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To steer the convo away from Nazis, this is really making me angry lately...

My in-laws have all of their packages delivered to our house, because they believe delivery services won't take packages to their house.  We live in town, they live out in the country, but right on a 4 lane Federal highway.  My MIL used to work at their county courthouse, and she would have things delivered to a PO Box in that town.  Now that she's retired, she was worried that she wouldn't be going to town every day and it would become inconvenient.

My wife works in the same town (which is not the town we live in), so when they have the packages delivered to our house, my wife has to load them up and bring them to work with her.  My MIL then runs into town (the same town she has a PO box) to get them out of the car.

A couple of times we've been out of town in the winter, and they've had something delivered that could freeze.  So I had to call a buddy to go by the house and pick it up.

This whole thing is fucking insane, but if I make a big deal out of it, it will turn into a shitfest who's downside will dramatically outweigh the upside of them having packages delivered to their easily accessible home like sane people would.  I brought up the idea of anonymously mailing them a gift last night, and my wife yelled at me for "trying to make her parents feel stupid" and "prove a point".  They're (my in-laws) all very protective of each others' irrational neuroses and get offended when I push against them.

It's not a hill worth dying on, but it fuck, it makes me annoyed.

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We're in the final stages of a month-long bedroom/bathroom reno. We've been living in our guest room w/ our cat the entire time w/ most of our clothes on storage racks in my wife's home office. The crew has been great, but six days a week, 8:30AM - 5 or 6ish PM of having people in & out of your house, construction noise & mess, etc., will wear you out.

The quartz counter tops went in on Wed. The shower glass might be another couple weeks but we should be able to move back into the space this weekend and use most everything. Mrs GOTJ was thrilled about being able to soak in her garden tub again (a bone of contention w/ me: I think bathtubs are useless & wanted to rip it out to make a massive, two person walk-in shower space but she's one of those people who likes to soak in a big bowl of dirty water).

The crew was installing the fixtures yesterday. All of the hardware was in the box EXCEPT the set screw that holds the Roman tub filler fixture to the deck and the little brushed nickel plug that covers up the screw hole. I go to Home Depot w/ the spigot. We confirm it's an M6 bolt, and of course they have nothing but standard bolts that are ugly as shit and will stick out like a dick on an earth worm. Oh, the back of the spigot faces the center of the bathroom and will be clearly visible as soon as you enter the space.

I get hold of Ferguson/Build.com where we ordered all of the fixtures from and explain the situation. I've got the order number and everything. Trevor the CSA was very helpful and apologetic and found the exact part from the manufacturer's list (which wasn't documented anywhere in the provided parts list or installation paperwork). "We'll go ahead and get that ordered for you and shipped to you free of charge." Hey man, that's great news. Thanks! Then the fun part: it's back ordered w/ an ETA of 4-5 weeks. For a fucking set screw.

I've convinced Mrs GOTJ that they can finish the install w/ a temporary ugly ass bolt just to get it done & it will be a simple fix when the part arrives. But one 78 cent screw--which would have cost me $22 if they didn't decide to do the right thing--is really pissing me off right now.

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6 minutes ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

We're in the final stages of a month-long bedroom/bathroom reno. We've been living in our guest room w/ our cat the entire time w/ most of our clothes on storage racks in my wife's home office. The crew has been great, but six days a week, 8:30AM - 5 or 6ish PM of having people in & out of your house, construction noise & mess, etc., will wear you out.

The quartz counter tops went in on Wed. The shower glass might be another couple weeks but we should be able to move back into the space this weekend and use most everything. Mrs GOTJ was thrilled about being able to soak in her garden tub again (a bone of contention w/ me: I think bathtubs are useless & wanted to rip it out to make a massive, two person walk-in shower space but she's one of those people who likes to soak in a big bowl of dirty water).

The crew was installing the fixtures yesterday. All of the hardware was in the box EXCEPT the set screw that holds the Roman tub filler fixture to the deck and the little brushed nickel plug that covers up the screw hole. I go to Home Depot w/ the spigot. We confirm it's an M6 bolt, and of course they have nothing but standard bolts that are ugly as shit and will stick out like a dick on an earth worm. Oh, the back of the spigot faces the center of the bathroom and will be clearly visible as soon as you enter the space.

