tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77142834486685596452024-03-05T08:08:32.534-08:00Dumb Things People DoWelcome to Dumb Things People Do.com where we let you voice your frustration over that stupid person on the bus who takes up 4 seats with their backpack, lunch, groceries and 2 other seats for their legs. We let you voice your frustration over that car traveling 20mph in fast lane of the freeway. We let you voice your frustration over that group of 5 people that hog up the ENTIRE sidewalk, meanwhile you’re late and trying to find a way around the Great Moving Wall of yappers.slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-6000604816357316422010-06-15T16:01:00.000-07:002010-06-15T16:08:31.178-07:00Why Soccer Makes No Sense To Me.I hate ties.<br /><br />Take this for example. This morning's game between #27 Cote D'ivoire and #3 Portugal (Using FIFA rankings). Obviously Portugal should be able to handle Cote D'ivoire pretty easily, so they're expecting a win. Cote D'ivoire would be happy with a win, but a tie works too, since the rankings they should get beat. So...<br /><br />By all accounts:<br /><br />Cote D'Ivoire outplayed Portugal, but it ended in a 0-0 tie. Cote D'ivoire should really be happy they came out with a tie against a superior opponent but on the other hand shouldn't be happy because they outplayed Portugal and deserved the win, but didn't win because they didn't out play them enough to score a goal. So, really should they be happy that they tied because that was somewhat unexpected, or should they be disappointed because they dominated the game and only came out with a tie? Follow? Move on.<br /><br />Portugal should've won, but it ended in a 0-0 tie. Should Portugal be happy that they escaped with a tie despite being outplayed, or should they be disappointed that they didn't win, eventhough they should've won, but didn't. <br /><br />I hate ties. I want endings. I don't care if its by penalty kicks, 4 on 4 play, extra goals set up, coin flip, who dived the most, or if they should do what that Las Vegas commercial had and play Shinwhack until there's one guy left standings. I want closure dang it.slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-6572644669956280682009-11-10T09:48:00.001-08:002009-11-10T09:48:36.396-08:00How not to get a job....Greetings: You have no idea how terribly-annoying that techno thumping beat that's been added to the background of your morning traffic news reports. IT IS AWFUL! And if you think it's just me, think again, low-freq tech noise (often added as "musical" accent) plagues old people particularly and is second only to the spew of kilowatt boombox noise pollution that invades the homes along streets and roads where many of us have to live. Please get rid of it. Otherwise, I generally like your broadcast programming.<br /><br />PS: I know this isn't the time and place to pitch for an internship, but if you have one, please let me know, thank you.<br /><br />---<br />If you know it isn't the time and place to pitch for an internship...then don't do it. Constructive criticism is fine, snobby criticism is just dumb.slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-33408721560674808292009-07-16T07:37:00.000-07:002009-07-16T07:45:26.883-07:00On Sweating the Small StuffSo the latest is that the inept California politicans can't pass a budget because they can't agree on how to repay the schools later. This is dumb. You and I and them all know that no matter what plan they come up with, they still aren't going to repay the schools didly squat. Now Arnold comes out with his stupid commercials saying that we need to put pressure on the politicans to fix the budget so we don't mortgage our children's future (and slicing more money out of education is SO not doing that). Why do we even have schools anymore? They seem like a burden to the state. Its almost like a bank nowadays. When we need money, where do we go first? Children first (on the chopping block)! <br /><br />Live within your means. This means no stupid per diem, car allowances and perks for politicans who can't do their job. If I don't accomplish a task at my job I have to stay here and finish it without pay because thats what my salary is for. I'm getting paid to do a job. These politicans don't give a rat's patooty about education, the elderly, the poor, the mentally ill, etc because at the end of the day, they still get their salary, their car allowance and their per diem. If we EVER want a budget on time, its time to clean house and make a new rule. If you don't get the budget on time you don't get paid. PERIOD. Do your job. Cut yourself before you take any more money out of the Bank of Children and stop whining like children while you're at it.slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-594796072728527072009-04-09T08:13:00.000-07:002009-04-09T08:31:31.049-07:00Sully is GodWe're going to take a break from the Dumb Things to state..