Can we discuss pet peeves here? (19 Viewers)

[nirad3]

The machines you use to park are now starting to be online/app only. I hate this. I don't want yet another app on my phone for one miniscule purpose and going to a website to type in my credit card is ridiculous. What was wrong with using my debit card? Skimmers are usually easy enough to spot.

While the ones here still have a kiosk, this did make me think of an issue similar. Went to a Phillies game recently, parking is now cashless.... so what happens when the dorks scanner stops working or the jerkhead can't figure out how to get the app on his phone for the dork to scan.... you get a line of cars piled up when I could have just threw you my $20 and called it a day.

Sometimes too much tech is bad

Without getting political, the whole "totally cashless" thing is really starting to get irritating. We have a mason jar in our dining room where we throw random bills and coins throughout the year (we call it the "fair jar" because we end up using the cash at the county fair for rides and food). Well, guess what, the Orange County Fair's booths (both for ride tickets and 90% of the food stands) were all cashless. So that wad of cash we brought was rendered completely useless. Sure, we will end up using the cash elsewhere or just depositing it to make up for the $150whatever we spent at the fair, but still.

 

[parasaurolophus]

The machines you use to park are now starting to be online/app only. I hate this. I don't want yet another app on my phone for one miniscule purpose and going to a website to type in my credit card is ridiculous. What was wrong with using my debit card? Skimmers are usually easy enough to spot.

While the ones here still have a kiosk, this did make me think of an issue similar. Went to a Phillies game recently, parking is now cashless.... so what happens when the dorks scanner stops working or the jerkhead can't figure out how to get the app on his phone for the dork to scan.... you get a line of cars piled up when I could have just threw you my $20 and called it a day.

Sometimes too much tech is bad

Without getting political, the whole "totally cashless" thing is really starting to get irritating. We have a mason jar in our dining room where we throw random bills and coins throughout the year (we call it the "fair jar" because we end up using the cash at the county fair for rides and food). Well, guess what, the Orange County Fair's booths (both for ride tickets and 90% of the food stands) were all cashless. So that wad of cash we brought was rendered completely useless. Sure, we will end up using the cash elsewhere or just depositing it to make up for the $150whatever we spent at the fair, but still.

So many people don't care about having yet another app. And in fact think it is super cool. I hate these people.

Why do I need an app to turn my pool filter on and off? I mean the little panel on the wall was too hard?

So now we have a dead panel on the wall and have to have one more app. And we can't seem to get it synced up to more than one device. So now we are trying to figure out how to revert it back to wall panel from internet antenna so it isn't just my phone in control.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Recently celebrated my birthday. I've noticed that the new thing appears to be any company with a database containing customers' DOBs sets up a script to send out automated birthday messages. I got one from my former primary care doctor from when I lived in NYC ... except I moved 8 years ago and have had zero contact with his office since then. Today I got one from a local non-profit I've done some volunteering for, which would have been nicer if they didn't send it two weeks late.

I don't want it to sound like I'm complaining because these organizations didn't do more. They didn't have to do anything and I would have been totally fine. What annoys me is that we're automating things in a way that completely drains them of any thoughtfulness. It's supposed to make me feel good that an admin in a doctor's office who doesn't know me and whom I'll never meet set up an email script? Why even bother?

Related: I like that Facebook reminds me of people's birthdays, since I might otherwise forget, but I have a message for that rando I haven't spoken to since high school or that coworker from my first job out of college: There's really no need for you to apologize for your "belated" birthday greetings

 

[Snoopy]

What I don't like about Facebook birthdays is they try to make it a charity fundraiser. If someone on your friends list has selected a charity, Facebook will hound you to make a donation, and if your birthday is coming, they want you to select a charity to hound those on your friends' list.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I got one of those back in June. My birthday is in November. So stupid.

 

[steelerfan1]

People who lick their fingers to turn pages.

 

[wlwiles]

Along the same vein as companies sending automated Happy Birthday emails:

1. Companies that feel the need to email me anytime their hours change or they'll be closed for a day. I don't need to know that my Storage Unit place is closed for Arbor Day, or that my dentist office is closed the day after Thanksgiving.
2. Home Depot and their daily emails asking me to provide feedback about whatever product I bought most recently. I bought a can of black spray paint and a tape measure on Saturday. I've now gotten two separate emails asking me if each of these products has met my expectations and would I like to leave a review? Just no...

 

[the moops]

Home Depot and their daily emails asking me to provide feedback about whatever product I bought most recently. I bought a can of black spray paint and a tape measure on Saturday. I've now gotten two separate emails asking me if each of these products has met my expectations and would I like to leave a review? Just no...

You can unsubscribe from those

 

[wlwiles]

Home Depot and their daily emails asking me to provide feedback about whatever product I bought most recently. I bought a can of black spray paint and a tape measure on Saturday. I've now gotten two separate emails asking me if each of these products has met my expectations and would I like to leave a review? Just no...

