# September rants - sorry, no cute name **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706 **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:** 6
### Author: ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika) #### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/101 "2013-09-04T16:23:37Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > **Aanamika** , as far as 1 is concerned, remember that being nice isn’t something you do for other people; it’s something you do for yourself. Yes, I know, love. 🙂 I know my life will be significantly better. But she is so dumb! And then she tries in her dumb way to be petty and mean to the rest of us…ugh. ---
### 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 4, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/102 "2013-09-04T17:51:14Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > No, [AgonyBooth.com](http://AgonyBooth.com), I’m not watching your god-damned video reviews. > > TEXT OR GTFO! YEAH! I don’t need or want a talking head telling me something I can easily read for myself! > [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > \ > The latest offender is a new coworker of mine. Since I know him a little, I politely asked him to use headphones while we were at the bus stop after work. He just shrugged, “It’s a free world.”\ This is pretty much exactly the attitude that is making our world such a miserable place to live. > [@MLS](#): > > \ > I know, I’m glad that good, clean medical care was available, that my hand is now fully functional, there was no infection, and so on. But why is it so convoluted to get something simple done? I don’t understand why there aren’t comprehensive medical databases in place yet, especially in places like Canada where we’re all under the same provincial healthcare system - there should be one listing for ME, and it should have all my medical records under it, and they should be available for any healthcare professional to access. I don’t get what is preventing this from happening, but I’m pretty sure it isn’t a good reason. > [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Hey, asshole parents…I’m guessing you and your cutesy-wootsy little snowflakes (and their cutesy-wootsy little matching designer outfits) are trying to enjoy yourselves on vacation, but there’s absolutely no excuse for allowing your obnoxious little crotchfruits to crowd out other people at the tasting stations. And I’d love to know which one of you stole the spoon from the apple jalapeno jelly after declaring “eww, that’s hot”. This happens at the zoo all the time, too (well, not the “tasting stations” part - that would be weird). I know kids like zoos, but they aren’t _just_ for kids; they don’t have some kind of God-given right to crowd out adults who are also trying to look. > [@Anaamika](#): > > \ > 7. Lastly, some asshole parked their goddamn RV right in front of my house, on the gravel strip that I rent, that I PAY for. It’s been a goddamn week. It’s really irritating me, no matter how much I try to be cool about it. I will tell the landlord tonight, and when my SO got home last night there was a cop car behind it, but they STILL haven’t moved it. I want to call the cops myself and have it towed, but my SO doesn’t want to be the bad guy in the neighborhood, and I agree with that, too. But it’s irritating me that I just can’t let it go. > > And that too is irritating. Usually I am such a good-natured, happy person. If you call and report the RV, you aren’t the bad guy; you’re just using the laws that already exist to let the bad guy know that he’s doing wrong. In my city, vehicles are required to be moved on the street every 72 hours; when I call them in, they get a sticker placed on them informing the owner of that, and if the owner doesn’t move them after that, they get towed. City streets are not parking lots; they’re for vehicles in current, frequent use. Don’t feel bad about calling this one in, especially since they’re blocking your parking area. ---
### 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: [September 4, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/103 "2013-09-04T18:01:22Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > Ow, ow, ow… I managed to knock the end of a toenail off while moving last week, and it’s got kind of infected. > > It’s not bad enough to warrant a doctor visit, but it doesn’t seem to be healing much, and it’s really bloody painful- especially as I keep accidently kicking stuff, knocking it on stuff and dropping stuff on it. > [@ENugent](#): > > If it’s infected, it warrants a doctor visit. Seconded. A dollar’s worth of antibiotics now might prevent a really serious problem later. Plus a doctor will check to see if there are ragged edges on the toenail which need to be trimmed down for proper healing. ---
### Author: ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial) #### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/104 "2013-09-04T18:09:57Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Y > > I don’t understand why there aren’t comprehensive medical databases in place yet, especially in places like Canada where we’re all under the same provincial healthcare system - there should be one listing for ME, and it should have all my medical records under it, and they should be available for any healthcare professional to access. I don’t get what is preventing this from happening, but I’m pretty sure it isn’t a good reason. eHealth Ontario - today 2/3 Ontarians have a record but not all health care providers have yet signed on to use them so most of them are incomplete. The problem is that for them to be useful you need the majority of healthcare providers to be using them and most healthcare providers want the system to be useful before they train their staff and pay for the connect to the system. It’s come a long way but the issues are not technical now they’re institutional and people problems are the hardest to solve. I think Nfld is actually further along the road than we are - less providers to convince helps I’m sure. ---
### 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 4, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/105 "2013-09-04T18:16:07Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > \the issues are not technical now they’re institutional and people problems are the hardest to solve.