Does everybody have a job on these forums?

[dustpuffs]

Originally Posted by Jennifer

My mom and dad used to buy multiple houses to rent, and they have some real horror stories.

I had to deal with one of them (since it was our old house after my dad passed away and I was 20 at the time). My dad had built two sheds in the yard (the one in the back yard was originally a club house for me and my sister when we were little, and was later converted to a shed, and the one behind the house was always a shed, which was used for gardening tools, storing the lawnmower, pool supplies, etc.). The tenant at the time never paid for garbage pick-up (the town didn't have garbage pick-up, so you had to choose a garbage company), and instead put all of the garbage bags (she was living there for over a year, so there was a lot of them) in the shed in the back yard. Once there was no room for any more garbage bags, she apparently stopped using them. When I went over there to clean, there were dirty diapers on the back porch, and some kind of rice mixed with a red liquid mess all between the tracks of the sliding glass doors.

That's not even the worst of it though, my mom and dad have seen worse. This part is really horrible, so I'm warning about it's contents and including a spoiler tag: My dad had a tenant in the 1970's who's dog had apparently had a litter of puppies. The corpses of the puppies were just left
there in the cellar (he didn't know if they killed them or just let them starve to death). He had to pick them all up with a shovel and throw them away (and told my mom to stay away from the cellar and only told her about it later), since there was nothing he could do since there were no animal cruelty laws where they lived at the time).
They also once had a house with a cedar closet built in to one of the bedrooms. My mom always told my dad that she loved that closet and would love to move it out of the house and bring it home. Someone else apparently
had the same idea, as they moved out of the house late at night (so they could sneak out without having to pay rent) and cut the closet out of the wall, as well as a big hole in the wall in the front of the house where the window used to be so they could get the closet out.

They also once had a tenant who was emptying gunpowder from shotgun shells into an ashtray (I have no idea why) and then apparently forgot about
it later and then ashed a lit cigarette into it, causing a fireball which sent him to the hospital.

My parents were unlucky in that they never got a good tenant. I guess not having to actually own a house brings out the worst in people.

On another forum, it sounds like we could make an excellent " rental horror stories" thread.

[Johro]

Killing is my business...


(wait for it)



...And business is good.

[coolsome]

I spent 30 years brushing the teeth of dead monsters.

[Chyron8472]

Originally Posted by coolsome

I spent 30 years brushing the teeth of dead monsters.

Paleontologist?

[reversingmemories]

I have a blog. Does that count or

[Alcoremortis]

Originally Posted by reversingmemories

I have a blog. Does that count or

Or what? Or you will give me my very own spaceship? Or you video tape yourself tap dancing on the dining room table and post it to youtube? Or...

Oh god! They got him! And at only thirty posts, too! He was so young... so, so young...

[Johro]

A tragedy for sure.

[Klatuu]

I'm a foul-smelling grog-swilling pirate.

[Darth Marsden]

I'm almost positive that's just plain not true.

[puzzlebox]

Originally Posted by Klatuu

I'm a foul-smelling grog-swilling pirate.

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

I'm almost positive that's just plain not true.

Yes, I'm sure Klatuu smells quite nice.

[Chyron8472]

Puzzlebox, how long have you been a TTG employee?

...or are you one? I don't recall when your forum name went from grey to red.

[puzzlebox]

I've infiltrated their offices and am a full-time Telltale employee proper now.

[Darth Marsden]

About a month, month and a half ago maybe, wasn't it?

[WarpSpeed]

The official announcement was on November 26, so she's made it through two months with no fiery explosions at TTG HQ!

[Darth Marsden]

2 months and not even a measly firecracker? I am most disappointed.

[WarpSpeed]

Originally Posted by WarpSpeed

with no fiery explosions

Darn it, I hadn't heard about the explosion at the oil company in Mexico City when I posted this. I didn't mean to be disrespectful to those who died in the blast. My apologies.

[Secret Fawful]

Originally Posted by WarpSpeed

The official announcement was on November 26, so she's made it through two months with no fiery explosions at TTG HQ!

Woopee. Just another example of an extrovert being picked by society to be successful and have everything. I wanna see the receipts.

Meanwhile I can't get a job at Wal-Mart.

[Secret Fawful]

I apologize for what I said earlier. I hate making trivial someone's personal accomplishments. The state of affairs and the way things are just get my blood boiling, and I have a severe personal prejudice. What I said was somewhat delusional. It's true that someone having the advantage of being an extrovert can greatly aid them in life, but it's not a conspiracy like I made it sound. And I'm glad puzzlebox is the community manager here. She's better than Alan Johnson was.

[Vainamoinen]

Extrovert? Puzzlebox? Err... alright, you DID meet her in person, but it doesn't seem like that to me (you don't want the introverts doing your PR work though). Also, is there any need for belittling Alan? You haven't seen the full extent of his PR work, and you weren't there for TWD when he got massive flak for things he plainly wasn't responsible for. I respect Alan mightily. Whenever you voiced your disappointment in Telltale, he was there to tell you that he's sorry.

Yet I, also, am glad that puzzlebox made it into Telltale's offices.

[Secret Fawful]

It's not personal. The way he did things here rubbed me the wrong way, even though I can no longer remember why. And that's all. Doesn't make him a bad guy, an idiot, or anything else. I just have remaining ill feelings with no real reason, and sometimes I do that. When I start giving it to someone, I tend to get into a pattern and don't really consider it any further beyond that.

I'm not in much of a position to judge people personally....when I do it it's in a fit of emotion, and I regret it later. Alan has more success and experience in life than I ever will, and he's probably earned it all. And in the bigger picture, his time here and around this forum is meaningless. I can voice my displeasure at his efforts my entire life and it won't make a difference, and it really shouldn't. He did his time, and he's on to bigger better things just like all the community managers we've had. But if you don't expect me to put my foot in my mouth at least once a week, you haven't learned me very well.

If I could've gotten a job at Wal-Mart, I probably wouldn't be able to work on video games right now. I wrestle every day with which outcome I would have preferred. It doesn't exactly inspire confidence in myself, though.