Trivial Things That Make You Surly

[52-80 19041]

kitchen sink installations with the tapered edges. 

 

Counter-sunk, flush-mount, or gtfo

[Superhero 8695]

When the flat sheet rides up while the comforter stays put.

Day 1: fold the flat sheet over the comforter. Fold over is ~12”. 
 

Day 3: folder over is now about 18”. Hoe does that even happen?

[nnm 35847]

14 minutes ago, Superhero said:

When the flat sheet rides up while the comforter stays put.

Day 1: fold the flat sheet over the comforter. Fold over is ~12”. 
 

Day 3: folder over is now about 18”. Hoe does that even happen?

It’s the hoe. 

[Sam Lin 3539]

Flat sheets. Duvet cover 4tw.

[52-80 19041]

Flat sheet people:

 

[General Specific 3186]

Your hand rests on the shifter if your first car had a manual transmission.

Which btw, is a no no. It leads to wearing out synchros and forks!

[Trey3216 15321]

Have people forgotten how to ride a fucking elevator…or get on one…properly?   
 

my God, at least twice/day I have to dodge some Karen trying to jump on the elevator as soon as the doors open when I’m trying to exit.

Or some idiot is on there by themself and hiding around the corner and takes their sweet ass time exiting, and looks at you like an idiot when you look at them and wonder why they wanted to hide on the elevator like a child.  
 

 

[nnm 35847]

48 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

Have people forgotten how to ride a fucking elevator…or get on one…properly?   
 

my God, at least twice/day I have to dodge some Karen trying to jump on the elevator as soon as the doors open when I’m trying to exit.

Or some idiot is on there by themself and hiding around the corner and takes their sweet ass time exiting, and looks at you like an idiot when you look at them and wonder why they wanted to hide on the elevator like a child.  
 

 

That post sounds like it’s two people complaining about the other’s elevator etiquette from the same encounter. 

[nnm 35847]

 

[closetohumping 17339]

On 4/17/2023 at 3:02 PM, nbmishoid said:

CVS ai thing that answers the phone and processes refills.  Designed in Korea, by ikea

Yes, but I've started using their coupon print out as drapes.

[Armybrat 40635]

Miles & miles of this shit on I-35 through Waxahachie at 11am this morning (posted sign: “No Trucks In Left Lane”)

 

[GoPokes83 2236]

Universal bitch… Please make sure you arrive 15 minutes early for your Dr. appointment. Then we’ll leave you alone in a freezing cold examination room for a full 40 minutes after we take your BP and say the doctor will be right in. I’ve started playing the 5 more minutes game. “ I’m walking out if they don’t show up in 5 more minutes. Now, I’m leaving this MF’r if they aren’t here in 5 minutes!” Repeat.

[Al_4_ISU 12382]

18 hours ago, Armybrat said:

Miles & miles of this shit on I-35 through Waxahachie at 11am this morning (posted sign: “No Trucks In Left Lane”)

 

Truckers who use the left lane while governed at or below the speed limit have their own chamber in Hell reserved.  Fuck those assholes.

We used to drive I-80 between Des Moines and Iowa City regularly, and that part of Iowa consists of long, gently rolling hills.  Two trucks would be side by side governed at the same rate of speed.  When they crest a hell, the heavier one would creep ahead, but never far enough to pass, and then they'd slow climbing the next long gentle hill.  There had to be times where if you had helicopter footage that there would be no one between the trucks and the next exit, and 10-15 miles of traffic stuck behind them.

[Superhero 8695]

Fuck you Microsoft Windows 11 for grouping icons on the task bar. I usually work with 2-3 Chrome windows (not counting the personal one). I used to be able to quickly see  and click which Chrome window to open. Now I have to hover my mouse over the fucking Chrome icon, see which one I want, and then click on that. It's not that I'm trying to save seconds (otherwise I wouldn't be fucking around on Surly), but it's just fucking annoying.

 

Looking at at Windows forum, people have been bitching about this since 11 was first rolled out, and Microsoft has done shit about it. My company IT won't let me download a 3rd party program to ungroup, so it's dealing with this bullshit until Microsoft gets its head out of its ass. Fuck!

 

[elfenix 34157]

5 hours ago, Superhero said:

Fuck you Microsoft Windows 11 for grouping icons on the task bar. I usually work with 2-3 Chrome windows (not counting the personal one). I used to be able to quickly see  and click which Chrome window to open. Now I have to hover my mouse over the fucking Chrome icon, see which one I want, and then click on that. It's not that I'm trying to save seconds (otherwise I wouldn't be fucking around on Surly), but it's just fucking annoying.