\ That’s what I suspected - bunch of protecting their little fiefdom jerks. ---
### 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 4, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/106 "2013-09-04T18:23:06Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > There seems to be a growing epidemic in my area of young people listening to music on their phones without headphones on public transportation. The first time I noticed it, the bus driver almost called the police to kick her off. The passenger whined, “Why can’t I listen to music?” and “Ooh, I hate riding the bus.” > > The latest offender is a new coworker of mine. Since I know him a little, I politely asked him to use headphones while we were at the bus stop after work. He just shrugged, “It’s a free world.” Fuck his entitled 19-year-old self. His hobby is boxing, so I didn’t press it. I unofficially run a part of the warehouse. I will do everything I can to make sure he doesn’t work in my area. Unfortunately, I have to listen to his atrocious taste in music every night. On the plus side, he gets off way before I do, so I won’t have to listen to him for that long. I ride buses all the time, and this has happened to me quite a lot (and playing music without headphones is indeed against the rules). One time, I told the bus driver that someone was listening to music without headphones, and that it was bothering me, so the bus driver just told me to sit somewhere else. :mad: Yeah, like that’s a solution. I swear - next time someone does that on the bus, I’ll ask them to please use headphones. If they refuse, I am going to bring a recording of [Florence Foster Jenkins](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtf2Q4yyuJ0) to blast at their stupid ears. ---
### Author: ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief) #### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/107 "2013-09-04T18:25:17Z")
I have this pulsing, throbbing in one ear- it’s driving me nuts! It doesn’t hurt, but it’s really, really annoying. Grr. ---
### Author: ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert) #### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/108 "2013-09-04T18:52:09Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Seconded. A dollar’s worth of antibiotics now might prevent a really serious problem later. Plus a doctor will check to see if there are ragged edges on the toenail which need to be trimmed down for proper healing. I might try and get an appointment tomorrow if it’s still bad- it’s a bit tricky getting one, as they will only take appointments on the day. It doesn’t _look_ bad, and it’s not getting any worse (or I would take it more seriously) it just hurts… ---
### Author: ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf) #### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/109 "2013-09-04T19:40:21Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I swear - next time someone does that on the bus, I’ll ask them to please use headphones. If they refuse, I am going to bring a recording of [Florence Foster Jenkins](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtf2Q4yyuJ0) to blast at their stupid ears. You should definitely do that. And video it. And put it on youtube. And then link it here. ---
### Author: ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo) #### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/110 "2013-09-04T19:41:20Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I swear - next time someone does that on the bus, I’ll ask them to please use headphones. If they refuse, I am going to bring a recording of [Florence Foster Jenkins](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtf2Q4yyuJ0) to blast at their stupid ears. Whoa that’s awful. I keep “shake yer dix” by Peaches handy. I will, one day, sit next to someone without headphones and share my own selection out loud. Still not sure whether I’ll share the reason for my demonstration and explain to them what their mother should have, or just sit silently and see what happens. I think about it often. Haven’t tried it yet. ---
### Author: ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan) #### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/111 "2013-09-04T22:14:58Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I ride buses all the time, and this has happened to me quite a lot (and playing music without headphones is indeed against the rules). One time, I told the bus driver that someone was listening to music without headphones, and that it was bothering me, so the bus driver just told me to sit somewhere else. :mad: Yeah, like that’s a solution. > > I swear - next time someone does that on the bus, I’ll ask them to please use headphones. If they refuse, I am going to bring a recording of [Florence Foster Jenkins](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtf2Q4yyuJ0) to blast at their stupid ears. I prefer[Noh](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/www.youtube.com/watch?v=o--VbWf6M0c)drama. Why give them something familiar, most Americans have not really listened to traditional Japanese music before. Though[technopop](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n64gYCzsDlM) has its advantages. ---
### Author: ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0) #### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/112 "2013-09-04T23:39:11Z")
I really hate my new job & it doesn’t help that Mr. J. got fired today… So glad I have tomorrow off, or I’d probably be joining him. :mad: ---
