Out of I estimate 1000 students Ive taken out fishing and camping, 999 of them have been awesome. Lots of variety, from worldly to man children, but in their own way, all of them were great.
Except one. they guys a dink. He actively doesn’t do what I ask, like a smartass. he’s a complete man child. There’s been a few times when it’s just…seriously? And worse, he’s an alumni, I think he’s like 32 or 33 by now. Anyway, I figured I’d finally seen the last of him.
Nope, I took 10 people fishing today and he shows up. I wasn’t expecting to see him, that’s for sure. I just dont get it. I know the other students don’t like him. And he lives in Toronto so he took a bus at 5am to get to the pickup location on time.
I dunno, I’m typing this out and I halfway feel like I should maybe make an effort to be more accommodating and friendly. Otoh, he’s done a couple things through the years that I’ve thought ‘yeah, he needs to not come on any more trips’.
Be a shame if you just forgot to count heads coming home.
Probably need to hone down the list of invitees.
You’re not putting a flyer on a corkboard, are you?
Need to know how he learns of these events.
it’s on discord. and they change their usernames over time, so he had a new name. I just say ‘first 5 to respond are in’.
Plus, I’ve never overtly denied anyone.
Related annoyed thought. I need their contact info when we go fishing so I can text them if anything comes up right? So I put in the discord “@ their names” text me your name and username here so I can connect them and have your info. And i get pushback from a couple. Like, I already have their number, geeesh.
Except dude, your username is ‘Fucking Kill Me’ (actually). I dropped something off at your house 2 years ago and met you for 30 seconds. You’re another 20yo east asian guy, and I’ve met another 100 in the last year. I have absolutely no recollection of every meeting you, I don’t know your name, and I have no mapping of Fucking Kill Me to an actual contact in my contact list. Can you just send me a text to bump your contact to the top of my text app? Or am I gonna have to write an essay to explain why first?
Sounds like it is worth a few tokens to have Claude write the script for “stop being a jerk” mailer. Oh, you could do A/B testing to see what is more impactful.
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I shared a train car with this guy
Too late.
"Sorry, for being a dick, you are not on the trip. "
I live in NY, easier to train anywhere from Boston to DC
More comfortable, larger seats, more leg room, no long wait or security, no ear pain, roomier seats, can walk around, food, I can fit in the bathrooms, station usually much closer to mid town, no checked bags, better internet
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Online order was damaged during shipment and returned by UPS to the store (I never saw it) last week. Figured I would get a note - nothing. Email support, filled out their form online. Finally got a response late Monday that they they had to look into it. What is there to look into? I sent them the tracking number, it was all there. Anyway, gave them a couple more days, emailed again, filled out another form, call the store (no answer). Threatened mean reviews. Still nothing.
Disputed the charge with the CC and got my money back, and reordered from another company, so mostly just annoying, and the fact I am waiting an extra week and a half on this.
On my trip, another highway peeve: seems highways do not use the same lane separation definitions.
Here in CA, thick lane markers denote, “Hey, these lanes to the right of this thick lane marker are exiting from this freeway.” These are not used from RI to PA.
And then there are the “hey, this lane will be merging… NOW” markers in these eastern states. In CA the lane markers disappear, implying “there is only one lane, and the number of lanes is one. Two is too many and three is out of the question.”
Oh, and a bunch of peeves about the Hyundai that I rented. Up for wiper settings?? A stupid shift-on-the-tree with “flip forward for Drive, flip backward for Reverse, push for park”??? I would have loved to use the cruise control, but I could not find the time to learn how to implement it. Oh, and it nudged me back in lane when I drifted. Let me drift!!
Pool is up to 91 and it is 100 out of the pool. Jumped in the non-refreshing water forgetting my phone was in my bathing suit pocket. At least only for a minute and it seems ok.
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I hate the attitude among ‘murica/muh freedoms types that implies that only people who like fireworks get freedom. 
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We had fireworks last night!!! Freedomz!!! 
I’ll bring the raisin pie.
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Aren’t they all waterproof these days? I realize most people still treat them like aren’t, but I’ve not worried about mine around water in about a decade.
