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NobodysHome wrote:

Communicating with the kids:

NobodysHome: Hey, Impus Major! Your mom got called away unexpectedly tonight, so I think it's a good opportunity for you guys to try out some of that teenager chow I bought for you. Want to pick some out now and I'll cook it for you, or do you want to look at it later?
Impus Major: I'll look at it later.

NH: Hey, Impus Minor! Your mom got called away unexpectedly tonight, so you guys are having some of that teenager chow I bought for you. Want me to cook it, or do you want to look at it?
IMnr: We have teenager chow?
NH: Yeah, come look!
Impus Minor gazes in wonder at what $80 will buy you at Costco in terms of frozen junk food. Long story short, I realized it was cheaper and less annoying to keep my freezer stocked with crap I'd never eat but that they would, rather than trying to feed them 'real' food once a month. So I got one of everything that looked like easily-heatable finger food except the frozen burgers, because those things are all kinds of awful. So we've got pizza pockets, chicken and cheese pockets, bean and rice burritos, chimichangas, tacquitos, mini tacos; whatever Costco had that didn't look truly nasty. (I also avoided the Foster Farms chicken corn dogs. Bleah!)
So yeah. Lots and lots and LOTS of stuff of a nature Impus Minor loves

IMnr: Nah. I think I'll have some later.

(A few minutes later)
IMnr: Hey, Dad! What are these tortilla chips and salsa doing in the kitchen?
NH: Oh, they're to go with the fish tacos I'm making tomorrow night.
The kids both get excessively excited, crying out in unison, "Fish tacos?!?! We're having fish tacos?!?!?
NH: NO! You're having them tomorrow night! Remember? Your mom's not around so we're doing something else?
IMnr: (With BIG eyes) Can't you make them two nights in a row?
NH: No.
(Impus Minor walks disappointedly back to his room)...

That sir is your children deviously manipulating you. Hats off to them.

Edit: You guys were just saving this spot for me weren't you?


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So strange hotel phenomenon. people thinking every bug is a "bed bug" someone showed me a rollie pollie (pill bugs) saying we had bed bugs... a bed bug is like lice its about the size of Abraham Lincolns eye on a penny. They are such a huge problem but we have never had them. However whenever someone says it we have to call out the fumigators and all that nonsense.


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Dude, bugs in a hotel room are a problem, no matter what kind. If it was outside that's one thing, but even a pill bug in a room means that others have access.


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Oh yeah i agree there should be no bugs but bed bugs mean we have to close down half of the rooms in the hotel for a week practically. regular bugs mean we need to have a talk with house keeping. Do you see the difference?

I also wonder how it is always the 2nd and 3rd floor that find these things never the 1st floor. you would think they would start at the bottom.


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I want to punch whoever came up with the name of the new loyalty program at work. Due to mergers over the last few years, there are currently 3 separate loyalty programs in Marriott: Marriott Rewards, Ritz-Carlton Rewards, and Starwood Preferred Guest. Next month all three are being merged into one program with a new name. I'm fine with that. It makes sense to only have one program with one name since it's all the same company. But according to the "training" materials I was given today, they came up with a list of over 600 possible names, ran 100 of them through legal (to make sure no one else had something similar) and international focus groups to see which ones were good, and finally ended up with the new name. Marriott Bonvoy. Bonvoy, as in the French "Bon Voyage", but shortened so that is sounds f@+%ing stupid. Everyone who voted for that should be kicked repeatedly in whatever genitalia they have. And if that's really the best name out of >600, then whoever came up with the list is a f&&!ing idiot.


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gran rey de los mono wrote:
I want to punch whoever came up with the name of the new loyalty program at work. Due to mergers over the last few years, there are currently 3 separate loyalty programs in Marriott: Marriott Rewards, Ritz-Carlton Rewards, and Starwood Preferred Guest. Next month all three are being merged into one program with a new name. I'm fine with that. It makes sense to only have one program with one name since it's all the same company. But according to the "training" materials I was given today, they came up with a list of over 600 possible names, ran 100 of them through legal (to make sure no one else had something similar) and international focus groups to see which ones were good, and finally ended up with the new name. Marriott Bonvoy. Bonvoy, as in the French "Bon Voyage", but shortened so that is sounds f!*&ing stupid. Everyone who voted for that should be kicked repeatedly in whatever genitalia they have. And if that's really the best name out of >600, then whoever came up with the list is a f@%*ing idiot.

Did they use a random letter generator? I bet they used a random letter generator.


