Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Oakland-ish
Posts: 6032

what makes you wanna go POSTAL?

Four weeks ago I applied for employment insurance for medical reasons. I have been waiting for word of my acceptance, and yesterday a claims person called and said everything looked in order, call back tomorrow to find out how much I would receive and for how long. I called and was told my case had been denied because I am short SIX hours! It took them a month to figure that out??? Now I have to appeal. That will take another 4-6 weeks for them to say, uh, no.

What makes you wanna go postal? Technology? Traffic? Bureaucracy?

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: b0ulder
Posts: 5128

Having a roomate who's in love with my girlfriend and has been for way longer than she's been my girlfriend. This has been a strange experience. I always seem to get with my friend's girls. Don't know what that's about.

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Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1217

Closed-mind, neo-nazi, skinhead muther fuckers & School shootings.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: A New England
Posts: 9187

No email

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: b0ulder
Posts: 5128

Such a joker.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Sydney
Posts: 2570

That fucking Hosanna singing Christian sitting next to me.
She might be on Prozac, but the rest of the staff wants to kill her.
Shouldn't she burn in hell for inciting a riot or something?

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location:
Posts: 3539

When people cant see the obvious.

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: GA
Posts: 6969

people who hurt kids make me want to go postal.
thats pretty much it i think, im fairly laid back usually

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"Men are all alike--except the one you've met who's different."-Mae West

"Brains are an asset to the woman in love who's smart enough to hide 'em."- also Mae West

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Registered: Jan 2001
Location:
Posts: 55

when people hit on my boyfriend...specially when it's right in front of me. it's hard to stay the peace loving person i am when that sorta thing happens

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Bangor, ME
Posts: 10173

people who cancel my transfers on napster when they are at 80%

that bitch at the cornerstore that doesn't let me buy cigarettes

old ppl driving

damn, there is alot of shit

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Bangor, ME
Posts: 10173

oh yeah forgot something

the student loan program in the US
remember kiddos, always photocopy the mail that they send and the payments that you send also

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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"I prefer to think that God is not dead, just drunk" -- John Huston

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2566

People who dont keep their promises.

Not being able to handle something.

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Richmond, VA
Posts: 1353

I don't know why, but mail rooms tend to make me all crazy and drooly .. other than that I'm a pretty easy going guy and not much sets me off

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Sydney
Posts: 2570

I don't know, MB.
I mean, you're a nice guy and all.
VERY nice.
But um...your nick (haha) could be a problem.
(Haha)

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: GA
Posts: 6969

MB may have a feisty name, but he is a big pussy cat.
*with a big weenie*

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"Men are all alike--except the one you've met who's different."-Mae West

"Brains are an asset to the woman in love who's smart enough to hide 'em."- also Mae West

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: the heart of an awl
Posts: 3692

* people who fail to return shopping carts to the store, leaving them strewn about the parking lot. That lazy mindset leaves problems for other people to deal with.

* people who fail to drink the milk in the bottom of a cereal bowl, especially if they put it in the sink that way. Too full to drink eight friggin' ounces of milk? Bitch.

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: GA
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quote:

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Originally posted by WastedPotential:
* people who fail to return shopping carts to the store, leaving them strewn about the parking lot. That lazy mindset leaves problems for other people to deal with.

* people who fail to drink the milk in the bottom of a cereal bowl, especially if they put it in the sink that way. Too full to drink eight friggin' ounces of milk? Bitch.

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Location: Sydney
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quote:

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Originally posted by WastedPotential:
* people who fail to return shopping carts to the store, leaving them strewn about the parking lot. That lazy mindset leaves problems for other people to deal with.

* people who fail to drink the milk in the bottom of a cereal bowl, especially if they put it in the sink that way. Too full to drink eight friggin' ounces of milk? Bitch.

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Registered: Jan 2001
Location: library
Posts: 19584

Here's a story of Eric's need to burn down every municipal building in El Paso county.

