• After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.

Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?

I love how many hours I can spend outside and look like a tomato and until that contract's been fullfilled, I can never break the Stephen King Curse.
 
Poop cleaning after the dust storm with the regular storm we had the other day, a few tall branches where snaped in two due to the wind, nothing else is damage to our house, or the new camper.
 
Why do I seem to be surrounded by low-achievement, minimal effort people?

I have had extreme fatigue lately. I'm being treated for low-T but want to make sure nothing else is wrong.

On April 15th I saw my Primary Care Doctor and asked for a referral to endocrinology. By May 2nd, the referral was sent (although nobody told me that: I had to call them and ask). Then nothing. Nothing. Nothing. This morning I finally called the endocrinologist's office, who told me they had received an "incomplete referral" that didn't have the required labs attached.

Am I the only person who believes it would have been reasonable for somebody - anybody - to tell me they still needed labs? I could have sent that to them weeks ago! I've been rotting and waiting for an appointment that was never going to happen.

I bought fax credits for my phone; downloaded my labs; and faxed them myself so I KNOW it was done. This afternoon I will call them again to make sure they received the labs and don't need anything else before making an appointment.

:mad:
 
The_Chief said:
Why do I seem to be surrounded by low-achievement, minimal effort people?

I have had extreme fatigue lately. I'm being treated for low-T but want to make sure nothing else is wrong.

On April 15th I saw my Primary Care Doctor and asked for a referral to endocrinology. By May 2nd, the referral was sent (although nobody told me that: I had to call them and ask). Then nothing. Nothing. Nothing. This morning I finally called the endocrinologist's office, who told me they had received an "incomplete referral" that didn't have the required labs attached.

Am I the only person who believes it would have been reasonable for somebody - anybody - to tell me they still needed labs? I could have sent that to them weeks ago! I've been rotting and waiting for an appointment that was never going to happen.

I bought fax credits for my phone; downloaded my labs; and faxed them myself so I KNOW it was done. This afternoon I will call them again to make sure they received the labs and don't need anything else before making an appointment.

:mad:
Click to expand...
Hang in there Chief :thumbsupdroid:
 
For more than the last hour I have been trying to get through to speak with a real person at the IRS. There is no way to navigate the phone tree to speak to a real person. If the automated attendant cannot help, it just tells you to call back with more information or tells you to check the website, and then hangs up.
God help you if you need to talk to the IRS in the first place; but when you can't even get through, um, wow
 
The_Chief said:
Why do I seem to be surrounded by low-achievement, minimal effort people?

I have had extreme fatigue lately. I'm being treated for low-T but want to make sure nothing else is wrong.

On April 15th I saw my Primary Care Doctor and asked for a referral to endocrinology. By May 2nd, the referral was sent (although nobody told me that: I had to call them and ask). Then nothing. Nothing. Nothing. This morning I finally called the endocrinologist's office, who told me they had received an "incomplete referral" that didn't have the required labs attached.

Am I the only person who believes it would have been reasonable for somebody - anybody - to tell me they still needed labs? I could have sent that to them weeks ago! I've been rotting and waiting for an appointment that was never going to happen.

I bought fax credits for my phone; downloaded my labs; and faxed them myself so I KNOW it was done. This afternoon I will call them again to make sure they received the labs and don't need anything else before making an appointment.

:mad:
Click to expand...
I'm sorry Chief. It seems that the medical profession's right hand never knows what the left hand is doing. Communication between doctors and branches is weak at best. I'm glad and yet sorry you had to act out on your own. I hope they have what they need now and get onto diagnosing and treating you.

More cancer was discovered and my B-I-L was scheduled for a port and to begin yet additional rounds of chemo. His veins are so weak and beat up that the port was more than recommended. They called and wanted him to start treatments last Monday. Oh wait.. the port had never been scheduled.

Just another example of how unorganized the medical profession is. It's sad that we depend on them... without better options.
 
rootabaga said:
For more than the last hour I have been trying to get through to speak with a real person at the IRS. There is no way to navigate the phone tree to speak to a real person. If the automated attendant cannot help, it just tells you to call back with more information or tells you to check the website, and then hangs up.
God help you if you need to talk to the IRS in the first place; but when you can't even get through, um, wow
Click to expand...
They are very quick at communicating when you owe them money. :) Fortunately, I haven't had the need to deal with them in many decades. Good luck!
 
Any company is easy to deal with when you owe them money, want to inquire about new service, or add to your existing service. Anytime we have to call Xfinity, I just hit the # to add to current service and they usually pick up in a few minutes. If you hit the # to need help with a current issue, you'll be on hold / ignore for hours.

