# Februbitchy Rantuary - February's Mini-Rants Thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 1, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429 "2012-02-01T16:11:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/41 "2012-02-02T19:29:05Z")
Stupid movie theater. We had time today to go see Hugo in 3D as it’s been brought back because of the Oscar nominations. Local theater had one showing, 1:00pm, website said $10 for a regular adult ticket though you couldn’t buy online. Awesome, that’s a good price for a 3D movie. We get to the theater, gal in the ticket booth said $16. Each. For a matinee. We passed. Went home, looked it up on website, still says $10 just like I was sure it did. AMC gets a pointed letter. Meanwhile, there are other theaters showing it at non-matinee times for less, and still others in 2D for half the price. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/42 "2012-02-02T20:49:57Z")
Web designers, please for the love of Cthulhu, when you have a list of items, don’t break that list up into 2 or more web pages. I understand it’s to help generate money, but at the same time it’s pissing a lot of us off. It’s gotten to the point where I won’t visit a website if I know it’s going to do this with their lists. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/43 "2012-02-02T21:04:24Z")
Some notes for my ex-Toyota dealership service department: - When you book an appointment with someone (and you’ll be doing a lot of this, since a recall letter was the reason I had to take my car in), tell your customers what your new location is. - When you page a customer and they don’t answer because they’re not in the store, use the cellphone number they gave you (because they weren’t planning to stick around). Idiots. I’m supposed to trust these morons with important parts of my car’s motor? ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/44 "2012-02-02T21:56:43Z")
> [@Mr.Accident](#): > > Web designers, please for the love of Cthulhu, when you have a list of items, don’t break that list up into 2 or more web pages. I understand it’s to help generate money, but at the same time it’s pissing a lot of us off. > > It’s gotten to the point where I won’t visit a website if I know it’s going to do this with their lists. I’m not sure what you’re talking about here. Are you saying that if there is a very long list you would prefer to scroll down for thousands of items rather than having it broken up to manageable size with Prev/Next buttons? Or are you referring to something completely different? ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/45 "2012-02-02T22:01:45Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > I truly hope not, since\*\* the student is 40\*\*. That means helicopter parent(s) would be in his/her 60s, and I was taught to respect my elders. I’d find it difficult to tell them to get the fuck out of my office if they did show up! Wait, _what_? The precious snowflake who claims you were wrong for pointing out she was wrong? There is no hope. The stupidity is too ingrained. Nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way tot be sure. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/46 "2012-02-02T22:20:59Z")
> [@FatBaldGuy](#): > > I’m not sure what you’re talking about here. Are you saying that if there is a very long list you would prefer to scroll down for thousands of items rather than having it broken up to manageable size with Prev/Next buttons? Or are you referring to something completely different? Go look at any [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) article. They do ranked lists all the time, and they ALWAYS break them up into 2 pages, sometimes 3. If there’s 10 items, there will be 5 on one page and 5 on another. If there’s 5 items, there will be 3 on one page and 2 on another. Thankfully they don’t appear to be able to justify splitting less than 5 items. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/47 "2012-02-02T22:21:30Z")
> [@FatBaldGuy](#): > > I’m not sure what you’re talking about here. Are you saying that if there is a very long list you would prefer to scroll down for thousands of items rather than having it broken up to manageable size with Prev/Next buttons? Or are you referring to something completely different? That’s fine. What I’m talking about is when the list is like a top ten reasons why flaming weasels rule, and they put each list item on its own webpage. _edit_ Or like **Bosstone** suggested. ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/48 "2012-02-02T22:23:51Z")
> [@FatBaldGuy](#): > > I’m not sure what you’re talking about here. Are you saying that if there is a very long list you would prefer to scroll down for thousands of items rather than having it broken up to manageable size with Prev/Next buttons? Or are you referring to something completely different? I bet he’s talking about the sort of list-article that has ten items (e.g., “10 Ways You May Be Picking Your Nose Without Even Realizing It”), with three on each page and ads between each item. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/49 "2012-02-02T22:24:31Z")
The other day I was coming home from work, stopped at a traffic light. I happened to glance at the car in the next lane and saw a woman (in her mid-20s I’d guess) holding her phone between her cheek and shoulder, while eating what appeared to be a bowl of cereal with a spoon. As the light turned green she moved forward, steering, as far as I can tell, with her knees. WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/50 "2012-02-02T22:28:14Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Wait, _what_? The precious snowflake who claims you were wrong for pointing out she was wrong? > > There is no hope. The stupidity is too ingrained. Nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way tot be sure. Yes, the student who filed a complaint against me because I told her she was wrong when she was wrong. She’s 40, and works at a pretty tough (physically AND psychologically) job right now. Snowflakery is not limited to the young. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/51 "2012-02-03T00:37:03Z")
