Trivial Things That Make You Surly

[Superhero 8830]

27 minutes ago, nnm said:

Hold music. Especially the looped electronica kind. 
Recently I’ve been on hold a lot with USAA processing my hail damage claim. It’s the same music looped over and over, concluding with a “USAA” chant. 

Now I’m on hold with Avis trying to rent an after-hours car at Colorado Springs airport. They’re only open from 06:00 to 00:00. Our flight arrives at 23:50 on a Thursday and departs at 06:09 on the following Monday. The website says to call to arrange after-hours rentals. I’m on hold. Same electronica loop over and over. 

Makes my ears bleed. 

Was it this?

 

[Tylerocks 2553]

Overly aggressive or overly speedy, assholish drivers.  zipping from lane to lane, tailgating etc..

I wish every single one would get into a bad single car accident.

[nnm 36417]

1 hour ago, Superhero said:

Was it this?

 

Oh man. I think United uses that also. 

[Sam Lin 3559]

4 hours ago, nnm said:

Hold music. 

I asked Amex to put be back on hold once, because the hold music was some great classical music and was at a great part of the score when they picked up.

They did not oblige.

[WhatTheBuck 28783]

2 hours ago, Sam Lin said:

I asked Amex to put be back on hold once, because the hold music was some great classical music and was at a great part of the score when they picked up.

They did not oblige.

I would’ve put you back on hold and gone to lunch. 

[NWBuck 8570]

6 hours ago, nnm said:

Oh man. I think United uses that also. 

Nope. They use something Gershwin-esque:

 

[closetohumping 17442]

13 hours ago, Tylerocks said:

Overly aggressive or overly speedy, assholish drivers.  zipping from lane to lane, tailgating etc..

I wish every single one would get into a bad single car accident.

I feel like an old when I say this but I agree.  Some of these guys are going 100 when traffic is flowing at 30. 

16 hours ago, nnm said:

Hold music. Especially the looped electronica kind. 
Recently I’ve been on hold a lot with USAA processing my hail damage claim. It’s the same music looped over and over, concluding with a “USAA” chant. 

Now I’m on hold with Avis trying to rent an after-hours car at Colorado Springs airport. They’re only open from 06:00 to 00:00. Our flight arrives at 23:50 on a Thursday and departs at 06:09 on the following Monday. The website says to call to arrange after-hours rentals. I’m on hold. Same electronica loop over and over. 

Makes my ears bleed. 

Not trivial.  But landing in Seattle at 11 pm and finding out they don’t have your reservation.  Awful feeling. Made worse by the fact we booked on Expedia 

[nnm 36417]

1 minute ago, closetohumping said:

Not trivial.  But landing in Seattle at 11 pm and finding out they don’t have your reservation.  Awful feeling. Made worse by the fact we booked on Expedia 

[52-80 19162]

On 8/21/2023 at 1:21 AM, Superhero said:

This has happened too many times.

 

amateur hour.

lengthen the arrow.  then align it.  then shorten it. 

[Native Horn 3504]

On 8/19/2023 at 9:53 PM, Fudge Nuggets said:

I wish sports broadcast producers would teach broadcasters the proper use of the word 'aggression'.  Over / any use of 'aggressiveness' really grinds my gears.

Also, "physicality."  Cheese grater on my brain.

[PvilleStang 2911]

20 hours ago, Superhero said:

Was it this?

 

I deal with these on a weekly basis, and definitely have my favorites.  This one is a banger (compared to most).  

 

I find the worst products / support departments have the best / calmest on-hold music, their way of de-escalating pissed off customers.  I still loved my buddy's setup, where he just had an old boombox in the back room with KVET plugged into the MOH port on his phone system, worked like a charm.

[nnm 36417]

6 hours ago, Native Horn said:

Also, "physicality."  Cheese grater on my brain.

“Gotta get untracked!”  No, when a train gets untracked, it’s a disaster. Kinda like the “furk” moment of the aggy rollercoaster. 

[Jameslaw121 4448]

18 hours ago, NWBuck said:

Nope. They use something Gershwin-esque:

 

It's a "modern (crap)" Version of Rhapsody in Blue. They started using it (the real version) in commercials in 1987. 

Edited August 22, 2023 by Jameslaw121

[McCroskey 1504]

I didn’t even notice this until after we left the restaurant.

Look at these suggested fucking tip amounts.

[Deej 76800]

On 5/11/2023 at 12:53 PM, Vic Mackey said:

On 5/11/2023 at 9:23 AM, Steamboat1874 said:

That would never be me.
When I am first in line at a light, my preferred spot, I treat that light like a drag racer. I will be gone and up to the speed limit within 4 seconds even if it 55MPH.

