# July Bugging the Shit out of you? Rant about it here. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 1, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315 "2013-07-01T04:03:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**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:** [July 21, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/461 "2013-07-21T18:06:39Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Dammit. > > Near the metro (subway) station at the end of the line, there’s a bus station where I catch my bus home. There is nowhere to go to the bathroom around there, unless you go to one of the nearby restaurants and use their bathrooms, but their bathrooms are reserved for “customers only.” :mad: > > So last night I had to pee, so I decided to use the trick that I sometimes use: go to the nearby McDonald’s, order a free glass of water (no, I’m not going to waste money on their stinky, yucky food), and then, since I’m a customer, I can use their bathroom. It worked before, and I thought it was going to work again. > > But no! When I’d finished my glass of water, I went to the bathrooms - and they were freaking LOCKED! :mad: :mad: And I wasn’t going to ask for a key or anything, because then I’d have to face the fact that I didn’t actually buy anything there. > > Seriously. There should be some bathrooms somewhere near the bus station that are open to anyone. :mad: Sorry, I can’t get behind this rant. Do you think that water, toilet paper, hand towels, soap, heating, electricity and rent are all free? Bathrooms are a courtesy for people who are patronizing the business; you just want a handout. And transit is in the business of moving people around, not providing bathrooms. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/462 "2013-07-21T18:29:14Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Sorry, I can’t get behind this rant. Do you think that water, toilet paper, hand towels, soap, heating, electricity and rent are all free? Bathrooms are a courtesy for people who are patronizing the business; you just want a handout. > > And transit is in the business of moving people around, not providing bathrooms. Yeah, but it’s a long way home for me on transit, and sometimes I really gotta pee… Though on second thought, there’s always the Tim Horton’s nearby, and I like their food better. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/463 "2013-07-21T21:50:52Z")
> [@keturah](#): > > I always find it easier to write thank you notes for actual thoughtful gifts, and as eloquent as you are here I am sure that the thought for the gift will fall easily into the thank you for said gift. What I am really surprised by are the gifts of money. Clearly everyone in attendance knows how wealthy Bill is. **I guess it is tradition or something.** Boilerplate thanks for that is just fine:) And I am assuming the yeast is for home brew-thanks and a promise for a 6 pack and a tasting party would suffice. The bolded part is a totally separate rant. People ARE going to give gifts for weddings, no matter what the recipients want. Our entire wedding party, who were specifically charged with telling people that we didn’t want gifts, gave us gifts. My Matron of Honor helped me get rid of unneeded stuff when we were blending our households so she KNEW that we didn’t need stuff! OK, she gave us a cheapo blender as a joke gift, but still. Despite knowing very well that we really didn’t want gifts, she still felt as though she had to give us something. That was an easy and fun thank you note to write, btw. We are BFF, she knows my snarky sense of humor and called me laughing when she read it. “Dear MoH, thank you SO much for the blender. Bill and I have always wanted one, but agreed that we would save up for one instead of taking out a loan. We will take care to not let it be seen from the windows, and will lock it up in a gun safe when we are not using it…” ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/464 "2013-07-21T22:10:40Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Dammit. > > Near the metro (subway) station at the end of the line, there’s a bus station where I catch my bus home. There is nowhere to go to the bathroom around there, unless you go to one of the nearby restaurants and use their bathrooms, but their bathrooms are reserved for “customers only.” :mad: > > So last night I had to pee, so I decided to use the trick that I sometimes use: go to the nearby McDonald’s, order a free glass of water (no, I’m not going to waste money on their stinky, yucky food), and then, since I’m a customer, I can use their bathroom. It worked before, and I thought it was going to work again. > > But no! When I’d finished my glass of water, I went to the bathrooms - and they were freaking LOCKED! :mad: :mad: And I wasn’t going to ask for a key or anything, because then I’d have to face the fact that I didn’t actually buy anything there. > > Seriously. There should be some bathrooms somewhere near the bus station that are open to anyone. :mad: Do you realize what public unlocked bathrooms near transit stations end up being used for? Two words: Hobo Sex. McD’s sells small bags of sliced apples, usually 2 for $1. Would be a better choice than “buying” free water. ---
**Author:** ![eclectic\_wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac91a4/32.png) [@eclectic\_wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eclectic_wench)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/465 "2013-07-21T23:07:28Z")
An Gadaí? I PM’d you, but just in case you’re reading without logging in, is there any chance I could take you up on that offer of some lovely Nordie Calgel? ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/466 "2013-07-21T23:20:09Z")
