Shit that annoys you

[riser4]

Is it a Frenchie? Sounds like IVDD. We just went through it with our Frenchie, which was super annoying and expensive.

Toy poodle. 15yo. He's a little old for major surgery. Vet already said he isn't keen to give him anesthesia at his age and general level of health. I gave him a blanket for a pillow under his head last night when he was in my lap, that helped a lot. No way he's gonna be happy not sitting in my lap watching the Celtics anymore.

[dan_pdx]

Sorry to hear about you and the doggie's tumble down the stairs, that sucks. Prednisone is rough stuff, it messed up our dog so badly we discontinued after one dose. Good to hear you're tapering your dog's dose now, sending healing thoughts to both of you

[riser4]

Thanks. This is all getting into territory uncomfortably close to the Just a Dog thread. That's annoying.

[old goat]

At least he doesn't have to watch the Pistons.

[californiagrown]

if you are running on the side of the road with no shoulder -- in low light, on a particularly curvy stretch -- when there is a perfectly good sidewalk on the other side, go fuck yourself.

I drive through my neighborhood into work in the dark every morning, and there is a particular couple blocks that has some curvy roads, its narrow with parking on both sides and lacks streetlights so its VERY dark outside of my headlights. There is a tiny woman who jogs each morning through that stretch dressed in full black, with large overhear headphones, on the right side of the road (so she cannot see cars coming up behind her and the curve hides her behind the parked cars). Its unclear if she is depressed and hoping to get killed, poor and looking for a payout, or is just plain stupid.

The lack of common sense risk mitigation from pedestrians/cyclists always surprises me out on the road. My wife is one of them... a couple weeks ago she tried to walk out into a crosswalk at night with our 3yr old as a car obviously did not adjust its speed to stop at the crosswalk and then got mad at me after i grabbed her arm to keep her from walking out in front of the car as it slammed on its brakes at the last second. SMH. Its amazing how risk averse she is when in the mountains skiing, mountain biking, scrambling, etc... but give her a city and road traffic and the lady is fearless playing fast and loose.

[riser4]

At least he doesn't have to watch the Pistons.

That would annoy me. And him.

[jackstraw]

My wife had to go back thru the scanner at Logan, gets thru and her puffy jacket is gone. Thankfully our two boys are with her and they scanned the airport and found the bitch wearing it in the fast food line. Security got it back. I'm glad my kids were there and not me.

[Danno]

My wife had to go back thru the scanner at Logan, gets thru and her puffy jacket is gone. Thankfully our two boys are with her and they scanned the airport and found the bitch wearing it in the fast food line. Security got it back. I'm glad my kids were there and not me.

wtf? that's something I am always nervous about but it also felt like unjustified nervousness, like who would be that ballsy?

[stealurface831]

takes a special kind of stupid to wear a jacket you just stole in the immediate vicinity of the person you stole it from.

[old goat]

takes a special kind of stupid to wear a jacket you just stole in the immediate vicinity of the person you stole it from.

That sounds like the normal kind of stupid to me.

[jackstraw]

wtf? that's something I am always nervous about but it also felt like unjustified nervousness, like who would be that ballsy?

Yeah, typically you're in sight of your stuff for the most part, but if you do get beeped and have to go back thru stuff could walk away. But this idiot didn't take it and stuff it in her bag, she put it on and wore it. She's one of those smart thieves. I don't know the full story yet as to what her "excuse" was for taking the jacket.

[Danno]

"I thought it was mine, I have a jacket just like this at home and forgot I didn't bring it to the airport"

[jackstraw]

Well, my son said she was clearly "not all there" when he walked by, so he kind of felt bad for her. Security has her on camera taking my wifes 3/4 puffy (or whatever those long chicks jackets are called) and leaving hers waist-cut non-puffy behind. Maybe she was cold. My family had zero interaction with her aside from my son seeing her. Security dealt with it.

[The AD]

"I thought it was mine, I have a jacket just like this at home and forgot I didn't bring it to the airport"

How about: "I thought that stuff coming out was up for grabs. First come, first served!"

[Foggy_Goggles]

Best,

? Say something. Say nothing. But this is about the most limp wristed way to end an email. Is this what politically correct communication has become? I read is as:

Whatever,
James

[skaredshtles]

Best,

? Say something. Say nothing. But this is about the most limp wristed way to end an email. Is this what politically correct communication has become? I read is as:

Whatever,
James

OK, Boomer. [emoji16]

[Buzzworthy]

Best,

? Say something. Say nothing. But this is about the most limp wristed way to end an email. Is this what politically correct communication has become? I read is as:

Whatever,
James

That’s because James is just a corporate shill and the life has been sucked out of him. He indeed does not care.

[jackstraw]

Funny. Like a lot of us, I feel like my job was mostly sending f'n emails and I don't recall looking up how to sign an email properly. I never used "Best" as it sounded odd to me. It also depended on who to and what the email was about. I never used "thanks" either. I prefer the whole "thank you", which I probably used most frequently. Idk. It's more about the content of the email imo.

Google thinks "best" is just fine...

[Buzzworthy]

Also nobody is looking at your wording because they too don’t fucking care and would rather just text you because email is antiqued.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

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? Say something. Say nothing. But this is about the most limp wristed way to end an email. Is this what politically correct communication has become? I read is as:

Whatever,
James

Using “best” as a sign off predates political correctness


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[Foggy_Goggles]

When did it start?

What does it mean?

"Safe and inoffensive" Yeah. Could the same be said for "Bannana"


I suppose I'm actually annoyed that safe path in communicate seems to have swung to taking any bit of spice and flavor out of almost everything. I'm grateful that I don't really operate it this spaces so when I get one of these emails they stand out.

[garyfromterrace]

Using “best” as a sign off predates political correctness


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I use "cheers". Then I have a shot of liquor. I then expect anyone who reads the email to have a shot of something after they complete reading the email. If they do not, I feel slighted.

[Elkhound Odin]

"Thanks" and "Best" and similar terse signoff is way too informal for proper business correspondence. Unfortunately, younger generations are driving this common speak so everything sounds like a text message. It's just lazy.

....OK Boomer.....

[riser4]

Not sure if this annoys me or amuses me or both.

"It smells like Ogunquit at low tide!"

[The AD]

"Thanks" and "Best" and similar terse signoff is way too informal for proper business correspondence.

What do you suggest instead? To me "thanks" seems fine, but I don't know what the hell "best" means. In the real world I say just "thanks" every day, but I don't think I've ever just said "best."