Shit that annoys you

[Danno]

4? I see 2 near the top of the Padded Room. Or by "sub" forum do you mean something else?

[BmillsSkier]

4? I see 2 near the top of the Padded Room. Or by "sub" forum do you mean something else?

I popped open the browser on my phone which doesn't refresh automatically and it was IRRC, Trump Shooting, Baldwin Shooting, If Only There Was Something We Can Do, and I think Guns. Got bummed out and posted here. I see its different now, but man I'm sick of hearing about people getting shot.

[skaredshtles]

<snip> I'm sick of hearing about people getting shot.

That's kind of where we are as a country, right? Sick of hearing about it when nobody's actually going to do anything about it.

So it goes...

[Buster Highmen]

Don't forget Baldwin!
Shooting topics are hard to avoid in our gun saturated society.

And just because whites are in season, don't think we have to take you seriously.

[BmillsSkier]

And just because whites are in season, don't think we have to take you seriously.

The day people start taking me seriously is the day I mix diet tonic with my Beefeater.

[riser4]

The day people start taking me seriously is the day I mix diet tonic with my Beefeater.

Bwahahahah

[Buster Highmen]

The day people start taking me seriously is the day I mix diet tonic with my Beefeater.

A bridge too far.

[skaredshtles]

The day people start taking me seriously is the day I mix diet tonic with my Beefeater.

I can't believe you said that out loud.

[old goat]

There used to be an outfit running ballets in Jay and Rumford, Maine; I didn't have any idea what the actual business name was, as I only ever heard it referred to as "the ballet". I never went, as the idea of local talent staffing such an establishment wasn't exactly a selling point.

According to a James McMurtry song, in small towns when the traveling circus came to town Dad would give teenage son $5 to "go see the elephant"--one of the circus performers with a side hustle. Better than having the kid bother the livestock.

[Mustonen]

Shipping….

I bought some bike parts internationally to save $20. Took a little while to arrive in Chicago. I’m in Michigan.

From Chicago to Grand Rapids, MI. Cool!

From Grand Rapids to Allendale, MI. Ok! Don’t know where that is but she’s moving!

From Allendale to Grand Rapids. Ok?! Wrong turn but still in the system!

From Grand Rapids to Oak Creek, WI. Neat!

From Oak Creek to Oshkosh. Sure!

From Oshkosh to Oak Creek. Um!

This is all over a few weeks. Maybe it makes sense to those who know how this stuff works. Good thing this is an upgrade and not something keeping me from riding.

[nickwm21]

I’ve spent the last 3 years running a project on an existing hospital campus… the facility is very particular on where we should park… rightfully so… Nothing annoying about that…

but what’s annoying is the the conversations I have daily with my subcontractors - not about parking where we should - but just don’t park in stupid spots please…

I’ve had these three conversations this week:

“I need you to move your car. You’re in the emergency department drop off”
“It’s a 30min, I’ll only be 20min”
“No, let’s save those spots for people having a medical emergency. Move your car.”

…

“You’re parked in one of the “Delivery Room Expecting Mothers” parking spots - are you in labor?”
“Huh”

…

“This is the loading dock for the hospital. Move your car please.”
“I need to park close. I might need to be able to run back to the car and get a part or a tool”
“So… your convenience is more important than this hospital receiving deliveries? Move your car.”




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[frorider]

“You’re parked in one of the “Delivery Room Expecting Mothers” parking spots - are you in labor?”
“Huh”

lol. That’s next-level sense of entitlement

[Danno]

Denver Post annoys me.

I signed up a couple of weeks ago because of a great sign up special. Then the cascade of emails started. Each one, "unsubscribe". Takes me to a page where I can unsubscribe from that email list. Then I poke around and find a place to unsubscribe from more, and I do, everything. But still, the emails keep coming. They seem to have a million different lists, most of which are not accessible from your "my account" page, and they keep sending me emails even though I unsubscribe from them all.

[riser4]

Denver Post annoys me.

I signed up a couple of weeks ago because of a great sign up special. Then the cascade of emails started. Each one, "unsubscribe". Takes me to a page where I can unsubscribe from that email list. Then I poke around and find a place to unsubscribe from more, and I do, everything. But still, the emails keep coming. They seem to have a million different lists, most of which are not accessible from your "my account" page, and they keep sending me emails even though I unsubscribe from them all.

Do any of them say in small print that it takes xx days to process unsubscription? If so, you may be resetting the clock if you try the same list more than once within that period. I've run into this. It is annoying. It is tom-fuckery of a high order. Should probably complain to some consumer complaints office in your home state. Which is also annoying.

[easyrdr]

Booked plane tickets for Thanksgiving with United. I completed the process through their website. Kept getting an error message to try purchasing later because of technical difficulty. So I tried throughout the day, it finally worked on the 4th try. And now 5 hours later I have 4 separate confirmation numbers that show I booked the same flights 4 times in a row for a family of 5. Now I've been on hold with these fuckers for an hour. My total bill for all this shit currently sits at $24k. Yes that right fellas, I'm flying the family coach for $24k, to visit fucking Dayton Ohio. First time I've traveled for Thanksgiving in a decade and the last time I will be traveling for Thanksgiving EVER!

[old goat]

The worldwide computer meltdown may have had something to do with it.

[skaredshtles]

Booked plane ... to visit fucking Dayton Ohio.

FTS.

++vibes, man.

[old goat]

Isn't there a good air force museum in Dayton?

My internet plan is 300 mbps down. I typically get 50ish. I heard about a program California is running to upgrade internet to underserved areas. Where the money goes depends on the speeds the providers report but you can challenge the reported speeds by submitting speed test results to the PUC. The providers don't like that because the state money doesn't go to them, it goes to startups. So I take the survey the PUC requires--who's your provider, WIFI or ethernet, etc.--and do the first of three required speed tests and get 40 down. I go back to do the second test the next day--300, and it's been 300 since. Coincidence? I think not.

[evdog]

I need to try that. For some reason living in middle of SD, my internet speeds are often crap. But at the same time whenever I run a speed test I get 300-400 mbps. Anything video related (zoom, youtube, streaming) often gets choppy and hangs up. When that happens I'll get a pop up from Cox internet saying "want to know why you're connection is experiencing difficulty?" and if you click on it all you get is a graph of typical traffic loads on their network.

[old goat]

But it doesn't matter how fast my internet speed is--TGR is like having dial up. On a good day.

[frorider]

But so worth it!

[Core Shot]

Believe it or not when you do an ookla speed test the provider gives you priority bandwidth

Fact

[anotherVTskibum]

Believe it or not when you do an ookla speed test the provider gives you priority bandwidth

Fact

I believe it, and I'm not surprised.

I've been doing tech support for a hybrid meeting, and this morning has been a little rough with lagging and such. On a break, I ran a speed test and of course got perfectly good symmetrical results.

[Rideski]

Just went to a meeting with a prospect and he was visably sick. Humans as so disgusting.

[evdog]

Believe it or not when you do an ookla speed test the provider gives you priority bandwidth

Fact

I shouldn't be surprised. And that is annoying. Wonder if there is a way to continuously loop speed tests while I'm trying to watch cat videos? Or can the prioritize individual streams of traffic.