# Back to School Blues: The September Mini-Rants thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 11, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640 "2009-09-11T02:07:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640/21 "2009-09-14T06:12:15Z")
> [@Rubystreak](#): > > Why not have the unemployed college graduate daughter get out there and do some of that yard work for you? Seems like it would be a good use of her time. > > My rant is about the fact that people keep telling me to enjoy all the sleep I can get before the baby is born, but my sleep is totally, completely fucked up here, 5 weeks before my due date. Between having to pee every hour, the pain in my hands and feet, and the inability to get into a position that doesn’t make my hips and lower back feel horrible, I’m getting hardly any sleep, and what I do isn’t all that restful. I guess I can just kiss sleeping goodbye for the foreseeable future. Oh, the girl’s a fiend for yardwork, she can’t wait! Maybe she could make some money raking the neighbors’ yards!:dubious: I, too, feel your pain. I had heartburn, migraine headaches, and sciatica pain where I couldn’t sit OR stand without extraordinary discomfort. Good luck, not too much longer to go. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640/22 "2009-09-15T01:23:12Z")
Alright you motherfuckers, it’s called a limit line. You stop behind it when there is a red light or stop sign. You don’t slow down and roll through the stop. You don’t stop when your rear tires hit it. You stop **before** it and let the jogger go by. Next ass wipe who fails to do so will end up with a large dent in their car, about the size of my size 12 shoe. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640/23 "2009-09-15T18:04:04Z")
Why the fuck does [CNN.com](http://CNN.com) force you watch video instead of read an article? I hate, hate, hate this. How links to both text AND video? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640/24 "2009-09-15T19:34:54Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > It’s the middle of September. Isn’t it about time for the damned ice cream truck to go away? As far as I’m concerned, the guy can hawk his wares 365 days a year. What pisses me off is when he parks on my corner with his jingle blaring at _eight-fucking-thirty at night_! It’s a lot of fun to juuuust finish reading The Littlest Briston her bedtime story, get her nice and calm and tucked into bed, only to have her eyes light up and start with the “ICE CREAM MAN!! THE ICE CREAM MAN IS HERE!!” ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640/25 "2009-09-15T19:40:15Z")
For the third month in a row my rant is about the damn college that I’m partnering on a project not paying me my fucking money. You’ve gotten it from the NSF, now just give my my part. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640/26 "2009-09-15T22:48:52Z")
Okay, this isn’t about pride anymore, guy. You’re about to get yourself and your wife evicted from your apartment. You’ve already had your utilities shut off and pretty much begged / borrowed every cent you could to get them back, so the chance of people lending / giving you back rent at this point is pretty damn slim. I know you had a semi-succesful acting gig this summer. That’s good. It does NOT mean you can pass on looking for other work. Go ahead, look for another acting job. That’s fine. But… You’re about to be kicked out on the street. Get a jo job if you have to. Work McDonalds. I know it’s demeaning, and it sucks, but right now you need MONEY. So you’re not kicked out. I know your pride as an actor / director says you want / ‘need’ a job in the entertainment field. News flash; the chances of you getting one in a small Wisconsin town are really slim. There are places nearby you that, while not glamourous, will give you money for working at them. Swallow your damn pride about where you will and won’t work, and get with the damn program! (Note: I’d be a lot less harsh about this were it not for the fact that your wife is busilly selling posessions and working her butt off on craft projects she can sell online just to keep you guys afloat a couple days longer. She’s depending on you to meet her halfway!) ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640/27 "2009-09-16T05:58:29Z")
**Does anyone know what the fuck is wrong with YouTube?** Jesus fucking christ this worthless site has only been playing about every other video. It’ll just load and load and load and never play. Doesn’t matter how many times I reload the page or the time of day I attempt to watch a video. Nor is it even consistent with the video. I was able to watch one, then when I reloaded the page for whatever reason, the video wouldn’t load. What the fuck? EDIT: Now of course the fucking video loads. Seriously though, what the fuck is wrong with YouTube? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640/28 "2009-09-17T19:43:03Z")
Dear techical writers, Can you stop with the fucking search for X instructions already? Just give us the pathway we need to locate something instead of coyly telling us to use the search function that doesn’t work for shit on Vista anyway. How does this: > [@](#): > > Go to Start | Run, Type %temp% and click Ok. (on Vista, click Start button, then highlight Start Search. Type %temp% and then push enter on keyboard) > On the Windows® Explorer Tool bar, Click the Up Folder button. The Up Folder button looks like a folder with a green arrow pointing up. If you don’t see it, Click View | Go to | Up one level. (On Vista, click Organize | Layout | Menu bar. Once displayed, go to View | Go to | Up one level). > Double click on the Application data folder. NOTE: The Application Data folder is a hidden folder. Make sure you have enabled viewing of Hidden files and folders to see this folder. We have included instructions\* below for enabling this view. > Double-click on the Corel folder. > Delete all content in the Corel Folder and then close this window Somehow make more sense to you than instucting someone to “go to users/[name]/appdata/corel and delete the folder contents”? I had to read your “instuctions” more than once to figure out what the hell you were getting at. It’s not just correl, it seems like 50% of solutions type pages for various products what you to waste an hour while Vista attempts to search for folders (I did have it look for the folder as instucted, it couldn’t find it within ten minutes) we could find on our own if only they’d give us the pathway for the damn things!!! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640/29 "2009-09-18T15:10:49Z")
