The Chatty Pointless Thread

Speaking of getting older, I just got tagged in a 30th high school reunion post on socials and was like “how dare you”

But also man, I worked too much as a kid. I don’t have a single classmate I remember well enough to want to see. I always joke that those movies and shows about groups of close childhood friends are just fiction to me.
 
TheSameIdiot said:
While we're talking about people being inconsiderate, my pet peeve is people in the grocery store checkout line who don't put the divider on the belt at the end of their groceries. It takes two seconds.
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I like to do it myself and then passive-aggressively be like 'Thanks!' really pleasantly.
 
TheSameIdiot said:
While we're talking about people being inconsiderate, my pet peeve is people in the grocery store checkout line who don't put the divider on the belt at the end of their groceries. It takes two seconds.
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That's why I just started using the self-checkout lanes. But then I discovered that people just suddenly forget how to scan or bag items. Unless I go at a time when they're not even remotely busy, it'll probably take me twice as long at the self checkout (which is fine a lot of times, since I don't have to deal with people). I love to people watch, and watching some folks try and figure out the self-checkout lane is like the cavemen discovering the monolith at the beginning of 2001. On the flip side, you have the folks who will stand there and go through every single item once scanned to make sure it all looks good. And almost no one bags as they go, which is infuriating. The green "available" light will come on but the person is still standing there slowly bagging their things up, which the people in line behind you don't know because they can't see, so they just stare at you like you're stupid.

In case you can't tell, it's a BIG pet peeve of mine. 😅 But you can really tell who's worked in retail before by how capable they are of scanning and bagging their own items.
 
SDcomics said:
Okay, I just want to let you all know you're not going to see much of me for the next few days. Lory went to bed early last night with a fever and a headache, and when she woke up this morning she had blisters on the left side of her face. Obviously concerned, we called Urgent Care and set up a video appointment. The nice doctor told us she has Shingles. She's going to be fine. The doc faxed a prescription to our drugstore and she has to take antibiotics for the next eight days. Those pills are big enough to choke a horse but she's getting them down. She'll be okay in a few days but in the meantime it's bed rest and around the clock care. Me and the dog are going to be sleeping on the couch for awhile.

You know, this could have been avoided if she had just gotten her Shingles vaccination. I got mine in 2019 and I'm fit as a fiddle. But no, my brave little native princess, whose ancestors are among the fiercest warriors who ever existed, is scared shitless of going to the doctor and needles. She just absolutely refuses any type of vaccination. The thing is, Lory is the first to admit she's a bad native. Besides being afraid of doctors, heights and wild animals, she hates camping, she hates the outdoors and she hates roughing it. She'll take a four star hotel with a nice soft bed and room service anyday of the week. In other words, she's a wimp. But she knows it. And I love her with all my heart anyway so to me it doesn't matter.

Now before the old jokes start, I just want to say that the shingles vaccine is recommended to anyone 50 and older. I know some of you are getting close to that age if you're not there already. Regular trips to the doctor and taking better care of yourself is just something you're going to have to deal with as you get older. But the way I look at it, yes I may be elderly now but I'm just glad I'm still alive. Having to deal with inconvenience is a whole lot better than being dead.

So a word to the wise and all that. Anyway, take care of yourselves and I'll see you all soon.
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I had shingles a couple of years ago. I’m 46 now. It was on my hands and it fucking sucked.

Fast forward to now…I’m not old enough to get the damn vaccine.
 
joshsquash729 said:
That's why I just started using the self-checkout lanes.
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I used the self-checkout lanes all the time, until...
The scanner beeped but didn't add my second bottle of coffee creamer to my total. The neckbeard working that section of Price Chopper accused me of trying to steal a bottle of coffee creamer. Fuck your self-checkouts. I don't like dealing with slow-ass checkers or making small-talk, but I'll take those over being accused of stealing by the physical manifestation of regret that got deep-fried and rolled around of the barbershop floor.
 
Red Ogre said:
I used the self-checkout lanes all the time, until...
The scanner beeped but didn't add my second bottle of coffee creamer to my total. The neckbeard working that section of Price Chopper accused me of trying to steal a bottle of coffee creamer. Fuck your self-checkouts. I don't like dealing with slow-ass checkers or making small-talk, but I'll take those over being accused of stealing by the physical manifestation of regret that got deep-fried and rolled around of the barbershop floor.
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See, Price Chopper was always my preferred KS store because the people at our local one were so much nicer, but of course it just closed down. The other one nearby just isn't the same. We could also do HyVee or Hen House, but the former is bit too judgey and the latter is a bit too foo-foo.

I guess that's another sign of getting old- I have my preferred grocery store and grumble if I have to go anywhere else. 😅
 
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