Don't even get me started on ADT's ( alarm ) customer service. What a joke.
 
Hey Nova fans, how to disable to lock on the homescreen of nova?

Desktop settings, scroll down to and there is an advance settings,
click on that and there is a pop in box that saids "lock screen" switch and click on that,

wish nova was more of a visual learner for me..
 
Last edited:
I gave up smoking the day I had my heart attack... Dec 3/23. After smoking a pipe for sixty years I switched habits and started chewing gum. I chew Dentyne Fire that is sugar free. It was the only gum that I liked as a kid so I returned to it. Suddenly, I can't find the gum anywhere local. I fear that it is being discontinued. I was able to order some from Amazon. It seems that if I like something and become a regular consumer it is dropped from production.
 
So my new monitor, yeah it is giving me slight double vision again,
I think there is something horribley wrong with this machine,
but what did I do to download a massive thing to really make it feel like typing on a drunken ship?
-
2)
1748271230770.png
 
olbriar said:
I gave up smoking the day I had my heart attack... Dec 3/23. After smoking a pipe for sixty years I switched habits and started chewing gum. I chew Dentyne Fire that is sugar free. It was the only gum that I liked as a kid so I returned to it. Suddenly, I can't find the gum anywhere local. I fear that it is being discontinued. I was able to order some from Amazon. It seems that if I like something and become a regular consumer it is dropped from production.
Click to expand...
Yeah my mother cannot find it anywhere close by, I think there are a few regular shops she swings on by and gets some.
I only chew Dentyne too.
 
When I was just washing the outside of the house living rooms, it is about fourteen feet high, I have one of those extended swifter's type cleaning cloths, I rinse it out and I did most of the house, and the dust must of accumilated way up, I couldn't do anything since the window is way up, need to borrow a power washer from my brother-in-law or mom's boyfriend... POOP least I am not hurt.
 
olbriar said:
That bites!
Click to expand...
Yep. He put sod down in the section of his backyard where the drainage once was resulting in the water going more into my side yard and pretty much ponding there. We've been neighbors for over 20 years, good dude, we actually built the wood fence we share together. I just have to word it correctly as sometimes he can be a little defensive and moody. Gonna chew on it for a bit.
 
The Dentyne gum I ranted about earlier was to be delivered yesterday. It was shipped USPS free from an Amazon seller. I first received an email proclaiming it was shipped. Tracking later showed that it was received by my local carrier yesterday at 4:30 AM and would be delivered sometime yesterday. Last night I checked the tracking to see why my $45.15 worth of gum didn't show up and was left with a less than reassuring update. Some sort of verbiage saying due to carrier problems your order should be delivered before 05/29 and if it isn't delivered, return here for a refund. I've never received such a tracking update... it left me wondering what's up and where is HERE? :) Today the tracking says it is out for delivery so I guess all is well.

Another shipping story from half a century ago... if you are bored. :)
Before my wife and I had children, we were into raising cacti and succulents.
We had shopped all of the local vendors and had just about everything offered. (the plants were not commonly sold way back then) I found a place where I could order the plants and we eagerly put together a large order of a cool variety of plants. The shipping took forever and when the plants were delivered most everything had died. I was the monkey chasing the weasel between the vendor and shipper and when the dust settled, it was my fault for ordering the plants. :mad:
Shipping has improved through the years but has lots of room for improvement.
 
The whole tracking thing with Amazon giving the package to UPS or USPS to deliver can get weird sometimes. FedEx is about to take over for UPS with the delivery of Amazon packages so it's about to get really weird.

My Rant : if one more FedEx driver or Amazon driver drives on the corner of my yard and leaves a huge rut, I think I'm gonna lose my 💩. :goofydroid::goofydroid::goofydroid::goofydroid:
 
My stock of gum just showed up delivered by my postal carrier. My wife said I should order some more. I'd order a lifetime supply if I only knew how much time I have left. I'd hate to over stock or obligate myself to live longer just to get my gum chewed. 🤣
 
olbriar said:
My stock of gum just showed up delivered by my postal carrier. My wife said I should order some more. I'd order a lifetime supply if I only knew how much time I have left. I'd hate to over stock or obligate myself to live longer just to get my gum chewed. 🤣
Click to expand...
Not trying to be morbid here, but tell your kids to just put it in your casket. We put Tums Chewables in my mons casket because she was never not chewing on them.
 
I made a promise to a long time mow customer that I would put a Bud Light in her casket if she should die before me. Part of getting my money from her was listening to her politics and having a Bud Light with her. I honored her request. What a lady. She had to be in her 90s when she passed and she drank like a fish. 🤣 The very reason I still mow lawns.... I love my customers.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom