Stuff I Hate

Yes, the image here is a bit incongruous with the topic, but that's fine.

There are things that annoy me today, and on this day I will whine about them, because I can.

Buzz Words and Motivational Slogans:

Seriously, I don't want to hear any more bullshit about teamwork, trust, sharing ideas, creativity, rising to the challenge, opportunities for development, or any of that crap. Even worse is painting those slogans on the walls of a place of business, as if spelling them out like that will somehow subliminally make them true.

It's kind of like a McDonalds near me, with what my wife and I have dubbed "propaganda poles". These are concrete filled steel posts meant to prevent enraged drivers from smashing their cars into the building or gas main or whatever. There are four of them, all leading up to the drive through.

The first says fast, then fresh, then accurate, then friendly, or something like that. These poles are bright red and yellow, in the McDonalds team color tradition. And they're really, really obnoxious, especially considering how infrequently they're true.

"Opportunity for development or learning" is just a code word for "Soul-crushing shit work that will make you beg for death".

Bean Counters:

I understand the value of accounting, but I'm starting to think that putting accountants in management positions is a terrible mistake, and a blight upon western society.

Listen, pin heads, sometimes it's more important to actually get some shit done for the customer than to invent new and inane ways to torment your coworkers into tracking every little bit of work and putting as many regulatory review based red tape road blocks, land mines, and punji traps in the path of actually accomplishing anything.

There is no value in making busy people review things they haven't got the first clue about so I can actually do some work. Hint: the person who's doing the review of what I need to work on shouldn't have to ask me if what I'm working in is ok, and say "well, I have no idea what I'm signing off on, but I trust you to get the job done."

Arrogant World of Warcraft Addicts:Â

I love gaming of all sorts. It's fun shit. It eats time, and shits fun, as a friend of mine said.

However, it's not fun when it turns into a job. It's not fun when it turns into work.

I must extend my deepest thanks to the people who have told me "hey, you know, you can join our guild and do some end-game raids to see end game material and stuff if you want, or if not, that's cool too." This includes a relative of mine and the friend who made the "eats time, shits fun" comment. Thank you, you have both been extremely reasonable, and I appreciate it.

However, I've come across a handful of other people I know online and in real life who are somehow offended that I don't want to join in their Cartman-style obsessive compulsive neurotic urge to dominate the game. Please, go the fuck away. I don't want to join your guild of whining assholes.

This goes for other games I've played too.

IT'S A FUCKING GAME YOU DIPSHIT!!! :angry: :banghead:

You know what I did last night? huh? HUH?!?

I didn't play World of Warcraft.

That's right, I read a book, and did some other shit besides play WoW. yes, shocking I know.

So please, R-tard, stop asking me to join your guild. I've never met you in real life, I don't want to adjust my hotkeys to shave a tenth of a second off of my response time, and I don't want to help you analyze the DPS rate of some whatever the fuck thing or another.

Joel Schumacher:

For ruining Batman 3 and 4. I'm still pissed about those.