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Things That Are Bullsh*t (104 Viewers)

Why is it immediatly when new chips are felted the players make it their perogative to shuffle or rub the chips like they are sandpaper to wear them down, are they messing with me or does this happen elsewhere too?
 
MC_CPA said:
Why is it immediatly when new chips are felted the players make it their perogative to shuffle or rub the chips like they are sandpaper to wear them down, are they messing with me or does this happen elsewhere too?
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That's what they do with poker chips. They don't see them as investments or pieces of art, they see them as poker chips. I shuffle chips, and if I get new chips in play I'll shuffle them too.

Possibly messing with you, I don't know you or your players.
 
I collect poker chips, but they are not investment pieces or pieces of art. They are toys to be played with. A part of a game. Yes, I cringe a little when one breaks or gets it's first flea-bite, but that is part of the character of chips.

I also collect dice, but I'm not going to question someone making an unnecessarily high-arcing roll. Heck I dropped one 15 stories just to see what would happen to the alleged "high-impact die".
 
This thread is reviving the sh!tdshow this day has become.
I am thankful for your service, PCF.
 
Tonysquander said:
@TheRealTeddyKGB
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MC_CPA said:
Why is it immediatly when new chips are felted the players make it their perogative to shuffle or rub the chips like they are sandpaper to wear them down, are they messing with me or does this happen elsewhere too?
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Poker Zombie said:
I collect poker chips, but they are not investment pieces or pieces of art. They are toys to be played with. A part of a game. Yes, I cringe a little when one breaks or gets it's first flea-bite, but that is part of the character of chips.

I also collect dice, but I'm not going to question someone making an unnecessarily high-arcing roll. Heck I dropped one 15 stories just to see what would happen to the alleged "high-impact die".
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Hey these are on eBay for a decent price. 1.25 inches, pretty hefty.

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When you get matched up with a random assistant coach for flag football, and he can't meet up with you when given 8 options over two and a half weeks, and he no shows the skills assessment so his kid gets a first round grade so you lose your first pick, and he doesn't show up to the draft, and then he gets mad that you didn't use the first pick to do a massive reach to grab his son's friend.
 
MrCatPants said:
When you get matched up with a random assistant coach for flag football, and he can't meet up with you when given 8 options over two and a half weeks, and he no shows the skills assessment so his kid gets a first round grade so you lose your first pick, and he doesn't show up to the draft, and then he gets mad that you didn't use the first pick to do a massive reach to grab his son's friend.
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Drafting flag football kids
 
I picked a hell of a day to start Dry January.

Nothing like cleaning up and emptying the pool to winterize it while it’s 40 degrees out.

If I lose a toe to hypothermia, it’s going randomly into an outgoing chip shipment.
 
BarrieJ3 said:
I picked a hell of a day to start Dry January.

Nothing like cleaning up and emptying the pool to winterize it while it’s 40 degrees out.

If I lose a toe to hypothermia, it’s going randomly into an outgoing chip shipment.
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40 degrees and hypothermia had me confused for a moment until I remembered how Americans measure temperature! :ROFL: :ROFLMAO:
 
Buckle up kiddies, it's story time....

So the wifey asks me the other day "what do you want for Christmas, I need some ideas". I don't need anything, but start thinking. :unsure::unsure: I have some potential improvement projects coming up, I could use a new work flood light, as my old one is a halogen and like 20 years old, let's upgrade to LED.

Then I remember - well shit, I asked for that for either my birthday or Father's day or something a while back. I gave her some links/options, and got a "I can't decide, here's a big Home Depot gift card, go get what you want". That promptly got buried somewhere and never cashed in. Sooooo I put the whole Christmas idea on hold and go dig out the gift card and jump on HD's website. Found a light that looked good, matched the gift card amount just about perfectly, and it has free home delivery (and today!) Boom, purchased, back to work.

