Minor rant thread. Post your rants o' the day here!

bgkast wrote: In reply to logdog: Are you sure you don't live in a collage town? I think a professor wrote that meaningful and insightful editorial.

Well... There is a Cosmotology school and a regional branch community college in the county seat!

logdog wrote: Why, oh why, did I move to a place where this passes as a letter to the editor? From todays "The County Press", our local Lapeer county paper.

that could VERY EASILY have been taken from the Asheville Citizen

YOU HOMOS!

friedgreencorrado wrote: In reply to Flynlow: You know..until my small, innovative company was involved in it's second merger, I didn't even understand "Dilbert". Now I think it's one of the funniest things on Earth.

Right there with you. At my last job, one of my coworkers had a Dilbert calender on his desk, we used to say you couldn't flip ahead, it would be blank, because Scott Adams was standing outside our corporate office window waiting to write down what he saw.

Then where did these come from?

logdog wrote: Why, oh why, did I move to a place where this passes as a letter to the editor? From todays "The County Press", our local Lapeer county paper.

LOL at his last name.

Yoplait yogurt you have the worst packaging ever. Can't get to the yougurt trapped under the lip at the top, can't get to the yogurt sitting in the acute angle at the bottom. Can't stack the containers for recycling. And when you peel off the top, a yogurt glob spurts out onto the table.

One of those things that makes you worry for the future of humanity.

Last week I am coming out of target. There are two sets of doors, one automatic, one manual. They are clearly labeled. I usually use the manual doors because I am like that (sailor, bicyclist, manual stickshift car owner) and following these two guys.

They all but faceplant into the doors when they do not open, they pause half a second and go through the automatic ones without ever trying to push the doors open and (wait for it!) the one turns to his friend and says "I don't know why they haven't fixed those doors yet"

So not only was he an idiot who thinks the doors are broken automatic doors.. but obviously he has almost faceplanted into them before.

BTW.. I see about one person a year smack into those doors.. as amusing as I find it.. I really wonder if it is a daily event

Yesterday I was merely unemployed.

Today, I am unemployed and officially owe $9500 in taxes.

In reply to mad_machine:

God, how berkeleying lazy are people these days.

In reply to mad_machine:

Automatic doors don't open quickly enough for me.

Pop quiz shiny happy person!!

1 You are in the left lane and suddenly decide you need to turn right during rush hour. What do you do.

Here's a hint, you don't berkeleying stop in the middle of the damn road with your turn signal on!

2 Your car shuts down at a red light during rush hour and won't start. What do you do?

Here's a hint. Get your worthless berkeleying ass out of your POS Toyota and push it the berkeley out of the road.

What the berkeley is wrong with people? What happened to common sense? AARRRRGGGG!!!!!!. If you aren't smart enough to drive a car, STAY THE BERKELEY HOME!!!!!

Sorry, must be a full moon and all the idiots are out.

I feel better, thanks.

mad_machine wrote: One of those things that makes you worry for the future of humanity. Last week I am coming out of target. There are two sets of doors, one automatic, one manual. They are clearly labeled. I usually use the manual doors because I am like that (sailor, bicyclist, manual stickshift car owner) and following these two guys. They all but faceplant into the doors when they do not open, they pause half a second and go through the automatic ones without ever trying to push the doors open and (wait for it!) the one turns to his friend and says "I don't know why they haven't fixed those doors yet" So not only was he an idiot who thinks the doors are broken automatic doors.. but obviously he has almost faceplanted into them before. BTW.. I see about one person a year smack into those doors.. as amusing as I find it.. I really wonder if it is a daily event

That is great. You want another good one?

I work on automatic doors for a living. I was at a Target Tuesday repairing the exit door. As usual, I prop open the manual set, shut down and close the automatic set, pile my ladder and tools in front of the auto door and go to work. Cover is off, wires hanging out, obviously out of service.

Guaranteed at least three people will still try to go through the automatic set, even with the manual set propped open. They will walk up behind me and wait for the doors to open. I then have to ask them nicely to use the other door.

What I would rather do is throat punch them and rip out their gonads so they can't reproduce.

I hate stupid people.

Physical therapist was evaluating my walking at a session today.

PT: How long would it take you to get out of a mine?

