Complaint Department discussion
Introduce yourself: Why did you join the Complaint Department ?
Preston wrote: "Silky,Welcome again with your different name. There was in ancient times a group called The Silkie. Their most popular song was You've Got Hide Your Love Away. The Beatles also did the song and e..."
Thanks for welcoming me again it makes me giddy.
Oh you just are my super favorite person now,I was not aware of the song, but I wish I was,would have boost my ego a notch or two, but better late than never:)
:( My so called friends used to tease me about my name though I never really gave a S**t,I loved it, was uncommon and probably they were jealous.
Thank You!
I think I'm about to complain (no comments from the peanut gallery Preston) I joined the Complaint Dept to complain and listen to others complain. Well I don't see much complaining here just stuff that made me laugh my head off plus I've been seeing a lot of hugs and love happening around here. What the hell Preston? Did you change the rules again? (*grumbles* I can't keep up with the goings on around here)((((Hugs)))) *oops*
Hello Preston! My name is Catherine J..& the reason I explored this site is because I need intellectual stimulation! I'll tell you why..another time..I'd like to talk about diplomacy. class! & those who are not sincere as friends..{not that I choose to have many] I'm so glad I found this site! I will have fun! Thank you I shall return..
Catherine wrote: "…sincere as friends..{not that I choose to have many] I'm so glad…"I am so glad you shall return :-) Welcome Catherine. We do have smart people well, except me. I'm just here to be with supersmart Lori who is not only supersmart but also supernice. Rick is smart. He's so smart he knows enough not to hang out here for too long unless we are talking something important like QAF. Eric is not only smart he's writes fascinating stories. Roger is a genius but we don't like to say that because it inflates his ego :-D Roger is Roger Kean a prolific writer alone or with his partner the legendary Zack. Roger isn't only smart he's got the experience to prove it. Absinthe is as sharp as a whip and so bright she is scary…well she scares me anyway! Marcie is as smart cookie but she's also as sweet as can be which is wondrous. Ije the Devourer of Books is known both for her brains and her looks. Monika is not only a smartie she is empathetic and full of common sense unlike me who's full of nonsense. It's just as I feared, Silkie seems to have disappeared.
All of these folks would be sincere as real, true friends except for me because I'm silly by nature and boring since I'm a bureaucrat.
Preston its Silky and not Silkie and I did not disappear.
Catherine wrote: "Hello Preston! My name is Catherine J..& the reason I explored this site is because I need intellectual stimulation! I'll tell you why..another time..I'd like to talk about diplomacy. class! & thos..."Welcome Catherine :)
Diplomacy and me no I don't have.Class,let me ask around will let you know, but I do hope to be as sincere as possiable by a virtual friend.
So,nice meeting you =)
I can't say anything because my inflated ego is choking me, but if I were able it'd sound something like, "Hello, Catherine."
Hi Catherine! Welcome to the fun house.
Taintedskyee (Books Books&More Books) wrote: "Preston its Silky and not Silkie and I did not disappear."Does that mean you're not going to sing You've Got To Hide Your Love Away? That's okay now that I think of it Silky is even better because silk is soft but strong and those are very nice attributes for you :-)
Oh Thank you. Preston,
And I would never ever sing "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away," coz I believe Love is the most beautiful that can happen to a person, real love rare,illusion of love most but still it matters and shouldn't be hidden,ever.It's a crime.
Shying away from love and hiding it is weak,I don't do weak ;)
Pretty sure I'm not a smartie (I don't think so anyway) but I'm an empath, I can read minds and know what people are feeling? Jeez I didn't know that!!! Why didn't someone tell me. Oh wait....That's not what it says I read that wrong. Preston said... Monika is not only a smartie she is empathetic and full of common sense unlike me who's full of nonsense. Looks like I'm the one that's full of nonsense not you Oh Darling Preston.
And Roger, do you think you could move that ego of yours out of the way so the rest of us can get around. Sheesh
Hi Catherine, like Lori said welcome to the
Hi all,My name is Charlene Moncrief and I joined because there are certain days where I'm just feeling ornery, and this felt like a good place to hang out when I'm feeling that way.
And I also like being able to use the word 'ornery,' cuz really, it's just not used enough.
