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Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?

Automation in real life that doesn't work as flawlessly as it does in Star Trek.
  • When I walk into the newest women's restroom at work, the light doesn't come on until you're about 6 feet into the room (so basically, just before you'd walk into the stall wall or door).
  • The toilets are auto-flush... but today it flushed as soon as I sat down. Too soon!! Normally it doesn't work until you're already out of the stall, so by then you're wondering if it's going to work - so I usually just push the little button instead of waiting.
  • The sinks aren't automatic, and there's a stack of folded paper towels on the counter. The whole thing is a mix of bad automatics with old school manual stuff.
 
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Lordvincent 90 said:
Showing up for a job interview with the manager only to find out it's his day off... And he's the one who set the time :mad:
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Update: the manager had assigned someone else to do the interview. The employee who turned me away was unaware. Went back yesterday and met with the manager. Got the job...


NEW RANT

Samsung devices updating apps without permission even with EVERY POSSIBLE option to disable in place.
Apps updated:
-Facebook
-FB Messenger
-Instagram

Auto updates disabled in play store.

Auto update option turned off in all 3 apps...

Currently not rooted because recovery it's unstable and computer took a crap on me. (Phone won't boot with custom recovery installed. Odin needed to switch back and forth between twrp and stock recovery)

Root needed to remove two apps that are apparently the culprit. Apps can't be disabled in settings...
 
Bicyclists.

(I'm not really like this, I swear. Except I totally am.)

More specifically, the subset of bicyclists who qualify as "idiots on bicycles".
Generally identified by ridiculous amounts of spandex, and undue pride in all the corporate "sponsorship" they are receiving......Errr..... the corporate sponsorship "appearance" they are paying to emulate.

It's nearing Halloween here, so you are to be forgiven your ridiculous costumes; But now that we have given up all of the on-street parking on one side of the road for miles, and compressed the remaining vehicular lanes into little parallel spaghetti trails.........Could you do us the courtesy of riding single file, rather than four abreast?
And one further request; Please consider that you have some responsibilities which go along with the rights you are so keen to yammer on about. The four way stops at the intersections apply to you as well. The F-150 pickup truck driver who made it halfway through the intersection on a left hand turn........(and then stood on the brakes to avoid hitting the unbroken train of circus clowns streaming through the intersection)..........Never even had a chance of seeing you. His turn to proceed came, and he pulled out into the intersection long before you even arrived at my back bumper; At full speed, head down, tucked in, and fulla' attitude. The guy just saved your life, crapped his pants in the process.........And you shoot him a dirty look like that?

Wish I could say I hope your good luck continues; But there is something to be said for natural selection.:rolleyes:
 
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Bicyclists.

(I'm not really like this, I swear. Except I totally am.)

More specifically, the subset of bicyclists who qualify as "idiots on bicycles".
Generally identified by ridiculous amounts of spandex, and undue pride in all the corporate "sponsorship" they are receiving......Errr..... the corporate sponsorship "appearance" they are paying to emulate.
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We have a lot of bicycles and bicyclists in this country(China), but that is quite a rare sight, unless there's an actual race or event going on somewhere.
 
Cyclists are a polarising subject. There are strong views on either side, and also bad road habits from both groups. As predominantly a car driver, I'm biased, but I do think the roads in the UK are generally a dangerous place for cyclists. I wish there were more cycle routes. If there was a safe way for me to get to work, I would bike it, but I have no death wish, and the M4 junction is pretty scary if you're on a bike.
 
I came across this video the other day. About our Dutch roads. We have quite a lot of cycles here.
 
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It's funny, because (my dumb-ass) rant was precipitated by a routine drive that I took today (all these years later). Along the exact same route that my parents sent me down for several years as a child, for Junior Lifeguard training. Beginning at 12 years old,(Oh how I suffered):rolleyes:; Wake up at 6:00, bike unaccompanied, on a mere 3 foot wide sidewalk, with my idiot buddies. Five miles to the beach on my PK-Ripper, with a towel, a PB+J, and a Capri Sun juice pouch. Run on the beach for miles, swim around the pier and back a few times.......and ride back home in the afternoon; A little Jesus bodied, bronzed dimwit with sand and seaweed in his butt crack; In a hurry to get home and grab his skateboard.
All of it in the days when the bike lanes didn't even friggin' exist. There were twice the number of vehicular traffic lanes whizzing by in each direction on that road.......Also parking on both sides, and no stop sign at the very intersection (where today's rant-worthy incident occurred) :p But we still managed to survive, and had a great time.

The kids were all right.

Also, there were lots of (age appropriate) little girls in (non corporate-sponsored) spandex suits runnin' around with me. Dear God, it was fun; Best years of my life!:)
 
We used to have them training out here for some race or another (olympic velodrome)
They'd ride 3 or more abreast on a main public road and to hell with the local traffic.

The last time I saw any, they were out on a more rural road with a flag car in front and in back.

The bike clubs do it, too. There is a law on public roads about how to ride, but most don't care and by NOT obeying, they foster more anger.
 
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Sheesh! I'm sorry, I couldn't sit through the entire dang video, but the point was pretty well made within the first :30.

And the point is: Lady, I would spend a lot more time bicycling here as well........If I could do it in a landscape that looked like your precious Europe, 140 years ago; Eternal life, in a walk in, life size impressionist painting must be nice; Pointy tower in the background, a basket fulla' tulips and jam on the handlebars, wedge of brie ripening under my beret. But things are different here, honey.;):p;):p

Seriously; what has changed so dramatically (in only a single generation) is the people here, and the vast majority of the problem is certainly the drivers.....A small hand full of the cyclists do represent a disproportionate share of the problem......(It's always much funnier to point your hood ornament cross-hairs at the easy target).

I look at other routes (just a few miles on the other side of town) I used to ride to grade and middle school, and the physical landscape / roadway has not changed in the slightest over the years. But when we drive those routes now, my parents shake their heads, and apologise to me again and again for being so irresponsible. I was just havin' fun back then; Bein' a kid and gettin' around, not any the wiser...... But we both recognise that it now feels like they sent me on a "routine suicide mission" every morning. No one I know would even consider letting their kids do the same, it's really sad.
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Here's an example of why some motorists should be permanently banned from public roads. I have to say, some of most idiotic things I see whilst driving, are from motorbike riders. Ironic, considering that they are probably the most vulnerable vehicles on the road. Not satisfied with his inherently unstable 2-wheeled form of transport, this guy feels it necessary to pull wheelies, while overtaking other cars at 100mph+

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/must_see/37517271
 
In the past, I have randomly thought:

Tucked down, in and forward......You look like a man struggling use only as much throttle as will allow you to put down the most horsepower possible. You appear to be actively trying to prevent the front wheel from coming up; And get to the dang finish line first. Any other body configuration, and you look like (a very talented) poser; Deliberately trying to manipulate the machine for the benefit of the camera, and impress your friends on Facebook. :rolleyes: And some days are better than others, you aren't going to look good no matter what happens next; Regardless of showboat body configuration, it 'aint don't not gonna' end pretty today for you. You computer folk understand GIGO; It's fun pushin' 'em around......But he machine can only obey your commands.:D
"Fast Freddie" Spencer, #1, and a favorite.

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Wondering if Google is going to update the Nexus 6 to Nougat or if they're running out the clock until the EOL date on 10/31.
 
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