Random Fail: First World Problems

[Wulfgang]

Driving home on 395 in DC today, something goes in my gearbox (manual trans Wrangler), and I'm suddenly stuck in neutral and cannot shift to any other gears. I'm boxed in traffic, so can't coast to the shoulder either. Come to a dead stop in the middle lane and am forced to put my blinkers on and sit there while I call AAA. Cars going by at like 60 MPH, pretty much the worst situation possible. Good guy stops in front of me, pulls out some rope, and tows me to the side and off a ramp near the National Mall.

So I'm sitting there for close to two hours waiting for AAA, suddenly a bus tries to make a turn down my side street, doesn't take it wide enough, and rear ends me. Blows up my back bumper and airbags deploy. I get out of the car, talk to the driver who is an immigrant from Africa who says he will lose his job if I report the accident. So, I take his information and leave it at that.

AAA comes, picks up my car, and drops it off at the auto shop 10 minutes after they close. So I have to park it on the street and come back tomorrow at 7:30 to push my car into the shop when it opens.

Jesus fucking christ; I never get upset, but by the end, I want to cane a puppy.

[Kohan]

I get out of the car, talk to the driver who is an immigrant from Africa who says he will lose his job if I report the accident. So, I take his information and leave it at that.

It goes without saying that I'm one of the most hard-line liberal people on these forums. I'm all for immigration reform, as I remember the discrimination that all of the now-accepted immigrant classes in New York once faced, and I know the agreements that our country originally made with Mexico regarding labor. I know that we need these people who come to our country to do work that a lot of our citizens—despite all their complaints, and their parents' complaints—will not do. I am disgusted whenever immigrants are discriminated against.

That said, fuck this guy, right in the ear, and six ways to Sunday.

He's driving a bus, and he's doing so carelessly, which means he's putting other people's lives at risk. This isn't something where he can merely screw himself over, as he may end the lives of others. If things played out differently—especially considering that momentum was working against you—you could have been the first.

It's a tough world out there, but if you're going to be a shithead while other people's lives are in your hands, you don't deserve to have any job that involves the public.

[Quixon]

Yeah I'm all for helping the dude out, but he hit a jeep with a fucking bus....in the rear, hard enough for the airbags to deploy.

He shouldn't be driving anything, let alone a vehicle that's typically full of people.

[wipers]

Driving home on 395 in DC today, something goes in my gearbox (manual trans Wrangler), and I'm suddenly stuck in neutral and cannot shift to any other gears. I'm boxed in traffic, so can't coast to the shoulder either. Come to a dead stop in the middle lane and am forced to put my blinkers on and sit there while I call AAA. Cars going by at like 60 MPH, pretty much the worst situation possible. Good guy stops in front of me, pulls out some rope, and tows me to the side and off a ramp near the National Mall.

So I'm sitting there for close to two hours waiting for AAA, suddenly a bus tries to make a turn down my side street, doesn't take it wide enough, and rear ends me. Blows up my back bumper and airbags deploy. I get out of the car, talk to the driver who is an immigrant from Africa who says he will lose his job if I report the accident. So, I take his information and leave it at that.

AAA comes, picks up my car, and drops it off at the auto shop 10 minutes after they close. So I have to park it on the street and come back tomorrow at 7:30 to push my car into the shop when it opens.

Jesus fucking christ; I never get upset, but by the end, I want to cane a puppy.

Send him back to Africa.

[BaneTheBrawler]

agreed, fuck that guy. also reminds me... I forgot about my OTHER fail from yesterday. This one's all mine.

I ran a red light. I saw the light. Recognized it was red. Thought about how I needed to get in the left lane soon to make a left turn. Between those two thoughts, I forgot to brake for the red light. I realized I hadn't started braking yet right before the light, began braking. I slid forward on ice through the whole intersection before coming to a stop, realized what I'd just done, and swore furiously at myself. Luckily, I didn't hit anyone (no one had even been at the cross street, so I don't even know why it was red) and I realized I was already on the other side so I just sorta... kept going.

