Oww, I just stubbed my [Petty Complaints] thread

Juggernut

Spectrum still refuses to explain why they can't get internet back up so I tried getting AT&T fiber and the soonest date they can have a tech come out is November 8th. I guess so many people are trying to jump ship so they can get back to work and shit overloaded their capabilities.

So I guess I'm just fucked both ways. I can at least keep working out of the meadery on my WFH days but dang man. Like, I get it. Hurricane. Devastation. But between Duke and Spectrum it's like the Olympics of vague and useless messaging around here.

MegaMan001

Xaquin wrote: »

=(

what bandsaw?

Just the Wen that's on Amazon. My daughter wants to make a wooden toy excavator for my son's birthday and I needed a more detailed saw.

Xaquin

I have a wen benchtop drill that's never let me down

Fig-D

Got a bonus from work yesterday.

This morning my car battery died.

Bye bye bonus.

furlion

This is perhaps a bit beyond petty complaint but my neighbor across the street's house caught on fire and burned down just now. Pretty sure they made it out ok at least but there are like a dozen fire trucks on the road between us.

Xaquin

hope they're all ok and well insured

petty complaint: it's 3am and I'm awake =/

I have to be up in 2.5 hours and it seems likely that I will be =/

Darmak

I had woken up and rolled over and got all comfy and warm under the covers and then my fuckin alarm went off for work. Uggghhhhhh, I really don't want to go in today. Not for any particular reason, I just don't want to go. Taking nearly all of last month off wasn't enough

Uriel

I will say this

Listening to the Pelican album (forever becoming) isn't quite as good when I'm not tripping balls

It's still got don't get me wrong but it's missing a tactile dimension I crave now lol

Librarian's ghost

I've been calling the plumbers the last two days trying to set up their return to replace the shower hardware but to no avail. I was getting depressed about it, but then they just texted me. Apparently they've been having phone issues and it wasn't recording the voice mails. Anyway I now have an appointment for Tuesday morning. Cons: I have to wait more days. Pros: That is pay day so it'll help when I inevitably have to give them all my money. I also had to put in for a absence on that day but I got like 90+ sick days banked.

furlion

Tried to donate platelets and my stupid hemoglobin was too low. Damn this weak mortal shell. Going to make an appointment to try again Friday and take some supplements in the interim.

Kwoaru

Was in the lottery for a room for magfest, got 1877 out of like 16k in line but all affiliated hotels were booked before my number came up, which is very annoying

We only live like 40 minutes away but I was hoping for a room so we could really stay at out and have more fun this time

Uriel

I got cut off on the road and had to slam on my brakes

SirToasty

My cat, who is 18 years old, has always been a bit difficult with litter boxes. She won't adjust her body to pee downwards so we have to have high wall boxes. Since she's pretty old, she can't do top entry ones anymore, even with steps. So we've been through several different boxes in the past year to find one that works. Currently we have an enclosed front-entry one that we thought would work great. But we discovered that she always poops at the back, which means she pees at the front, and even through she tries to pee in the corner, she often misses and just projectile pisses right out the front door. So we've got to find some kind of tray to put in front of it that she also won't step in and track peeprints on the carpet.

furlion

SirToasty wrote: »

My cat, who is 18 years old, has always been a bit difficult with litter boxes. She won't adjust her body to pee downwards so we have to have high wall boxes. Since she's pretty old, she can't do top entry ones anymore, even with steps. So we've been through several different boxes in the past year to find one that works. Currently we have an enclosed front-entry one that we thought would work great. But we discovered that she always poops at the back, which means she pees at the front, and even through she tries to pee in the corner, she often misses and just projectile pisses right out the front door. So we've got to find some kind of tray to put in front of it that she also won't step in and track peeprints on the carpet.

