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Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?
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FallnShadw
Newbie
Here's what grinds my gears...
The stupid windows search indexer creating an 89+gb file on my computer and draining the remaining space on my hard drive.
After spending last night (until like 6 am) on here and looking into Android SDK and app programming, I get up today and come to my computer... big error bubble saying that I have less than 27MBs remaining and my harddrive (It's not big my comp sucks so it's only got 127GB). I had around 90Gigs last time I checked on it and I could NOT figure out wtf just happened. Not even enough space to perform a system restore.
Turns out... the stupid Window Search indexer created a .ci file that was 89.1GBs and I could not delete it... took me like 45 minutes to figure out how to remove it...
The stupid windows search indexer creating an 89+gb file on my computer and draining the remaining space on my hard drive.
After spending last night (until like 6 am) on here and looking into Android SDK and app programming, I get up today and come to my computer... big error bubble saying that I have less than 27MBs remaining and my harddrive (It's not big my comp sucks so it's only got 127GB). I had around 90Gigs last time I checked on it and I could NOT figure out wtf just happened. Not even enough space to perform a system restore.
Turns out... the stupid Window Search indexer created a .ci file that was 89.1GBs and I could not delete it... took me like 45 minutes to figure out how to remove it...
miyako
Newbie
Really really bad! Just everytime I think about him I feel like every strands of my hair are standing!
M
Member243850
Guest
Having a headache that just won't quit.
Pff
Only a Gringo ... only a Gringo hey
(Now isnt that like saying the "K" word or something very bad the equivalent? Is it a very nasty word for Yankies from suburbia?
I am seriously asking!
Sorry because I am not 200% sure about this so please feel free to drop kick me into deep space this post if need be!
)Is it a racist term or is it like a silly joke?
Is it serious???
Sorry for any misunderstanding!
M
Member243850
Guest
PLUS 1 dude!
Yeah I agree with this there are some serious ungrateful troglodytes in this world sadly...
But luckily the good out weigh the crazies!
My rant is that simple terms on one continent can be read as racial or insensitive on another continent. C'mon, can't we all agree on which seven dirty words we don't want to see.
PS. Not meant to call anyone out here. This is my own individual rant.
PS. Not meant to call anyone out here. This is my own individual rant.
Lordvincent 90
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My rant for the day involves the food service industry.
This evening at 6:00 eastern time i ordered food from a local Cleveland, OH Chinese restaurant.
(less than 3 miles away. I know, i know, 'why didn't i just go pick it up?' Well, because I drove several hours today, I'm sore, and the idea of driving anymore was just unappealing. After all, isn't that what delivery is for?)
I patiently waited until 7:05 before i politely called back to inquire about the order (they had told me 30-45 min MAX) at which point i was informed that it was 'on its way, the driver left 10 minutes ago. It should be there any minute.'
i agreed that was still acceptable, and patiently waited.
At 7:30 i called again to inquire as to where my food was. The woman on the phone said she would call the driver. I politely informed get that if my food didn't arrive in the next ten minutes (the time it would have taken me to drive there to get it myself) that i would no longer be willing to pay. She assured me that it would be there 'any second'.
at 7:47 i called them the final time to tell them to cancel my order as there was no way i was going to eat food that had been sitting in a car for aprox 1hour, (according to the conversation that had gone on between her and i) as I'm in a hotel without a microwave/means of reheating my food now chilled for an hour in the seat of a car.
She SLAMMED the phone down, hanging up on me. So, i decided to go out and get my own food (settled with subway, as i was just hungry and sick of waiting) and as i was pulling back into the parking lot i received a call for them asking why i wasn't there to get my food. I explained, they hung up. I get into my room, they call AGAIN asking the same question... I explain once more... The say 'oh, i see' and end the call... Since then they have called AGAIN. i just sent it to voicemail.
Now mind you, I'm a very patient person. But isn't 2 hours excessive? Especially when one of those hours was spent with my order joy riding around Cleveland?
Long story short... My rant ends with the valuable life lesson to just go pick up my food, no matter the circumstances...
This evening at 6:00 eastern time i ordered food from a local Cleveland, OH Chinese restaurant.