<br /><br />Captain, Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, is.. God. For this I have seen, and for this I've experienced. Those know-it-all metereologists said that on Giants Opening Day that it was going to rain, hail, thunderstorm with a tornado and a hurricane, etc. Okay, so I made the last two up. Weather.com had a 100% chance rain approaching game time and 3 and 4pm. Everyone was convinced that there was no way that this game would start on time. So, when I look up at the many "futurecast" radar and see the entire bay area soaked in a menagerie of green, yellows and oranges, I'm saddened. But wait! What's this? There's a neat little hole in the middle of the green....right over AT&T Park. Could this be? How could one perfect circle of non-rainness (yes, that's my new world) be so perfectly situated over the ballpark. It must've been a glitch on the radar. The 5 year old coloring the futurecast map must've had to get up to pee or something. <br /><br />They pull the tarp off the infield dirt at 12:45. It starts to drizzle. Of course. It lasts 5 minutes. Giants take the field. Followed by Sully. The rain stops. The skys open. Sun shines down on the bleachers. It doesn't rain the entire game at all. Back at the traffic desk Mitch watches the radar and sees as the dark green band off the coast avoids the aura of AT&T park like the plague. <br /><br />There is only one possible answer to this phenomenon. Okay, there are other possibilities, but I'm going with this one. Sully is God. He makes planes land on water and makes skies part. Plus when our boy Timmy pitches like the 13 year old bat boy he looks like, instead of a dominating overpowering 13 year old he was last year, and the Giants still score 10 runs?! Sully is God.<br /><br />On a side note...why can't I get cell phone reception with my AT&T cell phone, inside AT&T Park?slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-19232012251498573862009-02-16T09:05:00.001-08:002009-02-16T09:05:47.402-08:00On Traffic Jams Make You Do Weird Things....Incident: 0547<br />Type: Traffic Hazard - Vehicle Location: <br />NB US101 JNO WALDO TUN S <br />2/16/2009 9:01:15 AM <br /><br />ADDITIONAL DETAILS <br />8:56AM PER BRIDGE, VEH NEG 1125 NOW CHP CAN 1022 <br />8:56AM PER THIS CALLER HAVE BEEN STOPPED IN TUNNEL FOR 45 MINS <br />8:54AM LL BRIDG <br /><strong>8:54AM MALE YELLING AT PEOPLE TO BACK UP SO HE CAN AVOID THE TRAFIC JAM </strong><br />8:54AM JNO LAKE DRIVE <br />8:53AM AMA DRIVER <br /><strong>8:53AM MALE STUCK IN TRAFFIC AND TRYING MAKE A UTURN IN #3 LN <br />8:52AM GLD HONDA PILOT TRYING TO BACK UP TO INTERSECTION SO HE CAN TURN AROUND </strong><br /><br />And...he's ASIAN! Yay for the Asian Driver!...not that I have attempted a U-turn on a freeway....slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-52922623646172288662009-02-12T15:15:00.000-08:002009-02-12T15:20:55.320-08:00On Paying Attention....So...I know some people aren't as aware of their surroundings as some other people. Me included. But, this one might top the cake.<br /><br />I walked into Safeway on my break and got my $3.99 (on coupon) Safeway sandwich (hey, its the economy!). Walked to the checkout stand. And of the 7 registers open numbers 2 thru 6 were open. I walked past #1, and this guy was unloading his cart onto the conveyor belt. I thought, oh, maybe they just didn't turn on the light. Nope. There wasn't a worker there. The light wasn't on, but he was unloading his cart. I got in line in an open register (an amazing concept, really) and the guy is done with his unloading. Looks up at where the worker should be....then looks up at where the light should be on....looks around...and repacks his cart and moves over.<br /><br />No words can describe this.slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-60707627323467679452009-02-06T21:06:00.000-08:002009-02-06T21:17:51.964-08:00On Stupid Comments...There was another BART protest yesterday. This time the people were calling for the release of the people who were arrested during the riot that followed that New Year's Day Bart shooting. This one idiot they interviewed said that they should be relased because the people did it out of anger, and that it would further increase the tension between the Oakland youth and the police who are criminalizing them.