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Post by Ike on Jul 1, 2012 7:13:05 GMT -5
What DID she report on?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2012 7:20:25 GMT -5
She'd do human interest stories and also international stories. I will say she wasn't really set for being co-host though; like muteki said she's kind of business forward and isn't a stupid bitch like Kathie Lee Gifford or that Hoda. So yeah, not doing it in the ratings department, but there was apparently a lot of underhanded shit going on behind the scenes with Lauer, and Gawker posting nasty and un-cited "insider report" stories about how much people hated her didn't help. But yeah, now Savannah Guthrie is the co-host. Although she's apparently intelligent or whatever (she's a legal analyst, etc) she probably sucked Lauer's dick to help get the job. She's a lawyer afterall. Anyway, they've given Curry some token job as "Correspondent at Large" and her choice of a news team, so hopefully she can make that work while the Today Show continues on its spiral of fluff pieces and exploiting widows. |
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Post by Ike on Jul 1, 2012 7:40:06 GMT -5
Unrelated: I decided to randomly Google the game store I used to work at and found an article praising the employees' dedication and knowledge. Considering there were only 2 people working there when the article was written, I have to assume he was referring to me, because it sure wasn't my co-worker, who gave no fucks and made shit up.
edit: yeah i'm still bitter shut up
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2012 9:50:44 GMT -5
Yeah, the whole Ann Curry situation was really underhanded. Plus, I've kind of had the hots for her since like, 1990.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2012 11:58:03 GMT -5
Yeah, the whole Ann Curry situation was really underhanded. Plus, I've kind of had the hots for her since like, 1990. To be honest I think that's 1/3 of the reason I'm taking her side on this, myself  . |
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Post by Allie on Jul 1, 2012 14:58:08 GMT -5
I didn't know that people actually gave a damn about Network Morning Shows.
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Post by lanceboyle94 on Jul 1, 2012 15:58:56 GMT -5
I didn't know that people actually gave a damn about Network Morning Shows. Me neither, honestly. And the only reason I know about The Today Show and such is because of The Soup. |
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Post by muteKi on Jul 3, 2012 14:26:45 GMT -5
Washington metro area bus? More like a trolley, because all I did by it today was get trolled.
So there's a CVS drug store that's a couple miles out. CVSs are pretty much the only way to get the bus passes I need that support weekly all-you-can-ride payments; at $16.50 for a full week it pays for itself if I ride the bus once a day to and from a place, as fares are $1.80 (I usually pay with $2, and the cash machine doesn't take change).
Found out when I got back from the place I'll be working yesterday that said CVS was at the a bus stop that I was at then, having walked about half of the way from there back to my hotel. There's no direct bus back to that station from the hotel either, as it's only a stop on that bus on the north-bound route. Wish I'd known that before I took the bus back to the hotel yesterday!
The bus system here has a sort of ersatz phone support. At each location there's a specific number to call that gives bus arrival times at that station; there's a number you can punch in corresponding to the bus stop you're waiting at. This would be a great idea, in general, but it's questionably implemented. For one thing, it defaults to voice-activation, which is sensitive to loud noises which can both make the call hard to hear and can be interpreted as a command by the call computer. As it turns out, bus stops tend to be located on or near roads, which tend to be a very good source of road noise. This makes navigating the menu system often awkward and confusing.*
It's also apparently not always accurate. That same stop that I was mentioning earlier I was at today, getting the bus passes (again, to get the all-you-can-drive service and in case I go to DC to visit people) and some simple groceries (i.e., bread and cold cuts for sandwiches, basically, which I don't want to spoil in the humid 90-something (F, appx 33 C) weather. So I'm at the bus stop, and trying to get a hang on when the next bus will be, hear the computer say "The next bus will not arrive for a very long time" or something like that. Call up my mom, she says there won't be one for 74 minutes! We decide to try to walk some of the way, then. At the very least there's a route that might be a little quicker/more direct that could cut off a lot of our walking time. It's still on the bus pass so far and there's a Shell station there too which is good because I'm getting pretty damn dehydrated.
So I start walking down and in between that stop and the previous one on the route...THE BUS I'M TRYING TO GET ON JUST GOES RIGHT BY. We're too far (and I'm too dehydrated) to even try to run back to the stop, so we just keep on going. Figure at the very least we can get some ice to put the perishables in at the station. Turns out the Shell station is one of the few gas stations out there in the wild that has a convenience center but no ice. At least we can still stop there and get something to drink (i.e., a big ol' bottle of coke). Helps with the dehydration and irritability but not much else.
Call my mom again and try to figure out the next bus stop. Tells me there won't be one until 2:30 but I am not sure how much I trust that any more; bus could still be delayed slightly (as I suspect was the case at the prev. stop). However, after a couple minutes and finishing that bottle of coke, and another short conversation with my mom, I figure I ought to make a sandwich so that I'll at least get a little bit of food out of the whole ordeal. The bread'll still be fine, and compared to some other things I could have done for lunch I guess I broke even, I think to myself. Having it, the stuff doesn't seem to have gone bad yet, I notice. And of course no later than I start eating the sandwich than the bus out of there shows up. I scarf down the rest of it just in case they don't let me have it on there, and then get prepared to ride.
And then I got back, finally. Thankfully. I do not want to have that experience again, but rental cars are friggin' expensive and I lack a credit card (only debit).
