You Know What Really Grinds My Gears? Now with 3x more gears...

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by Locke

Cyclists are not to be trusted. They are shiftless ne're-do wells. The lot of them.

Disagree. Many of them have 10, 15 or even 18 gears on their bicycles.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

Disagree. Many of them have 10, 15 or even 18 gears on their bicycles.

You'll have to excuse him. He knows about as much about bikes as he does spices.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

Yeah, I just cancelled Microsoft 365 over the increase. Guess I’m fully in Google’s ecosystem now.

Looks like Microsoft is throwing in the towel with home users and sees its market going forward as strictly businesses.

Change your sub to the one without Co-Pilot and it's back to the old price.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

Yeah, I just cancelled Microsoft 365 over the increase. Guess I’m fully in Google’s ecosystem now.

Looks like Microsoft is throwing in the towel with home users and sees its market going forward as strictly businesses.

There's always open office and libre office. Just save as a Microsoft office file type instead of ODT or whatever default file type and then others won't have issues opening the files.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

There's always open office and libre office. Just save as a Microsoft office file type instead of ODT or whatever default file type and then others won't have issues opening the files.

Yeah, the Libre Office suite is pretty good. None of MS’s weird-ass idiosyncrasies either.

[calf]

Originally Posted by Mightyfire89

Didn’t know where to put this. I just caught some weirdo in my front yard cutting off the heads of my sunflowers and putting them into a backpack. I yelled at him and he took off on his bmx bike. I am utterly baffled. Other than some sort of mental illness, does anyone have any insight into what the possible motivation could be?

Probably just likes them/wanted them?

Our backyard has a sour cherry tree and saskatoon bush, both are pretty large and overhang onto a small greenspace directly next to our cul-de-sac (no sidewalk or anything). Every summer some people ask if they can have some, and we usually say yes but to save some for us/other neighbors, but we always catch people taking some without asking when they think we're not around, or coming back for second or third helpings. People can suck.

[bc-chris]

one of the things i do with my biz is cut twill names/numbers for jerseys.

i got this from a customer this morning: I have a pretty good list of names and numbers I need for minor hockey here. Also , could probably use some more 'xyz' patches. Any idea when you're going to do these?

my reply: i will not be doing these until you send me the list of names & numbers. for the patches there are 3 different sizes so i'll need to know how many of each size you require. until you send me that info there's not much i can do.


i'm good at my job... but there are limitations! ha!

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by RichieRich

Love Microsoft. Got this today…

“ Effective 14 February 2025, the price for Microsoft 365 Family subscriptions will increase from CAD 109.00* per year to CAD 145.00* per year. To continue with the new price, no action is needed—your payment method on file will be automatically charged. “


So first… 2025? Ooops. And yes it is from their official email address.
Second… wow that’s a big increase. Wtf. Do they think they’ve cornered the market?

Google search says this is the first price increase in 12 years which puts the annual increase at about 2.5% over that time period. Doesn't seem too bad actually, and I'm also caught in the increase as a user.

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

There's always open office and libre office. Just save as a Microsoft office file type instead of ODT or whatever default file type and then others won't have issues opening the files.

I don't believe either of those has a mail client though? For our house that's one of the bigger draws for Microsoft, I have not come across a decent alternative to Outlook. I'd love to know if there was one, and not web browser based. Maybe I'm just old school.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Lubicon

I don't believe either of those has a mail client though? For our house that's one of the bigger draws for Microsoft, I have not come across a decent alternative to Outlook. I'd love to know if there was one, and not web browser based. Maybe I'm just old school.

I've used Thunderbird for 15 years on my work PC. It works fine.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by bc-chris

one of the things i do with my biz is cut twill names/numbers for jerseys.

i got this from a customer this morning: I have a pretty good list of names and numbers I need for minor hockey here. Also , could probably use some more 'xyz' patches. Any idea when you're going to do these?

my reply: i will not be doing these until you send me the list of names & numbers. for the patches there are 3 different sizes so i'll need to know how many of each size you require. until you send me that info there's not much i can do.


i'm good at my job... but there are limitations! ha!

LOL. The customer is not only not always right, they often have no idea what they're talking about. Although to be honest that seems like something the average person could have figured out you'd need...

