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Post by impulse on Dec 10, 2020 17:38:38 GMT -5
Yeah, working in retail with the "authorized" music loop is a surefire way to permanently burn someone out on something.
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 11, 2020 0:34:49 GMT -5
Yeah, working in retail with the "authorized" music loop is a surefire way to permanently burn someone out on something. Some of it, yeah; we had a music department; so, we had a playlist; but, we could pick what the rotation was. So, Transiberian and Mannheim were usually on it (as they were usually promoting an annual album: but, we got some cool stuff, like Brian Setzer, or a collection of some classical Christmas stuff (like a Verve album of jazz and pop standards singers doing some great stuff), or fun newer stuff, like the Puppini Sisters. Vince Guiraldi's Charlie Brown stuff was annual and that always made you feel good when it came on (an make us imitate the kids dancing on stage). The absolute worst, bar none, was He and She, with A Very He & She Christmas. I'd like to know what idiot told Zoey Deschanel that she can sing. She can basically sing one note and everything is altered to that key and there is absolutely no variation to it. It's like a singing monotone. Makes that Eddie Murphy album sound like Motown. Every year, I pull out my Punk Rock Christmas as an antidote to the noise that has been pounded in my ears and the crap I dealt with. Then, I am in the mood for the good stuff, like Elvis, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Spike Jones & His City Slickers, and Boris Karloff & Thurgood Ravenscroft, as well as the awesomeness of Rankin-Bass |
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Post by Batflunkie on Dec 11, 2020 10:46:20 GMT -5
Yeah, working in retail with the "authorized" music loop is a surefire way to permanently burn someone out on something. That's why I'm glad we switched over to an automated station curated by the company. We just had it on a "soft rock" station before and it was awful, especially during the christmas season. It would just play the same five songs on loop by different artists |
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Post by impulse on Dec 11, 2020 12:46:33 GMT -5
I worked at a big box retailer around the birth of streaming services, so we got to put on pretty much whatever we wanted to "demo" the service back when summoning up anything to listen to on demand was a huge novelty. That took a lot of monotony out of it.
Also, Twisted Sister did a VERY tongue-in-cheek Christmas album a decade or so ago. It's good for a laugh and if you want some variety in the usual Christmas standards.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Dec 11, 2020 13:30:15 GMT -5
Marking exams...
A student saw fit to write indignant comments like "we never saw that in class!!!" on their copy.
First, dear student, if you don't understand a subject please consider that it may be because you didn't study hard enough before making such accusations.
Second, due to the COVID situation, all our classes were given online and recorded. The recordings are still available to everyone, and they have been all semester. I don't even have to argue that yes, we DID cover that subject in class: the proof is there for all to see.
Third, you may feel that venting on your copy is a rewarding exercise; however, I guarantee that it does not predispose your teacher to be lenient should a genuine point of contention eventually arise.
There. I said it!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2020 16:44:09 GMT -5
Danish butter biscuits are the bomb and come in a lovely looking tin that I use to sort out stamps after.
There, I am munching....
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 11, 2020 23:06:23 GMT -5
Marking exams... A student saw fit to write indignant comments like "we never saw that in class!!!" on their copy. First, dear student, if you don't understand a subject please consider that it may be because you didn't study hard enough before making such accusations. Second, due to the COVID situation, all our classes were given online and recorded. The recordings are still available to everyone, and they have been all semester. I don't even have to argue that yes, we DID cover that subject in class: the proof is there for all to see. Third, you may feel that venting on your copy is a rewarding exercise; however, I guarantee that it does not predispose your teacher to be lenient should a genuine point of contention eventually arise. There. I said it! I'd just mark them with "Suck it up, buttercup!" |
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 12, 2020 5:40:38 GMT -5
Marking exams... A student saw fit to write indignant comments like "we never saw that in class!!!" on their copy. First, dear student, if you don't understand a subject please consider that it may be because you didn't study hard enough before making such accusations. Second, due to the COVID situation, all our classes were given online and recorded. The recordings are still available to everyone, and they have been all semester. I don't even have to argue that yes, we DID cover that subject in class: the proof is there for all to see. Third, you may feel that venting on your copy is a rewarding exercise; however, I guarantee that it does not predispose your teacher to be lenient should a genuine point of contention eventually arise. There. I said it! I thought of this when I read about your student having the nerve to write his comment-  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2020 8:01:43 GMT -5
Marking exams... A student saw fit to write indignant comments like "we never saw that in class!!!" on their copy. First, dear student, if you don't understand a subject please consider that it may be because you didn't study hard enough before making such accusations. Second, due to the COVID situation, all our classes were given online and recorded. The recordings are still available to everyone, and they have been all semester. I don't even have to argue that yes, we DID cover that subject in class: the proof is there for all to see. Third, you may feel that venting on your copy is a rewarding exercise; however, I guarantee that it does not predispose your teacher to be lenient should a genuine point of contention eventually arise. There. I said it! I thought of this when I read about your student having the nerve to write his comment- “Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” ― Robert E. Howard -M |
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 12, 2020 8:06:07 GMT -5
I don’t know how anyone can say that Halloween is their favorite holiday over Christmas.
There is said it.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 12, 2020 11:40:54 GMT -5
I don’t know how anyone can say that Halloween is their favorite holiday over Christmas. There is said it. Because Christmas is a terrible holiday. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2020 12:20:39 GMT -5
I don’t know how anyone can say that Halloween is their favorite holiday over Christmas. There is said it.
Agreed...even if I'm in goth half of the year...
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Post by junkmonkey on Dec 12, 2020 13:26:36 GMT -5
I don’t know how anyone can say that Halloween is their favorite holiday over Christmas. There is said it.
Because Hallowe'en doesn't have all those sickly, sentimental, gooey, puke-making, tacky, infantile songs that you have to endure coming at you from every direction for at least six weeks in advance year after year after year (though Danny Elfman has had a go at producing one). - Seriously, if have to hear another song that rhymes 'snow' with 'aglow' or 'mistletoe' ever again I'm going to go postal.
Christmas F&*^%ing sucks.
There, etc.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2020 15:58:01 GMT -5
When I was young, the only people that had big cars were, well, farmers, those who lived in rural areas, those who required off-road/4-wheel drive capabilities, etc. It was very rare to see a Range Rover or Land Rover van.
Nowadays, even urban dwellers have SUVs, Jeeps, Range Rovers, etc. Sometimes two big cars in one family.
No judgement, but it seems that decades ago, practicality was the key. Now, it seems rare to see a small/smaller car. We’re all addicted to the big ones.
Please understand, there’s some humour in my post, don’t imagine me shouting angrily from the rooftops. But what happened to society’s drivers?
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Post by beccabear67 on Dec 12, 2020 16:15:46 GMT -5
It must be because gasoline and insurance is so much cheaper than it ever has been.  Aside from the Hummer craze we have loads of 4x4s and pickup trucks in cities that never see anyplace rural or unpaved. I guess the drivers like the idea of their bulk, or perhaps an aura of durability? So weird to see a wee smart car next to some of these gigantic pickups at an intersection. Sometimes I'll see a smart car with a tall young man folded up inside while the giant vehicle will have a tiny woman at the wheel. I'd say three in four vehicles at least are single occupant, hauling around a vehicle made for many more. Oh, plus it's hard to get a gun rack in the back window of an economy or smart car.  In the '70s it was long heavy cars like Chrysler New Yorkers that were the status car of the upper middle class. Also terrible on gas/petrol burning. I'm pretty much anti-extremes... like Baby Bear, something in the middle is usually just right. I'm probably a used Volvo person like my BF is. Boxy, safe. |
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