Annoyances

banana468

New annoyance.   We had a pretty severe thunderstorm today.   I think it hit our home.   We lost our cable modem, router and two TVS.   One of them was a 60" plasma.    I WFH.   Fuck.  

OurWildKingdom

Ouch! Glad you are all OK, but that sucks.

MairePoppy

Scary weather on this side of the state, too, Banana468. The thunder and lightning was fierce. 

drglitter

Today's annoyance:

People who ask if I want "unsweet" tea. No. I want tea. There's tea, and there's sweet tea.

There's no such thing as "unsweet" tea. They don't put the sugar in and then take it out. If I wanted sweet tea, then I would say that.

banana468

MairePoppy said:

Scary weather on this side of the state, too, Banana468. The thunder and lightning was fierce. 

It's a completely FWP.   But it does affect my job and we are either making a homeowners claim or out over $1000.   

kimmiinthemitten

banana468 said:

MairePoppy said:

Scary weather on this side of the state, too, Banana468. The thunder and lightning was fierce. 

It's a completely FWP.   But it does affect my job and we are either making a homeowners claim or out over $1000.   

Meh, I'd say this crosses over into real problem.  Sorry, that sucks!

drglitter

banana468 said:

MairePoppy said:

Scary weather on this side of the state, too, Banana468. The thunder and lightning was fierce. 

It's a completely FWP.   But it does affect my job and we are either making a homeowners claim or out over $1000.   

Definitely a real problem. That's awful. Were those things connected to surge protectors? I ask because last year the same thing happened to me. The cable guy asked if I had a surge protector with a warranty. I didn't, but all of our expensive electronics are now plugged in via surge protectors with warranties. Just thought I'd throw that out there in case they were and it could save you some money.

MairePoppy

banana468 said:

MairePoppy said:

Scary weather on this side of the state, too, Banana468. The thunder and lightning was fierce. 

It's a completely FWP.   But it does affect my job and we are either making a homeowners claim or out over $1000.   

Losing TV, or power, is a major life crisis in this house. TG for homeowner's insurance.

WinstonsGirl

banana468 said:

New annoyance.   We had a pretty severe thunderstorm today.   I think it hit our home.   We lost our cable modem, router and two TVS.   One of them was a 60" plasma.    I WFH.   Fuck.  

Glad you're ok.  

banana468

The coax wasn't plugged into the surge protectors and that's what looks to have fried the modem, router and two TVS.   Luckily my work stuff is OK, we had a spare wireless router and DH picked up a new modem that got set up before bed.   

But they don't make 60" plasmas anymore.    

Jells2dot0

banana468 said:

The coax wasn't plugged into the surge protectors and that's what looks to have fried the modem, router and two TVS.   Luckily my work stuff is OK, we had a spare wireless router and DH picked up a new modem that got set up before bed.   

But they don't make 60" plasmas anymore.    

I have plasma as well and I hate that they do not make them. Those are awesome TVs!!

We have hail damage from a spring storm that we're working on getting fixed. It's exterior and interior. What a mess. I hated having to file a claim on the insurance, especially since we owned the home all of 5 days before the storm! 

ThisShamanluvsaMage

FI unloaded the dishwasher, but left all the clean dishes sitting on the counter.  Then he was butthurt that I was pissy instead of giving him a medal for unloading.

missJeanLouise

Frontier wants 40! Fucking Dollars for a CARRY ON! A checked bag is 35$. Sounds like I will be repacking all of my stuff into my backpack. I knew there was a reason I never fly with them.

redwoodoriginal

missJeanLouise said:

Frontier wants 40! Fucking Dollars for a CARRY ON! A checked bag is 35$. Sounds like I will be repacking all of my stuff into my backpack. I knew there was a reason I never fly with them.

They're just like Spirit with their crazy fucking add on fees. Print your ticket at home or that's another $10 if you try to print it at the airport. Shit is redonkkkkkk

missJeanLouise

redwoodoriginal said:

missJeanLouise said:

Frontier wants 40! Fucking Dollars for a CARRY ON! A checked bag is 35$. Sounds like I will be repacking all of my stuff into my backpack. I knew there was a reason I never fly with them.

They're just like Spirit with their crazy fucking add on fees. Print your ticket at home or that's another $10 if you try to print it at the airport. Shit is redonkkkkkk

I had no idea, I have flown with them in the past and didn't remember all this. It's been a couple years though.

bleve0821

redwoodoriginal said:

missJeanLouise said:

Frontier wants 40! Fucking Dollars for a CARRY ON! A checked bag is 35$. Sounds like I will be repacking all of my stuff into my backpack. I knew there was a reason I never fly with them.

They're just like Spirit with their crazy fucking add on fees. Print your ticket at home or that's another $10 if you try to print it at the airport. Shit is redonkkkkkk

Can't remember which airline it is, but the fees for carry-ons also increase by $10 or $20 if you decide at the airport you actually want to have a carry on.  Found that one out the hard way.  They are awesome for dirt cheap flights, if you don't want to go or come back with anything.

kimmiinthemitten

The Brocation drop down ad on this page.

