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    What grinds your gears?

    in The Dog Pound

    Posted

    On the whole tipping thing again:

     

    Yeah i was speaking strictly as an american as i've never worked in another country so i don't know their pay policies. Minimum wage which is supposed to be the bare minimum you need to live. Basically rent, food, clothing. The last i heard it was i think $7.50 ( give or take a quarter ), server wage : i'm almost positive it was raised slightly when minimum wage went up so ballpark i'll say $2.25 (if it didn't go up $2.13/hr) , bartender wage slightly more i think is now at $3.50. That's all they are required to pay by law. Neither of which is anywhere close to the minimum the government says you need to live. Take into account that by law as a server/bartender you are required to report all of your tips, through your job who is required to submit it to the payroll company. 99.9% of the time your hourly wage covers the cost of your taxes, SSI and whatever else the government takes out of ones paycheck. So it is implied that they are making enough to live on from their tips.

     

    I've had people buy me a shot for a tip and that's acceptable to me. I don't think its wrong for me or anyone in the service industry to call someone a cheapskate if they don't tip. I don't care if you leave me pennies even if I was an awesome bartender. Its still something. I'll give you some examples of why I feel this way, I used to have a regular customer come into the bar 5 nights a week for a couple months, one of those real needy types. I was always service with a smile, never got a dime. He came in on a busy night and asked for some popcorn after i gave him his beer as i'm moving on to the next person waiting for a drink. I told him can I get a tip? His response what do i have to tip you for? He sat there for two more hours with an empty glass before he got the picture and left. I don't mind not getting tipped every once in a while it happens I don't judge what i don't need is an explanation like this next example, because of my boss's policy i always collect money before i deliver the drinks everyone who knows and those who ask are fine with it so no problems there. I had to guys come in construction workers order two draft beers. 44oz of beer , happy hour total was $5. He paid with a $10 and bartender habit, his change was five $1 bills. i laid them on the bar in front of him and went and got the two beers. I'm getting ready to set them down and he had the nerve to tell me " We're not going to tip you because you're white." So I poured the two beers down the sink and told him well if that's your attitude I'm not going to serve you because you're black, and moved onto the customer who was next to them. So I guess bottom line is I guess like I said before; No you don't Have to tip, but don't be surprised if you receive crappy or no service in return. Again speaking from an American worker standpoint.

     

    I wasn't considering the policies in other countries though, I know the first couple times I went to Windsor Ontario, Canada the bartenders would always give me the strangest looks when I would leave a tip. Regrettably I've never been able to travel elsewhere so I don't even know the standard practices from being a patron. So that was speaking from strictly an american standpoint.

     

    EDIT: On a completely unrelated note, I've seen people call off or request off of work due to MMO's like EQ and EQII and now WOW. I've also seen people tell their boss they needed to go home because their was a raid happening on EQ. I'll play MMO's every now and then but only the free to play ones. I just can't fathom spending $60 on a brand new game just to have to turn around and spend $15 a month just to be able to play something I've already purchased. To each their own I guess and if you've got the spare loot to do so more power to you.

    What grinds your gears?

    in The Dog Pound

    Posted

    after reading some of the replies to do the noob / newbie gear grinding thing i mentioned. i decided to do a google search and found out that it was on the list of millions of words the some committee somewhere in the anal cavity of merriam webster votes on each year. I didn't think anything of it and assumed ok well luckily it didn't get in. No that's not the case, i decided to see what words did make it, i figured 1 maybe 2 new words a year, but 17, 950! Listen to some of these gems:

     

    smartphone - not a word its a product for sale, not necessary to have its own definition when the dam thing is on tv ever 15 seconds.EOP, confuscation, terribad, gigundous, astig, textcasm. Those are just some of my favorites from the first two pages. There's 100+ more pages here's the link if anyone wants to check them out: http://www3.merriam-webster.com/opendictionary/newword_display_recent.php?last=0

     

    Its not just noob that they added either here's the list for that:

     

    http://www3.merriam-webster.com/opendictionary/newword_search.php

     

    I can't even keep my gears from grinding long enough to type them out. Back in my day i remember always being told by my english teacher ain't is not a word, its not in the dictionary so don't use it. I'd hate to be an english teacher now a days, with all this crap. Officially adding that word to the english, at least american english language is the straw that broke that camels back to turn a phrase. Anyone know how you move to a new country, legally that is?

