# May these, too, pass (May mini-rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 1, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934 "2020-05-01T00:31:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934/21 "2020-05-05T02:06:11Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I was cruising up I-71 this afternoon, the Ronettes “Baby I Love You” blasting from the speakers. > > _Oh I’m so glad I found you > I want my arms around you_ One of my favorite love songs from my teen years was turned into a commercial jingle for some crap I refuse to even mention because it’s horrid crap and if I give you the name of the song, you’ll likely search for it, thus giving the horrid crap more hits and that’ll still be around. > [@](#): > > Just then I look up and the electronic sign on the over pass reads: > > _Keep Your Distance > Wash Your Hands > Defeat Covid-19_ > > Times sure have changed. :smack: They sure have. Hell, I remember being warned you can get a ticket if you’re eating while driving. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934/22 "2020-05-05T02:28:07Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I agree with Ann, I’ve noticed your comments about your church and its pastor. > > I’ve got a long history with a wide range of non-denominational churches (Evangelical, “Fundie”, and even Bahá’í), and the biggest problem with them is that there are no checks and balances. Not on what they believe, what they practice… or on the pastor. > > I could tell you stories of weird beliefs, including “casting out demons… like depression”; the pastor who would preach on how Satan was corrupting our kids using “gasp” the Beatles and “acid rock” (they were _Eagles_ songs…gasp!); the minister who was running Alternative Energy woo-woo scams on the side… And even a pathological liar. > > With a mainstream minister, they’ve been vetted… > > Years of seminary (which includes a lot of tough academic study), and a lot of counseling/therapy to see if they’re psychologically suited. > > And now, after decades on the fringes, I’m in a “real” church (ha… I married a Lutheran). And I’ve seen how a lot of wise people are in on matching up pastors and churches. And guiding those churches in times of crazy politics and quarantines, and the pastors in how they treat people. > > Even people who interrupt their wives… ;~) They don’t read anything but the Bible and Christian books. Me, I like my reading entertaining. I’ve actually figured out the next three titles of these rants(June, july, august ) ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934/23 "2020-05-05T02:32:08Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > “Should have went” shoud be “should have gone”. It’s supposedly a step on the way to regularization. The ultimate step is, of course, “should have goed”. The first time I actually here that, let’s just say I hope the judge likes the word “justified”. Hear. 😁 I shoulda been a proofreader. ---
**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 5, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934/24 "2020-05-05T02:45:36Z")
Glad to hear you didn’t mind us critiquing your “church”. And hey, even if you “shoulda” been a proofreader, be glad you didn’t. You’d be out of work (because no one seems to employ proofreaders anymore… not a single website or magazine, even the Times, or the Post, or the Atlantic). ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934/25 "2020-05-05T04:00:14Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > They don’t read anything but the Bible and Christian books. Me, I like my reading entertaining. I’ve actually figured out the next three titles of these rants(June, july, august ) Can you beat the titles I had for a couple of the June mini-rants in the past? I’m very fond of [June, I’m worried about the Peeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=876461). > [@SuntanLotion](#): > > > [@Monty](#): > > > > “Should have went” shoud be “should have gone”. It’s supposedly a step on the way to regularization. The ultimate step is, of course, “should have goed”. The first time I actually here that, let’s just say I hope the judge likes the word “justified”. > > Hear. 😁 I shoulda been a proofreader. Argh! I wish that had been intentional. It’s a great example of _Guadere’s Law_. Oh, and “shoulda”? Surely, you did that on purpose, didn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934/26 "2020-05-05T04:32:32Z")
Yes, shoulda sounded more cool than should have. I was thinking Ju-no better! ---
**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 5, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934/27 "2020-05-05T14:31:56Z")
(Don’t want to dig up the workplace rants, sorry…) Due to the pandemic, a full 25% of my job is now on hold. I can’t file motions. I still have random clean up stuff / entering orders from processes that were underway before March, but otherwise no proactive work on these cases. I had a reduced caseload in response because of handling all those motions. “Luckily” they’ve slightly beefed up my caseload, so now I have about an 85% caseload. With working entirely from home, there’s no bullshit in office chatter, I can actually hear on the phone, and I’m getting stuff accomplished. Now I literally have nothing to do. I’ve been at work for three hours and all my daily work is done. I volunteered to assist a coworker