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  • Scheiss Meister
    Scheiss Meister

    The day I retired I set an auto reply that said something like "As of EOB today I will be retired.  If you expect me to reply to an email after 10:00 am today, you will be disappointed."  At the 3:00

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    Ghost of NMAS

    I hate the people that ignore it when they have the right of way and try to wave me through first, it just fucks up the system and delays everyone

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#20102
4 minutes ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

Edited.  First date. Took her to a nice seafood dinner

So did you have seafood?

#20104
11 hours ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

20 or so years ago I had a first date. I’m from a small town everyone knows everyone etc.  took her to the only decent restaurant in town Some loser busboy comes up to her while we’re doing. “Hey I know you!  You danced at ________”

Had no idea you were Tweeder.

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#20107
16 minutes ago, BonzoMontreaux said:

I am guessing you didn't call her back?

Did he smash the bus boy's face into a car windshield?

#20108

Trivial, not trivial?  I report, you decide.
Had to pick up a rental car today (last minute trip, took what they had - driving a Honda minivan).  About 20 mins into my drive, I decide to look at the fuel gauge, to see how my mileage is going....and this is what I see:

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Fuckers at Budget gave me a ride with only about 1/4 of a tank of gas.  And they expect me to turn it in full.  I'll probably use 4 gallons of gas this whole trip.  And I'm dropping it off early tomorrow, then running to make my plane, I'm not gonna spend a half hour at the Budget desk arguing.  I'll send a strongly-worded note or somesuch, but this is some bullshit.

#20110
1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

Trivial, not trivial?  I report, you decide.
Had to pick up a rental car today (last minute trip, took what they had - driving a Honda minivan).  About 20 mins into my drive, I decide to look at the fuel gauge, to see how my mileage is going....and this is what I see:

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Fuckers at Budget gave me a ride with only about 1/4 of a tank of gas.  And they expect me to turn it in full.  I'll probably use 4 gallons of gas this whole trip.  And I'm dropping it off early tomorrow, then running to make my plane, I'm not gonna spend a half hour at the Budget desk arguing.  I'll send a strongly-worded note or somesuch, but this is some bullshit.

Could be trivial or non-trivial depending on the circumstance. 

I'd say largely trivial but very irritating. The effort to give it to you with a full tank is (likely) very minimal compared to the effort to either have them right the situation there or right it after you return it 🤷

Guessing that's a fairly big tank - I mean that could be like $100 of gas depending on where you are. 

Edited by ztejas

#20112
1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

Trivial, not trivial?  I report, you decide.
Had to pick up a rental car today (last minute trip, took what they had - driving a Honda minivan).  About 20 mins into my drive, I decide to look at the fuel gauge, to see how my mileage is going....and this is what I see:

832e578e643eb57d787e87dd0802f793.jpg

 
Fuckers at Budget gave me a ride with only about 1/4 of a tank of gas.  And they expect me to turn it in full.  I'll probably use 4 gallons of gas this whole trip.  And I'm dropping it off early tomorrow, then running to make my plane, I'm not gonna spend a half hour at the Budget desk arguing.  I'll send a strongly-worded note or somesuch, but this is some bullshit.

On your rental agreement did they mark that it left the lot full? I've had my vehicle like half full before, but they marked it on the agreement that it was half full, so as long as I brought it back with that much I was good to go. 
Yes, fuck the inconvenience on departure, but you should not be on the hook for filling up the tank if you left with it at a quarter full. Also, if they did not mark how much gas was in the vehicle, take a picture of the fuel gauge now, and the mileage.

#20113



Also, if they did not mark how much gas was in the vehicle, take a picture of the fuel gauge now, and the mileage.


Well, he just did [emoji3516]
#20114
3 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Trivial, not trivial?  I report, you decide.
Had to pick up a rental car today (last minute trip, took what they had - driving a Honda minivan).  About 20 mins into my drive, I decide to look at the fuel gauge, to see how my mileage is going....and this is what I see:

832e578e643eb57d787e87dd0802f793.jpg

 
Fuckers at Budget gave me a ride with only about 1/4 of a tank of gas.  And they expect me to turn it in full.  I'll probably use 4 gallons of gas this whole trip.  And I'm dropping it off early tomorrow, then running to make my plane, I'm not gonna spend a half hour at the Budget desk arguing.  I'll send a strongly-worded note or somesuch, but this is some bullshit.

For most if not all of their cars, Avis has a remote sensor in the tank so they have a record of what the level was when rented out as well as returned.  Since they are part of the same company, Budget might have the same.  I've had Avis try to bill me a refill charge when I rented at .99 full and returned at .98 full and was able to get that charge removed with a strongly worded email.  YMMV.

You might also try reasoning with them since you have a pic of the mileage along with the fuel level.  Assuming of course,they recorded the mileage correctly at time of rental.  A strongly worded email seems like it's worth the effort but not much more than that.

Edited by shakahorn

#20117
2 hours ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

5 hour flight.  No charging outlets

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I thought you had to fly first class to post here with the Burnt Ends tag.

#20118

@Brisketexan what happened with your vehicle and reconciling fulltank/ fuel level when you picked up?

(I saw the other thread where you said you at DAL this morning.)

#20119
6 minutes ago, Iceman said:

@Brisketexan what happened with your vehicle and reconciling fulltank/ fuel level when you picked up?

(I saw the other thread where you said you at DAL this morning.)

I told the dude at check-in, and did likewise to the guy in the kiosk at the dropoff.  He said he'd make an adjustment and I'll see it on my receipt.  The receipt that the guy checking me in spit out obviously didn't have that (he did check me in as "Full," even though I was slightly under, as I had to gas up much earlier in my trip than I intended BECAUSE I WAS ALMOST OUT OF FUCKING GAS).  So, I'll wait a day and see if there's an adjustment.  If not, I'll have my assistant follow-up.

