What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)

[Evo_Spec]

People don't know how/want to haggle. They can't be bothered beating round the bush, and want to pay as little as possible, but they don't want to insult you by offering something so low that you will flat out reject it.

Alright i get that, but here's my perspective on the matter. (After writing it i fear it may seem insulting but please don't take it that way, it's simply my opinion using your words)
People somewhere along the road just flat out forgot how to haggle properly. The reason we should be haggling is because we're unhappy with the price that the person is offering, therefore we should propose a price we are happy paying and that should be it. If it's rejected then it shouldn't interest you anymore because it'll be above the price you're happy paying.
Now that said, i know lots of people tend to haggle for the pure sake of just saving a couple bucks for no real reason which i guess is fine but this is what makes the haggling process become "beating around the bush" The only reason it became that way was because you never made up your mind about a price you wanted to pay, instead you're simply chasing a unclear goal to save those couple of dollars.
If you're trying to buy something you wouldn't be able to afford anyways then insulting people with a lowball in the end really won't do any harm to you but if someone is desperate or simply doesn't care then you'll be able to buy that item at steal and be happy with that.

*edit* i just re-read the quote and realized i missed the first half of it.....
Anyways, i suppose if they don't know how to haggle then that's obviously something they're going to have to learn and by asking "what's your lowest price" then what they've learn is incorrect but only because someone else taught them that and they taught them that because it worked.
Now do i have a solution for this? absolutely not as i don't know where to start on changing something that this on such a large scale and can't be bothered to do so but i have in the past simply replied with a quote and "i hate this question, please send me a price you're happy to pay instead" or just simply ignored the message completely.

[GL1TCH3D]

Right now there are protests in Quebec because school isn't cheap enough (cheapest in North America).

That's not really the whole story but that's basically why the majority of the students involved are actually involved.

[heedpantsnow]

Right now there are protests in Quebec because school isn't cheap enough (cheapest in North America).

That's not really the whole story but that's basically why the majority of the students involved are actually involved.

Well I guess that's better than the kids in USA protesting because their student loans are too high...even though they're exactly what these brats agreed to. Haha.

[Novus]

I bought KFC and I'm still hungry :/.
Feed me GH

[asdfjkl36]

The fact that I'm being overwhelmed with information at school and a ton of work that comes with it.

Multiple project, lots of reading and memorization.

The fact that I have an issue with remembering information on general, keeping a good work schedule, and horrible reading skills/ comprehension.

Going to school for Computer Networking, not because I want to, but because I feel that it's the only thing I'll possibly be able to get a job in that can support my family in the future.

In the field, I'm struggling to comprehend a lot of the information because I cannot retain it. So not only do I feel helpless in class, but in general.

Computers, something I've felt comfortable with, is giving me the most trouble. And if I can't figure this out, then what?

There is a lot of pressure to not fail any classes, get my certifications and all, then get a job to save up for the costs that will come soon after.

My parents have not helped me with any of this, and I rely on my girlfriend and her family. I can't let them down.

Well.. That turn a turn I want expecting.

[paicrai]

I bought KFC and I'm still hungry :/.
Feed me GH

buy more kfc or eat a ****

[Novus]

I bought KFC and I'm still hungry :/.
Feed me GH

buy more kfc or eat a ****

Rude :/

[paicrai]

I bought KFC and I'm still hungry :/.
Feed me GH

buy more kfc or eat a ****

Rude :/

dont yell at me for ****sucking only being a temporary solution, what would be even more rude is if you tried eating a **** as a more permanent solution

[bueller]

Everyone using Halverson's avatar. It's really annoying.

[paicrai]

Everyone using Halverson's avatar. It's really annoying.

[tbc]

Right now there are protests in Quebec because school isn't cheap enough (cheapest in North America).

That's not really the whole story but that's basically why the majority of the students involved are actually involved.

Well I guess that's better than the kids in USA protesting because their student loans are too high...even though they're exactly what these brats agreed to. Haha.

i'm not sure what the current deal is...

but back a year or 3 ago, students trashed businesses over a $100 increase in tuition, even though they have the lowest rates in canada by thousands of dollars.

[paicrai]

someone pls play payday 2 with me

[rowdy]

I bought KFC and I'm still hungry :/.
Feed me GH

If I post pictures of food it will only make you even more hungry!

[SpAmRaY]

Everyone using Halverson's avatar. It's really annoying.

+1

[SpAmRaY]

Going to school for Computer Networking, not because I want to, but because I feel that it's the only thing I'll possibly be able to get a job in that can support my family in the future.

