Random Fail: First World Problems

[Astylla]

Not sure if win or fail. Got my final workmans comp "report" back.

The fail is I'm more permanently disabled than expected and the future outlook isn't great.
I have no idea what's going to happen now.

The win I guess is I finally have it in hand , confirmed it was industry related with zero fault on me. It's still stressful.

[Zetanio]

Yeah, I'm definitely going to have to start buying my produce elsewhere, because the grocery stores around here are shit. It's annoying but I'm committed to adding more fruits and veggies to my diet.

I doubt they are really that bad at all.

This is one instance.

Fruit and veggies are cheap as fuck if you're buying non-organic (which you should).

[Aksannyi]

I doubt they are really that bad at all.

This is one instance.

Fruit and veggies are cheap as fuck if you're buying non-organic (which you should).

That's the thing, it's not just one instance, this is just the first time I've bitched about it (at least on here). I've had raspberries go bad the day after I buy them - a few times - I've since had to stop buying raspberries, despite the fact that they're one of my favorites. It used to happen pretty infrequently, but now it's like a constant thing I've been dealing with. Every week I come home with fresh foods and every week I have to throw something away uneaten.

The hair was most definitely a fluke occurrence, but the produce going bad wasn't.

[Zetanio]

That's the thing, it's not just one instance, this is just the first time I've bitched about it (at least on here). I've had raspberries go bad the day after I buy them - a few times - I've since had to stop buying raspberries, despite the fact that they're one of my favorites. It used to happen pretty infrequently, but now it's like a constant thing I've been dealing with. Every week I come home with fresh foods and every week I have to throw something away uneaten.

The hair was most definitely a fluke occurrence, but the produce going bad wasn't.

As Astylla suggested, freeze those raspberries. If you are throwing other stuff away due to spoilage I would take a look at a few things.

1) Clean your fruits/veggies area in your fridge (or your whole fridge). I was losing stuff pretty quickly to spoilage due to an unseen mold patch behind one of my trays.

2) Buy less volume at a time and go more often. I know this is a giant pain in the lady bits but it ensures you have fresh stuff. I go the store pretty much every day for fresh fruit or veggies. It's a good planned exercise too, walking around for 30 minutes without realizing it.

3) Evaluate how much you are actually eating. I used to buy piles of fruits and veggies. While I would eat lots of it but I was definitely overbuying each week and was salty when stuff would go bad. Just start cataloging your intake. I don't count every calorie but I do monitor my volume intake pretty closely. It lets me know fairly accurately when I actually need to restock the fridge.

[Aksannyi]

1. I can do, and should do, as it's overdue. It will have to wait until Tuesday, since I have to finish a homework assignment tonight.

2. I can go perhaps every other day, but I like to avoid the stores because of temptation. I'm still not past the point yet where I can resist impulse (junk) buys, so I am trying to avoid going into the belly of the beast, as it were.

3. I use an app that tracks what I eat, so I do see exactly what I'm eating and how much. I generally don't buy more than I think I can eat in a week, and I usually am very mindful that I should eat all the produce within the first couple of days. So I don't think I'm overbuying.

Thank you, these are all helpful tips and hopefully I can get a handle on things.

[Zetanio]

Advice at a standard supermarket is to stay on the outside. The only thing useful in the middle is the freezer section for delicious steamfresh vegetables. Also, try to eat before you go. I go after dinner during the week and after lunch on the weekends.

[FNH]

The only thing useful in the middle is the freezer section for delicious steamfresh vegetables.

This. I thought about buying my own steamer to do my cruciferous vegetables in, but I new I wouldn't really be saving anymore money versus the time investment and risk of losing product to spoilage. I don't buy a lot of fruit due to not having a whole lot of available space in my cut for sugars. However, since I'm on an EC stack I have to keep my potassium intake a little higher than normies, so I end up buying 8 lbs of bananas a week. I buy some that are ready to go immediately and buy some that are extra green for later in the week. I freeze anything that is about to go bad since they are going to be mush for the pancakes anyway. I have blueberries in the freezer for my dank ass protein pancakes or cookies, too. The apricots I buy are of the dried variety, which I don't normally promote dried fruit but it fits my need for extra potassium for minimal calorie intake in a serving. I find having to hang fly paper around my banana basket the worst part of buying fresh fruit.

