Tagged: pet peeve

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twitter: no, thanks!

I’ve never been an “it is what it is” person. In fact, I can’t stand that phrase. I always felt that it was the difference between dissent and acceptance, even though it usually refers to something you can’t do anything about.

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peeves: math is hard…

I just popped down to our in-house cafeteria to grab a bit of lunch. My total comes up $5.14 and I hand over a $5 and a $1, already working out the change in my head and wondering in what...

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office: Pet Peeve #732

If I may take a moment to rant… Here’s a clipped image of an e-mail sent out this morning regarding a going away luncheon for an employee that’s leaving. From the blurry mass next to To: and the opening “Everyone,”...

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Office Pet Peeve #683

When our team has a higher than normal workload, for some reason all the requests starting coming in as high priority requests to which we joke, “It’s all high priority!” There are some people around the office that we think...

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You know, we’re living in a society!

I think it’s time to reclaim a little bit of civilized behavior and apply it back to IMs. I can handle that interpersonal communications have, over time, removed the personal part of it… and often times the communication as well....

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For the Herd! — I mean Horde!

Warning: Geek Post Ahead. So anyone that reads this for the food and (at least I think they’re) funny posts can skip this one. I’ve been playing World of Warcraft again for about a week and I am definitely hooked...

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quick pet peeve

This just popped back to the front of my mind while IMing with Serge. People need to stop casually using the word rape when what they often mean is that they were inconvenienced. While I’m sure that none of my...

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random stuff

First 4 (of 48) D.C. Crime Cameras To Be Set Up This Week Four neighborhood surveillance cameras will be installed this week on D.C. streets as part of the city’s crime emergency plan, which will bring as many as 48...

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going up, doors opening

Pet peeve. People who, when the elevator stops on a floor lower than the one they are traveling to, don’t move out of the way of people behind them. I just went down to put a bill payment in the...