# September rants - sorry, no cute name **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 1, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706 "2013-09-01T02:59:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 27
**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:** [September 30, 2013, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/521 "2013-09-30T11:25:40Z")
Halloween Jack-O-Ranterns? Wow, this month went by fast. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/522 "2013-09-30T13:52:45Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Hi **Chimera!** {Waves} > > So, names for next month’s thread? How about Halloween Rant O’Lanterns? Nice! Fun, clever, but no one has to check a thesaurus or [obscuremoviequotes.com](http://obscuremoviequotes.com) to figure it out. Now how do we keep some random kid from starting the mini-rants early and giving it a weird name just so he can feel all “First”-y? ---
**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:** [September 30, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/523 "2013-09-30T14:07:43Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Nice! Fun, clever, but no one has to check a thesaurus or [obscuremoviequotes.com](http://obscuremoviequotes.com) to figure it out. Now how do we keep some random kid from starting the mini-rants early and giving it a weird name just so he can feel all “First”-y? Easy. Start it right now. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/524 "2013-09-30T16:55:22Z")
[And this, children, is why Typhoid Mary was quarantined for her entire life.](http://consumer.healthday.com/infectious-disease-information-21/misc-infections-news-411/whooping-cough-outbreaks-tied-to-parents-shunning-vaccines-study-680573.html) The moral is, fucking vaccinate your kids. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/525 "2013-09-30T17:25:18Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Wow, this month went by fast. It really did. I don’t know if I even managed to get one of my rants out of my system and into writing here! ---
**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:** [September 30, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/526 "2013-09-30T17:55:30Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Nice! Fun, clever, but no one has to check a thesaurus or [obscuremoviequotes.com](http://obscuremoviequotes.com) to figure it out. Now how do we keep some random kid from starting the mini-rants early and giving it a weird name just so he can feel all “First”-y? Kill him. Wait, was that my out-loud voice? 🙂 My car is on the borderline between being written-off and being repaired. It was supposed to go to the autobody shop so they could do a tear down and give us (me and the insurance company) an exact estimate for the repair. The first problem - the towing company decided that if they couldn’t get me on the phone, just forget about the whole thing. After five days waiting, my car is finally at the autobody shop. I just got a call from the autobody shop asking me to authorize the repairs. After going around and around with her, I think I finally got through to her that I am NOT authorizing any repairs - the insurance company has to do that. If they want to write it off, I don’t want to be on the line for paying for unauthorized repairs. My faith in this autobody company is going down - shouldn’t they know what they’re supposed to be doing? I had to push back fairly hard to get them to talk to my insurance company rather than just starting the repair, which is NOT why my car is there yet! ---
**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:** [September 30, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/527 "2013-09-30T21:20:48Z")
The month-going-by-fast thing I wrote was more an observation than a complaint. But I do have a rant now. I wasted an entire five hours going all the way downtown to a faraway university campus to try to phone someone who, finally, never responded. I now need to write an email to this person and tell them, in the absolute nicest, most tactful way possible, that I have a fucking life and that I don’t happen to have the goddamn time to go all the way downtown and fuck around on university campuses waiting to contact people that I don’t hear back from. It’s not gonna be easy… ---
**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:** [September 30, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/528 "2013-09-30T22:08:21Z")
EmilyG, do you need something from this individual, or do they need something from you? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/529 "2013-09-30T22:13:10Z")
My trip was way too short, but it was a blast for the time I had. Only thing I can legitimately bitch about are the very small percentage of people who absolutely do not belong behind the wheel of a car. [insert standard list of behind-the-wheel stupidity here] Well, then there’s the fact that I have to go back to work tomorrow and I don’t want to. Kind of amusing to eat dinner at the nice restaurant the hotel had, which only serves a continental breakfast\* for guests, and listen to the older couple at the table next to mine bitch constantly, in complete error about everything. Wife kept repeating that she didn’t understand why they weren’t open for breakfast (they are), husband kept repeating that they should offer a full breakfast because it’s nothing but profit for them and that hash browns cost like 5 cents for a whole plateload, eggs are cheap, blah blah blah. :rolleyes: - Orange and Apple Juice, Coffee, 3 kinds of cereal (Fruit Loops, Cheerios, Corn Flakes), white and wheat bread (w/toaster), bananas one day, apples the next, hard boiled eggs, sliced white and cheddar cheese, sliced salami, hard rolls, jam, honey, butter. Not bad, eh? I ate pretty well myself. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/530 "2013-09-30T22:14:31Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > EmilyG, do you need something from this individual, or do they need something from you? I’m supposed to be participating in a major craft fair. The lady I’m trying to contact is in charge of the craft fair, and I’m supposed to pay her some money for my craft table. I’d send a cheque, but the last cheque I sent to someone bounced (and nobody’s sure why, I do have money in the bank), and I’d rather not risk that happening again, and pay in cash. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/531 "2013-09-30T22:34:10Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > going all the way downtown to a faraway university campus That sounds almost magical. An adventure/trek. 😃 ---
**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:** [September 30, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/532 "2013-09-30T22:36:53Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > That sounds almost magical. An adventure/trek. 😃 It’d be better if I hadn’t had a million other things to do… Admittedly, it is a rather [picturesque](http://faculty.concordia.ca/ottenwaelder/custom/images/loyola_campus.jpg) campus. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/533 "2013-09-30T22:38:32Z")
Emily - why do you have to travel so far to make a phone call. Isn’t that missing the point of phone calls? ---
