Things that annoy me . . . . And should

It's most apparent when it's open. It wasn't as noticeable when strumming chords, but it was also bad when I tried playing some riffs from RATM's Bombtrack.

Guitar drama update: they said that Fender apparently no longer has this guitar in stock (or they don't want to deal with me anymore), so they will just refund me instead of trying to get a replacement.

 

When people claim: "I used to be one of those kids that never did any homework but aced everything."

 

Not even two years old, and the battery in my Acer laptop has failed, and it's not only $55 (I paid $330 for the computer), but the battery is internal and you have to actually take the damned thing apart to even see which battery you need. Lesson learned, I guess.

 

But I was.

 

I did all my homework, but I never studied for tests until I was in college, and aced the majority of them all the same. Sorry.

 

Not denying the plausibility but do you go around saying that all the time? "When I was at Harvard..."

 

No, I never was at Harvard. But I have a sweatshirt I wear sometimes.

 

The subject doesn't come up in conversation all that often. I was in an agricultural program at a state college that isn't really on the same bragging list as Hahvahd.

 

I and some business acquaintances had the bad luck to chat with a Fellow of MIT.
He was quite condescending of our accent. We LOAO at his accent.
He said; " You people are nothing but jackpine savages"!
There was drink involved.

 

One of the attorneys I used to work for wiggled his education at Princeton into conversation on a regular basis. One day I finally said, "Y'know, Bob, you talk about that little New Jersey school like it was Harvard or something," then strolled out of the room. The partner across the hall overheard and almost required oxygen, she laughed so hard. Fortunately Bob had the rudiments of a sense of humor and didn't fire me on the spot. As I walked down the hall, I heard him calling, "And then she just walks away!"

People who worked their butts off in university farm cotton fields in hundred degree plus temperatures aren't impressed by those who were educated in air conditioned ivory towers.

 

I don't get upset about long wait times or customer service reps who don't speak much English, but could you at least stick a little soundproofing between the reps' cubicles, so I don't have to strain to hear my person over the chatter of 200 others?

 

Impatient old people....

Ive mentioned on here that i stutter.
This old man approaches the desk and im giving him the info he asks for, but i stutter. He cuts me off and says "imma help you right now: "number." The word is "number""

I ignore it and move on to tell him how to use the slip and he walks away mid sentence and says "thank you, have a nice day"

.....

 

You have my sympathy, though since I'm older, it's mostly impatient young people who leap in to supply words when post-migraine aphasisa rearranges my mental word-storage system.

 

So was I.

Apart from maths. I had to do a whole two weeks study for that.

 

I get annoyed at lecturers who don't speak much English.

I flunked a course at university because the lecturer had a thick Hungarian accent and nobody could understand what he was saying. The lights went off for a presentation during his first lecture, and when they came back on, half the class had walked out.

 

Many many moons ago, in the dark ages of IT, I took a course in Fortran at the University during my freshman year. The instructor was Egyptian with a heavy accent, which made the subject matter even more obscure. I blame that class for my decline from a Regents scholar to a disinterested pothead. Well, at least it was a factor.

 

Speaking as one who could sometimes be categorized as an "old man,", I wonder why that's the first label you applied to him. Perhaps I can be a jerk sometimes, but no more than when I was a young man. Why not simply, "this guy approaches the desk . . . ." P.S. no offense taken and I'm sure none was intended, I'm simply curious.

 

the first label i applied to him was "impatient".

and he was at least 65. "Old" applies.

(ETA: i've used "old" before as a descriptor. it was never commented on because it was always accompanied with a positive interaction and descriptor ie. "this nice old lady/man")

 

Okey doke.

 

I ordered "no contact" pizza delivery last night. Prepay, pre-tip. They leave it at the door, knock, and take off. Always the same.

This time, they knock, but they don't go away. They knock again. Okay, guess I have to put some pants on. Throw the mask on, open the door, and take the handoff. Dude says, "the pandemic ends as soon as you take the mask off." I was not expecting anything like that to say the least, so I just take the boxes and close the door. "Go F- yourself" was on the tip of my tongue, but I mean, they know where I live now, and people can be crazy, so I just let it go.

Truly baffling, how anyone could presume to talk to me this way, especially with not knowing me at all. Do you know my medical status, or that of those who I might be interacting with? Stunning ignorance. Humans, sometimes.

 

If "no knock" is an option...

What if you ordered "no pepperoni" on a deluxe? It's not even "the customer is always right," it's "the customer chose a product or service from our options menu."

Baffling.

 

Ugh, I'm sorry you had to deal with that. It's amazing how selfish some people get over this stuff. My best friend is a cancer survivor who's still masking everywhere, and the way she gets treated sometimes makes my blood boil. But there are also good people who treat her politely and take extra care around her, so I haven't given up hope for humanity yet. I hope you meet more of the caring kind of people than the jerks.

 

I read this over multiple times, but I am still not sure what you're trying to say, and I won't guess. So I'll just offer more context on what is a very routine option for all delivery services these days. From the website of the company I ordered from:

"Place an order online or with our app and choose Contactless Delivery when confirming your delivery address. You will then be presented with an opportunity to tip our driver. Upon checkout, let us know in the Special Instructions field where you’d prefer our driver to leave your pizza by entering 'Contactless delivery. Leave on doorstep.' If you live in a condo, you can enter 'Leave at lobby' in this field."

"Our driver will notify you when they arrive by knocking on your door, ringing the doorbell/buzzer, or simply with a friendly phone call."