I used to be like this but there's a ton of red light runners in the DFW. Not just barely but blatantly running it. There's always a little delay from when it turns red for one side and green for the other for this reason. But I've seen people barrel through with no disregard well after the fact. Especially people who are turning left and do it well after red.

I like the 10 second delay now while they let pedestrians get a head start before the light actually changes. Let those people on foot get hit by the red light runners..

[ScottS 1065]

4 hours ago, McCroskey said:

I didn’t even notice this until after we left the restaurant.

Look at these suggested fucking tip amounts.

My OCD would have made me tip $34.92 to make the total $188.  If the waitress is hot I would go up to $35.92 because I'm a baller that way.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

13 hours ago, McCroskey said:

I didn’t even notice this until after we left the restaurant.

Maybe they charged you a "convenience fee" in lieu of tip?

[PvilleStang 2911]

16 hours ago, McCroskey said:

I didn’t even notice this until after we left the restaurant.

Look at these suggested fucking tip amounts.

Did they charge a mandatory 18% tip?  seems those would be the additional optional tip amounts.

[McCroskey 1504]

3 hours ago, PvilleStang said:

Did they charge a mandatory 18% tip?  seems those would be the additional optional tip amounts.

No service fee or mandatory tip on the receipt.  As I think about it I think they are just missing the trailing 0 in the % field.  IE, they probably meant to say 20, 25, and 27%.   At least, that's what I'm sticking with.

[Nole-4-Life 804]

On 8/18/2023 at 8:57 PM, nnm said:

17 year old NNM and his buddies thought this was the ticket. 

My uncle used to love that shit. It was awful!

I remember one from my early 20s called Bourbon Falls. Good for killing brain cells and de-greasing engines.

[gofuckyourself 8291]

Amazon emailing me about their new pharmacy bullshit.

I click the "manage your communication preferences" link on the email.

Scroll down the list of bazillion Amazon departments of who I want emails from.

All of them are deselected, including ... that's right ... the Amazon pharmacy.

Who can I sue?

Class action time. Deep pockets and whatnot.

[Sam Lin 3559]

I actually got something similar a week or so ago. Had wayyy too many categories to micromanage the types of spam I could volunteer for, everything was disabled, and I still got spam from them. Ok, report spam and block sender then, I gave you a chance!

[Vic Mackey 47055]

Amazon emailing me about their new pharmacy bullshit.
I click the "manage your communication preferences" link on the email.
Scroll down the list of bazillion Amazon departments of who I want emails from.
All of them are deselected, including ... that's right ... the Amazon pharmacy.
Who can I sue?
Class action time. Deep pockets and whatnot.

Got it today. Thought it was spam at first. GTFO Amazon.

[52-80 19162]

17 hours ago, gofuckyourself said:

Amazon emailing me about their new pharmacy bullshit.

I click the "manage your communication preferences" link on the email.

Scroll down the list of bazillion Amazon departments of who I want emails from.

All of them are deselected, including ... that's right ... the Amazon pharmacy.

Who can I sue?

Class action time. Deep pockets and whatnot.

jefe bezos thanks you for helping put his penis rocket into space

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

When i look up an item on a box store site like target.com, it uses a home store 3 hrs away. And when I touch “current location” to use my local home store, it never works so I have to type in my zip code anyways. Current location has never worked for me

[Tex Long 4401]

52 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

I have to type in my zip code

All five digits? The horror!

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

All five digits? The horror!

It’s more the fact that your location never works, so why have it??

I might survive

[AUinHsv 579]

How do get to the point of actually typing. Every website I seem to go to has a slightly delayed pop up that stops you from entering anything until you close it - Sign in Google, 10% off for allowing emails etc.

[Guest]

Weather Channel still thinks I live in Conroe.  4 years later.  Deleted Ap.  Deleted old sign-in. Tried everything.

Sounds like Target and The Weather Channel don't talk to each other...

[Tylerocks 2553]

This is really random...but, super dark window tint.

Not being able to see the car in front of the car in front of me, while navigating I-10 traffic in Houston is annoying.

[mininghorn88 2293]

2 hours ago, Tylerocks said:

This is really random...but, super dark window tint.

Not being able to see the car in front of the car in front of me, while navigating I-10 traffic in Houston is annoying.

I always thought that there was some type of law or ordinance that dictated how dark the windows can be. But I see super dark ones all of the time.

[Vic Mackey 47055]

I always thought that there was some type of law or ordinance that dictated how dark the windows can be. But I see super dark ones all of the time.

In Texas, only on the front 2 windows. And the windshield stripe can't be below a certain line. Other than that, it's free game on how dark you want it.

[ztejas 43459]

On 8/21/2023 at 2:35 PM, Superhero said:

Was it this?

 

It's funny to think that whoever composed that has had their jingle heard by virtually everyone in America. Has to be one of the most ubiquitous tunes ever. 

