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

^^^^^^^^^ this

not at all innocuous, but still really angry, so this is purely a vent...

Last night I was in the left turn lane, and we got a green arrow, so me and the guy next to me started going until it was plainly obvious to both of us that there was a gentleman speeding straightaway towards us who had either completely blown his red light or (as I suspect), conflated the green left arrow to mean PLOW ON AHEAD. Fortunately it was obvious enough that both of us were able to anticipate and stop before he plowed into us, and laid on our horns, and then this guy has the nerve to honk back and us and gesture like we were the ones that fucked up, despite all of his buddies on the other side still remaining firmly planted behind the white line.

It's like, bro, I know it's hard to drive and change David Allen Coe 8-tracks at the same time, but c'mon....

oh hey! similar thing happened to me a couple days ago except the other driver wasn't a complete jackass i guess. i was the only car at a red light and i caught him in my rear view mirror charging right at me at full speed, apparently looking at something else. i honked for a few seconds before realizing i had to make a move, so i swerved to the right into the light and he swerved left at the last minute, missing each other by maybe half a foot. would've at least totaled my car if i hadn't noticed in time.

machines that use the first person

'please wait -- i'm printing your receipt now!'

zach things like that are one reason I'm glad I have an obsessive personality because they've saved me from near disaster on the road a few times.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that the same nation that is full of people that try and hold conversations with automated computerized voices could potentially misread traffic lights.

Part of me wonders if this is a regular occurrence for that guy -- "jesus christ, every time I get a green light I almost get t-boned by two crazy people, what the hell is up with that?"

I know it's hard to drive and change David Allen Coe 8-tracks at the same time, but c'mon....

haha

Amazon not sticking to only having reviews for the relevant edition of the disc on the page with the disc. Or at least separating ones for earlier versions out, if still allowing them to be shown.

Just looking at the hyper-expensive Japanese remastering of Alice Cooper's love It To Death and the reviews are for earlier versions. Was probably more annoying when it was the Zappa remasters at the end of last year and most of the reviews you were wading through were for previous versions. While I at least was trying to see if anybody had reviewed the new version itself in order to work out if it was necessary or not.

Also the fact that people seem to be not remastering lps that have needed it for ages and instead sticking out unremastered cds in Original lp series boxes with minimal linernotes & difficult to read mini versions of lp sleeves.
I want a remastered Love it To Death but even marketplace only have them for about £30 while Amazon's offer is £70+

- when you move your mouse over the text of the main story on the BBC website and it moves out of the way and makes you click a different story

yes ffs. but it's only semi-innocuous and semi-irrational i think, it is a really really bad design feature.

Amazon not sticking to only having reviews for the relevant edition of the disc on the page with the disc

This is also horrible when trying to determine the best translation of a foreign novel and every available edition has the exact same "this is the WORST translation EVER!" review.

yes a thousand times yes it drives me insaaaaane

ha ha, yes. just returned a copy of rashomon on dvd because it missing things described in the picture and reviews. the replacement was identical, returned that too. apparently those were customer images and customer reviews for an earlier version and the current version doesn't include the booklet EVEN THOUGH it mentions it on the dvd sleeve.

dvdempire dot com has back cover jpgs... i use their site a lot to sleuth dvd extras/versions

- this fucking business law textbook that talks about the difficulties that businesses face as a result of "cybergriping." CYBERGRIPING. Fucking cybergriping.

A really dumb thing for me to waste so much time writing on, but....here I am.

Anywho, I really don't like the new BOA ATM setup for the following reasons:

1) They now have two, instead of one, ATMs in one lane, which LOOKS like it's a benefit, except
2) If you wind up at the back ATM, and the guy in front of you is taking absolutely forever, and a queue forms in back of you, you're now trapped until the guy in front leaves (this happened to me last week).
3) When the guy in the front leaves, if the person in back is still transacting, there's an unused ATM at the front that nobody can get to
4) This latter scenario inspires geniuses like the lady today, who instead decided to go into the teller lane, then walk over to the Drive-Up atm and perform transactions on foot

Some people have argued that its imperfect, but better as it shortens the lines, but idk, it doesn't seem 'better' to me, because at least in the old one-ATM system, you could generally get a sense of how long it would take to get in and out based on the size of the line. Whereas now, you can see that open ATM in the back, think it's going to be a quick shot, and be stuck waiting for the asshat in front who's depositing 15 checks and doesn't know how to do it.

