# Rant Already! June Oh you want to! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 1, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838 "2013-06-01T04:06:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 25
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/481 "2013-06-26T18:31:35Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Dear women at work: > > Sometimes it gets hot out. Sometimes it doesn’t. In either case, I wear socks and shoes to work. What makes you think that every time the thermometer rises above 70 that I want to see your varicose veins, cellulite, and gross-ass bare feet? You drive from an air conditioned house in an air conditioned car to an air conditioned office building. So call me crazy, but I see no need for you to dress like you’re going to the beach while all the men dress as they would in the winter. > > So guess what girls? Cellulite doesn’t disappear when it gets warm out. Painted toenails do not camoflage varicose veins. Either suck it up and put some pantyhose on or wear pants to work. Bite me. It’s hot and we have a casual dress code. You don’t like my varicose veins, don’t look. (FTR, I have received many compliments on my feet and legs all week since I am wearing as little clothing as is publicly acceptable. It’s freaking hot! The AC cannot keep up. Mind you, the guys are also all wearing shorts and mostly Hawaiian shirts and mostly sandals so it’s not like it’s a gender thing.) ---
**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 26, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/482 "2013-06-26T22:06:40Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > It doesn’t get much minier than this - I already had the toast in the toaster when I realized I had no banana for my toast/peanut butter/banana breakfast. Wah. 🙂 {{{hug}}} {{{…with banana}}} \* }:~}\* ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/483 "2013-06-26T22:18:12Z")
I hate terribly unfunny people who think that their jokes are funny. Especially when someone tells me an extremely unfunny joke, and I don’t laugh, and then they start _explaining the joke_ to me. Hello! I understood the joke, I just didn’t think it was amusing. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/484 "2013-06-26T22:48:36Z")
Why oh why can’t people walk two feet to put your shopping cart(trolley) into a corral? Why do they leave them in parking spots, the walkways, the drive way etc etc:( ---
**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:** [June 26, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/485 "2013-06-26T22:50:24Z")
> [@eenerms](#): > > Why oh why can’t people walk two feet to put your shopping cart(trolley) into a corral? Why do they leave them in parking spots, the walkways, the drive way etc etc:( Self-centered laziness. ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/486 "2013-06-27T02:06:00Z")
I was having a decent day. A fairly positive one, actually. And then I came home, read Facebook, and discovered that a friend of my was killed in a [car crash](http://www.wsbt.com/news/wsbt-police-15yearold-causes-deadly-cass-county-crash-20130626,0,5662334.story). He leaves a wife and two girls. He was a smart, funny, loving man, and he will be missed. Universe, you’re really starting to piss me off. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/487 "2013-06-27T02:37:28Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I hate terribly unfunny people who think that their jokes are funny. Especially when someone tells me an extremely unfunny joke, and I don’t laugh, and then they start _explaining the joke_ to me. Hello! I understood the joke, I just didn’t think it was amusing. In Russia, unfunny jokes don’t laugh at YOU! (I took that from Yakov Smirnoff) ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/488 "2013-06-27T02:55:16Z")
How stupid can NYC tourists get? They’re tall buildings not the Mona Lisa. Stop gawking with an open mouth and sixty-two pounds of camera equipment like you’ve never seen one before. I have a meeting with a friend in Manhattan and you’re in my fucking way. ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/489 "2013-06-27T03:58:36Z")
HEY ADAM SAVAGE Your English/pirate accent is fucking terrible. LET IT DIE ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/490 "2013-06-27T04:22:36Z")
That reminds me… DJ Madison on Sirius Alt Nation. Shut the fuck up and play the damned song already. Your pathetic attempts at singing/cutesy jingles/commentary are almost enough to provoke me to waste an orbital crowbar on your workspace. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/491 "2013-06-27T04:51:59Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Yup, just like he said. +1 ---
**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:** [June 27, 2013, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/492 "2013-06-27T06:23:18Z")
> [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](#): > > HEY ADAM SAVAGE > > Your English/pirate accent is fucking terrible. LET IT DIE Most of Adam’s accents are annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/493 "2013-06-27T10:35:04Z")