     

    So i guess that's another thing that grinds my gears. Stop lowering standards or changing things to fit people's idiocracy. Ebonics, stupid (can't say that here) that people make up on the internet to make up for their inability to type or pure laziness to type out a whole word and i'm sure there's more out there, that's fine but don't impose this crap on others. I'm all for making up or using a made up language/words just don't force others to learn it. A local news story, a cop was almost fired because he printed out an Ebonics to English dictionary for his fellow cops. Most of whom were either new to the force or have never worked in an urban environment. It was titled Know the language, it may save your life. So in an attempt to help his new co-workers he was almost fired? That doesn't make any sense to me at all. A story i seen on the news from the " world headlines " some national committee was deliberating on whether or not to add ebonics, AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASS, WTF?

     

    Edit: I forgot to mention i remember either watching one of those court tv shows or it might have been on the news but a judge threw a dictionary at some guy that was in her court room and told him if its not in there don't use it while in my court room. I almost fell off the couch laughing.

    What grinds your gears?

    in The Dog Pound

    Posted

    Juggalos

     

    Idiots at the the drive thru who spend 15 minutes to decide what to order from Jack in the Box, seriously man get out and walk in if you want to stare at the menu for a quarter hour, I got things to do.

     

    The first one I'll admit I used to especially because one kid who was in my school always talked about the 7 joker cards and how when the last one came out they were all supposed to meet at some out of the way place somewhere and take over the world, more or less. Now I actually listen to a lot of music from ICP and psychopath(ic?) records. I'm not a juggalo but after going to an ICP concert with a friend of mine (who is a juggalo) I don't see them in the same light anymore.

     

    Seconding the second one and would like to add. When the fast food place runs out of something. It should be illegal for taco bell to run out of beef, happened a few months ago i wanted a steak stuffed burrito and was told we're out of beef period, you can have chicken. I didn't ask for chicken, if i wanted fast food chicken i would have went to KFC, which by the way i haven't done since i worked there 10 years ago, and probably won't go again since i heard a comedian say KFC is like the nutritional equivalent to smoking crack.

    What grinds your gears?

    in The Dog Pound

    Posted

    Race pimps

     

    I don't know if this is what you meant by it or not but it reminded me of another thing, and its actually one of my biggest. Can't believe I forgot it

     

    - People who think they're in the Fast and Furious movies. With tricked out rides, spoilers are the worst. I just can't see spending good money on a car or extra parts for a car, just to have it sound like a moped.

     

    - People who make the tires squeal on purpose because they think its cool, I always make the comment even at the ripe old age of 25 " I want to be just like that guy when I grow up. "

     

    - People who have a $2,000 stereo system in a car that isn't worth $200 dollars. If you're trunk rattles louder than the bass hits, get rid of the system.

     

    as an added bonus

     

    - People who wear sunglasses inside at a bar or club.

     

    - Grills. Not the kind you cook on. Not the grill on your vehicle. I'm talking about the grills people put in their mouths. Another waste of money in my honest opinion. If you have enough money to waste to make it look like you haven't brushed your teeth since the day they grew in, you have too much money.

     

    Probably the biggest pet peeve of them all I have is

     

    - People who use the word noob. Whats worse is they use it as a way to try and insult someone. I had to break it down to someone one time. Long story short. The word people is NEW it isn't spelled NOO. By using this ignorant form or and insult you are calling someone a NOOBIE it is in fact NEWBIE. Therefore the logical shortening of the word would be NEWB not NOOB. So please I implore everyone of the internet gaming world to at least learn proper English, Grammar and Spelling before you try to insult someone for playing a game where at every point in time everyone was NEW to.