**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:** [September 30, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/534 "2013-09-30T22:46:48Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Emily - why do you have to travel so far to make a phone call. Isn’t that missing the point of phone calls? I was supposed to meet this person on campus, but call her first (once I’d arrived on campus) so that we could arrange where to meet. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/535 "2013-10-01T00:02:26Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Kind of amusing to eat dinner at the nice restaurant the hotel had, which only serves a continental breakfast\* for guests, and listen to the older couple at the table next to mine bitch constantly, in complete error about everything. Wife kept repeating that she didn’t understand why they weren’t open for breakfast (they are), husband kept repeating that they should offer a full breakfast because it’s nothing but profit for them and that hash browns cost like 5 cents for a whole plateload, eggs are cheap, blah blah blah. :rolleyes: > > - Orange and Apple Juice, Coffee, 3 kinds of cereal (Fruit Loops, Cheerios, Corn Flakes), white and wheat bread (w/toaster), bananas one day, apples the next, hard boiled eggs, sliced white and cheddar cheese, sliced salami, hard rolls, jam, honey, butter. Not bad, eh? I ate pretty well myself. I work at a hotel. There’s always someone bitching about something. Usually it’s an old person from Florida. I’m sure there’s a few nice young people in Florida, but they don’t travel to the mountains much. And speaking of, tomorrow is October 1. That’s the beginning of Leaf Season. That means every old person in Florida is going to be up here. This looks like one of those years where the leaves turn two colors: brown and off. Obviously, this is the fault of all of us who live here year round. :rolleyes: Eh, it’s not all bad. Let me share the current favorite complaint about the free breakfast. Back in July we had a hard-core proselytizing vegan couple with a small child staying with us. Now, our breakfast is a hot full breakfast which means there’s always eggs and some sort of breakfast meat, usually bacon. The hard-core proselytizing couple were shocked–_ **SHOCKED** _–that the kitchen guys kept having to replenish the bacon. They were horribly upset that we were exposing their _innocent child_ to _meat consumption_! Let’s all just ignore the fact that when there’s unlimited bacon, most people will eat it like they’ll never see pork products again. We were _corrupting a child_ by serving _bacon_! :eek: _collapses onto her fainting couch_ Back in the office, we were all laughing hysterically at their frantic online review. My boss wrote one of his trademark replies that manages to say “You, sir, are a complete fucking idiot” in the most tactful manner. Three months later, we’re still making fun of that couple. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/536 "2013-10-01T00:32:07Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > leading to male drivers ramming each other… …which I hear is rampant in Saudi Arabia, unlike Iran. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/537 "2013-10-01T00:32:41Z")
Well, finally managed to get in contact with the person I was supposed to contact. (Phoned from home, not went all the way downtown again. 😉 ) So we’ll meet at 9 tomorrow morning. Cramming onto the bus at 7 AM with a bunch of students is going to be fun. But it’ll be for a good cause I suppose. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/538 "2013-10-01T00:59:44Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > \ > Eh, it’s not all bad. Let me share the current favorite complaint about the free breakfast. Back in July we had a hard-core proselytizing vegan couple with a small child staying with us. Now, our breakfast is a hot full breakfast which means there’s always eggs and some sort of breakfast meat, usually bacon. The hard-core proselytizing couple were shocked–_ **SHOCKED** _–that the kitchen guys kept having to replenish the bacon. They were horribly upset that we were exposing their _innocent child_ to _meat consumption_! Let’s all just ignore the fact that when there’s unlimited bacon, most people will eat it like they’ll never see pork products again. We were _corrupting a child_ by serving _bacon_! :eek: _collapses onto her fainting couch_\ If you have severe dietary restrictions (like veganism), the free hotel breakfast is _not_ for you! Our only dietary restriction is that we like some protein with our carbs in the morning, and hotel breakfasts are usually awfully short on that. Free bacon? It would be the best morning of our lives! 😃 “Corrupting their kids” by exposing them to people eating meat? Not enough rolleyes in the world. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/539 "2013-10-01T01:07:45Z")
Oh yeah, the update on my stupid car - didn’t hear back from the appraiser all day. Another day wasted in the waiting process to see if my car will survive or not. A pox on all bad drivers who spread their misery to everyone who has the bad luck to be on the same street as them! ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/540 "2013-10-01T03:40:31Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Eh, it’s not all bad. Let me share the current favorite complaint about the **free** breakfast. It just amazes me how many people complain about **free** stuff. I used to help plan motorcycle trips. We always booked cheap places. This was known upfront, agreed on and desired. People would bitch to us planners about the quality of the soap and the lack of lotion.:smack: To the person who told me that the way to remember how to figure out if its grey or gray…thank you so much. This has really helped with a number of words. If I could remember your name, I’d have sent you a pm with offers of chocolate or a free kitten. (Currently we are fostering 8 and the mama. Looking at the kittens, it seems as though mama was a bit of a floozy. You would have a wide varity of coat length and colors to choose from.) A while back, I bought a cat toy online that has a long flexible wand and a long string with feather lures, and I bought extra lures. The cats lurved it. I forgot where I got it, it was an impulse buy. Now the lures are worn out. I can’t find the original ones, so I’ve been bringing home other wand toys. To a cat, all of those spoiled beasts are snubbing the new toys. They run up all happy when I pull it out, then totally snub them as only cats can do. Stupid me and rotten spoiled cats. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706.md?page=28)