P.S. I find spaghetti squash to be an amazing fresh vegetable, btw.

[Zetanio]

P.S. I find spaghetti squash to be an amazing fresh vegetable, btw.

You mean pasta. Because it's pasta but better.

[FNH]

You mean pasta. Because it's pasta but better.

Eh, no. It substitutes well enough, but it doesn't taste the same. I just meant it doesn't spoil quickly.

[vivbiibasjiu]

I have a pet that eats nothing but fresh produce and I basically have to do groceries every day because by the time I get home with the groceries they're practically already rotting. The next day it's already disgusting and inedible.

[Jefe]

Another miserable dog day. I'm sick of the fucking heat, mang. + one of my professors decided to assign more hw over the weekend ; so I have 2 due tomorrow and 3 the next day. THE FUCKING HEAT DOE.

[Acevalefor]

To finish the activation saga: After being told that I had to provide a credit card number to talk to customer service from an unactivated phone(wut?), I finally found a number on the xda developer forums that let me connect without any of that bullshit. #8899 will get you straight to tech support, btw. 2 minutes in, the guy had opened a ticket to address the activation loop and security flaw and had my phone activated. We were supposed to return our old phones as part of the exchange because of contract, etc. He waived that so we get to keep the old phones and get our first month + activation fees waived. In 6 years of dealing with Verizon, this was honestly the worst problem I have faced and it was solved very quickly once I finally had a way to call tech support instead of some script reader in Bangladesh.

[Zetanio]

Eh, no. It substitutes well enough, but it doesn't taste the same. I just meant it doesn't spoil quickly.

It does stay fresh well. I love it with my favorite marinara or chili.

[Astylla]

Another miserable dog day. I'm sick of the fucking heat, mang. + one of my professors decided to assign more hw over the weekend ; so I have 2 due tomorrow and 3 the next day. THE FUCKING HEAT DOE.

I agree this is fucking bullshit weather. Also now that I'm stuck back home I have no relief either blargh.

In my next fail I'm being forced to sell my ROG laptop because due to the permanent disability in my hands I can't play video games or type really at all. Fuck everything.

[Airenn]

Yesterday was probably one of my worst days of the year and it was 90% because of how hot it was. I can't even use my computer in this heat. It's so shit man. Sitting here at 6 pm in a 90+ room. Fuck San Diego and fuck these houses and I'm literally about to cry just 'cause I'm hot. I feel like such a whiny bitch but my god people. This heat destroys the mind. It breaks you down.

I move in less than 5 days to a much smaller room but it has AC. I can barely get things packed/cleaned when it's this hot.

[Ksandra]

Ultimate FWP:

I have 6 baby bottles and only two caps left. Replacement caps are about the same price as just buying another bottle.

The cheapskate in me refuses to pay that much for a cap.
The OCD in me refuses to just buy more bottles because then I still would have missing caps.


Luckily, my son is down to a bottle a day, but God is that fucking annoying.

[Zetanio]

Ultimate FWP:

I have 6 baby bottles and only two caps left. Replacement caps are about the same price as just buying another bottle.

The cheapskate in me refuses to pay that much for a cap.
The OCD in me refuses to just buy more bottles because then I still would have missing caps.


Luckily, my son is down to a bottle a day, but God is that fucking annoying.

So your titties aren't like
http://images.bluegartr.com/bucket/g...b666faff62.gif

Poor kid.

[Ksandra]

So your titties aren't like
http://images.bluegartr.com/bucket/g...b666faff62.gif

Poor kid.

LOL

I could only half and half for him, and I stopped bfing when he hit one year.

[FNH]

Ultimate FWP:

I have 6 baby bottles and only two caps left. Replacement caps are about the same price as just buying another bottle.

The cheapskate in me refuses to pay that much for a cap.
The OCD in me refuses to just buy more bottles because then I still would have missing caps.


Luckily, my son is down to a bottle a day, but God is that fucking annoying.

Buy new ones and toss the oldest ones. call it cleaning.

[Zetanio]

Get a boob job and call it a remodel.