The Trivial Complaints Thread ... #3

[BlackCurtains]

She hid the entire time. If there was a break in the fireworks for a while she'd come out but go right back when they started again. But she's herself this morning She didn't like the food I offered so she threw a little fit

My back and neck are killing me! I must have slept all scrunched up. My blanket was pulled up on my pillow but it wasn't on me when I woke up, not sure what that was about. Maybe I was hiding from the fireworks too.

[Ponyfan]

I'm sorry Aster was so scared.  I'm glad she's back to normal this morning.

I've about had it with my dad.  The first thing he said to me this morning was "The TV's out again.  Nothing's working."  I wasn't even fully awake yet and I had to try to figure out what was wrong.  My dad had decided to "push every button" trying to get the TV to work and had activated one of the streaming apps.   He didn't even realize he'd done that and then wondered why he couldn't change the channel.

I changed the input source back to the cable box and the problem was that some of the cable channels are out again.  I checked the cable box in my room and the channel I had it on before going to bed last night was still on.

I'm so tired of my dad griping about everything.  If I acted like that because some of the cable channels were out, I'd be told to just deal with it and make do with what was available to watch.

Yesterday my mom and I were going to try to get on Disney +, but my dad was using the Smart TV to watch Westerns.   I asked my mom if we could still try to get Disney + and she said we couldn't because my dad was using the TV.   

Why does she prioritize everything he wants and everything I want to do has to wait until it's convenient for everyone else?


Ponyfan

[Lady Frostbite]

I bought a new MP3 player as I thought my old one had died after hitting the ground ... Now, I rely on my MP3 player to block out noise on my way to and from work, I HATE hearing other people and prefer to block them out on my long journey. So three days without my player was torture. I tried to plug it in to charge at work, as previously that had worked at bringing it back from the dead, but nothing. I ordered a new one, ignoring articles going 'who uses MP3 players anymore???'

(ME. I USE THEM. ME.)

So I received it, and ... I plugged my old one back in to my laptop to see if I could get files off it, but I assumed it was dead-dead. IT WOKE UP. One the one hand, it let me snag all my most recent songs off it so I don't have to comb through my entire music catalogue and sort which ones I do and don't want. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, WHAT A TRAITOR!!!

I don't use my phone for MP3s because I prefer to keep the charge on my phone completely independent of my music, which I NEED on commutes or I turn into a bear. No joke, we had people listening to TikToks at full volume on REPEAT, people loudly chewing and sucking on sweets like suckling pigs, annoying screeching tweens/teenagers, the whole lot. I was exceptionally crabby from all the noise and had to spend more time at work with a soothing tune on as I was even less tolerant of work noise than usual.

[Beth3346]

people who listen to anything on full volume in public should be stopped. such a pet peeve of mine too.

all of those "who uses __ anymore?" articles are just trying to sell whatever new thing. i kind of miss having that separation between my music player and my phone. when i have my headphones on and i get a phone call, text, or some other nonsense it's so intrusive. 99% of it is junk anyway and now when the phone rings whatever i'm listening to stops. having 1 device is convenient but now i can't just block out the world. and now the expectation is that people are accessible at all times so not answering isn't an option either. i remember the days when you could leave the house, no cell phone, a few dollars in my pocket and it was fine. ok now i sound like a grumpy old lady.

i have a few complaints today. 1. holidays are almost over so back to work tomorrow. i get disoriented and stressed when i'm not working thinking about all that i missed and everything i need to do once i get back to work. i'm ready to go back but i'm also stressed about that 2. i ordered 2 throw pillow inserts and only 1 have arrived. the other hasn't even shipped so right now i have 2 pillowcases, 1 insert and my pillow layout is mismatched small complaint but still annoying.

[BlackCurtains]

I still use my iPod Classic I've had it for 16 years and it's never failed me. It's still supported by iTunes too. I've got music and TV shows on it


My complaint is the implant in my head. It's been bothering me a lot lately. It throbs and gets these sharp pains. It's also itchy. It bothers me once in a while but this has been going on for a bit. I think it might be affected by my neck problems I don't currently have a neurosurgeon. I dropped my last one because I didn't like him. He never listened to me and his only plan for anything was Cortisone shots. Ugh. I need to get one. I also still need a new pulmonologist and eye doctor. I suppose I should make an appointment for my PCP.

[Taffeta]

Likewise on the Ipod classic. I actually have 2, now, since my old trusty one which went literally everywhere with me, including Japan, no longer has a functional headphone socket. You think the battery will go, right? Wrong. Headphone socket. But I still have an old dock that takes it, so it is now my hifi in my room *lol*. I've had it since 2006. The other is a bit bigger on memory, was second hand but barely used - not quite as good as my old one but still better than the impudent little touch I got given as a 'navigation aid' when I was at uni.

Yes, it does nothing to help navigation since it has no internet outside of the house, but w/e.

I also understand the mp3 player etc for the commute. For people on the spectrum it's often a survival instrument. Phones are not streaming devices, anyway. I mean, they can be, but they're not. That wasn't why phones were invented. Though I admit I did put audible on my phone, which I use for train journeys, simply because its easier. The ipod touch will tolerate it, but not very happily.

