Random Fail: First World Problems

[Brill Weave]

Accidentally put straight gasoline in my leaf blower. Needs an oil mixture. Stood there for a half hour trying to figure out wtf was wrong with it until it dawned on me.

[arus2001]

In a dead sleep, woken up being told to come move my old man's cart. Groggily wondering why. Find my mom apparently got a new couch without telling anyone and had it loaded into my sister's truck which is now blocking the road. So, half asleep, haven't had a wake up shit, and now I get to move two pieces of heavy furniture. Fine, whatever. Move the cart, get the the first couch out, get the second one in, and then find it's bigger than the old one, resulting in the inability to put the cart back where it was while maintaining a clear pathway. Nobody wanted to believe me of this fact until I finally pulled the cart in to show them. This then begins a chain reaction of moving things around in other rooms until we get things in a "that'll do for now" position. All this while having two excited puppies basically trying to run between my feet as I did things. Then I finally got to shit. x.x

The downside of this tale is we still have an old malfunctioning big screen TV we need to get out of the house, but I'm incapable of moving it to the garage on my own. We also lack any kind of moving cart that would work properly due to the size of it and how the base is configured. I tried to get my nephew to help with it last week, but he devolved into a big, whiny crybaby and hid upstairs. Realistically, my dad's scooter is both too big for the house and utterly unnecessary for what little distance he'd need it for, but where this TV is would still be the best place for it until they come to their senses, if ever. And even if the scooter can be disassembled, none of my parents would be capable of loading it into the cars if it'd even fit. All of this, of course, is my fault. And in all the commotion, I think the youngest puppy peed somewhere, but I can't find it. I just smell pee.

Really need a better job so I can just GTFO and let them rot in their own drama.

[Byrthnoth]

Went to get my mandatory annual emission/state inspection for my 2015 Ford Taurus at the dealership where I bought it (first fail - mandatory PA inspections for cars less than a year old).

Got there, they tell me that I was only slotted for an emission test (despite coordinating this over the phone with their receptionist), so it's going to take them 3 hours to complete the full inspection (second fail - dealership's receptionist doesn't understand their reservation system)

Fuck around on my phone while they do the inspection, end up paying $54 for the state test (third fail - annual PA inspection that costs >$50).

The dealership has a deal where they'll wash your car for free if you bought it there and bring it in for service. I have a little bit of sediment/salt shit on my back window (rest of the car is very clean) because the roof of my underground parking drips, so I try to take them up on it. Turns out they tore down their car wash and are sending people out to get it washed. (fourth fail - my underground parking is not weatherproof. fifth fail - they no longer have a car wash and now it's more of a pita to use their free service)

So they give me my coupon and I go to the car wash, which has an asinine setup where you roll up to their 1-car chute, get out of your car, are handed a receipt, walk a hundred feet down the hallway to the cashier, hand them the receipt, pay, and then go meet your car. Anyway, I do this and while I'm finishing up paying for the car wash (turns out it was a $7 coupon and $17 car wash, so they charged me $10) there's a frantic shout over the CB radio and the manager SPRINTS down the 100 foot hallway back towards where I just left my car. Obviously I go too. Now, I didn't see what happened, but the gist of it is that they put my car into reverse rather than neutral and backed it up into the car behind it. (sixth fail - $10 is not free, seventh fail - wat r u doin? R is not N)

They get the cars apart and check them. There's a small dent and the paint on the bumper is buffed, but the fender hasn't obviously crumpled so they must have been fairly quick to shift it back into Neutral. The lady whose car they backed it up into definitely said that the white reverse lights came on though. I take a picture and they send it through the car wash. I walk around to the other side (back down the long parallel hallway), and they're finishing up. The manager tells me to take it back to the dealership and have them call him about the body work. So I drive back to the dealership. Turns out the car wash manager thought I was an employee of the dealership, so when I get back to the dealership and they call him, they tell me that I have to drive back to the car wash. I drive back to the car wash, the manager comes out, we all take pictures of the damage again, he says he needs to coordinate it with his dealership (which will take until Wednesday), we fill out some forms and I give him my information. (eighth fail - got the runaround trying to fix my unnecessary rear bumper damage)

Anyway, that wasted my afternoon and will almost certainly waste a few more afternoons in the future. I mean, this is as "first world problems" as it could possibly be, but I'm still annoyed at it.



