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My 'not married' what?My wife and I were happy for 20 years. And then we met.You can't fool me I'm on to you now. your not married!
*shrugs nekkidly*
Edit: Crap now what alias do I use nekkid of SOC
Edit2: I got it!
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Yes, TL, I know.
Heh.
Yeah, I get the whole "Is this the place you just said it was?" thing quite a bit too.On a less humorous note, please pay attention to what the clerk is saying when they check you into the hotel. Of the 5 people I've checked in tonight, 2 of them have asked "What time is the breakfast?" literally immediately after I said "The breakfast will be served from 6 until 9." And I mean immediately. As in, I said the words and less than a second later they asked when it was. I'm not saying this s~%% because I want to, but because I'm trying to preemptively answer some of the most common questions. So listen for two freaking seconds, and you may just get the answer before you even need to ask.
Thank you for listening.
only till 9? ours is till 10. We have our breakfast hours on a large sign that plainly says our hours. I've had them stand right next to it and ask me what time breakfast was. to be fair I suppose TN does have a very high illiteracy rate... except most of our guests are from out of state >.>
Oh and the other thing I do my answer phone Hey this is X at y etc.
Them: hey is this y?
Yes I literally just said that.
While this is a legitimate complaint, and what I'm about to say certainly doesn't cover everyone: I'll do that at times, and I generally do so because I'm exhausted, distracted by trying to remember everything at a new place while keeping everything together and making sure I've not forgotten anything, and am trying to listen to the person talking while getting myself at least marginally organized.
That, at least, should help explain it, to some extent. I really try to pay attention - it just isn't happening sometimes.
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Fair enough.
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You try to check in to a hotel, keep track of excited kids, make sure you sign in correctly, grasp what room number you got, tell said kids to behave, keep an eye on your bags, get your kids out the fountain or plants, and listen for when breakfast is.
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You try to check in to a hotel, keep track of excited kids, make sure you sign in correctly, grasp what room number you got, tell said kids to behave, keep an eye on your bags, get your kids out the fountain or plants, and listen for when breakfast is.
Psssh I never check in kids. that is more of a second shift thing. Mine are always sleep deprived adults. occasionally tipsy adults.
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Related story: one of my first jobs. Cashier at a pizza stand in an amusement park. Every single person that came though would ask me for napkins. now mind you literally 2 inch away from my head is a large wall mounted napkin dispenser with napkin in big bold letters written down it. It always had one napkin kind of hanging down it. It happened so often It seriously started to upset me. I
think it it just general stress from the job and that just happens to be the outlet or focus. Generally speaking talking joking and complaining about the problem lowers stress.
So keep in mind we are not attacking you guys if you ave ever done that me and gran are just exchanging war stories to help trivialize them so they don't stress us out.
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I used to work at Vinnie's and we had a big sale, so I usedy half hour to prep for opening by making sale signs on poster board in bright colors surrounding my register, everyone would walk in, look around then ask "are there any sales today?" to which I would reply "no".
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I used to work at Vinnie's and we had a big sale, so I usedy half hour to prep for opening by making sale signs on poster board in bright colors surrounding my register, everyone would walk in, look around then ask "are there any sales today?" to which I would reply "no".
lol Good answer
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Usedy.
Is that even a word.
Way to spell check new phone!
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I didn't feel attacked - I just thought you guys might like some sort of insight into the minds of those addled weirdos who keep asking you what you just daggum said - 'cause I know that I do...
>.>
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Dude, we were this close to getting one of them to watch our kids while we and the wives check in to a hotel (separately of course, in different rooms).
"don't worry, we'll be back for them later" *wink wink*
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I grew a beard thinking it would say "Distinguished Gentleman". Instead it says "Senior Citizen Discount, Please."
Oh, that's not a joke. Once you hit fortysomething your beard gets salt-and-pepper before the rest of your hair.
Grow it out, gain 15-20 years.
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I think the funniest part about hotel/rental orientations is that I'm obsessive-compulsive so I absolutely, positively need to know all those things...
...and the staffperson is inevitably astonished when I can repeat all the details back to him or her because I was obsessively paying attention.
So honestly I'm afraid it's unusual for people to catch it all and remember it. I know it's a HUGE amount of information to receive all at once at the end of an inevitably looooooong trip...
