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If you find yourself alone, riding in the green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled
For you are in Elysium.
I feel like that movie didn’t age well and it’s one I expected would.
That annoys me a little.
Huh I thought it held up really well -especially given it’s like what 25 years old? The acting, the plot, the music - I think it’s still all great IMHO
Agreed. Chance of inhaling one is a worry. When folks from the south come out to Oregon to train they are super paranoid, when my friends go to the south they are freaked out about Water Mocs. Interesting what we get used to.Quote:
Originally Posted by PB
Sportsbooks, gambling, and Vegas getting all the recent pro teams annoys me. Going to work each Monday, I feel like I need to intervene with all my coworkers who spent all weekend gambling.
I would watch it again, but couldn’t get my kids to watch it and I can’t say I know anybody who’s gone out of their way to watch it in the last decade or so. Longer probably.Quote:
Originally Posted by bennymac
At a breakfast joint in Greybull, Wy, they wanted $3.50 for one extra slice of toast. (Comes with one). JFC
We were at Kokkari in San Francisco right after it opened, and the meal starts out we get some appetizers, and the waiter says “Oh, it looks like you could use some bread, I’ll bring some”. We’re like, cool, and they bring this nice pita. Then on the bill it was like 10 bucks.
That was real bullshit.
I watched it recently. It’s a character driven period piece and people don’t really watch that stuff anymore. I would say it’s like Lawrence of Arabia in that regard. I think it’s a great movie but people don’t have the attention span to watch it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mustonen
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Agreed on all points.Quote:
Originally Posted by MagnificentUnicorn
I definitely would have deducted that from any tip at all, with an explanation as to why.Quote:
Originally Posted by plugboots
"Whats your email" "Same as it was yesterday when you emailed me"
"Can you go back over to the job and give me that measurement again" "Check your email"
"I'll get that to you tomorrow" tik tik....3 days later
As a 25+ year contractor, I've learned that I'll end up doing about 20% of everyone's job and I price accordingly, but some people are ridiculous. I had to bust out this line yesterday with my preferred cabinet design/ supplier. They make a full 100% markup on the order and the designer/salesperson makes 20%. This is serious big boy/girl cheddar.
"I fuck up cost me money you fuck up cost me money is a really bad business model"
What the hell is with an expensive restaurant charging me 2.98% credit fees on dinner service? This trend is fucked. Put it into your food costs, asshats! Don't act like dealing with cash doesn't cost you money unless you're skimming...
Time for another argument about the hidden costs of credit card swipe fees! :fmicon:Quote:
Originally Posted by Eluder
Tried to split the bill 4 ways at a restaurant. "Oh our system can't handle more that two cards". Bullshit you lazy ass server, this is 2024. We carry computers in our pockets that can do basically anything. I know your POS is capable of splitting a check. Oh, and she auto gratuitied us for splitting the check.
You know, people who are always fighting the customer and making things more difficult for everyone involved usually end up being pretty miserable in life. One of the best takeaways from my year in the service industry.
I’ve seen enough POS systems to know that’s a high probability. Not everyone is on modern stuff. Four ways is also a lot, and a considerable pain in the ass.Quote:
Originally Posted by Name Redacted
No it isnt. Simple math. This is a restaurant that is less than 5 years old and using ipads. We werent asking for them to separate anything. Just split evenly 4 ways. I was doing that shit in highschool at a restaurant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Supermoon
The way around this, unfortunately, is to ask the policy first. If they won’t, then separate checks for everyone. ,
You know what else? Motherfuckers that stand in front on the entrance to the lift maze. Fuck you fuckers.
HOLY FUCKING MOTHER OF DOG .... chair 16 at Mammoth right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Name Redacted
Putting on their skis/board, buckling boots, trying to explain to their equally clueless bros where they are so they can all gather and make even a bigger road block, pulling off their pack to sort through it for something completely un-necessay, or simply staring at .... everything?
Gearing up in front of the pass reader should be punished by confiscating their pass.
