Posts from the ‘old blog’ Category
Parking
Why is it so hard for so many people to park correctly?
Today while leaving for lunch someone had parked so close to me on the driver’s side that I had to get in on the passenger side and climb over the console to get into my car. The worst part is the person that parked on the passenger side was parked almost as close at at a crazy angle so getting out was next to impossible.
To further prove that people are stupid at parking…when I stopped at the bank I parked in the “ATM” spot, right next to the handicap spot with the extra wide zebra stripes so it’s handicap van accessible. Someone pulled up behind me in an SUV, paused, then parked on the zebra stripes and had their mirror almost touching mine they were so close. CRAZY PEOPLE!!
I could tell you that all three drivers were women, but that would start a fight -even though it’s true. Ha!
Urinal Cake
For whatever reason, we have a lot of problems at work with the bathrooms smelling absolutely terrible. The best part? The worst smelling bathroom is less than 50 feet from my office. So in someone’s brilliance, they decided to get one of those little toilet bowl cleaner and air freshener things you hang in your toilet. Great, at least we’ll have something for the people that forget to spray some nasty air freshener…
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It’s kinda funny when people walk out of the bathroom carrying the aroma of the air freshener, because you know what they were doing and you know they smell. I donno, I always laugh about it as I walk by.
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So this hanging cleaner disk smells. It smells just like a urinal cake. Ask any guy (and some girls too) what it smells like when you walk into a cheap public men’s room…it smells like this pungent menthol eucalyptus scent that about knocks you over. That’s what this freaking toilet bowl cleaner is! I swear it’s a plastic hanger with a freaking urinal cake in it.
Needless to say I flush the toilet 10x a day when I walk by the bathroom just to make the thing shrink and hopefully go away faster. Yes I know that’s a major waste of water; but it stinks.
I wrote this with excitement of being able to use the term “urinal cake” as many times as possible.
I have a space heater
I loathe people with space heaters in their office (or cubicle). Loathe them. Why? Space heaters are serious fire hazards and considering I always work with the people that can’t even to remember to turn off their lights in their office…it’s scary when you walk in on a weekend and notice that someone left their heater on for most of the weekend.
I also loathe the power consumption. Granted I am not paying the electrical bill; however, it’s more economical and environmentally friendly to recalibrate the heating system -than say, have every single person own a space heater. I want to scream at the people who must have a space heater on during the summer because the air conditioner makes it too cold.
For the past few years I have gotten quite mad with some of the older guys that work in my hall. You see, they turn down the heat and mess up the whole system. I constantly have to adjust my vent in my office or check the thermostat while they are too lazy to close their vent. I go from sweating when I wear short sleeves to shivering when I wear a turtleneck. Last month I couldn’t take it anymore and I stole the extra space heater out of a recently emptied office.
Now I am one of the people I hate. I have a space heater under my desk because I am freezing cold. I am wearing a turtleneck today. I hate people. :)
Party time
Looks like everyone needs to plan a trip to Brazil…if you need to stock up that is.
Oddly Enough News Article | Reuters.com: “SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) – The Brazilian government will distribute 25 million free condoms to promote safe sex during the country’s Carnival holidays, the Health Ministry said Monday.”
Last night
Well you would be reading a nice post about how much I enjoyed eating a burrito at 9:30 last night while trying to catch up on phone calls, reading and studying for my exam. However, blogger ate my post.
So for now, you can just picture me eating a burrito at 9:30 last night while trying to catch up on phone calls, reading and studying for my exam…and writing something “creative”. Cheers.
Camera flash
Why do people use a flash at large sporting venues and concerts when they are sitting 2 miles from the action?
I need to do a public service for a moment…
Using a flash for something more than 6 feet away is useless unless you have a professional camera with an external flash. Even then, the distance is very limited. You are better off saving your batteries and just trying to take the photo while holding still. I know on some new cameras and even disposable ones this is impossible…so for those of you in that seat: are forgiven. Everyone else, please stop using your flash.
This message brought to you by the letter ‘B’ for battery, blinding-light, bologna. Thank you.
.: the babbling dweeb :. 