Come On People.. Don’t Be Stupid..

If you work in any type of retail or service industry, you probably can fill a book up with the amount of stupid, funny, and outrageous happenings that you see on a daily basis. Let’s face it – people do some stupid, funny, and outrageous things, and more often than not, it happens on your watch at the register, while folding the polos that are 60% off, or while you are telling the patron they owe you $0.30 for the book that is over due.

I certainly have had my fill of said happenings (Blockbuster, Domino’s delivery driver, Menards, Target, Tro Sno) and they are not slowing down now.

Recently, I have had quite a few phone calls from some of our, eh, “worried” clients. There is a scam that is going around right now where they call you, say your computer is either hacked or will be hacked, and that they can stop hackers if you pay them $XXX.

These guys = bad news bears

Okay, it is pretty simple..

DON’T DO IT.

1.) If they do not know your name when they call, obviously they are just cold calling people. Best thing to do is ask who they are with or where they are from. Then hang up the phone. If they say they are from some such and such securtiy company, laugh, then hang up the phone. Just a little bit of information, the major software or computer companies will never ever call you, including Microsoft (which is what some people say they are from when they call).

2.) If the people who call name an antivirus that you do not own and you still have not hung up on them, hang up now. If the man claiming to be Tim from Microsoft says your Trend Micro is not keeping the hackers at bay, but you know that you have Norton, then hang up the phone. (DISCLAIMER – I do not recommend either of those antivirus programs to anyone. They are garbage)

I would LOVE for you to hack my system!

3.) If for some reason you are still on the phone, please, for the love of baby walri, do not give them your credit card number. Once you do, you will then call us and yell at us for your computer acting up and once we find out that you listened to a man on the phone who was chuckling to himself while you were reading off your expiration date we will then have to promptly lecture you on why you are an idiot.

4.) Although this one does not pertain much to the whole aspect of the phone call you may have just received, I feel it is relevant to bring up that once you hang up the phone DO NOT CALL AND TELL US THAT THERE ARE MEAN PEOPLE TRYING TO STEAL YOUR PICTURES OF KITTENS. If you knew the whole time it was a scam, then I am glad you didn’t get scammed. But calling us to reenact what just happened is wasting our time. I mean, there are computers here in the shop that have been hacked that we have to work on and so forth. Rant some place where people might care.. Like your blog or something.

You ever watch “Badger, Badger, Badger” on loop for 5 hours straight?

So, it has been quite some time since my first post. One of the many reasons, which I have already stated, is because I am by no means an aspiring writer or plan to ever be one. Main reasons why I haven’t been posting is I recently started coaching elementary basketball (to be explained later in a rant-post) and because Skyrim has been in dire need of saving. Also, my lack of writing creativity. Yeah, I’m about as creative as a Sit ‘n’ Spin.

Sit n Spin Madness!

Okay, that was a pretty cool idea..

But you can see where I’m going with this. Everyone always takes a break, then comes back with a “I’m back!! Who stil loves me!!” post. And in the post they explain that they were extremely busy with whatever has been going on, which I suppose is understandable, but I mean come on.. Everyone is busy.. Well..

Also. Everyone who has ever written at one point complained about the lack of writing material, wether that be in school for a terrible paper on how soil is made, or be it a blog post about something you are trying to get “freshly pressed.” And everyone hates you for saying “ZOMG!!!11! i cant think of neting to right!!!!1!!one!”

Heck, as I am typing this, I am inching my mouse pointer up to the Move to Trash link.

This is where all of my ideas come from.. And where they all go to die.. Slant face..

Really, all I am trying to do is to keep myself sane. I have been meaning to post for a while now, but always hit this road block with what to say about the things I do want to talk about. I won’t touch on these things with this post (way to cluttered), but here is a small list of future hopefuls:

1.) Control freak homeschool moms
2.) Why AVG antivirus should NOT be installed on your computer
3.) Funny things that we hear everyday in the office from clients
4.) Why Tro-Sno should be open year round

I definitely like the top subject, but I know that post will end up being a 325+ continuing blog on its own, so I will have to think of a way to shorten it down.

Something to think about on the way out though, is this:

Best fast food meal ever goes to Hardees with that charbroiled chicken club sandwich, curly fries, and a large coke. I’m sorry, but that sangvich makes me think of a class room full of kids that screamed when they found out school has been cancelled forever after they all got A’s and they didn’t have chef’s choice for lunch. I shouldn’t say that.. My mom is a school cook..

I was still the kid who brought his lunch to school everyday.. If only we chicken sandwiches that weren’t rubbery..

First Post, Complete With Original Title!

Okay, I know that is lame, but its okay because I am definitely not a writer by any means. And since the journal phase is gone and passed, I am not really sure what this is supposed to be about. Nevertheless I will try to make an “acceptable” blog anyways, and since there is not a single thing I can think of that would be informational, humorous, or of any entertainment value to anyone that stumbles into this blog, I will post a little about my favorite animal: the walrus.

Yeah, this guy.

I am not really sure what qualities stand out about a walrus that makes them so awesome, but all I know is that I wish I had a pet walrus. Maybe he could have a top hat, monocle, and a fancy mustache? Yeah that could work for me.

My brother in law drew this picture of himself and I while we were talking about potential names for our drawing and animation production company. He asked what I thought would make a good name, and I responded by saying take what we do, or like, or say, and integrate it into a name for us and let me know what you come up with. A few minutes later, he asked me if I had a pet walrus, what would its name be. Well, just going with my XBOX Gamertag, I said “Frosty of course.” Then this picture popped up in my inbox.

I must say, I look devilishly handsome.

(Slight rant-page)
Everyone thinks that dolphins are the most majestic and dazzling creatures of the sea. Did you know that the walrus can swim up to 22 mph, while a dolphin tops out at 25 mph. So, a streamlined dolphin can only swim 3 mph faster than 3,700 pound delicious hunk of beast-cake? You are most certainly correct. Among pinnipeds (fin-footed mammals), they are only exceeded in size by two species of elephant seals. They can live up to 30 years, and they can remain submerged under water for half an hour.

Okay, so not super impressive, but I still can’t help the fact that I love the walrus, even if he looks like he has poor hygiene.