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Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?

No internet at work, which is not totally bad but the phones are VOIP and also the credit card machine is connected to the internet.
So, no incoming or outgoing phone calls (great for business :mad: ) and no credit card transactions.
Tethering to my tablet for one computer doesn't cut it :( :(
Comcast is not making me happy :(
 
shalemail said:
Well it's official. It's now dangerous to be a white adult male in America.

http://globalnews.ca/news/3558935/good-samaritan-mistaken-for-child-predator/

I simply cannot believe this still happens, this is America right? What happened to tackle the guy and wait for police? Heck no, beat the hell out of em, shoot 'em, make a public outcry to destroy him...
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wow, sad indeed :( Get involved with something, possibly get the shit beat out of you....not get involved and people shame you for not doing so...criminy :(
 
Have you noticed the phenomenon of confectionery shrinkage? Such as candy bars which become smaller. Perusing the aisles of my local convenience store, I was tempted by the goodies on offer, but on close inspection of the impressively sized bag of Twix Bites, I discovered that the bag actually contained about 60% air. The photo below probably represents close to the actual bag contents!

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Ugh. My home email account was compromised. It sent out literally thousands of emails before the provider locked it.

There's more than 4400 drafts alone I have to delete, 50 drafts at a time.

My new password is much stronger now...

I will be moving soon, so I will end up with a new email address anyway.
 
Dngrsone said:
Ugh. My home email account was compromised. It sent out literally thousands of emails before the provider locked it.

There's more than 4400 drafts alone I have to delete, 50 drafts at a time.

My new password is much stronger now...

I will be moving soon, so I will end up with a new email address anyway.
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Yahoo?
 
One of their subsidiaries, yes.

I had changed the password on my Yahoo account some time ago; don't even use it. My home internet account, however...
 
I have officially given up trying to engage and do business with "professional" property maintenance tradespeople.
 
Google: "we want Android to be the most powerful mobile operating system in the world. You can tweak it, tune it, improve it..."

Also,

Google: "check out our pixel! The most iPhone like phone we can make! $800/month!"
 
no one said:
Bixby, its asinine dedicated button, and the feeble minded brain trust who thought it up and executed it!
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Google: "we got this amazing browser called chrome!"
Samsung: "oh, yea. We have internet browser."
Google: "we have the Play store!"
Samsung: "we have this amazing app store."
Google: "Now with Google Assistant, we can do all these things..."
Samsung: "We have bixby."

Google: "what the ****? Are you even trying or are you just xerox copying our stuff?"
Samsung: "what are you talking about? Stop copying us, Google!"
Google: "we have patent laws."
Samsung: "we have an army."
Google: "... Touché, as you were."
 
When you go to the shop for a last minute birthday card, and they only have one 'Wife' card, which costs £6.
It's a piece of card, it should cost pence! Yeah I know, I'm paying for the artist's work, and the beautiful prose written inside. But come on, £6! :)
 
@mikedt They rolled out US English Bixby yesterday. UK English can't be long now.

Boston MA still has "Blue laws". That gets me angry. You can't buy beer in a grocery store but you can in a convenience store? Liqour stores can sell beer and groceries but no alcohol at a supermarket. Grrrr

 
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@mikedt They rolled out US English Bixby yesterday. UK English can't be long now.

Boston MA still has "Blue laws". That gets me angry. You can't buy beer in a grocery store but you can in a convenience store? Liqour stores can sell beer and groceries but no alcohol at a supermarket. Grrrr
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Wow, our blue laws were eliminated in Virginia in the early 90s. PITA.
 
What the hell, Home Depot?

I ordered a shower kit for my bathroom some time ago. Two weeks ago, I went to the local store and asked what kind of estimated time of delivery they had... next Friday. Okay, fine.

So on the Friday in question, I went back: is my shower here? Took the clerk almost an hour to find out that yes the shower arrived, but one of the pieces was broken and they had to reorder it. One more week. Keep in mind, I took two weeks off to work on my bathroom in between jobs, and now I have lost all that time waiting for my shower to show up. So, yesterday, I went back: is my shower here?

Another hour, it's supposed to be on order, but we don't have an order number? Took the clerk almost a whole second hour (and finally a couple calls to Corporate) to determine that for whatever reason, the replacement part was never ordered.

So, I guess I am lucky that I actually went down there and inquired, but it won't be until I return from my first week of work next weekend before I know whether I will have a shower to install.
 
Dngrsone said:
What the hell, Home Depot?

I ordered a shower kit for my bathroom some time ago. Two weeks ago, I went to the local store and asked what kind of estimated time of delivery they had... next Friday. Okay, fine.

So on the Friday in question, I went back: is my shower here? Took the clerk almost an hour to find out that yes the shower arrived, but one of the pieces was broken and they had to reorder it. One more week. Keep in mind, I took two weeks off to work on my bathroom in between jobs, and now I have lost all that time waiting for my shower to show up. So, yesterday, I went back: is my shower here?

Another hour, it's supposed to be on order, but we don't have an order number? Took the clerk almost a whole second hour (and finally a couple calls to Corporate) to determine that for whatever reason, the replacement part was never ordered.

So, I guess I am lucky that I actually went down there and inquired, but it won't be until I return from my first week of work next weekend before I know whether I will have a shower to install.
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Sheesh, that sucks!
It's stories like this that leave a bad taste in my mouth about big box stores and the folks who work there.
 
LV426 said:
When you go to the shop for a last minute birthday card, and they only have one 'Wife' card, which costs £6.
It's a piece of card, it should cost pence! Yeah I know, I'm paying for the artist's work, and the beautiful prose written inside. But come on, £6! :)
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Whenever the kid sends a card from the UK, you can't get the damn card out of the envelope. I can't imagine how she got it in after she signed it. Is that an English regulation that the envelope is small to conserve paper?
 
Dngrsone said:
What the hell, Home Depot?

I ordered a shower kit for my bathroom some time ago. Two weeks ago, I went to the local store and asked what kind of estimated time of delivery they had... next Friday. Okay, fine.

So on the Friday in question, I went back: is my shower here? Took the clerk almost an hour to find out that yes the shower arrived, but one of the pieces was broken and they had to reorder it. One more week. Keep in mind, I took two weeks off to work on my bathroom in between jobs, and now I have lost all that time waiting for my shower to show up. So, yesterday, I went back: is my shower here?

Another hour, it's supposed to be on order, but we don't have an order number? Took the clerk almost a whole second hour (and finally a couple calls to Corporate) to determine that for whatever reason, the replacement part was never ordered.

So, I guess I am lucky that I actually went down there and inquired, but it won't be until I return from my first week of work next weekend before I know whether I will have a shower to install.
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Maybe you will get lucky. We did that years ago. The stupid shower walls were defective. Store replaced the stall, and also gave enough money for installation. The Vulcan's brother was a contractor, so he and the Vulcan put the stall in. We then bought a Treadway floor for the kitchen. That was defective, store replaced floor, family installed and we used the installation money for something else.
 
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