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

[Too Tall]

Who called you an expert?!?

You and a piece of this? Get in line sunshine.

[chasea]

You and a piece of this? Get in line sunshine.

Picturing the move where my arms are flailing, contacting nothing, while you hold me back by placing one hand on my forehead. What's the emoticon for that?

[Saab2000]

Picturing the move where my arms are flailing, contacting nothing, while you hold me back by placing one hand on my forehead. What's the emoticon for that?

You guys are both tall. Come to France next year (and/or Ballers) and I'll pay for beer at that boxing/bitch slapping match.

[chasea]

I'm all (shit)talk.

[Matthew Strongin]

So I have to ride the Zanconato tomorrow as I commute out early in the day. Miserable.

I was going to call you crazy and offer to take it off your hands. But then I kept reading...

Oh, wait, no, that part doesn't suck.

I've been saving my grump all week for this thread but now I'm actually in a great mood. Really fun race last night, great ride this morning, and my early morning meeting was cancelled so I can get in some extra riding time in the morning. But my car is in the shop again, and that sucks. So I guess it's cars that don't work that chaps my @ss.

[Too Tall]

Sports commentators who mumble. Tom Gogulski Scott Moninger Liam McHugh

Paul and Phil, when sober are well spoken.....all kidding aside.

Like it or not Bobke's glib responses are over shadowed by his insight. Who would figure THAT hippie would ever amount to anything? ;)

Grumpy? I'll take two.

[Too Tall]

Lame. Come back when you are in a worse mood. xxoo, TT

I was going to call you crazy and offer to take it off your hands. But then I kept reading...



I've been saving my grump all week for this thread but now I'm actually in a great mood. Really fun race last night, great ride this morning, and my early morning meeting was cancelled so I can get in some extra riding time in the morning. But my car is in the shop again, and that sucks. So I guess it's cars that don't work that chaps my @ss.

[chasea]

Dude I kinda know is coming to the city to crash on my couch. Wife and kids are out of town. His town sucks. New York doesn't. Hey, he kinda knows me. Why not have me play tour guide for the weekend?

People do this to me at least half a dozen times a year. It sucks.

Motherfucker better be gone by Sunday morning so Darren can drag my ass around CT again.

[Matthew Strongin]

Lame. Come back when you are in a worse mood. xxoo, TT

I know, it was a stretch. Man was I grumpy on Monday when I dropped it off at the shop for the 7th or 8th time in 3 months for just enough different issues to avoid recourse through the lemon law. I drive loaners more than my own car these days. Damn, now I'm actually pissed off again.

[false_aesthetic]

1) My next door neighbor deciding to become a douche-bro and smoking a hookah all the time.
2) Almost getting smooooooshed by a texting Bentley driver while riding in the bike lane; knocking on the window (not pounding) and getting cursed out.
3) Friends buying a sailboat; projectile vomiting cheese poofs.

[chasea]

2) Almost getting smooooooshed by a texting Bentley driver while riding in the bike lane; knocking on the window (not pounding) and getting cursed out.

"A Bentley? Tell your dad to get a real job."

[echelon_john]

The fucking deer who jumped out at me while descending a 14% dirt road. Scared the bejeesus out of me. Literally shaking for the rest of the descent as I hauled on the brakes. Bring on hunting season.

Oh, and deer flies. Fuckers. Those things hurt, AND they bite through a jersey/shirt.

[dooktruck]

people who block the aisle at the grocery store with their unattended carts
stab

[Honus]

Sales reps who wear way too much cologne/perfume. Had a rep walk by my torch the other day and I thought they were going to go up like the Hindenburg. If you're going to wear cologne leave some in the bottle.

[Too Tall]

I know, it was a stretch. Man was I grumpy on Monday when I dropped it off at the shop for the 7th or 8th time in 3 months for just enough different issues to avoid recourse through the lemon law. I drive loaners more than my own car these days. Damn, now I'm actually pissed off again.

I'm feeling it Matt. See you next thursday.
FalseA - #1 - Dewd, just go to his house and sucker punch him. Consider that an intervention for his own good.
It's friday MoFo.
Next week.

[jamesand]

Ambulance bills.

[davids]

Fat kids.

No, scratch that - The parents of fat kids.

[Tom]

Verizon Wireless

- Fri. 7/6 - Droid can't read SIM. Go to store. Get new SIM. Can't read that one. Start warranty replacement to be sent FedEx overnight, to arrive Tuesday. Activate an old phone on the cell number.
- Tuesday 7/10, no phone.
- Wednesday 7/11, no phone. Call centralized customer service. Repeat SIM diag, no good, get sent to tech support. Tech support, repeat SIM diag. See SIM order. Give them warranty order. After a bit they find it, see it failed to process for some reason. OK, let's process it. During disclosure they ask if any visible damage to phone. Yes, glass has small crack from 5/7 when I collided with the car. Oh, that's bad - I'm on the hook for $300 replacement charge. But, they notice my insurance and advise to go that route and save $200. So the guy that had the thing in his hands for 15 minutes Friday and didn't see the crack would have screwed me for $200. Good thing he was totally incompetent. Cool, let's cancel warranty order and head off to insurance. Get as far as having to fax info to insurance.
- Thursday 7/12 - door tag from FedEx on door, insurance claim not completed so.... WTF? Call store. Explain the whole process including the conversation with tech support. Did you guys send the phone? "Obviously it was in process already, takes about 5 days to mail." the nice woman says. No, you ship overnight FedEx. "Oh, OK." So, what do I do? "Reject the shipment, of course". By any chance, can you guys complete the insurance transaction? "We're not an insurance company." So now I snap just a little... "And you're clearly not a competent retail operation, either."
- Friday 7/13 - completing the insurance claim, I give them my cell number we activated Friday. One thing leads to another and I go to place a call. "This number is inactive or invalid." I'll be a SOB, they inactivated my phone at some point! Of course the account password my wife set is at home so I get to go to the store again.

This should be fun.

[burgess1108]

Vaction from work...only to have to stay somewhat connected because the d-bags that you're taking a vacation from are still emailing to no end.

[mainemike]

i hate the word: actually. and i have for a long long time. its utterly unnecessary in any instance, and its used constantly for every kind of stall/filler/bullshit. i hate it and i'll tell ya: women are the biggest offenders!!!
"hey are you guys coming to the party" "actually we have dinner plans"
"can i get some steamers and a dogfish" "actually, we're out of the dogfish"
"hello, may i speak w/mr smith" "actually, he's in a meeting"
it drives me crazy and is at the very top of the list of words i hate to hear!
neat huh? riveting?