The Complaint Thread

[JTA]

In light of the fast approaching Festivus, I thought I'd start a complaint thread. Got something to complain about? This is the place my friends.

I'd like to first start by airing my grievances against

Green sweet tarts

No true red blooded American actually likes them. You can also add green skittles to that list, but green sweet tarts are much more vile due to the tube-like packaging arrangement. Don't like the green sweet tart? Tough shit. Gotta unravel the tart tube and dig down 1 or more sweet tarts deep to find one that isn't green leaving you with a handful of loose sweet tarts with no place to go.

[neoplacebo]

I want to complain about the traffic light at Asheville Highway and 191 / Haywood Road. It isn't like normal modern traffic lights in the sense that the sensors under the big white stripe trigger the light to change, and it isn't like the traffic lights of old that were just on a timer so that if you saw it turn green as you approached, you knew you could go like hell and it wouldn't start turning red on you. This one is different; a complete bastard of no credible origin. It seems to have a mind of its own. I think some dumbass has hacked into it and manipulates it from a secret viewing point, perhaps a nearby house on the hill above and behind the signal. I called the DOT about it over a year ago; it's gotten worse since then. I am afraid to call them again about it. I've almost concluded that the only way to get it fixed is to blast it to hell with both barrels of a sawed off shotgun so they come and replace it with something we can live with. ok

[JTA]

My spouse works at the DOT, this maniac called over a year ago and my spouse has never recovered.

There are only re-runs on TV at Festivustime, so I guess my grievance is Festivus.

I've got a runaway hubcap on the side of I-85 in SC if your spouse wants to drive down in his DOT truck and block off the interstate to retrieve it. There's a 5 dollar reward that's still pending to anyone who can return it safely to its proper home on my tire.

[JTA]

Complaint: Hubcaps. Always be rollin' away.

[bannination]

I'd like to complain about SSD drives, they are so fast I don't have time to get something to drink before the computer boots up.

It makes those early morning breaks where, "I'm just waiting on the computer to boot up." kinda awkward.

Also, Microsoft.

[O Really]

Sorry, my spouse only disrupts NC traffic for hours at a time and with no good reason.

S/he'd really enjoy working for the NY/NJ Port Authority, particularly the NJ part under Governor Christy. Except the "no good reason" would be "because I'm the Gov and can piss off whole towns just because I want to."

[neoplacebo]

I'll give that a hearty holiday "harrumph."

[Mr.B]

Complaint: I've nothing to complain about!
God is good!

[Ombudsman]

Complaint: I've nothing to complain about!

Well, that's a first. Maybe B is finally seeing that laughing with the sinners trumps crying with the saints.

[bannination]

"Most users ever online was 135 on Thu Dec 26, 2013 5:55 pm" - A Record!

Judgement Day won't be Christ in His glory or self-aware and violent Skynet, it'll be internet bots.

Shhhh those aren't bots, we're just one of the most popular forums on the internet. -- Said Solar.

[k9nanny]

My spouse works at the DOT, this maniac called over a year ago and my spouse has never recovered.

There are only re-runs on TV at Festivustime, so I guess my grievance is Festivus.

SPOUSE?!?!?!

[Mr.B]

"Well, that's a first. Maybe B is finally seeing that laughing with the sinners trumps crying with the saints."

See....? I told you that you were obsessed with me.

[Mr.B]

Let's change this around a bit to things we dislike...

I highly dislike commercials on TV! Examples:

Bob Caldwell flapping his hands while his cohort is swatting flies in "Auto Advantage" commercials....

Itch and Grabbie screaming "We say Yes" in "Paramount Kia" ads.....

The guy talking so fast he sounds like a duck quacking in the "Carolina Furniture Concepts" ad.....

The guy who thinks he's a talented pitch man in the "Kia of Greer" ads.....

"Rug and Home" ads.....

[Mr.B]

"You should be complaining about not getting a DVR for Xmas."

Wouldn'ta done any good.....done got one.

I should have said "repetitive" commercials....the aforementioned ones that run over and over and over and over and over and over and over.....

[Crock Hunter]

we're just one of the most popular forums on the internet. -- Said Solar.

LOL.. yea I saw that ... his unique ability for self-deception could satisfy the research needs of a dozen Psychologists while simultaneously providing material for as many stand-up comics.. .. .

"What's up with this guy Solar.. is he a sun or just another son of a bitch... I mean.." (rim shot) ...

[neoplacebo]

I want to complain about how goddam cold it is. It's too cold for man or beast, machine or metamucil. It's awful.

[Mr.B]

"...done got one (DVR)..."

"So why are you watching commercials?"

I'm not watchin' 'em.....I mute 'em when I'm watching local or sat channels that have 15 minute commercials every 5 minutes.
I use the DVR when I want to record premium movies and watch later.

"I want to complain about how ...... cold it is. It's too cold for man or beast, machine or metamucil. It's awful."

Yup......no good complainin' though. We could petition the Canadians to keep their cotton-pickin' cold Arctic blasts to themselves


Look at it this way...warmer weather's a'comin'....to us before the Canadians!!

[JTA]

"...done got one (DVR)..."

"So why are you watching commercials?"

I'm not watchin' 'em.....I mute 'em when I'm watching local or sat channels that have 15 minute commercials every 5 minutes.
I use the DVR when I want to record premium movies and watch later.

"I want to complain about how ...... cold it is. It's too cold for man or beast, machine or metamucil. It's awful."

Yup......no good complainin' though. We could petition the Canadians to keep their cotton-pickin' cold Arctic blasts to themselves


Look at it this way...warmer weather's a'comin'....to us before the Canadians!!

I had a pipe freeze when the last cold snap hit us. Luckily my pipe didn't burst. This time around I'm taking all the necessary precautions! Definitely ready for some warmer weather.

[JTA]

40 below or so in the high plains oil patch, pipe burst in the basement and flooded the furnace, no heat, we all moved our mattresses into one room for the night, woke to find the toilet frozen - no surprise - but the Listerine was frozen, too, all baseboard hot water heat, we knew it would be a long time before repair, moved out that day. That year it was so cold for so long - a month or so below zero - that when it got to 10 below with no wind we were outdoors frolicking. Your spit freezes before it hits the ground and rolls along like a thick jelly. I would hitch to work, never saw a third car because one of the first two would pick me up thinking I would die. I was okay, though, dressed for working outside all day. We had shunts in the pickup radiator houses so we could circulate hot water into the rig in order to unfreeze it and crank it up. Perspective, no complaints here.

That's pretty terrible and all, but I still don't want my pipe to burst.

[neoplacebo]

No high plains oil patches for me.....I'd rather be out by the cement pond with some good drinks.