Minor rant thread. Post your rants o' the day here!

So the kids borrowed the CX-9 last night. 

This morning, I start it up to take my younger son to school.  The engine starts, there's that moment of silence, then *WHAM!* --the radio is up loud enough to cause my eardrums to (literally!) meet somewhere near the middle of my brain.  

Me:  "Jammin' out last night, were ya?"

Him:  "Yeah.  Remember the output level on my iPhone is lower than your radio."

Me:  "Yeah."

I got to thinking.  Kids will of course be kids, and I could tell them to lower the volume before they switch the car off until I was out of breath to no avail.  But couldn't the manufacturer make it so that the radio starts off at a reasonable level?  It's not like the volume control is a rheostat, it's just a digital uppy-downy thing.

In reply to 1988RedT2 :

I'm pretty sure I've driven rentals that have had that function- they always start off at a set volume setting.

When I first got here, maybe 9-10 months ago, I mentioned how the one server we have to manage our security panels is a bit lacking. Upper said nah, it'll be fine.

Fast forward a few months, we add more panels, doors, and even a fancier CCTV system that can talk to our security program. All on to the one server. The load times for everything noticeably increased, along with constant freezing. Brought it up again that the server should really get upgraded. Again I was told nah, it'll be fine.

Maybe a month ago, the programs have been talking to each other, while we've added dozens more NVRs to the CCTV system. The CCTV system re-creates everything within the security system, to include Events. The Events never go away on the CCTV system, though. The CCTV system is barely useable. The security system constantly hangs, panels crash, etc etc. I mention we should probably "un-marry" the two while we also upgrade the server. Nah, it'll be fine. It's specced perfectly.

This week alone, we've had to restart the single server multiple times (2 or 3 just today). Only now are they looking at possibly doing something with the server.

I'm not even in IT. I can just safely assume that a server that met the minium required specs for one program won't handle two extremely taxing programs running besides each other.

I saw the stock drop some more. I'm not surprised.

How the berkeley does a 2019 with 897 miles on it already have a broken wire somewhere in the instrument panel harness? Now I get to rip the dashboard out and find it. berkeleying terrific.

I work at a company of about 60k employees. There is another employee who is in a slightly similar role to mine - an outsider, looking at our titles, wouldn't know the difference. I work with his manager somewhat regularly. 

We have the same name - almost. The only difference is a "c" replaced with a "k". Both sound the same. The amount of emails I get for him are insane. Can't stand it. I wonder how many he gets for me.

In reply to Recon1342 :

Actually,  I have thought about learning ASL. I figure that I might have an advantage in that I'm deaf, but I can occasionally hear.

Old people buying lottery tickets at the gas station should be banned.  Fill out a dang slip!  I just want my coffee.  I don't want to hear about how you are picking the number "23" because that's how many chickens you used to have or some other equally stupid reason.  I know the clerk doesn't care either.  Fill out a slip so we can all move on with our lives!

dropstep said:

Looks like I herniated my surgically repaired disc for the 3rd time in 14 months. This will be the another surgery and recovery but it looks like I may have to listen too the doctor and change careers. The problem is all my experience is either mechanical or lifting heavy things. Neither of them are a good fit anymore. 
 

I have probably 5 months between everything to figure out what I'm going to do with life but I have no clue what to do. If I need too I'll work as a cashier at a gas station too support my family but I really can't figure out a job that will keep me happy to go to work at this point!

Could you get a forklift certification and let the machine do the work, but operate it safer than most because you respect the dangers (from experience)?

logdog said:

Old people buying lottery tickets at the gas station should be banned.  Fill out a dang slip!  I just want my coffee.  I don't want to hear about how you are picking the number "23" because that's how many chickens you used to have or some other equally stupid reason.  I know the clerk doesn't care either.  Fill out a slip so we can all move on with our lives!

When I'm being my usual grumpy self, I get agitated when people start making small talk with the cashier at the Express Checkout register.  On a better day, I'll realize that little bit of conversation might be the only human contact that person has that day.  We should all take a moment to count our blessings and greet others with a smile and a kind word.

logdog said:

Old people buying lottery tickets at the gas station should be banned.  Fill out a dang slip!  I just want my coffee.  I don't want to hear about how you are picking the number "23" because that's how many chickens you used to have or some other equally stupid reason.  I know the clerk doesn't care either.  Fill out a slip so we can all move on with our lives!

I was told at the deli that number 1212 for Ohio's Pick 4 sold out by 9am today.  I remarked that I was unaware that a number could sell out.  She said that she had no idea that was a thing that could happen, either.

I have an image in my mind of a bunch of people choking gas stations all across the state buying lottery tickets during rush hour.  "And sell me a winning ticket this time!"  

