Get Your Grump on Thursdays - Was (What's chapping my @ss today?)

[j44ke]

Omar Mateen has been identified as the shooter.

Mateen's father, Mir Seddique, told NBC News that the incident "has nothing to do with religion," and stemmed instead from an incident a few months ago when his son "saw two men kissing in Miami" and became enraged. He added, "We are saying we are apologizing for the whole incident. We weren't aware of any action he is taking. We are in shock like the whole country."

[rwsaunders]

Receiving 12 texts from American Airlines informing me that my first flight of a two leg trip home from Birmingham would be delayed, and delayed and delayed. This of course will result in the connecting flight being missed. I know this, AA knows this, we all know this...just inform me and the other poor saps on my flight of the plan to get us back on track.

Knowing of my inevitable fate, I called the AA desk asking the reason for the delay; maintenance; which means a hotel voucher as I know that I'll be sleeping in Charlotte. "Just speak with the gate agent when you land sir and we will take care of it, and thank you for flying three million miles in our tiny, pressurized and highly uncomfortable aluminum tubes."

Upon arrival in the Queen City, the gate agent happily informed me of the fact that the gentleman that I spoke with at the AA desk was incorrect and an uninformed arse and that weather actually delayed our little airplane for 3 hours. Essentially, eff you RW, you are on your own at 12:30 am in terms of finding a hotel. Oh and by the way, all of the hotels in a 10 mile radius are booked tonight as other people were able to cop a reservation because their desk agent knew about the huge effing thunderstorms that were delaying other little planes like mine all throughout the South. But that doesn't matter anyway, your new flight is in seven hours at 8:00 am and you wouldn't have been be able to transport to a hotel, get some sleep in a bed, and turn around and get through security in the morning in time for your new flight anyway. Grump off.

Good news though, I am pretty damn limber and stretching out on a set of airport seats for a few hours with several babies screaming all around me and some chick talking dirty to her boyfriend on her cell phone for hours, yes hours, is not beyond my pay grade. 8:00 am will be here shortly and my middle seat in row 23 will surely be a welcome sight, as a grump is relevant as we know all too well. Taco Bell opens at 5:00 am I think and maybe, just maybe the dirty talking chick is one of my seat mates...

[Drew]

There are worse airports to be stuck in. I can't count the number of times I have slept in O'Hare. Barf.

You should have gone up to snag one of the rocking chairs up front by the restaurants. Those are comfy.

[mainemike]

RW - same thing happened to me re: the Hotel voucher, gate rep said no. She suggested I get in the Customer Service line, I kid you not, that line had seemingly 1,000 people in it. I said to her: I f I wait in that line I won't need a hotel will I, cuz my flight will depart prior to me reaching the desk. No again, yer on yer own. Here's the rub: AA called me to tell me I was delayed, and offered the voucher, I didn't mention it. So I call the same number back, and still could not get a voucher. I asked the obvious questions: can I speak to the person that offered it? Why was it offered?, etc etc etc.

In other news: I'm addicted to Tylenol PM, though I sleep fine w/out it on the boat. Who uses what to sleep and does it work? I'm all ears.

[marley]

In other news: I'm addicted to Tylenol PM, though I sleep fine w/out it on the boat. Who uses what to sleep and does it work? I'm all ears.

double IPA and masturbation - yes it works one better than the other

[mainemike]

double IPA and masturbation - yes it works one better than the other

OK I'm addicted to two things, the beer isn't an issue. PS: I work from home.

[robin3mj]

DEN-IAD flight landed in Raleigh. And if we'd kept our original flight path we'd have gotten home on time. Whoops.
Long as I don't have to spend another night in a hotel.

[Corso]

Minor gripe, I almost feel bad posting, but I need to vent. I screwed up my knee simply running May 5th, and have not been on my bike since. Nothing torn, but slow recovery. Nice weather, and I’m limping around doing nothing. Winter/spring base has gone to hell…frustrating.

[dually]

Yeah. It's Friday.

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My dad shot me this photo. He lives about 4 miles northeast of me as the crow flies. His newly sided house looks like a golf ball; broken windows on the garage, flattened garden and shredded trees. He also said that there were some hail stones nearly 3.5'' out in the yard, but wasn't willing to risk his dome in search of them.

