Trivial Things That Make You Surly

BehoId, The Underminer! · January 9

my equivalent pet peeve of that vein is the odd diction in service employees: "what's a good name for that order?"

i don't know. simon? joseph is a classic. how about something a little more modern like ashton? oh, you mean what is my name.

Native Horn · January 9

15 minutes ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

my equivalent pet peeve of that vein is the odd diction in service employees: "what's a good name for that order?"

i don't know. simon? joseph is a classic. how about something a little more modern like ashton? oh, you mean what is my name.

My go-to at Starbucks (on the two times a year I frequent one) is "Maxx. With two Xs."

ABSR · January 9

37 minutes ago, Native Horn said:

My go-to at Starbucks (on the two times a year I frequent one) is "Maxx. With two Xs."

Phsteven. You know, Steven with a PH.

956 Worldwide · January 9

1 hour ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

my equivalent pet peeve of that vein is the odd diction in service employees: "what's a good name for that order?"

i don't know. simon? joseph is a classic. how about something a little more modern like ashton? oh, you mean what is my name.

On the flip side, I ordered a coffee at a place a few days ago and said “thank you.” The barista, instead of the usual “no problem” dropped me a “you’re welcome.”

I was so taken aback and pleasantly surprised at her social graces that I actually left 20 percent tip on the little iPad.

Js1 · January 9

1 hour ago, Native Horn said:

My go-to at Starbucks (on the two times a year I frequent one) is "Maxx. With two Xs."

Underdog · January 9

3 hours ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

vermont has no billboards. i think about how awesome that would be all the time.

It’s beautiful, man.

SHOOTER12 · January 9

On 1/7/2024 at 11:15 PM, 52-80 said:

Bright, non-dimmable bathroom lights.

When im a guest at hotel or other peoples houses…taking a piss at 3am is like walking straight into the core of the sun.

So piss the bed. It's not like it's yours anyway.

SHOOTER12 · January 9

On 1/3/2024 at 9:53 PM, Biff Tannen said:

Why in the motherfuck do different applications on my phone have different volume settings? If I turn the volume off when I’m on my browser, why is it not assumed that I want the volume off for the rest of the phone?

For example, I turned it off whilst on surly, but then clicked on a Twitter video in surly and shit goes full blast.

I won’t even mention that private browser mode and regular browser mode have the same issue.

Should this go in dumb question amnesty?

Heck I prefer volume controls that way. There's times I want the ringer on, but don't want to deal with texts and other various alert, or vice versa,or any combination of such.

ROFL BOX · January 10

My wife has 7 or 8 different shampoo bottles in the shower & probably 5 or 6 of them have less than 1% of product in them.

Take off the cap, run some water in there, use the dregs & recycle the bottle.

Done.

ButNoooo.Belushi.gif

Biff Tannen · January 11

On 1/9/2024 at 1:24 PM, 956 Worldwide said:

People who use the reflexive when it’s not correct.

At a conference and the woman giving admin information kept doing it:

”If you have any questions just direct them to myself.”

“ME! Direct them to “me.” Learn to diagram a damn sentence.

High Plains Drifter · January 11

On 1/9/2024 at 2:09 PM, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

my equivalent pet peeve of that vein is the odd diction in service employees: "what's a good name for that order?"

i don't know. simon? joseph is a classic. how about something a little more modern like ashton? oh, you mean what is my name.

On 1/9/2024 at 2:26 PM, Native Horn said:

My go-to at Starbucks (on the two times a year I frequent one) is "Maxx. With two Xs."

My go to is "Marco." Then if they yell my name out, I always answer with "Polo!"

Prepuce of Doom · January 11

On 1/9/2024 at 2:09 PM, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

my equivalent pet peeve of that vein is the odd diction in service employees: "what's a good name for that order?"

i don't know. simon? joseph is a classic. how about something a little more modern like ashton? oh, you mean what is my name.

I'm often tempted to give them a nonsense word - plorp, flerge, gunt, etc.

