The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 2588

Rumpelteazer · 05-17-2026, 11:54 AM

The supermarket I work for is going to close in June for renovations. Those of us with a fixed hour contract got to choose to either take vacation days or to be placed at another store. I chose the latter and I've been lucky to get placed at the store of my preference; the one near my parents' place. It isn't the closest store (it'll take me over an hour to get there by bike and bus), but the ones closer aren't in good neighbourhoods and are known for problematic customers.

I've also offered to help pack up after the store's closed but before the builders move in and I also offered to help stock again when the building work is done. I'm not sure if I'm being taken up on the offer.

I hope next week we'll be getting more information. The only thing I know so far is where I'm going and which two colleagues are joining me. But I don't know if I'll be working the same schedule, I do hope I won't have to work nights. I just hate the uncertainty and want to know what is going to happen.

I'll also miss most of my colleagues, I'm getting along with almost everyone and most of us support each other when needed. Also our team leader and managers are great when supporting us when we have difficult customers. I hope the other will be similar.

Second rant: next week almost all weekdays, except for Wednesday, we're working with basically a skeleton crew. The drawback of working for a supermarket is that a lot of my colleagues are in school/college/university and have exam/test weeks at the moment. Tomorrow I'm on my own until 1pm on the self check-out square. At least the weather is bad tomorrow, which usually means it'll be quiet.

ownedbycats · 05-17-2026, 11:03 PM

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This is for Nova Scotia's only publically funded clinic for hearing and speech clinics. There is a form, but only for non-English/ASL speakers.

DNSB · 05-18-2026, 01:45 AM

Did you try filling out the form on the page where below the non-English/ASL, it states We Support ALL Languages? After all the form allows you to select English as a language option. Please note though that this page does not make an appointment, they will contact you to get more information.

Alternatively, you could click on the Find your nearest location button near the bottom of the page in the Call Us box, search for the location nearest you and go from there.

ownedbycats · 05-18-2026, 01:22 PM

I'll try that, but it feels weird as it's labeled for non-English/ASL speakers, I'm neither.

ownedbycats · 05-24-2026, 01:03 PM

Wanted to take walk today, but hurt my arm and cant use cane

JSWolf · 05-24-2026, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Wanted to take walk today, but hurt my arm and cant use cane

I hope you'll be better soon.

BetterRed · 06-24-2026, 07:10 PM

Australia's first instances of the H5N1 virus have just been detected in a dead Skua and two Giant Petre1s.

Headline in MSM — Bird flu death toll rises as virus spreads interstate

Little wonder people have stopped eating chicken and asking why there isn't a vaccine.

ApK · 06-24-2026, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Wanted to take walk today, but hurt my arm and cant use cane

Why would you need a cane for a hurt arm anyway?

Kidding! Ambiguity is funny. Feel better.

nana77 · 06-25-2026, 06:24 PM

I was to recall a 1TB ssd nvme as the "Sabrent Rocket" (TLC), on its 2230 format size, before and also after the Steam Deck came available had had been at 74$ at its least.
Time after it wasn't at less than 94$, and I was to know the RAM prices rose up, not really the other pieces: just had a glance whereas them rised nowadays.

issybird · 06-27-2026, 07:34 AM

The NY Times thinks I need to upgrade my subscription to a "household" plan; I had to verify a device this morning because of the number of devices that access my subscription.

One, I don't think accessing a subscription with four devices, a laptop, a phone and two tablets, is excessive for one person. Two, I have a one person household! I'm not paying for phantom people to read the Times.

ApK · 06-28-2026, 02:17 PM

I just picked up a bag of "Michigan Cherry BBQ" potato chips.
I'm reading the bag and noting all the "proudly made in Michigan", "Small batch kettle cooked" and similar stuff and two things made me scratch my head:
1. "Made with organic sea salt.". I admit chemistry is not my thing, but isn't salt an INORGANIC mineral?
2. The ingredients specify "natural hickory smoke flavor.". Wouldn't "cherry BBQ" suggest CHERRY smoke flavor? I was actually expecting the ingredient list to just say "natural smoke flavor". But to specify hickory on a product called cherry makes me wonder if the labels were written by AI.

