# UTIs and other crap - August Minirants! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 1, 2011, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020 "2011-08-01T09:10:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020/441 "2011-08-24T18:35:01Z")
You have to be shitting me. I was carded today buying DayQuil. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020/442 "2011-08-24T19:22:11Z")
Pinche diarrhea! Pinche DayQuil carding! ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020/443 "2011-08-24T21:26:01Z")
This is more of a whine than a rant, but the cats are ignoring me… I have 700lbs of feed in the back of the truck that I need to unload before I do chores, and all I want to do is take a nap. My hip/lower back is jammed up too, so I’m going to be having Vitamin I for dinner I guess, and as a bedtime snack. I hate getting old… ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020/444 "2011-08-25T03:42:19Z")
> [@saje](#): > > This is more of a whine than a rant, but the cats are ignoring me… > > I have 700lbs of feed in the back of the truck that I need to unload before I do chores, and all I want to do is take a nap. My hip/lower back is jammed up too, so I’m going to be having Vitamin I for dinner I guess, and as a bedtime snack. I hate getting old… In this case, they are ignoring you because they know you have work to do before you become a prone body they can walk over. Cats do know how to plan! Why the heck do small (under 20 lb) bags of critter food have handles and anything over 40 lbs is packed so tight that you can’t even grab some loose plastic to move it. I’ve had some wonderful adventures with 50 kilo bags, so can offer sympathy for that. Give us something to grab, gosh darn it!!! (what is Vit I?) ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020/445 "2011-08-25T04:07:49Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > Why the heck do small (under 20 lb) bags of critter food have handles and anything over 40 lbs is packed so tight that you can’t even grab some loose plastic to move it. I’ve had some wonderful adventures with 50 kilo bags, so can offer sympathy for that. Give us something to grab, gosh darn it!!! I’m betting it’s because they think anything under 20 lbs is easily carried by one hand, and anything over is either going over a shoulder or on some wheeled thing like a dolly or a wheelbarrow. > [@flatlined](#): > > (what is Vit I?) I’m not **saje** , but I’d bet they’re referring to **I** buprofen. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020/446 "2011-08-25T04:09:18Z")
oops, forgot my rant…because its not really a rant. I finally got what I wanted. Being talented and stuff, I’ll find the rant somewhere. When someone asks for a list of their boxes in the warehouse, the inventory program only allowed me to send them the list as a word document. I’ve been wanting to export the data to Excel for almost 5 years. According to the inventory program (Tower Records Inventory Management), its compatable. I have spent many unhappy hours talking to the TRIM people. No joy. TRIM was bought by HP. HP tech support (at $2500 a year) were all very nice and helpful, but knew _nothing_ about helping me. More hours and days spent. HP got the installation side of IT involved. Again, no joy. Finally, I was taking a smoke break during one of those team playing things and vented to one of the IT coders about my problem. D said that she would help, that she had no idea that this was a problem. D tried to make Crystal Reports work with TRIM, but it didn’t. Instead of blowing me off, she just wrote a work around and today I was able to export my data to Excel. HURRAY D!!! I love her and will bring her flowers and dried chicken treats for dogs tomorrow. So…why the _hell_ did the PTB let me flounder around for **FIVE** fucking years? This wasn’t something that just bothered me, it bothered all of my internal customers. I want to do a good job make my customers happy. Nobody blamed me for the problem, but it took a lot of work and time for us to work with the crappy reports I was sending out. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020/447 "2011-08-25T04:14:44Z")
Of all the insane things in this world, surely the worst has to be those idiots who drive around with those oh so cute dogs on their laps while they are driving. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020/448 "2011-08-25T04:19:17Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I’m betting it’s because they think anything under 20 lbs is easily carried by one hand, and anything over is either going over a shoulder or on some wheeled thing like a dolly or a wheelbarrow.I’m not **saje** , but I’d bet they’re referring to **I** buprofen. TY, **Morgyn**. I’m guessing you are right about the Ibuprofen. We still have to move the big. heavy things. We _need_ to be able to grab it! I think its because they don’t want to pay the extra money to put grab handles/straps on the bags. The people who only buy 20 lbs of litter once a month will be happy that they have handles. Those of us who are buying larger amounts will stay buyers because we have to. **sage** , I hope the truck got unloaded before the cats killed you so they could sleep on your still warm body. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020/449 "2011-08-25T04:35:34Z")
Flatlined, I feel your pain. We have to use TRIM here as well. But ours lets us integrate with Excel, because I’ve seen the spreadsheets and worked with them. So I don’t know what your IT guys’ excuses were for five years. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020/450 "2011-08-25T08:14:15Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I’m always astounded by job ads like this - like you say, a list of qualifications as long as your arm with some high-level degrees thrown in, and an entry-level (barely) salary. I got an ad last week, for someone to “install The Big Blue Database in our China subsidiary”. No specific modules mentioned (The Big Blue Database is divided into modules, which more or less match the departments or functions within a company): installing Purchasing is not the same as installing, oh, Controlling or EHS. Expenses (including plane tickets between Spain and China) to be paid by the employee. Salary: minimum wage. The sad thing is that they were serious. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020/451 "2011-08-25T12:03:01Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Of all the insane things in this world, surely the worst has to be those idiots who drive around with those oh so cute dogs on their laps while they are driving. Those arent’ dogs. Those are little cannonballs that will bounce around the car and splatter in interesting ways when the idiot driver crashes into someone. ---
