Comments for What's Gotta Go

Comment on Fustrating, Frustrating; Supposably, Supposedly by tread

tread — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:59:04 +0000

I would just let it go. After all you probably say “comfterble” don’t you? Most of us do.

Comment on Please hold for an important message…. by Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:55:18 +0000

Not to disagree with the general anti-telemarketing sentiment and hints, but I’d like to repeat the original message … how do we eliminate the “spend your time waiting for me to sell you something” madness. I think it should be just outlawed!

Comment on Food in Mouth Problems, i.e. Chewing With Your Mouth Open by Dame Edna

Dame Edna — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:14:31 +0000

Here is a solution. Give their email or phone number to someone you know that they DON’T know, and have this person send them a message, or two, or three until the problem is resolved or you know they are just doing it to be annoying.

Comment on Fustrating, Frustrating; Supposably, Supposedly by Craig Allen

Craig Allen — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:36:37 +0000

Actually, Mike, you appear incorrect. Multiple online dictionaries list “weird” as the correct spelling and show no entry for “wierd”. So, this is an apparent exception to the rule.

Now, what we need to invent or rediscover are an appropriate adjective and adverb for the nound “integrity”. Back in the 1400s-1600s words such as integrous and integriously were used. Anyone else struggle with describing someone filled with integrity (i.e. “he did a truly integrous job”) and found the need to (re-)invent a word?

By the way, I preciate all the examples given; specially the ones supposably about the twunny year old warshing clothes while aksing a question about the most impactful job he ever got; but that’s a whole nuther story.

Comment on Unreasonable Customers Drain Your Company by James C.

James C. — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:49:03 +0000

Were is the better customer bureau, good question I believe customers have been trained to think that they are always right and are given what they want: this thinking has let to company’ s wasting time in courts and unhappy business owners, and it is of course about something for free of at someone else expense, customers report to BBB thinking your going to be forced into a compromise with an already reduced price or an altered policy I have found that after you have tried everything to resolve a situation that the company in the end suffers, so it is best to treat customers with respect but make every effort to explain your policy’s ahead of time. If the customer is still unwilling to co operate then I be leave you have the right to (fire the customer) I like the sound of that. And letting them know that there business is not welcomed and ask them to leave or just walk away from the situation without further conflict.

Comment on Food in Mouth Problems, i.e. Chewing With Your Mouth Open by maria

maria — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:44:59 +0000

AHHH. I work in a school and we have recently aquired a student teacher who is very nice but has a horrible problem with chewing with his mouth open. It is not normal. It is not just talking and eating but his toung actually comes out of his mouth while he is chewing! I do not know if he needs to do this to keep the food moving around his mouth or if he has some sort of a problem but I can tell I am not the only person who can not stand this because the only empty seats at the luch table are the ones next to him! I hate getting to lunch last! Its a small table and he is so hard to avoid. There is nothing I can do to stop it. It takes all my attention not to glare at him!

Comment on Humor in Accents: Yes, you have one by Ben

Ben — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:21:44 +0000

I’ll have to agree with your linguist that the t in often is silent, you’ll see it in dictionaries as a second (and wrong) choice, even when most Americans say it this way. Been living in Nebraska less than a month and noticed the vowel shifting they do here, also the length of vowels changes, so you end up hearing dayem instead of **** or things like that. I LOVE accents and reading about them, nice post btw.

Comment on Fustrating, Frustrating; Supposably, Supposedly by Mike

Mike — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:42:56 +0000

The words I hate to see misspelled/mispronounced are “weird” (really spelled “wierd”), and “exspecially” (really “especially”) And it’s funny… the author of this post actually misspells the word “wierd” in the 2nd paragraph, second to last line. ALWAYS REMEMBER!!! ” ‘i’ before ‘e’, except after ‘c’ ”

Just my 2 cents.

Comment on Food in Mouth Problems, i.e. Chewing With Your Mouth Open by David

David — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:52:02 +0000

i’m dying inside. everybody around me chews with their mouths open…and it’s not just a 10-15 minute sit down, it’s over the course of an hour or so. they’ll take a few bites, talk, turn around and work on the comp, smack their food, wipe their hands and answer the phone with food in their mouth, then turn around and do it all over again. if you think that’s bad…hold onto your hat. lunch is with a korean, a cambodian, and a couple of mexicans. i have to smell fish, squid, kimchi, and whatever greasy food the mexicans are eating these days. oh, and the lunch table is 2 feet behind my chair. there is no ventilation in this room, and any unfinished food goes into the trash can with no lid that is 5 feet from my desk. if you want to talk about a stress test that’s out of control, i got a story that could top those of a vietnam vet’s.

Comment on Food in Mouth Problems, i.e. Chewing With Your Mouth Open by Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:26:07 +0000

UGH!! I sit about 5 feet from a guy at work who faces me with no wall in between and he eats like a cowall day. Gum, cereal(which he slurps out of the bowl) and anything else he can get his mouth on. Plus, he takes a bite big enough for about 4-5 people and chews it 30+ times. I cannot stand it, I want to bang my head into the wall. I cannot use headphones at work since I have to answer the phone. I tried using only one ear, but his chewing is so loud, that won’t even drown it out. We are a small group, only 4 of us here and since we are so close together, I cannot play a radio either. You would think this guy is 5 years old the way he eats, but he is 35!! Plus, he is married. I do not know how his wife has not beaten it out of him yet unless she is a cow too!! I have been looking for a new job it is so bad!!!