|
I hate how its now nigh-on impossible to quickly look at a guitar tab on my phone without being harassed about downloading the Ultimate Guitar or whatever app and give them money. I just want a quick reminder of a riff I last played years ago, not "instant access to 500,000 tabs", this poo poo has been up there for years, why should I pay for it now? Doesn't help the majority of sites are all part of the ultimate guitar network so pretty much any attempt involves mashing back a bunch of times and trying to commit it to memory before I get hassled 3 seconds later.
|
#
?
Nov 25, 2015 01:32
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 27, 2024 21:48 |
|
|
Those goddamn voice-prompt telephone systems. Holy poo poo, I hate those things. "Thank you for calling Business Name! Your call may be monitored or recorded for quality assurance and training purposes." Ok come on I just want to talk to someone in customer service about a billing issue "Please note that some of our menu options have changed. Please listen carefully to the following options." Fine let's go really this should only take like 30 seconds to resolve all I need is to talk to someone "If you're calling to pay your bill, say, 'bill payment.' If you're calling to check your balance, say, 'balance.'" Come the gently caress on dude I'm on my lunch break this shouldn't take three days "If you're calling to open a new account, or to close an old account, say, 'accounts.' If you're calling to request a new aay tee em, debit, or credit card, say, 'cards.'" Seriously I'm going to lose my marbles here guys what is the option to speak to a human "If you're calling about our special financing promotion, say, 'promotions.' If you're calling to report a change of address, say, 'change of address.'" gently caress "If you're calling about loan rate information or refinancing, say, 'loans.' If you're calling for any other reason, please stay on the line and a customer service associate will be with you shortly." FINALLY "Due to high call volume, your estimated wait time is ninety-three minutes" 
|
|
#
?
Nov 25, 2015 17:54
|
|
|
NonzeroCircle posted:I hate how its now nigh-on impossible to quickly look at a guitar tab on my phone without being harassed about downloading the Ultimate Guitar or whatever app and give them money. I just want a quick reminder of a riff I last played years ago, not "instant access to 500,000 tabs", this poo poo has been up there for years, why should I pay for it now? Doesn't help the majority of sites are all part of the ultimate guitar network so pretty much any attempt involves mashing back a bunch of times and trying to commit it to memory before I get hassled 3 seconds later. This annoyed me so bad I just grabbed the app during one of the sales. My guitar tab pet peeve is when some idiot posts their artsy "acoustic" version of a song and it's in a completely different key with different strumming and is essentially a different song altogether but it still gets lumped in with the recorded version tabs because of the title. Then, inevitably, it gets voted up to four or five stars.
|
|
#
?
Nov 25, 2015 18:53
|
|
|
teenytinymouse posted:I've seen people hang bags of dog poo poo from fences and tree branches If they used red or green bags it would look quite festive at Christmastime.
|
|
#
?
Nov 25, 2015 21:51
|
|
|
When you're trying to use streetview but you get sucked into one of those walking tours of some lovely boutique store, or a photosphere of a sidewalk patio, and the only way to get back onto the actual streetview is to go down and re-drop the little Google guy.
|
|
#
?
Nov 25, 2015 23:26
|
|
|
Coupon people. No, no matter how much you argue, BOGO coupons from two different sources on the same item don't mean you just get two for free. It means only one of the coupons gets applied, tough poo poo. I had to explain that to MULTIPLE people today. Also, there was a fake 50% off entire purchase coupon for Target floating around Facebook and multiple couponers threw hissyfits when we wouldn't honor it(Why the gently caress would we honor a fake coupon?).
|
|
#
?
Nov 25, 2015 23:46
|
|
|
Ryoshi posted:This annoyed me so bad I just grabbed the app during one of the sales. Or the good old "its in B standard but I tabbed it in drop D, intro only". My other guitar peeve is dropping picks in the soundhole on an acoustic, such a pain in the arse to get back out.
|
|
#
?
Nov 26, 2015 01:51
|
|
|
"bass tabs" consisting of just... chord notation. for tracks that obviously have bass riffs. At least tag it "lovely cover band down at the local watering hole version" if that's what you're writing down
|
|
#
?
