06-12-2014, 08:57 AM
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#4561
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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Originally Posted by Table 5
Meh, she's been working there for 30+ years. She might not be root of the problem, but Im sure she knew about most of the skeletons in that giant closet. GM knew about the ignition issue over a decade ago and kept silent.
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scary thing. My sister had a Denali, it just quit and she managed to drive it up on a median to get out of traffic. Everything failed. Very happy she was not driving quickly at the time.
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06-12-2014, 08:58 AM
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#4562
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Table 5
Meh, she's been working there for 30+ years. She might not be root of the problem, but Im sure she knew about most of the skeletons in that giant closet. GM knew about the ignition issue over a decade ago and kept silent.
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Yeah, I am sure she is not blameless, just seems that the first female CEo got a big #### sandwich.....
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06-12-2014, 09:08 AM
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#4563
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 127.0.0.1
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Originally Posted by Muta
Good thing I don't do that on everything!
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Cheers.
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06-12-2014, 09:09 AM
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#4564
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by habernac
scary thing. My sister had a Denali, it just quit and she managed to drive it up on a median to get out of traffic. Everything failed. Very happy she was not driving quickly at the time.
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Yikes, did they figure out why?
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Yeah, I am sure she is not blameless, just seems that the first female CEo got a big #### sandwich.....
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Every GM CEO seems to have their own crisis to deal with, so she's not that different. She's well compensated and experienced...there's no need to feel sorry for her or adjust expectations because she's a woman. Glad to have Dan Akerson out of there though, that guy seemed like a huge twat.
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06-12-2014, 09:15 AM
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#4565
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Table 5
Yikes, did they figure out why?
Every GM CEO seems to have their own crisis to deal with, so she's not that different. She's well compensated and experienced...there's no need to feel sorry for her or adjust expectations because she's a woman. Glad to have Dan Akerson out of there though, that guy seemed like a huge twat.
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Ignition switch recall I believe. She'll never own another GM vehicle.
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06-12-2014, 09:18 AM
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#4566
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Table 5
Yikes, did they figure out why?
Every GM CEO seems to have their own crisis to deal with, so she's not that different. She's well compensated and experienced...there's no need to feel sorry for her or adjust expectations because she's a woman. Glad to have Dan Akerson out of there though, that guy seemed like a huge twat.
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Totally off topic, I can't believe twat is not sensored.
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06-12-2014, 10:23 AM
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#4567
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Totally off topic, I can't believe twat is not sensored.
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Twat are you talking about?
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06-12-2014, 10:31 AM
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#4568
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Originally Posted by GP_Matt
I was filling up in Lake Louise a few weeks ago and in the first of two pumps. A guy in a little car pulled up behind me as I was finishing pumping and waited patiently for about 30 seconds before he got out of his car and started pacing back and forth glaring at me and glancing around. I proceeded to dump ice in my cooler as he got angrier and angrier. Eventually another pump beside me opened up so he backed up and went around to pull in. As soon as he did I backed my truck out of the pumps and drove off. He watched me go with such a sad look on his face.
I think it was at that moment that he realized he had boxed me into the pump and the guy in front of me was still filling up so I had nowhere to go.
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Why did that grind your gears? It sounds like you wanted to make him upset, otherwise you could have just put your vehicle in reverse and the back-up lights would have gotten the message across.
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06-12-2014, 10:34 AM
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#4569
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: The centre of everything
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Waiting for women. I don't know what it is, but no matter what time I tell my wife to be ready it's 30-60min later. I even sandbag the time, and yep, still late. My sisters and mom are the same.
Supposed to leave at 10am for a flight...still waiting.
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06-12-2014, 10:34 AM
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#4570
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Totally off topic, I can't believe twat is not sensored.
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There is probably a perfectly unobjectionable word that has "twat" somewhere within it.
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06-12-2014, 10:49 AM
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#4571
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Wormius
There is probably a perfectly unobjectionable word that has "twat" somewhere within it.