30ish minutes later I get a call from a HD a few towns over (instead of the three within 10 minutes of my house). They of course don't carry the one I ordered anymore, he gives me the sku# for a replacement model and asks if that will be OK. Sure. "OK great it'll be here whenever you want to come get it". And as I'm saying "wait wut??? wait a minute this is supposed to be deliv......" CLICK. :rolleyes: I immediately call back the number to try and catch him before he scurries off for a "wander around the store" break and.... nope, I get the fucking automated computer system. After wrestling with the options for a couple of minutes, I start the "I'd like to talk to customer service and a real person please" on repeat over and over and over like an asshat until the AI bot finally throws up the white flag and acquiesces.

I get a real person, and immediately realize this was not an upgrade, as the computer actually spoke and understood English. 15 minutes later, after repeatedly giving the story, my order, info, address and life story, I get a "oh you have to call the actual store". The fucking computer didn't route me to the store's customer service desk, it sent me to CORPORATE, who couldn't understand why I was bothering them. I told them the number I had called and got a "oh yeah that's the store number, how are you now talking to me??"

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I say thank you for your time but this conversation has been beyond useless, I'll just go to the store and pick it up. Awesome, I really wanted to drive an hour and half round trip on a Friday afternoon after 40+ minutes on the phone for a light I just wanted someone else to buy me...... :ROFL: :ROFLMAO:

I'm looking at the rest of my work day schedule, figuring out a good time to bail on work for the trip, and the store calls back again. Oh cool, maybe corporate actually did the right thing and called the store to straighten things right. Nope:

HD: "Sir, I called about the light before, we can't figure out how to make the switch in the computer, can you cancel your order and order the other one?"
ME: "The other light was more expensive than the one I ordered, and I used a gift card, is that going to work? And before you answer, this was supposed to be a delivery, not a pickup "
HD: silence while processing....
ME: "....yellow?"
HD: "Oh yeah, we'll still honor that. I guess we'll have to figure out how to fix that...."
Me: silent rage......
HD: more silence.......
Me: "listen, I'll just come into the store and pick up the light, and you guys can figure out the paperwork in the meantime"
HD: "uhhh I guess that'd be OK..."
Me: "Ok, I'll be by a little later in the day"

3 minutes later, he calls back.
HD: "Its me again" (he literally said this, like we were long lost friends....)
Me: "uh huh"
HD: "When you come make sure to ask for xxxx, the store manager. He should probably know what to do".
Me: "greeaaat"

At this point it's like 3pm, and I figure I better get there before 5pm, because with my luck Mr. Manager is gonna bail by then and I'll be dealing with another gremlin and totally shit out of luck, and at which point I'll likely end up in jail for the night. I'm packing up and getting ready to leave, and I get a text and an email:

"Your order is out for delivery today. Your items are out for delivery today by our delivery agent. They’ll deliver your order between 6 am and 8 pm."

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Even better, it comes with a link to this thing:

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So. Is this them just "fixing" the order in the system? Is it really being delivered? Do they have a camera hidden in my house somewhere and enjoying themselves watching me beat my head against the wall?? Your guess is as good as mine. But, I figure at this point, I'm not going anywhere tonight, the last thing I want is for me to pass this driver on the way. If it shows, great, if it doesn't, I'll figure it out another day. Or I won't, who knows....

As the hour winds on, I kinda keep an eye on the map, and it's counting down to that 4:58pm delivery date. But, there's no progress from the driver icon. Arriving in 30 minutes. No progress. Arriving in 10 minutes. No progress. Then I get this shit:

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At which point I laughed and poured a heavy drink, cheers all!

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Irish said:
Buckle up kiddies, it's story time....

So the wifey asks me the other day "what do you want for Christmas, I need some ideas". I don't need anything, but start thinking. :unsure::unsure: I have some potential improvement projects coming up, I could use a new work flood light, as my old one is a halogen and like 20 years old, let's upgrade to LED.

