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  • It just seems like nothing works the way I expect it should these days, and I'm happy to be wrong, but I don't think my expectations are that high.

    I make an appointment at the driver's license office for 10 a.m., I kind of expect to be seen around that time, especially since they tell you to show up at least 15 minutes before your scheduled appointment. Certainly, I don't expect to have to wait 2 hours to be seen.

    I go to the store to return an item that was missing parts, I don't expect to be turned away completely because the "printer is down". I have the receipt, can't you just make a copy and refund the very small amount of money or let me exchange it?

    I go to the bank to withdraw a few five and ten dollar bills, I don't expect to be told "I don't have enough". I especially don't appreciate being treated like I'm the first human in history to want specific denominations for a withdrawal.

    I get told to return my internet equipment to any of your locations, only to be told you can't accept that at your store. Why did the customer service person I talked to on the phone say any location, the company website have your location in the list of locations available when I filtered by "returns", and my final bill state "return equipment to any location" if your location doesn't accept returns?

    I go to the doctor for a specific health concern (that unbeknownst to me is a red flag for a major problem), they give me a medicine that actually exacerbates said major problem without ever mentioning it or testing for it first. You're the expert and professional, not me, and I guarantee if I'd asked about that major problem because I saw something about it online, you'd have made a snarky comment like "don't confuse your Google search with my medical degree" or similar.

    And all of this, plus much, much more, in just the past month or so.

  • My cat of twelve years died on my birthday. He had been sick with Triaditis for about 6 weeks and I had to feed him through a tube 3 times a day. Each time would take about an hour and a half.

    He was getting better, too. Putting on weight, and ate his own meals for 5 days. But the E-tube got infected and so we took it out 2 days early.

    He got home. He vomited. He stopped eating for two days. He started vomiting and acted in pain and so I took him in again. They discovered fluid in his abdomen. He was too skinny from his digestion issues for a further hospitalization and he was in pain.

    He slept each night in my armpit with his head on my shoulder.

    I worked from home before the pandemic, and so I was with him almost all of the time for his life. I loved his tiny 6 lb ass.

    He was a bathroom communist. It could be 3 a.m. and I could check that he was asleep, and when I looked up from sitting on the toilet, the door would be slightly ajar and he'd be in front of me watching the door.

    I miss you, little dude.

    https://imgur.com/a/1A5PmTa

    • I am so sorry! Last year I lost my cat and not only was he my first cat that I had for 14 years, but also the first pet I've ever lost. He died on 9/11 (because he's a drama queen) and I truly wasn't ready for it. I still miss him every day and I still cry when I think/talk about him.

      My Mickey Mouse was the most perfect cat in the world; he never once hissed at me or scratched me, not even during the rare times he needed a bath. He loved my dogs and was friends with everyone he met. He never pottied or sprayed, he never scratched my furniture. He was purfict in every single way. I know in my soul that I will never find another one like him.

      I'm very sorry for your loss. Its really not fair that we only get them for such a short amount of time.

    • I am so sorry to hear that! That is horrible. Take time to heal

  • Family or rally any retired person who doesn't understand that you are working and trying to survive in this fucked-up word, and get upset when you can't take days off whenever they please, trying to guilty-trapping you or just being condescending about you being busy.

    • It seems like a lot of people are really quick to forget what the "rat race" is/was like AND many of them over estimate how well they handled it when they were in it. Unfortunately, my dad is one of the worst offenders so I have to deal with that kind of negativity more often than I'd like.

      For my personal situation, it often helps to push back on the most egregious manipulation. When I was younger and more naive, I would let things go with no push back, and all the happened is the guilt trips became more frequent and more hostile. Once I started calling it out and correcting the details, it happened considerably less and I'm pretty sure he's more apt to think twice before bringing those types of things up in front of me (though I know he still does it behind my back).

      For example, I will remind my dad about things like "it was easier for you to visit your parents every week because they lived in the same town and not 2 hours away like you and I currently do" or "you were in your 20s and early 30s when you did this and that, but when you were my current age, you definitely didn't have the time or energy for it". Usually he'll concede, at least for the moment.

  • The constant barrage of unfortunate events.

    Went through a breakup while unemployed and was facing homelessness since my cost of living practically doubled instantly. The cats were hers and I miss them every day.

    Got a new job and my car broke down and died on the first day of work.

    Trying to move to somewhere affordable but I definitely need a car for where I'm looking to go. Found a car but it's 5-6 months wait time for the factory order, so I continue to pay insane rent by myself in the meantime, and look for a used car to maintain my good standing with the insurance company.

    Got a brand new bed a few weeks ago. Yesterday noticed ants climbing all over the wall right next to it. Luckily they weren't in the bed but I had to move it to an inconvenient spot for peace of mind, and worry about more ants coming back. There's no food or anything even close to the bedroom.

    Every time someone moves out of this apartment building the new people who move in have multiple dogs. There are more dogs than people living here. They're constantly barking and howling and setting each other off and nobody does anything about it. I can't escape the noise anywhere in my unit.

    I just want to get out and start the rest of my life in a new place already.

    • You described exactly why I am so thankful to never have experienced apartment life and pray I never will. Don't get me wrong, I've definitely been in worse places than a shitty apartment, like homeless or living with my mom, but at least I still get to say I never had to share a space with strangers that can hear me getting it on. Now I live in a single-wide trailer, my rent is only $450 a month ( I make $25/h working from home, so rent to income is insanely low) and I have 3 bedrooms, fenced-in front and back yards, a dedicated laundry room, and I can't even see my closest neighbor's house.

      Funny how one persons nightmare could be another persons dream. People use "ending up" in a trailer as a warning, and I literally could not imagine a better place to live.

      • I presume you are in the US. Out of curiosity - how does bathroom work with trailer life? Do you have a shower and toilet in the trailer or do you go somewhere else for that? I'm a complete stranger to trailer life, I suppose it's just like camping but perhaps over there you have some differences when it's a permanent full time lifestyle. I don't know

      • Sounds like you are a couple steps ahead of where I'm trying to be. I don't need many amenities or anything, just some peace and fucking quiet. Outdoor space for a garden would be a dream come true.

  • Sibling has two chores. These chores only need to be done once a week, each.

    They consistently forget them in the asshole for telling them no, they still need to do it, just because they 'forgot' doesn't mean they can leave it for next week.

    They already changed it to easier chores. So I'm not going to give them something even easier.

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