What grinds your gears? - Page 896

Juju · 21st November 2016, 10:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Native

Job hunting in NZ (post 8 years UK) and trying to deal with glorified box tickerers in NZ:

FTFY.

Lightspeed · 22nd November 2016, 16:54

Yeah, networking seems to be the only way to get decent work. Unless you're good at putting on a song and dance for recruiters. I find it a bit gross... but sometimes you gotta do gross shit I suppose.

Ab · 29th November 2016, 19:01

God bless the Baby Boomers

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment...will-be-served

CCS · 29th November 2016, 19:31

How many houses do you own, Ab?

crocos · 29th November 2016, 20:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ab

God bless the Baby Boomers

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment...will-be-served

McCormick needs to understand Air NZ, as a private company, can choose to not do business with people - the right to face one's accuser only applies to legal enforcement. Frankly with the trespass and theft of private property (drinking the wine) the bloody idiot is lucky he's not up on actual charges.

CCS · 1st January 2017, 19:51

The neighbour seems to have received a piano for Christmas. Right now, it sounds like they are just whacking it. I hope the novelty wears off soon.

MadMax · 2nd January 2017, 10:30

so ... they're not playing the piano very piano?

it takes many years to master the piano. ha ha.

CCS · 14th February 2017, 16:07

ATHop Card DIAF.

So you top your card up online but that credit is not applied until the next time you swipe your card on a bus or at a Hop Card machine.

What the fuck?

It turns out that if you don't swipe your card again for 60 days, then the "system resets" according to the call centre, and your credit just vanishes.

WHAT THE FUCK?!

So if you're not a frequent bus user, you're kinda fucked. What you need to do is call the call centre who will tell you that they can 'reactivate' that credit but it won't be applied for 24 - 48 hours.

WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK!

To get more credit on your hop card instantly, you need to get it topped up in person.

JESUS SMEGGING CHRIST.

So... am I understand that the balance of your account is stored on the fucking card itself? Is this really how we do things in 2017?!

Burn in hell.

crocos · 14th February 2017, 20:48

Yep. Amm0nRa proved at Kiwicon last year that the Chch bus system is still totally vulnerable, can't see any reason ATHop, whom hasn't had a friendly hacker investigate their system, wouldn't be silly enough to store on-card.

pxpx · 15th February 2017, 08:14

Can confirm at hop payment system is absolute balls. Weird because they had the company that worked on Hong Kongs Octopus card (which is excellent) consult for them.

https://at.govt.nz/about-us/news-eve...-hop-smartcard

That being said, who knows what involvement they really had with Octopus.

StN · 15th February 2017, 13:39

Getting gazumped on an eBay auction - I thought they'd auto extend

CCS · 15th February 2017, 13:43

SHAME DICK. Ebay doesn't do that auto-extend horseshit.

StN · 15th February 2017, 17:53

Yeah - and now someone who was paying attention has scored 8 x vintage CD caddy trays from Ohio.

MadMax · 24th February 2017, 20:57

Xtras mail shenanigans affect more than just their own customers. When you have many thousands of customers yourself, you're inevitably going to have some with xtra based email accounts. Joyous.

StN · 28th March 2017, 14:46

2 days for a package to get from deepest China to Auckland Airport. 4 days later, still there...

blynk · 28th March 2017, 18:00

That sucks, but I would rather customs is thorough and slow, than be fast and let $millions of meth in

CCS · 28th March 2017, 18:09

I'd like them to be fast and thorough. If the govt needs to better fund them to make that happen, so be it. What with this era of global commerce, packages coming into the country will only increase in volume and customs needs to be equipped to handle that.

DrTiTus · 28th March 2017, 18:29

Fast and thorough = DHL, or some other premium service. If you wanna save money, be prepared to wait.

madmaxii · 28th March 2017, 23:09

I've had a parcel (aluminium water bottle) sitting at the airport since the 18th of February according to Aliexpress's track and trace. An ear stud, basically a small padded letter took 35 days to get from Sydney to Auckland. NZ Post's cutbacks are making this a third world country. I can see NZ being one of those countries excluded from Ebay's and Ali's "send to" countries

StN · 29th March 2017, 07:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by blynk

That sucks, but I would rather customs is thorough and slow, than be fast and let $millions of meth in

Overnight through Customs - rest was either Airport logistics or TNT. Might give a bit of leeway on the fog yesterday morning.

Ab · 27th April 2017, 17:31

young female marketing coordinators. kill them all.

seriously, they're the larval stage of the 50-something Office Manager we all hate.

MadMax · 27th April 2017, 22:47

Oh reminds me of this one character at work. She's probably 50+ too.

