# Whew it's hot out here! Summer Mini-Rants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 23, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239 "2010-06-23T14:33:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 28
**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:** [July 20, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/541 "2010-07-20T18:30:21Z")
All of you, please please stop it. Just stop it. Do not call me and when I answer say, “Hey, it’s me.” Guess what. All the women in my life and pretty much most of the men sound exactly alike on the phone. Especially if you’re calling on a cell phone. Are you my sister? My boss? A friend? Which friend? I don’t know who the fuck “me” is until way too long into the phone call, ok? It’s embarassing and stressful for me. And frankly, it’s kinda rude on your part. As Faith No More would say: Introduce yourself! (Who are you?) :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/542 "2010-07-20T18:38:53Z")
Just start responding to “It’s me” with “Who?” They’ll get the picture sooner or later. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/543 "2010-07-20T18:39:02Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Damn. ☹ I hope you hear some good news soon. Nothing yet. He was in the cath lab early this a.m. He’s in another state and his wife is, understandably, not able to make dozens of calls, so she’s posting on Facebook from her phone. No updates for hours – I just checked. Maybe that’s at least not _bad_ news. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/544 "2010-07-20T18:44:17Z")
Don’t send me some random snippet of boilerplate text and tell me it’s for the Client XYZ proposal. WHICH Client XYZ proposal? Is this going to the same one as the edits I’m doing for someone else in the office? If so, why are you sending it to me and not the person who’s got control of this document? Why isn’t there any note from you about where to insert it, or a note in the other person’s changes about where to insert it? Ugh. > [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Just start responding to “It’s me” with “Who?” They’ll get the picture sooner or later. Follow-up corollary: If I identify you via caller ID and pick up with, “Hi, Person X,” don’t open with, “Hi, its’s PersonX.” It just makes it sound like you’re not listening to me at all. > [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Nothing yet. Still alive? Hopefully stable? Even if they haven’t yet figure out why he had the heart attack, I’d say that’s pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/545 "2010-07-20T18:53:11Z")
> [@niblet\_head](#): > > All of you, please please stop it. Just stop it. Do not call me and when I answer say, “Hey, it’s me.” > > Guess what. All the women in my life and pretty much most of the men sound exactly alike on the phone. Especially if you’re calling on a cell phone. Are you my sister? My boss? A friend? Which friend? > > I don’t know who the fuck “me” is until way too long into the phone call, ok? It’s embarassing and stressful for me. And frankly, it’s kinda rude on your part. 😕 What do you live in 1975 or something? Don’t you have caller ID? ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/546 "2010-07-20T19:03:58Z")
_ **STOP USING REPLY ALL** _ Stupid no-all-caps-rule. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/547 "2010-07-20T22:05:57Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > 😕 > > What do you live in 1975 or something? Don’t you have caller ID? Not at home I don’t. Git offa’ mah lawn! At work, yes, but remember, caller ID only works to identify people if their names actually come up. “Cell phone NE” doesn’t really narrow it down. Seriously, git offa ma lawn!! ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/548 "2010-07-20T22:24:28Z")
> [@niblet\_head](#): > > At work, yes, but remember, caller ID only works to identify people if their names actually come up. “Cell phone NE” doesn’t really narrow it down. That’s why you program your contacts into your phone… and why would you not have it at home anyway? Get with the times. 😛 ---
**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:** [July 20, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/549 "2010-07-20T22:54:23Z")
Oh, sure, big guy with your technical mumbo-jumbo and your _solutions._😛 Why don’t I have it at home? Because it costs money! Why pay $6.95 a month, every month, when two scenarios are cheaper… so much cheaper that they’re actually _free_: 1. You tell me who you ARE (“Hi, **niblet** , it’s Bob.”) 2. You wait until my answering machine picks up and you tell me who you ARE (“Hi, **niblet** , it’s Bob. Again!”) 🆒 (Now, where’d I put the Geritol?) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/550 "2010-07-21T01:46:52Z")
Lindsay Lohan goes to jail for what will amount to about 3 weeks. Her relatives are sobbing in the courtroom. Another relative is carrying a sign saying “Free Lindsay”. Get a fucking grip, you fucking douchebags. What’s worse is that she will emerge in a few weeks proclaiming that she is a changed person and that life has more meaning now and I’m gonna hurl all over my morning paper I swear to fucking christ. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/551 "2010-07-21T02:11:47Z")
Dear colleges and trade schools posting advertisements for classes hidden as job openings. **Stop doing that, you wankers!** :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: If I need a class I would look for it, and not in the job openings lists sent from Monster! I would still need to have a better job than the one I have to pay for your fees anyhow! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/552 "2010-07-21T03:08:21Z")