I get hold of Ferguson/Build.com where we ordered all of the fixtures from and explain the situation. I've got the order number and everything. Trevor the CSA was very helpful and apologetic and found the exact part from the manufacturer's list (which wasn't documented anywhere in the provided parts list or installation paperwork). "We'll go ahead and get that ordered for you and shipped to you free of charge." Hey man, that's great news. Thanks! Then the fun part: it's back ordered w/ an ETA of 4-5 weeks. For a fucking set screw.

I've convinced Mrs GOTJ that they can finish the install w/ a temporary ugly ass bolt just to get it done & it will be a simple fix when the part arrives. But one 78 cent screw--which would have cost me $22 if they didn't decide to do the right thing--is really pissing me off right now.

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15 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

To steer the convo away from Nazis, this is really making me angry lately...

My in-laws have all of their packages delivered to our house, because they believe delivery services won't take packages to their house.  We live in town, they live out in the country, but right on a 4 lane Federal highway.  My MIL used to work at their county courthouse, and she would have things delivered to a PO Box in that town.  Now that she's retired, she was worried that she wouldn't be going to town every day and it would become inconvenient.

My wife works in the same town (which is not the town we live in), so when they have the packages delivered to our house, my wife has to load them up and bring them to work with her.  My MIL then runs into town (the same town she has a PO box) to get them out of the car.

A couple of times we've been out of town in the winter, and they've had something delivered that could freeze.  So I had to call a buddy to go by the house and pick it up.

This whole thing is fucking insane, but if I make a big deal out of it, it will turn into a shitfest who's downside will dramatically outweigh the upside of them having packages delivered to their easily accessible home like sane people would.  I brought up the idea of anonymously mailing them a gift last night, and my wife yelled at me for "trying to make her parents feel stupid" and "prove a point".  They're (my in-laws) all very protective of each others' irrational neuroses and get offended when I push against them.

It's not a hill worth dying on, but it fuck, it makes me annoyed.

It would be worth my time and my money, in this situation, to take all of the packages and then go into town and mail them directly to her parents to prove the fucking point. Do it for a month or two. 

"So weird. Guess they will deliver to you guys, no problem."

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16 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

To steer the convo away from Nazis, this is really making me angry lately...

My in-laws have all of their packages delivered to our house, because they believe delivery services won't take packages to their house.  We live in town, they live out in the country, but right on a 4 lane Federal highway.  My MIL used to work at their county courthouse, and she would have things delivered to a PO Box in that town.  Now that she's retired, she was worried that she wouldn't be going to town every day and it would become inconvenient.

My wife works in the same town (which is not the town we live in), so when they have the packages delivered to our house, my wife has to load them up and bring them to work with her.  My MIL then runs into town (the same town she has a PO box) to get them out of the car.

A couple of times we've been out of town in the winter, and they've had something delivered that could freeze.  So I had to call a buddy to go by the house and pick it up.

This whole thing is fucking insane, but if I make a big deal out of it, it will turn into a shitfest who's downside will dramatically outweigh the upside of them having packages delivered to their easily accessible home like sane people would.  I brought up the idea of anonymously mailing them a gift last night, and my wife yelled at me for "trying to make her parents feel stupid" and "prove a point".  They're (my in-laws) all very protective of each others' irrational neuroses and get offended when I push against them.

It's not a hill worth dying on, but it fuck, it makes me annoyed.

When you married that girl you married her family. You did not dodge that bullet, my friend. 

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On 3/28/2025 at 8:01 AM, Al_4_ISU said:

My in-laws have all of their packages delivered to our house, because they believe delivery services won't take packages to their house.

My sister in law will do this with random packages.

She lives a mile away.

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On 3/28/2025 at 7:01 AM, Al_4_ISU said:

To steer the convo away from Nazis, this is really making me angry lately...

