# Happy New Rants!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 1, 2018, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683 "2018-01-01T11:12:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/241 "2018-01-15T19:56:14Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > … I hate the carpeted!!! bathrooms. Ugh. When I bought my condo, all the bathrooms were carpeted, apparently by the nice old lady who didn’t like cold feet in the morning who had the place built. It was gross, but I’m lazy, so I put up with it for a few years. Then… my brother had a son, then another son, and I realized that _nephews would be visiting_. The idea of them hosing down carpeted bathroom floors finally got me to remodel the bathrooms. Where someone pointed out to me that the nice old lady could have put in heated floors for minimal electricity $ and no grossness without suffering cold feet. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/242 "2018-01-15T20:59:06Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Several times recently when I’ve gotten that “Our call volume is unusually high. Your wait time is 10 minutes” blahblahblah, I’ve waited and got a CSR in less than a minute. I think they play that message to discourage people from waiting, in fact, from even calling. Given that I always hear those same messages, my bet is on laziness. They simply leave them on all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/243 "2018-01-15T21:02:19Z")
What usually happens is that a lot of people wait for a few minutes and then hang up, so that the queue suddenly gets a lot shorter. I’ve also seen (from being on the call center side) that it will drop suddenly as a new shift comes on the phones. Or the lines, which were down at one site due to whatever, suddenly are available again and 150 people are able to take calls. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/244 "2018-01-15T22:10:01Z")
One time it was some nice Blues music, and I asked the guy to let me listen for a couple more minutes. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/245 "2018-01-15T23:09:24Z")
I got a message yesterday : Your call will be answered in no more than 37 and a half seconds. How very precise. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/246 "2018-01-15T23:24:37Z")
Precise is cool. Was it true? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/247 "2018-01-16T00:21:02Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Not if that’s all you do to it, even if it’s “porch” paint. The wood rots from exposure to moisture, it get’s spongy and then after a little longer your foot goes through it when you step on it. > [@Nava](#): > > That depends on the paint. In general, wood should get treated (either at the factory or onsite) with a first layer which protects it from rot and insects, then painted. Learned something today - thank you both! ---
**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:** [January 16, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/248 "2018-01-16T02:27:39Z")
Rant…The weather is gonna be snowy here in the great outback of So. Arkansas. There is not a loaf of bread for a 100 miles. These people act like they will be snowed in for weeks. You are not gonna die if you don’t have bread for 1.5 days. I promise. You are already overweight, it will be several weeks before you start losing a mass ammount of weight. Go home and eat all those snacks in your cart, you won’t even miss the bread. AND…why did I come to the grocery store at all? Oh yea, chocolate, I may be snowed in awhile.😌 ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/249 "2018-01-16T03:04:43Z")
Well yeah, chocolate is a lot more important than bread. You surely made the right choice, **Beckdawrek**. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/250 "2018-01-16T03:23:50Z")
NLR here. Calm down, you’re gonna bust something! ---
**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:** [January 16, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/251 "2018-01-16T03:34:17Z")
These peeps are nuts down here. I live in the boonies, I may not leave this place up to several days in a row, in a normal week. I could live for months on crap I have in my pantry and freezers. Maybe I don’t want to eat sauerkraut and lima beans, but I could. And I am pretty sure most folks are similar. You would think folks are expecting Armageddon or something. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2018, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/252 "2018-01-16T07:37:51Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Precise is cool. > > Was it true? While i wasn’t standing by with a stop watch, it was less than 20 seconds, which is not more than 37.5 seconds so yes! ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/253 "2018-01-16T07:38:01Z")
They’ve already sprayed brine here, which results in an interesting phenomenon: certain drivers apparently assume that the white stuff on the road is ice, so they drop their speed by ~20 mph. \>.\< ---
**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:** [January 16, 2018, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/254 "2018-01-16T11:03:03Z")
My tooth is killing me. Slowly and sadistically. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/255 "2018-01-16T13:42:17Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > They’ve already sprayed brine here, which results in an interesting phenomenon: certain drivers apparently assume that the white stuff on the road is ice, so they drop their speed by ~20 mph. \>.\< I realize it is annoying to follow someone going ridiculously slow, but probably a better choice by them then assuming a coating of ice or snow is brine residue. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/256 "2018-01-16T16:09:11Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I realize it is annoying to follow someone going ridiculously slow, but probably a better choice by them then assuming a coating of ice or snow is brine residue. Nah. Hold my beer and watch this. You need to floor it and pass those losers, preferably at 70-80 MPH. If you can pass them on the right shoulder, so much the better! Caution is for wimps. No guts, no glory. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/257 "2018-01-16T16:16:50Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Nah. Hold my beer and watch this. You need to floor it and pass those losers, preferably at 70-80 MPH. If you can pass them on the right shoulder, so much the better! Caution is for wimps. No guts, no glory. You have someone hold your beer for you while driving? Wimp! ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/258 "2018-01-16T16:29:41Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You have someone hold your beer for you while driving? > Wimp! Word. Beer in one hand and burrito in the other. Drive with your knee. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/259 "2018-01-16T17:32:30Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You have someone hold your beer for you while driving? > Wimp! Some things take both hands. > [@Projammer](#): > > Word. Beer in one hand and burrito in the other. Drive with your knee. Or a knee. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/260 "2018-01-16T17:54:50Z")
Ordered some stuff over internet, from a company which appears to be US-based (I have a strong suspicion there is some Chinese involved; the corporate parts of the page have grammar with the kind of mistakes I’m used to seeing from Chinese). Since it was US-based and previous experience tells me those companies tend to check location vs. CC billing address, I checked if that would be a problem. No, I was told. OK, so I ordered. It’s a good thing I don’t really need the address’ “line 2”. I used it to write my cellphone number, hopefully the people from the Post will understand that’s what it is (I wrote GSM and the number, GSM being what cellphones are called here). You see, I’m in Belgium, my CC is Spanish and my phone is also Spanish. And the form doesn’t let me change the cellphone’s prefix :smack: so I gave the cellphone as "+32"“123456789” (field is required). Several of my coworkers who actually reside in Belgium have cellphones from other locations (Nederlands, France, Germany, Colombia) for different reasons. Ghaaaah! Please let the sizes be correct please let the sizes be correct please let the sizes be correct… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683.md?page=14)