Ahh, the joys of waiting on the silicon valley crowd...it's why no one normal wants to start a non-computer related business there. Your business ends up completely dependent on these anti-social buttmunches.
@shag_carpet_bomb: No kidding. Road bike people are the assholes with their expensive gear that blaze through parks screaming "ON YOUR LEFT!!" at every person on the path.
But it's nothing a tree branch in the front spokes at full speed can't solve.
@Michael Mellin: I let 'em know I'm coming if I pass them on foot (say, downhill), a lot of times. Steep terrain and flatlanders means they may not have sense to look around - and I don't want to pay for a helicopter or SAR because someone decided they'd pose for a picture in the middle of a trail's blind curve.
I pretty much find another trail if I'm on my bike and I pass more than 2-3 people in a mile - Too fnckin' crowded.
If I'm on a single-track on a bike and run into even 1 horse, I find another trail. Horses get freaky sometimes when they see bikes.
It is kind of whiny, BUT, sometimes the office parks are miles away from any kind of food service industry. So, you know, get in your car and drive to 7Eleven for a Mt. Dew? Or??? My husband actually buys sodas he likes (hansens diet!) and people at his office drink his damn sodas. The mini fridge he kept his lunch in was banned, and now people eat his damn food. It kind of sucks. He works at a big 3 game co. Bunch of morons.
At what point do we stop with the 'just be happy you even have a job' bit? What if all those of you that are complaining about the original poster, had to pay for parking at work every day? Should we not complain becuase 'free parking' is a perk? Someone's gotta pay to maintain the asphalt, why not the implementation staff whose back the company profits from in the first place. Dam, I sound like a socialist.
Never ever ever take away your employees' caffeine. Productivity will go down, grumpiness will go up, and if they weren't so darned sleepy, those employees could stage a coup d'etat.
@misslinda: I've never understood why companies give employees bad coffee. It's like they are saying, "Please take 20 minutes 2 or 3 times a day to go down to the coffee place and buy drinkable coffee. It's cool. We won't miss you."
@ShrabanaDampyre: To be fair, employees who spend all day in search of their next caffeine fix instead of working are usually too addled to believe that not everyone shares their all-consuming craving for the bean.
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Even CCNA's learn patience and diplomacy firsthand - they have to wait for local telco installs:
"Not READY?!? BUT WE PAID FOR IT!!!"
Telco Guy: "Hmm. Looks like 3 separate circuits on 3 separate orders, now. I'll see you again on the 24th and 27th."
"GAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"
Telco Guy: "There ya go, one circuit. Have a nice day."
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the jokes just write themselves.
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But it's nothing a tree branch in the front spokes at full speed can't solve.
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I just assumed it was another form of courtesy that apparently wasn't transmitted to anyone born after the first Bush administration.
Now I see it's a form of assholery. Thanks. I never would have gotten that on my own.
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I pretty much find another trail if I'm on my bike and I pass more than 2-3 people in a mile - Too fnckin' crowded.
If I'm on a single-track on a bike and run into even 1 horse, I find another trail. Horses get freaky sometimes when they see bikes.
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They put up "thank you signs" and are totally whoring out the status.
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Wait, oh, I see. I thought we were talking about Crisco.
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Not true at all. I'm guessing you've never worked as a dev/engineer. Get back to work you gawker troll.
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Sorry, that wasn't really fair at all :/
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