You can unsubscribe from those

I guess I'm doing it wrong, because I haven't found a way to unsubscribe from just those type. I've got the ProXtra or whatever they call it (where I enter my phone number when checking out and accumulate points for discounts/freebies) and my email is tied to that according to them. So I get electronic receipts, which is awesome as I buy stuff from them for my job all the time. When I unsub'ed from the emails it unsub'ed me from ALL emails, and when I tried to turn back on the email receipts these came back with it. Haven't found the proper partition yet...

 

[Chris B.]

This probably belongs in the ESPN thread but... ESPN dumb fantasy football rankings take up a quarter of the screen.

 

[mr. furley]

the uptick of "cadence" as a buzzword in corporate America

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

the uptick of "cadence" as a buzzword in corporate America

And as a first name.

 

[the moops]

the uptick of "cadence" as a buzzword in corporate America

And as a first name.

No idea what either of you are talking about

 

[arrow1]

Home Depot and their daily emails asking me to provide feedback about whatever product I bought most recently. I bought a can of black spray paint and a tape measure on Saturday. I've now gotten two separate emails asking me if each of these products has met my expectations and would I like to leave a review? Just no...

You can unsubscribe from those

Having to unsubscribe from all the email lists I didn't sign up for.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Cadence Uptick would be a good stage name.

 

[Keerock]

Cadence Uptick would be a good stage name.

So would Chastity Dickfor

 

[mr. furley]

the uptick of "cadence" as a buzzword in corporate America

And as a first name.

No idea what either of you are talking about

adding this as a topic to our monthly cadence

 

[parasaurolophus]

Home Depot and their daily emails asking me to provide feedback about whatever product I bought most recently. I bought a can of black spray paint and a tape measure on Saturday. I've now gotten two separate emails asking me if each of these products has met my expectations and would I like to leave a review? Just no...

You can unsubscribe from those

Having to unsubscribe from all the email lists I didn't sign up for.

Especially after you already opted out. That check box when you place an order "receive deals and offers blah blah" means nothing. You can uncheck that and if you buy, no matter what you get their dumb emails.

 

[the moops]

the uptick of "cadence" as a buzzword in corporate America

And as a first name.

No idea what either of you are talking about

adding this as a topic to our monthly cadence

well that’s dumb

 

[GreenNGold]

Home Depot and their daily emails asking me to provide feedback about whatever product I bought most recently. I bought a can of black spray paint and a tape measure on Saturday. I've now gotten two separate emails asking me if each of these products has met my expectations and would I like to leave a review? Just no...

You can unsubscribe from those

Having to unsubscribe from all the email lists I didn't sign up for.

Especially after the sales person promised they don't send marketing emails, then you proceed to get bombarded.

 

[Anarchy99]

Sigh. I had loyalty bucks at a store that were going to expire today, so I wondered around and found a couple of things on sale for 40% off, with $4 in instant loyalty bucks for each one you purchased. I grabbed two, and between the sale price, a coupon, my expiring loyalty points, and the new loyalty bucks from the purchase, they should have been free. Went to pay and they rang up at full price and there were no additional loyalty bucks from the purchase. They explained the total would be updated once I completed the purchase, so I went ahead and swiped my card (which shouldn't have been charged anything). Of course, the price didn't change, and I actually was charged, so I spoke with a manager.

They couldn't figure out what the issue was, so we went to the sign where the products were, and it turns out the sale / discount and bonus bucks deal had expired. They wouldn't honor the price on the sign, they wouldn't give me the loyalty bucks, and they basically said call their customer service number if I wanted to complain. I explained I only bought the items in the first place because they would be free, and the manager said if I didn't want them, I could return them . . . but I would lose my coupon and loyalty bucks because I had already used them. Grrrr.

 

[dino259]

Along the same vein as companies sending automated Happy Birthday emails:

1. Companies that feel the need to email me anytime their hours change or they'll be closed for a day. I don't need to know that my Storage Unit place is closed for Arbor Day, or that my dentist office is closed the day after Thanksgiving.
2. Home Depot and their daily emails asking me to provide feedback about whatever product I bought most recently. I bought a can of black spray paint and a tape measure on Saturday. I've now gotten two separate emails asking me if each of these products has met my expectations and would I like to leave a review? Just no...

The company that I work for sends automated birthday and anniversary emails. The email security doesn't allow the picture to be viewed unless you click the special button to show pictures.

 

[parasaurolophus]

You can't say 25% off sitewide if there are exclusions.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Sigh. I had loyalty bucks at a store that were going to expire today, so I wondered around and found a couple of things on sale for 40% off, with $4 in instant loyalty bucks for each one you purchased. I grabbed two, and between the sale price, a coupon, my expiring loyalty points, and the new loyalty bucks from the purchase, they should have been free. Went to pay and they rang up at full price and there were no additional loyalty bucks from the purchase. They explained the total would be updated once I completed the purchase, so I went ahead and swiped my card (which shouldn't have been charged anything). Of course, the price didn't change, and I actually was charged, so I spoke with a manager.

