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

I was pretty sure it was JC Penney, but I had to look it up just now to make sure.

Stevia is gross.

But I like Splenda b/c it tastes reasonably like sugar. And you know why.

US Postal Service removed a bunch of mailboxes in Chicago, including the three right outside my workplace, and the ones a couple blocks away. Didn't tell anyone, gave no clue as to where to find those left standing. Fuckers.

Our mail carrier - a lovely woman - said they the mailboxes were eliminated b/c the USPS hired PriceWaterhouse to do an efficiency study, and PW advised that a mail carriers could more quickly collect the mail if they had fewer sites to collect from.

But you know, they could be even faster if they had only a single mammoth mailbox for all of Chicago. Fuckers.

Next up: restructuring their Chicago retail locations to one giant post office located in east Des Plains. There are spaces for 100 clerks to serve the public, but only three people working at any one time.

I'm with you, Chicago.

But I do wonder where the line is drawn. If you have 1000 mailboxes with one package apiece inside, it's going to take more work to empty them than 10 mailboxes with 100 packages. When you get to the point though where you've got some super large mailbox that can hold 1000 letters or packages, that's going to take more time than the 10 mailboxes because good lord, that's a haul for one person to sort and carry.

Just took a walk and saw that they'd plopped down a mailbox 1 block away from my workplace. It's just sitting there on the sidewalk, askew, next to a trash can. A strong wind would easily topple it (I tested it). Assuming they're going to bolt it down.

T.G.I's Friday

― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Thursday, 16 May 2013 00:46 (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

last weekend a cafe charged me for two 'burger of the weeks'

last week, and this week

Truman Capote got "Tiffany's" wrong too.

I went to the ATM today and it made me enter 00 for cents. All these years that's been a stealth contributor to my average IA levels. Thank you for shining a light on this issue, ILX.

There used to be an ATM near my college that demanded entering the cents, so I'd oblige it by asking for $20.23 - which, because it issued change, rolled out extreeeemely sloooooooowly.

Haven't seen the card thing either, but look, I'll admit it. Most of the ATMs I've used have that sky-blue text on black background, like it's powered by a Tandy-500 or an Asteroids machine.

― pplains, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 6:39 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

They probably are, basically.

"nice reference!"

for me always a conversation killer

i swear people sending large jpgs or files as attachments, and busting my inbox with them. it enrages me.

it feels like a wasteful act that damages the planet even though it probably doesn't. "here everyone have my massive fucking file, i lack the awareness to even notice i just sent it to a few thousand people."

I pluralise (or possessivise, maybe - I never do this written down so not sure where the construct comes from) pretty much every shop name, I think I read somewhere it's a particularly Scottish thing (or was - sorry rest of world!).

"It's time to put on your 3D glasses" appears on the cinema screen; it's followed by five movie trailers, none of which are in 3D.

non-car loving friends who go to vintage car shows & post endless arty instagramesque photos of doorhandles & grilles & badges & steering wheels & NEVER TAKE A PHOTO OF THE WHOLE FUCKING CAR

Tourists, ugh.

xp i hate detail shots like that in architecture/interior design magazines.

when you're on a RottenTomatoes page and you press the down arrow key to scroll down, it redirects you to the page for Star Trek Into Darkness, and when you continue to hold down the down arrow out of frustration, it cycles through the list of upcoming movies, redirecting you to a different page as soon as you release the key. it probably serves me right for visiting Rotten Tomatoes, but still,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqXYTu6un78

I'm just trying to find out if From Up on Poppy Hill is any good. fuck you for making me use the mouse or the scrollbar or the PgDn key. is this lazy web design or a deliberate ploy to get more pageviews?

thank you, Shel Silverstein, for helping me get through this difficult time.

- when I have a really satisfying post for this thread and I forget what it is by the time I get around to posting.

I've had one for awhile about the driveway in front of my daughter's school, but when the time comes to post it here, I come to the conclusion that I'm not really that annoyed by it and in fact, might be just trying to come up with something new for this thread.

