start a victory garden and ration your IRRATIONALLY ANGRY feelings, part 3

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You didn't pay any extra but you still paid for it. I suppose it's dependent on how long the journey is, you might not want to make a song and dance if you're not going to be on the train very long anyway, but when I'm going to and from Glasgow I'm not going to let some fucker who turns up on a wing and prayer sit in a seat I specified I wanted to sit on.

Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 14:25 (four years ago) link

yeah, like when I used book seats from Leeds to Newquay with a disabled co-traveller I'm actually ready to pull out a blade on anyone with designs on my seats.

calzino, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 14:29 (four years ago) link

I seriously don't understand the way trains are booked here. Why are they constantly over sold? It drives me fucking nuts.

Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 14:33 (four years ago) link

And I'm sorry but if I have a ticket with a seat number on it and someone in that seat doesn't I'm getting the damn seat.

Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 14:34 (four years ago) link

I don't read reddit but I do love that subreddit called Stolen Seats about this very thing.

People suck, don't ever give up your assigned seat. On planes, I always have people trying to sit in my seat because I usually have exit row or aisle. It's amazing how people won't get up. I look nice, but bitch, you don't know me, get the fuck up.

Yerac, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 15:30 (four years ago) link

Although I once did voluntarily give up my seat once because some 6'7" dude was crammed in the back and making noise and I felt bad and it was a short flight. I was also hoping to get bumped up.

Yerac, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 15:32 (four years ago) link

the thing about the assigned seats is: if you are the one with an assigned seat asking someone to move you are in the right but feel like an uptight jerk, and if you are the one sitting in someone's assigned seat you are in the wrong but get to feel morally superior about how above it all you are.

We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 15:33 (four years ago) link

The only thing you should do if someone is in your seat is make them pay you in cash for however much you think their ask is worth That usually gets them up.

Yerac, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link

i relish telling people to get off my seat

findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 16:14 (four years ago) link

Flip side is when we make one of our rare forays to the minor league baseball park, and the usher says "Oh, just sit down there in one of the front rows. Those season-ticket holders never show up, and if they do, you can always move."

And I'm just frozen on the inside, going "Please don't make me do that. Please don't make me do that."

pplains, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 16:23 (four years ago) link

I remember going to Lollapalooza 1992 with a crew of people and between us we had 3 good tickets and 12 lawn ones. We were able to sneak all 15 of us up to the three good seats, but as it got later in the day people kept showing up and kicking us out of their assigned seats and we ended up with five people sitting on top of each other in each of the three seats hoping not to get kicked out until the lights would go down.

joygoat, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 18:11 (four years ago) link

Lollapalooza 1995 was the opposite. Hole left the stage and the whole front section emptied out before Sonic Youth.

pplains, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 22:00 (four years ago) link

Flip side is when we make one of our rare forays to the minor league baseball park, and the usher says "Oh, just sit down there in one of the front rows. Those season-ticket holders never show up, and if they do, you can always move."

And I'm just frozen on the inside, going "Please don't make me do that. Please don't make me do that."

― pplains, Wednesday, May 1, 2019 9:23 AM (five hours ago) Bookmark

i feel exactly the same

findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 22:04 (four years ago) link

i hate when people use the work microwaves and when they pause it they don't reset the microwave. just hit the button twice, dingus.

forensic plumber (harbl), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 22:05 (four years ago) link

xpost When Sonic Youth come on the stage that technically is the time you should leave a show.

Yerac, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 22:12 (four years ago) link

i hate when people use the work microwaves and when they pause it they don't reset the microwave. just hit the button twice, dingus.

OMG, thanks for reminding me of this one pet peeve of mine! I try to be above-it-all and not mind when the microwave display is left at a seemingly random amount of seconds, but it still irks.

The Colour of Spring (deethelurker), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 23:32 (four years ago) link

BTW, I'm very rationally pissed off at Ye Mad Puffin's daughter's former school's PTA for opting for that Hate Chicken outfit for their fundraisers, even though I can honestly say I was one of the people who thought Hate Chicken had given up on their hatred when they said they had back in ca. 2012.

The Colour of Spring (deethelurker), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 23:35 (four years ago) link

xxp yerac bonkers talk

I found Hole to be unlistenable on that tour, SY was majestic both nights I went

d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 2 May 2019 01:30 (four years ago) link

and aslo remember ppl w/ poor judgment clearing out after Hole

d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 2 May 2019 01:33 (four years ago) link

I like Sonic Youth's music but they are tiresome as fuh live. I think I have left 3-4 shows before their set or after 1-2 songs (I was even with ian one time where we both decided it wasn't worth staying a set change for them to come on because we timed it late and missed Dinosaur Jr and oh well.)

Yerac, Thursday, 2 May 2019 01:38 (four years ago) link

well there's the problem you didn't stay long enough. I do remmeber them closing that Lollapalozza with the face melting Diamond Sea and then encoring w Schizophrenia / White Cross / Teenage Riot. Lotsa cool lights too.

I also sort of remember the whole rest of that lineup sucking except Jesus Lizard

d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 2 May 2019 01:58 (four years ago) link

oh, i have never been to a lollapalooza. This was from seeing Sonic Youth so many other times and deciding it wasn't ever worth it again.

