QFMFT. Amen brother. Glad I got rid of my stocks when I did too. I was there when it split, and by the time I sold I still lost 50% compared to when I first bought them, even with the 'discounted Partner price'.
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QFMFT. Amen brother. Glad I got rid of my stocks when I did too. I was there when it split, and by the time I sold I still lost 50% compared to when I first bought them, even with the 'discounted Partner price'.
Fjones
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I have to rant about gyms. This is just frustrating beyond belief. (Note -- this will probably be boring to those who don't go to the gym.) (Hell, who am I kidding, this is probably boring to everyone.)
I went to a different gym today, a REALLY fancy nice gym with lots of stuff that costs a lot of money. They have a reciprocal relationship with my gym so I can use it three times a month for free.
This gym was so big I literally got lost a few times. The labyrinthine interior has three separate large rooms, basketball courts, 5 pools and saunas, all interconnected by a baffling series of tunnels, hallways, and locker rooms with multiple exits and entrances all over the place.
None of this does much for me though, as all I need is a squat rack. I am trying to do squats, deadlifts, presses, bench, and Power cleans, with a few iso exercises thrown in.
The only one of those that really requires an apparatus is the squat, which requires a squat rack.
So, much to my surprise, there is only ONE squat rack!??
And a girl is using it, which puts me on instant tilt, because the girls are NEVER actually doing squats. Sure enough, she is doing DUMBBELL HALF LUNGES. WTF!??? Seriously?? That does NOT require a squat rack! Yet not only is she doing them in the only squat rack, but she has moved a flat bench over into the squat rack, instead of just leaving the flat bench where it is and doing them there!!!!!
I ask her to work in, trying to hide my annoyance. But she is apparently doing alternative half-lunges with deadlifts, so she has removed the safety bars and has the barbell on the lowest rung, causing me to have to rearrange everything to do squats. It is called a SQUAT RACK! Not a "whatever stupid fucking non-squat exercise you feel like doing in it rack" !!!!
Things required for a deadlift -- barbell, floor.
Things not required for deadlift -- Squat rack.
Then I see some clown bragging to his friend about how he can curl 50 pound dumbbells. "If I can do them, so can you!" he says loud enough for anyone nearby to hear. The guy proceeded to start with the dumbbell at his thigh and launch it upward using a full body swing complete with hip motion, back motion, legs. etc. What is wrong with people !??? It's a BICEP curl! Move your forearm and keep everything else in place! Never mind that this guy was 220 pounds and should be able to actually curl a 50 pound dumbbell. Christ, I weigh a buck 50 and can curl a 30. Come on!
I went to a different gym today, a REALLY fancy nice gym with lots of stuff that costs a lot of money. They have a reciprocal relationship with my gym so I can use it three times a month for free.
This gym was so big I literally got lost a few times. The labyrinthine interior has three separate large rooms, basketball courts, 5 pools and saunas, all interconnected by a baffling series of tunnels, hallways, and locker rooms with multiple exits and entrances all over the place.
None of this does much for me though, as all I need is a squat rack. I am trying to do squats, deadlifts, presses, bench, and Power cleans, with a few iso exercises thrown in.
The only one of those that really requires an apparatus is the squat, which requires a squat rack.
So, much to my surprise, there is only ONE squat rack!??
And a girl is using it, which puts me on instant tilt, because the girls are NEVER actually doing squats. Sure enough, she is doing DUMBBELL HALF LUNGES. WTF!??? Seriously?? That does NOT require a squat rack! Yet not only is she doing them in the only squat rack, but she has moved a flat bench over into the squat rack, instead of just leaving the flat bench where it is and doing them there!!!!!
I ask her to work in, trying to hide my annoyance. But she is apparently doing alternative half-lunges with deadlifts, so she has removed the safety bars and has the barbell on the lowest rung, causing me to have to rearrange everything to do squats. It is called a SQUAT RACK! Not a "whatever stupid fucking non-squat exercise you feel like doing in it rack" !!!!
Things required for a deadlift -- barbell, floor.
Things not required for deadlift -- Squat rack.