Fucking Body, stop hurting. Especially stop hurting so much that a combination of Vicodin and Flexiril is not sufficient to douse the pain. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/553 "2010-07-21T04:26:46Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Lindsay Lohan goes to jail for what will amount to about 3 weeks. Her relatives are sobbing in the courtroom. Another relative is carrying a sign saying “Free Lindsay”. Get a fucking grip, you fucking douchebags. > > What’s worse is that she will emerge in a few weeks proclaiming that she is a changed person and that life has more meaning now and I’m gonna hurl all over my morning paper I swear to fucking christ. Well, it had that same effect on Paris Hilton. Oh wait, no it didn’t. Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/554 "2010-07-21T14:49:02Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Nothing yet. He was in the cath lab early this a.m. He’s in another state and his wife is, understandably, not able to make dozens of calls, so she’s posting on Facebook from her phone. No updates for hours – I just checked. Maybe that’s at least not _bad_ news. Finally news – he has a stent and is on a ventilator. He has not regained consciousness. ☹ ---
**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:** [July 21, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/555 "2010-07-21T14:57:05Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Finally news – he has a stent and is on a ventilator. He has not regained consciousness. ☹ Ugh. Hopefully he just needs a little time to recover. I don’t know much about this sort of thing, so I can’t say whether that’s false hope or not. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![martu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@martu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/martu)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/556 "2010-07-21T16:00:06Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Look outside your window. Yes, that’s it. Down into the street. Okay, now tell me which side of the road people are driving on. Oh, the right side? \*Not \*the left? Okay, now look down at that flagpole, and the other one over there, and tell me which country’s flag you see flying. The Stars and Stripes, you say? \*Not \*the **Union Jack**? \ Hell’s Teeth **SFG** unless that flag was flying from a ship it’s the Union Flag not the Union Jack… 😃 Real rant follows – it’s a damn easy job you have on days like this. You stand at the front, read the standard Christian twaddle about everlasting life, they’re in a better place now and that monster who was willing to sacrifice his son to himself or whatever the nonsense is and then you read out something specific about the bereaved and his\her family. Two notes: She was Mother to my Father not Brother FFS. That’s not my sister’s name arsehole. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/557 "2010-07-21T16:13:06Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Finally news – he has a stent and is on a ventilator. He has not regained consciousness. ☹ ☹ > [@martu](#): > > Hell’s Teeth **SFG** unless that flag was flying from a ship it’s the Union Flag not the Union Jack… [Wikipedia says](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Jack) you’re being needlessly pedantic and it’s perfectly acceptable for me to call it either the Union Jack or the Union Flag, regardless of where it’s flying. Neener neener. Honestly, if anything, I expected somebody to complain that it’s the flag of the U.K., not the flag of England. > [@](#): > > She was Mother to my Father not Brother FFS. > That’s not my sister’s name arsehole. It never ceases to amaze me how often you hear about officiants at funeral or memorial services fucking shit like this up. I mean, c’mon, you can’t fucking write it down? Weddings, too–IIRC the woman who married two of my best friends last June didn’t get \*either \*of their surnames right. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/558 "2010-07-21T16:18:25Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > It never ceases to amaze me how often you hear about officiants at funeral or memorial services fucking shit like this up. I mean, c’mon, you can’t fucking write it down? Weddings, too–IIRC the woman who married two of my best friends last June didn’t get \*either \*of their surnames right. When I went to college, the seminary students were all required to take special speech classes, including a special section on how to write out things phonetically just so they could avoid mispronouncing names during these things. When i’ve mentioned this to other pastors/preachers/rabbis - none of them did. :smack: ---
**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:** [July 21, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/559 "2010-07-21T16:32:23Z")
> [@martu](#): > > \ > > She was Mother to my Father not Brother FFS. > That’s not my sister’s name arsehole. At my husband’s grandmother’s funeral, the officiant was fine - it was his aunt that was the problem. It seems she didn’t want to share her mother with her sister (my husband’s mother) - she took over the whole funeral and basically shut my husband’s family out. Nice. I’d like to say that death brings out the worst in people, but apparently this is just a normal day for this woman. ---
**Author:** ![martu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@martu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/martu)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/560 "2010-07-21T16:39:58Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > ☹ > > [Wikipedia says](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Jack) you’re being needlessly pedantic and it’s perfectly acceptable for me to call it either the Union Jack or the Union Flag, regardless of where it’s flying. Neener neener. > > Honestly, if anything, I expected somebody to complain that it’s the flag of the U.K., not the flag of England. Wikipedia is wrong though being needlessly pedantic is a hobby of mine so I’ll take is as a compliment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239.md?page=29)