They couldn't figure out what the issue was, so we went to the sign where the products were, and it turns out the sale / discount and bonus bucks deal had expired. They wouldn't honor the price on the sign, they wouldn't give me the loyalty bucks, and they basically said call their customer service number if I wanted to complain. I explained I only bought the items in the first place because they would be free, and the manager said if I didn't want them, I could return them . . . but I would lose my coupon and loyalty bucks because I had already used them. Grrrr.

How to Lose a Customer in One Day.

 

[jhib]

Companies that change their product when it didn't need changing.
Lever 2000 soap was awesome for so long. Then a few years ago, they changed it, making it greasy and smelling like body odor.
Now I just opened a new bottle of Pert Plus - I've used this stuff for the last 30 years or so and have never thought of changing since it works well and I always loved the smell - and it now smells horrible and doesn't work the same way. I actually thought I just had some kind of bad bottle, but just looked at reviews and see people have been complaining for months about the formula changing (even thought the bottle still says "the original and still the best 2-in-1"). My wife must have just bought a few big bottles of it a while back so I didn't know about it until now. Dang it.

 

[Dezbelief]

People jogging out in this 110+ degree heat




while pushing a baby stroller.

 

[mr. furley]

People jogging out in this 110+ degree heat




while pushing a baby stroller.

how else they gonna humblebrag about it?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Companies that change their product when it didn't need changing.
Lever 2000 soap was awesome for so long. Then a few years ago, they changed it, making it greasy and smelling like body odor.
Now I just opened a new bottle of Pert Plus - I've used this stuff for the last 30 years or so and have never thought of changing since it works well and I always loved the smell - and it now smells horrible and doesn't work the same way. I actually thought I just had some kind of bad bottle, but just looked at reviews and see people have been complaining for months about the formula changing (even thought the bottle still says "the original and still the best 2-in-1"). My wife must have just bought a few big bottles of it a while back so I didn't know about it until now. Dang it.

Stuff like this is probably due to switching to cheaper raw materials.

But lots of websites and software-related products seem to change for no reason other than the give their developers/designers/programmers something to do. Does anyone like the redesigned version of Rotoworld?

 

[ChiefD]

Sigh. I had loyalty bucks at a store that were going to expire today, so I wondered around and found a couple of things on sale for 40% off, with $4 in instant loyalty bucks for each one you purchased. I grabbed two, and between the sale price, a coupon, my expiring loyalty points, and the new loyalty bucks from the purchase, they should have been free. Went to pay and they rang up at full price and there were no additional loyalty bucks from the purchase. They explained the total would be updated once I completed the purchase, so I went ahead and swiped my card (which shouldn't have been charged anything). Of course, the price didn't change, and I actually was charged, so I spoke with a manager.

They couldn't figure out what the issue was, so we went to the sign where the products were, and it turns out the sale / discount and bonus bucks deal had expired. They wouldn't honor the price on the sign, they wouldn't give me the loyalty bucks, and they basically said call their customer service number if I wanted to complain. I explained I only bought the items in the first place because they would be free, and the manager said if I didn't want them, I could return them . . . but I would lose my coupon and loyalty bucks because I had already used them. Grrrr.

Had this same thing happen at a local breakfast place I've been going to for like 15 years. They have the same thing: a loyalty card that you get a free meal after you've bought 9 or something like that.

I had a stack of these things - I had probably two of them that were ready for my free meal. I usually use these and give them to people while we are there - maybe a young couple or someone eating alone and I'll just hand it to their waitress when I'm leaving so they can get a random free meal.

Anyway, I walk in there with my daughter a few months ago. I have one of those cards ready to use today. The diner had been bought out about a year earlier, and up until this visit things were about the same as before. I walk in the door and written on one of those big dry-erase boards was:

"No Longer Accepting Loyalty Cards"

I look at my daughter - she looks at me - and we give each other this look like: what the hell? So we sit down, and have our meal. Order the regular thing I always get:

Bacon
Scrambled Eggs
Hash Browns
Sourdough Toast

Meal shows up and immediately notice they went from three pieces of bacon to two. Strike Two. You just don't mess with a man's bacon.

Daughters meal shows up, and she had ordered a cinnamon roll and some bacon. They previously had these beautiful homemade cinnamon rolls as big as your face. Out comes this dinky little thing that was no bigger than my fist. She looks at me and I just shake my head. She knows what I'm thinking. Strike three.

So we finish our meal, give the waitress her normal good tip. Not her fault of course. Go up and pay the bill, and as I'm walking out the owner saunters over and asks:

"how was everything?"

So I say: "Well, to be honest not that great. The food was fine but I'm not really happy about you taking away the reward cards."

So he says: "People were just using them for a single meal when they came in so I decided to discontinue them."

Me (after the neurons in my brain collided together for a minute while I tried to process this logic): "Well, that's kind of the point isn't it."