I know it's super hard to figure out the age old question, What to do for a job/career?, but don't limit yourself.

It sounds like you are trying to force yourself to do something that doesn't really fit you.

Many people I know have ended up in totally different areas of work then they went to school for.

[yomammary]

Right now there are protests in Quebec because school isn't cheap enough (cheapest in North America).

That's not really the whole story but that's basically why the majority of the students involved are actually involved.

Well I guess that's better than the kids in USA protesting because their student loans are too high...even though they're exactly what these brats agreed to. Haha.

i'm not sure what the current deal is...

but back a year or 3 ago, students trashed businesses over a $100 increase in tuition, even though they have the lowest rates in canada by thousands of dollars.

That's totally not representative of the 2012 mass protests.

[GL1TCH3D]

Right now there are protests in Quebec because school isn't cheap enough (cheapest in North America).

That's not really the whole story but that's basically why the majority of the students involved are actually involved.

Well I guess that's better than the kids in USA protesting because their student loans are too high...even though they're exactly what these brats agreed to. Haha.

i'm not sure what the current deal is...

but back a year or 3 ago, students trashed businesses over a $100 increase in tuition, even though they have the lowest rates in canada by thousands of dollars.

That's totally not representative of the 2012 mass protests.

It kind of was though. The PQ promised to not increase tuition to get the vote and ended up raising tuition anyway.

Now it's more about the "austerity measures" but I can bet most students don't GAF about most of the cost cutting measures and just hone in on this as a chance to push for free education.

[katushkin]

Don't get me started on the UK student protests back in 2011.

I watched them live and laughed all the way through up until it was announced that one of them had been arrested for taking a piss on the Cenotaph.

[GL1TCH3D]

Don't get me started on the UK student protests back in 2011.

I watched them live and laughed all the way through up until it was announced that one of them had been arrested for taking a piss on the Cenotaph.

According to sources that I read the number of arrested for the UK protests was under 30

Meanwhile the 2012 quebec protests had over 2500 arrests and a lot of damage done to local businesses.

[paicrai]

Everyone using Halverson's avatar. It's really annoying.

+1

you wanna fight mother****er?

[SpAmRaY]

paicrai

[paicrai]

paicrai

you wanna hug then? ill hug you, ill hug anyone i dont give a ****

genuine hugs for free

[heedpantsnow]

Was at the Doctor. He said, "Don't worry, I'm in my late 50's and I've been practicing medicine since I was 17."

[katushkin]

Don't get me started on the UK student protests back in 2011.

I watched them live and laughed all the way through up until it was announced that one of them had been arrested for taking a piss on the Cenotaph.

According to sources that I read the number of arrested for the UK protests was under 30

Meanwhile the 2012 quebec protests had over 2500 arrests and a lot of damage done to local businesses.

It was 2010, my bad.

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That's on the bottom of Nelson's column, a 200 year ols statue, and cultural landmark.

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That is the guy who pissed on the Cenotaph, and is seen hanging from one of the flags hanging off the UK's main war memorial. He is the son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour.

[baldgye]

Don't get me started on the UK student protests back in 2011.

I watched them live and laughed all the way through up until it was announced that one of them had been arrested for taking a piss on the Cenotaph.

According to sources that I read the number of arrested for the UK protests was under 30

Meanwhile the 2012 quebec protests had over 2500 arrests and a lot of damage done to local businesses.

It was 2010, my bad.

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That's on the bottom of Nelson's column, a 200 year ols statue, and cultural landmark.

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That is the guy who pissed on the Cenotaph, and is seen hanging from one of the flags hanging off the UK's main war memorial. He is the son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour.

That whole thing was so retarded. I remember being asked if I would join (i was no longer a student), but the idea that uni fee's are high is so dumb... oh the plight of the privileged

[katushkin]

They were all so retarded. I remember being asked if I would join (i was no longer a student), but the idea that uni fee's are high is so dumb... oh the plight of the privileged

FTFY.

Yeah, one guy went against his promise. The BEST way to get people to sympathise with you is to smash **** and cause so much trouble that the largest police force in the UK has to ask for reinforcements.

[baldgye]

They were all so retarded. I remember being asked if I would join (i was no longer a student), but the idea that uni fee's are high is so dumb... oh the plight of the privileged

FTFY.

Yeah, one guy went against his promise. The BEST way to get people to sympathise with you is to smash **** and cause so much trouble that the largest police force in the UK has to ask for reinforcements.

