Trivial Things That Make You Surly

[NWBuck 8543]

2 minutes ago, Js1 said:

My boss' go-to is "I'm going to give you your time back" 

The time you stole from me scheduling 30 minutes for a 10 minute meeting. 

Yuuuuuuup. Like the "I got money back from the IRS" logic

[Superhero 8727]

2 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

4 hours for CPR?  We usually get the entire department recertified on that in like 1.5 hours.  Talking 25-30 people here.

I feel your pain.

I skipped the class since I've been certified before (just not within the past 2 years). But like you mentioned, the class can be a lot shorter.

[Superhero 8727]

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[Macanudo 12922]

48 minutes ago, Js1 said:

"I'm going to give you your time back" 

 

Haha, I hate that phrase.   Dumbasses don't realize that I checked out mentally a few minutes before we got to this point.

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

My boss' go-to is "I'm going to give you your time back" 

[Guest Lobo]

trivial time thing that makes me surly...conference or panel where somebody says, "Okay, we're gonna go ahead and get started."  We're not at a junior high assembly, approach the microphone and say, "Good Morning/Afternoon."  Then say your name/role and start the presentation.  If people are still talking or standing around, fuck 'em.  Command the room.  Not this, "Okay, we're gonna go ahead and get started.  If you take your seats please.  We're going ahead with the start.  Thanks, if you could just...okay, I can wait."  You're not a vice principal at my high school.  Just start talking and the "adults" in the room can get fucked. 

Trivial thing that makes me happy...conference or panel where somebody says, "I don't want to get between you and a free drink so I'll end there...on time."  

[elfenix 34164]

the misnumbering of interstate 69. 

 

Edited April 5, 2022 by elfenix

[Shoxthemonkey 1975]

18 hours ago, Macanudo said:

1.  People who wait for a parking spot while someone else loads their car when there is a free spot 3-4 spots back.   

2.   People who  think that a meeting "has to" last the length of time it was booked for.  Motherfucker, if we finish in 18 minutes but it was scheduled for 30, we don't have to discuss other issues not related to this,  jibner jabber just to kill time or try and link other tasks not even remotely connected to the original meeting to it.  

I just had a LonestarMan flashback. I wonder whatever happened to him. Kinda miss his music takes.

[Guest Lobo]

33 minutes ago, elfenix said:

the misnumbering of interstate 69. 

 

No good?  It'll eventually be a North/South Interstate (mainly), so an odd number is correct.  It doesn't make much sense here in texas becuase it's so much farther west than interstates in the 50's and lower 60's.  But if it's eventual terminus in SE Michigan, it'll be about right in terms of numbering. 

What should make us Surly is the nation's 4th and 11th largest cities are so close together, not served by an interstate highway, and the nearest one from Austin to get to Houston is still 90 miles away.  But I think Army futures Command is gonna have a word or two on that soon.  

[elfenix 34164]

20 minutes ago, Lobo said:

It doesn't make much sense here in texas becuase it's so much farther west than interstates in the 50's and lower 60's.  But if it's eventual terminus in SE Michigan, it'll be about right in terms of numbering. 

numbering starts in the south and west, as opposed to the older US highway numbering which starts in the north and east, so it should be 37, 39, 41, or 43.  37 is extant, but they should have foreseen that there would be a proper interstate in south texas so it should have been 41 or 43.

[Guest Lobo]

Yeah, I still don't know how they're gonna "marry" 69 and 37 (insert no "69" joke after marriage here).  But yes, usually it starts NE and goes SW, opposite of a tornado.  But over time, as we built so many more...I think if they can either stick the landing on numbering at either of the terminuses/termini...they go with that.  They should have foreseen growth in South Texas, particularly after NAFTA and trucking and refineries...but fuck me...look at Texas interstate funding.  I know we have all these "Champions of Texas" fighting for us in D.C. all these last 30 years...but they ain't doing shit in terms of transportation.  We'll have fucking teleportation before we get that high-speed rail.  