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Hotel and camping sign in is why it's always good to have both parents there, one of them gets to sign in and listen, and the other gets to hang with the kids and make sure they climb through the potted plants and splash in the fountain before they do.
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I grew a beard thinking it would say "Distinguished Gentleman". Instead it says "Senior Citizen Discount, Please."Oh, that's not a joke. Once you hit fortysomething your beard gets salt-and-pepper before the rest of your hair.
Grow it out, gain 15-20 years.
39 for me.
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I have a few silvers in my chin hair. I hate them.
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My wife and I were happy for 20 years. And then we met.You can't fool me I'm on to you now. your not married!
... Anymore.
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I grew a beard thinking it would say "Distinguished Gentleman". Instead it says "Senior Citizen Discount, Please."Oh, that's not a joke. Once you hit fortysomething your beard gets salt-and-pepper before the rest of your hair.
Grow it out, gain 15-20 years.
Depends. Some folks seem to get salt-and-pepper hair while keeping their beard young and black/brown/red/blonde/whatever.
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Due to my wife's interpretive calendar reading we are done with school shopping two weeks ahead of schedule.
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Depends. Some folks seem to get salt-and-pepper hair while keeping their beard young and black/brown/red/blonde/whatever.I grew a beard thinking it would say "Distinguished Gentleman". Instead it says "Senior Citizen Discount, Please."Oh, that's not a joke. Once you hit fortysomething your beard gets salt-and-pepper before the rest of your hair.
Grow it out, gain 15-20 years.
Both at the same time.
Consistent silvering.
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Starfinder!!!!!!
Hello all.
Back from Gencon, where I demo'ed Starfinder for 24 hours and I averaged two hours of sleep each night.
Good seeing you!
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I always assumed he was in some sort of Jediesque super secret Starfinder training academy.
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So now that others have latched on to the Starfinder teet, what are some of you making for your first character.
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Hello all.
Back from Gencon, where I demo'ed Starfinder for 24 hours and I averaged two hours of sleep each night.
we gotta hang out.
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What the f%@*! The toy store in the mall has Next Generation Cornhole!
Apparently there is the technology to allow one to cornhole tailgating, camping, and at the beach.
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Aaaaaargh!
So, knowing Impus Major's distractibility, I handed him a numbered list of things he needed to take care of at orientation.
Items #3 and #4 were: "Order a yearbook and fill in the blank check I gave you with the amount for the yearbook."
He completely forgot them.
At least he didn't lose the check!
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Aaaaaand... 0 for 2!
Impus Minor went in with HIS list, but the adults could not believe that a 13-year-old would be responsible enough to get all his own stuff. So he, our neighbor (the most foul-mouthed 13-year-old girl you'll ever meet. Seriously. She's pretty scary), and another friend, all of whom are intelligent, independent kids, wandered around confused and aimless because the adults wouldn't let them turn in their own forms.
So they went out and got frozen yogurt instead.
Have I mentioned that they're sensible kids?
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What the f#@~! The toy store in the mall has Next Generation Cornhole!
Apparently there is the technology to allow one to cornhole tailgating, camping, and at the beach.
That doesn't mean what I think it means, I hope.
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It's a toy store in the Midwest, so who knows.
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Aaaaaand... 0 for 2!
Impus Minor went in with HIS list, but the adults could not believe that a 13-year-old would be responsible enough to get all his own stuff. So he, our neighbor (the most foul-mouthed 13-year-old girl you'll ever meet. Seriously. She's pretty scary), and another friend, all of whom are intelligent, independent kids, wandered around confused and aimless because the adults wouldn't let them turn in their own forms.
So they went out and got frozen yogurt instead.
Have I mentioned that they're sensible kids?
Have I mentioned being glad I was home schooled?
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As a father, this is where being home schooled was a disadvantage.
I'm learning all of this as my daughter is.
I can't wait for the anxiety dreams having to register for high school is sure to cause me.
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A college age girl was wearing some sort of animal tail with her gym outfit.
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A college age girl was wearing some sort of animal tail with her gym outfit.
You know you don't live in the Bay Area when you find something like this unusual...
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It's not that unusual here, I just noticed because I was right behind her on a shut off escalator and she was going slow. So of course I'm going to notice the big bushy tail hanging from her ass.