[Scheiss Meister 8408]

Damn NFL games making my Sunday 10:00 local news late.

[SHOOTER12 8810]

13 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

14 hours ago, mininghorn88 said:

I always thought that there was some type of law or ordinance that dictated how dark the windows can be. But I see super dark ones all of the time.

In Texas, only on the front 2 windows. And the windshield stripe can't be below a certain line. Other than that, it's free game on how dark you want it.

Kinda racist.

[Superhero 8830]

Who schedules 8AM in-person meetings anymore?

[ImissWallyPryor 9046]

On threads like the Rain 2023 thread, posters report what is happening in ____ Zip Code instead of their county/town/neighborhood. Even if it’s one of the 5% of Zip Codes I recognize, there are more precise ways of describing a location than Zip Codes that can cover a wide area. 

Edited August 28, 2023 by ImissWallyPryor

[52-80 19162]

3 hours ago, Superhero said:

Who schedules 8AM in-person meetings anymore?

People who dont have families or people who do have families but hate them

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

3 hours ago, Superhero said:

Who schedules 8AM in-person meetings anymore?

Psychopaths 

[956 Worldwide 34715]

Yesterday cooking I sliced the tip of my index finger neatly parallel to the nail and right under it. So I had to double Bandaid it, one with the pad across the cut and sticky stuff on the sides of the finger and one wrapped around the finger to hold that one in place since it won’t stick otherwise. 
 

I’ve been making typos with this fat fucking finger all day and I’m super damn surly. 

[gofuckyourself 8291]

On 8/27/2023 at 9:16 AM, Tylerocks said:

This is really random...but, super dark window tint.

Not being able to see the car in front of the car in front of me, while navigating I-10 traffic in Houston is annoying.

I dislike dark window tint because it makes it harder to verify if my "How fucking dumb are you to drive like that?" look lands as I pass by them. I just have to assume I've done my sacred driver shaming duty.

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2732]

16 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Yesterday cooking I sliced the tip of my index finger neatly parallel to the nail and right under it. So I had to double Bandaid it, one with the pad across the cut and sticky stuff on the sides of the finger and one wrapped around the finger to hold that one in place since it won’t stick otherwise. 
 

I’ve been making typos with this fat fucking finger all day and I’m super damn surly. 

liquid skin is your friend

[PvilleStang 2911]

2 hours ago, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:

liquid skin is your friend

The burn says otherwise.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21907]

Don't ever use liquid skin on your nutsack

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

11 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Don't ever use liquid skin on your nutsack

[Sam Lin 3559]

Why are you slicing the tip off your nutsack?

[High Plains Drifter 11050]

 

 

On 8/10/2023 at 5:04 AM, 52-80 said:

I've spent now 3 Kafka'esque months spiraling through Dante's circus of corporate hell trying to get.... a purchase of $50 software installed on my work laptop using the 'official procedures'. 

It involves traipsing through how ever many countless procedures and processes and different internal 'applications' and emailing different teams and people.  This has been a goddamn nightmare.

I've experienced it before.  So I'm not surprised... just disappointed.

 

 

On 8/10/2023 at 11:09 AM, 52-80 said:

This one time I needed to buy a spare laptop charger and it was about $150 from amazon delivered next day, but through our corporate procurement process it took 2 months, and when the item was finally shipped out, total cost was $300, $100 of which went into “expedited shipping & handling”

 

Ive always felt overpaid but holy hell is there just so much more corporate waste in this organization 

 

They make it a pain in the ass hoping you will just give up and buy it yourself.

 

 

[Biff Tannen 45691]

On 8/27/2023 at 1:18 PM, Vic Mackey said:

On 8/27/2023 at 12:15 PM, mininghorn88 said:

I always thought that there was some type of law or ordinance that dictated how dark the windows can be. But I see super dark ones all of the time.

In Texas, only on the front 2 windows. And the windshield stripe can't be below a certain line. Other than that, it's free game on how dark you want it.

Of all the people on this site, I absolutely know Vic is 100% accurate on this. 

[Guest]

Fuck solicitors.

Don't knock at my gotdam door in the evening.

There's even a little sign on the door politely telling you to fuck off.

Don't fucking knock you sorry motherfucker.

 

If you are that inconsiderate, why in the living hell would I buy something from you.

 

Burn in hell selfish motherfuckers.

[ztejas 43459]

2 minutes ago, slorch said:

Fuck solicitors.

Don't knock at my gotdam door in the evening.

There's even a little sign on the door politely telling you to fuck off.

Don't fucking knock you sorry motherfucker.

 

If you are that inconsiderate, why in the living hell would I buy something from you.

 

Burn in hell selfish motherfuckers.

This is unintentionally very good poetic meter. 

I'd alter the very last line a bit, though. 

Edited August 30, 2023 by ztejas