What Grinds Your Gears? :)

[Powder]

People whose sigs take up literally my entire screen. I can see their post, that's it, nobody else's. I report the issue to mods, nobody does a thing about it. That's my gear grind at present.

[THGhost]

When you're talking to someone and they clearly aren't listening to what you're saying and are just waiting for their turn to speak.

People who poke fun at and trivialise other people's disabilities when they have no idea how difficult it makes their lives.

People who misspell/mispronounce common words and think they're spelling/pronouncing them correctly.

When a beloved film/tv series from years back gets a remake/reboot that sucks all the charm out of the original incarnation.

Reading/seeing spoilers for Game of Thrones on social media. Just wait a few days before posting them for crying out loud.

[ProactiveMan]

The Matty Collector is store's not open yet for some unknown reason, it's half past midnight, I have to go to work tomorrow, and my car is out of commission until Wednesday.

[Candy Kappa]

I've kinda given up on the Matty sales. I'll just have settle with what I can get through the subs, sadly.

[ProactiveMan]

They were doing so well until the past couple of months, now it's like it was four years ago... well not quite hat bad.

Addendum: I'm bleeding from the gums now too. This is the best day ever!
Addendum 2: The sale opened at 1:45... bed time now.

[pennydreadful]

Originally Posted by THGhost

People who poke fun at and trivialise other people's disabilities when they have no idea how difficult it makes their lives.

I hear ya on that one, dude. Some people don't realize how easy they've got it and how lucky they are to have all their parts 'n' pieces functioning properly.

[IndigoErth]

Ahh, twitchy lip. lol Like how eyestrain gets that twitchy muscle thing by an eye, the left side of the lower lip is doing something like that. WHY, this is annoying. lol

[Jester]

6+ hour drives for a less than 3 hour visit with people that drive you nuts...that coupled with the side trip that went absolutely nowhere.

On the side trip: My in-laws passed away 2 and 5 years ago. Since my father-in-law passed away those 2 years ago, my sister-in-law and her family have lived in his house until my wife and she can scrape up the money to go through probate court, as we're both unable to just plop down $1,500 at one shot. They had worked out a deal that since my sister-in-law was basically living in the house rent/mortgage free she'd take the money that she was saving and place that into a bank account to get the ball rolling....that lasted all of 3 months. Since then she won't take my wife's phone calls and has been very evasive. Looks like she sold my father-in-law's car, which is also part of the estate, had to go through probate, and wasn't even her's to sell. Since we were gonna be in the area, my wife called to let her know we'd stop by to check on the house, since it's still in their parents name and neither truly owns it because...probate. Her sister's grandmother-in-law called and told us they'd be out of town, visiting a near-by relative for an early Father's Day. My wife explained we'd just peak in as she still had a key to her parents' house....or so she thought. We pull in the drive, and the shiny new lock awaited her.

Add to that, at my mother's family reunion, my son and niece were nipped enough to leave bruises by my aunt's dog....all in all it was not a fun weekend.

[pennydreadful]

Woah, that really sucks. Any ideas on what you're going to do next re: the in-laws?

[Jephael]

Originally Posted by Leo656

One time my sister called while I was having sex with my wife, and I indulged her for about two full minutes before I cut her off and explained why I couldn't talk. She thought I just had the TV on. My wife's all "Hey, Laura!" and my sister's like "Oooookay, I'm just gonna call you guys later."

I just like messing with people when I see a golden opportunity.

I'm probably going to regret asking, but what time of the day did this occur?

[Jester]

Originally Posted by pennydreadful

Woah, that really sucks. Any ideas on what you're going to do next re: the in-laws?

Not a clue...my wife's about ready to give her 3 options:
1. Fight to get the whole of the house and force her sister to buy both halves back from her.
2...which is slipping my mind at the moment...
3. Give up and just write it and sadly her sister off.

[Jester]

New gear grinder: In an effort to more evenly disperse the workforce's strength, I might be getting "traded" to the other shift. If this happens, I won't be shifting back to working weekends with my current shift and I'll stay on weekdays for an extra 3 months with people I haven't worked with in years who seemingly don't know their own rectums from a hole in the ground. This will also mean I'll be working the weekend of the 4th, scrapping plans for my family to go to my uncles fireworks show....no huge deal, I've missed that before. BUT... this shift also meant that I could be off the weekend before Christmas every year, the time my Grandma schedules family Christmas as to be easier to ask off than closer to the day....but now I may be working that weekend, and that's when they "blackout" days off due to the holiday rush on a major retailer. It also may affect some appointments I made before this wonderful news.

So far it's only a MAY HAPPEN and not a WILL HAPPEN. I really hope it doesn't. And all because somebody who was only really filled a hole in the schedule is gone and the company refuses to fill any holes....costs to much...right....

[ProactiveMan]

I'm paying the price for last night. My back has locked up tight, and I'm stuck at work without my meds, and without my car to go get them.

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by Jephael

I'm probably going to regret asking, but what time of the day did this occur?

Probably mid-afternoon.

