As a learned judge once remarked “There are two sorts of pedestrians - the quick and the dead”
Or they step off the curb into a crosswalk, and don’t seem to know if they want to cross. You stop for them, and they wave you through. Happens a lot in tourist towns. But I suppose they are lost.
They should put up one of those “Slow Children Xing” signs there…
Passwords, I enter my password, website says “Wrong.” Try it again carefully, “Wrong.” Ok better reset my password, get the reset email, click to reset, enter the password I wanted to use all along. “Sorry, you can’t re-use passwords.”
Bangs head against desk
If I’m in a hurry, I just shove everything into my pocket and sort it all out later.
I hate when they put the paper money in then the coins on top. I know it’s nominally to keep the bills from floating away but it basically guarantees that I’ll drop something.
And speaking of pockets… I love them. Back in 2018 I went purse-free due to some wrist surgery. Wallet in one (attached to my belt with a coiled clip), phone in the other. This has ruined me for purses for everyday use..
But, being an XX human, functional pockets are hard to find. I once bought a jacket that had lots of them. Got it home, tried to remove the basting from the zipper pockets - and realized they were FAKE. Someone made the decision to add extra cost to add a zipper that opens and closes on nothing. I’d say it was a way of adding a fidget toy but it requires two hands. The jacket does have other pockets; those were a disappointment though.
Nearly 2 years ago I found the PERFECT jeans with pockets : legs aren’t too tight (skinny leg jeans may look nicer but they’re annoying). DEEP front pockets. I bought 4 more identical pairs - a lifetime supply. A friend gave me some pants that she’d outgrown and they look good and fit me great - but small pockets, and skinny legs.
Live-action Frogger?
Gawd. You need to create a super secret password. Fine. Upper case lower case, numbers and you can only use these 4 special charactors. And the special charactor can’t be at the end.
I’m looking at you Medicare. Lazy programming. I suspect their problem is with a string search. The Special charators mess it up. And they are too dumb/lazy to fix it.
What brand? I gots to know! ![]()
Where do you think Seinfeld got the idea!![]()
Sometimes after watching a podcast, I’ll lazily watch some YouTube shorts. Really, people need to frame those things as though the bottom third doesn’t exist. Half the time the object of interest in the video is obscured by all the lines of info.
“And Now This”, I think.
Similar pockets to these
though mine don’t have the “cargo” pockets on the legs.
Aha - finally found themat Macy’s (which is where I bought them).
They are no longer available - and I’d need a different size (regular 14 vs 14W, at least).
Ditto, and figures, don’t it! ![]()
And in the “infuriates you” mode: it’s a shame they don’t give any indication of pocket size in clothing when you’re shopping online.
In dressier clothes, the pockets are often basted shut so you can’t really tell in the store. With jeans, I’ve been known to pull out the phone, and try it in the pockets before even taking them off the rack to try on.
While looking for those jeans online today, I saw that there’s a new silhouette: barrel legs. Wider in the leg and narrow at the ankle. Might be more comfy than tight leg jeans but seems kinda contrived.
Aka “harem pants”
Barrel leg pants aren’t as voluminous as harem pants. Also I think barrel legs are usually jeans (I am not a fashion expert), so the fabric is stiff and it won’t drape like the soft fabric in harem pants does.
I learn something new every day…
An ongoing irritation is the proliferation of safety announcements and the like on the London Underground, especially when they’re coming in at several different levels (system-wide, station-based, and sometimes someone on the platform who shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near a loud-hailer). Particularly annoying is the pre-recorded one that says: “The use of roller-skates, skate boards and cycles are not permitted…”
And I’m just bemused by “Please do not smoke, vape or misbehave”: one day I might launch into a chorus of Cole Porter…
I bought a cordless hedge trimmer specifically for one job. Clean up a huge sea grass bush. I guess you are suposed to do it every year. I donno.
My wife went out with kitchen scissors and cut it all down. OK. But she did not pick up the ‘debris’. After some wind, it’s now everywhere. Window wells under the fence. Everywhere.
She knows (probably forgot) that I bought this tool just for this. It’s a two person job. She did not ask for help. Would have been easy.
Now we have a mess.
This morning on the local news, the caption under the seasonal NORAD story said they were tracking “Santa Clause”. Thanks for not even meeting minimum standards, you dicks!
My head hurts this morning, I’m in no mood for this ordinary bullshit.
This is one of my ongoing peeves…misspellings on the local news. Pisses me off every time I see on of these easily correctable mistakes.
You did that on purpose, didn’t you?