god I am freakin bored

I get a lot of calls from recruiters these days...Some are trying to get me to hire people, some are trying to hire me. Neither tends to get very far, but occasionally you get a really good one...

Here is a run down of a conversation I just had:

Guy: Hey, Shifty this is Poor Slob from Company that doesn't train recruiters. I'm not sure if I have the right number here. Somebody just transferred me in.
Shifty: You're not starting off very well here.
Guy: No, I guess I'm not. I am just trying to find out if you guys are in charge of hiring people who build dog and cat growing machines.
Shifty: No, we just trim already grown dogs and cats. My team is simply in charge of ensuring pets have as little hair as possible.
Guy: Oh, so, is there like anyone there who might have a need for such a thing.
Shifty: Dunno, don't care.
Guy: Oh, so, um. Thanks. You've been very helpful.


my bad for answering a number tagged private.

Why don't you love me?

I realized something this morning while I was brushing my teeth. I need to create a bloggy following. The simple fact of the matter is my ego needs some stroking and huge numbers of people reading my blog could provide that stroking. I can not promise to write anything people consider interesting, or relevant, but from what I have observed in the blogosphere that is hardly relevant. So I will start with this.

I got a new bed yesterday. It is what of those tempur-pedic deals and I took my old bed and put it in the guest room, since the blow-up bed was sort of a mean thing to make guests sleep on.

I am still short about 400 hours sleep and I believe that catchup will occur somewhere around 2050. When I am dead.

Tech support rage

Have you ever called tech support knowing full well what the answer to the question you are about to ask, but being powerless to get the person on the other end of the line to just fucking fix your problem? huh? It's not that hard...just...you know...do it...I have a cable modem...sometimes...it breaks...So I call tech support, and I get Lauryn...not necessarily her real name...but the name she gave me...the name she has given me the last few times I have called and gotten her...when she didn't help me, when she jerked me around for an hour...and wasted my damn time...So. Fine. I give her my name. I do what she tells me. She fails to listen to me. FOR AN HOUR. WHY CAN'T SHE JUST FUCKING LISTEN. Come on. I don't want to disconnect my router. I don't want to reboot my computer. I don't need to when the stupid speed test gets to 2% then stops. No my problem is not fixed because the download is fast. BECAUSE THE UPLOAD IS STILL NOT WORKING. NO I DON'T WANT TO JUST FUCKING WAIT AN HOUR, I WANT YOU TO FIX IT NOW.

DIE.