The Rant Thread...

[avra]

Yehah, I would suggest that too. If they're going to be rude to you like that, then go official on them and get the council involved. Maybe you wouldn't even have to make a report to the council about them, but just find out about the local noise pollution, etc, laws so you can at least threaten to go to the council about it if they won't listen to you? If you sound as though you're all informed and can cite some rules and regs then you might scare them into being nice about it?

[Dameon]

Good idea. Find out what the laws are, and if it turns out you're right, and I bet you are, tell them so and cite or show them your rightness. And then if they're still rude, go to your council.

Feuding with neighbours is never fun, but they started it. You were trying to be polite, and they obviously didn't want to compromise.

[Dark One]

let us know how you get on

[Swallow]

This isn't more of a rant then a desperate need to yell this out...

I'm crook at the moment, and i'm leaving my job on monday next week. Got a medical certificate that covers me until Wednesday, and by agreements i have to take that wednesday off as well otherwise the medical certificate is void because i am going against the doctors advise.

Anyway, just called my boss up to tell her i have to take the wednesday off, spun some sop story about a possible chest infection (mind you, i've been coughing up glunky dark green stuff, so i'm probably not far from the truth) and how this might mean i might need more time off depending because my doctor wants me to go back and see her on Wednesday to see how i'm doing. Anyway, told the boss, and what a snooty b!tch.

And all i have to say to her is HA! MY LAST DAY IS MONDAY, I HAVE A TOTAL OF THREE DAYS MAX WITH YOU IF I DON'T TAKE ANY MORE OFF!! DO I LOOK LIKE I CARE!!!!!

*does a little dance*

going to New Zealand, telling the boss to stick it.... ah, i like my life.... ;D

[Lauren Hedgehog]

I got my ballet exams back today and they are always so depressing . I mean, I did quite well- I got a distinction which is 75-79% but no matter what you get, your results come back with the examiners comments, which is basically an A4 page with tiny squished writing filling both sides on what is wrong with you and detailing everything you did wrong. It's rather depressing reading. There is ONE sentence that is complementary in the entire thing. I mean - I know I have short legs and bad feet but there is not exactlly anything I can do to change them is there. *grumbles* I hate hate hate exam feedback. I know they have to write what you did wrong, but maybe they could also write what you did right. I think a double-sided page of critisims is a bit hard for anyone to take. Luckily I'm now on holidays so I'm going to go eat ice-cream and watch a sappy movie

[Dameon]

I feel like that about Director's Notes when I'm performing, Lauren.

So many directors give you pages and pages of notes on what you did wrong, but the really good ones do that and ALSO give you notes about what you did right, and little things you added to your performance that they liked.

Not enough do it.

So, I totally understand, Lauren!

[Elspeth]

Telling someone everything they did wrongly, without mentioning the things that went right, is no way to give feedback. Honestly, if the person you're giving feedback to is so disheartened that they give up whatever they're doing, then what's the point? WHY DON'T PEOPLE THINK??

What I mean to say is: *grugs*

Maybe you should write a note to your examiners, criticising their terrible handwriting.

[Lauren Hedgehog]

*grugs* thank-you
I'm over it now, I was just a little upset at the amount of critisim and that they didn't keep the critisim to technique. I thought the short legs comment was uncalled for and one of my friends had a comment that maybe she could lose a little weight - she's a size10 and no way is she anywhere near being overweight! But it's over now, it's a lovely day, the concerts comming up (Yay! more sparkly costumes) and 36 sleeps till Narnia comes out at the movies!

[Squirt]

Narnia! Woo hoo!

I hate sandles in socks! I turned up to work (I'm a support worker for ADULTS with disabilities), three out of four of them were not only wearing socks AND sandles, but they were bright coloured puffy socks! And it was 28 degrees in Adelaide today! The people wearing the socks don't even have a choice, it's the idiots that dress them! Argh!

Alrighty, had my winge.

Go Narnia Go! Can't wait!

