The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 2436

DiapDealer · 08-31-2023, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ApK

Ugh. Detour routes might be unpredictable for a newcomer, so MAYBE some can get the benefit of the doubt,

Maybe. But I'm not really feeling generous. Especially when truckers miss detour sign after detour sign after detour sign until they have to be escorted by police through residential areas not really large enough for 48-53' tractor-trailers.

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Originally Posted by ApK

but how about those idiots who have to drive up to very end of every lane closure or merge and force their way in rather merging smoothly sometime during the half mile of warning signs!

Hellspawn.

DNSB · 08-31-2023, 09:42 PM

You mean the ones who swerve around the cars that are trying to merge until they are nose to nose with the barricades? The ones who seem to think the merge point is where the merge lane has dropped to zero width and not where the taper starts. The ones who think merge like a zipper means that when the person in front of you in your lane merges, you need to merge to stay immediately behind them.

One of the many things I don't miss about commuting to work.

Rumpelteazer · 09-01-2023, 02:23 AM

Yesterday was supposed to be our last day in the store. From today the new owner's building team was to start. But, as expected, we weren't finished (and as expected I'm getting blamed for that). But the new owner called yesterday, that he's coming by with the carpenter to look at the outside door of the basement and road access. So we have three extra days to get out what we want to get out of it.

So yesterday and today I'm not just working mornings, but full days (yesterday 10 hours instead of 5). My sister has a week off work and she's also helping. And I'm also expected to give up my free weekend. My father's now upset that I want compensation for that, I gave him several options.

He thinks I should do it for free, for family. I would if it wasn't for the fact that for almost four out of the last eight weeks he barely did anything. I packed up 99% of the things that were packed since early July. He only came downstairs a couple of times a week wandered around a bit, say he would go downstairs after my hours were finished and then never did that. He did take the things I packed away, either to person who wanted it or to his storage unit to later be picked up by others.

The last two weeks we've been taking down the shelving system he wants to keep. That is not something you can do on your own. And the last couple of days he's been sorting (and my sister and I putting it in the correct pile to be thrown out, stored or taken/picked up by someone else). That's something neither my sister nor I could do.

The reason why he didn't come and help downstairs for half of the time we've had is "because he didn't want to be in the way of me". Our store isn't big, but it's big enough for both of us to work on our own things. If he had helped we wouldn't be in this situation.

So I'm not going to work these hours (at least 21 hours, probably more) for free, since it was entirely preventable.

BetterRed · 09-01-2023, 03:42 AM

Peeve of the Day, highly paid journalists who attribute quotations to the wrong person.

Today's culprit: David Crowe. Sydney Morning Herald, Chief political correspondent who wrote

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Watch out for the small tricks and big lies of the final campaign to decide the Indigenous Voice [referendum]. The arguments about the Voice have been marked by misinformation and outright falsehoods for most of this year, and those lies will be fired with rocket fuel now that voting day is so close.

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes,” said Mark Twain. The trouble is that challenging a false claim can help it travel even faster, especially when it is based on a half-truth that can be found in the news or on a government website. But that is no reason to greet a falsehood with a shrug.

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/fede...30-p5e0rn.html

There is no evidence that Twain ever wrote or uttered those words, if anyone did it was Jonathan Swift ==>> https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/07/13/truth/

You'd think a senior journalist, published author and winner of the Federal Press Gallery Journalist of the Year Award would fact check his own work - especially given his chosen subject matter.

Needless to day my Comment at the SMH didn't get published.

Q. what happened to the Politics and Religion Forum

Martinoptic · 09-01-2023, 05:30 AM

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Originally Posted by ApK

how about those idiots who have to drive up to very end of every lane closure or merge and force their way in rather than merging smoothly sometime during the half mile of warning signs!

I had a colleague who did just this and attempted to justify it by saying it keeps the traffic moving..

A load of bull**** if you ask me.

issybird · 09-01-2023, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by BetterRed

Q. what happened to the Politics and Religion Forum

Nothing. Still there. Am I missing the point of the question?

HLS · 09-01-2023, 05:12 PM

OK I’m very angry today. There was a water pipe break in my building and apparently flooded out the elevator shaft, so not only did I not have water, the elevators are down. I have no idea when we’ll be back up. I am guessing they are drying it out. Also, I paid for overnight delivery to an Amazon locker when I ordered the Kobo Elipsa 2E and that asshats at Amazon tried to deliver at 6 AM when the businesses are closed so I have no package. I have to wait until tomorrow probably before they re-deliver. That is if they deliver weekends. I am so pissed off. if I have to wait until after the holidays to get my device, I’ll be mad. but then again, what does it all matter when I don’t have any elevators working. I’m not physically able to walk up and down nine floors worth of stairs.

