I Called In Sick Today

[El Guapo 8]

cilantro is the most putrid plant on the face of the earth and should not be allowed withing 100 feet of any kitchen. if I wanted to taste feet I'd lick a foot.

This may be the most ridiculous statement ever uttered in this thread.I looked at some REO's today. Holy crap are some of them fucked up. One that we may make an offer on had hug holes in the drywall and looked like animals may have been locked inside for weeks at a time. Disgusting. They are asking 240K, but we are probably going to offer 130K. It is on a 1/2 acre with a pool. Has a lot of potential, but it will cost at least 10K just to be able to move in.

[strategy 4]

This may be the most ridiculous statement ever uttered in this thread.I looked at some REO's today. Holy crap are some of them fucked up. One that we may make an offer on had hug holes in the drywall and looked like animals may have been locked inside for weeks at a time. Disgusting. They are asking 240K, but we are probably going to offer 130K. It is on a 1/2 acre with a pool. Has a lot of potential, but it will cost at least 10K just to be able to move in.

did I miss the part about you wanting to move

[El Guapo 8]

One of the houses we looked at today, had fake closet with a false wall and an unused grow room. My Dad works for state narcotics, so that was amusing.

[hank213 1,823]

One of the houses we looked at today, had fake closet with a false wall and an unused grow room. My Dad works for state narcotics, so that was amusing.

Well if you moved in there you'd finally have a room for the gimp.

[loogie 115]

I grabbed my 2nd generation iPod and the gully headphones I stole from E! Entertainment, strapped on my backpack, and walked down the block to Waffle House to get some waffles and to do some copywriting. I got there and quickly realized that it's Saturday night as the bar crowd had packed the joint. There was one seat at the bar, but I turned around and walked home instead of taking it.I still want some waffles. And I still have to do this copywriting. And I'm out of The Wire dvds. And this weed isn't helping. And I just ate a bowl of bran flakes and that is not the same thing as waffles.How can I be expected to do great work without waffles? Man cannot live on whiskey, bran flakes, and La Croix sparkling water (one of my assignments) alone. Is suffering the dreaded, drunken bar crowd worth delicious waffles? Granted, I am also mostly drunken. I've mostly drunken most of the whiskey.

[El Guapo 8]

Well if you moved in there you'd finally have a room for the gimp.

Ha. The funny thing is my wife thought it was sex room.

[speedz99 145]

You know what's AWESOME? When a group of chicks you work with all are fond enough of you to feel protective of you (re: get jealous when you talk to other work friends) but in relationships strong enough for them to not consider having intercourse with you. It's FUN. Dancing with girls like that IS GREAT. I LOVE IT.One of them is a lesbian, and after dancing with her I almost had a sex change and turned gay.

[speedz99 145]

But if they...then why would you...

[strategy 4]

But if they...then why would you...

because WHAT IF THEY HAVEN'T.then it is VERY entertaining.I love that bear.

[speedz99 145]

because WHAT IF THEY HAVEN'T.then it is VERY entertaining.I love that bear.

I just think you're missing a "not" in that post.But I do like the commercial and hadn't seen it before, so thank you.

[strategy 4]

more bruins content:

hahahalove this asian ladies face

drunk sports fans are the best.

[silkyjonson 1]

I giggled.Went to Fryes yesterday for the first time and I must say that store is beyond awesome. I needed a SVG cord to try and run my laptop to my LCD TV and while I was there I bought a new pair of headphones. I have'nt used ear covering headphones in a long time, and music just is way way better with these. Also the resolution is prettty bad on the TV so my 12 tabling plans seem to be out the window for now. If anyone has any tips to increase the resolution I'm all ears.

[silkyjonson 1]

more bruins content:drunk sports fans are the best.

I have to say in general Canadians are fairly reserved as sports fans. I think we have a rep for being pretty lifeless when it comes to cheering sports teams and even at concerts, and I'd have to say its pretty accurate overall for most sports.In hockey that all goes out the window, something about the ice and smell of nachos and stale hot dogs brings something out. I have seen some ridiculous shit at Junior hockey games. Not NHL we are talking about 19 yr olds. I have seen fans jump the boards, I have seen players jump the boards, I have seen a fan throw a coke and large popcorn at players and refs, I have seen a fan take a hockey stick and beat a player and other fans with it. The most fucked up thing is I don't think they even surved alcohol at these games.

