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

Oh another rant...

Dear coworker,

You have officially lost the right to give me a hard time. When I was talking about a friend of mine that was from Africa but I couldnt remember what country, you looked at me like I had two heads. Then you asked me "how can a country be inside another country?" I thought you were kidding until I saw you were dead serious when I asked if you were just E36 M3ting me.

Also, porous is not a "fancy word".

Dear Consumer;

When you call me and ask 'is there a recall on your (fill in the blank) there is certain information I need to PROPERLY answer your question. I'm going to ask for the last 8 digits of the VIN. That's because recalls are always VIN specific and not all vehicles of a given year will be covered under a recall. No, I cannot look it up by your last name, sorry.

Now, when I ask for that last 8 digits and you are driving, well sorry I can't help that. Don't get pissed at me because of your poor planning.

When you do get the last digits of the VIN, remember I asked for the last 8? Please please PLEASE learn to friggin' COUNT! Or when I ask for the last 8 and you say 'the last 4?' please please PLEASE learn to friggin' LISTEN!

When I finally crank through the VIN and there's no recall open, why do you now pounce and say 'but (fill in website forum here) says there is'. That's not the official manufacturers' site which I use and when checking for recalls is as useless as tits on a boar hog. I'm going to point this out (nicely, of course). Of course you are going to get mad and hang up on me.

Alabama's tax website is the mostly useless piece of E36 M3 ever.

I don't care if you smoke. I don't even really care if you smoke in public places.

However, there has never been a better argument for applying sharia law than to berktards who think the world is their berking ashtray.

Throw a butt on the ground, lose a hand. I bet it won't berking happen again.

In reply to Duke:

Agreed, along with not picking up your dog's E36 M3

Photobucket. I hate your website. They have a crummy website, it's trying too hard to be social media and to have a "hip" website with cool features but it makes the whole site suck.

Anti-stance wrote: Also, porous is not a "fancy word".

Was it used correctly? I'm becoming irritated at work by the need for new managers to use big words incorrectly. None of us were hired away from NASA, and many speak English as a third language. Using big words when it is not necessary often creates confusion. Especially when it isn't the word you wanted to use. In know we should be awed by your Community College degree but your penchant towards the utilization of excessive and redundant verbiage often obfuscates the very notion that you had wished to convey. When a message on a safety sign becomes difficult to read or understand quickly it is probably not going to be understood. Especially when it is hung in the middle of a stairway.

fritzsch wrote: In reply to Duke: Agreed, along with not picking up your dog's E36 M3 Photobucket. I hate your website. They have a crummy website, it's trying too hard to be social media and to have a "hip" website with cool features but it makes the whole site suck.

I liked the old photobucket. The new one sucks E36 M3

In reply to Wally:

Yes, it was used correctly. I was talking about how I had put a mark on a car's fender with a permanent sharpie. While everyone was freaking out, I grabbed a bottle of our rubber prep and a terry cloth and it came right off. I was telling another guy about it and told him I expected it would come off easy because car paint/clear coat is a nonporous surface and rubber prep is really strong E36 M3 but safe on paint. He looked at me confused. Come on man, porous is a 7th grade science term.

Is Africa being a continent and not a country using too big of words also?

Another dude can't, for the life of him, say "Netflix" he calls it "Nextflix". Not once... every time.

Yet another guy refers to his "receding hairline" as a "receiving hairline". Not once... every time.

Why does a campaign in which you have to remove the vent, key surround, upper column cover and instrument cluster cover pay the same as a campaign in which you look under the dash to see if there's a clip on the shifter cable?
complete bullE36 M3, campaign should pay a half hour, pays .2 instead.

Aluninum.

"Say Al."

"Al."

"Say oom"

"Oom."

"Say in."

"In."

"Say Um."

"Um."

"Say aluminum"

"Aluninum."

Beats head on wall. "How about aluminium?"

Streetwiseguy wrote: Aluninum. "Say Al." "Al." "Say oom" "Oom." "Say in." "In." "Say Um." "Um." "Say aluminum" "Aluninum." Beats head on wall. "How about aluminium?"

al yoo min ee um. I blame the British=]

My exhaust still isn't done, my truck however has not been on display its been locked and hidden (the owner is scared to death someone will steal parts off of it and I sue him) worst case scenario I would just want it fixed like it was though.

I appreciate his respect greatly and look forward to getting the truck I've worked on for 3 years and not driven 5 miles since owning.

My new rant is at Fed Ex for next day mailing him my parts and not delivering them until after closing time.

Anti-stance wrote: I would rather listen to a mindless conspiracy theory rant than a mindless old dude at McDonald's talk about black people being on welfare and being lazy while the restaurant is full of black people.

Especially when half of them are actually behind the counter, busting their backsides for minimum wage. I hate that berkeleying E36M3. Every time I let my Southern accent slip out (happens a lot when I'm tired), it seems like every shiny happy white guy in the place thinks he can finally "share" his innermost hatred with a like-minded person. I should just go through the drive-through, and not go inside at all.