Nov 26, 2015 02:00
|
|
|
GOTTA STAY FAI posted:"If you're calling to pay your bill, say, 'bill payment.' If you're calling to check your balance, say, 'balance.'" The worst one I've encountered (I think it might have been one of the Centrelink numbers, but I'm not sure) just asked you to briefly describe your issue and the computer would scan whatever you said for key words to try to figure out where to transfer you.
|
|
#
?
Nov 26, 2015 02:11
|
|
|
When book pages don't end at the end of a sentence. Sometimes I will be so tired I can barely keep my eyes open, but can't stop reading until a page ends with the end of a sentence. I'll accept if there is a double space section break in the middle of a page if necessary.
|
|
#
?
Nov 26, 2015 02:26
|
|
|
A Fancy 400 lbs posted:Coupon people. No, no matter how much you argue, BOGO coupons from two different sources on the same item don't mean you just get two for free. I heard some lady arguing the other day that a "buy two, get one free" coupon meant that she could grab 2 of the items and get one of those free. As in, she pays for one, and gets one free. Because she's "buying two" by bringing two through the checkstand. This bitch was 50 years old and didn't understand the difference between "buy one get one free" and "Buy TWO get one free". I also got to see a dude buy a $60 turkey and $10 worth of other poo poo, but the turkey didn't have a tag on it so it wouldn't scan, and the dude behind him in line (a complete stranger) tried to convince him to throw a shitfit so they would give him the turkey free, because "that's what they did when I had a chocolate bar that wouldn't scan." Like, why the gently caress would you ENCOURAGE someone to badger the poor loving cashier into giving them free poo poo? Especially when that poo poo encompasses like 80% of the value of their transaction?? Unrelated pet peeve: I hate when I have a plant and it's clearly dying a slow miserable death. I know I'm terrible with plants, I've come to terms with that, but if it has to die can it at least do it quickly and quietly? I hate when a plant is clearly not doing well, but it takes forever to die, because I feel obligated to change up how much I water it or how much light it gets, but that never seems to help. It's like, either a plant does great and stays alive forever, or (like 90% of them) it dies off real quick. The anomalies that seem to be fine for months, then slowly start to die even though I haven't changed anything about how I care for them... those are the ones that drive me insane.
|
|
#
?
Nov 26, 2015 08:52
|
|
|
Nettles Coterie posted:I heard some lady arguing the other day that a "buy two, get one free" coupon meant that she could grab 2 of the items and get one of those free. As in, she pays for one, and gets one free. Because she's "buying two" by bringing two through the checkstand. This bitch was 50 years old and didn't understand the difference between "buy one get one free" and "Buy TWO get one free". quote:throw[ing] a shitfit so they would give him the turkey free, because "that's what they did when I had a chocolate bar that wouldn't scan." 
|
|
#
?
Nov 26, 2015 08:59
|
|
|
Nettles Coterie posted:
Reminds me of at the Tesco trying to buy new exercise books, they were in packs of 3 but were being sold separately for some reason, but they hadn't made stickers for the individual books so there was no way to scan them.
|
|
#
?
Nov 26, 2015 08:59
|
|
|
NonzeroCircle posted:I hate how its now nigh-on impossible to quickly look at a guitar tab on my phone without being harassed about downloading the Ultimate Guitar or whatever app and give them money. I just want a quick reminder of a riff I last played years ago, not "instant access to 500,000 tabs", this poo poo has been up there for years, why should I pay for it now? Doesn't help the majority of sites are all part of the ultimate guitar network so pretty much any attempt involves mashing back a bunch of times and trying to commit it to memory before I get hassled 3 seconds later. This, but for pretty much any "free" app. I had a free flashlight app on my work iPhone, helped when I needed to crawl under desks or work in dark server rooms. Inevitably the drat light would turn off after a couple minutes when a stupid loving ad for something unrelated came on, and I'd have to close and reopen the flashlight app. Got so sick of it that I started using a pocket size LED flashlight since we had a whole basket of them from a vendor, and uninstalled that stupid rear end app entirely.
|
|
#
?