Vidmaster7 wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
I want to punch whoever came up with the name of the new loyalty program at work. Due to mergers over the last few years, there are currently 3 separate loyalty programs in Marriott: Marriott Rewards, Ritz-Carlton Rewards, and Starwood Preferred Guest. Next month all three are being merged into one program with a new name. I'm fine with that. It makes sense to only have one program with one name since it's all the same company. But according to the "training" materials I was given today, they came up with a list of over 600 possible names, ran 100 of them through legal (to make sure no one else had something similar) and international focus groups to see which ones were good, and finally ended up with the new name. Marriott Bonvoy. Bonvoy, as in the French "Bon Voyage", but shortened so that is sounds f!*&ing stupid. Everyone who voted for that should be kicked repeatedly in whatever genitalia they have. And if that's really the best name out of >600, then whoever came up with the list is a f@%*ing idiot.
Did they use a random letter generator? I bet they used a random letter generator.

I probably shouldn't be so surprised. These are likely the same people who took the perfectly fine name of "Guest Requests" and turned it into "Guest eXperience ignited" (yes, with that capitalization), only to then a few months later turn it into "EMPOWER Guest Experiences".


I don't even understand who they are trying to appeal too. Old people will find it dumb and young people will they they are trying to hard. middle ground won't care. They just want to sleep!


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As for bed bugs, we've had a few people report them, and even bring one they squished down to the desk. So we call the exterminator, they treat that room and the room to either side of it, but never find any evidence of a colony (or whatever). So it's always been bugs that the guest brought with them from somewhere else. And, yeah, sometimes they call things bed bugs that clearly aren't. Like the time a lady called me all upset that there was a "Giant bed bug in the bathroom! IT'S HUGE!!!" It was a cricket that had almost certainly rode in on their luggage.


gran rey de los mono wrote:
As for bed bugs, we've had a few people report them, and even bring one they squished down to the desk. So we call the exterminator, they treat that room and the room to either side of it, but never find any evidence of a colony (or whatever). So it's always been bugs that the guest brought with them from somewhere else. And, yeah, sometimes they call things bed bugs that clearly aren't. Like the time a lady called me all upset that there was a "Giant bed bug in the bathroom! IT'S HUGE!!!" It was a cricket that had almost certainly rode in on their luggage.

A cricket... Like for real lady. See no one knows what an actual bed bug is I think the assumption is that it is any bug that is on a bed or in a hotel room.

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I would take fish tacos over chimichanga, but I'm on diet so I'm trying to avoid deep fried food. Otherwise both items I'd gobble up.


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Vidmaster7 wrote:
I don't even understand who they are trying to appeal too. Old people will find it dumb and young people will they they are trying to hard. middle ground won't care. They just want to sleep!

Exactly. Just give it a name that is descriptive and be done with it. "Guest Requests" says everything you need to know. It's a way for guests to make requests. "Guest eXperience ignited (or GXi for short)" sounds like we're going to set you on fire, and that we don't understand how to capitalize words properly. Even "EMPOWER Guest Experiences" isn't great at telling you what it is.

Or the loyalty program. "Marriott Rewards" is clear. It is a reward program for Marriott properties. Ask someone if they are a member of Marriott Rewards (or if they want to enroll) and it's clear what you are talking about. Ask them "Are you a part of Bonvoy?" and they're going to look at you like you're having a stroke.


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I never liked the idea of fish tacos until I saw what went into it then I was intrigued.. maybe that should be something I try and cook at some point.


Just a Mort wrote:
I would take fish tacos over chimichanga, but I'm on diet so I'm trying to avoid deep fried food. Otherwise both items I'd gobble up.

See, I don't like fish. Once or twice a year I get a craving for, of all things, Long John Silver's fish. So I'll go get some and wonder "Why the f&*% did I want this so badly?" and not eat fish again for 6 months or more.


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Well If the only fish I ever had was Long John Silver fish I would probably not like fish very much myself.


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Ahh, rude guests. Just had a guy come up to me and say "Where the microwave at." Just like that. No inflection to suggest he was asking a question. Not "Is there a microwave I can use?" of "Hi, can you tell me where there is a microwave at?". Nope.


Vidmaster7 wrote:
Well If the only fish I ever had was Long John Silver fish I would probably not like fish very much myself.

I've had other fish. I just don't like it.


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And, of course now that I've mentioned it, I'll probably start craving it in a few days. Great.


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gran rey de los mono wrote:
And, of course now that I've mentioned it, I'll probably start craving it in a few days. Great.

