You hate it when:

[wwkirk]

Some companies have instituted an irritating subscription renewal practice. They either try or actually do charge you for a renewal well before your subscription expires. National Review tried to do this a couple of months ahead of time. And yet weirdly, when the actual expiration was imminent, they said nothing.

Norton is worse though. My expiration date is September 07, 2023, but they charged me today! Since they permitted me to procure a refund, I won't go so far as to call them unethical, but it's a disturbing business practice, at least for me. I already had a calendar notice to evaluate my subscription with them on the 20th of this month, but their abrupt charge angered me. I was already pissed about their endless pop-ups suggesting various upgrades, so enough was enough.

Okay. Okay. There is another side to it. For two years running, the subscription fee was very low, first $25, next $40. But this would have been a $125 hit! I guess they were planning on cashing in on their "investment".

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[nivek]

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[pigfarmer]

When I go looking for freeware and utilities I go here: MajorGeeks.Com - MajorGeeks

It's been too long since I've used any free AV and have no idea what's current. The freeware usually requires some fiddling or has annoying advertising baked into it.

 

[The shadow]

I find out more of what my adult daughter is up to online instead of her trusting us and telling us. Including one that we told her outright not to do. She is an adult she can do as she pleases but I can't abide with being disrespected. This is going to take a while to heal. It could have been avoided by simply talking to us

 

[pigfarmer]

Selling anything on Craigslist is a pain in the shorts

Met the kid at Lowes parking lot. He was normal. You never know. I've sold plenty of things on CL over the years and people are generally OK but once in a while you run into a genuine weirdo.

 

[pigfarmer]

I hate it when there's a wicked thunderstorm in the evening and my dog gets scared out of her mind and will refuse to go out to do her business. She woke me up at 0415 because I knew she had to go - my nose told me - and it's quiet out there, no rain or anything. Except at that moment a particularly loud jet had to be on it's way somewhere and of course, she's already on edges and it scared her and she won't poop and as a result has been pooting the house up. Arrrgh

 

[michael59]

View: https://youtu.be/gGnUA-1BdHI

 

[pigfarmer]

.... when I have to go to a car dealership for any reason whatsoever. Last year we had to replace my wife's car and we found a great deal on a '21 Forester with only 11K miles on it. She really likes Foresters and they're great cars, but that dealer actually wasn't human and they were provably reptilian. Now they're in a new location under new management and when I look at how futuristic and fancy it is I know who's paying for all that.

Yesterday was an annual tire rotation and oil change - because I actually read the maintenance information the manufacturer conveniently provides in the glove box - the one nobody ever bothers with. The thing only needs what it needs and the dealer - all of them - notoriously upsells all sorts of unnecessary expensive crapola. Why would a car with 15K miles on it need a new air filter and fuel system flush ? Has it been operating in a quarry or coal mine or something? But, it's under warranty until 2026 so I'll have to hold my nose and deal with them. Swine.

 

[Standingstones]

When we bought our Forester last year we had to buy it from a dealer 40 miles away. Cars were in tight demand back then and they had the old blue color my wife wanted. So now we go to the Harrisburg PA dealer for service. They don’t seem to blink an eye that we purchased elsewhere. Thankfully everything has gone smoothly thus far..

 

[pigfarmer]

actually wasn't human

The actual salesman was fine, nice guy that has obviously been at it for a long time. The place was run by fat super-macho toxic Guidos, really tough to take. Deze and dats and Vinny Goombatz. There was no opportunity to make a stupid mistake that they didn't take full advantage of. They're out, new owners now.

This was the car that two weeks after we had it my wife found one of their bank deposit envelopes - one of those heavy duty ones - tucked in a compartment we hadn't noticed. It had been in there over two weeks. Among all the deposit checks that were obviously lost there was $2K + in cash. We returned it. I really think that the manager she handed it to allowed it to still be lost and just pocketed the cash - let Karma pay him a visit later, we're clean.

 

[wwkirk]

Okay. Okay. There is another side to it. For two years running, the subscription fee was very low, first $25, next $40. But this would have been a $125 hit! I guess they were planning on cashing in on their "investment".

lol Now, they are offering me one year for $39.99. In a way, this makes me lose a little respect for their intelligence. They've already been ditched. If they had been smart enough to merely do a small increase, I'd still be a customer, but the uber-increase drove me away.* I use a 100% free antivirus now.