### 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 5, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/113 "2013-09-05T00:50:20Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > 1. Lastly, some asshole parked their goddamn RV right in front of my house, on the gravel strip that I rent, that I PAY for. It’s been a goddamn week. It’s really irritating me, no matter how much I try to be cool about it. I will tell the landlord tonight, and when my SO got home last night there was a cop car behind it, but they STILL haven’t moved it. I want to call the cops myself and have it towed, but my SO doesn’t want to be the bad guy in the neighborhood, and I agree with that, too. But it’s irritating me that I just can’t let it go. > > And that too is irritating. Usually I am such a good-natured, happy person. They are \*counting \*on you being a nice person, and they’ll keep taking advantage of you being a nice person as long as you let them. A day or two is maybe okay, but a week? Have them towed! Their (maybe) not being able to find anywhere else to park is their problem; stop letting them make it yours! ---
### Author: ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika) #### Post date: [September 5, 2013, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/114 "2013-09-05T14:19:03Z")
When my SO came home on Tuesday there was a cop car behind it (which promptly sped off soon as he pulled up, so he couldn’t talk to them). So I bet someone else called the cops. In the meantime, I have also e-mailed my local traffic cops and asked them what to do. ---
### Author: ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537) #### Post date: [September 5, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/115 "2013-09-05T14:25:49Z")
Darling baby of mine, you are adorable and sweet and the light of my life. Why must you start teething behavior now, when you are _not even four months old_?? Chewing on everything in sight and drooling like a rabid dog are fine, but screaming inconsolably for extended periods of time … you make our hearts break. Two days ago, you cried for almost five hours, with only short breaks for your daddy’s sanity. Of course, you calmed right down for me. But today, when I’m the one with you before I go to work, even I’m unable to soothe you. I feel sorry for your daycare provider because she is going to have her hands full! ---
### Author: ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine) #### Post date: [September 5, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/116 "2013-09-05T20:50:59Z")
To all the idiots on the supermarket escalators. The escalator is wide enough for me to pass you if you park your trolley AT THE EDGE. The escalator is slooow, and the only way to travel between floors. Yes, as you have a trolley YOU have to wait around whilst we gradually rise little by little by little by little… but by parking in the centre you’re blocking me as well. Moron. ---
### 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: [September 5, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/117 "2013-09-05T21:36:59Z")
You know, I have _never_ seen a supermarket that wasn’t solely on one floor? ---
### Author: ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria) #### Post date: [September 5, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/118 "2013-09-05T22:47:43Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > . . . I swear - next time someone does that on the bus, I’ll ask them to please use headphones. If they refuse, I am going to bring a recording of [Florence Foster Jenkins](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtf2Q4yyuJ0) to blast at their stupid ears. I know someone who keeps a bagpipe CD in his car for when boomers pull up beside him with their windows open. I wouldn’t do that to the other people on the bus, though. ---
### 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: [September 5, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/119 "2013-09-05T22:48:31Z")
There’s a multi-story Harris Teeter at North Hills in Raleigh…I’ve been meaning to go check it out before Kroger wrecks it. ---
### Author: ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma) #### Post date: [September 5, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706/120 "2013-09-05T23:05:57Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I know someone who keeps a bagpipe CD in his car for when boomers pull up beside him with their windows open. I wouldn’t do that to the other people on the bus, though. Wow, that’s hard core. I like it. :eek: 🆒 Fired the shithead doing my yard so I think I’m going to buy a mower and start doing it myself. I’ll let you take a moment to recover. I’m tempted to get the riding type since technically there’s about an acre to do but I’m mainly concerned with the front yard and I need a push type for the edges and around trees anyway. I think I’ll get a 40v cordless electric. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-rants-sorry-no-cute-name/667706.md?page=7)