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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:The tendency of many modern TV shows (especially sci-fi but others probably do it as well) that feel the need to provide badly written over-explanations of everything. That Deep Space 9 episode had the perfect explanation for the difference between the Klingons. "We do not discuss it with outsiders  "
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I just had a sneezing fit so prolonged and irritatingly-paced I was almost weeping and begging for it to stop by the end. What the gently caress
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Brawnfire posted:I just had a sneezing fit so prolonged and irritatingly-paced I was almost weeping and begging for it to stop by the end. What the gently caress This thread is to post pet peeves, not wet sneeze.
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oldpainless posted:Customer service workers who tell you they’ll be happy to solve your problem when you call and 45 minutes later not only have they not solved your problem they’ve actually created more When I worked at a T-Mobile call center, a full 33% of calls I got were to fix a mistake other reps made. edit: a lot of it had to do with the incredibly high turnover. Most people were either employed for years or were brand new at the job.
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Spalec posted:That Deep Space 9 episode had the perfect explanation for the difference between the Klingons. Yes it did, and in my opinion they should have kept it at that.
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:Yes it did, and in my opinion they should have kept it at that. They were almost as ridiculously bulked up and immobile as The Rock in Red Notice.
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My neighbors have driveways long enough to accommodate 3-4 vehicles but for some reason they all park their singular cars over the sidewalk and with the rear sticking out a meter into the street. It would take an extra 1/16 second for them to park normally.
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Where I live, it's illegal to block/park over the sidewalk, if you felt like calling in a complaint.
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oh look one of them is at it again it doesn't even make sense from a laziness standpoint because now he has to walk eight times as far to get to the house blood splatter on the sidewalk because the dipshit forgot to remove his hand from under the hood before slamming the hood shut lol
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LOL, dumbass
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Dip Viscous posted:blood splatter on the sidewalk because the dipshit forgot to remove his hand from under the hood before slamming the hood shut lol Legit? I'm kinda worried about these people
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Dip Viscous posted:oh look one of them is at it again This looks like you took this photo from their front porch.
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Brawnfire posted:Legit? I'm kinda worried about these people Americans? You are right to
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:The tendency of many modern TV shows (especially sci-fi but others probably do it as well) that feel the need to provide badly written over-explanations of everything. This, it annoys the crap out of me when TV shows and movies over explain every little thing. Subtlety exists, you don’t need to explicitly spell everything out for the audience. Related to this, YouTube “critics” with seven hour long videos dissecting things they don’t like in minute detail, as if they’re the sole arbiters of what is or isn’t good writing and you’re just wrong if you disagree. Bargearse has a new favorite as of 09:26 on Apr 24, 2023 |
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Bargearse posted:This, it annoys the crap out of me when TV shows and movies over explain every little thing. Subtlety exists, you don’t need to explicitly spell everything out for the audience. No, but if you don't spell it out all the stupid people who spent half the movie playing on their phones "wOn'T uNdErStAnD AnYtHiNg" Peoples' attention spans have been tanking for years, it sucks but it's not surprising that any media not over-explaining things ends up being labeled as "bad" or "confusing" to distracted morons
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oldpainless posted:Customer service workers who tell you they’ll be happy to solve your problem when you call and 45 minutes later not only have they not solved your problem they’ve actually created more As a former customer service worker, I try to give them as much leeway as humanly possible, but this pisses me off and also: - when they tell me they'll be happy to solve my problem and they try to repeat my problem back to me to confirm but it is completely incorrect - when they tell me they'll be happy to solve my problem and then lots of time goes by and they come back & tell me that they solved [problem I didn't have]
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YeahTubaMike posted:As a former customer service worker, I try to give them as much leeway as humanly possible, but this pisses me off and also: Actual CS workers deal with a lot of crap, but one modern online peeve of mine are "support volunteers" who hang out at company support forums and universally never have any helpful input. Like you ask a question and you get some idiot who has a "OmniCorp enthusiast" tag on their profile and they paste some totally irrelevant copypasta while using vague corporate language. Then some actual real person replies and gives a helpful answer. Why would anyone LARP as CS? I get that some people enjoy helping but these people always talk in that CS manner and only answer in preset form. You are acting like a fool with zero benefit for anyone.
