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  • L leckey 0

    Okay, in a cublicle nearby two girls have been talking about the one girl's boyfriend problems for about 20 minutes now. I have an ear infection and can't wear my headphones. I want to go over there and say, "If you spend as much time communicating to your boyfriend what you are communicating to your friends you probably wouldn't have these problems. Men aren't mind readers."

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    jhaga
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    Cubicle noise.. That is one of the reasons I can't work in a cubicle. Starting a new project or jobb I always ensure that I get a room for myself. Everything else doesn't really matter. jhaga

    It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work. I cannot easily buy a blank-book to write thoughts in; they are commonly ruled for dollars and cents. A[man], seeing me making a minute in the fields, took it for granted that I was calculating my wages. — business! - I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself, than this incessant business. Henry David Thoreau

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    • L leckey 0

      Okay, in a cublicle nearby two girls have been talking about the one girl's boyfriend problems for about 20 minutes now. I have an ear infection and can't wear my headphones. I want to go over there and say, "If you spend as much time communicating to your boyfriend what you are communicating to your friends you probably wouldn't have these problems. Men aren't mind readers."

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      Chris Losinger
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      leckey wrote:

      Men aren't mind readers

      that guy on Heroes is. but it's going to get him into trouble with his wife, sooner or later.

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      • L leckey 0

        Okay, in a cublicle nearby two girls have been talking about the one girl's boyfriend problems for about 20 minutes now. I have an ear infection and can't wear my headphones. I want to go over there and say, "If you spend as much time communicating to your boyfriend what you are communicating to your friends you probably wouldn't have these problems. Men aren't mind readers."

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        Christopher Duncan
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        I've always had a reputation for being a somewhat, er, colorful character, and I make it a point to maintain that. Comes in handy for times like these. Although it's a very mild example of what I'm known to do when confronted with the incompetent or inconsiderate, in this case I'd simply stick my head out the cube and (very loudly) tell them to move along so that I could go back to sleep. Most clueless people are also :baaaa!:. One good bark usually does the trick. :-D

        Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com

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        • S Shog9 0

          Yes, but you're a programmer. If programmers thought like women, we'd forever be clicking through message boxes. Oh, wait... :doh:

          every night, i kneel at the foot of my bed and thank the Great Overseeing Politicians for protecting my freedoms by reducing their number, as if they were deer in a state park. -- Chris Losinger, Online Poker Players?

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          Fernando A Gomez F
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          :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

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          • C Chris S Kaiser

            Karell wrote:

            Took me 20 years to figure it out,

            So your a man that actually thinks he understands women? Quite the achievement. You might be the only one. ;) The more I learn, the more I learn that I don't know.

            This statement is false.

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            El Corazon
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            Chris S Kaiser wrote:

            So your a man that actually thinks he understands women?

            Any man who claims to understand the plural, doesn't know what he is talking about, just as any women who claims to understand the plural. If you are very lucky, and very skillful, and very attentive, you might understand one, the one you are with. And in the end, that is the only one that counts. :)

            _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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              Chris S Kaiser wrote:

              So your a man that actually thinks he understands women?

              Any man who claims to understand the plural, doesn't know what he is talking about, just as any women who claims to understand the plural. If you are very lucky, and very skillful, and very attentive, you might understand one, the one you are with. And in the end, that is the only one that counts. :)

              _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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              Chris S Kaiser
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              Too true... too true.. And even this is taking a lifetime. Albeit, its definately worth the effort. :)

              This statement is false.

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              • P peterchen

                They'd never be happy with simple answers like "Yes", "No" or "OK". Ignore would not be an option, but "Retry" might work from time to time.


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                Brady Kelly
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                "Yes, No, Whatever". We nearly coded that for one of our support ladies at my one client.

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                • B Brady Kelly

                  "Yes, No, Whatever". We nearly coded that for one of our support ladies at my one client.

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                  peterchen
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                  That's just ridiculous -ly :cool: !


                  We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
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                  • C Chris S Kaiser

                    Karell wrote:

                    Took me 20 years to figure it out,

                    So your a man that actually thinks he understands women? Quite the achievement. You might be the only one. ;) The more I learn, the more I learn that I don't know.

                    This statement is false.

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                    Karell
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                    No, I don't understand women... I understand that one thing about women... Which is why I said: onto the next thing

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                    • L leckey 0

                      Okay, in a cublicle nearby two girls have been talking about the one girl's boyfriend problems for about 20 minutes now. I have an ear infection and can't wear my headphones. I want to go over there and say, "If you spend as much time communicating to your boyfriend what you are communicating to your friends you probably wouldn't have these problems. Men aren't mind readers."

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                      melwyn
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                      Tell her to ditch the guy and give her my number ;)

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                      • B Brady Kelly

                        "Yes, No, Whatever". We nearly coded that for one of our support ladies at my one client.

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                        > "Yes, No, Whatever". We nearly coded that for one of our support ladies at my one client. How 'bout "if you don't know, then I'm certainly not gonna tell you".

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