The completely gratuitous complaint thread

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  • Mystiarra said:

    my first doordash experience is a total bust.  deli messed up my breakfast order.

    not only did they forget the hash browns, they stuck bacon on my egg sammich.  what am i gonna do, not eat the delicious bacon?  my already blimped out feet are gonna get blimpier.

    Make sure you let them know of your level of satisfaction. 

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    McGyver said:

    Not sure if you were serious about the toilet paper thing, but...

    https://www.fivebelow.com/products/led-motion-sensored-toilet-night-light
     

    You are probably handy enough to figure out a way of mounting it where you need it... Maybe Command Strips or double stick foam tape...

    It's basically a motion sensing light that hangs inside the toilet, but that's gross...  my kids bought one for their bathroom and the hung it next to the toilet paper nook thingie.

    sadly is a true story.  couldnt see if there was paper on the roll 

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    LeatherGryphon said:

    Mystiarra said:

    my first doordash experience is a total bust.  deli messed up my breakfast order.

    not only did they forget the hash browns, they stuck bacon on my egg sammich.  what am i gonna do, not eat the delicious bacon?  my already blimped out feet are gonna get blimpier.

    Make sure you let them know of your level of satisfaction. 

    they credited me back the 6 dollars, didnt give me the option to request they bring the missing food. i not blaming the door dash, i blaming the deli.

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,050

    I apprehended a tiny felon... Meet Corky... 


    Apparently my spring mouse came early this year...

    Usually around March or April we'll get an outdoor mouse indoors for a few days... My guess is they wake up from hibernation and are starving so they find their way indoors and shortly thereafter they are arrested and I then deposit them at a nature preserve a few miles away... So far they are alway Deer Mice, and that's what Corky is.

    Corky is a cork eating vandal who fell for the old "Free Peanut Butter" ruse... It's too cold for the next few days to evict her to the nature preserve, so she's living in this little fish tank/mouse penitentiary until the snow melts and she can be released on her own recognizance, primarily that she never return to this residence.

    Fun fact... many Deer Mice will nest/hibernate in trees... they will gnaw their way into dead branches and hollow them out to make a home... usually they choose smaller diameter branches which may break in a storm... if you've ever found a weird branch with a finger diameter tunnel in it, stuffed with fur and seed pods, it probably was a Deer Mouse's residence (well, at least in the U.S.).

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    wary of mice trying fence wooden nickels.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,027

    NylonGirl said:

    kyoto kid said:

    ...ah Superbowl complaint. CBS is supposed to offer free access to watch with no need for a paid streaming service, subscription, or account, but when I went to their site and clicked on the game, all I get is a black screen with one of those "windmill" swirlies in the middle that just keeps going on and on.  They also have a free app for Android, but going to watch the game on a tiny phone screen and exhaust my data allowance for the month.

    Not going to bother with the "free" trials either because they suddenly turn into "not so free" and you get smacked with a bill.

    ______________________________________________

    ETA:

    ...well didn't miss much as like Green Bay two weeks ago, Kansas City didn't come to play today and Brady gets yet another ring...ho hum. 

    The way they get me is with family plans. Even if I don't watch enough of the shows to justify the subscription, I tend to keep the services because there are three or four other people in my circle who may theoretically use them. And a couple of those people do the same for me. Sometimes it gets hard to keep track of who's paying for what.

    And right now in Kansas City, football and weather have both not gone as we had hoped.

    ...I have family in Kansas City so they were my choice to win it all after Green Bay lost to Tamp two weeks earlier.  Really wanted to See a Green Bay Kansas City Superbowl though as it probably would have been a more competitive game.

    Both teams played in the First Superbowl (originally titled the AFL - NFL World Championship) 54 years ago in 1967.  Green Bay won that one 35 - 10 while the halftime show included performances by Al Hirt, the Grambling State and Arizona University marching bands, and "The Bell Rocket Airmen"  An interesting side note is that unlike current superbowls, the game was not a sellout even given a local television blackout in Los Angeles where the game was held.

    The cost of a 30 second commercial spot then was 42,000$ which, even adjusted for inflation would be a bargain today (332,000$) vs the actual cost of 5.5$ million.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,027
    edited February 2021

    McGyver said:

    How to get me to not visit your website ever again:

    Three seconds after the page I requested opens, paste a huge advertisement about something that's on sale in the center of my screen that blocks the entire view, then after I close that out, wait ten seconds and do it again, then repeat that the moment I leave that page to check out the product I came there to look at... Added bonus clown points for making sure the items you are trying to sell me have absolutely nothing to do with the item I'm trying to look at.

    Marketing guy to the website designers: "What we are looking for is a miserable experience for the customer, one where they regret ever visiting our store, but are so mad at us they just randomly buy whatever stuff our pop-up ads suggest... you know... just to get even with us..."

    Website designer: "Uh... are you feeling okay?... I don't think that's how that works..."

    Marketing guy: "Nonsense! Customers want to feel hated... the more you piss them off, the more they buy!"

    Website designer: "Uh... okay... right... are you sure you are okay?..."

