Random Fail: First World Problems

[Aksannyi]

People that bitch about being too cold are amazingly self-centered. I'd like them to experience the discomfort and embarrassment of sweating all over paperwork at work, while wearing shorts and a t-shirt, because some dickbag wants it to be 80 degrees inside. There's nothing you can do if you're that person. A person who's cold has multiple options to warm up. A person who's too hot can only take off so much clothing before they get a visit from HR.

I've know I've said this before, but there have been times when I've been so cold that no matter how many layers I put on, I was still cold. And as I'm not generally a person who gets hot (it's very rare), I can't really compare the two since I have no basis, it's kind of like me trying to compare something to having a hardon. Obviously, it's not something I experience. But there is nothing worse than literally shivering and having no way to warm up. I've worked in some places that kept it so cold that I'd get home and it would take me hours to get back to a comfortable body temperature, and I used to wear multiple layers into that place every day. And yes, I did complain about the temperature. When I'm visibly shivering and my teeth are chattering, it's too cold for comfort. There's nothing physically wrong with me, either. I realize that people have different comfort levels, but there is a point when it gets to be too much in either direction.

I'd never ask people to set the furnace at work above 75 (and even then I'm usually fine with somewhere around 72). But please don't put it down to fucking 63, either. That's way too low.

[Jem]

Ugh, I actually have some random fail. I want to throttle our bank.

Closing date on house set for June 24th. They tell us yesterday it's going to get moved back to June 27th due to federal regulations. Massively inconvenient given we'd booked time off work, moved utilities over, arranged movers, etc and now lose the weekend to move. But whatever it happens.

Phonecall from them today at 5pm saying everything is completed so it should be June 27th but worst case June 28th and they'll call me tonight to confirm. 28th is more inconvenient because of my wife's work schedule but again whatever, we will have to make it work if it comes to that.

Check the online account just now since they never called me. Closing now set for June 30th. Now it's out of inconvenient territory and outright fucking us over because of when we have to be out of current house (I.e. Before closing date). Like how can it go from 'Everything is fine/completed' at 5pm to pushed back 3 fucking days in the span of 2 hours without so much as a phonecall to tell us.

[BaneTheBrawler]

hotel/overnight truck rental and bill it to the bank for changing shit on you? the latter may be wishful thinking, but U-Hauls aren't too expensive. pack like you would for a vacation, heck maybe even rent a campsite and go camping, turn it into a real vacation.

[Jem]

We had planned on paying movers to do it for us so now we'd have to either pay them twice or do it ourselves (which we don't have time to do due to work)

It's more of a piss take because the realtor gave the bank 2-3 weeks longer than usual to close and said he expected them to push closing forward significantly. So for it to go backwards when the bank said there has been no issues means it comes down to them simply not filling in the paperwork fast enough (which the guy admitted to me today).

[Zetanio]

If they're within the contracted times specified on the paperwork, you're bonered. If not, you can most likely stick them with the bill of overnight lodging and warehousing your stuff.

[Cream Soda]

Eating window just opened and I forgot to thaw my ground turkey. RIP

[Airenn]

I'm seeing-red pissed.

[Zetanio]

That drunk? Jesus woman.

[Cream Soda]

Undercooked my food but I already washed the pan before I started eating.

Said fuck it

[Eldelphia]

My fucking parents voted to leave the EU.

[Zetanio]

Looks like everyone's parents did.

[arus2001]

I fucking hate goFundme. Crowd funding shit you should have contingencies for as a normal functioning adult really irritate me. I saw people passing around a goFund me for a dude who needed help paying the vet bill for his cat. Hey asshole if you can't afford a cat don't have one. Or the guy who had a goFundme to help pay for medical bills and rehab after he cut his hand (seriously severing tendons and shit) on a broken bottle while drunk at a bar.

I know there are some legit cases on goFundme but overall the crowd funding thing has gotten out of hand.

While I've got no sympathy for the drunk fuck, there's a possibility we could've saved my dog of 11 years from the cancer that eventually got him if we had the $1500+ to drop on a surgery on top of travel expenses. So, while it's fine you might not give a shit about their pet (or mine), expensive emergency vet bills aren't exactly something I'd put under the field of common expectation. To be honest, sometimes vets can be bigger scumbags than human doctors.

[Eldelphia]

Looks like everyone's parents did.

It really does. 52/48 split and the age split is appalling

[Eldelphia]

While I've got no sympathy for the drunk fuck, there's a possibility we could've saved my dog of 11 years from the cancer that eventually got him if we had the $1500+ to drop on a surgery on top of travel expenses. So, while it's fine you might not give a shit about their pet (or mine), expensive emergency vet bills aren't exactly something I'd put under the field of common expectation. To be honest, sometimes vets can be bigger scumbags than human doctors.

Over here in the UK, we have pet insurance which is fairly cheap and for me, saves so much stress.

[arus2001]

My mom actually had an option for it at her job before she retired, but I have no idea if it was good and worth it long term. And knowing our luck, they wouldn't have covered the op, anyway.

[zoobernut]

While I've got no sympathy for the drunk fuck, there's a possibility we could've saved my dog of 11 years from the cancer that eventually got him if we had the $1500+ to drop on a surgery on top of travel expenses. So, while it's fine you might not give a shit about their pet (or mine), expensive emergency vet bills aren't exactly something I'd put under the field of common expectation. To be honest, sometimes vets can be bigger scumbags than human doctors.

Like I said in my opinion if $1500 is going to make or break your life then you shouldn't have pets. When my wife and I were still in college and our dog broke a tooth a major molar and we had a $1900 vet bill we didn't borrow money from anyone and we didn't skimp out on taking care of our dog we got it done and made it work and saved money in other places to take care of her.

If you are a responsible adult and you have a pet you should be able to take care of it. If you can't then don't get a pet. There are a lot of people who have pets who shouldn't.

[Rooney]

So I contacted one of our vendors today, and it basically went like this:

Me: your online catalog blows and it's impossible to look anything up by part numbers, could you send a pdf of the subsection or a hardcopy to us please
Vendor: here's a link to our online catalog, remember to search by part name or category, not part numbers

/facedesk so hard.

[arus2001]

And not everyone's got a dual income or even the luxury to potentially skimp. Your perception of who does and doesn't deserve a pet is out of whack when one unfortunate incident can cost more than multiple years' worth of food for them.

I'm a penny pincher, I'll never deny that, but I'm not gonna harp on someone trying to care for something they love.

[Lyall]

Being able to take care of that thing you love should the worst case happen should definitely be considered, though. Animals are entirely dependent on their owners for care and safety, and a person hypothetically living check to check cannot afford to properly care for an animal unless nothing bad ever happens.

[arus2001]

Right, I'm not gonna defend someone whose idea of getting a dog is just chaining it up outside and only yelling at it to stop barking. Those kinds of people really don't deserve a pet. However, for those living more paycheck to paycheck, sometimes it's the presence of a pet that makes the shitty times not so bad. If the eventuality of this topic is, "You must make $x/yr to have a pet!" then I'll just continue to nope, nope, nope it.