Vexation
People who do really boring stuff with their jobs. Isn't life too short to do something that's not even worth talking about?
Even worse, people who do boring stuff but think it's important. Examples: lots of government employees in DC, Microsoft (sliding menus are NOT innovation), and most people in finance
Chemlawn, literally the most incompetent lawn-care company that has ever existed. For some reason, we used to use them to fertilize our lawn. WE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE TO CALL THEM BACK TO COME DO IT AGAIN, BECAUSE THEY WOULD STICK THE SIGNS ON OUR LAWN AS IF THEY'D DONE IT, BUT THEY DID NOTHING. Ok the rest of the story is really long and boring, but suffice it to say that NEVER USE CHEMLAWN.
WEB SITES THAT REQUIRE YOU TO TYPE WWW.DOMAIN.COM, NOT JUST DOMAIN.COM. THIS IS A SIMPLE TECHNICAL DETAIL THAT CAN EASILY BE FIXED. GOD I AM SO ANGRY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Papercuts
Investment newsletters that force you to focus on short-term results
iTunes. Yeah, I said it. What other MP3 software is slow, not intuitive, and just plain sucks? Not Winamp, that's for sure.
Any presenter that feels the need to have an Agenda slide in their PowerPoint presentation. Please, show, don't tell. What's funny about PowerPoint presentations is that we all hate them--yet we all contiue making the same horrible presentations. In my strategy class, for example, we learned a bunch of models/frameworks to analyze corporate strategies. So when the first group began their presentation with complicated slides on 5 Forces and Value Net analyses, everyone looked bored out of their minds. Students don't care about that crap from other students. Yet EVERY other group did the same thing. HOW ABOUT ASKING YOURSELF IF YOU WOULD ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT YOUR OWN PRESENTATION?
Even worse, people who do boring stuff but think it's important. Examples: lots of government employees in DC, Microsoft (sliding menus are NOT innovation), and most people in finance
Chemlawn, literally the most incompetent lawn-care company that has ever existed. For some reason, we used to use them to fertilize our lawn. WE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE TO CALL THEM BACK TO COME DO IT AGAIN, BECAUSE THEY WOULD STICK THE SIGNS ON OUR LAWN AS IF THEY'D DONE IT, BUT THEY DID NOTHING. Ok the rest of the story is really long and boring, but suffice it to say that NEVER USE CHEMLAWN.
WEB SITES THAT REQUIRE YOU TO TYPE WWW.DOMAIN.COM, NOT JUST DOMAIN.COM. THIS IS A SIMPLE TECHNICAL DETAIL THAT CAN EASILY BE FIXED. GOD I AM SO ANGRY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Papercuts
Investment newsletters that force you to focus on short-term results
iTunes. Yeah, I said it. What other MP3 software is slow, not intuitive, and just plain sucks? Not Winamp, that's for sure.
Any presenter that feels the need to have an Agenda slide in their PowerPoint presentation. Please, show, don't tell. What's funny about PowerPoint presentations is that we all hate them--yet we all contiue making the same horrible presentations. In my strategy class, for example, we learned a bunch of models/frameworks to analyze corporate strategies. So when the first group began their presentation with complicated slides on 5 Forces and Value Net analyses, everyone looked bored out of their minds. Students don't care about that crap from other students. Yet EVERY other group did the same thing. HOW ABOUT ASKING YOURSELF IF YOU WOULD ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT YOUR OWN PRESENTATION?
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Why is it that Stanford, with its 13 billion dollars, can never seem to resolve any financial issue in a timely manner? I was due a reimbursement on tuition, and, ten days after I was told it would arrive the next day, I went back to ask where it was. The woman at the desk looked at me in bovine complacency, and then admitted, "uuuuuh, we never sent it, sorry. I'll send it...tomorrow." Likewise, why does it take two months to get a check if, Godforbid, you do some paid work for the University? I recently went by the SLE office (I know, my mistake) to try to get my paycheck from December, and was told, "Sorry, we never got it, you'll have to get a new check printed." Then, when I stormed out, uttering unmentionable words and phrases, the woman there chased after me to say "Hold on! Turns out I do have your check!" Do you think checks are like bottles of wine, and they need to sit in a cool, dark cellar before you can make use?
Business-speak that is meaningless and doesn't require language we don't already have. I'm editing, as some of you know, a sort of high-tech product development Bible. The term "customer-centric" appears everywhere. Am I alone in thinking this is stupid, and that "customer-centered" (the old, proper usage) would do just fine? Words containing "centric", like egocentric, are ONE WORD, not a compound word, not a hyphenated one.
The idea of poker as a sport. Now, Ramit, I know you hate sports of all kinds unequivocally, but you can surely understand my frustration when I turn on ESPN and it's the World Series of Poker for the 400th consecutive day. How can the World Series have been going on this long? And could someone just win it already so we can watch something else? Likewise, I hate it when chess appears in Sports Illustrated or on sports TV. Mind you, I think both poker and chess are noble activities - they're just not sports, for fuck's sake.
The Parking Enforcement Center of San Jose. After requesting, as is my right, a written hearing so I DONT have to go in myself, and sending them a complete array of documents and evidence proving my ticket was bullshit, I receive a notice saying "You are requested to appear in person on this date. To request a written hearing, send all materials to the address above by the date of your hearing." Excuse me, I just did send you all the materials. Something wrong with those, Skeezix?
People who categorically abstain from fast food, soda, or TV. You might be right 95% of the time...but boy, that other 5%, you're missing out on a world of pleasure. Maybe I just feel sorry for you and don't actually hate you.
thoughts for ramit
lots of interesting thoughts, debating to include here or if this is info overload, whatever i will.
1- people at emo concerts compete on being more sad and more "emo". i dressed in shirt and jeans while people dress very depressed and wear band t-shirts and other crazy things to prove they are hardcore. i say just enjoy the music and dress the way you want. its not a competition about who is more depressed. but maybe for this kind of music that is the way we are suppose to be.
2- i take big strides cause i want to be 6'5, someone was talking to me about how fast i walk and maybe its cause i want to be taller and big people take big strides. i use to have to run to keep up with my manager at the popcorn stand from when i was 14 so i am use to walking fast. but maybe also its cause i want to pretend i am bigger than i am and taller aka this is a metaphor, how deep;)
3- if you wear a visor while you drive, you suck. end of story
4- hey you. yea you in front of me inline buying that water and chips. you were behind someone else, why didn't you get your money out or know what kind of sandwich you wanted while we waited 30 minutes, die. haha i feel like ramit. i am not angry just saying if you have time to figure stuff out why does it seem people don't want to prepare or be considerate. well i dont think they are worrying about being considerate they just don't think about this random shit like me.
5- freaking sunblock sucks for its stickyness
In Internet Explorer if you just type the domain name and then press ctrl+Enter, it will automatically add the www. and .com for you. Then you don't have to worry about those pain in the ass sites that make you fill it all in.
Didn't you have to take STS 217 (Good Products, Bad Products)? It had to have been an exception to the dead boring powerpoint presentation route, right? It was in the way back days when I took it anyway.
Music match rocks
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