April 2003
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Posted by Gonzo in
The Man
Yeah. So what is it about me that requires every retail experience to go horribly wrong? About a year ago I swapped my cell phone at Best Buy for a new one (glad I bought that service plan). My phone’s been crap for the last couple of months and I went to do it again. They said I needed to go to a sprint store and have them test it. So I do, I come back and I go to swap the phone. It’s now over an hour since I first walked into Best Buy.
We’re setting up a new account in Gianna’s name so that we can take advantage of the various deals. The sprint representative couldn’t get a signal. We came home, I called. I got disconnected (my fault). I called again. I got disconnected (their fault). I called again. They tell me I need to go back to a sprint store and show them ID. I do and that goes okay.
The problem is…what should have taken me 1 hour, took me all day.
The good news is…someone from my People I miss list actually go the message that I wanted to get on touch with them. Sadly, they never actually contacted me until I sent them my new cell number.
Here’s a new one. I’m really unsure what to do about this…
I’ve heard through the grapevine the following tale of despair…
My boss bought too much furniture from Office Depot or some place and called to return it.
Instead of having someone pick it up and take it back to the warehouse, Office Depot decided to donate the furniture to the Salvation Army who came to pick up the furniture.
My boss being the man of questionable ethics that he is, paid the driver from Salvation Army $50 to leave the furniture and say he picked it up.
The result -
My boss gets his money back.
My boss gets to keep the furniture.
Office Depot unknowingly files an incorrect tax document.
Salvation Army doesn’t have furniture they could use.
This is wrong on so many levels.
The dillema is..
Since I didn’t witness this myself, do I ask my boss about it and find out if it’s accurate?
Do I just let it slide and tell myself the person probably got some facts mixed up?
Do I run screaming into his office waving my resignation and calling the police on the phone? (Since he’s allegedly stolen what probably amounts to thousands of dollars in furniture.)
Sadly, since I can’t seem to even get an interview anywhere, I’ll just sit here and not say anything…if I could get an interview I would be tempted to quit. Hell, the recruiters won’t even call me!
I’m pathetic. For now I’m faced with the old dillema of…If you don’t do something to help someone or stop something bad, are you an accomplice?
UPDATE: I got confirmation from someone who overheard my boss bragging about it. Apparently he topped it off with “Isn’t America great?”
Posted by Gonzo in
Personal
After a couple of days of having what amounted to no internet connection while at work, I’m back. Unfortunately I can’t recall the various rants and complaints I’ve had over the last few days.
Oh wait, that’s one…the iBook.
The iBook is a wonderful tool/toy. I love my iBook. What I don’t love is the lack of quality I’m starting to observe in it’s manufacture. When I bought the iBook, it came recommended by two people I trust. Since I got it in August, I’ve had to send it in for a new mainboard due to a display issue, replace the AC adapter (damaged during the repair), and replace the battery. Now after updating the OS I got a faint popping noise from my speakers. Luckily I found some people discussing this in the apple discussion boards and found a temporary work around. I need to keep the Sound preferences open. That causes it to go away. That’s just stupid. The sound is inaudible in a room with other noise, but if I’m home working in the bedroom and the TV isn’t on….pop..pop…pop…It’s like having a bowl of rice krispies next to me.
Posted by Gonzo in
Site News
Yeah, so this is the new look. Like it? Tough, I do. I know the idividual entry pages are a little screwy…I’m working on it.
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Personal
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Posted by Gonzo in
Site News
Okay. It took a little while but the switch finally happened and we’re on lovely new servers. Stay tuned for the new look later this week.
Okay, I still don’t have any confirmation, but it appears that my wonderful employer has rehired a felon. Rumor is that this guy got arrested for habitually driving in a supspended license, has a warrant (probably a bench warrant) out for him in Pasco county, and has used multiple social security numbers to evade taxes and background checks.
My boss hasn’t actually brought him back into the building, but he’s using his company AIM account to login daily from 8am to around 4-5. Hmm…so…he’s a felon…he gets to work from home…he gets shorter hours…guess I just need to get arrested!!!!
Actually, odds are he’s under house arrest or something and until that’s over he won’t be back in the building.
Sad thing is that this guy couldn’t program worth a shit. More progresshas been made on the stuff he worked on in the last 4 months since he’s been gone than we did in the 1+ years he was here!
UPDATE: Apparently they’ve re-assigned the AIM ID to someone else. So I’m not working with the felon after all
I can’t believe I forgot to post this. Go see The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Jobsite Theater in the Shimberg Playhouse at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center.
It’s a great dark comedy set in modern Ireland. Some great sick twisted stuff in there…
I’m a geek. I can’t wait to see this movie. I was never a huge fan of the Hulk comic. In fact, I’ve probably never read more than one or two. I loved Ang Lee’s work on Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon though, and think his CGI hulk looks great!
Ain’t it cool news has a shot from the movie that shows just what I’m talking about.
Posted by Gonzo in
Site News
Sometime in the next week or so the site will go through a major shift. I’m doing a redesign inspired by Shawn. I’ve got the main page pretty close to done, but I’ll be adding an about page and I need to redo the archives and how the comments work.
Stay tuned.
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