Innocuous things that make you irrationally angry (a list thread)

I accept the TSA making me separate the few little liquids I need to take in my carry-on luggage by putting them in a little baggie etc. It's kinda dumb but whatever.

I'm really just annoyed at having to go out and buy QUART-sized ziplocks especially for my trip. I have gallons, I have sandwich-sized. I don't really WANT a box of quart-sized ziplocks.

also: posting IA complaint in totally wrong thread makes me IA
;_;

I think I put my little bottles in the wrong sized ziplock every time and nobody has ever noticed.

Well, immigrating made me more ocd about TSA rules/etc, so I'd rather buy the stupid things than worry myself into a ball of crazy thinking they're going to catch me for using the wrong bag

welcome to my brain

I've left my ziplocked bag inside my toilet kit (instead of separating it out for the conveyor belt) I don't know how many times, and it was never noticed/commented on.

i pretty much always fly with a lighter in my pocket or carry-on backpack

Oh man, I was coming home from Las Vegas and some lady in front of me had half full full-sized liquor bottles in her bag!

Well, immigrating made me more ocd about TSA rules/etc, so I'd rather buy the stupid things than worry myself into a ball of crazy thinking they're going to catch me for using the wrong bag

welcome to my brain

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, April 12, 2012 3:13 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I hadn't thought of that, but I would be more cautious, too!

"You used the wrong bag! DEPORT HER."

oh dude you don't even know

but yeah pretty much that

This American Life did a story about immigrants married to 9/11 victims who were deported...totally not my sitch but I heard it right before my Citizenship interview. Mr Veg found me bawling in the fetal position, freaked me RIGHT out.

haha, that's like some of the undocumented immigrants here who are afraid to call the free bulk pickup service to take away their old mattresses cuz they're afraid the bureau of sanitation might report them to the INS (or whatever the INS is called now)

xpost

ICE

Oh I get you, VG. I'm married to an immigrant.

ss: "so what happens to me if something should happen to you?"
pp: "what do you mean something's going to happen to me?"

oh of course! doh @ me :)

i really hate soda commercials on the radio or TV where you hear the sound effects
of

*PSSSSSH* --guk guk guk guk-- *AHHHHHHHHH*

xpost yeah, it's just the mindset immigration puts you in from the moment you start the process

every step you have to justify your existence, you spent SO much money and effort proving your worth to them, making sure everything's addressed correctly and filled out in the right colored pen and that you're not wearing glasses in your photo or not using staples on your documents, because at every turn you just know they could easily say, 'eh, nope you used the wrong envelope for this form, buh bye'

I mean, I flew to Sydney for my final interview and they waited til THAT interview to say 'oh you didn't submit x form, sorry your visa's been declined'
Even if they lose your forms, it's your fault.

so yeah, the idea of drawing unnecessary attention to yourself in any way, it just gets in your head. Now that I've been a citizen for a while it's not so bad, but when I was on a green card, I was even more of a spaz.

Do immigrant citizens' passports indicate that they're immigrants? Or is it just your accent that gives you away?

tHAT THERE'S NO cTRL-? STYLE SHORTCUT...

That there's no Ctrl-? style shortcut to transpose capital and lower-case letters, so that when you type a whole swathe of stuff with Caps Lock on without noticing you can fix it without having to retype.

There is a way in MS Word. Shift+F3 toggles between all caps, all lowercase, and first letter caps (the latter never work's right though).

Works! Not work's!!

Usually you can tell someone is an immigrant to the United States by the fact their passport has been issued by another country.

I have two (2) passports. Dual citizen, so 1 US passport, and 1 Australian. It makes me feel like a spy :D

Do immigrant citizens' passports indicate that they're immigrants? Or is it just your accent that gives you away?

Yes, even if you immigrate at the age of 30 days, and are a (naturalized) US citizen. Also: you get pulled every damn time!

What! I thought once you're naturalized your passport is just like "US citizen, yup" and that's it. I didn't know it still flagged you!

all passports include 'place of birth' and when it's not US...

