather well paying job.

But I'm not as positive as I was then, I feel tentative and unsure. I know part of my feeling has to do with the fact that my relationship is now long distance and I don't have many friends here... Mostly because I'm utterly uninterested by most of the people I meet. And sure it could be that there's no sunlight in this frozen wasteland and I just need some good ol' sunshine.

But it's deeper I just don't feel awesome... I used to have pure unshakable confidence and desire to go forth and conquer... But it's mostly gone, mostly I feel content to just survive, which makes me sick, I've never wanted to just survive. It's hard to explain, just a feeling, like I doubt myself.

 

[GenMarshall]

I feel like I do not matter in this place.

 

[Borachio]

Oh. Why do you feel that, Mr General?

That seems a very sad thing to say.

 

[JohannaK]

Oh, you see, I feel something like nc-1701. Although I am more the kind of guy to be content with life as it is, and I have next to no reason to complain about my life, I just feel insatisfied. Its like some wild part of me trying to break free and give me that unshakeable confidence desire to push further than nc is mentioning. So, something good may be coming, but until it comes I just feel generally uncomfortable for no apparent reason.

 

[cybrxkhan]

I've been very frustrated lately and missing myself of 4-5 years ago... Compared to then my situation is better by any reasonable metric. I'm stronger, better looking, got a masters degree, less crazy girlfriend, more friends, my own place, independence, and a rather well paying job.

But I'm not as positive as I was then, I feel tentative and unsure. I know part of my feeling has to do with the fact that my relationship is now long distance and I don't have many friends here... Mostly because I'm utterly uninterested by most of the people I meet. And sure it could be that there's no sunlight in this frozen wasteland and I just need some good ol' sunshine.

But it's deeper I just don't feel awesome... I used to have pure unshakable confidence and desire to go forth and conquer... But it's mostly gone, mostly I feel content to just survive, which makes me sick, I've never wanted to just survive. It's hard to explain, just a feeling, like I doubt myself.

Sounds like me. Well, though in my case I was never really positive - some of my friends in high school pointed out I was already pretty cynical and pessimistic (and not just in the emo teen phase sort of way, either), so I never could have imagined that I'd get more cynical and pessimistic.

Might just be all of us getting older, eh? Might also be the quarter life crisis sorta thing that strikes some people (though in my case it appears to have struck much earlier than expected).