Author Topic: More things that annoy me.. (Read 235510 times)

SupTool · « **Reply #1750 on:** October 06, 2016, 06:42:50 PM »

Quote from: Pebble.2.0 on October 06, 2016, 05:49:50 PM

I have one, every time you call into your bank or whatever and they make you go through automated menus where you give your name, account number, etc.

The SECOND you get a live person on the line they ask you for the same fucking information

Oh shit this one I highly agree with! What's the damn point if you can get the information from the automated system. I hate the automated system.

BobbyR · « **Reply #1751 on:** October 06, 2016, 07:02:27 PM »

automated phone systems are the worst

Pebble.2.0 · « **Reply #1752 on:** October 06, 2016, 07:38:42 PM »

Quote from: SupTool on October 06, 2016, 06:42:50 PM

Oh shit this one I highly agree with! What's the damn point if you can get the information from the automated system. I hate the automated system.

I assume it really does nothing but keep you occupied while you are waiting for a live person

FreebirdSTF · « **Reply #1753 on:** October 07, 2016, 10:16:12 AM »

I figure part of that is a double-check to make sure they are speaking to the right person.

DocSavage · « **Reply #1754 on:** October 08, 2016, 10:25:08 AM »

Quote from: BobbyR on October 06, 2016, 07:02:27 PM

automated phone systems are the worst

Especially the types that log you out if, for whatever reason, you can't immediately give them the answers they want.

Or if you give the "incorrect" information three times. (Say, your correct zip code, that was somehow screwed up on their end.)

Why not just send you to an Op, instead of a hangup? Or give an option for that? Instead of "I do not understand what you want. Please call again."

DocSavage · « **Reply #1755 on:** October 08, 2016, 11:14:35 AM »

Those coffee's you buy from gas stations/grocery stores that have lids that don't fit quite right, and the coffee drips out the sides/spills through the closed tab on top.

Not a big deal on days off, but pretty bad before work/anything requiring proper dress wear.

That's one thing about Dunkin', their cups are nearly spill proof when closed, and pretty safe when drinking.

DocSavage · « **Reply #1756 on:** October 09, 2016, 01:48:18 PM »

Weeked network congestion. All streaming services slow to a crawl..

Makes me miss the days of VHS stores, where your only problem was missing out on the newest releases..

DocSavage · « **Reply #1757 on:** October 19, 2016, 08:31:59 PM »

The Big Bang Theory.

Supergirl gets cancelled/traded, yet BBT gets ratings through the roof.

Pretty much proves viewers have TERRIBLE tastes. Even friends of mine can't get enough of BBT, and I just have to bite my tongue..

BobbyR · « **Reply #1758 on:** October 20, 2016, 05:13:54 PM »

BBT is awesome

DocSavage · « **Reply #1759 on:** October 20, 2016, 10:40:04 PM »

Just tried the CW App, to catch episodes of Arrow that I can't dvr. The thing's garbage. Needs a lot of space to install, takes forever to load, is slow, and the video doesn't even fill the entire screen leaving the clock/date/power task bar visable.

Piracy streams are just so much better in every way. And I wanted the damn app so I didn't need to do that.

Why is it that pirates and black hat programmers/hobbyist's do everything so much better then "official channels", anyways? I mean, how cheap are these companies being, if they can't find some coders who can compete with a hobbyist?

DocSavage · « **Reply #1760 on:** October 29, 2016, 12:09:07 PM »

Quote from: BobbyR on October 20, 2016, 05:13:54 PM

BBT is awesome

I loved the show at first.

But the formula kind of wore thin... You can pretty much write a checklist of the comedy routines from show to show. And sure, it's as good a comedy as any other... I just don't see it being good enough over everything else to justify the ratings.

Then again, I also thought the Attitude Era was garbage and think The Wire is somewhat overrated and pretentious, so yeah.

BlackLight · « **Reply #1761 on:** October 29, 2016, 10:27:33 PM »

I still watch BBT, but now it feels like I'm doing it because I've invested so much time into the show over the years, that I can't just admit I want a divorce.

DocSavage · « **Reply #1762 on:** November 01, 2016, 11:05:27 PM »

Just found out they're planning a new Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio show in 2017.

