Trivial Things That Make You Surly

[Crapinon 2406]

On 5/1/2023 at 8:23 AM, 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. 

Thanks for the trigger! I'm getting the same way about claustrophobia. I have to travel next week and take one of the little 1 seat on the left/2 on the right puddle jumpers to DFW. Now I'm thinking about how small that plane really is.

[Cheeseweasel 26443]

3 hours ago, Antidean said:

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.

Super mutant wasps and hornets have become immune. Good luck.

[Brothahorn 10100]

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.

That's what the match is for.

[Sandman 3438]

I ordered a tiny part for my car on 4-22, got the email on 4-24 that it had shipped. I track it the next day to see an ETA, it just says the label had been created, the package hadn't actually been taken by the USPS. That's ok, I can wait. I track it again yesterday and it still hadn't left. So after it still hadn't left this morning, I send an email, nothing snarky just "Hey what's up?". I hadn't got a reply yet but I tracked the package again after waiting an hour and 8 minutes after I sent the email, my package was miraculously on it's way to my house. You know some fucker read the email and said "Oh shit" and threw the box out the door.

[gofuckyourself 9221]

Reading a post above reminded me of the pathetic state of customer support, specifically phone support.

First step, good luck getting someone on the phone without having to navigate a phone tree the size of Treaty Oak (pre-poisoning).

Then you'll wait 20 minutes minimum on hold.

During the hold you'll be told "Thank you for calling. We're experiencing extended hold times. Customer support is available online at www.WeHateOurCustomers.fuckoff where the reason you're calling isn't addressed and has no helpful information whatsoever"

Finally, after 63 repeats of the above and being told the call is very important to them, you'll get a jaded, disinterested zombie who can't understand your question.

Once they do they'll transfer you to the right department, and the call disconnects. Return to step one.

True story.

[Vic Mackey 48134]

Reading a post above reminded me of the pathetic state of customer support, specifically phone support.
First step, good luck getting someone on the phone without having to navigate a phone tree the size of Treaty Oak (pre-poisoning).
Then you'll wait 20 minutes minimum on hold.
During the hold you'll be told "Thank you for calling. We're experiencing extended hold times. Customer support is available online at www.WeHateOurCustomers.fuckoff where the reason you're calling isn't addressed and has no helpful information whatsoever"
Finally, after 63 repeats of the above and being told the call is very important to them, you'll get a jaded, disinterested zombie who can't understand your question.
Once they do they'll transfer you to the right department, and the call disconnects. Return to step one.
True story.

They also tell you that you can keep your place in line and they will call you back once your turn comes. Whatever that needs to be done to get you off the phone.

[Prepuce of Doom 21335]

3 hours ago, Sandman said:

I ordered a tiny part for my car on 4-22, got the email on 4-24 that it had shipped. I track it the next day to see an ETA, it just says the label had been created, the package hadn't actually been taken by the USPS. That's ok, I can wait. I track it again yesterday and it still hadn't left. So after it still hadn't left this morning, I send an email, nothing snarky just "Hey what's up?". I hadn't got a reply yet but I tracked the package again after waiting an hour and 8 minutes after I sent the email, my package was miraculously on it's way to my house. You know some fucker read the email and said "Oh shit" and threw the box out the door.

It's something endemic with car part places - this shit seems to happen even with merchants that make a big point of telling you what is (allegedly) currently in stock on their website. 

I've just resigned myself to assuming that it will take longer than expected and hoping to be occasionally pleasantly surprised. 

[52-80 19381]

My retired dad and my 3 year old nephew are both in the habit of scrolling through these tiktok / youtube short microvideos. Most of them have stupid songs attached to them. 
 

If youre in the vicinity of this braindead activity, you hear random music/noise changing every 4 seconds. Sometimes they repeat the same video….and ill hear that fucking Sia line over and over again

“I put my armor on, show you how strong I am….I put my armor on, show you how strong I am…I put my armor on, show you how strong I am….”

Makes me want to throw their phone through a fucking window. 

[GoPokes83 2252]

Dishes in the sink for more than a couple of hours, extra surly if I open the dishwasher with a sink full of dishes and it’s empty.

[Vic Mackey 48134]

Dishes in the sink for more than a couple of hours, extra surly if I open the dishwasher with a sink full of dishes and it’s empty.

I see you have met my fiance

[52-80 19381]

On 5/3/2023 at 6:57 PM, 52-80 said:

My retired dad and my 3 year old nephew are both in the habit of scrolling through these tiktok / youtube short microvideos. Most of them have stupid songs attached to them.