I was really tired. Probably because I used up all my energy CLEANING UP STUPID FUCKING AQUARIUMS UGH

[Aksannyi]

agreed, fuck that guy. also reminds me... I forgot about my OTHER fail from yesterday. This one's all mine.

I ran a red light. I saw the light. Recognized it was red. Thought about how I needed to get in the left lane soon to make a left turn. Between those two thoughts, I forgot to brake for the red light. I realized I hadn't started braking yet right before the light, began braking. I slid forward on ice through the whole intersection before coming to a stop, realized what I'd just done, and swore furiously at myself. Luckily, I didn't hit anyone (no one had even been at the cross street, so I don't even know why it was red) and I realized I was already on the other side so I just sorta... kept going.

I was really tired. Probably because I used up all my energy CLEANING UP STUPID FUCKING AQUARIUMS UGH

I've run a red light before where I was like ... "Oh fuck that light was red oops." It was like 3 AM so there was really no one out at all but I guess I zoned out while driving. I was pretty fucking alert after that though.

Bus driver dude needs to be reported. Yeah it sucks that he will lose his job but that's not really your fault. He needs to take responsibility for his actions.

[Kohan]

Bus driver dude needs to be reported. Yeah it sucks that he will lose his job but that's not really your fault. He needs to take responsibility for his actions.

Absolutely.

This is a case where your sympathy is misplaced. It is good that you are kindhearted, but do not waste your charity here.

[Acevalefor]

Yeah I'm all for helping the dude out, but he hit a jeep with a fucking bus....in the rear, hard enough for the airbags to deploy.

He shouldn't be driving anything, let alone a vehicle that's typically full of people.

On a side note, about 10 years ago I deployed the airbags in my dad's Yukon Denali while hooking up a boat trailer. It was a 26' boat so the load was pretty heavy. When I kicked the tongue of the trailer to drop it on the ball, the drop and lurch forward popped the airbags. It was utterly ridiculous and caused that vehicle to have a branded title.

[Brill Weave]

So Wulfy what you're saying is you actually had a legit reason to get shitfaced last night? And yeah, that dude needs reported. He hit your fucking Jeep hard enough to set off the airbags. You're looking at a couple grand worth of damages. Look at it this way. Are you going to pay that or is he?

[Quixon]

If the airbags in the dash deployed the car will be totaled 90% of the time. So the cost of that replacement vehicle can be on the bus companies insurance, or your own insurance (minus your deductible). You'd also have to lie to your own insurance claiming a hit and run.


Also, I'm assuming the bus was empty at the time? If not, one of those passengers already got him fired for sure lol.

[Myrrh_Quetz]

I really need some good tips for potty training my puppy. We put her in the Kennel at night. Put her on the Puppy pads as soon as we wake up, sit with her for like 20-40 minutes, give up because she won't pee, and when she does pee/poo on the carpet we do the rub her nose in it, few smacks, say no a lot, and show her where to go but we are making zero progress. It's actually gotten to the point where she refuses to go if we are watching. She's very quick and sneaky now because we are always watching her to try and catch her in the act.

I've never had this much difficulty training a dog. God damn

[Kohan]

I really need some good tips for potty training my puppy. We put her in the Kennel at night. Put her on the Puppy pads as soon as we wake up, sit with her for like 20-40 minutes, give up because she won't pee, and when she does pee/poo on the carpet we do the rub her nose in it, few smacks, say no a lot, and show her where to go but we are making zero progress. It's actually gotten to the point where she refuses to go if we are watching. She's very quick and sneaky now because we are always watching her to try and catch her in the act.

I've never had this much difficulty training a dog. God damn

For starters, stop doing the nose rubbing immediately. The smacks aren't good either. You should never hit a dog.

Honestly, at the moment, you're doing everything wrong. I know that you said you've trained dogs before, but animal psychology studies have thoroughly proven by now that everything you're doing is terrible. This includes more recent MRI studies that scanned dogs' brains, and determined that their social processing is incredibly similar to that of humans. What you're doing is equivalent to hurting a child because they're not using the potty soon enough. If you wouldn't do that, you shouldn't be doing this.

