Friday, May 29, 2009

Best years of your life

If the best years of your life were in high school, I hope you died tragically at nineteen.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Random Thoughts

1. F St. Louis
2. Pressure treated plywood is really expensive
3. Legal vernacular has a surprisingly high amount of Latin
4. IKEA hot dogs are $.50
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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Germans

The McRib has remained on sale as a regular item in Germany. Lucky bastards.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Talking farm animals

Getting something off my chest

In college, I would pay $49.99 for a full-disclosure background check from BackgroundChecks.com on the women I would date before going out with them.

Classic chat

At work, we've got a webchat feature that allows customers to chat with sales reps about services and contracts.  Below is a classic example of a conversation with a  customer w/ obviously less than stellar credit, time stamps and all. 

20:22:16 AGThank you for contacting (omitted), how may I help you today?
20:27:12 Visitorhow much of a discount do i get working at target 

20:27:40 AGTarget members receive 20% off applicable monthly recurring charges.
20:28:18 Visitorwhat about the deposit 

20:28:32 AGThat depends on the outcome of your (omitted) credit check.
20:29:21 Visitorwell if it high or low do i get a discount on my deposit 

20:29:43 AGNo. The deposit is not discountable.
20:30:16 Visitor closed chat window



Tuesday, May 19, 2009

I'm human.

I cut off three phone calls today by pressing "end" instead of mute, and each one of them was by complete accident.