Starting to get pretty peeved about my dad doing this this because it's such a degenerative exercise.  I wish he would atleast get obsessed his 1 specific thing , like... i dont know, get into a 3 hour long youtube documentary about WW2 or watch some dude build an outhouse or something.

This thing of sitting down and just swiping endlessly through random staged, clickbait videos is so goddamn regressive and deprave.

[DalTxHornFan 3131]

9 hours ago, GoPokes83 said:

Dishes in the sink for more than a couple of hours, extra surly if I open the dishwasher with a sink full of dishes and it’s empty.

Dishes need to go straight to the dishwasher.  They don't get better with age in the sink.

[NeverMarryAStripper 22430]

Some of the dishes that my kids use need to soak for an hour or so before they can be cleaned

[elfenix 34830]

Motherfuckers with one working brake light. Especially mother fuckers with one working brake light and huge stickers admonishing others for bad driving.

[Prepuce of Doom 21335]

22 hours ago, elfenix said:

Motherfuckers with one working brake light. Especially mother fuckers with one working brake light and huge stickers admonishing others for bad driving.

I'm pretty sure the driver of this vehicle is more brainworm than human at this point. 

[conVINCEd 21478]

On 5/5/2023 at 10:09 PM, elfenix said:

Motherfuckers with one working brake light. Especially mother fuckers with one working brake light and huge stickers admonishing others for bad driving.

That’s a little overkill for increasing your odds of getting out of a ticket.  

[52-80 19381]

On 4/23/2023 at 5:45 PM, locodos said:

enjoy that ripe tomato

The smell of tomato vine and skin is pretty nice but some of them don’t actually have flavor for shit

[nbmishoid 989]

Food poisoning.  Well, not zactly trivial.

[nnm 38155]

Passengers that aren’t ready to get out of the car when the car is parked at a store.

Every time I drive somewhere, the passenger waits until I’m halfway out the door, sometimes am waiting outside, before she starts to put shoes back on, puts stuff back in her purse, stop texting/whatever. 

She can see we’re getting close to the destination.

And if you go ahead and go into the store without waiting on her, guess who the jerk is?

By “passenger” I mean wife of course  

 

[elfenix 34830]

Michael Barbaro's pacing and concern noises in hosting the NYTimes's The Daily podcast

[Superhero 9074]

4 hours ago, elfenix said:

Michael Barbaro's pacing and concern noises in hosting the NYTimes's The Daily podcast

+1

I heard a clip of him NOT on the podcast, and he actually sounds normal, and more likeable.

[Sandman 3438]

When I tap on an app or on a button in an app and it darkens, but it doesn't "count" as actually tapping it. The phone just says "Sike!" and I have to try again. 

[Jameslaw121 4498]

When I'm at a light and the driver of the car is fucking around on their phone and doesn't go at the green light. And the second driver doesn't honk..

 

I'm irrationally more angry at the second driver.....

[Vic Mackey 48134]

When I'm at a light and the driver of the car is fucking around on their phone and doesn't go at the green light. And the second driver doesn't honk..
 
I'm irrationally more angry at the second driver.....

Hell they are probably on their phone, too and doesn't even notice. This is a huge pet peeve of mine when it comes to driving. Pretty much at any given light cycle, it can easily handle more cars cycling through but because of people going extremely slow or not paying attention, it doesn't happen. Drives me up a wall.

[Scheiss Meister 8482]

5 hours ago, Jameslaw121 said:

When I'm at a light and the driver of the car is fucking around on their phone and doesn't go at the green light. And the second driver doesn't honk..

 

I'm irrationally more angry at the second driver.....

To quote the kraut in Raiders of the Lost Ark: "Shoot them.  Shoot them both."*

*This is hyperbole, not an actual suggestion.  Never shoot other drivers, no matter how annoying the are.  It is a momentary pleasure, and will get you talked about.

[Sam Lin 3614]

Zen: Become One with the other Two. Pick up your phone and start fucking around on it.

[General Specific 3508]

License plates should be your number, that way we could call/txt them to GTFO!

[nnm 38155]

In my previous O&G career (left Feb 2020), I was on intercontinental flights at least once a month. Never thought anything of it. I was always packed, navigated the airports, etc. with ease and without a second thought. It was just what I did. 

Well, then COVID happened. And I stayed home. It was nice.  I like staying home.  I like sleeping in my own bed.  I like having my own breakfast stuff.  I like waking up next to Mrs. NNM.  I like having my coffee and quiet time watching my lake, with the pooch at my feet.

In this retirement gig, I do need to travel some, and man it sucks. This is my 3rd intercontinental trip in the last 3 years and it’s no fun. Waiting in airport lines. Waiting in airport lounges. Sleeping/not sleeping on planes. The fog that descends over the brain as the time zones shift. Bad airport and hotel food. Idiots everywhere. Flight delays. Rude flight attendants.  The list goes on.

