My understanding is that, if done right, the people stuck inside the airlock room are simultaneously alive and dead.
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If you want to copy then paste the format?
Ctrl C. Go where you want to paste the format then (sequentially, not together) Alt,E,S,T then Enter.
To long ago to remember, but this was from earlier versions (<2010?) Excel but still works in the latest. Some other useful stuff stopped working when they bought in the Ribbon Menu. Killed a lot of productivity shortcuts to make the menu āeasierā to use. Effectively runs through the menu to Paste Special and the last letter is the option T = formaT
V = Value , and so on.
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The University I used to attend:
Towson: Would you like a digital copy of your diploma?
USMC: Ya, thatād be cool.
Towson: $12.95
USMC: Umm, no.
Towson: Can you fill out a graduate feedback form.
USMC
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Have they called your for money yet? Every time Pitt calls:
āWould you be interested in giving to the Pitt endowment or alumni association.ā
āTell you what, when I can afford a library in my name Iāll call you.ā
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Oh, ya. Thatās expected. I just laugh. Iām like āI pay taxes so I already donate to youāā¦
My wife went to a private college and she does like to donate a bit to them, which Iām fine with.
I am becoming incredibly upset with how many companies will āsellā you products they donāt actually have in their inventory. If it was just 1 or 2 companies, itād be one thing, but it just seems to be the norm. You find a product, put it in your electronic shopping cart, check out, pay for it, and then the next day get an e-mail āWe apologize, but the product you selected is backordered and unavailable. You will be refundedā
Of course Iām going to be refunded; you sold me something you didnāt have. To do otherwise would be theft. But this doesnāt solve the situation of me HAVING the thing that I needed that you said you were going to provide me. What other industry gets away with that?
Ended up sending an e-mail filled with impotent rage to a customer service rep over such non-sense. I did at least explain to the rep that Iām not upset with them personally, because Iāve also been in that position before, and I ge that, but I feel like business professionalism has decreased now that people can hide behind the internet.
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Door to Door salespeople:
FFS, I live in a nice brand new neighborhood removed from any city (the town is ~1,500 people). I want to be left alone from solicitors. I come home from work and find MULTIPLE fliers on my door. I hate that people think itās ok to come to my door and try and talk to me. I need a fucking personal assistant/gatekeeper at my damn house.
My next house will have a gate.
Our driveway is about 100 yards, we donāt even get tricker treatersā¦
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I just sent a text to my wife letting her know we are moving in 2 years. HA! Iām slowly trying to convince her that buying a mixed use downtown building and living upstairs is the dream. Weāll have private access with a keyswipe so no solicitors.
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Lol, nice!
When certain divisions in your company feel they need special reporting that NO ONE ELSE FUCKING ASKS FOR!
That shit is annoying.
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The 12 versions of this email I get each week:
On Wednesday, I reviewed your firmās website and figured you might be interested in the new website design concept we created for you.
May I send you the design link?
Thank you,
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Hey, for a fun follow-up to this, the company sent me an e-mail letting me know about their deepest condolences and told me that the product was back and stock and that, if I called in, theyād honor my deal and give me an extra 20% off for my troubles.
I called in, and the super helpful telephone rep informed me that they were still out of stock of that product. They told me that I could wait a week and call back.
I informed them that what they were doing was ridiculous and that I was terminating my relationship with their company.
It at least felt somewhat cathartic to hang up the phone while hearing the rep say frantically āSir wait!ā, but not enough.
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We already spend money with salesforce, AHAHAHAHAAHAHHAH!!!
In my field, itās solicitations from pay-to-publish journals trying to get people to submit articles:
"Dear Dr. ActivitiesGuy,
Greetings! My name is Dr. ABC EFC and I am the editor of Current Topics in Science.
We read with great interest your article on (Recent Obscure Topic That AG Wrote) and would very much like for you to submit an Invited Contribution for our next issue.
Please let us know if you will be able to provide an article!"
(not mentioned in the email: theyāre basically a scam that āacceptsā absolutely any article thatās written in English, charging anywhere from $1,000-$3,000 to āpublishā your article, regardless of quality)
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@Pureinsanity Psst. Yo. This is what you need homie.
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Haaa!
Catching up on this really reinforces how glad I am to be out of software sales. The money can be alright but hoo-boy is it a dredge.
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Another thing that absolutely pisses me off.
We hired my brother-in-law, who also happened to be my best-man, when they moved back to the US. I was very leery because A. Family, B. He was my best friend (although time and distance kind of changed things). However, now that he is working for us, heās essentially an assistant for me and the others in my position. I laid out a schedule of things I need for him to do for me. He unilaterally and arbitrarily made a decision NOT to do what I asked. I confronted him on it on Friday, when I was reviewing the tasks I had delegated this week. It went fine, he apologized. I asked if itās difficult for him to take direction from me, being younger and family/friend, he said no and that he doesnāt feel like Iām rude/demanding/etc.
Soā¦ then comes today. I found out he didnāt do what I asked him to do on Friday afternoon. I confront him and his response ā(other assistants name) always does that, so I only did the other half of what you askedā
So, today, I am now dealing with people asking me why they didnāt receive the information on Friday and I have to have another discussion about this. Fuck me, when the boss returns on Wednesday I am going to recommend writing him upā¦ sadly, he will never be terminated as itās my dadās only daughterās husband.
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