Damn right!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Name Redacted
Special kind of hell needed for these idiots
Spring breakers skiing in hoards of ten were the worst at this
Then there’s the fvuckers who go all the way to the loading ramp before figuring out their wife/husband/friend isn't with them and then stand there blocking everything while said partner tries to push their way thru.
water heater shit the bed this morning
Depending on where it's located, that ranges from mildly inconvenient to utter PITA home destruction.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
I've seen some newer construction where they put the water heater in the attic...
it's in the lower level, so as best I can tell, worst case scenario is a small area of carpet needs to go (squishy carpet is what alerted me to the problem!).Quote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
And the place is a rental, so it's mostly just inconvenient for me, a bigger problem for low post mag Tainted Meat (my landlord).
Given that the way water heaters generally fail is to spill their entire (water) guts, and that they fail every decade or so give or take, it amazes me that more places aren't engineered for that failure.
I’m with you on this oneQuote:
Originally Posted by Name Redacted
I'm annoyed at anyone that's not with him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Supermoon
He probably got the water buffalo model.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
Perpetual road construction annoys me. In Reno they spent years rebuilding 395 near I80, and a year after the finished it the started over. And after they finished that in a few more years they tore up the airport, which is about the only place I go in Reno.
In Sacramento US50 has been torn up east of Bus 80 for at least 5 years with no end in sight, and then a couple of years ago they tore up the WX section, just for the hell of it, also with no end in sight. And on Bus80 just north of there they've been adding lanes with a bridge over the American River for years and nowhere near done. Just about the only place I can go in Sac without running into construction is my favorite sandwich places, and only because I can walk there.
Caltrans spent years rebuilding the mountain section of I80--the deeply rutted 1950's concrete was way overdue for replacement, but within a few years the right hand lane was more rutted than the old pavement ever was. And every year they're working on it again, fixing the stuff they fucked up.
Our son spent 4 years in Milwaukee in school. The freeways were torn up when he got there and were torn up when he left.
Of course all these examples pale besides the Big Dig in Boston. Fortunately that was over before our kid wound up there.
Perpetual reconstruction or just let them fall apart like they do here in NY.
Heh. It seems like they've been working on the Champlain bridge into Montreal for my entire life. And; of course the Turcot Interchange.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
Have you tried crossing the I80 causeway heading west from Sac yet??Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
You're in for a real treat.
I do believe the perpetual road construction is ENTIRELY on purpose. Lines the pockets of the fatcats in the good ol' boy's club. See: Michael Douglas' excellent rant in Falling Down...Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OhIdDNtSv0
That scene resonated with me. Great film. So cathartic.
I do appreciate your ability to turn *everything* into a conspiracy. :fmicon:Quote:
Originally Posted by MontuckyFried
I bought a low priced Milwaukee Packout off of eBay and just received a package from Home Depot with a smaller sized Packout box in it. Since I didn't receive a tracking # I can't dispute this with eBay so just had to go straight to my Visa card to dispute the transaction. Fucking scammer POSs and fucking eBay letting these scum bags trawl their website.
And maybe I'm an idiot for buying the cheapest option I could find on the internets.
Why is your water heater in your bed?Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
Why is evo so slow to ship? I know i shouldn't be bitching about free shipping but I ordered on 4/8 and tracker finally says the shipment's been accepted...5 days later on 4/13. Now scheduled arrival is 4/18 when I was expecting delivery 4/12-4/15. Sad how I can order and get stuff from euroland faster than this.
Wrong forum Jong!Quote:
Originally Posted by priapism
But yea, online retailers taking 3-4 days to actually put the thing in the bag and ship it is annoying. And getting a “your item has been shipped” notification when all they did was print a label is just salt in the wound. I’ve received my Amazon package before the Not-Amazon shop has even pulled the same item off their shelf.
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Free shipping is fairly standard, as is getting the item on its way within a business day. Which makes it fair game to bitch, IMO. The e-commerce world has taken a really noticeable step back in recent years.Quote:
Originally Posted by priapism
Pharmacies and Rx insurance annoy me. Filling a generic prescription for below the $20 copay, and the entire system comes to a halt. If you’re filling two Rx and the first is below $20 ($12) and the second is above $20 ($30), it is simply not worth the effort of saving the $10.
Surely they see this sort of thing often?
People who use scissors to open chip and cereal bags.
Chip and cereal bags that won't open at the seam at the top no matter how hard I pull, forcing me to use my scissors. FTS.