The Vent and Rant Thread

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by kennyc

This night I woulda traded ya, but I guess this is when I earn my money.

We're currently at a lull point waiting on the mainframe to get recovered and connectivity to be in place. We had our 6 servers turned over to us about 11 PM and finished all our application installs about 8 AM...I may try to catch some sleep....

Well, it is a Disaster Recovery drill, whose intent is to check for problems. The big question is whether the underlying issues will be identified and corrected, and this won't happen again.
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Dennis

[kennyc]

Exactly Dennis.....and hopefully run much more smoothly next year!

[LCF]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

and you didn't ask for change ! ?

There was no change...

[natasha_fawn]

I think I may be getting conned by a seller on etsy, but I'm not at all sure so I'm reluctant to open a paypal dispute.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

Polar bear liver anyone?

Pig whipworms anyone?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0128095035.htm

[wodin]

Originally Posted by Exer

Took my lady out for pizza and a movie tonight. While we were at the restaurant, the young waitress -- somewhere around 18 or 19 years old -- drops a full cup on our table. Kind of hits the side of the table and then falls to the floor, completely drenching my left pant leg, and shoe, and leaving a huge puddle on the table.

Accidents happen, I wasn't mad about the fact she dropped the cup ... I was kind of stunned that she never apologized. She quickly bent to the floor and scooped the ice onto the tray and that was the last we saw her until she brought out our food. Never blinked an eye or so much as mentioned it happening.

Me and my lady just kind of sat there there in awe for a few minutes, thinking she was coming back with a washcloth or something, and then we took our only 2 napkins and tried to soak up the puddle on the table.

This wasn't a cheap place either, a so-called "gourmet" pizza restaurant, the bill was just shy of 70 bucks just for the two of us. Nothing like paying good money to get your clothing ruined

That would be when I would ask to see the manager.

Opps, should have read the rest of the thread before posting!

[SolRaven]

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

30 years ago, a guy at work used to nosh on carrots ALL the time .... and eventually developed an orange tint to his skin. He dropped the carrots after noticing that. (I never asked whether a doctor, or a wife, or anyone else made the suggestion.....)

oh wow.... did he have a fair complexion. For some reason, I'm picturing a guy with red hair.

Originally Posted by Exer

Took my lady out for pizza and a movie tonight. While we were at the restaurant, the young waitress -- somewhere around 18 or 19 years old -- drops a full cup on our table. Kind of hits the side of the table and then falls to the floor, completely drenching my left pant leg, and shoe, and leaving a huge puddle on the table.

Accidents happen, I wasn't mad about the fact she dropped the cup ... I was kind of stunned that she never apologized. She quickly bent to the floor and scooped the ice onto the tray and that was the last we saw her until she brought out our food. Never blinked an eye or so much as mentioned it happening.

Me and my lady just kind of sat there there in awe for a few minutes, thinking she was coming back with a washcloth or something, and then we took our only 2 napkins and tried to soak up the puddle on the table.

Originally Posted by dsvick

Yes, you should have asked to speak to the manager. If the girl was that young, as sad as it sounds, she just may not have known any better or been too embarrassed to say anything.

A high school aged girl should know common courtesy at her age. I learned how to be courteous when I was still in the single digits. Courtesy goes a long way with me. If she had shown sincere remorse, I may have even left her a larger tip with a little note saying that I hope her night gets better, or something along those lines. Everyone makes mistakes. How they handle those mistakes is what truly shows their character and I'm always impressed when someone shows great character.

[kindlekitten]

thanks for the good thoughts everyone! the family issue remains unsettled and in a bad way. many tears have been shed on my part

Originally Posted by SolRaven

I don't believe Vit. A turns your skin orange, but beta carotene can. I know, because there was a time when I took large doses of beta carotene in an attempt to get an orange hue. However, you can't overdose on beta carotene, just already processed Vitamin A.

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

30 years ago, a guy at work used to nosh on carrots ALL the time .... and eventually developed an orange tint to his skin. He dropped the carrots after noticing that. (I never asked whether a doctor, or a wife, or anyone else made the suggestion.....)

when my son was an infant, we knew a young German couple who had a baby boy about the same age (this was in Germany). they fed this poor kid nothing but "things orange", he had carrot juice in his bottle, ate pureed carrots, and sweet potatoes. he was DEFINITELY orange. I have a picture of him and my son laying next to each other during a diaper change, the hue on that baby was very disturbing. also his groin was completely irritated and he had bad diaper rash. I don't know if that was the diet or care

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

For kk.

I got quite a chuckle out of that!

Originally Posted by Exer

Took my lady out for pizza and a movie tonight. While we were at the restaurant, the young waitress -- somewhere around 18 or 19 years old -- drops a full cup on our table. Kind of hits the side of the table and then falls to the floor, completely drenching my left pant leg, and shoe, and leaving a huge puddle on the table.

Accidents happen, I wasn't mad about the fact she dropped the cup ... I was kind of stunned that she never apologized. She quickly bent to the floor and scooped the ice onto the tray and that was the last we saw her until she brought out our food. Never blinked an eye or so much as mentioned it happening.

Me and my lady just kind of sat there there in awe for a few minutes, thinking she was coming back with a washcloth or something, and then we took our only 2 napkins and tried to soak up the puddle on the table.

