Hi dudes,
As some of you know I work in a recycling centre here in the UK...this is some of the stupidity I have to deal with every day!
1) Does grass go into the green waste bin? It's a bin full of grass, leaves and hedge trimmings!)
2) Do you work here? (I wear bright fucking orange!)
3) Where do I put this iron bar (said customer was standing next to the metal bin!)
4) Is it ok to put this settee in the cardboard container?
5) Can I put these cans into the bottle bank?
6) Do you class this as an electrical item? ( holding a toaster in front of me)
7) Are you sure I can put shredded paper into the paper bank?
8 What time do you close? (I'm locking up at the time!)
9) How do I know where to put stuff? (every bin is clearly signed with pictures for the illiterate)
10) Is it ok to put a hair dryer into the clothing bank?
I have lost all faith in humanity since working here.... :o
Peace dudes.
Dude, sounds like a laugh a minute. Can you do a J before your shift?
QuoteCan you do a J before your shift?
The company I work for have a very strict no drugs policy...can't even do a J after work cos we have random drugs and alcohol tests!
Oat sodas all the way while I'm employed here...and even then not on a work evening! :(
Bummer , man. That's a bummer.
Put all of those stupid questions on a BINGO card [I'm not sure if you have BINGO in the UK, but I'll assume that you do]. Mark off each dumb question as you are asked it. If you score a bingo by the end of your shift, treat yourself to something cheap, like a fancy coffee or a candy bar. I used to do this, and it made me long for more dumb questions.
Quote from: Ava on May 09, 2010, 07:05:37 PM
...[I'm not sure if you have BINGO in the UK, but I'll assume that you do]...
We even have electricity and day time television in some parts of the UK (as in all of it). ;D
wasn't sure if you embraced the exact same fundraiser games as we do, after all, there is that great baseball/ cricket divide... ;)
And the "Soccer" vs "Football" divide.
I personally favour the left back in bar approach to most sport.
In fact I don't really do much with running around anyway.
I used to play, as quarterback, but I smoked too much pot so I switched to
left back. Best place for me, I could never play Nickelback. 8)
QuoteI personally favour the left back in bar approach to most sport.
Left back in the bar? ;D
Quote from: Caesar dude on May 10, 2010, 04:19:34 PM
Left back in the bar? ;D
Yep (ah translation for American Dudes bar as in pub, social drinking establishment, as in "of course it's safe to leave him with all that alcohol, no-one could drink that much by themselves.")
Quote from: Caesar dude on May 10, 2010, 04:19:34 PM
QuoteI personally favour the left back in bar approach to most sport.
Left back in the bar? ;D
That's right, C. D. 8)
Quote from: Ava on May 09, 2010, 07:05:37 PM
...[I'm not sure if you have BINGO in the UK, but I'll assume that you do]...
Dear gods do we have it! It's been a national phenomenon for decades, massive halls dotted across the land, a daytime haven for Grannies, and nowadays a nighttime haven for young middle-aged women who either have no hobbies or are looking for a loud and drunken night out where there's a small chance you might win your money back :P
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Ceaser, you're a good man for putting up with morons like that. Working in some sort of front-line customer service job (as Meekon also has) I know how depressing it can be for the state of humanity. However, once you understand that most people are like this, and they all have a right to vote, the world (and its horrific state) makes perfect sense. Coincidentally, this brings me back to bingo.... :P
;D ;D ;D
Or you could write them down in a kind of poster and stick it where you work and once someone asks a stupid question you send him/her to read the poster. At least you can save your voice. 8)
QuoteOr you could write them down in a kind of poster and stick it where you work
I've done it, printed it out....and it will be on every bin tomorrow morning! Great idea GSM!
I'm sure there will be many comments from both customers and management! LOL
Peace Great Spirit Dude 8)
I'm glad to be of help. Lol!
Well, at least it's a highway to future Dudervana, you know, sustaining shit in this life etc. etc.
Alternatively a poster stating "Please ask questions to management only" isn't possible? ;D
Have a good weekend Caesar Dude! 8)
Yeah I used to watch Brainiac right, and think to myself yeah this is a cute parody of Myth Busters, but as I continued to watch sketches such as I can do Science me, and paid closer attention to the tests they actually performed I began to wonder as to the average intellectual quotient of the British subject, I moved to England about 2 years ago to study and visit my mums side of the family and in the 6 months that I was there I was horrified as to how dumb most of the people were, now yes I spent some time in South Yorkshire among some people who appeared to have no grasp of the English language but I also spent a lot of time in Manchester and Liverpool and spent some time in London as well, now for a country where education is free and provided by the government not to mention that the UK has an outstanding educational system because I was learning intensively for close to 6 months and found myself motivated and surrounded by excellent facilities to further myself, how on earth did everyone else get so fucking dumb?
I live in the UK and come from differrent country. All you're saying are lies. This is very undude. Undude and rasist, so unfortunatelly I'm going to say: go fuck yourself, you rasist cunt. Sounds like something you, ubermensch and only thinking person in the UK, can understand I hope.
