The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 138

RickyMaveety · 03-12-2009, 10:27 PM

Oh, crap!! You mean someone in the office stole it??

That simply sucks. I am so sorry to hear that.

lilac_jive · 03-12-2009, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Oh, crap!! You mean someone in the office stole it??

That simply sucks. I am so sorry to hear that.

Yup, sounds like it. I think I'm going to start hiding my reader now...

yvanleterrible · 03-12-2009, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

My coworker just got one of those little laptops last week, and yesterday he had it in his office and someone took it out (during office hours, and two receptionists in front of his office). I felt so bad for him, especially since you know it was a coworker.

That stinks. How can that person even think of showing back in? Can you imagine the mood in that office with everyone not trusting one another? In a wood, shop slicing devices abound, I've never heard of personal property stolen in 30 years. A company's property? That's an other story...

RickyMaveety · 03-12-2009, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

Yup, sounds like it. I think I'm going to start hiding my reader now...

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

That stinks. How can that person even think of showing back in? Can you imagine the mood in that office with everyone not trusting one another? In a wood, shop slicing devices abound, I've never heard of personal property stolen in 30 years. A company's property? That's an other story...

And, people wonder why I am a screaming paranoiac about my electronic devices. Anytime they are out of my sight it is only because they are in my theft proof backpack and on my back.

The only exception to that rule are the loaner Kindles that I have given out. If those get stolen, well then they are stolen and tough on me, but any of my stuff I take with me? Nope .... not left anywhere for any reason. I even take my pack with me to the can on flights.

desertgrandma · 03-12-2009, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

Yup, sounds like it. I think I'm going to start hiding my reader now...

I really hesitate to take my K to school......not to worry about the teachers......but some of those kids would steal the chrome off a door knob..........

lilac_jive · 03-13-2009, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

That stinks. How can that person even think of showing back in? Can you imagine the mood in that office with everyone not trusting one another? In a wood, shop slicing devices abound, I've never heard of personal property stolen in 30 years. A company's property? That's an other story...

Nobody trusts anyone here anyway, LOL.

krisk · 03-13-2009, 08:52 AM

What's a SHUM?

GeoffC · 03-13-2009, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by krisk

What's a SHUM?

try a search for said term ..... !!!!

nekokami · 03-13-2009, 09:58 AM

Reminds me of one place I worked where someone stole someone else's lunch out of the common refrigerator. The person whose lunch had been stolen sent a note to everyone in the building saying they'd started a collection to raise lunch money for whoever had taken the lunch, as they were obviously too poor to bring their own, and everyone felt sorry for them. (Probably that didn't change much in the long run, but it made the person whose lunch was taken feel better, and gave several of the rest of us a chuckle.)

I bring milk to the office to put in my tea. This is one of the things people seem to just feel they can help themselves to.

I've been known to take off the label and write "Goat's Milk" on the bottle. Oddly enough, no one touches it after that.

pshrynk · 03-13-2009, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

ouf, what a relief.

I knew what he was talking about. Must be a guy thing.

zelda_pinwheel · 03-13-2009, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

I knew what he was talking about. Must be a guy thing.

in every way, yes.

tompe · 03-13-2009, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by ravenne

Poor LazyScot, I can feel your pain. I hate IKEA, too, but it´s the only place in Germany where you can get original BLÖSSA Starksweinglögg in winter.

You definitely need lots of BLÖSSA to calm down after an IKEA-visit, so they make you come over and over again...

Is it really Blössa in Germany? In Sweden it is Blossa. It is definitely a classic and still one of the best glögg you can buy.

tompe · 03-13-2009, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by LazyScot

Do you truly want to destroy the environment by the huge traffic queues that build up, and the repeated visits to every store in the country to track down that vital missing shelf?

Strangely enough I get the feeling that in Sweden it is rather rare that something is missing. It was definitely worse in this respect 20 years ago.

yvanleterrible · 03-13-2009, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

Reminds me of one place I worked where someone stole someone else's lunch out of the common refrigerator. The person whose lunch had been stolen sent a note to everyone in the building saying they'd started a collection to raise lunch money for whoever had taken the lunch, as they were obviously too poor to bring their own, and everyone felt sorry for them. (Probably that didn't change much in the long run, but it made the person whose lunch was taken feel better, and gave several of the rest of us a chuckle.)

I bring milk to the office to put in my tea. This is one of the things people seem to just feel they can help themselves to.

I've been known to take off the label and write "Goat's Milk" on the bottle. Oddly enough, no one touches it after that.

Or "Maternity milk".

nekokami · 03-13-2009, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Or "Maternity milk".

I did that once, too.

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03-12-2009, 10:27 PM	#2056
RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	Oh, crap!! You mean someone in the office stole it?? That simply sucks. I am so sorry to hear that.

03-13-2009, 08:52 AM	#2062
krisk Wizard Posts: 2,148 Karma: 8229 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the road again Device: kindle	What's a SHUM?

03-13-2009, 09:58 AM	#2064
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Reminds me of one place I worked where someone stole someone else's lunch out of the common refrigerator. The person whose lunch had been stolen sent a note to everyone in the building saying they'd started a collection to raise lunch money for whoever had taken the lunch, as they were obviously too poor to bring their own, and everyone felt sorry for them. (Probably that didn't change much in the long run, but it made the person whose lunch was taken feel better, and gave several of the rest of us a chuckle.) I bring milk to the office to put in my tea. This is one of the things people seem to just feel they can help themselves to. I've been known to take off the label and write "Goat's Milk" on the bottle. Oddly enough, no one touches it after that.