Nov 26, 2015 09:38
|
|
|
BioEnchanted posted:Reminds me of at the Tesco This is my pet peeve. I also say the tesco, the asda, and so on. There is a girl in my office who takes great offence to this. I'm going to the tesco, do you want anything Actually it's just TESCO, not THE TESCO It can be both, shut up and stop trying to correct my speakings you pronunciation nazi. Also she says ice lolly instead of lolly ice but I'm unsure if this is a Liverpool thing.
|
|
#
?
Nov 26, 2015 09:57
|
|
|
I can relate to that one, people who always feel the need to be technically correct and make sure nobody else is being technically incorrect are the worst. Example: No, I will not call them "LEGO". They are legos, everyone knows what I mean when I say legos. Also I haven't seen it in a while but people who "correct" you when you type Walmart instead of Wal*Mart. Who cares. Anyway I think you both should just adopt the better sounding word "popsicle" e: vv I like that one too, but how can you guys say that with a straight face? yeah I eat ass has a new favorite as of 11:10 on Nov 26, 2015 |
|
#
?
Nov 26, 2015 10:30
|
|
|
Murphy Brownback posted:Anyway I think you both should just adopt the better sounding word "popsicle" Icy pole.
|
|
#
?
Nov 26, 2015 11:08
|
|
|
We always called them ice licks 
|
|
#
?
Nov 26, 2015 11:45
|
|
|
Fingerless Gloves posted:Also she says ice lolly instead of lolly ice but I'm unsure if this is a Liverpool thing. This is obviously a regional thing because I've never heard anyone call it a "lolly ice" in my life. I would laugh them out of the building if I did hear it. GOTTA STAY FAI posted:Those goddamn voice-prompt telephone systems. Holy poo poo, I hate those things. Key tip: Mash the # button a million times... "Sorry we are unable to understand you're request, please hold while we put you through to our customer service team" Works every time.
|
|
#
?
Nov 26, 2015 11:48
|
|
|
Any online news article that deals with tweets. First of all, twitter stuff shouldn't be headline news, but if you insist: please stop writing the text of the tweet in quotes and then immediately after show a screenshot of said tweet. It's redundant, pick one or the other. It just seems like they're padding the length, probably because if they didn't the entire story would boil down to "have a look at these tweets".
|
|
#
?
Nov 26, 2015 13:53
|
|
|
reformed bad troll posted:Key tip: Mash the # button a million times... Murphy Brownback posted:Any online news article that deals with tweets. First of all, twitter stuff shouldn't be headline news, but if you insist: please stop writing the text of the tweet in quotes and then immediately after show a screenshot of said tweet. It's redundant, pick one or the other. It just seems like they're padding the length, probably because if they didn't the entire story would boil down to "have a look at these tweets".
|
|
#
?
Nov 26, 2015 15:45
|
|
|
That's called a pull quote, and it's supposed to grab your attention enough to get you to read the article!
|
|
#
?
Nov 26, 2015 16:13
|
|
|
reformed bad troll posted:This is obviously a regional thing because I've never heard anyone call it a "lolly ice" in my life. I would laugh them out of the building if I did hear it. I get that when I yell human at it enough. Unless it's like that one that hangs up if it doesn't understand you.
|
|
#
?
Nov 26, 2015 16:17
|
|
|
InediblePenguin posted:"bass tabs" consisting of just... chord notation. for tracks that obviously have bass riffs. At least tag it "lovely cover band down at the local watering hole version" if that's what you're writing down I have a lot of bass tab pet peeves but I've never seen this in my life
|
|
#
?
Nov 26, 2015 16:19
|
|
|
I hate the loving politics that come with working in any goddamn group. My mom and I foster kittens with a rescue group. While there's always medical issues and miscommunication woes, the largest gently caress is the favoritism that runs throughout the group. The head lady has her faves, the vet tech has hers, and the latter has no loving people skills to speak of. The former will vary between thanking everyone on Facebook (in order, I've realized, to get people to thank HER) and whining that she is so unimportant and everyone hates her (again, to get people to soothe her loving ego). And when the two of them butt heads, it's insane. It's like Game of Thrones with less beheadings and more ringworm. Peeve: people who do not loving understand that no, if you work, say, at WalMart and you want Thanksgiving off and you have to work it, you can't just call out sick, and expect to have a job the next day. No, retail workers do not "volunteer" to work holidays, it's usually mandated. And no, they can't ask for it off months in advance. No, they can't just not show up. Most of the people who insist this haven't ever worked retail and have a nice office job where Thanksgiving is a four or five day holiday. And they're usually the first beating on the doors at Walmart at 3pm on Thanksgiving.
|
|
#
?