This wasn't a cheap place either, a so-called "gourmet" pizza restaurant, the bill was just shy of 70 bucks just for the two of us. Nothing like paying good money to get your clothing ruined

back in college, I was also in ROTC. two of us cadets met another ROTC cadet at a restaurant after a field problem. the first two of us had been in the field for 4 days, still had a fair amount of cammo on our faces, and probably didn't smell very good. the third cadet had been at an interview for a Army Reserve position for the rest of his time in college prior to active duty and was in his dress greens. our waitress turned a corner fairly quickly took one look at the two of us who were funky, gasped and dropped a full pitcher of water on the dressed up one. we drank beer for free that night. we were not only college students, but soldiers, we got more beer out of that deal than the restaurant caused inconvenience!

Originally Posted by LCF

I once left a penny in a similar situation. I counted the exact bill, put it aside on the actual bill paper and left the penny a few cm to the side. You should have seen her face when asking (pointing to the penny) "What is this?" I said "It's just the appropriate tip for the service you provided."

I used to sacrifice a $20 bill every 6 months or so and tear it into quarters. if I received poor service I would leave a quarter of a 20 for the waitress. I got some really puzzled looks out of that

[Stitchawl]

Glad to see you back here, KK. Sorry that your problems haven't resolved themselves.

I have a rant this morning. It's about refills in restaurants. It works for you coffee drinkers but not for us teaists.

After dinner the wait staff is very attentive, walking around refilling coffee cups. No charge. But if we tea drinkers want a second cup, we have to beg, and then at most get offered some hot water to make a weak second brew. God forbid we ask for a new tea bag.

Tea is MUCH cheaper than coffee. A pound of tea will produce about 200 cups, where as a pound of coffee only about 50. Yes, tea is more expensive than coffee, but not 4x the cost. If we ask for another tea bag, we usually get charged for it. This is blatant anti-tea bias, and should NOT go untreated!

Stitchawl

[Exer]

Originally Posted by dsvick

Yes, you should have asked to speak to the manager. If the girl was that young, as sad as it sounds, she just may not have known any better or been too embarrassed to say anything. And if management doesn't know it happened then they will never have the chance to correct both the situation and the way she handles it in the future. If you simply left a smaller tip then you went away angry and she got angry and nothing got resolved.

We debated whether or not we should get the manager involved, but decided that -- with the way the economy and job market is at the moment -- that we would have felt horrible to potentially get a young girl fired over an accident like that. Jobs are hard enough to come by at the moment. You never know how managers / bosses are going to react, or overreact.

We were at a Golden Corral (buffet place) last year and a female worker got fired right in front of us. It was a very uncomfortable experience, not to mention very unprofessional. She was basically told to take off her apron and get out, right in front of a packed room full of diners. I'm sure she was just as horrified at the public embarrassment as she was at being fired ... that just wasn't the right way to go about letting someone go.

We haven't been back to that place since. It didn't leave a very good impression on us.

[Freeshadow]

@Stitchawl
You might feel better when I tell you that said free coffee refill isn't a worldwide custom
In fact I'd never know about it if I haven't seen it in the movies.

@SolRaven
I sometimes think common courtesy's dead by now. Or - ahm well no longer common.
't is often enough I have been looked at like an idiot for (at least what I regard as) proper behaviour

[SolRaven]

Originally Posted by Exer

We were at a Golden Corral (buffet place) last year and a female worker got fired right in front of us. It was a very uncomfortable experience, not to mention very unprofessional. She was basically told to take off her apron and get out, right in front of a packed room full of diners. I'm sure she was just as horrified at the public embarrassment as she was at being fired ... that just wasn't the right way to go about letting someone go.

We haven't been back to that place since. It didn't leave a very good impression on us.

That's no way for someone in their position to handle things. That speaks volumes about the person she was working for and less about her performance. The manager did more harm to the business than any of the servers could have ever done. IMHO, the manager needed to be let go more than the employee.

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by Freeshadow

You might feel better when I tell you that said free coffee refill isn't a worldwide custom
In fact I'd never know about it if I haven't seen it in the movies.

It's not a custom in Japan either, but common in the US. While we were in Florida last month, the wait staff at breakfast where ever we ate were quite attentive to refilling coffee cups for free, but three different places told us we'd have to pay for a second cup of tea. One chain breakfast restaurant did go so far as to give us a small pot (one extra cup) of hot water, but wouldn't give us another tea bag for it. That chain even goes so far as to leaving a large carafe of coffee on each table.


Stitchawl

[natasha_fawn]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

It's not a custom in Japan either, but common in the US. While we were in Florida last month, the wait staff at breakfast where ever we ate were quite attentive to refilling coffee cups for free, but three different places told us we'd have to pay for a second cup of tea. One chain breakfast restaurant did go so far as to give us a small pot (one extra cup) of hot water, but wouldn't give us another tea bag for it. That chain even goes so far as to leaving a large carafe of coffee on each table.


Stitchawl

I was shocked when I moved to New York and discovered that most restaurants don't give free soda refills. (Okay, not shocked, just irritated enough to stop ordering soda.)

[bjones6416]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

It's not a custom in Japan either, but common in the US. While we were in Florida last month, the wait staff at breakfast where ever we ate were quite attentive to refilling coffee cups for free, but three different places told us we'd have to pay for a second cup of tea. One chain breakfast restaurant did go so far as to give us a small pot (one extra cup) of hot water, but wouldn't give us another tea bag for it. That chain even goes so far as to leaving a large carafe of coffee on each table.


Stitchawl

And yet, iced tea is unlimited pretty much everywhere.