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I'm allergic to one thing only, stupid people. I start sneezing, my eyes water, and I suddenly and inexplicably feel the urge to smash kneecaps in. In class the extremely vocal and slow people seem to think taking up everyones time is a good idea. Not that they shouldn't learn, but one can always visit a teacher after class if you have real trouble. Not for them though, they must take up all class with stupid questions that they refuse to understand the answers to, and then when finally rebuffed they talk loudly at the back of the class missing more so they can ask another stupid question.

Stupid people on the road. I don't drive, but I do have a two mile walking commute so obviously I cross roads. People don't seem to want to accept that. They scream past me, busy ignoring me in favor of cellphones and smoking. And no turn signals for them, apparently I should guess. Funnily enough the one time I was hit by a car it was a situation, not the drivers fault. It was late and the valley's shape made his headlights miss me.

Strangely though I rarely freak out. I certainly have yelled at people when frustrated, but not loudly or violently, just enough to have my frustration felt. I am around people who do, and its creepy when my friends smash their keyboard or scream at full volume. I'm usually calm and respectful, always attentive and I try to be kind to those around me. I'm just waiting though, eventually something will trigger an Allergic reaction requiring hospitalization, probably a stroke.

I think teens in general, yes from 13 to 19 all deserve to get hit at least once a week just for the gak they are GOING to do to someone. I laugh at how they swear that even though they are half my age, they not only know more then me about a given subject, but somehow have FAR more life experience then I do. I forgot that somewhere down the line, me not giving a gak about what some guy did at their school, ruins their lives.

Also there is a few teens in my neighborhood and usually they are quiet and I dont mind them. But last summer I took a nap in my chair, only to be awakened by some strange LOUD banging sound from out my window. So I jump up to see what the hell is going no out there, and to my utter disbelief, there are 3 teens (probably like 14-16) smashing the ever living hell out of a skateboard over my culvert. So I shout at them , hey WTF are you doing? And they replied "uhm.....breaking our....uh......skateboard?"


So after some lovely choice words they finally left

Khornholio wrote:Yes, Gak drivers have the ability to make my Zen-esque blood pressure rise to soaring heights. The hammering of brakes and then using their signal allows me to feel the polarity of every cell in my body switch. Seeing as everyone in this country pretty much sucks it at driving a car, the speed limits are incredibly low so they don't all kill themselves in massive pile-ups that would happen if they could legally drive over 60 km/h. There is this great superhighway in Hokkaido 4 lanes wide with a speed limit of 50! 35 mph! Seriously?! The highways around Tokyo are a bit better though, the limit is 80km/h, but they're so backed up you're lucky to be going 40km/h. That all said, drivers who drive 15-20 km/h UNDER the posted limit make me want to rip the steering wheel from my car and fling it like a 5 lb. frisbee through their back window and decapitating them from the base of the neck. GAWD! It's infuriating. So, I only drive when I absolutely must. I walk all other times.

I work mostly with kids, so I don't actually want to punch anyone. Defenestrate, maybe.

Have you ever heard the bell?

Gah, I want to punch the spider that's haunting my bathroom. It's there when I go in, but not when anyone else goes in, and it's always right next to the toilet...

Khornholio wrote:Yes, Gak drivers have the ability to make my Zen-esque blood pressure rise to soaring heights. The hammering of brakes and then using their signal allows me to feel the polarity of every cell in my body switch. Seeing as everyone in this country pretty much sucks it at driving a car, the speed limits are incredibly low so they don't all kill themselves in massive pile-ups that would happen if they could legally drive over 60 km/h. There is this great superhighway in Hokkaido 4 lanes wide with a speed limit of 50! 35 mph! Seriously?! The highways around Tokyo are a bit better though, the limit is 80km/h, but they're so backed up you're lucky to be going 40km/h. That all said, drivers who drive 15-20 km/h UNDER the posted limit make me want to rip the steering wheel from my car and fling it like a 5 lb. frisbee through their back window and decapitating them from the base of the neck. GAWD! It's infuriating. So, I only drive when I absolutely must. I walk all other times.

I work mostly with kids, so I don't actually want to punch anyone. Defenestrate, maybe.

*must...resist...Asian...Driving...Joke!*

I don't really get that angry at them, just a bit annoyed at times, but I generally put up with it.

For my IT course we basically simulate the internet. My group happens to be my friend, two mouth breathers and me. Essentially one has no real idea what is going on and the other is the same most of the time, but the biggest bogan I've even met.

Anyway the first didn't like the way the other had set up the server so decided to format it and reinstall it. The server happened to be the Active Directory and we had just gotten the Exchange server up. For those not too familiar this meant the domain was destroyed and everything had to be redone. But, he had become bored so left it in mid installation which we didn't discover until we turned it on. He dissappeared for about a week or two then returned to basically do the same thing. Meanwhile I had to configure the Router so it really didn't effect my job too much and I had the time to fix it each time it happened. But that was when we were using an industry level router. The teacher had to leave due to family issues or something (I think a sick family member overseas or something) so we were left with a substitute teacher, who was apparently qualified to teach the course. The following week consisted of me being interrupted by this substitute to answer his questions. I was alright with this as he was new so didn't know the infrastructure of the campus.

However this continued the following week and became less and less about the infrastructure as it became more clear that he didn't have a clue as to what we were doing. In the end he simplified the network design for each group. For those wanting the more technical side we were routing with OSPF and had to overcome the IP Authentication on the main router of the campus in order to gain access to the internet for the group, but at the same time given an IP range to work from that didn't fit into this; also we couldn't use NAT.