#20120
54 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

So, I'll wait a day and see if there's an adjustment.  If not, I'll have my assistant follow-up

Humblebrag... surly 1%er

#20121
1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

I told the dude at check-in, and did likewise to the guy in the kiosk at the dropoff.  He said he'd make an adjustment and I'll see it on my receipt.  The receipt that the guy checking me in spit out obviously didn't have that (he did check me in as "Full," even though I was slightly under, as I had to gas up much earlier in my trip than I intended BECAUSE I WAS ALMOST OUT OF FUCKING GAS).  So, I'll wait a day and see if there's an adjustment.  If not, I'll have my assistant follow-up.

*Gassistant

#20122

You're a lawyer, just bill yourself for the strong worded letter.

#20124
28 minutes ago, strangulation! said:

on what planet does anyone with 51,000 posts on an internet message board need an assistant

How do you think he has the time to amass such superiority?!

#20125

Microsoft has joint ownership of a leading AI company and access to all of the computing power in the world, yet Outlook can't detect basic ass spam with heuristics i can describe in 3 seconds

#20126
6 hours ago, 52-80 said:

Microsoft has joint ownership of a leading AI company and access to all of the computing power in the world, yet Outlook can't detect basic ass spam with heuristics i can describe in 3 seconds

Man, Microsoft has gone and pissed me off to no end.  They've implemented a limit on the amount of outbound emails / recipients a tenant can send in a 24 hour window.  They use some BS algorithm to determine the daily limit (500 * (Number of Non-trial Email Licenses^0.7) + 9500 ).  Basically, your first license in online exchange has a daily limit of 10,000 outbound recipients, but as you add more and more licenses, your rate decreases.  If you have 100,000 licenses (like, say, a university or large corporation), your average mailbox is allowed 15 emails daily before your account is suspended from sending outbound.

These changes were poorly communicated, not agreed upon, and the changes implemented without previous audit-only mode, and caused my company to drop around 1000 outbound emails to customers.  FREAKING BULLSHIT, Microsoft.  

#20129

SiriusXM Road Trip Radio Top 66 Road Trip songs of all time as voted by the fans. 

#2. On The Road Again - Willie Nelson - acceptable but #1 better be a banger 

#1 More Than a Feeling - Boston - wtf, that isn't a road trip song 

#20130
6 minutes ago, Bill Brasky said:

SiriusXM Road Trip Radio Top 66 Road Trip songs of all time as voted by the fans. 

#2. On The Road Again - Willie Nelson - acceptable but #1 better be a banger 

#1 More Than a Feeling - Boston - wtf, that isn't a road trip song 

Disagree.  Pretty good road trip song, banger road trip album. Fight me. 

#20133
On 5/3/2025 at 7:17 PM, Macanudo said:

I went to Costco today.  I fucking hate it when people bring the entire family to wander around.

Enter your membership number into Instacart and let them deliver to you. 

#20137
1 hour ago, Bill Brasky said:

SiriusXM Road Trip Radio Top 66 Road Trip songs of all time as voted by the fans. 

#2. On The Road Again - Willie Nelson - acceptable but #1 better be a banger 

#1 More Than a Feeling - Boston - wtf, that isn't a road trip song 

The fuck it's not.  Maybe not #1, but definitely a road trip song.

#1 should be Traveling Texas, or What I Like About Texas.

#20138
6 minutes ago, Scheiss Meister said:

The fuck it's not.  Maybe not #1, but definitely a road trip song.

#1 should be Traveling Texas, or What I Like About Texas.

Or this one. By a Brit ironically enough. 

#20139
2 hours ago, Bill Brasky said:

#1 More Than a Feeling - Boston - wtf, that isn't a road trip song 

Great air guitar song though!

#20140

Why didn't Luke finish off the Wampa and stay in the "warmth" of the ice cave?

Edited by Deej

#20141
14 hours ago, ztejas said:

Turn the Page, Convoy towards the top I would guess. 

"so we crashed the gate, doing 98, and said let them truckers roll 10-4"

#20144

Radar love is legit.

But Roll with the Changes is the best road trip song. And the best air keyboard solo song.

#20145
On 5/23/2025 at 8:50 AM, PvilleStang said:

Man, Microsoft has gone and pissed me off to no end.  They've implemented a limit on the amount of outbound emails / recipients a tenant can send in a 24 hour window.  They use some BS algorithm to determine the daily limit (500 * (Number of Non-trial Email Licenses^0.7) + 9500 ).  Basically, your first license in online exchange has a daily limit of 10,000 outbound recipients, but as you add more and more licenses, your rate decreases.  If you have 100,000 licenses (like, say, a university or large corporation), your average mailbox is allowed 15 emails daily before your account is suspended from sending outbound.

These changes were poorly communicated, not agreed upon, and the changes implemented without previous audit-only mode, and caused my company to drop around 1000 outbound emails to customers.  FREAKING BULLSHIT, Microsoft.  

Sounds like you need to go with the 365 enterprise suite.

Enjoy that rollout. 

#20149

Having to travel today…for business. The person that is responsible for NPI is new and is Canadian. He set up a meeting for Tuesday and Wednesday in Milwaukee. He asked the MKE team if it was okay to have a meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday. They all said “yes”. Of course none of them have to get on an airplane to get to MKE and all of the other attendees are from out of the country. So me and my team are flying today. And, the weather is delaying our flights.

#20150

My favorite road-trip song is “Vacation”….the Go-Go’s version is okay but the original by The Textones is what really rocks.

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