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shaun56   02/12/01 10:27 PM                 Deleting of my previous ADD TOPIC rage

             

 Alright....... I was just posting a topic on rain rage, when the fricken computer deleted my posting. So, I am gonna have to shift my rage to the deletion. I have ran into this problem about once every time that I come on this site. I cannot understand what the problem is. I wanna know if any of you other people have found this problem a little annoying, or if you guys ran into it at all. Well, it seems as if everytime I want to backspace, the computer deletes my whole message. Then I'm back at the paGE i FIRST STARTED, WITH AN EMPTY DOCUMENT. SEE! NOW IT WANTS TO BE LOCKED ON CAPLOCKS WITHOUT MY DAMN KNOWLEDGE. Okay, I got it off. I thought about going into a desk/computer/technology rage, but I seemed to have calmed my senses. Anyways can someone relate to my stinkin deleting problem, or am I just strange????

 

purple848 02/15/01 2:01 PM                  RE: SUPERVISOR RAGE ...AGAIN

             

 I heard it's good to know people who you are working with personally to create a good atmosphere in the work place, and that would lead a better efficiency of employees. I used to be reluctant to go and have dinner or drink with my bosses and co-workers after work. But one day, I couldn't refuse them saying, "Why don't you come with us" any more, so I went with them. Contrary to my prediction, it turned out to be fun, and I was surprised to find myself having a good time sharing a personal story with them. I didn't go into a detail because I might have scared them(I'm kidding), but I felt I was accepted because they told me thier experiences, too. Maybe this was not the only reason, but after that, I felt easier to deal with them at work. So I wonder if you and your supervisor could take an opportunity to get togehter with other employees and have a good conversation on something other than work, it would lead your better communication with the supervisor.

 

PHYRE2001   02/13/01 12:26 PM                      SUPERVISOR RAGE ...AGAIN

             

 I think that every time I go to work my supervisor makes me angry. I spent many hours trying to analyze the reasons behind me getting angry and I still find myself blaming the supervisor. I do have one idea behind it though, and I found out that I just don't like the way she talks to me. I get so angry when she tries to give me scoldings, because I feel that her trying to reprimand me is just a waste of time. The last arguement I had with my supervisor had to deal with setting up my work station faster. I work with a computer, a slow computer at that, so i don't realy have control over the amount of time it takes to set up. My supervisor yelled at me the other day for taking too long. I came to work, and she gave me a paper to complete for a customer that took five minutes, and we completed it together. Not one minute after that , she was giving me scoldings that I was taking too long to set up. I explained that the computer was frozen and I was trying to set up as fast as I can. She told me that I need to not worry about the computer and just help the customers. That makes no sense because I need the computer to help the customer. I don't see the point in acknowledging to help a customer to only tell them you have to wait because my computer is frozen and then shipping them off to another worker. I have found that makes the customer even more angry. I did get overly angry, yelling back at my supervisor. I told her to come over and make my computer boot faster, and we would have no problems. The next couple of customers felt my anger too, because I was so steamed at my supervisor. i hope I don't get fired!!

 

purple848 02/15/01 11:58 AM    RE: fitting room rage

             

 Until my sister had a baby, I never realized that it was that hard to go out with a baby who needs to have her diapers to be changed and milk to be given so often. And also, babies are not sleeping and quiet all the time. They need to be taken cared of 24 hours a day. I bet my sister had a hard time getting used to handle the stroller which she had never used before. You made me realize how I was inconsiderate of people who are experiencing inconvenience when they need to carry babies around in public place. I thought I knew it was important to think of others by putting myself in thier place, but I wasn't able to do that quit well. I may not be ablt to understand how it really is like until I have a baby, but I will try my best to cooperate with people with their babies.

 

Dahlin 02/13/01 12:53 PM         fitting room rage

             

 Yesterday, my daughter and I went shopping. I selected an arm load of clothing to try on in the fitting room. When I arrived at the fitting room there was no attendant. Apparently customers are supposed to show themselves into a room. Ordinarily, I would not have minded this set up. However, I needed access to the large dressing room that could accommadate my baby, her stroller and I. Unfortunately these rooms were locked. My only choice was a regular sized room. I squeezed Isabella and I into this broom closet and proceded uncomfortably to try on clothes, none of which I ended up buying.Going out and about, doing general everyday things is a lot more difficult when a stroller is involved. I never realized how difficult it is to enter and exit buildings, to manuever around display selves and even to walk around the block. If I am having a hard time, I feel extremely bad for handicap people.

 

AnimalLover 03/01/01 11:31 PM            RE: everyday rage

             

 I'm glad that there's other peopleut there who are feeling the same way I do. I love my job but I'm just sick of it, I've been working there for four years and now they're changing around the whole system with these stupid, useless procedures and the customers get angry because the new procedure take forever to go through and the store is already really busy so all of the customers end up having to wait a long time. I's even more stressful because a lot of the workers are new so I have to deal with my customers and all of their questions. To make matters worse, I've been working more hours so I have to deal with it more often. I've also been dealing with the stress of school so pretty much everything irritates me because I feel like I have no time to myself. I've recently started exercising so I'm hoping that will be an outlet of my rage and I can be a more pleasant person.

 

lavaflow 02/16/01 6:50 PM        RE: everyday rage

             

 I understand about your feeling because I've felt one time getting irritaed about everything happening around me. But it usually happens when I'm really busy or I experience some bad things many times in the same day. So it goes away within next few hours or next day. I think it also can be due to change in your physiological condition that causing you to be more impatient than you normally are. But since you experience rage more often when you are at work, I guess you are not happy about your work environment. If it's the case, I guess you've been working at the same place for long time. It can be temporary and everyone may have the same problem as you when one is keeping the same job for a long period of time.

 

oshale   02/13/01 3:20 PM          everyday rage

             

 I'm not sure if everyone has this or i have become really a rageful person, but i feel like i am raging towards anything and anybody. Is it the menstrual cycle or hormonal change, i'm not sure but i feel like everyday i am bombarded with these feelings of anger and hatred toward people, especially at work. Other coworkers making stupid jokes, customers making stupid jokes, all used to be okay but now i can't handle it anymore. I feel angered that they don't know how i feel, and they go on about some stupid joke. I guess i'm being unreasonable for expecting people to read my mind but sometimes i feel like i want to be left alone without anybody bothering me.Am i antisocial? I'm getting concerned. But it is not so bad when i'm not at work. It is at peak when i am at work but i feel like my raging episodes are more frequent than before. Is it because i am more aware of my rages or i became more rageful due to increase in stress at my workplace and school? I really don't know.

 

AnimalLover 03/01/01 11:22 PM                        RE: ftp rage!!!!!!!!!!

             

 I don't know how to use the UH ftp but I had a hell of my own posting that thing. My friend and I spent all day trying to figure out how to post it! We didn't know what the ftp was or whether our computer already had it so we just sat at the computer all day trying all of these different things. I was going crazy!Finally, that night I got a hold of my sister and her boyfriend and I brought all of my work to their house and they helped me figure it out. Obviously it was confusing because my sister's boyfriend is a computer nut and he knows pretty much everything but he had a hard time getting into the system to post it, that's when I was really happy to have gotten a hold of them because I'm way too computer illiterate to have figured it out.

