# What Rants May Come (Monthly Mini-Rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** monthly-mini-rant\ **Created:** [May 1, 2026, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688 "2026-05-01T05:08:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688/141 "2026-05-18T03:12:04Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I pit green peppers nowadays. If you mean bell peppers, very much this. I’ll pay a bit more for any other kind. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688/142 "2026-05-18T03:53:06Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > If you mean bell peppers, very much this Yep, green bell peppers. I understand why the heat was bred out of jalapeños (so salsa makers could have a consistent heat level to adjust to mild, medium, and hot in their products, plus I can always just get a serrano or whatever if I want something hotter), but if I wanted a green bell pepper that doesn’t have green bell pepper flavor, I’d just get a red, yellow, or orange bell pepper. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688/143 "2026-05-18T10:57:52Z")
Green bell peppers have neither heat nor flavor. If you look up “cloying annoyance” in the dictionary, there’s a pic of a bell pepper. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688/144 "2026-05-18T14:18:11Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I’m going to call my DVM tomorrow, because my cat has started urinating outside the litterbox. I read DMV & was all 🤔 for a minute. My baby gurl had her birthday yesterday but celebrated by being forced to wear a lamp shade & getting a bath (which she hated, but needed) instead of a drive to the park, with her nose out the window sniffing away, for a nice walk. 😢 ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688/145 "2026-05-18T15:27:03Z")
They finally got the pre-auth - Monday afternoon, i.e. about 18 hours before forgery. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688/146 "2026-05-18T15:33:36Z")
I have a new verse in an old rant. Oh joy! It started in this old post about an existing store credit card I had that was provided by a name brand bank. The store switched all their cards to an abusive incompetent card issuer, then hijinks ensued. > [@Season of the Kvetch (October mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-of-the-kvetch-october-mini-rants/1023563/166): > > I have a fresh rant. ~18 months ago I refurnished my life after leaving my tiresome ex-wife (hereafter TXW wink ) and letting her keep substantially all my / our worldy goods. In the course of that I applied for several store-specific or store-branded credit cards who had “0% APR for umpteen months” come-ons. One of which, the subject of this thread, is for an upscale housewares chain. Not Williams-Sonoma but in that league. The folks who buy their overpriced trendy stuff are not poor and pro… The happy new news / rant is that effective today, my primary gasoline card has been switched from a trouble-free major name brand bank to … Yep, the same incompetent abusive turds as that store did. Evidently the issuer cuts a very advantageous deal for the merchant and makes up the difference against the consumer. Unlike that store card I substantially never use, I buy gasoline about every 10 days. And I’m disinterested in switching stations or brands. So if I want their own-card spiff I need to keep using that card. OTOH, if they kill the spiff, I’m so gone. We’ll see. No sign of that … yet. 🤬 😡 ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688/147 "2026-05-18T17:19:33Z")
Forgery?! Good, um, luck. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688/148 "2026-05-18T19:18:58Z")
Er, surgery, not forgery, though I was tempted to try that!! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688/149 "2026-05-18T20:06:49Z")
So you’ve had the surgery ? If so 👍 If not 🤞 ---
**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:** [May 18, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688/150 "2026-05-18T20:32:02Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > However, this was this one little old lady who argued with him that she dialed right & that he _answered_ wrong! 🤔 One of my favorite work stories (I work in a pizza kitchen) was a lady who pulled up demanding her order. We were dead quiet, no orders under her name. “Ma’am what’s the last 4 digits on your phone number?” (We do this to keep tickets straight when we have, for ex. Jones, Johnson, John all at the same time.) “The gentleman on the phone didn’t ask my number!” … we had an all-female crew that night. Lady, if you talked to a dude, you didn’t call here. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688/151 "2026-05-18T21:01:06Z")
I did _almost_ the same thing to myself a couple weeks ago. Ordered some crap from Target’s website for the store to pack and I would pick it up from the store. Their shipping charges are outrageous, so I don’t use that option. I’ve taken to always doing order ahead for pickup at Target specifically rather than simply driving to the store to shop and buy. Because so often I look something up online the website says they have it in stock, but when I go right to the store the shelf is empty or a shambles or … So by pre-ordering online I make them go find it and only ping me when it’s in a bag and ready to go. Whether that’s in an hour or 4 days from now. Anyhow, a couple weeks ago I order some stuff and a couple hours later they ping me to say it’s ready. Yaay! I show up at Target’s service desk with my pickup barcode at the ready. I’m so efficient that way. > **Customer Service Clerk** : [Scans code, looks at screen, frowns] Um, Sir, (says the teenager, his tone clearly indicating he thinks I’m senile), your order is at the other Target, the one on [Whatever] Boulevard. > **Me** : D’oh! 