Why did my stupid mother in law have to book her stupid flight home at stupid 6am meaning I have to get up at 4am on a vacation day?

fritzsch wrote: Photobucket. I hate your website. They have a crummy website, it's trying too hard to be social media and to have a "hip" website with cool features but it makes the whole site suck.

THIS. Damn I hate the 'new' site. All kinds of oh so 'cool' but oh so 'useless' crap on it.

Wife:

Hey, that Garth Brooks guy you were talking about, I thought you said he stopped doing new stuff? I heard a new song from him. "Baton Rouge" or something?

Yeah. Nice work. I looked up the date for her - he covered that in 1993, 20 years ago.

This is the same girl who said this:

"Have you ever heard of the Marshall Tucker Band?"

The drummer from that band works at the same school as she did. He's apparently a crappy teacher, for what it's worth.

Anyway, this from a Music Education major - bachelors and masters...

Anti-stance wrote: In reply to Wally: Yes, it was used correctly. I was talking about how I had put a mark on a car's fender with a permanent sharpie. While everyone was freaking out, I grabbed a bottle of our rubber prep and a terry cloth and it came right off. I was telling another guy about it and told him I expected it would come off easy because car paint/clear coat is a nonporous surface and rubber prep is really strong E36 M3 but safe on paint. He looked at me confused. Come on man, porous is a 7th grade science term. Is Africa being a continent and not a country using too big of words also? Another dude can't, for the life of him, say "Netflix" he calls it "Nextflix". Not once... every time. Yet another guy refers to his "receding hairline" as a "receiving hairline". Not once... every time.

sounds like a friend of mine.. "Katana" as in the sword and the bike. "Kantana" when he says it

Wally wrote:

Anti-stance wrote: Also, porous is not a "fancy word".

Was it used correctly? I'm becoming irritated at work by the need for new managers to use big words incorrectly. None of us were hired away from NASA, and many speak English as a third language. Using big words when it is not necessary often creates confusion. Especially when it isn't the word you wanted to use. In know we should be awed by your Community College degree but your penchant towards the utilization of excessive and redundant verbiage often obfuscates the very notion that you had wished to convey. When a message on a safety sign becomes difficult to read or understand quickly it is probably not going to be understood. Especially when it is hung in the middle of a stairway.

Like Oswald?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7dPprbzNSc

Over half of my car insurance bill consists of liability and uninsured motorist protection. This has berkeley all to do with the car, damage to the car is covered separately. The thing is, I have five cars insured now, and I pay the same damn coverage for liability and uninsured motorist protection on every one. I'm insured five times for two drivers. Why can't I just buy an umbrella policy for my person and drop that part of the coverage? State law is why. It's dumb.

mad_machine wrote: sounds like a friend of mine.. "Katana" as in the sword and the bike. "Kantana" when he says it

Ah, the good ol' "kan-a-toona".

mazdeuce wrote: Over half of my car insurance bill consists of liability and uninsured motorist protection. This has berkeley all to do with the car, damage to the car is covered separately. The thing is, I have five cars insured now, and I pay the same damn coverage for liability and uninsured motorist protection on every one. I'm insured five times for two drivers. Why can't I just buy an umbrella policy for my person and drop that part of the coverage? State law is why. It's dumb.

I have two seperate insuerance companies just for my vehicles because one will cover new vehicles and one is for classics only.

Anti-stance wrote:

mad_machine wrote: sounds like a friend of mine.. "Katana" as in the sword and the bike. "Kantana" when he says it

Ah, the good ol' "kan-a-toona".

Mitsuboshi.

Streetwiseguy wrote:

Anti-stance wrote:

mad_machine wrote: sounds like a friend of mine.. "Katana" as in the sword and the bike. "Kantana" when he says it

Ah, the good ol' "kan-a-toona".

Mitsuboshi.

Had a customer once ask for his Daoogee. (Da OOO Gee). It took us 5 minutes to figure out that it was a Dodge.

MR2 been at the shop since Tuesday night, when I was to drop it off. Of course they left before I got there when they said no problem earlier. Left the car, dropped off keys Wednesday morning. New fuel filter, check the TPS to see if it unseated or anything (rigged a different model because of build date), and fix the speedometer finally. Said no problem, probably one day.

That was Wednesday morning. Not done Wednesday at all, Thursday wasn't finished, this morning they say (paraphrasing) "the one doo-dad is ok, the other doo-dad is rusty and we can't get it apart". So I'm curious how much labor I'll pay for that resulted in nothing, and can't pick it up till this evening now because of a car show right after work.

And I need it for leaving very early Saturday for a rallycross in Hebron OH, so I have to pack late tonight. For a rallycross that will probably be canceled (again) for weather, thunderstorms in the forecast.

berkeley.

Ordered intake and rear torsion bar brace for my Mazda2 from Corksport on Monday. Selected the "let us choose shipping, 2-3 days" option. They didn't ship until Wednesday, and then shipped four-day UPS ground, so my package won't come until Monday. Bummed because I thought I'd have the parts this week, and I would've paid the few bucks extra for faster shipping if I'd known it was gonna take a week to show up otherwise.

Oh, the package is also currently at a facility 15 minutes from me.