Well the best I can do for you is suggest andys cat fish breading suggest fresh cat fish and it real easy to make just was it dredge it through breading put it in hot oil and done. maybe put some lemon juice on it. I know better fish recipes but that is the easiest I can think of.


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gran rey de los mono wrote:
Ahh, rude guests. Just had a guy come up to me and say "Where the microwave at." Just like that. No inflection to suggest he was asking a question. Not "Is there a microwave I can use?" of "Hi, can you tell me where there is a microwave at?". Nope.

You mean they don't have microwaves in their rooms?


(one of us I think has told this one before but...)

My favorite is when out of the blue they ask what room they are in.

me: your in the lobby sir.


Vidmaster7 wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
And, of course now that I've mentioned it, I'll probably start craving it in a few days. Great.
Well the best I can do for you is suggest andys cat fish breading suggest fresh cat fish and it real easy to make just was it dredge it through breading put it in hot oil and done. maybe put some lemon juice on it. I know better fish recipes but that is the easiest I can think of.

It's not the breading. It's the fish. Catfish, tuna, salmon, tilapia, cod, crappie, who knows what else. I've tried them all. I've had it fried, baked, smoked, whatever. Doesn't matter the cooking method. I just don't like fish.


Vidmaster7 wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
Ahh, rude guests. Just had a guy come up to me and say "Where the microwave at." Just like that. No inflection to suggest he was asking a question. Not "Is there a microwave I can use?" of "Hi, can you tell me where there is a microwave at?". Nope.
You mean they don't have microwaves in their rooms?

Nope. 9 of our 60 rooms have microwaves and minifridges in them. We also have a handful of extras that we move around as people request them. Otherwise they have to use the microwave in the kitchen. We've been trying to get corporate to let us put fridges and microwaves in all the rooms, but they keep saying no.


Vidmaster7 wrote:

(one of us I think has told this one before but...)

My favorite is when out of the blue they ask what room they are in.

me: You're in the lobby sir.

Yeah. Or they come down to check out, I ask their room number, and they look at me like "Why don't you know my room number?".


gran rey de los mono wrote:
Vidmaster7 wrote:

(one of us I think has told this one before but...)

My favorite is when out of the blue they ask what room they are in.

me: You're in the lobby sir.

Yeah. Or they come down to check out, I ask they're room number, and they look at me like "Why don't you know my room number?".

Wait is that the right They're? isn't that I ask they are room number?


Vidmaster7 wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
Vidmaster7 wrote:

(one of us I think has told this one before but...)

My favorite is when out of the blue they ask what room they are in.

me: You're in the lobby sir.

Yeah. Or they come down to check out, I ask their room number, and they look at me like "Why don't you know my room number?".
Wait is that the right They're? isn't that I ask they are room number?

I don't know what you are talking about. I used the correct form in my post.


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gran rey de los mono wrote:
Vidmaster7 wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
Vidmaster7 wrote:

(one of us I think has told this one before but...)

My favorite is when out of the blue they ask what room they are in.

me: You're in the lobby sir.

Yeah. Or they come down to check out, I ask their room number, and they look at me like "Why don't you know my room number?".
Wait is that the right They're? isn't that I ask they are room number?
I don't know what you are talking about. I used the correct form in my post.

>.>

<.<

I'm not sure if this alias is appropriate or my vid has lost his mine chuthulu alias. You can see which one I went with however...

Also the proof is in the quote and you can't edit my post so ha!


Conspiracy_master7 wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
Vidmaster7 wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
Vidmaster7 wrote:

(one of us I think has told this one before but...)

My favorite is when out of the blue they ask what room they are in.

me: You're in the lobby sir.

Yeah. Or they come down to check out, I ask their room number, and they look at me like "Why don't you know my room number?".
Wait is that the right They're? isn't that I ask they are room number?
I don't know what you are talking about. I used the correct form in my post.

>.>

<.<

I'm not sure if this alias is appropriate or my vid has lost his mine chuthulu alias. You can see which one I went with however...

Also the proof is in the quote and you can't edit my post so ha!

I don't need to edit your post. Clearly you changed it so that it looks like I made a mistake.

Dark Archive

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Morning FaWtLites. Hope everyone is well today and has a good one ahead. :)

Dark Archive

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gran rey de los mono wrote:
Vidmaster7 wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
Ahh, rude guests. Just had a guy come up to me and say "Where the microwave at." Just like that. No inflection to suggest he was asking a question. Not "Is there a microwave I can use?" of "Hi, can you tell me where there is a microwave at?". Nope.
You mean they don't have microwaves in their rooms?
Nope. 9 of our 60 rooms have microwaves and minifridges in them. We also have a handful of extras that we move around as people request them. Otherwise they have to use the microwave in the kitchen. We've been trying to get corporate to let us put fridges and microwaves in all the rooms, but they keep saying no.