 

sakodash   02/14/01 10:00 AM               RE: ftp rage!!!!!!!!!!

             

 Hi Kathy!! Oh my god...I know exactly what you're talking about!! I just tried all that FTP stuff--sorry I don't know computer lingo but anyway, I couldn't do it!! The login and password didn't work for me either. I hate it when it kept saying "Access Denied" in ugly red letters. It's so frustrating especially when you don't know a thing about computers!! I hope I figure this out soon. How are we going to do our project?

 

silverfox2001 02/13/01 9:08 PM                         RE: ftp rage!!!!!!!!!!

             

 HiI ran into the same problem you did, I was so mad that I wanted to just hang it up and say this is my story and this is all I am going to do. I tried every which way to get into the ftp and could not upload my page. I do not know what is up with this. I have to do so much on the web and it is fustrating when the program does not work. I am beginning to think it is a conspiracy.

 

kathyhirokane 02/13/01 8:08 PM            ftp rage!!!!!!!!!!

             

 today i downloaded the ftp program from UH and attempted to create a file for our report. but, it didn't work! on instructions for report 1, there is a figure of what we have to input into the program, like host address, login ID and password. but the program didn't have spaces for those things. they were named differently, so i don't know if i put the right information into those spaces. i kept getting an error message saying something like, it couldn't create a file, or something. i hate this stuff!!! why can't we just turn something in?? why does it have to be on the web? does anyone know how to use the ftp program from UH?

 

silverfox2001 02/13/01 9:31 PM                         SWR #5/ Delivery Rage

             

 Hi everybody!My rage this week is one of major concern, I had just bought a new cell telephone and I wanted accessories to go with it. The company I bought it from said, I needed to dial 1-800 and order my accessories through the catalog. I had a little rage that they had run out of products for my cell. After dialing the 1-800 number and the women took my order she said it will only take two days for all your accessories to get here. I was so excited that I would receive all my products in two days. However, this is not the case, it took over two weeks to get here. It took me to call the company to see what happen to my products. I asked them what day did they ship it out and they said the day after my order and it was in Hawaii some where. I had to track down where my product was and by the time I tracked down where my product was, the service that delivered it said there was no address to delivered too. So, they sent it back to the company. By this time I am already raging mad and I get on the phone and start tracking where my product is. I finally come into contact with a real person on the other end. And he has no idea what I am talking about. I tell him put his supervisor on the phone. He has no idea. I finally hang up and start ranting and raging of how dumb people can get. After a while I call back and get a real person again and say can you Please help me find my product. By this time she is saying, I understand your dilema, and start using all the psychology words to calm me down. By the time I was through talking to her I was calm down and my product was on the way to the plant and she was going to ship new order so I would get my product the next day. Sure enough she was true enough to her word and I got my product the next day.

 

TVR   02/13/01 9:49 PM                       Older drivers!!

             

 Ok...do you think that older people should still be driving. I think this is one reason why we have so much accidents. Everyone knows that individuals in the 18-25 age range have the highest percentage of getting into a accident. But then I would think that it's the older drivers. I had a incident last weekend while I was driving and this old man almost hit me. I was driving right on the side of him and then he tried to switch into my lane. He slowly tried to inch his way into my lane. I wasn't sure if he had seen me so I BEEPED my horn. That did seem to work and he continued to get closer and closer. Until finally I just held my horn down. He finally seen me and seemed very shocked to have seen me so close to him. I really thought that I was going to get into a accident. I know there not doing it on prepose and there trying to drive safely. But face it, there not as alert compared to 25 years old.

 

sakodash   02/14/01 10:15 AM               Under the weather rage

             

 Hello!! I just wanted to write about how I hate being sick!! I blame the weather for my cold and not the fact that I ran around campus with no umbrella this past week with the weather all yucky and rainy!! :) Anyway, I hate being sick just because you feel like crap and it always seems to come at the worst possible time. I had two midterms and a paper due this week. One of the midterms was for the Learning and Motivation class--I swear that test was unbelievably difficult!! To top it all off I lost my voice. Sorry to keep complaining but it has been a crappy week...and it's only Wednesday morning! I hope things look up soon. However, I am sitting in the SOCS lab staring out of this big window watching the rain pour down across MidPac's field. I REALLY hope the day looks up! :)

 

meow24 02/14/01 10:32 PM                  RE: parking structure rage

             

 i understand what you are going through. last semester, i registered late, so i couldn't buy the parking ticket. the result? i had to spend well over $200 for parking fee. plus, sometimes the parking structure would be full, so i couldn't even get in. i spent countless time out in the street looking for a place to park.this semester, i purchased the ticket as soon as registered. now i have no problem getting into the parking structure thanks to the parking ticket, but i often find myself wondering around looking for a parking stall to park. i was already late for a class 4 times because i couldn't find a parking space.so even with the parking ticket, you are not so safe.u must b really a nice person. i don't know if i could give my parking ticket to a friend knowing some of these risks. plus, u pay $136?? for the ticket, right?

 

kathyhirokane 02/14/01 5:22 PM            RE: parking structure rage

             

 hello. i have a gripe with the parking system here, too.for one thing, how do the security people at the tolls know if the structure really is full? i mean, i bet people come and go without them noticing! there are 2 entrances onto campus to get to the structure, so how do they keep track? they should just let people in! i mean, if we can't find parking, then we can't find parking! what is the big deal?? it's not like we aren't going to pay the stupid $3 fee!second thing. have you ever tried to park on campus? the parking lot by east west road? well, i needed to be at school early on day and decided i would try to get parking on campus. i pull up to the guard shack and the guy asks if i'm a student. i told him yes. then he says that i can't park on campus because it's visitor parking. i'm thinking to myself, i'm going to pay the $3 either here or at the structure. what difference does it make? also, i see the same cars parked in the visitor parking lot every day. does that mean they are just visiting the campus every day? and they aren't inconspicuous cars, either! they're yellow and green for crying out loud! they are obviously students! the parking system is so unfriendly to the students, who make up the bulk of the people who actually park here. they need to start accomodating the students first!!!

 

charisseo   02/14/01 12:22 PM                parking structure rage

             

 here's the story.. since i drive to school only on monday,wednesday, and friday i gave my parking pass to a friend who has class everyday and could make better use of the pass. lately i've been stuck waiting for the parking structure to open up because the lot is full. i didn't miss my class becuase my class is at 130 and i got to campus at 1030. as it is the 6th week of school (about) i didn't think that i would have to worry about the lot beging full. i was so wrong. i ended up waiting till 1145 for the lot to open. in addition to this parking problem i did not want to park off campus and walk becuase the weather was so bad today. with the amount of students attending UH i would think that proper consideration would have been made to accomodate the amount of students and the amount of parking stall needed. i guess i was wrong.

