Random Fail: First World Problems

**killerx** · 2016-05-12 19:55

Colon cleanse stuff is not the way to go unless you want to die worse then you already are

**Boyiee** · 2016-05-12 20:29

Other store took shoes right away didn't even do more than glance at bottom.

**Cantih** · 2016-05-12 21:28

Bet you it was more a case of metrics.
The guy was probably low on sales, and a return would be dinged against him, so didn't want to do shit.

Fuck I hate metrics. Useful in theory, bullshit in the hands of middle management.

**Blubbartron** · 2016-05-12 21:39

Originally Posted by Cantih

Bet you it was more a case of metrics.
The guy was probably low on sales, and a return would be dinged against him, so didn't want to do shit.

Fuck I hate metrics. Useful in theory, bullshit in the hands of middle management.

Preach, sir. Metrics are a dehumanizing method for evaluating work, and a massive part of the root problem in Corporate America. They are consistently incapable of incorporating nuanced understanding of the complexities of work, in virtually every area of employment they're used. I've personally felt the sting of metric bullshit because the metric was "how many issues did you fix" instead of "how many issues did you fix without causing even more issues". Nothing destroys someone's work ethic faster than seeing shitty coworkers get praised despite how horrendous their output is. "Soandso fixed 120 issues this week, great job soandso!" He edited the text in 120 objects to fix a couple terminology errors. We're just going to ignore the SIX separate times he pushed code that didn't compile into the QA environment, generating dozens of issue reports and completely stopping testing on at least 5 separate modules, because look at how PRODUCTIVE he is! /bitter

**mallister** · 2016-05-12 22:35

lol, i'm familiar with this goat.

**Xno Kappa** · 2016-05-12 23:36

Wifey likes to try new Dominican recipes every now and then to surprise me. Absolutely love it when she does so because she's an amazing cook and always knocks it out the park. Problem is this time she made bacalao. I fucking hate bacalao. It's the single most disgusting fucking thing I had to eat growing up.

**Odesseiron** · 2016-05-13 07:37

Originally Posted by Boyiee

I was trying to find a pair of Jordans to use at the wedding but none really worked out, and these (galaxy) are a lot less comfortable than the Eclipse and ultraflys so I'm just going to go with a pair of those instead for personal use.

Think this is my first true fwp. Wah the store won't take my Jordans back lol.

Just take a little hand sanitizer and put it on a toothbrush. Gently clean area with the brown. Don't use on the leather, but it cleans the rubber soles like nobodies business. It's how I keep all my J's clean. Try to return after that. Also go at a different time. Different employee might be there.

**Zetanio** · 2016-05-13 08:03

Originally Posted by Xno Kappa

Wifey likes to try new Dominican recipes every now and then to surprise me. Absolutely love it when she does so because she's an amazing cook and always knocks it out the park. Problem is this time she made bacalao. I fucking hate bacalao. It's the single most disgusting fucking thing I had to eat growing up.

Just straight salt cod? That shit is kinda gnarly, even for me. You have to use that to pack flavor into other recipes.

**Boyiee** · 2016-05-13 08:32

Originally Posted by Odesseiron

Just take a little hand sanitizer and put it on a toothbrush. Gently clean area with the brown. Don't use on the leather, but it cleans the rubber soles like nobodies business. It's how I keep all my J's clean. Try to return after that. Also go at a different time. Different employee might be there.

I used soap water and a washcloth but I'll keep that in mind for next time.

**vagus** · 2016-05-13 09:04

Went on date night with Gf. She fell asleep during civil war. Oh well, I enjoyed it. Good on her for still taking me.

**Krandor** · 2016-05-13 10:25

My debit card was expiring in about a month anyways, but looks like someone got into my shit so had to cancel it and dispute a bunch of charges.

Checking my balance this morning since it was payday and just saw a long line of these (all a bunch of sketchy credit report sites), card got murdered after those first few so who knows how long it was going to go on.

**Astylla** · 2016-05-13 16:27

Stupid cafeteria ran out of the special just before I arrived so had to go to subway as it's the only walking distance food option. Thankfully it's Friday so I can drown my word in alcohol.

