The Trivial Complaints Thread ... #3

[Taffeta]

We had signs up around here for a while a year or two back just because some cases in birds were found somewhere in the country but I'm not sure they're still there. We have a lot of birds here, the garden ones plus the waterbirds, but touch wood have had no incidents in this area in those populations. I'm not really worried about it, honestly.

More concerned about our government's ableist crusade, and the lies they keep telling about PIP.

Bus broke down yesterday. It wasn't the one I was on, but it caused a delay in the one service (our bus runs in 2 directions clockwise and anticlockwise, and to get to a place and back sometimes means using the same bus and sometimes means using the other one. I needed to get the clockwise bus back from the local town after coming back from the county town. I ended up having to scramble to catch it at a different stop because it was out of its usual sequence.

I am still not amused that the Council defunded all the original subsidised routes to pay for bus routes nobody asked for, most of which now run empty. The only ones that don't are mine and another one, but mine is compensating for three or four removed routes on one bus (at a reduced frequency.) One of the buses they have been subsidising for a year has no stops for the first 30 mins of its route and then apes another existing commercial route, so picks up no passengers. Most of them also serve areas that already have commercial bus routes, leaving large areas with no bus route at all.

Unfortunately this shows me that a change of government may not be the solution to all our problems. Our local council is not Tory.

[BlackCurtains]

I had to go to every website that has my payment info and update it for my new card. The amount of codes sent to my phone so I could verify who I was is ridiculous. For my phone, which is AT&T, they sent me four sperate codes! One for each step of 1 - getting into my account, 2 - adding my new card, 3 - deleting my old card, 4 - verify my information. OMG. I know protecting your info online is important but is that really necessary? I've got like 30 codes in my texts!

[Beth3346]

Unfortunately this shows me that a change of government may not be the solution to all our problems. Our local council is not Tory.

we have similar issues here too. unfortunately i'm curious about the political parties in Britain. I know there is a parliament instead of the 3 branches we have in the US. But i only ever hear about 2 political parties, the Tories and Labour. are there other smaller parties that don't make in into the US coverage? I wish we had more viable parties here. but i'm not sure more parties is leading to voters having more input in places with more than 2 parties.

anyway my complaint today is my back and head hurt. i really crash towards the end of the day. i woke up at 4am so i guess it makes sense given i've been up for 14+ hours already. but still it's annoying. i still have stuff to do.

[BlackCurtains]

I slept for a long time but it wasn't good sleep. I have a headache, eyeache and there's a very painful pimple in my ear

[CowboyRaccoons]

My gripe today is that there are too many options for college. If art isn't viable in the future I will become an attorney, but there's just so much out there I might not like it.

[Taffeta]

Unfortunately this shows me that a change of government may not be the solution to all our problems. Our local council is not Tory.

we have similar issues here too. unfortunately i'm curious about the political parties in Britain. I know there is a parliament instead of the 3 branches we have in the US. But i only ever hear about 2 political parties, the Tories and Labour. are there other smaller parties that don't make in into the US coverage?

Yes...I'll put this in spoilers though so it doesn't detract from the thread.

Spoiler

Historically the main parties were the Tories (Conservatives) and Whigs (Liberals). Labour was actually a later addition because of workers rights and are traditionally the socialist voice, albeit it's a bit more complicated. Liberals are now the Liberal Democrats, basically the UK's third party albeit some way behid the others. They did go into coalition with the Tories in government back in around 2010, but it didn't end well for them. Ideologically they are closer to Labour than Tory but they're not the same. The coalition lost them a lot of support and they are clawing some of it back but still a long way from power.

We also have the Green party who are environmentally conscious and Reform UK who are...right wing.

In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland there are also parties we don't have in England. Scotland has the Scottish National Party, who currently run Scotland's devolved parliament. Wales has Plaid Cymru, though their devolved parliament is I think run by Labour. Northern Ireland have Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist Party who are in a power share agreement following the Good Friday agreement. Sinn Fein support union with Ireland and the DUP with the UK.

