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Things that frustrate us all

Mr. Laser Beam said:
The obvious part.

Yeah, yeah, I KNOW covid is still out there. But don't say "covid doesn't care". It is not a living being. It is not capable of "caring".

The fact that I hate that phrase in NO way indicates I'm a covid denier or that I think it's gone. THAT is also obvious. ;)
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Well, I know Covid was real, but I think the press (at least in America) got hold of it, and ran with it like crazy. Yes, it was a tragic time that killed a lot of people, but reporters and such treated it like we were dealing with the Black Plague all over again.
 
Moviefan2k4 said:
Well, I know Covid was real, but I think the press (at least in America) got hold of it, and ran with it like crazy. Yes, it was a tragic time that killed a lot of people, but reporters and such treated it like we were dealing with the Black Plague all over again.
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Without all the media coverage it would have been much more devastating and could have reached the same scale as The Black Death. I noticed that for once the British media didn't sensationalise or use Covid for scare mongering and stuck to the facts with regular reminders of do's and dont's although it didn't take long for them to go back to their old ways.
 
DarrenTR1970 said:
Customers who say, "I'll be right there." Then show up, two hours later, five minutes before closing.
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I'm reminded of a comedian and minister I like, named Mark Gungor. Several years ago, he did a message called "Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage". At one point, he was discussing how men and women interpret words very differently. He said, "For most men, "five minutes" means, five minutes. For the average woman, "five minutes" can mean an indefinite period of time." :lol:
 
Moviefan2k4 said:
I'm reminded of a comedian and minister I like, named Mark Gungor. Several years ago, he did a message called "Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage". At one point, he was discussing how men and women interpret words very differently. He said, "For most men, "five minutes" means, five minutes. For the average woman, "five minutes" can mean an indefinite period of time." :lol:
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Patrick McManus would disagree with that based upon his experience with hunters ;)
 
DarrenTR1970 said:
Customers who say, "I'll be right there." Then show up, two hours later, five minutes before closing.
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Maybe as they're walking out the door they realise if they appear too eager it will ruin their chances of nabbing a discount. Similar to saying 'I love it' at a car dealership and the sales person is thinking...KERCHING!
 
Malicia said:
Without all the media coverage it would have been much more devastating and could have reached the same scale as The Black Death. I noticed that for once the British media didn't sensationalise or use Covid for scare mongering and stuck to the facts with regular reminders of do's and dont's although it didn't take long for them to go back to their old ways.
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Maybe around the virus but they definitely were true to form when scaremongering about empty shelves at the start of lockdown. Of course we ended up with empty shelves but the media telling everyone that there was going to be empty shelves beforehand definitely will have contributed as people emptied them in blind panic.
 
DarrenTR1970 said:
Customers who say, "I'll be right there." Then show up, two hours later, five minutes before closing.
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I used to work in retail insurance sales, and we had one customer who always did this, and always Saturday. We closed at 1pm and you could guarantee she would come through the door at 12.59 everytime.
 
I have a fenced in backyard and I put out bird seed and peanuts for the squirrels and birds. A couple of days ago I noticed that something had killed one of the mourning doves.
When I got home today I saw a cat in the yard stalking another bird so I ran to the back to chase it away.
I tripped over a tree root and then slid on some leaves far enough that I hit my forehead on a rock. It didn't feel too great and I still have a headache...scared the cat though.
 
Gary Mitchell said:
I have a fenced in backyard and I put out bird seed and peanuts for the squirrels and birds. A couple of days ago I noticed that something had killed one of the mourning doves.
When I got home today I saw a cat in the yard stalking another bird so I ran to the back to chase it away.
I tripped over a tree root and then slid on some leaves far enough that I hit my forehead on a rock. It didn't feel too great and I still have a headache...scared the cat though.
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I haven't had anything like that happen to me outdoors, but something similar occurred this past Christmas season, in my home. I was looking for some decorations, among the various possessions I still had boxed up (I have very limited space, even though I moved in almost 6 years ago). Anyway, I sat down the floor because my legs were sore, finished my search, but couldn't find anything. Now, I'm a fairly big guy, and at age 43 my back and legs aren't in the best shape. So when I tried getting to my feet, I lost my balance, tripped over my own weak legs, and promptly crashed head-first into a wall. Thankfully, I didn't seriously injure myself or break anything in the room...but I was still in pain for a few hours.
 
Gary Mitchell said:
I have a fenced in backyard and I put out bird seed and peanuts for the squirrels and birds. A couple of days ago I noticed that something had killed one of the mourning doves.
When I got home today I saw a cat in the yard stalking another bird so I ran to the back to chase it away.
I tripped over a tree root and then slid on some leaves far enough that I hit my forehead on a rock. It didn't feel too great and I still have a headache...scared the cat though.
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Cat probably ran off to tell its cat buddies..'funniest thing just happened at number..."
 
This happened the day before...

I was working on a part deletion/addition file on the Sharepoint at work... and about 40 minutes before I was done for the day, the tab I was working on erased itself... the entire tab! More than 7,000 parts listed, all gone. (I was adding in about 50 parts, and all the others were already there. It's the main list for all of the other tabs.)

Fortunately, my work buddy had a backup from last week, and I was able to reinput the ones I did since then... except for that day, about 50 parts. It took me 7 hours to do all of that... and I had to spend my work day yesterday redoing all I did. I got to finish it fully, but this put me behind in a big way.

Damn machines...
 
Farscape One said:
This happened the day before...

I was working on a part deletion/addition file on the Sharepoint at work... and about 40 minutes before I was done for the day, the tab I was working on erased itself... the entire tab! More than 7,000 parts listed, all gone. (I was adding in about 50 parts, and all the others were already there. It's the main list for all of the other tabs.)

Fortunately, my work buddy had a backup from last week, and I was able to reinput the ones I did since then... except for that day, about 50 parts. It took me 7 hours to do all of that... and I had to spend my work day yesterday redoing all I did. I got to finish it fully, but this put me behind in a big way.

Damn machines...
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I've been using computers in various ways, for one tasks another, over nearly 30 years. So believe me, I sympathize. Machines can do a lot of great things, but just like us, they're still capable of screwing up every now and then.
 
On another board, someone is freaking out about a fictional character being played by a black actor. His whole thought process is why does this character have to be black? Why can't it be another race? And because of this, the member doesn't believe he's racist.
 
Aragorn said:
On another board, someone is freaking out about a fictional character being played by a black actor. His whole thought process is why does this character have to be black? Why can't it be another race? And because of this, the member doesn't believe he's racist.
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‘the member’ seems like an apt description.
 
Aragorn said:
On another board, someone is freaking out about a fictional character being played by a black actor. His whole thought process is why does this character have to be black? Why can't it be another race? And because of this, the member doesn't believe he's racist.
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Let guess, this member is talking about the new Romeo and Juliet?
 
Moviefan2k4 said:
I'm reminded of a comedian and minister I like, named Mark Gungor. Several years ago, he did a message called "Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage". At one point, he was discussing how men and women interpret words very differently. He said, "For most men, "five minutes" means, five minutes. For the average woman, "five minutes" can mean an indefinite period of time." :lol:
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There's a regular joke in the equestrian community that a "quick stop by the barn" usually ends up being at least 4 hours.
 
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