I provide corporate internet. We do not do this - it would be a pain in the ass to implement. Thus, I am inclined to not believe this conspiracy theory.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
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I provide corporate internet. We do not do this - it would be a pain in the ass to implement. Thus, I am inclined to not believe this conspiracy theory.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
sounds just like what a corporate internet provider would say...
fact.
I get around 300 Mbps on speed tests, but if I download a file, it comes in at like 2 Mbps every time even for things like Zoom call recordings which should have plenty of upstream bandwidth
See this thread where in the first minutes of a fb message conversation I am threatened with legal action for talking about ski bindings.
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...owell-Bindings
Yeah, my wife almost always gets a "low bandwith" warning when she logs onto Zoom even though speed tests indicate we should have 10x the bandwidth needed for video streaming.Quote:
Originally Posted by dan_pdx
Wake up at 4am for no apparent reason.
Still awake at 5 am
Still awake at 6 am
Alarm goes off at 6.
Turn it off and pass out hard.
Oversleep till 6:37...
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2...YfS/giphy.webpQuote:
Originally Posted by cat in january
It's because you are thinking about something you have to do/worry about later. Keep a notepad and pen by your bed, and write it down to get done later. Your brain will (usually) move on and you will get back to sleep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rideski
Peopel who leave online meetings for "bio break," or other washroom reasons. Just say I'll be right back (or nothing at all), I don't need to imagine these people pissing and/or shitting.
Well, at least they didn't bring a device into the bathroom and leave the camera on...Quote:
Originally Posted by paulster2626
$299 fee for an electrician to replace an outlet at our house (currently rented to my cousin and I'm not in town), but he wouldn't replace a pull-chain utility light fixture because he didn't have one with him, said it would be another $299 for him to come back...even though I told the dispatcher that it needed to be done when I scheduled the visit and there's a hardware store 10 blocks away.
Ouch. Should have told Cuz to buy an extension cord. Or 10.
Dang. That's highway robbery for such a simple job! Don't let those fools come back for an extra 300 bones since you told them beforehand. That's their mistake. At least fight 'em on it and if they don't concede, then find another electrician. These guys are CLEARLY ripping you off. I had a similar issue with a plumbing company. I told them the 3 small jobs I wanted knocked out while their guy was here. And yup. He needed to go back out for the extra valves. Said that dispatch never told him. They tried tacking on the hours for his time out but I got them to end up not charging extra. Not our fault their dispatch sucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by dan_pdx
I'm sure service companies play that game all the time and hope customers won't notice or care. At a previous company we had a urinal in the bathroom that wouldn't stop running. Called a plumbing company we work with, who told me they it would be 2-3 days before they could make it out. I got a call a couple hours later saying actually, we've got a guy down the street who finished early. Can he stop by right now? Sure! When he gave me the bill, it had an extra $100 charge for emergency service. I wrote them a check for the full amount and attached a letter describing the call from them and saying if that's how they do business we won't be using them anymore for office plumbing...or our high rise condo developments (multi million $ contracts). They sent the check back with an apology and said that one's on them.
My kid has a house in Sac he rents out. The management company hired an electrician to change a light bulb--$200.
I got completely bamboozled today in Cairo/Giza. I was the mark and they fucked me.
Starting with the hotel concierge downstairs who set the whole thing up. I’m just a dumb dumb DUMB tourist.
Time for a story, Unca Brock? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Brock Landers
yep, there's a reason they call them GYP sies. They start talking and directing you toward something you don't want to be purchasing and almost force you to buy it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brock Landers
Heh, my last tenant was a commercial lighting contractor. He replaced a bunch of the lights in my condo with brand new fixtures for free without telling me, and left me a big stock of lightbulbs for the condo when he moved out.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
I’m going back tomorrow. Talked to the concierge (another one). Limo company paying for ride there and back, plus airport drop off. And I’ll take my time solo walking around to try and shake the shitty feeling off. Decent chance I end up in jail.
Or I could just Uber.
were you wearing a suit? make us proud
Pretty fuckin hot out there! Not suit weather (though I guess solitude isn’t either)
Better Giza than Gaza.