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Peeve: people who have to make noise constantly, as if being silent is impossible for them. I sit near a guy who lets out all manner of grunts, groans, sighs, coughs, throat clearing or even just talking to himself under his breath nearly all day long. I know he's got a bad back (thankfully he'll be out for a bit next month to have minor surgery) but I swear he just will. not. shut. up. On top of that he'll walk over or peek over the wall & interrupt me even if he doesn't need my help for anything - I wear a headset most of the time & get all manner of "why are you so quiet" or "I don't hear you so you must not be busy". I swear if I hear another goddamn noise from this idiot his bad back will be the least of his problems.
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lobsterminator posted:Actual CS workers deal with a lot of crap, but one modern online peeve of mine are "support volunteers" who hang out at company support forums and universally never have any helpful input. Even better is when they give you the textbook correct answer, that you already tried, it didn’t work, and that’s why you are asking for help in the first place.
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My stupid phone keeps nuking my scheduled silent mode/do not disturb times!  It has done it 3 times, with no warning, in the last couple months and I hate it. What's the good of having a smart phone if I can't automate poo poo! I just don't want it going off with my nerdy SMS tone while I'm working/sleeping. Is this so difficult?!
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Silver Falcon posted:My stupid phone keeps nuking my scheduled silent mode/do not disturb times! It's the boss of you and you will just have to adapt to its schedule.
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lobsterminator posted:Why would anyone LARP as CS? I get that some people enjoy helping but these people always talk in that CS manner and only answer in preset form. You are acting like a fool with zero benefit for anyone. BOOTY-ADE posted:"I don't hear you so you must not be busy". --- I don't know where else to complain about this, so the peeve thread it is! Whenever my sister dates a guy, she falls in love hard. It's just the way she is, and other than multiple heartbreaks in the past, it's never really been a problem. Heck, I even liked a few of them! She has a five year old daughter from one of her past boyfriends, and she is such a great mother. The kid doesn't know her father, so it's been up to my dad (her grandpa) and me to be the male role models in her life. Well, my sister is now going out with a cop. It's been around a month, and once again, she is smitten. I haven't met him yet, but I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he isn't one of the bastards, etc. On the Easter weekend, however, my sister told me a bit about him. Like how he doesn't agree with BLM, and how he has forced confessions out of people. She knows this is wrong, but like I said, she tends to go all-in on whoever she's with. Normally this wouldn't be a problem, she'll come to her senses eventually and dump his fascist rear end, but I know that he's met and played with my niece. I worry about what he's said to (and potentially taught) her. Five-year old children are information sponges. I've already expressed my concern to my sister, but she refuses to listen. As with some of her previous relationships, she'll realize I was right, and that gives me some comfort. But this time, there is a child involved.
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This sounds like a top r/relationships thread waiting to happen! But yeah he sounds like a piece of poo poo op
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Lately people on my Facebook thing have been sharing videos that have text that says "POV: something something something" None of them have anything to do with a point of view.
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People on Facebook also complain about young millenials doing stupid dances on tiktok when millenials now are pushing 40 years old and have back pain.
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The people on Facebook are all 80 years old and they don’t know that there’s another generation after millennials
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As a zoomer and/or millenial depending on who or where you ask, I’m starting to think my real peeve is arbitrary age brackets instead of “1985 is more similar to 1991 than 1984” What generation am I if I’m married with newborns, don’t remember landlines and first phone was smart, but do remember n64 games from blockbuster, but think nirvana is dad rock, because I think they suck, but do not have tiktok, but do use Snapchat 24/7, but am constantly on my wife’s tiktok, to perform snippets of our music that sometimes might have dancing, and also oh god my brain is exploding *Exception boomers gently caress em all Edgar Allen Ho has a new favorite as of 06:39 on Apr 27, 2023 |
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CelticPredator posted:The people on Facebook are all 80 years old and they don’t know that there’s another generation after millennials Everyone on the internet is 12 and has no idea that everyone old enough to drive isn't a boomer
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:As a zoomer and/or millenial depending on who or where you ask, I’m starting to think my real peeve is arbitrary age brackets instead of “1985 is more similar to 1991 than 1984” You sound like the Greatest Generation. Thank you for saving the world from fascism and communism.