BetterRed · 09-01-2023, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by issybird

Nothing. Still there. Am I missing the point of the question?

No, I've lost my way to it - can you remind me where 'tis.

Age may not weary us, just that our brain cells wear out.

BR

issybird · 09-01-2023, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by BetterRed

No, I've lost my way to it - can you remind me where 'tis.

Age may not weary us, just that our brain cells wear out.

BR

If you don't see it on the main forum page just below the Lounge, I would guess that for some reason your opt-in lapsed. In that case, I think you can go to this page:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/pr...editusergroups

and rejoin "Hardened Debaters".

But I'm already in, so I can't duplicate this exactly. If it doesn't work, give me a nudge and I'll figure it out.

BetterRed · 09-02-2023, 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird

If you don't see it on the main forum page just below the Lounge, I would guess that for some reason your opt-in lapsed. In that case, I think you can go to this page:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/pr...editusergroups

and rejoin "Hardened Debaters".

But I'm already in, so I can't duplicate this exactly. If it doesn't work, give me a nudge and I'll figure it out.

I was looking for it in the Community menu. I opted out when the Covid thread became another Red and Blue bunfight.

Thought there might be a thread for Australia's upcoming referendum.

Rumpelteazer · 09-02-2023, 02:18 AM

I'm annoyed at how long it takes PostNL to deliver international mail. I'm waiting for something I ordered from the UK, which should fit in an envelope. On Monday I paid the import duty and "their getting my package ready for a quick delivery". I don't know if the delay is with PostNL or at the import duty department, but it's annoying.

It used to be that most international mail and packages were delivered timely, except for packages from China (AliExpress). But a couple of months ago PostNL had staffing problems and everything (national) was delayed. Since then it's common you have to wait over two weeks from the day it is registered in their system for your international mail/package to be delivered.

Hemmi · 09-02-2023, 11:04 AM

What's the scam?

Woke up this morning to several emails from chewy.com about an order that was placed. And then a duplicate order placed. Call us. Confirm this order. Do you want to cancel this order. Like 6 emails.

Yeah, that wasn't me or anyone in my family ordering a pack of Sheba cat food. I haven't ordered from Chewy in a while. All orders shipping to my house and using my credit card.

One order we got canceled, the other already shipped but they'll credit for it and I can keep it. Needless to say, my password is changed and I no longer have a card on file with them.

I just can't figure out the point of ordering and shipping the stuff to me if you're trying to scam $25 of cat food.

Comfy.n · 09-02-2023, 11:30 AM

one thing I would consider is:

if they do that for a hundred credit cards on file, and few people complain, that's probably interesting

I vaguely recall watching a movie that involved a health insurance issue, which suggested something similar was going on

ownedbycats · 09-02-2023, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Hemmi

I just can't figure out the point of ordering and shipping the stuff to me if you're trying to scam $25 of cat food.

https://old.reddit.com/r/personalfin..._random_items/

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Either they planned to have the packages re-routed or do some porch piracy. Or, they tried to change the delivery address to be different from the billing address, but either couldn't do it on the websites or just plain [fudged] up in the process.

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Sounds like they just burned your account to check that their stash of cards were legit. It's smarter to sell the stolen accounts than use them yourself.

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I had a coworker who had this happen to her a few years ago. What happened was someone bought an ipad with her credit card and shipped it to her. She wasn't expecting it, and assumed it was a gift from a friend/family member. Then the people who used her card rented a Budget Truck and went to her house posing as a delivery driver to "pick up a box that was mistakenly sent" to her. She wasn't home, and her roommate had no idea what the people who went to pick it up were talking about. It was only later that she saw the charge and figured out what happened.

Alternately: Do you take Ambien? That stuff has been known to cause some amazing sleep-behaviours.

Hemmi · 09-02-2023, 05:38 PM

Nope, no sleep meds. I occasionally take a benadryl but not lately.

I'm more inclined to think a hack of the Chewy account rather than the credit card. I should have removed the card on file once I no longer needed the auto ship orders I used to have on there. I dislike leaving credit cards on file at sites I don't shop at often.

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08-31-2023, 09:42 PM	#36527
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 47,105 Karma: 169815798 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	You mean the ones who swerve around the cars that are trying to merge until they are nose to nose with the barricades? The ones who seem to think the merge point is where the merge lane has dropped to zero width and not where the taper starts. The ones who think merge like a zipper means that when the person in front of you in your lane merges, you need to merge to stay immediately behind them. One of the many things I don't miss about commuting to work.