Welcome Charlene. As you can see, we like to have fun as well as complain. 'Course, complaining is fun.
I love complaining! I was just saying this morning that the ombudsman at the local paper is a highly underrated position… like, do they even USE ombudsman anymore?? BTW… that's another awesome word: ombudsman.
Too true and no, I don't think they do since I had to go look the word up.
Well, they should bring the job back. Clearly, there are still plenty of complaining people in the world! LOL
In the UK we used to have ombudsmen (maybe even ombudswomen too), but the only remaining one I can think of is the person heading up the Financial Services, to whom you complain if a bank/insurance company/etc. rips you off.What we have instead is a new race of Czars, like the Children's Czar, the Domestically Abused person's Czar, and so on. I think the Czars are a bit like the grey squirrel to its red counterpart, they are wiping out the Ombudsmen.
Charlene wrote: "And I also like being able to use the word 'ornery,' cuz really, it's just not used enough"Oh Charlene you are definitely one of us! Sarcasm, irony, mockery, inuendo and goofing on stuff like you did in your quote above make you instantly a compadre of mine and I suspect author and Complaint Department member Roger Kean who responded to your ombudsman question in message 171.
Around where I live in Albany, NY ombudsman has been phased out in favor of 'fair hearing officer' or just 'hearing officer' who presumably are also fair.
I suspect it still is used in Sweden where in originated.
I hereby appoint Charlene Moncrief as the official Complaint Department Ombudsman.
In that case, I have a complaint I'd like heard. Now, where did I put it…
My first official appointment!! I love it. I hereby accept the official Complaint Department Ombudsman position, and I do it humbly and with deep gratitude. (Trumpets sound off in the background ceremoniously.)My first order of business as the Official Complaint Department Ombudsman is to change the title to Official Complaint Department OmbudsWoman, or OCDOW. As the official OCDOW, as I'd like to be referred to, I promise to hear every complaint and sympathize and with a tsk and a 'that sucks' when appropriate.
You guys rule… SO happy to be here :)
I've done it again, forgot to hit post.....I think, unless my post was deleted. Hmmmm?Anyway, I wanted to welcome you Charlene to the motley crew (and I don't mean the band)
We had ombudsmen here but I haven't heard that word in a long time so I don't think we do anymore.
Congrats on your new appointment and I have a complaint I'd like heard....
I've been part of this group a long time and I haven't gotten appointed to anything. Jeez!
Charlene wrote: "…I promise to hear every complaint and sympathize and with a tsk and a 'that sucks' when appropriate...."That's everybody's job. The Ombudstrix (female form of Ombudsman) is to negotiate with the moderator when he rules against a complainer. This has never happened which is why we never filled the job before. So you have the best job of all—a fancy title and no work.
<-smiling->
Monika wrote: "I've been part of this group a long time and I haven't gotten appointed to anything. Jeez!"Thats because secretly you are the boss.
Preston wrote: "Thats because secretly you are the boss."Oh dear!
Monika wrote: "Preston wrote: "Thats because secretly you are the boss."Has a ring to it, that: Boss-Monika
Roger wrote: "Monika wrote: "Preston wrote: "Thats because secretly you are the boss."Has a ring to it, that: Boss-Monika "
Shhh! It's a secret. We don't want Monika to quit bossing us around like she does so it's got to be a secret or she'll collapse under the weight of the horrible responsibility.
’S'okay, she'll be sleeping by now, so she won't notice.
@Preston, @Roger Caught ya!
So I'm laying here trying to figure out a snappy come back and I got nada. It's too freakin early for snappy. Then why am I awake you ask? (You didn't but lets pretend) My mind is telling me 3 1/2 hours is enough sleep lets get moving and my body says I'm the boss and I'm not moving!
Hello! I got nothin… I just came back from a wrap party on a show I worked on for Nickelodeon called 'Harvey Beaks.' It's pretty f'ing fantastic and I hope you all can check it out at some point. I know me bringing it up has nothing to do with complaining, but I'm super proud and thought I would share.Ok… I do have one complaint… the wrap party ended too early!
Ok… that's all I got.
