I have caught up on all my Internet Content for the weekend... I could watch this New movie/documentary I have.... Or.... I could go back and watch CR C1.......... I know my heart.

ah yes. a mood. (she says, 75% of the way through her 3rd rewatch of the M9)

Ok I'm going to rant about how BONKERS LOGICAL Japanese is, mostly for my own sake, so a big ol [don't mind me] here....

I wrote, (in super basic transliteration) "Tomorrow [明日], a party [パーテイー] and [と] my friends [友達] will happen [おします]" but just like English has an order to how things like adjectives get ordered in a description to sound right, in Japanese,

you have the friends first, before you even conceived of the party, so THEY go first in the sentence. THAT'S why I got it wrong - I forgot to put my friends first in my life.

/sobs in anime

Had to call HR to ask a clarification question on how a certain software functions for my program director - just a generic, "when we put in these parameters, how strict is the software about ruling out X and Y?" The rep asked which listing I was asking about so I provided it, adding that I knew the listing wasn't live yet and wouldn't be doing anything,

and that my question was more about the general software's functioning. She told me verbatim, "Yes, I understood what your question is." Then proceeded to look up the listing and tell me condescendingly, "Well, you're not on the approval queue for this," and read me the parameters for the listing.

I did not tell her that I WROTE the listing (which is visible in the listing, btw), so yes, while I'm not in the approval queue, I know what parameters I wrote, and that was, in fact, not my question. "Yes, I understand the parameters. I am asking how strictly the software uses those parameters."

I proceeded to give her an example of what my question actually is and she gave me the answer, which is hardly the point. The POINT is that ANY TIME you answer a phone, you are doing customer service, even if that person is inside your own company.

And ANY TIME you are doing customer service, it is your job to listen to and answer the customer's question, not the question you THINK they are or should be asking. Please assume that I am not an idiot at my own job. I am assuming you're not either - after all, it's why you have your job:

someone along the line thought you would not be an idiot at it. I have faith you understand your systems and are competent. Please do me the favor of also not being an idiot. I understand the listing. I was not asking you about the listing. I was asking you about the software.

This is the third interaction with you I've had where you've treated me like a moron and not answered the question I asked. Get bent, lady.

UGH. People are so dumb sometimes. :|