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People I Didn't Get Fired This Week

2006-11-18T19:44:18Z

I work in a computer technical support call center. We are an outsourced call center for various companies, meaning we aren't actually the manufacturers of products or services we support. We're hired by those companies. Anyway, I'm the one who...

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When does the nightmare end?

2006-09-12T13:47:44Z

It's been almost three weeks since we moved out of the old apartment, and we still haven't cancelled the cable service. They won't let us cancel until we pay the outstanding balance. Because I was a naive fool, I had signed up for all the bills ...

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Plugged In

2006-09-09T14:22:03Z

I finally got the internet at my new apartment. (How's my new apartment, you ask? It rules.) I decided to go with DSL because it is cheaper than Cable, albeit crappier. At first I was real pleased with the service I got because the guy who sig...

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Watch out

2006-08-17T23:55:40Z

My job makes me want to fly into an apoplectic rage. And then cry. And then quit. Or any combination of the three. I wish I wasn't worried that I could get fired for talking shit about my job. So I'll just be vague and give you a couple littl...

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Haircut

2006-08-14T20:19:06Z

For the first time since my age was in single digits, I now have short hair. Observe: Holy shit.

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Death by Video Games

2006-08-11T23:08:27Z

An video-game hating, hyperbole-spouting acquaintance at work has issued me an ominous warning that people have literally died from playing World of Warcraft. No, friends, I have not died from World of Warcraft. But I have disappeared off the fa...

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It's Like Murphy's Law or Something

2006-08-01T18:46:34Z

Weather.com says it is 93 degrees in Columbus today. Clearly, it is a perfect day for the A/C to break down in the office.

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Sad, but True

2006-07-29T00:40:00Z

Sad, but True: 90% of technical support phone representatives are deeply, deeply stupid. Ways to tell you are speaking to a deeply stupid tech support rep: He or she uses big, technical words without explaining what they mean. This is a sure s...

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A Little Bit Goes a Long Way

2006-07-27T19:28:15Z

Last night, after my Calculus class, I turned in the extra credit problem I wrote about earlier. I had actually done it wrong in that entry and had to do somewhat more complex Calculus to really vigorously support my conclusion. But I got it ri...

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Out with the Old

2006-07-26T16:57:41Z

One of the spiders in my garden molted last night. This is the same spider I've showed you pictures of before. You can see above her is a mere shadow of her former exoskeleton. She will probably eat it and use it to make more silk. You mi...

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