    What grinds your gears?

    in The Dog Pound

    Posted

    Dude? You are saying people need to give YOU money, instead of doing something that would satisfy themselves. Isn't it the same if a bum is waiting outside the shop and asks money from a guy, and the guy comes out of the shop with an ice cream and the bum says: "if you can't afford giving me money, you can't afford buying anything!!!11"

     

    Not exactly the same thing. You can ignore the bum who wants you money just for the sake of wanting your money. Being a bartender or even a server for that matter we work based on tips, which and most people aren't aware of this is an acronym. TIPS - To Insure Proper Services. The only difference is as a bartender in a non corporate based company I don't have to serve you just like you don't have to tip me. I like most people I know in the service industry view not being tipped as an insult or saying we suck at our job. So the people who don't tip I act like I suck at my job. It will either take upwards of 20 minutes for a drink if they even get one at all.

    What grinds your gears?

    in The Dog Pound

    Posted

    I'll add more a little later but for now:

     

    - I'll reiterate the point of people who fail at using a turn signal, but want to add something to that. People who fail at turning it off, especially on the highway. I can't stand being stuck behind someone for a few miles in the far right lane, with there right turn signal on and no exit in sight. Each time I hope they have a lapse in judgment and make a right turn, barring serious injury or death of course.

     

    - Arguing on the internet. REALLY?!? Its so pointless, no one cares if you win. What truly amuses me though is when it comes to the point of I'll kick your you know what. Reply: I'd like to see you try I'm a (insert non existent Karate belt here.) Its even worse when they agree they're going to fight but live in two different countries separated by an ocean. I always hope they meet somewhere in the middle and drown in the ocean or get swallowed by a whale or something.

     

    - Stupid people!

     

    - People who pass judgment on a movie they haven't seen or music they haven't heard. To say that movie is dumb or that artist/band sux when they've never even seen/heard really grinds my gears.

     

    - Having been a cook for most of my working life, and this is a big one: People who go out to eat. Order a steak. Then send it back because they don't know WTF they were ordering. They just ask for it because it sounds good. I've lost count of the amount of times I've had to redo a steak that was ordered medium because " this has too much pink in it. "

     

    - Now being a bartender I have one to add to that. IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO TIP, YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO GO OUT. I'm not saying you have to tip a lot just leave something. A good rule to follow is if it comes down to getting one more shot/beer/drink or a tip, ALWAYS go with the tip.

     

    - Tyler Perry. More specifically how all of his movies are portrayed as comedies and then you get maybe 15 minutes of actual comedy from the movie the rest is my life is so hard dribble. The last money I'll ever waste on him was when me and my girlfriend at the time went to see Medea goes to jail. The movie should never have been called that because her being in jail seemed like a sub sub plot of the movie. I spent 1 hour and 15 minutes staring at the exit sign thinking of how much trouble i would get in if I just bolted. because of this I say F Tyler Perry.

     

    - The fact that the A Hole who " invented " (air quotes and all) the snuggie is a f'n multi billionaire. He didn't invent the dammed blanket. Why is he rich?

     

    well i guess i got on a tangent there so I probably won't be adding more we'll see.

    TEW 2010 ReapeRs Title Belt RendeRs

    in Total Extreme Wrestling 2005-2013 Mods

    Posted

    <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="smurphy1014" data-cite="smurphy1014" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="26082" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>$1.01 Bob <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> son of...<img alt=":mad:" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/mad.png.69834f23b9a8bf290d98375f56f1c794.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> lol , i never understood why no one got mad when people did that</p>

    TEW 2010 ReapeRs Title Belt RendeRs

    in Total Extreme Wrestling 2005-2013 Mods

    Posted

    I was looking for a good pic of these, but was unable to find any. The only ones I could find were not very good and that was on the CZW website.

     

    If anyone has a fairly large pic of these two or any of the CZW titles, could you please post them.

     

    Thanks,

     

    R

     

    found these real quick

     

    http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq90/itzme_017/Titles%20and%20profiles/CZW_5.jpg

     

    http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq90/itzme_017/Titles%20and%20profiles/czw2.jpg

    TEW 2010 ReapeRs Title Belt RendeRs

    in Total Extreme Wrestling 2005-2013 Mods

    Posted

    Also, here is Payne's tutorial that I used to get me started.