What's even worse not long ago you wrote that you're proud, that you view people as good and bad, not black or white, man or woman. Unless they're British, I guess. You're a rasist saying proudly that you're tolerant. Shame.
Then Allow me to pull my fut out of my mouth and apologies, it was uncalled for and I'm sorry, When I was in England I was constantly the target of racism and bigotry, for a good 4 months I had groups of 40-50 kids outside shouting anti sematic insults at my mother and my two little brothers, we hadn't even got a chance to settle in when my mum had two of her ribs broken on the buss home one night, My little brother and Sister were almost always terrified and even though we moved to liverpool and manchester we were subject to the same racial abuse, Now I apologies to everyone I've wrongfully hurt but I have great reason to be angry about what happened to me, although its misguided in this forum, but I have every right to be angry and I'd assume that you could all respect that.
That Aside, while I was in England, I was a student in Manchester university and I was truly happy to be a member of that institution the standard of learning is great, and I'm sure that the British population is nothing like what I describe them to be, sadly I only seemed to encounter narrow minded racism.
and now Jakobul, I'm pretty sure you spoke for everyone else in your post and I would like to apologies to everyone I have offended. I hope we can move on now
Quote from: greatspiritmonk on May 14, 2010, 03:00:58 AM
;D ;D ;D
Or you could write them down in a kind of poster and stick it where you work and once someone asks a stupid question you send him/her to read the poster. At least you can save your voice. 8)
Or post it on your intranet (thats intra as in internal not inter as in external, just in case ;D) and number the answers so when they call you can just say "answer number 5!"
Quote from: Spoonifyourhorny on May 24, 2010, 05:05:45 AM
....When I was in England I was constantly the target of racism and bigotry, for a good 4 months I had groups of 40-50 kids outside shouting anti sematic insults at my mother and my two little brothers, we hadn't even got a chance to settle in when my mum had two of her ribs broken on the buss home one night, .... we moved to liverpool and manchester we were subject to the same racial abuse....
That Aside, while I was in England, I was a student in Manchester university and I was truly happy to be a member of that institution the standard of learning is great, and I'm sure that the British population is nothing like what I describe them to be, sadly I only seemed to encounter narrow minded racism.
Allow me to apologise for the minority (though it may not seem like it to you) of bigots that exist in the UK. Unfortunately the majority are less noticeable because they are the ones NOT making the noise (if you know what I mean).
I spent a few years living in the north of England, I personally had no trouble (because I look like some psychotic axe murderer), but friends of mine had a lot of trouble just because we were southerners, or Sikh, or other outsiders that were easily spotted. Some people react very tribally when presented with an obvious outsider. I don't excuse their behavior but please don't assume that just because people you experienced in the UK where of a certain type all of us are the same. There are sixty million people in Great Britain which means that even if you were to meet thousands you would only be meeting a very small percentage of the population.
Quote from: jakubol on May 23, 2010, 10:51:31 AM
I live in the UK and come from differrent country. All you're saying are lies. This is very undude. Undude and rasist, so unfortunatelly I'm going to say: go fuck yourself, you rasist cunt. Sounds like something you, ubermensch and only thinking person in the UK, can understand I hope.
What's even worse not long ago you wrote that you're proud, that you view people as good and bad, not black or white, man or woman. Unless they're British, I guess. You're a rasist saying proudly that you're tolerant. Shame.
Though I appreciate your anger, I do think perhaps it is badly placed here, and a little undudely yourself to react like this.
Though it was interesting seeing you use the term "Ubermensch" as an insult I would like to hear more on this as the only use I'm familiar with is in Friedrich Nietzsche's work.
The accepted nomenclature is "That's your opinion man!" even if he is wrong ;D
Abide my brothers and sisters, abide.
Quote from: Spoonifyourhorny on May 24, 2010, 05:05:45 AM
... When I was in England I was constantly the target of racism and bigotry, for a good 4 months I had groups of 40-50 kids outside shouting anti sematic insults at my mother and my two little brothers, we hadn't even got a chance to settle in when my mum had two of her ribs broken on the buss home one night...
I'm sorry to hear that you were treated so poorly. That would make anyone angry.
Hey dude racism, bigotry are infections the world over, irrational fear and laziness at their heart. Thats just my opinion
Hey guys, I started this thread as a laugh, just to show everyone about the dumb things people say in my work environment. I didn't want it to turn into a racial debate.
I say the most stupid things sometimes and use the excuse that I used to be blond. :)
Once while on a helicopter course (having worked on fast jets for many years and being used to aircraft always flying forwards) I asked , "Well how slow can this actually fly then?"
Dumbness knows boundaries and no social limits from the richest and most educated to the poorest and illiterate. Unfortunately neither does racism as I can see from SIYH previous post. Very undude man.
Peace guys
I'm sliding back over to general stupid people comments. Just want to say, for the record, that sometimes I'm a stupid person myself, so I don't want to come across as immune to stupidity. However, I digress...
