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Two jimmy rustlers really getting to me today at work.
First, the people that still don't get even the tiniest part of technology. We have a program that we do a lot of our work in. For sending things out to contractors, we use that program to print a report in PDF format and send it via email (instead of mailing 8 physical copies like we used to have to do a few years ago). We save that PDF for convenience so you don't have to go into the program to look at something quickly, but it isn't a constantly updated thing. But I'll have some guy ask me to make changes in the program, which I do, and then a couple days later he'll ask me why it isn't changed. I'll tell him that it is, and show him in the program. He'll say, "Oh, you mean it doesn't change the PDF too?" Honest to God, I've had this conversation at least twenty times in the past few years...and we don't have 20 employees! (Note: There is no requirement for me to update that PDF, because everyone is supposed to be able to look in the program and get the most up-to-date version at any time. Only 3-4 of us actually can. It even shows the date on the report, so if it is more than a few days old, go print a new one, or at least ask one of us that can!)
Second jimmy rustler: The two conspiracy theory nutjobs (female) at work are now full-throttle into selling this fucking skin cream that is nothing but a pyramid scheme. The great thing is, it is made out of oleander extract, which of course is a poisonous plant. Like, it can kill you quite easily if you have enough of it, blind you if it gets in your eyes, etc. Now, I'm smart enough to realize it might be in a form or low enough concentration that it isn't harmful, but they are both ones that don't want to take vaccines because they have mercury in them. I ask them how they can rationalize taking one poisonous substance in low doses, but not another, and of course they don't have an answer. But the non-stop trying to convince people to buy this fucking $80 a bottle face cream (one month supply), talking about the meetings they go to where they are learning "positive thinking" and a whole new lifestyle and how they are doing something with their life to make a positive change...gah, I just want to start shooting. It is hitting exactly the same buttons as conspiracy theories do for them, which is the "I know something you don't know, therefore I am superior" button. Just like when I tell them I don't believe all the conspiracy crap, they felt superior because I was "asleep." Now that I don't see the point to $80 face cream, let alone trying to sell said cream to other rubes, I am not "open to new things." They know something I don't, in their minds, and thus I am doomed to a life of failure and terrorist attacks and bad skin, I guess.
Fuck!
First, the people that still don't get even the tiniest part of technology. We have a program that we do a lot of our work in. For sending things out to contractors, we use that program to print a report in PDF format and send it via email (instead of mailing 8 physical copies like we used to have to do a few years ago). We save that PDF for convenience so you don't have to go into the program to look at something quickly, but it isn't a constantly updated thing. But I'll have some guy ask me to make changes in the program, which I do, and then a couple days later he'll ask me why it isn't changed. I'll tell him that it is, and show him in the program. He'll say, "Oh, you mean it doesn't change the PDF too?" Honest to God, I've had this conversation at least twenty times in the past few years...and we don't have 20 employees! (Note: There is no requirement for me to update that PDF, because everyone is supposed to be able to look in the program and get the most up-to-date version at any time. Only 3-4 of us actually can. It even shows the date on the report, so if it is more than a few days old, go print a new one, or at least ask one of us that can!)
Second jimmy rustler: The two conspiracy theory nutjobs (female) at work are now full-throttle into selling this fucking skin cream that is nothing but a pyramid scheme. The great thing is, it is made out of oleander extract, which of course is a poisonous plant. Like, it can kill you quite easily if you have enough of it, blind you if it gets in your eyes, etc. Now, I'm smart enough to realize it might be in a form or low enough concentration that it isn't harmful, but they are both ones that don't want to take vaccines because they have mercury in them. I ask them how they can rationalize taking one poisonous substance in low doses, but not another, and of course they don't have an answer. But the non-stop trying to convince people to buy this fucking $80 a bottle face cream (one month supply), talking about the meetings they go to where they are learning "positive thinking" and a whole new lifestyle and how they are doing something with their life to make a positive change...gah, I just want to start shooting. It is hitting exactly the same buttons as conspiracy theories do for them, which is the "I know something you don't know, therefore I am superior" button. Just like when I tell them I don't believe all the conspiracy crap, they felt superior because I was "asleep." Now that I don't see the point to $80 face cream, let alone trying to sell said cream to other rubes, I am not "open to new things." They know something I don't, in their minds, and thus I am doomed to a life of failure and terrorist attacks and bad skin, I guess.
Fuck!
