# Surrounded by fools in April? kvetch about it here. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 1, 2013, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508 "2013-04-01T05:52:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/301 "2013-04-18T13:49:45Z")
Hey, harbor cruise operators! You know how I ignore you every single day as I walk past on the way to work? With my backpack, headphones, and thousand yard stare that are all indicative of someone walking to work, as opposed tourists, who wear shorts and t-shirts and stop and stare and point and take pictures and do other touristy things? That means I’m not fucking interested in a fucking harbor cruise and getting in my fucking face about it isn’t going to change my fucking mind. Especially if you’re the third guy in a line and you just saw me brush past the other two! Do you really think you’re so fucking special that of course I’d have zero interest in your competitors but would be super excited by you inspite of providing an identical service? You’re fucking retarded. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2013, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/302 "2013-04-18T13:51:45Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > Hey, Grocery Store lady. I don’t know what kind of freaks you encounter, I mean that sincerely. However, when I ask “do you have yeast?” in a grocery store you should probably assume I’m making bread not randomly asking if you have a yeast infection (seriously?). Then, after you feel all embarrassed after I explain (which, again, I shouldn’t have to do) and bring me there you should probably continue to assume that further questions are related to this “bread making” thing we recently discussed. My question “thank you, and where do you keep the honey?” Is neither me asking about your nether regions, hitting on you, nor accusing the store of being a brothel (she seriously posited all of these as possible interpretations). It **definitely** didn’t deserve a literal, honest to god slap in the face. > > I don’t know if you’re crazy or just encountered a real perv like 5 minutes ago. Or hey, maybe you’re just a troll. Regardless, that was really strange, and completely unacceptable. Seconding **FerretHerder**. You did notify management that they have an employee not only going out of her way to embarrass customers by misinterpreting anything they say, but actually _assaulting_ customers, right? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/303 "2013-04-18T14:38:19Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > You went to a manager, right? > [@Seanette](#): > > Seconding **FerretHerder**. You did notify management that they have an employee not only going out of her way to embarrass customers by misinterpreting anything they say, but actually _assaulting_ customers, right? They said management was “out”. I asked “for how long?” And they said “at least an hour.” I tried to ask if I could just make the complaint with the desk, but they refused to hear it. I wasn’t waiting around for a damned hour, so I left. I ain’t giving them my business though, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/304 "2013-04-18T15:29:03Z")
Are they a corporate chain? If so, send an email to their corporate HQ. I did this when a cashier repeatedly insulted me by insinuating that I didn’t look right (when I was in business casual clothes just home from work) and that he was ‘protecting’ the woman ahead of me in line from me - while I was doing nothing more than unloading my cart and hadn’t even looked at her. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/305 "2013-04-18T15:33:01Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > \ > > I mean, I don’t want the drought we had last summer - we need water for the crops! - but does the rain have to all come at once and so heavily over nearly a week? In my experience, yes, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/306 "2013-04-18T15:33:57Z")
Of course, what they did was try to offer me stuff, which I refused. As I tell companies when they try to throw product and coupons at me - the purpose of my complaint is NOT to get ‘free stuff’. It is to alert them to an issue and ask them to resolve it. As I told them in the above case (and yeah, I posted about it on this board), If it happens again, I WILL make a scene and loudly demand a manager. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/307 "2013-04-18T16:02:25Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > They said management was “out”. I asked “for how long?” And they said “at least an hour.” > > I tried to ask if I could just make the complaint with the desk, but they refused to hear it. I wasn’t waiting around for a damned hour, so I left. I ain’t giving them my business though, that’s for sure. Write a letter to management and/or corporate. Include exact times and what they told you when you asked for a manager. ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/308 "2013-04-18T16:03:11Z")
Thank you, _complete stranger_ for warning me that the junk food I was looking at in the store “will make [me] too fat.” :rolleyes: I’m _already_ fat, but I had no idea one more cookie would push me over some line into “too fat” territory! ---
**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:** [April 18, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/309 "2013-04-18T16:24:37Z")
Fucking hell, my lemonade fermented. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/310 "2013-04-18T18:38:38Z")