These parties are also represented in local Council authorities. The administrative borough where I live covers two parliamentary constituencies, and the MPs are currently both Tory. But the borough Council is overwhelmingly Labour and has been for a long time. This is one of the reasons for the bus issues, as the Labour Council took off the existing buses and, aside mine, all the new buses only serve Labour wards. Most of the wards in the north where I am are not Labour, so transport sucks.

It's just been a really long and tiring week. What with the nastiness in the goverment's consultation, the decorator still being here, and trying to get on with sorting (impossible when someone is papering outside your door)...and I'm working tomorrow, so no respite yet.

It's a bank holiday weekend, too. Which means no buses on Monday.

[Lady Frostbite]

For some reason my scalp has been really bad lately. I'm not sure if I'm super-stressed and it's coming out as a scalp outbreak, but it's painful and embarrassing, and I can't stop clawing at it

Very small gripe but hopefully someone else understands; you know the pumps that come with beauty products or shower/hand gels? Normally, you twist to 'unlock' them and start using them. But sometimes the pump nozzle twirls WITH the stem that goes into the liquid, so you're spinning it without it unlocking  So you need to open the tub, HOLD the stem and force the twist that actually allows the pump to be freed. Now imagine trying to do that in the shower!! My conditioner was like 'if you want to actually condition your hair, solve my puzzle!'

[Taffeta]

Very small gripe but hopefully someone else understands; you know the pumps that come with beauty products or shower/hand gels? Normally, you twist to 'unlock' them and start using them. But sometimes the pump nozzle twirls WITH the stem that goes into the liquid, so you're spinning it without it unlocking  So you need to open the tub, HOLD the stem and force the twist that actually allows the pump to be freed. Now imagine trying to do that in the shower!! My conditioner was like 'if you want to actually condition your hair, solve my puzzle!'

And then there are the ones which think their job is to splatter the tiles rather than deposit stuff into your hand for helpful use...

[Beth3346]

Very small gripe but hopefully someone else understands; you know the pumps that come with beauty products or shower/hand gels? Normally, you twist to 'unlock' them and start using them. But sometimes the pump nozzle twirls WITH the stem that goes into the liquid, so you're spinning it without it unlocking  So you need to open the tub, HOLD the stem and force the twist that actually allows the pump to be freed. Now imagine trying to do that in the shower!! My conditioner was like 'if you want to actually condition your hair, solve my puzzle!'

And then there are the ones which think their job is to splatter the tiles rather than deposit stuff into your hand for helpful use...

OMG yes. i had to throw out soap once because the stupid thing wouldn't open when twisted. and i couldn't just open it and decant either.

Taffeta, thank you for the explanation. it sounds like your local government isn't trying to win new supporters

[BlackCurtains]

Last week I ordered a pizza from Domino's. The delivery guy, who I'd never seen before, was holding the pizza bag like a suitcase. My pizza got all scrunched on the side and there was cheese all over the top of the box.

Tonight I ordered a Marketfresh pizza from WalMart and once again, the delivery person was holding it vertically. All the toppings slid to one side.

Like, how can you not know how to hold a pizza??? I think you have to be pretty dumb to do this. And these people drive!

[CowboyRaccoons]

 ... Seriously? I would have asked for a new one.

[BlackCurtains]

^ I thought about that, but I didn't feel like going through the hassle, and eating two pizzas back to back isn't good for me

I've a few complaints at the moment. First, my 100 dollar Purple seat cushion does nothing. My butt is so sore I'm sure it would be worse without the cushion, but I had hoped it would hold up better. I guess next on my list is the Cushion Lab. Theirs are $77 for just the cushion but they have a back and foot rest too. I also want to get a new chair, yet again. This one came off Amazon and it's okay. I really need a 24 hour chair, or a 911 Dispatcher chair. It's so hard to buy online though without being able to test them. I've looked at Steelcase and BTOD. The best seller in both is an ergonomic mesh chair but I'm afraid it'd be too small for me

My next complaint is my motivation is tanked. Like today I wanted to work on ponies but my wrist started bothering me. And then again with how uncomfortable I am in this chair. And I just wasn't feeling it, you know? I'm not even feeling gaming right now.

