OT: Name some things that drive you fucking nuts

[lhagen931]

The Doobster has a squirrel in his attic. Driving me NUTS!

I'll kill it for you

 

[mattola]

oh man that is freaking devastating.

was going to post it last night but didnt know if i should post kind of a shitty story

at my sons soccer practice last night, one of the boys showed up with a new haircut ... normally no big whoop right ... well, the kid is sikh

i dont want to pass judgement on anyone (well maybe 1 guy) or the religion in general for that matter

the kids were all excited and it was funny because they all gathered around him and smiled and stared at him and said stuff like "cool hair" and "what happened to the thing you had on your head" and the kid seemed so so happy

and his mom was sitting on the side talking with the other soccer moms and there were alot of smiles there too

close to the end of practice her husband arrived (up until last night i didnt know they were separated)

background: moms is very "normal", shes indo-canadian, born and raised here ... like any other one of the chatty soccer moms ... pops wears a turban ... thats all i knew about him ... he never spoke a word to any of the other parents it would seem

shit hit the fan when he saw his son without a turban and with a haircut ... you could see it in his face ... he stormed over to the bench where the moms were sitting and pulled/tried to drag her out of the gym and into the hallway of the school (they practice indoors at an elementary school) ... everybody surrounded him and there was pushing and shoving and he was screaming at her in punjabi

and the boy was just devastated ... i felt so so so bad for that boy .. of course he cried

the reason why i posted it today is because the mother emailed my wife just now and said that her son wont be playing soccer anymore and she hoped her son could still play with my son

fuck i feel crushed about this

 

[dare2be]

was going to post it last night but didnt know if i should post kind of a shitty story

at my sons soccer practice last night, one of the boys showed up with a new haircut ... normally no big whoop right ... well, the kid is sikh

i dont want to pass judgement on anyone (well maybe 1 guy) or the religion in general for that matter

the kids were all excited and it was funny because they all gathered around him and smiled and stared at him and said stuff like "cool hair" and "what happened to the thing you had on your head" and the kid seemed so so happy

and his mom was sitting on the side talking with the other soccer moms and there were alot of smiles there too

close to the end of practice her husband arrived (up until last night i didnt know they were separated)

background: moms is very "normal", shes indo-canadian, born and raised here ... like any other one of the chatty soccer moms ... pops wears a turban ... thats all i knew about him ... he never spoke a word to any of the other parents it would seem

shit hit the fan when he saw his son without a turban and with a haircut ... you could see it in his face ... he stormed over to the bench where the moms were sitting and pulled/tried to drag her out of the gym and into the hallway of the school (they practice indoors at an elementary school) ... everybody surrounded him and there was pushing and shoving and he was screaming at her in punjabi

and the boy was just devastated ... i felt so so so bad for that boy .. of course he cried

the reason why i posted it today is because the mother emailed my wife just now and said that her son wont be playing soccer anymore and she hoped her son could still play with my son

fuck i feel crushed about this

not to make light of the situation, but that is just sikh


/again, said in the most sincere, disgusted tone.
//and i'm not picking on any one religion, I have equal disdain for all of them.

 

[dare2be]

Damn. As much as I respect tradition, I hate when people let archaic beliefs cloud their common sense. There are so many other ways to go about addressing that situation from his perspective.

Like, not having a fabricated "situation" exist at all.

 

[thedddd]

Big Banks in the US and certain people.

Tell me if anyone sees this situation to be ok?

To start my wife got her payroll check from her boss, small compay so the write the checks out. The owner accidentally put 2013 on the check. So when she went to deposit it they said they couldn't it was a year old. Not a problem at all she got it taken care of it and no issues, keep in mind the companies bank is the same as our personal bank.

That is not the issue thats what I EXPECT a bank to do.

So here is the kicker. We bought girl scout cookies off someone in the neighborhood last march. So that check was dated 3/##/2013. Should have not taken it for granted since the girls parents are the biggest idiots alive but the account that check was against we closed around September.
Now here is the kicker.....Keep in mind this is ALL the same bank those people just the other day took that check to the SAME bank (different branch) and cashed it. The Bank accepted it with a date from March of 2013 and cashed without any validation from us. Then went ahead and charged us an insufficient funds fee then took it out of our new account.

So we called and complained to no avail and they said that each branch is different, which we all know is BS. Especially since I worked at 2 different big banks and know policies are across the board due to FDIC regulations.

Now with people like these parents, if this was you and you forgot you had this check wouldn't you have the commen courtesy to contact the person who gave it to you to make sure it was still ok to cash? The worst part is was for less than the bank fee!