<br /><br />Basically this guy says that it is because of the police that the people arrested lit trash cans on fire, lit cars on fire, destroyed storefronts, etc...and that it is OK for them to do that because its the police's fault that made them do it. WHAT?! They committed a crime...they go to jail. <br /><br />That brings me to other stupidity. There was a city in the Bay Area whose police chief came under fire because the amount of a certain race of people inside the jails was disproportionate to the percent of that race in the city's population. So does that mean...since I'm Chinese (or, rather categorized Asian) that if I go out and kill someone and the SF jails are filled with 35% Asian that I should be set free because that'd be disproportionate? THAT'S A STUPID ARGUMENT. Look, I don't care if you're black, white, yellow, purple, or puke green. You could be 3'6", or 7'9", if you commit a crime, you belong in jail. Simple. It doesn't matter. Its your fault you commited the crime. You pay the price and don't ask for any excuses.<br /><br />Another one I don't get it is the Insanity Defense. Most notably I remember is the lady that threw her three kids into the bay because she said God told her to do it (THAT is a rant in and of itself). Look...it doesn't matter that you're insane or mentally unstable. It really doesn't. That doesn't excuse the fact that you did what you did and you can't reverse it. Get help....in jail....for a looooooooooooong time.slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-88373619084984962132008-11-25T07:41:00.000-08:002008-11-25T07:42:07.594-08:00Christmas Observations vol 21. Holiday season, in my book, officially starts November 1.<br /><br />2. Only one holiday should be advertised at a time, and should not be advertised prior to an upcoming holiday. <br /><br />3. Why are candy canes being sold during Halloween candy shopping? That's nasty.<br /><br />4. KOIT (96.5 FM): I am fine with you playing Christmas music 24 hours a day. I am fine with you being the "Bay Area's Christmas Station." Start the day after Christmas...not a week before! Sleigh bells should not ring on my turkey!<br /><br />5. Your Christmas lights...are for Christmas, that means that they need to be taken down. Due date: January 2nd.<br /><br />6. If you have your lights still hanging up from last Christmas (or 10 years prior) and just plug them in in Dec...then that isn't the point!<br /><br />7. Why does Santa smell?<br /><br />8. Am I the only one who thinks that the song "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" is a horrible Christmas song? You're going to traumetize the poor kid seeing Mommy cheating on Daddy like that. Geez.<br /><br />9. Where can I buy a partridge in a pear tree? (or twelve for that matter)<br /><br />10. How many Chistmas' is it going to take before Mariah Carey just gives up? (anyone get this reference???)<br /><br />11. No gigantic Christmas trees in the middle of plazas before Thanksgiving.<br /><br />12. I do this one, so I shouldn't complain but..anybody find it funny that we take a tree, hang things off of it and then light it up like a big gigantic beacon?<br /><br />13. Don't forget to reduce your carbon footprint with these nifty solar-powered <a href="http://www.solarilluminations.com/solar_christmas_lights_index.html">Christmas lights</a>...hmm why don't these things work? Oh that's right I'm in San Francisco, its foggy and rainy...<br /><br />14. Does this mean that Rudolph's nose is also solar powered?<br /><br />15. Apparently Christmas is the only time where plugging something into an electrical outlet in the rain is totally acceptable.slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-87781303985384550722008-11-25T06:58:00.000-08:002008-11-25T07:02:12.537-08:00On Pointless BoycottsCinemark's CEO Alan Stock donated $9,999 ($1 below the $10K reporting threshold, fishy, yes...) to ProtectMarriage.com . Now, the NO on 8 people are calling for a boycott of Cinemark Theatres, especially for Milk. <br /><br />While I agree with the No on 8, There are financial reasons why a boycott is not effective in ousting Alan Stock.<br /><br />- In just the specific case of Milk...the direct effect that the movie's expected revenue would have on Cinemark is....minimal, with or without a boycott. (I point to the screaming teenage girls packing the midnight showings of Twilight...). Plus the studio takes around 50% of the box office gross, so the figure 1,000 tickets x $10 a ticket = $10,000 really only amounts to around $4,000 to $5,000 in revenue...and thats pennies to the company, and what, if any of that, filters up to Mr. Stock is probably the quivalent to low end toilet paper.