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**damage_inc** · 06-17-2014, 06:57 PM

'gypsy.current.state==otc

**wicked_lord** · 06-17-2014, 07:11 PM

Damnit.. i just typed a huge response to this and when i clicked submit to post my cell phone service went dead and my browser went to a not connected page which deleted my huge response and im not typing it over. WTF

**MadGypsy** · 06-17-2014, 09:19 PM

@Wicked - I hate when that happens. Did you know that with windows 8/+ with current browsers you can just click the back button and it automagically gives you your post back? I know you said you were on your phone but that's just an FYI.

However, I do have a solution to your problems. Cause we're friends and everything, I can retype your entire post for you. Just type it all up right here and I'll get right on it.

@Damage - It was all real polite and smiley and stuff. I never raised my voice, made a scene or anything else that could be considered impolite. My line of thinking the entire time was... I come to these places regularly and not only pay for their over priced products but also generally tip quite a bit (like 40+ %) as well. I'm an awesome customer and I deserve a perk. If you can't throw me a free consumable after all the money I have dumped into your establishment, then I'm never coming back. Actually, I'm not sure I'm going to go back to the sandwich shop. The only thing I wanted to hear out of that guys mouth was "Yep! You get a free sandwich today". I had to politely twist his arm and I don't think I deserve that. I easily spend $200 a month in that shop and have for years, and I can't just easily have a free fucking sandwich?

also == is a comparison operator. just one = is equal, and === is a comparison operator to determine if something is equal in every possible way.

if(0 == false) //true
if(0 === false) //false cause 0 is an int and false is a Boolean
you could type cast it and make it true though
if(Boolean(0) === false) //true

check out my awesome code. Pay attention to my default trace. I'm the king of error reporting. That's catching 3 possible errors and as you can see, I really really care which one.

Code:

private function handler(e:*):void
{	dropListeners(e.target);
	switch(e.type)
	{
		case Event.COMPLETE:
			var obj:Object = e.target.data;
			obj.movie.forEach(function(value:Object, i:int, mov:Array):void
			{
				trace(value.name);
			});
			break;
		default:
			trace("fuqUp: some kind of summin bad happened and now everything is fuqed");
			break;
	}
}

random: I !love! this keyboard (steelseries 64121)

Big and juicy size and I can type in the dark cause the keys light up. Lots and lots of programmable keys too. I feel like I'm behind a "flight panel" for programmers. I paid too much though. I just found it new online for 49. I paid 69+tax. I wish that "Nope, I don't want to pay today" stuff worked at big box stores.

**Syluxguy28O3** · 06-18-2014, 05:07 AM

I wish that "Nope, I don't want to pay today" stuff worked at big box stores.

oh it works. there's just a risk you'll get ur ass hauled to the slammer

**MadGypsy** · 06-18-2014, 10:45 AM

"Nope, I don't want to be arrested today"..?

**Syluxguy28O3** · 06-18-2014, 11:55 AM

Originally posted by MadGypsy View Post

"Nope, I don't want to be arrested today"..?

good luck with that one

**bluntz** · 06-18-2014, 07:52 PM

Epic

**Shadowswift** · 06-19-2014, 09:44 AM

Me: Nope. Don't want to work today. Been coming to this place 5 times a week, sometimes twice a day. I've been an incredibly good associate. I want my paycheck without working for it.

Boss: Well, you're gonna have to put in for vacation or personal time.

Me: No, I have plenty of vacation and personal time, but I don't want to use it. I just want to be paid for the day without working for it. I've been working here for the last five and a half years. I think I deserve a perk, or should I take my business elsewhere and let you find a new associate to replace my awesomeness with?

Boss: ...ok. Get out.

...Goddamn it Gypsy! You got me fired!

...

**wicked_lord** · 06-19-2014, 12:26 PM

Originally posted by Shadowswift View Post

Me: Nope. Don't want to work today. Been coming to this place 5 times a week, sometimes twice a day. I've been an incredibly good associate. I want my paycheck without working for it.

Boss: Well, you're gonna have to put in for vacation or personal time.

Me: No, I have plenty of vacation and personal time, but I don't want to use it. I just want to be paid for the day without working for it. I've been working here for the last five and a half years. I think I deserve a perk, or should I take my business elsewhere and let you find a new associate to replace my awesomeness with?

Boss: ...ok. Get out.

...

Wow, my post that got screwed up earlier on in this post was similar to this except 5 time's longer. Here you go MG this was pretty much my thought on it.
...Goddamn it Gypsy! You got me fired!

**Cobalt** · 06-19-2014, 01:02 PM

I did something very similar many years ago at a bagle shop in NY. Snowstorm had hit and the towtruck cost me all the $ I had on me, on my back from a job interview I missed because of the snowstorm, and at the same time I needed food. Picked out a bunch of stuff at the local bagle place, came time to pay and I asked, could I have it for free? I explained all the stuff that just happened, was honest, amd made my mind up whatever he said would be fine. When he said no, I was very disappointed, and as I marched out the store, he said wait....ok. And here, take one of these choclate peanut butter brownies we just made em fresh...and when you get home, put it in the MWO. I almost cried, and when I got home , first thing I did was pop that thing in the MWO... sure was good.

