What's your pet peeve in RL?

[Ufgt]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

Reading this just reminded me... are there headlight brightness regulations? When I drive at night back to the city, it seems like every mother fucker behind me has their high beams on. But that doesn't make sense because not EVERYONE is that inconsiderate, right? So if they don't have their highbeams on, why the HELL are the lights so bright?

[DakAttack]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

Headlights typically point towards the road, so you normally don't see their full brightness. If they're pointing too far up they can be blindingly bright.

[Aksannyi]

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I don't think there are, but there are specifications in some states (those which have regular required vehicle inspections) as to the angle of your headlights. They are supposed to be angled downward toward the road, not upwards toward oncoming drivers, which may be why so many people seem to have such bright headlights.

Those true white ones though are just bright, and I really hate them.

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Another one today, Jesus I'm on a roll.

I changed my desktop background at work because I was sick of looking at a black screen as my desktop, even though I'm on the desktop for maybe two whole minutes a day. I happened to minimize my work screen because I was setting things on top of my keyboard and didn't want to listen to the system beeping at me, well one of my coworkers happens to walk by and says I'll have to change it, that it has to be Coke related.

Seriously? My fucking desktop background? What the hell is it hurting? As if there isn't enough shit marked with Coca-Cola all over this fucking building, they can't even let me have a small piece of personality? What's next? No pictures of loved ones unless they're holding Coke cans in their hands?

This is the kind of dumb shit companies do that make people not enjoy working there. Yes, it's dumb to get angry about, but on both sides of the coin, seriously. That is just fucking retarded. So back to the plain black background, because I'll be damned if I'm going to change my desktop background to please some corporate fag who will probably never even see my fucking desktop background.

Fucking. Retarded.

[Ufgt]

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By not giving your personal freedoms, they hope to mold you into corporate sheep.

They do it at my work as well, orientation is meant to brainwash you and standardized EVERYTHING is meant to keep you in line and in the herd. It's pretty lol worthy.

They even have personal grooming requirements (ie. men can't have even slightly long hair). It's pretty retarded.

[Aksannyi]

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I kind of get one over on them anyway, these plastic Coke bottles I have? Yeah, I bought one Coke, but every day thereafter I've washed that bottle and filled it with Dr. Pepper to bring it to work. They can't tell the difference, I won't tell them, but it makes me smile every time I take a swig of soda that doesn't taste like barf, and right under their noses.

For the record, I buy a new one every couple weeks, usually a Cherry Coke because it's not nearly as gross as regular Coke, but that way I don't have a gross germy bottle.

[cidbahamut]

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This is why working for small businesses is awesome. Not having to put up with that sort of nonsense is something I now take for granted.

[Aksannyi]

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I mean realistically this is just a stepping stone job, I really dislike it, just something to pay my bills until something better comes along or I get my degree, whichever comes first. But seriously, this place has a high turnover rate, and at first I didn't get it. Hours are reasonable, dress code is casual, people aren't really micromanaged (at least in a work sense), but little petty bullshit like this is just dumb. And yeah, now I honestly can't wait for 5 so I can get the hell out of here and use my laptop, which has a personalized desktop background.

I bet I can't even change my Windows color scheme.

[Firewind]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

List of Coca-Cola brands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I would find something you like off the list and just drink that. If anyone pisses and moans at you tell them it's a coke product and where they can go stick the bottle if they don't like it.

[Aksannyi]

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Nah, I'm gonna drink what I like and just continue to disguise it. Lol. It's my way of sticking it to THE MAN. I can drink whatever the hell I want on my own time I'm just not allowed to bring anything that isn't Coke into the building.

[Firewind]

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That policy makes no sense. Do they make everyone work naked or something?

[DakAttack]

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They own Dr. Pepper.

[Aksannyi]

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No we don't. Certain parts of the country Dr. Pepper is a Pepsi product (or is bottled by Pepsi, as it's not owned by either). This is one of those parts of the country, thus, no Dr. Pepper at work.

And they mean beverages, though we can't order take out from someplace if they sell Pepsi products.

[DakAttack]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

Coke owns Pepsi, doesn't it?

[KingOfZeal]

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If that were the case, then all Pepsi products would taste like ass too.

As re: the desktop, just put a small coke icon in the bottom corner or something. That will make it coke related. Or, you could always use the MS Paint 'spray' tool for white in a random spot where it'll be seen... it's just a different kind of coke. I could have a field day with what that person said....

[Aksannyi]

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I'm not gonna tempt fate. As much as I don't like this job, I still need it. It's a stupid fucking thing to get fired over. If I'm gonna get fired, it's gonna be for fucksquatting or something equally amazing.