My friend recently said that she was worried that the gulf oil spill was going to work its way up the Mississippi River and pollute the Great Lakes. Had another friend say that he knew that the documentary we were watching on dinosaurs wasn't really filmed during dinosaur times because it wasn't filmed in black in white. :D
I have also been a victim of raceism and bigitree by the man for most of my life because I wont work a 9 to 5 job, look and dress like the dude and own/drive a car like his so I can relate.
Which brings me here to say many stupid people comments I get is when they knock on my door asking me if I want to sell "that Dude car"... jealous bastards...
Not so much stupid questions more dangerous me.
I am dyslexic, and as such have a very pedantic understanding (or not understanding) of the English language.
My family don't ask me to "throw the salt over" at dinner because if I'm not concentrating properly they have to duck.
The other day the head of my department saw I had an older Creative Zen (mp3 player), realising it had a solid state drive in it he asked me how big it was so I told him about an inch. (30 gig was actually the answer he was looking for)
After a few drinks all the concentration and control disappears so I am not the guy who you stand next to and say "someone should tell them ...." because I will.
Quote from: boss on May 27, 2010, 08:16:19 PM
I have also been a victim of raceism and bigitree by the man for most of my life because I wont work a 9 to 5 job, look and dress like the dude and own/drive a car like his so I can relate.
Which brings me here to say many stupid people comments I get is when they knock on my door asking me if I want to sell "that Dude car"... jealous bastards...
THEY knock on YOUR door?
Yup just a bunch of fucking amatures trying to get my reasonable facsimile of my duder car away from me...
(http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/8989/dudercar.jpg)
I know lots of people dig it man because every time I take it out people stare, pic dont do it justice, its got a lot more holes in it, great air conditioning man.
Perhaps they are just staring at the dude drivin' around in his bathrobe? Or maybe you like to put your right foot down, and smoke it up over there boss?
It's a Dudely mobile, I'd be proud to drive around in it, or enjoy the occasional acid flashback.
Quote from: Spoonifyourhorny on May 24, 2010, 05:05:45 AM
Then Allow me to pull my fut out of my mouth and apologies, it was uncalled for and I'm sorry, When I was in England I was constantly the target of racism and bigotry(...)
and now Jakobul, I'm pretty sure you spoke for everyone else in your post and I would like to apologies to everyone I have offended. I hope we can move on now
Hi.
Sorry for the delay.
Well, what can I say, I guess you were very, very unlucky and when faced with that sort of abuse "funny" ideas come to your mind. I know that I reacted too harsh, I'm sorry for that as you probably didn't deserve it. The thing is I hate racists, nazis and nihilist, fucking human paraquats. I've heard about Britons being stupid before, I've heard that American are even more stupid, and usually from people that never met any Americans in their lifes, but what can you expect from them?
I'm happy it's sorted, once again sorry for harsh words.
Quote from: meekon5 on May 24, 2010, 06:56:01 AM
Though I appreciate your anger, I do think perhaps it is badly placed here, and a little undudely yourself to react like this.
Though it was interesting seeing you use the term "Ubermensch" as an insult I would like to hear more on this as the only use I'm familiar with is in Friedrich Nietzsche's work.
The accepted nomenclature is "That's your opinion man!" even if he is wrong ;D
Abide my brothers and sisters, abide.
I know, I know. If I waited few minutes before I posted it, it'd be "That's your opinion man!" exactly. I'm trying to be a better dude every day, not without successes I must say.
My "ubermensch" was about Third Reich and Nazis. I know that they stole the term and used it as a part of their "master race" theory and Nietzsche has nothing to do with it. I don't know much more about Nietzsche's work, not that I haven't tried. I graduated from a technical university which included some philosophical classes (you could choose from economical, some law - related, philosophical etc.), but it was very basic and my later tries only gave me headaches ;)
Abide indeed.
Quote from: jakubol on June 01, 2010, 05:49:43 AM
...I'm trying to be a better dude every day, not without successes I must say...
You and me both. I have "blown up" at certain individuals here myself. It happens when someone presses the wrong button on the wrong day.
Quote from: jakubol on June 01, 2010, 05:49:43 AM
My "ubermensch" was about Third Reich and Nazis. I know that they stole the term and used it as a part of their "master race" theory..
That and their use of Blavatsky's Arian theories. People don't get told nowadays they pinched a lot of what was commonly accepted (in a lot of the allied countries as well), it's after the fact that the "winners" quickly begin to say "we didn't do any of that", but as Spoonifyourhorny said there is still a lot of anti-sematism in the world.
What's Shomer Shabas, Walter?
Brain doners.
The platform indicator shows London Paddington.
The train destination screen shows London Paddington.
The Train Despatcher has told them that the train is going to London Paddington.
London Paddington is the end of the line.There is no where else to go.
Then they bang on the cab window and ask,'Where is this train going?'
I tell them,'I've no idea,I'm just keeping the seat warm'.
Hey, a nephew of mine works at a recycling centre, too; he manages to stay sane by secretly listening to his iPod (woolly hat pulled down over the headphones) and staying lightly-toasted, on homegrown. Stay Mellow. ;)