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Post by Senator Phillips on Jan 7, 2019 16:36:35 GMT
Has 'good customer service' taken a nosedive for anybody else? Like, in recent months/years, it seems like the entire concept of "great customer service" has been traveling out the window, in multiple places. We're just doing our job well. Mainly because we're PAID to be way too nice. We're certainly not paid to be mean. A lot of people forget that way too often. When people don't see any reason to care day to day, when they're not being paid worth a damn, when they look at the company doing well while they're treated as nothing more than a semi-necessary expense, when our culture continues to fragment, then their ability to deal with the drudgery of the job and the hostility of the customers is going to take a nose dive. That's my take on the matter at least, and it's only going to get much, much worse as automation and AI continue to eradicate anything resembling a functional working class in the western world. It's a long developing trend in many areas and perhaps my biggest societal concern overall. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2019 1:55:37 GMT
To hell with microtransactions, loot boxes, day one dlc, pay to win, no single player, always online, overpriced garbage games. AAA companies need to be rebooted.
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Post by Nth on Jan 21, 2019 22:54:55 GMT
Just came off a three day back shift rotation but I'm on call tonight. The guy ahead of me on the call in list told me he wasn't going to pick up the phone if they called him which then defaults to me as the next in line to be called in. The worst part is the waiting. 66 minutes left until I am either called in or left alone. Sometimes the bastards will literally call minutes before the expiration time. Sometimes they call after, but if they call after you can tell them to go screw themselves.
EDIT: Yay, no call in. 4 shifts left to vacation.
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Post by El Marsh on Feb 13, 2019 17:06:36 GMT
The "lol, I don't know how to fold a fitted bed sheet" thing really kind of pisses me off.
Is it some sort of generational art that's been lost over time?
Like how the hell?
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Post by Severla on Feb 13, 2019 17:19:03 GMT
I folded like 10 bed sheets yesterday, so stop stalking me, Marsh. :D
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Post by Zealot on Feb 13, 2019 17:25:02 GMT
Marsh. Bro. Fitted sheets are the bane of our existence. Mine end up turning into pillows because they end up devouring themselves.
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Post by joeyfnk on Feb 14, 2019 22:40:26 GMT
I am mad that nobody at work appreciated the valentines I gave out.
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Post by Nth on Feb 25, 2019 5:33:07 GMT
That depressing feeling finally hit me today knowing I'm on the last few days of my vacation and I go back to work Friday. Then I can start my countdown to next February's vacation on the calendar. At least winter is almost over and I made it through with very little amount of snow. Same as last year pretty much, although my first day back from vacation last year (March 1st) we were hit with a blizzard, and then another blizzard the last day of March as well before the seasons literally flipped like a light switch into full on spring.
edit: And the harder part now getting my sleep cycle back on track for shift work.
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Post by El Marsh on Mar 14, 2019 2:41:11 GMT
hamstring strains are no fun
pulled it or something, worked on it all week (like an idiot), it got worse, went to the ER (might hurt worse than the leg in the end >_>) and basically got told to stay off of it
on the one hand, it's good that they don't "think" it's torn but damn, if only I'd have been able to wait to see a normal doctor
intense pain messes with your thoughts sometimes
I guess without that impromptu visit, I wouldn't have access to these painkillers that are helping tremendously while I keep my leg lifted and lie around like a useless hump
smh
I actually miss work
>_<
hope this thing is right by next Monday
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Post by BakFu on Mar 30, 2019 19:45:14 GMT
I don’t know why I care because I don’t even watch the shit, but I call defcon 5 bullshit on the legitimacy of all of those kids cooking shows. Nine year olds can barely make a bowl of cereal, never mind chateaubriand or Coc au vin or any of that shit. All those little turdlets acting like chefs, using terms like reductions and carmelization, pretending to be all stressed out as the timers click down while REAL chefs are warming up the shit they made earlier in the back and slapping it down in front of Gordon “F-Bomb” Ramsay... has anyone ever seen a child in a kitchen? It ends up looking like someone dropped a bag of groceries and kitchen utensils from four stories up onto your counter, never mind preparing anything nearly safe for human or animal consumption. Mythbusters needs to check into this bullshit.