[~*~Neisha~*~]

SNAP squirt! Go adelaiddddde! It was meant to be 31 yesterday but i dont think it was that bad (at least not in the horthern suburbs) but it was soooo WINDY!!!

Oh I saw the ad for the new Narnia movie hehe...are any famous actors/actresses gonna be in it or i it one of those fairly unknown casts? They're supposed to be BRitish, the characters, aren't they? *shrug*

[Deleted]

Oooh ooh! Well Liam Neeson will be voicing Aslan good Neisha! Mmmm, is it just me or are fictional lions somewhat...attractive?

*gets weird stares*

Moving along, Dawn French will be Mrs Beaver and I think Rupert Everett is meant to be in a role as well, as another talking animal. Oh and of course there's the divine Tilda Swinton as The White Witch. She was splendiferous in Orlando, and I think on of her most recent 'mainstream' movies was Constantine where she was Gabriel. But yeah, I heart her muchly.

Anyone else? I'm not all that sure.

[I'm way too excited about this movie. Squeeee!]

Oh and Ryneisha, you know the "a diddly dee POTATOES" you've got under your avatar? Where is that from? I just know I've heard it before and it's frustrating me so much that I can't place it!

[~*~Neisha~*~]

lol i think its from ROVE

I havent heard of any of thoe actor/actresses you mentioned hehe and I havent seen COnstantine DRAT!!!

[Deleted]

...
Not even Liam Neeson? He was that mentor dude in the first [chronological] Star Wars movie, the guy who was teaching Ewan McGregor how to be a Jedi I think. I suck so much with the Star Wars. He was also in Batman Begins I think, as...wait for it...another mentor dude, this time Chritian Bale's. Have you seen either of those movies?

And Rupert Everett! The sexiest dandy in all of modern day cinema! He's so darn sexy, if only he weren't gay!

inner voice: oh right! Like you would have had a chance even if he were straight.

I hate my inner voice sometimes, it's too reasonable! But yeah, Rupert was the gay friend of Julia Roberts' character in My Best Friend's Wedding, and he was...uh Prince Charming in Shrek 2 I think. Sure you must know of them? Because obviously, my sense of being isn't going to be validated unless you do. What?

[~*~Neisha~*~]

Oh that Quandor or whatever guy? I remember him...he was in "Love Actually" too...but I havent seen Batman Begins either! hehe

As for Rupert Everett...the name rings a bell...maybe I'll Google his name in "image" for a pic lol I havent seen My Best Friend's Wedding in aaaaaaaages And I dont remember what Prince Charming sounded like - sorry!

*edit* AHHHHH I see I googled the two guys' names and yeah I kno who u're talking bout now...I love Liam Neeson he has a cool accent And Rupert Everett is such a fairy! hehe he's kinda creepy tho...i think he was the bad dude in Inspector Gadget hehehehehe

[Elspeth]

galligaskins said:

Oh and Ryneisha, you know the "a diddly dee POTATOES" you've got under your avatar? Where is that from? I just know I've heard it before and it's frustrating me so much that I can't place it!

I heard it last weekend on one of those shows when they showcase stand-up comedians. There was a Scottish comedian who was trying to explain the different between being Scottish and Irish. He said you'd know an Irish person when they speak because they'd say: "A-diddly-dee potatoes".

[~*~Neisha~*~]

Yeah I saw that...the Comedy Festival was on TV But I think Rove used it on the show a couple of times too he stole the Scottish guy's joke

[maverick]

sorry guys but i'm starting my own rant...
why is it that the twenty-first century is still so sexist? argh! all my brothers got eskies and camping gear from our relies when they turned 18 but NO us girls have to deal with luggage. (ie a lovely dandy suitcase and beauty case) i don't even wear make-up for lud's sake! and, by the time i've turned 18 i would have travelled overseas twice and moved interstate.... as if i'm gunna need luggage!
grrrrrrrrrrr
but wait there's more! all the boys get useful stuff like screwdriver sets and clothes but instead i get lumped with fluffy coathangers and cross stiches - i don't know how to sew (anymore that putting a button back on) nor do i care for it.
argh! it's so sexist!

