Pet peeve thread?

[Z-man]

Originally Posted by Don Ro

What fool would burn their sick leave when they're actually sick?

The fools who got sick because a couple of morons decided to come into work despite a 102 fever, hacking cough, swollen glands, nasal congestion and overall flu-like symptoms.

Just sayin'

[Z-man]

My friend is going on some job interviews and he's getting interviewers asking him logic puzzles like: "You are on an island and you have two bottles and 3 nuts with you. How many lights are on in the basement?"

My take on these are:
1. Yippee! The interviewer likes to get his jollies off by searching google for lame logic questions that do not related to the job description, and bear no evaluation of how logically the candidate can think.
2. Even if there is some worthy evaluation of the answer to the logic question, the interviewer probably has no idea how to properly interpret a candidate's answer.
3. I would much rather discuss logic as it relates directly to the job description rather than deal with stupid scenarios that are the "in thing" to ponder. Parlor games are for the parlor, not an interview!

-Z

PS: The actual question he was asked was: "you are in the basement, and there are three light switches that turn on three lights upstairs. You cannot see the lights from the basement. You can turn on and off the switches as many times as you want before leaving the basement. Once you leave the basement, you must determine which light switch controls which light. You cannot return to the basement"

[McLovin]

Originally Posted by Z-man

PS: The actual question he was asked was: "you are in the basement, and there are three light switches that turn on three lights upstairs. You cannot see the lights from the basement. You can turn on and off the switches as many times as you want before leaving the basement. Once you leave the basement, you must determine which light switch controls which light. You cannot return to the basement"

Whip out your smart phone, google the answer in 30 seconds, and give it to him.

That shows resourcefulness and that you know how to use modern technology to get answers quickly and efficiently.

[Zeke]

Paul. get used to it because we're doomed by the younger generation. In fact, food service (what ever happened to waiters and waitresses?) has gotten so bad that I don't eat out anymore. And that's not to mention the garbage sold as food these days.

And the answer to the above lighting/switching question won't work if the lamps are LED's.

[Z-man]

Originally Posted by Zeke

And the answer to the above lighting/switching question won't work if the lamps are LED's.

That was my exact reaction after learning the correct answer. I guess that shows I'm more 'green-aware' than others?!?

If I'm ever asked such a quesiton in an interview (fortunately, I never had that pleasure), I may answer with, "Before I answer that, I have a question for you. So, you're on this island, and you have two bottles and three nuts..."

-Z

[911SauCy]

The low-life "baby daddy" who moved in next door to me with his "baby momma" who together have 4 children, who lives with her unemployed drunk mother to pay rent to keep from loosing their house...

Who is always blaring obscene rap music when arriving/leaving at ALL hours...

Who deals drugs in front of my house....

Who doesn't work so when I'm on the phone closing a sale in my home office I might as well sprinkle the ca$h out the window while he and his "boys" sit on the porch and drink/smoke all day..

Who has ultimately lowered my property value and brought less than desirable people into what was once a very nice/quiet/tight knit neighborhood.

Realizing I'm getting old because I care about this stuff now...

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by Z-man

PS: The actual question he was asked was: "you are in the basement, and there are three light switches that turn on three lights upstairs. You cannot see the lights from the basement. You can turn on and off the switches as many times as you want before leaving the basement. Once you leave the basement, you must determine which light switch controls which light. You cannot return to the basement"

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by Z-man

That was my exact reaction after learning the correct answer. I guess that shows I'm more 'green-aware' than others?!?

If I'm ever asked such a quesiton in an interview (fortunately, I never had that pleasure), I may answer with, "Before I answer that, I have a question for you. So, you're on this island, and you have two bottles and three nuts..."

-Z

LEDs are not perfectly cold after use.

The way to do it with LEDs would be turn the middle one on for a long time (let it heat), never turn on 1st one, turn on last one.

1st switch the light is cold, middle the light is warm, third the light is on.

[Aragorn]

GPS directions.

Coming back from the track to the hotel, typed in the address for the hotel and hit the go button. The GPS took us through what looked like a really rough neighborhood around Sebring and further took us down a toll road. Cost something like $6 for this little side adventure. Almost 1 am through a rough neighborhood is not fun. If it would have taken us up 27 we would have been ok, but no, it wanted to turn off onto side streets and depressed neighborhoods...

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Aragorn

GPS directions.

Coming back from the track to the hotel, typed in the address for the hotel and hit the go button. The GPS took us through what looked like a really rough neighborhood around Sebring and further took us down a toll road. Cost something like $6 for this little side adventure. Almost 1 am through a rough neighborhood is not fun. If it would have taken us up 27 we would have been ok, but no, it wanted to turn off onto side streets and depressed neighborhoods...

Every GPS and turn by turn device should have a "keep me out of the Ghettos" mode. My GPS took me into places no one wants to go.

[911SauCy]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Every GPS and turn by turn device should have a "keep me out of the Ghettos" mode. My GPS took me into places no one wants to go.

Have you had the pleasure of being lead to a dirt dead end or fire access road.

I would go down them but the rocks, logs, and chains across them in CT slow down my Altima

[Z-man]

I hate it when I am describing a new app for my smartphone to someone, and they ask, "Was it free?" "No - it was freakin $0.99. Oh, but I see you've spent your last $6.89 on that half-late double-shot espresso-cappoccino from Starbucks, so I guess you can't afford to spend a lousy buck on an app. Oh well..."

[LakeCleElum]

Women raised with the "Princess" mentality..........

[rcooled]

Pet peeve number one: People who make a lot of unnecessary noise...like the person who'll fire up a gas-powered leaf blower to clear a few leaves off the driveway instead of using a broom.
Or like those already making lots of useless noise by running straight pipes on their big V-Twin motorcycles who install mega-watt stereos so they can rock out while they ride. To be heard over the racket that the bike is already making, the music is so loud that you can hear it blocks away. If you're cruising out in the middle of nowhere, it's not a problem. But when riding around town, you're already annoying everyone around you with your un-muffled exhaust...TURN THE MUSIC OFF!

Another one: People who let their kids run loose in restaurants.

And don't even get me started about driving...

[Z-man]

While on my lunch hour at work, I often eat at my desk for half the allotted time in order to get more work done throughout the day. So -- when I am eating lunch - and it is pretty obvious -- don't bother me with work stuff, unless it is an emergency! Also -- once I tell a person "Let me get back to you when I am done eating" then LEAVE -- don't continue telling me about work stuff.

This thread is quite theraputic for me....


-Z-man.

[pavulon]

buzzwords:

Kudos = "I'm gay"
opportunity = "I failed but you get to fix and pay for it"
systemness = "We sucked so bad the mother ship took it away"

[ckelly78z]

+1 for........"People who make a lot of unnecessary noise"

People who feel entitled to government help, and people who are enablers.

[aap1966]

Fat guys in compression gear.
It's good that they're exercising, but compression gear does not make them look athletic.
It makes them look like a fat guy in compression gear.

[Aragorn]

Do the alarms on cameras and gps units in the big box stores really need to be that sensitive? I picked a camera up and was looking at the menu and suddenly the whole store got a nice high pitched scream. Worker drone came over to turn it off and said it does this all the time. Really? And someone still wants to buy the merchandise after that.

[GG Allin]

Vertical video is my big pet peeve right now.

Vertical Video Syndrome - A PSA - YouTube