who was seriously in the weeds. Usually, I have no problems doing this kind of clean up, done it in the past for other workers. Unfortunately, this worker, who has been here SIX YEARS, clearly has no fucking clue what they are doing. Every single case I’ve touched is messed up. Some small issues, some massive issues. Missing court orders. Un-entered court orders. Court orders entered completely wrong. Plans (which drive a lot of our daily work) have no basis in reality or have simply been replicated without work actually being done in a year. I’ve tried walking them through what to do and receive “yeah, yeah, I know, I know”. Clearly, you don’t. Brought it up to our supervisor who said she’s aware of problems and they are “working on it”. How. Seriously, how are you working on it? Looked at a case this morning - generic useless plan that has been replicated since last September, last updated Thursday. Too bad the clients have had major changes since September, charging needed to be adjusted, worker says “call client” - too bad client is incarcerated now. It’s horrible and I don’t want to deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![slalexan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@slalexan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slalexan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934/28 "2020-05-05T15:04:21Z")
I have a work related rant also, though mine is mostly about me and not about work. I am at work. I am caffeinated. I am organized. I have tasks to do. So why can’t I make myself do the tasks. Just do the tasks. They are not hard. You have all the information. Do it. Just do the task. I feel like I can’t do anything right now. Ok, I’m gonna turn off this distraction and attempt again to do the task. ---
**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 5, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934/29 "2020-05-05T19:04:21Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > I’ve been at work for three hours and all my daily work is done. I volunteered to assist a coworker who was seriously in the weeds… It’s horrible and I don’t want to deal with it. So stop volunteering to do other people’s jobs for them? Your boss may be unmotivated to fix the problem because everything eventually gets fixed (as if by magic, meaning you). You do realize that most of the work world works on the rule that getting all your tasks done quickly and efficiently means you get to take it easy the rest of the day. Try it, don’t volunteer, and see if the boss realizes that something needs to be done (other than tell you to over-perform so that others can under-perform). ``` ~ ~ ~ ``` And, **slalexan** , I hear you. How did I used to do a hundred things every day? I miss those days where a task (say, a conversation with my sister) would just be sandwiched in while I was doing three other things. Now I’m stressed that I have to FaceTime her tomorrow (because she’s too much of a Frustrated Extroverted to just hear people’s voices these days). I mean, I have another half-hour-long task tomorrow, I don’t have time for two of those! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934/30 "2020-05-05T19:39:10Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > It’s a great example of _Guadere’s Law_. Somewhere, Gaudere is smiling. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934/31 "2020-05-06T16:23:31Z")
Got un-friended on FB for pointing out that, technically, you can’t shave a vagina. Or at least, you probably shouldn’t try. Not only that, the person screen shotted the post, drew an arrow to my comment, and posted it as an example of things he unfriends people for. A half-educational and half-humorous post isn’t allow, apparently. Oh well. ---
**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 6, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934/32 "2020-05-06T17:10:54Z")
> [@digs](#): > > So stop volunteering to do other people’s jobs for them? > > Your boss may be unmotivated to fix the problem because everything eventually gets fixed (as if by magic, meaning you). > > You do realize that most of the work world works on the rule that getting all your tasks done quickly and efficiently means you get to take it easy the rest of the day. Try it, don’t volunteer, and see if the boss realizes that something needs to be done (other than tell you to over-perform so that others can under-perform). Would have if I could have. In my quarterly, I stupidly mentioned I was caught up and looking for stuff to do. She already knew, as she’s a micromanager, checks everyone’s worklists daily. She suggested I help my coworker and I agreed. And as far as “taking it easy”, other than browsing here and a few other places sporadically during the day, that’s not my thing. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934/33 "2020-05-06T17:14:11Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > The first time I actually here that. “Actually _here_ that”? 🙂 Seriously, if you want to blame spell-check, fine with me. I’m pretty sure something I saw on Facebook is true: “Spell-check is that little elf who lives in your phone and is sincerelly trying with all his tiny heart to help you, but he’s very very drunk.” ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934/34 "2020-05-06T17:32:03Z")
