# June, I'm worried about the Peeve (mini-rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 31, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846 "2019-05-31T20:34:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846/121 "2019-06-13T23:23:20Z")
Just got a robocall saying that it’s from “Visa” and that my excellent payment record has qualified me for a 0% card. Just stay on the line and they can sign me up . . . I hung up at that point. Lying bastards. My current “Visa” is the debit card from my credit union. On the up side, I got my teeth cleaned and x-rayed today and there was no damage found. So it’ll be six months until the next dentist visit, assuming nothing breaks in the meantime. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846/122 "2019-06-14T00:02:56Z")
Holland Grill is filing for bankruptcy. They’ve already shut down their website, and apparently stopped shipping back in October. All I needed was a new burner. ☹ ---
**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:** [June 14, 2019, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846/123 "2019-06-14T04:04:51Z")
> [@pohjonen](#): > > Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice when pigs fly and carry passengers. An online retailer let me order from a web page stating the item was in stock and would ship that day. Three days later, there was no shipping confirmation although they had charged my CC. I email to ask if the item is actually in stock or not, and it turns out they won’t even have any until the end of the month, and would I like to wait? Fuck, NO. As of tooday, the web page still says that the item is in stock with same day shipping, so this is not an inadvertent error, but a business plan. Damned weasels. Three days later I’m still waiting for my card to be refunded. Amazon did that to me yesterday and the order will be delivered sometime a week to two weeks from now. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846/124 "2019-06-14T04:19:23Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: women’s clothing designers and manufacturer’s suck swamp water!!! Bad enough sizing (vanity sizing?) is inconsistent, even within brands. Bad enough that pockets are often tiny or absent altogether. But now even our limited selection of pants lengths is worthless! > > Guys can choose an inseam length. Women get Short (or Petite), Average, and Tall. Naturally, none of these are defined. > > I have always bought average, being 5’5". For the most part, they’d hit around my ankle, and I was good with that. Not any more, tho. I just bought 8 assorted pants and jeans, on line, because I hate to shop. All were “Average”, or so they said. At least half of them were long enough to tuck under my heel, even with shoes on! > > Now, I know we tend to get shorter as we age, but I was under the impression it was due to spinal compression, not shrinking leg bones. Am I wrong about that? No matter. I am pissed that I’ll be forced to spend a chunk of this weekend hemming pants and jeans. > > Don’t suggest shorts - this is work clothing. Don’t suggest dresses or skirts lest I hunt you down and pinch you till you bruise. > > I demand consistent sizing! I demand women’s pants that offer specific inseam lengths! Who’s with me!!! I hear you, girl. I have long legs. I have to usually pay extra for more length. Are they ever the same? Nope, never. I don’t understand why. It can’t be that hard. Let the revolution begin!!! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846/125 "2019-06-14T13:40:04Z")
Nostril zits. How can anything so little hurt so much and, once it’s popped, create uch a huge red scab? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846/126 "2019-06-14T14:07:54Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I have been trying for 3 days. Everytime I jump through the hoops, I get 'due to high call volume, we cannot … > > I called at 06:55 AM and the message said they weren’t open yet. At 7:05, the message they are too busy. > > grrrrrrrrrr:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: 5 days I have been trying to reach them, both online and by phone. 5 DAYS!!! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846/127 "2019-06-14T16:11:06Z")
OH FOR FUCK’S SAKE. Stop pushing this idea that we can’t go for the things we want and present our ideals as Democrats because it will make bigots angry and they’ll re-elect Trump. There isn’t an entire army of angry bigots out there that DIDN’T vote for Trump but will do so if you make them angry by suggesting that trans-people deserve rights and respect or that medicare for all is a good idea or because you insult Trump. And don’t you DARE suggest that we should not speak our opinions and ideals out of FUCKING FEAR. You’re either a right winger being disingenuous and attempting to get us to stop pushing our agenda, or you’re the kind of fucking coward who thinks that if you just don’t do anything to anger the Nazis, you’ll survive the Nazi Regime. The special kind of coward who gets upset if his neighbor upsets the Nazis because well, that just makes things worse and if everyone just calmed down, there wouldn’t be any need for all this violent police state repression. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846/128 "2019-06-14T17:38:13Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > 5 days I have been trying to reach them, both online and by phone. 5 DAYS!!! Are you close to any of these? [irs offices california - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=irs+offices+california) I would be angry enough to go! ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846/129 "2019-06-14T17:39:26Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > OH FOR FUCK’S SAKE. > > Stop pushing this idea that we can’t go for the things we want and present our ideals as Democrats because it will make bigots angry and they’ll re-elect Trump. > > There isn’t an entire army of angry bigots out there that DIDN’T vote for Trump but will do so if you make them angry by suggesting that trans-people deserve rights and respect or that medicare for all is a good idea or because you insult Trump. > > And don’t you DARE suggest that we should not speak our opinions and ideals out of FUCKING FEAR. > > You’re either a right winger being disingenuous and attempting to get us to stop pushing our agenda, or you’re the kind of fucking coward who thinks that if you just don’t do anything to anger the Nazis, you’ll survive the Nazi Regime. The special kind of coward who gets upset if his neighbor upsets the Nazis because well, that just makes things worse and if everyone just calmed down, there wouldn’t be any need for all this violent police state repression. I just read that Elizabeth Warren didn’t make it to the first tier debate with Sanders, Biden and Buttigieg, although Harris did. I find that very interesting. I guess I’ll get behind Warren now that I know that the powers that be in the dem party seem inclined to see that she is ignored as much as possible. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846/130 "2019-06-14T17:50:29Z")