It's like the 'protests' when that bloke was shot, the damage and destruction was insane and made no sense. I feel like people today don't understand how to protest or what it even means...

[yomammary]

Right now there are protests in Quebec because school isn't cheap enough (cheapest in North America).

That's not really the whole story but that's basically why the majority of the students involved are actually involved.

Well I guess that's better than the kids in USA protesting because their student loans are too high...even though they're exactly what these brats agreed to. Haha.

i'm not sure what the current deal is...

but back a year or 3 ago, students trashed businesses over a $100 increase in tuition, even though they have the lowest rates in canada by thousands of dollars.

That's totally not representative of the 2012 mass protests.

It kind of was though. The PQ promised to not increase tuition to get the vote and ended up raising tuition anyway.

Now it's more about the "austerity measures" but I can bet most students don't GAF about most of the cost cutting measures and just hone in on this as a chance to push for free education.

Damage to businesses was done by a couple of dumbasses. Hence the "not representative".

[zombimuncha]

Well I get annoyed when people say "kiwi" when they really mean "kiwifruit".
The kiwi is not a fruit, it's a bird! They don't look even slightly similar. Ok maybe they're kinda the same colour, but only on the outside!

It's even worse when they refer to someone from New Zealand, such as myself, as a "kiwi" and I just know they're thinking "These people name themselves after a fruit. What idiots!"
The people and the fruit are named after the bird, and not the other way around.

And as I previously mentioned, the fruit is called kiwifruit. One word, three syllables. Kiwifruit. Not kiwi. Because that's a bird. Not a fruit.

That's what's bothering me. Aren't you glad you asked?

[byker]

Haha, I feel the same way. I was born and raised in NZ, and everyone here calls both me and the fruit a "kiwi" 

[nubbinator]

Haha, I feel the same way. I was born and raised in NZ, and everyone here calls both me and the fruit a "kiwi" 

You could be a kiwi riding a kiwi eating a kiwi.  That sounds like the most awesome problem to have in the world.  I mean, aside from being a little on the small side to ride, that's a problem I would kill to have.

[zombimuncha]

You could be a kiwi riding a kiwi eating a kiwi.  That sounds like the most awesome problem to have in the world.  I mean, aside from being a little on the small side to ride, that's a problem I would kill to have.

Nope.
Can't eat kiwi - they're an endangered species! What kind of monster are you?

À kiwi riding a (strangely oversized) kiwi eating a kiwifruit would be different, but would actually be pretty cool.

[Joey Quinn]

You could be a kiwi riding a kiwi eating a kiwi.  That sounds like the most awesome problem to have in the world.  I mean, aside from being a little on the small side to ride, that's a problem I would kill to have.

Nope.
Can't eat kiwi - they're an endangered species! What kind of monster are you?

À kiwi riding a (strangely oversized) kiwi eating a kiwifruit would be different, but would actually be pretty cool.

ftfy

Also I'm guilty of calling the fruit a Kiwi but probably won't change.

[HoffmanMyster]

I had no clue the fruit wasn't technically called 'kiwi'.  I've just called all three 'kiwi's.  I know the difference between them and have never had issues (apart from apparently calling one the wrong thing).

I've never seen someone so passionate about fruits and their names before.  Except for passion fruit, I suppose.

[byker]

I had no clue the fruit wasn't technically called 'kiwi'.  I've just called all three 'kiwi's.  I know the difference between them and have never had issues (apart from apparently calling one the wrong thing).

I've never seen someone so passionate about fruits and their names before.  Except for passion fruit, I suppose.

Haha, it was a weird experience always hearing it be called kiwifruit when growing up in New Zealand, then coming hear and people just call it a kiwi.

[asdfjkl36]

Going to school for Computer Networking, not because I want to, but because I feel that it's the only thing I'll possibly be able to get a job in that can support my family in the future.

I know it's super hard to figure out the age old question, What to do for a job/career?, but don't limit yourself.

It sounds like you are trying to force yourself to do something that doesn't really fit you.

Many people I know have ended up in totally different areas of work then they went to school for.

Yea, I started off going to school for computer repair, got a simple certificate for that but then went back to school for computer networking because that would probably get me a better job.

I've often wanted to just have a job at something like an office doing some sort of data entry or something like that.

I'm interested in the networking field, but for financial aid, I was required to take on more classes, which is where I become overwhelmed

I'll probably do what I can now and then take less classes next semester to focus more on the actual material.

