ayumidah
Wade Wilson
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Post by ayumidah on Apr 13, 2024 12:04:51 GMT -5
People making it a hobby to ruin any plans I ever try to make. Having fun? Not in their vicinity!!
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john84
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Post by john84 on Apr 13, 2024 12:22:47 GMT -5
From last night… A big supermarket having no checkout operators and only self service tills. Yes, it was Friday night. Yes, the supermarket wants to save money so won’t necessarily employ full staff, but if you’re open 24/7 then at least have some of the tills manned! I hate this growing trend of self-service tills too. Sometimes it's nice to interact with whoever is serving you, you can't do that at a self-service till. Rant over lol.
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Post by Cyno on Apr 13, 2024 13:03:04 GMT -5
From last night… A big supermarket having no checkout operators and only self service tills. Yes, it was Friday night. Yes, the supermarket wants to save money so won’t necessarily employ full staff, but if you’re open 24/7 then at least have some of the tills manned! I like self-checkout because some days I really don't feel like taking to people. But I hate that more of them are becoming credit card-only. I prefer to use cash in person whenever possible. Especially with how much more common skimmer-related crime is happening.
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schma
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Post by schma on Apr 13, 2024 22:16:51 GMT -5
From last night… A big supermarket having no checkout operators and only self service tills. Yes, it was Friday night. Yes, the supermarket wants to save money so won’t necessarily employ full staff, but if you’re open 24/7 then at least have some of the tills manned! I hate this growing trend of self-service tills too. Sometimes it's nice to interact with whoever is serving you, you can't do that at a self-service till. Rant over lol. I had to use one last week. I put the item in my bag. The computer says unexpected item, please remove. I pick up the item, it says item missing please place it in the spot. I put it in the spot, unexpected item. This happens twice when the young man overseeing the area comes over and says 'just hit cancel here' wth a rude tone as if that's the most obvious thing in the world. The machine was giving me instructions, I was following them. I hate these self serve things.
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schma
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Post by schma on Apr 13, 2024 22:17:36 GMT -5
Just finished my taxes and I owe money. Not a lot, but it's still annoying.
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john84
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Post by john84 on Apr 14, 2024 8:45:13 GMT -5
I hate this growing trend of self-service tills too. Sometimes it's nice to interact with whoever is serving you, you can't do that at a self-service till. Rant over lol. I had to use one last week. I put the item in my bag. The computer says unexpected item, please remove. I pick up the item, it says item missing please place it in the spot. I put it in the spot, unexpected item. This happens twice when the young man overseeing the area comes over and says 'just hit cancel here' wth a rude tone as if that's the most obvious thing in the world. The machine was giving me instructions, I was following them. I hate these self serve things. Yeah, I hate them too especially since it's making harder for people looking for cashier work to get jobs (at least in UK?) I'm lucky in that I was able to get a job before I left my previous one but I have friends who've been cashiers for most, if not all, of their working lives and they're really worried about their jobs due to the stores using self-serving more and more.
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Magnus the Magnificent
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Apr 14, 2024 16:03:20 GMT -5
My back pains are flaring up again.
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Dr. T is an alien
Patti Mayonnaise
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I've been found out!
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Apr 14, 2024 19:03:17 GMT -5
Just finished my taxes and I owe money. Not a lot, but it's still annoying. Yeah, my second job ALWAYS messes up my federal withholding. It’s because of how they by law are required to calculate withholding. Anyone who works multiple jobs is guaranteed to not withhold enough. The real kick in the balls is that Congress knew it would be an issue and sought to get extra money out of the people who have to work multiple jobs to afford their bills by adding to the tax code an underwithholding penalty to your taxes now. Yes, I had to pay that on top of what I owed.
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schma
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Post by schma on Apr 14, 2024 19:11:06 GMT -5
Just finished my taxes and I owe money. Not a lot, but it's still annoying. Yeah, my second job ALWAYS messes up my federal withholding. It’s because of how they by law are required to calculate withholding. Anyone who works multiple jobs is guaranteed to not withhold enough. The real kick in the balls is that Congress knew it would be an issue and sought to get extra money out of the people who have to work multiple jobs to afford their bills by adding to the tax code an underwithholding penalty to your taxes now. Yes, I had to pay that on top of what I owed. My mom had that situation and was able to get one of her places to withhold more. Is that an option? This was up in Canada.
