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Change is Bad

by Derek on May 18th, 2006
Change is Bad

I did in fact an excessive amount of change in the change pocket of my jeans yesterday. So much that when I wanted to get fifty cents in change I had to reach in, take out some change, then reach in again to get the two quarters. This took far longer than usual, and when I was done giving the cashier her change I didn’t even bother trying to put it all back into the change pocket because I knew that some of it was going to miss the small pouch. I didn’t make any remark aloud about having too much change, but there was a guy right outside of the store asking for change that I just walked by. Like I’ve said before, I don’t give change to people on the street because I know that they’re doing just fine without my donation.


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A New Revolution in Audio. But Not.

by Derek on April 20th, 2006
A New Revolution in Audio. But Not.

I hate it enough when stupid marketing buzzwords get overused, but I hate it even more when it makes NO SENSE AT ALL!! Seriously, just picture the meetings that occurred before naming it HD Radio.

“Hmmm, we need another word to make it sound good, we can’t just use digital because almost all audio is digital anyway. Hey, those HD-DVDs are coming out, people are excited about those, how about HD Radio??”

“But sir, how can audio be high definition? Plus our audio is only CD quality.”

“YOU’RE FIRED! Okay we’re gonna call it HD Radio.”

And then more to the point anyone who’s anyone plain doesn’t listen to the radio. It’s the age of digital music and podcasts, we can now organize the music or radio-like content that we want to listen to like never before. Who is really going to listen to the radio where you get to have commercials for medicines which then have disclaimers that have been sped up to the point that it’s just barely audible, but really difficult to hear. Like the website says too, the audio is only CD quality, hardly a revolution. The only thing I know higher are those DVD audio CDs that I doubt most people listen to or even know about.

“Excuse me, but ‘proactive’ and ‘paradigm’? Aren’t these just buzzwords that dumb people use to sound important? Not that I’m accusing you of anything like that. …..[pause]….. I’m fired, aren’t I?”

-Former Itchy & Scratchy Writer, The Simpsons


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Taxes 2006

by Derek on March 29th, 2006
Taxes 2006

On my lunch break yesterday I went to mail my taxes out. First place I went to was just a mailing and shipping store nearby where I work, but I couldn’t get a registered return receipt from them because they couldn’t do it if it was being sent to a post office box. Which really was a bummer because I had planned on the errand being quick, and then getting back to work soon after. Since I was already out I figure I might as well just go and brave the line at the post office. Sure enough all of these people were there.

The person on the cell phone was actually also the person buying stamps. Weird thing was this woman didn’t have the receiver to her ear most of the time, instead talking into the phone like a walkie talkie (it wasn’t on walkie talkie mode, that would’ve been extra annoying). This woman waited in line for maybe fifteen to twenty minutes JUST TO BUY STAMPS!!!

Meanwhile there was another woman who I also see every single time I go to the post office. That person is the one who seems to be making things difficult for everyone, including themselves. They don’t have any sense of communication, they have a million questions, and don’t believe anything the postal worker tells them. Their sole purpose in life is to occupy one of three active booths at the post office for the entire duration of your wait.

The last person had a granny cart set aside with their enormous package (heh).

I made it out mostly unscathed. I didn’t know which things to fill out for certified mail so when I got to the counter they gave me the stickers and stuff I needed to fill out, and then told me to go to the head of the line when I was done. When I have to do this I always think there’s going to be someone who yells out HEY NO CUTTING! Then when I get there the woman asks me if I have any hazardous liquids, chemicals or such in the letters. I realize she probably is obligated by her job to always ask, but I just wanted to be a wiseass and point out that the addresses clearly state they’re letters to the IRS.

Whatever, the taxes are sent out and that’s all that matters.


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Post Office

by Derek on February 9th, 2005
Post Office

The post office is interesting in that it manages to cram all the annoying sitcom characters you could ever hope to find in one convenient area. I went with a friend from work to the post office today during our lunch break, and soon after we arrived I realized that I don’t go to the post office anymore because I found a small store nearby that has all the same functions without the line. But we were already there so we thought we’d tough it out since the line seemed to be moving. About half an hour later we emerged from the bowels of the United States Postal Service.

How is it that so many people can have so many problems when I can be in and out of the counter in about a minute? One guy had a huge carriage of packages. One woman was apparently discovering that perfume can’t be sent in the mail and had to retape her package up because for some reason she had to open it. I watched disbelieving as this woman proceeded to use half the roll of tape by first using one piece all the way around the length, then two or three around the width, and then the same for the piece of paper that had to be taped to the package too.

Then there was crazy bitch woman from hell complaining that they were always on lunch break when she comes, and that the previous person who waited on her was laughing at her. They asked her to wait in line, so she stayed at the front of the line saying to the people there “you don’t mind right?” As if they were about to argue with this woman. Yup, never going back. That or learning to use the automated machine thing.

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