**EmilyG** , usually I’m on your side. I like you a lot. Its terrible to have to pee and not have anywhere to go. Clean, public restrooms aren’t cheap to maintain, and **Bob Ducca** is right that they are often used for less than desirable acts. A while back, I was going into a c-store on an out of the way, but rather busy interchange. A couple of women were walking out of the store empty handed and I overheard them complaining that they had to stand in line. One of them said “why don’t they have more stalls, don’t they know where they are? Its a no brainer!” Sadly, I got rude and said something like “why should they spend their money to build and maintain restrooms for complaining freeloaders like you?” We wasted several minutes on a pointless snit fit over it. So, to get to the point, do as **Bob Ducca** said and buy the apple slices. It will give you a healthy snack while you are finishing your journey home. Its the right thing to do. However, if you can’t afford that, and I was dirt poor when I was your age…buy the apple slices once and keep the bag. That way you have one to hold while you are asking for the restroom key and everyone will think that you are a customer. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/467 "2013-07-22T01:18:14Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > The bolded part is a totally separate rant. People ARE going to give gifts for weddings, no matter what the recipients want. > > Our entire wedding party, who were specifically charged with telling people that we didn’t want gifts, gave us gifts. My Matron of Honor helped me get rid of unneeded stuff when we were blending our households so she KNEW that we didn’t need stuff! > > OK, she gave us a cheapo blender as a joke gift, but still. Despite knowing very well that we really didn’t want gifts, she still felt as though she had to give us something. > > That was an easy and fun thank you note to write, btw. We are BFF, she knows my snarky sense of humor and called me laughing when she read it. > > “Dear MoH, thank you SO much for the blender. Bill and I have always wanted one, but agreed that we would save up for one instead of taking out a loan. We will take care to not let it be seen from the windows, and will lock it up in a gun safe when we are not using it…” **flatlined** , when one of my frat brothers tied the knot, they were rather supprised to recieve about 30 identical toasters. They were differently wrapped, and some were in larger boxes. The groom reported that the look on his better halfs face was priceless. He was quite happy that was the use we had for pledges; and was happy we didn’t stuff the defroster on his car with confetti. ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/468 "2013-07-22T11:20:58Z")
Hey asswipe, when you cut in line in front of other people, you make it their business, so cut out the righteous indignation that we called you out for your lack of social skills and either learn how to use lines or stop leaving your house you inbred piece of shit. And just because we call you out for cutting in line, does not give you the right to hurl racist remarks back at us. ---
**Author:** ![Schrodinger\_s\_Platypus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Schrodinger\_s\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schrodinger_s_Platypus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/469 "2013-07-22T11:51:35Z")
I have a metric ton of embroidery to do, long bus rides to and from work, and a sudden resurgence of motion sickness. How am I supposed to get these costumes done by late August again? ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/470 "2013-07-22T12:09:26Z")
Wildlife around here needs to understand that this is ‘suburbia’ and NOT the ‘wilderness.’ M’kay? I’m always reading about how smart animals are but when it comes to this simple concept . . . nada, zip. If I wanted racoon in my attic, deer on my lawn, ground hogs virtually excavating a new foundation for my house, skunk leaving empty salami wrappers on my car . . . Oh yeah, about that. Where the hell did you guys even get that? I’m thinking the only way is you’re doing B & E’s (breaking and entering) now. Bird seed and pet food’s not cutting it any more huh? So you’re upping your game? That’s . . . unsettling to say the least but OK. Just make sure you don’t try that here and if you can’t wait to get home to stuff your face, find someplace other than the hood of my car for your picnic. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/471 "2013-07-22T12:55:55Z")
> [@deltasigma](#): > > Wildlife around here needs to understand that this is ‘suburbia’ and NOT the ‘wilderness.’ M’kay? I’m always reading about how smart animals are but when it comes to this simple concept . . . nada, zip. If I wanted racoon in my attic, deer on my lawn, ground hogs virtually excavating a new foundation for my house,\*\* skunk leaving empty salami wrappers on my car\*\* . . . Note to self: do not go to the delis in **deltasigma** ’s town. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/472 "2013-07-22T15:41:34Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > A friend of mine is a pharmacist- and ‘trained reiki practitioner’. I’m pretty sure the two should just cancel out, in a matter-antimatter sort of fashion. > . LOL I can understand that, though keep in mind I am a licensed Reiki 1 practitioner that doesn’t believe in energy work =) > [@Moonlitherial](#): > > LOL I can understand your issue. keeping in mind that I am a licensed Reiki 1 practitioner that doesn’t actually believe in energy work =) > She’s had a rough time since her divorce and he’s a sweet guy who is obviously crazy but he’s also crazy about her. I think I’m going to just continue to bite my tongue and ignore the stupid but its hard ☹ I can really understand this - my sister in law I really love, she is great. Unfortunately, she was doing some sort of interview a con thing for a class [she was doing whatever classes to become a nurse] and decided to marry him when he got out of prison. Now, I have no problem with the idea, however he is a serious whackjob. Now they are some sort of funktastic religion that is vegan, and will not eat anything of the allium family [how can you go through life without garlic:confused::eek:] and some other stuff. He treats her daughter like a slave - he isn’t working but she and her daughter have to do all the shopping, cooking, cleaning and yardwork and nothing my niece did was right, so he was always yelling at her. So she moved out and in with her grandmother, my Mom in law [who I adore]. If she felt the need to marry a tattooed, looks like he was rode hard and put away wet con, why couldn’t she have hooked up with [Daniel Trejo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Trejo)? ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/473 "2013-07-22T16:41:06Z")