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Computer scheduling. Minmax that poo poo. Zero shift overlap, have one person go home the instant another arrives, there is no need for humans to have any time to switch between tasks or transfer any information and people can simply teleport from the timeclock to the cash registers with zero time needed for prep. Make sure to only schedule the minimum number of people technically needed to run the store. Assume there will be no problems and that customers will not want or expect any assistance whatsoever because that would mean paying for a person to work to help them and it saves our shareholders money if instead we only have exactly two people in the building total at any given time. If this leads to customer dissatisfaction or increased theft or increased turnover or repeated instances of those two people working late to finish all necessary tasks due to circumstances, fire people and keep going with untrained new hires and repeat. All value to the shareholders!
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InediblePenguin posted:Computer scheduling. Minmax that poo poo. Zero shift overlap, have one person go home the instant another arrives, there is no need for humans to have any time to switch between tasks or transfer any information and people can simply teleport from the timeclock to the cash registers with zero time needed for prep. Make sure to only schedule the minimum number of people technically needed to run the store. Assume there will be no problems and that customers will not want or expect any assistance whatsoever because that would mean paying for a person to work to help them and it saves our shareholders money if instead we only have exactly two people in the building total at any given time. If this leads to customer dissatisfaction or increased theft or increased turnover or repeated instances of those two people working late to finish all necessary tasks due to circumstances, fire people and keep going with untrained new hires and repeat. All value to the shareholders! All valid points and I thank you for bringing them to my attention as we take all employee concerns seriously but first I’d like to talk to you about this 16 and a half minute break when company policy expressly says 15 minutes in the employee handbook.
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Dip Viscous posted:oh look one of them is at it again  Those front wheels are in the street. I have no idea what they're trying to accomplish. I'm pretty sure that vehicle won't be there for long, at least.
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lol that the trucks are always spotless, even the wheels. Why even have a truck like that if you're just driving around in the suburbs? (I know it's because Ford or whoever told them it would make them more masculine, and then peer pressure because "the guy down the street got one and I'm better than that rear end in a top hat")
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beats for junkies posted:lol that the trucks are always spotless, even the wheels. Why even have a truck like that if you're just driving around in the suburbs? (I know it's because Ford or whoever told them it would make them more masculine, and then peer pressure because "the guy down the street got one and I'm better than that rear end in a top hat") My former coworkers used to make fun of me for driving a little Mazda 3. I bought her for 600 bucks, and I hauled exactly as much as those guys did with their gigantic trucks, i.e. nothing.
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beats for junkies posted:lol that the trucks are always spotless, even the wheels. Why even have a truck like that if you're just driving around in the suburbs? (I know it's because Ford or whoever told them it would make them more masculine, and then peer pressure because "the guy down the street got one and I'm better than that rear end in a top hat")
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Remember when there was a whole thing about "spreading" on subways and planes? This is that, but deliberate, for suburbs. It's territory marking.
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Tiggum posted:I hate the automated greeting messages on Discord (eg. "Glad you're here, UserName." or "UserName just slid into the server.") but I hate the little animated "Wave to say Hi!" characters it encourages people to post even more. Server admins can turn them off if they want to, and I wish they would but they almost never do. This extends to general cutesy error messages. "OOPSIE!!! You broke the interwebs lol!" when a link in your healthcare provider's site doesn't work. Everything doesn't have to be clever and funny.
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I'll never understand how people just don't. loving. listen. For the fourth time in less than 3 months, our mail room people keep playing hot potato with toners among 3 different HP MFPs. All are the same model & we set them up to alert HP when toner is low so they auto-ship a replacement. Problem is, with all the toner swapping & idiots getting paranoid about the low toner warnings, it's royally hosed up the reporting/monitoring so HP hasn't been sending toners as often. We've explained it to them multiple times & it just doesn't sink into their thick skulls, so now we get to hear them whine & try to blame us or HP for delays. I finally had enough this morning with one of the culprits/problem people & told him straight up "well, if you weren't playing amateur printer technician, we'd have had this fixed in 5 minutes. Nothing I can do about it, all you did was make things more difficult with your paranoia." Honestly wish I had a comically large chain & padlock to wrap around these things to prevent idiots from messing with them. Worst part is there's ANOTHER printer in that room that's powered off with the fuser unit pulled out & no toner, now they're bitching about that one needing a service call but can't/won't tell me why they even took the drat thing apart. I wish that level of ignorance & carelessness was a terminable offense.
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