Yeah, I didn't think about that, but it's obvious. Still, what a load of garbage

I never ran into that problem. Granted I haven't travelled a TON since I immigrated, but it was always pretty smooth sailing thank god. That sucks ass, remy. I HATE IMMIGRATION SO MUCH.

even worse, i can't be president

hah, remember the entire "that rule will change if Arnold wants to run!" meme?

I married a foreigner and we never had any problem once he got his US passport.

maybe we should thank it for saving us from president henry kissinger

tbh, we never really had problems once he got his green card...

when I got my visa approved they gave me a brown manila envelope stamped "confidential" that I had to hand over at the port of entry.

On the day I immigrated, I hand over the secret envelope, dude just glances at it, stamps my passport & says "Welcome to the United States. Next."

I was actually annoyed that they didn't make a big song & dance about examining my papers or the secret envelope. Like DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW LONG THIS TOOK????

all passports include 'place of birth' and when it's not US...

Oh, duh. Of course.

I never ran into that problem. Granted I haven't travelled a TON since I immigrated, but it was always pretty smooth sailing thank god. That sucks ass, remy. I HATE IMMIGRATION SO MUCH.

Remy, next time you go through Customs, try to look more like a white lady.

- Taking a doctor's deposition tomorrow at the cost of $1500/hr, 1st hour pre-paid
- Sent her a check in January and check has not cleared the bank
- Today the office manager says they didn't receive the check, but the previous office manager's notes from January say they did receive it
- They refuse to pay the $25 stop payment fee AND
- They demand a new check before tomorrow

- If we don't pay before the dep, the doctor will not give her dep
- But even if she doesn't give her dep, she will send us a bill for $1500.00 for not canceling within 48 hours

- Stalemate

Also, while I respect that prevailing rates for professionals are high, $1500/hr for a deposition seems exorbitant. The highest dep rate I've seen is $2,000/hr for an orthopedic (though he spells it "orthopaedic" blech) surgeon.

pistols at dawn. it's the only option.

1500/hr is O_O

AR;aweskjf;lkj I made everyone semi-happy. But what about MY happiness? ;__;

Restaraunts that hoard napkins like they have an A&E show in development. Its bad enough that you hide them behind the counter and customers have to specifically ask for them, but to then only give out ONE and say "thats the limit"? Come on.

Sauce rationing is also pretty bad.

They actually told you that's the limit?

I worked at a grocery store in high school where the regional manager chided me for bagging a customer's gallon of milk, which was against company policy. The customer had specifically asked for a bag after I put it in her cart without one, which I told the RM. He told me to explain to customers that we don't use bags for things with handles so that we can keep our prices low. I told him that he needed to go manage a fucking Aldi, though I told him that telepathically.

lol

And, yes, that is verbatim what the kid behind the counter told me.

A friend came back to the table at an Outback Steakhouse where we were eating and said that on his way back from the bathroom he and a waiter with a tray of drinks had done the "go ahead, after you, no, really I insist" thing until the waiter said, "I'll get written up if I don't let you go first." lol/sob

(urgent whisper through gritted teeth) *NO. YOU GO FIRST. I NEED THIS JOB*

Fucking clueless corporate managers.

I know, it's like...um, I think you're missing the service part of customer service. you just want to give clerks/waiters like that a big hug and say 'I'm sorry they make this suck for you'

When I was a manager at a chain photo lab, one of the things secret shoppers would report on was whether we used the language, "How many 8x10 or 5x7 enlargements would you like to order today?" which is just disgustingly pushy. I am pretty sure I never once said that. If I did, I deserve a caning.

Sorry, I'm distracted from work today and I feel like complaining with you all.

KFC upselling in your hometown with people like your childhood neighbor's Mum who stares at you with that face that says 'I just want the bloody chicken. If I wanted mashed potatoes or corn I would have asked for it." and you want to die but if you don't do it your manager will pull you aside and say 'did you forget everything we talked about in the upselling training session' fml fml

Tried to master the art of blinking an apology in morse code, but it never really worked.