That’s me. Assholes are being assholes on purpose; they’re not going to apologize and thank you for correcting them. They just double down (I really hate that phrase now).
I’m from there! I miss proper good barbeque. Places up here don’t even have burnt ends.
In an absolute stunning turn of events, I did finally hear back trom them today. This loan is actually paid in full. They wrote off the last payment because it was less than $50. Yay!
Wait, this is the rant thread. Uhm… Boo Mondays?
OK, I understand, but initially I thought he was citing you for your choice of swimwear.
Oh oops, sorry. I was so ticked off that I wasn’t thinking about jargon between different sports. Considering that buying a swimsuit would be much cheaper than retro-fitting my Harley with a speedometer, I am wondering if wearing a speedo swimsuit over my jeans while getting the brake light inspected would be a very good idea, or a really bad one.
Nah, wear a Speedo to fight your speedo ticket. The judge will either throw it out…quickly, or throw you in the pokey for contempt; in which case, you’ll be in jail…in a Speedo. :eek:
Fuck Allstate and their safe driver discounts. I pay $1200 every six months for auto insurance. I pay by credit card, because it’s fucking convenient and easy. Notice I said I pay. They are more than happy to take payment from one of us. But every six months these asswipes send a $40 safe driver discount check. Should be happy, right? But no, the check is payable to both me and my wife, which means that we both have to endorse the check and I have to schlep to the only bank where we have a joint account to deposit it, because banks are assholes too and I can’t deposit a check made out to both of us and deposit it in my own personal account (which I can do using an app and taking a photo of the damn check). No, the check has to be made out in the name of both the insured parties. which means it needs to be deposited in the one joint account which is not set up online.
What’s particularly galling about this is that when I go online to pay the $1200, the $40 discount shows up as a credit to my account, but then they go ahead and then debit the account $40 and issue the check and send it snail mail. And I then have to pay $1200 and deal with this fucking $40 paper check rather than just paying these dickheads $1160. Fucking idiots.
Minirant the first:
I’m trying to open a savings account to take advantage of a government scheme that ends for enrolment shortly (basically if you use it to buy a house, the government will add 25% of what you saved, up to a max, worth bothering with). The sole remaining high street bank in this town offers it, so, as I was in town anyway, I went in to apply. Nope. They can’t do it in person, unless I book an appointment, of which there are none available, with the one guy who can do it, who’s only there on a random schedule (they didn’t even know what day he’d be in). I have to apply online, then come back in with ID to actually open the account.
Find the online form. It’s literally name, address, former address, email, DoB, tick to confirm you qualify. Why they can’t just have a paper form in the bank I don’t know, especially as you have to go back to the bank to confirm all the info anyway.
Fill it out, get to the final confirmation. Has a code that I need to bring in and a list of what ID I need. It says ‘we have emailed you a copy of this info’. OK. Email pings on my phone, I check it’s from the bank and close the tab.
In retrospect, maybe I should have read the email first, but it didn’t occur to me that they’d email me just a generic list of what ID is acceptable, without including the damn code :smack:
Re-opening the tab just gets an error message, if you’re wondering. I think I’ll just go to the nearby bigger town, maybe choose a different bank.
Minirant the second.
I am currently a mature student. For the second year in a row, I’m one of the committee members for a student society (last year the only society on our tiny site, this year one of two). As is the way of student societies, we have a mostly new committee this year, one of which -the new chair- has been repeatedly making snide comments about last year’s group.
We didn’t do as much as we planned last year; the previous chair, after being really keen and coming up with loads of plans, sort of evaporated off the course. She stopped coming in then stopped replying to emails, then finally stopped even reading Facebook messages from the rest of the group, though she was clearly online and replying to other people. Her housemate, (now also on the committee) thought she was coming back, just on health leave due to stress. Trying to be nice and knowing she had some pretty serious health issues, the group kept delaying doing any of the stuff she’d planned, as we didn’t want to leave her out just because she was ill. She never came back.
So, this same girl who kept complaining about last year and going on about how rubbish we were has yet to even visit the group gardening plot- the one thing we did keep up last year. After declaring that she was going to organise at least a monthly committee meetup, she’s not only not bothered, she’s kinda ignoring all messages.
