Is Everyone From Texas Full Of It?

[lligrd]

Been working with some contractors from Texas on a multi-million dollar IT contract and they all lie, screw up and blame everyone else for their screw ups. I am seriously considering quitting cause I don't think I can deal with them another friggen day. They seem to have learned everything they know from Rove.

[Skittles]

1. a lot of them are pretty bad

I have lived in this piece of shit state for over 30 years so my opinion is VALID

[lligrd]

3. So Obviously Not All Of Them Are

if you live there. But these guys are unbelievable (in more ways than one).

[Skittles]

5. no, not all of them are - I know some fine Texans

I do see it as my mission in life to torment the ignorant ones. :)

[lligrd]

6. Well I've Got A Few Names To Send You lol nt

[Skittles]

8. find LITTLE ways to piss them off dear

ask them, for example, if their surname is FRENCH. That is one of my favorites (assuming of course their name is NOT French).

Work the word PECAN into a conversation and say PEA-CAN - when they correct you and say it is pea-CAHN, say, OH, YOU PREFER THE FRENCH PRONUNCIATION. It drives them NUTS (he is that a pun???)!!! :7

[lligrd]

10. Thanks For The Tip

Maybe I will use it right before I quit the project.

[jobycom]

2. Hey, at least we aren't California.

:P

[lligrd]

4. Well California Can't Wait Till These Texans Leave

Of course, it will be with Californian money in their pockets.

[jobycom]

7. They probably can't wait to leave with your money, either, so see, you have much in common!

:)

[lligrd]

9. Very True, Which Is Why They Are Lying Their Way Out Of

fixing their product. Already over a year behind schedule and still doesn't work.

[jobycom]

12. We hold classes on that.

Lying, cheating, stuff like that.

[lligrd]

14. Rove Got A Job Teaching? nt

[jobycom]

21. Hell, where do you think Rove learned it? Well, technically he learned it before he got to Texas.

In fact, the hero he was trying to emulate was Richard Nixon, who I beleive was from a state out west... Same state that gave us Ronald Reagan... Now THAT state, that one had some liars.

[lligrd]

23. Wait One Dang Second - Nixon Was A Bad Liar Who

Taped himself for evidence and Reagan was a liberal who got Alzheimer's. Not the least bit comparable. Watch it or we will give you the governator next.

[jobycom]

27. Reagan was a really good liar.

But he was as racist and hate-filled as anyone I've ever seen in office. I'd take Nixon over him any day, and I'd rather eat razor blades and wash them down with rubbing alcohol before saying anything positive about Nixon.

Anyway, Rove loved them both. Rove's mentor in political handling was Lee Atwater, Reagan's Rove. Rove was screwed up when he got to Texas.

[lligrd]

30. Sure Not Sticking Up For Either Of Them

Interesting not though, I knew Ron Jr. in High School, really quiet guy whom we all felt sorry for because he didn't get to go home (he boarded) for holidays all the time. He has turned out remarkably well considering what he went through.

[Ron Green]

11. They're probably not native Texans anyway.

Most likely they came in the '80s when the Rust Belt emptied out into the Sun Belt. Lots of greed and "small govermint" action was flying around then, and Texas seems to have become more and more of a shithole ever since.

[lligrd]

13. Don't Know But I Sure Can See Why They Wear Boots

even in the IT business because nobody should step unprotected in the stuff they leave behind.

[Skittles]

22. Texas was a shithole well before the 80's

yes INDEED

[swag]

15. No.

Molly Ivins, for example.

[lligrd]

18. Should Have Excepted DUers And Molly

of course.

[texanwitch]

16. Why would you base everyone from Texas on the behavior of a few people.

I have had problems dealing with people from other states but I would never presume to say that everyone from those state would lie, screw up and blame others.

I think you have a problem with Texas because of Bush.

Do you think all the Texans here in DU act like that?

[lligrd]

17. I Already Acknowledged That In Post 3

but if you had dealt with these guys that act EXACTLY and I mean EXACTLY like Rove you'd be a bit crazed right now too.

[texanwitch]

19. I have dealt with lots of ass holes at work, that can of thing happens.

Blame the people not the state.

Maybe you should rewrite your posting and remember not everyone living in Texas is a Texan.

We have people here from everywhere.

[lligrd]

20. Of Course You Can, You Live In Texas

Just kidding. But if you live in Texas I think you are a Texan no matter where you came from. Are you trying to disqualify Bush? Remember, I posted this in the lounge because I knew I was asking a facetious question and I am simply royally pissed off tonight and quitting the project that I have worked extremely hard on for the last 2 years because of some assholes that just happen to be from Texas and act like Rove. Just blowing off steam in the lounge.