 

Number11BUS   02/23/01 4:29 PM                    RE: Report 1 instruction rage

             

 Hello shaun56,I can help too. My E-Mail. Number11BUS

 

mightymousesa   02/16/01 1:35 PM                    RE: Report 1 instruction rage

             

 Okay, so it appears that there is more than a few of us a little unclear about report 1. Let's see if we can take all our "rage" and come up with a solution. Maybe we could get through our presentations rather quickly this Tues. and all go to the computer lab and get Dr. James to show us exactly what we need to do. Or at least get together some detailed questions of what needs to be done. I admit I am somewhat clueless here on the assignment to, so maybe if we work together we can figure it out! Good Luck and scream if I can help!

 

sakodash   02/16/01 1:32 AM     RE: Report 1 instruction rage

             

 Hi Shaun56!! We were having the same trouble too!! (Look under ftp rage!!!) Anyway, another girl and I tried to get that ftp thing to work and we couldn't. It kept saying access denied--whatever that means. Sorry, I couldn't help you out in any way but I just wanted to let you know that there are more of us in the same boat! :) Good Luck!!

 

shaun56   02/14/01 6:15 PM                   Report 1 instruction rage

             

 Does anyone have the problem of figuring out just what the instructions for the first report are supposed to instruct? For one, I cannot figure out what the heck we are supposed to do. Two, I cannot figure out the damn FTP thing. And three, I cannot figure out what the heck the report is supposed to be formatted in. I was getting so raged out last night trying to figure out how the hell I was to even start. Well, I know that I am surely gonna do a bad job on this damn thing if I don't get any feedback on the issue. If I email Dr. Leon he will tell me to "look at the instructions" so can anyone lend a helping hand???? As Lex Brodie would say, "Thank you very much!"

 

AnimalLover 02/15/01 12:01 AM                        Friend's Rage

             

 I went to Waikiki with my friend today and I must say that I was amused by his road rage. He is always yelling at me about swearing too much but when he gets behind that wheel he definitely swears just as much as me. He was swearing at people who were jay walking and he was yelling at all of the japanese tourists that were walking along the back roads. He pretty much swore at everything in sight or at least yelled some comment about it. I never drove with him before so I was shocked at how impatient he is because when he's not on the road he's so patient and nice but when he's driving everybody irritates him. At least I don't feel as bad now though because he was once complaining about how horrible it was to drive behind me and now I don't take it personally because in his opinion everyone on the road is horrible or annoying.

 

gemini-gal   02/18/01 10:35 PM RE: Paper rage!!

             

 I feel your pain...writing papers can be so freaking difficult! It can be such a daunting task. I (along with thousands of other college students across the nation) know how you feel and how frustrating it is to come up with a topic and a coherent thesis statement for a paper. I have to write a brief synopsis of my English paper which is due next Thursday and I am having a hard time getting a focus to my paper. The way I try to deal with this problem is that I try to brainstorm different topics that were mentioned in class lectures. I look over my lecture notes on the novels and stories we read in class and develop a list of potential topics. It's not an easy task though. I think you've handled your situation appropriately by going to the library and writing workshops. My teacher suggested that I go to the writing workshops if I have difficulty trying to get started with my paper. I've never been to the writing workshop yet but I should try it out. But I want to go there at least with a list of potential topics and hopefully, they could help me develop my paper better. I should also go to the library to try and see what kinds of commentary are available. Finally, you could go talk to your instructor and explain your difficulties. Every effort counts!!

 

ddestrad   02/18/01 10:28 AM    RE: Paper rage!!

             

 I can completely relate to your dilemma, I absolutely despise writing papers, it takes a while to get into that frame of mind. I have a problem with writing in the daytime, so when i write essays i can only write them at night, my thoughts flow better. I also have to listen to some kind of music, mostly mellow and relaxing music. I did the same exact thing you did on my paper last week. I had to write a 4-5 page essay for my english, writing intensive class and i spent like 4 hours trying to write the essay. I seriously could not concintrate, so i decided to just let my mind flow and come up with a thesis statement at the end, well by the time i finished it i had a whole summery of the book i read and no thesis. Let's just say when she handed it back to me, every square inch of white margin that existed was scribbled on like a two year old with a crayon. So some advice is to just try and think of 4-5 statements that you would like to cover on your topic and just flow with them, and also avoid being in a distracting enviroment.

 

leis 02/17/01 1:55 AM                RE: Paper rage!!

             

 I understand your feeling. I have also had the same trouble, even in writing a short paper. I often spend all day long sitting in front of my computer to write the short paper. Then I get upset against myself. "Why do i need a lot of time to write such a short paper". I sometime go to the Writing Workshop, but the thirty-minites-session for a week is not enough to finish my paper. Anyway, I have tried to practice writing, writing, writing!When I find to a thesis, I try to find what I want to know.For example,"why?" "What if ...?" Then I try to research to find the answer

 

sakodash   02/16/01 1:27 AM                 Paper rage!!

             

 Getting started writing a paper has to be one of the hardest things for me to do. Have you ever just sat at a computer trying to figure out where to start while writing a paper? Well, I had an 8 page paper to do on basically anything dealing with sex and gender. I had a general idea of what I wanted to write about but I couldn't come up with a thesis statement. Hours were wasted just staring at a blank computer screen. Finally, a friend had suggested to just start writing on anything and the thesis statement will just come naturally at the end. Being that I was so desperate at that point, I did exactly that. What did I end up with? TWELVE pages of useless junk and still NO thesis statement!! I turned that in as basically a rough draft and when it came back, I sure did have a lot of red ink all over my paper, not to mention a "sloppily organized" comment in the margins!! But still, I had to do a final. I still didn't know where to start. So, I figured I might as well try that Manoa Writing Program workshops helping students with their papers. Well now going there was just an embarrassment. The girl there didn't even know where to start. She just looked at my paper. She had nothing to say to me except to go back to the library. Needless to say, I spent my Valentine's Day in Hamilton library frantically searching for new material for my hopeless paper. To make matters worse, the lights in the library went out leaving me in complete darkness. All I kept thinking about was all those ghosts in the library coming out and just wreaking havoc. Obviously, I had a bad week!! :)

 

AnimalLover 03/01/01 10:46 PM            RE: Men can be pigs rage

             

 I would like to respond to this. Maybe not all men make a habit out of yelling out their windows at girls but a lot of the ones I have talked to have done it at least a few times. I think that some men are just pigs because I can look like crap just walking around in a t-shirt and short and I still have guys yelling at me, they'll yell at anyone who is a part of the female species. I used to get mad and give them the finger but now I just laugh at them and know I'd never go for them, unless they're handsome and then I'm flattered. I find it amusing to yell out the window at guys to see how their reaction would be. I don't do it all the time but when I have done it they don't look as flattered as they say they would be, they look somewhat degraded. It's good to return the favor once in a while.

 

shaun56   02/19/01 12:41 PM                 RE: Men can be pigs rage

             

 I think you better stop generalizing the 90% of the men who are like that on the other 10%. I think that most guys are the "guy guys" the rest are just "guys". Have you ever thought about it like this? Maybe they just do not know another way to attract such a beautiful girl like you? Or maybe they just were screwin with you? You gals just gotta look at it from different angles before you act upon your reactions. Most girls take the single most obvious explanation, with passing by the most simple others. I think that you just ought to be happy that guys even acknowledge you in such a way. Some ladies don't get the time of day from men in any of that sort. But in all, I agree that some men are pigs, but I surely am not.