Charlene wrote: "Hello! I got nothin… I just came back from a wrap party on a show I worked on for Nickelodeon called 'Harvey Beaks.' It's pretty f'ing fantastic and I hope you all can check it out at some point. I..."Hi Ombudswoman Charlene,
So disappointing that you don't have any complaints about the party other than it's over. You need to work hard on your complaints.
How exciting that you worked on a Nickelodeon show. You must tell us the time and date when you find out so we can watch and be proud of you too. Well, we are already proud of you because you are one of us :-)
Hugs, Preston
Hello!I am so excited about this show that I was able to be a part of for Nickelodeon. It's called 'Harvey Beaks' and it premieres this weekend. It's charming and sweet, but it's got this great edge to it that I'm sure will appeal to the adults. There's some real gem characters on this show and I'm excited for the rest of the world to meet them!
And since we're on a groove of shameless self promotion of projects I'm proud of, there a series on Cartoon Network called 'The Mike Tyson Mysteries' that I checked on and it's absolutely f'ing HILARIOUS. Mike Tyson is the actual voice, and an actual idiot, but totally in on the joke, which is what makes the show so great.
Ok… enough lauding of work I'm excited about. Back to being ornery. I feel like I have a lot of complaining to make up for, so just off the top of my head, here are a few:
I hate when people don't move up all the way into an intersection when they're making a left, leaving you stuck at a red light because they stayed so far back. HELLO? You mind moving up a bit and giving the rest of us some space so we can all make our left? Selfish bastards.
I hate people who talk during TV shows. Um, if I wanted commentary or to hear any of the thoughts that are coming out of your mouth right now, then I probably wouldn't be watching TV - instead, I'd be listening to you yammer. But I'm not listening, nor do I want to listen - I just want to watch my f'ing show! Shut. UP!
I hate peacocks. Angry, noisy, pretty bastards. Just cuz you're beautiful, don't mean you get the right to be so mean and so friggen loud.
And racists. I hate racists.
Gosh, but I also hate peacocks, just a dreadful noise. Mute peacocks would be okay… just.The UK Highway Code (which is an official government book of road lore and law) says that motorists must at all times "make progress, commensurate with advertised speed limits and weather conditions." This means if on the open road the National Speed Limit is 60 mph, that's what all drivers should be doing (70 mph on motorways). So I hate drivers who don't "make progress". That also includes "edgers" who edge toward an intersection.
Talking during TV shows might be one thing, but I demand the right to comment during BBC TV news programs, because they are rubbish and dreadful role models and so deserve comment :-))
Heyy, I joined just cause it seemed like a nice place to rant. :)
You can call me whatever you want, but mostly people call me WWYT.
You can call me whatever you want, but mostly people call me WWYT.
Hi,*Big Waves* WWYT welcome to the group:)Nice Name....:)
I need to check your profile now...your name got me intrigued.See ya around.
Damn you are a private person.>@<
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Taintedskyee (Books Books&More Books) wrote: "Damn you are a private person.>@<"
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Roger wrote: "Which Way You Turn?Wicked Witch Yells Tag!
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Hi, Roger, I think you should start a similar game of connecting words,it's gonna be fun...What say you?
Why Weren't You There? wrote: "Heyy, I joined just cause it seemed like a nice place to rant. :) "Wait. Ranting is my job! I guess we will have to share jobs now :) Welcome WWYT and Rant On!
Taintedskyee (Books Books&More Books) wrote: "Hi, Roger, I think you should start a similar game of connecting words,it's gonna be fun...What say you?…"I'll have to leave that up to the moderators, Taintedskyee :-)
Preston wrote: "Why Weren't You There? wrote: "Heyy, I joined just cause it seemed like a nice place to rant. :) "
Wait. Ranting is my job! I guess we will have to share jobs now :) Welcome WWYT and Rant On!"
XD hi, and thanks!!
Wait. Ranting is my job! I guess we will have to share jobs now :) Welcome WWYT and Rant On!"
XD hi, and thanks!!
Hello everyone. My name is Michelle and I joined this group because this sounded like a fun group. I'm looking to posting and ranting.
Greetings Michelle! We look forward to your complaining and ranting too. Especially ranting. I love rants.
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Preston we should be friends,you are truly awesome multiplied by put anything you want:)
Muaaaah XD