    Marketing guy: "Absolutely! Never been better!"...(Starts making airplane noises with arms spread out while prancing out of room)

    ...I feel similarly about packaging designers.  I still feel they have a sadistic mean streak when it comes to us arthritics.

    Hence why I have to keep a large scissors and a box knife in a kitchen drawer. 

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    siri tried to explain existentionalism to e but it sounded like gobbldeegook.  i think it has something to do about existance. 

    something about the absurdity of life?  i think i might be existentialist.

    Lord Bryon had to flee his country, was his poetry that bad?

    i asked her what facism is cuz i only have a vague notion, all i i got out of her explanation is it started in italy.

  • NylonGirlNylonGirl Posts: 1,782

    Mystiarra said:

    trying to think of how to tell my cousin i don't want them t o take me food shopping anymore, without them thinking i've gone bonkers.  i just feel like they dont want to do it anymore.  they been coming every week since my eye surgery.  i feel like i'm a buden now.

     They probably don't want you to feel that way though. I don't think you should feel bad about them taking you to the stores.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,491
    edited February 2021

    Complaint:  Arghhh...,  I've just spent the last 45 minutes futzing around with my new 2-port KVM switch.  It worked fine last night.  I shut everything down (computer, monitors, switch) but this morning when I turned it all on again, I got no satisfaction!  No image or attempt to display an image on the monitor from either of my computers.​  Grrrr...angry 

    After satisfying myself that yes indeed it was NOT working. I set about finding out exactly WHAT wasn't working.  I was able to prove that both computers were functioning by turning on their dedicated monitors.  Then found cables and computers close enough that I could test the main monitor with a signal bypassing the switch.  OK, check!  Then I tested the HDMI cable from the switch to the monitor. OK, check!   So, then it was down to the switch box itself or possibly the proprietary set of cables that went from the switch to the computers, or the switch's keyboard, mouse, speaker, or microphone inputs.  I disconnected all the unecessary cables, because I needed just the HDMI video from a single computer to prove that it did or didn't switch, but to my surprise and dismay, it worked.surprise  Then after reattaching all the other cables it still worked.  Crap!frown  I don't know what the problem was, but there WAS a real issue, it did not work.  I'd tried switching on & off, I'd tried pulling the power plug, I'd tried the local selector switch, I tried it's remote selector switch, I'd tried the mode button state switch, it just didn't work until I stripped it naked and started dressing it again.  Perhaps it just needed that type of attention.  I'll remember that next time I can't wake it up.devil

    Non-complaint:  The problem is resolved for now.  And at least it wasn't my brand new $$$ monitor flaking out on me.smiley  

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    polar vortex is a real thing.  forced myself to go for a walk. been a long while since i worked on a crochet project.  yarn is deep in the closet, dont think i can get to it.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    remember phil donahue?  not to be confused with don ho.  and Mike wallace?
    watched a few Ayn Rand interview episodes.  she mentioned the reagan years. lol.  i totally forgot the reagan years.  

    potato patatta, makuma mattata

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,027
    edited February 2021

    ...snow already falling in the hills just west of downtown.  .Forecast calls  for up to 14" by Friday night with highs only in the 20s and strong winds. 

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  • Mystiarra said:

    remember phil donahue?  not to be confused with don ho.  and Mike wallace?
    watched a few Ayn Rand interview episodes.  she mentioned the reagan years. lol.  i totally forgot the reagan years.  

    potato patatta, makuma mattata

    Don Ho?   Shhh... you're showing your age.

    Don Ho?  Any relation to Westward Ho?  or Ho Ho Ho?  Or Doctor Ho... um, wait a minute..., never mind, forget that last one.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    it snowed again last night.

    my memory of Don Ho is Tiny Tim playing his yukaleile on Don Ho show

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,050

    I'm done with the snow... can whoever is closest to the switch turn it off now?

    More snow this morning... News12 last night: "Derrrr... one inch to a coating, starting at 7 am and out of here by 9..." it was over an inch by 1:30 AM.

    I broke my last unbroken snow shovel earlier, so now I have to play the "find a snow shovel in February" game... February is when you shop for summer stuff like bikinis and gas grills, so it's probably going to be a little unfun driving around from store to store looking for one.

     

     

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    i've been awake a whole 4 hours in a row.  this is life in the fast lane.  born to be wild.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    McGyver said:

    I'm done with the snow... can whoever is closest to the switch turn it off now?

    More snow this morning... News12 last night: "Derrrr... one inch to a coating, starting at 7 am and out of here by 9..." it was over an inch by 1:30 AM.

    I broke my last unbroken snow shovel earlier, so now I have to play the "find a snow shovel in February" game... February is when you shop for summer stuff like bikinis and gas grills, so it's probably going to be a little unfun driving around from store to store looking for one.

     

    collateral damage of the polar vortex 

  • GordigGordig Posts: 10,041

    Mystiarra said:

    it snowed again last night.

    my memory of Don Ho is Tiny Tim playing his yukaleile on Don Ho show

    I think Don Ho briefly appeared in some Bond movie, though I'm probably misremembering. 

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,089

    Grump grump grump.

    That is all.