Sorry about the typo above. I really do know how to spell “sincerely”. I was having a weird vision issue at the time. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934/35 "2020-05-06T17:57:56Z")
> [@slalexan](#): > > I have a work related rant also, though mine is mostly about me and not about work. > > I am at work. I am caffeinated. I am organized. I have tasks to do. So why can’t I make myself do the tasks. Just do the tasks. They are not hard. You have all the information. Do it. Just do the task. I feel like I can’t do anything right now. > > Ok, I’m gonna turn off this distraction and attempt again to do the task. Oooh, **slalexan**! You should read this article! It’s very entertaining and also might be of some help: [Pandemic! Productivity! Life! Hacks! (from a deeply unproductive & freaked out person) – CaptainAwkward.com](https://captainawkward.com/2020/05/01/pandemic-productivity-life-hacks-from-a-deeply-unproductive-freaked-out-person/) I also like to read stuff over at this site: [https://yesandyes.org/](https://yesandyes.org/) I’m a Viking at finding motivational stuff on the internet that inspires me to…find more ways to fuck off on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Unreconstructed\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/76d3ee/32.png) [@Unreconstructed\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unreconstructed_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934/36 "2020-05-06T18:21:48Z")
Elon Musk has had a kid and he’s named it _ **X Æ A-12** _. What an absolute bell end. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934/37 "2020-05-06T21:09:57Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > OK. I told pastors wife weeks ago this neighbor takes me grocery shopping. He has for months. Then she said then you can’t come to church cause who knows where he’s been? I said OK, then tried to say something and she said I shouldn’t interrupt her and she put her\*\* husband on who said I should listen instead of talking.\*\* He delivers a good sermon except for the face he claims God healed him from being gay. Sigh. As it stands, I’m not sure I will go back when things open up. May is when my son died, and there’s mothers day in there. AND, it’s supposed to be below normal temps here. The first time a pastor says that to me is the last time I attend that church. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934/38 "2020-05-07T00:51:23Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > “Actually _here_ that”? 🙂 > > Seriously, if you want to blame spell-check, fine with me. I’m pretty sure something I saw on Facebook is true: “Spell-check is that little elf who lives in your phone and is sincerelly trying with all his tiny heart to help you, but he’s very very drunk.” > [@Seanette](#): > > Sorry about the typo above. I really do know how to spell “sincerely”. I was having a weird vision issue at the time. That little slip has already been discussed. See the short exchange upthread between **SuntanLotion** and me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934/39 "2020-05-07T01:20:07Z")
Attention hotels: Enough with the fucking futuristic plumbing fixtures! We’ve had running water for some time now, and we’ve pretty well worked it out that a dial fixture is the most intuitive, easy to use fixture in a shower. We don’t need the new, “improved” controls that are completely fucking inscrutable! Nice hotel, upscale even. I step into the capsule of a shower and find two shower heads, controlled by multiple stalk controls of some kind. No indication of their operation, just trial and error. I have two university degrees, three successful careers and currently fly goddam jets for a living and I can’t figure out your fucking shower! I either get cold water out of one shower head, or nothing out of the other. How about going back to a normal freakin’ shower and leave out the trendy bullshit. And while we’re at it… how about a full door for the shower? Lately I’m seeing these half or even quarter doors, and the water inevitably gets all over the bathroom floor. Who the hell thought of this? Solutions for problems that don’t exist! We know how showers should work - get back to basics! ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934/40 "2020-05-07T01:21:08Z")
Attention hotels: Enough with the fucking futuristic plumbing fixtures! We’ve had running water for some time now, and we’ve pretty well worked it out that a dial fixture is the most intuitive, easy to use fixture in a shower. We don’t need the new, “improved” controls that are completely fucking inscrutable! Nice hotel, upscale even. I step into the capsule of a shower and find two shower heads, controlled by multiple stalk controls of some kind. No indication of their operation, just trial and error. I have two university degrees, three successful careers and currently fly goddam jets for a living and I can’t figure out your fucking shower! I either get cold water out of one shower head, or nothing out of the other. How about going back to a normal freakin’ shower and leave out the trendy bullshit. And while we’re at it… how about a full door for the shower? Lately I’m seeing these half or even quarter doors, and the water inevitably gets all over the bathroom floor. Who the hell thought of this? Solutions for problems that don’t exist! We know how showers should work - get back to basics! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934.md?page=3)