# May the rant be with you (May 2012 rant thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 1, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483 "2012-05-01T05:07:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 29
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/561 "2012-05-28T16:48:28Z")
The team that reprogrammed the Bank of America ATM interface is suffering from serious brain damage. I slip in my card, enter my PIN and ask for my checking account balance. Then I ask to continue. So it goes back to the login page and asks me to re-enter my PIN “for security purposes”. I ask for my savings account balance. It then goes back to the login page and asks me to re-enter my PIN “for security purposes”. \* What kind of security is being promoted by having me retype my PIN three times in front of whatever gawking bystanders happen to be hanging out at the ATM? \* ``` I guess it's *possible* that I might just have wandered off in a daze after getting my balance and hitting the "please continue" button, and they're preventing evil-doers from using my login. But clearly this is an un-intended consequence of a recent interface change. It used to be that you'd get your card back after all your transactions were done. But mopes were clearly buggering off without taking their cards, so now they kick the card back to you immediately. But without the card in the machine, there's no way for the ATM to know whether you are still there or not. So it apparently is programmed to only allow one transaction per login. Which means that every transaction more complicated than "give me money" is going to take twice as long and run the risk of exposing your PIN to bad people. Bleah. ``` ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/562 "2012-05-28T17:18:44Z")
**Finagle** , i had a lady in front of me at a drive up ATM drive off and leave her money hanging out of the machine. **flatlined** , how did you get Bill trained so well? **Flutewiz** \*laughs \* at me in the mornings. He does not realize how close he is to mayhem… ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/563 "2012-05-28T18:26:57Z")
STOP REDIRECTING ME YOU STUPID INTERNET FUCKNUGGETS. Yes, I’m in Germany. You know what, though? If I wanted to go to [wastemyfuckingpaycheck.de](http://wastemyfuckingpaycheck.de), I would’ve fucking typed [wastemyfuckingpaycheck.de](http://wastemyfuckingpaycheck.de). I DIDN’T. I typed wastemyfuckingpaycheck._ **COM** _ you useless asslicking troglodytes. All I want to do is buy some _fucking_ Star Wars pajamas, and I don’t want to fucking do it auf Deutsch because German is a stupid fucking language with stupid fucking grammar and I don’t want to pay in fucking Euro, I want to pay in fucking dollars. Also fuck you any large American retailer that won’t ship to a fucking APO address; I hope an angry gang of porcupines overrun your corporate headquarters and sodomizes you all with cactuses. ---
**Author:** ![Boggette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Boggette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggette)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/564 "2012-05-28T18:40:33Z")
Uckfay! I just went out to put recycling in the ‘shed’ and noticed the pool water was down about 6 inches! The filter pump was still going, but had minimal water in it. Turns out, a hose came loose and was draining the pool! Here’s to hope: 1) The filter pump isn’t fried and 2) the well holds out for refill of at least 2 inches of water (to get it back to minimum level) I’m just glad I noticed it when I did. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/565 "2012-05-29T00:42:14Z")
> [@anya\_marie](#): > > Jeep’s Phoenix : I was looking at Crowded House and Lush on Ebay to start. I’d also buy Dire Straits, The Police, Bruce Springsteen, and Bonnie Raitt. Older stuff will do but it does have to be rock, because I hate country and am not a big rap fan. Aw. I have one Springsteen tape; everything else is either from my questionable early ‘90s pop selections or my parents’ nightmarish '80s country collection. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/566 "2012-05-29T00:53:52Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > STOP REDIRECTING ME YOU STUPID INTERNET FUCKNUGGETS. > > Yes, I’m in Germany. You know what, though? If I wanted to go to [wastemyfuckingpaycheck.de](http://wastemyfuckingpaycheck.de), I would’ve fucking typed [wastemyfuckingpaycheck.de](http://wastemyfuckingpaycheck.de). I DIDN’T. I typed wastemyfuckingpaycheck._ **COM** _ you useless asslicking troglodytes. \ I’ll join you in that - as you say, if I wanted a Canadian site, I would have typed .ca, not .com. Jerks. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/567 "2012-05-29T02:33:49Z")
I pit standing out in the blazing sun (90+º F) just so your kid can graduate from college. I mean, c’mon, Minnesota. It was cool and cloudy until The Day. What good is The Frozen Tundra if you turn into the Melting Plot at the worst possible time? Actually, what I should pit is the long, drawn-out graduation “speeches” (full of platitudes and cliches, and one was copy-n-pasted from two wikipedia articles-- we found them!). My daughter agreed that her high school graduation was much better-- their speaker was an editor of _the Onion_ who’d gone to school there. He [reworked it into a story for The Moth.](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=the%20moth%20todd%20hanson%20sloth&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CFAQtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdZ85WVNDuxE&ei=5DTET6O0G5Ge8gTwmoGdCw&usg=AFQjCNHB0MaR1TkU-3xWBssrDiucxmnVtg) ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/568 "2012-05-29T02:45:07Z")
> [@SnakesCatLady](#): > > **flatlined** , how did you get Bill trained so well? **Flutewiz** \*laughs \* at me in the mornings. He does not realize how close he is to mayhem… The only reason my happy little morning butterfly husband is still alive is because I can’t really leap out of bed in the morning to chase him down and kill him for being SO DAMN HAPPY AT 7 AM!!! ahem ---
