Sunbird Posted February 2, 2017 Report Share Posted February 2, 2017 5 hours ago, Oversleep said: I just broke out laughing like a loon, alone in my basement, at midnight... Thank you for these hilarious screenshots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 I am 99.9% sure that the little cremling of a patron just entered the wrong password into the machine THREE TIMES so I'd have to print her storming job from the desk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shqueeves Posted February 10, 2017 Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 Teachers who do nothing except give busywork 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 Looking at the back of my hands. They will never heal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soyperson Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 People who do not realize that they cannot sing singing along at concerts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 Being a librarian has shown me how Siri must feel. "Thank you for calling the library, how may I help you?" "Isn't there a dentist on [Street]?" "Um….it seems there is a dentist there, yes." "No, not dentist, I said Denny's. The restaurant." "Thank you for calling the library, how may I help you?" "Get me the phone number for My Fellow of the Wrong Row." "The…." "THE PHONE NUMBER, I WANT THE PHONE NUMBER!" "For what?" "FOR SHELDONO FRUTATTO." "….you want fruit?" 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oversleep Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 1 hour ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: Being a librarian has shown me how Siri must feel. And then I sat there for a minute after reading your post, wondering how does that relate to Siri of Nalthis... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Budgie Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 On 12/02/2017 at 0:25 AM, bleeder said: People who do not realize that they cannot sing singing along at concerts. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo that would be horrifying... Although, knowing my choir teacher she would probably do something horrible to the people singing along. Make them sing, maybe. Get up at five thirty in the morning for choir, then try and sightread a new song and sing note names for the major triads in Ab major. Yes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 When the first department people deal with has no idea what the other departments' policies are, but tell them their policies anyway. So when someone wants you to break policy.... "They said I could do it!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaymyth Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 People at work who when addressing me insist on putting "Miss" in front of my first name. Stop it. Just stop. I know you think it's polite or something, but it isn't. It's infantilizing and annoying and this little habit or tradition or whatever it is needs to go die in a fire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mestiv Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 1 hour ago, Kaymyth said: People at work who when addressing me insist on putting "Miss" in front of my first name. Stop it. Just stop. I know you think it's polite or something, but it isn't. It's infantilizing and annoying and this little habit or tradition or whatever it is needs to go die in a fire. How about Madame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shqueeves Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 185A really gets on my nerves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird Posted February 14, 2017 Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 6 hours ago, Shqueeves said: 185A really gets on my nerves 185A? I'm not familiar with that term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shqueeves Posted February 14, 2017 Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Sunbird said: 185A? I'm not familiar with that term. I wasn't expecting anybody on here to be familiar with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted February 14, 2017 Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 10 minutes ago, Shqueeves said: I wasn't expecting anybody on here to be familiar with them Quote Section 185A. No person shall engage in the business of reselling any ticket or tickets of admission or other evidence of right of entry to any theatrical exhibition, public show or public amusement or exhibition required to be licensed under sections one hundred and eighty-one and one hundred and eighty-two of this chapter or under chapter one hundred and twenty-eight A, whether such business is conducted on or off the premises on which such ticket or other evidence is to be used, without being licensed therefor by the commissioner of public safety, in this and the six following sections called the commissioner. I'm not sure why a Massachusetts law against scalping tickets gets on your nerves, but I'm definitely giving you suspicious looks right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shqueeves Posted February 14, 2017 Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 10 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: I'm not sure why a Massachusetts law against scalping tickets gets on your nerves, but I'm definitely giving you suspicious looks right now. I'm referring to a different 185A. I've never even been to Massachusetts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlion Blight Posted February 14, 2017 Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 18 minutes ago, Shqueeves said: I'm referring to a different 185A. I've never even been to Massachusetts I, too, don't care for the bottom butt flap. http://www.neesvigs.co/product/beef-sirloin-bottom-butt-flap-grass-fed-185a/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaa Posted February 14, 2017 Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 9 hours ago, Kaymyth said: People at work who when addressing me insist on putting "Miss" in front of my first name. Stop it. Just stop. I know you think it's polite or something, but it isn't. It's infantilizing and annoying and this little habit or tradition or whatever it is needs to go die in a fire. I was taught in high school to use "Ms." in formal written language to address women regardless of age and marital status, as "Miss" (which connotes youth or maidenhood) is deemed too casual and/or presumptuous. But obviously that distinction disappears in spoken language. I suppose calling people just by their name, without any titles, does sound like the more progressive thing to do. My current pet peeve: People who commit the Tu quoque fallacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant Posted February 14, 2017 Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 3 hours ago, skaa said: I was taught in high school to use "Ms." in formal written language to address women regardless of age and marital status, as "Miss" (which connotes youth or maidenhood) is deemed too casual and/or presumptuous. But obviously that distinction disappears in spoken language. I suppose calling people just by their name, without any titles, does sound like the more progressive thing to do. My current pet peeve: People who commit the Tu quoque fallacy. Oh man, I got a big problem with those Tu cocks myself 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted February 14, 2017 Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 Isnt Ms. pronounced Miz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaa Posted February 14, 2017 Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Deliiiiiightful said: Isnt Ms. pronounced Miz? It is? Interesting. Philippine English has the same pronunciation for Ms. and Miss: Mis. Now that I think about it I have indeed heard "Miz" before, though I thought it was just how Miss/Ms. is pronounced with a certain accent. TIL. Edited February 14, 2017 by skaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted February 14, 2017 Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 You're out on the floor, helping a patron with the printer. Two of your coworkers are at the desk. They aren't busy. They are ready and willing to offer assistance. While you're with the first patron, a second appears. They have walked past your two coworkers to ask you and only you for help with the copier. So you help this person. A third approaches, and a fourth, and a fifth. The desk has afforded your coworkers a cloak of invisibility, making you the only librarian patrons can see. Apparently. Even when approaching the desk would be quicker and easier, the patrons have chosen you, and only you, to answer questions they could easily answer themselves if they simply read the directions you posted. The more patrons you help, the more patrons decide you are their champion. This is your life now. You are now trapped in Dumb Question Purgatory. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaymyth Posted February 14, 2017 Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 22 hours ago, Mestiv said: How about Madame? Or how about just my name? 13 hours ago, skaa said: I was taught in high school to use "Ms." in formal written language to address women regardless of age and marital status, as "Miss" (which connotes youth or maidenhood) is deemed too casual and/or presumptuous. But obviously that distinction disappears in spoken language. I suppose calling people just by their name, without any titles, does sound like the more progressive thing to do. My current pet peeve: People who commit the Tu quoque fallacy. Yeah, there's a huge difference between formal written language and spoken. Plus, that written convention assumes you're using the last name, not the first. Ms. Williams is an acceptable form of address for me via written communication. Addressing me in spoken language as "Miss Rosemary" however will cause the hair on the back of my neck to raise and one of the muscles in my jaw will start twitching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted February 14, 2017 Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 5 hours ago, Kaymyth said: Or how about just my name? Yeah, there's a huge difference between formal written language and spoken. Plus, that written convention assumes you're using the last name, not the first. Ms. Williams is an acceptable form of address for me via written communication. Addressing me in spoken language as "Miss Rosemary" however will cause the hair on the back of my neck to raise and one of the muscles in my jaw will start twitching. Sounds like Sazed is talking....or Waxs tea loving butler, or maybe actually C-3PO. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Budgie Posted February 15, 2017 Report Share Posted February 15, 2017 How about people who deliberatly try to talk to you when you're reading something? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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