Me: I dunno, I don't work in a mine, I work in a factory.

PT: But if you did, how long?

Me: Hopefully before the explosion and cave in.

Gawd, I love that girl, she is a fantastic therapist, I just dunno where the hell that question came from.

Maybe she's a miner's daughter.

Toyman01 wrote:

mad_machine wrote: One of those things that makes you worry for the future of humanity. Last week I am coming out of target. There are two sets of doors, one automatic, one manual. They are clearly labeled. I usually use the manual doors because I am like that (sailor, bicyclist, manual stickshift car owner) and following these two guys. They all but faceplant into the doors when they do not open, they pause half a second and go through the automatic ones without ever trying to push the doors open and (wait for it!) the one turns to his friend and says "I don't know why they haven't fixed those doors yet" So not only was he an idiot who thinks the doors are broken automatic doors.. but obviously he has almost faceplanted into them before. BTW.. I see about one person a year smack into those doors.. as amusing as I find it.. I really wonder if it is a daily event

That is great. You want another good one? I work on automatic doors for a living. I was at a Target Tuesday repairing the exit door. As usual, I prop open the manual set, shut down and close the automatic set, pile my ladder and tools in front of the auto door and go to work. Cover is off, wires hanging out, obviously out of service. Guaranteed at least three people will still try to go through the automatic set, even with the manual set propped open. They will walk up behind me and wait for the doors to open. I then have to ask them nicely to use the other door. What I would rather do is throat punch them and rip out their gonads so they can't reproduce. I hate stupid people.

have you ever just kept quite, and waited to see how long they'd stand there ?

EastCoastMojo wrote: Maybe she's a miner's daughter.

her name wouldn't be Loretta would it ?

wbjones wrote: have you ever just kept quite, and waited to see how long they'd stand there ?

Oh man, that's what I would do. I already ignore customers that come out into the shop where I work. When they finally get my attention, I act clueless or like I can't hear them. It makes them even more nervous about their car.

Anti-stance wrote:

wbjones wrote: have you ever just kept quite, and waited to see how long they'd stand there ?

Oh man, that's what I would do. I already ignore customers that come out into the shop where I work. When they finally get my attention, I act clueless or like I can't hear them. It makes them even more nervous about their car.

this is so enjoyable that it's probably illegal.
I do this all the time, it's awesome.
Or just stare at them

Was notified today that, starting Wednesday, I will be flat rate at $4 more an hour, with my own bay. For now I will only be working on upsells from the Oil changers, but it's a big step in the direction I want to be in the nexrt six months, and as soon as someone leaves (I'm fairly certain that someone will be getting "removed from duty" in the next month or two) I'll almost certainly move on to having 2 or 3 bays and being a regular line tech again, finally.

So my minor rant is this, what the hell am I gonna rant about now?

wbjones wrote:

Toyman01 wrote:

mad_machine wrote: One of those things that makes you worry for the future of humanity. Last week I am coming out of target. There are two sets of doors, one automatic, one manual. They are clearly labeled. I usually use the manual doors because I am like that (sailor, bicyclist, manual stickshift car owner) and following these two guys. They all but faceplant into the doors when they do not open, they pause half a second and go through the automatic ones without ever trying to push the doors open and (wait for it!) the one turns to his friend and says "I don't know why they haven't fixed those doors yet" So not only was he an idiot who thinks the doors are broken automatic doors.. but obviously he has almost faceplanted into them before. BTW.. I see about one person a year smack into those doors.. as amusing as I find it.. I really wonder if it is a daily event

That is great. You want another good one? I work on automatic doors for a living. I was at a Target Tuesday repairing the exit door. As usual, I prop open the manual set, shut down and close the automatic set, pile my ladder and tools in front of the auto door and go to work. Cover is off, wires hanging out, obviously out of service. Guaranteed at least three people will still try to go through the automatic set, even with the manual set propped open. They will walk up behind me and wait for the doors to open. I then have to ask them nicely to use the other door. What I would rather do is throat punch them and rip out their gonads so they can't reproduce. I hate stupid people.

have you ever just kept quite, and waited to see how long they'd stand there ?