[puffnstuff]

The customer is always right in matters of taste

The last part of that quote always gets left out for some reason

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

The customer is always right in matters of taste

The last part of that quote always gets left out for some reason

No, I think this saying more comes from restaurants like McDonald's.

What's their cost on a burger and some fries? Next to nothing. No point in having a customer fight with some 15-year-old kid about who is right and who is wrong. Just give the customer what they want and carry on. It's cheaper and pays off in goodwill and instantly diffuses situations really quickly at very little cost or risk of escalation.

Unfortunately, some absolute morons think that is some basic business principle and will fight with you even when they are wrong. Like, you can show them the work order they signed and compare it to a product you made them to their exact specifications using information they gave you and they'll pull the 'ole, "but the customer is always right" card. Like, no, guy, this isn't McDonald's and I just showed you literal proof you were wrong.

In 20 years at my job my biggest one was one some lady gave me the diameter of her project we were making. It was huge and expensive. She signed off on it, paid a 50% deposit to get us started on it and then lost her mind when she picked it up. Turns out "diameter" and "circumference" were interchangeable terms in her mind. Finished product was 9.87 times bigger than what she actually wanted. She freaked at me saying I was a "business man trying to rip off an old lady". Like, no, you bomboclat, I can only make you what you tell me to make you, and I gave you a dimensioned shop drawing with all your numbers that you approved and signed. She could not get it out of her head that I should eat the entire cost of the project because the customer was always right. F off.

[you&me]

Originally Posted by Sliver

No, I think this saying more comes from restaurants like McDonald's.

What's their cost on a burger and some fries? Next to nothing. No point in having a customer fight with some 15-year-old kid about who is right and who is wrong. Just give the customer what they want and carry on. It's cheaper and pays off in goodwill and instantly diffuses situations really quickly at very little cost or risk of escalation.

Unfortunately, some absolute morons think that is some basic business principle and will fight with you even when they are wrong. Like, you can show them the work order they signed and compare it to a product you made them to their exact specifications using information they gave you and they'll pull the 'ole, "but the customer is always right" card. Like, no, guy, this isn't McDonald's and I just showed you literal proof you were wrong.

In 20 years at my job my biggest one was one some lady gave me the diameter of her project we were making. It was huge and expensive. She signed off on it, paid a 50% deposit to get us started on it and then lost her mind when she picked it up. Turns out "diameter" and "circumference" were interchangeable terms in her mind. Finished product was 9.87 times bigger than what she actually wanted. She freaked at me saying I was a "business man trying to rip off an old lady". Like, no, you bomboclat, I can only make you what you tell me to make you, and I gave you a dimensioned shop drawing with all your numbers that you approved and signed. She could not get it out of her head that I should eat the entire cost of the project because the customer was always right. F off.

Literally have never heard or seen this word ever. Thank you.

[CroFlames]

Lmao for use of bomboclat

[Sliver]

It's a good word. I call my kids 'the bomboclats'.

[SutterBrother]

Originally Posted by Sliver

In 20 years at my job my biggest one was one some lady gave me the diameter of her project we were making. It was huge and expensive. She signed off on it, paid a 50% deposit to get us started on it and then lost her mind when she picked it up. Turns out "diameter" and "circumference" were interchangeable terms in her mind. Finished product was 9.87 times bigger than what she actually wanted.

Holy cow, what sort of object was it? I'm dying to see the look on someone's face when they come in to pick up "x" and it's TEN TIMES the expected size.

Like dining table?

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by SutterBrother

Holy cow, what sort of object was it? I'm dying to see the look on someone's face when they come in to pick up "x" and it's TEN TIMES the expected size.

Like dining table?

Dildo. You can understand how that may have been an uncomfortable conversation.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by SutterBrother

Holy cow, what sort of object was it? I'm dying to see the look on someone's face when they come in to pick up "x" and it's TEN TIMES the expected size.

Like dining table?

I'm also dying to know what kind of object could vary in size so much such that both possibilities are realistic.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by SutterBrother

Holy cow, what sort of object was it? I'm dying to see the look on someone's face when they come in to pick up "x" and it's TEN TIMES the expected size.

Like dining table?

Maybe one of those parachutes we played with in school?