[Beth3346]

podcasts and audiobooks are great IMO. it helps pass the time for me in a way that music doesn't. personally i don't care what people watch on their phones in public but keep the headphones on! don't force others to listen. also the phone speaker noise is so grating if you're at a distance.

[Taffeta]

Oh goodness, yes. Headphones, and NOT in the quiet carriage of the train!

I've noticed that the people who play their music out loud on transport are also the same people who have the worst taste in music.

[BlackCurtains]

That is so true. I'm also annoyed by people playing games that have sound. It's quiet and then out of nowhere you hear like a casino jingle or something. I get a lot of that waiting in the doctors office and there are signs clearly stating to silence your phone and take calls outside. In fact, my PCP had to hire a guard to enforce that because people choose not to notice the signs, which are on all the walls, big and printed in red


My complaint is the same. My implant hurts. My right eye has pressure behind it and my right temple feels strange. Last night it was really bad. I see the Social Security doctor tomorrow. I'll mention it to him, maybe he can write me a prescription for a CT Scan.

Aster threw up in the night, a lot. I almost stepped in it this morning. Wouldn't be the first time. I need to make her new grass, the one by the window is done, I think.

[Heart Of Midnight]

My complaint is the same. My implant hurts. My right eye has pressure behind it and my right temple feels strange. Last night it was really bad. I see the Social Security doctor tomorrow. I'll mention it to him, maybe he can write me a prescription for a CT Scan.

Aster threw up in the night, a lot. I almost stepped in it this morning. Wouldn't be the first time. I need to make her new grass, the one by the window is done, I think.

BC, Oh that sounds really bad!  I hope you can see a doctor soon and find out what's wrong!

Oh dear Aster, trouble with hairballs? 

[Ponyfan]

I love my iPod Classic too.    I've had it for a long time and it still has a lot of space left on it. I'll probably plug it in today and download my newest iTunes songs to it.

Speaking of iTunes, once again I rebought a song that I'd already purchased because iTunes considered the same album as a different one.  I even checked in my library before buying it because I thought I might have it already.  I didn't find it and then when I was adding the "new" song to the playlist I wanted, I saw it was already there. Then  I searched in the library and it showed up.   Oh, well  At least that's only happened a few times.


Ponyfan

[BlackCurtains]

BC, Oh that sounds really bad!  I hope you can see a doctor soon and find out what's wrong!

Oh dear Aster, trouble with hairballs? 

I didn't get a chance to tell the doctor today about my implant ache. I'll have to make an appointment with my PCP and I guess if it continues or gets worse, go to the ER.

It was a lot of food she hacked up so I think she overate and it upset her stomach. She's vomited three times since I've had her and it's always been food, so I don't think she has a bad hairball. Usually when it's that, they puke mucus and saliva. I did give her some hairball treatment though just as regular maintenance.

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So about that doctor visit... my appointment was at 10:30, I got there at 9:30. I didn't see the doctor until 1:30. I just home a little while ago. I have a killer headache and I'm starving (food is on its way and I took some medicine for my head). It was the disability doctor. He spent like 5 minutes with me after I waited so long And of course he doesn't tell me anything. It's all a big secret. So now I get to wait some more as they use his evaluation to determine my case.

Also, while I was waiting I stepped outside for a few minutes just to walk around a little and get out of the tiny waiting room. This dude followed me and tried to talk to me. I was like, dude no. Go away. I had to go back inside to keep him from bothering me.

[Beth3346]

@BC all of that is i hope your head feels better soon.

my complaint today is i'm feeling tired and grumpy. at least tomorrow is friday.

[Taffeta]

I hate January, I always find it a hard month to slog through. It's dark and cold and all the pretty lights are taken down. Current state of the UK not really helping. Train strikes make it harder to get away somewhere, after 2+ years of having to lockdown because govt are incompetent. Sigh. Anyways.

Also, trying to write this story of mine. Which would be fine except I can't work out how to start the prologue. It has 7 chapters so far, but the next one will link to the prologue...so I need to write it. And I can't...><

[StarryEmerald24]

I hate January, I always find it a hard month to slog through. It's dark and cold and all the pretty lights are taken down. Current state of the UK not really helping. Train strikes make it harder to get away somewhere, after 2+ years of having to lockdown because govt are incompetent. Sigh. Anyways.

Also, trying to write this story of mine. Which would be fine except I can't work out how to start the prologue. It has 7 chapters so far, but the next one will link to the prologue...so I need to write it. And I can't...><

I like January, it's my birthday month. But I'm probably weird for liking winter in general.

Maybe you'll have an epiphany for the story. Sometimes it takes me a little while of churning some ideas before it comes into place.

My complaint is my mom. Most of the time she has next to nothing to do with me but when she does talk to me it is generally negative. She's not like outright abusive, but I think she goes further than the average mother to be downright passive aggressive and disdainful toward me for no reason. Like I don't do anything out of the ordinary that stereotypically gives parents grief, or anything dramatic. But when she's in a bad mood she knows she can pick on me because two of the other people in the house will argue back to her and the only other one is her favorite. I'm the only one she can readily make cry and belittle. I always wanted to be a great child, so I only started arguing back to her as an adult, but then she started saying I was "scary." I'm physically weak and have a naturally quiet voice; there is no earthly reason for her to say that.

Her complaints against me, generally? I don't doll up more, that I have any interests outside of getting a paycheck, and that I have actual human emotions. That's it.