In reply to 1988RedT2 :

Are you showing compassion?  There is no compassion in the Minor Rants thread! 

Knurled. said:

logdog said:

Old people buying lottery tickets at the gas station should be banned.  Fill out a dang slip!  I just want my coffee.  I don't want to hear about how you are picking the number "23" because that's how many chickens you used to have or some other equally stupid reason.  I know the clerk doesn't care either.  Fill out a slip so we can all move on with our lives!

I was told at the deli that number 1212 for Ohio's Pick 4 sold out by 9am today.  I remarked that I was unaware that a number could sell out.  She said that she had no idea that was a thing that could happen, either.

 

I have an image in my mind of a bunch of people choking gas stations all across the state buying lottery tickets during rush hour.  "And sell me a winning ticket this time!"  

I worked in a gas station for a couple years.  If I had a dime for everytime I heard "and sell me a winning ticket this time", I would have so much money I wouldnt need the lottery!

In reply to logdog :

Who me?  Show compassion?  Don't be ridiculous! 

In reply to Appleseed :

It’s made a huge difference for us. My wife’s auditory sense consists of hearing something and then relying on her brain to piece it all together into something intelligible... with ASL, she doesn’t need to “translate” it or try to fill in the blanks. She says it makes her life much easier.

NickD said:

How the berkeley does a 2019 with 897 miles on it already have a broken wire somewhere in the instrument panel harness? Now I get to rip the dashboard out and find it. berkeleying terrific.

Chasing an electrical problem when we had our C6 finally led me to a broken wire deep inside a protective sheathing...  the other wires were fine.  The bad one had clearly been damaged by side cutters, being partially cut through, and vibrations eventually caused it to fail at 55k miles.  It had to have been cut at some point before the protective sheathing went on the harness... so at the production facility.  I guess someone was having a bad day...

Everything takes longer than it should.  Everything.

Except life.

In reply to 1988RedT2 :

The Buick radio starts out fairly low no matter where it was when I turned it off. The Jeep stays at whatever ear shattering level the wife left it on.

In reply to 1988RedT2 :

Flynlow said:

dropstep said:

Looks like I herniated my surgically repaired disc for the 3rd time in 14 months. This will be the another surgery and recovery but it looks like I may have to listen too the doctor and change careers. The problem is all my experience is either mechanical or lifting heavy things. Neither of them are a good fit anymore. 
 

I have probably 5 months between everything to figure out what I'm going to do with life but I have no clue what to do. If I need too I'll work as a cashier at a gas station too support my family but I really can't figure out a job that will keep me happy to go to work at this point!

Could you get a forklift certification and let the machine do the work, but operate it safer than most because you respect the dangers (from experience)?

Actually back when I worked on motorcycles I got forklift certified too move them into a build bay on the crates and in the winter I serviced forklifts. That's an appealing option that went right over my head.

Lift truck Certs are not hard to get. It's a couple of hours at most

My rant. This weekend is messed up. I am 10a till.. this is probably going to be a 12 hour day. Tomorrow I am noon till 8, then sunday I am 6am till 2p. Nowhere do I get enough time to get a good night's sleep and time to unwind

Rarely do things fail when it's convenient.  It would've been really nice if the TV had crapped out last week when I had access to a crew cab pickup truck, instead I get to make it fit into the Elantra in the rain.

Tactical Penguin said:

Rarely do things fail when it's convenient.  It would've been really nice if the TV had crapped out last week when I had access to a crew cab pickup truck, instead I get to make it fit into the Elantra in the rain.

Sounds like you're buying a very large, brand new TV. That sounds like a win, to me.

Lunch from a local restaurant/take-out place was provided, thanks to one of our suppliers.

Ordered a pizza.  Specifically the buffalo chicken pizza, because of course I did.  And, no mild wing sauce, I want the hot stuff.

Pizza was great.  Hot sauce was good and hot and flavorful, even though it was provided as a dipping sauce and not baked in to the pizza as I'd have expected.  19 year old me-brain liked it, 41 year old me-body however doesn't like it so much.  Every time I burp, it sends me into a coughing fit because my throat is burning.  And I'm starting to feel the deep-down intestinal burning that suggests that I'm not gonna want to be me in a few hours.

And the worst part?  I left the leftovers at work, so I have to wait until Monday to finish it...

Passive aggressive bosses.

mtn said:

I work at a company of about 60k employees. There is another employee who is in a slightly similar role to mine - an outsider, looking at our titles, wouldn't know the difference. I work with his manager somewhat regularly. 

 

We have the same name - almost. The only difference is a "c" replaced with a "k". Both sound the same. The amount of emails I get for him are insane. Can't stand it. I wonder how many he gets for me.

Which one spells it Coccbag?