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Twattle?
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06-12-2014, 10:52 AM
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#4572
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Originally Posted by FLAMESRULE
Waiting for women. I don't know what it is, but no matter what time I tell my wife to be ready it's 30-60min later. I even sandbag the time, and yep, still late. My sisters and mom are the same.
Supposed to leave at 10am for a flight...still waiting.
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Out of all of the gear grinders out there, this is probably my ultimate. If there's anything that will set me off, it's waiting for people who can't get their crap together for an agreed upon time. I don't care if it takes you 20 minutes or 2 hours to get ready...you know the time we have to leave, so do what you must to make it happen. 10 does not mean 10-ish, and it certainly doesn't mean 10:30. 10 means 10. Actually, ten for me usually means 9:45, but Im always the guy who's early.
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06-12-2014, 11:05 AM
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#4573
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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we actually sent a different invitation to my chronically late aunt so she wouldn't miss our wedding. It worked.
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06-12-2014, 11:09 AM
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#4574
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by habernac
we actually sent a different invitation to my chronically late aunt so she wouldn't miss our wedding. It worked.
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We used to do the same thing with my Aunt. Always gave her a time of 1/2 hour to an hour ahead of everybody else. I'm starting to do this with my daughter now.
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06-12-2014, 11:11 AM
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#4575
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Lifetime Suspension
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I'm late for everything all the time. Not because of some power thing, but I have a generally frenetic mind. I will have planned everything out, but things jump out at me and I get quite easily refocused. I wouldn't self diagnose ADD or whatever, but I generally find it impossible to remain focused on what time I have to be somewhere and how long it takes me to get there.
Thankfully, my wife can often keep me on track. Without her though I'm off the rails. Late for absolutely EVERYTHING.
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06-12-2014, 11:12 AM
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#4576
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wormius
There is probably a perfectly unobjectionable word that has "twat" somewhere within it.
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Babcock and Hitchcock aren't censored, but #### is.
Ass isn't censored, but ####### is.
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06-12-2014, 11:27 AM
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#4577
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Originally Posted by fotze
My dad went to visit my brother in Vegas a few years ago (does not fly much ever). Arrived at the airport 5 hours early.
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Maybe not 5 hours, but I'm usually the guy who's at the airport early too. I'll add up every worst-case scenario with traffic, security lines etc in my head, and then add like 30 minutes to it for good measure. Most of the times I end up waiting at the airport for a while, but it has saved me a couple of times from missing flights when the worst-case scenario plays out.
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Originally Posted by strombad
I'm late for everything all the time. Not because of some power thing, but I have a generally frenetic mind. I will have planned everything out, but things jump out at me and I get quite easily refocused. I wouldn't self diagnose ADD or whatever, but I generally find it impossible to remain focused on what time I have to be somewhere and how long it takes me to get there.
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You people always have an excuse.
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06-12-2014, 11:35 AM
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#4578
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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Table5, it's worse when it's a person who is in charge of something. A perfect example is our 8 year old's Cub scout leader. Late for everything. Absolutely maddening. I've heard he's a project manager. I have no idea how he keeps his job.
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06-12-2014, 11:37 AM
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#4579
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Table 5
I'll add up every worst-case scenario with traffic, security lines etc in my head, and then add like 30 minutes to it for good measure.
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I'm generally last-minute for absolutely everything - except the airport. Not too sure what it is but that I'll be excessively early for.
Went on a trip with a friend a few months back and she took a cab from her place (we live in the same neighbourhood) because she refused to leave as early as I did. Mind you I'll also circle the parking lot for half an hour to find the spot least likely to get doored. 
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06-12-2014, 11:46 AM
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#4580
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Originally Posted by kunkstyle
Mind you I'll also circle the parking lot for half an hour to find the spot least likely to get doored. |
Well that's just common sense!
But yeah, my time paranoia multiplies by about 10 when it's flight related.
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