Yippee-IA, Motherf***ers! IRRATIONALLY ANGRY PT. 2: Irrationally Angrier

Maybe it's philistinism but passages of untranslated French in recently-published, otherwise English-medium books are increasingly annoying me. My French comprehension is ok but the underlying idea that anyone smart enough to read actual books will inevitably have a B1-level understanding of French, as opposed to German, Italian, Mandarin or nothing other than English, seems wrong-headed and elitist, idk.

Also people on the phone who ask for telephone numbers and wait until you are half way through to mention they don't have a pen and have to run off to find one.

people (either cops, rental car folk, parking attendants) etc who are terrible at their job, don't make clear, fully formed hand motions to the person they're addressing, and then blow up when the person doesn't do what they wanted them to do.

had a cop scream at me for making a right turn where he was conducting traffic cos he'd sent the other side. problem is he'd also clearly gestured in my direction that it was ok to go - not my fault you don't know what you're doing Holmes.

That's a good one. Related to that, I think, is the bar bouncer stationed outside the entrance looking completely blankfaced and uninterested until you've walked past him and three paces into the bar and then he barks out at you demanding to see your ID. (Also the very idea that I might be underage).

omg this happened to me last night

paratransit bus stopped outside the store, in a v small tight-space parking lot

security guard is trying to help driver direct traffic - i pull up & guard gives the universal hand signal for "halt"

so i stop

and when i stop he makes this exasperated face & points and is like NO. KEEP MOVING

wtf dude

learn your hand signals ffs

It boils down to "I know what I meant! why didn't you?"

yesterday too, I'm fresh off a 60 hour work week (which is what I was traveling for), and just spent 90 mins in Chicago traffic to get to the airport, and moments ago just got sent to ANOTHER security line cos the other one had just filled up. So I'm finally there, worn out, and ready to just get something to eat. Suddenly, a TSA employee opens a second line to speed up the flow through. She gesticulates awkwardly towards her line to the people in front of me (which confused a few of them), and then finally sees me, and makes a harsh 'over here' gesture at me.

I'm like - "ok", and immediately begin moving, and she looks at me and says "You wanna come now or wait in line all night" in an aggravated, low tone. Gee, sorry I didn't anticipate your random Charades or mutterings and anticipate your signal before you gave it! Then she is uber polite to the people in front of me, and when I get there, glares at me, and says "ID!" in a louder than necessary tone, even though I was obviously already holding it out, ready to hand to her(I fly all the time, ffs). Then she grumbles "Alright, move on Neanderthal" in an aggravated tone.

to think I was *this close* to being a TSA agent before finding another job in the 11th hour ten years ago. I could be a dick to ppl 24/7 and get paid for it!

i can't believe she called you a neanderthal

yeah it set me back too. was even weirder when imago showed up and she crossed her arms and said 'YER BANNED'

A new hotel opened up in downtown Cleveland last year called "ALOFT" and it's everything you might expect from a name like that, but last night I noticed for the first time ever on their signage that it says: ALOFT A Concept of W Hotels and I just wanted to blow the building up. I can't sleep in a fucking concept, ALOFT, or use a concept's minibar.

Potential clients who call our office expecting to immediately get a lawyer on the phone and/or hire a lawyer for a hearing or to beat a deadline in the next day or two even though they've known about the deadline for weeks.

Today was typical: a guy called needing a lawyer for an important motion up for presentment on Monday. That kind of date would have been set no less than two weeks in advance, AND he was the one who filed the motion -- it's not like it was a surprise! I told him the lawyer he needs to speak to is working outside the office today and she will call him back as soon as she can.

He calls back less than 45 minutes later , saying "I still haven't heard from anybody and I just wanted to make sure you got my phone number right."

there's a business near me that advertises "concept floors." i'm picturing some hollywood type with a cuban cigar and dark sunglasses going "i have a concept for this floor. hear me out" (while framing his hands to look like the viewfinder of a camera).

and i always laugh when i look at eater or some other industry blog and hear about a foodservice group opening, say, a "frozen yogurt concept." it's frozen yogurt. what's so conceptual about it?

"It boils down to "I know what I meant! why didn't you?"

ugh this why i hate it when other drivers 'signal' at me with their hands at stop signs and such. What the fuck is wrong with these people?

xp which reminds me of the latest food trend to piss me off, motherfucking "artisanal freeze pops." Oh really? Are they also CURATED?

the $4-per-pop fancy popsicle place up the road just went out of business. nope, didn't see THAT one coming.

OK so I'm going to be attending a post-baccalaureate paralegal studies certificate program soon at an expensive Catholic university.

The university just got a new financial aid director and this guy has decided that the program's classification as a "post-graduate professional" program was erroneous. He re-classified it as an undergraduate program. This means that it is eligible for less federal financial aid, so now the maximum amount of fin-aid loans isn't even enough to cover all of the tuition, much less books or nickel & dime shit like "activity fees" "facility fees" or "materials fees."

WHY IN THE WORLD is it not "post-graduate professional" when: a) having a bachelor's degree is a prerequisite to admission to the program, b) it provides professional training and is even approved by the American Bar Association to deliver that training? WHY?

I don't suppose there's a way to appeal this decision somewhere? I don't even know who you would appeal it to. The US Supreme Court? Rod Blagojevich? The UN?

having a bachelor's degree is a prerequisite to admission to the program

In my area of work this is exactly the definition of postgrad
An individual institution couldn't change that interpretation. But I am not where you are :(

Oh, that's a thought. Is that even something he can change? Is there a regulating/governing body who makes these determinations?