Always meant to go back there and follow up and thank the guy, but I decided to just be more like that to people I see who may be in the same need as I go on in life. Sure enough, if you keep your eye out, those people appear, and you can work the same kind of mircale if you really appreciate what you recieve.

**MadGypsy** · 06-19-2014, 11:02 PM

I bet you 1,000,000 dollars I could get a paid day off of work if I asked for it. I wouldn't have to explain shit either.

(highly probable conversation)
-"Jeff, I want a paid day off."
~[crooked look, a million thoughts flashing by] "OK, YOU, can have one paid day off. Don't tell anybody........Is everything OK? Do you need this so you can be with your dad?"
-"No, I just want you to reassure me that you appreciate the fuck out of everything I do around here."
~"Can we do that without a paid day off?"
-"Nope."
~"Ok, that's fine, really don't mention it to anyone though."

About a year ago Jeff walked up to me and asked how much I thought I would get paid over the next few weeks. I guesstimated it and he put the cash right in my hands. It pays to be the most excellent employee EVER. Every Saturday I pay myself for thursday through the sunday that I haven't even worked yet, in cash. My point is, getting a paid day off is a nothing. My roots at my job are so deep I could come to work on crack and nobody would tell me shit.

We're gonna be closed for 2 weeks in July. I thought it was going to be a nice vacation and I am totally monetarily prepared for it. I just got word from Jeff that I don't get 2 weeks off cause he wants me to tear apart the entire kitchen, walls and all. Rip everything out.

I don't know of any company that would have it's cooks demo a kitchen but, I'm not really a cook. I mean, I'm actually a damn good cook but, I'm a roughneck and there won't be one scrap of kitchen left when I'm done. You may be thinking, why doesn't the company that is going to remodel the kitchen tear it out? It's simple. Jeff knows that that could a) cost a fortune and b) a bunch of grunts could make that job carry on. It isn't mandatory for some low wage grunt to hurry up. c) He knows I will destroy that mother fucker in one day. If for no other reason than I want 1.87 weeks off.

@ShadowSwift - if that really happened, you're better off. 5 and a half years and you can't just have a free day? This is the problem with this world. No mater how much you put into certain things they will never give you anything back. I would have left your boss's office laughing at him and on my way to better opportunities.

Actually, if I was in your shoes (assuming your story isn't complete bullshit) right now I would be writing up plans and making moves to work entirely for myself. I formed a gigantic paint company with nothing but a couple of hand tools, a bucket and a psp to post craigslist ads. I formed a quicky moving company the same way. I formed a graphics art company and I can barely draw. The latter 2 companies were whatever. I wanted money and did some quick moves to make a buck. The paint company however... the only reason that failed is because I got dieing kind of sick and was put out of commission for almost an entire year. When I was able to come back, the market (economy) was totally different and a bunch of "undocumented citizens" under bid me out of a living. Bottom line, figure out what you want to do and just do it. If you don't know how to do it, learn really fast. My MO was always to talk to as many people as possible and if you feel a "no", cut it off and move on. Once you get that first client, it's on. My first house to paint was $19,860 (full exterior renovation). Before the job was even half way done all the neighbors wanted me to paint their house too. I started building up all these really high dollar contracts and I would show them to future clients. "You like that I job I did for the Pelias's? Look, right here, it was $20,000. My work isn't cheap but the results are right next door."

No excuses, only results, and never take some low ball job just cause you need money. All the time you spend eating beans just to afford materials you could be looking for a contract that isn't trying to get everything for nothing. As soon as somebody starts talking me down I tell them that the price is the price. I don't do bargain work.

I gave a guy a bid once and he said "The last time it was painted it was about $4000 cheaper"...lol I said "Yeah and look at it, all your paint is falling off the house."

**Shadowswift** · 06-20-2014, 10:11 AM

It didn't really happen. I love my job, and my superiors love me (they actually hand-picked me and four others out of the entire region) I'm sure I could get a paid day off if I actually asked for it, but I'd rather earn (or pay for) what i get.

**OMacKnight** · 06-20-2014, 12:12 PM

~MadGypsy

Would you be a fan of the novel/movie 'The Fountainhead' by any chance?

I do get that impression from you sometimes, especially in regards to work. (Of which I find myself agreeing.)

**MadGypsy** · 06-20-2014, 01:59 PM

@mac-never heard of it

@DK - I knew that was a "literary work". You don't strike me as someone so lost in space that you would walk into that conversation without already knowing how it would end.

@earn it - I agree but I also believe that you should go over the top for those that go over the top for you. I don't get paid to go as far as I do and NOBODY around me seems to be even earning what they do get paid for, hence why I always have so much to do. Bottom line, if I wanted a paid day, I promise you I have earned it.

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