Trivial Things That Make You Surly

[SHOOTER12 8775]

3 hours ago, slorch said:

I can't understand about 90% of the "customer service" people these days anyhoo.  It's frustrating AF.

Not trivial

[SHOOTER12 8775]

On 7/2/2021 at 10:43 PM, Patricio Swayze said:

The following terms:

Dog mom/dad. Fuck you and I hope you die in a car fire.

Girl dad. Fuck off, you are just a dad. I hate you. (Full disclosure, I have two daughters. They call me dad).

When did all of that crap start?  I'd never heard of the expression until I read it here.

[Guest Lobo]

15 minutes ago, SHOOTER12 said:

When did all of that crap start?  I'd never heard of the expression until I read it here.

The Vatican did a bunch of expensive market research.  When "Boy Father" merchandise hit some legal snags, they just pivoted to "Girl Dad" and recouped all of their expenses, and then some.  They haven't been around this long because they lack business savvy.  

[SHOOTER12 8775]

4 minutes ago, Lobo said:

The Vatican did a bunch of expensive market research.  When "Boy Father" merchandise hit some legal snags, they just pivoted to "Girl Dad" and recouped all of their expenses, and then some.  They haven't been around this long because they lack business savvy.  

JHC, I've lived too long...

[Da Fino 2715]

35 minutes ago, SHOOTER12 said:

When did all of that crap start?  I'd never heard of the expression until I read it here.

Around the time Kobe died is when I first started hearing it a bunch. 

[smuggs 9318]

32 minutes ago, SHOOTER12 said:

When did all of that crap start?  I'd never heard of the expression until I read it here.

I know a guy that prolifically uses the hashtag #cheerdad on facebook posts, as his 10 year old is in all sorts of cheer camps and competitions. He also likes to take pics of his vehicle being valeted at various Houston hotels. He's a fucking nincompoop.

[General Specific 3186]

The Insert key on the keyboard. Who is using this button intentionally? Why does it exist? I accidentally hit it and in a few seconds I’ve written over an entire sentence, and, for some reason, have to “undo” letter by letter. /end corporate lawyer rant/

Just wait till your told to press any key…

[ztejas 43021]

5 hours ago, Reynolds Woodcock said:

The Insert key on the keyboard. Who is using this button intentionally? Why does it exist? I accidentally hit it and in a few seconds I’ve written over an entire sentence, and, for some reason, have to “undo” letter by letter. /end corporate lawyer rant/

It's used for undoing accidentally hitting the insert key. 

[Hanrahan 1306]

People who wait in drive-through lines that extend into the street.  The first guy to do this has got to be thinking, "fuck everyone behind me, I ain't moving."

[WhatTheBuck 28694]

4 hours ago, smuggs said:

I know a guy that prolifically uses the hashtag #cheerdad on facebook posts, as his 10 year old is in all sorts of cheer camps and competitions. He also likes to take pics of his vehicle being valeted at various Houston hotels. He's a fucking nincompoop.

nincompop  

[Js1 84939]

8 hours ago, slorch said:

I can't understand about 90% of the "customer service" people these days anyhoo.  It's frustrating AF.

[Prepuce of Doom 20954]

1 hour ago, Hanrahan said:

People who wait in drive-through lines that extend into the street.  The first guy to do this has got to be thinking, "fuck everyone behind me, I ain't moving."

Same fucker who leaves an 8-10 foot gap between the car in front of him at a crowded drive thru. 

I would be fine if this was a capital offense. 

[ROFL BOX 6644]

One of my neighbors has a sign like this up for the mom of the family:  she's 40.  I mean, I get this type of stuff for a kid but an adult?  Seems attention whoreish to me. 

They should also do a gender reveal for her & do a bachelorette party for her anniversary.

May as well touch all the women "look at me!!" Attention whoring bullshit.

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[conVINCEd 21468]

15 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Same fucker who leaves an 8-10 foot gap between the car in front of him at a crowded drive thru. 

I would be fine if this was a capital offense. 

I feel like every fast food restaurant should subcontract out the operation of their drive thru to Chick Fil-A.

[Prepuce of Doom 20954]

3 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

I feel like every fast food restaurant should subcontract out the operation of their drive thru to Chick Fil-A.

Portillo's has it down to a science. 

[Superhero 8695]

People walking, especially while they’re crossing the street, while reading stuff on their phone.

Seriously. Put down the phone. Walk a little faster. Stop on the very side of the sidewalk so people can walk by you. Finish reading and then keep walking. You aren’t saving any time reading while you’re walking.