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*Brief summary of what the phone service sounds like when I use it:
"Welcome to the Metro Area Transit Authority phone page. [pause]
On July 4th, keep in mind that there will be small route changes made during the day. Rail lines will run from 6:00 AM to midnight and bus lines will change to--"
CAR DRIVES PAST
"What was that?"
I can barely hear the computer say "what was that", and am unclear on what my set of options is at this point.
Me: "Huh?"
"Sorry, I didn't catch that."
Me: "Wait, what just happened?"
"If you need help, please say 'help'."
Me: "Help."
"OK, here's some help. If you'd like to repeat the message say 'repeat'. If you'd like to access the main menu, please say 'main menu'. If you'd like to talk to a customer service representative, please say 'customer service'."
Me: "Main menu."
Keep in mind up until this point I have not even been given the main menu as all that has happened was a message about July 4th schedules was interrupted.
"For planning a trip from your current location, please say 'trip planner'. If you have questions about fares, please say 'fares'. If--"
ANOTHER CAR DRIVES PAST -- keep in mind I cannot hear that there were options being cut off by the road noise as it's much louder than the phone is.
"What was that?"
Me (frustrated and hoping to get something out of this): "Trip planner."
"Welcome to the Metro Area trip planner. To start, give your current destination as a metro station ID or intersection."
Me: [reads out numbers at the current bus stop, in order]
"I'm sorry, I don't recognize that location."
Me: [reads them out again, a bit more slowly/clearly]
"I'm sorry, I still don't reconize that location."
Me: "Fuck you."
"I'm sorry, that is not a valid command. Let me put you through to a representative."
Now, keep in mind I've only got so many minutes on my cell phone, and so I can't keep doing this sort of thing every time. I usually hang up by now, but one time today I decided that maybe this would be a good idea if only because the WMATA schedule seems to be a bit incorrect.
The phone rings a couple times on the other end and then I hear just silence.
Me: "Hello?"
[silence]
Me: "Am I still on hold?"
[silence]
I wait a minute or so, just to make sure. Still don't hear anyone on the other end.
Me: "Hello? Am I currently speaking to an operator?"
I suspect these were the ill-considered words of doom. I hear what may be a voice on the other end, very muffled, and what sounds to be some things being shuffled around there as well.
Me: "He-hello? Is someone there?"
Finally I hear something. Unfortunately it is not what I would have liked to have heard.
"Hello, you've reached the phone service operator. Please speak the last name of the person who you are trying to contact."
At this point I hang up and am considering going on a murderous rampage.
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Post by thethird on Jul 6, 2012 22:35:39 GMT -5
When all this relatively minor annoying shit caves in at once. My job is pretty bad, but I woke up with a cold of some sort this morning, my throat felt like sandpaper and my nose was all stuffed and I was sneezing - I wear a full-face respirator at work, so this is kind of a nightmare scenario. On top of that, the stupid fucking gloves that I have to wear gave me this gross heat rash all over my hands, real itchy and occasionally painful. Oy vey.
Just three more weeks.
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Post by llj on Jul 8, 2012 22:04:23 GMT -5
I hate how I look in photos.
Damn, I have a really long and thick neck.
...that sounds unintentionally sexual.
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Post by vetus on Jul 14, 2012 8:13:38 GMT -5
I hate how my voice sounds. I'm 29 years old but I sound like a teenager with a high-pitch voice or like a cartoon character. One day when I made a call for a job interview the secretary asked me if I was a foreigner. I said "No, why?". And her answer was "Because your voice sounds somehow (weird)". I'd like so much to tell her "Do I sound like a foreigner to you, you stupit bitch?". Can I do anything to make my voice sounds a little more normal and masculine?
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Post by megatronbison on Jul 15, 2012 19:27:30 GMT -5
I just got home 4 hours later than intended due to a major flight delay. I've had such an emotionally and physically draining weekend- I really didn't need the wait in the airport after having already spent 3 hours in an overpriced Swedish airport prior.
I just want to say "leave me alone" to the universe right now. Just cut me a fucking break and leave me be.
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Post by llj on Jul 15, 2012 23:11:01 GMT -5
I hate how my voice sounds. I'm 29 years old but I sound like a teenager with a high-pitch voice or like a cartoon character. One day when I made a call for a job interview the secretary asked me if I was a foreigner. I said "No, why?". And her answer was "Because your voice sounds somehow (weird)". I'd like so much to tell her "Do I sound like a foreigner to you, you stupit bitch?". Can I do anything to make my voice sounds a little more normal and masculine? Haha, that reminds me of a character in a book I read a few months ago, Joe Abercrombie's The Heroes. One character is a master swordsman but he has a really high pitched voiced he's self conscious about and people make fun of him for it...but when he goes out on the battlefield he's a killing machine and scares the crap out of everyone around him. So I guess...be a real badass swordsman to make up for it?  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2012 6:55:12 GMT -5
I just got home 4 hours later than intended due to a major flight delay. I've had such an emotionally and physically draining weekend- I really didn't need the wait in the airport after having already spent 3 hours in an overpriced Swedish airport prior. I just want to say "leave me alone" to the universe right now. Just cut me a fucking break and leave me be. Sorry to hear that, man. Was this for work or your band? As for the high voice thing, plenty of cool people have high voices. Dio had a high voice. |
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Post by megatronbison on Jul 16, 2012 7:05:19 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that, man. Was this for work or your band? for the band dude- and lets not talk about the gig  (not being able to hear yourself on stage whilst trying to sing your heart out is a little demotivating to say the least) |
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