Mini-rants
Intercompany communication that means you spend half a day supporting some slopey-shouldered monkey who then refers you to his boss, who in turn informs you the problem is a known issue that they are working on. Seriously people, try your internal IT/IS staff before you call the firewall vendor.
Click-to-enlarge links that display the same tiny photo. News sites are teh worst for this one.
Cafeterias selling Russian cans of Coke because they're slightly cheaper (dont taste any different, but I can't read the cyrillic writing. And I'm incurably curious, and want to be able to read the ingredients. I like shiny things).
Crappy graphics cards that fault the secondary lcd screen crashing my pc >.<
Idiots messing about with firewalls they don't understand, then accusing *ME* of breaking it when they can't set it right. I am not responsible for your lack of intelligence. Get a grip, get an education, get the hell off my phone.
Quitting smoking? Not today, thanks.
Update: Hold music that starts repeating the song on it from the start every time you get the "Your call is important to us... yaddayaddablahblahblah" message. Which is every 32 seconds. Not that I'm counting. Closest Thing to Crazy - Katie Melua. Not Britney bloody Spears.
There will be more lighthearted banter from the font of tranquility later, assuming I dont take a leak in it first.
Click-to-enlarge links that display the same tiny photo. News sites are teh worst for this one.
Cafeterias selling Russian cans of Coke because they're slightly cheaper (dont taste any different, but I can't read the cyrillic writing. And I'm incurably curious, and want to be able to read the ingredients. I like shiny things).
Crappy graphics cards that fault the secondary lcd screen crashing my pc >.<
Idiots messing about with firewalls they don't understand, then accusing *ME* of breaking it when they can't set it right. I am not responsible for your lack of intelligence. Get a grip, get an education, get the hell off my phone.
Quitting smoking? Not today, thanks.
Update: Hold music that starts repeating the song on it from the start every time you get the "Your call is important to us... yaddayaddablahblahblah" message. Which is every 32 seconds. Not that I'm counting. Closest Thing to Crazy - Katie Melua. Not Britney bloody Spears.
There will be more lighthearted banter from the font of tranquility later, assuming I dont take a leak in it first.