# What's pissing you off today? \[Spring Mini-Rants Can Really Hang You Up The Most\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 25, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323 "2010-04-25T19:42:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323/141 "2010-04-29T21:27:52Z")
Hey, YOU, sitting next to me on the bus. Did you bathe in that perfume or what? It might smell OK if there weren’t so much of it, but as it is, **you stink**. Your stench could gag a maggot. I just hope my jacket doesn’t smell like your damn perfume after this. I just got it cleaned so it wouldn’t smell like cat pee after one of the cats peed on it, and now- well, I’d welcome the smell of cat pee as an alternative to that odor. P.U! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323/142 "2010-04-29T22:04:29Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > Did you bathe in that perfume or what? For more than 25 years, my favorite way to deal with this has been to ask if they are aware that a bottle of perfume contains more than one application. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323/143 "2010-04-29T22:09:30Z")
Road construction, middle aged women taking forever to do anything in parking lots, a busted up CNC machine. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323/144 "2010-04-29T22:16:12Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > Dear weather gods: A breeze is nice. A bit of brisk wind can even be nice. Windy days are acceptable. > > Over twenty-four hours of winds at fifty miles per hour, gusting at up to _seventy-five miles per fucking hour_ is not okay. The cats are terrified to go outside and I’m sure as hell not going to go for my usual run on hilly dirt roads in fifty miles per hour wind. Why? Because if nothing else, my skin will dry out so fast it’ll just fall off like I’m a snake, only without the new skin underneath, and I’d really prefer not to sandblast my eyeballs. I have spoken with Thor. Apparently Sif has been sneaking around with Loki again, and he is pissed with everyone. Hence the wild weather. I considered trying to persuade himto redirect his rage but decided not to, as, well, he’s Thor and he’s pissed. ---
**Author:** ![orchidcolors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e8c25b/32.png) [@orchidcolors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orchidcolors)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323/145 "2010-04-29T23:00:15Z")
Dear unspecified you, Migraines are not just bad headaches. They get worse when you move. Lights and sounds are Bad Things ™. Thus, me getting up and getting ready is a wonderful way to incite the ejection of my breakfast/midnight snacks/shoes. (Puking is just another :rolleyes: service a migraine offers.) Learn this, will you?! Dear PMS, Go to Mars and trouble someone else. ---
**Author:** ![Incensed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Incensed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incensed)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323/146 "2010-04-29T23:27:11Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Road construction, middle aged women taking forever to do anything in parking lots, a busted up CNC machine. I like your style; let me try- Bob McDonnell, right wing douche bag, [rescinds ‘neutral’ prayer policy.](http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/245001) People outside Virginia looking in, please remember that said right wing douche bag governor is not representative of the state. His election was a perfect storm of anti-Obama/Muslim/Socialist/Minority backlash and a weak Dem. candidate. And young people, please vote in mid-term elections so that I and people like me don’t have to make up disclaimers for elected officers. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323/147 "2010-04-30T00:00:23Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Wait, they charge you $0.05 or 0.05 _cents_? There’s a pretty big difference in those prices. (Like, two factors of ten.) Some questions for you: (a) Did what I typed lead you to believe that McDonald’s or any other business establishment charges anybody 5/100 of a penny for anything?; (b) were you the only fool to not know I meant a nickel?; or (c) were you just once again putting on your “I’m a douche on the internet” act? And, no, I’m not fat. