OT: Name some things that drive you fucking nuts

[puckhead]

what arena is that? really nice

 

[forty_three]

Electronic nannies in cars. We've had my Wife's car for nearly 4 years and it has some silly forward braking sensor. It has never activated because, well everyone who drives the car actually knows how to drive. Last week, she got cut off and the person who cute her off slammed on the brakes so she had to break very heavily. The system never activated as far as we can tell.

What the system did do is malfunction after the fact now and needs an expensive repair. We have to pay to repair a feature we don't want and have never used. But since it failed, it affects the way the car drives.

Electronic nannies are a terrible idea anyway because it gives stupid fucking people a safety net. "I can read text messages when driving because my car will put me back in a lane when I drift out or brake when it needs to".

Follow up. So the issue was the car fired up the brake system warning, a check engine light and dropped power to the point where you could not go above 45 mph. Checked the codes and found that the brake sensor system failed which forced the car into "limp home" mode. They inspected and found that the sensors were fine, but there was an "obstruction" in front of the forward facing sensor in the windshield. which meant the sensor could not process things in front of the car and to be safe the car went into a low power mode. They were being difficult when I asked about the obstruction, and I finally got it out of them.

This incredible system was defeated by bird shit. The previous hard braking event had nothing to do with it.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

what arena is that? really nice

Ladner Leisure Centre in South Delta ... i think the Giants still use it as their practice facility

 

[dash]

This incredible system was defeated by bird shit.

 

[thedddd]

Not Leon Lush, in this instance, but what pisses me off is the same thing he is going on about. Idiots like this wasting all this food for stupid social media views.

 

[forty_three]

Went to meet a friend at lunch at Five Guys. A place where:

I walk in and stand in line at the counter to order.
Get my drink cup and walk over and fill the cup up myself.
Select my own table, get my own napkins and extra condiments myself
When my food is ready, I leave my table and go get it myself.
When I am done, I clean my own table.

So why on earth does their credit card machine try to force you into a tip AND the lowest % is 20? Really?It presents you with five options: 20, 25, 30, 35 and specify tip amount.

I specified. ZERO. Trying to wrangle a minimum 20% on a burger that costs 150% more than it did two years ago. Get the fuck outta here.

 

[forty_three]

Apparently it can cost up to 500 bucks to publish an obituary in the Baltimore Sun.

But for that price at least you get to write it yourself.



Those motherfuckers have the nerve to try and charge me to read articles on their site too.

 

[mattola]

Apparently it can cost up to 500 bucks to publish an obituary in the Baltimore Sun.

But for that price at least you get to write it yourself.



Those motherfuckers have the nerve to try and charge me to read articles on their site too.

I once placed an obituary for a family that cost them $8,000 I still can not believe they paid for that when you can post it free on social media ... $8K I still shake my head

 

[Nasty_Magician]

I've noticed it more and more, people wearing hats in restaurants, pretty nice restaurants too. I guess waiters and bartenders don't make enough to confront people and a lot of restaurants aren't in a position to be kicking customers out but come on people, have some self respect. I understand everyone lowered their dress code standards a bit during Covid but let's get our act together.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

There was a thread in my local sub-Reddit yesterday regarding right of way at an intersection.

It made me both sad and terrified by how many people were confidently incorrect and clearly have no clue what a right of way even is.

 

[forty_three]

There was a thread in my local sub-Reddit yesterday regarding right of way at an intersection.

It made me both sad and terrified by how many people were confidently incorrect and clearly have no clue what a right of way even is.

Right of way goes to the person with the most expensive car, right? At least I think that's the rule here.

 

[dash]

Right of way goes to the person with the most expensive car, right? At least I think that's the rule here.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Right of way goes to the person with the most expensive car, right? At least I think that's the rule here.

We do the opposite here.

 

[Comeds]

We do the opposite here.

That makes more sense to me. The person with the least expensive car has less to worry about and probably is more apt to not give a fuck.

 

[Comeds]

Tan interior? Not a fan.

 

[forty_three]

Apparently it can cost up to 500 bucks to publish an obituary in the Baltimore Sun.

But for that price at least you get to write it yourself.



Those motherfuckers have the nerve to try and charge me to read articles on their site too.

Follow up - They said they printed it in "today's edition". So we bought a couple copies of today's paper at 4 bucks each and it's not in there. It is online, which we had to subscribe to see, but we didn't find it in print. Turns out the "weekend edition" with today's date is different than the "Sunday Paper" in that it has obituaries in it and is a buck fifty more.

At least we have a few extra waste papers for when they eat crabs later this week.

 

[puckhead]

Follow up - They said they printed it in "today's edition". So we bought a couple copies of today's paper at 4 bucks each and it's not in there. It is online, which we had to subscribe to see, but we didn't find it in print. Turns out the "weekend edition" with today's date is different than the "Sunday Paper" in that it has obituaries in it and is a buck fifty more.

At least we have a few extra waste papers for when they eat crabs later this week.

what a clusterfuck.

you'd think when families are going though things like this, related services would do everything possible to make transactions as smooth as possible.
we still have some of my mother inlaw's estate with a bank (three years later), because they lost all of the paperwork, and have no record of it (even though my wife filled it in and signed it at a branch). And of course it was up to us to chase them down again.

 

[Debbie Does]

Right of way goes to the person with the most expensive car, right? At least I think that's the rule here.

In Massachusetts, it belongs to the vehicle with the greatest momentum, like the loaded gravel truck. Mass x Velocity.

 

[Comeds]

North Texas youth pastor who sexually abused 14 girls released from prison early for good behavior

Robert Shiflet was released from prison on January 11, 2023, after serving 25 months behind bars for repeatedly sexually assaulting two girls.

www.fox4news.com

 

[forty_three]

Insurance Companies: We want doctors to find problems earlier so treatment costs less.

Also Insurance Companies: That test that will find a problem early is too expensive, we're not covering it.