TL;DR: If you wouldn't rub a child's face in their diaper, you should not rub a dog's face in its excrement.

http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/virtua...ing-your-puppy

http://www.americanhumane.org/animal...pies-dogs.html

http://www.humanesociety.org/animals..._training.html

EDIT: As an addendum, I have been training dogs since I was a small child, and I now have a puppy that I've been raising since she was just old enough to be adopted from the shelter. I have never hit her, and she has only accidentally done her business in our house three times. She knows how to sit, lay, get in bed, jump, crawl, stay, be gentle, and be quiet, and she's not even a year old yet. It can be done.

[djzombie]

Yea dogs learn quicker from positive reinforcement, from my experience. Instead of doing what you're doing, next time the dog takes a shit in your house, show her the shit, pick it up, and take it and her outside with you. If she knows the difference between good dog and bad dog already, you can tell her this is where good dogs drop a deuce. That's the easiest way I've been able to get dogs potty trained, just to clearly define to them this is bad behavior, take the bad behavior and move it outside with them as a witness, and then tell the dog this is good behavior, and maybe offer a treat once you get outside. You may think this is rewarding bad behavior, but in most cases they'll associate going outside to do their business with getting a treat.

[Airenn]

I have too many sweet options!

Last night I got a Free Ghiradelli Sundae coupon. Was going to use it today after work. Between that and grabbing donuts before work, recieving a lemon bar at work, a table giving me a slive of cake, Lana bringing me more brownies, and having chocolate chip cookes and brownies I have at home.

FUCK YEA ALL THE CHOCOLATES

No, but really, I may have contracted the diabeetus...

[Brill Weave]

Ugh. Put in for a promotion to the field side based on the fact I was told I would be getting garages that are located in the city of Pittsburgh. Get the job(I was told to put in for it by our director) then find out they changed area assignments and I'm getting garages that are 5 hours away. Which means I'm going to be out of town 2 - 3 days a week. Just what I wanted with a 7 month old. Fuck fuck fuck.

[Sepukku]

Ugh. Put in for a promotion to the field side based on the fact I was told I would be getting garages that are located in the city of Pittsburgh. Get the job(I was told to put in for it by our director) then find out they changed area assignments and I'm getting garages that are 5 hours away. Which means I'm going to be out of town 2 - 3 days a week. Just what I wanted with a 7 month old. Fuck fuck fuck.

Why would you ask for fucking field work, my father does automotive field work for Traveler's and the instant someone gets the sniffles out in Central PA and crap hes getting sent out there to cover for them. Im not sure how much the increase is but I sure as heck wouldn't take field work for $2000/annual more. It'd have to be a big freaking jump.

[Brill Weave]

Company car, gas reimbursement, auto insurance coverage, car maintenance all free Sep. All the field reps are based out of the East Liberty office(where I've been at for 14 years.) I'm just irritated that what I was offered isn't what I ended up getting.

[Aksannyi]

That's actually bullshit though, if they offered you one thing then changed it last minute can't you file a complaint? Guessing you don't have the initial offer in writing.

[Sepukku]

Company car, gas reimbursement, auto insurance coverage, car maintenance all free Sep. All the field reps are based out of the East Liberty office(where I've been at for 14 years.) I'm just irritated that what I was offered isn't what I ended up getting.

Well I'm sure Lackawanna and Mansfield, PA will be as exciting as home

[Aksannyi]

Eww Lackawanna lol.

This just happened at work (keep in mind that I work in a TV station but we handle 18 markets nationally). Also, for those who don't know, aging is where we check the accounts to see who has past-due balances. My coworker is known to only work on one of her six stations at a time.

Supervisor: [Coworker], what station do you have up?
Coworker: I'm listening to 98ROCK right now.
Supervisor: I was talking about your aging, not the radio.

Yeah someone's not with it this Monday morning.