Posts Tagged ‘stupid people’

Stupid People


17 Jan

So, my site focuses mostly on technology, but also on my rants and raves about anything and everything.

I work for an Office Supply company, and have worked in retail for ages.  It is no surprise how stupid people can really be.

When an Ad preprint ends on a Saturday night, when you come in to find a really good deal, and find out that we are out of them, why in the world are you upset about it?  You had 6 and half days to come in and get the idem.  If you thought it was a good deal, odds are that others did as well.  Grrr.  No, we don’t have any left, no we don’t get you one, and no it’s not my fault that you waited so long.

Also, when a store closes at 9pm, don’t ever show up at 8:55 and expect great service.  We all want to get out of work and go on with our lives. Yes we will be pleasant, but we are going to be somewhat short and push you to get what you want, and move on.

Welcome to retail.  I guess I should really get over this fact, as I’ve worked in retail for almost 8 years now, but still stupid people never fail to amaze me.

When I feel that I have seen it all, People of Wal-Mart save the day, and make me realize that I am somewhat normal after all :)

Hacker Idol


12 Jan

Today was the first night of American Idol, Did you watch?  I watched about half of it.  While I do find the auditions the best part of the show, there is only so much that I can take before I wanted to pull my eyes out.

What would be an interesting idea, is IT Idol, or Hacker Idol. They start out with all the geeks and nerds, and see who really has the true l33t speak talent and can either fend off the hackers, or can beat the IT people.  It might not be the best TV, but it sure would be more funny to me at least.  I can just see the quotes “ Yeah, I dropped in the rootkit with the exploit to phpmyadmin, and then boosted the ect/passwd file and ran jack the ripper, and boom I was in”  Ok, well yeah. I am a geek, what can I say, but truly I’d enjoy a show like this.

Also, the shows on food network like “The Next Iron Chef” and others, are often more fun because they have more…. Flavor than the wanna be singers I guess.

Oh, 24 starts, and is in New York this year… I wonder how the Yankees will deal with that..

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Rant about Drivers


11 Jan

Since, this is after all my Blog, and it’s called Corey Rants, you would have to expect some type of rant or rave pretty quickly.  Here is my first official rant about stupid people.

Today’s topic is Cars.

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Cruise Control.

  • Use it, seriously for the love of god.
  • There is nothing worse than having the same car try to pass you, then pass you, then you pass them back and forth for 6 miles because the other person doesn’t go at a constant speed.  It’s dangerous.  Yes you stupid car, sitting in my blind spot, then speeding up and going back and forth.
  • Keeping a constant speed, with cruise control, when you are paying attention is very safe even in the rain and snow.  You are more likely to cause problems by speeding up and slowing down, then just going a constant speed.  If you notice the car start to slip,definitely turn off the cruise control, or if you are coming to a corner that you know if slippery, turn it off. It is common since. But you save so much in gas and time and annoy drivers less if you just go a danged constant speed.  Plus you can pay more attention to the road and what is ahead of you when you aren’t worried about your speed control constantly.

Driving too fast or too slow.

  • More accidents are caused when people are going to SLOW for conditions than going too fast.  When someone is coming too fast you can get out of the way, but when you come across someone that is going say 25 when conditions warrant 50, and are going 50, it creates as much if not a bigger problem then someone going too fast.

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Thanks for letting me blow off some steam, sometimes we all need to do that from time to time.  :)

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