Wolvie - Ca-ching - you hit the jackpot!!! Why oh, fucking why can't people use the most efficient method of paying for things - currency?? Use the money, people. A debit card should NOT be used to purchase a bag of chips or pack of gum. Want to know why everybody is so impatient? It's because the fawking lines are so long for everything . Why are they so long? Because you are all fools and using debit cards for every purchase. A transaction that should take 30 seconds now takes two minutes - IF you punch in everything correctly and IF the computer prints out your frickin' receipt promptly. Oh - you need the record of EVERY purchase you've ever made? I'm sure that must make riveting reading at the end of every month. All that - AND you get to pay an extra fee for the privilege.
Rant along with me
- Thread starter Rowdy Rodney
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Rant #1: The summer weather has totally sucked in Alberta this year. Summer arrived late and now it seems to have ended early. Most of the time its been cold, grey and rainy. Too few days of warm sunshine, clear blue sky, cool breezes and scantily-clad women. I had to travel to BC to experience that.
Rant #2: It drives me nuts when people take a long time to park their vehicles. I stepped outside for a smoke just now, and for the entire 5 minutes, some old man was parking his van in front of the building. Back and then forth. Back and forth. Back and forth. Then he stops the engine, gets out, looks behind his van. He's got miles of space between him and the other parked vehicles. But oh no, that's not good enough for him. Not good enough for his 30-year-old rustbucket. So he gets back in, starts the engine. Back and forth. Back and forth. Back and forth. Hey old codger, it's not a sex toy, you know! My dad has always been prone to doing this and I've always wanted to smack him in the head when he was doing his back-and-forth thing...even when I was just a kid.
Rant #2: It drives me nuts when people take a long time to park their vehicles. I stepped outside for a smoke just now, and for the entire 5 minutes, some old man was parking his van in front of the building. Back and then forth. Back and forth. Back and forth. Then he stops the engine, gets out, looks behind his van. He's got miles of space between him and the other parked vehicles. But oh no, that's not good enough for him. Not good enough for his 30-year-old rustbucket. So he gets back in, starts the engine. Back and forth. Back and forth. Back and forth. Hey old codger, it's not a sex toy, you know! My dad has always been prone to doing this and I've always wanted to smack him in the head when he was doing his back-and-forth thing...even when I was just a kid.
Well when your 85 yrs old and half piss your self by the time you get your schlong out the hole in your pants and by the time you get your aim correct you realize the other 1/2 of your wiz is on the rim of the shitter you'll be happy you can still drive your old Chevy. 
Rant of the Day:
Notice how the cafes, patios and restaurants with the best people-watching are always crowded? I personally love to eat at such a place during my lunch break and watch all the hotties strut around in their high heels and skirts as they rush off to eat or do some noon-hour shopping. So it irks me when I can't find a table and there's some waste of skin sitting at a prime viewing table with his back turned away from the action and reading! Fucking hell, man, if you're such a goddamn eunuch that you can't really appreciate the beauty of where you're sitting, go sit by the kitchen, or go back to your cube farm you fucking nerd!
Rant of the Day II:
Escalators. I wish that the airport/subway rule was applied everywhere. That is, stand to the right and let others pass by to the left. Sometimes I'm in a hurry to get somewhere. But then I'm forced to wait and ride on the escalator because a mass of blubber asses who are too lazy to climb are standing there like it's some kind of amusement ride or something. To the right, you heifers, and let the healthy and active people like me get on with their day!
Notice how the cafes, patios and restaurants with the best people-watching are always crowded? I personally love to eat at such a place during my lunch break and watch all the hotties strut around in their high heels and skirts as they rush off to eat or do some noon-hour shopping. So it irks me when I can't find a table and there's some waste of skin sitting at a prime viewing table with his back turned away from the action and reading! Fucking hell, man, if you're such a goddamn eunuch that you can't really appreciate the beauty of where you're sitting, go sit by the kitchen, or go back to your cube farm you fucking nerd!
Rant of the Day II:
Escalators. I wish that the airport/subway rule was applied everywhere. That is, stand to the right and let others pass by to the left. Sometimes I'm in a hurry to get somewhere. But then I'm forced to wait and ride on the escalator because a mass of blubber asses who are too lazy to climb are standing there like it's some kind of amusement ride or something. To the right, you heifers, and let the healthy and active people like me get on with their day!
Now that the snow is here where I live and it's all slushy, once again I have to endure these inconsiderate cock-knockers who drive by and spray me with slush from the road as I'm trying to walk. The next vehicle that does this is going to experience a rendezvous with a rock thrown by my hand.
I cannot believe that this ranting thread is still around... I guess that is a good thing
Long live the Rant!
Long live the Rant!
Hey my name is Rico from Puerto Rico, and I only make a Dollar a day. I go see Lucy, I suck on her Pussy and she take my Dollar away hey.hitrack said:
Here's something else I kinda find annoying:
In any public place where there is piped-in music playing (the gym, any store, etc) sometimes there will be some douche who feels the need to whistle along with the music, even if the song being played can't really be whistled to. C'mon buddy, do you really think the rest of us want to hear your interpretation of the song? Shaddup, dammit!
In any public place where there is piped-in music playing (the gym, any store, etc) sometimes there will be some douche who feels the need to whistle along with the music, even if the song being played can't really be whistled to. C'mon buddy, do you really think the rest of us want to hear your interpretation of the song? Shaddup, dammit!
Wow, this post is still around
It's Good Friday and I am bored to tears!
Rant, rant, rant...
