The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 547

kindlekitten · 03-03-2010, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

On languages, one of the reasons the English language is so weird in terms of spelling vs pronunciation is, apparently, due to The Great Vowel Shift: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A980624 and the wikipedia version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift

FYI, the wiki link is busted

badgoodDeb · 03-03-2010, 08:29 PM

At the busted wiki link, you can type Great Vowel Shift in the search box and get there.

Catire · 03-03-2010, 08:37 PM

If I ever find out who decided to cut the last week out of my semester I'll kill 'em. Instead of two weeks of for the lasts evaluations we had planned now its only one week, there are classes I have to take two tests In 2 friggin hours!

And who the heck jumps from teaching about arrays in C to have us write programs with double linked lists!!!!!! AHHHHHH!!!

badgoodDeb · 03-03-2010, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catire

And who the heck jumps from teaching about arrays in C to have us write programs with double linked lists!!!!!! AHHHHHH!!!

Gracious -- do they assume as prerequistite to the course, that you are already familiar with all sorts of programming constructs? (like linked lists, etc) And that you only need to learn the triviality of how to do an array in C to be able to extrapolate to fancier things like linked lists?

Wow.....

kennyc · 03-03-2010, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

FYI, the wiki link is busted

Here ya go:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift

poshm · 03-04-2010, 02:28 AM

This may not seem important in the scheme of things but I am furious nevertheless.

30 years loyal service at a company and what does my husband get?

Nothing. Nada. Zip!!!

I was incensed when he came home and told me that it had just slipped by unnoticed. You'd think you'd get some form of recognition, even a letter or a card.

I was so steamed up last night thinking about it and all the extra hours he puts in that I went online, found the directors name and contact details and wrote them a bit of an irate letter.

So I'm still fuming this morning.

Upset me and it isn't a big issue but upset my immediate family and that's it - I turn from a sweet-natured little thing into a tiger!

Katti's Cat · 03-04-2010, 03:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poshm

This may not seem important in the scheme of things but I am furious nevertheless.

30 years loyal service at a company and what does my husband get?

Nothing. Nada. Zip!!!

I was incensed when he came home and told me that it had just slipped by unnoticed. You'd think you'd get some form of recognition, even a letter or a card.

I was so steamed up last night thinking about it and all the extra hours he puts in that I went online, found the directors name and contact details and wrote them a bit of an irate letter.

So I'm still fuming this morning.

Upset me and it isn't a big issue but upset my immediate family and that's it - I turn from a sweet-natured little thing into a tiger!

That sucks big time. You would think they have some sort of system in place to allert them. Makes you wonder (you hubby that is) what he did there all the years. Hope you get the chance one day to casually drop the into the conversation.

kennyc · 03-04-2010, 05:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poshm

This may not seem important in the scheme of things but I am furious nevertheless.

30 years loyal service at a company and what does my husband get?

Nothing. Nada. Zip!!!

I was incensed when he came home and told me that it had just slipped by unnoticed. You'd think you'd get some form of recognition, even a letter or a card.

I was so steamed up last night thinking about it and all the extra hours he puts in that I went online, found the directors name and contact details and wrote them a bit of an irate letter.

So I'm still fuming this morning.

Upset me and it isn't a big issue but upset my immediate family and that's it - I turn from a sweet-natured little thing into a tiger!

Truly most companies don't care anymore about employees or customers they all worship the ROI and bottom line.

Sparrow · 03-04-2010, 06:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poshm

This may not seem important in the scheme of things but I am furious nevertheless.
30 years loyal service at a company and what does my husband get?
Nothing. Nada. Zip!!!
I was incensed when he came home and told me that it had just slipped by unnoticed. You'd think you'd get some form of recognition, even a letter or a card.

Sadly typical these days.

Our board received many complaints about the same issue, and they sent a letter to all our managers reminding them to treat staff who are leaving with proper respect.

yvanleterrible · 03-04-2010, 06:44 AM

When a company becomes a certain size, production is cut out from office so much that they become two different worlds.
Where I was, office population was greater than shop population. When the company decided that employees became an expense, they laid off half the shop workers. Nothing in their minds set off an alarm that they were a manufacturing entity with no other revenue than what was fabricated in the shop.
How stupid can that be?
Unless... they planned to sabotage the company and spread the last value between the office workers.

GeoffC · 03-04-2010, 07:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

On languages, one of the reasons the English language is so weird in terms of spelling vs pronunciation is, apparently, due to The Great Vowel Shift

oh for the thought a spelling mistake in those long distant times could have resulted in a totally different movement ....

Sparrow · 03-04-2010, 07:33 AM

Australian Questioning Intonation (aka HRT)

.

Due to Australian soaps it's become an epidemic with our youth, especially girls - every statement becomes a query, it drives me potty!!

pdurrant · 03-04-2010, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparrow

Australian Questioning Intonation (aka HRT)

.

Due to Australian soaps it's become an epidemic with our youth, especially girls - every statement becomes a query, it drives me potty!!

Surely you meant?

Due to Australian soaps it's become an epidemic with our youth, especially girls? Every statement becomes a query? It drives me potty?

GeoffC · 03-04-2010, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Surely you meant?

Due to Australian soaps it's become an epidemic with our youth, especially girls? Every statement becomes a query? It drives me potty?

or every answer is a query (University Challenge)...

kennyc · 03-04-2010, 10:02 AM

I'm just trying to figure why she goes the bathroom because of it.

or is that she drives her car into the toilet because of it?

confused in 'merika.

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badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,555 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	At the busted wiki link, you can type Great Vowel Shift in the search box and get there.

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Catire Lord of the Universe Posts: 670 Karma: 737849 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Maturin , Venezuela Device: Sony Reader PRS-505 / PSP	If I ever find out who decided to cut the last week out of my semester I'll kill 'em. Instead of two weeks of for the lasts evaluations we had planned now its only one week, there are classes I have to take two tests In 2 friggin hours! And who the heck jumps from teaching about arrays in C to have us write programs with double linked lists!!!!!! AHHHHHH!!!

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poshm Fanatic Posts: 581 Karma: 1003580 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cambs, UK Device: PocketBook 360, Sony Reader Touch, Ipod touch & Kindle 2	This may not seem important in the scheme of things but I am furious nevertheless. 30 years loyal service at a company and what does my husband get? Nothing. Nada. Zip!!! I was incensed when he came home and told me that it had just slipped by unnoticed. You'd think you'd get some form of recognition, even a letter or a card. I was so steamed up last night thinking about it and all the extra hours he puts in that I went online, found the directors name and contact details and wrote them a bit of an irate letter. So I'm still fuming this morning. Upset me and it isn't a big issue but upset my immediate family and that's it - I turn from a sweet-natured little thing into a tiger!

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yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	When a company becomes a certain size, production is cut out from office so much that they become two different worlds. Where I was, office population was greater than shop population. When the company decided that employees became an expense, they laid off half the shop workers. Nothing in their minds set off an alarm that they were a manufacturing entity with no other revenue than what was fabricated in the shop. How stupid can that be? Unless... they planned to sabotage the company and spread the last value between the office workers.

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Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	Australian Questioning Intonation (aka HRT) . Due to Australian soaps it's become an epidemic with our youth, especially girls - every statement becomes a query, it drives me potty!!

03-04-2010, 10:02 AM	#8205
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,918 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	I'm just trying to figure why she goes the bathroom because of it. or is that she drives her car into the toilet because of it? confused in 'merika.