Anyway he changed it from OSPF down to RIP v2. Basically it's like downgrading from XP to Windows 95. I was no longer allowed to use the actual router as apparently the teacher believed it was "demotivational" to the other groups. Thus we had to use the existing Wireless and Windows Server 2003 to do the routing. Essentially trading a stable 1Gb connection with a 56Mb (if you were lucky) connection which had known stability issues. So I managed to set that up rather reluctantly only to come across a new problem. Apparently by making the IP address static instead of dynamically assigned (bad as it can cause issues) I was creating an issue for the other groups (who were meant to be set up the same way) according to the teacher. After discussing it with him for roughly 10 minutes I gave up and just let him roll with it. By now the network is so simplistic I could finish the entire days work in 2 minutes, but after the swap from OSPF it was the same with the actual router; this new way was even simpler. However the issues I mentioned to him with the wireless appeared, as they do quite frequently. So he opted to change to a wired connection rather than the wireless but with all the other issues that were with the wireless. In the end I had the stable 1Gb connection back, but it was routing through a Windows Server rather than an actual router. Essentially the entire day had been wasted on complete crap that would have been better off if it wasn't changed at all. I had even offered to show some of the other students how to use the router and a few were even keen to learn it. But because there were a few groups that seemed to have no idea what was going on, the learning was very very restricted. To make it clear as it may not be, it's like showing up to the final Highschool exam and being given a maze from McDonalds.


I think my last fight was in the 4th grade or something. Some kid and his group were teasing my brother. I grabbed him in a headlock and smashed his head against a tree. The result was the teacher told me not to do it again.

Avatar 720 wrote:I wanna punch whoever found me this job interview, because they expect a 17 year old to shell out £200 a month for a several hour commute to Crewe and back everyday.

I'd need to be at my station for 07:07, arriving in Crewe at around 8am, for a 45 minute walk (since the buses don't seem to know where the hell they're going... either that or bus routes are the most confusing things before London Underground maps) to work.

It would mean getting up before my dad (so around 5am) to shower, getting ready for an hour and a half, walking to my station, getting a train to the next stop, changing, getting a train to a few stops later, changing, stopping at crewe on that line, walking to work, spending 8 hours at work, then doing the same back.

All in all, that's about 4 hours of Travel per day, costing me £200 per month from a less than £400 per month pay cheque, getting up, and leaving earlier than my full-time-work Dad, getting back later than my full-time-work Dad, going to sleep around 1-2am thanks to my insomnia and stress, waking up 4-3 hours later and starting it all over again.

Sure, if I was being paid Minimum Wage or a good wage instead of the Apprenticeship wage I have to live with, or if I had a car, it wouldn't be as bad, but I don't see how they expect a 17-year old to do that.

I also suffer from Osgood Schlatters Disease in my right knee, so the walks will kill me, and if it flares up, then i'm rendered practically immobile until it dies down after a few hours.

If I don't accept the placement, then I get whined at (I need it to complete the apprenticeship) by my training company, who have failed to find me a suitable placement since my interview to get on the course in mid-april earlier this year. If I do accept the placement, I get fethed over by the commute.

They've forced me into a "damned if I do, damned if I don't" situation.

Is moving to Crewe out of the question?

People who ride bikes on snow or ice really bug me. You can see the fear in their faces (fear from not being in control), but still they won't get off their bikes or try to keep a sane speed. Instead they wobble all around the the place, running in to you, snagging your sleeves with their handlebars. I want to stomp on their bikes so that the wheels buckle and become useless, and then smack the rider in the head with the frame.

if they do this for showing they got balls they would be shoing them even more by letting it stand in the garage when its snowing. heck i wouldnt dream of using my bicycle when its laying snow all around...most of the times i´m with one or two kid on the bkie and i would put them then in serious danger of getting harmed ...

vik

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I have had a bad day. :(

snurl wrote:

Avatar 720 wrote:I wanna punch whoever found me this job interview, because they expect a 17 year old to shell out £200 a month for a several hour commute to Crewe and back everyday.

I'd need to be at my station for 07:07, arriving in Crewe at around 8am, for a 45 minute walk (since the buses don't seem to know where the hell they're going... either that or bus routes are the most confusing things before London Underground maps) to work.

It would mean getting up before my dad (so around 5am) to shower, getting ready for an hour and a half, walking to my station, getting a train to the next stop, changing, getting a train to a few stops later, changing, stopping at crewe on that line, walking to work, spending 8 hours at work, then doing the same back.

All in all, that's about 4 hours of Travel per day, costing me £200 per month from a less than £400 per month pay cheque, getting up, and leaving earlier than my full-time-work Dad, getting back later than my full-time-work Dad, going to sleep around 1-2am thanks to my insomnia and stress, waking up 4-3 hours later and starting it all over again.

Sure, if I was being paid Minimum Wage or a good wage instead of the Apprenticeship wage I have to live with, or if I had a car, it wouldn't be as bad, but I don't see how they expect a 17-year old to do that.

I also suffer from Osgood Schlatters Disease in my right knee, so the walks will kill me, and if it flares up, then i'm rendered practically immobile until it dies down after a few hours.

If I don't accept the placement, then I get whined at (I need it to complete the apprenticeship) by my training company, who have failed to find me a suitable placement since my interview to get on the course in mid-april earlier this year. If I do accept the placement, I get fethed over by the commute.

They've forced me into a "damned if I do, damned if I don't" situation.

Is moving to Crewe out of the question?

Completely 100%.

Anyway he changed it from OSPF down to RIP v2.

I cringed when I read this; what in hell was he trying to gain from downgrading everything?