 

[IndyAndy]

I'm not a big Rugby fan, but over the past coupled of years I've really gotten in to the RBS Six Nations series, which had been on BBC America - until this year. This time around it's only available on a PPV sports network, which wants $20.00 per match.

A big time bummer.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Coca-Cola's Multilingual Super Bowl Ad Inspired A Racist Meltdown Online

The fact that these people still exist drives me nuts.

 

[forty_three]

Coca-Cola's Multilingual Super Bowl Ad Inspired A Racist Meltdown Online

The fact that these people still exist drives me nuts.

We used to be able to ignore them easier while they stood on the corner yelling at clouds. But now, social media has made it easier for these retards to reach a much wider audience. And make it seem that the 10% wingnut factor on either side actually has some kind of mass to their group.

They are just as fringe and just as minority as they ever were. And we can still point and laugh at them.



And shame on places like buzzfeed for rounding up the comments and presenting them to us in a nice, easy and ad-revenue generating format.

 

[forty_three]

Follow up:

Coke ain't mad.

 

[dash]

It doesn't bother me one iota when the Canadian anthem is sung in both English and French at the Bell Centre (or le Centre Bell), but I remember an outcry from Quebec when the anthem was English only for the Heritage Classic game between Montreal and Calgary at McMahon Stadium.

/Just a heads-up for the upcoming Heritage Classic game between the Senators and Canucks.

 

[SLY]

Coca-Cola's Multilingual Super Bowl Ad Inspired A Racist Meltdown Online

The fact that these people still exist drives me nuts.

I didn't watch the Super Bowl, just heard about it this morning. What a fucking joke... People make me sick.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

It doesn't bother me one iota when the Canadian anthem is sung in both English and French at the Bell Centre (or le Centre Bell), but I remember an outcry from Quebec when the anthem was English only for the Heritage Classic game between Montreal and Calgary at McMahon Stadium.

/Just a heads-up for the upcoming Heritage Classic game between the Senators and Canucks.

Did Officer Aykroyd show up to yell at them for it?

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

We used to be able to ignore them easier while they stood on the corner yelling at clouds. But now, social media has made it easier for these retards to reach a much wider audience. And make it seem that the 10% wingnut factor on either side actually has some kind of mass to their group.

They are just as fringe and just as minority as they ever were. And we can still point and laugh at them.



And shame on places like buzzfeed for rounding up the comments and presenting them to us in a nice, easy and ad-revenue generating format.

I live in the south. It's a lot more than 10% around here, I can tell you that.

The city of Charlotte itself is pretty good, but if you get more than about 15 miles out of town, there are areas that give Mississippi a run for its money.

 

[dare2be]

I thumbed your post down because of the ugly truth in it.

 

[forty_three]

I live in the south. It's a lot more than 10% around here, I can tell you that.

The city of Charlotte itself is pretty good, but if you get more than about 15 miles out of town, there are areas that give Mississippi a run for its money.

I know, I have a sister that lives there.

But remember, the really horrible areas are incredibly less populated than the better areas. It evens it out locally, and that group becomes even less significant when looking at the country as a whole. It's still 10% wingnuts, you just happen to live at ground zero.



I always say you have not lived until you sit through a 4th of July parade in a rural SC small town.

Five minute standing ovation for civil war re-enactors. Er, excuse me. "The war of northern aggression".

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

I know, I have a sister that lives there.

But remember, the really horrible areas are incredibly less populated than the better areas. It evens it out locally, and that group becomes even less significant when looking at the country as a whole. It's still 10% wingnuts, you just happen to live at ground zero.



I always say you have not lived until you sit through a 4th of July parade in a rural SC small town.

Five minute standing ovation for civil war re-enactors. Er, excuse me. "The war of northern aggression".

Or attended the laser light show at Stone Mountain.

 

[IndyAndy]

Or attended the laser light show at Stone Mountain.

My older sister & her family did that: She said that it was unreal how many people got all misty-eyed about it.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

My older sister & her family did that: She said that it was unreal how many people got all misty-eyed about it.

Yeah, it's a bit crazy. For the record, it's a pretty cool show, but some of the attendees are a little...how shall we say...insane about what it means today. Oddly enough, I think the single loudest cheer may have been when they played Sweet Home Alabama though. Not sure if that's sort of a redneck theme song regardless of where you come from or what the deal was with that.

 

[forty_three]

Cat toys.

The kids decided they wanted the cat to have a stocking at XMAS and the little bastard got these little mice shaped catnip bags. It carries them all over.

Cut to 2AM, me in a sleepy emergency need to pee situation. Walk in, commence to the bidness, look down and next to my bare foot is one of these little things.

CLEAN UP ON AISLE FOUR!

 

[dare2be]

my daughter.


/she's only 11