[Ron_Mexico 4,219]

got a phone number that I'll never use tonight. Yay.Also, UFC bar crowds make me want to spend $60 and buy the PPV at home. Wow. Just got home. Drank Yuengling all night, in the bottle.Because I know everyone cares: Tipped $60 on $148 (we did, not just me) Then went to the bar, (was sitting at a high top) ordered a few more, tipped $17 on $23. (Morning Edit: I want this one back. Bartender was taking long so we left, we didn't want to walk home and our ride wanted to bolt) Yes, I'm a moron, but that's why I get hugs and ass slaps when I hang at this bar. I pay for friends and sex. Yay.

[Sal Paradise 57]

I managed to watch a total of about 5 minutes of one of the earlier fights cause the feed was all slow and glitchy. was it any good?

[Ron_Mexico 4,219]

I managed to watch a total of about 5 minutes of one of the earlier fights cause the feed was all slow and glitchy. was it any good?

Shogun fight was goodSilva fight was boring. Leites just kept going to his back from midway through the 2nd until the end. He was never in real danger of getting KO'd thoughKrystoff from TUF kimora'd some guy, but he seems like a cocky douche sometimes, so I didn't really care. First fight went the distance. Basically, meh

[Tactical Bear 3]

I've been thinking alot about the nature of management recently. At my current position, I have two bosses. One is wholly uninvolved in the day-to-day operations of the poker room, and the other is almost completely incompetent. One of my primary responsibilities -- as well as the other floor-guy who shares my job duties -- is to follow our boss around and make sure he doesn't fuck anything up too badly, without him truly understanding how we keep him out of trouble. Nick (my positional equal) and I both play a lot of poker, so we understand the player's perspective on all the issues, as well as the spirit of the rules. Why is forward action always binding when there's action behind? If a card is thrown into the community cards, when is it dead? When is it live? Can we reconstruct the hand with no help from the players/dealers? Stuff like that. We can do it. He can't. Anyway, we cover his ass on most everything, because if we let him run free for a few weeks the room would go belly-up, and nobody wants that. I don't bitch about my job much, because I truly love it. On any given day, I'm in charge of probably 15-20 dealers. The range of personalities and backgrounds is really wide. 50 year old married women, 19 year old kids, laid-off shop guys, 29 year-old single moms, 60 year old retirees, etc. The dealers at our room can't take tips, so, when you think about it, there's no built-in motivation to do more than won't get you fired. Apart from making players happy, the biggest part of my job is pushing the dealers' buttons. I like being the guy people like. I like when people laugh at my jokes. I don't like being a hardass, but the more I think about it, there are only three ways to make people work hard for you:1) Financial incentives.2) Make them fear you.3) Make them love you.You don't want to disappoint your dad because you're terrified of the belt, and you don't want to disappoint your mother because you can't stand the look in her eyes. Some people don't give a fuck what mom thinks, and if daddy's soft: game over. We've had to hire in a lot of new dealers recently, and I always demand to be there during interviews/auditions. With my old dealers -- the ones who've been there longer than me, and have worked with me for two years -- I tend to lean towards making them love me. I'd say the ratio of LOVE/FEAR is something like 75/25. There's a handful of people that just take advantage, and with them I have no problem keeping them motivated with praise, but pointing to the hanging guillotine every now and then so they understand the score. Everyone else, though? I make sure they understand how much I appreciate their work and time (GOB: "I appreciate your time"). It's a perfect good-cop/bad-cop situation, with my boss unwittingly playing the role of bad-cop. He's never said a nice thing to anybody in his life, because he's a miserable fool. When I pull a dealer aside and tell him or her how much I appreciate the extra work, when I thank everybody publicly at a monthly meeting, when I randomly offer somebody a simple $10 bonus out of my pocket because he handled a rough day with vigorous aplomb, well, I can tell it makes a difference. Nobody wants to disappoint mom. The new guys, though? I don't know if it's a rough batch or what, but I have to put the fear of God into them. Cajoling doesn't work, so it's threats and the promise that the moment I see a better hire, you're out the door. You know what's sad? It works. They're still only doing enough not to get fired, but as long as they know how high that bar is, the work they do is pretty good. Anyway, I'm just rambling, but I was wondering if any of you have employees, and -- if so -- what kind of relationship you have with them, and what techniques you use to keep them motivated. Remember, I have almost no ability to offer financial incentives.

