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[Civ'ed]

My parents seem to fail to understand that stressing me up to 11 doesn't make me work better

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I just don't really have the confidence to cold call companies and offer my services even though I had business cards made. I just start to feel like I don't look professional or I'll come across as a moron. I even thought of passing out my card in the park or putting up flyers but I just felt really awkward about it and couldn't do it.

It gets easier after the first couple of times. Think about it this way - what do you have to lose? Before you make the call, they aren't going to magically know about you and hire you. And if you make the call and you don't get the gig, you're actually better off than before because at least now they know about you and may think of you in the future if something that requires your services comes up.

 

[gay_Aleks]

Why, I can't stop bloody sneezing!

Also, fun fact, in Bulgaria, when people sneeze, there's a popular superstition that this is because someone's swearing at them.

 

[bhavv]

From my couple of weeks of slave labour:

- Customers who remove the labels / price tags / barcode from clothes when trying them on and then don't buy them.

- Customers who think they are being helpful by putting clothes back where they got them from after trying them on, instead of putting them on the rail outside the changing rooms stating to leave them there and a member of staff will put them back ...

THEY FRIGGING MESS UP THE PERFECT HANGER POSITION, DONT REDO FASTENINGS, DONT SIZE ORDER AND MAKE THE CLOTHES SECTION LOOK LIKE AN ABSOLUTE MESS!

Stupid customers.

 

[Takhisis]

Also, fun fact, in Bulgaria, when people sneeze, there's a popular superstition that this is because someone's swearing at them.

 

[gay_Aleks]

I just sneezed again. Which one of you bastards was it?

 

[Arakhor]

I'm been beating a rhythm to the tune of Boulgaroktonos. Maybe it was that.

 

[gay_Aleks]

1204 best year of my life aye aye?

 

[Arakhor]

Surely that was 1014?

 

[gay_Aleks]

It still took you 40 years to figure out to shoot for the eyes.

 

[Takhisis]

Stupid Radscorpions!

 

[gay_Aleks]

In a similar vein, I figured that you can aim at particular parts only after finishing FO1 and reaching Redding in FO2.

 

[Takhisis]

Well, to quote from Scandinavia and the World: LØL!

 

[The_J]

Yesterday I had some pretty good results from my data.
Today it turned out that the used algorithm is not deterministic (should've known that), and that the results are pretty unstable.
Goddamnit, I'd like to spend only one week on an issue, and then not debug the crap out of it for the rest of the month. Simple things would be nice once in a while.

 

[Phrossack]

Do you know how hard it is to find ways to learn Breton?

REALLY. HARD. I'll just have to go to Brittany when my French is good enough.

 

[NovaKart]

Do you know how hard it is to find ways to learn Breton?

REALLY. HARD. I'll just have to go to Brittany when my French is good enough.

Why do you want to learn Breton?

 

[NovaKart]

It gets easier after the first couple of times. Think about it this way - what do you have to lose? Before you make the call, they aren't going to magically know about you and hire you. And if you make the call and you don't get the gig, you're actually better off than before because at least now they know about you and may think of you in the future if something that requires your services comes up.

Well actually I think I'll have to go in person instead of calling. Phoning is not that reliable here since they don't have directories and sometimes the number on a website is expired.

 

[Borachio]

Why do you want to learn Breton?

A person really does need a serious reason to learn it, I think.

There's only 200,000 native Breton speakers today. And it's classified as severely threatened.

But learning any language is really, really hard. Learning even French to beyond a haltingly awful level is going to take some serious motivation and time. And with French the possibilities for using it usefully in everyday situations - like employment - are vastly superior compared with Breton.

 

[Borachio]

From my couple of weeks of slave labour:

- Customers who remove the labels / price tags / barcode from clothes when trying them on and then don't buy them.

- Customers who think they are being helpful by putting clothes back where they got them from after trying them on, instead of putting them on the rail outside the changing rooms stating to leave them there and a member of staff will put them back ...

THEY FRIGGING MESS UP THE PERFECT HANGER POSITION, DONT REDO FASTENINGS, DONT SIZE ORDER AND MAKE THE CLOTHES SECTION LOOK LIKE AN ABSOLUTE MESS!

Stupid customers.

Hahahaha!

You'll remember that the next time you go shopping, I bet.

I do most of my clothes shopping in Lidls, though. Where it's just a matter of rummaging through a bin.

 

[bhavv]

Pfffffdft ... So I tidy up all the shoes including spending ages fixing mismatched pairs ... Then one single customer comes along picking up and looking at each and every pair and just bunging them back anyhow.

****** humans they all suck.