You have no idea how old that makes me feel... Hell, I'm surprise radio shows still exist, period. Who listens to them, instead of satelite radio?

BobbyR · « **Reply #1763 on:** November 02, 2016, 05:57:48 AM »

Never got the appeal, I listened to the first one, it sucked just like the book

Pebble.2.0 · « **Reply #1764 on:** November 02, 2016, 05:21:39 PM »

Quote from: BlackLight on October 29, 2016, 10:27:33 PM

I still watch BBT, but now it feels like I'm doing it because I've invested so much time into the show over the years, that I can't just admit I want a divorce.

It's definitely gone stale, and Penny never should have cut her hair

Beer_Baron · « **Reply #1765 on:** November 02, 2016, 10:38:14 PM »

Quote from: DocSavage on November 01, 2016, 11:05:27 PM

Hell, I'm surprise radio shows still exist, period. Who listens to them, instead of satelite radio?

i do, when I'm driving. I switch from the classic rock station to the talk radio station during commercials. sometimes the talk radio has an interesting program on and i stay tuned in.

DocSavage · « **Reply #1766 on:** November 02, 2016, 11:34:00 PM »

Postmodernism.

Fricken ruined society.

FreebirdSTF · « **Reply #1767 on:** November 03, 2016, 12:13:26 AM »

Quote from: Beer_Baron on November 02, 2016, 10:38:14 PM

i do, when I'm driving. I switch from the classic rock station to the talk radio station during commercials. sometimes the talk radio has an interesting program on and i stay tuned in.

Uh, people who don't have satellite radio. We have two solid sports radio stations here in ATL.

DocSavage · « **Reply #1768 on:** November 03, 2016, 12:44:27 AM »

Quote from: FreebirdSTF on November 03, 2016, 12:13:26 AM

Uh, people who don't have satellite radio. We have two solid sports radio stations here in ATL.

Allright, let me rephrase:

Who watch's radio drama's.

A friend tells me that's still a thing in Britain (BBC, probably), so I guess there's my answer. Can't picture anyone doing that on the radio here, like Ralphy in A Christmas Story listening to Little Orphan Annie..

DocSavage · « **Reply #1769 on:** November 04, 2016, 12:59:39 PM »

Went to absentee vote.

They give you two envelopes. I think I got a paper cut on my tongue licking both of them.

Never happened before.. Only the government could buy something so stiff it cuts the tongue (And of course, no wet bottle provided, you're supposed to lick it.)

Beer_Baron · « **Reply #1770 on:** November 04, 2016, 07:41:19 PM »

Quote from: DocSavage on November 04, 2016, 12:59:39 PM

Went to absentee vote.

They give you two envelopes. I think I got a paper cut on my tongue licking both of them.

Never happened before.. Only the government could buy something so stiff it cuts the tongue (And of course, no wet bottle provided, you're supposed to lick it.)

I never lick Gov't envelopes. They use the envelopes to gather DNA data

BobbyR · « **Reply #1771 on:** November 05, 2016, 08:21:35 AM »

You probably ingested nanobots

DocSavage · « **Reply #1772 on:** November 06, 2016, 03:06:05 PM »

Because birthdays/holidays, gonna reiterate a complaint: The market isn't a gentle slope. It's a cliff.

You either to cheap and buy junk, or you pay more than most people can afford for decent (But still flawed, because everybody cuts corners.) products. There's no in "good and affordable" option on anything. There just isn't.

BlackLight · « **Reply #1773 on:** November 06, 2016, 08:25:48 PM »

I hate the 'Close Door" buttons in elevators that are just there for show. They never work.

FreebirdSTF · « **Reply #1774 on:** November 07, 2016, 01:58:28 PM »

Quote from: DocSavage on November 06, 2016, 03:06:05 PM

Because birthdays/holidays, gonna reiterate a complaint: The market isn't a gentle slope. It's a cliff.

You either to cheap and buy junk, or you pay more than most people can afford for decent (But still flawed, because everybody cuts corners.) products. There's no in "good and affordable" option on anything. There just isn't.

Huh?