Then I see some clown bragging to his friend about how he can curl 50 pound dumbbells. "If I can do them, so can you!" he says loud enough for anyone nearby to hear. The guy proceeded to start with the dumbbell at his thigh and launch it upward using a full body swing complete with hip motion, back motion, legs. etc. What is wrong with people !??? It's a BICEP curl! Move your forearm and keep everything else in place! Never mind that this guy was 220 pounds and should be able to actually curl a 50 pound dumbbell. Christ, I weigh a buck 50 and can curl a 30. Come on!
I hear you on the squat rack not being used for squats peeve. Happens all the bloody time. Personally, I do a compound set of front squats and deadlifts, and you'd be amazed at the number of times I'll go and set up my deadlift, and look back to see someone doing bicep curls or some nonsense in the squat rack. Bah.
But then again, I don't say a word about it, so they probably just think that I'm either a jerk or a creep for giving them dirty looks.
But then again, I don't say a word about it, so they probably just think that I'm either a jerk or a creep for giving them dirty looks.
footscrazy
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Haha I know. You have to check this out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SsFXQ0kmLs
But yeah I did used to work at Hungry Jacks and we had to upsell though I didn't usually.
I'm totally with the poster than was pissed about people who eat with their mouth open, that shit irrtates the fuck out of me. It's so dirty! I remember one girl at school, I think she used to think she was so hot that she could eat like a pig with her mouth open, food spraying everywhere, but it was 'cool' because she was hot, ugh it disgusted me.
Anyway, my pet peeves, as a bar tender, I hate it when three friends come to the bar and order separately. IE: Pretentious girl no.1. 'I'll have a vodka sunrise'. So I make that, then their friend will call my attention, and ask for another fucking vodka sunrise. Then the next friend - 'vodka sunrise', Like don't you think you could have just asked for three in the first place, I'm not so stupid that I can't handle three people paying separately, I mean please!
And what annoys me more than anything is these dumb fuckers waiting to get their 50c fucking change. You'll wait 5 mins at the bar to get 50c!?! Can you rich private school kids not spare that for a tip?!
Fjones
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That is ridiculous. People actually wait around for fifty cents change? I think you should give them a "tip." -- tip their glass and spill on them next time they order one. Cheap bastards!
up all night
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Hmmm. Didn't you make a post in Aus Social recently about Asians being bad drivers? But as you're said, "I'm not racist, but..." 8)
At the moment my biggest pet peeve is karaoke singers. The people across from my apartment must have some sort of singstar shit going on, because they are Celine Dioning their way through way too many nights. Weekends I can deal with, but I don't want to hear the fucking Grease Megamix at 2am on a Wednesday.
claire22
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^ I was just playing on the stereotype. There's plently of terrible Caucasian drivers, and plently of them can't speak coherent English either. Just it irritates the fuck out of me when the call centre is in India, when they are in a job which requires fast communication, and I cannot understand them.
footscrazy
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^^ I just think it's funny when they call up and in a heavy Indian accent say something like 'G'day mate! My name is Darren!' (or some other typical Aussie name) trying to sound Australian!
RedLeader
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One of my most proudest moments was when I was living in Australia, I drunkenly called The Mint and nearly won a game (it was one of the counting games, I ended up being 1 number off). But they flipped out on my American accent. I got about a minute of fame.
Rogue Robot
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since we've recently incorporated bike lanes on a few streets in my city, the cyclists on my campus have this issue with swerving in front of moving cars without even looking. now, i ride my bike frequently, but it irritates the shit out of me how self deserving some of these people can be when they turn around to flip you off because you're in a car. 
mrs_mia_wallace
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I remember this from working as a barista... we had to suggest a specific food item, "anything else?" was not sufficient and got you written up. I hated that fucking job and did not last long.
I really hate when guys hit on me while I'm pumping gas, especially ones who decide to go right across from me to pump gas. I can't leave beause I just paid for that gas and so I need to get it in my fucking car, but I also really don't want to get hit on by creepy ass fuckers, and on several occasions guys see to have taken me not leaving, even if I'm completely ignoring them, as a sign that they're getting somewhere...
for example, a story from this evening (excuse my badly written slang): while pumping gas wearing a sweater, jeans, and sandals, i was approached by a guy:
guy: sexy
guy: i said SEXY
guy: ignoring me huh?
guy: well you ain't walking away so obviously you like SUMTHUN
guy: you look sexy in them jeans
guy: you hear me?
guy: why you just standing there?
guy: you comitted?