**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:** [May 29, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/569 "2012-05-29T02:54:13Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I pit standing out in the blazing sun (90+º F) just so your kid can graduate from college. I mean, c’mon, Minnesota. It was cool and cloudy until The Day. What good is The Frozen Tundra if you turn into the Melting Plot at the worst possible time? > Actually, what I should pit is the long, drawn-out graduation “speeches” (full of platitudes and cliches, and one was copy-n-pasted from two wikipedia articles-- we found them!). Both of my college graduation ceremonies (general and departmental) were indoors, though we had to line up outdoors in the wonderful December weather. The speaker at the general ceremony was some lady who had pulled every line of her speech from various websites (though smartphones weren’t yet available, a few of the people around me had data plans, and were looking up quotes as she spoke). She spoke for so damn long that I decided to take the opportunity to locate a ladies room – and ended up exploring a women’s locker room (this was at the former RBC Center in Raleigh). The departmental graduation, on the other hand, was very nice…the department head gave a quick speech that he had actually written. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/570 "2012-05-29T03:40:50Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I pit standing out in the blazing sun (90+º F) just so your kid can graduate from college. I mean, c’mon, Minnesota. It was cool and cloudy until The Day. What good is The Frozen Tundra if you turn into the Melting Plot at the worst possible time? Oh just wait, it’s supposed to be 60 again tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/571 "2012-05-29T04:59:14Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > The only reason my happy little morning butterfly husband is still alive is because I can’t really leap out of bed in the morning to chase him down and kill him for being SO DAMN HAPPY AT 7 AM!!! > > ahem QFT. and there is the part about me not being able to kill anyone until I find my glasses. Which are hiding on the motel end table. Nava, I used to think that you were a nice person. Now that I know that you are the sort of person who smiles and tells us fun facts that we should think about as we are watching the sun rise…can I send you a cat? Can I send you Tony? Along with some house ferals? How’s that for some hate!!! ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/572 "2012-05-29T06:20:26Z")
I tried in Florida at thrift stores looking for used tapes and it was a ginormous pain in my ass then too: country, gospel, country, country, gospel, gospel, Neil Diamond, Engelbert, bupkis, nada, zilch. Then one day i got lucky and found U2 and Peter Murphy and I snatched that shit up. It’s basically the same here in Indiana: bupkis, New Kids on the Block, gospel, country. The library had INXS so I grabbed it. I just ordered Together Alone and Split Enz tapes from Amazon. I’m saving cash for vacation so I can only use my existing Amazon credit. Since i have Grandpa’s car - how well the stereo worked wasn’t up high on his list, and I am probably lucky it still works. I want the windows tinted before I upgrade the stereo. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2012, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/573 "2012-05-29T08:10:00Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > The only reason my happy little morning butterfly husband is still alive is because I can’t really leap out of bed in the morning to chase him down and kill him for being SO DAMN HAPPY AT 7 AM!!! > > ahem Gah. I hate people who are chipper in the morning. I’m sure that this is a sign of a malfunctioning brain, or something. **anya marie** , my local Half Price books is a pretty good source for cassettes. Yeah, you WILL find a lot of country and gospel from people getting rid of the old folks’ collections, but the tapes are sorted into categories, and by artist within the categories. So if you want a lot of Beach Boys, for instance, you can look under Rock and then the Bs, and that’s where you’ll find any BB tapes that they happen to have. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2012, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/574 "2012-05-29T11:59:05Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > Can I send you Tony? Along with some house ferals? > > How’s that for some hate!!! **flatlined** , hate would be mailing her SG. Tony is mearly a warning shot. How is the non-smokeing thing going for you two? ---
**Author:** ![Baracus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Baracus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baracus)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/575 "2012-05-29T13:34:21Z")
I pit my wife’s coworkers. She just texted me that apparently some people there have so little work to do that they can spend the first hour of the work day talking about _Shades of Grey_ in the middle of the cube farm. Meanwhile, she gets there early, works late, and brings work home nearly every day. Of course, annoying shitheads distracting for an hour or more everyday with their chatting every day doesn’t help with getting her work done. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/576 "2012-05-29T14:27:43Z")
> [@anya\_marie](#): > > I just ordered Together Alone and Split Enz tapes from Amazon. Try used CD stores – my favorite has boxes of cassettes in the back that hang out there until someone asks about them. And congrats on finding the Crowded House/Split Enz stuff. Neil Finn’s a genius, and I hope you can find his “Seven Worlds Collide” live concert with Eddie Vedder, Lisa Germano and Johnny Marr. Oh, and his brother Tim, too (look for the latest Finn Brothers too). I shouldn’t say this, but it all sounds awesome on CD… Hey, maybe you and I, who only have cassette decks in the car, should figure out an easy way to patch in our iPods. Is there one? I’m not going to start soldering under the dash… ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/577 "2012-05-29T15:20:38Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Hey, maybe you and I, who only have cassette decks in the car, should figure out an easy way to patch in our iPods. Is there one? I’m not going to start soldering under the dash… There used to be a cassette/aux cable combo that patched an external CD player into the car stereo (I used it for years before getting a car that had an actual CD player). I would imagine there’s one for an MP3 player as well.. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/578 "2012-05-29T15:22:36Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Oh just wait, it’s supposed to be 60 again tomorrow. Well it’s supposed to be 89 today here in NJ so fuck. It’s May not July damn it. ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/579 "2012-05-29T15:52:37Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > There used to be a cassette/aux cable combo that patched an external CD player into the car stereo (I used it for years before getting a car that had an actual CD player). I would imagine there’s one for an MP3 player as well.. How about something like [this](http://www.amazon.com/STEREO-CASSETTE-ADAPTER-IPOD-PLAYER/dp/B002SNCOGA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338306685&sr=8-1)? ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/580 "2012-05-29T15:58:36Z")
> [@FatBaldGuy](#): > > How about something like [this](http://www.amazon.com/STEREO-CASSETTE-ADAPTER-IPOD-PLAYER/dp/B002SNCOGA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338306685&sr=8-1)? Yup, that’s it exactly! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483.md?page=30)