No, I don’t want to go to Six Flags this weekend. I don’t have the extra money for it. But hey, while we’re on the subject, you know that 50 bucks you’re going to spend on a ticket and then God knows how much else in the park? How about you take that money and _start making good on the $200 you owe me_? ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640/30 "2009-09-18T16:16:49Z")
> [@StaudtCJ](#): > > Oh, I am so with you on this one. I have 6 weeks (and 3 days) left, and I feel your pain. I can’t even recommend anything to help. Hang in there. And sleep with a body pillow under the belly and between the knees. (It prevents hubby/mate people from accidentally hitting the belly while they’re asleep. OWWW!) I hope you experience your lightening soon! What I don’t get is why the hell it’s called “lightening” when it means you have a kid’s head bouncing around on your bladder and cervix. Dammit, I’m already at the point where I have to bite back a grunt when I stand up; must I now be subject to a giant baby head slamming me in the crotch with every step for the next eight weeks, especially when regular walking is the only thing that helps me sleep solidly through the night? Anyway, **BiblioCat** ’s post reminded me of something. We have the fastest ice cream truck ever. The guy zooms through our neighborhood, never stopping long enough to distribute ice cream, to what purpose I have no idea. We’ve tried to catch him multiple times, but to no avail. My son is now completely obsessed with getting ice cream from the ice cream truck because we’ve so far been unsuccessful in waving the guy down. Can’t he just throw an ice cream at us while we throw money at him? And I wish my perinatologist’s office would stop scheduling me for weekly fetal monitoring. The baby’s moving. Really. It’s kicking the crap out of me and I will tell you if it stops. You’ve said yourself I have no complications and that the baby looks wonderful. Based on my history, the issue is me and not the kid anyway. My OB feels that one NST is sufficient, but you’ve told me it’s “standard policy” to test me anyway, even though you’ve admitted I don’t need it. So why must I keep missing work to schlep myself into your office and waste 30 minutes? Are you really that hard up for insurance reimbursements? I’m happy to do it closer to delivery, but the scheduling issues I’m having now between you, work, my regular OB and picking up my son on time are actually the single most stressful part of my pregnancy now. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640/31 "2009-09-18T17:01:53Z")
I’m sorry, but I need to vent about this. I just got dinged about five minutes ago by our marketing department for improving an article too much. What the fuck? Apparently it’s to be used in the social media, which means a blog, and it’s to be attributed to our CEO. What, you’ve never seen a professionally-written blog? How the hell can you justify paying a social media outfit for writing like that? And what CEO in his or her right mind would want something that poorly written attributed to them? Since when were blogs required to be written poorly? Holy hell, I have to edit my posts meticulously for the professional forum I moderate, but you’re willing to post that shit specifically to get hits and you let someone release it like _that_?!? ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640/32 "2009-09-18T17:10:35Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > And I wish my perinatologist’s office would stop scheduling me for weekly fetal monitoring. The baby’s moving. Really. It’s kicking the crap out of me and I will tell you if it stops. You’ve said yourself I have no complications and that the baby looks wonderful. Based on my history, the issue is me and not the kid anyway. My OB feels that one NST is sufficient, but you’ve told me it’s “standard policy” to test me anyway, even though you’ve admitted I don’t need it. So why must I keep missing work to schlep myself into your office and waste 30 minutes? Are you really that hard up for insurance reimbursements? I’m happy to do it closer to delivery, but the scheduling issues I’m having now between you, work, my regular OB and picking up my son on time are actually the single most stressful part of my pregnancy now. You don’t have to make these appointments, and if you make them and then decide that it’s too much, you can call and cancel them. Don’t let them bully you. “Standard policy” is not a good enough reason to stress you out this way, any more than “standard policy” is a good reason all by itself for not letting you eat during labor or making you lie on your back and be continuously monitored. I have seen a lot of perinatologists in my two pregnancies, and I would say that the vast majority of them were bullies. Even when they thought they were helping, they seem to find it faster and easier to guilt-trip or coerce you into doing stuff instead of just explaining and trusting that you will make good decisions for yourself and your baby. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640/33 "2009-09-18T17:43:22Z")