(less than 3 miles away. I know, i know, 'why didn't i just go pick it up?' Well, because I drove several hours today, I'm sore, and the idea of driving anymore was just unappealing. After all, isn't that what delivery is for?)
I patiently waited until 7:05 before i politely called back to inquire about the order (they had told me 30-45 min MAX) at which point i was informed that it was 'on its way, the driver left 10 minutes ago. It should be there any minute.'
i agreed that was still acceptable, and patiently waited.
At 7:30 i called again to inquire as to where my food was. The woman on the phone said she would call the driver. I politely informed get that if my food didn't arrive in the next ten minutes (the time it would have taken me to drive there to get it myself) that i would no longer be willing to pay. She assured me that it would be there 'any second'.
at 7:47 i called them the final time to tell them to cancel my order as there was no way i was going to eat food that had been sitting in a car for aprox 1hour, (according to the conversation that had gone on between her and i) as I'm in a hotel without a microwave/means of reheating my food now chilled for an hour in the seat of a car.
She SLAMMED the phone down, hanging up on me. So, i decided to go out and get my own food (settled with subway, as i was just hungry and sick of waiting) and as i was pulling back into the parking lot i received a call for them asking why i wasn't there to get my food. I explained, they hung up. I get into my room, they call AGAIN asking the same question... I explain once more... The say 'oh, i see' and end the call... Since then they have called AGAIN. i just sent it to voicemail.
Now mind you, I'm a very patient person. But isn't 2 hours excessive? Especially when one of those hours was spent with my order joy riding around Cleveland?
Long story short... My rant ends with the valuable life lesson to just go pick up my food, no matter the circumstances...
Turn signals. They are meant to indicate one's intended action, not their current action or what they just did.
M
Member243850
Guest
My rant is that simple terms on one continent can be read as racial or insensitive on another continent. C'mon, can't we all agree on which seven dirty words we don't want to see.
PS. Not meant to call anyone out here. This is my own individual rant.
Woopsy!
I am very very sorry!
I don't 200% understand so will PM to not make a scene
9to5cynic
Android Expert
LordV. I'll tell ya what, you waited a lot longer than I would have. If they had said something like, "Oh, we messed up your order and didn't want to give you an incorrect order" I would have understood... or something more serious like "Our driver was in a traffic accident," I'd be all for waiting in that case.... but 2 hours is still 2 hours. 1:30 after you were expecting to eat, and then they call you over and over again.
If they call back I'd tell 'em that the delivery guy must have went to the wrong place
If they call back I'd tell 'em that the delivery guy must have went to the wrong place
Woopsy!
I am very very sorry!
I don't 200% understand so will PM to not make a scene
I tried to be clear I wasn't calling anyone out. You didn't say anything wrong Stinky
It was more of a tongue in cheek comment about how words we use here that have benign meanings are very offensive there and vice versa.
M
Member243850
Guest
I tried to be clear I wasn't calling anyone out. You didn't say anything wrong Stinky
It was more of a tongue in cheek comment about how words we use here that have benign meanings are very offensive there and vice versa.
:rock:
Awesome!
I thought I was in the poop there for a second again,
Thanks!
:rock:
Awesome!
I thought I was in the poop there for a second again,
Thanks!
Heck no buddy, you rock:thrasher:
9to5cynic
Android Expert
+1 on that. Stinky is king of all tricksters, and master of all magicks.
Taylor Swift, Imma let you finish but I just want to say that Stinky had the best music video ever!
Lordvincent 90
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People that post the EXACT same question in 3 or more threads in a forum... i would have answered the first time you asked if i wasn't DRIVING HOME FROM CLEVELAND... Chill out, be patient. Your answer will come.
netlinkz
Well-Known Member
You know what grinds my gears? VERIZON!!!!! DAMN VERIZON!!! When the hhhhhhhheeeell are they going to give us nexus holders our damn 4.1? Everyone else and their mamas are receiving their updates cause their providers are providing. What the hhhhhhell about us!!!!! Anyways, that's what grinds my gears....
ApparitionXVII
Newbie
Medical bills....