She did suggest we organise a casual pub meetup- at a pub 45 minutes drive from the Uni, or about 2.5 hours by bus (many students don’t have cars), but coincidentally right next to her house, and when I pointed out that was unlikely to have many people attending, and maybe we should pick somewhere closer, at least for a first meet, declared that it’s nicer there and anyway everyone can just get a taxi home (which would be about £70 for those with no car… yeah, no) and tried to do a poll of potential members asking who else lived there (one other student, as it turns out). Since then, resounding silence.
I then discovered that, despite putting herself forward as chair, she’s not been to any of the compulsory training (run at the main site, stuff like data protection rules, how the group insurance works and how to apply for funding) and despite not bothering to mention it in fact hasn’t even joined the damn society, which is now likely to be disbanded due to lack of members. No one wants to pay to join a society that isn’t doing anything, and yet again, we have a chair that demanded to be the one in charge, then proceeded to do sweet FA.
Sadly, I think the rest of the group is too nice to insist that she either actually joins and does some of the stuff she promised, or she’s out. I’d said at the start that, as it’s my final year, I can’t get too involved and I’m mainly filling in because no-one applied for the role I’m officially in (health 'n safety). Everyone assured me that was fine, they were full of plans! I’m now stuck trying to organise a trip, as it’s nearly 2 months into an 8 month course, and so far the society has done literally nothing.
Never deal with students. This should be a fun thing to be involved in, all the tutors are really keen and supportive, trying to help us get it going, but damn, the students are useless…
Well, when you put it like that it does sound like a really stupid idea doesn’t it. I wonder if beer would help make it better?
As it happens, it would be rather inconvenient at this time to go to jail, so I just copied all of the paperwork showing that I don’t have to have a speedometer on that bike and when I took it to be inspected for the brake light, handed everything to the Inspector Friendly who signed off on the ticket. I’ll take that in and pay the fine tomorrow.
Such a pain because some ignorant jerk wants to show me he knows my bike better than I do.
There’s so much wrong with this whole situation. The thought of cursing an an eight year old makes my skin crawl. As does threatening to “kick your ass.” Seriously - that is in no way acceptable. But, the situation (kid playing video games as soon as they sit down) also reminds me of my nephews. My sister was trying to buy my 7 year old nephew a puppy. Took him to an adoption event, looked at the puppies. But my nephew wouldn’t get off his fucking phone. She tried to get him to look at the animals, but he SCREAMED when she tried to make him pay attention to something other than the movie he was watching.
Anyway, I’m glad they didn’t buy the animal - my BIL is too busy spoiling my nephews. My sister works all the time - that was one of the rare moments she spent with her kids. Poor pup would’ve either been completely ignored or screamed at when he attempted to separate those kids and their devices.
And that’s kinda my rant: we put a deposit down on a vacation this summer with my BIL and sister and my husband really doesn’t want to go because her kids are little shits. Luckily we’re not staying in the same house, but we have the “pleasure” of tons and tons of family time where these kids are allowed to slam each other’s heads into walls, hock loogies on tables and their parents’ solution is almost always to put them in front of a television, which is part of what caused the problem to begin with. Bleh. Oh, well - they want to make this a long-standing summer tradition, but I think we’re going to have to make this a last time thing. I’m tired of disciplining other people’s kids - I’m usually the one that gets fed up and puts them in time out. So every time they do something wrong when I’m around they take off running because they know that “Auntie” will shit all over their holiday until they knock it off.
Fuck Wayfair up the giggly with a meathook! I’ve never looked at them as a place to buy something but an ad came up for a water barrel so I thought I’d take a look. Nope. Can’t browse unless I give them an email. Yeah, I have junk emails I could use, but it just kissed me off.
I have two little chips in my windshield that I have put off repairing due to weather, sickness, annoyance at the cost etc. so of course tonight it will be down to freezing and is too late to do anything about it. (previous forecast didn’t show such a low temperature.) I know it is my fault but it is annoying nonetheless.
Had to take kaylasmom to the hospital over the weekend (she’s still there). On Sunday, while she (kaylasmom) was getting a sponge bath, the nurse’s aide apparently decided she’d (the nurse’s aide) be more comfortable with me out of the room. That’s cool. I expressed my intention to head down to the cafeteria and grab a bite, but the charge nurse told me they were closed for the night, and offered me a turkey sandwich. It was a little dry, but edible. The point is that they were in a position to offer me a turkey sandwich.