Him: "We just weren't getting additional meals from them."

Me (holy hell): "One of the reasons we have come here all these years is for the good food and this nice extra perk. We almost always come as a family and I can't tell you how many meals we have purchased here. Are you seriously getting rid of these?"

Him: "Yes sir."

Me: "Are you sure you wanna do that?"

Him: "Yes"

Me: "OK. This will be the last meal I ever eat here. Good luck."

Him:

We walk out and my daughter looks at me and says: "Well, that was dumb of him."

Me: "Yep."

Couldn't believe it.

 

[Anarchy99]

Sigh. I had loyalty bucks at a store that were going to expire today, so I wondered around and found a couple of things on sale for 40% off, with $4 in instant loyalty bucks for each one you purchased. I grabbed two, and between the sale price, a coupon, my expiring loyalty points, and the new loyalty bucks from the purchase, they should have been free. Went to pay and they rang up at full price and there were no additional loyalty bucks from the purchase. They explained the total would be updated once I completed the purchase, so I went ahead and swiped my card (which shouldn't have been charged anything). Of course, the price didn't change, and I actually was charged, so I spoke with a manager.

They couldn't figure out what the issue was, so we went to the sign where the products were, and it turns out the sale / discount and bonus bucks deal had expired. They wouldn't honor the price on the sign, they wouldn't give me the loyalty bucks, and they basically said call their customer service number if I wanted to complain. I explained I only bought the items in the first place because they would be free, and the manager said if I didn't want them, I could return them . . . but I would lose my coupon and loyalty bucks because I had already used them. Grrrr.

Had this same thing happen at a local breakfast place I've been going to for like 15 years. They have the same thing: a loyalty card that you get a free meal after you've bought 9 or something like that.

I had a stack of these things - I had probably two of them that were ready for my free meal. I usually use these and give them to people while we are there - maybe a young couple or someone eating alone and I'll just hand it to their waitress when I'm leaving so they can get a random free meal.

Anyway, I walk in there with my daughter a few months ago. I have one of those cards ready to use today. The diner had been bought out about a year earlier, and up until this visit things were about the same as before. I walk in the door and written on one of those big dry-erase boards was:

"No Longer Accepting Loyalty Cards"

I look at my daughter - she looks at me - and we give each other this look like: what the hell? So we sit down, and have our meal. Order the regular thing I always get:

Bacon
Scrambled Eggs
Hash Browns
Sourdough Toast

Meal shows up and immediately notice they went from three pieces of bacon to two. Strike Two. You just don't mess with a man's bacon.

Daughters meal shows up, and she had ordered a cinnamon roll and some bacon. They previously had these beautiful homemade cinnamon rolls as big as your face. Out comes this dinky little thing that was no bigger than my fist. She looks at me and I just shake my head. She knows what I'm thinking. Strike three.

So we finish our meal, give the waitress her normal good tip. Not her fault of course. Go up and pay the bill, and as I'm walking out the owner saunters over and asks:

"how was everything?"

So I say: "Well, to be honest not that great. The food was fine but I'm not really happy about you taking away the reward cards."

So he says: "People were just using them for a single meal when they came in so I decided to discontinue them."

Me (after the neurons in my brain collided together for a minute while I tried to process this logic): "Well, that's kind of the point isn't it."

Him: "We just weren't getting additional meals from them."

Me (holy hell): "One of the reasons we have come here all these years is for the good food and this nice extra perk. We almost always come as a family and I can't tell you how many meals we have purchased here. Are you seriously getting rid of these?"

Him: "Yes sir."

Me: "Are you sure you wanna do that?"

Him: "Yes"

Me: "OK. This will be the last meal I ever eat here. Good luck."

Him:

We walk out and my daughter looks at me and says: "Well, that was dumb of him."

Me: "Yep."

Couldn't believe it.

Speaking of breakfast, where my wife and I go, she tries to shave a little off the bill by essentially ordering what's in a combination plate . . . but all as sides instead. Per the menu, it SHOULD cost less that way, but half the time they ring it in as the combination plate and not as all sides (for example, eggs, hash browns, bacon, toast). This only serves to infuriate my wife . . . which then leads me to have to argue over it . . . which even if we get the adjusted price only saves like $2.00. She never orders anything else, there literally is a 50/50 chance in terms of what the cost will be when the check comes, and all it does it suck my desire to eat there completely out of me. Part of their argument (which I don't fully disagree with) is that they consider SIDES as an add on to a breakfast plate and that they are not intended to be available on their own. However, the menu doesn't specify that.

 

[belljr]

So I ordered 9 meals previously but since I didn't get the 11th with my free 10th I am discontinuing the rewards... .

 

[Drunken knight]

So I ordered 9 meals previously but since I didn't get the 11th with my free 10th I am discontinuing the rewards... .

not sure if this is just a friendly poke at our GB @ChiefD , but if a company decides to discontinue a loyalty program, I think it is good business practice to provide a timeline for cutoff.

bonuses were changes to portion size and reduced quality

 

[ChiefD]

So I ordered 9 meals previously but since I didn't get the 11th with my free 10th I am discontinuing the rewards... .

