i know i'm bad
Haven't updated in like, a week. Work is going okay, but people are weird sometimes. Picture what our bottle machines look like. There's a screen that displays information, and a BIG HOLE where you can insert your cans and your bottles, right? The whole machine is about the size of a washing machine/dryer. I like them because they're not constantly going off with errors and "I'm full!" messages every five minutes. When the bin's full, YOU KNOW, it gives you a yellow message on the machine's screen, it doesn't emit obnoxious beeps until you shove a pacifier into its mouth to make it stop crying. Errr....change the bin. So that's good, I guess.
One thing that annoys me? People think that it is perfectly acceptable to THROW their cans and bottles into the machine because the hole(hee-hee) is relatively large. The machine doesn't like that. You throw the container, and the machine gets pissed off, and a message flashes on the screen that says "please do not throw containers". Then the customer is all "Bzuh? Why isn't this WORKING? WAAAAH!" to me. Or my favorite one: "Why is it making that noise?" Um, because you're hurting it, and trying to cram too many containers into it, and it's angry at you! Machines have feelings too! Have you ever seen The Terminator? They will fuck you up. *g*
And of course, I never, ever want to offend them, but it's hard to come up with a diplomatic way to say "um, just because the hole is large doesn't mean you can put more than one bottle into the machine at a time." I never want to be all "You can't", because I think that's rude. So I just smile, and "fix" the machine(when it's not really broken in the first place) and wait for it to happen again sixty seconds later. The machines never really "break". We've had them for about a month and every error, at least the ones that I've fixed, is the same one. And you have to insert the can/bottle bottom first into the machine. It's like going down a waterslide, you have to go feet first. The message comes up that says "please insert bottom first" and again with the "bzuh?" It's kind of like an ATM, you have to follow the prompts on the screen. Then I wake up the next morning and spend $4 and change on a venti coffee because MOMMY NEEDS HER BIG GIRL COFFEE SO SHE CAN DEAL WITH PEOPLE! Ah, life.
I know that they're not stupid. However, I will say that they don't...pay attention. You just set your can(hee-hee) in the machine on the little rollers and it goes, whee, roll, roll roll, and then a hole opens up and it drops into the bin and gets shredded. Simple. And they don't get jammed up EXCEPT when people don't wait the thirty seconds for the bottle/can they just inserted to disappear before inserting another one. You want your nickel? BE PATIENT!
Next week I will be very happy when Invictus comes out & I can see Matt Damon running around on the movie screen in soccer shorts. *sigh* Oh, yeah, and apparently Morgan Freeman's in the movie, too, and it's about freedom and hope and peace and all that jazz. Clint Eastwood is directing and it seems like serious Oscar Bait. I was a little surprised when I found out he was directing, though. Not because I don't LIKE him, but because all of the movies I associate with him(Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, Gran Turino) all seem heavy, dark and depressing with major issues, and this one strikes me as hopeful and powerful and really moving. Plus, Matt Damon getting dirty on the soccer field. Yum.
One thing that annoys me? People think that it is perfectly acceptable to THROW their cans and bottles into the machine because the hole(hee-hee) is relatively large. The machine doesn't like that. You throw the container, and the machine gets pissed off, and a message flashes on the screen that says "please do not throw containers". Then the customer is all "Bzuh? Why isn't this WORKING? WAAAAH!" to me. Or my favorite one: "Why is it making that noise?" Um, because you're hurting it, and trying to cram too many containers into it, and it's angry at you! Machines have feelings too! Have you ever seen The Terminator? They will fuck you up. *g*
And of course, I never, ever want to offend them, but it's hard to come up with a diplomatic way to say "um, just because the hole is large doesn't mean you can put more than one bottle into the machine at a time." I never want to be all "You can't", because I think that's rude. So I just smile, and "fix" the machine(when it's not really broken in the first place) and wait for it to happen again sixty seconds later. The machines never really "break". We've had them for about a month and every error, at least the ones that I've fixed, is the same one. And you have to insert the can/bottle bottom first into the machine. It's like going down a waterslide, you have to go feet first. The message comes up that says "please insert bottom first" and again with the "bzuh?" It's kind of like an ATM, you have to follow the prompts on the screen. Then I wake up the next morning and spend $4 and change on a venti coffee because MOMMY NEEDS HER BIG GIRL COFFEE SO SHE CAN DEAL WITH PEOPLE! Ah, life.
I know that they're not stupid. However, I will say that they don't...pay attention. You just set your can(hee-hee) in the machine on the little rollers and it goes, whee, roll, roll roll, and then a hole opens up and it drops into the bin and gets shredded. Simple. And they don't get jammed up EXCEPT when people don't wait the thirty seconds for the bottle/can they just inserted to disappear before inserting another one. You want your nickel? BE PATIENT!
Next week I will be very happy when Invictus comes out & I can see Matt Damon running around on the movie screen in soccer shorts. *sigh* Oh, yeah, and apparently Morgan Freeman's in the movie, too, and it's about freedom and hope and peace and all that jazz. Clint Eastwood is directing and it seems like serious Oscar Bait. I was a little surprised when I found out he was directing, though. Not because I don't LIKE him, but because all of the movies I associate with him(Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, Gran Turino) all seem heavy, dark and depressing with major issues, and this one strikes me as hopeful and powerful and really moving. Plus, Matt Damon getting dirty on the soccer field. Yum.