secrets from your job

[Chode Messiah]

Originally posted by: Evadman
Saying that Java is nice because it works on all OS's is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders

QFT

 

[AStar617]

Originally posted by: StrangeRanger

Originally posted by: Eeezee

Originally posted by: StrangeRanger

- Financing a car will 99% of the time get you a better deal than paying cash

Why?

Because when you finance they make money on the vehicle sale AND on the backend, the financing.

j

Soooo... how does that get you an *overall* better deal (agreed price notwithstanding) if you're paying more in the end for their financing?? This still doesn't add up to me.

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: AStar617

Originally posted by: StrangeRanger

Originally posted by: Eeezee

Originally posted by: StrangeRanger

- Financing a car will 99% of the time get you a better deal than paying cash

Why?

Because when you finance they make money on the vehicle sale AND on the backend, the financing.

j

Soooo... how does that get you an *overall* better deal (agreed price notwithstanding) if you're paying more in the end for their financing?? This still doesn't add up to me.

If you can afford the car without financing, finance it anyway, get a better deal, then pay off the loan after a couple months.

If you cannot afford the car without financing, then financing through the dealer will get you a better price than using outside financing (just be sure to show up with outside financing in hand - the dealer will match almost any outside financing in order to get the loan).

MotionMan

 

[Gautama2]

The "For Men" versions of skincare products are usually the exact same thing as their lady-friendly counterparts; only in a different bottle and priced cheaper.

 

[shilala]

Hot left, cold right, shiznit runs downhill.

 

[Raiden256]

Two buttons can stop all centralized electronic processing at one of the nation's leading healthcare companies.

I have pressed them both.

 

[SoulAssassin]

Originally posted by: Gautama2
The "For Men" versions of skincare products are usually the exact same thing as their lady-friendly counterparts; only in a different bottle and priced cheaper.

I believe it but with addition of them using a different scent/perfume in each.

 

[skywhr]

I cant post secrets from my work.....

 

[Fritzo]

Same thing- if you have porn on your PC and bring it in, you can be sure it's copied. Also your history will be looked at to see what kind of perv you are.

All of our system passwords are lame words that have to do with the holidays, except numbers are used instead of letters (leet-style).

Nearly all nationwide unlimited dialup connections have a 200 hour monthly limit on them.

Refund requests are made to be put in writing to make more steps for the customer to get their money back.

Dialup connections don't really vary from service to service- DSL doesn't vary from service to service either- it all depends on the condition and location of your phone lines.

If email gets bounced back to you, the problem is on your end. If it goes through and is never received, it's a problem on the receiver's end.

If you actively use your Internet connection more than 100 hours per month, your ISP typically breaks even in bandwidth charges vs. what they charge you per month. Over that and they lose money.

When I manage Sat nights, I stage things so it looks like I did a huge amount of work, when in reality I browse for about 6 hours.

Our hot receptionist wears loose button up shirts and no bra frequently, and I often see her bare boobs when she bends over to put something in a filing cabinet.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: doze
Here is a secret. If you are nice to the guy who works for the computer/phone/cable etc.. company on then the phone then you have a much better chance of getting what you want.

We talk to people all day with a broken computers/internet/cell phone and already know it sucks to have broken crap. Honestly people if your (insert tech gadget here) is so important to your day to day operations that you are now losing $10/100/1000 while talking on the phone then why didn't you buy a spare unit?

LOL! I say that every day. We have customers pulling that crap on a $9.95 dialup account It's so obvious that they're full of crap.

 

[Fritzo]

Getting head in a crowded theatre isn't a good idea. X2 if it is a kids show.

L-O-FREAKIN'-L!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Most control rooms for Disney's rides and exhibitions are completely unattended.
Scandanavian women exchange students are sent to 'smile' school.
Most of the 'secret' tunnels are never or rarely used.

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: rscott
CompUSA: Buy TAP (our extended service plan) and we'll probably give you $50-$100 off your main purchase because warranties are at least 50% profit. If you act like an idiot, WE WILL make fun of you. If you want your PC fixed first, bring a twelve pack of corona's and a pint of crown, it will be done by the end of the day, guarenteed. Most of the time, if you buy a replacement plan and we don't carry the product, we'll give you the next better thing and write off the difference. And if its not obviously accidentally damaged, we'll prolly take it. Oh, our perphial tap covers OCing.

:laugh: I can see someone marching in with a PC under one arm and a six pack.

 

[mesthead21]

Hmm well i work at a tire shop and lets see:
1. If you get a rotation and balance and we are busy, you can be pretty sure you tires are not getting balanced properly.
2. Be nice to the salesman and they will be nice back, you have no idea how many cars i have intentionally made vibrate cause of the bastard that yelled at me for no reason.
3. If you have a large lifted truck, do not come in for a rotation balance because of vibration problems. We do not care and will not balance all of your tires.
4. If we go the extra mile for you we expect a tip, if we dont get one we will definitely remember next time.

A common phrase is "I dont care, its not my car"

 

[2Xtreme21]

64mb of RAM and a P2 450MHz is not enough to run Windows XP. Don't even try. Please.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Should I tell you what the purple color on my badge means? Probably not.

