OT: Name some things that drive you fucking nuts

[DrewScott]

Surcharges and handling fees on online booking sites. They sometimes double the price that you originally agreed upon.

 

[puckhead]

One plus about living in the west side of Vancouver
I don't know ANY of my neighbours

one minus - 4 way stops are a fucking adventure.
especially if there is a tesla involved.

 

[Comeds]

Sitting outside on my back porch after a 10 hour workday, just wanting some quiet time and to decompress and my neighbor comes over and starts yapping incessantly about pointless shit that I have zero interest in.

I go to great lengths to avoid my neighbors. It might involve being on my way out then sitting inside on my steps for a few minutes if a neighbor is outside.
If I go out on my deck and a neighbor is on theirs - I've acted like someone is calling me in.
And if I happen to see a neighbor at the grocery store - I go to great lengths to change my aisle pattern so they never see me.

 

[forty_three]

Neighbors on my left are an older couple and they are lovely but are never out. Ones on the right said to us when they moved in "We aren't very social and stay home a lot". We said they'd be perfect for us. In the 4 years they've been there, I've talked to them like a grand total of 15 minutes.

Guy across the street is a Republican Lobbyist, so I avoid him at all costs.

 

[Comeds]

My neighbors are mostly OK as far as I know, I just dont usually feel like it. The oddest ones are super friendly sometimes and hurry by us looking terrified other times. I gave up trying to figure them out long ago.

Either way, I am not doing the "see you in the next aisle" or "Fiber One bars, does Don have a problem?" thing at the grocery store with any of them.

 

[Loco2]

Surcharges and handling fees on online booking sites. They sometimes double the price that you originally agreed upon.

This is a great breakdown of the troubling model for a lot of these businesses, the fees they charge, and how, over time, they basically start to charge you a premium price that doesn't even meet the basics of what they originally offered for a lot more money.

 

[Comeds]

Without any notice having the channels the Orioles / Nationals are on dropped from my cable lineup. My cable company is telling some people it's temporary, telling others they have to jump to a new tier $40 more.

Lol I might have to change from to sports package to Home And Family to watch baseball

 

[forty_three]

News articles that are talking about some retail store or restaurant that is closing a bunch of locations that don't include a list of the locations.

 

[mattola]

driving 10 blocks to save 3 cents a litre. The gas you use to get there is more than the savings. in my truck I have 98 litre tank the savings is $2.94 if I am running on fumes

less than 3 dollars... jesus Im getting old man pissed off with the cost of things these days

 

[dash]

driving 10 blocks to save 3 cents a litre. The gas you use to get there is more than the savings. in my truck I have 98 litre tank the savings is $2.94 if I am running on fumes

less than 3 dollars... jesus Im getting old man pissed off with the cost of things these days

What about a quick trip to Point Roberts?!?

 

[mattola]

What about a quick trip to Point Roberts?!?

Blaine is closer for me and I should take advantage of it more often

 

[Debbie Does]

My neighbors are mostly OK as far as I know, I just dont usually feel like it. The oddest ones are super friendly sometimes and hurry by us looking terrified other times. I gave up trying to figure them out long ago.

Either way, I am not doing the "see you in the next aisle" or "Fiber One bars, does Don have a problem?" thing at the grocery store with any of them.

The GF has a few friends who are elderly and are "hard of hearing" but they won't get hearing aids. So every time she talks to them she has to shout, even on the phone. Most of the time it politics, the same rant I hear every few days. Yesterday it was yelling about cleaning ladies.

 

[dash]

Blaine is closer for me and I should take advantage of it more often

I was curious, so I just did a quick check on gas prices in Blaine via gasbuddy - Cheapest listed was 4.55 a gallon and there are 4 litres to a US gallon so that's around 1.14 a litre. Even after doing the conversion to Canadian funds, that's right around 1.50 Canadian a litre. We're paying 2 dollars a litre here on the island and I assume you're paying a little more in the lower mainland. That's a pretty significant savings.

 

[mattola]

I was curious, so I just did a quick check on gas prices in Blaine via gasbuddy - Cheapest listed was 4.55 a gallon and there are 4 litres to a US gallon so that's around 1.14 a litre. Even after doing the conversion to Canadian funds, that's right around 1.50 Canadian a litre. We're paying 2 dollars a litre here on the island and I assume you're paying a little more in the lower mainland. That's a pretty significant savings.

just over $2 a litre today.. tomorrow who the fuck knows.

yeah if I didnt live 12 mins from work I would probably be making more trips across the line and I better do it before Trump gets back in power...

 

[puckhead]

What about a quick trip to Point Roberts?!?

Beer isn't cheaper in Point Roberts anymore.
Different selection, but it's $12USD per six pack.

 

[thedddd]

driving 10 blocks to save 3 cents a litre. The gas you use to get there is more than the savings. in my truck I have 98 litre tank the savings is $2.94 if I am running on fumes

less than 3 dollars... jesus Im getting old man pissed off with the cost of things these days

The same can be said for the people who wait 20-30 minutes in line for gas at Costco or Sam’s club. The amount of time lost, fuel wasted while idling, etc…is not worth that .05 cents off a gallon.

 

[Comeds]

When I make really solid gambling picks and players abs teams fuck them up for me.

 

[sbb122]

I posted a grill for free on FB to all of my friends. I just want to get rid of it and I figured if somebody could use it they could have it, instead of me putting it on the curb for the garbage man.


“ why is it round?” JFC

no, I’m sorry you can only cook chicken and pork chops on this type of grill. WTF


I mean how am I supposed to answer this, except for saying it’s a good thing you’re pretty?

 

[Comeds]

I posted a grill for free on FB to all of my friends. I just want to get rid of it and I figured if somebody could use it they could have it, instead of me putting it on the curb for the garbage man.


“ why is it round?” JFC

no, I’m sorry you can only cook chicken and pork chops on this type of grill. WTF


I mean how am I supposed to answer this, except for saying it’s a good thing you’re pretty?


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Since it's round (wtf?) can you deliver it?

 

[sbb122]

Since it's round (wtf?) can you deliver it?

I was tempted to call my brother and tell him how stupid his daughter is lol