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Post by El Marsh on Apr 2, 2019 14:49:46 GMT
Very minor gripe relevant to scale and severity but a gripe neverheless.
Confession time: I can't whistle
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE music and can "competently" play several instruments but I can't do anything but pass barely audible air when attempting to whistle. I've tried every known technique I can find to do so but it just isn't there. I've never been able to play woodwinds or blow up balloons because of severe irritation in my Eustachian tubes, even at normal pressure (i.e. NOT blowing very hard). I don't know if that's anything to do with the whistling dilemma but whatever it is, it just plain sucks not being able to do something that a 2 year old can.
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Post by spiderfab4 on Apr 2, 2019 21:35:43 GMT
Very minor gripe relevant to scale and severity but a gripe neverheless. Confession time: I can't whistle I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE music and can "competently" play several instruments but I can't do anything but pass barely audible air when attempting to whistle. I've tried every known technique I can find to do so but it just isn't there. I've never been able to play woodwinds or blow up balloons because of severe irritation in my Eustachian tubes, even at normal pressure (i.e. NOT blowing very hard). I don't know if that's anything to do with the whistling dilemma but whatever it is, it just plain sucks not being able to do something that a 2 year old can. I can't whistle neither. :P (Also, I also love music immensely, just felt like adding that.) |
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Post by BakFu on Apr 3, 2019 3:32:47 GMT
Very minor gripe relevant to scale and severity but a gripe neverheless. Confession time: I can't whistle I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE music and can "competently" play several instruments but I can't do anything but pass barely audible air when attempting to whistle. I've tried every known technique I can find to do so but it just isn't there. I've never been able to play woodwinds or blow up balloons because of severe irritation in my Eustachian tubes, even at normal pressure (i.e. NOT blowing very hard). I don't know if that's anything to do with the whistling dilemma but whatever it is, it just plain sucks not being able to do something that a 2 year old can. I knew a guy that I WISH had had your problem! :) We worked in an office together, and he'd "whistle", and just be jamming' away, only problem was it was FLAAAAT! It was like playing name that tune using a referee's whistle, just one, FLAT note. I loved the guy, he was a great worker and a good guy, we got along great and years later, we still hang out from time to time, but that whistling. I'd bug him about it, but it was hard to do when you see a good person just getting pure enjoyment out of something, but not having a clue it was the sonic equivalent to no-anesthetic dental surgery for everyone around him. I'd love to give his capacity to whistle to you! |
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Post by OrochiGeese on Apr 3, 2019 5:47:45 GMT
Very minor gripe relevant to scale and severity but a gripe neverheless. Confession time: I can't whistle I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE music and can "competently" play several instruments but I can't do anything but pass barely audible air when attempting to whistle. I've tried every known technique I can find to do so but it just isn't there. I've never been able to play woodwinds or blow up balloons because of severe irritation in my Eustachian tubes, even at normal pressure (i.e. NOT blowing very hard). I don't know if that's anything to do with the whistling dilemma but whatever it is, it just plain sucks not being able to do something that a 2 year old can. I haven't been able to my entire life but got some advice actually just a few weeks ago and have managed some "whistle like" sounds ever since. What methods have you tried to do? I've been moistening my lips (...uh oh 🦆 ) and putting the edge of my tongue around the ridge between the back of my bottom teeth and the gums. I find that I make better sounds when I don't blow too hard and keep my cheeks as sucked in as possible. I don't get the best sound (and not very loud) but it's MUCH better than in the past. |
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Post by Nth on Apr 3, 2019 7:44:14 GMT
I never learned to whistle until my 30's. The first time I had to spend an entire day on a forklift I ended up teaching myself. When I worked at the fertilizer plant Dave used to get mad at my whistling because I couldn't really change pitch. But Dave also used to constantly sing Silver Bells all year round, like that wasn't annoying.
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