 

virtual-b 02/17/01 11:57 AM                   RE: Men can be pigs rage

             

 In defense to my gender, men can be gentlemen as well. The guy that you encountered probably was a jerk, but let's not attribute his characteristics to the male gender alone. Maybe that was how the guy was brought up. Maybe he watched Married with Children when he was growing up, and grew to learn that that was the way to get women's attention. Maybe his older brother played a joke on him, and taught him that as a good way to begin conversations. Maybe the guy was drunk. Maybe he encountered some female rage beforehand. Maybe a bunch of things could have played a factor. However, the case may be, the guy was not an accurate representation of the male gender.

 

mightymousesa   02/16/01 1:55 PM                    Men can be pigs rage

             

 Ladies, have you ever been minding your own business, maybe walking somewhere, and some guy makes comments like:"oh baby, I got to have me some of that" or some other repulsive comment? That infuriates me!!!! I am a cheerleader here at the University and after leaving a basketball game I was walking to my car. I was in a hurry and I did not have time to change out of my skirt and uniform top. As I walked to my car I get a comment like the one above. I just ignored it as more comments followed in an attempt to get a reaction. But exactly what reaction are they expecting? Like I am going to turn around and go "oooh baby, I've been waiting for someone to talk to me like that!" HELL NO!!! How am I supposed to respond in order to get the comments to stop and make them realize that all they have done is made themselves look like jerks?!!!

 

MadHatter808   02/16/01 2:13 PM          spammers suck

             

 Hi guys, sorry if this shows up as the same message again... my first post didn't go through so I have to rewrite this again. Ugh. Anyway, I was talking about how I hate spammers who leave you marketing junk in your email about all sorts of new stuff. I've responded with hate mail back which I realize is not only wrong, but a counterproductive thing to do since it only encourages them once they find out someone really exists at that address. I've also participated in forums where as you guys can all relate, people trying to sell or market one thing or another bombard you with advertisements and have seen some really mean messages posted back at the spammer. Now, I see marketing over the Internet in our most private domains as a fact of life and am more accepting towards it though still a little irritated by it. I wish we had bettter ways to control for things like this.

 

silverfox2001 02/22/01 12:28 PM                       RE: kid rage

             

 I can relate to what you are saying about children and the different rages you feel about trying to get the message across. I teach kids who are homeless and don't have the opportunity to experience alot of the things other normal kids have, such as a warm bed to sleep in. Instead they have to sleep under the skies or in a shelter. And everytime I go to work I can see the inner rages that are going on and sometimes it can get pretty violent. So, I try to help them work out the different rages they have. But it gets so complicated at times. Another thing there are so much more pressure on them because they are homeless that they don't see themselves equal to their peers which is another added rage. So, I can pretty much understand what you are dealing with.

 

MadHatter808   02/16/01 2:28 PM          kid rage

             

 Since I'm working a lot with kids in my job, I encounter a lot of good rage material though my work with children.... good parenting prep I guess. Anyway, this one kid that I teach have a real good relationship *outside* of the tutoring experience though no matter how hard I try to teach him (at least by conventional methods), the more he will rebel. I tried timing out once to explain why it makes sense to learn (i.e. it can help him later in life in areas he may not understand now). It seems his attitude is a little better, though every week, I have a few incidents with him that can sometimes lead to flare-ups. Now, instead of taking a challenging stance toward him, I'm softer (and let him have his say) though still get my point across--like I'll show him how I got the answer using a fun example that relates to something he likes to do (like play basketball) to get him interested in learning.

 

darell   02/19/01 12:08 AM                     RE: homophobia rage

             

 I'm with you on this. I think that people should just mind their own business and leave everyone else alone. Who cares what their sexual preferences are. I believe that it's their life and they should be able to do as they please without anyone judging them for who they are. If only everyone in society were as open minded as you, it would be a much happier place.

 

kathyhirokane 02/16/01 6:31 PM            homophobia rage

             

 i am taking a women's studies class and right now we are discussing sexuality and what is considered deviant or normal. well of course that ended up into a discussion on homosexuality. this isn't really rage, but frustration i guess. it makes me angry and sad at the same time when i hear about people getting mugged or attacked because of their sexuality. i mean, heterosexuals dont get stereotyped just because they are heterosexual. why should homosexuals? why are people so afraid of homosexuals anyways? they aren't contagious or anything! i just wish that people would be more open minded and not judge people for their sexuality, race, gender, etc...

 

AnimalLover 02/19/01 11:50 PM            RE: Bus Driver

             

 I don't know if I would be angry with the bus driver for talking on the cell phone while drving but I may be concerned about how much attention he is paying on the road when he has all of those people's lives in his hands. I've never witnessed that but then I don't pay much attention to the bus drivers so maybe it isn't completely unusual but it is unprofessional and it might make a lot of people a little more uneasy about their bus ride. More than anything else, I find it surprising that a bus driver would be talking on the phone while he is supposed to be doing his job. Being the inconsiderate person that I am I find it more annoying when there are three City Express buses and all of the bus drivers are standing outside talking. Maybe they are on break but I don't see why at least one of those buses can't leave right away to get me home.

 

BC3   02/19/01 7:44 PM            RE: Bus Driver

             

 I can feel your dissapointment, but what he was doing was still legal. But that is not fair to the cars around the bus, because a bus hitting something is nothing to laugh at. I've been on the bus twice during accidents, and both times the recieving vehicle was crushed pretty good. We don't have trains here, but I sermise it's the same concept, a whole lot of whoop ass on a whole little car. When I was in those two accidents, that bus didn't do anything. It only stopped because the bus driver slammed on the brakes. Because of this I don't think anybody should be distracted while driving a vehicle. P.S.- Do you ever see the UH shuttle drivers, yes they talk, and all the time....

 

cjn   02/18/01 11:33 PM                        RE: Bus Driver

             

 You know what? There should be a ban on talking on cell phone while driving. A fine should be applied if someone is caught on the cell phone while behind the wheel of a car. This is how it works where I'm from. There are limits as to where one takes a phone call. The bus driver could have postponed the call for later when he's not driving or when he's not a danger to anyone.

 

Daniel1978   02/17/01 12:02 PM            RE: Bus Driver

             

 No!!! I DON"T WANT TO INSTALL THAT STUPID THING!!!!! EVERY TIME I USE THIS BOARD I GET THAT STUPID MESSAGE!!!! They're trying to annoy me to death!!Whoa! That is scary! Now if he's unaware of his passenger's reactions, he's more than likley to be unaware of many of the things happening on the road. I hope there are some rules as to what a driver can do. I hope not using cell phones is one of them. If I were in your situation, I'd be afraid!