🤦‍♂️ Damn. Thank you. At least I was pleasant to the smart-ass whippersnapper. 😁 In my defense, there are three Targets around here all about equidistant from home and it’s hit or miss which one the website will assure me has whatever goods I’m seeking. So I probably looked at all three stores online before selecting the one with the best chance of actually having the stuff in stock. Then drove to the wrong one. 🤦‍♂️ Yep. Sooo efficient. And before anyone asks, no, there had been no alcohol consumed at any stage in this process. Happy hour was supposed to be the stop _after_ Target, not before. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688/152 "2026-05-18T21:11:26Z")
I have indeed though as noted it was a near thing. And that adds another mini rant: the hospital “food” was every bit as bad as it’s reputed to be. I thought that was supposed to have improved. Bigger selection != more edible. There were several meals I sent back essentially untouched, they were that bad. They weren’t able to foul up prepackaged Kellogg’s raisin bran, except of course the packages were about 4 mouthfuls each, but they would have if they could. I did not succumb to the temptation to dump plate contents onto the tray and smear it around but I kinda wanted to. One day my husband went down to the hospital cafeteria when they had the grill working and got me a burger. I took one bit and moaned and told him he’d been replaced. Then he went to the Subway in the lobby and bought me a 6 inch tuna with extra meat; I devoured that tuna. I also feel like the old lady at the nursing home: "The food is terrible. And such small portions ". Because it was literally impossible to get enough protein. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688/153 "2026-05-18T21:16:44Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > So by pre-ordering online I make them go find it and only ping me when it’s in a bag and ready to go. You may not know this, but by buying online at Target you may be getting a better price than you would in store. They try (or at least they used to) to match online prices so you can actually get things at a discount by shopping online instead of at the store even if you are picking it up. This has occurred to me more than once. As to showing up at the wrong place…well I did that at a movie theater and that is something you can’t really easily recover from. It was before movie time and I did manage to get a refund but the showtime I had planned for was not met. I have never made that particular mistake again `//i\\` ---
**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:** [May 19, 2026, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688/154 "2026-05-19T00:23:47Z")
My repaired tire is leaking again. 😭 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688/155 "2026-05-19T00:34:10Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Green bell peppers have neither heat nor flavor. I never expected them to have heat. They surely used to have flavor. I only brought up jalapeños because it’s an example of something deliberately being bred out of a commercial vegetable. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688/156 "2026-05-19T01:03:09Z")
The only way I like green peppers are in something like curry, where they can soak up the curry flavor and then taste like curry. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688/157 "2026-05-19T01:07:53Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > The only way I like green peppers are in something like curry, where they can soak up the curry flavor That sounds good. When I eat them, it’s on pizza, in meatloaf (whence yesterday’s rant), or sautéed with onions (or used to, until onions turned against me). Otherwise, I don’t have much use for them. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688/158 "2026-05-19T01:10:08Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > When I eat them, it’s on pizza, in meatloaf (whence yesterday’s rant), or sautéed with onions (or used to, until onions turned against me). Pizza and meatloaf… I’ll agree, both decent choices. I myself can’t digest onions properly, so in a meatloaf they are pretty good to give it some texture. And it’s going to take on whatever flavors are in that meatloaf. I definitely prefer red peppers on a pizza (roasted red peppers are one of my favorite pizza toppings) but green peppers are acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688/159 "2026-05-19T01:17:35Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I definitely prefer red peppers on a pizza (roasted red peppers are one of my favorite pizza toppings) Ditto! You have excellent taste! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688/160 "2026-05-19T02:25:45Z")
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