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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."

Posts: 10973
From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 03-02-2010 09:38 PM

I'm getting more and more annoyed by certain stupid mistakes in grammar. For example, I visited the local Hastings store earlier this evening and while I was standing in line to pay for my Blu-ray movie rental I heard the cashier say, "those ones are on sale." I wanted to correct the cashier with, "those are on sale." It's not the most obvious mistake, but it still bugged me.

Another common and arguably trashy figure of speech: "we was," as in "we was just hanging out when Chester's meth lab exploded."

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Mike Blakesley
Film God

Posts: 12767
From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99

posted 03-03-2010 12:09 AM

I get tired of people asking about movies and putting "that" in front of the title. They say "When are you getting that Avatar?" or "Is that Shutter Island coming next week?"

I also hate it when people think music group names are actual people's names. "I saw the Lynyrd Skynyrd concert -- I saw him in the 70s but he was even better this time because I was drunk."

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Cody Martin
Expert Film Handler

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From: Edinburgh, IN, USA
Registered: Jun 2004

posted 03-03-2010 07:56 PM

@Jeremy-I should have clarified my thoughts on the email signature. It's more annoying when there is a drastic font change between the closing and the signature.

Another annoyance is the automated greeting at fast food places. If you are going use it, make sure your employees know what they are hearing the reply of "sure" to.

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Frank Angel
Film God

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From: Brooklyn NY USA
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 03-05-2010 11:22 AM

Cody, are you are referring to the drive-thru systems where you drive up and the sensor detects your car and the stupid recording says, "Hi, welcome to McDonald's, can I help you?" If you think that is a human being, which is a very easy mistake to make, given the lousy audio quality, and you start giving your order, well, it isn't a person and you will be talking to nothing. Then when the real person comes on, you will have to repeat everything you said all over again.

For my entertainment, when the person comes on and asks for my order, I say, "But I just gave you my order." And she will say something like, "No, I didn't hear that." To which I say, "What, you weren't McListening to me?"
"No, that wasn't me."
"Yes it was, you just asked me if you could help me and I gave you my order."
"No sir, that was a recording."
"Why are you making a recording of me? OK then, just play it back and you will hear what I McSaid."
"No it wasn't a recording of you, it's part of the system......" Then I drive off while she continues to try to explain. It is so worth busting chops.

quote: Bobby Henderson
I'm getting more and more annoyed by certain stupid mistakes in grammar.

Bobby, you think that's bad, we have a mayor - mayor of freakin New York City - who continually says, "If there is anyways you can avoid using the roads, do so" And, "Anyways, schools will be closed tomorrow." You would think one of his idiot aids would side up to him and whisper in his ear, "Mr. Mayor, it's 'anyway.' You leave off the last 's' - that's the 's' for stupid."

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Mike Blakesley
Film God

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From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99

posted 03-05-2010 01:07 PM

quote: Frank Angel
the stupid recording says, "Hi, welcome to McDonald's, can I help you?" If you think that is a human being, which is a very easy mistake to make, given the lousy audio quality, and you start giving your order, well, it isn't a person and you will be talking to nothing.

I have never experienced this but I don't understand it. If the attendant may not be ready to take an order, why have a recording saying "can I help you?" Why not have the recording say "Please wait, we will be right with you"? This sounds like an idea dreamed up by suits who have no experience working in an actual drive-thru.

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Brad Miller
Administrator

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From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99

posted 03-05-2010 01:38 PM

People who send out an email to 10 people and put half on the TO line and half on the CC line. Put one person on the TO line and the rest on the CC line!

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Phil Hill
I love my cootie bug

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From: Hollywood, CA USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 03-05-2010 05:06 PM

quote: Brad, the Grand-Poopie-BAH!
People who send out an email to 10 people and put half on the TO line and half on the CC line. Put one person on the TO line and the rest on the CC line!

Hey, what about those that send out 4 of each? Does that get your pink panties in a bunch too? [Razz]

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Chris Slycord
Film God

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From: 청주시, 경북도, South Korea
Registered: Mar 2007

posted 03-05-2010 05:46 PM

People who drop off a shipping label with the manager without bothering to check if the box is already there to be picked up. Doesn't drive me insane so much as it just annoys me.

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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

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From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99

posted 03-05-2010 10:09 PM

quote:
People who send out an email to 10 people and put half on the TO line and half on the CC line. Put one person on the TO line and the rest on the CC line!

I usually don't send to more than two people at any given time, but what difference does it make?

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Gracia L. Babbidge
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Bowdoin, Maine
Registered: Aug 2000

posted 03-05-2010 10:15 PM

The cinema where I work began showing Crazy Heart a week ago, with the film continuing this week. What's irritating is that, in the same town, about 3 miles away, the local 10-plex opted to open Crazy Heart today. Not cool.
Also not the first time they've opened something were already playing.

It's hard enough to make it as a single screen, without the big guy purposely trying to [sex]

you...

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Jeremy Weigel
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From: Edmond, OK, USA
Registered: Mar 2007

posted 03-05-2010 10:57 PM

quote:
It's hard enough to make it as a single screen, without the big guy purposely trying to [sex] you...

That's just the nature of business. You have to find other ways to compete against them at the same time. I bet you provide much better customer service.

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Chris Slycord
Film God

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From: 청주시, 경북도, South Korea
Registered: Mar 2007

posted 03-05-2010 11:00 PM

Unless you've got a booker who agrees (or is required) to give stuff to you only when the other guy isn't getting it, this is bound to happen. They hear that a movie is doing decently nation-wide and so they want to dump one of their big movies that's gone downhill by now, because 10 people for some art-movie they don't really care about is better for them than the 2 for the movie that lost its legs.

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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."

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From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 03-06-2010 11:55 AM

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People who send out an email to 10 people and put half on the TO line and half on the CC line. Put one person on the TO line and the rest on the CC line!

It drives me nuts when others hit the "reply all" button to such e-mails. Then you get a thread of e-mails that grows and grows within your in-box.

If I send out a mass e-mail, I e-mail the note to another mailbox of mine and then I blind carbon copy (BCC) to everyone else in the mail list.

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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

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From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99

posted 03-06-2010 01:13 PM

Ah, that's right. The reply thing works different when CC is used. Or does it still only go to the sender when "Reply" is pressed? Before Facebook I seem to remember many Film-Tech conversations conducted with the REPLY ALL button.

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System Notices
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posted 04-22-2011 01:14 PM

It has been 412 days since the last post.

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