[Skittles]

24. no no NO Illgrd

I have lived here over 30 years and I am not now, nor will I EVER be, a TEXAN. That, my dear, is a state of mind (not dissing it - it is just not me). And by the way, bush is no Texan either.

[lligrd]

25. I Love That, The Texan State Of Mind"

Thanks Skittles. And I really can't be too up on California either (especially lately).

[lligrd]

26. And, In That Case "W" Is Definitely A Texan nt

[Skittles]

28. see, I don't see him as a Texan

the man is a fake cowboy and it is obvious when he struts around his fake ranch he doesn't know what he is doing. The true Texans I know have more pride than that. What kills me though is how many REAL Texans cannot seem to spot the FAKE Texan in bush. :o

[lligrd]

29. True And These IT Guys Were Definitely More Of The Fake

version (boots and all).

[texanwitch]

31. Not in Texas.

To be a Texan means you have to be at least born here, if not 2nd generation.

As for Bush, he is a Connecticut cowboy, a yankee wearing cowboys boots.

What you said even in blowing off steam wasn't nice, and I would never say such a thing about people from any other state.

I am tired of Texas being dumped on, it wasn't the state of Texas that put the Bush family in the White House.

Bush's father was Vice-President under Ronald Reagan, and we all know who was the real President for all those years.

I am sorry that you are having problems at work but deal with them as people, not people from Texas.

[lligrd]

32. Sorry For Offending You

Okay? They are still assholes from Texas. And so is Bush.

[texanwitch]

33. Bush is a asshole.

But he is not from Texas, we don't want him either.

He can take his ass back to Maine or Connecticut any time.

I hope work gets better for you.

[lligrd]

34. Thank You

and we agree about *.

[LSK]

45. sadly many people are guilty of that

About many subjects.

Nevermind scientific bodies of work spanning decades, if my Aunt Susie didn't get lung cancer from smoking then I wont get it either.

:eyes:

[mwdem]

35. Hmmmm. my husband is working with contractors from Ca.

we live in Texas, and he's having the same problems. Methinks it's a problem everywhere....

[Carrieyazel]

36. These Repuke Texas Tricksters are all the same. Not Texas Dems of Course

Like the bunch of criminals that have been occupying our White House.

[Richardo]

37. Yeah. We all suck. We've just been waiting for you to notice.

:eyes:

[KitchenWitch]

38. Can I have that broad brush when you are done...I gotta paint my house.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

42. As long as it's not John Edwards' house.

:rofl:

[MrCoffee]

39. Yes. For example...

The OP has a really valid point.

See? Completely full of it.

[DS1]

40. Aren't most IT Contractors like that?

[VLC]

41. Are all IT professionals incompetent when it comes to hiring contractors?

Maybe you're looking at the problem from the wrong perspective!

:shrug:

[cloudbase]

43. This Texan is.

I'm so full of it my eyes are brown.

[ceile]

44. oh, boy....

:popcorn:

[MrCoffee]

47. you're so full of it.

[ceile]

48. Oooooo!

Them's fightin' words!

[MrCoffee]

50. i wouldn't take it personally. i'm full of it too, apparently

i'm thinking of getting some t-shirts made.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

46. I am not full of it

However, I am also not from Texas, but am unfortunately stuck here until my husband decides it's time to move to the Left Coast. I am a Kansan (which some may consider to be not much better, but believe me, it is!)

[sasquatch]

54. .

:thumbsup:

:hide:

[Shakespeare]

49. Whaddya know, there is such a thing as a stupid question.

And a broad brush, too. :eyes:

[sasquatch]

51. Yes and mostly when it comes to chilli

:P

[MrCoffee]

52. look behind you. see that line? shouldn't have crossed it.

[sasquatch]

53. ROFL

:rofl:

[GOPisEvil]

55. Yeah, it's ALL of us. We're ALL full of shit.

:eyes:

[sasquatch]

58. Check out post #51

:D

[GOPisEvil]

60. Oh no...after chili we are decidedly NOT full of it.

:D

spelling edit

[Taverner]

56. Yes, unless we're talking Austin

Which is a Bay Area City that lost its way

[texas1928]

57. DAMN STRAIGHT I AM!!!`

And it is the best IT you ever could have. Want some?

[jpgray]

59. If you want to feel poor, talk to the Texans in the gondola when you're at Telluride

:D

[Mutley]

61. I was born in Texas

and I'm probably only about half full of it. Maybe three quarters, at most.