We have a wobbly girl from an intense fever when she was a kitten and she also has difficulties with litter boxes. I have seen various suggestions but i basically just made an extra long box. She still has accidents outside of the box sadly but i can't really think of anything else to do. In addition to the wobbles i think she also lost some brain cells during the fever because she has a confused look on her face at pretty much all times. Like even when trying to get a drink of water she seems perplexed.

smof

My parents' cat is only 8 and technically doesn't have anything wrong with her according to the vet, but is built like she's made out of spare parts and is just not very good at being a cat, and she misses in the litterbox all the time. Just poops straight over the edge, then goes through the burying motions even though there's nothing to bury. It's not my house though so it's quite funny.

ChicoBlue

My cat is around 17 and has two boxes.

She uses one for #1 and the other for #2.

That's the just way it is.

Depressperado

so I had to get a new psychiatrist, and they have different rules about meds and how they prescribe them, so I have to go off two and it sucks.

it's not the worst withdrawal I've had, but those I could at least just curl up and try to sleep through. I take care of a toddler now, I have to be active and present and shit.

I've sweated through the last few nights and have been having kafka dreams.

Tofystedeth

furlion wrote: »

SirToasty wrote: »

My cat, who is 18 years old, has always been a bit difficult with litter boxes. She won't adjust her body to pee downwards so we have to have high wall boxes. Since she's pretty old, she can't do top entry ones anymore, even with steps. So we've been through several different boxes in the past year to find one that works. Currently we have an enclosed front-entry one that we thought would work great. But we discovered that she always poops at the back, which means she pees at the front, and even through she tries to pee in the corner, she often misses and just projectile pisses right out the front door. So we've got to find some kind of tray to put in front of it that she also won't step in and track peeprints on the carpet.

We have a wobbly girl from an intense fever when she was a kitten and she also has difficulties with litter boxes. I have seen various suggestions but i basically just made an extra long box. She still has accidents outside of the box sadly but i can't really think of anything else to do. In addition to the wobbles i think she also lost some brain cells during the fever because she has a confused look on her face at pretty much all times. Like even when trying to get a drink of water she seems perplexed.

I got an extra large litter box when Dinner was having hip trouble which helped a lot, because both he and Levy did the same thing where they pooped at the back and peed at the front. Having the extra room made it easier for him to position himself comfortably. Though it didn't entirely eliminate the issue.

DouglasDanger

I trimmed my beard down to like half an inch, except for a worrying number of hairs my trimmer didn't trim. I think I got most of them with moustache scissors, but I'm sure I'll find more

I guess I need to get a new head for the damn thing

FrylockHolmes

Depressperado wrote: »

so I had to get a new psychiatrist, and they have different rules about meds and how they prescribe them, so I have to go off two and it sucks.

it's not the worst withdrawal I've had, but those I could at least just curl up and try to sleep through. I take care of a toddler now, I have to be active and present and shit.

I've sweated through the last few nights and have been having kafka dreams.

They have you tapering off or just quit outright? My wife had a hell of a time getting off certain psych meds even with miniscule dose reductions over a period of months.

furlion

FrylockHolmes wrote: »

Depressperado wrote: »

so I had to get a new psychiatrist, and they have different rules about meds and how they prescribe them, so I have to go off two and it sucks.

it's not the worst withdrawal I've had, but those I could at least just curl up and try to sleep through. I take care of a toddler now, I have to be active and present and shit.

I've sweated through the last few nights and have been having kafka dreams.

They have you tapering off or just quit outright? My wife had a hell of a time getting off certain psych meds even with miniscule dose reductions over a period of months.

Psych meds suck so much. Here you go, try this new med, it takes 4 to 6 weeks before we find out for sure if it works and if the side effects will go away, or maybe pop up. Didn't work? Ok, in another 2 to 3 weeks, after you taper off that med, we can try another med that will maybe take 4 to 6 weeks to start working.

Juggernut

The taco shop next to the meadery lost power during the hurricane and instead of opening back up they just said fuck it and closed because it was more expensive trying to keep it running than just shutting the doors.