<br /><br />- While it is contradictory for the CEO of Cinemark to benefit from showing a movie about a gay supervisor....realize that it isn't the CEO'S choice which movies are played at what theatre...<br /><br />- In terms of a general overall boycott...Alan Stock will still get his pay regardless of whether or not he is fired by the company. And, he probably has so much that would be unaffected by a job loss in any case. An effective boycott (and, sorry, I point to Twilight, and say that this hasn't happened, yet) only affects the ground level workers, most of whom, probably agree with the No on 8 campaign. The lack of business brought on by an effective boycott means less budget, less hours, less need for there to be workers at the theatres. The ground level workers are the people who really need the money in the first place.<br /><br />- So you ask...why don't the workers just...not work there? In this economy, if you have a job, you hang onto it for dear life, unless its absolutely horrible.<br /><br />- Alan Stock doesn't have to directly deal with the e-mails and the calls, its everyone else in the company that has to "clean it up".<br /><br />- You're taking on a large, global, corporation. The reason why the boycott worked in Sacramento is because it was smaller, with one source of income, not thousands of screens worth of income. <br /><br />- I don't know what a direct answer would be to Mr. Stock's donations, or even if there should be, except to continue the fight to make gay marriage constitutional, once again. I just believe a boycott against a company of this size unintentionally affect the wrong people.slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-27477907836412390812008-11-19T19:55:00.001-08:002008-11-19T19:56:58.474-08:00Personals Stupidity...Found this one...it made me sort of...hurl...<br /><br />Is it weird I've never been attracted to an Asian guy? - 21 (SF)<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Reply to: pers-926411003@craigslist.org [?]<br />Date: 2008-11-19, 7:16PM PST<br /><br /><br /><br />And I'm Asian? I mean I guess it has to do with where I grew up and the demographics of my hometown...but yea...I've liked white guys, black, even this one latino guy who was really caliente Lol! I think it has to do with the height, since I'm really tall, or maybe their lack of confidence, or the eyes or something. Was that a weird post, or what? So I guess I'm looking for a relationship, blah blah, attach a picture if you want me to reply, if you're not in San Francisco, don't respond. What do you do for a living, what are your interests, goals etc. Thanx. <br /><br />By the way, sorry if it's offensive, I just tend to be rather honest. "lookism" it's superficial but hey, it's human nature. <br /><br /><br />----<br />The problem with the Asian American community is kind of summed up here..good ol' Asians stereotyping Asians. How does one community ever find the ability to come together when they're busy bashing their own people? The main thing I hate about stereotypes is that people take three to five people, make that the generalization for the entire group of people and that's it for the rest of the population. What happened to that "individuals" thing?<br /><br />Hope that "exotic asian woman" stereotype works out for this girl...slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-13326212861962010032008-10-24T14:32:00.000-07:002008-10-24T14:42:21.766-07:00I Can't Even Think of a Title for this Stupidity...<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/23/national/a141614D31.DTL">Story</a><br /><br />Basically, this girl says that a 6 foot 4 black man saw her bumper sticker that she was support McCain and proceeded to beat her, rob her and carve a "B" into her cheek all while tell her that she was going to vote for Barack.<br /><br />Yes, when I first heard the story, I thought: Someone's a few bees short of a hive! (End lame joke.)<br /><br />So turns out, she made it all up. Although she did carve a "B" into her own cheek. And she can't explain why she did it. She was charged with filing a false police report and instead of being cited is being sent to seek mental help.<br /><br />Okay, it doesn't take a detective to figure this one out...<br /><br />She obviously wanted to make a claim that people were so crazy for Barack that they would go out and beat anyone who wouldn't support him. Of course it backfired, hence stupidity. There is nothng wrong with her mental stability, although I give her credit for figuring out how to carve a full "B" into her cheek...slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-33583891253537618752008-10-23T19:15:00.001-07:002008-10-23T19:15:50.267-07:00When Political Desperation leads to....Extortion!And no I'm not talking about McPalin. In this case they're better than this.