I shouldn’t have bought this goddamn shirt. At regular intervals my boss declares it “Colts jersey/casual day.” Well I don’t own a Colts jersey. Or didn’t, I should say. Because I really don’t care about the Colts. Yeah, it’s fun to go to parties when they are doing well, but that’s because I like parties, not because I give a shit about the Colts. I don’t understand why people invest any energy in, or in some cases base their happiness and self esteem, on what a couple dozen strangers do on Sunday. So last Friday was fucking Colts day, and I didn’t wear a Colts shirt. So every single person who came in said “Where’s your Colt’s jersey?” And explaining to someone that I don’t really care about the Colts is awkward, so I made up some shit about not getting enough sleep and waking up late and forgetting what day it was. Then I take my son to the store where several people ask him if he is looking forward to watching the Colts game with daddy, to which he replies “What are Colts?” So then the person looks at me like I’m a fucking leper and considers calling Child Protective Services on me because my three-year-old boy is being deprived of the necessities of life by not being totally brainwashed into cheering like a madman whenever some gorilla in a blue shirt permanently cripples someone who happens to be wearing a different color. So I bought a fucking Colts jersey, and I’m wearing it today. As much as it pained me to pay five times what this stupid shirt is worth, it was worth it, because I have not been subjected to any questioning so far. But damn you people for driving me to this. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640/34 "2009-09-18T20:24:56Z")
My ability to manage my time sucks. I am an idiot. I’m tired of all of the threads congratulating ourselves for being atheists and agnostics. And I _am_ an atheist. STFU, us. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640/35 "2009-09-19T17:36:39Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > Fuck you, Prarie Farms! You’re trying to sell changing your yogurt to a non-resealable container that only holds 6-oz as an “improvement” – when you’re selling it for the _same price_ as you did for the resealable, 8-oz container! > > Lying bastards. > > You had the _one_ blend of yogurt and fruit I liked, but I think it’s about time I started blending up my own. It’ll be cheaper for me, probably healthier and tastier, and you deceptive bastards won’t be getting any of my money. I hope it works out for you. Have you tried buying a half-gallon of ice cream lately? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640/36 "2009-09-19T17:46:56Z")
> [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](#): > > I shouldn’t have bought this goddamn shirt. At regular intervals my boss declares it “Colts jersey/casual day.” Well I don’t own a Colts jersey. Or didn’t, I should say. Because I really don’t care about the Colts. Yeah, it’s fun to go to parties when they are doing well, but that’s because I like parties, not because I give a shit about the Colts. I don’t understand why people invest any energy in, or in some cases base their happiness and self esteem, on what a couple dozen strangers do on Sunday. > > So last Friday was fucking Colts day, and I didn’t wear a Colts shirt. So every single person who came in said “Where’s your Colt’s jersey?” And explaining to someone that I don’t really care about the Colts is awkward, so I made up some shit about not getting enough sleep and waking up late and forgetting what day it was. Then I take my son to the store where several people ask him if he is looking forward to watching the Colts game with daddy, to which he replies “What are Colts?” So then the person looks at me like I’m a fucking leper and considers calling Child Protective Services on me because my three-year-old boy is being deprived of the necessities of life by not being totally brainwashed into cheering like a madman whenever some gorilla in a blue shirt permanently cripples someone who happens to be wearing a different color. > > So I bought a fucking Colts jersey, and I’m wearing it today. As much as it pained me to pay five times what this stupid shirt is worth, it was worth it, because I have not been subjected to any questioning so far. But damn you people for driving me to this. Shoulda tried to find one that said “BALTIMORE COLTS”. Extra points if it says “UNITAS” on the back. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640/37 "2009-09-19T17:48:15Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > My ability to manage my time sucks. I am an idiot. > > I’m tired of all of the threads congratulating ourselves for being atheists and agnostics. And I _am_ an atheist. STFU, us. Hey, stop reading those threads. Then your time-management problems go away. Win for you, huh? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640/38 "2009-09-19T18:05:25Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Shoulda tried to find one that said “BALTIMORE COLTS”. > > Extra points if it says “UNITAS” on the back. 😃 Actually, you do see a fair number of Unitas jerseys around here. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640/39 "2009-09-19T20:11:34Z")
Is every single person in every single medical records department at every single hospital ever _required_ to be an unhelpful, stupid asshole, or does it just magically work out that way? Granted, yes, my sample set is small, and I have _finally_ received the records I need, but sweet christ was the process unpleasant. One of the many holdups apparently was that my file was flagged as belonging to a minor and I needed a parent or guardian’s signature. No one apparently considered that the file was from _22 years ago_. Nor did they feel it may be helpful to inform me of this delay. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640/40 "2009-09-19T20:26:48Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Hey, stop reading those threads. > > Then your time-management problems go away. Win for you, huh? > > 😃 Ha, I wish. Of course I don’t know what they’re going to be about until I read them. I’m all for discussing atheism, and usually that’s all the thread title indicates, so I click on it and then the content is “ooooh, what a bunch of badass rebels we are, bucking the status quo! We’re so smart and the theists are so dumb hahahaa they suck.” Bah. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-school-blues-the-september-mini-rants-thread/509640.md?page=3)