Interview went well, I thought. Manager heard my voice and immediately asked if I wanted to postpone the interview for a week. NO! Still sick as a dog. Toughed it out but still left work 2 hours early. When I informed my manager, she said she had been surprised that I didn’t leave after the interview. Have lost 6 pounds in less than a week. Food tastes like crap. Forced myself to eat a can of soup last night because I knew I needed sustenance, and it tasted like ashes. The nectarine and milk I just had were fine, but anything else, potato chips, bread, etc are all crap. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/494 "2013-06-27T13:39:07Z")
> [@Indyellen](#): > > I was having a decent day. A fairly positive one, actually. And then I came home, read Facebook, and discovered that a friend of my was killed in a [car crash](http://www.wsbt.com/news/wsbt-police-15yearold-causes-deadly-cass-county-crash-20130626,0,5662334.story). He leaves a wife and two girls. He was a smart, funny, loving man, and he will be missed. > > Universe, you’re really starting to piss me off. What a horrible, horrible story. I can’t even imagine what they’ll do with the 15 year old. So sorry about your friend and his family. ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/495 "2013-06-27T15:17:21Z")
I’m well and truly fucked-over with Gestational Diabetes: Cutting down to less than 60 grams of carbs a day had resulted in my highest fasting blood sugar ever. Don’t get me started on the numbers _after_ the drink from hell. ---
**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 27, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/496 "2013-06-27T15:44:23Z")
Series of mini-complaints: It’s too fucking hot in Minnesota. Yes, the dewpoint is down to the low 60’s (only _almost_ tropical!) which helps, but the temperature is still going to hit the mid to upper 80’s today. It’s currently a balmy 84F in my house right now. While I have a window AC, I haven’t put it in. We’re running away next week and I don’t trust my neighborhood enough to leave an easy access point available for five days. I’m cranky as hell, the smallest thing annoys me. My daughter is annoying me greatly, just by breathing. I love her dearly, but damn she says the stupidest shit. My coworker? Whiny assed bitch, I’m not doing your work and what you think is cutsey is really fucking stupid. Fummy is NOT funny. Seriously. All of my friends are falling apart. Cancer of the eyeball? Check. Stroke with unexplainable painful after effects? Check. Breast cancer after already having FOUR other cancers (including breast cancer once before)? Check. A teenager fighting lukemia a third time? Check. This is some messed up shit, y’all. I’m the healthiest, despite my own issues. I would love to go a week without someone having a health issue. I remember when we could talk about music, politics, family… not doctor appoinments, pharmacies, and surgeries. I’m a spendthrift. Scroogelike, even. Yesterday I bought all new tires for the mommy-mobile. It killed me. I knew they were necessary - knew it when I bought my vehicle - but actually handing over that much money hurt. Now I feel broke as all get out. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/497 "2013-06-27T16:05:03Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Interview went well, I thought. Manager heard my voice and immediately asked if I wanted to postpone the interview for a week. NO! Well, I’m glad it went well enough to not feel like a disaster to you. And declining to punt to next week when it was offered on the spur of the moment was probably wise. Holding good career-thoughts\* for a fellow Doper (although what I said upthread still applies)! Any idea when a decision will be coming down? \*ETA: Also feeling-better thoughts. How is this crap treating your blood sugar readings? ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/498 "2013-06-27T16:17:03Z")
> [@Indyellen](#): > > I was having a decent day. A fairly positive one, actually. And then I came home, read Facebook, and discovered that a friend of my was killed in a [car crash](http://www.wsbt.com/news/wsbt-police-15yearold-causes-deadly-cass-county-crash-20130626,0,5662334.story). He leaves a wife and two girls. He was a smart, funny, loving man, and he will be missed. > > Universe, you’re really starting to piss me off. And of course the moron who cause the accident is unharmed. So sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/499 "2013-06-27T16:26:09Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > How is this crap treating your blood sugar readings? I got up the other morning after not having eaten for probably 12 hours and certainly not having a ton of sugar and it was 159. WHAT THE FUCK? Otherwise things appear to be reasonable. Tested at 83 the next morning, at 119 a couple of hours after that soup last night. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/500 "2013-06-27T16:26:53Z")
I was walking to the store this week and saw a young girl driving down the road, texting away. My God, people, why are you still doing this? I’ve been saying for years now that the only way to stop cellphone talking/texting while driving is to install electronics jammers in cars, and every year makes me more sure of this. YOU CANNOT MULTI-TASK! YOU ARE NOT THE EXCEPTION! YOU ARE ENDANGERING YOURSELF AND EVERYONE AROUND YOU! ETA: Fingers still crossed for you, **Chimera** , and wishing you a speedy recovery, too. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838.md?page=26)