Likewise, I'm sure it does increase the number of ATM transactions that happen each hour, but I can't imagine it increases it that much, as there are frequently times when the front ATM is unoccupied.

I can't believe I just typed all this about this topic. especially since I generally use walk-up.

That does sound like the stupidest idea.

Were they inspired by gas stations? At least at Kum & Go, you can (a.) pull away to the side after you're done if there's a car in front of you, (b.) come in from the other direction if there's an open pump in front of a used pump, (c.) you very rarely see walk-up traffic to a fuel pump.

that's what i was wondering, but yea, pumps have easy entry from all sides.

Most bank drive-thrus I know of have at least three lanes - the window lane, the vacuum tube lane and the ATM lane. Why not make the middle lane a dual ATM/tube lane?

Then you have the anxiety-intensive feeling of picking the slowest lane, but at least there'd be two lanes.

I get my cash from the grocery store.

It has been super foggy the past two days, and I have seen dozen of cars using their high beams.

pet hate. fuckers!!!

I can't tell if I am more IA at the drivers who had NO lights on during the foggy morning ride.

i drove to and from NYC this weekend and the drive was horrible both ways, and i did end up using my high beams but only when no one was in front of me obvs. tonight i had maybe 10 ft of visibility at times.

anyway IA: people who are apparently incapable of walking at a speed lower than "speedwalking", no matter the urgency and despite the conversation they're trying to have with you

When did 'too funny' become a thing? Never fails to sound church-ladyish in use.

One could argue that using your high-beams in fog only illuminates more fog, but one's personal experience may vary.

anyway IA: people who are apparently incapable of walking at a speed lower than "speedwalking", no matter the urgency and despite the conversation they're trying to have with you

You could solve that problem by hurrying up u kno.

^this

Slow walking is fine as long as the slower walker doesn't get in the way.

Two or more slowpokes strolling abreast, unaware that they're impeding everyone, those folks need punching.

some company I heard of actually has some VP-type person who does walking meetings, as in they meet somewhere and do laps through the large hallways of the workplace

I would really enjoy walking meetings. I hope that the VP doesn't make them mandatory, though, since not everybody can or wants to do that.

Hah!

MANDATORY

they probably get a negotiated discount from their health insurance company. or this actually could be one of the insurance companies, as I've forgotten who it is

wellmark has a strict NO SMOKERS CAN WORK HERE hiring policy, too. pretty crazy shit.

Don't get me started on workplace wellness initiatives because they are not innocuous.

I avoided a recent work health fair that promised to tell you your blood presh and body fat content or some shit like that, and gave you some kind of price for participating. For the price of a mass-manufactured keychain (or w/e) I should give you my confidential medical information? Oh yeah no.

* prize for participating.

if you go in for a free health screening at a random clinic, my company gives you something like $500 to put towards your yearly medical expenses

Do they ask for the results of the screening before they hand over the cash?

I don't think they necessarily care. It's more of a push to recognize preventative medicine, which people are generally horrible at.

Drone rock/space rock. Makes me irrationally angry.

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why you braek heart

I have the attn span of a golden retriever puppy w/r/t music. I went to a show on Sat that shd have been good or at least innocuous and I tried to relax and ~vibe with it~ or w/e but fuck it I just hated those bands.

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more dirty dronerock boys for the rest of us

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Get off my case! I like shouty pop/pop punk/slop rock and songs no longer than 4 minutes or so.

xp haha yes, mookie.

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:D

Do they ask for the results of the screening before they hand over the cash?

nope!