[Randy Reed 0]

Hey Randy, what herbs did you plant? Do you buy seeds or plants? I'm considering planting my own herbs when I get home for the summer.

Lowe's, Home Depot and alot of places carry herbs now, (small plants). You can do seeds but you have to start them inside and it's a little more work than I'm up for. I actually have a nursery down the street that has alot of stuff now as well. Food network has created a whole new food culture and I'm still tying to figure out how to cash in on it one day.When I was younger if I told my friends that I wanted to open a place called Randy's Herbs it had a whole nother meaning.

Meh, it'd just be wasted on meatless dishes anyway.

haha

Thank you. I suck at cooking on the whole (even though I really enjoy it), but I find that most simple recipes can be made delicious just by adding fresh herbs. That's my top cooking tip, probably.

Fresh herbs can make such a difference in soo many things and it makes you feel a tad like Gordon Ramsey whenever you get to use them.

cilantro is the most putrid plant on the face of the earth and should not be allowed withing 100 feet of any kitchen. if I wanted to taste feet I'd lick a foot.

Ha, funny. Deb loves it, but i've never been such a fan. My dad owned a Mexican restaurant years ago and so many sauces and things were ruined by it's overpowering flavor. I've learned to use it in spots and it isn't as bad. Have I ever told about my dad marrying the Mexican ex-stripper that owned a small restaurant that my dad turned into a gold mine before leaving her since she was psycho? A few years later she married a guy older than my dad (dad was 18 years older than her) :fist pump dad:, and theygot busted smuggling drugs from Mexico and went to prison. The guy had the same name as my dad so everyone assumed it was him in the papers.

One of the houses we looked at today, had fake closet with a false wall and an unused grow room. My Dad works for state narcotics, so that was amusing.

"Dad, this will be perfect for my hydroponic HERB garden!"

I grabbed my 2nd generation iPod and the gully headphones I stole from E! Entertainment, strapped on my backpack, and walked down the block to Waffle House to get some waffles and to do some copywriting. I got there and quickly realized that it's Saturday night as the bar crowd had packed the joint. There was one seat at the bar, but I turned around and walked home instead of taking it.I still want some waffles. And I still have to do this copywriting. And I'm out of The Wire dvds. And this weed isn't helping. And I just ate a bowl of bran flakes and that is not the same thing as waffles.How can I be expected to do great work without waffles? Man cannot live on whiskey, bran flakes, and La Croix sparkling water (one of my assignments) alone. Is suffering the dreaded, drunken bar crowd worth delicious waffles? Granted, I am also mostly drunken. I've mostly drunken most of the whiskey.

If there was an empty seat you have to go in? What were you thinking? Steak and eggs, scrambled with cheese, hash browns, scattered, covered and smothered, raisen toast with apple butter. Lots of coffee.

You know what's AWESOME? When a group of chicks you work with all are fond enough of you to feel protective of you (re: get jealous when you talk to other work friends) but in relationships strong enough for them to not consider having intercourse with you. It's FUN. Dancing with girls like that IS GREAT. I LOVE IT.One of them is a lesbian, and after dancing with her I almost had a sex change and turned gay.

I love getting drunk and dancing even though I suck at it. Then again I love getting drunk and doing anything. Wait, Speedz isn't gay?? What?

got a phone number that I'll never use tonight. Yay.Also, UFC bar crowds make me want to spend $60 and buy the PPV at home. Wow. Just got home. Drank Yuengling all night, in the bottle.Because I know everyone cares: Tipped $60 on $148 (we did, not just me) Then went to the bar, (was sitting at a high top) ordered a few more, tipped $17 on $23. (Morning Edit: I want this one back. Bartender was taking long so we left, we didn't want to walk home and our ride wanted to bolt) Yes, I'm a moron, but that's why I get hugs and ass slaps when I hang at this bar. I pay for friends and sex. Yay.

I don't really drink anymore but after work yesterday I came home and cut grass and was pooped. There was a mich light that been in the fridge since before Thanksgiving and I opened it. It just wasn't the same. I looked at Deb and said, "I'd kill for a case of Yeungling right now." Ron, the tips are To Insure Prompt Service, not let them ignore you knowing that you will tip anyway and are just nice. You just have left a buck on the last round and bolted.

