# Auuuu au-AU-GUST, Rant she must **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 1, 2016, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auuuu-au-au-gust-rant-she-must/761435 "2016-08-01T03:32:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auuuu-au-au-gust-rant-she-must/761435/21 "2016-08-01T21:59:35Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Put your trash all the way into the damn trash can. > > Again this morning, I ended up pushing someone else’s trash into the trash can. It’s got one of those spring flaps on it, and their bag of McDonald’s (or whatever, didn’t look that close) was caught. > > It wasn’t disgusting or anything, but if you aren’t strong enough to get it all the way into the trash, you probably aren’t strong enough to be driving a car and attempting to steer. > > Very mini, since it probably only happens once or twice a month. I intentionally leave the handle of a garbage bag hanging out of the can on pickup day so that I can see at a glance if the garbage men have come to pick up the garbage. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auuuu-au-au-gust-rant-she-must/761435/22 "2016-08-01T22:22:21Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Again this morning, I ended up pushing someone else’s trash into the trash can. It’s got one of those spring flaps on it, and their bag of McDonald’s (or whatever, didn’t look that close) was caught. > [@TheFaerie](#): > > Related - a couple months ago I was at a concert and the ladies room had one big trash can, like 55 gallons or so, and it was overflowing with paper towels. Heaped up and falling on the floor while the can itself was mostly filled with air. All of the precious princesses in the place were just piling more pieces of paper on top, adding to the mini-avalanche on the floor. Both your complaints should be directed at the management of those places: _Why do they put obstructions on the top of their garbage containers?_ Just leave them wide open, and everybody can easily toss their garbage inside. Are they really that afraid that people will look inside and see garbage in a garbage container, and be offended? ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auuuu-au-au-gust-rant-she-must/761435/23 "2016-08-02T03:01:23Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > Both your complaints should be directed at the management of those places: _Why do they put obstructions on the top of their garbage containers?_ Just leave them wide open, and everybody can easily toss their garbage inside. Are they really that afraid that people will look inside and see garbage in a garbage container, and be offended? In the second case, there is no indication that there was any obstruction. What usually happens in restrooms is that people: a)Take way more paper towel than they need And b)Loosely wad the towel into a ridiculously large ball, or worse yet just toss it in without crumpling it at all. If you take the minimum towel necessary it will be damp enough and small enough to easily crumple into a very small ball that takes up very little space in the can. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auuuu-au-au-gust-rant-she-must/761435/24 "2016-08-02T05:48:12Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Women think that just because it’s above 70, that we all want to look at their deformed feet and gross pale skin. [Behold the foot of a typical female office worker.](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fs019.radikal.ru%2Fi640%2F1209%2F9c%2Fba8c933091c5.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.torn.com%2Fforums.php%3Fp%3Dthreads%26f%3D6%26t%3D15943399%26b%3D0%26a%3D0%26start%3D20&docid=3eE1D9MvFq4sbM&tbnid=x3YisQDBDXzpeM%3A&w=311&h=316&bih=881&biw=1680&ved=0ahUKEwjcg924k6DOAhUK1x4KHQ7zB_oQMwggKAQwBA&iact=mrc&uact=8) Just one more month of this shit. Must be a real bitch, having coworkers who force you to spend all day staring at their grotesque feet. I’m trying to imagine what kind of work you do, where you’re subjected to that kind of disgusting abuse. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auuuu-au-au-gust-rant-she-must/761435/25 "2016-08-02T09:22:24Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > Hot days are why grills are great. And crockpots, ricers and electric frying pans and roasters: they can all be used outside (as long as it isn’t raining) or out in the garage. (We don’t have central air.) Unless the squirrels decide to gnaw your brand new grill gas lines. I swear it’s retaliation for one of our dogs killing one last month. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auuuu-au-au-gust-rant-she-must/761435/26 "2016-08-02T09:40:26Z")
The Youngsters at work were talking about a test question which had left several of them completely confused. “So what _is_ a GUI?” They did not know. The other Youngsters did not know. I asked “GUI with a final I?” “Yes!” “Graphic User Interface.” They looked at each other, then at me. “And to learn that you need to study…?” “Nothing. You need to be old enough to remember when programs didn’t have one.” I feel like I need a lawn. But with a big umbrella, because I hate it when the sun shines on my screen and I can’t see 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Macca26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auuuu-au-au-gust-rant-she-must/761435/27 "2016-08-02T14:49:01Z")
I hate renting. Other people talk about how they hate having to take care of a house, but me, I hate not knowing what my landlord is going to do next (and tangentially, the thought that I’m dumping my money into a pit). I’ve dealt with the house I rent out of being sold not once but twice, and it’s not fun to think about possibly having to leave if the new owner wants. Now the dryer has broken down, and it’s going on five weeks. Drying my bedsheets inside my 1BR apartment is not exactly a recipe for a fun time. The landlord was on vacation for two of those weeks, OK…I can deal. But a week after they’re back and still nothing, so I email them. The response is that they’ve extended their vacation and they need to tell me “what they’ll be doing to the basement”. What? What WILL you be doing? Do you plan to take the washer and dryer away because you’re rich enough to have somebody come by and pick up your laundry for you and never use the washer/dryer yourself? Please, elaborate, because this is stressing me the hell out. Frankly, I hate the city I’m in, I hate the road I live on, I hate my job, and basically, I’ve been done with this area for years. The only thing keeping me here is getting more years on my husband’s resume. If they’re taking my dryer away I’m out, that’s the last straw. I don’t have time to bullshit at a dirty laundromat for hours every week, or the money to pay someone else to ruin my linen bedsheets or use detergent I’m allergic to. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auuuu-au-au-gust-rant-she-must/761435/28 "2016-08-02T16:21:53Z")