     

    ;)

     

    Out of curiosity, when I start up requests and continue the C-Verse titles, what promotion's titles would you guys/gals like to see first. And what, in your mind, would they look like/be based off of?

     

    Just a little something I was thinking about in between finishing up the '08 renders and doing some studying.

     

    Let me know what you're thinking.

     

    R

     

    Matching title updates for PSW National and Tag to coincide with the new Kick *** looking world title. As well as agreeing with below. Any belt that does not have a render should have one before re-works are done. For example you have a limit of 40 titles before you cut off requests. 10 of those should automatically be for belts with no renders. (Ducks down before the 50+ people waiting to request titles starts throwing things at me :p)

     

    Australia, since they seem to be a new hot spot but are assigned generic titles and I would personally like to see all of the promotions have their own belts before reworks are done.

     

    I don't know about anybody else, but I would love it if you would create renders for the titles you can purchase (AAFW, APWF, XFW, etc) and to a lesser extent the future promotions like Kaizen Pro.

     

    I don't really have any idea about what they should look like, but if I do I'll definitely post it here or pm you.

    The Official TNA / Impact / GFW Discussion Thread

    in The Dog Pound

    Posted

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTd--qhRZ-s

     

    he has a point thought. this is a free show, its not an outside of the impact zone show. this is a tv show in a sound stage in a theme park.

     

     

    I watched the clip haven't read through the rest of the posts yet as I won't be able to watch genesis until later today and don't want anything to be spoiled. However after viewing this clip I have to comment, ok so its a free show and the fans don't have to pay to be there but for this guy to say you all are part of the crew ( i'm paraphrasing obviously but this is the general statement he made ) that would imply that TNA were paying them to be at the arena and such obligated to " do as your boss tells you or else." Honestly telling your fans not to swear or make rude, crude, etc. gestures or have vulgar signs, is basically saying " Hey, I don't like earning a paycheck so could you all just show up to our shows and sit on your hands and remain quiet for the duration of the program so the company no longer needs me?"

     

    I don't consider myself to be the biggest TNA fan in the world by any means but i was very excited for them when they got their tv show and again when they got to add a second hour. It seems that when they got the additional time the alienated a large set of their fan base, after all isn't TNA supposed to stand for Total Nonstop Action? Now they are just as bad as WWF (yes I said it and will say it to the day i die, take that World Wildlife Foundation you gonna sue me too? ) in that a two hour wrestling show is nothing more than a two hour show of talk. Now you can't say that they have to in order to survive with today's " modern wrestling " fan, them making it as far as they did without doing so proves that statement to be false.

     

    Now that that's out of the way:

     

    I finally had a chance to watch last week's impact and unless something changed at Genesis. I would like to speculate that I see a possible resurrection of the Four Horsemen ( or at least a FH'esque stable if WWF owns the rights to that name when they purchased WCW) with the way Flair has been acting toward and interacting with Kurt Angle.

    TEW 07/08 Kamchatka's Logo Thread

    in Total Extreme Wrestling 2005-2013 Mods

    Posted

    <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Kamchatka" data-cite="Kamchatka" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="22790" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><span>http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss39/Kamchatka863/RGE2.jpg</span><p> </p><p> Reworked when im not just about to run out of the house. Wasnt happy with how slightly haphazard things seemed in its composure.</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss39/Kamchatka863/RGE3.jpg</span></p><p> </p><p> and a bit more..</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I like that second one there it helps brighten up the logo a bit in the game. When you get a spare moment could you throw a banner together for RGE.</p>

    TEW 07/08 Kamchatka's Logo Thread

    in Total Extreme Wrestling 2005-2013 Mods

    Posted

    <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Kamchatka" data-cite="Kamchatka" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="22790" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><span>http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss39/Kamchatka863/RGE.jpg</span></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> better than I could ever have imagined. That is truly a work of art great work Kam! thanks for all your efforts on improving TEW for everyone.</p>