 

[spangenberg]

come on.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: Tick

Originally posted by: Xkaliber
In a restaurant where I used to work, expensive steaks were not cooked on the grill but thrown in the deep fryer.

I gotta try that....

GENIOUS!

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: amddude
I work for a company that makes medical billing software. Our clients include a massive outsourced billing company all across the midwest, northeast and southeast. Most all of our systems have the same root password and support account password. The best part? Our entire client database, complete with contact info, modem numbers, logins, everything, is in a msdb file on our server. It's not protected in any way. It would give you access with a modem to millions and millions, literally, of SSN's, address's, phone numbers. You could create TRUCKLOADS of false id's. I brought it up to management, but they aren't moving to fix it. Scary. We're one disgruntled and intelligent employee away from one of the largest privacy breaches ever.

YOu eer consider reportign this?

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: Nutdotnet

Originally posted by: Abel007
This thread is awesome.

If you are shopping for insurance and the agent asks you "How many miles to work?" Tell them any number <12. Anything >12 will net a surcharge.

So anything between 1 & 12 will make no difference? I've always said 3miles when it's been closer to 6...maybe it's time to be honest.

Yup, then when you give them your address when you get into an accident, you are screwed. Real smart.

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004

Originally posted by: Nutdotnet

Originally posted by: Abel007
This thread is awesome.

If you are shopping for insurance and the agent asks you "How many miles to work?" Tell them any number <12. Anything >12 will net a surcharge.

So anything between 1 & 12 will make no difference? I've always said 3miles when it's been closer to 6...maybe it's time to be honest.

Yup, then when you give them your address when you get into an accident, you are screwed. Real smart.

How does giving them your address have anything to do with... anything?

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004

Originally posted by: Nutdotnet

Originally posted by: Abel007
This thread is awesome.

If you are shopping for insurance and the agent asks you "How many miles to work?" Tell them any number <12. Anything >12 will net a surcharge.

So anything between 1 & 12 will make no difference? I've always said 3miles when it's been closer to 6...maybe it's time to be honest.

Yup, then when you give them your address when you get into an accident, you are screwed. Real smart.

How does giving them your address have anything to do with... anything?

Fraud?

Well, if you are drivign to work from 20 miles away and total your car and then file a claim, owuldn't it be asy for a company to say"wait a second" ......

I guess ... the point is .... why lie about this when the consequences are potentially serious.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Originally posted by: Abel007
This thread is awesome.

If you are shopping for insurance and the agent asks you "How many miles to work?" Tell them any number <12. Anything >12 will net a surcharge.

Too bad that comes up if you've ever reported a claim and we check the milege listed on the car. :roll:

Auto insurance secret: Just because people say so, does not make it true. We have common sense.

Also, not so much a secret, but a warning: there are certain auto insurance companies we deal with that we call "substandard".
They intentionally deny claims regardless of fault, take over 2 years to settle claims, and do not, by any means have a person on the other end of the line for us, your claim handlers, to finish/close the claim.

We know which ones they are; we can only do so much as a company, and all we can do is the same that you can do - wait; pray to god that if you ever get into an accident, it is not with those fvckers. It's a pain in the ass for you, and it's definitely a pain in the ass for us handling your claim too.

And if you happen to be an insured under one of those companies; well, **** ***. :thumbsdown:

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004

Originally posted by: Nutdotnet

Originally posted by: Abel007
This thread is awesome.

If you are shopping for insurance and the agent asks you "How many miles to work?" Tell them any number <12. Anything >12 will net a surcharge.

So anything between 1 & 12 will make no difference? I've always said 3miles when it's been closer to 6...maybe it's time to be honest.

Yup, then when you give them your address when you get into an accident, you are screwed. Real smart.

How does giving them your address have anything to do with... anything?

Fraud?

Well, if you are drivign to work from 20 miles away and total your car and then file a claim, owuldn't it be asy for a company to say"wait a second" ......

I guess ... the point is .... why lie about this when the consequences are potentially serious.

Nonono I understand that lying about the mileage would be fraudulent; I wasn't questioning that.

What I don't understand is how the physical act of giving them your address has anything to do with it.

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: Schadenfreude

Originally posted by: Abel007
This thread is awesome.

If you are shopping for insurance and the agent asks you "How many miles to work?" Tell them any number <12. Anything >12 will net a surcharge.

Too bad that comes up if you've ever reported a claim and we check the milege listed on the car. :roll:

Auto insurance secret: Just because people say so, does not make it true. We have common sense.

Also, not so much a secret, but a warning: there are certain auto insurance companies we deal with that we call "substandard".
They intentionally deny claims regardless of fault, take over 2 years to settle claims, and do not, by any means have a person on the other end of the line for us, your claim handlers, to finish/close the claim.

We know which ones they are; we can only do so much as a company, and all we can do is the same that you can do - wait; pray to god that if you ever get into an accident, it is not with those fvckers. It's a pain in the ass for you, and it's definitely a pain in the ass for us handling your claim too.

And if you happen to be an insured under one of those companies; well, **** ***. :thumbsdown:

Why not list the companies? Without names, your "information" is quite useless.