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[nenjin]

Also hella expensive I'd reckon.

Another poster I know that lives in Iceland has one, because they've got so many natural hotsprings they just pump that shit around everywhere.

I think some guy in the UK did that and got arrested for it.  I don't quite remember.

EDIT:  A HERO and a PATRIOT is WRONGED.

Fox stated that he was simply “fed up with battling the elements” and that he did not possess the willpower necessary to move “four billion tons of white bull shit.” what nature intended.

Sounds like fun. How much snow did you get?

5 inches. Took about an hour and a half. It wasn't the worst it could have been, but it still sucks. At least I didn't have a 6 foot drift covering half my driveway this time, and I have snow boots. Without snow boots, I usually just get the foot of the driveway and the sidewalks cleared and say fuck it, the neighbors can eat me or shovel it they damn selves. (And occasionally, one of them does. The shoveling, that is.)

[GiglameshDespair]

Hahahaha, there's been no snow here and there probably won't be we just have rain instead

[Greiger]

Been getting called 6 times a day by what seems to be the same company each time asking me about my recent visit to their website.  This site was a job hunting site and the only site I gave my information to, since I had gotten a job through them before, but the caller ID always shows seemingly random city names in the area, or just outright unknown number, and the calls don't seem to be originating from that company.

I've told them twice to stop calling me, but It's getting nowhere.  They hang up immediately when I ask for their company information, when I tell them to stop calling or when I inform them that I reported them to the FTC (which I don't think I currently have enough information to do).   Almost like a "If I didn't hear you finish your sentence it's not true" way.

I'm usually polite to telemarketers, since I figure they are just doing their jobs, and it's who they work for that are the assholes, but whoever these guys are, it's assholes all the way down.

[BlackFlyme]

The past week so far has been crap.

Woke up today straight into an argument with my mom because I don't wear cologne or any of the aerosol spray stuff all the time. I don't like the smell of that sort of stuff; it gives me headaches and makes me nauseous. But she insists that I wear it all the time, and that I should be applying and re-applying it all the time like she does with her perfumes. Before you go to bed, right when you wake up, before and after showers, whenever you are about to leave the house for any reason, etc.

Then later today I had an Excel test in my computers class. The girl next to me was trying to, rather loudly I might add, get me to give her the answers to the test. The teacher heard and now I'm getting a zero on it for cheating.

Finally, I got a group assignment. The assignment is that you create an idea for an event and present the idea through a slideshow. My partners seem to think it is an excuse to set up an actual party, and have made plans for what food and drinks and crap they are going to bring, and dumped the entire slideshow part of the assignment on me. I don't even have access to Power Point at home, and will have to go to the school labs to get this done.

[LeoLeonardoIII]

1: Dumbass mom putting perfume before bed and before a shower? WTF? At the very least any sane person would not do those two.
2: Protest to the teacher, explaining that she was asking but you weren't giving. If he ignores you take it to the principal. If he ignores you take it to the school district. If they ignore you, post it, broadcast it. Maintain that academic dishonesty is a problem in the school system but so are dumbass teachers.
3: Email everyone in your group altogether and CC the teacher, with the distribution of labor. For example, Mindi is in charge of drinks, Charlie is doing snacks, BlackFlyme is doing the slideshow. Put your name on the Powerpoint like so: "People who did anything at all related to this Powerpoint: BlackFlyme. Other team members who did nothing related to the Powerpoint: <name list>." Just make sure you actually do everything: don't let someone email you a jpeg they think should be in it. If the teacher tries to give any of them any credit for the project, protest as above. People need to learn they can't shunt all the work in a group project onto others and just slide past.

[Iceblaster]

Might not be the best 'help' but if you're feeling malicious, sneak in some minor humor about said students

Juuuust to make them think about leaving only one person on the assignment.

[Helgoland]

Or just leave ~20 white slides in the middle.

"Oh yeah, this was Charlie's part... Yep, all Charlie's part... This stuff is actually pretty interesting, but we won't be able to show you... Yeah, still Charlie's stuff... I think Elizabeth did this one... And the more in-depth analysis... Fascinating material, you should've seen it... And here's the rest of what I did."

[BlackFlyme]

1: Dumbass mom putting perfume before bed and before a shower? WTF? At the very least any sane person would not do those two.

I may have exaggerated the part about before bed and before a shower, but she is one of those people who feel that appearance is more important than anything else. It really grates on my nerves.

I talked to the computers teacher about it, but he was non-committal. Said I may get off with just a warning. He was furious though, as he every thing he has said about the test was ignored by everyone, and he had to repeat basic instructions to people for pretty much the entire hour.

We have to show progress notes and picture evidence for the slideshow, so it won't be too hard to prove how much work was done. Though I'm hoping most other students didn't get the same idea of the project essentially being an excuse to set up a party.

[Dutchling]

On the upside: there'll be a party!

[Iceblaster]

Share how the slideshow goes if you want. I'm sure it'll be hilarious if one of our 'advices' on that gets in

Also good luck and all hehe.

[GiglameshDespair]

if they don't want to lend a hand... take the hand.

(I'm saying chop their arms off. I don't believe in half-measures.)

[Octobomb]

When people don't contribute, I'm fond of anything from subtle revenge (giving them a script with slides in the wrong order and watching them fumble) to outright sarcastic take-thats (Having a credit section entirely filled with my name while reading a short eulogy for the missing detail).
Hehehe

[MaximumZero]

WorkRAGE: So, the company I work for has cracked down on the employees again. They already treat us like criminals, patting down our coats and checking our bags before we leave. We wear radios to be in constant contact with the managers. All of our sales numbers are tracked down to the cent, despite being a non-commission job. To top it off, we now have to check in and out with the manager on duty, and when we check out, we have to present our goals and all of our "contributions" for the day, including a printout that we'll get yelled at for taking the time to print.

On top of that, I called in to do the phone interview, and no one's picking up the damned phone. I may hurt someone if this day keeps up this way.

[nenjin]

My policy in school was: throw those motherfuckers under the bus. You will put up with deadweight all throughout school, at all levels. There is no reason to jeopardize your grade because of them. Rather than passive aggressively doing it (which will make you unpopular) just go straight to the teacher and outline what's been done, what won't get done and your responsibility for it. And be honest. Say "I did my work and I want to be graded on my effort, not the lack of my team's effort." If the teacher responds that getting your team to do their work is part of your assignment, ask if you were ever actually elected group leader. If you weren't, tell him that's not part of the grading requirement.

When I was made leader of group projects, I was a bastard because I wouldn't let people slide with half answers or meaningless contributions. It made me really unpopular with shitty students, and even more unpopular with slacker-ass graduate students who thought their advanced degree somehow absolved them of doing work or taking orders. But students who took their assignments seriously seemed to appreciate someone who was willing to organize things and keep track of what needed to be done.

[LeoLeonardoIII]

The important part of what nenjin just said was "When I was made leader". When you need to lead, you lead. Excellent work.