The Things That Anger You Thread.

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

I don't really understand cell phones in general. I mean, I do, but fuck having some way for people to reach me at any time. People pay for this? What a hassle.

You don't have to answer it every time it rings.

[Guest Tzar Lysergic]

I can't justify paying for something I don't use. Semi-wife pays for her cell phone. I've ordered maybe five-ten pizzas/chinese on it in the three years we've been together. In fact..I haven't made a telephone call outside of work since last winter. Seriously.

 

Who the fuck do people call? All the time! People call people all the time! That baffles me.

[At Home 0]

I call my parents all the time.

[Copper Feel 0]

We all do.

[Guest Tzar Lysergic]

If I feel like talking to my folks I just drive over there.

 

Even when I lived at great distance, I almost never called them.

 

I don't call girls. I called the semiwife on the phone..less than five times. We worked together; seemed unnecessary. What is enjoyable about talking on the phone? I think perhaps the longest telephone conversation I've ever had was with Patrick Spoon. 30 minutes.

[Dr. Zoidberg 0]

I only ever call people to make plans. The conversations last 30 seconds or less, 97% of the time. "Hey, what're you doing?...yeah? Meet me at so-and-so place in 10? All right, later." Thaaaaat's it.

 

On the topic of cell-phones and shit, the bluetooth earpieces are really REALLY getting to me lately, especially when people wear it in places that it's ridiculous to have it on. Like restaurants. Or DURING a flight.

[At Home 0]

I don't understand poor people with bluetooth. Who the fuck do you have to do talk to, your TV?

[Copper Feel 0]

That makes no sense unless you're using 'poor' as a synonym of 'homeless', in which case... Still no sense.

[At Home 0]

It was a reference to something I read in a magazine. Thought it was funny.

[Guest Vitamin X]

I was just having this discussion with my friend last night, who has adamantly been against cell phones since high school (so before they got really big, but were getting cheaper and thus more widely used- that was around 2000, 2001). He has one of those pay as you go cells that he'll use if he's on vacation or if he is in an emergency, but generally speaking, he's fine with just a landline. Which is fine, because all he does is school, work, and sit around at home.

 

Personally, I'm fairly social and I like being connected with people- I'm fairly nomadic as well, so having a cell phone reduces a lot of that hassle with calling and staying in touch with people when I have to get to a payphone or go to some business to ask to use theirs instead.

 

It's also near-essential when you do freelance work, as you don't want to miss an important call with a client that might just find someone else to do their work for them if you miss their call and don't get back to them quickly.

[Jingus 0]

Since I've moved away and can't see any of my old friends, we stay in touch over the phone. I'm a good rambling chatter, and can easily eat up an hour talking about random bullshit with my buddies.

 

Bluetooths do kinda bug me, just because at first it always seems like they're some crazy person who's talking to themself. I always look over at this person having a conversation with thin air, confused, til they turn their head and I spot the earpiece.

[PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! 0]

The majority of my phone calls are long distance. And I really like to play Tetris. So my cell phone has been nothing short of a good investment.

[the max 0]

I only have five or six numbers programmed into mine. Mostly used for texting and for two minute conversations with my girlfriend. I do talk to friends up in massachusetts every once in a while, but the phone is mostly just an accessory anymore.

[Damaramu 0]

Oh those damn damage waivers. Don't get me wrong, its a smart buy, and I always get it, no need to be hassled into it, I'm asking for it before they have the chance. But they suck because they'll end up doubling the cost of the rental, and there aren't any discounts or full week rates on them, just (usually) $25 a day every day.

 

Where do you work?

 

Enterprise. It really depends on what region you are for the pricing.

 

Ours is 14 a day for insurance customers (29 for the full coverage) and 16 a day for retail (31 for full coverage).

 

For some reason there's a lot of accidents in this area, but I hear in some parts of Texas the damn thing is only like 9.99 a day. I always say "If this was 7-10 bucks a day it'd be soooo much easier to sell."

 

The funniest thing is the people that have been in wrecks and the other persons insurance is paying for the rental. They only pay for the actual car rental. But, people think they should have everything given to them because they were bumped into at McDonalds or whatever. I've had people flip out and say they aren't paying for gas because the other person hit them or that their insurance isn't covering it's the person who hit them.

Of course it's your insurance because you are driving the car. But, people don't seem to get that.

 

I also love cash customers. We have certain steps and qualification requirements if you're trying to rent a car with just cash. Some people flip out over it. One lady said "I used to be able to walk in with 50 bucks and I'd be able to leave with a car!"

 

I guess I just rent from the wrong places, it's always around 25 when I've rented. I haven't had any problems with Enterprise myself, but when some friends of mine rented a car from Enterprise for our trip to Wrestlemania XIX the conversation went like this:

 

"And would you like us to pick you up?"

"Oh I hadn't thought of that. Actually that'd be really helpful. Yes please."

"Oh, well we'd really prefer if you didn't have us pick you up. We're understaffed that day."