Anyone have advice for how I should handle the situation? I feel the odds there is frame damage are pretty low, but these cars are designed to accordion and I'm not sure I'd know. How would I check if it's okay, instead of just taking his buddy's word for it?

[Brill Weave]

Don't worry about frame damage. But if you want to give the dealership shit, make them check everything, and give you a rental. Since they are the ones that sent you to this car wash they *should* do whatever you ask within reason.

[Xantavia]

So every since I can remember I have always gotten this severe pain in my shoulder/head. The best way to describe it is to imagine someone taking a bbq skewer and jamming it down the right sight of my head, and another jamming into my shoulder horizontally towards my neck. It's extremely severe, I end up curling up in a ball when it happens, and lasts about 10-20 seconds. My mom gets them, too.

Used to happen maybe once every 3-4 months. But now it seems like they are happening more frequently. Both my mom and I have brought it up to doctors over the years, but they never have an answer to it, and always seem unconcerned. I can't even find anything on the internet about it. I hate this shit.

Does it happen randomly, or like right after you wake up? Kind of sounds like a pinched nerve so maybe you are sleeping strange and setting it off.

[Astylla]

Found out my first long term boyfriend is having a kid now. I weep for society that he and his wife are reproducing , hopefully she has more sense than he and an actual work ethic and some sense of reality. The only thing I hope is that this finally motivates him to take his health seriously. We separated in 2006 but he was over 350lbs then and has gained so much weight since then. I can't speak too much since I've got my own struggles but at least I've made some strides.

I want so much to keep in touch with my older sisters on Facebook because that's as close as I feel comfortable enough with their track record but I'm so fucking tired of the "pray for me to have a relationship with my kids I gave up for adoption because I couldn't get off drugs" , fuck that shit. This does not just happen make some fucking effort.

I'm also still getting fucked by my workmans comp insurance and have been without income or working for 30 days. Next week has to improve .


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[Brill Weave]

Puking and shitting my guts out all day. Can't drink anything because I almost immediately get sick again. Fuck this weekend.

[BerenTebogo]

Puking and shitting my guts out all day. Can't drink anything because I almost immediately get sick again. Fuck this weekend.

[Astylla]

Puking and shitting my guts out all day. Can't drink anything because I almost immediately get sick again. Fuck this weekend.

Did the wife finally poison you ? Hope you feel better soon


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[arus2001]

Follow up on couch fail: They gave my sister the wrong one, so at some point I'm going to have move this fucker back out, load it up on the truck after taking the cover off (that shrinks in the cold, making it impossible to put back on), and then of course move the replacement back in. Think I may just headbutt my desk until I die.

[Aksannyi]

Did the wife finally poison you ? Hope you feel better soon

Looool, she found all of his shit-talking posts on BG.

[Zetanio]

This is the dip stealers fault. I just know it.

[Abandon]

The Return of Ben

[Anoat]

Puking and shitting my guts out all day. Can't drink anything because I almost immediately get sick again. Fuck this weekend.

This is the exact story I am giving my job on Tuesday when I call out so I can play Fallout 4 all day.

[Melena]

Getting old blows. I used to be pretty decent at shooters like CS, TFC, Unreal Tournament, etc before I stopped playing them for years, and now Overwatch is giving me quite the lesson in humility.

[Airenn]

How are you playing Overwatch and how do I play it damnit

edit: figured it out, signed up, apparently that may do more waves soon after blizzcon heres to fucking hoping blizzard i hate all your shit except overwatch so lemme play it so i can fall fucking in love, get addicted and spend all my goddamned money on it you bastards

[AidenCarby]

5 years today since mom has passed. Not sure where the time went

[Brill Weave]

Looool, she found all of his shit-talking posts on BG.

That happened like a year ago lol. And I'm still sick. On top of that a skunk got killed in our backyard last night. So the entire house fucking reeks. Despite shitting every 5 minutes I'm seriously debating going to work to get away from the smell.

[Vandalhart]

5 years today since mom has passed. Not sure where the time went

My wife has similar thoughts when she passes her Mother's and Father's passing every year. It's been 15 years for her mom and 10 for her father. Shit sucks.

[Astylla]

5 years today since mom has passed. Not sure where the time went

I'm sorry to hear . I know how this feels too as it's been 10 years for my mom this April. I still remember the phone call , exactly what I was doing , etc. It never goes away it just lingers less daily but some days more than others. Hugs to you today.


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