Showing posts with label stupid people. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stupid people. Show all posts
26 June 2008
Backup? Who needs stinkin backup?
Umm EVERYONE who values the files one their PC is who! Hi, my name is Wayney and I'm an idiot. I should have learned when BC had his slight problem of a seriously screwed up PC and kinda sorta lost everything. But did I? Nope. Actually, I was in the process of doing some organizing and cleaning so that I was not dealing with old files, duplicates etc etc. yesterday so that I could do a backup and I kinda sorta deleted a bunch of font files. No problem right? Except I lost a very important font file. Something that put the little X on every window to allow you to know which button to press to say close it. I lost text on pretty much ALL buttons. I opened one program and it looked blank because it had no text to read. So lesson one: don't delete any system font files! Lesson two: make a regular back up of your PC files.
10 October 2007
Let's bash handicapped people!
I am not sure if anyone has seen this site or an article in the paper. But this site: Handicapped Parking Fraud.org is a group that is taking pictures; leaving sticky notes on people's cars; reporting names, addresses, handicap placard numbers and license plate (or tags as we em in the south) numbers and posting them along with videos if they are caught or pictures. All good in theory right...if people don't have a handicapped placard or plate they shouldn't be using a handicapped spot. The problem is many of the reports are not for people without a tag etc. It's on people who have invisible disabilities who properly display their placard or have a plate. I just think this is a serious invasion of privacy to post names and addresses on a site without the permission of the person.
I also think in all of my reading on the site that despite their "don't harass people and don't confront people, just report them" and "keep in mind there are invisible disabilities" comments they encourage people to harass us.
Apparently they don't like me for being too outspoken, shall we say. I made some comments to some posts and they've been deleted. One sarcasm filled one asking why don't they put everyone who has an invisible disability in a "special" place..then saying oooh that's too much like the Nazis isn't it? Ooopsie Bad Wayney huh? Multiple other posts were deleted as well for one reason or another. And oddly they deleted my avatar which was one their site provided. I could really not care much about that but..it's just strange to do that. They have every right to censor me as it is their site. At least it proves there is a moderator or something around and it's not a free for all. But, what they are doing in posting names etc of "offenders" is actually violating their own TOS. I think that's funny. They censor posts of people who disagree with them but allow those who agree with them to harass and discriminate against others.
So, I'm using my gimpy lil fingers and spreading the word about this site. I'll admit I'm all for prosecuting those who park illegally. And yes there are people who abuse the system and have placards that they really do not need. But, to advocate hassling people who do have placards irritates me. I fully support calling the police if someone does park in a handicapped spot without a placard or plate. But, give those who have a placard or plate the benefit of the doubt. I also freely admit I have a facebook cause on raising awareness about not parking in a handicapped space if you're not handicapped. But, I'm not about to say "hey let's take plate numbers/placard numbers/names/pictures/videos and post them on a website to embarrass people." To me, that's a privacy violation to an extent. The plate/placard numbers not so much because they're out there to be seen. But posting names, addresses sometimes, videos and pictures is NOT cool. People in America are innocent until proven guilty. And last I checked, I wasn't a judge.
I also don't appreciate so called "normals" (by that I mean healthy individuals) fighting my fights for me. I am quite capable of doing that myself. I may be handicapped but I'm not too stupid to know how to stand up for my own rights. I did it a few weeks ago on a trip I took. And hopefully, I got results. At the very least, I got placated by a managerial person. I'll post that in a separate post though!
I also think in all of my reading on the site that despite their "don't harass people and don't confront people, just report them" and "keep in mind there are invisible disabilities" comments they encourage people to harass us.
Apparently they don't like me for being too outspoken, shall we say. I made some comments to some posts and they've been deleted. One sarcasm filled one asking why don't they put everyone who has an invisible disability in a "special" place..then saying oooh that's too much like the Nazis isn't it? Ooopsie Bad Wayney huh? Multiple other posts were deleted as well for one reason or another. And oddly they deleted my avatar which was one their site provided. I could really not care much about that but..it's just strange to do that. They have every right to censor me as it is their site. At least it proves there is a moderator or something around and it's not a free for all. But, what they are doing in posting names etc of "offenders" is actually violating their own TOS. I think that's funny. They censor posts of people who disagree with them but allow those who agree with them to harass and discriminate against others.