Nov 26, 2015 16:22
|
|
|
People who use the phrase " . . . is my spirit animal." gently caress off. Or refer to something as "The darkest timeline". gently caress off, and gently caress you Dan Harmon.
|
|
#
?
Nov 26, 2015 16:35
|
|
|
InediblePenguin posted:"bass tabs" consisting of just... chord notation. for tracks that obviously have bass riffs. At least tag it "lovely cover band down at the local watering hole version" if that's what you're writing down Learn the riffs by ear dude 😎🎷
|
|
#
?
Nov 26, 2015 17:38
|
|
|
Nettles Coterie posted:Unrelated pet peeve: I hate when I have a plant and it's clearly dying a slow miserable death. I know I'm terrible with plants, I've come to terms with that, but if it has to die can it at least do it quickly and quietly? I hate when a plant is clearly not doing well, but it takes forever to die, because I feel obligated to change up how much I water it or how much light it gets, but that never seems to help. It's like, either a plant does great and stays alive forever, or (like 90% of them) it dies off real quick. The anomalies that seem to be fine for months, then slowly start to die even though I haven't changed anything about how I care for them... those are the ones that drive me insane. Fwiw, DIY and Hobbies has a plant thread filled with plant magicians who might be able to tell you how to not murder your plantfriends: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3543738 They also have lots of pictures of plants that are enjoyable to look at.
|
|
#
?
Nov 27, 2015 02:36
|
|
|
much gracias for the link, friend. I am another person who can't seem to keep plants alive unless they're cacti.
|
|
#
?
Nov 27, 2015 03:22
|
|
|
Those automated phone systems with voice recognition are the best! We had them for our transit system for a few weeks. The best part is that it picked up every little sound and say "I'm sorry, could you repeat that?" and completely lock you out for about 5 seconds. So of course waiting for a bus you are right beside a busy street, usually windy because there is no bus shelter, so it'll pick up passing cars/trucks and wind. A few weeks later the automated system no longer had voice recognition.
|
|
#
?
Nov 30, 2015 16:08
|
|
|
Pimples in my ears or nose. Ow. 
|
|
#
?
Nov 30, 2015 17:31
|
|
|
Sometimes you can hit either pound or 0 (I forget which) to skip any of those phone prompts, or say "operator" and it will take you to a live person who will transfer you where you need to go. Of course this does nothing for any actual phone queues, and I usually take the polite route and wait for the system to tell me what number to press anyway. Let's see, pet peeves... people who walk really slowly, groups of people who take up the entire sidewalk (bonus points if they also walk really slowly, so you're stuck behind them for ages), and people who are on their phone and have no situational awareness, usually blocking somewhere you're trying to get to (like stairs or small entrances!). I live in a big city so I encounter all of these pretty often.
|
|
#
?
Nov 30, 2015 18:34
|
|
|
People who tailgate but will not under any circumstances pass you, especially when the weather is lovely and the road is slick.
|
|
#
?
Nov 30, 2015 18:40
|
|
|
Tiggum posted:Well, not every time. Yeah, it almost seems like they deliberately change which key to press to connect to a human so callers don't just mash it as soon as the computer picks up. Sometimes, it's a combination of keys, too. I called my local hospital's billing department in an attempt to speak with a human being about a billing issue a while back and there was literally no prompt that would let you speak to a person. It was 100% automated--lists of your charges, your balance due, due date, change of address, etc. I was sure I'd just missed the prompt, so I let it read them all again, and when it got to the end of the list, I was so frustrated that I just mashed keys until I heard someone pick up. Among the beeps and boops I had my phone scream furiously at the computer was evidently the extension for the hospital district's accounts payable manager. Thankfully, he did me a large and transferred me to the billing department's desk phone, though 
|
|
#
?