[nubbinator]

You could be a kiwi riding a kiwi eating a kiwi.  That sounds like the most awesome problem to have in the world.  I mean, aside from being a little on the small side to ride, that's a problem I would kill to have.

Nope.
Can't eat kiwi - they're an endangered species! What kind of monster are you?

À kiwi riding a (strangely oversized) kiwi eating a kiwifruit would be different, but would actually be pretty cool.

The internet lied?

[Novus]

I'm eating a kiwi and thanks for posting this garbage

[zombimuncha]

I've never seen someone so passionate about fruits and their names before.  Except for passion fruit, I suppose.

It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the confusion about which the people borrowed the name from.

Haha, it was a weird experience always hearing it be called kiwifruit when growing up in New Zealand, then coming hear and people just call it a kiwi.

It freaked me the f£$% out the first time I saw the fruit labeled as "Kiwi" in a supermarket in the States.
(BTW, Byker do you really play trombone? That would be too weird to meet another expat kiwi trombonist keyboard enthusiast!)

It's especially weird when you consider that Americans tend to usually drop the first syllable off a word when shortening it, whereas in NZ we usually drop the last one, for example mozzie / skeeter. So if you're going to shorten "kiwifruit", I would more expect to hear "wifruit" than "kiwi", used by Americans.

[Halverson]

Everyone using Halverson's avatar. It's really annoying.

+1

Awe, is you's all getting confuzzled?

[Novus]

Everyone using Halverson's avatar. It's really annoying.

+1

Awe, is you's all getting confuzzled?

I'm confusing myself constantly too.
I should put a cigarillo in this avatar just so I can keep track.

[Halverson]

Everyone using Halverson's avatar. It's really annoying.

+1

Awe, is you's all getting confuzzled?

I'm confusing myself constantly too.
I should put a cigarillo in this avatar just so I can keep track.

I believe you're currently the only one actually "copying" me, if you put in the cigarillo you'll be unique!

But really, it's been fun and I'm enjoying seeing so many creative minds. Surely it will grow old and pass into history. Was really hoping CC or bro would join for a period to show off their amazing designs of old.

[iamtootallforthis]

My professor provides us with an assignment that is word for word from an example problem that is completely done in our textbook. What the **** are you getting paid for if you pull this ****! Give us someone different. That is an example for a reason. Your incompetence is just astounding. I am going here to learn not to be spoon fed bull**** from the book.

[nubbinator]

Wifruit sounds like it would taste like piss.

[Novus]

Everyone using Halverson's avatar. It's really annoying.

+1

Awe, is you's all getting confuzzled?

I'm confusing myself constantly too.
I should put a cigarillo in this avatar just so I can keep track.

I believe you're currently the only one actually "copying" me, if you put in the cigarillo you'll be unique!

But really, it's been fun and I'm enjoying seeing so many creative minds. Surely it will grow old and pass into history. Was really hoping CC or bro would join for a period to show off their amazing designs of old.

Indeed.
Many people have already reverted their avatars.
I too shall honor this moment for a few days with a transitional girlshark before reverting.

[katushkin]

I've spent loads of money on car cleaning products...

And I'm really bad at using them...

[paicrai]

MASS EFFECT 2

HOLY UI DESIGN, BATMAN

NICE SOUND CUTO

LOVE THESE MINIGAME GRAPHICS IT ONLY TOOK 5 MINUTES TO FIGURE OUT GENUINELY WHAT THE **** WAS GOING ON

"udina joined the council" "anderson joined the council
F A I L U R E  O F  T H E  G A M E  D E S I G N E R

*ANGRY NOISES*

edit: intense amounts of armour fluff customisation and cosmetics stuff I FORGIVE YOU ASS ERECT 2

[tp4tissue]

I've spent loads of money on car cleaning products...

And I'm really bad at using them...

maybe you've just got hard-water

[katushkin]

I can't be bothered to chase artisan caps around any more. I really can't.

Where the **** do they all go? people have them hidden away and never post any photos of them and never use them, so why can I never ****ing buy any?

I've spent loads of money on car cleaning products...

And I'm really bad at using them...

maybe you've just got hard-water

It's the dirt on the road and the really ****ty paint on my car. Thanks Highways Agency for covering the road in salt.

[SpAmRaY]

I can't be bothered to chase artisan caps around any more. I really can't.

Where the **** do they all go? people have them hidden away and never post any photos of them and never use them, so why can I never ****ing buy any?

Blame the hoarders and black market.

There are a couple artisans I would have thrown big money at to support them but can't even get the time of day, you gotta be in the right clique I guess.

I'm over it.