Trivial Things That Make You Surly

[Superhero 8595]

13 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

The trick to getting your groceries bagged correctly is to put them on the conveyor belt in the order that they should be bagged.  It’s your fault the groceries aren’t getting bagged correctly.

Even my 9 YO knows to put the crushable items - bananas, bread, chips, etc. last on the conveyor belt. 

[Superhero 8595]

7 hours ago, Scheiss Meister said:

I have started just bagging my stuff myself.

 

5 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

Have you tried getting a hobby?

 

4 hours ago, Scheiss Meister said:

Why is everyone asking me this since I retired?

Have you thought about a post retirement job of grocery bagger? You’re not too old.

 

[Steamboat1874 4008]

7 hours ago, Superhero said:

 

 

Have you thought about a post retirement job of grocery bagger? You’re not too old.

 

Avatar checks out for this particular post.

[InkaUtexas 24932]

Client... Love them, hate em.

Working with an Aussie team. They bitched about the last draft about things we do not use in the US model for development. What they wanted would violate rules for DEIA (Happy Juneteenth folks), and I said no.

Waking up my phone is going off. All small things that are easy fixes. Was tired, had not had a coffee and yeah, it came out. "Sir, how is the HMAS Koala going?" What he says. "Well Sir, maybe if the Aussie way was so perfect you would have a fucking nuclear carrier and not need ours to guard against invasion from Papua New Guinea."

Wrong approach? Yes. Do I feel better? Yes.

 

[Prepuce of Doom 20900]

The disembodied voice in one of the rotating loudspeaker announcements at ORD pronounces the word "ro-TAHN-da" rather than "ro-TUN-da" and it irritates me every 10 minutes or so whenever I'm there. 

[YGIFS 19445]

2 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

The disembodied voice in one of the rotating loudspeaker announcements at ORD pronounces the word "ro-TAHN-da" rather than "ro-TUN-da" and it irritates me every 10 minutes or so whenever I'm there. 

We workshopped this when I lived there and voted for, "You Guys in the circle thing there!"  But they got all fancy and went with Ro-TAHN-da, as you say.  

I don't know if it's computer generated, but most airports must use one of a handful of generic (but commanding while pleasant) voice over their PA's.  But last time I arrived at JFK, holy shit.  You can literally hear the woman smacking gum while she lectures you with her fucking Long Island accent from a bad sitcom.  

[Braff Zacklin 13289]

 

[Knoxtnhorn 5908]

My wife went to Discount Tires to get new tires last week.  She said the entire line was held up by a Karen that was complaining - for 20 minutes - about a quote.  Not the price she had to pay, but a quote.  Fast forward to yesterday.  We're 2 suburbs away (about 20 miles) in Rockwall.  She sees the EXACT same lady at the counter throwing a fit about her guacamole.  She apparently brought the young, cashier girl to tears.  My wife did speak to the cashier and manager after the incident to smooth things over.

GD I fucking hate rude people.  I try to never involve myself in the business of others, but I damn well would have said something if I was there.  There's no reason for some high school girl to get bitched at for a GD side of food.  And going back to the tire place - you don't like the quote.  Go the f somewhere else.

 

[Superhero 8595]

9 hours ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

My wife went to Discount Tires to get new tires last week.  She said the entire line was held up by a Karen that was complaining - for 20 minutes - about a quote.  Not the price she had to pay, but a quote.  Fast forward to yesterday.  We're 2 suburbs away (about 20 miles) in Rockwall.  She sees the EXACT same lady at the counter throwing a fit about her guacamole.  She apparently brought the young, cashier girl to tears.  My wife did speak to the cashier and manager after the incident to smooth things over.

GD I fucking hate rude people.  I try to never involve myself in the business of others, but I damn well would have said something if I was there.  There's no reason for some high school girl to get bitched at for a GD side of food.  And going back to the tire place - you don't like the quote.  Go the f somewhere else.

 

If you see her again, ask if she was chaperoning a bunch of girls at a Christian retreat center last month. 

[52-80 18982]

15 hours ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

My wife went to Discount Tires to get new tires last week.  She said the entire line was held up by a Karen that was complaining - for 20 minutes - about a quote.  Not the price she had to pay, but a quote.  Fast forward to yesterday.  We're 2 suburbs away (about 20 miles) in Rockwall.  She sees the EXACT same lady at the counter throwing a fit about her guacamole.  She apparently brought the young, cashier girl to tears.  My wife did speak to the cashier and manager after the incident to smooth things over.