 

Looking at at Windows forum, people have been bitching about this since 11 was first rolled out, and Microsoft has done shit about it. My company IT won't let me download a 3rd party program to ungroup, so it's dealing with this bullshit until Microsoft gets its head out of its ass. Fuck!

 

autogrouping is horrible.  does anyone actually like having it grouped?  never combine, two rows high, and show me all the icons in the system tray.  i promise you i have enough pixels to handle it, microsoft.

why is so much in windows 11 fucking unfinished?  they've been trying to remake control panel into settings since windows 8 and they're still not done (though the settings panel fucking blows, why can i only open one of them?)  multiple desktops kinda works well until outlook can't remember which desktops it was open on, something chrome manages to do just fine.  which is microsoft's cash cow and which is from a competing company? 

[Sam Lin 3539]

3 hours ago, elfenix said:

autogrouping is horrible.  does anyone actually like having it grouped?  never combine, two rows high, and show me all the icons in the system tray.  i promise you i have enough pixels to handle it, microsoft.

Fucking this! Screens are more than 1024x768 now!

[MNLonghornFUKM 8791]

When there’s 2 speakers in a drive thru and some idiot has to sit at the fork in the road waiting for next available speaker instead of just picking a line

[Prepuce of Doom 20954]

When two of the six preset radio stations in my car are both playing Hotel California. 

[gofuckyourself 8096]

On 4/21/2023 at 10:16 AM, Al_4_ISU said:

Truckers who use the left lane while governed at or below the speed limit have their own chamber in Hell reserved.  Fuck those assholes.

We used to drive I-80 between Des Moines and Iowa City regularly, and that part of Iowa consists of long, gently rolling hills.  Two trucks would be side by side governed at the same rate of speed.  When they crest a hell, the heavier one would creep ahead, but never far enough to pass, and then they'd slow climbing the next long gentle hill.  There had to be times where if you had helicopter footage that there would be no one between the trucks and the next exit, and 10-15 miles of traffic stuck behind them.

And I always have a sneaking suspicion they're inside their cabs chuckling to themselves.

Edited April 22, 2023 by gofuckyourself
Fat fingers. Old eyes.

[mininghorn88 2249]

55 minutes ago, gofuckyourself said:

And I always have a sneaking suspicion they're inside their cabs chuckling to themselves.

Reminds me of the ‘70s and early ‘80s trucker movies where the truckers block the police from catching the “Bandit”.

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2720]

People that answer your question before you’re done asking.

[GoPokes83 2236]

People that answer your question before you’re done asking.

You’ve apparently met my wife and daughter.

[locodos 5327]

stickers on fruit

[Tex Long 4308]

1 hour ago, locodos said:

stickers on fruit

people who hate progress

[locodos 5327]

2 minutes ago, Tex Long said:

people who hate progress

enjoy that ripe tomato

Edited April 23, 2023 by locodos

[Tex Long 4308]

2 minutes ago, locodos said:

people who love branding

people too far into BDSM

[locodos 5327]

2 minutes ago, Tex Long said:

people too far into BDSM

Don't kink shame me bro

[Tex Long 4308]

9 minutes ago, locodos said:

Don't kink shame me bro

No shame intended, amigo. One merely applauds the effort.

[WhatTheBuck 28694]

3 hours ago, locodos said:

stickers on fruit

The skin on a banana turns brown faster where the sticker was applied. 

[Fudbelty 2784]

Rained/drizzled all morning at the soccer fields. No games even delayed. Call rain out line just to be sure before leaving and “all games on”. Drive out there and it stops raining about 12:45p. Our game is 2p. All games from 2p on fucking canceled.

[nbmishoid 920]

Pain management clinics.  Not simply oxymoronic. 

[GoPokes83 2236]

Pain management clinics.  Not simply oxymoronic. 

This! Good luck finding a regular MD willing to touch any chronic pain issues these days though.

[NWBuck 8536]

On 4/22/2023 at 9:26 AM, Prepuce of Doom said:

When two of the six preset radio stations in my car are both playing Hotel California. 

On 4/22/2023 at 10:28 AM, mininghorn88 said:

Reminds me of the ‘70s and early ‘80s trucker movies where the truckers block the police from catching the “Bandit”.

[Guest]

When all 6 local presets are talking about greasy stools or 96* month car notes.