<br /><br />Here's the <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/23/state/n145556D05.DTL&type=politics&tsp=1">story</a> about Prop 8 in SF.<br /><br />Lets pull some quotes shall we?<br /><br />"Make a donation of a like amount to ProtectMarriage.com which will help us correct this <strong>error</strong>," reads the letter. "Were you to <strong>elect not to donate</strong> comparably, it would be a <strong>clear indication that you are in opposition to traditional marriage</strong>. ... The <strong>names of any companies</strong> and organizations that choose <strong>not to donate</strong> in like manner to ProtectMarriage.com but have given to Equality California <strong>will be published</strong>."<br /><br />That sounds like a threat don't it. But of course what they're doing is completely legal just morally wrong. Funny how I would bring up morally wrong...<br /><br />"But when asked about the letter to Equality California donors, Prentice confirmed they were authentic and said the ProtectMarriage.com campaign was asking businesses backing the other side "to reconsider <strong>taking a position on a moral issue</strong> in California."<br /><br />Because threats aren't moral at all! <br /><br />Look folks, this isn't an issue about kids learning about gay marriage in schools. And if someone can explain to me how a gay marriage takes away from a man-woman marriage then let me know. And if someone can explain to me how it also destroys the family structure when these people actually go out and adopt because they <strong>want</strong> kids, and not because they have a kid on accident, :cough: Bristol Palin :cough:<br /><br />Stay out of peoples lives...geez.slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-3078679574333455302008-10-22T05:05:00.000-07:002008-10-22T05:31:15.280-07:00An Endorsement....Barack Obama is my choice. And yes, I know that means that all those swing states (OH, NV, CO, FL, real Virginia) will all back my endorsement and this race will be over and we can all go on living happy lives. Anyway, here's why.<br /><br />1) John McCain is a <a href="http://www.angryasianman.com/2008/10/revisiting-dear-john-mccain.html">racist</a>.<br />2) Sarah Palin is an idiot.<br />3) John McCain + Sarah Palin = Divided America.<br /><br />I explain.<br /><br />-Someone tell me how Sarah Palin can get away with saying that the small towns of America are the "real" or "Pro-America"? How can she say, "We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard working very patriotic, um, very, um, pro-America areas of this great nation."<br /><br />-How can Sarah Palin, herself, be Pro-America, when she calls a senator and Presidential candidate a terrorist?<br /><br />-How can Sarah Palin, in the debate, tell Joe Biden to "say it ain't so, Joe, there you go looking into the past" and still bring up Bill Ayers?<br /><br />-How can John McCain sit there and say he, the maverick, is going to run a clean campaign, only to "energize" his base so much that he created a monster that doesn't even listen to him when he tries to defend Obama. Seriously. When that woman says, "I can't trust Obama, he's an Arab", and when McCain tries to defend Obama and gets Booed...just look at his face, it has "oh s*it, what have I started" all over his face.<br /><br />-And, another thing I don't understand. Of <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94973392">Wal-Mart shoppers</a>, McCain is supported over Obama 58 to 33 percent. I'm assuming that Wal-Mart shoppers are of a lower income (less than $250,000) and would receive a proposed tax-cut under Obama. So why are people cheering when McCain points out that its a redistribution of wealth? If Joe the CEO is making seven figures and has a personal shopper, and Joe the Janitor is making minimum wage and shopping at Wal-Mart, then we should help Joe the Janitor, not giving more money to Joe the CEO...<br /><br />-I'd also like to point out that the Director of the SF Int'l Asian American Film Festival has more foreign policy experience than Sarah Palin. Does that make him qualified to be VP?<br /><br />-Yes on V, No on 8, No on Eric Mar, No on Mark Sanchez.slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-49555554845419868002008-07-18T12:36:00.001-07:002008-07-18T12:36:50.049-07:00The #1 Sign That the World is Coming to an End...Starbucks has begun to identify the estimated 600 stores it will close beginning this month.