I have absolutely no idea what her beef is but she seems to have it in for me something chronic. Just glad she's not in the same building.

Seemed to have started when she calls me up once and as we have an internal phone directory that displays the other party's name on the screen of our desk phones I simply answered the call once with a simple and friendly hello. Nek minit she's on a rant about how everyone is supposed to answer the call with their name. I was flabbergasted so just laughingly agreed with her. It became amusing when I had to explain to the next colleague that called me why I answered their call with the whole jingle identifying the company, department and my name like I would with an external call.

A few weeks later she's going off at me for chasing her up for some info I'm missing. I mean hey I need the info to do my job and I certainly didn't nag her for it.

Last one was for when I had a form I hadn't provided to her where she was literally abusing me for it. Again I was blown away by how she could be speaking in the manner she was to me over the phone - which I let her know. Actually had me shaking. Turns out she was on a bit of a warpath that day based on comments from others she works with. I made the conversation with her one sided by only answering questions and not responding to anything else she was ranting on about so she didn't have any reason for it. I *should* have told her to stop else I'll hang up and she can call back when she's feeling better *cough* willing to speak normally but hey I was late with the form ...

I'll have to put her next call call straight to speakerphone so everyone can witness it as her attitude is ass.

Cool work story bro.

CCS · 28th April 2017, 00:17

To be fair, you are semi-retarded.

blynk · 28th April 2017, 09:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ab

young female marketing coordinators. kill them all.

seriously, they're the larval stage of the 50-something Office Manager we all hate.

I sit close to 4 of them. It can be rather annoying.

pxpx · 28th April 2017, 11:58

The hottie of the day thread gets updated when I'm at work.

CCS · 28th April 2017, 12:01

Use the 4g on your phone.

In a toilet cubicle.

You dirty bastard.

pxpx · 28th April 2017, 12:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCS

Use the 4g on your phone.

In a toilet cubicle.

You dirty bastard.

brb

CCS · 28th April 2017, 13:29

Worth it.

MadMax · 5th May 2017, 10:45

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pxpx · 5th May 2017, 11:52

^ anything from MadMax in this thread grinds my gears.

MadMax · 5th May 2017, 12:58

*keeps posting*

CCS · 17th June 2017, 16:35

So I had me a pie from BP for lunch, as they make some decent pies. I'd never had a Lamb and Rosemary pie and it seemed like a nice flavour. First bite into it, and what is this I see? A PEA! I bite again. CORN! A further bite. CARROT! SABOTAGED! Hiding veges in pies should be a criminal act. At the very least, the pies should be made to have a sign stating clearly "WARNING: THESE PIES CONTAIN BULLSHIT"

I could barely detect the lamb either. It may well have been there, but minced up too small to be visible.

For shame, BP. Your mince & cheese is good. Your pepper steak is pretty good. But this Lamb and Rosemary and BULLSHIT pie is the sort of thing that should have people marching down Queen St in protest.

madmaxii · 17th June 2017, 22:03

Ah but their Thai Chicken is to die for.

CCS · 17th June 2017, 22:53

Does it have veges in it?

blynk · 19th June 2017, 11:03

My company has decided to move from East Tamaki into Newmarket.
That is going to suck big time, and I will now be part of the fucked up traffic congestion.

As well as the other 150+ staff that lived close to work.

Savage · 19th June 2017, 17:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by madmaxii

Ah but their Thai Chicken is to die for.

fuck yes it is

FireStorm · 20th June 2017, 11:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by blynk

My company has decided to move from East Tamaki into Newmarket.
That is going to suck big time, and I will now be part of the fucked up traffic congestion.

As well as the other 150+ staff that lived close to work.

Newmarket has a close train station, maybe something to consider.

blynk · 20th June 2017, 12:36

It does, but getting on the train might be a pain.
Based on family commitments I am unlikely to be able to leave for work too early, which probably removes the park and ride options.
It could also require 2 trains.

Bus is also an option as there are plenty from Howick to Newmarket/City

Lightspeed · 24th June 2017, 22:33

Google GMGs:

Recently: Drive, it used to be that if you opened a CSV document with Sheets it would create a new file in the same directory. Now the new file is created in the root directory?!

Awhile back: Gmail, I got an alert an email account is being accessed from overseas. I block the access only to discover it was Google accessing the account via POP as it had long been configured to do. Until I take the time to figure out how to allow access again, I have to directly log into the account.

kRAdENkO · 24th June 2017, 23:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by blynk

My company has decided to move from East Tamaki into Newmarket.
That is going to suck big time, and I will now be part of the fucked up traffic congestion.

As well as the other 150+ staff that lived close to work.

