CHAT What causes staff rants?

Kathy in FL

Kathy in FL

Administrator
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Sounds like you’ve been talking to some of our tenants.

Hello?

Yes, my front porch light is out.

Is it the light or the bulb.

I don’t know.

Try changing the bulb and then let us know.

What kind of bulb.

A. Light. Bulb.

Fine, but I’m taking it out of my rent.

If we have to make a maintenance visit and it is because you didn’t change the light bulb we’ll be charging you.

Fine. I’ll try that.

[Next day.]

I told you my porch light is broken.

You tried changing the bulb?

Yes. It isn’t the bulb.

Okay, when will someone be home?

I’m home right now.

Tomorrow. There are work orders ahead of yours.

Fine. But when you send the maintenance guy out make sure he comes with the van. I need some help with my car.

Your lease does not include maintenance on your vehicle, only on the rental unit.

Well my car rolled into the front door and now I can’t get it to move and can’t use my front door. My front door is part of my rental unit.

Excuse me? Did you say you hit your rental unit with your car?

Isn’t that what I just said? That’s probably why the front porch light won’t work.

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And the above is an actual conversation I had a couple of months ago. Someone pass the [insert cocktail of your choice]. People are idiots.
 
medic38572

medic38572

TB Fanatic
Millwright said:
OK, here's the progression that leads to rants.

Conversations that go something like this...
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My car won't start.

What kind is it?

My last car was a (whatever) that wouldn't start if the remote battery was dead.

Is your remote battery dead on this car?

I don't know.

Click the unlock button...

Well, did you click it?

Yes

What happened

I don't know, the car is in the garage.

Do the lights stay normal when you try to start it.

Don't know, they come on automatically when it starts.

(from another member) Look in the cup holder, there is a little rubber flap, open that and stick the remote in and try to start it.

Which cup holder, there are six in it

....and so on.
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My computer won't come on.

Does it have power?

Not sure, the ceiling fan works.

Do the lights come on.

Only two out of three...Do you know where I can get ceiling fan bulbs with the small screw in thingee?

(sigh) Is it a laptop or desktop?

It's a Dell.
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My A/C won't come on.

Did you check the breaker?

Which breaker is it?

FOR F's SAKE! HOW THE HELL DO I KNOW, HOLD YOUR DAMN COMPUTER CLOSER SO I CAN SEE IT! (double facepalm)

Does the fan come on?

I can't turn it on, the screen on the t-stat is not on.
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And you wonder why we are on our third shot of tequila before the second cup of coffee is finished.

So...

Someone who is consistently starting conversations like the ones above...they ask a question in a thread.

Not just any question, but one that has been answered 50 times in the last year, twice in the last week and once in the thread where they asked it.

By then, we are twitching and going into convulsions like a dayum epileptic starting a Grand Mal seizure.

(I'm sure someone will tell me that their ex-husband's, step sister's cousin suffered from something that ain't epilepsy...but still, you shouldn't make fun of epileptics)


After two more shots of tequila...barely enough to calm the tremors...We spin a bearing and their ass gets raked over the coals.

At that point, they get all butt-hurt and ask why you are being such a dick, "I just asked a simple question".


THAT is why it happens.




And armadillos carry leprosy
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Wow, never suspected in 16 years that Dennis would finally pass that torch! :D
 
Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Who else is in the mood for flapjacks, right now ?

Is it too early for flapjacks ?



Anybody know any good flapjack recipes ?


Prolly go great with armadillo sausage…..





:worth:
 
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WalknTrot

Veteran Member
Some folks just never took the trouble (or have the capacity) to learn how stuff works.
They think the rest of the world was created to get their azz out of a sling.

Sometimes I have the patience/sympathy for it - sometimes I don't. As an INTJ, usually I'll let them hang, tangled in their sling for a while, fix it, and then laugh at them for weeks or years after (my pay).
 
oops

oops

Veteran Member
Chuck ...got ya covered on the popcorn...bought a 50# bag for a different thread n can get 2 more if we need’m...I’m just relieved no one blamed me yet...hummm...or maybe it should be ut oh blamed this time...YES!...
 
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Marseydoats

Veteran Member
Buick Electra said:
Put me in time out if I ever post asking if anyone knows where I put my keys.
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Had this conversation with my boss. Told her to look in the VCR (she had a 2 year old) Her husband had had to bring her to work because of no keys. After lunch he had sat the kid down with a video, and guess where her keys were?
Hubs once put tractor parts in the refrigerator, and that's before he got senile.
Walrus Whisperer said:
Wait until you hear what my last job did to me:
I got picked to go do a pee test for about 12 months in a row. I was the ONLY person they could count on that they knew didn't do drugs.
I took the bus a lot there, so I usually had to take the company car. I finally complained and they stopped it.
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Same here. The lady at the drug testing company finally caught on and told them not to send me back.
 
Cardinal

Cardinal

Chickministrator
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Kathy in FL said:
Sounds like you’ve been talking to some of our tenants.

Hello?

Yes, my front porch light is out.

Is it the light or the bulb.

I don’t know.

Try changing the bulb and then let us know.

What kind of bulb.

A. Light. Bulb.

Fine, but I’m taking it out of my rent.

If we have to make a maintenance visit and it is because you didn’t change the light bulb we’ll be charging you.

Fine. I’ll try that.

[Next day.]

I told you my porch light is broken.

You tried changing the bulb?

Yes. It isn’t the bulb.

Okay, when will someone be home?

I’m home right now.

Tomorrow. There are work orders ahead of yours.

Fine. But when you send the maintenance guy out make sure he comes with the van. I need some help with my car.

Your lease does not include maintenance on your vehicle, only on the rental unit.

Well my car rolled into the front door and now I can’t get it to move and can’t use my front door. My front door is part of my rental unit.

Excuse me? Did you say you hit your rental unit with your car?

Isn’t that what I just said? That’s probably why the front porch light won’t work.

———————

And the above is an actual conversation I had a couple of months ago. Someone pass the [insert cocktail of your choice]. People are idiots.
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You have my utmost admiration for not shooting them.
You didn't, did you?
Are you posting from jail? :lol:
 
Sacajawea

Sacajawea

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Kathy in FL said:
Sounds like you’ve been talking to some of our tenants.

Hello?

Yes, my front porch light is out.

Is it the light or the bulb.

I don’t know.

Try changing the bulb and then let us know.

What kind of bulb.

A. Light. Bulb.

Fine, but I’m taking it out of my rent.

If we have to make a maintenance visit and it is because you didn’t change the light bulb we’ll be charging you.

Fine. I’ll try that.

[Next day.]

I told you my porch light is broken.

You tried changing the bulb?

Yes. It isn’t the bulb.

Okay, when will someone be home?

I’m home right now.

Tomorrow. There are work orders ahead of yours.

Fine. But when you send the maintenance guy out make sure he comes with the van. I need some help with my car.

Your lease does not include maintenance on your vehicle, only on the rental unit.

Well my car rolled into the front door and now I can’t get it to move and can’t use my front door. My front door is part of my rental unit.

Excuse me? Did you say you hit your rental unit with your car?

Isn’t that what I just said? That’s probably why the front porch light won’t work.

———————

And the above is an actual conversation I had a couple of months ago. Someone pass the [insert cocktail of your choice]. People are idiots.
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To quote a line from Battleship:
"Lead with that next time."
 
CaryC

CaryC

Has No Life - Lives on TB
greysage said:
Staff rant sounds like something you need a prescription cream from a doctor for.

Staffrantisporin---ask your doctor if it's right for you.
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Ya know I thought the same thing.

But pay special attention to the side effects they are worse than the disease.
 
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