<br /><br />The company has posted a list on its Web site at links.sfgate.com/ZEFL, which it said will be updated as closure dates are confirmed.<br /><br />Eighty-eight of the shops are in California; below are the stores to be closed in the Bay Area.<br /><br />-- Harbor Walk, 328 First St., Benicia<br /><br />-- Shattuck and Cedar, 1600 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley <br /><br />-- Brentwood and Nancy, 7760 Brentwood Blvd., Brentwood <br /><br />-- Monument and Erickson, 2250 Monument Blvd., Concord <br /><br />-- San Pablo and Park, 4125 San Pablo Ave., Emeryville <br /><br />-- Mission and Sorenson, 26953 Mission Road, Hayward <br /><br />-- Metreon, 101 Fourth St., San Francisco <br /><br />-- 901 Market St., San Francisco <br /><br />-- Lincoln and Willow, 1167 Lincoln Ave., San Jose<br /><br />-- 1620 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa <br /><br />-- Ygnacio and North Main, 2001 N. Main St., Walnut Creek <br /><br /><br />STARBUCKS are closing...I mean, granted, there's one every few feet, but still...STARBUCKS are closing. If that isn't a recession I don't know what it is. Next thing you know McDonalds is going to fold (or fry)....slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-46829212044909426402008-06-07T09:00:00.000-07:002008-06-07T09:09:42.796-07:00Sometimes...'Sex' just makes you stupidReader: "WAH?!"<br /><br />Did I catch your attention?<br /><br />It was Sex weekend at the theatre...no we didn't change formats...we're talking Sex and the City. Quickly...it brought on the grandest of stupidity in the history of theatreness (I'm making up words).<br /><br />Lady calls early in the afternoon on the Thursday before the movie opens and says that she can't figure out how to use Fandango (go to Fandango.com, click the theatre, click the showtime, enter your CC, print.) and asks if she can buy her tix over the phone and have us hold the tix until she comes. We don't do that, but we do it anyway. Now for stupidity... She calls back when I get to work and says...<br /><br />"Hi, I bought four tickets over the phone and I didn't know you were in Daly City."<br />"We're not in Daly City, we're in San Francisco."<br />"But I google mapped your location and it says you're off of 280"<br />(Er...if you google mapped it would say San Francisco...)<br />"Well where are you coming from?"<br />"Martinez" (East Bay, probably about 30-45 minutes from SF).<br />"Well, yes, you come over the Bay Bridge, and when it splits you take 280, take the Monterey Exit"<br />"Oh, see, I didn't want to come that far, I was wondering if I could get a refund."<br />"Uhm, Okay, where did you want to go?"<br />"Emeryville." (This makes sense, that's only 20 minutes away...)<br />"Uhm Hold on" (I go into a violent, silent shaking, making my coworkers look at me funny.)<br /><br />I do the refund and get rid of her...If you wanted Emeryville (510) and you call a 415 number...you're going to get a theatre in San Francisco.<br /><br />Augh...Ultimate stupidity.slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-69646981840092223302008-05-20T00:04:00.000-07:002008-05-20T00:05:21.273-07:00From the Traffic Desk11:56PM MALE MAD AT VEH<br />11:55PM MALE OO VEH / BODYSLAMMING IT<br />11:55PM TRK RIGHT LANE<br /><br />OO means "Out Of"slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-2127726757958356632008-05-01T22:19:00.000-07:002008-05-01T22:26:15.668-07:00New job, new dumbness...road dumbnessDoes anyone ever read this thing? Who cares?! Saw it as a feed on someones website...weird. Yes, I was Googling myself. I did it once, and I'd do it again!!!<br /><br />Anyway, new job. "Traffic Producer". Which means looking at good ol' 511's traffic flow chart and the CHP media info and putting it into a database for on air reporters to read. Exciting, I know. <br /><br />In two weeks, totalling 54 hours of traffic staring...there have been a multitude of animals on the road including, but not limited to...a racoon, a skunk, a dog, a three legged dog, a pitbull hit by two cars and still running around, more dogs, too many "mama duck and ducklings" to count, deer, cows (4 times no less), and one turkey.<br /><br />Any way, with new job, comes new dumbness...my favorite dumbness..Road Dumbness.<br /><br />This guy drops his mattress (a common occurance) on the left lane of a busy highway. He pulls over to the shoulder and the report comes in that he's trying to retrieve his mattress...yes, as if he's quick enough to dodge cars going 65mph+ to go 4 lanes, pick up his mattress and get back to his car without getting hit...