I got their invoice for $299 today and have them a call, sayingQuote:
Originally Posted by MontuckyFried
1. I told them up front there was a non-working outlet and a light fixture that likely needed to be replaced
2. The electrician was an hour late, didn't have a replacement light fixture (one of those pull cord utility things), and wouldn't go to the hardware store that's 10 blocks away to get one
3. Electrician said it would be another $299 to get him to come back
I asked if all that aligned with their policy and the poor young lady that answers phones there said it does (objectively insane, right?). I told her that one of their master electricians who's now exclusively management (no more crawling around in attics in August, good for him) had rewired our whole house 10 years ago, did a great job, and I had a lot of respect for him, but I was never going to call them again. She kind of paused and said "I'm sorry to hear that, would you like me to pass on that feedback to the electrician?"
[Shrug] Not sure the electrician is the one who needs the feedback, but whatever.
So... If you know a good electrician in the PDX area, let me know. A buddy hooked me up with a sparky who takes on side gigs, but I haven't been able to get in touch with him .
And really I think people at the workplace can understand "I'll be back in a minute, I have to pee." The term "bio break" is so dumb. It's really something we don't need a euphemism for.Quote:
Originally Posted by paulster2626
Replace an outlet and a keyless fixture? That's DIY.
Yup, but the house is rented to my cousin now (doesn't seem to be into DIY) and I'm not in townQuote:
Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles
I'll be back. I have to take a dump. Or maybe I gotta take a leak, you guys carry on until I get back. I have Teams calls from time to time with drill crews and it is refreshing for its candor. No button down behavior or office etiquette will be tolerated. These guys know better but they know it's my Teams call and every body says what they want and how they want to say it. It's all for a good laugh especially when the button downs are there. After all, these crews make the money and the suits understand that.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
Wendys new "saucy nugs" commercial. They are freaking chicken nuggets, not nugs, Wendys is just trying to be trendy and hip but that is not who Wendys is. Go back to selling frostys Wendys !
Wendy’s has nugs.
Ground up processed leftovers.
They’re not nuggets. Not whole breast meat nuggets.
This is all nuggets. Whole breast meat things are strips.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
Wendy’s nugs >> McDonald’s nuggets
It's people
Yeah, pretty much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rideski
that's one way to deal with the population crisis...
fact.
Blazing sun, but I work on my motorcycle and wash it, mow the (tiny) lawn, sort laundry, then plop my ass on the couch for a well-deserved (imo) rest, and turn on the tube to watch some Olympics…and find out I just missed the beach volleyball match. Dammit!
see? procrastination always pays…
factQuote:
Originally Posted by m2711c
yep, people.........today, specifically Texans.
Hiked to an alpine lake to take the family and dog for a swim. Get there and it's empty, by the time I jump in 25 Texans show up with 4 more dogs, no big deal, plenty of lake for everyone. The group sees my spot across the lake and B-lines for it, apparently the 400ft of sand in front of them wasn't good enough so the 10ft spit of land I'm on was where it was at. They arrive, throw their packs in a pile with my family's shit and proceed to spread blankets and set up a picnic. One of their dogs never stops barking at us and nobody seems to care. My dog, being the friendly guy he is greets all humans and dogs. Then a lady snaps at me because my wet dog walked across her picnic blanket. Apparently her 4 dogs are allowed to do it but my feral Malamute violated her space. I made it 10 minutes and said fuck this. Actually had to pick up their backpacks to find my families stuff and none of them cared. Then as we are about to leave they ask me if I can take their picture. Everything in my being had to come together to not throw their fucking phone in the lake.
We start our hike out arrive at the other side of the lake and one of those little fucking taco bell dogs runs straight for us along with some other tiny little purse dog, both baring their teeth in full attack mode. The owners to busy hanging with their crew to do anything. My dog doesn't even react because in his world they are nothing worth pursuing. I lunge and yell at the fuckers because the ankle biters are way to close to me and my 9 year old. That sets the owner off, and I politely explain what a leash is and if your dog isn't friendly it should be on one. That went well. And they were also from Texas. I know Texas is hot and shitty in the summer but that doesn't mean that gives you a free pass to come here and be assholes.
You sound friendlier than me. Kudos for the restraint.Quote:
Originally Posted by easyrdr
Yeah I often mutter my thoughts in situations like that just loud enough