Houston's system finally makes some sense.  You got 4 interstate highways there.  7 interstates in the Metroplex.  4 in San Antonio.  And then one in Austin, the main South to North corridor for a huge swatch of the country for hundreds of miles in either direction.  And not only that, it's a piece of shit designed to segregate and maim.  And then this hodge-podge collection of spur interstates that are largely superfluous around secondary markets in the state.  Makes me surly.  I know growth and transportation corridors can be hard to predict.  But Austin's been growing like this for 25 years.  And the freight hauls to/from South Texas have been going up YOY for 35 years. /surlyrant

[SHOOTER12 8787]

On 4/3/2022 at 6:45 PM, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Fuck people in shitty ass pickups with paper plates driving on the freeway loaded up with crap they picked from people’s garbage with nothing securing their mountain of trash.

Them and the Mexican caravans of vehicles "een toe" that constantly screw up traffic on US-59 every week. Go to the auction, buy junk, and tie it back Mexico with even bigger junk at 35 mph.

[WhatTheBuck 28700]

4 hours ago, Superhero said:

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[Underdog 28436]

Most likely not trivial but holed up in the guest room at Jr’s house feeling like shit.  Trying to keep my distance from everyone and the 2yo grand-baby, thinking it’s just allergies but have done 3 rapid tests so far, all negative. 

[elfenix 34164]

4 hours ago, Lobo said:

Yeah, I still don't know how they're gonna "marry" 69 and 37 (insert no "69" joke after marriage here).  But yes, usually it starts NE and goes SW, opposite of a tornado.  But over time, as we built so many more...I think if they can either stick the landing on numbering at either of the terminuses/termini...they go with that.  They should have foreseen growth in South Texas, particularly after NAFTA and trucking and refineries...but fuck me...look at Texas interstate funding.  I know we have all these "Champions of Texas" fighting for us in D.C. all these last 30 years...but they ain't doing shit in terms of transportation.  We'll have fucking teleportation before we get that high-speed rail.  

Houston's system finally makes some sense.  You got 4 interstate highways there.  7 interstates in the Metroplex.  4 in San Antonio.  And then one in Austin, the main South to North corridor for a huge swatch of the country for hundreds of miles in either direction.  And not only that, it's a piece of shit designed to segregate and maim.  And then this hodge-podge collection of spur interstates that are largely superfluous around secondary markets in the state.  Makes me surly.  I know growth and transportation corridors can be hard to predict.  But Austin's been growing like this for 25 years.  And the freight hauls to/from South Texas have been going up YOY for 35 years. /surlyrant

austin not having a proper non-tolled interstate grade loop is one of the dumbest things in this state. 

[nnm 35964]

3 hours ago, Underdog said:

Most likely not trivial but holed up in the guest room at Jr’s house feeling like shit.  Trying to keep my distance from everyone and the 2yo grand-baby, thinking it’s just allergies but have done 3 rapid tests so far, all negative. 

I had C19 in Europe 3 weeks ago. Because of the event I was attending, I had to have one or two antigen tests every day. After I started feeling rough, I had a total of 7 negative antigen tests before the PCR test came back positive. The next day, and for 10 days thereafter, the antigen tests were also positive. 

[High Plains Drifter 10969]

On 3/26/2022 at 7:20 PM, slorch said:

Walk up to counter at oil change place that closes at 7PM.  It is 6:22PM with nobody in line and nobody in the bays.

"Can I get an oil change?"

"It's getting close to closing..."

" Well, i know it's 7 and nobody is ahead of me."

" The guys are cleaning the bays"

"Do you close at 7 or 6?  All I need is an answer, yes or no."

" We'll do it."

 

Beard of Zeus.  Sorry to impose on you, motherfucker...  Then when I check out, it's like the toughest ordeal of their day.

I know the owner.  Debating whether to write it off as a bad day for his crew or let him know they were surly AF...  I didn't say shit about knowing him during the exchange because that is bullshit, IMHO.

 

Next time just get your husband to change the oil.

 

 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

Next time just get your husband to change the oil.

 

 

LMAO. Pretty sure growing up on a farm, doing maintenance on all varieties of equipment and machinery; serving as a light vehicle mechanic in the Marine Corps  gives  me a decent foundation from which to work on the task at hand.