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,199

    McGyver said:

    I'm done with the snow... can whoever is closest to the switch turn it off now?

    More snow this morning... News12 last night: "Derrrr... one inch to a coating, starting at 7 am and out of here by 9..." it was over an inch by 1:30 AM.

    I broke my last unbroken snow shovel earlier, so now I have to play the "find a snow shovel in February" game... February is when you shop for summer stuff like bikinis and gas grills, so it's probably going to be a little unfun driving around from store to store looking for one.

     

    I just bought two new shovels on Saturday at Lowe's!  They had plenty in stock.

    Dana

  • Mystiarra said:

    it snowed again last night.

    my memory of Don Ho is Tiny Tim playing his yukaleile on Don Ho show

    Not surprising.  Seeing Tiny Tim anywhere would burn that into your memory permanently.surprise  Even that picture of him in his casket is now indelibly part of my life.indecision  Tip-toe, through the tulips, with meeee.devil

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,050

    DanaTA said:

    McGyver said:

    I'm done with the snow... can whoever is closest to the switch turn it off now?

    More snow this morning... News12 last night: "Derrrr... one inch to a coating, starting at 7 am and out of here by 9..." it was over an inch by 1:30 AM.

    I broke my last unbroken snow shovel earlier, so now I have to play the "find a snow shovel in February" game... February is when you shop for summer stuff like bikinis and gas grills, so it's probably going to be a little unfun driving around from store to store looking for one.

     

    I just bought two new shovels on Saturday at Lowe's!  They had plenty in stock.

    Dana

    I suppose Massachusetts isn't that far away... Did they have the 24 inch wide ones?... I actually found an okayish 18" wide one at a not so local Home Despot.
    I say "okayish" because the material is acceptable but the way the stupid company makes the shovel, the scoop part wiggles 3/4" side to side on the handle shaft, which is awkward and annoying... it's not a big deal, I'll just put stainless steel screws through the sides of the connector,  but it's annoying to have to fix an obviously crappy design that's obviously crappy for no good reason.

    I suspect people in Massachusetts buy snow shovels in a fashion that is somewhat in line with the understanding it snows sometimes... as opposed to Long Island where people only buy snow shovels and snow cleaning supplies on the day it snows like "NOOOOOOOO! I shouldn't have thrown away those last 14 snow shovels each time after it snowed!!"
    Seriously there can't be that many people who are first time homeowners or who just broke a shovel... what are people doing to their shovels that every time it snows the stores are sold out of snow shovels instantly?... I go to these DYI stores enough for other stuff to see people cleaning out the snow shovels every time... Are they hoarding them... is there a trick where one can use eight snow shovels at once for better efficiency?...

    Actually, I bet if I looked that up on YouTube there would be a video of some guy simultaneously using eight shovels to clean his driveway.... It would probably be titled "Snow Shovel Life Hack- Saves Time" it would probably look like it sounds and end badly.

    I probably can fix my 24" shovel, it's just that stupid steel edge guard, two of the rivets popped out and now it snags every imperfection on the ground... I was just being too lazy to dig out my rivet tool and fix it... also I was trying to save the economy one snow shovel at a time.

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,199
    edited February 2021

    I didn't look for the exta wide ones...I have one of those.  But I wanted the ones with the bent pole, easier on the back.

    Dana

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    is shoveling snow as painful on the neck adn shoulders as changing a shower curtain?
    intense

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,199

    That shouldn't be painful.  Unless you have some arthritis in your shoulders or neck.

    Dana

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,491
    edited February 2021

    Complaint:  I was having persistent pain in my left foot for a couple of weeks so I finally went to see my podiatrist thinking it was an ingrown toenail.  Well, he checked me over and trimmed my toenails and we talked about my lifestyle as he worked but he didn't find any ingrown nail problem this time, but he did determine that I had frostbite on the very tip of my left big toe.surprise  I asked how that was possible,  Well, he said, you said that you walk around barefoot in your apartment, you complained that the floors are cold, you have circulation problems in your legs and feet, and you sleep with your toe pressing against the coverings.  and this problem appeared about the time the really cold weather set in.  All those things combined just stopped the flow of blood at the point where it is most sensitive to being stopped.  "Oh", I said.  "What can I do about it"?  His reply was"wear loose slippers, keep your feet warm and don't let anything touch the tip of your toe and it might heal a bit".  (*sigh*)  I said what's causing this?  He said, you're getting old. frown  Then he said, you're the second person to come in today with the same problem.indecision

     I hate when doctors are right and it means I have to change my life style yet again.sad

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,027

    DanaTA said:

    That shouldn't be painful.  Unless you have some arthritis in your shoulders or neck.

    Dana

    ...tries to raise hand. 

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,199

    kyoto kid said:

    DanaTA said:

    That shouldn't be painful.  Unless you have some arthritis in your shoulders or neck.

    Dana

    ...tries to raise hand. 

    sad

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,027

    ..well snow falling throughout the city will last through Sunday morning.  Winds are supposed to pick up tonight and tomorrow. 

    Had to turn the heat on,  Hmm, I think I hear the meter at the power company going "ka-ching ka-ching"

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