The new financial aid director made the change in classification because he said that the old classification "post-grad professional program" was in violation of federal law. He determined that the program had whatever attributes that make something "undergrad program" and did not have the attributes that make something a "post-grad professional program." (I know I pretty much just explained what "classification" means there....) The program's director said that this new financial aid director is all about compliance compliance compliance, so he's re-assessing all sorts of shit.

While this is true having a bachelor's degree is a prerequisite to admission to the program, my guess as to why the program is being classified as "undergrad" is that undergrads at this particular institution can tack the certificate onto their bachelor's degree -- but not even as a minor, but as a discrete credential they receive at the same time as their bachelor's degree.

But that doesn't make sense as a reason to classify it as "undergrad." What a dick.

I've complained about this before I'm sure but shit like this from an Adobe Acrobat forum:

Keep getting "renderable text" error when I need to OCR PDF's from FrameMaker.
Misha Ko May 23, 2013 7:36 AM

My solution has been to individually extract all those pages, then open them up in Photoshop, flatten them and widen the canvas size to standard 8.5 x 11. But that's a little tedious and time-consuming and you have to delete the original page from your document, after importing the OCR-friendly page.

Is there a printer definition, or something you can set up when you're generating your PDF's in the first place, that will get rid of that annoying "renderable text" error?

Very first reply, from a "Community MVP":

Re: Keep getting "renderable text" error when I need to OCR PDF's from FrameMaker.
Bernd Alheit CommunityMVP
Bernd Alheit May 23, 2013 7:59 AM (in response to Misha Ko)

Why want you perform OCR on the documents?

But I liked the OP's response

Misha Ko May 23, 2013 8:03 AM (in response to Bernd Alheit)

Because there is text in the graphic images that are on each page.

OCR is a useful tool to make scanned documents searchable, but also for making the text available in any graphic.

Is that OK with you?

Oh that kind of shit makes me rage.

otm. rage!!!

three separate areas near work all have construction going on, single lane crawl & i cant fucking go anywhere without seeing 900 traffic cones

and my shortcut to work is closed completely bc theyre building a housing development so i have to go the long way and fffuuuuuu

I mean, here's a handy idea. If you see someone asking a question about a routine or process you feel is unnecessary, why not start the conversation on a more positive note like "Have you considered moving the file directly to its target folder instead of moving it to your desktop first?"

Not "Why are you dumping shit from your flash drive straight to your desktop?"

And hey, you can use that line of reasoning in all sorts of facets of life and not come across as an asshole. And I'll tell ya, it's amazing how much happier life can be when you're not coming across that way al the time.

present company and this thread excluded.

that's a really good elucidation of something that i struggle with sometimes

fuckin a++++

"my car won't shift gears and I'm pretty sure the brake line is severed!"

'y r u attempting to drive places?'

i hate people that can't use 'worst case scenario' correctly. like, my rule of thumb was always to think about what the likely worst case was and add 1-2 days to it when I forecasted to a customer. and y'know, if an unexpected delay comes up, I would, y'know call them.

except my costly $2,800 repair (outside of warranty), which was supposed to be a "9-hour repair, worst case scenario Thursday" has dragged to Saturday. nobody has called me to let me know this (I had to find out by calling myself). i hate that the only reason this garage got my business was 'i have roadside assistance and this place is one mile away'.

(more rational angry than irrational but frustrated at trying to get around in the 'juggernaut' public transportation state that is Florida)

- underwear with the brand name embroidered into the elastic waistband

y u hate BTTF?

Had to google that because I definitely thought you were referencing a brand of underwear...

Like this. Also the name of Lane Bryant's line of underwears makes me IA, too.

https://dtpmhvbsmffsz.cloudfront.net/posts/2014/06/23/53a83f6b3a3efc61b429a209/m_53a83f780b47d33ad82a1f29.jpg

Although I kind of like the idea of me going back in time and somebody thinking my name was Cacique because it was embroidered on my underpants.

"You've had a severe startle, Mr Of the Loom"

(ok obv that's not embroidered but I don't get very adventurous w/ the underwear I wear)

that reminds me of cacık

http://happymoneysaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/capture-20121025-070854.png

Ha!

-People who show up at parties and expect to be greeted with thunderous applause and cessation of activity

You know Fonzie?

Also people on the phone who ask for telephone numbers and wait until you are half way through to mention they don't have a pen and have to run off to find one.

I do this every time. I don't know why. But I don't ever mention that I don't have a pen, I just run around frantically like an idiot looking for a pen while I pretend that I'm writing it down.

Or when people constantly interrupt to confirm the number before you can even get two digits out.

My number is five-four "RIGHT, FIVE...WHAT? FIVE FOUR?" Yes, five-"YOU ALREADY SAID FIVE; ARE THERE TWO FIVES?" No, just one. The number is five-four-sev-"WAIT, WHAT'S AFTER FOUR? HOW MANY FIVES?"

^^ !!!

ugh

Containers that are designed to stop you getting stuff out of them - like the bit at the bottom of a peanut butter jar that's wider than the rest of the jar.
http://www.wingyipstore.co.uk/images/Product/medium/S2H6558.jpg

YES x 1000

and moisturizer bottles where the pump doesn't reach all the way down & you have to upend the whole stupid thing for half an inch of lotion

Yes! Or have at it with a knife. At least the flimsier ones.

ia not at "drunken noodles" or "drunken goat" cheese or w/e, but at the shameless alcoholic basic beyotches who order these things because LOL BOOZE PARTY I CAN HAS SOJU APPLE MARTINI WITH BOBA

guess my main ia here is when there are two dozen great things to eat on the menu and ppl go straight to the "drunken" whatever because "haha it sez drunken letz get wasted"