Say what now?

 

[supermike80]

Ok....If you bring something to a party. Whether it is a pot luck item, or in my wife's case, a few batches of cookies. That DOES NOT MEAN you get to keep the container it came in if you leave the items there. My wife's brother and his wife do this everytime. It's almost a fight to get the containers back. Come on man.....that's not right

 

[belljr]

So I ordered 9 meals previously but since I didn't get the 11th with my free 10th I am discontinuing the rewards... .

not sure if this is just a friendly poke at our GB @ChiefD , but if a company decides to discontinue a loyalty program, I think it is good business practice to provide a timeline for cutoff.

bonuses were changes to portion size and reduced quality

No stating how stupid their argument was. Probably wasn't clear

So I ordered 9 meals previously but since I didn't get the 11th with my free 10th I am discontinuing the rewards... .

Say what now?

I was trying to say the owner argument of well 9 paid meals wasn't enough for a free one because the owner didn't get a paid 11th with the free 10

 

[GenX fan]

Ok....If you bring something to a party. Whether it is a pot luck item, or in my wife's case, a few batches of cookies. That DOES NOT MEAN you get to keep the container it came in if you leave the items there. My wife's brother and his wife do this everytime. It's almost a fight to get the containers back. Come on man.....that's not right

Whoa, dude, I'm totally on the same wavelength here. Bringing your A-game to a party with some righteous potluck contribution or a gnarly batch of cookies – that's a classic move right there. It's like stepping straight out of a John Hughes flick, you know? But seriously, holding onto the containers like they're the last VHS tape of your favorite movie? That's not cool, man. Not cool at all.

 

[Chemical X]

shout out to the local guy on the bicycle, struggling up the hill, who is dressed like he is in stage 19 of the tour de france.

 

[Chemical X]

you get to the check out line, empty your wagon and leave it. nope, i am not moving it. i will step around and leave it in the way. i don’t care if i can’t reach the cashier.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

you get to the check out line, empty your wagon and leave it. nope, i am not moving it. i will step around and leave it in the way. i don’t care if i can’t reach the cashier.

Calling a shopping cart a wagon.

 

[mr. furley]

Sigh. I had loyalty bucks at a store that were going to expire today, so I wondered around and found a couple of things on sale for 40% off, with $4 in instant loyalty bucks for each one you purchased. I grabbed two, and between the sale price, a coupon, my expiring loyalty points, and the new loyalty bucks from the purchase, they should have been free. Went to pay and they rang up at full price and there were no additional loyalty bucks from the purchase. They explained the total would be updated once I completed the purchase, so I went ahead and swiped my card (which shouldn't have been charged anything). Of course, the price didn't change, and I actually was charged, so I spoke with a manager.

They couldn't figure out what the issue was, so we went to the sign where the products were, and it turns out the sale / discount and bonus bucks deal had expired. They wouldn't honor the price on the sign, they wouldn't give me the loyalty bucks, and they basically said call their customer service number if I wanted to complain. I explained I only bought the items in the first place because they would be free, and the manager said if I didn't want them, I could return them . . . but I would lose my coupon and loyalty bucks because I had already used them. Grrrr.

Had this same thing happen at a local breakfast place I've been going to for like 15 years. They have the same thing: a loyalty card that you get a free meal after you've bought 9 or something like that.

I had a stack of these things - I had probably two of them that were ready for my free meal. I usually use these and give them to people while we are there - maybe a young couple or someone eating alone and I'll just hand it to their waitress when I'm leaving so they can get a random free meal.

Anyway, I walk in there with my daughter a few months ago. I have one of those cards ready to use today. The diner had been bought out about a year earlier, and up until this visit things were about the same as before. I walk in the door and written on one of those big dry-erase boards was:

"No Longer Accepting Loyalty Cards"

I look at my daughter - she looks at me - and we give each other this look like: what the hell? So we sit down, and have our meal. Order the regular thing I always get:

Bacon
Scrambled Eggs
Hash Browns
Sourdough Toast

Meal shows up and immediately notice they went from three pieces of bacon to two. Strike Two. You just don't mess with a man's bacon.

Daughters meal shows up, and she had ordered a cinnamon roll and some bacon. They previously had these beautiful homemade cinnamon rolls as big as your face. Out comes this dinky little thing that was no bigger than my fist. She looks at me and I just shake my head. She knows what I'm thinking. Strike three.

So we finish our meal, give the waitress her normal good tip. Not her fault of course. Go up and pay the bill, and as I'm walking out the owner saunters over and asks:

"how was everything?"

So I say: "Well, to be honest not that great. The food was fine but I'm not really happy about you taking away the reward cards."

So he says: "People were just using them for a single meal when they came in so I decided to discontinue them."