Then I remember - well shit, I asked for that for either my birthday or Father's day or something a while back. I gave her some links/options, and got a "I can't decide, here's a big Home Depot gift card, go get what you want". That promptly got buried somewhere and never cashed in. Sooooo I put the whole Christmas idea on hold and go dig out the gift card and jump on HD's website. Found a light that looked good, matched the gift card amount just about perfectly, and it has free home delivery (and today!) Boom, purchased, back to work.

30ish minutes later I get a call from a HD a few towns over (instead of the three within 10 minutes of my house). They of course don't carry the one I ordered anymore, he gives me the sku# for a replacement model and asks if that will be OK. Sure. "OK great it'll be here whenever you want to come get it". And as I'm saying "wait wut??? wait a minute this is supposed to be deliv......" CLICK. :rolleyes: I immediately call back the number to try and catch him before he scurries off for a "wander around the store" break and.... nope, I get the fucking automated computer system. After wrestling with the options for a couple of minutes, I start the "I'd like to talk to customer service and a real person please" on repeat over and over and over like an asshat until the AI bot finally throws up the white flag and acquiesces.

I get a real person, and immediately realize this was not an upgrade, as the computer actually spoke and understood English. 15 minutes later, after repeatedly giving the story, my order, info, address and life story, I get a "oh you have to call the actual store". The fucking computer didn't route me to the store's customer service desk, it sent me to CORPORATE, who couldn't understand why I was bothering them. I told them the number I had called and got a "oh yeah that's the store number, how are you now talking to me??"

Hd Reaction GIF


I say thank you for your time but this conversation has been beyond useless, I'll just go to the store and pick it up. Awesome, I really wanted to drive an hour and half round trip on a Friday afternoon after 40+ minutes on the phone for a light I just wanted someone else to buy me...... :ROFL: :ROFLMAO:

I'm looking at the rest of my work day schedule, figuring out a good time to bail on work for the trip, and the store calls back again. Oh cool, maybe corporate actually did the right thing and called the store to straighten things right. Nope:

HD: "Sir, I called about the light before, we can't figure out how to make the switch in the computer, can you cancel your order and order the other one?"
ME: "The other light was more expensive than the one I ordered, and I used a gift card, is that going to work? And before you answer, this was supposed to be a delivery, not a pickup "
HD: silence while processing....
ME: "....yellow?"
HD: "Oh yeah, we'll still honor that. I guess we'll have to figure out how to fix that...."
Me: silent rage......
HD: more silence.......
Me: "listen, I'll just come into the store and pick up the light, and you guys can figure out the paperwork in the meantime"
HD: "uhhh I guess that'd be OK..."
Me: "Ok, I'll be by a little later in the day"

3 minutes later, he calls back.
HD: "Its me again" (he literally said this, like we were long lost friends....)
Me: "uh huh"
HD: "When you come make sure to ask for xxxx, the store manager. He should probably know what to do".
Me: "greeaaat"

At this point it's like 3pm, and I figure I better get there before 5pm, because with my luck Mr. Manager is gonna bail by then and I'll be dealing with another gremlin and totally shit out of luck, and at which point I'll likely end up in jail for the night. I'm packing up and getting ready to leave, and I get a text and an email:

"Your order is out for delivery today. Your items are out for delivery today by our delivery agent. They’ll deliver your order between 6 am and 8 pm."

ping pong GIF


Even better, it comes with a link to this thing:

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So. Is this them just "fixing" the order in the system? Is it really being delivered? Do they have a camera hidden in my house somewhere and enjoying themselves watching me beat my head against the wall?? Your guess is as good as mine. But, I figure at this point, I'm not going anywhere tonight, the last thing I want is for me to pass this driver on the way. If it shows, great, if it doesn't, I'll figure it out another day. Or I won't, who knows....

As the hour winds on, I kinda keep an eye on the map, and it's counting down to that 4:58pm delivery date. But, there's no progress from the driver icon. Arriving in 30 minutes. No progress. Arriving in 10 minutes. No progress. Then I get this shit:

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At which point I laughed and poured a heavy drink, cheers all!

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Ditto.
 

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