I regularly check about six different new sites, but Yahoo News is about to drop off the list. Today they started posting gifs on the front page. First it was Kate Middleton looking lovely as she turned her head from left to right. Now it’s that angry cat meme staring me down. Fuck you, Yahoo News. If I wanted Reddit I would go there. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/474 "2013-07-22T17:13:00Z")
> [@Zyanthia](#): > > Hey asswipe, when you cut in line in front of other people, you make it their business, so cut out the righteous indignation that we called you out for your lack of social skills and either learn how to use lines or stop leaving your house you inbred piece of shit. And just because we call you out for cutting in line, does not give you the right to hurl racist remarks back at us. I thought you were talking about me at first, but when we got called out for cutting in line (honest to God, we didn’t see the line - it was tucked away back in the aisle), we had the grace to apologize and look sheepish. Sorry, everyone we cut in front of - you had yourselves too well-hidden! > [@Schrodinger\_s\_Platypus](#): > > I have a metric ton of embroidery to do, long bus rides to and from work, and a sudden resurgence of motion sickness. How am I supposed to get these costumes done by late August again? My sister makes and sells jewellery, and she makes a lot of jewellery while riding long distances in the truck to go to the various craft fairs. She swears by the magnetic sea-sickness bracelets to keep her from getting sick as she makes jewellery while riding in the truck. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/475 "2013-07-22T18:51:40Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > I regularly check about six different new sites, but Yahoo News is about to drop off the list. Between the ‘if these people represent Humanity, we should destroy the world now’ comments and their completely retarded inability to post a picture in news articles that would seem to require it, Yahoo is pretty low on my list of sites to check. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/476 "2013-07-22T18:57:14Z")
Oh yeah, and yesterday talking to my sister. Her daughter (my niece) has severe ADHD, growth and development issues. Apparently a teacher at her school formed a ‘club’ of similar children, takes them to lunch and all that. My sister was talking about some of the other kids in the group and how she can’t just ask their parents what is wrong with them. She did mention a couple of them using the word ‘spectrum’ a lot and apparently a rainbow spectrum. I said “Oh great, the whole ‘rainbow children’ woo”. She says “What is ‘woo’?” :eek: :smack: I had to pull out my ipad and show her the Rational Wiki page on ‘woo’. All she really needed to see was the line saying it is often synonymous with ‘Bullshit’. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/477 "2013-07-22T19:02:04Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Between the ‘if these people represent Humanity, we should destroy the world now’ comments and their completely retarded inability to post a picture in news articles that would seem to require it, Yahoo is pretty low on my list of sites to check. My response is embarassing, because I’m sure men said nearly the same thing about Playboy in the 1970s: "I just read it for the (wire) articles. I really don’t have any interest in the pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/478 "2013-07-22T19:13:32Z")
I work for an educational non-profit in the city. Today we were carrying things in and out of the building for a book fair across the street when some random lady breezes through the door, goes into our staff bathroom and proceeds to vomit, clog the toilet and smear shit all over the floor before leaving without a word. I cleaned it up. What do I win? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/479 "2013-07-22T21:03:46Z")
I spend pretty much zero time on Facebook, but it really has become the strip mall of web sites, hasn’t it? There’s a lot of crap there that simply can’t be turned off. Whenever I log in, I get a half page dialog that says “Your profile is only 40% updated. You have a friend in BFE. Do you live in BFE?” There’s no apparent way of communicating to Facebook that my profile will always remains 40% updated because everyone I care about on Facebook already knows where I live. And no one else needs to know where I live, work, drink, or commit random acts of premeditated road rage. And while I know Facebook is driven by ad revenue, must they be so crass? _“It’s your brother’s birthday. Send him a Starbuck’s card.”_? And, if I refresh the page, it’s _“Send him a Target card”_. I’m pretty confident that this is not based on any deep desire of my brother’s to hang out at Starbucks, deduced by clever data mining. Because if it were, it would probably read something more like “It’s your brother’s birthday, send him on a scuba holiday to Aruba.” ---
**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:** [July 22, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/480 "2013-07-22T21:32:10Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I work for an educational non-profit in the city. Today we were carrying things in and out of the building for a book fair across the street when some random lady breezes through the door, goes into our staff bathroom and proceeds to vomit, clog the toilet and smear shit all over the floor before leaving without a word. > > I cleaned it up. > > What do I win? Oh, man - that is not how ANYONE should spend a day at work (not even cleaners, because no one should be smearing shit anywhere). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315.md?page=25)