BTW, [Warren is polling in second place](https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-primary-d/) in many polls, according to 538. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846/131 "2019-06-14T18:22:53Z")
> [@pohjonen](#): > > I just read that Elizabeth Warren didn’t make it to the first tier debate with Sanders, Biden and Buttigieg, although Harris did. I find that very interesting. I guess I’ll get behind Warren now that I know that the powers that be in the dem party seem inclined to see that she is ignored as much as possible. My understanding is that it isn’t tiers - they are randomly assigning people to each night. Although I read somewhere that they are doing two draws by splitting the ‘viable’ candidates into two pools (based on popularity?) and putting half of each group randomly into each night. So each night should have a couple of stars and a bunch of no-hopers. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846/132 "2019-06-14T18:38:04Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Are you close to any of these? [irs offices california - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=irs+offices+california) > I would be angry enough to go! You have to make an appointment. If you call the local number, it tells you they can offer no assistance or answer any questions via phone. You have to call a different number to make an appointment. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846/133 "2019-06-14T20:07:31Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > You have to make an appointment. If you call the local number, it tells you they can offer no assistance or answer any questions via phone. You have to call a different number to make an appointment. Would it help to call your Congresscritter? Sometimes they can light fires. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846/134 "2019-06-15T00:38:14Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > OH FOR FUCK’S SAKE. > > Stop pushing this idea that we can’t go for the things we want and present our ideals as Democrats because it will make bigots angry and they’ll re-elect Trump. > > There isn’t an entire army of angry bigots out there that DIDN’T vote for Trump but will do so if you make them angry by suggesting that trans-people deserve rights and respect or that medicare for all is a good idea or because you insult Trump. > > And don’t you DARE suggest that we should not speak our opinions and ideals out of FUCKING FEAR. > > You’re either a right winger being disingenuous and attempting to get us to stop pushing our agenda, or you’re the kind of fucking coward who thinks that if you just don’t do anything to anger the Nazis, you’ll survive the Nazi Regime. The special kind of coward who gets upset if his neighbor upsets the Nazis because well, that just makes things worse and if everyone just calmed down, there wouldn’t be any need for all this violent police state repression. As one involved in politics on the local level, I could not agree more. Seems that there are a number of people… Pelosi among them… who need opinion polls to know when to do the right thing. As Americans, it is up to us to fight this and not wait for others to take the lead. How often do I need to hear that I need the consent of those with no honor in order to act with honor? In short, I agree with your rant. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846/135 "2019-06-16T12:50:54Z")
Dammit, they are not making $12 watches like they used to. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846/136 "2019-06-16T17:03:38Z")
The tiniest of minirants… In my humble opinion, restaurants that allow you to pick and choose your ingredients should always have a few good standard choices on the menu. Yesterday I went to The Simple Greek and asked for a traditional gyro. The woman at the counter kept asking me what I wanted on it and I was saying “a regular gyro, like I would get at any other Greek restaurant” But no, I have to answer twenty questions about various bits in order to put the thing together myself. Jersey Mike’s sub shop gets it right: they have a few dozen basic subs and sandwiches on the menu and you can always say “Mike’s Way” and be assured of a tasty sub…or you can customize it to your heart’s content. The most annoying place I have been to was Cheeburger Cheeburger. You have to tell them how to build everything in your order, your burger, your salad, your shake. The kids dragged me there once and I don’t think I’ll be back. I don’t mind the options, but there should be a pretty clear solid good set of defaults for the non-adventurous types. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846/137 "2019-06-17T01:01:48Z")
I’d like to know why my wheelbarrow and my 800# rated dolly both have flat tires. More to the point, who the hell decided that a wheelbarrow or a dolly even needs pneumatic tires? We’re not concerned about getting a smooth ride here! Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [June 17, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846/138 "2019-06-17T01:50:09Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > Who the hell decided that a wheelbarrow or a dolly even needs pneumatic tires? We’re not concerned about getting a smooth ride here! > [Ad for bad software redacted] Every wheelbarrow I’ve ever used has had solid rubber wheels. I never saw one with get-a-flat-able tires since a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846/139 "2019-06-17T04:19:22Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Every wheelbarrow I’ve ever used has had solid rubber wheels. I never saw one with get-a-flat-able tires since a few years ago. The previous owners left the wheelbarrow behind; I wouldn’t have bought it. I did buy the dolly, but I didn’t even think to look closely at the wheels because it never occurred to me that they would be anything other than solid rubber. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846/140 "2019-06-17T07:41:47Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > The tiniest of minirants… > > In my humble opinion, restaurants that allow you to pick and choose your ingredients should always have a few good standard choices on the menu. In Spain those are still pretty new; Subway is making inroads but many people find them confusing, since we’re used to predefined menu items where at most you can ask if it’s possible to get some extra. You can tell whether the worker is new by the kind of questions they ask and how they ask them. For example, newbies will often ask someone who’s asked for meatballs “what sauce”, veterans know the usual answer to that is a confused “uh? What do you mean what sauce? You put in the meatballs with no sauce, how? It’s meatballs, they already come with the tomato!” so they tend to ask “any other sauce?” and get a “hell no, it already comes with tomato!” We’re very clear on the concept of “meatballs which are already submerged in tomato sauce come with tomato sauce”. Corporate Subway, apparently not so much. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-im-worried-about-the-peeve-mini-rants/834846.md?page=8)