So, I'm using my gimpy lil fingers and spreading the word about this site. I'll admit I'm all for prosecuting those who park illegally. And yes there are people who abuse the system and have placards that they really do not need. But, to advocate hassling people who do have placards irritates me. I fully support calling the police if someone does park in a handicapped spot without a placard or plate. But, give those who have a placard or plate the benefit of the doubt. I also freely admit I have a facebook cause on raising awareness about not parking in a handicapped space if you're not handicapped. But, I'm not about to say "hey let's take plate numbers/placard numbers/names/pictures/videos and post them on a website to embarrass people." To me, that's a privacy violation to an extent. The plate/placard numbers not so much because they're out there to be seen. But posting names, addresses sometimes, videos and pictures is NOT cool. People in America are innocent until proven guilty. And last I checked, I wasn't a judge.
I also don't appreciate so called "normals" (by that I mean healthy individuals) fighting my fights for me. I am quite capable of doing that myself. I may be handicapped but I'm not too stupid to know how to stand up for my own rights. I did it a few weeks ago on a trip I took. And hopefully, I got results. At the very least, I got placated by a managerial person. I'll post that in a separate post though!
21 September 2007
Stupid people!
For the first time in a LONG time I took a long drive alone. I have not really felt up to driving much around Myrtle Beach, let alone taking a trip alone. I went to pick up my Mom and bring her home for a visit with us. We've been wanting to do this for awhile but I just haven't been able to feel good enough to have company...even if it is my Mom.
So, I set off. Forgot my credit card at home and thankfully remembered while talking to Mom less than 10 miles from home. So, I go get it and start out again. Hubby was home from work that day but stayed home so he could pick up Bastian from the bus. It was kinda nice to feel decent enough to have a day alone to go for a drive. It's about 150 miles one way to my Mom's. I chose to take the interstate route since I could drive faster. To get there, it's about an hour drive on a 4 lane road with a speed limit of 60. Then once you hit the interstate, it's 70 the rest of the way. And no one drives that speed...even the police who passed me as my speedometer said I was doing 85.
Before I get to the interstate, there is a Pilot convenience store I stop at to get a snack and drinks...stretch, use the restroom. Well, I was kinda stiff. So, I decided I'd use my right to park in a handicapped spot if there was an open one. I pulled in and there was a John Deere Gator or golf cart looking thing in the handicapped spot. An older man was standing next to it speaking to an older woman. So I figured it might be his if he lived close by. Drove around the parking lot for about 5 minutes until a spot near the building opened up. Happened to be right next to the occupied handicapped spot. Turns out it was NOT the older gentleman's. He'd walked off and gotten into a car parked at a pump or in another spot. It wasn't the woman's, she got in the car that was in the spot I parked in. It was a store employee.
Being the big mouth I am, I asked him if he was handicapped. He said no. So I asked why he was parked there when it was a violation of the law to park there if he is not handicapped. His lovely answer was "to empty the trash". Another employee came up and I asked if he was the manager and proceeded to launch into my typical "what gives you (or your employee in this case) the right to illegally park in a handicapped spot?" rant. The manager tried saying he was only there for a moment and I called him on that one. He also said if he didn't park there the trash wouldn't get emptied and I'd gripe about overflowing trash cans. Who is he to dare tell me what I'd complain about? I offered to call the police and he said it was private property so it would do no good. He also told me they did it because they were trained that way. And that the employee had a disabled father. Uhh, if that's true he has even more reason to know better than to park in a handicapped spot if he isn't handicapped.
I said I wanted to speak to his boss and he tried telling me he didn't have a boss. Now, unless you're the owner of a company, you have a boss. So I called him on that line of BS. He finally got me a name and number to contact. As I left the building, since the manager made me follow him all through the store to get to his office....the maintenance guy told me to have a nice day. Except he was snotty about it. So, I told him where he could stick his sentiment. Bad of me since you do get more flies with honey than vinegar but by this time, I was hurting, I was tired of walking through the store (forgot my cane in my vehicle in my anger) and I just wanted to get to a phone and make a call.
I called the name on the card and immediately got voice mail. So, I called BC to get contact information online. And then called the name on the card again and he immediately answered. My guess is the manager warned him about me! He agreed it was wrong of the employee to park there no matter the reason. Said he'd take care of the matter that day. Retrain them. He also said that he could blow me some smoke but he wouldn't do that and say he could guarantee they'd never park there again. I know no matter how people are trained, they don't always listen. At least he tried to placate me. And he apologized. But the point wasn't his apology. The employee who parked there was the one in the wrong and should have needed to apologize. I know that's never going to happen as employers don't think it is right to make employees apologize to customers. Something about their self-esteem or something. I know my past bosses had a much different outlook. If I did anything even slightly wrong, I was to apologize.