".........then why the FUCK did you just offer it?"

 

That's kind of crappy. If their area manager had heard that they'd be in a shit-load of trouble.

 

I hate my companies yes mentality. It's like we have to say yes no matter what. Mainly we are just trying to get them in the door. I have a guy call "I want to reserve a fullsize car for later on in the day." My boss says "Do it. Book the deal! We'll have a car by then." Even if there are no cars sitting on the lot. A fullsize car doesn't get returned, but a truck does! So the guy shows up "I have a fullsize truck for you!" And then that just causes a world of trouble. I hate that. Or the people who's insurance is renting them the car and they demand something comparable to their car. I had a lady who drove a fucking Porsche. I don't have anything comparable to that! She threw a fit when I told her I didn't have another sports car.

 

And I hate when people have a reservation at another Enterprise and they come to mine. "Well they didn't have what I wanted. My reservation is there though, but I decided to come here." *I look at my reservation list and see I have 3 cars and like 10 reservations.* "I'm sorry, I'm all booked up."

"But I had a reservation!"

"With the other Enterprise, not with me."

"Well just move it over here!"

"And bump the 10 people that had one in front of you out of the way?"

"Yes."

 

[At Home 0]

The morbidly obese. They just kind of piss me off in general, plus one of them made a fucking fiasco on the train today.

[PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! 0]

The morbidly obese. They just kind of piss me off in general, plus one of them made a fucking fiasco on the train today.

 

What do you mean by fiasco... or do I already know?

[At Home 0]

The one in question was in one of those motorized scooters, for, you know, being such a fatass. Having the broken collarbone, it's very painful to move around, period, but it really sucks to have to navigate through people. So that happened today, and on a REALLY crowded train heading into BART. Everyone had to get way more crowded and give this woman like a 5x5 piece of territory on the train, and she blocked one of the exits. So just fuck that.

[Guest Smues]

I just got back from picking up Subway for lunch. There was ONE customer ahead of me, and two employees working. One of the employees was either on his break, or just plain not working. The other one made our food, and took about three times as long as he should have, because he was too busy bitching about how 'the owner of this fine establishment decided we'll be open tomorrow because he thinks people want to eat at Subway on Labor Day.' Well I plan to pick up Subway on my way into the office tomorrow, but fuck his store I'm going somewhere else. Then, he just completely stopped working on the food because the other customer told him about some bank that is open today, so he left the counter and went back and grabbed the phone and called someone to let them know this fact. And amongst all of this he made my foot long turkey with 5 slices of turkey, instead of the standard 6, because he wasn't paying any damned attention.

 

I don't expect perfection from people making minimum wage, but come on.

 

Edit: and now that I'm eating it I notice he barely put any cheese (shredded chedder) on it. Anger.

[Guest WhackingCockDick]

Amazing how some people here make it through life.

[Copper Feel 0]

Oh, everything just angers me really.

[Red Baron 0]

Why do people wear sunglasses inside? Seriously, you guys look like a fool.

[Molotov The Bear 0]

Women.

[Dr. Zoidberg 0]

Fedoras tilted to the side.

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

Why do people wear sunglasses inside? Seriously, you guys look like a fool.

 

Mine are prescription. I wore them in the Casino on the weekend because I forgot my glasses in the car, and dark > squinting. This shouldn't solve your problem entirely, but you know.

 

I was at my friend Andrea's on the weekend. She has a little rug under her coffee table. It wrinkles and bunches up in this one specific spot. I took a picture of it with my cell, and when she asked why, I explained this thread. Her boyfriend instantly got up, came back wearing socks and sandals (once cleverly dubbed by a third buddy "Soxiesandals"), and demanded I take a second picture of the wrinklerug and his footwear disgrace.

[Guest דניא&#15]

Why do people wear sunglasses inside? Seriously, you guys look like a fool.

My eyes are kind of light-sensitive and I don't like the way they look, so I don't hurry to take my sunglasses off if I have them on.

[PUT THAT DICK IN MY MOUTH! 0]

You don't like the way your eyes look? That seems like kind of a weird thing to be self-conscious about. I didn't realize there was such a thing as "ugly" eyes. Unless they're like too far apart or too close together or something.

[Guest דניא&#15]

They're dark brown and the whole squinting thing. It's best if they're obscured.

[PUT THAT DICK IN MY MOUTH! 0]

Ah. I guess I wouldn't understand because I have beautiful blue eyes. Sometimes I just stare at myself in the mirror for hours on end and get lost in their gorgeous wilderness.

[Copper Feel 0]

Whilst we're on the subject of eyes... The fact that my mother tells the story of how when I was in year two I wrote down the eye colour of everybody in my class to literally every single visitor to my house is something that angers me greatly.

 

edit: or just tales from my childhood in general. Why do parents feel the need to do this?

[At Home 0]

Ah. I guess I wouldn't understand because I have beautiful blue eyes. Sometimes I just stare at myself in the mirror for hours on end and get lost in their gorgeous wilderness.

 

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