You Know What Grinds My Gears? - Things that personally piss you off

[bliblblblbbllb]

Get the fuck out of line you poor piece of shit, that's your 12th declined card

I'd assume they're stolen at some point and that they're trying to find one that doesn't need a pin, or they have like 5 people's ebt cards in hand.

Also people are so retarded sometimes they don't really understand even the mere concepts of overdraft protection, credit vs debit, credit limits, and overage fees. Seriously I'd bet the majority of people in your local projects straight up couldn't say what all of those are. So even if they kinda understand that one credit card is a 500 limit dollar card, well sometimes it'll go over 500 if you try! Extra free money, duh!

On the same note, I get really annoyed at my coworkers complaining about their checks not having money because they used advance pay products to get cash early. It's just the same as with food/fat people. It's not magic. Little fairies aren't coming at night and taking twenties from your wallet or shoving Twinkies down your throat. I have nothing against people being broke because it happens- but it's aggravating when people bitch and you can tell they really dug themselves into their own financial grave, and they don't really want to put in the effort to change things. They just go "It's not fair. How come we worked the same hours but you can afford xyz and I can't?" .....Because I don't have my wages garnished by the IRS because I didn't refuse to pay my taxes for 5 years? Because I don't eat out 5 times a week? Because I don't spend all my money on vaping and drinking? All those things would be too critical too really say at work, but somehow it's not inappropriate for people to complain how broke they are.

 

[Rick Nekieta]

People who act like you killed their firstborn when they perceive that the error is on your end, but summarily drop the argument without an acknowledgment of error when it is demonstrated that the error is on their end. Whatever energy you put into the errors of others must also apply to the energy applied towards self-error.

 

[The Demiurge's Lost Socks]

I hate when professors or teachers decide to discuss politics when it's got absolutely nothing to do with the subject. I remember after the election, my World Religion professor goes on a speech about "fascism."

Motherfucker, I'm paying something like $8000 to come to your classes and you're wasting them by not teaching the thing you're supposed to teach. If politics has nothing to do with the class, keep your fucking

My professor tried to teach us that Hitler escaped the seige of Berlin by escaping to South America, and that he died there.

 

[DenseDeerFather]

My professor tried to teach us that Hitler escaped the seige of Berlin by escaping to South America, and that he died there.

Happened to me in highschool. Numerous times.

One teacher used part of my exam to sperg out about Mel Gibson hating Jews or whatever because I was discussing the historical context of The Patriot, that movie he was in.

Had another spend so many classes bitch out about women having too many rights and being too incompetent to do something about it that the administrators had to install a guard dog to make sure we actually learned some chemistry.,

Had a third teacher dedicate a good chunk of our second year to queer theory and inserting her opinions that Elsa was totally a queer woman and let it go was a metaphor for her totes queerness and how Ariel was queer too.

Then she made us read a poem about some fag eating a sausage and discuss how it was a metaphor for sucking dick because "we live in the modern age and it's important we understand queer history"

???????????????

In Uni, professors were pretty mellow - except for one who had a little piss about "heteronormative standards in literature".

Anyway thread tax: Canadians. Have a Canadian friend who takes every opportunity to bitch out about America and Trump and incoming civil wars and because he's black, he'll be deported soon.

Omfg would you shut the fuck up? You're a Cannuck and I'm European. I'm not gonna dedicate my existence to fucking Trump when I live on the other side of the globe.

Edit: Actually everyone I know IRL have been super stupid with Trump lately. I sound like I love him but I'm generally indifferent.

But it gets a little annoying when everyone around me brings him up often to shit on him like;

Spoiler: Some choice quotes from people

"He's actually insane"
"He wants to buy Greenland!"
"He released a bunch of violent criminals"
"He says so many insane things"
"He wanted to build a wall!"
"Taylor Swift hates him so I hate him too!"
"He's gonna take away women's rights and turn America into North Korea!"
"The cities will be drowned in rivers of blood!"

*Insert bullshit about Trump being the anti-christ here.

The worst thing is that people seem to just not listen when I counter them with stuff like the wall not actually being built or the fact that a lot of politicians say stuff and don't deliver and the fact that there are rules and regulations and institutions in place so he's not gonna turn into Kim Jong Donald or whatever. And 2016 didn't bring about the end of the world so this term won't either.

 

[Hubelublub]

Have a Canadian friend

There's your problem.

 

[Captain Syrup]

My professor tried to teach us that Hitler escaped the seige of Berlin by escaping to South America, and that he died there.

He dipped out to Antarctica, man!