My final complaint is I got a Jury Summons. I can get out of it because I don't have transportation, but that's half my complaint. I've never been on a jury and would like to try it sometime. But, I have to way to get there and going out everyday is hard with my physical disabilities. If I was normal I'd do it, just to see what it's like.

[Ponyfan]

There's so much I want to say, but it seems like when I start thinking about writing it, the words escape me and I end up not posting anything.    Maybe the words will eventually find me again.


I was reading a post in a Disney World group on Facebook and someone asked if it was okay to randomly give someone a little gift while at the park that they had made.  The responses were so mean.  A lot of people either said outright "You'd better not try to give me/my children anything," "I'd take it, but throw it away when you're not looking."  The person also asked if it would be more acceptable to leave the gifts around the park where they'd be spotted and taken instead of trying to give them directly and the responses were equally as bad.  Someone said "I teach my children not to take things that don't belong to them."   "I'm not letting my child pick up some random thing they find."   

I understand everyone has an opinion, but telling the person that their gifts they worked so hard on wouldn't be accepted or appreciated made me feel bad for them.   So far the gifts I've seen others post are clearly marked as something meant for the person that finds it.  Usually it's in a bag and says "a gift from____ Enjoy."

Ponyfan

[Pokeyonekenobie]

I was reading a post in a Disney World group on Facebook and someone asked if it was okay to randomly give someone a little gift while at the park that they had made.  The responses were so mean.  A lot of people either said outright "You'd better not try to give me/my children anything," "I'd take it, but throw it away when you're not looking."  The person also asked if it would be more acceptable to leave the gifts around the park where they'd be spotted and taken instead of trying to give them directly and the responses were equally as bad.  Someone said "I teach my children not to take things that don't belong to them."   "I'm not letting my child pick up some random thing they find."   

I understand everyone has an opinion, but telling the person that their gifts they worked so hard on wouldn't be accepted or appreciated made me feel bad for them.   So far the gifts I've seen others post are clearly marked as something meant for the person that finds it.  Usually it's in a bag and says "a gift from____ Enjoy."

Ponyfan

When I worked at Disney World we had guests that would sometimes bring treats to us as Cast Members.  Depending on what it is, the Cast Members might not be allowed to accept it--Disney has rules that they're very strict about.  Even tips, for example.  Since I worked in a non-tipping position (I drove the Kilimanjaro Safari) I had to tell people "no"--in a nice way--three times before being allowed to accept it, and then I would have to let my manager know I had gotten it.  I found out by working there that some cultures show their appreciation by tipping so it happened even though we weren't expecting it.  (Most managers would just say, "Good job.  Next time, you don't need to let me know."  I think they were supposed to report it as income but the amount of tips we got wouldn't have made any difference.)

But as far as giving gifts to other guests, I would suggest that the person strike up a conversation with people while they're standing in line for rides and then offer the gift after making "Park Buddies."  Then it might not be so weird to some people.  When my friend and I go we always talk to people around us.  It helps the lines to go faster sometimes.

I would think if they were just leaving things randomly, they might end up in lost and found.  So it might not hurt for them to check with the Cast Members to see if there is a way to leave a "surprise gift" that would actually be found and taken home rather than sent to Guest Services waiting to be claimed.

As for my trivial complaint, I bought an adorable set of dragon molds for making resin pieces.  I made a set last night, using my resin curing machine, so I could see what it looked like in person and now I don't want to be at work.  I want to be at home making dragons.

[Beth3346]

yeah the spirit behind giving out gifts is sweet. but personally i would be a little weirded out by a stranger giving me a gift randomly. i've never been to a Disney theme park i'm not sure of the vibes there. with the political climate and all people might be more on edge. i can see it as a nice memento if i struck up a friendship with someone while visiting though.

my complaint is that i've been feeling sick for days. i think it's allergies since i don't even have a low grade fever. also i've been having nightmares about losing my dogs. i have them occasionally but it's been several nights in a row. maybe just stress dreams.