[Superhero 8695]

People throwing away trash along a hiking trail.

Coworkers and I hiked up to the Hollywood sign. We did some voluntary community service by picking up trash. We filled 2 trash bags before we got back down to the parking lot. 

[conVINCEd 21468]

1 minute ago, Superhero said:

People throwing away trash along a hiking trail.

Coworkers and I hiked up to the Hollywood sign. We did some voluntary community service by picking up trash. We filled 2 trash bags before we got back down to the parking lot. 

Sure buddy.  

[Prepuce of Doom 20954]

15 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

Sure buddy.  

And he totally would have worn that orange reflective bib even if he didn't have to. 

[conVINCEd 21468]

Just now, Prepuce of Doom said:

And he totally would have worn that orange reflective bib even if he didn't have to. 

And he totally didn’t’t have the person in charge sign the paperwork verifying that he did 2 hours of community service.   2 down, 198 to go.

[ztejas 43021]

Pickin it up here, boss.

[conVINCEd 21468]

Cheap plastic silverware.  It’s fine to use the cheap shit if all I need to do is use it like a shovel, but if I need to use the fork to hold a piece of meat in place while I cut it with the cheap knife it needs to be robust enough so that a tine on the fork doesn’t snap off when a little pressure is applied to it.

[Guest Lobo]

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

Pickin it up here, boss.

Pick it up.

Waiving at the Pope here, boss.  

[conVINCEd 21468]

I’m apparently in the mood to bitch today.  When I try to tap on the 3 little dots in between the Food & Travel  and Daily Texan boards at the top of the screen so I can read the sugar baby thread without an extra step and I fail 2 or 3 times in a row.  Big thumbs.

Edited July 9, 2021 by conVINCEd

[Biff Tannen 45420]

5 hours ago, Superhero said:

People throwing away trash along a hiking trail.

Coworkers and I hiked up to the Hollywood sign. We did some voluntary community service by picking up trash. We filled 2 trash bags before we got back down to the parking lot. 

Good on you. I did this a couple of years ago at the cliffs overlooking the 360 bridge. I don’t get it. Why do people think this is ok?

[Fudbelty 2784]

People walking, especially while they’re crossing the street, while reading stuff on their phone.
Seriously. Put down the phone. Walk a little faster. Stop on the very side of the sidewalk so people can walk by you. Finish reading and then keep walking. You aren’t saving any time reading while you’re walking.

Agreed. Adding to this though, it pisses me off when people walking across the gas station or grocery store lots don’t walk in a straight line when entering or exiting.

[closetohumping 17339]

6 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

And he totally would have worn that orange reflective bib even if he didn't have to. 

Hey. Gotta let the crazy la drivers know where you are. 
 

yea. I hate littering.  Also o try my best to ducking recycle

[mininghorn88 2249]

1 hour ago, Fudbelty said:

Agreed. Adding to this though, it pisses me off when people walking across the gas station or grocery store lots don’t walk in a straight line when entering or exiting.

This, plus when you are being generous and stop your vehicle to allow someone to walk across and you make eye contact and motion them across and they proceed to walk at the most leisurely slow pace that they can in front of you.

[elfenix 34157]

woman at HEB was taking her sweet ass time walking right down the middle of the front transverse lane until she got to the row her car was on.  no one could get past. 

[conVINCEd 21468]

37 minutes ago, mininghorn88 said:

This, plus when you are being generous and stop your vehicle to allow someone to walk across and you make eye contact and motion them across and they proceed to walk at the most leisurely slow pace that they can in front of you.

There is a great Samuel L. Jackson quote about this but I am failing at the internet right now.

[Guest]

12 hours ago, Superhero said:

People walking, especially while they’re crossing the street, while reading stuff on their phone.

 

Walk or text.  Not both.

Walking behind these dumbasses in public is a beating.  We should be able to slap their phone out of their hands...in the interest of safety, of course.

[Guest]

5 hours ago, mininghorn88 said:

This, plus when you are being generous and stop your vehicle to allow someone to walk across and you make eye contact and motion them across and they proceed to walk at the most leisurely slow pace that they can in front of you.

Move your ass, Pyle!!!

[Okie State 3746]

People throwing away trash along a hiking trail.
Coworkers and I hiked up to the Hollywood sign. We did some voluntary community service by picking up trash. We filled 2 trash bags before we got back down to the parking lot. 