SHOOTER12 · January 11

12 hours ago, ROFL BOX said:

My wife has 7 or 8 different shampoo bottles in the shower & probably 5 or 6 of them have less than 1% of product in them.

Take off the cap, run some water in there, use the dregs & recycle the bottle.

Done.

ButNoooo.Belushi.gif

Same here except all of them are damned near full.

PvilleStang · January 11

12 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

My go to is "Marco." Then if they yell my name out, I always answer with "Polo!"

Noah Knigga must love going to starbucks...

Mrs Whiggins · January 11

Refusing to scroll through 357 pages but I know this was covered before:

people who talk/scroll/whatever on their phone and/or have zero awareness while entering highway on ramps. The purpose of the on ramp is to merge traffic safely with the traffic currently on the highway. That means paying attention to THAT traffic and its progress, whether 75/80 mph or crawling due to who knows what--probably some idiot like them on a further down the road on ramp who, in the same soporific state of stupidity, think that going 35 mph is somehow going to miraculously create a smooth merging experience for all. Makes me surly every time and today was no exception. And no, I am not driving while I type this.

PvilleStang · January 11

Driving in this morning, asshats texting: not using turn signals, doing 55 in a 60 with clear roads ahead of them IN THE LEFT LANE. Can we legalize pit maneuvers for left lane campers already?

deadshank · January 11

37 in a 15

Edited January 11 by deadshank

PvilleStang · January 11

^^^

deadshank · January 11

4 minutes ago, PvilleStang said:

^^^

That your girl?

PvilleStang · January 11

Who do I look like, @Vic Mackey?!

Vic Mackey · January 11

18 minutes ago, deadshank said:

37 in a 15

Al_4_ISU · January 11

34 minutes ago, deadshank said:

37 in a 15

nnm · January 11

5 hours ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Refusing to scroll through 357 pages but I know this was covered before:

people who talk/scroll/whatever on their phone and/or have zero awareness while entering highway on ramps. The purpose of the on ramp is to merge traffic safely with the traffic currently on the highway. That means paying attention to THAT traffic and its progress, whether 75/80 mph or crawling due to who knows what--probably some idiot like them on a further down the road on ramp who, in the same soporific state of stupidity, think that going 35 mph is somehow going to miraculously create a smooth merging experience for all. Makes me surly every time and today was no exception. And no, I am not driving while I type this.

Well, when else do you expect me to check the dumbass FB thread to see the latest gem that @Vic Mackey or @SurlyBDR have posted?!?

Edited January 11 by nnm

MonkeyDoughnut · January 11

The fact refrigerator drawers and their rails are plastic and always break. Like I paid 2K for this...can you add some metal or something so they don't break.

nnm · January 11

4 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

The fact refrigerator drawers and their rails are plastic and always break. Like I paid 2K for this...can you add some metal or something so they don't break.

As far as quality goes, refrigerators these days can’t hold a candle to their ancestors. The old Frigidaires or Amanas would run for 30-40 years with absolutely no issues. These days the feature-packed units are good for 10 years max.

BehoId, The Underminer! · January 11

Went to Jo's. Got burger, fries, iced turbo. $21 or something. Wiped off my dirty table so I'd have a place to sit. Bussed my stuff, (including wiping off for the next person) as I went out per the instructions. What is the appropriate iPad tip? 18, 20, and 22% were my options.

One on hand, they literally did nothing. I am my own waiter there. It's an obvious thing we beef about on here a lot.

But on the other hand being a little more serious, is this just the way that the world works now? I make enough that I don't have to grouse about $3. Is this just the way you give back? Is this the way we make sure our fellow man is taken care of now? Or am I just playing into the owner's hands. They basically don't have to pay employees anymore because they know everyone gets a couple of bucks voluntarily per customer. The owners have figured out a new way to squeeze. Those 'tips,' are just what used to be wages, and those wages are now just owner's profits.

