Yippee-IA, Motherf***ers! IRRATIONALLY ANGRY PT. 2: Irrationally Angrier

IE is made by savages

I appreciate the suggestion!

There's something funky about our set up where IE doesn't always remember things. Jeff explained it once but I blacked out. Rumor has it the firm is switching to Chrome so there is hope, I suppose

I would bet they have some network policy that enforces their web proxy that overwrites all settings

I could use Chrome. I have it installed. But there are some firm apps that get weirded out with Chrome so I usually just segregate work use to IE (it's work so why not make it as annoying as possible) and personal use to Chrome.

xp that sounds right? Or something about logging into different servers? And half the time I'm accessing my work computer through Citrix?

yeah, our network means there's very little you can do to override the crappy settings all our computers have

i couldn't even install the Shockwave plug-in for Firefox the other day.

actually, the IT at work is one thing that does make me IA some days

I don't know. Back before I went to law school I was actually on top of my game w/r/t computers and programming and the internet, having previously been a tech writer for a software company and a freelancer who did some light web stuff in additional to writing/editing, but at about the time school started, Web 2.0 showed up and it wasn't just HTML and CSS and a little javascript anymore but all of this complicated crap like Ruby and Python and god knows what else. Then I got a Mac and let it tell me what to do instead of customizing my own set up and stopped paying attention to WTF was going on in subsequent iterations of Windows and now I'm basically one of those asshole lawyers who can't figure out how to print a document without calling my secretary.

;__;

Jesse, can you explain why my internet is out when the electricity is still working????

oh is Nyack one syllable? I sorta liked a band called Nyack once and have been mentally mispronouncing their name all these years

this thread is educational!

No it's Nye-ack

no I believe it is pronounced "Nigh Yak"

xp

or what silby said

Nay augh

you know another ny town name I hate? Roslyn. I don't know why, but I hate that name.

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/105/268275588_ebe3ea3b1d.jpg

real lols

Do you pronounce it kind of like a strangulated 'New York', is that part of the annoyance? Niiyahk?

No it's Nye-ack

― i too went to college (silby), Monday, September 23, 2013 5:13 PM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no I believe it is pronounced "Nigh Yak"

― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Monday, September 23, 2013 5:13 PM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

those are basically the same and correct ime

Yeah, I read that, I suppose I can just imagine a weird accent pronouncing those like some bastardised New York too, hence why I still asked my question.

Always reminded me of "Nyuck" (per the Three Stooges).

the train stations at newark and new york (which are sequential on the amtrak ne line) are both called 'penn station', just to fuck with non-english-speaking tourists, apparently

I feel bad about it, because Nyack is apparently from the Algonquin.

should have left it at new amsterdam

Town names that do not make me IA but that I find rather delightful as antidotes to NYACK:

Marcus Hook
King of Prussia

I feel bad about it, because Nyack is apparently from the Algonquin.

― how's life, Monday, September 23, 2013 7:12 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You should feel bad about it, after what you did to their people

freeway exits that are so poorly designed that traffic backs up for a mile leading up to the exit & slows down the ENTIRE freeway for no reason

Fucking people who refuse to Reply to All.

I'm trying to schedule a meeting with 3 other people and 1 guy replies only to me, so I have to forward it to the others and say, "Look everyone, Mr. Fishbalm is available on these dates!"

Or the numerous clients who I've sent simple informational emails, CCing my boss, and who reply only to me asking to ask my boss detailed legal questions.

otm. i hate those people with every fiber of my being

failure to actually see who is/isn't copied on an e-mail is a big issue in my work and something that really shouldn't be taken lightly

by the people sending the e-mails I mean, obvs

Similar thread, I hate people who think ownership of an issue belongs to you simply because they came to you with it.

i.e....

Person A: Hey, I need help with blah blah blah.
Person B: Hmm - apologies, but that's not something I know anything about. I'm not really sure where to refer you.
Person A: Oh. Can you look into it for me?

uhh...it's one thing if I know the answer to your question and can easily find it, but if you wound up at me via some shot in the dark and I have no effing clue what you're on about, it's not on me to suddenly figure it out for you since I'm the lap you dumped it in.