My in-laws have all of their packages delivered to our house, because they believe delivery services won't take packages to their house.  We live in town, they live out in the country, but right on a 4 lane Federal highway.  My MIL used to work at their county courthouse, and she would have things delivered to a PO Box in that town.  Now that she's retired, she was worried that she wouldn't be going to town every day and it would become inconvenient.

My wife works in the same town (which is not the town we live in), so when they have the packages delivered to our house, my wife has to load them up and bring them to work with her.  My MIL then runs into town (the same town she has a PO box) to get them out of the car.

A couple of times we've been out of town in the winter, and they've had something delivered that could freeze.  So I had to call a buddy to go by the house and pick it up.

This whole thing is fucking insane, but if I make a big deal out of it, it will turn into a shitfest who's downside will dramatically outweigh the upside of them having packages delivered to their easily accessible home like sane people would.  I brought up the idea of anonymously mailing them a gift last night, and my wife yelled at me for "trying to make her parents feel stupid" and "prove a point".  They're (my in-laws) all very protective of each others' irrational neuroses and get offended when I push against them.

It's not a hill worth dying on, but it fuck, it makes me annoyed.

 

You should post the address. It might be worth it to create a Temu account for the LOL.

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5 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

My iPhone goes to zero brightness whenever I try to use it outside if there is a single ray of sunlight showing making it unusable.  That angries me.

Mine was doing that and I do not remember which setting fixed it, but it no longer does it.  I believe it was the NightShift-off and tapping the truetone.screen.jpg

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On 3/28/2025 at 6:01 AM, Al_4_ISU said:

To steer the convo away from Nazis, this is really making me angry lately...

My in-laws have all of their packages delivered to our house, because they believe delivery services won't take packages to their house.  We live in town, they live out in the country, but right on a 4 lane Federal highway.  My MIL used to work at their county courthouse, and she would have things delivered to a PO Box in that town.  Now that she's retired, she was worried that she wouldn't be going to town every day and it would become inconvenient.

My wife works in the same town (which is not the town we live in), so when they have the packages delivered to our house, my wife has to load them up and bring them to work with her.  My MIL then runs into town (the same town she has a PO box) to get them out of the car.

A couple of times we've been out of town in the winter, and they've had something delivered that could freeze.  So I had to call a buddy to go by the house and pick it up.

This whole thing is fucking insane, but if I make a big deal out of it, it will turn into a shitfest who's downside will dramatically outweigh the upside of them having packages delivered to their easily accessible home like sane people would.  I brought up the idea of anonymously mailing them a gift last night, and my wife yelled at me for "trying to make her parents feel stupid" and "prove a point".  They're (my in-laws) all very protective of each others' irrational neuroses and get offended when I push against them.

It's not a hill worth dying on, but it fuck, it makes me annoyed.

Start ordering small dollar shit that you can wait on and send it to the in-laws’ address.  After 10 package swaps they may get the hint.

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1 minute ago, Upgrayedd said:

Start ordering small dollar shit that you can wait on and send it to the in-laws’ address.  After 10 package swaps they may get the hint.

Start ordering the most perverse shit imaginable, in the in-laws name, to be delivered to the in-laws house.  By the time the second inflatable sheep fuck doll arrives, they'll get the point.  And your FIL may lie about "returning" one of them to the sender.

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14 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Start ordering the most perverse shit imaginable, in the in-laws name, to be delivered to the in-laws house.  By the time the second inflatable sheep fuck doll arrives, they'll get the point.  And your FIL may lie about "returning" one of them to the sender.

Even better 

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1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

Start ordering the most perverse shit imaginable, in the in-laws name, to be delivered to the in-laws house.  By the time the second inflatable sheep fuck doll arrives, they'll get the point.  And your FIL may lie about "returning" one of them to the sender.

its risky. If the FIL learns to cherish the silence offered by the inflatable sheep trim, MIL could be moving in next week. 

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7 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

My iPhone goes to zero brightness whenever I try to use it outside if there is a single ray of sunlight showing making it unusable.  That angries me.

Doesn’t it max brightness in sunlight so you can see it? Maybe you’re going blind. #surlymedicaladvise

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