Things that bother you more than they should

[SpaceLobster]

In fairness, the one nice thing about WFH+self employed is that I can call friends through the day if I want. A lot of my friends are in the industry, so half the time we’re talking business anyway.

[Serena]

@SpaceLobster

No word of a lie

It’s: I ain’t cappin’. On god.

Keep up with the lingo dude.

[knoath]

@SpaceLobster

My father in law used to call me and my SO like ALL the time and by contrast, not the other family that lives right here. Why? Because ‘Doug is busy at work’. Like, I’m not apparently.

Sometimes we wouldn’t answer. then, I kid you not, he’d try calling every phone in the house, one after the other. The office phone would ring. Then the house phone. Then my SO’s cell phone. And so on.

It must run in the family, because when we buried my FIL, his son (who didn’t attend) did the same thing. My SO and their identical twin sitting in the back of the car on the way home, one phone would ring, 10 second pause, then the other twin’s phone would ring. Back and forth - I kid you not - for like 15-20 minutes. No word of a lie, he called both phones dozens of times. (why? because the twins were executors for the will and he was calling to find out when his ‘money’ would be ready).

I hope that wasn’t because of the phone calls.

[dr_t_non-fan]

Funeral in the backyard, best he didn’t know.

[NerdAlert]

Insomnia followed by dreams about yinz.

[BG5150]

What is ‘yinz’? Sounds Yiddish.

[ViceFleeble]

It’s another term for “y’all”, according to the Words With Friends dictionary

[ViceFleeble]

Reminds me of my former boss, who used to take lots of calls from his family from his desk. I knew when he was talking to his daughter, because I would frequently hear him say, “Paige…Paige…please calm down.” Sometimes he’ll follow that up by telling one of his co-workers, “Don’t have teenagers.”

Once I started working in offices I would close the door when on a private conversation. Current job had me back in a cube, at which point I would try to find an empty office or go outside whenever taking a call. Now that I am WFH that’s not an issue.

[NormalDan]

When the WSJ has a headline like:

Stocks Rise on First Trading Day of 2022"

We’re up 0.24% how is this news. Basically: “Time is moving forward, more after the break.”

[ViceFleeble]

When someone takes their food out of the microwave with 7 seconds to go, and I have to watch that final 7 seconds pause without that final countdown

[1695814]

@NormalDan

When the WSJ has a headline like:

Stocks Rise on First Trading Day of 2022"

Even better is when, by the time you see the article/read the headline, stocks have done something completely different.

[BG5150]

It is acceptable to substitute ‘ground’ for ‘floor’. Eg, “I dropped my pen on the ground” for “I dropped my pen on the floor.”

However, the reverse is NOT acceptable. If you drop something on the ground outside, do not say you dropped it on the floor.

[ViceFleeble]

What if you drop it on the ground floor?

[Breadmaker]

What if you drop it in a shed with a dirt floor?

[SteveGrondin]

Does Europe get paid if they don’t use the last 7 seconds?

[NormalDan]

Well played

[1695814]

@BG5150

t is acceptable to substitute ‘ground’ for ‘floor’. Eg, “I dropped my pen on the ground” for “I dropped my pen on the floor.”

Imo, that is not acceptable.

[twig93]

I’m glad someone else said this because it probably bothers me more than it should when people do that.

[BG5150]

Do what? Drop their pens on the ground inside?

[twig93]

No, saying “ground” instead of “floor” when describing a floor that is decidedly NOT dirt or sod or anything else that could reasonably be described as “ground”.