You Know What Really Grinds My Gears? Now with 3x more gears...

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

Or they haven’t even signed the proposal yet but want effort put into it. My company doesn’t accept “wishes and prayers” on my time sheet.

I desperately need an AI assistant. A tough rugby playing woman named Deb, who smokes cigarettes through a hole in her neck and calls my clients to shake them down.

Definitely pondering switching careers like 80% of my colleagues have due to these lames. It's ok, I don't want to eat or pay my bills.

[timun]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Clients who think their project remains top priority after they're months behind on paying their invoices. Say what?

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

Or they haven’t even signed the proposal yet but want effort put into it. My company doesn’t accept “wishes and prayers” on my time sheet.

Soooooooo many dingbat clients out there.

[DownInFlames]

I don't even have kids but stories like this still piss me off.

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/child-in-...gary-1.6320626

Hopefully this child pulls through. A smaller, faster braking vehicle might have made a difference. Please think about that.

[timun]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

A smaller, faster braking vehicle might have made a difference. Please think about that.

The pictured vehicle is a Jeep Patriot. It's a Dodge Caliber—a compact car—with different sheetmetal. It's about 3100 lbs; about average for a compact car.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

I don't even have kids but stories like this still piss me off.

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/child-in-...gary-1.6320626

Hopefully this child pulls through. A smaller, faster braking vehicle might have made a difference. Please think about that.

I hate to say it, but probably not. It's a Jeep Patriot, the thing only weighs between 3,133 - 3,373 lbs. to begin with, it couldn't get much lighter these days. The last Mercedes SLK Roadster weighed more than that (3,417 lbs.).

The only way you're getting that thing to brake faster is paying for good tires and quality brake parts, neither of which I have a lot of faith in the driver of that hunk of crap doing.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Yeah that car weighs less than a 911 turbo.

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Yeah that car weighs less than a 911 turbo.

A 911 Turbo will outmaneuver and outbrake it though, and isn't shaped like a brick wall.

Of course the vehicle type might not have been a factor but I'm sick of seeing these stories of kids dying on our streets.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

A 911 Turbo will outmaneuver and outbrake it though, and isn't shaped like a brick wall.

Of course the vehicle type might not have been a factor but I'm sick of seeing these stories of kids dying on our streets.

Stopping the DST time switch would also probably reduce accidents like this. Hope the kid makes it, so awful.

[RichieRich]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

I don't even have kids but stories like this still piss me off.

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/child-in-...gary-1.6320626

Hopefully this child pulls through. A smaller, faster braking vehicle might have made a difference. Please think about that.

I know this area and have driven and ridden my road bikes through here quite a bit. It's definitely an area that is prone to frequent higher speed driving... and also has lots of areas of distraction (trees, snow piles, lighting, transition to wider road) making it tough to see smaller people. I'm not going to blame anyone obviously, but when proposals are made to reduce residential streets to 40kph this would be an area that may benefit (if drivers kept to that speed).


I sure hope the kid heals up quickly. That's brutal on them and their family for sure.



https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Roy...g%2F11f37qkc_t

[81MC]

Originally Posted by RichieRich

The frugallist in me cannot justify that. Assume you wanna retire in say 25 years (that’s assuming these bro dudes are mid 30’s and wanna retire around 60’ish, and instead of payments they actually have $100k cash If investments have historically doubled every ~7-8 years… that means the money doubles every 8 years or three times. . That’s 100k to 200k to 400k to **800k** final opportunity cost.
Better not buy at all or get one used. Or lower your wants and standards a whole lot.

Way more if you consider operating expense. Know what a set of 35” mudders is worth? Plus the wear in factory components never engineered for the massive weight being flung around, or the service life of aftermarket junk? Let alone the awesome fuel economy wins of an overweight hunk of #### being bagged on everywhere.

These fools are driving million-dollar accessories and somehow manage to still look like clowns.

Oh who am I kidding. 90% of these guys don’t maintain their tires let alone the rest of their rigs.

[The Fisher Account]

First time taking the train in 3 years. They’re still rolling out these dusty ass 40 year old U2’s.

Feel like I’m living in a Soviet time warp.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by The Fisher Account

First time taking the train in 3 years. They’re still rolling out these dusty ass 40 year old U2’s.

Feel like I’m living in a Soviet time warp.

The seats are comfy compared to the new ones, though. The new ones feel like you’re being elbowed in the spine by an angry masseuse.

[you&me]

Originally Posted by Wormius

The seats are comfy compared to the new ones, though. The new ones feel like you’re being elbowed in the spine by an angry masseuse.

You probably just sat on a needle.

[Erick Estrada]

The amount of companies that are short staffed by choice that continue to trot out the "we are experiencing higher than expected call volume due to the ongoing COVID........" excuse for not having enough people at the phones really grinds my gears. Whether I'm trying to get in touch with my benefits provider, insurance provider, trying to find parts to fix my refrigerator, etc. it seems companies are really milking COVID as an excuse for poor customer service.

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by RichieRich

I know this area and have driven and ridden my road bikes through here quite a bit. It's definitely an area that is prone to frequent higher speed driving... and also has lots of areas of distraction (trees, snow piles, lighting, transition to wider road) making it tough to see smaller people. I'm not going to blame anyone obviously, but when proposals are made to reduce residential streets to 40kph this would be an area that may benefit (if drivers kept to that speed).


I sure hope the kid heals up quickly. That's brutal on them and their family for sure.



https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Roy...g%2F11f37qkc_t

Arterial road (traffic volume), early morning (sun a factor?), not a marked crosswalk that I can see. I would think those are all factors.

[ResAlien]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

The amount of companies that are short staffed by choice that continue to trot out the "we are experiencing higher than expected call volume due to the ongoing COVID........" excuse for not having enough people at the phones really grinds my gears. Whether I'm trying to get in touch with my benefits provider, insurance provider, trying to find parts to fix my refrigerator, etc. it seems companies are really milking COVID as an excuse for poor customer service.

Please listen carefully as our menu options have recently changed…

[Locke]

Originally Posted by ResAlien

Please listen carefully as our menu options have recently changed…

During the Reagan administration...

[timun]

Originally Posted by RichieRich

I'm not going to blame anyone obviously, but when proposals are made to reduce residential streets to 40kph this would be an area that may benefit (if drivers kept to that speed).

Sadly no one would keep to 40 km/h on that road: it's wide, straight, few parked cars, no marked crosswalks. It's the perfect storm for collisions like this.

[Dentoman]

Originally Posted by timun

Sadly no one would keep to 40 km/h on that road: it's wide, straight, few parked cars, no marked crosswalks. It's the perfect storm for collisions like this.

This 100%. People drive way too fast on this particular road. How there is not a marked crosswalk at the intersection where this accident occurred is beyond me. Multiple bus stops at this intersection and a major school bus pick up point as well
Drove this road this morning around 8:15. I don't see the sun being a factor in this accident. It was already high enough in the sky at 8:15 to not have glare be a factor

[Ironhorse]

Originally Posted by pepsifree

stopping the dst time switch would also probably reduce accidents like this.

wtf