What irritates you?

and whistled into the phone with one of those big metal whistles that coaches I greatly dislike carry.

uhhh...doesn't work....

I get that about 3x's a day...

you must call my mom a lot...

well...I have often believed I've called Saten's wife alot of times....so I might have.

Well, I'd be more than happy to give you her number should you like to entertain yourself calling the Devil.

oh god....now that could be funny...

I've got a feeling I'm going to hit 10k posts this weekend...

10k posts?? or a very large hysterical blog... if you call the devil. :grin:

send me the phone #...I'm calling...

Corporations finding loopholes in laws.

So you know the "Do Not Call" list that keeps most pests from bugging you. Well the only exceptions are non-profit (I'm fine with that) and businesses you currently do business with.

So - COMCAST calls me the other day and informs me that they have "teamed up" the Pioneer Press and are willing to offer me a great deal on a Fri-Sun subscription. :angry: :angry: :angry: Uh -- what does that have to do with my cable?

I still can't believe that all "COOLERS" don't have a full subscription...

I do.... its called stealing it from my neighbors...

wait.... we're talking about the paper, right?

Nevermind... I get those sometimes too.

Don't get me wrong.... love the PP. We buy it almost everyday. I just don't do subscriptions anymore because it seems the unread ones pile up and I feel guilty throwing away papers that I paid for that I didn't have time to read.

Mainly I don't want to be bugged at home.

Before the DNC list both papers would call 4-6 times a year. :eyeroll: What part of NO don't you understand?

when I worked at the star trib, like 3 or 4 years ago doing their crappy sales calling/telemarketing gig, they told us during training that they actually have two (2) types of "do not call" lists....

a temporary one, and a permanent one...

although permanent, in most normal peoples terms, exactly that - permanent.... in theirs, it only lasts a little while longer than a temp one...

If we were on the phone with somebody, and they said "TAKE ME OFF YOUR LIST" or "put me on your do not call list" and hung up, we'd simply put them on the temporary one... meaning they couldnt get any calls for at the very least - 3 months....

however.... if somebody said they specifically wanted to be put on the "permanent do not call list", it meant no calls for at the very least - 6 months....

nobody ever asked for that one... probably because nobody knew about it... :goofy: :cool:

When I worked at this other place a few years back, also... doing the telemarketing/fund-raising stuff (I.E. - MN Professional Firefighters)....

that was the best....

If someone bitched us out, and said they wanted off the list, we had to give them a 1-800 number, so they could do it themselves....

I loved some of the crazy reasons people would give as to why they didnt want to donate money for various stuff.... especially the folks that said stuff like "I cant give you any money, i'm on a fixed income".... my usual response to that one (and I actually used to get it a lot) was "You're on a fixed income!?!? Well, could you fix my income?!?! Because, the pay here sucks!!"

that was golden.... they'd usually laugh their asses off, and then cough up a few bucks....

I love with the police department something or other calls me. Last time it was right after they had given me a speeding ticket.

I told them, they got their donation when I paid my fines.

Guy I work with LOVES telemarketers.

He asks them what they are wearing, if they have anything on under that. What they like...

One called the other day saying he won a free trip or something, and he turned it around on her and played it off like he thought the trip was WITH HER.

He invited one guy over for beers and gun cleaning...

the guy is nuts, but to listen to his phone convos is priceless.

when you going to let me call your mom???

just PM'd you

- not having anything to do for memorial day, for the first time ever...

my mom just had foot surgery this morning.... it sucks ass... she may need it on her other one, after this first round heals up

- which from the sound of what my uncle deals with, may never happen....one of my uncles just had the same kind of surgery last year, and can barely walk anymore.....

people I tell you.... :eyeroll:

Yeah.... people suck.

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In no particular order:

Chicago WhiteSox

Cleveland Indians (not that big of an irritation, but still one, anyways)

Detroit Tigers (how the hell are these guys so good this year?)

and ofcourse the Yankees... but they go without saying...

When telemarketers actually get me I like to say "I'm so glad you called. Have you taken Jesus as your personal savior? Let me tell you about my mission."

irritation - 79 consecutive hours with no sleep...

Crappy clubs trying to be what they aren't,

The only thing "las vegas" about the place was that they had a bathroom attendant.

The first time I saw one of those guys, was at some restaurant in - I think Orlando, FL....

Its just creepy... I dont like dudes watching me while I wash my hands... its nice and all, that they give you hand-towels and stuff.... but then they want a tip, and you feel bad for not giving them one for all of their "hard-work"...

If you're gonna stand there in the corner while I use the urinal, and then hang around while I wash my hands..... I'm sorry, but I think you should be paying me

Nobody gets to watch the Wicked Nick show for free...this peep show is gonna cost ya the big bucks, and you're the one who's gonna need a towel... so pay up, or get outta the crapper, punk!

getting a full night sleep....for like once in like 2 months...and still being tired when I wake up...

I'm better off with 5hrs.

Having about 10 bug bites on the back of my neck, and 4 on my ankles. F'n gnats and black flies. Deet apparantly doesn't work for them.

Nothting more itchy than having long hair, a hot sweaty neck with bug bites on it. :chagrin:

:chagrin: I havent gotten a full nights sleep in probably, almost a year.... I dont count passing out after drinking, or passing out after being awake for 2-5 days at a time - because of doing who knows what kinda junk, as actually sleeping...

Being too much of a wimp to geocache this weekend. TOO HOT!! I had printed up about a dozen caches to hit this weekend between Danbury and Moose Junction (even some of Kitch's).

I did get 2 rounds of golf in though.

I did some geocaching, but I wish I hadn't on Saturday. Fell in a swamp/marsh, that was gross.

Shorted out my digital camera too (just about brand new, thankfully I bought a cheap one for geocaching, but a hundred bucks is a hundred bucks).

Having a sunburned neck where a mullet was for the last 30 years. And wearing a suit where the collar is rubbing on it constantly. I turn with my body today and not my head. :frown:

OWIE!!!!

So that makes you a redneck eh?

I don't like having my paper inside a plastic bag thats full of water. They gauranteed my paper inside the door once, and that lasted about a month, then back to wet papers.

I was up in the same area. I did manage to do one cache. Tamarack veiw. Lots of bugs there!

Flip Flop sandals.

Okay so I know the dress code here at work is very lax, but sandals? The temps have been showing up wearing them and everytime they walk around the office all I hear is those sandals flip-flopping.

Treatment for those bug bites that will remove the itch instantly - roll on antiperspirant.

Sorry CM - No magic cure for sunburn. You might want to try some sunscreen next time for prevention. :wink:

Tamarack view is one of the caches I was going to find. :eyeroll: Yeah the bugs were bad -gnats, black flies, horse flies, deer flies, and ticks. Apparently black flies can bite you and you won't feel it until later. Surprisenly not alot of mosquitos though.

Thanks Terry--- I'll try the deodorant. I've been using left over presription hydrocortizone cream from when I had poison ivy. Oh I forgot to add that I'm sunburned on my neck also. :angry:

I have flip flops on right now. Most days I have flip flops on, I keep socks and trainers or my work boots under the desk just incase I need to go out and do something but 90% of the time,it's all about the flip flop!

for the sunburn (and don't laugh)

plain yogurt. just a little bit spread on for about a half an hour - draws out the heat and the milk puts nutritients back in.

Tater - not deodorant. It has to be antiperspirant.

Yes otherwise the only thing different will be that you'll smell sporty fresh.

lmfao

After-bite works really well too. I keep some in my golf bag with bug spray.

ah...

choojoe

irritation - some punk, breaking my surfboard

surfboard?