I'm amazed at how many people leave little bags of dog shit on the side of hiking trails.

[Underdog 28372]

It should be legal to shoot litterers.  

[Fudbelty 2784]

There is a great Samuel L. Jackson quote about this but I am failing at the internet right now.

Probably ‘Hurry up motherfucker’

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

8 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

Good on you. I did this a couple of years ago at the cliffs overlooking the 360 bridge. I don’t get it. Why do people think this is ok?

Because so many people are just lazy ass, rude, fucking  raging assholes who don't think rules apply to them.

[Fudbelty 2784]

Oversleeping.

Normal wake up time is 5:15. Normally very little to no sunlight. Today I wake up roll over and see full morning sunlight.

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

9 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

I don’t get it. Why do people think this is ok?

Imagine what their houses look like.

[Trey3216 15321]

6 hours ago, elfenix said:

woman at HEB was taking her sweet ass time walking right down the middle of the front transverse lane until she got to the row her car was on.  no one could get past. 

Got stuck behind some stupid bitch the other day that waited 8 minutes for some lady parked right near the front of the lot to unload her groceries.      I always park at the very back of the lot but was having to go around to the other side of the aisle.   One dude who was behind me got a spot and walked by the lady’s car and smacked her driver side window and said WTF?!?!   

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

1 minute ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Imagine what their houses look like.

Vermonters.  You have this image of evergreen clad mountains, snow covered peaks, and pristine moose bogs.

I've never seen more shit, and junk in people's yards anywhere in the country, and I've been thru Appalachia many times.

[mininghorn88 2249]

8 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Vermonters.  You have this image of evergreen clad mountains, snow covered peaks, and pristine moose bogs.

I've never seen more shit, and junk in people's yards anywhere in the country, and I've been thru Appalachia many times.

Well, crap.  I am making my first visit to Vermont in a couple of weeks for some vacation time hiking.  I will be staying in the Killington area before driving over to Acadia National Park.  My image and expectation is now ruined!!!

[Steamboat1874 4028]

1 hour ago, Okie State said:

I'm amazed at how many people leave little bags of dog shit on the side of hiking trails.

What is stupid is we put something that is completely bio friendly and put it in a plastic bag where it will last for hundreds of years.

Edited July 9, 2021 by Steamboat1874

[DigglerontheHoof 20947]

22 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Vermonters.  You have this image of evergreen clad mountains, snow covered peaks, and pristine moose bogs.

I've never seen more shit, and junk in people's yards anywhere in the country, and I've been thru Appalachia many times.

This is disappointing; sounds like the Ozarks. 

[Okie State 3746]

Anywhere you go there are mountains of garbage in the yards of people who live in the country. I've never understood it.

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

44 minutes ago, mininghorn88 said:

Well, crap.  I am making my first visit to Vermont in a couple of weeks for some vacation time hiking.  I will be staying in the Killington area before driving over to Acadia National Park.  My image and expectation is now ruined!!!

Watch out for dirty hippies.

[Biff Tannen 45420]

46 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

What is stupid is we put something that is completely bio friendly and put it in a plastic bag where it will last for hundreds of years.

Most poo bags these days are biodegradable.

[Frank The Tank 1483]

10 hours ago, conVINCEd said:

tap on the 3 little dots in between the Food & Travel  and Daily Texan boards at the top of the screen so I can read the sugar baby thread without an extra step

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

49 minutes ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

This is disappointing; sounds like the Ozarks. 

You could have knocked me over with a feather.  It wasn't everywhere, and they weren't tar paper shacks, but it happened with a frequency that surprised me.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

1 hour ago, mininghorn88 said:

Well, crap.  I am making my first visit to Vermont in a couple of weeks for some vacation time hiking.  I will be staying in the Killington area before driving over to Acadia National Park.  My image and expectation is now ruined!!!

Nah, it's a beautiful state. I was just surprised to see it more widespread than I'd have thought.  

Youll also see supply houses, lumber yards, and such with no fences around their yards.  Doesn't look like theft is a big worry up there either.

[HouTex 1839]

Good on you. I did this a couple of years ago at the cliffs overlooking the 360 bridge. I don’t get it. Why do people think this is ok?

I can’t understand litter on a hiking trail far away from roads, but a lot of roadside litter is from trash flying out of the back of open bed trucks. Workers don’t give a shit if the garbage they toss in the back goes flying out somewhere along the way. I see stuff flying out of truck beds just about every time I’m on a Houston freeway.