[52-80 19381]

2 hours ago, nnm said:

In my previous O&G career (left Feb 2020), I was on intercontinental flights at least once a month. Never thought anything of it. I was always packed, navigated the airports, etc. with ease and without a second thought. It was just what I did. 

Well, then COVID happened. And I stayed home. It was nice.  I like staying home.  I like sleeping in my own bed.  I like having my own breakfast stuff.  I like waking up next to Mrs. NNM.  I like having my coffee and quiet time watching my lake, with the pooch at my feet.

In this retirement gig, I do need to travel some, and man it sucks. This is my 3rd intercontinental trip in the last 3 years and it’s no fun. Waiting in airport lines. Waiting in airport lounges. Sleeping/not sleeping on planes. The fog that descends over the brain as the time zones shift. Bad airport and hotel food. Idiots everywhere. Flight delays. Rude flight attendants.  The list goes on.

we're twinned.  unlike many others, i actually enjoyed work travel.  it all came to a screeching halt with covid and damn i couldnt be happier for it.  what a good life home life is, fr.

[Steamboat1874 4419]

19 hours ago, Jameslaw121 said:

When I'm at a light and the driver of the car is fucking around on their phone and doesn't go at the green light. And the second driver doesn't honk..

 

I'm irrationally more angry at the second driver.....

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.

[gofuckyourself 9221]

Grocery and store delivery. Not even trivial at this point. I use HEB delivery because our HEB is under renovation and selection sucks unless we order online.

About 7 of the last 13 deliveries have had missing items, wrong items.

This doesn't even touch on Walmart delivery which apparently can't even find an address, having delivered it twice to addresses half a mile away. On brand for them. But for HEB I'd expect better.

[NeverMarryAStripper 22430]

53 minutes ago, 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.

If you lived in Houston you would be Tboned by an uninsured driver running the red light the first time you did that.  I always check for idiots before proceeding through the green light.  If that slight delay causes the impatient asshole behind me to hit his horn then I will just sit there until I feel like proceeding

Edited May 11, 2023 by NeverMarryAStripper

[beer 3298]

In my previous O&G career I was headed to Costco for cheap gas and I had to slam on my brakes for some idiot with a Bama sticker and my oil light came on.  It was then that I realized that I had just changed my oil last week and I probably have a leaky head gasket.  I used to be able to change a head gasket but now I drive an Infiniti QX56 so I cant even see most of my engine when I open the hood and it will probably require removing the entire AC system and my dash board just to access the spark plug wires let alone the head or heads - I dont even know how many I have anymore.  Then I realized I was probably happier with a 1976 chrysler. 

[NeverMarryAStripper 22430]

Nobody in O&G wants cheap gas

[Vic Mackey 48134]

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.

[Vic Mackey 48134]

In my previous O&G career I was headed to Costco for cheap gas and I had to slam on my brakes for some idiot with a Bama sticker and my oil light came on.  It was then that I realized that I had just changed my oil last week and I probably have a leaky head gasket.  I used to be able to change a head gasket but now I drive an Infiniti QX56 so I cant even see most of my engine when I open the hood and it will probably require removing the entire AC system and my dash board just to access the spark plug wires let alone the head or heads - I dont even know how many I have anymore.  Then I realized I was probably happier with a 1976 chrysler. 

Speaking of Costco and gas, i have no idea how people wait in the lines I see for gas. I've seen lines 20 cars deep.

[ztejas 44328]

5 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

3 hours ago, 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.

Yeah I definitely give it a second or two at certain intersections. If some asshole behind me wants to honk they can knock themselves out. 

[Superhero 9074]

3 hours ago, 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.

And then brake and stop at the next red light? Rinse and repeat?

I know the traffic lights on my commute and will try to drive at a speed so by the time I get to the next, it’s already green and I don’t ever have to come to a complete stop.

I loathe the idiots who drag race to the next red light and then wait for the green. Because they’re the ones who block me while they’re accelerating from 0 to 50 when I’m already cruising at 50.

 

[Al_4_ISU 12720]

4 hours ago, 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.

Same.  I always want to limit my time on the road, and I assume everyone else is in the same boat.

[Vic Mackey 48134]

30 minutes ago, Superhero said:

And then brake and stop at the next red light? Rinse and repeat?

I know the traffic lights on my commute and will try to drive at a speed so by the time I get to the next, it’s already green and I don’t ever have to come to a complete stop.

I loathe the idiots who drag race to the next red light and then wait for the green. Because they’re the ones who block me while they’re accelerating from 0 to 50 when I’m already cruising at 50.