A.  Do some better market research, Bro.
B.  I hate pop up/drop down/creep up/easy to accidentally click on ads.  Barging your way into my screen does not increase my likelihood of using your product.

PrettyGirlLost

banana468 said:

New annoyance.   We had a pretty severe thunderstorm today.   I think it hit our home.   We lost our cable modem, router and two TVS.   One of them was a 60" plasma.    I WFH.   Fuck.  

Do you use surge protectors?

I'm not sure if they would help with a lightning strike, but you might want to consider it.

thisismynickname2

Oh boy, a few annoyances and FWPs for me this week.
-Late train, squeezed on and stood next to a very large man, who then accidentally stood on my foot. Left a bruise- a bruise!
-My checking account was compromised. Loved finding that out at 10pm last night.
-Went for happy hour yesterday at an expensive trendy bar. There were two Roses on the menu, one Greek, one Spanish. I ordered the Greek (cheaper). The bartender goes, "Do you want still or sparkling rose?" I look at the menu- "Uh, I want the Greek one." Her- "Well there are two Roses, one still and one sparkling." Me, noticing the menu doesn't specify that at all- "Ok, but, I want the Greek one." It was only went I butchered the pronunciation of the winery that she knew which one I was talking about. You're a bartender, and your only knowledge of your wine is still or sparkling??

CharmedPam

so many today, I can't narrow them to one.

TK one:  every time I scroll up to the top of the page a huge ad comes up taking up 1/2 the screen. Dear Knot.  I'm doing this from work.  The ads on the side of the page are enough to out me. 

PrettyGirlLost

Fucking Stevia. . . it's ruining the cranberry water I just bought to try.

I like cranberries specifically because they are tart, so why ruin this drink by sweetening it?  And if you had to sweeten it, just use actual sugar ><  It's perfectly natural and just as "low cal" as all these other fake "natural" sweeteners if used in moderation.

Stevia tastes as gross as The Pink Cancer packs, bleh!

banana468

PrettyGirlLost said:

banana468 said:

New annoyance.   We had a pretty severe thunderstorm today.   I think it hit our home.   We lost our cable modem, router and two TVS.   One of them was a 60" plasma.    I WFH.   Fuck.  

Do you use surge protectors?

I'm not sure if they would help with a lightning strike, but you might want to consider it.

For all but the coax.   We had the coax not through the surge protector due to signal strength.     

ShesSoCold

We have clients in the office and they brought their baby. I get all uncomfortable every time he makes a noise.

I wonder if I was like, bit by a baby as a kid or something. IDK why they make me so uncomfortable.

bleve0821

ShesSoCold said:

We have clients in the office and they brought their baby. I get all uncomfortable every time he makes a noise.

I wonder if I was like, bit by a baby as a kid or something. IDK why they make me so uncomfortable.

Maybe there's a reason "babies" rhymes with "rabies"...

WinstonsGirl

I think i threw my back out again.  Doing nothing, as usual, probably breathing.  Forget cooks or housecleaners,I need a live-in chiro in my house

kvruns

my insurance company offers incentive rewards if you have prenatal care during the 1st trimester, just have to have a sheet filled out by the Dr. So I did that months ago, on my first visit in fact which was like April something. They sent it in missing info, tried again and it sounds like they just never sent it in again. I kept fighting w/ insurance co bc its like they sent it in, you've processed maternity claims so you know I went. gave up, then decided to give one last effort today. Nope, Dr office still has to resend the form and since I dont go to that office anymore I'm pretty much SOL. It's only $75 but still pisses me off that the Dr office did it wrong and then never did it the 2nd time and then pisses me off that there's no other way to accomplish this and get the reward.

madamerwin

kvruns said:

my insurance company offers incentive rewards if you have prenatal care during the 1st trimester, just have to have a sheet filled out by the Dr. So I did that months ago, on my first visit in fact which was like April something. They sent it in missing info, tried again and it sounds like they just never sent it in again. I kept fighting w/ insurance co bc its like they sent it in, you've processed maternity claims so you know I went. gave up, then decided to give one last effort today. Nope, Dr office still has to resend the form and since I dont go to that office anymore I'm pretty much SOL. It's only $75 but still pisses me off that the Dr office did it wrong and then never did it the 2nd time and then pisses me off that there's no other way to accomplish this and get the reward.

Ugh, I feel you on this.

When H and I were starting to explore IVF, I had to get a bunch of blood work done. All of it was pretty standard for preconception/prenatal care - blood counts, rubella and varicella immunity, HIV, blood sugar, etc. I even asked the fertility doc how it would be coded, knowing that our insurance doesn't cover infertility treatment. He said most of it would be coded as prenatal screening of some sort, and only two tests would be coded as infertility diagnosis (AMH and FSH tests). Insurance covers infertility diagnosis, so no big deal.

Bill comes a couple months later, and it's for $1700. I call the insurance company, and they tell me it's all coded as infertility treatment. I called the fertility clinic, who said that only the doctor himself could change how it was coded, as anyone else changing it would raise red flags for possible fraud. And, unfortunately, the doctor who we had been working with had just left the practice, so we were SOL. The fertility clinic was apologetic, but basically told us nothing could be done at that point. I was pissed.