 

virtual-b 02/17/01 11:14 AM       RE: Bus Driver

             

 I've seen bus drivers use the phone before while driving. I know there is a phone rigged up next to their seat. The bus drivers usually use the phone to ask for back up. I ride the number one, kalihi bus, and when the bus gets jammed pack, the bus driver sometimes calls to ask for another number one bus to help with the load of passengers ahead. I've seen that happen on numerous occasions, especially when there were no "a" or "b" express bus routes. However, the call was always short and never longer than one bus stop. Also, the phone the bus driver uses, in calling for needed backup, was definitely not a cellular phone. A bus driver using a cellular phone while driving, would probably be for personal use and that would be dangerous for the passengers. There are up to thirty or more passengers that the bus driver is responsible for, passengers that do not have seat belts or any protection against car collisions. The bus has front and rear bumpers filled with water to cushion a crash, but that's about it. I can see why people were angry with the bus driver.

 

ktootree 02/16/01 8:30 PM                     RE: Bus Driver

             

 Wow! I ride the bus to school and work and I never came across a bus driver that was talking on his cell phone while driving (or should I say not yet). I would probably be more scared than angry too. I wonder if they have any 'bus driver' rules on what can and can't be done while on the job? They must have something. Anyways, he shouldn't be talking on his cell phone because not only is he putting himself in danger, but also the passengers on the bus, as well as other drivers on the road. Talking on a cell while driving in your own car is bad enough let alone talking while on the job, especially if you're a bus driver. That's just crazy! By the way, did you do anything? If not, if you ever come across that situation again, maybe you can report him or if you don't want to get him into trouble just tell The Bus company what happened without naming names. Any way of reporting it and bringing it to the attention of the company would be helpful and hopefully they will take some action on it.

 

lavaflow 02/16/01 7:15 PM        Bus Driver

             

 Few days ago I caught the bus to go school. I heard the bus driver talking to someone. First I thought that he was talking to a passenger but he was talking to his cell phone. When I noticed this, the bus was at the bus stop so I thought he had some urgent that he really had to use the cell phone. As the bus start moving, he kept talking and there was no sign that he would stop doing this. One woman who was sitting in very front noticed this and commented something to a person next to her and she changed her seat somewhere in the rear. I thought that she probably got anxious and couldn't stand looking at the driver who kept talking on the phone while driving. I was more surprised than felt anger about the driver's behavior. I thought it was really irresponsibe as the bus driver. It was clear that he wasn't aware of his behavior that made the passengers to be annoyed and to be in a potential danger. I guess he usually do the same thing

 

ktootree 02/16/01 8:03 PM                     Sovereignty Rage

             

 Sometimes when I’m flipping through channels, I come across a particular Hawaiian lady on one of the ‘Olelo stations. I stop flipping it and always watch her for at least a few minutes because it’s interesting to hear her opinions. Every time I watch she gets all enraged about how the American Government took the Kanaka Hawai’i (Hawaiian people)land. She usually begins calmly, but in a little while she starts ranting and raving about how she is a “Sovereign” and not an “American.” In one particular episode she started yelling at a policeman who came by and I guess told her to leave (she’s usually on a sidewalk in Waikiki). She argued about how she has rights and freedom of speech, and she’s not under the control of their authority because she is not part of the “American” government. Some people (like my friends who are Hawaiian too) get upset at this kind of stuff, but for some reason I rarely get mad at these kinds of things. I guess I try not to let it bother me to the point where I get upset. It’s interesting and very thought provoking, and sometimes humorous. I actually think it’s funny sometimes, for example, when she talks and criticizes people or the “foreigners” and then starts talking about the “aloha spirit.” It’s funny because I don’t think that she’s showing aloha spirit at all by her becoming enraged and criticizing. She actually contradicts herself in that sense. She’s a very knowledgeable woman on the laws and about the whole history of these islands, but she needs to control that aspect of her rage (i.e., yelling, criticizing, etc.) because when she doesn’t, she makes herself look like a fool.

 

Watashi_No 02/18/01 10:19 AM             RE: rage!!

             

 Yikes what a horrible situation to be in!! You try to be nice but then the person takes advantage of a person's trust and goodwill. When I was reading your message in the middle of it I got the feeling that she would have told you a wrong number or something. But if she actually works at the storage building? If she does that is really bad that her own WORK place doesn't have a number they can reach her at. I know when I'm in situations where I need help or something and the person from the company tells me that I should do this or that I always get their name so I can make sure that I have a person's name to tell the company. I feel sorry for you that the lady did what she did, without regard for anyone. She doesn't want to take any responsibility for her actions and it's hurting you more than it is her. Who knows though, maybe she's crazy. But that still doesn't excuse her for what she did to your car, not in any way. I hope this situation does not turn you into someone that doesn't care about other people, I think that most people are true to others and themselves and wouldn't take advantage of other people. I think that most people in their right mind and with good teaching from parents/guardians would take responsibility for what they've done and not run away from situations that might jeopardize them.

 

meow24 02/16/01 10:38 PM                  rage!!

             

 every morning i stop by my mom's place for breakfast before going to school.as ususal, i went over to mom's place to have quick breakfast. since she lives in an apartment, i had to call her from an intercom. as i parked my car in the lobby, someone was going into the building. so i got out of the car quickly and ran to the door. a lady saw me coming and held the door for me. i told her "thank you" as i entered the building, but she stopped me and told me someone threw a bag at my car. so i rushed over to my car and she followed me too.there was a woman standing by my car and a big bag was next to it. i checked my car and there was a dent. i got mad and asked her why she threw her bag at my car. she said she thought my car was someone else's. the other nice lady told me to call the police. the woman got scared and asked me not to call the police. she said she will pay for the damage she made. i asked her for ID, but she said she wasn't carrying any with her. she said she was a customer of a storage building in front of my mom's building, so i could go there with her to vertify her name and phone number. i decided to be nice and do as she asked me. so i told the nice lady that i will do that and thanked her for alerting me with the situation and assisting me.after i thanked her, i went to the storage building to get her information with that woman. i got her name and her phone number there and told her i will call her when i get the damage estimate.after school, i went to auto body shop to get an estimate. they said it will cost about $200. so with that in mind i came home and called her cell phone. but it was not in service. so i called her home number. it was not in service too. suddenly i was worried and upset at the same time. then i was really pissed.so i went to the storage building and asked them if they had any other number i could reach her, but they said that's all the information they had too. so i left a note for her saying i will contact the police if she doesn't get back to me by tomorrow morning.i'm so mad at her. this is what i get for trying to be nice??i'm so mad now, i'm gonna charge her for two day car rental fees too!!!