Currently work in East Tamaki too. Do they have to offer you the option of some sort of relocation compensation/redundancy once distance moved > X km in your contract?

Would suck TBH.

29th November 2016, 19:31	#35804
CCS Stunt Pants	How many houses do you own, Ab? __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

1st January 2017, 19:51	#35806
CCS Stunt Pants	The neighbour seems to have received a piano for Christmas. Right now, it sounds like they are just whacking it. I hope the novelty wears off soon. __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

2nd January 2017, 10:30	#35807
MadMax Stuff	so ... they're not playing the piano very piano? it takes many years to master the piano. ha ha. __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

14th February 2017, 16:07	#35808
CCS Stunt Pants	ATHop Card DIAF. So you top your card up online but that credit is not applied until the next time you swipe your card on a bus or at a Hop Card machine. What the fuck? It turns out that if you don't swipe your card again for 60 days, then the "system resets" according to the call centre, and your credit just vanishes. WHAT THE FUCK?! So if you're not a frequent bus user, you're kinda fucked. What you need to do is call the call centre who will tell you that they can 'reactivate' that credit but it won't be applied for 24 - 48 hours. WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK! To get more credit on your hop card instantly, you need to get it topped up in person. JESUS SMEGGING CHRIST. So... am I understand that the balance of your account is stored on the fucking card itself? Is this really how we do things in 2017?! Burn in hell. __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

15th February 2017, 13:43	#35812
CCS Stunt Pants	SHAME DICK. Ebay doesn't do that auto-extend horseshit. __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

22nd November 2016, 16:54	#35802
Lightspeed	Yeah, networking seems to be the only way to get decent work. Unless you're good at putting on a song and dance for recruiters. I find it a bit gross... but sometimes you gotta do gross shit I suppose. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

29th November 2016, 19:01	#35803
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	God bless the Baby Boomers http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment...will-be-served

14th February 2017, 20:48	#35809
crocos	Yep. Amm0nRa proved at Kiwicon last year that the Chch bus system is still totally vulnerable, can't see any reason ATHop, whom hasn't had a friendly hacker investigate their system, wouldn't be silly enough to store on-card. __________________ Ξ √ Ω L U T ↑ ☼ N وكل يوم كنت تعيش في العبودية

15th February 2017, 08:14	#35810
pxpx	Can confirm at hop payment system is absolute balls. Weird because they had the company that worked on Hong Kongs Octopus card (which is excellent) consult for them. https://at.govt.nz/about-us/news-eve...-hop-smartcard That being said, who knows what involvement they really had with Octopus.

15th February 2017, 13:39	#35811
StN I have detailed files	Getting gazumped on an eBay auction - I thought they'd auto extend

15th February 2017, 17:53	#35813
StN I have detailed files	Yeah - and now someone who was paying attention has scored 8 x vintage CD caddy trays from Ohio.

24th February 2017, 20:57	#35814
MadMax Stuff	Xtras mail shenanigans affect more than just their own customers. When you have many thousands of customers yourself, you're inevitably going to have some with xtra based email accounts. Joyous. __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

28th March 2017, 14:46	#35815
StN I have detailed files	2 days for a package to get from deepest China to Auckland Airport. 4 days later, still there...

28th March 2017, 18:00	#35816
blynk	That sucks, but I would rather customs is thorough and slow, than be fast and let $millions of meth in

28th March 2017, 18:09	#35817
CCS Stunt Pants	I'd like them to be fast and thorough. If the govt needs to better fund them to make that happen, so be it. What with this era of global commerce, packages coming into the country will only increase in volume and customs needs to be equipped to handle that. __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

28th March 2017, 18:29	#35818
DrTiTus HENCE WHY FOREVER ALONE	Fast and thorough = DHL, or some other premium service. If you wanna save money, be prepared to wait. __________________ Finger rolling rhythm, ride the horse one hand...

28th March 2017, 23:09	#35819
madmaxii	I've had a parcel (aluminium water bottle) sitting at the airport since the 18th of February according to Aliexpress's track and trace. An ear stud, basically a small padded letter took 35 days to get from Sydney to Auckland. NZ Post's cutbacks are making this a third world country. I can see NZ being one of those countries excluded from Ebay's and Ali's "send to" countries __________________ Carpe Diem

27th April 2017, 17:31	#35821
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	young female marketing coordinators. kill them all. seriously, they're the larval stage of the 50-something Office Manager we all hate.