I'm still going to call the company's hot line, or write to them. I truly do think they need to be made aware of the issue. No store manager should act that way with a customer. Having a hubby in the convenience store business, I know how managers are to treat customers.
After that, the rest of the trip went fine. I picked Mom up, we did our grocery shopping for the week or so and then came home. I actually did ok on the trip. Paid for it the next few days which I knew would happen but, sometimes it's worth it to pay for things and this was one of those times. I did not, however feel like making the trip back up there when it was time to take Mom home so BC did it while I waited for the bus.
So, I set off. Forgot my credit card at home and thankfully remembered while talking to Mom less than 10 miles from home. So, I go get it and start out again. Hubby was home from work that day but stayed home so he could pick up Bastian from the bus. It was kinda nice to feel decent enough to have a day alone to go for a drive. It's about 150 miles one way to my Mom's. I chose to take the interstate route since I could drive faster. To get there, it's about an hour drive on a 4 lane road with a speed limit of 60. Then once you hit the interstate, it's 70 the rest of the way. And no one drives that speed...even the police who passed me as my speedometer said I was doing 85.
Before I get to the interstate, there is a Pilot convenience store I stop at to get a snack and drinks...stretch, use the restroom. Well, I was kinda stiff. So, I decided I'd use my right to park in a handicapped spot if there was an open one. I pulled in and there was a John Deere Gator or golf cart looking thing in the handicapped spot. An older man was standing next to it speaking to an older woman. So I figured it might be his if he lived close by. Drove around the parking lot for about 5 minutes until a spot near the building opened up. Happened to be right next to the occupied handicapped spot. Turns out it was NOT the older gentleman's. He'd walked off and gotten into a car parked at a pump or in another spot. It wasn't the woman's, she got in the car that was in the spot I parked in. It was a store employee.
Being the big mouth I am, I asked him if he was handicapped. He said no. So I asked why he was parked there when it was a violation of the law to park there if he is not handicapped. His lovely answer was "to empty the trash". Another employee came up and I asked if he was the manager and proceeded to launch into my typical "what gives you (or your employee in this case) the right to illegally park in a handicapped spot?" rant. The manager tried saying he was only there for a moment and I called him on that one. He also said if he didn't park there the trash wouldn't get emptied and I'd gripe about overflowing trash cans. Who is he to dare tell me what I'd complain about? I offered to call the police and he said it was private property so it would do no good. He also told me they did it because they were trained that way. And that the employee had a disabled father. Uhh, if that's true he has even more reason to know better than to park in a handicapped spot if he isn't handicapped.
I said I wanted to speak to his boss and he tried telling me he didn't have a boss. Now, unless you're the owner of a company, you have a boss. So I called him on that line of BS. He finally got me a name and number to contact. As I left the building, since the manager made me follow him all through the store to get to his office....the maintenance guy told me to have a nice day. Except he was snotty about it. So, I told him where he could stick his sentiment. Bad of me since you do get more flies with honey than vinegar but by this time, I was hurting, I was tired of walking through the store (forgot my cane in my vehicle in my anger) and I just wanted to get to a phone and make a call.
I called the name on the card and immediately got voice mail. So, I called BC to get contact information online. And then called the name on the card again and he immediately answered. My guess is the manager warned him about me! He agreed it was wrong of the employee to park there no matter the reason. Said he'd take care of the matter that day. Retrain them. He also said that he could blow me some smoke but he wouldn't do that and say he could guarantee they'd never park there again. I know no matter how people are trained, they don't always listen. At least he tried to placate me. And he apologized. But the point wasn't his apology. The employee who parked there was the one in the wrong and should have needed to apologize. I know that's never going to happen as employers don't think it is right to make employees apologize to customers. Something about their self-esteem or something. I know my past bosses had a much different outlook. If I did anything even slightly wrong, I was to apologize.
I'm still going to call the company's hot line, or write to them. I truly do think they need to be made aware of the issue. No store manager should act that way with a customer. Having a hubby in the convenience store business, I know how managers are to treat customers.
After that, the rest of the trip went fine. I picked Mom up, we did our grocery shopping for the week or so and then came home. I actually did ok on the trip. Paid for it the next few days which I knew would happen but, sometimes it's worth it to pay for things and this was one of those times. I did not, however feel like making the trip back up there when it was time to take Mom home so BC did it while I waited for the bus.
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