I just was talking with a time traveler from the future!
He asked me what year it was and I told him it was 2020.
He said, “ahhhh, yes, the first year of quarantine.”
The potheads downstairs have been repeatedly ignoring lockdown. One occasion led to me being awoken by a car alarm during a sleep over.
You’d think anyone who’d take plague seriously would be modern descendants of people nearly exterminated–often deliberately–by disease.
I am becoming more of a misanthrope, which I didn’t think was possible.
My wife was relaxing in the sun on our deck yesterday. It’s relatively quiet back there, with plants and birds and a beautiful dogwood tree. Suddenly, she hears the neighbor guy behind us talking to his kid about building a skateboard ramp in the back yard. Fuck me, are you kidding? The renter next door to us built one a couple of years ago, and the best day of that year was when someone stole it. Noisy motherfucker.
So she’s going to call him today and politely discuss it with him, and ask him to please not build the goddamn thing. The noise when it’s being used would mean that we couldn’t have our door or windows open back there, nor have peaceful use of our property. I hope he listens to reason, as he seems like a nice enough guy. And I understand that his kid is probably bored. Well, shit, we’re all fucking bored, but that deck is our relaxation during all this mess. I really don’t need the aggravation.
Turns out that sometimes FB is shit and this is a known, intermittent issue. Switching from Most Recent to Top Stories has solved the issue, but I hate, hate, hate Top Stories so I hope it gets its shit together. Soon.
And Tripler? You made me smile, even though I have never listened to Sir-Mix-A-Lot.
I had a problem yesterday where I couldn’t even get to Most Recent. The circle just spun and spun and never ended.
Yep. Facebook has been having issues. I wish I could can it altogether, but too many other people I know and care about use it as a messaging/info app these days so I am stuck with it if I want to stay in touch with them.
Same here. And I really despise feeb. Seriously, sometimes I think their actual plan is to make you care less about people you care about.
How stupid is this? I’ve been trying to get grocery delivery (Giant Direct/Peapod). Wasn’t able to get delivery, did get a timeslot for pickup. (Two weeks ago I put in, for tomorrow morning!)
I can’t find out how/where to checkout. They’re supposed to bring it out to the car, I think? Or do I go in? You’d think there’s be information on that in the Help, but NoooOOOOooo.
Guess I’ll find out tomorrow, but seriously, how hard can it be to provide instructions on the process of picking up your order and checking out, especially since the plague is affecting how they do it?
If it’s anything like Kroger pickup, there will be assigned spots for pickups so look for those. With Kroger, each spot has a numbered sign with a phone number to call to let them know which spot you are in. Someone brings the groceries out and loads them. You don’t check out. They will hand you your receipt or put it in one of the bags (my choice - no contact). Your credit card is charged only for the items you actually receive. I’ve done it twice, didn’t get everything I ordered either time and my card was charged appropriately.
That sucks that you had to wait 2 weeks. I put in an order tonight for pickup tomorrow between 5 and 6. This was a process Kroger charged for pre-corona so they’ve already had lots of experience with it and do it very well.
Maybe you could take a page from Eloise, and send him some skateboard trucks with cotton wheels.
Are they answering the phone? Supermarkets in my region are answering the phone.
God, I love you
Foolishly, I did not check before they’d closed for the night. I’ll be calling them in a few minutes, though.
But still, the instructions should have been easily findable on their web site. There’s no excuse for the absence.
I thought I would be helpful and move part of the Giant Stick Pile into the burn barrel. Turns out that part of the Giant Stick Pile was a poison oak vine.
Guess who’s out of Tecnu soap?
itchy itchy itchy
Is ‘they keep doing karaoke with the windows open during lockdown’ considered a valid defense for killing a neighbour? Asking for a friend.
We had a skateboard ramp next door for years. It was loud, with the sound of the wheels amplified by the plywood ramp, and the shouts of “Awwwesome fakie, man!” or “Ha, you suck!”
But at least they’re happy kids-having-fun noises. I got use to them, broke out the headphones when it got too much. Now, I miss the noise. The streets that were filled with those sounds are silent now.
Karaoke with the windows open? Now, that’s evil. If you do get your sniper rifle out of storage, aim for the speakers, not the singers.
;)
Tripler
Official Comic Relief of the 2020 Quarantine.
Or you can listen to Jonathan Coulton’s version.
Tied with Nina Gordon’s acoustic Straight Outta Compton for “cover least like the original”.
It could be worse, they could be playing the bagpipes…
Tell me about it. I waited in queue for half an hour the other day for tech support chat, only to find out that the agents are not able to provide support on the particular product line that their parent company also owns.