So my wife flipped out today for no reason and she's pissing everyone off making all kinds of threats and accusations and refusing to come home. I can't stand that you can't force someone to undergo psychiatric treatment if they don't want it. She has serious undiagnosed problems that I'm sure could be easily fixed if only she would let someone get her some help. But all she ever says is "I'm fine, people are mean to me and it stresses me out and if people would just let me have my way and not try to boss me around"... You're 30, dude. You're f*cking 30. "Nobody's gonna sit there and tell me I'M screwed up or *I* have to change!"

And you don't see how YOU are the problem?

I hate it, she's the greatest sweetest person for months and then just NUCLEAR explosion for zero reason. Half the people we know insist she's an undiagnosed manic depressive or has bipolar disorder, including several people in both our families who are on medication for those same issues. She's delusional and it scares me and I wish we could force her to get help. Mental illness is a scary thing to live with, especially when your hands are technically tied.

EDIT: She's home, and calmer, kind of, but now her alternator is shot in the van. God DAMN it, man.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Well, that's just.... I'm so sorry, Leo, I really am. Wish I knew a way to help.


Okay, this is going to sound really petty compared to yours, but I have a rant today, too. Specifically, the "Monday Stupids" that seems to happen sometimes to people around here. I don't know if someone dumped a big tankful of dumbass in the water supply (my personal theory is that it all washed down from Oklahoma, where people are all bass-ackwards due to living in the most demographically moronic part of the country) or if it's just leftover stupidity from the weekend before people's brains switch back on, but Sweet Mother the drive through was full of idiots today. And most of them were snappy and peevish, so- douche-y rude idiots galore. And for some reason, they always act like WE'RE the dumb ones because we can't decipher their incomprehensible gibberish when they're trying to order tacos and quesadillas (and can't pronounce anything properly....).

[Jester]

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

(my personal theory is that it all washed down from Oklahoma, where people are all bass-ackwards due to living in the most demographically moronic part of the country)

My extended family and wife sends you greetings....

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Probably mid-afternoon.

So my wife flipped out today for no reason and she's pissing everyone off making all kinds of threats and accusations and refusing to come home. I can't stand that you can't force someone to undergo psychiatric treatment if they don't want it. She has serious undiagnosed problems that I'm sure could be easily fixed if only she would let someone get her some help. But all she ever says is "I'm fine, people are mean to me and it stresses me out and if people would just let me have my way and not try to boss me around"... You're 30, dude. You're f*cking 30. "Nobody's gonna sit there and tell me I'M screwed up or *I* have to change!"

And you don't see how YOU are the problem?

I hate it, she's the greatest sweetest person for months and then just NUCLEAR explosion for zero reason. Half the people we know insist she's an undiagnosed manic depressive or has bipolar disorder, including several people in both our families who are on medication for those same issues. She's delusional and it scares me and I wish we could force her to get help. Mental illness is a scary thing to live with, especially when your hands are technically tied.

EDIT: She's home, and calmer, kind of, but now her alternator is shot in the van. God DAMN it, man.

Glad to hear she finally went home. Wtf van? When it rains it pours? All that negative energy, even got the car upset...

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Sorry, Jester, I forgot you were from there, LOL!! Obviously, you're one of the exceptions. But I've vacationed in Ok many times, and once spent a week working a Papa John's in Ardmore for our franchise owner to get the store "up to speed". It was dull of idiots, which was why it was doing so bad to begin with. So was the entire town, apparently.

[pennydreadful]

Sending soothing vibes to the many of y'all that are having a sh*tty day.

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

Glad to hear she finally went home. Wtf van? When it rains it pours? All that negative energy, even got the car upset...

It's been making noise since her Dad fixed it a couple weeks ago. One of those "Fix one thing and break something else" deals, I guess. Apparently it's only like $40 to fix, but for f*ck's sake.

I had a good day at work, too. I sold two 8-month memberships and one for 2+ years. But NOTHING matters to me when we're not on the same page. I can't eat, I can't concentrate, and when she vanishes and won't come home or take calls, I get SCARED. My parents used to randomly vanish, sometimes for days and it just ruins you inside. You start immediately assuming someone is dead when you can't find them. Every time. SO many times my Mom or Dad would vanish, and I'd get a call the next day that they were in jail or the hospital or whatever. Meanwhile, you're like 5 or 6 and you don't know what's going on, and you just assume they're dead. Now every time I don't see or hear from my wife for a couple hours, my gut instinct is that she flipped the van, or cut someone off and got hit by an oncoming car.

She KNOWS that it kills me, but she's like "Tough sh*t". B/C she ASSUMES I'm going to scream at her the second she walks in the door, when in truth I'm ready to rip my guts out b/c I NEED to know where the f*ck she is!

It's so inconsiderate. People tell her to do it, though. People who don't actually know her, except through FB, who assume "Oh, well, she's pissed off at a guy, he obviously did something. Can't possibly be she has a chemical imbalance." I've seen her PMs to people on FB. "If it pisses him off, do it more! If it upsets him, GOOD! That'll teach him!" Teach me what? Nothing was wrong! She just had an episode! And she takes these FB strangers' "advice" and gets everyone in the house all upset. I wish I could find these people who put this sh*t in her head and put them in the goddamn ground.

She likes them, though, because they tell her what she wants to hear. She has a real problem with people saying otherwise.