<br /><br />At least, if he gets hit, he'll have a nice cushion to land on...slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-59556376255086657512008-04-09T17:47:00.000-07:002008-04-09T17:52:03.382-07:00Time to Weigh in on this China/Olympics/Tibet thing...For the record, I am not anti-China, I am not pro-China, I am anti stupid.<br /><br />This would be the stupid.<br /><br /> A few hours later, a confrontation between the two sides escalated to a physical violence, when a San Francisco man named Kevin Johnson, 48, walked into a crowd of torch supporters and began yelling, "Communists!"<br /><br />The crowd encircled Johnson and the confrontation escalated when Johnson pulled a Chinese flag off a man's backpack. Then, someone grabbed Johnson's throat and another person punched him in the face before police intervened and walked him to safety.<br /><br />Now i'm thinking "Man, that's a little too far, no need to thrown punches, although the guy shouldn't have touched that guy's stuff."<br /><br />Continue...<br /><br />Johnson continues to say that "I know this sounds racist, but if they want the olympics in China then they should go back to China."<br /><br />Me: They didn't punch him hard enough.<br /><br />For you to say that you know it sounds racist...AND STILL SAY IT, is stupid. For you to make that comment, its stupid already, now you're just plain dumb.<br /><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/09/MNDS102IIM.DTL&tsp=1"><br />Full Article here (but they took out the quote)</a>.slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-71964642090875247832007-12-13T10:46:00.000-08:002007-12-13T10:48:59.570-08:00I'm sorry, you had what's coming to you...even if it was a train.A man in San Leandro, CA was killed when he ignored the flashing lights and the red and white stripped baracade signaling an oncoming Amtrak train. He was hit by the train. He was on his cell phone while he was hit. Are you THAT into your conversation that you miss the lights, the noises and the big mass moving in your direction? It's tough to say, but some people just deserve it...slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-15747601728960133272007-12-12T21:05:00.000-08:002007-12-12T21:20:26.461-08:00Dumbness from DriversI have these questions to ask..<br /><br />-How hard is it to use a turn signal?<br /><br />-How hard is it to use emergency blinkers when you're double parked?<br /><br />-If you can only go 40mph on the freeway, you shouldn't be on the freeway.<br /><br />-If you're turning to the right...you're supposed to pull all the way over to the right.<br /><br />-What's so fashionable about tailgating in traffic? I don't need a hood ornament thank you.slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-35280529237188433982007-12-06T12:27:00.000-08:002007-12-06T12:33:17.874-08:00Dumbness from YOU!No, I'm not calling you dumb, er, maybe I am, but we're all dumb in our own little dumb ways (how many times did you think you could fit the word "dumb" into a sentence?). <br /><br />I'm glad that form thing worksish, it's being a little dumb pain but it seems like it's working 90% of the time...<br /><br />I'm hearing of crazy drunk drivers smashing into walls (for the record the dumb part is the drunk driving part, the smashing into the wall, I feel almost sorry for).<br /><br />Big one I overlooked is the infants at R rated movies...c'mon now, babysitter, or wait for the DVD. For the record, my theatre doesn't allow any children under 6 years old to be permitted to any R rated film after 6 pm, people look at our sign and say, "why would they?" Dumbness all around.<br /><br />Also got one about grocery stores...I've got a ton of those too, do I see a list in the future? Maybe another print out to leave on the shelves of grocery stores...I'm getting all warm and fuzzy inside (too bad, it's raining which makes me cold and damp).slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-60763275274227062482007-12-05T12:19:00.001-08:002007-12-05T12:21:38.925-08:00Hey Mom...I'm Poopular!!!Looks like I got a little star next to my name. That means I'm a STAR for the week! (Sorry, too much of my radio station, STAR101.3, where YOU'RE the STAR!). <br /><br />Sit down, relax, read, comment. First post way down there at the bottom is part of the interactivity. On the right there's a file that you can print out the "10 Dumb Things Done on Public Transportation" and put it on transportation, guerrilla media style (Michelle Wolf's class anybody?) Take pictures and send them in, and I'll put them on Flickr. Otherwise, report a stupid person using the link to the right!