Oh yes. One in three will figure it out. The other two will ask if they can get through the door. I look at them the same way I do my children when they ask a really stupid question and direct them to the other door. Every once in a while they just try to bull their way through. I'm 6'2 and 270 pounds. I do a pretty fair job of blocking a door.

I had one guy try to force his way through a door just as I unplugged a operator assembly. Without the motor to slow the door down, the spring closes them at mach 12. The door damn near smacked him in the face before I caught it. His fat ass almost knocked me off the ladder. I was fairly short with him when I informed him that the next door was propped open for him to use. He got all huffy and stomped off saying he was going to call my boss. He got the number off the side of my truck and called. Unfortunately for him, I own the company and that number rings my cell phone. I was very pleasant when I informed him of his error and offered to walk outside to save him the minutes on his cell phone. The conversation deteriorated from there and he threatened to call the store owner. Even more unfortunately for him, the store owner was watching me repair his door when all this went down. When I offered to hand the phone to the owner he hung up on me. He seemed to be one of those people that's always mad at the world. I'm pretty sure he was close to a heart attack by the time he left the parking lot.

Toyman01 wrote:

wbjones wrote:

Toyman01 wrote:

mad_machine wrote: One of those things that makes you worry for the future of humanity. Last week I am coming out of target. There are two sets of doors, one automatic, one manual. They are clearly labeled. I usually use the manual doors because I am like that (sailor, bicyclist, manual stickshift car owner) and following these two guys. They all but faceplant into the doors when they do not open, they pause half a second and go through the automatic ones without ever trying to push the doors open and (wait for it!) the one turns to his friend and says "I don't know why they haven't fixed those doors yet" So not only was he an idiot who thinks the doors are broken automatic doors.. but obviously he has almost faceplanted into them before. BTW.. I see about one person a year smack into those doors.. as amusing as I find it.. I really wonder if it is a daily event

That is great. You want another good one? I work on automatic doors for a living. I was at a Target Tuesday repairing the exit door. As usual, I prop open the manual set, shut down and close the automatic set, pile my ladder and tools in front of the auto door and go to work. Cover is off, wires hanging out, obviously out of service. Guaranteed at least three people will still try to go through the automatic set, even with the manual set propped open. They will walk up behind me and wait for the doors to open. I then have to ask them nicely to use the other door. What I would rather do is throat punch them and rip out their gonads so they can't reproduce. I hate stupid people.

have you ever just kept quite, and waited to see how long they'd stand there ?

Oh yes. One in three will figure it out. The other two will ask if they can get through the door. I look at them the same way I do my children when they ask a really stupid question and direct them to the other door. Every once in a while they just try to bull their way through. I'm 6'2 and 270 pounds. I do a pretty fair job of blocking a door. I had one guy try to force his way through a door just as I unplugged a operator assembly. Without the motor to slow the door down, the spring closes them at mach 12. The door damn near smacked him in the face before I caught it. His fat ass almost knocked me off the ladder. I was fairly short with him when I informed him that the next door was propped open for him to use. He got all huffy and stomped off saying he was going to call my boss. He got the number off the side of my truck and called. Unfortunately for him, I own the company and that number rings my cell phone. I was very pleasant when I informed him of his error and offered to walk outside to save him the minutes on his cell phone. The conversation deteriorated from there and he threatened to call the store owner. Even more unfortunately for him, the store owner was watching me repair his door when all this went down. When I offered to hand the phone to the owner he hung up on me. He seemed to be one of those people that's always mad at the world. I'm pretty sure he was close to a heart attack by the time he left the parking lot.

that made me grin ear to ear

There are folks in this universe that have no idea that a world exists beyond their own personal space.

When I worked in a retail store, we had glass exit doors which opened onto a decent sized landing and then down 6 stairs to the parking lot.

On more than one occasion, these self-absorbed idiots would step through the doors and then stop on the landing to have a conversation or talk on their celphone, blocking the exit door.

I usually made a point of exiting the store quickly through the door, banging the door into them in the process.

It was worth the "sorry, didn't see you there" every time I got to do it.

Stupid should hurt, plain and simple.

Shot 24 photos today at work of the Evo, WRX, and s14 we had in. Wonder why the roll didn't end, pope the back open: the film wasn't in the slot anymore so it didn't advance so NONE of them actually got taken.

corytate wrote: pope the back open:

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