It also strikes me that in a few short years I'm already thinking "written by AI" rather than what I'd have thought for most of life: "written by an idiot."

ApK

pdurrant · 06-28-2026, 02:53 PM

Had a mobile contract with data for iphone and apple watch. Just found out it's been misconfigured and not actually ever using mobile data....

.... and it took more than a couple of hours of tech support for them to sort it out, which included a complete reset of the Apple Watch.

dandaman · 06-28-2026, 04:04 PM

I forgot to select all the filler files when JBing my Prime Day PW6, and it auto-updated... I'll try to make a warranty claim about some miniscule dust stuck under the screen

ApK · 07-01-2026, 06:52 AM

Dear Rat B@$7@rd5 at Roku: stop pushing "Soccer Zone" on to my main menu every day! Spend your time working with your partners to fix bugs, not figuring out new ways to annoy me with intrusive ads.

nana77 · Yesterday, 08:45 AM

It was like one year and half since I didn't went to the organic store, I was used to buy two or three things in there because them were convenient, then get accustomed to the quality of some products on the supermarket (e.g. regional products, but sold as in a large market's chain: quite a good compromise - imho).
I was to keep an eye to the prices, specially seeing the tomatos' at 8$, 13$, 15$ per kg, during winter (which can be fine, as it's not them season too), although now I haven't seen a real drop on them prices, so I went to the organic shop to check the differencies, and in there there are the near farmers' tomatoes, organic, at 4,38$ for the piccadilly, and around 3,50$, 3,70$ for the vine or S. Marzano ones.
Also they have a brand of pasta that keeps some shapes' kind at a lower price, which is 20 cents close to the more common other at the supermarket (not organic, not slow dried).
So I guess I can add it again to my shopping list's stops.

My second, half-rant (not a real one) is about the desktop environment (which is just nice, it's great like that) that has become so full of integrations, I'd need to park the cursor by searching a blank spot, while watching a YT video (otherwise it gets a preview of a video, a pop-up from an icon, a trasparent pop-up saying in a plain format the date and the number of the views from the video's description, a preview of another application from the icon's bar panel...).

05-18-2026, 01:45 AM	#38808
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06-25-2026, 06:24 PM	#38814
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05-17-2026, 11:54 AM	#38806
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,585 Karma: 27926918 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	The supermarket I work for is going to close in June for renovations. Those of us with a fixed hour contract got to choose to either take vacation days or to be placed at another store. I chose the latter and I've been lucky to get placed at the store of my preference; the one near my parents' place. It isn't the closest store (it'll take me over an hour to get there by bike and bus), but the ones closer aren't in good neighbourhoods and are known for problematic customers. I've also offered to help pack up after the store's closed but before the builders move in and I also offered to help stock again when the building work is done. I'm not sure if I'm being taken up on the offer. I hope next week we'll be getting more information. The only thing I know so far is where I'm going and which two colleagues are joining me. But I don't know if I'll be working the same schedule, I do hope I won't have to work nights. I just hate the uncertainty and want to know what is going to happen. I'll also miss most of my colleagues, I'm getting along with almost everyone and most of us support each other when needed. Also our team leader and managers are great when supporting us when we have difficult customers. I hope the other will be similar. Second rant: next week almost all weekdays, except for Wednesday, we're working with basically a skeleton crew. The drawback of working for a supermarket is that a lot of my colleagues are in school/college/university and have exam/test weeks at the moment. Tomorrow I'm on my own until 1pm on the self check-out square. At least the weather is bad tomorrow, which usually means it'll be quiet.

