1. It's "VIN" not "VIN number". Just like PIN or ATM - not "PIN number" or "ATM Machine". People are so fuckin' stupid. It's a Vehicle Identification Number, so saying "VIN number" is like saying Vehicle Identification Number-Number. It's redundant. When I ask for a VIN people always correct me with, "You mean the VIN number?" No asshole, I said VIN and I meant VIN because I'm not a moron.
2. People call me all day long asking for GM to pay to fix their vehicle. I ask them, "Have you had the concern diagnosed by a dealer?" Answer is always no. Oh, okay Mr. Customer Q. Liarface, here's some fucking money. Whatever. You really expect the company to just GIVE you money when nobody has even seen the vehicle, let alone figured out what's wrong with it - ie how much it would cost to fix it? If car manufacturers could give money without a diagnosis, I would just call Ferrari and say, "I have a new Enzo that needs a new engine and I bought it yesterday. Give me the money for it." Agent: "Alrighty!" No, that's stupid. Better yet, why don't I just call up my doctor, "I have the worst cold ever, prescribe 100 boxes of ephedrine-based cold medicine for me." Then I'd go cook up some meth and sell it to school kids. Too bad there's that law that requires me to be checked out by an actual doctor because we all know that people lie and misuse the system.
3. People always want me to cover their car repairs because it's a "common concern" outside of warranty. That's stupid, let's analyze: beyond the new vehicle warranty, parts will eventually fail at some point on any vehicle. Since most all vehicles are constructed of the same basic parts and systems, it should be common across the industry. We all know we can't reasonably expect, at 200,000 miles, a part like the steering wheel to fall off or the trunk hinges to fail - those are parts that probably require more wear and tear than is required for the entire vehicle to last. But we could expect something like a water pump to fail in that time because it takes less wear and tear to make it fail. That means then, by default, you will see more water pump failures out there - ie it will be more COMMON. So does that mean that it's the manufacturer's fault that the water pump failed at 80,000 miles? No, because we all know that a water pump is not expected to last until 200,000 miles. I'm not saying there aren't ones that do, but we're all surprised when they do. If you'd be surprised it lasted so long, then that must mean that you expect it to fail sooner, which is probably based on the fact that in reality it does fail sooner which is another way of saying 'commonly'.
4. My office is structured with dozens of rows of desks, with each row a "team" with their own manager. Currently I sit quite aways from my dickhead manager and am quite satisfied with where I sit because of it. He just came up to me and told me no ifs, ands, or buts, I have to move closer to him on his row. He claims he just wants everyone on the same row. I thinks it's bullshit and he just doesn't trust me and wants to keep a closer eye on me. Yesterday he told my neighbor that she has to move and she said she likes where she's at so he let her stay. Now he tells me she has to move too, but there's nowhere on his row for her to go. This is bullshit - it's just his desire to control people. Fuck that, I'll be a thorn in everyone's side that gets a rise out of controlling people.
5. George Carlin pisses me off. Maybe he was kind of funny in the 70s and 80s, but no more. You are not funny George Carlin - your act no longer consists of actual humor, all you're doing is regurgitating things everyone has heard but all at once and with somewhat of a poetic metre to it. But it is NOT comedy - it's dull. His old material stradled the line between comedy and stupid as well. Even as a much younger man his comdey wasn't far from being either observations of a 9 year old, or corny ramblings of an 85 year old. George Carlin just plain isn't funny.
6. Anne Coulter is a cocky bitch. I don't care about her politics or the recent controversy over the comments she made - she's just plain conceited. She's probably just compensating for her small penis.
2. People call me all day long asking for GM to pay to fix their vehicle. I ask them, "Have you had the concern diagnosed by a dealer?" Answer is always no. Oh, okay Mr. Customer Q. Liarface, here's some fucking money. Whatever. You really expect the company to just GIVE you money when nobody has even seen the vehicle, let alone figured out what's wrong with it - ie how much it would cost to fix it? If car manufacturers could give money without a diagnosis, I would just call Ferrari and say, "I have a new Enzo that needs a new engine and I bought it yesterday. Give me the money for it." Agent: "Alrighty!" No, that's stupid. Better yet, why don't I just call up my doctor, "I have the worst cold ever, prescribe 100 boxes of ephedrine-based cold medicine for me." Then I'd go cook up some meth and sell it to school kids. Too bad there's that law that requires me to be checked out by an actual doctor because we all know that people lie and misuse the system.
3. People always want me to cover their car repairs because it's a "common concern" outside of warranty. That's stupid, let's analyze: beyond the new vehicle warranty, parts will eventually fail at some point on any vehicle. Since most all vehicles are constructed of the same basic parts and systems, it should be common across the industry. We all know we can't reasonably expect, at 200,000 miles, a part like the steering wheel to fall off or the trunk hinges to fail - those are parts that probably require more wear and tear than is required for the entire vehicle to last. But we could expect something like a water pump to fail in that time because it takes less wear and tear to make it fail. That means then, by default, you will see more water pump failures out there - ie it will be more COMMON. So does that mean that it's the manufacturer's fault that the water pump failed at 80,000 miles? No, because we all know that a water pump is not expected to last until 200,000 miles. I'm not saying there aren't ones that do, but we're all surprised when they do. If you'd be surprised it lasted so long, then that must mean that you expect it to fail sooner, which is probably based on the fact that in reality it does fail sooner which is another way of saying 'commonly'.
4. My office is structured with dozens of rows of desks, with each row a "team" with their own manager. Currently I sit quite aways from my dickhead manager and am quite satisfied with where I sit because of it. He just came up to me and told me no ifs, ands, or buts, I have to move closer to him on his row. He claims he just wants everyone on the same row. I thinks it's bullshit and he just doesn't trust me and wants to keep a closer eye on me. Yesterday he told my neighbor that she has to move and she said she likes where she's at so he let her stay. Now he tells me she has to move too, but there's nowhere on his row for her to go. This is bullshit - it's just his desire to control people. Fuck that, I'll be a thorn in everyone's side that gets a rise out of controlling people.
5. George Carlin pisses me off. Maybe he was kind of funny in the 70s and 80s, but no more. You are not funny George Carlin - your act no longer consists of actual humor, all you're doing is regurgitating things everyone has heard but all at once and with somewhat of a poetic metre to it. But it is NOT comedy - it's dull. His old material stradled the line between comedy and stupid as well. Even as a much younger man his comdey wasn't far from being either observations of a 9 year old, or corny ramblings of an 85 year old. George Carlin just plain isn't funny.
6. Anne Coulter is a cocky bitch. I don't care about her politics or the recent controversy over the comments she made - she's just plain conceited. She's probably just compensating for her small penis.
posted by blackoutperiod at 11:06 AM
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HAHA. I am also a phone slave here in the UK. I work in a television channel's complaints dept. It's monotonous but at times interesting job. Some psychos call 30 times a night. I write about some of them. I've got a regualar - an old aristocratic nut - called Mr honky Tonk. Read about him at www.theurbanmonk.blogspot.com
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