Me (after the neurons in my brain collided together for a minute while I tried to process this logic): "Well, that's kind of the point isn't it."

Him: "We just weren't getting additional meals from them."

Me (holy hell): "One of the reasons we have come here all these years is for the good food and this nice extra perk. We almost always come as a family and I can't tell you how many meals we have purchased here. Are you seriously getting rid of these?"

Him: "Yes sir."

Me: "Are you sure you wanna do that?"

Him: "Yes"

Me: "OK. This will be the last meal I ever eat here. Good luck."

Him:

We walk out and my daughter looks at me and says: "Well, that was dumb of him."

Me: "Yep."

Couldn't believe it.

Speaking of breakfast, where my wife and I go, she tries to shave a little off the bill by essentially ordering what's in a combination plate . . . but all as sides instead. Per the menu, it SHOULD cost less that way, but half the time they ring it in as the combination plate and not as all sides (for example, eggs, hash browns, bacon, toast). This only serves to infuriate my wife . . . which then leads me to have to argue over it . . . which even if we get the adjusted price only saves like $2.00. She never orders anything else, there literally is a 50/50 chance in terms of what the cost will be when the check comes, and all it does it suck my desire to eat there completely out of me. Part of their argument (which I don't fully disagree with) is that they consider SIDES as an add on to a breakfast plate and that they are not intended to be available on their own. However, the menu doesn't specify that.

"ooh, i'll have the skillet. ham, cheese, hashbrowns, diced tomatoes and peppers. that sounds amazing! but can i substitute the ham for pork sausage, american cheese for gouda, hashbrowns for american fries, red for green tomato and no peppers at all."

waiter:

me: so.. not the skillet that's on the menu? but something you just made up on the spot?

her: it's not like they don't have those things! they can just make it with different ingredients!

waiter:

(food is served, to spec)

her: oh. i forgot to order toast. your menu says you have white & wheat... can i get sourdough.. and huckleberry jam... there's only strawberry and grape jelly on the table.

 

[parasaurolophus]

People that don't look at you when you are pointing and saying "it is over there"

It's like they heard "it's somewhere" as they wander around aimlessly in the wrong direction.

 

[coopersdad]

Sigh. I had loyalty bucks at a store that were going to expire today, so I wondered around and found a couple of things on sale for 40% off, with $4 in instant loyalty bucks for each one you purchased. I grabbed two, and between the sale price, a coupon, my expiring loyalty points, and the new loyalty bucks from the purchase, they should have been free. Went to pay and they rang up at full price and there were no additional loyalty bucks from the purchase. They explained the total would be updated once I completed the purchase, so I went ahead and swiped my card (which shouldn't have been charged anything). Of course, the price didn't change, and I actually was charged, so I spoke with a manager.

They couldn't figure out what the issue was, so we went to the sign where the products were, and it turns out the sale / discount and bonus bucks deal had expired. They wouldn't honor the price on the sign, they wouldn't give me the loyalty bucks, and they basically said call their customer service number if I wanted to complain. I explained I only bought the items in the first place because they would be free, and the manager said if I didn't want them, I could return them . . . but I would lose my coupon and loyalty bucks because I had already used them. Grrrr.

Had this same thing happen at a local breakfast place I've been going to for like 15 years. They have the same thing: a loyalty card that you get a free meal after you've bought 9 or something like that.

I had a stack of these things - I had probably two of them that were ready for my free meal. I usually use these and give them to people while we are there - maybe a young couple or someone eating alone and I'll just hand it to their waitress when I'm leaving so they can get a random free meal.

Anyway, I walk in there with my daughter a few months ago. I have one of those cards ready to use today. The diner had been bought out about a year earlier, and up until this visit things were about the same as before. I walk in the door and written on one of those big dry-erase boards was:

"No Longer Accepting Loyalty Cards"

I look at my daughter - she looks at me - and we give each other this look like: what the hell? So we sit down, and have our meal. Order the regular thing I always get:

Bacon
Scrambled Eggs
Hash Browns
Sourdough Toast

Meal shows up and immediately notice they went from three pieces of bacon to two. Strike Two. You just don't mess with a man's bacon.

Daughters meal shows up, and she had ordered a cinnamon roll and some bacon. They previously had these beautiful homemade cinnamon rolls as big as your face. Out comes this dinky little thing that was no bigger than my fist. She looks at me and I just shake my head. She knows what I'm thinking. Strike three.

So we finish our meal, give the waitress her normal good tip. Not her fault of course. Go up and pay the bill, and as I'm walking out the owner saunters over and asks:

"how was everything?"

So I say: "Well, to be honest not that great. The food was fine but I'm not really happy about you taking away the reward cards."

So he says: "People were just using them for a single meal when they came in so I decided to discontinue them."

Me (after the neurons in my brain collided together for a minute while I tried to process this logic): "Well, that's kind of the point isn't it."

Him: "We just weren't getting additional meals from them."