 

cjn   02/16/01 10:52 PM                        service in restaurant rage

             

 I went with some friends and relatives to get some take out at this chinese restaurant in Chinatown and experienced the worst service. First of all the woman at the cash register was taking orders for take out and the way she asked us what we wanted gave me the impression that she was rushing us. I wasn't even done making the orders when she started doing other things so I did not know if she was listening to me but once she got her attention back to us, she was rushing things. Then she gave my friend and I the total of our orders. I handed the money and as soon as she got it in her hands, she immediately reminded my friend of her amount. I was surprised because she just took the money from me and hasn't even handed me the change, she was already asking for my friend's money. So with the two amount in her two hands, she gave us the change back. Then we waited for a long time for the meal to get done. I understand they were busy but we did wait for a long long time. Then as I was waiting, I saw a customer at the cash register ready to pay for her bill. However, a waitress came in from the kitchen and started talking to the woman at the cash register. So while the two women were talking, the customer was still waiting at the counter right in front of them. Then another waitress comes to the counter and I heard her say in chinese that they should stop talking because there was a customer waiting. I thought they would understand but apparently, they did not think it was more important than their little talk so they kept on talking for a little while. I could see the face the customer was making. I wanted her to yell at them right in front of everybody. I really can't believe it. Well actually I can believe it. I might sound mean but It seems to be a theme for chinese waitresses to be that rude. I'm sorry for saying that but it is true. Of course not all are like that and I acknowledge that but I wish they worked on being more courteous and friendly towards people. I would surely appreciate it and maybe others too.

 

 

gemini-gal   02/18/01 10:19 PM RE: wind rage

             

 I was pretty irked by this week's windy weather. That was my SWR for this week, entitled "Raging Weather". By reading my post, you will see why I was so enraged. It's hard to deal with the negative effects of mother nature and its literally out of our hands when it comes to controlling the weather. We just have no control and that makes us feel so powerless. I totally agree that we need to control our own emotions because we can't do nothing about nature. If we learn to control our emotions, we can at least exert some control of the situation even when things don't go as we would have liked.

 

virtual-b 02/17/01 11:32 AM                   wind rage

             

 This week the island was buffeted with 30+ mph winds. The weather did not get to me, but it did get to my uncle. He grew this mango tree that he is pretty proud of. Every year when the mangos are ripe, he picks them and distributes them to family members. It's his way of being generous and also boasting at the same time. Well, I made the mistake of visiting him the other day. When I arrived at his home, he was out back picking up all these baby, unripe mangos that were blown off the tree. He was swearing and ordering my auntie about, obviously in a bad mood. I guess the family won't have his mangos this year. The incident made me ponder how easy a person can get angry. The triggering event does not even need to be caused by a person, it can be nature that ticks a person off. Dr. Driving's textbook says that a person should try to see that it is his job to stay in control. However, sometimes, a person cannot always do so. Sometimes the rage just gets out.

 

Watashi_No 02/18/01 10:33 AM             RE: Ala Moana RAGE!!!!!!

             

 Whoa, slow down there! I'm sure not all the people at Ala Moana at the same time you were there were idiots. Maybe you were just having a bad day? Maybe they were there just to walk around or see Ala Moana. I'm sure that if you weren't in such a rush that you wouldn't think that there were so many "idiots" over there. If you stop to think about it, I think that the people there were probably not as slow as you made them out to be. If the situation were different and someone was calling you and maybe your friends that you went with "idiots" you would take offense. But since it was the other way around, and people weren't going as fast as you would have like them to go you unjustly call them "idiots" for no good reason other than because they were blocking your way. I'm sure it looked as though everyone was out to slow you down or stand in your way, but I'm 100% sure that that wasn't the case. Did you say excuse me? That might have helped, but if you just shoved past the people then that's creating more rage, and that is not what we want. I understand that you might have been angry or in a rush etc, or you were having a bad day and you wrote the message at an angry moment so I'm sure you are normally not like this. Have a nice day!!

 

Daniel1978   02/17/01 11:56 AM                        Ala Moana RAGE!!!!!!

             

 So we've all been to Ala Moana, right? Well, I went there this Friday morning. Valentine's day is over, no Christams season, so you'd expect it to be a little less crowded, right? Well, it was was, but it had a higher concentration of idiots than usual. People trying to walk as SLOWLY as they possibly could. Familys trying to spread themselves out just right so that they took up ALL of the walkway. People stopping to look around just where the esclator ends as if they were stopping to protesting something. And the food court? Forget about it! I've come to realize that these IDIOT inconsiderate walkers are more than likley to carry over their bad habits over into the road when they drive. This scares me.

 

Dahlin 02/19/01 10:23 AM         RE: Classmate rage

             

 I understand perfectly. Usually I don't mind loaning or allowing my fellow classmate look or copy my notes. In the past I have actually loaned my notes out for the other person to copy them. I feel good to do this because the other person is in need. However if they were asking every other day for my notes I would feel uncomfortable and wouldn't like it. As for loaning out my homework, absolutely not! I would be shocked if anyone would ask to do such a thing. My husband is in the military and from time to time takes college courses at the library on base. Many times these soldiers don't read, do their homework or study for the exams. They expect their fellow classmates to allow them to copy. If it were me I would say "Hell no, you do your own homework". Why take a course if you aren't going to do it yourself?

 

gemini-gal   02/18/01 9:46 PM    RE: Classmate rage

             

 Hi purple848! It's totally unfair when someone expects that you will gladly let them copy your work after you've stressed out trying to do it. If the girl was a good friend of yours, then it would be okay if this happened once or twice. But your story mentioned that you just met her. I think that if you let her take advantage of you, her inconsiderate behavior will remain. I know how you feel because some people used to do that to me in high school and once you start, it's hard to stop. I think you should be more assertive in telling her that you worked hard on your assignment and it would be unfair that she only took a few minutes to copy it, so it would be to her benefit that she did her own work so you guys wouldn't get caught with the same answers. I like to call this strategy the sandwich technique in which you create a positive-negative-positive response. The next time she asks "Did you do your homework?" you can say "yes I did, and I worked hard on it. However, I think its unfair that you copy it because it took me hours to figure out the answers and only minutes for you to copy it." "So could you please not ask me because I don't want to the both of us getting in trouble for copying." That's probably not the best response but that's what came off the top of my head. I know you can come up with something better and I hope that helped.

 

purple848 02/17/01 12:25 PM                Classmate rage

             

 I got to know a girl in another class lately. Last week, she asked me to show her my notes of a previous lecture because she was absent. So I did. Then on Wednesday, she copied my assingment just before we turened it in. I spent several hours to figure out the problems, but it took her only a few minutes to copy them. I know I am overreacting because she copied my assignment only one time, and I understand that things come up and it prevent you from doing things that you're supposed to do. I guess I'm upset at her because I didn't like the way she addressed me. If she could ask me nicer, or her reason for not coming to class was due to bad physical condition, I wouldn't mind showing my notes to her. So when she said, "Did you do your homework?", I said in my mind, of course I did, but what about it? I realized myself being mean. I felt she was taking advantage of my heip. It is hard to say no, without making it sound mean.

 

AnimalLover 03/08/01 10:59 PM                        RE: Rage or Frustration?

             

 I know what you're talking about. I don't even drive that much during the week and when I have to drive it's usually in a laid back situation so I don't really have very much rage unless someone does something really wrong to me. I don't have complete control over my actions and I can feel rage but it usually takes a lot to get me there. I'm not one of those people who get irritated at that idiot driver next to me unless they do something to me directly. I have a hard time coming up with things to post for this class and it's driving me crazy to have to go driving and try to have rage at others so that I can post it in this class. This class is supposed to make us emotionally intelligent but if you don't already have a lot of rage then it makes you try to have more.