Nov 30, 2015 20:48
|
|
|
reformed bad troll posted:This is obviously a regional thing because I've never heard anyone call it a "lolly ice" in my life. I would laugh them out of the building if I did hear it. Lol on Comcast's system it just makes the robot bitch hang up on you. Of course at least in that case it says a polite "goodbye!" first, I have had an issue for about a year where their phone tree disconnects me completely at the stage where it's routing me to an agent. gently caress Comcast forever.
|
|
#
?
Nov 30, 2015 22:52
|
|
|
People who get on a packed-full bus and try and guilt people into giving up their seat. I mean sure if some old person hobbles on with a cane or someone's on crutches or whatever you're kind of a dick for not getting up, but honestly sometimes I just don't feel like getting up for any/every perfectly-abled girl that steps foot on the bus. The other day a guy came on with his girlfriend/wife and they were pretty much the last people that could possibly fit on, but the guy started shoving their way down the bus while he said to her "let's see if there's any gentlemen on this bus" 3 times increasingly loudly while trying to make eye contact with all the guys sitting down. Nobody got up for her (possibly because this was in Germany and he was saying it in English so a good portion probably had no idea what he was saying) and I didn't feel at all bad about it.
|
|
#
?
Dec 1, 2015 10:46
|
|
|
Murphy Brownback posted:People who get on a packed-full bus and try and guilt people into giving up their seat. I mean sure if some old person hobbles on with a cane or someone's on crutches or whatever you're kind of a dick for not getting up, but honestly sometimes I just don't feel like getting up for any/every perfectly-abled girl that steps foot on the bus. The other day a guy came on with his girlfriend/wife and they were pretty much the last people that could possibly fit on, but the guy started shoving their way down the bus while he said to her "let's see if there's any gentlemen on this bus" 3 times increasingly loudly while trying to make eye contact with all the guys sitting down. Nobody got up for her (possibly because this was in Germany and he was saying it in English so a good portion probably had no idea what he was saying) and I didn't feel at all bad about it. It makes me a little uncomfortable when a guy leaps out of his seat to offer it to me on transit, honestly. I'm young and perfectly able-bodied and sometimes standing is even more comfortable. If I visibly needed the seat, or if I had a ton of packages (which would make me the dick because honestly just call an Uber at that point), or if I were in a cast or something, sure, but I have to wonder if these guys would be so dramatically gallant if I were an old man or a tired pregnant woman. Peeve of the day: Craigslist ads for apartments that show up in the "cats okay" search but in the text say something like "NO PETS" or "I have a cat already, no additional pets." The worst was "declawed cats okay." WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU.
|
|
#
?
Dec 1, 2015 17:53
|
|
|
Samsung, I live in Australia. I understand your phones are developed for people in countries with providers that offer remotely reasonable data plans but I am in quite a different situation, especially since I have a bare bones plan because yours is my backup phone. When I disable background data so that my credit lasts more than a loving minute, don't act all shocked with a permanent notification the size of a system update that exists to allow me to instantly and without confirmation remove the restriction, it's there for a reason and I don't want it off! The symbol for the notification is even a loving hazard "!" in a triangle, like not throwing my credit away is a dangerous issue.
|
|
#
?
Dec 1, 2015 18:01
|
|
|
Maggie Fletcher posted:It makes me a little uncomfortable when a guy leaps out of his seat to offer it to me on transit, honestly. I'm young and perfectly able-bodied and sometimes standing is even more comfortable. If I visibly needed the seat, or if I had a ton of packages (which would make me the dick because honestly just call an Uber at that point), or if I were in a cast or something, sure, but I have to wonder if these guys would be so dramatically gallant if I were an old man or a tired pregnant woman.
|
|
#
?
Dec 1, 2015 18:22
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 27, 2024 21:48 |
|
|
Maggie Fletcher posted:Peeve of the day: Craigslist ads for apartments that show up in the "cats okay" search but in the text say something like "NO PETS" or "I have a cat already, no additional pets." The worst was "declawed cats okay." WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU. Cates are predators which have killer instincts. 
|
|
#
?
Dec 1, 2015 18:46
|
|