It's a fucking oil change, not climbing Everest.  Plenty capable, but more willing to pay someone else to do it.

The point of contention was the displayed hours of availability for said service versus what was being conveyed.

 

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

Oil changes are cheap as hell. Why would anyone change their own oil anymore?

[SilasCoade 2620]

34 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Oil changes are cheap as hell. Why would anyone change their own oil anymore?

Ummm wut? Just cost me a hundred bucks at jiffy lube yesterday. That's not hurting me but it's not cheap as hell either.

[nnm 35964]

Just now, Llogg said:

Ummm wut? Just cost me a hundred bucks at jiffy lube yesterday. That's not hurting me but it's not cheap as hell either.

All the quick change places sell synthetic as the default now, tripling the cost of your oil change. 
Pro tip:  you don’t need synthetic. 

[ztejas 43237]

2 minutes ago, nnm said:

Pro tip:  you don’t need synthetic. 

That's not what the oil change place told me. Why would they lie to me?

[Okie State 3767]

Oil changes are cheap as hell. Why would anyone change their own oil anymore?

Because the guys who work there are dumbshits who can screw up even a simple task...like changing oil on a car.

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

18 minutes ago, Llogg said:

Just cost me a hundred bucks at jiffy lube yesterday.

That was a rub and tug, not an oil change.

[Al_4_ISU 12408]

And anyone who's telling you that you need to change your oil every 3,000 miles is either selling oil or selling oil changes.

[Guest Lobo]

What if they’re selling change?

[Superhero 8727]

3 hours ago, Llogg said:

Ummm wut? Just cost me a hundred bucks at jiffy lube yesterday. That's not hurting me but it's not cheap as hell either.

You didn't let them also change your blinker fluid did you?

[Sam Lin 3540]

4 hours ago, nnm said:

Pro tip:  you don’t need synthetic. 

If you plan to keep the car to 6digit mileage, you absolutely want synthetic. With modern prices, there is no reason to NOT run synthetic on any car, it makes a very clear difference in engine wear, well demonstrated via oil analysis and teardown analysis.

 

3 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

And anyone who's telling you that you need to change your oil every 3,000 miles is either selling oil or selling oil changes.

This. Running synthetic allows extended change intervals. It is senseless to run synthetic and keep using "dino" oil change intervals. Generally the cost works out in favor of synthetic if you count the extended change intervals. Modern synthetics and modern engines can frequently go 10k miles comfortably.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Motherfuckers who schedule meetings during usual lunch hours (11am-1pm). On a fucking Friday. Fuck off you fucking fucks.

[nnm 35964]

4 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Motherfuckers who schedule meetings.  Fuck off you fucking fucks.

fixed it. 

[Scheiss Meister 8394]

Or any time after 11:00 a.m. on a Friday.

[Sam Lin 3540]

20 minutes ago, Scheiss Meister said:

Or any time after 11:00 a.m. on a Friday.

 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

[SilasCoade 2620]

1 hour ago, Sam Lin said:

If you plan to keep the car to 6digit mileage, you absolutely want synthetic. With modern prices, there is no reason to NOT run synthetic on any car, it makes a very clear difference in engine wear, well demonstrated via oil analysis and teardown analysis.

 

This. Running synthetic allows extended change intervals. It is senseless to run synthetic and keep using "dino" oil change intervals. Generally the cost works out in favor of synthetic if you count the extended change intervals. Modern synthetics and modern engines can frequently go 10k miles comfortably.

This. I get the synthetic b/c this is likely to be the last car I buy. I get the oil changed at around 5-6k intervals.

[High Plains Drifter 10969]

9 hours ago, slorch said:

LMAO. Pretty sure growing up on a farm, doing maintenance on all varieties of equipment and machinery; serving as a light vehicle mechanic in the Marine Corps  gives  me a decent foundation from which to work on the task at hand.

It's a fucking oil change, not climbing Everest.  Plenty capable, but more willing to pay someone else to do it.

The point of contention was the displayed hours of availability for said service versus what was being conveyed.

 

 

just yanking your chain man.