09-01-2023, 02:23 AM	#36528
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,350 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Yesterday was supposed to be our last day in the store. From today the new owner's building team was to start. But, as expected, we weren't finished (and as expected I'm getting blamed for that). But the new owner called yesterday, that he's coming by with the carpenter to look at the outside door of the basement and road access. So we have three extra days to get out what we want to get out of it. So yesterday and today I'm not just working mornings, but full days (yesterday 10 hours instead of 5). My sister has a week off work and she's also helping. And I'm also expected to give up my free weekend. My father's now upset that I want compensation for that, I gave him several options. He thinks I should do it for free, for family. I would if it wasn't for the fact that for almost four out of the last eight weeks he barely did anything. I packed up 99% of the things that were packed since early July. He only came downstairs a couple of times a week wandered around a bit, say he would go downstairs after my hours were finished and then never did that. He did take the things I packed away, either to person who wanted it or to his storage unit to later be picked up by others. The last two weeks we've been taking down the shelving system he wants to keep. That is not something you can do on your own. And the last couple of days he's been sorting (and my sister and I putting it in the correct pile to be thrown out, stored or taken/picked up by someone else). That's something neither my sister nor I could do. The reason why he didn't come and help downstairs for half of the time we've had is "because he didn't want to be in the way of me". Our store isn't big, but it's big enough for both of us to work on our own things. If he had helped we wouldn't be in this situation. So I'm not going to work these hours (at least 21 hours, probably more) for free, since it was entirely preventable.

09-01-2023, 05:12 PM	#36532
HLS Wizard Posts: 2,133 Karma: 16342480 Join Date: May 2017 Device: Sage, Scribe, Boox Note 2 Plus, iPad Pros and Samsungs S6,S7,S8	OK I’m very angry today. There was a water pipe break in my building and apparently flooded out the elevator shaft, so not only did I not have water, the elevators are down. I have no idea when we’ll be back up. I am guessing they are drying it out. Also, I paid for overnight delivery to an Amazon locker when I ordered the Kobo Elipsa 2E and that asshats at Amazon tried to deliver at 6 AM when the businesses are closed so I have no package. I have to wait until tomorrow probably before they re-deliver. That is if they deliver weekends. I am so pissed off. if I have to wait until after the holidays to get my device, I’ll be mad. but then again, what does it all matter when I don’t have any elevators working. I’m not physically able to walk up and down nine floors worth of stairs.

09-02-2023, 02:18 AM	#36536
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,350 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	I'm annoyed at how long it takes PostNL to deliver international mail. I'm waiting for something I ordered from the UK, which should fit in an envelope. On Monday I paid the import duty and "their getting my package ready for a quick delivery". I don't know if the delay is with PostNL or at the import duty department, but it's annoying. It used to be that most international mail and packages were delivered timely, except for packages from China (AliExpress). But a couple of months ago PostNL had staffing problems and everything (national) was delayed. Since then it's common you have to wait over two weeks from the day it is registered in their system for your international mail/package to be delivered.

09-02-2023, 11:04 AM	#36537
Hemmi Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,685 Karma: 15987608 Join Date: Apr 2015 Device: Sonys, Nooks, Kobo Libra, Forma, Mini, Paperwhite	What's the scam? Woke up this morning to several emails from chewy.com about an order that was placed. And then a duplicate order placed. Call us. Confirm this order. Do you want to cancel this order. Like 6 emails. Yeah, that wasn't me or anyone in my family ordering a pack of Sheba cat food. I haven't ordered from Chewy in a while. All orders shipping to my house and using my credit card. One order we got canceled, the other already shipped but they'll credit for it and I can keep it. Needless to say, my password is changed and I no longer have a card on file with them. I just can't figure out the point of ordering and shipping the stuff to me if you're trying to scam $25 of cat food.

09-02-2023, 11:30 AM	#36538
Comfy.n want to learn what I want Posts: 1,641 Karma: 7908443 Join Date: Sep 2020 Device: none	one thing I would consider is: if they do that for a hundred credit cards on file, and few people complain, that's probably interesting I vaguely recall watching a movie that involved a health insurance issue, which suggested something similar was going on

09-02-2023, 05:38 PM	#36540
Hemmi Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,685 Karma: 15987608 Join Date: Apr 2015 Device: Sonys, Nooks, Kobo Libra, Forma, Mini, Paperwhite	Nope, no sleep meds. I occasionally take a benadryl but not lately. I'm more inclined to think a hack of the Chewy account rather than the credit card. I should have removed the card on file once I no longer needed the auto ship orders I used to have on there. I dislike leaving credit cards on file at sites I don't shop at often.