**Yuri-G** · 2016-05-13 17:06

get so sick of customers quoting me times without quoting the time zone as well; bitch I don't know what "4:30" means on its own. without the time zone you might as well have said "fuckteen o'clock" for all the help that is.

so today I decided to just assume everything is in my time zone and then react with faux-astonishment when I can't find what they're looking for and/or that time hasn't actually happened yet.

end result? they get all huffy and act like I'm an idiot, then give me the proper time (like they should have from the beginning) with their best condescending "shouldn't that have been obvious?" tone. and I fucking love it.

I guess you have to find joy where you can. I can't wait until I leave this place, but if fucking with stupid people is the best I can do in the meantime, I'll take it.

**Aksannyi** · 2016-05-13 17:48

I've had a killer migraine for most of the day. Finally broke down and took some hydrocodone that I had left over from having a wisdom tooth pulled, so I had to sleep that off because it does not make me feel much better but it does get rid of the pain. I think I'm finally feeling somewhat better. The head has been reduced to a dull ache.

Sadly, this shit made me cancel plans with a friend, we were gonna hang out and watch the Pens/Bolts game together and engage in some friendly shit talking and probably heavy amounts of drinking. Perhaps another time.

**dasva** · 2016-05-13 18:10

So customer just showed up a few minutes after we close with like 20 minutes worth of work. Yeah fuck that guy

**Ksandra** · 2016-05-13 19:45

The teacher next door to me is the 9th/10th grade Spanish teacher. We share a door between our rooms and became good friends (co-worker level). We eat lunch together everyday. She's much older than me (65), but we have a lot to chat about. Which leads to my fwp.

I feel she's a bad teacher. I do not exaggerate when I say those kids have watched about 10 movies this semester alone. Now, these kids do come from Spanish backgrounds, and the movies are in Spanish (though now and then they are in English). But I don't think they are learning anything from watching them. Not only that, half the time I can hear her through the wall saying, "Now I haven't seen this movie yet, but I hear it's pretty good," almost every time they watch it. I know she's telling the truth, too, because she often comment about it during lunch. It almost makes me twitch every time I hear, "Since you guys are being good, we're going to watch a movie." I mean holy shit. I know I am on the low end for movies (kids have watched one movie this whole year from me, and had to write a paper on it), but good lord enough is enough.

Part of me really feels the need to tell the principal in hopes she tries to curb how much movie-watching is going on, at the same time I know the principal is more likely to just renew the contract than try and improve it. It would also be a huge stab in the back to do this to the woman. Fuck.

**BaneTheBrawler** · 2016-05-13 19:52

"Hey, I noticed you show your kids a lot of movies. Why is that?"

lets you bring it up without being a dick. if she gives you an explanation you think is just a cop-out, you can say something like "i don't think i agree with that." and then either offer whatever you do to accomplish what she's trying to do, or just drop it. you'll have planted the seed of doubt, and if she actually wants to improve, she'll probably start making changes.

**Ksandra** · 2016-05-13 20:04

I brought it up last semester, and she was all like, "Nah, I don't show a lot." I wanted to at least bring up that Human Centipede incident to her, so maybe she'll at least screen the movies before showing them.

**Aksannyi** · 2016-05-13 20:07

Wasn't that rated R? How are you allowed to show R-rated movies in schools? I had to get permission slips to show my kids something that was PG-13, and an R-rated movie was completely out of the question.

**Nevermore** · 2016-05-13 20:09

You mention they mostly come from "Spanish backgrounds", could she maybe lack the resources necessary to get through to them at a higher level they may benefit from and is just trying to keep them docile at this point? Does the school offer AP options for the students to try and attempt a more advanced Spanish curriculum? Have they taken their regents yet? I know at that point in high school I had already taken and passed my regents and just opted out of any more Spanish classes.

I do not agree with what she's doing at all, just trying to find some reasoning behind it. I would definitely approach her first in a subtle way, as Bane suggested, since you mentioned you two are on a friendly basis.

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