Shit that annoys you

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Originally Posted by easyrdr

I got served today. And I shit you not the guys knocks on my door all smiley as he hands me the papers then actually does a double point and says "you got served" as he trots off. Funny thing, it's my name and address but beyond that it has nothing to do with me. I call the law firm on the papers and tell them they got the wrong guy. They tell me not to worry about it. I'm not fucking worried about it but put something in writing asshole. Says I need to go to court in two weeks and I want a paper trail that clears me. For you lawyer guys how the fuck does this even happen. The case is in Salt Lake, I live in Durango, I don't know anybody involved. It's like my name was drawn out of a hat or something.

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My last company got served with a lawsuit over some stock our previous CEO allegedly promised a guy for some work he did. This was a decade before I worked there. Stock was never issued and the guy sued when the company got sold and he got nothing. Proceeds would have been about $6k. The guy is from the Middle east and took it all the way to trial on principle rather than settle. Being in finance and one of the few people who survived the acquisition I got nominated to represent the company as "person with most knowledge". Which was still zero. I went through meeting minutes, stock ledgers, stock options records and had IT do electronic searches for anything related to this guy in servers and email. Nothing. I skipped the rest of the outrageously long discovery list, most of which couldn't possibly yield anything relevant to the case. Opposing lawyer was pissed when I told him during the depo what I skipped and why. What did he expect, that I had unlimited time to spend looking through two decades of records on his wild goose chase over $6k of stock? What a fucking waste of everyone's time. When the trial happened I got called to appear. Morning of, our attorney had a conference with the judge where he pointed out that I don't know anything useful aside from being able to confirm this guy appeared no where in any of our records or documentation. She released me before the trial even got underway.

Organizations that make me fill out pages of information into online forms only to turn around and as for the same information on paper as a "supplemental". Give me a break.

Wordle.

Sometimes.

CA State Tax Franchise Board. Assholes owe me refunds for 2023 and 2024. Can't get through on a call or chat. Emails take up to 30 days for a response.
Told them I will not pay 2025 taxes until I get my refunds from the fuckers.

Bold move. Thats the spirit.

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Originally Posted by Cisco Kid

Bold move. Thats the spirit.

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He should be careful... he might get deported. :fmicon:

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Originally Posted by liv2ski

CA State Tax Franchise Board. Assholes owe me refunds for 2023 and 2024. Can't get through on a call or chat. Emails take up to 30 days for a response.
Told them I will not pay 2025 taxes until I get my refunds from the fuckers.

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I recommend purchasing a tank. Or at minimum an armored transport vehicle. And set up a defensive perimeter

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Originally Posted by riser4

Whoa. How'd you get seen so fast??? I got coughed on by some kid dragged in by an oblivious mom last time I went. Fortunately she gave up after 45 minutes. I wanted 4 hours to be seen and it took another hour in the exam room for 10 minutes of care. They lanced my very painful infection, shot antibiotics into me, and phoned a script into the pharmacy.

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To Texas.

I should have listened to my cats

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Originally Posted by liv2ski

I should have listened to my cats

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Are any of them named Sam?

Download an app and enter payment information to do a load of laundry at a hotel? Fuck that I'll wear dirty clothes tomorrow. Drinking beer at the laundromat and wathching a baseball game is always fun.

Fuck yeah! It is the simple pleasures like that, that bring the joy to living life. I fear the younger generation is missing out on the good these times with their gadget obsessions.

Here's one for the pedants (like me) out there. It annoys me when people on, say, their 50th birthday say they are starting their 50th year. Do the math, buddy, that's your 51st year. You're not one when you're born. :)

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Originally Posted by The AD

Here's one for the pedants (like me) out there. It annoys me when people on, say, their 50th birthday say they are starting their 50th year. Do the math, buddy, that's your 51st year. You're not one when you're born. :)

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Similarly, year 2000 wasn't the start of a new millennium. They started counting years at one, not zero.

Ok Newman

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Originally Posted by J. Barron DeJong

Similarly, year 2000 wasn't the start of a new millennium. They started counting years at one, not zero.

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Time is a human construct, maaan.