27th April 2017, 22:47	#35822
MadMax Stuff	Oh reminds me of this one character at work. She's probably 50+ too. I have absolutely no idea what her beef is but she seems to have it in for me something chronic. Just glad she's not in the same building. Seemed to have started when she calls me up once and as we have an internal phone directory that displays the other party's name on the screen of our desk phones I simply answered the call once with a simple and friendly hello. Nek minit she's on a rant about how everyone is supposed to answer the call with their name. I was flabbergasted so just laughingly agreed with her. It became amusing when I had to explain to the next colleague that called me why I answered their call with the whole jingle identifying the company, department and my name like I would with an external call. A few weeks later she's going off at me for chasing her up for some info I'm missing. I mean hey I need the info to do my job and I certainly didn't nag her for it. Last one was for when I had a form I hadn't provided to her where she was literally abusing me for it. Again I was blown away by how she could be speaking in the manner she was to me over the phone - which I let her know. Actually had me shaking. Turns out she was on a bit of a warpath that day based on comments from others she works with. I made the conversation with her one sided by only answering questions and not responding to anything else she was ranting on about so she didn't have any reason for it. I should have told her to stop else I'll hang up and she can call back when she's feeling better cough willing to speak normally but hey I was late with the form ... I'll have to put her next call call straight to speakerphone so everyone can witness it as her attitude is ass. Cool work story bro. __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

28th April 2017, 00:17	#35823
CCS Stunt Pants	To be fair, you are semi-retarded. __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

28th April 2017, 11:58	#35825
pxpx	The hottie of the day thread gets updated when I'm at work.

28th April 2017, 12:01	#35826
CCS Stunt Pants	Use the 4g on your phone. In a toilet cubicle. You dirty bastard. __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

28th April 2017, 13:29	#35828
CCS Stunt Pants	Worth it. __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

5th May 2017, 10:45	#35829
MadMax Stuff	Really? Thunder Thunder, thun-, thunder Thun-thun-thunder, thunder, thunder Thunder, thun-, thunder Thun-thun-thunder, thunder Thunder, feel the thunder Lightning and the thunder Thunder, feel the thunder Lightning and the thunder Thunder Thunder, feel the thunder Lightning and the thunder, thunder Thunder, feel the thunder Lightning and the thunder, thunder Thunder, feel the thunder Lightning and the thunder, thunder Thunder, feel the thunder (Never give up, never give up, never give up) Lightning and the thunder, thunder Thunder, feel the thunder (Never give up, never give up, never give up) Lightning and the thunder, thunder Thunder, thunder, thun-, thunder Thun-thun-thunder, thunder Thunder, thunder, thun-, thunder Thun-thun-thunder, thunder Thunder, thunder, thun-, thunder Thun-thun-thunder, thunder Thunder, thunder, thun-, thunder Thun-thun-thunder, thunder __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

5th May 2017, 11:52	#35830
pxpx	^ anything from MadMax in this thread grinds my gears.

5th May 2017, 12:58	#35831
MadMax Stuff	keeps posting __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

17th June 2017, 16:35	#35832
CCS Stunt Pants	So I had me a pie from BP for lunch, as they make some decent pies. I'd never had a Lamb and Rosemary pie and it seemed like a nice flavour. First bite into it, and what is this I see? A PEA! I bite again. CORN! A further bite. CARROT! SABOTAGED! Hiding veges in pies should be a criminal act. At the very least, the pies should be made to have a sign stating clearly "WARNING: THESE PIES CONTAIN BULLSHIT" I could barely detect the lamb either. It may well have been there, but minced up too small to be visible. For shame, BP. Your mince & cheese is good. Your pepper steak is pretty good. But this Lamb and Rosemary and BULLSHIT pie is the sort of thing that should have people marching down Queen St in protest. __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

17th June 2017, 22:03	#35833
madmaxii	Ah but their Thai Chicken is to die for. __________________ Carpe Diem

17th June 2017, 22:53	#35834
CCS Stunt Pants	Does it have veges in it? __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

19th June 2017, 11:03	#35835
blynk	My company has decided to move from East Tamaki into Newmarket. That is going to suck big time, and I will now be part of the fucked up traffic congestion. As well as the other 150+ staff that lived close to work.

20th June 2017, 12:36	#35838
blynk	It does, but getting on the train might be a pain. Based on family commitments I am unlikely to be able to leave for work too early, which probably removes the park and ride options. It could also require 2 trains. Bus is also an option as there are plenty from Howick to Newmarket/City

24th June 2017, 22:33	#35839
Lightspeed	Google GMGs: Recently: Drive, it used to be that if you opened a CSV document with Sheets it would create a new file in the same directory. Now the new file is created in the root directory?! Awhile back: Gmail, I got an alert an email account is being accessed from overseas. I block the access only to discover it was Google accessing the account via POP as it had long been configured to do. Until I take the time to figure out how to allow access again, I have to directly log into the account. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.