# Amazon is messing with me. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 13, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682 "2020-05-13T01:03:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/41 "2020-05-17T00:09:02Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > In her enormous brilliance the lil’wrekker says they put the flower cut-outs on there to give people stuck at home a little something to do. > > No, no, no, they are just toying with me. > Amazon wants me to order more useless crap. . . . . I’m not sure why they’re doing it (other than as a response to accusations of wasting cardboard), but they started before the lockdown. The first one I saw was a 2-piece plane pattern that could be cut out and assembled. Didn’t fly, but you could swoop it around and go mrrrrowwww, if you wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/42 "2020-05-17T03:06:56Z")
Ooo! I want an airplane. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/43 "2020-05-17T04:21:04Z")
Ya know, **Becks** , there are any number of programs out there that can help you manage your passwords and will even generate new ones for you. Of course, you need a password to get \*in \*to _them_, too, but you could try using a passphrase instead. I like to use quotes (or misquotes) from books or movies. For example, (and this is not my password or even remotely similar to it), you could use a phrase like, “That’s putting it mildly, 007.” If you need symbols because of the site’s requirements, leet it a bit to “Th@t’s putting it m!ldly, 007.” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/44 "2020-05-17T04:23:02Z")
“Wish I had a million bucks! Hee Haw!” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/45 "2020-05-19T23:23:10Z")
I got a box from Amazon. Sadly no cute cutouts ☹ The kids were down-hearted. But it was stuff for them so they got happy. So we’ve spent the afternoon stamping with rubber stamps and ink. I gotta order more cheap paper. The pandemic has turned me into the school Art teacher. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/46 "2020-05-19T23:51:11Z")
Buy a roll of butcher paper. I got one from Sam’s Club. But I never, ever got cute cut-outs. _pout_ ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/47 "2020-05-19T23:53:56Z")
Good idea, **~VOW** , you have the best ideas. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/48 "2020-05-20T00:03:21Z")
You can trace around cookie cutters to make cutouts with your Amazon boxes. (Now I have to go look at my cookie cutters. I remember thinking about getting a traffic cone cookie cutter, but I don’t remember if I actually got one, or just thought about it.) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/49 "2020-05-21T05:27:06Z")
**Yllaria** , I have a box full of cookie cutters. I got them out and the kids used them like stamps with the ink pads. Then they colored them. My oldest grand-daughter did a truly amazing still-life like picture. I really think she has an artist’s eye. I was careful and didn’t over brag on hers. The others did good, too. The cookie cutters were a great idea. Thx. ETA: we’re planning an art show!! ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/50 "2020-05-21T13:21:03Z")
I got goodies from Amazon yesterday! When I make my AM slushie, I add a scoop of whey protein isolate powder. I’m getting to the bottom of the can, and the little Amazon implant in my brain said I should look for more. I’m about halfway in the opened can of NIDO, so I figured I needed to buy another. When you tell Amazon to,search for “whole dried milk,” you get the proverbial kitchen sink. It was a fun browse! Of course, I’m making bread. And I’m doing the lion’s share of cooking. Oooh, buttermilk powder! _click_ Coconut milk powder! _click_ Coconut _CREAM_ powder! _click_ All that came yesterday. When I opened the box holding the whey protein, I laughed and laughed! It’s a FIVE POUND JAR! Most of the protein supplements are marketed to body builders, or folks on specific diets. I didn’t want all the typical additives, like flavor, artificial sweeteners, or any other folderol. So when I found just plain old whey protein, all by itself, I went _click_ I’ll probably have to store it under the bed! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/51 "2020-05-21T15:13:49Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > The COTUs jump on those “pillows” of air. They make a tremendous bang, and that scares the shit out of the grownups! > > I very quietly stab them to death and stuff them in the trash can… The COTUs? :eek: > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Roombas are creepy. Some of their [other products](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqesEYUXr78) are creepier! We’re getting Da Jungle gift cards from irk. Being both a non-prime member (they stated we get lower priority) who was thinking about looking for something non-essential (which is also lower priority) I’m wondering if I can get something delivered in time for Xmas??? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/52 "2020-05-21T15:31:32Z")
50x error dupe ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/53 "2020-05-21T15:32:36Z")
Acckk…sorry, **Spidey**. I used to add this at the bottom of every post where I mention COTU. “COTU is a nickname for the grandkids. When the first one came along, since she was the fist grandkid on both sides of the family, we called her Center of the Universe, or COTU. Because she was! We have a total of three grandkids now, hence, COTU#1, COTU#2, COTU#3 .” ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/54 "2020-05-21T15:36:51Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > Acckk…sorry, **Spidey**. I used to add this at the bottom of every post where I mention COTU. > > "COTU is a nickname for the grandkids. When the first one came along, since she was the fist grandkid on both sides of the family, we called her Center of the Universe, or COTU. Because she was! I knew what they were, but ‘my’ reading of it is also a way to stop scary BANGs…permanently! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/55 "2020-05-21T16:35:53Z")
**Spidey** , I think you can get a free month of Prime. Just remember to unsubscribe at the end of the month. I’ve had it, dropped it, re-upped, and unsubscribed several times. Don’t use a CC as your default payment. I use a limited amount Debit card, or I’d order everything my little heart has a hankering for. I’m kinda out of control. :D…bad, bad, bad. ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/56 "2020-05-21T19:03:29Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > In her enormous brilliance the lil’wrekker says they put the flower cut-outs on there to give people stuck at home a little something to do. They have been doing this on boxes for years. I used to get the cut-out cardboard airplanes. Once I got a mask. I don’t know what triggers these boxes or if it is totally random because out of maybe 100 boxes of assorted sizes, I probably got 7 or 8 with cut-outs. A friend of my sister’s works at one of the warehouses. I’ll see if she knows. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/57 "2020-05-21T19:30:10Z")
I havn’t gotten anymore. While I’ve ordered 1000s of things from Amazon I had never seen the cut-outs before. Maybe I just wasn’t paying attention. (:)) ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/58 "2020-05-21T20:15:53Z")
My baguette pan came today! ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/59 "2020-05-21T20:20:39Z")
I was watching Blues Brothers today while searching Amazon for something that was actually necessary, and ended up ordering a Harmonica as well. Seems kinda appropriate to learn a few blues riffs while I sit in Covid jail 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/60 "2020-05-21T21:39:02Z")
I had an alert that something\* I ordered was coming today. Hasn’t showed up yet. They better hurry. \*a pair of shorts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682.md?page=4)