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323/148 "2010-04-30T00:27:00Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > What’s pissing me off today: > > My nosey next-door neighbor who knocked on my door last night demanding to see my cat to make sure he was okay after she heard me yelling at him to get out from behind the TeeVee. This lady needs a hobby other than holding a glass up to the paper thin wall that separates our condos listening for evidence of malfeasance. > > It’s is going to be a long year in this place if I have to explain myself to this old biddy every time the cat pisses me off. Or I drop a plate or stub my toe or murder a prostitute and hide her under the floor boards. You don’t have to explain yourself at all. But if you want to have some fun, answer the door dressed as [Frank-N-Furter](http://www.buycostumes.com/Rocky-Horror-Picture-Show-Frank-N-Furter-Adult-Costume/7168/ProductDetail.aspx) Or if budget isn’t an issue, [The Desecrator](http://elads.biz/leatherarmorsets.html). Though personally, I’d go as Black Viper. (Scroll down) ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323/149 "2010-04-30T00:37:57Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > Some questions for you: (a) Did what I typed lead you to believe that McDonald’s or any other business establishment charges anybody 5/100 of a penny for anything?; (b) were you the only fool to not know I meant a nickel?; or (c) were you just once again putting on your “I’m a douche on the internet” act? > > And, no, I’m not fat. No, but you _were_ the fool who typed .05 cents. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323/150 "2010-04-30T00:41:10Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > No, but you _were_ the fool who typed .05 cents. And you were the ass who couldn’t understand what the _typo_ really meant. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323/151 "2010-04-30T01:10:00Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > And you were the ass who couldn’t understand what the _typo_ really meant. This is the Dope. If you make a typo that can be misinterpreted, you can bet your ass that someone will do it. It might as well be in the rules sticky. There’s a reason I double check everything I post around here. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323/152 "2010-04-30T01:54:35Z")
‘Spring’ in the Rockies = (more) snow in the forecast. And plenty of wind. Great. Why did I take my snow tires off last week? Sheer denial. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323/153 "2010-04-30T01:59:35Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > This is the Dope. If you make a typo that can be misinterpreted, you can bet your ass that someone will do it. It might as well be in the rules sticky. > > There’s a reason I double check everything I post around here. I doubt it’d be valid for pickles, but for something like cost of data transfer on a cell phone contract, there’s a huge difference. I had read an anecdote online where a customer was quoted a rate like .03 cents/MB or something, was charged 3 cents instead, and was unable to convince customer service that there is a difference between the two numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323/154 "2010-04-30T02:51:17Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > This is the Dope. If you make a typo that can be misinterpreted, you can bet your ass that someone will do it. It might as well be in the rules sticky. > > There’s a reason I double check everything I post around here. I concur, however since coming here I’ve developed total recall of the most common logic fallacies and my spelling has seriously improved. It gets tiresome though. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323/155 "2010-04-30T04:17:38Z")
> [@niblet\_head](#): > > I wonder if people who work for BCBS have to deal with BCBS bullshit. Yes. All the usual plus extra monitoring to be sure they and their coworkers aren’t conniving to score extra benefits. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323/156 "2010-04-30T05:54:52Z")
Huh. I’d expect BCBS to provide their employees with Aetna, if only so they can’t know the most direct path to obtaining benefits they are entitled to, let alone extras. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323/157 "2010-04-30T13:15:12Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > For more than 25 years, my favorite way to deal with this has been to ask if they are aware that a bottle of perfume contains more than one application. I am stealing this. I am also going to start saying “a nickel for a pickle.” No, I am not crying. I am allergic. I don’t need counseling. I need my Allegra to start working. Stop bothering me. :: off to Cafe Press to see if they have any T-shirts with the above motto :: ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323/158 "2010-04-30T13:19:41Z")
You _want_ to wear a T-shirt that says “nickel for a pickle?” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323/159 "2010-04-30T14:09:18Z")
A local Taco Time has put up a sign in the drive through window stating that extra packets of sauce are .05 cents each. Every time I go there I am so tempted to give them a penny and ask for 20 packets of sauce, but so far my brain to mouth filter has prevailed. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323/160 "2010-04-30T14:56:09Z")
Going into the dentist today for a _second_ try at fitting a crown. The first one “did not fit correctly”. That was an extreme understatement. It felt like crap, and… well… not mine! ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-pissing-you-off-today-spring-mini-rants-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/537323.md?page=9)