I’ve used the same on-line tax company for like five years in a row, but I’m about to pull the plug. I filled out the forms and filed my federal form, no issues. Then went to do the MN state with them. Run-time error. I try again, same thing. I close the whole thing out, do it again, same error. I let it lie for a while, and try it hours later, having turned off my PC in the mean time. Same error. I contact their tech support. They tell me to do the things I’ve already done. I tell them that. They ask for a time they can call me. I tell them that. They call me at a different time and leave a message. Some guy named Vishnu with a heavy Indian accent. Awesome. I try it again today. It says it is loading the programs, then tells me it cannot create any more returns. Then sits there looping between the two until I go into task manager and kill the connection. Fucking awesome. So I decide I’ll just check on my federal filing. Their page says it was rejected and tells me to click on the button to find out why. The button doesn’t work. FUCK FUCK FUCKITY FUCK. I replied to their last email asking if I needed to go elsewhere to get my taxes done since no part of their process seems to be in working order. Tomorrow I’ll get a call from a guy named Muhammad Ibn Abdallāh Ibn Abd al-Muttalib, I suspect, who will tell me to close the program and try again. Obligatory [SMBC link.](http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2247) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/52 "2012-02-03T01:13:56Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > My fiance has a job interview tomorrow, so OF COURSE all week his face has been a 14 year old boy’s prom night nightmare. Poor guy generally does have some weird sort of skin problem, but it has its ups and downs - it’s up right now and he’s a wreck about it. Just WAIT for the wedding…\ ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/53 "2012-02-03T04:23:38Z")
I’m still driving in Houston. That should explain everything that is wrong in my life right there. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/54 "2012-02-03T04:27:00Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > Around here the wave would be useing the middle finger. > > And they think that useing the directional is giving information to the enemy. I was trying for sarcasm. You are correct that the wave included only 1 finger. My point still stands. Houston drivers are skilled idiots. That would have caused a major pileup where I usually drive. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/55 "2012-02-03T05:12:52Z")
why do so many of my rants have to do wit driving??!!??? Dear Guy in front of me when driving on two lane rural highway: It’s ok, your dick won’t fall off if you let me pass. FFS, quit driving 40 mph in a 55 zone when there is no way I can pass you and speeding up to 65 when it looks like I might be able to pass your sorry ass. It just makes you look like an ass with a teeny-tiny dick. Really. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/56 "2012-02-03T05:20:27Z")
I hates when I’m trying to pass someone and it brings out their spirit of competition and they suddenly speed up to stop me from passing and then speed up even more to cut me off so they can drop down to just barely pass the semi on the mountain. rage happens. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/57 "2012-02-03T06:41:03Z")
I was looking forward to having the house to myself this weekend as my housemates were headed to the coast. I didn’t have any great plans, just stay home and play Skyrim…only naked. Thanks to car troubles, nobody is going anywhere. I’ll still get to play Skyrim, but I’ll have to keep my clothes on while I do it. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/58 "2012-02-03T06:53:02Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > I’m driving in Houston. Why the heck are driver’s licenses reciprocal? If my DL didn’t work in Texas, I wouldn’t have to give myself pep talks before I leave the driveway. Someone else would be driving! > > Now, I do have to say that I think that _ **Houston drivers are very skilled. Someone can go zooming up on the left on a 6 lane freeway that has bumper to bumper traffic and is going warp speed, then suddenly cut across to take the offramp in less than 1/10th of a mile. Traffic doesn’t even slow down and people wave at the driver** _. (bolding mine) That was probably me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/59 "2012-02-03T07:00:02Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > I’m still driving in Houston. That should explain everything that is wrong in my life right there. If you wish, I will gladly give you some pointers on surviving Houston traffic. 😉 (Born and raised here, _ **and** _ I learned my way around Houston on a motorcycle, when I was 16.) :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429/60 "2012-02-03T10:13:15Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > I was looking forward to having the house to myself this weekend as my housemates were headed to the coast. I didn’t have any great plans, just stay home and play Skyrim…only naked. Thanks to car troubles, nobody is going anywhere. I’ll still get to play Skyrim, but I’ll have to keep my clothes on while I do it. Oh, you can still play naked. Just tell your housemates that YOU aren’t changing YOUR plans because of car trouble. And as a nudist of over 30 years, I highly recommend wearing at least underpants, no matter if you’ve got innie or outie bits. Just…trust me on this one, OK? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429.md?page=4)