I just subjected my 3 year old surgery to remove 2 chalazions that had formed on her eye after months of trying to remove them with daily warm compresses and cleaning it...
I get the cost from the surgery center for $1165 as my portion after insurance and I ask questions such as: Does this cover the Dr and the anesthesiologist? Why yes, yes it does....
So what do I get in the mail over a month later? A dr bill for an extra $600... with a call to the medical billing department telling me that the surgery center and the dr billing is done separately and that the surgery center shouldn't have told me that it included the doctor's bill...
Effin great.
Now I guess I'll be keeping my eye out for the anesthesiologist bill too... and whatever other bills they'll find to nickel and dime me after the fact.
I swear... why is the medical industry the only one that can get away with sending you extra bills AFTER the fact?
I just subjected my 3 year old surgery to remove 2 chalazions that had formed on her eye after months of trying to remove them with daily warm compresses and cleaning it...
I get the cost from the surgery center for $1165 as my portion after insurance and I ask questions such as: Does this cover the Dr and the anesthesiologist? Why yes, yes it does....
So what do I get in the mail over a month later? A dr bill for an extra $600... with a call to the medical billing department telling me that the surgery center and the dr billing is done separately and that the surgery center shouldn't have told me that it included the doctor's bill...
Effin great.
Now I guess I'll be keeping my eye out for the anesthesiologist bill too... and whatever other bills they'll find to nickel and dime me after the fact.
I swear... why is the medical industry the only one that can get away with sending you extra bills AFTER the fact?
M
Member243850
Guest
Ya know what grinds my sprockets!?!
THE TOILET
Why do we have to use the toilet accordingly!!?
WHY can't we just poop any good old place we want to???
WHY can't I poop in the middle of the shopping mall if I wanted to damn nabbit.
Sheeeeeesh!
Talk about a "free country" why don't ya?
LIARS!!!
XD
THE TOILET
Why do we have to use the toilet accordingly!!?
WHY can't we just poop any good old place we want to???
WHY can't I poop in the middle of the shopping mall if I wanted to damn nabbit.
Sheeeeeesh!
Talk about a "free country" why don't ya?
LIARS!!!
XD
zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
Damned Barnes & Noble. Had a Nook, gave it to daughter. I registered it just to ask a question. Got some spam - used the "unregister my Nook" button. I've had 2 sessions with the chat. Both said they unregistered the Nook. Daughter looks it up to register in her name - damn thing is still registered to me, and B&N can't, won't do anything about it. 2 hours on the phone with the idiots at B&N.
She's in London, but has a US credit card. B&N expects HER to call. She's been getting the runaround since Sept. 2011.
I think B&N is annoyed that anyone should not want their product. I registered for one day, unregistered, fudged email addy to NOT get spam, and never bought books from B&N. There's cheaper places. Won't put the Nook App on the Android, either.
They kept asking why I didn't want the Nook. It doesn't do half of what the Nexus S and Acer A500 do.
She's in London, but has a US credit card. B&N expects HER to call. She's been getting the runaround since Sept. 2011.
I think B&N is annoyed that anyone should not want their product. I registered for one day, unregistered, fudged email addy to NOT get spam, and never bought books from B&N. There's cheaper places. Won't put the Nook App on the Android, either.
They kept asking why I didn't want the Nook. It doesn't do half of what the Nexus S and Acer A500 do.
Bob Maxey
Android Expert
Overcooked eggs and dining establishments will not prepare their cooks so they can prepare my eggs properly! Also, I order sausage patties and they give me links. I am in a hurry and they are slow. I yell at them and they spit in my food.
I am going back to Denny's where the half-way decent food is always half-way decent and they have mastered consistency across the Denny Universe.
I am going back to Denny's where the half-way decent food is always half-way decent and they have mastered consistency across the Denny Universe.
zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
Someone help, please. I can't delete private messages. I'm using FX ESR, thought it was Google and new policy about browsers, so tried Iron. Neither let me delete. Opens msg on left click, get usual menu stuff about open in new tab, etc. Delete key doesn't work.
zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
Got it. For some reason won't select with mouse. Have to use direction keys.
