Shit that annoys you

[skaredshtles]

I took three days of vacation this week to give me the entire week off. Just went out on a Costco run and couldn't believe how busy it was. 11:00 am on Monday? Doesn't anyone work anymore?

The Monday before Xmas?

Frikkin' n00B.

[Buster Highmen]

Pithiful retorts guys.

[The AD]

The Monday before Xmas?

Frikkin' n00B.

Obviously that's got something to do with it, but I still expected it to be slightly less crowded than the weekend. Of course if I'd gone yesterday I probably would have had to wait to get in.

I think businesses are still supposed to be at 25% capacity. It was hard for me to imagine Costco was at less than 25%, but I know they've been strict up till now.

[lifelinksplit]

I was looking forward to the explanation for the sideways burnt out pickup honestly.

Ha! I was typing up a response but same thing happened to me that happened to ice...blah blah invalid thread.

Not sure exactly about the truck but the guy used to "greet" people with a shotgun and decide who shall pass. Bear in mind this is forest service access. Anywho the guy owed a bunch of back taxes and decided setting the single wide on fire was the best course of action. Good times near anacond...oh wait dont wanna blow up the spot...

[Danno]

I have been going to Costco about once a month, midweek, midday. It is not "empty" but generally way less crowded than after work or weekends (or at least way less crowded than those were pre-covid).

[abraham]

Obviously that's got something to do with it, but I still expected it to be slightly less crowded than the weekend. Of course if I'd gone yesterday I probably would have had to wait to get in.

I think businesses are still supposed to be at 25% capacity. It was hard for me to imagine Costco was at less than 25%, but I know they've been strict up till now.

I went to hmart to pick up a variety of persimmons a few weeks ago. Holy fuck those korean grandmas do not give a single fuck about personal space. Back to uwajimaya for me I guess.

[Mustonen]

Obviously that's got something to do with it, but I still expected it to be slightly less crowded than the weekend. Of course if I'd gone yesterday I probably would have had to wait to get in.

I think businesses are still supposed to be at 25% capacity. It was hard for me to imagine Costco was at less than 25%, but I know they've been strict up till now.

I was gonna rip through TJ Maxx for a last minute gift for my son the other day. Kid at the door told me they were full. So I walked back to my car.

I felt like a dick; wasn’t mad or nothin and I appreciated them doing the shit. But.... wasn’t interested in waiting my turn for fuckin TJ Maxx.

[riser4]

I have been going to Costco about once a month, midweek, midday. It is not "empty" but generally way less crowded than after work or weekends (or at least way less crowded than those were pre-covid).

For me, it's not just that Costco is full of spreaders. It's also in a more populous county that has more cases, aka the Burlington area. Yes, I know, Franklin County is considered Burlington metro and is basically a giant bedroom community for the latter. However, just trying to stay close to home.

[Lvovsky]

December 21 as a first day of winter annoys me. FFS December 1st is the first door winter as in winter months are December, January, February. Last day of winter is February 28 or 29. ffs.

[Danno]

reservation systems that make you stay up till midnight to have a shot. It'd be one thing if I was confident I'd get something, but it's old-man-annoying to stay up till midnight and still get shut out.

[krp8128]

Netflix shows that look interesting, but then you find out they are in some other language and are (badly) dubbed over

[PB]

Soooooo much winning annoyance in this in the last responses!

[old goat]

December 21 as a first day of winter annoys me. FFS December 1st is the first door winter as in winter months are December, January, February. Last day of winter is February 28 or 29. ffs.

Our sky gazing ancestors figured out the solstices and equinoxes millenia ago. Maybe you need to spend more time looking at the sky. (We looked at Saturn and Jupiter this evening. We don't feel any different. Maybe it takes time.)

[Lvovsky]

Our sky gazing ancestors figured out the solstices and equinoxes millenia ago. Maybe you need to spend more time looking at the sky. (We looked at Saturn and Jupiter this evening. We don't feel any different. Maybe it takes time.)

I’m cool with ancestors and farmers. Make solstice on December 1st and I will not be annoyed. Or stop saying that December is a winter month when it has only 10 day of “official” winter. btw, it’s a US thing. Don’t know how it is in Europe or Canada but this shit was not happening in Soviet Russia.


/in before:
In Soviet russia, you didn’t say when the winter begins . The winter said when you begin.

[evdog]

I took three days of vacation this week to give me the entire week off. Just went out on a Costco run and couldn't believe how busy it was. 11:00 am on Monday? Doesn't anyone work anymore?

I was driving by one today and pulled in to get gas. Had initial thoughts of going in to pick up a few items before noticing it was fucking packed, as in every row blocked by people parked with turn signal on waiting for a spot to open up. And that included the rows at the back end of the lot so it wasn't just lazy people waiting for the closest spot possible.

[Garbowski]

I went to Costco this Saturday at 10:30 and it was somehow empty... I walked right up to a empty full service checkout line for the first time ever. Seahawks weren't even playing, which is when I usually try to go.

What annoyed me was the tire doofus forgot to put my reservation in the computer. I knew he sounded like an idiot. Found this out after the lady at the counter chitchatted with a customer on the phone while the line behind me grew out the door. Best she could do was 'leave it 5-6 hours' for my 15 minute free tire rotation.

[old goat]

I’m cool with ancestors and farmers. Make solstice on December 1st and I will not be annoyed. Or stop saying that December is a winter month when it has only 10 day of “official” winter. btw, it’s a US thing. Don’t know how it is in Europe or Canada but this shit was not happening in Soviet Russia.


/in before:
In Soviet russia, you didn’t say when the winter begins . The winter said when you begin.

We just need to move the calendar back 3 weeks and the solstice will fall on Dec1--but the people who get bent out of shape when we move the clock back one hour in the fall will completely lose it if we try to move the calendar back. And we definitely can't do it this year. No one wants an extra 3 weeks of 2020. Although if we did do it packages we're waiting for in the mail might actually arrive on time.

[Danno]

reservation systems that make you stay up till midnight to have a shot. It'd be one thing if I was confident I'd get something, but it's old-man-annoying to stay up till midnight and still get shut out.

And shut out again

[Name Redacted]

And shut out again

Not sure about Eldora, but I've been having good luck getting a day-of reservation at Keystone and Breck. Just sit in the lot and keep hitting refresh on the reservation page. Not sure if this works at Eldora though.

[Danno]

Camping reservation, not skiing reservation.

[wicked_sick]

Just moved into a new place. The switch for the outdoor light also controls an indoor plug right beside the cable/internet/phone outlet.

[KQ]

Woke up with "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" stuck in my head.

Yesterday it was "Have a holly jolly Christmas" only instead of:

Oh, ho the mistletoe
Hung where you can see
Somebody waits for you
Kiss her once for me

it was "KICK her once for me"

LOL!

[riser4]

Camping reservation, not skiing reservation.

Make sure people pay up this time.

[Danno]

Make sure people pay up this time.

ha, good memory. I will, if I could fucking get a reservation. But I have stayed up till midnight the last 2 nights and been shut out. Trying again tonight.

[Aldo]

Very surprised if we've made it 1300 pages without this being discussed - but here's my gripe;

Alarm set for 530 am every weekday . Lets say I wake up at 430 am, god forbid I should be able to fall back asleep quickly - whereas - fast forward to 531 post alarm - close my eyes and I'm out. every time..
wtf?

That shit truly annoys me.