 

sakodash   02/19/01 10:43 PM    RE: Rage or Frustration?

             

 Hi!! You know, sometimes I have that problem too. I don't know if what I'm writing really counts as rage. Sometimes I just find myself sitting in front of the computer just trying to figure out what I was raging about all this week. Sounds weird, but honestly, I can't seem to remember sometimes what made me angry so I have to spend some time rehashing all the things that has been pissing me off. I don't know if that's good but I do it to do these discussions. I think it's okay to write about anything that irritates, frustrates, and of course angers you.

 

ddestrad   02/18/01 10:40 AM    Rage or Frustration?

             

 I am having a serious problem coming up with topics to discuss on for this class. I hardly ever have anger and I don't want to change the way I think or handle my behavior so that i can come up with something to post on my forum discussion. This is where i have my problem. What is the difference between rage and being frustrated. When I'm in a situation where I get angry i would never mistaken it for rage. I don't really rage. I get frustrated, my adrenaline doesn't start pumping, my vision doesn't get tunneled, i have complete control over my actions. How do we consider that rage? So basically i'm going to do a poll and write about other peoples rage because my own rage is truly non-existant at this point in time.

 

gemini-gal   02/18/01 7:04 PM                SWR: Raging Weather

             

 We had terrible weather this week. It was especially windy! I live in Kalihi valley where the winds are fierce! First, we would have power surges and brief power outages at home. Our lights were dim and weak; it wasn't brightly shining to its full capacity and wattage. We also didn't have any hot water! Talk about taking a cold shower...in the morning before school! YIKES! BRRR! I had to boil water so that I could at least have some hot water during my shower. I thought that our heater was broken because we have an old house but that wasn't the case. We found out that the fierce and unyielding windy weather knocked out one of the main power lines above our home. The electricity men came to look at our house and the power lines surrounding it. After they fixed the line and replaced the old, corroded one, our lights were regular again and we had hot water! Thank you LORD! Life is normal again:)I also witnessed another incident which I found saddening. When I was driving home this week after school, I saw a man on his moped get into a mean accident. The weather was bad because it was slightly raining and the winds were blowing strong and swift. He was making a right turn on a street and the wind and slippery road caused his moped to hit the curb. He spinned out of control and his moped went flying to the right and he flew off toward the left, face first, onto the adjacent sidewalk! He was knocked off his own moped by the raging and intense weather. I swear, the winds must have been going at about 30 mph. Needless to say, it was scary seeing him get tossed in mid-air and I felt so bad because I didn't do anything to help him. It happened really fast and the worse thing was that he wasn't wearing a helmet! I hope that he was alright because he took a mean fall. To all the people with mopeds, please obey the law and always wear a helmet! Bad weather can do so much harm to those who aren't protected and mother nature can be dangerous! Be careful out there especially with bad, raging weather.

 

darell   02/18/01 11:49 PM                     rain rage

             

 Hi everyone!I encontered something very interesting this past week. It was rain rage. I was very irritated by the fact that it was raining so hard. I disliked the fact the idea that I had to drive slower in the rain. Along with that was the wind. It was pushing my car around on the road. It caused me any many occasions to swerve in the lanes because of the strong winds and the slippery roads. It was quite irritating. Aside from that I guess it was good because I was forced to drive more cautiously and be aware of the situations on the roads. And another thing all the damn caused a lot of traffic on the freeways which caused to be late to work. It was an irritating experience but it was fact of life that I had to except. Have a great holiday!!!!

 

leis 02/18/01 11:52 PM             No Rage!

             

 I do not know why I have not had specific experience of rage for this week, so I cannot present enough information of the rage. However, I have recently feel frustration doing the household. In spite of the fact that I have a lot of homework, when I found the piled plates in the sink at the kitchen, I feel frustration washing them. And also as I cannot write and read paper quickly, I have often experienced feelings of frustration and irritation.

 

6slim6shady6 02/19/01 9:31 PM                         RE: Meanings are in People

             

 A nice cop is only unaffective against you are looking to break the law. The monetary punishment is more than enough negative reinforcement as long as money runs our nation. I don't understand, you want a cop to disrespect you, that's wierd. Even if you didn't want this, are you defending cops or just trying to stir up a controversy. Obviously a cop would have to be very authoritarian in order to control someone with a bad will. This dude that got the speeding ticket must have had a good will because he was terrified. We shouldn't have to live our lives in fear because of the people who are inforcing the law. I'm not taking sides or nothing, but I just think that cops don't have the right to make us afraid because not all of us have a criminal mind. Maybe we just needed to be given a little reminder that we were doing something wrong, and not a pounding into the concrete. It may be true that a cop has seen the worst of the worst, and maybe he thinks he can save another life, but do you guys really think they are all good people trying to take care of our community. I've heard more bad stories than good ones about officers, and maybe this is why they are so shady. Maybe they think everyone is against them, so they think they are threatened, and they have to inforce the law with such audacity because they don't want to feel like the victim. This whole mentallity is wrong, and we need to start treating each other with respect no matter where we're from and what we represent.

 

shaun56   02/19/01 1:00 AM      RE: Meanings are in People

             

 Okay, here we go again. I think that you are right about some things, yet you need to realize some things. Cops can be pricks, and a holes, and other words of that sort; but you have to look on the other side of the coin. They know why they have to be mean. They know that a nice cop is not effective. Imagine if a cop let you go everytime when you sped. Of course, your behavior would not change, and you would probably speed again. Now imagine if a cop just gave you a ticket. You would probably not speed for a while, but again you would speed again(later). Lastly what happened to you, the cop gave a ticket and yelled your ass off. Now STOP, and think about it. He punished you with the maximum punishment plus more. So in turn, he's hoping and prayin' that you won't speed again. I know that it is difficult to think about, but he was trying to get a point across to you. He's probably seen plenty of accident invloving deaths, involving speeding, and involving nno seatbelts. So he may 9and I say "may") be tired and sick of this occuurences, and therefore, resulting to an "i don't know what to ddo to stop this" attitude. Hence, he results to rage whenever he runs into a situation that could pose another sccident. In summary, give the cop a break, he's just trying to do his job with force. He's only out there to try and help us protect ourselves. I know it's easy to sy, and hard to do. BUT WE MUST TRY!!!!!!!

 

shaun56   02/19/01 12:50 AM     RE: Meanings are in People

             

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MAX676 02/19/01 12:00 AM                 Meanings are in People

             

 This is not an a apology, but a clarification to those of you who were offended by my topic on Pig Rage. Anyway, If you have ever seen a police car from close up, the words Integrity, Respect, and Fairness appear in big bold letters across the side of the it. In my previous 'speeding ticket' experience I felt violated because I was being verbally abused by this officer. It may have been a little extravagent of me to use the word 'pig', but that's what some of us call officers when they are abusing their power. Also, I think some people were offended when I said 'lets all join together and kill them all.' The line before I said this I wrote 'Somebody help me to change the way I think' in other words 'somebody stop me from attaching a negative stereotype to every officer'.I know that some officers are very nice people, but it is very difficult to look at their good side when you have been disrespected. Anyway, the point of the forum discussions is to controllably vent your anger, and if we can't speak our mind, then that defeats the most beneficial purpose of the assignment. I don't know if our teacher reads the them or not, but if he does, I don't think he should hold anything against us because this is our personal life that we are typing into the computer. I could understand if we were talking about a bo0ok or something, but we are writing about our own experiences that had Rage. For me it's a little difficult to truly vent my rage when I am trying to limit myself so that the words fit the norms of a classroom enviornment when I am sitting in the comfort of my own home.