[s_curran]

I know we are on friday now, but yesterday I got a bottle thrown at me from a driver, hit me right in the ribs. I was riding on mass ave, in a section without a bike lane, using part of the lane, its a two lane rd in these parts. Guy pulls up behind, honks, I look at him and keep going, honks again I give him the finger. He then floors it at me, slams on the brakes, pulls up next to me, and chucks a bottle over his roof and hits me in the side. I would say its an amazing shot, but I refuse to aknowledge this lucky ass hole has skills. I tried to catch him, but he was off, anyone can have a gun these days so its probably for the better. For reference, 90% off mass ave in arlington has bike lanes, this one section did not, its mostly a pleasant ride in this area.

Then this morning I wake up to this: Bicyclist struck by vehicle, killed in Lincoln - The Boston Globe

Anyone who rides around here rides this road often, its a necessary connector, its not unsafe, but not safe either. I feel terrible.

[dashDustin]

in a weak attempt to outdo my wife's labral tear surgery, i'm not scheduled a lithotripsy on Monday. Yea.

[znfdl]

No words needed

[Matthew Strongin]

This is small but NUUN changed to a new and improved formula that tastes like crap. Like they forgot to run it by the taste tester before locking in the recipe.

[robin3mj]

This is small but NUUN changed to a new and improved formula that tastes like crap. Like they forgot to run it by the taste tester before locking in the recipe.

They also discontinued the cola flavor which I liked. Even off the bike I liked putting a half tablet into a can of seltzer.

[Matthew Strongin]

They also discontinued the cola flavor which I liked. Even off the bike I liked putting a half tablet into a can of seltzer.

Lame. I liked that one a lot.

[dashDustin]

NUUN started to give me gas...swapped to Skratch and haven't looked back. the Matcha with Lemon is awesome.

[EricKeller]

a few years ago, I mistakenly put 2 nuun tablets in a bottle of water. Thought it wouldn't be a problem, but my body thought differently. Ruining your last bottle of water 15 difficult miles from the nearest water source on a very hot day is not pleasant. So even though it was a double dose, I don't feel like using it any more. I carry enduralyte tablets and take them at the first sign of cramping. Usually works.

When I was a teenager, there was a powder called 'Erg' that worked well for me. I recently found out it's still available, now called Vitalyte. I plan on trying it next time I order something from Amazon

[mainemike]

Patagonia Stand Up Shorts - I love them. They fit well, are rugged, durable-ish, utilitarian. I have several pair. The problem is the colors, all Earth tones and crap again this year, except a rather ugly Blue (which I bought in hope of the fade). What is wrong w/the Apple Green of a few years ago and the Crayon Red? Maybe they didn't sell well, in which case, why don't they have any leftover?

[s_curran]

Well fuck. another person on a bike killed in Boston today.

[Tom]

OK, I'll get this one going today. What you say? It's 60 degrees, cloudless and calm where you are. Yes, that's just it... my left hip blew up to where I don't want to get on a bike because I know how uncomfortable I'll be and it couldn't be a better day to be on a bike. If I did it for a living I'd be out there but I don't, I do it so I don't shoot myself in the head. All I got to do is make it to tomorrow. Which is probably more than the plants in my garden are going to do. The roses and cone flowers have been taking a beating from the goddamn small furry creatures and now the petunias have joined the casualty list. Every single pot chowed yesterday. The only place not eaten is where the big grey tom comes through and sprays the catmint. I'm thinking maybe fox pee needs to be replaced with female cat hormones so he runs amok through the flower beds.

At least it distracts me from work and the morons for whom the English language is a mystery unplumbed. The word "utilize" instead of "use". The word "leveraging" instead of "using". Sentences such as "That is what Margie is eluding to." I knew that woman was shifty.

I could go on for hours about the application support people that do not make any effort to look at the diagnostic output, every issue is IM'ed as the most terrible crippling problem for their development efforts, the project schedule is wrecked and the CIO is going to hear about it when if they actually looked at what they were doing they'd see very quickly that they are making just the most basic mistake. Last night's escalation to my boss? They are trying to log on with a userid that doesn't exist. Repeatedly. "Rob, the dumbasses are trying to log on with a userid that doesn't exist. I just told them that." "Well, I hope you were polite." At least my boss has a dry sense of humor.

And gems like this: "I did raised the issues with infrastructure and following response I got. It would be really helpful if could recreate the key to host server" from last night's case. Oh, certainly, I'll create a new key pair and blow up the several hundred trust relationships already established because you're too goddamn dumb to cache the key after I told you to and how to.

But... I'm WFH and I stuck the cat noisemakers all around the tomatoes and the lone surviving petunias and I'm just waiting to see those little striped furry bastards have heart attacks when one goes off in their ear. It's war. If that doesn't work I'm going to get a Havahart trap and when one gets caught it's going to get a little aversion therapy before being set loose again.