I think I just heard my professor’s head explode. This is an online class, so that’s saying something. This class requires the use of an online reference system rather than them sending us these huge books. Two weeks before the first class everyone got an email saying that we would be getting an emailed link to register for the system, I’ll call it Q. The next week the link got emailed with a message that registration for Q was required for the class. There was also a reminder on the class bulletin board. First day of class, another reminder on the class bulletin board to register for Q. After week one, another email saying that some of the class hadn’t yet registered for Q, and that we’d be using Q heavily for the rest of the course, so get registered already. Today the professor posts a message on the BB about the midterm next week. Message is something like “Midterm will be available from Wednesday morning to Saturday evening. You will be allowed to use Q to complete the test.” Immediately under the prof’s message another student replies, “What is Q? Where do I find it?” :smack: :smack: :smack: How this chick has gotten this far in the class without knowing what Q is is beyond me. Unless she hasn’t submitted any assignments yet, and if not she’s severly behind. ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/311 "2013-04-18T18:58:49Z")
Okay, so far today I have allowed myself to get annoyed at 3 friends over something they posted on Facebook that I have, for whatever reason, taken personally. And now I am listening to music that reminds me of someone that broke my heart. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/312 "2013-04-18T20:44:16Z")
> [@TheFaerie](#): > > Okay, so far today I have allowed myself to get annoyed at 3 friends over something they posted on Facebook that I have, for whatever reason, taken personally. And now I am listening to music that reminds me of someone that broke my heart. Oh, I know the answer to this one: **Stop it.** ---
**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:** [April 18, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/313 "2013-04-18T21:18:16Z")
Mother Nature, you’re a bitch. April 18th. Outside is whiteout conditions. I dread the drive home. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/314 "2013-04-18T21:49:39Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Fucking hell, my lemonade fermented. :mad: Well, now you know how to make homemade hooch if you’re ever in prison … 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/315 "2013-04-18T22:56:42Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > Mother Nature, you’re a bitch. April 18th. Outside is whiteout conditions. I dread the drive home. Quoted for truth. We’re in an official state of emergency in the NW sububurbs. Flooding. Least I AM home - so I have that going for me. **MissTake** , please drive carefully and I’m sorry - Mother Nature seems to be experiencing a very bad episode of PMS lately. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/316 "2013-04-18T23:44:33Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Well, now you know how to make homemade hooch if you’re ever in prison … 😛 😃 I actually sampled the stuff the last time this happened…it didn’t seem to have much of a punch, but it made my stomach rather unhappy. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/317 "2013-04-19T03:01:54Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > Mother Nature, you’re a bitch. April 18th. Outside is whiteout conditions. I dread the drive home. Let me guess? You live in the midwest somewhere? I’ve read the seasons there are winter, second winter, summer and winter again. A friend of my husband’s moved to Michigan then came back a few years later to Staten Island for Christmas. It was ten degrees out and he was wearing a short sleeved shirt. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/318 "2013-04-19T03:49:12Z")
Minneapolis. It took 75 minutes to make the usually 25 minute drive home. One six block residential stretch was 15 minutes alone. Oh, and all the adverts for spring landscaping? Fuck off. We’ll be lucky if we can plant in June if this crap keeps up, which is what is being forecast. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/319 "2013-04-19T04:49:00Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > I would, just to get the codes read. I have an O2 sensor going out (I think–based on the codes I was getting) and my check engine light goes on and off randomly. Or the gas cap is now screwed on tight. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508/320 "2013-04-19T05:06:43Z")
**Nava** , its possible that its become “_Our_” house in my attempt to continue to ignore and deny the problem. Once Bill gets used to it being _our_ problem, I might be able to move start talking about it as _his_ problem and he will take care of it. He is an engineer after all. Fixing things is what he does best 🙂 (I just lied to everyone, but it really sounded good when I typed it out so I left it there.) My rant: Bill is home. Hurray! We have a business guest. I’m all good with that, Bill needs to talk stuff with said guest tonight which is why I’m here instead of… Anyhow said guest, who seems to be a very nice man, btw, has a basset hound. A very nice very sweet dog with velvet ears and beautiful soulful brown eyes. Such a nice, polite dog, who is quietly sleeping in the guest room. Our cats are all sniffing at the door, planning to torture and kill her and then torture her some more before they steal the truck and toss her dismembered limbs into the sea. I have no idea why they are reacting like this, so I’m wondering what the poor dog got bathed in. She looked freshly groomed, but I’m not going to risk opening the door to check. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surrounded-by-fools-in-april-kvetch-about-it-here/654508.md?page=17)