    TEW 2008 ReapeR's Title Belt RendeRs

    in Total Extreme Wrestling 2005-2013 Mods

    Posted

    WNW Femme Fatale - SeanMcFly

    WNW Lethal Ladies

     

    GDW World Heavyweight - jtlange

    GDW World Tag Team

    GDW International

     

    NAW Championship - Craig Edwards

    NAW USA

    NAW Tag Team

     

    CGC Golden Girl championship belt - D-lyrium

     

    AWC Champion - paulskln

    AWC Tag Team

    AWC Hardcore

     

    CPW World Heavyweight Champion - phinatic39

    CPW World Television Champion

    CPW Angels Champion (Women's title)

     

    HIW Championship title (not "world" or "heavyweight" but just HIW champion) - Gunnark

    HIW Impact title

    HIW Tag Team title

     

    MCW Heavyweight Title - Clabobby

    MCW Cruiserweight Title

    MCW Alternative Title

     

    DCW Heavyweight Title - Krazy Killian

    DCW Television Title

    DCW Tag Team Titles

     

    RPW World - Sonfaro

    RPW Double Act

    RPW Internet Title

     

    UFC-KING private request

     

    MIW Stipulation Championship - Stennick

    MIW Tornado Title

    MIW King of Extreme championship

     

    TOEI The Millennium Belt - crayon

    M-UNIT Strap of the Gods

    CAWK Pro Jobber

     

    Self private request

     

    EWE World Heavyweight - MrCanada **too many titles**

    EWE X-Division

    EWE Television

    EWE World Tag Team

     

    TCW Champion - R.O.F.L

    TCW Legends

     

    CCW - Irish Heavyweight Champion - Scorpio3060 **too many titles**

    CCW - Irish Tag Team Champions

    CCW - The Celtic Warrior (A Main Event Level Championship)

    CCW - Irish Lass Championship (something with Shamrocks)

     

    NOTBPW Tap Out Title - Hyde Hill

     

    WWW World Heavyweight - Fleisch

    WWW Primetime

    WWW Tag Team

     

    WCW World Heavyweight Championship - Shizztastic

    WCW International Championship

    WCW Televison Championship

     

    13!!! titles - MetalGear Yoshi

     

    World Title - juggaloninjalee

    Tag Team Titles

    Big Ten Title (Yearly Tournament Title)

     

    UWA World Heavyweight Champion - Purple Cowboy

    UWA World Tag Team Champions

    UWA Garden State Champion

     

    HGC World Heavyweight - Liamo

    HGC International

    HGC World Tag Team

     

    WWA World Heavyweight - dvdWarrior

    WWA World Tag Team

    WWA Jr. Heavyweight

     

    The Blueprint World Title - Karl Kitsch

    The Blueprint Tag Title

    The Blueprint Women's Title

     

    BSW Heavyweight Championship - BHK1978

    BSW Northwestern Championship

    BSW Northwestern Tag Team Championships

     

     

    That's the current list as best as I can tell. I might've missed a private request or two but they're harder to scan for. Also, it helps tremendously if you don't embed your title request in a paragraph.

     

     

    blah blah blah blah blah title request blah blah blah

     

    is harder to see then

     

    Title Request - blah blah blah

     

     

     

    If I remember my count that makes ~63 belts on the list, not including the people who didn't follow the rules and submitted too many belt requests.

     

    I'm all for discounting title posts that don't follow the very simple rule of

     

    3 belts at a time!!!

     

    yeah i have a private request in there as well, but I know what you mean about requests that aren't in a certain format I run into the same problem when trying to compile a list of requests in the Alt pic thread.

    TEW 07/08 Kamchatka's Logo Thread

    in Total Extreme Wrestling 2005-2013 Mods

    Posted

    In addition to the pm I sent you Kam, amazing work by the way. I would also like to ask for a logo for Return to the Golden Era or RGE for short. A modern day promotion that relies heavily on tradition, from the day when wrestling was wrestling and not an hour and twenty minutes of talk. I don't have any real lay out ideas for the logo but I'm sure you'll work you're magic on it. No rush I'm not in any big hurry just whenever you get to it.
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