me: yes, very comitted
guy: well you don't LOOK comitted
me: you can see my left ring finger from over there?
guy: i don't give about yo finger you don't look like a bitch with a boyfriend standing there in them jeans!
no motherfucker I'm a broke ass bitch who is too cheap not to get the last $.75 of gas I paid for....
footscrazy
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Ohhh The Mint, I had forgotten about that show til you mentioned it! That was the crappest show ever, so boring, but I would rather than than the stupid home shopping that's on now. (Unless it's Mr T and the flavourwave oven, of course
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claire22
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LOL YES! So good
ThaiDie4
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Blondechic- I know Ya'll is not a word, but thats what ive grown up saying and pretty much everyone in VA says it... if you're from Texas how do you not say it either???!! LOL, I thought TX was like the "Ya'll" capital of the U.S.
China Rider
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The other day I was in a hurry and went inside a tobacco shop to buy a bottle of Coke and there was this guy ahead of me in line. His total came to like 40 dollars and change. So he hands the cashier lady 40 dollars than pulls out a huge hand full of coins and dumps it all on top of the counter to count his change...he only only needed like 13 cents...So people who dump all their pocket change on the counter are now a pet peeve of mine.
Also, when I want to head out or go home and people I hardly know try to talk me into staying. I also hate good bye time. I try to just sneak off with only a select few people taking notice... than there is always that one asshole who I hardly ever speak with to begin with thats gotta sarcastically shout "Yooo thanks for saying good bye" So now everyone takes notice that I am leaving and am forced into making a good bye round where I go to everyone individually and say good bye....feels corny man.
Also, when I want to head out or go home and people I hardly know try to talk me into staying. I also hate good bye time. I try to just sneak off with only a select few people taking notice... than there is always that one asshole who I hardly ever speak with to begin with thats gotta sarcastically shout "Yooo thanks for saying good bye" So now everyone takes notice that I am leaving and am forced into making a good bye round where I go to everyone individually and say good bye....feels corny man.
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footscrazy
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^^ Maybe these people don't want you to leave because they actually like spending time with you!
China Rider
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^ Well sadly, it's not vice versa. I just love it when they ask me where i'm going and try to convince me that i'm better off staying and not leave
I remember this from working as a barista... we had to suggest a specific food item, "anything else?" was not sufficient and got you written up. I hated that fucking job and did not last long.
I really hate when guys hit on me while I'm pumping gas, especially ones who decide to go right across from me to pump gas. I can't leave beause I just paid for that gas and so I need to get it in my fucking car, but I also really don't want to get hit on by creepy ass fuckers, and on several occasions guys see to have taken me not leaving, even if I'm completely ignoring them, as a sign that they're getting somewhere...
for example, a story from this evening (excuse my badly written slang): while pumping gas wearing a sweater, jeans, and sandals, i was approached by a guy:
guy: sexy
guy: i said SEXY
guy: ignoring me huh?
guy: well you ain't walking away so obviously you like SUMTHUN
guy: you look sexy in them jeans
guy: you hear me?
guy: why you just standing there?
guy: you comitted?
me: yes, very comitted
guy: well you don't LOOK comitted
me: you can see my left ring finger from over there?
guy: i don't give about yo finger you don't look like a bitch with a boyfriend standing there in them jeans!
no motherfucker I'm a broke ass bitch who is too cheap not to get the last $.75 of gas I paid for....
i agree with your top part there, i was a bartender for years, and they always insisted on upselling, but i never did it, when people go out for drinks, they already know what they want to drink, cuz everyone has "their drink" so im not gonna push stuff down their throats that i already know they dont want. its annoying, and all the corporate guys care about is money not really paying attention to what the customer wants-- i think if they want to upsell so bad, they should hand out free samples. and then let the customer decide.
ThaiDie4
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LOL I hear you China Rider. My stepmother is like that, and thats a huge reason why i rarely go to visit her anymore (i know that sounds mean)... but I cant pop in for like an hour and then leave, she tries to get me to stay all day or make plans for later in the week when I just don't want to. Shes quite overbearing. I almost feel bad for people like that, its like they have no friends or something and just need you to be with them even when you clearly don't want to.
oh my my grandmother is just like that, i feel guilty for having to say i have to leave but ive already been there for 3-4 hours.
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