05-17-2026, 11:03 PM	#38807
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,821 Karma: 83109135 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	This is for Nova Scotia's only publically funded clinic for hearing and speech clinics. There is a form, but only for non-English/ASL speakers.

05-18-2026, 01:22 PM	#38809
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,821 Karma: 83109135 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	I'll try that, but it feels weird as it's labeled for non-English/ASL speakers, I'm neither.

05-24-2026, 01:03 PM	#38810
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,821 Karma: 83109135 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Wanted to take walk today, but hurt my arm and cant use cane

06-24-2026, 07:10 PM	#38812
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 22,728 Karma: 34252730 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Australia's first instances of the H5N1 virus have just been detected in a dead Skua and two Giant Petre1s. Headline in MSM — Bird flu death toll rises as virus spreads interstate Little wonder people have stopped eating chicken and asking why there isn't a vaccine.

06-27-2026, 07:34 AM	#38815
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 22,041 Karma: 240000001 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	The NY Times thinks I need to upgrade my subscription to a "household" plan; I had to verify a device this morning because of the number of devices that access my subscription. One, I don't think accessing a subscription with four devices, a laptop, a phone and two tablets, is excessive for one person. Two, I have a one person household! I'm not paying for phantom people to read the Times.

06-28-2026, 02:17 PM	#38816
ApK Award-Winning Participant Posts: 7,410 Karma: 69116640 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ, USA Device: Kindle	I just picked up a bag of "Michigan Cherry BBQ" potato chips. I'm reading the bag and noting all the "proudly made in Michigan", "Small batch kettle cooked" and similar stuff and two things made me scratch my head: 1. "Made with organic sea salt.". I admit chemistry is not my thing, but isn't salt an INORGANIC mineral? 2. The ingredients specify "natural hickory smoke flavor.". Wouldn't "cherry BBQ" suggest CHERRY smoke flavor? I was actually expecting the ingredient list to just say "natural smoke flavor". But to specify hickory on a product called cherry makes me wonder if the labels were written by AI. It also strikes me that in a few short years I'm already thinking "written by AI" rather than what I'd have thought for most of life: "written by an idiot." ApK

06-28-2026, 02:53 PM	#38817
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06-28-2026, 04:04 PM	#38818
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07-01-2026, 06:52 AM	#38819
ApK Award-Winning Participant Posts: 7,410 Karma: 69116640 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ, USA Device: Kindle	Dear Rat B@$7@rd5 at Roku: stop pushing "Soccer Zone" on to my main menu every day! Spend your time working with your partners to fix bugs, not figuring out new ways to annoy me with intrusive ads.

Yesterday, 08:45 AM	#38820
nana77 Wizard Posts: 2,455 Karma: 2742770 Join Date: May 2025 Device: Kobo Forma, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	It was like one year and half since I didn't went to the organic store, I was used to buy two or three things in there because them were convenient, then get accustomed to the quality of some products on the supermarket (e.g. regional products, but sold as in a large market's chain: quite a good compromise - imho). I was to keep an eye to the prices, specially seeing the tomatos' at 8$, 13$, 15$ per kg, during winter (which can be fine, as it's not them season too), although now I haven't seen a real drop on them prices, so I went to the organic shop to check the differencies, and in there there are the near farmers' tomatoes, organic, at 4,38$ for the piccadilly, and around 3,50$, 3,70$ for the vine or S. Marzano ones. Also they have a brand of pasta that keeps some shapes' kind at a lower price, which is 20 cents close to the more common other at the supermarket (not organic, not slow dried). So I guess I can add it again to my shopping list's stops. My second, half-rant (not a real one) is about the desktop environment (which is just nice, it's great like that) that has become so full of integrations, I'd need to park the cursor by searching a blank spot, while watching a YT video (otherwise it gets a preview of a video, a pop-up from an icon, a trasparent pop-up saying in a plain format the date and the number of the views from the video's description, a preview of another application from the icon's bar panel...).