 

[internet friend]

Questions where it's unclear what they're actually asking. Especially if it's in trivia or something where you are disadvantaged by the question's vagueness.

 

[Guiron]

Technology tutorial videos where the person making the tutorial forgets that they're meant to be telling people how to use a given program, and instead begin mashing shortcuts without pointing out what they are, what they do and what keystrokes you have to press to use them. Closely followed by people who don't bother to speak clearly into the mic while making the aforementioned videos; if you can't bring yourself to speak properly, use on-screen text instead. If you can't even be arsed to do that, don't make the video at all.

 

[Rick Nekieta]

The "Calvinball" that the alphabet community uses to retroactively cover the inconsistencies by redefining terms. One stellar example was females who identified as non-binary lesbians. On one hand, they don't accept the premise that their vagina makes them a woman, but they sure know what a woman is when they are seeking a romantic partner. Suddenly, they know what a woman is. The solution to this, rather than admit that non-binary is a nonsense concept, is to redefine lesbian as "non-man" (by way of identification, not genitalia at birth) romantically interested in "non-men."

The moment you pin them down in a contradiction, they Calvinball the claim to make you start over in accordance with a new nonsense framework.

 

[The Last Stand]

There's another meaningless election coming up in my country. One party has taken a visually bold approach to their poster campaign. It's just a high contrast black and white close-up of the party leader's face staring directly into the camera + some text.

What I'm trying to say is that every other lamp post I walk by these days makes it look like fucking Phil Collins is campaigning to rule Germany.

Ver archivo adjunto 6980983

This mildly grinds my gears because the real dude is in fact not Phil Collins.

Is that an album cover or a political ad? Somebody should tell them to not "put the D" in something if they want to be taken seriously.

Thread tax: I can't wait for winter to be over. Weather keeps changing at an instant.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

winter sucks

I also hate winter, and it's the worst season.

a few more:

yet another reason winter sucks snail snot:

* S T A T I C * E L E C T R I C I T Y *

Oh yeah, and another reason winter sucks: because it's endlessly too cold out, that can mean less exercise. Less exercise can mean health issues, like unwanted weight gain.

And winter can make the outdoors like a hostile extraterrestrial environment, which is BS. BTW I don't think I'd want to live in a colony on that one freezing desert world.

 

[Mysterious Figure]

Ghetto/white trash trying in vain to get their 13 invalid credit cards to not get declined while I stand in line with my one or two items wasting my life.

Get the fuck out of line you poor piece of shit, that's your 12th declined card, you have no shekels!

I hate when I'm repeatedly trying to use my card on the machine, and it can't read it for some reason.

I remember one time I was trying to pay on some Walmart self checkout machine and it wouldn't read it, so a cashier took me to their register to use theirs. That machine wouldn't read my card either, and the cashier was judging me hard for "no having money". Most embarrassing and infuriating experience ever.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

My professor tried to teach us that Hitler escaped the seige of Berlin by escaping to South America, and that he died there.

"Bart Calls Hitler - The Simpsons"

 

[Captain Syrup]

I hate when I'm repeatedly trying to use my card on the machine, and it can't read it for some reason.

I remember one time I was trying to pay on some Walmart self checkout machine and it wouldn't read it, so a cashier took me to their register to use theirs. That machine wouldn't read my card either, and the cashier was judging me hard for "no having money". Most embarrassing and infuriating experience ever.

I'm hardly an expert, but I have a suspicion bank cards are shoddily made. Thank god for the tap feature. Now I find myself sandwiching my debit card between two others. It doesn't wear out as fast. I can't even think of carrying my laundromat machine card in my pocket. It was designed for a swift demise, and the price of a new one? Two dollars!

 

[Mysterious Figure]

I'm hardly an expert, but I have a suspicion bank cards are shoddily made. Thank god for the tap feature.. Now I find myself sandwiching my debit card between two others,. It doesn't wear out as fast. I can't even think of carrying my laundromat machine card in my pocket. It was designed for a swift demise, and the price of a new one? Two dollars!

My bank card is falling apart from years of use, but I'm getting a new one in a few months. The side is flaking off, and the numbers are faded. Somehow the Starbucks machine stopped my card from being able to tap.

Strangely, some machines read my card just fine with my chip, and others struggle.

 

[DenseDeerFather]

I hate when I'm repeatedly trying to use my card on the machine, and it can't read it for some reason.

I've tried something similar before but that's usually because the entire system has been fucked so there's a delay with the banks and with the payment systems so everything is fucked. Can't even login to check your balance.