GD I fucking hate rude people.  I try to never involve myself in the business of others, but I damn well would have said something if I was there.  There's no reason for some high school girl to get bitched at for a GD side of food.  And going back to the tire place - you don't like the quote.  Go the f somewhere else.

 

sometimes im thinking sharia law is not so bad.

[Biff Tannen 45013]

On 6/18/2024 at 8:35 PM, InkaUtexas said:

well I guess jerking off and this site are hobbies.

[Tex Long 4273]

On 6/17/2024 at 4:13 PM, Jameslaw121 said:

Also, I will take your Cadillac Ranch and raise you one "Crater of Diamonds" near Hot Springs.

Second Miz Long went to grade school with Stanley Marsh 3, owner of Cadillac Ranch. He also put up "fake" street signs around in Amarillo. My favorite was "The Body of a Dead Enemy Always Smells Sweet". "End of the World" hit too close to home.

[Biff Tannen 45013]

45 minutes ago, Tex Long said:

Second Miz Long went to grade school with Stanley Marsh 3, owner of Cadillac Ranch. He also put up "fake" street signs around in Amarillo. My favorite was "The Body of a Dead Enemy Always Smells Sweet". "End of the World" hit too close to home.

Good ol Stanley Marsh. I spent most childhood summers in Amarillo. Always enjoyed his eccentricities. 

[Tex Long 4273]

6 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Good ol Stanley Marsh. I spent most childhood summers in Amarillo. Always enjoyed his eccentricities. 

I liked that he was "3" and not "III"...

[Superhero 8595]

Not so trivial... I've been stressed out at work, putting in the hours on things outside of my comfort zone, because hey, you want to get promoted to VP? You gotta do this and that.

So, stress > tense body (especially the jaw) > drinking to relieve stress > seizure.

 

Yeah, I had a mild seizure last night. I've shared my history of seizures on this board. There have been many types from grand mal to minor "blips" where I noticed a seizure but could carry on without missing a beat. The ones I've had in the past 1.5 years have been more than blips. The communication part of my brain gets mushy and I have hard time listening, understanding, reading and speaking. It takes anywhere between 15-30 minutes to recover.

On the bright side, I know it's more likely to happen if I fall asleep and my head drops towards my chest, so I don't do that anymore. On the flip side, my neurologist warns me that every little seizure could turn into a large seizure if I'm not careful. So fuck me.

[Tex Long 4273]

Not huge, but trivial. 

People saying "hone in" on something. It isn't "hone in", you moron, it's "hoMe in".

You can hone an edge - like a knife blade - or you can hone something smooth, like a cylinder wall.  I'll bet there's plenty of Surlys who've done both. 

To "home in" is to get closer to a goal of some sort.

Get the fuck off my lawn, or I might just home in on your ass with my boot.

Edited June 21 by Tex Long

[nnm 35552]

2 hours ago, Superhero said:

Not so trivial... I've been stressed out at work, putting in the hours on things outside of my comfort zone, because hey, you want to get promoted to VP? You gotta do this and that.

So, stress > tense body (especially the jaw) > drinking to relieve stress > seizure.

 

Yeah, I had a mild seizure last night. I've shared my history of seizures on this board. There have been many types from grand mal to minor "blips" where I noticed a seizure but could carry on without missing a beat. The ones I've had in the past 1.5 years have been more than blips. The communication part of my brain gets mushy and I have hard time listening, understanding, reading and speaking. It takes anywhere between 15-30 minutes to recover.

On the bright side, I know it's more likely to happen if I fall asleep and my head drops towards my chest, so I don't do that anymore. On the flip side, my neurologist warns me that every little seizure could turn into a large seizure if I'm not careful. So fuck me.

The VP thing?  It’s not worth it. I’m on the other side of that now and none of my career achievements mean anything. I’ve got a box full of deal toys that no one cares about, particularly me. Your faith and your family, that’s what matters. The rest is dust in the wind. 

[Brisketexan 103515]

Not huge, but trivial. 
People saying "hone in" on something. It isn't "hone in", you moron, it's "hoMe in".
You can hone an edge - like a knife blade - or you can hone something smooth, like a cylinder wall.  I'll bet there's plenty of Surlys who've done both. 
To "home in" is to get closer to a goal of some sort.
Get the fuck off my lawn, or I might just home in on your ass with my boot.

Ummm….no. “Hone in” is absolutely a real and correct term in that context. They’re not sure of its origin, it MAY have derived from “home in,” but if it did, it was a long time ago. There’s also a hypothesis that “hone” was used based on the idea of sharpening focus.