<br /><br />Have fun!slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-2225746159443774522007-12-05T12:12:00.000-08:002007-12-05T12:18:47.906-08:00On why..?Working at a movie theatre has its..moments. Luckily I wasn't here for this moment of stupidity. Cinemark theatres has a advertising program going on with the National Guard. It is...ridiculous. You get a stupid little advertising/recruiting handout at the Box Office. Two of the popcorn bags have National Guard Trivia, and 10 minutes before your movie, you get a National Guard music video. Complaints? Of course, I don't blame them. This is what I don't get...<br /><br />On Saturday, a lady, distraught with the amount of National Guard crap she was being force fed came up to the concession stand, told our worker, "I don't want to make a scene", and preceded to take the two National Guard bags off the display and run out the door with them. Well, to us, the bag is our inventory and a loss for us, so two of my co-workers ran after her. There was an ensuing tug of war. We won. There was the yelling of "it's only two bags" and a...well...scene. She was talked to by my boss about the situation and she was resonably upset. My question comes with...<br /><br />-Why not TALK to somebody about it first?<br />-If you don't want to make a scene then...why do something that WILL make a scene..<br />-It's only two bags...yes, then what difference does it make to her? There are 1.5 million other ones just like them, what is running off with two bags going to do?<br /><br />This is called doing without thinking, and what I consider idiotic behavior. The motive is not, the action is.slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-68341181934463145422007-12-05T12:08:00.000-08:002007-12-06T13:45:25.818-08:00On Mayoral Races...Sometimes stupid processes need to be given some attention. As I sit here, I'm listening to the KTVU Noon news. There's a tight mayoral race in Vallejo. There's a mayor. There's a recount, today, so the new mayor today, may not be the new mayor. Get it? Good. They said that if the recount comes out that this election is a tie the two men will...draw...straws...You read right, don't need to go back. They will draw...straws...I really don't know what more to say...<br /><br />*Edit*<br />Why did I leave you with wrong information. Drawing straws, that's really dumb. How could you believe me? There are of course other options in case of a tie, reports <a href="http://www.nbc11.com/news/14647939/detail.html?subid=10111094">NBC 11 news</a>...<br /><br />"If it (the mayoral race" were a tie, the winner could be determined by a coin toss, drawing straws, rock-paper-scissors or the lucky draw of a card."<br /><br />*Edit x2*<br />Grosse Point and Mt. Clemens, Michigan actually flipped a coin, the winner of the coin flipped picked a piece of paper out of the box that either said "elected" or not.. in this past election, as a result of a tie..<a href="http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071108/METRO/711080367/0/metro">Link</a><br /><br />Florida's state law says that to determine the winner of a tied election, the candidates will draw lots.<br /><br />New Mexico's state law says that the winner may be chosen by a game of chance, as directed by a judge. This may include a game of poker.<br /><br />The above is not Vallejo's law, it's California State Law...slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714283448668559645.post-65558565276461998542007-11-28T21:49:00.000-08:002007-11-28T21:55:06.038-08:00Radio Station StupidityWith a new job, comes new responsibility, comes new stupidity.<br /><br />Working the morning show, and this guy must not have had his coffee. We get a call and the producer answers and the guy is very excited. He is wondering if he is the 20th caller. My producer is bewildered. See, it'd be great if he was the 20th caller, but we weren't counting. Why weren't we counting, you ask? We didn't have a contest, and hadn't had one in about 3 hours...<br /><br />Got another phone call from this woman the other day, telling a story of how she is a BIG fan of Matchbox 20 but she can't usually go. Her son is in Children's Hospital and she would like to be able to go before he comes out. There's a problem. One, we don't have any tickets. Why don't we have tickets? Simple. The concert isn't until March. She didn't know that. She kept saying that she isn't trying to tell this sob story to get tickets, but if you don't know when the concert is, and then when you find out it's way later, you then say "okay then, I'll try then", leads me to believe that when you said your son was coming out soon, he really isn't. There's something stinky about this lady...slurpster03http://www.blogger.com/profile/15530747740240593939noreply@blogger.com2