Yup. While leaving a showing of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, I was randomly selected to be in a test audience before it was released. I enjoyed it.
--Patrick
The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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--Patrick
Signs of the apocalypse: McDonalds' October advertising copy does not include pumpkin spice anything this year.
They didn't tell me.
They just said, "Wanna see a free movie?" or words to that effect, and then handed me a pass.
--Patrick
Ordering stuff you already have IS a classic symptom.
All I'm saying is that maybe you might be starting to need that extra fiber, is all.
--Patrick
The good old Roto-Rooter special.
GasBandit
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Me too! It's kind of ironic that I was clued into them by a guy calling himself "Mr. Regular."Oh man, I love those Fiber One bars!
Just don't have one at same time someone gives you a 16 oz latte.
I'm just sayin'...
He's named that because he does "Regular Car Reviews," not for the reason that has to do with fiber.
But he's trying to get Fiber One to sponsor his lemon rally car.
Never met Obama, and never went to high school with him. Though my home town does like the CHICAGO Blackhawks for reasons that should not be brought up.
figmentPez
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Why are the air ducts in movies and TV always sparkling clean? Why is there never any dust?
GasBandit
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For the same reason they can support 150+ pounds of human crawling through them, inexplicably silently
Dust would ruin the lighting.
Either that, or so many people crawl through them that they're always being scoured clean.
--Patrick
Marilyn Manson injured when stage prop falls on him during concert.
I assume either he got caught up in the moment and randomly decided to climb bits of the stage, or him climbing it was always going to be part of the show and someone didn't securely fasten it down the way it was supposed to be.
I assume either he got caught up in the moment and randomly decided to climb bits of the stage, or him climbing it was always going to be part of the show and someone didn't securely fasten it down the way it was supposed to be.
Walgreen's just minor-annoyance'd themselves out of being my second choice pharmacy. Apparently they noticed we moved, so instead of contacting us in any way, they just deactivated my account "to protect my security." It's a good thing my credit union, credit card companies, insurance companies, and all of the vendors where I have accounts didn't deactivate my accounts. Oh, and the only way to reactivate my account is to call their help line and wait on hold forever. I think, instead of doing that, what I'll do is switch my primary pharmacy to our hometown pharmacy (whose hours are the same as Walgreens anyway), and avoid getting 500 spam emails a week about how my balance rewards points are going to expire any second now unless I leave my house immediately, drive like a madman to the nearest Walgreen's, and buy something.
GasBandit
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Underling #2 has been let go as of this morning. Myself, the GM, and Underling #1 all agree it was the right move, though we don't have anything against former #2 personally... he just wasn't doing his job without being constantly ridden.
Fortunately, it's been decided the new promotions assistant we hired last week - yes, the one with the red hair - will become my new underling #2 to replace him.
I look forward to training her.
Fortunately, it's been decided the new promotions assistant we hired last week - yes, the one with the red hair - will become my new underling #2 to replace him.
I look forward to training her.
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Underling #2 has been let go as of this morning. Myself, the GM, and Underling #1 all agree it was the right move, though we don't have anything against former #2 personally... he just wasn't doing his job without being constantly ridden.
Fortunately, it's been decided the new promotions assistant we hired last week - yes, the one with the red hair - will become my new underling #2 to replace him.
I look forward to training her.
So her work uniform is going to include remote control vibrating panties, I assume.
Viewed from that perspective, I can see why they would deactivate an account - if they'd attempted to contact me and been unable to do so, but they have my cell phone number, my email address, and mail is being forwarded by the post office, and there were no attempts to contact me that I can discern. Also, straight up deactivation seems a little bit like they're trying to drive a finishing nail with a sledgehammer. I would've accepted "a hold has been placed on your account, please contact us," or "we've noticed some suspicious activity on your account," or "you seem to be logging in from a different location than normal, please choose a verification method from the list below." It's not like this is the only company I changed my address with - my credit card companies all prompted me to enter a code that they sent to the phone number on file, my credit union and utility providers emailed me that someone changed the address, a no-contact closure just seems... overdone.
I assume that someone noticed an address change on an account involving highly desireable meds and just figured it would be easier to beg forgiveness.
EDIT: oh hey, I should've just read further down.
--Patrick
Combination whine and minor victory. Had a flat batter when I was trying to leave for work. Had to wait nearly three hours for AAA to show up for a jump. Battery was too weak to test, but the car started. There was barely enough juice to keep the car running, but definitely not up to getting on the interstate, so I pulled right into the AutoZone for a new one. That's where I learned the old battery was not two years old like I thought, but TWELVE.
GasBandit
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I find a lot of people can't get past the smell of cooked to chorizo to actually try it, but I do know a few folks who legit can't stand it.