Can't decide if I should be Mr Pink: Put it to a vote, I'll vote for it. But what I won't do is play ball; or should I recognize that this is the new economy?

MonkeyDoughnut · January 11

55 minutes ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

Went to Jo's. Got burger, fries, iced turbo. $21 or something. Wiped off my dirty table so I'd have a place to sit. Bussed my stuff, (including wiping off for the next person) as I went out per the instructions. What is the appropriate iPad tip? 18, 20, and 22% were my options.

One on hand, they literally did nothing. I am my own waiter there. It's an obvious thing we beef about on here a lot.

But on the other hand being a little more serious, is this just the way that the world works now? I make enough that I don't have to grouse about $3. Is this just the way you give back? Is this the way we make sure our fellow man is taken care of now? Or am I just playing into the owner's hands. They basically don't have to pay employees anymore because they know everyone gets a couple of bucks voluntarily per customer. The owners have figured out a new way to squeeze. Those 'tips,' are just what used to be wages, and those wages are now just owner's profits.

Can't decide if I should be Mr Pink: Put it to a vote, I'll vote for it. But what I won't do is play ball; or should I recognize that this is the new economy?

Yeah, I'm not tipping at counter service places anymore (unless I've got some ridiculous order or something). It's gone too far, only way it goes back is us not paying. You would never have been asked to tip at a place like that 5 or 10 years ago, why do they all of a sudden feel they can ask? (all while raising prices more than enough to cover inflation and such)

SHOOTER12 · January 11

8 hours ago, PvilleStang said:

Noah Knigga must love going to starbucks...

Seriously though, how is it pronounced?

SHOOTER12 · January 11

4 hours ago, deadshank said:

37 in a 15

If I were the cashier(or customer behind her) I'd embarrass the hell out of her.

As a customer, I might even flip it over in the aisle.

SHOOTER12 · January 11

On 1/9/2024 at 10:52 AM, Vic Mackey said:

The amount of Buccees billboards. And they start like 80 miles away and are seemingly there every mile. With them building the one in Hillsboro, I'll see them the entire way down 35 pretty much to Temple.

Same BS Stuckeys used to do with their billboards.

Underdog · January 11

I'm more pissed fat boy not bagging his own groceries.

Js1 · January 11

21 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

My go to is "Marco." Then if they yell my name out, I always answer with "Polo!"

Hi dad

WhatTheBuck · January 12

On 1/9/2024 at 11:52 AM, Vic Mackey said:

The amount of Buccees billboards. And they start like 80 miles away and are seemingly there every mile. With them building the one in Hillsboro, I'll see them the entire way down 35 pretty much to Temple.

RIP Burma-Shave.

CatManDo · January 12

As an old fan of X-Files, I was always annoyed when Fox and Dana would drive up to a building at night: the building had some lights on both exterior and interior so it seemed the power was working. They would go inside and enter the room they were looking for and immediately turn on their flashlights to start searching the room...this always annoyed me because I just wanted to yell "HEY, turn the light switch on, there's obviously power in the building!"

But I guess they needed to create suspense.

Mrs Whiggins · January 12

On 1/11/2024 at 2:50 PM, nnm said:

As far as quality goes, refrigerators these days can’t hold a candle to their ancestors. The old Frigidaires or Amanas would run for 30-40 years with absolutely no issues. These days the feature-packed units are good for 10 years max.

RIP to our Kenmore. It lasted for a long long time. Basic model with freezer on the top. Bought a Whirlpool that was similar but it is a pale pale imitation of our former soldier.

conVINCEd · January 12

My parents still have the fridge from my childhood as their garage fridge. I’m 48.

52-80 · January 13

11 hours ago, conVINCEd said:

My parents still have the fridge from my childhood as their garage fridge. I’m 48.

ROFL BOX · January 13

Not exactly shart thread material, but when you have a bit of an urgent need while @ a business (grocery store, restaurant, etc.) & want to wipe down the seat in a restroom before you go but the paper roll seems to have Ø findable start to the roll... cannot figure out where the leading edge is.

