Plus somebody on that cc: list is going to scrape all those addresses and either sell them, or far worse, start sending you and everyone else their religious glurge and MAGA garbage. I think enraged is a reasonable response.
But would you be infuriated ? That’s all the really matters here.
But they are all evil, requiring a thin layer of profanity in order to get the desired output.
I do all of my photographic prints in the darkroom, mostly because I love film photography and half of the art happens in the darkroom…
…BUT, a strong motivator was my terrible relationship with inkjet photo printers. They are prima-donnas that insist on your attention daily, otherwise the nozzles clog. This is a problem that shouldn’t exist in 2025, but it does.
So I continue to print my photos the old-school way.
I think that, as far as the printer manufacturers are concerned, there is no problem. The printers are working as intended.
FWIW, my understanding is that Epson printers are notorious for clogging. But my cheapo Canon has worked fine on the few occasions I’ve needed it over the years, with never a hint of a clog - but that’s text documents, not photos
I am so stealing this. Works in many situations.
I curse under my breath when I’m coding. Usually works.
Got another.
I’m staying at a hotel in Denver for a few nights. Tons of parking. The back parking lot is empty.
No other businesses around. Nobody else is going to use this parking lot.
But instead of building it into the price or asking if you arrived by car and tacking it onto your bill, you have to scan a QR code and put in all your information all over again. So not only is my CC floating out there a second time, an exhausted me has to go through this bullshit process all over again.
They used to just give you a slip of paper to put on your dashboard.
I’ve got some sort of free membership here. I wanted to complain. But their site is jacked up.
Surprise, surprise surprise.
What if you’ve got no device on you that can do that?
You are screwed.
I should have said that they have to do it. That my camera is broken or something. But then I would have to get yet more people all my information. CC, date, code. This ‘system’ is totally jacked.
Reminds me of the time I stayed at the Hampton inn in Wichita falls, and the parking lot was completely full, mostly by big rigs taking up multiple spaces. And it was right next to a completely empty mall parking lot. Really it was different parts of the same lot since the only separation between them was painted lane markings. And we explicitly couldn’t park in the mall lot. I finally found a place between two trucks and worried they’d hit me in the morning. I can understand why they did it, liability and wear on the lot, but it was still infuriating that the lot was completely empty, and also far away from the mall entrance, but unavailable.
This is my lonely car in the parking lot -
Unfortunately, this is the best hotel in the area for me. I don’t care that they charge. Just do it. Don’t make me go through your stupid freaking app to reserve my parking spot.
I HATE QR codes.
I’m not a technophobe, I worked for many years as a system software engineer.
But I will resist as long as I can the blasted assumption that everyone MUST have a smartphone in order to do anything these days.
Likewise. I’m a GIS Application Engineer. But just put your stupid extra charge on my hotel room bill. Oh no, I have to go outside and scan a QR code posted on a parking lot light pole.
The stupid sign, you can see it above my car, says “All parking paid by phone”
Dumb shits.
I am sure, another company goes around and scans license plates and gets a significant cut of whatever the fine is. So now someone else has my data.
I was checking into a Homewood Suites and the parking garage they shared with two other hotels was full when I arrived at 9pm.
They were telling guests to park in the adjacent parking lot with a Rooms 2 Go (furniture store) and a Men’s Wearhouse. I refused to, because there were signs warning you that parking was for customers of those stores only and the hotel couldn’t give any written assurance that they had authorization to have guests park there. Some guests did park there but others refused. Two hours later someone showed up who was able to unlock an office building garage a couple of blocks away.
Sure enough, the next morning there was a commotion at reception because a bunch of cars had been booted and the hotel management was disavowing all responsibility.
I had to pay $48 to get my car out of the garage because the pass they gave me didn’t work. Then go back and argue with the reception again. All I got was the $30 parking fee refunded.
I complained to Hilton and they refunded my entire stay (I have some status in the loyalty program)
I see that the property is no longer a Hilton branded one.
I stayed at a Hilton Hotel couple of months ago that was next to a garage for a DoubleTree that the last time I was there I swear said could fit patrons for both, but this time I could not see such a designation. The parking for the Hilton itself was supposedly across the street, but across the street was another hotel entirely. So I parked there while I called the Hilton, afraid that a tow truck would come in and box me in. The parking for the Hilton was actually kitty-corner, and once the front desk helped me out on that the parking went along without a hitch.
Then there was the time when I saw a concert in Tampa that only had parking for 30 cars for a venue capable of a couple hundred patrons, and they said that we could park in the Wal*Mart a block or so down from it. I too was skeptical, but did so anyway, since there thankfully was not an explicit sign saying that I could not park there for the concert (unlike a lot of these anecdotes!)
I’m in this hotels ‘club’, I have been here a number of times. Of course I can’t log into their ‘club’ membership site (email already in use. Ummm yeah, that would be me.) I’ve no idea what it is. Just generates junk emails I suppose.
Some people live to argue and be angry. That’s not me.
I hate being angry, but sometimes, you have to fight the bullshit.
The way you described the hotel is very strange- I’ve seen lots of hotels where you have to pay to park, but none of them could be described as
No other businesses around. Nobody else is going to use this parking lot.
All the hotels I’ve seen that charge for parking are unquestionably hotels, not motels. They are in a downtown-ish area , where non-hotel guests absolutely will use the parking lot and where many ( often most) guests will arrive without a car. And they all give you some sort of pass or indication that you have parking with in-and-out privileges.
Since it seems that your hotel no longer gives you a pass to put on the dashboard,and there is no attendant in the parking lot, is it possible that the QR code is linked to raising an exit gate? The new thing at paid lots in my area is that you get a ticket when you enter, like always. When you leave, before going to your car, you put your ticket into a kiosk ( that is nowhere near the parking exit), pay and then the ticket is returned to you .When you drive out, at the place where there used to be a cashier, you insert your ticket and the gate opens - and the payment kiosks and gates that open with a paid ticket mean they can really cut down on staffing. There’s one attendant in case of problems when previously there would have been anywhere from two to twelve depending on the lot.
Yep, me too. I refuse to use them. The most stupid use is restaurants who dont have paper menus.
The main purpose, like the ‘resort fee” is to have something to jack up the price that the customer has found on some internet site.
“Resist” is the operative word. So long as people are meekly compliant, the tide is not going in our direction. I’ve been getting some good mileage out of stating the absolute truth wherever possible: “I’m sorry, I can’t use my phone for that, I know it’s ridiculous but I just don’t know how.” Resist in a self-deprecating, disarming way. Or resist aggressively and rudely, ruin somebody’s day. Whatever works, just resist.
QR codes can be dangerous, also-