mav
*walks away shaking fist in the air*

[Becka]

My school is an all girls school, and the only techologies we have apart from computer work, is sewing and cooking. Almost all co-ed schools have metal and wood work.
I was watching this show the other day (hehehe radio free rosco) and the girl had phoned in to the radio station and said "why is it that if i cry during sad movies, my brother makes fun of me, but when my brother cries at the end of the superbowl it's ok!" [american tv]

[maverick]

yeh i go to an all girls school too, but we don't have and hoome economics at all. my principal scrapped the program altogether because she's such a huge feminist.
and that stuff about the superbowl is so tru! my brother sulked for a week because we got wopped in state of origin but i wasn't even able to complain to my family about losing a volleyball match because it wasn't being a good sportswoman ........ i don't get it!

[Elspeth]

Posted on behalf of the good Stephen:

stephen said:

Sorry, but I just need a bit of a rant. I'm stuck on stupid dial-up and I'm trying to do my dads website for him. I'm paying a company to submit it to multiple search engines, but I gotta go through heaps of pages and fill out stuff first. I been on here for four stupid hours, and barely got halfway through, maybe 15 pages or something. I am so d**n annoyed! argh. now just waiting for the next page to load up. 20 minutes later it'll probably be better. anyhow, sorry about that. just yeah, even if no-one replies - it's there.

[Dark One]

*grugs*

Tell your dad that he has to buy you broadband if he wants yo to do things like this!

[Min]

How come you have to sign up for search engines? I've been doing commercial sites for 3 years (and non commercial for 6) and all you have to do is place LOADS of search words in the meta tags of your web site. I've never once had to sign up to a search engine. Yet if you search "Obernewtyn", I'll bet you Obernewtyn.net and Obernewtyn-theories.com are both on the first page of results.
Search engines were going to drop searching meta tags, I'd heard, but apparently they're going back now.

If you DO have to sign up with these search engines, is there any way you can just download the form, print it off and fax it to them?

[Stephen]

Well, I went through a payed service which add's your URL to about 50 different search engines all at once. Google, MSN and AltaVista they provide links to to do it yourself, but yeah. I eventually got it done after 4 hours.

[Cat-Eyes]

ryneisha said:

Oh that Quandor or whatever guy?

Quai-Gon Jin, good ryneisha

beckadecka said:

My school is an all girls school, and the only techologies we have apart from computer work, is sewing and cooking. Almost all co-ed schools have metal and wood work.

Same! We have textiles and art and food tech and that's it. I mean, i liked food tech (hated textiles, didn't mind art but hated the teacher I got lumped with for two years) bu I wanted to do wood work etc! Of course, my school is kinda too small to fit it in, but still! Although for VCe we are part of a group of schools that you can do (arrrggghhh, I just forgot the acronym) knid of hands on subjects like hospitality and we all ofer one at the same time and they take buses to the other schools to do them at. So we have all these guys come to our school to do hospitality and some of our VCE students go to other schools to do whatever.

THat was really badly explained...

Cat

[~Ethereal~]

Note to stupid customer
I am very experienced in the book industry. I am 21 and have worked in it since I was 15. I have spent a couple of summers runnign the store and liasing with publishign houses. I like books. I learn as much abotu books as I can and I know a fair bit. I know most common books. I am perfectly capable of dealign with a simpel request.
Not knowing off the top of my head what the title of the book with the green cover abotu world war 2 that was released about 10 years ago does not make me incompetent, no matter how much you yell that I am.
I offered to do a search to see what I could come up with that might fit the very vague description you gave me. This is quite reasonable. You did not need to pull the entire store to a standstill leaving me unable to serve anyoen else for 10 minutes whilst you swore at me.
Also, when multiple customres int he store tell you that you are beign unreasonable and that perhaps you should leave, maybe you should take that under consideration before I call the centre security, which I am well within my rights to do when you would not leave the store after beign asked to.
In short, you suck.


Okay, that was very carthartic and I feel much better. The chocolate my bosses got me 'casue they thoguht I handled the situation well didn't hurt either