Me (holy hell): "One of the reasons we have come here all these years is for the good food and this nice extra perk. We almost always come as a family and I can't tell you how many meals we have purchased here. Are you seriously getting rid of these?"

Him: "Yes sir."

Me: "Are you sure you wanna do that?"

Him: "Yes"

Me: "OK. This will be the last meal I ever eat here. Good luck."

Him:

We walk out and my daughter looks at me and says: "Well, that was dumb of him."

Me: "Yep."

Couldn't believe it.

Speaking of breakfast, where my wife and I go, she tries to shave a little off the bill by essentially ordering what's in a combination plate . . . but all as sides instead. Per the menu, it SHOULD cost less that way, but half the time they ring it in as the combination plate and not as all sides (for example, eggs, hash browns, bacon, toast). This only serves to infuriate my wife . . . which then leads me to have to argue over it . . . which even if we get the adjusted price only saves like $2.00. She never orders anything else, there literally is a 50/50 chance in terms of what the cost will be when the check comes, and all it does it suck my desire to eat there completely out of me. Part of their argument (which I don't fully disagree with) is that they consider SIDES as an add on to a breakfast plate and that they are not intended to be available on their own. However, the menu doesn't specify that.

"ooh, i'll have the skillet. ham, cheese, hashbrowns, diced tomatoes and peppers. that sounds amazing! but can i substitute the ham for pork sausage, american cheese for gouda, hashbrowns for american fries, red for green tomato and no peppers at all."

waiter:

me: so.. not the skillet that's on the menu? but something you just made up on the spot?

her: it's not like they don't have those things! they can just make it with different ingredients!

waiter:

(food is served, to spec)

her: oh. i forgot to order toast. your menu says you have white & wheat... can i get sourdough.. and huckleberry jam... there's only strawberry and grape jelly on the table.

My ex-mother in law to a T...............and it takes her 15+ minutes more than everyone else to figure out what she wants.

 

[nirad3]

This has been covered oodles of times in this thread, but gosh... just bad, a-hole-ish drivers. Cutting you off without signal.... or speeding around you from the right lane just to get ahead of you by one car even though the light is red ahead.... or taking your sweet ol' time at a left turn, waiting til the car ahead of you is like 18 car lengths away, making cars towards the back of the queue miss the light.... I can go on and on.

I fortunately only drive to my office 3x a week but even those 6 trips always make for an adventure.

 

[shuke]

Sigh. I had loyalty bucks at a store that were going to expire today, so I wondered around and found a couple of things on sale for 40% off, with $4 in instant loyalty bucks for each one you purchased. I grabbed two, and between the sale price, a coupon, my expiring loyalty points, and the new loyalty bucks from the purchase, they should have been free. Went to pay and they rang up at full price and there were no additional loyalty bucks from the purchase. They explained the total would be updated once I completed the purchase, so I went ahead and swiped my card (which shouldn't have been charged anything). Of course, the price didn't change, and I actually was charged, so I spoke with a manager.

They couldn't figure out what the issue was, so we went to the sign where the products were, and it turns out the sale / discount and bonus bucks deal had expired. They wouldn't honor the price on the sign, they wouldn't give me the loyalty bucks, and they basically said call their customer service number if I wanted to complain. I explained I only bought the items in the first place because they would be free, and the manager said if I didn't want them, I could return them . . . but I would lose my coupon and loyalty bucks because I had already used them. Grrrr.

Had this same thing happen at a local breakfast place I've been going to for like 15 years. They have the same thing: a loyalty card that you get a free meal after you've bought 9 or something like that.

I had a stack of these things - I had probably two of them that were ready for my free meal. I usually use these and give them to people while we are there - maybe a young couple or someone eating alone and I'll just hand it to their waitress when I'm leaving so they can get a random free meal.

Anyway, I walk in there with my daughter a few months ago. I have one of those cards ready to use today. The diner had been bought out about a year earlier, and up until this visit things were about the same as before. I walk in the door and written on one of those big dry-erase boards was:

"No Longer Accepting Loyalty Cards"

I look at my daughter - she looks at me - and we give each other this look like: what the hell? So we sit down, and have our meal. Order the regular thing I always get:

Bacon
Scrambled Eggs
Hash Browns
Sourdough Toast

Meal shows up and immediately notice they went from three pieces of bacon to two. Strike Two. You just don't mess with a man's bacon.

Daughters meal shows up, and she had ordered a cinnamon roll and some bacon. They previously had these beautiful homemade cinnamon rolls as big as your face. Out comes this dinky little thing that was no bigger than my fist. She looks at me and I just shake my head. She knows what I'm thinking. Strike three.

So we finish our meal, give the waitress her normal good tip. Not her fault of course. Go up and pay the bill, and as I'm walking out the owner saunters over and asks:

"how was everything?"

So I say: "Well, to be honest not that great. The food was fine but I'm not really happy about you taking away the reward cards."

So he says: "People were just using them for a single meal when they came in so I decided to discontinue them."