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Originally Posted by The AD

Here&#39;s one for the pedants (like me) out there. It annoys me when people on, say, their 50th birthday say they are starting their 50th year. Do the math, buddy, that&#39;s your 51st year. You&#39;re not one when you&#39;re born. :)

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I often say to people on their 49th birthday &quot;welcome to your 50th year&quot; or something like that, they do not appreciate it</p>

Trying to help a friend out by mounting her new skis with Tyrolia am 12 gw bindings and am puzzled. The brakes look like they should slide onto the front metal part of the heel piece, yet they don't slide 100% together so the holes are lined up for the two screws. There is a small gap of maybe an eighth of an inch between the two pieces. I have put a lot of force into pushing them together with no luck. Anyone know what the trick is? I know, Tech Talk jong.

Why is my toddlers bike so fucking heavy?!?! His strider bike was an appropriate ~10lbs... his new one, where the only thing added is a drivetrain, is like 25lbs. WTF?!? tough workout carrying him and bike home from the park yesterday.

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Originally Posted by californiagrown

Why is my toddlers bike so fucking heavy?!?! His strider bike was an appropriate ~10lbs... his new one, where the only thing added is a drivetrain, is like 25lbs. WTF?!? tough workout carrying him and bike home from the park yesterday.

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Small kids&#39; bikes aren&#39;t exactly known to use the best materials for frames and components.&nbsp; I wish I had a 25 # bike now, at least it&#39;s sub 30# though.&nbsp; It&#39;ll be fine, your toddler will grow with some big quads.</p>

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Originally Posted by californiagrown

Why is my toddlers bike so fucking heavy?!?! His strider bike was an appropriate ~10lbs... his new one, where the only thing added is a drivetrain, is like 25lbs. WTF?!? tough workout carrying him and bike home from the park yesterday.

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There are no separate CPSC standards for kids bikes, or at least that is what I was told by the former head of Hayes bike division who led development of their JUNIT components. So, everything has to be strong enough to meet adult CPSC bike standards which makes the strong part of the light/strong/cheap, pick two-problem non-negotiable. Lots of companies make light kids bikes now, but they are not cheap. Resale is great though, or it least it was when my kid was riding 16 inch to 24 inch wheel bikes, so you can think of it more like a long-term rental with a refundable 50-75% deposit.

Silver lining: heavy bike = lower center of gravity.

I find Doris Burke quite annoying.

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Originally Posted by ötzi

I find Doris Burke quite annoying.

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I turned on the game and Mrs. Plug from the bedroom/office yells: “Nooooooooooooooo!”

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Originally Posted by &ouml;tzi

I find Doris Burke quite annoying.

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Yeah, she annoys the hell out of me.

And to be clear, it has nothing to do with her being a woman. I love listening to Kayte Christensen during Kings games and miss her every time they are on a national broadcast.

Doris is right up there with Suzyn Waldman.

edit: Well a couple of steps lower than Suzyn, now that I think about it

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Originally Posted by J. Barron DeJong

Similarly, year 2000 wasn&#39;t the start of a new millennium. They started counting years at one, not zero.

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Western geochronocentricity.

Google maps gave me bad directions twice wednesday. It had an address on the wrong side of a big divided highway, then drove me around the wrong neighborhood, I finally blundered on the place by accident. Later it got me off the freeway 5 miles and 2 exits too soon and drove me around through the boonies. These were very straightforward trips, nothing unusual or exotic. I gotta think they're using AI now.

The vet office denied the flea med refill for our two and a half year old mutt because a she’s due for her annual check up. Like seriously? talk about a money grab and pointless trip. Can’t I just send a chk for the visit if you’re that tight and see you when she actually has a problem?

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Originally Posted by mcski

The vet office denied the flea med refill for our two and a half year old mutt because a she&rsquo;s due for her annual check up. Like seriously? talk about a money grab and pointless trip. Can&rsquo;t I just send a chk for the visit if you&rsquo;re that tight and see you when she actually has a problem?

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it seems like both vets and regular docs have figured out that money grab, &quot;we will not renew your medication unless you pay us more money&quot;.</p>

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Originally Posted by old goat

Later it got me off the freeway 5 miles and 2 exits too soon and drove me around through the boonies. These were very straightforward trips, nothing unusual or exotic. I gotta think they&#39;re using AI now.