So this place is down another business. There's only the coffee shop, the Georgian restaurant, us (until next month) and an escape room. They're building a suite out to be some kind of GameShow simulator.

This place is fuckin donion rings. It's been kind of wild watching a once thriving business location die in real time.

chromdom

My petty complaint this morning is that I have a mild cold. Slight tickle in the throat and a bit of a runny nose.

furlion

Juggernut wrote: »

The taco shop next to the meadery lost power during the hurricane and instead of opening back up they just said fuck it and closed because it was more expensive trying to keep it running than just shutting the doors.

So this place is down another business. There's only the coffee shop, the Georgian restaurant, us (until next month) and an escape room. They're building a suite out to be some kind of GameShow simulator.

This place is fuckin donion rings. It's been kind of wild watching a once thriving business location die in real time.

That really sucks. It was a pretty nice place to go. We didn't get over that way often because of the distance but if we lived closer we definitely would have.

Juggernut

furlion wrote: »

Juggernut wrote: »

The taco shop next to the meadery lost power during the hurricane and instead of opening back up they just said fuck it and closed because it was more expensive trying to keep it running than just shutting the doors.

So this place is down another business. There's only the coffee shop, the Georgian restaurant, us (until next month) and an escape room. They're building a suite out to be some kind of GameShow simulator.

This place is fuckin donion rings. It's been kind of wild watching a once thriving business location die in real time.

That really sucks. It was a pretty nice place to go. We didn't get over that way often because of the distance but if we lived closer we definitely would have.

It turns out poking a business with a stick and going "make money" isn't actually a viable form of property management and you gotta like, keep things clean and invest in repairs and upgrades.

This groundbreaking information could absolutely change the business world as we know it.

Houk

Juggernut wrote: »

The taco shop next to the meadery lost power during the hurricane and instead of opening back up they just said fuck it and closed because it was more expensive trying to keep it running than just shutting the doors.

So this place is down another business. There's only the coffee shop, the Georgian restaurant, us (until next month) and an escape room. They're building a suite out to be some kind of GameShow simulator.

This place is fuckin donion rings. It's been kind of wild watching a once thriving business location die in real time.

it is extremely depressing how many places this is true for over the last decade. obviously covid was a massive blow, but even before that it feels like places all over the US that should have enough population of people with disposable income to keep things at least steady if not growing wildly, have been just...slowly turning to dust

another decade and we're gonna be a country of abandoned social business centers and miles of gas stations and aging fast food joints

Xaquin

Houk the Namebringer wrote: »

Juggernut wrote: »

The taco shop next to the meadery lost power during the hurricane and instead of opening back up they just said fuck it and closed because it was more expensive trying to keep it running than just shutting the doors.

So this place is down another business. There's only the coffee shop, the Georgian restaurant, us (until next month) and an escape room. They're building a suite out to be some kind of GameShow simulator.

This place is fuckin donion rings. It's been kind of wild watching a once thriving business location die in real time.

it is extremely depressing how many places this is true for over the last decade. obviously covid was a massive blow, but even before that it feels like places all over the US that should have enough population of people with disposable income to keep things at least steady if not growing wildly, have been just...slowly turning to dust

another decade and we're gonna be a country of abandoned social business centers and miles of gas stations and aging fast food joints

sure, these places had the population numbers but a staggering amount of those people hadn't had a raise in over a decade .... unlike the prices for literally everything

Juggernut

Houk the Namebringer wrote: »

Juggernut wrote: »

The taco shop next to the meadery lost power during the hurricane and instead of opening back up they just said fuck it and closed because it was more expensive trying to keep it running than just shutting the doors.

So this place is down another business. There's only the coffee shop, the Georgian restaurant, us (until next month) and an escape room. They're building a suite out to be some kind of GameShow simulator.