Me (after the neurons in my brain collided together for a minute while I tried to process this logic): "Well, that's kind of the point isn't it."

Him: "We just weren't getting additional meals from them."

Me (holy hell): "One of the reasons we have come here all these years is for the good food and this nice extra perk. We almost always come as a family and I can't tell you how many meals we have purchased here. Are you seriously getting rid of these?"

Him: "Yes sir."

Me: "Are you sure you wanna do that?"

Him: "Yes"

Me: "OK. This will be the last meal I ever eat here. Good luck."

Him:

We walk out and my daughter looks at me and says: "Well, that was dumb of him."

Me: "Yep."

Couldn't believe it.

Speaking of breakfast, where my wife and I go, she tries to shave a little off the bill by essentially ordering what's in a combination plate . . . but all as sides instead. Per the menu, it SHOULD cost less that way, but half the time they ring it in as the combination plate and not as all sides (for example, eggs, hash browns, bacon, toast). This only serves to infuriate my wife . . . which then leads me to have to argue over it . . . which even if we get the adjusted price only saves like $2.00. She never orders anything else, there literally is a 50/50 chance in terms of what the cost will be when the check comes, and all it does it suck my desire to eat there completely out of me. Part of their argument (which I don't fully disagree with) is that they consider SIDES as an add on to a breakfast plate and that they are not intended to be available on their own. However, the menu doesn't specify that.

"ooh, i'll have the skillet. ham, cheese, hashbrowns, diced tomatoes and peppers. that sounds amazing! but can i substitute the ham for pork sausage, american cheese for gouda, hashbrowns for american fries, red for green tomato and no peppers at all."

waiter:

me: so.. not the skillet that's on the menu? but something you just made up on the spot?

her: it's not like they don't have those things! they can just make it with different ingredients!

waiter:

(food is served, to spec)

her: oh. i forgot to order toast. your menu says you have white & wheat... can i get sourdough.. and huckleberry jam... there's only strawberry and grape jelly on the table.

I'm team Mrs. Furley on this one.

 

[parasaurolophus]

This new defense of local business on social media when people document a bad experience. These chuckleheads will go bombard a business because somebody said something politically incorrect, but if you post about a landscape company almost running over kids at a crossing guard staffed crosswalk and then the driver gives the crossing guard the finger when she yells stop, you arent supposed to say anything?

 

[Schmeabs]

I am sure there is a simple solution but I cannot figure it out. I got an Apple desktop computer at Costco. The issue I have is sometimes when I move the mouse the screen magnifies smaller and I have no idea how to undo it. I think it is when I slighty lift the mouse and it is very annoying. This leads me to have to hit the back arrow and I lose anything I had typed out.

 

[Keerock]

I am sure there is a simple solution but I cannot figure it out. I got an Apple desktop computer at Costco. The issue I have is sometimes when I move the mouse the screen magnifies smaller and I have no idea how to undo it. I think it is when I slighty lift the mouse and it is very annoying. This leads me to have to hit the back arrow and I lose anything I had typed out.

Press Command-Option-8 to turn zooming off. If you are using magic mouse, one finger two taps zooming in the screen, to make it normal, one finger two taps again. Probably screen zooming for Accessibility has gotten turned on. Press Command-Option-8 to turn zooming off.

ETA: This Google thing is pretty handy!

 

[belljr]

I am sure there is a simple solution but I cannot figure it out. I got an Apple desktop computer at Costco. The issue I have is sometimes when I move the mouse the screen magnifies smaller and I have no idea how to undo it. I think it is when I slighty lift the mouse and it is very annoying. This leads me to have to hit the back arrow and I lose anything I had typed out.

Press Command-Option-8 to turn zooming off. If you are using magic mouse, one finger two taps zooming in the screen, to make it normal, one finger two taps again. Probably screen zooming for Accessibility has gotten turned on. Press Command-Option-8 to turn zooming off.

ETA: This Google thing is pretty handy!

You googled on apple? Travismockery

 

[Schmeabs]

I am sure there is a simple solution but I cannot figure it out. I got an Apple desktop computer at Costco. The issue I have is sometimes when I move the mouse the screen magnifies smaller and I have no idea how to undo it. I think it is when I slighty lift the mouse and it is very annoying. This leads me to have to hit the back arrow and I lose anything I had typed out.

Press Command-Option-8 to turn zooming off. If you are using magic mouse, one finger two taps zooming in the screen, to make it normal, one finger two taps again. Probably screen zooming for Accessibility has gotten turned on. Press Command-Option-8 to turn zooming off.

ETA: This Google thing is pretty handy!

No idea if it will work but I held down Command-Option-8 but no prompts came up. Also, on settings it tells me Zoom feature is turned off. We'll see if it happens again.

 

[the moops]

you get to the check out line, empty your wagon and leave it. nope, i am not moving it. i will step around and leave it in the way. i don’t care if i can’t reach the cashier.

Why won't you return said "wagon" to where you originally got it from?