Yerac, Thursday, 2 May 2019 02:06 (four years ago) link

Only saw SY once, at a Lollapalooza, and man, it was everything Hadrian mentioned and more.

https://i.imgur.com/svCDjoL.jpg

Also saw Coolio and Yo La Tengo on the side stage, not a combo you see every day.

pplains, Thursday, 2 May 2019 03:06 (four years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/v5mORqo.jpg

- "And playing in the Mindfield, kids these days have no idea!"

pplains, Thursday, 2 May 2019 03:10 (four years ago) link

People who instant message you "Hey I've got a question", then wait for you to respond before asking the question. Just ask it!

what if bod was one of us (ledge), Thursday, 2 May 2019 07:53 (four years ago) link

No those people are heroes - if you haven't been asked the question you won't feel any pressure to answer it!

Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 2 May 2019 08:21 (four years ago) link

agree with latter

deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Thursday, 2 May 2019 08:25 (four years ago) link

a bold and exciting take.

what if bod was one of us (ledge), Thursday, 2 May 2019 08:43 (four years ago) link

Much worse if they need to do a bunch of small talk before getting around to their request

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 2 May 2019 14:03 (four years ago) link

"Can I ask you a question?"

"You just did."

Pontius Pilates (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 2 May 2019 14:09 (four years ago) link

"Can I just ask a short question?"
"Apparently not."

Also, the people on a recurring meeting's conference call who announce who they are regularly. "This is Mike. I wanted to say..." We work with you, and know your voice, unless you're trying out a Jimmy Stewart imitation.

the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Thursday, 2 May 2019 16:22 (four years ago) link

re: IM, I'll say "Q when you have a moment" to avoid accidentally popping up on their screen and interrupting a (non-statused) presenter. And like Andrew says, to let them answer at their convenience. I work with a number of people whose questions are your immediate #1 priority, and I like to avoid that, if possible.

the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Thursday, 2 May 2019 16:26 (four years ago) link

> to let them answer at their convenience

if you ask the question they can answer it at their convenience. plus they know what the question is 8)

koogs, Thursday, 2 May 2019 16:36 (four years ago) link

I swear to heaven, swiping through dating apps, for every person who self-identifies as an entrepreneur, there are 3 who identify as an entrepenuer.

mick signals, Thursday, 2 May 2019 18:51 (four years ago) link

just assume it means they are unemployed

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 2 May 2019 19:17 (four years ago) link

indeed entrepenurious

mick signals, Thursday, 2 May 2019 19:23 (four years ago) link

amatuers

kinder, Thursday, 2 May 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link

Are some of them restauranteurs?

Pontius Pilates (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 2 May 2019 20:54 (four years ago) link

Taking into consideration the accompanying photos, I think some of them may mean "will date for cash"

mick signals, Thursday, 2 May 2019 21:42 (four years ago) link

Re train seats, I always find that "Hi, I hate to be the sort of person who says 'You're sitting in my seat', but..." usually works. On a packed train recently the seat reservations computer display things weren't working, which certain people had interpreted as the reservations being cancelled, that was quite an argument...

fetter, Friday, 3 May 2019 08:21 (four years ago) link

I know car stuff deserves its own IR thread, but twice in the last week I've yielded to cars or people who totally have the right of way, but when I'm sitting there waiting for them to move the driver/pedestrian shoots me a look and impatiently waves their arm, like, "aren't you going to go!?" And it pisses me off, because no, I'm wasn't going to go, they have the right of way and I don't want to hurt anyone. So then I'm basically forced to rescind my yield and cut them off, which throws off the rhythm of traffic.

Also, the pedestrian is invariably surprised by you being there to turn at all, because they have headphones on and they're engrossed in their phone and it's a wonder they even look up and notice they're on the curb and about to stride into the street.

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 3 May 2019 12:15 (four years ago) link

anyone who wants to interrupt right-of-way rules to earn themselves a lil karma bell is a dickhead

deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Friday, 3 May 2019 12:17 (four years ago) link

this x1000

in western MA this is the norm—dummy thinks s/he is being kind to a single driver by stopping to let them in, meanwhile backing traffic up for a dozen cars behind them

d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 3 May 2019 12:26 (four years ago) link

People who do this annoy me so much! I love the drivers who stop and wave me on when there's traffic coming in the opposite direction as well.

With the amount of time spent trying to figure out what they're doing, it would have been quicker if they hadn't stopped to let me go.

tokyo rosemary, Friday, 3 May 2019 12:44 (four years ago) link

It is the worst. Ugh.

Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 3 May 2019 12:54 (four years ago) link

I love the drivers who stop and wave me on when there's traffic coming in the opposite direction as well.

jfc this happened to me on my bike last week - obviously it's my ultimate responsibility not to cycle in to the path of oncoming traffic but please don't encourage me to.

what if bod was one of us (ledge), Friday, 3 May 2019 12:55 (four years ago) link

a very close friend of mine had her life pretty much destroyed in those circumstances.

traffic is too fucking dangerous to be whimsical

deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Friday, 3 May 2019 13:08 (four years ago) link

I've said it already 1000 times about "friendly drivers", but to see someone from Chicago say this is scary.

pplains, Friday, 3 May 2019 13:12 (four years ago) link

then they get annoyed waiting for you to wait for the oncoming traffic to stop to actually get out grrrr

kinder, Friday, 3 May 2019 14:51 (four years ago) link

Trousers with fewer than seven belt loops.

WmC, Saturday, 11 May 2019 03:00 (four years ago) link


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