Irregardless….

[Tex Long 4273]

35 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Ummm….no. “Hone in” is absolutely a real and correct term in that context. They’re not sure of its origin, it MAY have derived from “home in,” but if it did, it was a long time ago. There’s also a hypothesis that “hone” was used based on the idea of sharpening focus.

Irregardless….

They're wrong. But no worries, use it all you want - it's trivial, just like grammar, rhetoric, and grammar. 

[Ignatius 3979]

On 6/19/2024 at 12:23 PM, Prepuce of Doom said:

The disembodied voice in one of the rotating loudspeaker announcements at ORD pronounces the word "ro-TAHN-da" rather than "ro-TUN-da" and it irritates me every 10 minutes or so whenever I'm there. 

Fucking most annoying goddamn airport in the world, inching out the other two prongs of the unholy triumvirate (LAX and EWR) by a nose…

[Prepuce of Doom 20900]

1 minute ago, Ignatius said:

Fucking most annoying goddamn airport in the world, inching out the other two prongs of the unholy triumvirate (LAX and EWR) by a nose…

It's my home airport, so my perspective is different. 

Now that MCI has been replaced, I find PHX to be the worst - bad layout and shitty food options. 

[Incredulity 11160]

The difference between the online menu photo and the real life “Big John” roast beef sandwich from Jimmy John’s

 

fucking pathetic 

[Braff Zacklin 13289]

2 hours ago, Incredulity said:

The difference between the online menu photo and the real life “Big John” roast beef sandwich from Jimmy John’s

 

fucking pathetic 

Switch to the #7 East Coast Italian or the #9 Italian Night Club and never look back.

[Ignatius 3979]

21 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

It's my home airport, so my perspective is different. 

Now that MCI has been replaced, I find PHX to be the worst - bad layout and shitty food options. 

Does the shuttle to the rent car facility at Sky Harbor still have to get onto the highway? Haven’t flown into that shithole since the 2008 season Fiesta Bowl but used to have to go there a lot for work. Total dump….

[conVINCEd 21468]

PHX is the worst airport I have ever been through, but the sample size is pretty small so I’ve never felt the need put forth that opinion with any conviction.   Also I don’t mind LAX and haven’t had a bad experience there.  Larger sample size there.  It sucks that it usually takes forever to get to where we stay, but that ain’t LAX’s fault.

[Tex Long 4273]

Youtube ads popping up in the middle of songs are irritating enough, but even worse is the fact that - for me - about 80% of the ads are for either Sweetwater or Discount Electronics, both of which are already getting a couple of grand a year worth of business from me.

I feel like writing the sales/marketing departments of both and telling them they need to tell youtube that they aren't going to pay for ads to existing customers.

[tbone_ 13977]

Make sure your letter is sternly worded.

[Armybrat 40527]

23 hours ago, Incredulity said:

The difference between the online menu photo and the real life “Big John” roast beef sandwich from Jimmy John’s

 

fucking pathetic 

Mrs. Brat always believes those menu photos. smh

[UpperWestside 6017]

3 hours ago, Armybrat said:

Mrs. Brat always believes those menu photos. smh

I tell people who say it doesn’t look like the menu photo that “Well they spent several hours making it look like that. This took 10 minutes.” That usually ends the complaining.

Edited June 23 by UpperWestside

[Underdog 28118]

On 6/22/2024 at 2:52 PM, Incredulity said:

The difference between the online menu photo and the real life “Big John” roast beef sandwich from Jimmy John’s

 

fucking pathetic 

Always had to pay extra for "Big John", at least that's been my experience at JJ. 

[Biff Tannen 45013]

23 hours ago, UpperWestside said:

I tell people who say it doesn’t look like the menu photo that “Well they spent several hours making it look like that. This took 10 minutes.” That usually ends the complaining.

How do people not understand this?

[UpperWestside 6017]

1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

How do people not understand this?

If you can ever figure this out let me know. It seems to me to be a common sense thing.

[Incredulity 11160]

https://www.jimmyjohns.com/menu/originals-sandwiches/big-john

 

 

I didn't expect it to really look close to this.  My complaint was more about there literally being only 2 slices of roast beef on the whole sandwich.  It basically ended up being a shredded lettuce and sliced tomato with mayo sandwich.

should have taken a photo.

Not sure if I got screwed by the restaurant execution or shrinkflation.  Won't order again.

[YGIFS 19445]

^

This.  