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chrom
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Post by chrom on Apr 14, 2024 19:26:28 GMT -5
Got into it with a guy at work who drives the truck.
I'm in charge of folding and placing the towels in bins but due to not having bins because of how overworked we are, I had to get some tubs that which we use pool towels to place them in. No harm, done it before as we have to make due with what we have.
When he finds out, he gets mad and yells at me over doing this, and despite trying to tell him why I had to do so wouldn't listen.
I was about ready to tear him a new one as often the reason I don't have any bins is because he goes and takes multiple ones that I am using.
I'm sure he's got a hard job, seating on his butt and driving the truck, listening to the radio, and putting gas in it.
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J. Hova
Don Corleone
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Post by J. Hova on Apr 14, 2024 21:50:29 GMT -5
So apparently my 6th grade Social Studies teacher had to take a second job to make ends meet. He's in his 50s, waiting tables. I knew none of this until he walked up to my table and started to introduce himself. He recognized me, I recognized him. We've seen each other a time or two since he was my teacher (graduations, funerals, etc.). It was awkward as all hell.
It wasn't a busy day at the restaurant, so I asked him what was up, hoping and praying the answer was that he had a childhood fantasy of working food and beverage. Sadly, not the case. He's got two kids in college (that made me feel old, I remember when his first son was born) and his wife was sick. Thankfully, she is in remission, but that illness damn near bankrupted them, even with his insurance and since she couldn't work for almost three years. I gave him a little larger tip than my standard, but I was really conflicted on if I should go back and plop down more cash or if that would be insulting or whatever. Back when I slung drinks and waited tables for a living, I didn't care, cash was king, but I understand the flip side of it.
It's been like five hours and I still can't shake it.
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Post by Hernan on Apr 18, 2024 19:49:34 GMT -5
So, I have an annoying neighbour who is Paraguayan that hates my mother with every ounce of her blood and always annoys her by throwing things like rests of food or hanging dolls at our door. Sometimes, throwing a certain food may have a meaning considering macumba (basically black magic) made by Paraguayans are heavy af.
Today, apparently it was her, she called the gas administration to get ours cut. My sister saw someone coming close at our door of our house but didn't say a word and went away, then she learned they cut our gas away. My mother called the gas fitter and apparently, there was nothing wrong. It's not like the neighbour does this as a means to help, her purpose is to screw us up. She always kicks the door to mess up the regulator or leaves it open. My mother is thinking of putting bars or something.
I'm pissed that woman is still messing with us and isn't caught up. It's been this way since 2006/07.
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Post by Sponsored by Groose Wipes on Apr 18, 2024 22:20:16 GMT -5
Think I got some kind of food poisoning that's made me stuck in bed all evening. Now my sleep schedule is all screwed up.
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schma
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Post by schma on Apr 23, 2024 8:39:33 GMT -5
Got home from work, tried to load up Raw on Sportsnet as I have for the past few weeks. The episode description has a spoiler but that's not what made me angry. When I click on it, it's a 2 1/4 hour flashback show of previous drafts. Last night's episode is nowhere. They're also per-empting programming in the first week of may and if you don't have a cable provider they invite you to eat s***. Good thing I already cancelled my subscription.
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Sephiroth
Wade Wilson
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Post by Sephiroth on Apr 23, 2024 9:21:36 GMT -5
Lost a 20 year friendship. Decided I didn’t want to move in with a prospective roommate she had arranged. She accused me of having Asperger’s.
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bob
Salacious Crumb
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Post by bob on Apr 23, 2024 18:15:05 GMT -5
f***ing construction - made my round trip to and from work 20 minutes longer
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Post by karl100589 on Apr 24, 2024 16:36:48 GMT -5
For whatever reason I come home from work every day and I’m just down. The rest of the day is fine, but I’m very acutely aware of being alone once I get back to the house.
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john84
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Post by john84 on Apr 24, 2024 19:02:00 GMT -5
My scheduled return to work has been delayed by two weeks.
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Nr1Humanoid
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Apr 25, 2024 12:06:02 GMT -5
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Sephiroth
Wade Wilson
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Post by Sephiroth on Apr 25, 2024 12:22:24 GMT -5
My manager is in the office. Great guy but he has a habit of taking an hour to say what should take ten minutes. We’ve spoken multiple times today. My brains are ready to come out through my ears.
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