Saw the new Star Trek movie this morning. People who applaud Big Moments or nerd-bait lines of dialogue in movies should have their hands chopped off.

I really just want silence during a movie. So I rarely see movies in theaters, especially crowded ones.

When the sheet down by my feet comes untucked at the corner and it wrinkles up and I can feel the wrinkles. I cannot abide this. I just angrily twitched all my covers out of the way and got up and retucked the damn thing.

Ugh. Especially when something like that happens when you're too asleep to figure out the problem. For me, anyway.

Though I usually can't stand having my feet or legs covered at all when I sleep, so no untucking troubles, usually.

誤訳侮辱, did you used to post under another name?

That stupid "Thug Kitchen" website.

Stop yelling at me! I'll eat what I want, you bossy jerk!

airplane food

What is the deal with that? And that little circle cut out of the tray - I mean, hey! Do you really think I don't know where to set down my plastic cup of 7-up? Or do they think that's somehow going to hold it in place during some turbulence. I got news for you stewardess - if this plane goes down, I think I'm not going to care if my cup slides a bit, amirite?

誤訳侮辱, did you used to post under another name?

Several. The one I used for the longest was probably unperson.

I saw that same very thought about Star Trek retweeted last night.

I'm on twitter as burn_amb (for Burning Ambulance, the magazine/website I run).

The flood of FB/Twitter statuses in the wake of a disaster or tragedy, "Praying for Oklahoma!" Folks, if "God" gave a fuck what you wanted he maybe wouldn't have sent killer tornadoes roaring through there in the first place. Why don't you do something practical instead, like give money to a relief agency, or jump in front of a bus?

Internet sanctimony is the worst sanctimony I deal with on a day-to-day basis.

oh phil d thats just gods mysterious way

To be fair, I think the "praying for ____" only means "My thoughts and sympathy goes to _____" for most people. Of course they probably think praying helps for some reason but it isn't so much "I would have helped directly but instead I prayed so it's all good".

I try to keep it under wraps, but I'm one of those smug judgmental atheists people are always fretting about and I can't get mad at folks calling for prayers during times of major tragedy. I make a donation to the appropriate org when stuff like this happens, but that doesn't feel like enough, especially because what I really wish I could do is bring some comfort directly to people affected by the situation. I think for some folks, praying makes them feel like they are making a tangible difference. And you know, for some folks, knowing that people are praying for them makes them feel better, too.

I mean, if somebody flies to Oklahoma and instead of helping dig people out of the rubble or handing out blankets, they just stand there and pray, that's another thing. But long distance, "Pray for the victims" type stuff is just people trying to find a way to feel better about inexplicable tragedy.

otm

I think for some folks, praying makes them feel like they are making a tangible difference. And you know, for some folks, knowing that people are praying for them makes them feel better, too.

This is the main positive, for me.

I can see where Phil D is coming from, in that I'm allergic to a lot of religious shit, and "pray for the victims" makes me think about bullshit pseudoscience ~proof of the healing power of prayer~ stuff, but I have to remember to curb my judgment and stick with the facts at hand.

Guys the thread title is "innocuous things that make you irrationally angry," you want the "oh it's cool I see where you're coming from" thread.

Maybe you guys are assuming these people are really praying and are actually spiritual people when in reality they are just playing the Good Socially Active Christian part by posting "I'm praying!" and not really doing much of anything else.

LOL Phil

I do admit to giving people the benefit of the doubt even when they don't deserve it, especially when I'm already feeling soft towards my fellow humans.

As someone who gets irritated when people tell me to "have a blessed day!" I'm sort of surprised at my tolerance, honestly.

Some of my fb friends have done this and they're good people, but I think Adam B is OTM for a lot of those posts, it's kind of a concern-bragging.

When you pull a tissue out of the box and the next one doesn't come out and stick up, so that you have to stuff your hand into the box and scrabble around to get the next one, and you end up yanking out a whole bunch more than you need and then have to stuff them badly back into the box