Dave's Rants

Feeling a little bit better that I am not giving a fuck at work for the most part, and getting my availability out there.  Still grating on my nerves that I have to deal with all the shit at HG for now, but oh well…

Have had my fill of bullshit at work.  I will be actively looking for work elsewhere now.  Lazy people and policies that are not policy it seems have been a major part of it lately.

I work in the tech support industry doing mostly ticket and 3rd party support (helping junior support agents with their issues that they are on the call or in chat with the customer).  One thing that I have noticed is that a large number of people do not know how to use or understand proper tense and case in a sentence.  I am always saying ‘noted and opened’ in relation to tickets, and the other person then goes and notes and opens the ticket.  Do they not know what the -ed at the end of the effing word means.  Past tense, finished, done, etc…  Come on.  These are people working in a tech heavy industry.  They should at least be able to understand simple things like that.  Otherwise they are as bad as a lot of the customers that they then deal with.   Let’s get with the program people!

Oh well…

Was messing around with my server today and found out the hard way that little configuration issues can cause big issues.  Had one of my roommates WordPress installs not showing the theme image elements and the theme page was not showing previews.  After reverting to PHP 5.4, and other various log checking and such things, I found that it was just the face that the domain was not listed in the allow ones for hotlink protection…  /sigh

Teach me to not check that next time…

At least I have the server on PHP 5.5 now and running smoothly with no issues on the sites so far.

I heard this being discussed over the weekend and is something that I can relate to.

A lot of men, especially larger built ones, have back hair and hair in greater volume than smaller men.  That we should be told that we need to ‘shave that shit’ or ‘get your back waxed’ is bullshit.  If you cannot take us for who we are then you can fuck off.  I have back hair, it is part of my self accepted ‘Beast’ persona.  It is a natural part of me and if someone is that offended by it then they can go away and not come back, as I do not need that kind of people in my life.  Want to spend time with a living blanket, then I’m your man.

Just another example of how society tries to dictate what is acceptable for people.

I do get to see people from work away from work, and also get to be more of myself as I cannot really do so when working.  Partly because of the fact that I have learned a strong work ethic from other jobs, and partly because being myself would go against the norm as dictated by the general population.

It is nice to hang out with a bunch of people in a lot more relaxed environment.  Get to see some interesting things and hear some wacky conversations when people are drunk.  🙂

I see/hear/read about all these issues that plus sized women have in society, but where is the love for us guys…  Being 6′ and 370lbs I go through a lot of the same things.  Add to that I am 44 years old and life can be tough in ways…

Think about it, the society we live in here in the states pretty much says that if you are larger that you are not healthy and not as attractive.  You don’t get the looks that someone who is actually not healthy will get just because they are thin.  Anorexia and bulimia are  2 examples of unhealthy making someone ‘attractive’.  It’s bullshit.  I agree that some people could be somewhat lighter because they just don’t try to stay away from foods and such that are bad for you.  Or that they just sit on their ass all the time.  I’m one of them.  But does that make us second rate?  Hell no!

It would be so nice to have a woman approach me, that I find really attractive, and make the first move.  Would be something that I seriously do not think is going to happen this late in my life due to my size.  Guess it’s their loss.  😉

At least when you are getting one free from a couple of very cute young ladies…  Makes it worth drinking then.  🙂

Other than that boost for the day, it has been pretty much the usual.  Crappy people in the way on the drive in, then a boring blah night at work.

And to top it off, my roommate came home after a month gone.  So much for running around naked and all that.  Oh well.

So far it is one of those days that I wish I could have stayed in bed and away from the world.  The drive in sucked (school is out and traffic is lighter but people cannot get out of the left lane when going slower than everyone else) and work is meh…  I need a vacation.

Side note:  Co-worker sent me this…   One of those sites that makes ya wonder…

Rough day at work today.  Why do people have to be such lazy idiots for the most part???  Makes ya wonder what our society is coming to and all…