**Author:** ![Boggette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Boggette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggette)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020/452 "2011-08-25T12:18:00Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Of all the insane things in this world, surely the worst has to be those idiots who drive around with those oh so cute dogs on their laps while they are driving. You mean the extra airbags? There’s a guy down the street who has two huge white sheep dogs. There’s always one standing on his lap while he drives. How the hell he reaches the steering wheel over those monstrosities is beyond me. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020/453 "2011-08-25T14:02:38Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > We still have to move the big. heavy things. We _need_ to be able to grab it! I think its because they don’t want to pay the extra money to put grab handles/straps on the bags. Well, there’s probably also the fact that handles would just rip right out of the paper for anything that heavy. Because, sure as shooting, someone will think a handle means the bag can be carried just by using that handle. And then there’s kibble or litter all over the place. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020/454 "2011-08-25T15:32:28Z")
Are you fucking kidding me? You’re 24 years old and you’ve been living with your boyfriend for, what, 3 years now, and you can’t stand to be without him for more than one day? My friend, CC, has a boyfriend named JJ. CC and JJ were supposed to travel to my city to visit me last weekend. Then a family emergency came up for JJ, and of course I wasn’t mad about it. I thought CC was going with JJ to support him. Then I found out she never actually went with him, and the only reason she didn’t come to see me by herself was because she couldn’t bear another day without him. That’s high school drama right there, but I shrugged it off. Then last night CC asked me if she was crazy for feeling jealous of having to share JJ with his friends. As in, his friends come over and want to engage in their hobbies CC doesn’t share. CC displayed interest in going on vacation with me next summer, but at this point I don’t know how she’d stand spending a week without JJ. Thank God JJ and I like each other, or else I’d probably never see CC. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020/455 "2011-08-25T15:35:44Z")
Dopers, can we all put our heads together and collectively come up with an appropriate punishment for people who mark \*\*all \*\*their emails “urgent,” even when they’re so totally not at all urgent? Gotta be something more creative than DIAF. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020/456 "2011-08-25T15:52:43Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Dopers, can we all put our heads together and collectively come up with an appropriate punishment for people who mark \*\*all \*\*their emails “urgent,” even when they’re so totally not at all urgent? > > Gotta be something more creative than DIAF. Truth: my former boss, who I otherwise adored, used to do this. So one day I was joking with my friend/co-worker about the high importance e-mails nonstop, and she agreed that it was irritating. From then on, every e-mail we sent to each other was marked with high importance. It made us laugh. What can I say? Boring job. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020/457 "2011-08-25T17:17:08Z")
Ha. I sent a friend/co-worker a minor email once and marked it “low importance” (the little blue arrow pointing down). She said she’d nevereveronceinherwholelife received an email marked like that … and so, of course, :smack: had to open it right away. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020/458 "2011-08-25T17:36:49Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > \ > So…why the _hell_ did the PTB let me flounder around for **FIVE** fucking years? This wasn’t something that just bothered me, it bothered all of my internal customers. I want to do a good job make my customers happy. Nobody blamed me for the problem, but it took a lot of work and time for us to work with the crappy reports I was sending out. I’m guessing the sad truth is that it wasn’t their problem, it didn’t affect them, so it wasn’t a priority. > [@Nava](#): > > I got an ad last week, for someone to “install The Big Blue Database in our China subsidiary”. No specific modules mentioned (The Big Blue Database is divided into modules, which more or less match the departments or functions within a company): installing Purchasing is not the same as installing, oh, Controlling or EHS. Expenses (including plane tickets between Spain and China) to be paid by the employee. > > Salary: minimum wage. > > The sad thing is that they were serious. So? Did you take it? 😃 > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Dopers, can we all put our heads together and collectively come up with an appropriate punishment for people who mark \*\*all \*\*their emails “urgent,” even when they’re so totally not at all urgent? > > Gotta be something more creative than DIAF. I sometimes think about what appropriate karmic punishments would be - like, people who litter will spend a thousand years of the afterlife wading through garbage, that kind of thing. I think the punishment in this life for people who mark emails as “Urgent!” will be that everyone will treat all their emails as non-urgent. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020/459 "2011-08-25T18:34:51Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > On a related note, when did I become one of those people who tells others about my child’s constipation? I should be flogged. We don’t see **PainfullyShy** up there, now do we? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020/460 "2011-08-25T20:39:30Z")
My stomach is stupid. It does not work like a normal stomach. Instead of going from “not hungry” to “I could eat” to “I’m hungry” to “I’m really hungry”, it goes from “not hungry” straight to “OMG I’m gonna throw up if I don’t eat something”. And if I don’t, I get dry heaves. I hate my stomach. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020.md?page=24)