You know what really grinds my gears?

[LambertandHam]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

These Burger King commercials are so terrible. The lyrics don't even match the beat.

The Wendy's ones get a chuckle out of me.

[southernmetalhead]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

All the Taco Bell commercials with the “cool kids” are complete **** too.

[Ghost Of The Year]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Waffle House napkins. I would rather have a handful of women's sanitary napkins to wipe my face than whatever that is pretending to be a napkin at WH.

[Majingir]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Getting the news that your entire departments request for a promotion (after months of back and forth between higher ups in all parties involved) got denied and you basically get told "thanks, but keep doing your job at your same pay"

So ya.....guess I'm spending my time at work applying for somewhere else if there's no sense of appreciation from those beyond the people I directly work with.

It sucks too because I know someone else definitely will be leaving eventually for similar reasons. We had such a good thing going for so long (I've probably bragged about it in the WFH thread on occasions) only to get the cold shoulder from the "people who matter".

I know our manager is absolutely crushed too, they're on the verge of losing their top staff for reasons that are out of their control when they know their own job will take a hit if/when people walk (nobody blames them one bit, they went to bat big time this whole process), it just sucks how pathetic companies get about retaining people when you have people who can do the job at such a high level staring you in the face that you're ok losing because "we don't want to pay you more".

Not like demands were double salary or anything (by my calculations its between 25-50% more), it was a very reasonable request.

Edit-
I've bounced this story off family/friends and people have mixed responses. Some suggest the manager is playing the blame game (blame higher up's and pretend to be the good guy when either this decision came from them, or they just didn't care to fight enough). Maybe I'm in denial because I respect them and really believe they went to bat for everyone because they do want to see us rewarded, but I don't know who to believe at this point. I'd like to think they tried their best for their team(they have bent the rules for us over time before, having WFH days that were literally just days off so we get paid anyways), but you never know.

[Blzer]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I'm sure I've brought this one up before, but it came about again in a movie so I can bring more context to it.

I don't know why movies and shows can't get countdowns/timers right in editing.

I just saw a movie with a timer that would beep every time a second elapsed. The timer shows 00:19 in one shot. About twenty beeps go by with other shots occurring, and then when we go back to the timer it shows 00:11.

This actually is problematic. I can't get a sense of time as an audience member, so only the movie can now dictate for me when I am supposed to feel anxiety or tension as opposed to sensing it myself (which was the same problem I mentioned regarding "health depletion" in the fighting scenes of Creed III, that you couldn't tell what was supposed to hurt/cause damage unless the movie told you it was).

The problem is less that eight seconds feels like twenty, and more that there is literally an audio cue in the scene dictating how much time had passed by and it doesn't coincide with what they show.

And honestly, the worst part about this is it can just be fixed in editing. Whether done digitally or by finding the right clip, literally just make sure that shot shows the time at 00:31 instead. You don't have to do anything else different in the scene.

I'm kind of just waiting for a movie or show to get this right. I'm at the point that I will go out of my way to commend them for doing it accurately, even though it seems this should be an expected effort of continuity maintenance.

[Majingir]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I'm sure I've brought this one up before, but it came about again in a movie so I can bring more context to it.

I don't know why movies and shows can't get countdowns/timers right in editing.

I just saw a movie with a timer that would beep every time a second elapsed. The timer shows 00:19 in one shot. About twenty beeps go by with other shots occurring, and then when we go back to the timer it shows 00:11.

This actually is problematic. I can't get a sense of time as an audience member, so only the movie can now dictate for me when I am supposed to feel anxiety or tension as opposed to sensing it myself (which was the same problem I mentioned regarding "health depletion" in the fighting scenes of Creed III, that you couldn't tell what was supposed to hurt/cause damage unless the movie told you it was).

The problem is less that eight seconds feels like twenty, and more that there is literally an audio cue in the scene dictating how much time had passed by and it doesn't coincide with what they show.

And honestly, the worst part about this is it can just be fixed in editing. Whether done digitally or by finding the right clip, literally just make sure that shot shows the time at 00:31 instead. You don't have to do anything else different in the scene.

I'm kind of just waiting for a movie or show to get this right. I'm at the point that I will go out of my way to commend them for doing it accurately, even though it seems this should be an expected effort of continuity maintenance.

Good old movie tropes.

"We have exactly 36 seconds until the power restores and the backup security system kicks in! Get out of there now!"

*2 minutes later*

"Guys, 10 seconds!"

[southernmetalhead]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

When someone on your timeline becomes a car salesman and constantly posts about their ****ty cars.

[dubcity]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

People mad about reviews for games they haven't even played yet.

[Madden08PCgmr]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

One of the reputable tire shops in our area is running this series of ads with kids as backseat drivers bossing their parents around. TV and radio spots. Tons of them.

Seriously, the most annoying thing I have ever heard in my life.

[rockchisler]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Good old movie tropes.

"We have exactly 36 seconds until the power restores and the backup security system kicks in! Get out of there now!"

*2 minutes later*

"Guys, 10 seconds!"

Rocky Vs Clubber 2nd fight round 3 lasted 3 minutes 3:17 seconds


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[rockchisler]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

People that hold convos on their phone on speaker. No one cares about the bad decisions they made..


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[Majingir]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

People that hold convos on their phone on speaker. No one cares about the bad decisions they made..


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I honestly want to know what goes through their head, especially doing so in public.

I guarantee if you walk past them and talk loudly they'll get mad because they're on speakerphone.

And people watching videos with speaker on the whole time. Are they just that stupid or careless or can't even afford dollar store headphones to use in public?

[Madden08PCgmr]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

And people watching videos with speaker on the whole time. Are they just that stupid or careless or can't even afford dollar store headphones to use in public?

Oh, so you've met my wife... guess I wasted $200 on those air pods..

[Blzer]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Not a gear grinder, but I don't understand how police, pilots, etc. can understand radio chatter. Not the lingo, just what they're actually saying! Every time I'd go: "Come again? Wut?" The quality is far too poor for me to ever understand what's actually being said.

I'm just glad I don't have a profession that requires that. I have enough trouble understanding people as is. I guess the best equivalent I have right now is through Drive Thru speakers. Half the time they say something in the beginning which might as well be utter nonsense, but I'm good with responding by saying: "Yeah could I get a #2 no cheese..." etc.

[steelerfan]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

People who ask for "no cheese". [emoji854]

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