Man, I thought Vid was joking. You guys actually have microwaves in your rooms? O.o

In Ireland, you're not even likely to have a mini-fridge, forget a microwave. But a kettle and some teabags? Guaranteed.


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gran rey de los mono wrote:
Conspiracy_master7 wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
Vidmaster7 wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
Vidmaster7 wrote:

(one of us I think has told this one before but...)

My favorite is when out of the blue they ask what room they are in.

me: You're in the lobby sir.

Yeah. Or they come down to check out, I ask their room number, and they look at me like "Why don't you know my room number?".
Wait is that the right They're? isn't that I ask they are room number?
I don't know what you are talking about. I used the correct form in my post.

>.>

<.<

I'm not sure if this alias is appropriate or my vid has lost his mine chuthulu alias. You can see which one I went with however...

Also the proof is in the quote and you can't edit my post so ha!

I don't need to edit your post. Clearly you changed it so that it looks like I made a mistake.

You may deny all you want but You have been gotten *evil laugh*


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LordSynos wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
Vidmaster7 wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
Ahh, rude guests. Just had a guy come up to me and say "Where the microwave at." Just like that. No inflection to suggest he was asking a question. Not "Is there a microwave I can use?" of "Hi, can you tell me where there is a microwave at?". Nope.
You mean they don't have microwaves in their rooms?
Nope. 9 of our 60 rooms have microwaves and minifridges in them. We also have a handful of extras that we move around as people request them. Otherwise they have to use the microwave in the kitchen. We've been trying to get corporate to let us put fridges and microwaves in all the rooms, but they keep saying no.

Man, I thought Vid was joking. You guys actually have microwaves in your rooms? O.o

In Ireland, you're not even likely to have a mini-fridge, forget a microwave. But a kettle and some teabags? Guaranteed.

We have coffee pots and coffee in the rooms. There are tea bags in the lobby. And microwaves and minifridges used to be much less common than they are now. Honestly, we really should have them in every room. But they are one of the things that separates our "Executive" rooms from our "Standard" rooms. I imagine that if we ever actually do get a remodel (they've been talking about it for 6 years now) we'll probably end up with them in every room.


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Dr. Doommaster7 wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
Conspiracy_master7 wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
Vidmaster7 wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
Vidmaster7 wrote:

(one of us I think has told this one before but...)

My favorite is when out of the blue they ask what room they are in.

me: You're in the lobby sir.

Yeah. Or they come down to check out, I ask their room number, and they look at me like "Why don't you know my room number?".
Wait is that the right They're? isn't that I ask they are room number?
I don't know what you are talking about. I used the correct form in my post.

>.>

<.<

I'm not sure if this alias is appropriate or my vid has lost his mine chuthulu alias. You can see which one I went with however...

Also the proof is in the quote and you can't edit my post so ha!

I don't need to edit your post. Clearly you changed it so that it looks like I made a mistake.

You may deny all you want but You have been gotten *evil laugh*

You can't have him, see? He belongs to me, see? Try and get him and see what you'll get. Sea?


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Yes we have microwaves mini fridges and coffee makers in every room. in some of this brand its Kurigs, but not ours.


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John Ghoti, Mob Boss wrote:
Dr. Doommaster7 wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
Conspiracy_master7 wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
Vidmaster7 wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
Vidmaster7 wrote:

(one of us I think has told this one before but...)

My favorite is when out of the blue they ask what room they are in.

me: You're in the lobby sir.

Yeah. Or they come down to check out, I ask their room number, and they look at me like "Why don't you know my room number?".
Wait is that the right They're? isn't that I ask they are room number?
I don't know what you are talking about. I used the correct form in my post.

>.>

<.<

I'm not sure if this alias is appropriate or my vid has lost his mine chuthulu alias. You can see which one I went with however...

Also the proof is in the quote and you can't edit my post so ha!

I don't need to edit your post. Clearly you changed it so that it looks like I made a mistake.

You may deny all you want but You have been gotten *evil laugh*

You can't have him, see? He belongs to me, see? Try and get him and see what you'll get. Sea?

Now you look here seaboy You muscling in on my territory?

