EPTThis really put some personality behind the name "Grobyc". Now I feel like meeting you in real life and playing some Brood War. Or just eating and drinking and talking.
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vOdToasT
Sweden2870 Posts
This really put some personality behind the name "Grobyc". Now I feel like meeting you in real life and playing some Brood War. Or just eating and drinking and talking. | ||
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Nibbler89
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On January 22 2014 13:49 vOdToasT wrote: Write more!! This really put some personality behind the name "Grobyc". Now I feel like meeting you in real life and playing some Brood War. Or just eating and drinking and talking. Sounds like you're asking him out on a date. Not that there's anything wrong with that. | ||
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vOdToasT
Sweden2870 Posts
On January 22 2014 14:40 Nibbler89 wrote: Sounds like you're asking him out on a date. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I don't want to have sex with him, but hell yeah, I'd go on a date with him | ||
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
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vOdToasT
Sweden2870 Posts
On January 22 2014 15:01 Grobyc wrote: You'll want the D after the first date. But I require 2 dates before you get a chance with that. So confident + Show Spoiler + That I won't make you break your own rule | ||
BigFan
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vOdToasT
Sweden2870 Posts
On January 22 2014 15:21 BigFan wrote: Usually when someone comes to my place, more times than not, my parents end up giving them some cookies or juice after the job is done. That's very good. I would appreciate it if I was sent there. | ||
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Grobyc
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Tobberoth
Sweden6375 Posts
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Omnishroud
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but #4. I have a hobby in computers/electronics, ive built, fucked with and played with all sorts of networking / hardware / software in the last 10 years. Im not a professional by any means but i know a damn sight more then the average peon. I STILL didnt know what a Coax cable was, couldn't name it after seeing the picture either so it isn't called something else here. I do know what it is after seeing it, perhaps carry around one of the ports to show people lol. That ones being a little over the top. I remember when i had my internet installed a couple years ago, i was out at uni so i wrote this dude a letter explaining everything he might need and apologised that my PC was positioned on the floor lmao. Not sure if my mother let the dogs harrass him but i did at least vacuum/tidy before i left in the morning. (I mean, my mother has always got rid of the animals when people come to do work anyway, also offers them tea. Always tea / coffee XD) | ||
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marvellosity
United Kingdom36161 Posts
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Littlebert
United Kingdom36 Posts
A few years ago I had a phone line installed. 3 times I'd booked time off work for premade appointments to come and install it and they didn't turn up. I phoned and raged a bit as 3 times imo is just not good enough and said today or I want the £125 back. Half an hour later a guy turns up with the worst attitude ever. Turns up telling how this is a joke he was on his way home and shouldn't have to deal with this shit. That's fair enough, no one like being held at work because of someone elses mistake but then proceeds to hand me the biggest drill I've ever seen (and I'm really small) and tells me I need to drill a hole in that wall O.o I decline and he starts kicking off saying he needs to get this shit done, he has plans and in the end just totally botched it. Had to call the company and get someone to come fix the mess he made. I have worked dealing with the public before and vowed never again due to customers being dicks just because they think they have the right so I always try to keep that in mind when dealing with people at work as I know how it feels, on the flip side, Do your job,! You sound like a professional person and should not have to deal with customers being dicks or some of the less than desirable scenarios you mention | ||
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
On January 22 2014 17:41 Tobberoth wrote: Sort of annoyed by 4, but maybe I'm reading too much into it. However, I work as a software developer, I work with computers and technical stuff all the time, but I would have had no idea what the crap a coax cable is. Obviously, if someone asks "where is the jack where you connect your modem/TV", I can show it. But if someone asks "do you have a coax jack?" I would ask wtf they meant and would be quite offended if I was considered stupid for it. I mean, it's your job to know this shit, you would be out of a job if everyone already knew it. Then #4 doesn't apply to you  . I wouldn't be out of a job if everyone knew what a cable jack looked like. There's a million other parts to the install then simply plugging in a cable to the jack lol. I make sure I describe it in every sense I can before I consider someone not so smart.On January 22 2014 19:14 Omnishroud wrote: Most of these are perfectly reasonable and i am sad you have to go through this (although so happy you posted this, hillarious) but #4. I have a hobby in computers/electronics, ive built, fucked with and played with all sorts of networking / hardware / software in the last 10 years. Im not a professional by any means but i know a damn sight more then the average peon. I STILL didnt know what a Coax cable was, couldn't name it after seeing the picture either so it isn't called something else here. I do know what it is after seeing it, perhaps carry around one of the ports to show people lol. That ones being a little over the top. I remember when i had my internet installed a couple years ago, i was out at uni so i wrote this dude a letter explaining everything he might need and apologised that my PC was positioned on the floor lmao. Not sure if my mother let the dogs harrass him but i did at least vacuum/tidy before i left in the morning. (I mean, my mother has always got rid of the animals when people come to do work anyway, also offers them tea. Always tea / coffee XD) I suppose #4 is the most forgiving one out of the 10 since I wouldn't literally hate you for not knowing it, it just makes our job much easier if you can help us navigate your house so I included it anyway. | ||
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Kevin_Sorbo
Canada3217 Posts
worst thing is working for those companies is shit. Got some call center background and the technician would always end up having eaten the kittens or set the house ablaze... sometimes youd call dispatch to see what happened and you figured the poor guy was scheduled like 15 jobs in his day... + dealing with ppl in their natural habitat can make you lose faith in humanity | ||
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Germany1596 Posts
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Vasoline73
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Canada10681 Posts
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