 

[deadshank 24651]

Getting oil changed.  Tech says I need a new air filter as the thing is filthy. 
 

Deadshank says he replaced it yesterday. 

Tech slinks off.  
 

Gonna have to now make sure drain plug isn’t cross threaded 

[Hook1997 5266]

When there is a lane closed due to construction and they have a sign and traffic backed up for two miles and idiots keep zooming by in the upcoming closed lane!  Hey idiots, we all get out of here faster if you just get in the single file lane like the rest of us.   

[Hefeweizen 5307]

23 hours ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Motherfuckers who schedule meetings during usual lunch hours (11am-1pm). On a fucking Friday. Fuck off you fucking fucks.

You rang?  Haha.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21780]

19 minutes ago, Hook1997 said:

When there is a lane closed due to construction and they have a sign and traffic backed up for two miles and idiots keep zooming by in the upcoming closed lane!  Hey idiots, we all get out of here faster if you just get in the single file lane like the rest of us.   

Actually that’s not true.  The zipper method is the most efficient 

[Prepuce of Doom 20967]

Here we go again. 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

3 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Here we go again. 

Yep caught behind the guy who moves his car half way into the lane  to keep people from properly zippering into traffic.
 

 There’s always one 

[elfenix 34164]

the airlines don't all have the same size carry on.  they all buy their bins from the same companies, why the fuck aren't they all one size?  and then there's the luggage makers making things slightly bigger than the most common carry on size. "there's not a top on the sizer so we were like, fuck it, who cares if it's an inch too big that way not like that means 3 of our product definitely won't fit in the bin so there's going to be a big dead space up there and anyone taking our luggage on a ULCC won't get dinged an extra $50"

[Bill Brasky 1438]

the phrase "moving day" while watching golf.   I have never heard this term until 15-20 years ago.   the announcers fucking ramrod this saying down your fucking throat every saturday and especially at majors.   you would literally die of alcohol poisoning if you played a game where you took a shot every time an announcer said "moving day" while watching the masters 

[Frank The Tank 1492]

16 hours ago, Hook1997 said:

When there is a lane closed due to construction and they have a sign and traffic backed up for two miles and idiots keep zooming by in the upcoming closed lane!  Hey idiots, we all get out of here faster if you just get in the single file lane like the rest of us.   

[tbone_ 14020]

Or any time after 11:00 a.m. on a Friday.

Pro tip: I keep from 1:30-5:00 on Friday blocked off my calendar. Also 8:30-9:30 every morning. Doesn’t always work but it’s surprisingly effective.

[Scheiss Meister 8394]

I tried that, but engineers and project managers say they are too busy to have all of their meetings out of the way without ruining Friday.

[Guest Lobo]

2 hours ago, Bill Brasky said:

the phrase "moving day" while watching golf.   I have never heard this term until 15-20 years ago.   the announcers fucking ramrod this saying down your fucking throat every saturday and especially at majors.   you would literally die of alcohol poisoning if you played a game where you took a shot every time an announcer said "moving day" while watching the masters 

I don't watch much golf, but a little bit here and there (like the Austin tourney).  I've never heard the term "Moving Day."  What does it mean and how I can play the drinking game today? 

[tigol 2383]

On 4/7/2022 at 4:10 PM, Llogg said:

Ummm wut? Just cost me a hundred bucks at jiffy lube yesterday. That's not hurting me but it's not cheap as hell either.

Jiffy Lube?  Good lord, man.  I'm a female and know better.

[SilasCoade 2620]

What's better? It takes 20, 30 minutes tops. It's 5 minutes from the house. My hands stay clean. It's cheaper than the shop I go to for real shit. What's the down side? Yes they try to upsell on all the things, but I don't bite.

[tigol 2383]

1 hour ago, Llogg said:

What's better? It takes 20, 30 minutes tops. It's 5 minutes from the house. My hands stay clean. It's cheaper than the shop I go to for real shit. What's the down side? Yes they try to upsell on all the things, but I don't bite.

They're dipshits and strip drain plugs.  Corporate structure rewards bullshit upselling.  I use a local shop and they're quick.  If you trust that JL shop, good.