YES. Those people.

failure to actually see who is/isn't copied on an e-mail is a big issue in my work and something that really shouldn't be taken lightly

The people I'm emailing have no excuses. I try to head off their inattentiveness by greeting all addressees by name.

Related: God forbid I ask about TWO topics in one email. Pandemonium.

God it's the worst when you do that and then they only answer your first question so you gotta reply again....

The people I'm emailing have no excuses. I try to head off their inattentiveness by greeting all addressees by name.

Lol I do this too - I bold the person who I'm asking the question throughout the email so that it's clear I AM TALKING. DIRECTLY. TO YOU.

Though I'm usually the type who gets impatient and sends an instant message if you aren't replying anyway.

oh i figured out a neat trick around people only addressing one question in a multi-question email --
you number the questions. if it's really bad, you can number the questions out of a total.
e.g. if you have 3 questions you number them 1/3, 2/3, 3/3

I kind of giggle now when I see that someone has replied to or accidentally sent an email to a huge distribution list on accident

sometimes I go to people's desks and staple a printout of the part of the email that pertains to them to their forehead.

I kind of giggle now when I see that someone has replied to or accidentally sent an email to a huge distribution list on accident

― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Tuesday, September 24, 2013 5:08 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Our server got taken down for 2 hours one day because of people who replied all to the entire firm, followed by people who replied all to tell people "DON'T REPLY ALL, PLEASE" or "REMOVE ME FROM THIS EMAIL".

my brother's gf is pretty obviously encouraging my brother to be nicer to his family (he's not particularly NOT nice to us, he's just a little aloof), and that's nice and well-intentioned of her, but it just results in my brother doing and saying all this out-of-character stuff where I'm like gtfo dude.

oh i figured out a neat trick around people only addressing one question in a multi-question email --
you number the questions. if it's really bad, you can number the questions out of a total.
e.g. if you have 3 questions you number them 1/3, 2/3, 3/3

I bulleted my two points:

"I'm scheduling depositions of X and Y. Please let me know your availability based on these simple facts:
- X can do Nov. 1, 2, 3
- Y can do Nov. 10, 11, 13. "

Responses:
Guy 1: "Nov. 1, 2, or 3 are not good for me."
Guy 2: "I can do Nov. 1."

What about 10, 11, and 13???

i have had quite a few friends from Australia travel to the States...idk if it's the age of these women (who are about 10 years younger than me) or what, but emailing me on the day they leave (or after they arrive) and saying HAY U WANNA MEET UP IN SF ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT?

I'm not saying plan your trip around my availability, but jeez talk about leaving it til the last minute for me to bum you out

Pffft. Kids. (grumble)

yeah, I kind of think of you are traveling in and don't give a couple weeks notice then have no expectation of friends having time

pretty much

but conversely as a traveller there's nothing worse than saying 'okay I'm in [city] for [date range] who wants to meet up' and then everyone whines and cries at you for not planning a personal week long trip to visit only them and being all WHAAAAT YOU'RE ONLY IN TOWN FOR TWO DAYS UGGHH WTF

so it works both ways

Our server got taken down for 2 hours one day because of people who replied all to the entire firm, followed by people who replied all to tell people "DON'T REPLY ALL, PLEASE" or "REMOVE ME FROM THIS EMAIL".

― Neanderthal, Tuesday, September 24, 2013 5:09 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ha, we had one of these where I work. Even better than the "TAKE ME OFF THIS E-MAIL" messages were the "STOP REPLYING ALL!" e-mails.

It was literally, "Hey everyone, please don't click 'reply all.' That just creates more messages for everyone."
"Yeah, what she said. Don't click 'reply all.'"
"I agree, please stop 'replying all.'"
"Good points, all. Please don't 'reply all.'"

Shit went on for hours.

re: bullet points, it's the numbering that makes it work. i've never had to do this but if regular numbering doesn't work, then do reverse-numbering like it's a letterman top 10 list.

Noted. I'm going to be using that system today.

Fucking lawyers.