So years ago, I made a bad choice and drove home from the bar. I got pulled over and was arrested for DUI. Bummer eh? But I am the kind of idiot that believes in taking the blows when you get caught being bad. So I paid my fines, and did my community service and took the education classes and went to all the therapy. My debt to society was paid right? thats how the justice system works right?
So a couple YEARS later I am out with friends for a bachelor party, getting drunk and wild. We have a good time but as we are heading back to pass out where we were staying some guys in a truck took a disliking to us and followed us, making rude finger gestures and shouting insults. We responded in kind and at the next stop light they jumped out of their truck to start a fight. Well the morons were outnumbered 4 to 1 and we beat the hell out of them and then piled back in the van as the light changed and drove off. Well the morons picked themselves up and chased us down and sideswiped the van we were in. Since it was a rental, we had to report the incident, so I called the police on my cell phone. I CALLED THEM. The cops showed up and gave us a hard time. Huh? it was our vehicle that got sideswiped. They checked everyones id's and came up with a warrant for my arrest. "For what?" "Non compliance" meaning that I'd failed to do one or more of the things the court told me to do. So i went to jail. After being kept awake and sitting around (i'd been awake for about 24 hours at this point) I was finally processed in and given a bunk to sleep on. Before they took me back I made a phone call to my family, told them where I was and why, and asked them to please present the proof of completion to the police so they'd let me go. They were after all, holding me illegally. About 3 hours after i'd passed out, I was awoken by a guard who told me to gather my things I was being released. I was released with out so much as a "sorry" and tossed unceremoniously into the street. I walked back to my local hangout, ordered a beer and bitched alot.
But wait, it doesn't end there. Earlier this month, more than a year after that event, I went to renew my drivers license and was told I couldn't because I had an unpaid fine. "What?!?!"
I go to the court house to see what the hell this was about. "Oh yes sir, $32 court fees from such and such date" That date being when they illegally incarcerated me. "Say what? I owe the county $32 for them depriving me of freedom for 12 hours because some paper pusher hit the wrong key?" Yes, I got to pay for the privelege. I love bureacracy.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Beyond Mason-Dixon Line
Posts: 16334

Mordecai, this is probably too late to do you any good on what happend to you, but stick this in your bonnet for future reference:

Historically, the "state" and its political subdivisions (counties, municipalities, etc.) enjoyed complete sovereign immunity from liability for torts committed against citizens. Though sovereign immunity still exists, in many jurisdictions numerous exceptions have been legislatively created.

You were a victim of a tort called "false imprisonment". Further, there was also a potential cause of action based upon relatively recent federal civil rights legislation.

The long and short of what I'm getting at is this--If you broke your leg, I doubt you'd go to Wal-Mart, buy a roll of duct tape, and try to mend the leg by yourself, or even with the assistance of family and/or friends. Instead, you'd seek and obtain competent medical assistance.

In the future, should you ever encounter a situation like this, one of the first things you should do is consult with an attorney. Do not make the error of declining to do so, by assuming you are unable to afford such advice. Fact is, most attorneys would not charge you for a consultation on a matter such as this. Further, most attorneys who would agree to represent you in a case of this nature would likely do so under a contingency agreement.

One last thing--out of an abundance of caution, perhaps you should go ahead and bounce this incident off an attorney, anyway. You did not indicate precisely how long ago it did happen. Hence, there is no way to determine from your post whether you have a statute of limitations problem. Amen.

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Registered: Sep 2000
Location: atlanta
Posts: 6398

everything.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: A New England
Posts: 9187

quote:

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Originally posted by Princess_Chelle:
i always drink my milk!'

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Registered: Jan 2001
Location: library
Posts: 19584

Thanks for the heads up Jeb, but I did bounce it off someone, a friend of mine who's father is an attorney and she works in his office and is aspiring to be a lawyer also. Guess what I found out? Shit like that is pretty common here in El Paso county, and all the lawyers could advise people to do was to carry the bloody paperwork proving their compliance with them. Lovely bit of innocent until proven guilty there eh?

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Registered: Sep 2000
Location: Elysian Fields, TX, USA
Posts: 2618

When people make fun of other people and hurt other people because it makes them feel better about themselves.

Just being mean in general.

I saw a horrible example of it today.

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Registered: Jan 2001
Location: library
Posts: 19584

not gonna follow up on that?

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