 

*only slightly exaggerating 

[Jameslaw121 4440]

On 4/23/2023 at 8:10 AM, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:

People that answer your question before you’re done asking.

I dunno man. If I didn't interrupt with the answer, my wife would still be asking me a question from last Saturday.

[Covri 6224]

On 4/24/2023 at 6:17 AM, slorch said:

When all 6 local presets are talking about greasy stools or 96* month car notes.

 

*only slightly exaggerating 

Read “presets” as priests, only realized my mistake when the car notes didn’t make sense. Think I need a third cup of coffee.

[nnm 35847]

3 hours ago, Covri said:

Read “presets” as priests, only realized my mistake when the car notes didn’t make sense. Think I need a third cup of coffee.

I like the story better with “priests.”

[elfenix 34157]

United Flight 787 uses a Boeing 777

[ztejas 43021]

I came to see a movie and wanted to get a big coke. 

They have Pepsi products. 

[ztejas 43021]

Dp

Edited April 30, 2023 by ztejas

[nnm 35847]

Freaking American Airlines. We’re in San Diego for a wedding.  We were booked on a 7:15 am flight this morning back to DFW. At the reception last night we got the notification the flight had been canceled. Not delayed, outright cancelled. 
 

The wait time to talk to an agent was 2.5-3.5 hours.  And I have platinum status. What a joke. They force you to DIY, on the app or website.

I’m severely claustrophobic, so have to have an aisle seat. When rebooking, it won’t let you check the seat situation before booking the new flight. Of course the flight I choose has nothing but center seats. I had to go through 4 different re-bookings until I found one with an aisle seat. Instead of getting in at noon today we get in at 6:30. 
 

My claustrophobia also makes me very surly. I hate it. It’s getting worse as I get older too, like my dad.  Can’t sit in a center or a window seat on an airplane. Can’t sit in the back seat of any car. Couldn’t go into the tunnels when we went to Israel last year. 

Edited May 1, 2023 by nnm

[tbone_ 14016]

Airlines dgaf about your plans

[Native Horn 3474]

15 hours ago, ztejas said:

Dp

Well?  Did you have Pepsi, or Dp?

[MNLonghornFUKM 8791]

Fuck this worthless invention. Whoever invented these should be in jail. They peel effectively maybe 1% of the time before i end up using my thumb.

[nnm 35847]

36 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

Fuck this worthless invention. Whoever invented these should be in jail. They peel effectively maybe 1% of the time before i end up using my thumb.

That’s what a pocketknife is for. 

[PvilleStang 2823]

They're better than the non-tabbed variant.  Lift, then peel from one edge of the tab to the other.  I find them successful 95% of the time.

[GoPokes83 2236]

I came to see a movie and wanted to get a big coke. 
They have Pepsi products. 

I’m a Pepsi guy. For some reason Buc-ees has stopped carrying all Pepsi products. It’s the only decent c-store in this town.

[Antidean 200]

Wasp and Hornet spray is not as effective as it once was.

I remember spraying wasps and they would die instantly. Now I spray them and they wiggle around until they die.

Either the spray has changed or there is a new killer wasp invading my house.

[Guest]

That's what the match is for.

[52-80 19041]

22 hours ago, nnm said:

Freaking American Airlines. We’re in San Diego for a wedding.  We were booked on a 7:15 am flight this morning back to DFW. At the reception last night we got the notification the flight had been canceled. Not delayed, outright cancelled. 
 

The wait time to talk to an agent was 2.5-3.5 hours.  And I have platinum status. What a joke. They force you to DIY, on the app or website.

I’m severely claustrophobic, so have to have an aisle seat. When rebooking, it won’t let you check the seat situation before booking the new flight. Of course the flight I choose has nothing but center seats. I had to go through 4 different re-bookings until I found one with an aisle seat. Instead of getting in at noon today we get in at 6:30. 
 

My claustrophobia also makes me very surly. I hate it. It’s getting worse as I get older too, like my dad.  Can’t sit in a center or a window seat on an airplane. Can’t sit in the back seat of any car. Couldn’t go into the tunnels when we went to Israel last year. 

I've never done this myself, but it's not uncommon for FFers to arrange alternate flights themselves (ie outside of the ticketing carriers default options), and then getting it reimbursed later.  In case of irrops, it's within the bounds of carriers to go outside the partner network, so it wouldnt be a "tough" fight to get the money back.

Get yourself to where you need to be first, and let them sort it out later.