I'm as adamantly anti-chain as almost anyone.  But I would occasionally hit up the Jimmy John's on MLK before heading to campus for office hours.  It was quick and easy.  But my god, now it's like $12 for a regular sized sandwich that maybe has the equivalent of 2-3 slices of deli meat you'd get from a proper grocer.  It's mainly just filled with shit quality condiments and 'vegetables.'  For half the price, I can walk across the street to P. Terry's and get a full combo for half the price with better ingredients.  I think Jimmy John's saw the Subway model of feeding garbage to the borderline insane and thought, "Hold my Beer."  

[52-80 18982]

"New" Outlook likes to remind me randomly about meetings that started 5, 10, 25, 40 minutes ago. 

Thanks, very useful.

[Prepuce of Doom 20900]

3 hours ago, 52-80 said:

"New" Outlook likes to remind me randomly about meetings that started 5, 10, 25, 40 minutes ago. 

Thanks, very useful.

Mine sometimes likes to open separate windows featuring emails from the past 1-10 days with no apparent rhyme or reason. 

[52-80 18982]

1 minute ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Mine sometimes likes to open separate windows featuring emails from the past 1-10 days with no apparent rhyme or reason. 

most valuable tech company in the US market, folks!

[Sandman 3399]

My buddy and I were talking about Jim Croce and how great he was and it fucking irks me that my ex-wife is the one who really got me into his music. So every time I start up the playlist, the words "fucking bitch" slip out under my breath. 

[Superhero 8595]

We have Gmail for work. I can't find shit using the search function.

 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21765]

GMail was invented by an okie, married to an aggy, who also wears flip flops on planes, never returns the shopping cart, and also puts beans in his chili.

[DigglerontheHoof 20512]

42 minutes ago, Superhero said:

We have Gmail for work. I can't find shit using the search function.

 

We had it for about 6 months and it was the biggest pos ever.  Thank god we switched to Outlook. 

[Vic Mackey 46668]

We have Gmail for work. I can't find shit using the search function.
 

Yikes. I use Gmail for my personal, but for work, it's terrible. Used it at a job I had almost a decade ago. Outlook is the way to go.

[PvilleStang 2805]

Outlook used to be great.  But they keep changing crap in it every 20 minutes.  Whoever put the search bar in the top bar deserves to be walked out of Microsoft barefoot by security across a bed of 1,000 legos.  

[Lat22 3949]

YouTube commercials are now up to 56 seconds. 

[nnm 35552]

8 minutes ago, Lat22 said:

YouTube commercials are now up to 56 seconds. 

If the product is free, then you are the product. 

[52-80 18982]

25 minutes ago, Lat22 said:

YouTube commercials are now up to 56 seconds. 

no joke ive seen them show 2 hour long ones.

[Sam Lin 3534]

I can't believe there's no way to replay a YT ad. I've had ads that were funny enough that I wanted to show them to someone, and not been able to repeat or find them again. Was a hilarious Cantonese ad for State Farm years ago that still sticks in my mind.

I've also had ads that actually got my attention and I wanted to click and investigate the product, but wasn't able to click through and the ad didn't have enough context for me to know wtf the company was. Total fail by the ad agency.

[CoTex 1157]

The New Braunfels Bucees isnt worth a fuck.

Ive come to expect certain things when I go to bucees and one of them is a clean empty stall in which I can set free the “bronc in the chute.”

Here, they only have about 10 stalls.  Not enough for I-35.  Not even close assholes.  

I don’t want to go into a shit smelling stall where the seat is still hot and sweaty
 

aggy regressing to aggy.

[tigol 2376]

The New Braunfels Bucees isnt worth a fuck.
Ive come to expect certain things when I go to bucees and one of them is a clean empty stall in which I can set free the “bronc in the chute.”
Here, they only have about 10 stalls.  Not enough for I-35.  Not even close assholes.  

I don’t want to go into a shit smelling stall where the seat is still hot and sweaty
 
aggy regressing to aggy.

Needs to go in the enshitification thread.

All Bucees suck. Full stop.

[Braff Zacklin 13289]

42 minutes ago, CoTex said:

The New Braunfels Bucees isnt worth a fuck.

Ive come to expect certain things when I go to bucees and one of them is a clean empty stall in which I can set free the “bronc in the chute.”

Here, they only have about 10 stalls.  Not enough for I-35.  Not even close assholes.  

I don’t want to go into a shit smelling stall where the seat is still hot and sweaty
 

aggy regressing to aggy.

Do you, uh, "take a wide stance?"

Asking for a former Idaho Senator.