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I went snowboarding with the coworkers last weekend…including Ms. Incompetence.
My friend said she’s never seen me get down the mountain as fast as when Ms. I skied towards me to tell me something.
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I have this coworker. You all have that coworker. Incompetence Incarnate.
Good to bad.
For the first few months, her incompetence didn’t bother me because we were both new (though she had a month on me but didn’t show it).
Until…I found myself at work, very ill and entering 20 cases into the computer, while she complained about every trivial problem in her little, close-minded world. Guess how many cases she entered.
In fact, I cannot find any positive quality about her, except that she is always happy…because she is utterly clueless and has no idea that everyone dislikes her.
Better.
After many rants, my friend asked me why I let her bother me so much. I have no idea. Wait, she’s Incompetence Incarnate. In any case, it irritated me that she manages to irritate me without knowing it, so I just got over it.
Worse.
Why? Because stupid people can’t help being stupid. Especially this one. Can’t hate her. And I’m too smart to let her get to me anymore.
Conclusion.
I’m highly competent and intelligent. but ignorance is bliss.
I just had to google the spelling of the word version of 40… I literally could not tell if “forty” or “fourty” was correct. They both looked wrong to me (“forty” is the right spelling).
Anyway, in addition to spawning embarrassment for not knowing how to spell a simple word despite my claiming to be an excellent speller, this incident caused me to stumble upon this excellent website:
Common Errors in English Usage: http://wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
It has everything, from the simple obvious errors like your/you’re, to spelling variations like disc/disk, to explaining misquoted phrases like “butt/buck naked.” It’s an interesting read, especially if you’re a grammar/spelling nazi like me. Enjoy!
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tired of seeing literally thousands of people everyday
i want to be alone
tired of seeing buildings
where is the skyline?
tired of not seeing anything green
never thought seeing patches of grass would make me happy
tired of coworkers that are inefficient
fax your own damn work yourself
want to go back…but where to?
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I’m dreamin’ of a brown Christmas
Just like the ones when temp’tures rise.
Where the ice caps glisten, as pol’ticians listen,
To those, who say warmin’ is just lies…
I’m dreamin’ of a brown Christmas
With every burnin’ drop of oil.
May your days be hot and despoil’d!
And may all the lakes and seas just boil.
A.
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Today I will rant about pizza boxes. Believe it or not, pizza boxes are NOT recyclable. I repeat, NOT RECYCLABLE. There are grease stains on the box after the pizza is gone, and usually there are bits of cheese and toppings and other food left behind. You can’t recycle paper that has food grease on it; it just doesn’t work. Why do people not understand that? I get that people are trying to be good and recycle their used paper box. But you can’t recycle things with food left in them. Things will grow on it, and make it waste anyway; might as well save the recycling company some money and time by chucking it in the trash yourself. Isn’t that basic common sense?
(Side note: K’s #2 pet peeve: lack of basic common sense.)
(bonus points to whoever knows what my #1 pet peeve is.)
The same idea goes for jars and cans and such that are not rinsed out or de-lidded. If you leave a little food residue in the bottom of a jar, and recycle it with the lid still on, all kinds of delightful things will grow in the enclosed space, thus rendering the jar un-recyclable. It just becomes trash. It doesn’t take that much time or effort to rinse out a jar, let it dry, and throw the lid away.
Still hating people. But my moving out of the city is definite now, and it’s the holidays! So I’m in a good mood.
Love, K.
P.S. A, you are losing. Get with the program.
P.P.S. Isn’t it awesome how WordPress snows during the holidays? I love it.
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Today, Mr. theonlypersonidislikeinmyoffice told me (through another coworker) that the Disney cookie tin I put instant coffee and snacks in (that used to hold the cookies that my coworkers and I handed out to everyone, including him) was visually displeasing (it is apparently too flashy…Disney? Flashy? It’s the end of the world!) and that I should put it out of his line of sight.
Dear Mr. (personthatrhymeswithmustard),
Next time, please tell me in person and tell me clearly what it is you want. Also, when I greet you in the morning, I would like some eye contact and an actual phrase that sounds like “good morning” and not “mumblemumble” or whatever the f*** is coming out of your mouth.
with love,
E
P.S. Will you send someone to tell me how you got your present position with your obvious lack of communication skills? Maybe then, will I stop complaining about you everyday after work and commenting on your unfortunate, obvious lack of hair.
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Ok, this isn’t grammar, strictly, but it’s related.
I absolutely hate when people write like this:
Does it not take more effort to type like that than it does to type regularly? Seriously. Why. I do not understand for the life of me.
Maybe they use this (click on it, it’s kinda fun to play with):
But the types of “discombobulations” that that engine creates are systematic and just a matter of a simple search-and-replace code. The code to make something like the first picture must be super advanced. Or maybe the generation of people in high school now lack the brain capacity for rational thought and didn’t learn how to properly write, read, comprehend others’ reactions, or have common sense. The only thing their brans can hold is how to type completely nonsensically.
I hate people.
For the rest of this entry, hidden, I translate this entire message into some various discombobulations. Enjoy!
The New York accent is pretty much the most annoying accent on the face of the planet. I can’t stand to listen to it.
Almost every other accent — Indian, British, French, etc. — is somewhat pleasant to listen to, if you’re not trying to discern what the person is trying to say. But the New York accent is deplorable. It’s like fingernails on a chalkboard.
Yet another reason I need to get out of this place.