RIP Mastercards.

Walmart self checkout machine

Huh.

One of the two stores in my town just got a huge upgrade with self-checkout machines and they tend to bitch-out every now and then which is to be expected. It's new technology for most stores here. It is somewhat uncomfortable when you get stuck.

Because you can't leave before you scan in a QR code on your receipt. God have mercy if the scanner doesn't work and you're trapped there, having to wait before a cashier lets you out.

 

[Rick Nekieta]

Since we're on the topic of Walmart, let me tell you about the only time I've attempted to use Walmart in the last decade or more. I don't know the last time I purchased something at a Walmart, but it was AT LEAST 10 years ago. My fridge uses a GE RWPFE water filter every six months. The standard price of these is 50 dollars, 30-35 if you find a good deal. There is a universal filter that has a standard price of around 35, 25 if you know how to get the good deal. The RWPFE is a plug and play 100 times out of 100 and only takes 2 minutes to replace. The universals only work under a very specific set of conditions and can be a pain to install. I've gotten them in on the first try and I've wrestled with them for 40 minutes before. Everything is just *slightly* off the ideal specs, so it takes a bit of a special touch to get it in correctly. Well, I got 3 of the proper pieces from a Chinese warehouse for 70 dollars. The trick was, there was a 3-4 week turnaround.

So, on a Monday, I find the universal piece for 28 at Walmart online. It says that if I order it online, It will arrive on Thursday. It says it is in stock at my local Walmart, so I run up there, run to the back of the store and find an empty shelf. Eventually get a teenager who uses his handheld device to say it will be in tomorrow. I wait til Wed to make sure. Wed, second verse, same as the first. Different teenager, same song. Come back Friday, someone who was probably a literal retard who literally ran around with his mouth open named "Griffon" gives me the same song and dance. I look at the unstocked pallets and look for the piece. Nothing. Come back Sunday, same shit. Talk to an older man this time. Say, I'll just get it online because I'd have it Thursday if I had done it from the outset, but I had a tenant so time was a factor and I'm getting an earful every time I fail to return with a water filter.

Try online shipping. Need to make 35 dollar purchase. Decide to stock up on conditioner to meet free shipping requirements. Won't process on their end. Abandon plan. Go to Amazon, get it a dollar cheaper the next day with no hassle whatsoever. The very next day, I get the Chinese parts that I had been seeking the whole time.

I fucking HATE Walmart. Not because "muh multibillionaires" or "muh living wage", but because they fucking suck all around. I decide to put up with them once and this is the horror story that generated. Fuck Walmart, Costco for life.

 

[DavidS877]

I remember one time I was trying to pay on some Walmart self checkout machine and it wouldn't read it, so a cashier took me to their register to use theirs. That machine wouldn't read my card either, and the cashier was judging me hard for "no having money". Most embarrassing and infuriating experience ever.

I had an online order from a small company. They called me and said "Hey, your card didn't work." Ok, let's try the number again... nope, still didn't work. Ok, let's try this other one, nope still doesn't work. He's like, just call your bank. I call my bank, no transactions attempted on the card, credit limit I could go buy a car with, the bank guy is like "Naw man, not our fault." Finally I ask the small company "Hey, are you using Paypal?" Yes, yes we are. Fuckers. Go to privacy dot com, get another card named "Paypal sucks 32" and give them that number, and look, now it works.

 

[Rick Nekieta]

I had an online order from a small company. They called me and said "Hey, your card didn't work." Ok, let's try the number again... nope, still didn't work. Ok, let's try this other one, nope still doesn't work. He's like, just call your bank. I call my bank, no transactions attempted on the card, credit limit I could go buy a car with, the bank guy is like "Naw man, not our fault." Finally I ask the small company "Hey, are you using Paypal?" Yes, yes we are. Fuckers. Go to privacy dot com, get another card named "Paypal sucks 32" and give them that number, and look, now it works.

Did they send you any receipts or communications indicating that your order had been successfully purchased? If the card was going to fail, for whatever reason, the online apparatus should not have given an indication that all was well. So you attempted an online purchase and were led to believe that all was well, prior to them calling you back, right?

 

[DavidS877]

So you attempted an online purchase and were led to believe that all was well, prior to them calling you back, right?

Pretty much, yes.
Just checked back.
Email from the Automated system "Thanks for your order"
Email from a human: "We'll ship this UPS ground"
Email from the automated system: "Here's the tracking number"
Phone call from the human, "oh, yea, fucky wucky, we didn't realize your credit card didn't actually go through."