& Then your urgency seems to compound.

ADDED: Horrible, sand paper type single ply is a great way to say "We don't care. Go shit somewhere else."

January 13

21 hours ago, conVINCEd said:

My parents still have the fridge from my childhood as their garage fridge. I’m 48.

I have a 30 YO beer fridge that we got when we first got married. It has been on beer fridge duty since about 2003. We are on our 3rd &*(^%$^&*( piece of shit fancy pants refrigerator in our kitchen since we did that 'upgrade.'

Wasn't my decision, but wife won't even talk about it any more. I just laugh...and grab a cold drink.

elfenix · January 14

announcers talking about NFL playoff "seeds." the NFL playoffs are not seeded. the NFL playoffs are determined by record and a few tie breakers that largely involve record. there is no seeding process. seeding is when a committee sits around and picks who plays who based on eye tests and formulas because there's not enough matches or games between the contenders to use something like records, head to head, net points scored, etc. it's used for tennis tournaments and the NCAA tournament.

NeverMarryAStripper · January 14

4 hours ago, slorch said:

I have a 30 YO beer fridge that we got when we first got married. It has been on beer fridge duty since about 2003. We are on our 3rd &*(^%$^&*( piece of shit fancy pants refrigerator in our kitchen since we did that 'upgrade.'

Wasn't my decision, but wife won't even talk about it any more. I just laugh...and grab a cold drink.

After my first divorce I had just about zero furniture, just a few heirloom pieces from my grandmother that had to practically beat my ex’s lawyer over the head to keep. Anyway, my gf (the second ex) and I had just rented a place when the family butchered a few head of longhorns and distributed the meat among the 4 kids. I needed to find a freezer quick. I was driving though the neighborhood and saw an old chest freezer in someone’s driveway with a for sale sign on it so I stopped and bought it for like 50 bucks. That was 1995 and I figured I’d get a new one eventually. When I downsized my house 1n 2015 I didn’t need it anymore so I gave it it my 2nd ex and she still has it.

NeverMarryAStripper · January 14

Also, fuck the Houston Marathon

52-80 · January 15

cities shouldnt be shut down just so a few annoying people can exercise

nnm · January 15

19 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Also, fuck the Houston Marathon

2 hours ago, 52-80 said:

cities shouldnt be shut down just so a few annoying people can exercise

Sorry about your diebeetus.

BearMace · January 15

Diners/Waitresses that will pour maybe 2/3 a cup of coffee. Your cheap ass drip swill is probably the highest margin item in the joint. Fill it the fuck up!

ROFL BOX · January 15

Diners/Waitresses that will pour maybe 2/3 a cup of coffee. Your cheap ass drip swill is probably the highest margin item in the joint. Fill it the fuck up!

Places with a Keurig (my kid's orthodontist) who have a shit ton of coffee cups, some weird ass tea & Ø hot chcolate.

Not everyone drinks coffee (me... i don't) & especially the average teenaged patient.

Armybrat · January 15

On 1/11/2024 at 9:15 PM, WhatTheBuck said:

RIP Burma-Shave.

Those were always a must to look for.

Frank The Tank · January 16

6 hours ago, ROFL BOX said:

Places with a Keurig (my kid's orthodontist) who have a shit ton of coffee cups, some weird ass tea & Ø hot chcolate.

Not everyone drinks coffee (me... i don't) & especially the average teenaged patient.

Well…I assume that’s what the tea and hot chocolate is for. What’s the issue here?

closetohumping · January 16

20 hours ago, BearMace said:

Diners/Waitresses that will pour maybe 2/3 a cup of coffee. Your cheap ass drip swill is probably the highest margin item in the joint. Fill it the fuck up!

Leaving room for cream?

BearMace · January 16

2 hours ago, closetohumping said:

Leaving room for cream?

That's a shit load of room for cream. We're taking about diner coffee here, not South Austin's mom.

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