VIP KING said:
Well, I do like the fact that I only need three quarters to get the job done.
The rest is for show.
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SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST MORONS!!
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Well, I do like the fact that I only need three quarters to get the job done.
The rest is for show.
Staple a W-2 to the .25$ sign for the fruit, and let him re think his business venture. If I bring something into work, Im not charging for it or would have the balls to ask for $. If it was a request and money was offered then maybe.
OR, a silent protest of no-one buying fruit would be another option or I might just dump $.25 worth of pennies just to prove a point.
OR, a silent protest of no-one buying fruit would be another option or I might just dump $.25 worth of pennies just to prove a point.
i guess some people are just cheap. i work at an animal hospital and we have our own starbucks coffee machine, which the owner rents for a few hundred dollars a month. and then she decides she needs to cut back on cost because its been a bit slow, and decides to stop ordering cups! she made a memo that if anyone wants coffee they have to bring their own mug! cmon! thats only gonna save her like 20 bucks a month! she should stop ordering starbucks coffee for that machine and save more. and she also made a memo that when we wash our hands no need to use 3 sheets of paper to dry our hands, 1 sheet is more than enough. tight b**ch 
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UFUKNUT said:i guess some people are just cheap. i work at an animal hospital and we have our own starbucks coffee machine, which the owner rents for a few hundred dollars a month. and then she decides she needs to cut back on cost because its been a bit slow, and decides to stop ordering cups! she made a memo that if anyone wants coffee they have to bring their own mug! cmon! thats only gonna save her like 20 bucks a month! she should stop ordering starbucks coffee for that machine and save more. and she also made a memo that when we wash our hands no need to use 3 sheets of paper to dry our hands, 1 sheet is more than enough. tight b**ch
Well on my side of things we cut back on paying someone to clean up empty cups and paper towels all over the plant. So it really saved a bunch more and the trees are happy but I will agree with you on the Starbucks for the office. Velvet Hammer at Sam's is pretty good stuff. On the other hand my wife makes fun of the little stuff I cut out. Same logic as you stated.
In fact if this is my wife, I will not buy paper towels for the Woman's biffy! Use the Air Dryer. lol
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Seriously, guys. Are we really on the fifth page of discussion about grapefruit? I'm guessing that this poor guy did not have any idea that a gesture that he might have thought would be a considerate one would engender this much impassioned discussion.
Honestly, I think that it's perfectly acceptable either way. Yes, most people I know that bring excess food to a place of work bring it intending to share it free. We all know each other pretty well. But I wouldn't consider it my place to judge someone who would ask for compensation, especially since the amount he's asking is more than fair. If I don't like it, then I don't have to buy it.
I don't think that we need to expend this much thought and energy into either justifying or punishing this poor guy. If he's a moron for other reasons, so be it. If he's a great guy, other than for this one supposed flaw, then those who are judging him for it are probably not such heroes themselves.
And by the way, I would like to point out that the fact that this thread has devolved into penis portion size had nothing to do with me. This time.
Honestly, I think that it's perfectly acceptable either way. Yes, most people I know that bring excess food to a place of work bring it intending to share it free. We all know each other pretty well. But I wouldn't consider it my place to judge someone who would ask for compensation, especially since the amount he's asking is more than fair. If I don't like it, then I don't have to buy it.
I don't think that we need to expend this much thought and energy into either justifying or punishing this poor guy. If he's a moron for other reasons, so be it. If he's a great guy, other than for this one supposed flaw, then those who are judging him for it are probably not such heroes themselves.
And by the way, I would like to point out that the fact that this thread has devolved into penis portion size had nothing to do with me. This time.
I think it would be funny if the grapefruit seller guy saw that his grapefruits were all gone and only one quarter was in the box.... and then he goes around the office being all pissy and accusing people of stealing and making a scene.
That would be good TV.
You should actually leave a post-it note on the grapefruit guys desk with the address of this forum. that way at least we can include him in the convo and see his point of view.
DO IT!!
That would be good TV.
You should actually leave a post-it note on the grapefruit guys desk with the address of this forum. that way at least we can include him in the convo and see his point of view.
DO IT!!
grapefruit, smapefruit. the real question is when did the squidey get added to yr avatar, ahw? i've only just noticed it...
geez that's gotta be good for an extra 50 pgs or so on the "ahw needs an avatar" will-never-die thread...
geez that's gotta be good for an extra 50 pgs or so on the "ahw needs an avatar" will-never-die thread...
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kitersoze said:
Exeekias made it for me--I'm taking it as a reward for getting to 1000 posts. He drew the tentacle himself, so it is an Exeekias original, and he thought he might even be able to animate the tentacle. I thought that was a great idea, unless it involves the teddy bear doing something really rude with the tentacle.
Then again, I think that it might take a seriously rude gesture with a tentacle to really jumpstart the avatar thread. Seventhexile truly raised the bar with the whole squid thing.
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Okay, how about this for a nice solution for the whole charging a quarter for a grapefruit thing?
I don't have a problem with grapefruits being sold in the office but I do have a real pet peeve with schools who teach kids from elementary school on that fundraisers have to involve them selling overpriced crap that no one actually wants, but everyone has to buy it because they also have kids that they'll need someone to buy from later. And half the time, the kids don't even have to make the effort to sell the stuff. Mom or dad has to take the order form to the office and lean on everyone else to buy. What ever happened to the concept of having to WORK to earn money? I'd personally rather pay a kid to, say, pick up trash or pull weeds in a yard or something and teach them the value of a dollar (or a quarter).
So what if this engineer has a brilliant idea to send his kids out into the yard to pick up grapefruit, sort through them to find the best ones, and brings them to the office so that the kids can earn a few quarters for their efforts?
Now no one has to be a moron.
All is well.
I don't have a problem with grapefruits being sold in the office but I do have a real pet peeve with schools who teach kids from elementary school on that fundraisers have to involve them selling overpriced crap that no one actually wants, but everyone has to buy it because they also have kids that they'll need someone to buy from later. And half the time, the kids don't even have to make the effort to sell the stuff. Mom or dad has to take the order form to the office and lean on everyone else to buy. What ever happened to the concept of having to WORK to earn money? I'd personally rather pay a kid to, say, pick up trash or pull weeds in a yard or something and teach them the value of a dollar (or a quarter).
So what if this engineer has a brilliant idea to send his kids out into the yard to pick up grapefruit, sort through them to find the best ones, and brings them to the office so that the kids can earn a few quarters for their efforts?
Now no one has to be a moron.
All is well.
ahw676 said:exeekias said:
If the teddy bear is humping a tentacle, THAT'S punishment.
now THAT is worth a quarter...
ahw676 said:exeekias said:
If the teddy bear is humping a tentacle, THAT'S punishment.
Cant help but laugh when I see that.
I have made a change in this world
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also - I just found this pic and would like to share it
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guanaco said:
I agree. That is one funny-assed story. I laughed my ass off. Yes, the man is a moron but putting that sign beside his fruit is funny as hell.
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R2D4 said:Ok ahw, but what about the impact of fruit flies in the office?
Fruit flies? I'll give you the same answer my stepmother gave me when I found a tiny bug in a dish once in mainland China and wanted to know whether we should complain to someone. She laughed at me and told me that I should just think of it as a gift: "no extra charge!"
Para said:
That is funny!!
We used to have a guy at work that would only steal another guys Joe Louis snack cakes!!
He became know as the "Joe Louis Bandit".
We never caught the guy, the business closed down.
So be warned that the Joe Louis Bandit is out there.....somewhere.