This place is fuckin donion rings. It's been kind of wild watching a once thriving business location die in real time.

it is extremely depressing how many places this is true for over the last decade. obviously covid was a massive blow, but even before that it feels like places all over the US that should have enough population of people with disposable income to keep things at least steady if not growing wildly, have been just...slowly turning to dust

another decade and we're gonna be a country of abandoned social business centers and miles of gas stations and aging fast food joints

Its kind of already happening here. Our downtown is not quite rapidly but faster than it should be emptying of all the local businesses that started the place and are being filled with chains. They're the only ones that can pay to play anymore.

This market is tough. Inflation has absolutely made people way pickier about where and when they spend their money. With the skyrocketing costs of rent (which is really the biggest overhead cost that's killing people right now) if you aren't in an area with heavy foot traffic or don't have a solid, dedicated customer base you're gonna be struggling.

Houk

oh yeah I mean the reasons for it - increasing rent and supply costs for businesses, dwindling disposable income even for young working professionals, usually your ideal demographic, the world generally existing as it is - are pretty evident

just sad sad stuff all around

furlion

Jugs and I live in a city that is also being particularly inundated with out of state people looking for a nice city to live in. Somehow it made a few best places to live in lists, i think US News put us at 4th, and the city/county is not using the extra tax money on fucking infrastructure. So in addition to prices going up, gentrification is rapidly getting out of hand, and traffic gets worse by the day. Maybe the weather will take a turn for the worse due to climate change and some of these people will leave...

Juggernut

Fun fact: you can just pay to get on those Best Of lists.

My girlfriend worked for the city for a while. There is no way we beat out the Pyramids of Fucking Giza for best places to visit on earth. We just have a really good, well paid marketing department.

Jedoc

Sounds like a scheme of some kind.

Banzai5150

My petty complaint is the damn Hurricane killed power in the townhouse at 10pm as it crossing by. And I didn't get my power back on till around 8pm today!

p.s. I use a cpap machine so I didn't sleep last night except the few minutes or so I fell asleep till I choked awake.

p.p.s - My elite controller LB broke, so I bought a replacement. I followed the video on how to remove the broken, then when putting it back together, the part I NEEDED help with they couldn't do it themselves and quit filming. I put it all together and of course I screwed it up while trying to hold the pairing button and clipping the bar over the Xbox button, so both buttons no longer work and I'm too discouraged to rip it all apart again today.

Madican

Can't start Metaphor tonight and get a little time in before bed because I was stuck in traffic for three godsforsaken hours trying to get home from work. Every single lane on the I-5 Freeway literally blocked just before the interchange. Three hours to go 15 miles. Am tired.

Juggernut

Spectrum emailed me saying my service was restored.

Two modem resets later and I have determined this to be a lie.

Depressperado

FrylockHolmes wrote: »

Depressperado wrote: »

so I had to get a new psychiatrist, and they have different rules about meds and how they prescribe them, so I have to go off two and it sucks.

it's not the worst withdrawal I've had, but those I could at least just curl up and try to sleep through. I take care of a toddler now, I have to be active and present and shit.

I've sweated through the last few nights and have been having kafka dreams.

They have you tapering off or just quit outright? My wife had a hell of a time getting off certain psych meds even with miniscule dose reductions over a period of months.

oh yeah, I'm tapering

I feel much better today, I didn't wake up freezing because I sweat all night

Uriel

I slept all last night with the cushion part of my CPAP mask only half connected to the frame so it was leaking really bad and making a whistling noise but I didn't notice because I feel asleep with headphones in

Jedoc

I accidentally bought a year's supply of dye-free allergy pills.

They don't fuckin' work if they're not violently pink, that's just science.

Uriel

I'm worried my back might be acting up too badly to go to the get together with friends this evening.

🙁

Chiselphane

My parents are coming into to town to visit for a week. By 'visit' I mean they will sit in their RV park while we work and the kids are in school, and not want to do anything during the free time we have other than to flaunt their wealth and be judgmental about pretty much everything.