[Sickinfo2 291]

One that we may make an offer on had hug holes in the drywall and looked like animals may have been locked inside for weeks at a time. Disgusting. They are asking 240K, but we are probably going to offer 130K. It is on a 1/2 acre with a pool. Has a lot of potential, but it will cost at least 10K just to be able to move in.

Be carefulDisgrunts have been pouring Quickcrete down the drains in Vegas for a while now. I figured out a way to remove it without much slab removal but its expensive as hellI wont go into it here, so shoot me a pm if you are interested for a tutorial about what to look for as far as drains go

Because I know everyone cares: Tipped $60 on $148 tipped $17 on $23

Somewhere in Virginia theres a guy searching for wait staff jobs close to the beach in Florida...

I've been thinking alot about the nature of management recently. I was wondering if any of you have employees, and -- if so -- what kind of relationship you have with them, and what techniques you use to keep them motivated. Remember, I have almost no ability to offer financial incentives.

You have to....Pay them better than everyone elseBe fair and show no favoritism Show your gratitude unexpectedly once in a whileYou cannot...Allow them to know what theyre making cash wise for youLet them get too far off the leashBe a pushoverTheres alot more to it than that, but that covers the basics

The guy had the same name as my dad so everyone assumed it was him in the papers.I don't really drink anymore but after work yesterday I came home and cut grass and was pooped. There was a mich light that been in the fridge since before Thanksgiving and I opened it.

She passed up a perfect identity theft opportunity....I cant imagine mowing without drinking, although it would be more productiveThe time wasted circling the yard without the blades engaged adds up over the season

[Ron_Mexico 4,219]

Ron, the tips are To Insure Prompt Service, not let them ignore you knowing that you will tip anyway and are just nice. You just have left a buck on the last round and bolted.

Yeah, I think I'm going to make an effort to scale it back to 25% and under. It's actually usually just a pissing contest between my buddy and I. My next tip:4th dog in the 3rd race.

[Dawson Leery 12]

I was driving through middle of nowhere Nebraska and even they have a Wal-Mart. LOL at Sal

[Tactical Bear 3]

You have to....Pay them better than everyone elseBe fair and show no favoritism Show your gratitude unexpectedly once in a whileYou cannot...Allow them to know what theyre making cash wise for youLet them get too far off the leashBe a pushover

As far as the financial incentives go, when I say I can't, I mean really, really can't. By law, dealer compensation at Michigan Charity Casinos is capped. Tips are illegal. Bonuses are illegal. Etc. I still throw them a few bucks here and there, but it's out of my pocket. It's amazing I have any motivation to keep the room operating at peak efficiency, because I have absolutely no motivation to increase revenues or lower costs. For me it's mostly a pride thing. I'd like to be very good at my job, and LEARN HOW to be very good at a job.The "unexpected gratitude" is the only one I have down pat, I think. There are probably some issues with perceived favoritism, but I try very hard to appear totally impartial. I try to make it a meritocracy.

[hank213 1,823]

I've been thinking alot about the nature of management recently.

When I was running kitchens my I used to earn the respect of the crew by leading by example type of stuff. I'd never ask one of my crew to do something that I wouldn't do, made sure to give praise where praise was due etc etc. I'd also throw in a bit of not suffering fools lightly just to make sure the group knew that even though I may like them as people I wouldn't hesitate to shitcan their ass if the situation warranted it. So I'd say a ratio of 80% respect 20% fear

Ron, the tips are To Insure Prompt Service, not let them ignore you knowing that you will tip anyway and are just nice. You just have left a buck on the last round and bolted.

Exactly. Ron you a dangerously close to going from good tipper to sucker.

[Tactical Bear 3]

When I was running kitchens my I used to earn the respect of the crew by leading by example type of stuff. I'd never ask one of my crew to do something that I wouldn't do, made sure to give praise where praise was due etc etc. I'd also throw in a bit of not suffering fools lightly just to make sure the group knew that even though I may like them as people I wouldn't hesitate to shitcan their ass if the situation warranted it. So I'd say a ratio of 80% respect 20% fear

Yeah, I'm a worker. I'm usually the first person in the building before we open, so I almost always start the first 3/6 table. If I'm closing, I deal for the last half-hour or so, too. It's a token gesture, but it can't hurt. Gotta respect a guy who takes care of his employees.

[loogie 115]

I don't like AC/DC very much. At least, I don't like them as much as you guys and

do.