Choo choo! All aboard the Complain Train!

[hanselthecaretaker2]

How hot are you washing them?

I’ve been washing my own jeans in cold water for over twenty five years now. Dryer is always on low, or medium with the new energy efficient bs that takes two cycles if on low. Stretch jeans are the only ones I’ve had an issue with shrinking afterwards, or at least to the point they fit differently. Guess they need to hang dry.

 

[Gordon_4]

Are you being sarcastic?

I am not. I cannot remember ever washing anything in hot water. Ever.

 

[bluegate]

I am not. I cannot remember ever washing anything in hot water. Ever.

In that case; depending on what I'm washing my washing machine will be set to 30-40 degrees or 60 degrees centigrade.

Sometimes I'll go crazy and I'll throw in a mop at 90.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

I am not. I cannot remember ever washing anything in hot water. Ever.

Socks, underwear, towels, bedding, and athletic wear all gets washed on hot. Anything that you sweat a lot in that ends up collecting a lot of skin oils and bacteria should be washed with hot water.

 

[Gordon_4]

Socks, underwear, towels, bedding, and athletic wear all gets washed on hot. Anything that you sweat a lot in that ends up collecting a lot of skin oils and bacteria should be washed with hot water.

Well I guess what they say about generational ‘wisdom’ is true. Both my mother and my grandmother taught me to just use cold water for everything. The next thing I’m gonna do is check the label on my undies to see if I’ve just been blithely ignoring their instructions.

 

[Xprimentyl]

A stray cat jumped our fence this weekend. Wasn't bothering anything, so we let it be since our yard tends to be a menagerie we enjoy between bunnies, birds, squirrels, etc. Then we heard a gut-wrenching squeal, and looked over to see this fucking cat had one of the bunnies we've been feeding for YEARS in his mouth by its neck. I tried to scare the cat and get him to drop our bunny, but it jumped the fence with it's prey. I swear to GOD, if I see that cat again, I will kill it. I thought about poisoning cat food and leaving it out for that fucker, but my gf talked me out of it citing "nature" and "circle of life" bullshit, and also the fact that other animals we actually like might eat it. But you can't kill my bunnies and get away with it. Might buy a high-caliber BB gun; do they sell BB machineguns? BB canons? How about BB orbital lasers?

 

[Thaluikhain]

I thought about poisoning cat food and leaving it out for that fucker, but my gf talked me out of it citing "nature" and "circle of life" bullshit, and also the fact that other animals we actually like might eat it.

What about a trap, say a box trap that doesn't harm the captive animal, and you can decide whether or not to kill it after? Though still not fun for the thing being caught, I guess.

But yeah, predators like cats are something you're going to have to do something about to keep your bunnies and stuff.

 

[Xprimentyl]

What about a trap, say a box trap that doesn't harm the captive animal, and you can decide whether or not to kill it after? Though still not fun for the thing being caught, I guess.

But yeah, predators like cats are something you're going to have to do something about to keep your bunnies and stuff.

Meh, I'm not going to trap OR kill it, but it's no longer welcome back here. If I see it again, I'll make sure it knows that...

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

My garage door is having issues.

The sensor that stops the door from closing was acting up, and preventing me from closing the garage door. I have a bypass using a key, so I've been using that to manually close the door for the last week because I didn't have time to fix it.

Finally fixed it over the weekend, so the sensor is working correctly again, and can be opened and closed via remote like normal, but now the bypass isn't working. I might have bent the key or damaged the lock when I was using it during the week, so now I'll have to figure that out next weekend.

 

[Chimpzy]

Dammit, got a star crack in my car's windshield. No idea how it got there. It's small, but getting it fixed anyway, lest I hit a bump and it becomes bigger, or worse, the entire windshield goes. Not entirely sure if my insurance covers glass repair tho.

 

[Kyrian007]

So, a contractor needs access to a property I have the keys to, and I need to power systems down so they can have access without getting microwaved. And they are starting their work at 10:30 p.m. tonight. Plus, I have to start work at 4 a.m. tomorrow and because of a couple of co-workers PTO... I'll have twice as much to do. My Friday looks similar, and before any of this wound up on my schedule, I arranged some side hustle work for 6 hours on Saturday.

And I'm not complaining about that. The complaint arises from the fact that both my General Manager and direct supervisor both reminded me that I hadn't RSVP'd for the Christmas party tonight at 7 downtown. Tonight... at 7. Downtown... don't forget the secret Santa gift... "What, you aren't going? Why?"

I guess I'm glad that for some people, work is a place to socialize and enjoy the company of their co-workers so much that they would volunteer to do it in their off-time for fun. But for me, work is a place I HAVE to go. To eek out a living. And the people there are just the people I'm forced to work with. I hope they have happy holidays this year, but saying that is about as far as my goodwill goes.

Oh, before I forget. Happy Holidays Escapists.

 

[Thaluikhain]

I guess I'm glad that for some people, work is a place to socialize and enjoy the company of their co-workers so much that they would volunteer to do it in their off-time for fun. But for me, work is a place I HAVE to go. To eek out a living. And the people there are just the people I'm forced to work with. I hope they have happy holidays this year, but saying that is about as far as my goodwill goes.

Oh, I can appreciate that, I managed to avoid all my work Christmas parties. Though, oddly enough not for the museum I used to volunteer for, now that I think of it.