Upon reflection I realize why I had "premium" antivirus to begin with. For a while, I was into VPN but didn't like the free options, so I got it bundled with an antivirus package. I don't use VPN anymore, so I no longer need premium antivirus software. (By the way, current premium antivirus software is horribly complex and not conveniently tweaked. It wasn't always like this. Even Norton used to be transparent and user friendly.)



*I'm over 90% certain I had cancelled auto-renew but that they auto-charged me anyhow.

 

[pigfarmer]

.... when you are trying to find an obscure part and you spend $20 on something you think is it but might not be ...... and ain't because when it shows up it's exactly the same size as in the little bitty picture on the webpage - it was literally full sized there.

Volvo. There's everybody else, and then them with their damned coil terminals.

 

[pigfarmer]

I hate it when the already low garage door slides down a tad unnoticed and I catch it right on top of my skull. Put me down on one knee there for a minute, nice bloody divot.

I also hate it when the Malaysian pictographs are better for assembly of a large patio cover but the pricey friggin' Canadian lift cover comes with all sorts of videos and instructions and still manages to include near identical pieces that they couldn't even be bothered to put a sticker or anything on to ID them making a mistake guaranteed.

I think I'll just bleed a while and think about that while I wait for the little tweety birds to settle down......

 

[michael59]

I hate it when the already low garage door slides down a tad unnoticed and I catch it right on top of my skull. Put me down on one knee there for a minute, nice bloody divot.

I also hate it when the Malaysian pictographs are better for assembly of a large patio cover but the pricey friggin' Canadian lift cover comes with all sorts of videos and instructions and still manages to include near identical pieces that they couldn't even be bothered to put a sticker or anything on to ID them making a mistake guaranteed.

I think I'll just bleed a while and think about that while I wait for the little tweety birds to settle down......

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We don't read instructions.

 

[michael59]

I hate it when the neighbor next door drinks too much and has a physical altercation with a man from the first floor that she invited over and decides to take the fight to the hallway.
For 3 days I have had to listen to either her and him or her and the police yelling at each other. I think she truly believed that they would be on her side because she is a woman. This building is for low income people with disabilities, over the age of 50. The last thing I heard was her telling police to shut up before 4 of them finally carried her off to jail last night.

What a disgrace!

 

[pigfarmer]

We don't read instructions.

Oh no, nononononno - A+ for effort but I spent far spent too may years working for Northern Telecom and with their products to fall for that ! I know all about you Canadians and your extensive mistructions, rules, procedures yada yada.

Good God, the symbols stamped into the stone in ancient Pompeii are utterly obvious - you want to get your weasel waxed go in this door >>>>> Had a Canadian written it it would be 1/4 mile or a half kilometer or some damned thing and nobody would really be sure of exactly what is behind Door #1 or #2, (your choice)

Reams of technical documentation to tell you what something will do but not one single sentence about what it doesn't. I'm wise to you !! I got your number - and it's all 0-9 with an octothorpe and an asterisk thrown in ! I've been privileged to go to Toronto and ... Belleville ... several times to suckle directly from the Mother Teat ! Been to that 401 Queen's long wavy driveway, or whatever. Don't even think of having the temerity to ask a question or you'll get some snotty response that pretty much says if you knew more about ice hockey and smoked meat you wouldn't have to ask .....

Tell me - is it true Chris Farley is still alive and just became Rob Ford? I also heard you guys all have an extra bone in your hands.
All any terrorist has to do is carry a case of Upper Canada Dark Lager through an airport and you'll get ten thousand winks and nods and oh, heys but it could be packed with plastic explosives ! Ask me how I know.... and I had to go to a government facility to buy it which disturbs my Freedom- no wonder that snotty little feller with the snazzy hair is your Prime Menstural, or whatever.

(easy there, just kidding)

 

[michael59]

You didn't think I would recognize that you were just kidding so it typed it out for me?

 

[pigfarmer]

You didn't think I would recognize that you were just kidding so it typed it out for me?

I wasn't too worried but honestly I am never entirely sure exactly who reads what and how it may be interpreted. Country fried steak, for example

 

[michael59]

I wasn't too worried but honestly I am never entirely sure exactly who reads what and how it may be interpreted. Country fried steak, for example

Love chicken fried steak more than T-bone or filet mignon.

 

[wwkirk]

I hate internet video that pauses the instant you navigate away from the page. I understand that the site desires my undivided attention, but since I'm unwilling to give it, I just won't watch (or even listen to) that video at all.