 

Yep the people who drag race from one red light to another are fucking lame. They speed off down the road and I creep along and meet them at the same red light, many times further up ahead in the line.

This is another issue but it seems so many traffic patterns in the DFW suck about pushing people through the many lights down the main roads. Way too much stop and go, maybe this is done on purpose. When I used to actually commute for work, it seems I could time the lights by what time I leave. It was usually an all or nothing. I either get every green light or I have to stop at every light for red. No real in between.

[Superhero 9074]

1 minute ago, Vic Mackey said:

Yep the people who drag race from one red light to another are fucking lame. They speed off down the road and I creep along and meet them at the same red light, many times further up ahead in the line.

This is another issue but it seems so many traffic patterns in the DFW suck about pushing people through the many lights down the main roads. Way too much stop and go, maybe this is done on purpose. When I used to actually commute for work, it seems I could time the lights by what time I leave. It was usually an all or nothing. I either get every green light or I have to stop at every light for red. No real in between.

Yeah... that's when I pull out my phone to check surly, and hold up traffic for 30 seconds. Then I hit all green lights after that little delay. 

[Wally Pryor 5423]

People that call me "brother" when I'm not their brother. 

[Cheeseweasel 26443]

16 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

People that call me "brother" when I'm not their brother. 

[BonzoMontreaux 1137]

55 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

People that call me "brother" when I'm not their brother. 

That just happened to me.  Like around the time you posted this.

[Biff Tannen 46307]

On 5/10/2023 at 11:47 AM, Vic Mackey said:

On 5/10/2023 at 11:36 AM, Jameslaw121 said:

When I'm at a light and the driver of the car is fucking around on their phone and doesn't go at the green light. And the second driver doesn't honk..
 
I'm irrationally more angry at the second driver.....

Hell they are probably on their phone, too and doesn't even notice. This is a huge pet peeve of mine when it comes to driving. Pretty much at any given light cycle, it can easily handle more cars cycling through but because of people going extremely slow or not paying attention, it doesn't happen. Drives me up a wall.

In a similar vein, people that leave 1+ car lengths in front of them at lights. I used to work out of a house on Bull Creek and 45th and would watch this happen all day. Sometimes 2-3 car lengths, which would ultimately fuck over at least 5 cars from getting through the light. I’m not asking people to be right up on the bumper of the car in front of them, but you don’t need a 15 foot gap. 

[Steamboat1874 4419]

Trust me I look before I pull away from the light and I do not speed but I get up to speed as soon as I can. I feel like it is an obligation to the people behind me.

Nothing worse than being behind someone that takes them 2 miles to get up to the speed limit.

[52-80 19381]

6 hours ago, beer said:

In my previous O&G career I was headed to Costco for cheap gas and I had to slam on my brakes for some idiot with a Bama sticker and my oil light came on.  It was then that I realized that I had just changed my oil last week and I probably have a leaky head gasket.  I used to be able to change a head gasket but now I drive an Infiniti QX56 so I cant even see most of my engine when I open the hood and it will probably require removing the entire AC system and my dash board just to access the spark plug wires let alone the head or heads - I dont even know how many I have anymore.  Then I realized I was probably happier with a 1976 chrysler. 

that was the longest string of non-sequiturs i have ever read, so i tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time.

[GoPokes83 2252]

Yep the people who drag race from one red light to another are fucking lame. They speed off down the road and I creep along and meet them at the same red light, many times further up ahead in the line.
This is another issue but it seems so many traffic patterns in the DFW suck about pushing people through the many lights down the main roads. Way too much stop and go, maybe this is done on purpose. When I used to actually commute for work, it seems I could time the lights by what time I leave. It was usually an all or nothing. I either get every green light or I have to stop at every light for red. No real in between.

In Houston it’s to hurry out of range from whatever creepy road rage d-bag may have gotten their feelings hurt at the light.

[Brothahorn 10100]

7 hours ago, beer said:

In my previous O&G career I was headed to Costco for cheap gas and I had to slam on my brakes for some idiot with a Bama sticker and my oil light came on.  It was then that I realized that I had just changed my oil last week and I probably have a leaky head gasket.  I used to be able to change a head gasket but now I drive an Infiniti QX56 so I cant even see most of my engine when I open the hood and it will probably require removing the entire AC system and my dash board just to access the spark plug wires let alone the head or heads - I dont even know how many I have anymore.  Then I realized I was probably happier with a 1976 chrysler. 

My college truck was a '77 Chevy C10. I could fit in the motor well and work on it.

[Ignatius 4156]

On 4/23/2023 at 9:10 AM, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:

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

People who take forever to ask a simple question…