This evening, when the dinner trays were delivered, we were expecting beef with green beans, mashed potatoes, and peas and carrots. Instead, the tray came with an apologetic note that stated that due to unavoidable circumstances, they would be unable to deliver the meals the patients had ordered. I found out later that a large vat of grease had tipped over in the kitchen, and due to the degreasing being unable to be completed in time for the floor to be safe to walk on, they couldn’t prepare the food. So they were adapting and improvising in order to put SOMETHING on everyone’s tray. Well, there are worse things to have than a slightly dry turkey sandwich, right?
Right! And one of them is a very thin-spread PB&J. WITH THE FUCKING CRUSTS CUT OFF!
I excused myself from the room and drove to Outback Steakhouse for a Philly Cheesesteak and fries. Kaylasmom was reasonably pleased with her half.
Am I the only one who thinks ‘asshole’ is too strong a term for this behaviour? I mean, I get the annoyance factor, but really that was mainly because you got your hopes up at having a shorter wait than usual, only to find this was not the case. Which is not your fault, of course, and I’m not victim-blaming, but still, haven’t we all saved a place for a friend or family member in a queue at some point? Admittedly 20 people is a stretch, but I can’t see most people waiting until all 20 are present before getting in line.
I would definitely choose a different bank. Also, look into Lifetime ISAs - you still get the 25% uplift, but it gets added to the account a matter of weeks after each payment you make, not right at the end. In virtually all respects it’s a superior vehicle to the Help to Buy ISA (there are a few exceptions; this is not financial advice, etc.). But if you’ve already opened a HTBISA, not to worry - it can be transferred to a Lifetime ISA later.
Yeah, (most) students are the worst at getting stuff organised. I remember it well. Very frustrating when it impacts others. You are right that the only way forward is to cut out the slackers and do it yourself, unfortunately.
I pit myself for being a bitch. I woke up this morning to low tires, probably because of the cold. I drove around looking for free air with which to fill my tires. I found a working hose on my third gas station, waited patiently for my turn in a line of 4-5 cars, then hopped out, just as a guy wedged himself into the tiny spot between me and the air, making it impossible to stretch the hose to my car. He kindly offered to move his car and parked it on the other side so I could move mine closer.
As I was hopping out of my car and walking toward the hose with clear intent, an older guy, who had been waiting behind me hops out of his car, jumps in front of me and grabs the hose. No, “Excuse me, this’ll just take a sec,” or “Hey, I only have one to fill up - can I jump ahead of you?” So I get back in my car to stay warm (it was well below freezing) and promptly begin losing my shit - cursing up and down - and it occurs to me. Fuck, glass isn’t soundproof. This guy is probably listening to me losing my mind over here, cursing and snarling, and this just wasn’t that big a deal. I probably made him feel like shit without a really good reason.
I now feel terrible. I get so mad at other assholes until suddenly I realize I’m the asshole. Well, at least now I have something to overthink the rest of the day. Wherever you are, man, sorry for overreacting.
they are now fixed hopefully it is all good.
Just type some random letters.
And you’d be horrified at the pure dog shit some “software” companies get paid for.
You’re not an asshole, and you didn’t overreact. The guy jumped ahead of you; he’s the asshole.
The older guy was the asshole, not you. I’d have lost my shit, too, and not cared if anyone heard me through the car windows. At least you didn’t get out and confront him.
Not doubting the experience you’re having, but I’ve never been prompted for an email to browse there.
FireFox browser if that makes a difference.
I have been to a few websites that appear to want you to provide an address but then back off when you try to back button away from their site.
I got my pay stub for the first two weeks of the month* in the mail today. Somewhat surprising since I retired from that job over 4 years ago. I expect this is another of the ongoing glitches of the new federal government pay system that came into effect just in time to bollix up my retirement payout. Guess I’ll have to call my former pay office tomorrow and find out what is going on and make sure whatever it is is fixed and I won’t end up with a tax problem.
*(It showed what would have been my bi-weekly pay, minus a “generated overpayment” for the same amount, with a net pay of $0.00.)