Scarab Sages

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gran rey de los mono wrote:
Vidmaster7 wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
I want to punch whoever came up with the name of the new loyalty program at work. Due to mergers over the last few years, there are currently 3 separate loyalty programs in Marriott: Marriott Rewards, Ritz-Carlton Rewards, and Starwood Preferred Guest. Next month all three are being merged into one program with a new name. I'm fine with that. It makes sense to only have one program with one name since it's all the same company. But according to the "training" materials I was given today, they came up with a list of over 600 possible names, ran 100 of them through legal (to make sure no one else had something similar) and international focus groups to see which ones were good, and finally ended up with the new name. Marriott Bonvoy. Bonvoy, as in the French "Bon Voyage", but shortened so that is sounds f!*&ing stupid. Everyone who voted for that should be kicked repeatedly in whatever genitalia they have. And if that's really the best name out of >600, then whoever came up with the list is a f@%*ing idiot.
Did they use a random letter generator? I bet they used a random letter generator.
I probably shouldn't be so surprised. These are likely the same people who took the perfectly fine name of "Guest Requests" and turned it into "Guest eXperience ignited" (yes, with that capitalization), only to then a few months later turn it into "EMPOWER Guest Experiences".

Oh Em Gee

O_O
Its mind boggeling stupid.

Scarab Sages

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Its gotten colder again. It cleared up during the night, so temperatures graced freezing. Of course there hasnt been salt put down since the snow melted. So now we had a lot of frost on the roads.


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Supposedly we are suppose to get some freezing rain but no signs of that yet.

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Was just busy at work. Peh. I think I should prepare a PBP post tonight and save it but not post it till tomorrow morning. I don't really feel up to posting now since me and my BF are supposed to be out running(I convinced him that we shouldn't just spend our nights out eating).

It's just unhealthy.


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Hmm If I were him you would of accomplished some expert level convincing.


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We'd never heard of fish tacos until we moved out west.


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captain yesterday wrote:
We'd never heard of fish tacos until we moved out west.

Not in the way we are talking about anyways *wink wink*

*resists urge to make a innuedno_master7 alias.*


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I don't get it.


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captain yesterday wrote:
I don't get it.

Seriously? I can't help but feel this is the Discord situation again.


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Diswho?


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The Vagrant Erudite wrote:
captain yesterday wrote:
I don't get it.
Seriously? I can't help but feel this is the Discord situation again.

I grew up in the Midwest any kind of fish analogy or whatever isn't our forte,

Unless they have to do with Friday night fish fries.


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Nothing quite like waking up to screaming at the tv about politics. Counting the days...


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Nekkid Vidmaster7 wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:

Communicating with the kids:

NobodysHome: Hey, Impus Major! Your mom got called away unexpectedly tonight, so I think it's a good opportunity for you guys to try out some of that teenager chow I bought for you. Want to pick some out now and I'll cook it for you, or do you want to look at it later?
Impus Major: I'll look at it later.

NH: Hey, Impus Minor! Your mom got called away unexpectedly tonight, so you guys are having some of that teenager chow I bought for you. Want me to cook it, or do you want to look at it?
IMnr: We have teenager chow?
NH: Yeah, come look!
Impus Minor gazes in wonder at what $80 will buy you at Costco in terms of frozen junk food. Long story short, I realized it was cheaper and less annoying to keep my freezer stocked with crap I'd never eat but that they would, rather than trying to feed them 'real' food once a month. So I got one of everything that looked like easily-heatable finger food except the frozen burgers, because those things are all kinds of awful. So we've got pizza pockets, chicken and cheese pockets, bean and rice burritos, chimichangas, tacquitos, mini tacos; whatever Costco had that didn't look truly nasty. (I also avoided the Foster Farms chicken corn dogs. Bleah!)
So yeah. Lots and lots and LOTS of stuff of a nature Impus Minor loves

IMnr: Nah. I think I'll have some later.

(A few minutes later)
IMnr: Hey, Dad! What are these tortilla chips and salsa doing in the kitchen?
NH: Oh, they're to go with the fish tacos I'm making tomorrow night.
The kids both get excessively excited, crying out in unison, "Fish tacos?!?! We're having fish tacos?!?!?
NH: NO! You're having them tomorrow night! Remember? Your mom's not around so we're doing something else?
IMnr: (With BIG eyes) Can't you make them two nights in a row?
NH: No.
(Impus Minor walks disappointedly

...

I don't know if it is manipulation. I've got classes that just are that bad at listening.


captain yesterday wrote:
I don't get it.

I'm gonna go to Tijuana for a, fish taco

A fish taco, for 50 pesos
I hope to goodness I don't catch the gonorrhack-hackoes,
I don't want my card to turn green.

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