I guess I will go kill some time by going for a walk, see a movie and maybe work out in the gym before I have to get ready for dinner.
Rant...
It's Good Friday and I am bored to tears!
Rant, rant, rant...
I guess I will go kill some time by going for a walk, see a movie and maybe work out in the gym before I have to get ready for dinner.
Rant...
I had nothing to rant about until that ad for Jack FM ( 96.6 0n your FM dial ) came on the air. Its this guy that sings all about willie and someone else in a loud irritating voice trying to get you to listen to their morning show.
I shall never listen to a station with such poor taste in advertising. I am now at the point that I switch channels when that ad comes on.
I have set my tuner to bypaass 96.6
Soon I will kick in the tv or bypass all channels that carry the ad
or perhaps build a "stupid ad" detector and turn off the hydro
Theres lots of anoying ads but this one is the most irritating.
Rant Rant
I shall never listen to a station with such poor taste in advertising. I am now at the point that I switch channels when that ad comes on.
I have set my tuner to bypaass 96.6
Soon I will kick in the tv or bypass all channels that carry the ad
or perhaps build a "stupid ad" detector and turn off the hydro
Theres lots of anoying ads but this one is the most irritating.
Rant Rant
Other than being the second one at the table to be harrassed for chop stick skills... Then to be given a ranting fork... Rant50 Mile Radius said:SOOOOOOOOOOOO?????????
how was dinner?(and after??)
I won't mention who else needed a fork Afterwards, saw a couple or nice dancers but one was just ranting horrible... Rant-da-de-rant-rant
So there's some asshat who keeps blowing his car horn outside my place.
Problem is, I live in a large high-rise. So this mental giant is disturbing potentially over a 100 residents. And moreover, whoever he wants to see (his girlfriend? his crack dealer?) probably lives on the other side of the building where nobody can hear him! Go find yourself a phone, you jackass, before somebody throws down a BBQ propane tank thru your windshield.
Problem is, I live in a large high-rise. So this mental giant is disturbing potentially over a 100 residents. And moreover, whoever he wants to see (his girlfriend? his crack dealer?) probably lives on the other side of the building where nobody can hear him! Go find yourself a phone, you jackass, before somebody throws down a BBQ propane tank thru your windshield.
Spitting is becoming an epidemic where I live.
Everywhere you walk, you have to watch your step because the sidewalks get caked with spittle. And I see both guys and girls tossing the phlegm. The worst is this one guy who works in my building...I'd be outside for a smoke break, and the disgusting pig is there, spitting like every 10 seconds...on the sidewalk, the road, the ashtray.
What the hell is the matter with these people??
Everywhere you walk, you have to watch your step because the sidewalks get caked with spittle. And I see both guys and girls tossing the phlegm. The worst is this one guy who works in my building...I'd be outside for a smoke break, and the disgusting pig is there, spitting like every 10 seconds...on the sidewalk, the road, the ashtray.
What the hell is the matter with these people??
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UPS is not bad except when you try to intervene, like changing the pickup point, say from your house to a depot, or from one depot to another. Jeez, a parcel can end up going around the world, or disappearing altogether. The problem I think is their tracking system, as you have alluded to. I experienced the same problem as you occasionally, so it must be systemic.
I have had a package come from the darkest hole in India via EMS and it landed on my doorstep two days later. A similar shipment coming out of New Jersey via UPS took a whole two weeks once they found it (here in Vancouver), and they overcharged me on duties and brokerage ($45 for a $20 item). I got them to eat the brokerage fee (because they misplaced the damn thing), but they still stiffed me on the duties and tax.
Yup, UPS sucks big time!
I have had a package come from the darkest hole in India via EMS and it landed on my doorstep two days later. A similar shipment coming out of New Jersey via UPS took a whole two weeks once they found it (here in Vancouver), and they overcharged me on duties and brokerage ($45 for a $20 item). I got them to eat the brokerage fee (because they misplaced the damn thing), but they still stiffed me on the duties and tax.
Yup, UPS sucks big time!
Well, I recently had about 10 minutes of my precious time wasted in the so-called 'express line' at Save-On Foods. Some asshat buys some stuff from the bulk section but didn't mark his bag tags at all. So the clerk sends this teenaged bagboy with the bulk items to find them and mark them. And waited...and waited...and waited. It was ages until this geek finally came back with the tags marked. Wouldn't it be easier if the asshat just went and got the numbers himself, assuming he remembered what he bought? I would have gone to a faster-moving line with a more competent clerk, but I already emptied my basket onto the till.
BTW, the aforementioned grocery store is now known as SOL Foods. Their product choices are becoming more limited as they carry less of the brands I favor, they're always understocked of certain items, the aisles have become too small and the staff are too underemployed to handle the overcrowded shoppers. I'm finding Safeway to be a better place to shop. In fact, there have been several times when I end up ditching my food basket at SOL, walking out, and going to Safeway instead for the above reasons. The only reasons for going to SOL anymore is because the bread is better (Safeway's baked goods are like cardboard) and they have a redeemable points program.
BTW, the aforementioned grocery store is now known as SOL Foods. Their product choices are becoming more limited as they carry less of the brands I favor, they're always understocked of certain items, the aisles have become too small and the staff are too underemployed to handle the overcrowded shoppers. I'm finding Safeway to be a better place to shop. In fact, there have been several times when I end up ditching my food basket at SOL, walking out, and going to Safeway instead for the above reasons. The only reasons for going to SOL anymore is because the bread is better (Safeway's baked goods are like cardboard) and they have a redeemable points program.