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It has been doing stuff like this to me for a long time. I always check the route over before I leave. Often it will offer alternate routes which might be something like turn left ahead, take a different parallel side street for a bit and then get back on the street I&#39;m on now. There aren&#39;t any slowdowns. It is just giving me the option to take a different street for a bit if I want. &quot;Similar ETA&quot;. It does this when I&#39;m on the highway too.

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Originally Posted by mcski

The vet office denied the flea med refill for our two and a half year old mutt because a she&rsquo;s due for her annual check up. Like seriously? talk about a money grab and pointless trip. Can&rsquo;t I just send a chk for the visit if you&rsquo;re that tight and see you when she actually has a problem?

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Try and find out if your vets office is independent or part of a big PE owned network. Vets are one of the biggest targets of PE because owners love their pets and there are no regs on what fuckery PE firms can get up to in terms of pricing or policies. This is the sort of thing they love to do.

He’s not part of PE luckily. He is close to retiring and a very old school vet. He’s actually pretty good about keeping costs down so this really surprised me. I’m sure he doesn’t give af and it’s one of his office staff that decided we needed to come in. Surprisingly, my other dog is over due for booster shots and they didn’t say anything about him coming in but he doesn’t have any prescriptions so i guess he didn’t trigger the cash register gate keeping

You are correct about PE in general though. Guillotines for all that bs as far as I’m concerned

if you know what you need you can probably order it youself.

I have yet to find a way to order prescription flea meds - in this case - nextgard - without one or I most definitely would do so. There’s probably a way but when initially getting the doggo drugs, I got tired of the bait switch rabbit holes

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Originally Posted by evdog

Try and find out if your vets office is independent or part of a big PE owned network. Vets are one of the biggest targets of PE because owners love their pets and there are no regs on what fuckery PE firms can get up to in terms of pricing or policies. This is the sort of thing they love to do.

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Oh nuts! I didn't realize this was such a big thing, but you're right! The service at the vet we had been taken our poodle to has really taken a nosedive and their cash grabs more and more egregious! So bad we fired them on our last encounter.

So, I just looked it up and sure enough. They evidently got bought out by "Destination Pet" which got taken over by L1 Health, a PE firm. Faaaak.

First, they tried making us do some stupid annual subscription thing for vet care (like over a grand a year), and last time all we wanted was a groom for our new puppy we got this year. She was really young but it's good to get them used to groomings as early as possible. They then informed us that they have a new policy that they require a "personality test" for their groomer's safety for $75, as well as a check-up from THEIR vet for another fee (she already got a recent checkup). I guess the thought of our 8 week old poodle pup was just too much for them to handle. We were existing clients and asked if they'd waive it. Especially since the breeder already got the personality assessment done. And she was/is just the sweeeeeeetest little ball of fluff. Obvious cash grab is obvious.

Now we own a full complement of grooming supplies and just learned to do it ourselves. Dicks lost a lot of long-term revenue from us over that one. Just our one dog ws like $140 + tip every month. Welp, guess we needed to save the money anyway. lol

Poodle grooming is the next growth industry and safe from ai ! You can save a shit ton of moola if you can trim them diy. My small guys hair cost [emoji640]x my barber and [emoji639]x as often. It’s bonkers how much more I pay his groomer thsn my barber. On the plus side of the cost, no shedding. Which our border collie mut compensates for with massive balls of fur left everywhere

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Originally Posted by evdog

Try and find out if your vets office is independent or part of a big PE owned network. Vets are one of the biggest targets of PE because owners love their pets and there are no regs on what fuckery PE firms can get up to in terms of pricing or policies. This is the sort of thing they love to do.

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Yeah, my vet got bought out that way; he just disappeared from the website with no notice to clients. Don't blame him for cashing in like that, but I was already driving a ways just to keep going to him, and have no allegiance to the clinic name, so switched to a small place that is more local.

Cottonwood tree cotton. Fn hate it! It’s everywhere around my area. It’s assaulting me in the hot-tub plus getting into my margarita.

More than annoying, one thing I f'n hate is Carpenter Bees. Are they everywhere? I hate those fuckers. I lived in a wood house in the woods for years and they tried to eat it. First nice day of spring, there they are, hovering, the bastards.