 

PHYRE2001   02/20/01 12:14 PM                      RE: Yen rage

             

 I can relate to your complaints about automated voice services and to your problem concerning Japanese currency. The funny thing about your complaint is that I currently work for Bank of Hawaii, which caught my eye when I was reading your discussion. I use to always get upset with automated services because you have to listen to every single number before you can make a selection if you are unfamiliar with the menu options. To a solution to your angerment about automated services, I have found that if you push any numbers all at once, it will automatically connect you to a "real" person operator. I guess the computer feels that you need assistance, so it automatically connects you. There are operators there to assist you, so you can eleveate listening to all that computer jargon.For your yen problem, the only suggestion that I have is that you cannot procrastinate, especially with yen. I know that banks are only alloted so much foreign currency due to balancing and amount regulations. Therefore, the only time the bank would have a lot of yen is when the Japanese tourist exchange it. There is a foreign currency hotline that you can order the yen, but like they told you, it does take a couple of days. In most cases though, throughout the day the will receive more yen from Japanese tourist, and you can ask them to hold on to it for you and give you a call when it they do get it because there are so many tourist in the town area to begin with.

 

Dahlin 02/19/01 10:40 AM         Yen rage

             

 Last week I was calling around to exchange United States dollars for Japanese yen. My husband was leaving the very next day for Japan and really needed Japanese currency. He was told that the bank here on base would have yen, but by the time he went to the bank they had completely sold out. The lady at the bank told us that we could find yen at the exchange center at the airport. I decided the airport was to far and opted to call various other banks. Here is where the problem began. I don't like automated recordings. Many times I think my question belongs in one category only to find out I pressed the wrong option. After finding out my mistake I have to wait to find out which number to press to return to the main menu. Now I usually press to speak to a real person the first opportunity I get.Back to the yen problem, finally I got connected with a real person representing the Bank of Hawaii. But only to find out that it takes two days for the banks to process a request for exchanging currency. That was too long because my husband needed it that day! After spending dozens of minutes on the automated recordings then to find out we had to go to the airport anyway just about pushed me to my limit.

 

sakodash   02/19/01 10:14 PM    RE: little help

             

 I know what you mean. Doesn't it just suck when your car gets hurt when you didn't even do a thing wrong!! The other week I got into a minor car accident too. The funny thing was that I was in Chinatown, parked in one of those metered parking on the side of the street. I left a little early so I had about a half-an-hour on the meter still yet. So, I saw a guy pull up in the stall in front of me so I ran to his window and told him he could have my spot since I still had all that time left. Well, I jumped back into my car and this guy, I guess he thought I left, pressed his gas pedal and slammed right into the front of my car!! I had this crack in that fiber glass part right below the bumper and my license plate was almost bent in half. Thank God he didn't just run away or try to blame it on me or anything but needless to say, just that fiber glass part cost $150 (at his expense). Cars just seem too expense to drive already!!

 

BC3   02/19/01 7:38 PM                        little help

             

 Well, I got into a little accident over the weekend. I think it is safe to say that I was full of rage, due to the fact that my new car was dented by another car in a parking lot! The person didn't leave a note or anything. I came up to it and there it was, on my back bumper, a dent about the size of a license plate. Now, truthfully, it is not that bad, becuase it looks like 2 scratches, but come on, it's my new car. I can imagine that the person who hit me just decided to leave because they probably didn't want to deal with me and didn't really feel like dishing out extra cash because they caused an accident. Talk about being steamed. I don't think I'm at that stage where I can just say "so what" or that the other person was just having a bad day. I'm pissed.

 

rie2001 02/19/01 9:05 PM                      Insensitive people!!

             

 I think all you guys know about the incident of Japanese ship and the American submarine. I was so shocked and felt so sorry for the victims when I saw that on TV. But there are some unbelievablly insensitive people aroud! I was at some restaurant last night with my friends. There was a couple sitting next table. They were talking about the incident. I was almost chocked on food when the guy said that "Anyway, that's minor thing... Japan depends on American military and they need our help, you know. They will forget about this soon.." I am so sure that he thought me and my friends don't understand English. He kept lecturing to his girlfriend and seem to be so proud of himself.I was so upset. Then we started our conversation in English to let him know that we DO know some English. He looked at us and blushed finally realizing what he had said means to us, Japanese.I am not going to bring up the issue of dioplomatic relations between the U.S and Japan here, but I just couldn't believe that he could say such a insensitive thing!! I wanted to give him a slap so bad. I think that incident was a tragedy caused by careless mistakes of submarine. Whatevers the cause is, it is the fact that some innocent high school student died, and he shouldn't say anythig like this. It is his freedom to say whatever he wants to say in the public, but he should know that he just looked incompetent good-for-nothing guy. I hope his girlfriend realize how inconsidarate and insensitive he is.

 

shaun56   02/19/01 9:15 PM                   hacker rage

             

 You wanna know what really sucks. Since I got DSL, I've noticed that hackers like to hack p[eople who are directly connected to the web at all times. Every single time I get on the internet, I get hacked by the same fricken person avery single time, and every ten minutes or so. I got this Black ice defender firewall, but everytime I try to block this attecker, it doesn't block the hacker. So what am I to do? Should I trust him/her, or should I just ignore him/her. I just can't understand why them hackers cannot just leave us all alone. What is their problem. Nothing better to do I guess, besides sit at the computer and f@#* people's $#!t up huh! Get a life hackers!

 

sakodash   02/20/01 10:11 PM    RE: Daiei rage

             

 Hi, sorry, just wanted to let you know that the light was on for that register even though that station was closed. I thought that was pretty stupid because it's kinda misleading. For me, I tend to just look if that little numbered light is on above the register without even looking if there are signs on that conveyer belt thing. Thanks for answering my forum though!! :)

 

TVR   02/20/01 2:26 PM                       RE: Daiei rage

             

 Wow, sorry to hear about that but was there any other registar's open. You said that you went to the only registar with the light on, so there was no other registars open, right. Or, was all the register's closed for 20-30 minutes. If this was the case, I would think that Daiei is retarded because they could be losing sales and/or losing valuable customers.On the other hand, if there was only one register open and there was a long line because you seemed to be there for a long time for one item. Then to me, that would be even more retarded. Wouldn't you think that a supervisor or someone would say to the people stocking to help or something. Even if they couldn't use the registar, helping to bag would have helped out. I don't think customers should be waiting in line that long.

 

PHYRE2001   02/20/01 12:32 PM                      RE: Daiei rage

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