# 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:** 33
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/641 "2012-05-31T19:41:50Z")
**olives** , congratulations on being free of that soul sucking harridan. As others have said, leaving is better than staying. You know you would never be allowed to assist people in a humane manner. My unrant: _knocks on wood_ Two days without seeing a mouse in the house. Basement is still being gutted this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/642 "2012-05-31T20:38:41Z")
Irony - the reader boards on the freeways have been saying “Look twice for motorcycles” for a few days. Over the weekend, a pair of cafe racers were splitting lanes at 100+ mph. Yesterday, a girl in the number one lane in front of me was texting (I assume - she was looking at her belly button) and didn’t see that traffic had stopped in front of her until the last minute. She swerved into the carpool lane and if the driver there hadn’t been a good one, it could have been really ugly. All I can do is hope the texter learned something from it. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/643 "2012-05-31T21:39:51Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > This right here. “I have no job; I was sorta-fired” isn’t as bad as “Holy shit, I am working for a psycho hosebeast who eats self-esteem for breakfast.” Hopefully you’ll see it that way and power on ahead. This is a hilarious way of framing it. My biggest fear was how my husband would take this, and letting him down, but naturally he managed to be amazing. First thing out of his mouth was, “Oh, honey, I’m so sorry.” Then while I bawled into his arms the second thing he said was, ‘‘It’s not your fault.’’ Yeah, the more I think about it the more it’s clear I need to get the hell out of there. For one thing, I am pretty sure there are legal and ethical violations all over the place. Eventually they’re going to get sued or audited and I don’t want my career going down in flames over this silly bint. ETA: Meant to say THANK YOU all for the support! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/644 "2012-05-31T21:57:27Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > All I can do is hope the texter learned something from it. Oh, I’m sure she did. Unfortunately, it was probably “I can totes txt wo crashing! Go me n my awesum driving skillz!” That kind rarely achieves self-awareness… ---
**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 31, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/645 "2012-05-31T22:12:36Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Oh, I’m sure she did. Unfortunately, it was probably “I can totes txt wo crashing! Go me n my awesum driving skillz!” That kind rarely achieves self-awareness… As a neighbor put it: “unencumbered by self-assessment”. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/646 "2012-05-31T22:18:47Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I’m with ya. I call the latter folks “billy big-rig” drivers, who think they’re driving 18-wheelers. . . > > And another thing: a two-way stop is just that. Cross traffic doesn’t stop at a 2-way, you dumb motherfuckers, and I wait for the day one of you assholes gets T-boned at the corner near my house. I hear blaring horns all the time because of this, and have had near misses in my neighborhood. NONE of these 'hoods have 4-way stops, or at least they are rare, so you need to actually, you know, STOP THE FUCKING CAR AND MAKE SURE NOBODY IS COMING BEFORE PULLING FORWARD. Heh. “Billy Big-Rig.” I like that. 😃 I had the opposite problem the other day. I pulled up to the stop-sign half of a two-way stop just as another car (no stop sign on their side) pulled up. I stop. \*He \*stops. I blink for a moment - he has total RoW so I’m not about to pull out in front of him. But he has NO CLUE (hallucinated the stop sign, maybe?) and gets all pissed off at _me_. I had no good way to communicate this simple concept: “NO U.” ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/647 "2012-05-31T22:43:32Z")
Hey **Olives** - you are rockin - nothing but good things can come from this! And I can’t wait to hear about the good stuff that will surely happen after the hell you went through, and survived! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/648 "2012-05-31T22:44:13Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > So I’m driving along in the left lane on a local city “expressway”. Why they call it that, I don’t know: it has periodic traffic lights and left turns. A guy in a VW comes screaming up behind me and tailgates. I glance down and see that I’m actually over the speed limit of 50, so continue along. He swerves over to the right lane, passes me, then cuts in front of me, sticks his arm out of his sun roof and points to the right lane. I flash my lights at him to tell him he’s a dick, and he shoots me the finger. If you’re tailgating me, flashing your lights, waving your arms in the air, etc, and I look down and see that I’m driving over the speed limit… You can just fuck off. I’ll give you about two minutes of that shit and then I take my foot off the gas pedal and allow my car to slow naturally until you decide not to be on my ass. If I get to half the speed limit and you’re still there, I start hitting the brakes. I once ended up coming to a complete stop in the center lane (of 3) on a 70mph interstate because someone had to be less than 10 feet from my rear bumper (for several miles) with not a single fucking car within a mile or more of us on either side of the freeway. And they refused to get the clue of me slowing, then braking, while motioning for them to pass. People like that belong in my proposed **Homes For The Terminally Stupid**. OTOH, today we turn left out of the transit station and the stupid bitch in front of me decides that 35-38 is quite fast enough for the left lane. I passed her on the right. She honked wildly, waving her hands in the air and screaming at me. I should not have, but I gave her the one finger salute and then pointed at the SPEED LIMIT 45 sign we were passing. ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/649 "2012-06-01T02:25:02Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > {{{{{ **olivesmarch4th** }}}}} > > I quit a shitty job that was not a good fit for me a couple of years ago. It still made me depressed and made me question my competence to do any job, and my adequacy as a human being. I have managed to get through it, and find a better job. You will, too. Thanks for posting this Anne. Like Olivesmarch I also recently put my foot down on a crazy ass boss and quit my job. I’ve had amazing support from family and friends who said “it’s about time!” but I also have moments of real panic when I’m convinced I’ve ruined my life. Today one of my coworkers went on a rant about what a stupid decision I’d made and how I’d never find another job and probably starve and die. Obviously a very uncomfortable moment for the other people in the room, and one that definitely stirred up ALL of my insecurities. It really helps to hear that others have managed it well and found something better. Also Olives I hope you don’t mind me horning in on some of your support here. I take inspiration from your brave decision and I’m sending every good vibe I can summon. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/650 "2012-06-01T02:28:30Z")