I finally went down to the marina to look at the [damage to our pontoon boat.](http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv174/kayaker01/boatdamage_zpsxw2rnymw.jpg) Not too bad, and the owner of the marina said they could order the parts and fix it after I pull out at the end of the season. Cool. I feel pretty bad for the people who hit me. The wife was piloting the boat. I heard from two different people that she was crying and her husband was pretty upset. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auuuu-au-au-gust-rant-she-must/761435/29 "2016-08-02T17:37:26Z")
Aww. They were so upset about _that_? I thought it would be a hole in a pontoon with your boat a quarter in the water or something. Glad it’s minor and can wait until it’s up for the winter. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auuuu-au-au-gust-rant-she-must/761435/30 "2016-08-02T17:39:56Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > Aww. They were so upset about _that_? I thought it would be a hole in a pontoon with your boat a quarter in the water or something. Glad it’s minor and can wait until it’s up for the winter. He’s a very nice guy and was upset because we just got the boat. Yeah, I was holding my breath walking down to the boat. What a relief! ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auuuu-au-au-gust-rant-she-must/761435/31 "2016-08-02T18:17:25Z")
I also pictured something much worse than that! Whew. Is there a way to patch it temporarily so you can still use it this summer? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auuuu-au-au-gust-rant-she-must/761435/32 "2016-08-02T18:29:22Z")
The couple that hit you sound incredibly nice. If I were you, I’d “walk next door” and tell them all is forgiven if they have you over to their boat for cocktails (or a beer, but anyone with a cool boat probably has their own favorite martini recipe). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auuuu-au-au-gust-rant-she-must/761435/33 "2016-08-02T19:05:35Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > I also pictured something much worse than that! Whew. Is there a way to patch it temporarily so you can still use it this summer? Yep, I won’t miss a minute of boating. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auuuu-au-au-gust-rant-she-must/761435/34 "2016-08-02T23:01:22Z")
I was trolling a FB pal by posting Paul Mauriat’s Love is Blue, and now it’s in my head. Instant self-revenge. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auuuu-au-au-gust-rant-she-must/761435/35 "2016-08-03T01:50:49Z")
I know - hell, am related to you, in some cases, some kind of awful people. I’m exhausted dealing with my own crises and dramas, quit stirring up shit because you’re a bitch, ok? Thanks so much in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auuuu-au-au-gust-rant-she-must/761435/36 "2016-08-03T02:41:14Z")
Mrs KJdS asked why we haven’t been camping for the past 8 years and the universe answered. It rained nonstop. The tent was leaky and the ground was hard and I had shoulder surgery 3 weeks ago and couldn’t get comfortable enough to sleep at all. On the way home we had two car sick children but only one bucket. Driving 50mph in a 75 and 30 in the 55mph turns didn’t help. Maybe we’ll give it another go in 2024? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auuuu-au-au-gust-rant-she-must/761435/37 "2016-08-03T19:29:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I intentionally leave the handle of a garbage bag hanging out of the can on pickup day so that I can see at a glance if the garbage men have come to pick up the garbage. That’s a great plan, actually. However, what leaving a bag half in/half out does is make it look like the trash can is full when it is not. I always half-expect my attempt to push the bag (along with my granola bar wrapper) into the can will fail. Also, another bag half in this morning (Wendy’s this time) - once again, trash can not full. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auuuu-au-au-gust-rant-she-must/761435/38 "2016-08-04T04:14:17Z")
Adventures in Closet Cleaning! I am on a very slow mission to turn my stepdaughters room into my knitting storage and workout room. She’s 24 now and hasn’t visited us on a regular basis since she was 14 (long story, not getting into it here). Her room has been taken over by massive quantities of stuff most of which is not mine, and her closet door has been blocked by boxes. I last opened it a few years ago since I store some costume type clothing there and I needed some for a play I was working on, but I didn’t explore the closet at that time, just grabbed what I needed. Yesterday I decided it was time to give it a go. I pulled out my stepdaughter’s inflatable Barbie furniture, some of which was still inflated, some boxes of stuff that I remember packing when we moved in 2002, a bag of stuff meant to go to Goodwill that daughter grew out of over a decade ago, and when I finally made it down to the the floor, I discovered termite damage. Just great. Around 2004 we had discovered termite damage in the floor of this same closet but I admit we haven’t kept on top of the situation. ☹ Stupid bugs, stop eating my house! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auuuu-au-au-gust-rant-she-must/761435/39 "2016-08-04T16:29:54Z")
I still have a couple of unopened cartons from when we relocated here from NYC, back in 1995. I have no idea what’s in them. They’re a sort of time capsule that’ll be opened after my demise. My husband says they’re probably filled with porn. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auuuu-au-au-gust-rant-she-must/761435/40 "2016-08-04T19:30:02Z")
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