 

[Xprimentyl]

And I'm not complaining about that. The complaint arises from the fact that both my General Manager and direct supervisor both reminded me that I hadn't RSVP'd for the Christmas party tonight at 7 downtown. Tonight... at 7. Downtown... don't forget the secret Santa gift... "What, you aren't going? Why?"

I guess I'm glad that for some people, work is a place to socialize and enjoy the company of their co-workers so much that they would volunteer to do it in their off-time for fun. But for me, work is a place I HAVE to go. To eek out a living. And the people there are just the people I'm forced to work with. I hope they have happy holidays this year, but saying that is about as far as my goodwill goes.

Oh, before I forget. Happy Holidays Escapists.

Firstly, if I haven't RSVP'd, take that as "I'm not coming." That's the purpose of the RSVP; plan for those who RSVP, and move on. Don't offer the utility of an RSVP if you're ultimately going to question anyone who chooses not to, well, *obvious shrug* "RSVP." Might just as well have said "the expectation is everyone is going to be there, and if you're not, we're going to inquire as to why." Secondly, I absolutely hate when the company expects the workplace to be some kind of place everyone "likes" to be. This is my JOB; I don't come here for fun. Yes, I can like some of my co-workers, I might even like my job, but at the end of the day, this is not a place I go to for any other reason than the money you pay me to do a thing; if I'm not doing that thing, then I'd rather be several places other.

It's so blatantly obvious that most people, tacitly or overtly, feel the same way. I'm just waiting for the day when employment culture catches up, when we finally address the elephant in the room that everyone would quit their jobs in an instant given a substantial-enough windfall, so no, we're not here for the fun, and extracurricular gatherings are not warranted. If I ever worked for a company that said to my face "we know you're only doing this for the money, so instead of catering an in-office holiday party, here's an extra $100 for you; go splurge on yourself, see ya on Monday," I'd shit my pants. Instead, I got an invitation to my company's holiday party next week with promises of food, raffles, and camaraderie. Though I'm only 4 miles from the office, I'm 100% remote... needless to say, I didn't "RSVP."

 

[Kyrian007]

It's so blatantly obvious that most people, tacitly or overtly, feel the same way. I'm just waiting for the day when employment culture catches up, when we finally address the elephant in the room that everyone would quit their jobs in an instant given a substantial-enough windfall, so no, we're not here for the fun, and extracurricular gatherings are not warranted. If I ever worked for a company that said to my face "we know you're only doing this for the money, so instead of catering an in-office holiday party, here's an extra $100 for you; go splurge on yourself, see ya on Monday," I'd shit my pants. Instead, I got an invitation to my company's holiday party next week with promises of food, raffles, and camaraderie. Though I'm only 4 miles from the office, I'm 100% remote... needless to say, I didn't "RSVP."

You know, it's strange. I used to get damn good Christmas bonuses. I think I got about $800 bucks once upon a time. Then it was $150, then $100 worth of trade (gift cards and such from vendors.) Then one year I got a ham. Now, according to my brother it was a premium super awesome expensive ham. But still, they gave me cured meat and called it a bonus. The next year, a big tin of popcorn. And since then... we no longer get bonuses at all. Still, better than going from big to nothing in one year like National Lampoon's.

 

[Xprimentyl]

You know, it's strange. I used to get damn good Christmas bonuses. I think I got about $800 bucks once upon a time. Then it was $150, then $100 worth of trade (gift cards and such from vendors.) Then one year I got a ham. Now, according to my brother it was a premium super awesome expensive ham. But still, they gave me cured meat and called it a bonus. The next year, a big tin of popcorn. And since then... we no longer get bonuses at all. Still, better than going from big to nothing in one year like National Lampoon's.

Since being a cog in the corporate America machine, I've only ever gotten annual monetary bonuses, never holiday bonuses. The only thing we've ever done are holiday parties, during the workday, 12pm to 2pm. Nothing says "thank you" and "happy holidays" like some meatballs simmering in a crockpot while you're looking over your shoulder at your desk wondering how far behind this celebration is going to make you. Except one year, they gave us a bag of mixed nuts. Yeah, they gave us nuts to put in our mouth while touting a highly lucrative fiscal year for the company.

 

[BrawlMan]

Disgusting.....

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[Drathnoxis]

Reddit wants bots to be able to post as humans on their site. If you browse the site using the old format by using old.reddit occasionally you will see a post that is formatted in such a way that every paragraph ends with an additional space after the punctuation, like ". " I've been told that this is an indicator built into AI to let itself know that the post was generated by AI, and honestly I don't see a reason for a human to format their posts that way.

The interesting thing, though, is that if you browse reddit with the default format you will find that every post is formatted this way! This is clearly an intentional obfuscation of bots. Now the question is why?

 

[Chimpzy]

So I got a Christmas card in the mail. It was from the ceo of the company I work for.

It featured a photo of himself posing with his trophy wife in front of his lavishly x-mas decorated villa in Tuscany.

Sigh. Fuck off.

 

[Thaluikhain]

So I got a Christmas card in the mail. It was from the ceo of the company I work for.

It featured a photo of himself posing with his trophy wife in front of his lavishly x-mas decorated villa in Tuscany.

Sigh. Fuck off.

I'd like to think he was trying to annoy you, cause the cluelessness needed otherwise really hurts.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Theorem: As the date approaches December 25, the IQ of the average driver also approaches 25.

A couple of nights ago I saw someone zip across five lanes of traffic and then jam on their brakes because there was, shockingly, someone in the lane in front of them.