> [@moejoe](#): > > Also Olives I hope you don’t mind me horning in on some of your support here. I take inspiration from your brave decision and I’m sending every good vibe I can summon. Not in the least. It’s heartening knowing someone else is going through it. Today she told me I could keep working there until I found a new job, and I said no. I was hoping I would never have to see her again, but I agreed to go in Tuesday and review all my cases with her. It’s only fair to the clients. ETA: I’m becoming feistier lately. In the past I would have put up with this shit a lot longer. Between this and the Pit thread I think I’m becoming more assertive overall. So about goddamn time. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/651 "2012-06-01T02:34:37Z")
Good for you, **moejoe**! I look at it as “Well, I could stay, knowing I wouldn’t as effective an employee as I could be, since I hate everyone / everything here _OR_ I could struggle for a bit, knowing someone else will see what an asset I could be for their company _and_ retain my soul”. [Martha Stewart] It’s a good thing [/MS] ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/652 "2012-06-01T02:48:13Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Not in the least. It’s heartening knowing someone else is going through it. > > Today she told me I could keep working there until I found a new job, and I said no. I was hoping I would never have to see her again, but I agreed to go in Tuesday and review all my cases with her. It’s only fair to the clients. > > ETA: I’m becoming feistier lately. In the past I would have put up with this shit a lot longer. Between this and the Pit thread I think I’m becoming more assertive overall. So about goddamn time. They asked me to stay for 6 weeks of transition and I agreed, yikes. I’m only halfway through it and the dread every morning is almost unbearable. I’m really hoping I can find a happier life after this nightmare. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/653 "2012-06-01T03:12:53Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Not in the least. It’s heartening knowing someone else is going through it. We may need to start a club of some sort. I quit my job a month ago because I was in a completely untenable position at work. My boss sounded a lot like yours, only male and he sexually harassed me and most other females in the office. I finally got sick and left. He was shown the door a couple of weeks ago and I couldn’t be more delighted. God knows where I’ll end up next - hell, it may even be back there - but working with someone who poisons the very environment can be bad for you and everyone around you. On the one hand, I’m sorry you lost a job. On the other, I’m happy for you. It’s going to be hard, but I’ve seen a lot of opportunities becoming available in social work, so hopefully you won’t have too long a wait. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/654 "2012-06-01T03:19:29Z")
Hey, in just a couple hours we’ll need a new thread. Title suggestions? “Mini rants are busting out all over…” ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/655 "2012-06-01T03:22:13Z")
June Bugs and Bothers? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/656 "2012-06-01T03:23:27Z")
> [@moejoe](#): > > They asked me to stay for 6 weeks of transition and I agreed, yikes. I’m only halfway through it and the dread every morning is almost unbearable. I’m really hoping I can find a happier life after this nightmare. Think of it as an extended countdown. Each day that goes by, you’re closer to lift off, and the assholes you leave behind will still be assholes living in their toxic environment. Plus, you [have all sorts of opportunities for mayhem](http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/b278/?srp=1#tabs). It’s not like they can fire you anymore… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/657 "2012-06-01T04:14:47Z")
I pit our local post office for sending different carriers every freaking day to this neighborhood–carriers who cannot be bothered to deliver the mail where it is supposed to go. I contacted the postmaster general by phone about this a few months ago; they got on the case immediately and things straightened out…for a while. Now they’re back to FUBB again. One carrier confessed to a neighbor that his supervisors told him that if anyone around here complains about their service, “just don’t give them their mail the next day.” I suppose it’s all my fault for making that phone call in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Boggette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Boggette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggette)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/658 "2012-06-01T14:51:58Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Think of it as an extended countdown. Each day that goes by, you’re closer to lift off, and the assholes you leave behind will still be assholes living in their toxic environment. > … AND they get to suck your exhaust fumes! ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/659 "2012-06-01T15:03:07Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Hey, in just a couple hours we’ll need a new thread. Title suggestions? > > “Mini rants are busting out all over…” I mini-rant that I can’t find the June mini-rants thread. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/660 "2012-06-01T16:31:10Z")
Didn’t anyone start a new thread?? I would but I’m too shy… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483.md?page=34)