Minor things that bother you

[JayhawkCO]

People that don't use a "ch" sound when saying mature.

Chris

[SSOWorld]

People that don't use a "ch" sound when saying mature.

Chris

because t doesn't sound like "ch"

[kphoger]

People that don't use a "ch" sound when saying mature.

because t doesn't sound like "ch"

Then how do you pronounce furniture?

[JayhawkCO]

People that don't use a "ch" sound when saying mature.

because t doesn't sound like "ch"

Then how do you pronounce furniture?

Apparently fur-nit-TOOOOOR. 

Chris

[kphoger]

...and...

culture
infrastructure
torture
dentures
signature
future
nature
tincture

[hbelkins]

Grub Hub? Door Dash? Uber Eats? What are those things?

As someone who lives in a rural area in a county of 7,000 people whose county seat has a population of 1,000, those services are foreign to me.

Which leads me to something else that bugs me: Cell phone companies that advertise they cover XX% of Americans. Not America. While technically true, it's definitely a bit misleading.

[hotdogPi]

Which leads me to something else that bugs me: Cell phone companies that advertise they cover XX% of Americans. Not America. While technically true, it's definitely a bit misleading.

Grass, trees, crops, and rocks don't use cell phones.

[kphoger]

Which leads me to something else that bugs me: Cell phone companies that advertise they cover XX% of Americans. Not America. While technically true, it's definitely a bit misleading.

Grass, trees, crops, and rocks don't use cell phones.

Yeah, but cell reception out on the highway between cities is a good thing to have.

[kphoger]

And I would really like to not have maskless customers open their door as I am placing their no-contact delivery on the porch.

You might not be considering that to you it's a "no-contact delivery", but to them it's just "delivery".

When I hear UPS pull up in front of the house, the last thing I'm thinking about is where to find my mask.  If I need to sign for the package, my first concern is to not make the driver wait for me at the door.  My next concern is to be an appreciative customer and thank the driver for delivering my package.  Similarly, if my wife and I order a pizza for delivery, it's not like we choose "no contact" or something.  We just order a pizza, turn on the porch light, and wait for the driver to show up.

Now, if someone walks up to my house with a mask on, then that makes me also think about grabbing my mask too.  But I don't think I've seen a single delivery driver wearing one, so it never even occurs to me.

[formulanone]

Which leads me to something else that bugs me: Cell phone companies that advertise they cover XX% of Americans. Not America. While technically true, it's definitely a bit misleading.

Grass, trees, crops, and rocks don't use cell phones.

6G implants will fix that fault in the stars.

[JayhawkCO]

Now, if someone walks up to my house with a mask on, then that makes me also think about grabbing my mask too.  But I don't think I've seen a single delivery driver wearing one, so it never even occurs to me.

I don't believe I've seen a delivery person out here without a mask. 

Chris

[TheHighwayMan3561]

One of the regional controversies in northeast Minnesota right now is AT&T being given a permit for a cell tower in the Boundary Waters. The handful of locals up the Gunflint Trail with no cell service as of now and emergency service workers responsible for an increasingly popular wilderness area are in favor of it but many of the wilderness purists aren't.

[texaskdog]

One of the regional controversies in northeast Minnesota right now is AT&T being given a permit for a cell tower in the Boundary Waters. The handful of locals up the Gunflint Trail with no cell service as of now and emergency service workers responsible for an increasingly popular wilderness area are in favor of it but many of the wilderness purists aren’t.

Maybe they can make it look like a tree

[texaskdog]

Now, if someone walks up to my house with a mask on, then that makes me also think about grabbing my mask too.  But I don't think I've seen a single delivery driver wearing one, so it never even occurs to me.

I don't believe I've seen a delivery person out here without a mask. 

Chris

Most here don't wear them unless they anticipate meeting someone i.e if I was in my yard.

[JayhawkCO]

One of the regional controversies in northeast Minnesota right now is AT&T being given a permit for a cell tower in the Boundary Waters. The handful of locals up the Gunflint Trail with no cell service as of now and emergency service workers responsible for an increasingly popular wilderness area are in favor of it but many of the wilderness purists aren't.

Maybe they can make it look like a tree

They have one of these on I-25 between Denver and Castle Rock.

Chris

[Big John]

The phrase "invest in" as a euphemism for plain old "spend money on"

On that note, a furniture store around here says  "the more you spend, the more you save."  I save a lot more by not buying anything.

[kphoger]

The phrase "invest in" as a euphemism for plain old "spend money on"

On that note, a furniture store around here says  "the more you spend, the more you save."  I save a lot more by not buying anything.

But you can't afford not to buy it!  It's like we're paying you!

[texaskdog]

The phrase "invest in" as a euphemism for plain old "spend money on"

On that note, a furniture store around here says  "the more you spend, the more you save."  I save a lot more by not buying anything.

But you can't afford not to buy it!  It's like we're paying you!

Literally throwing money away!!!!

I hate when they hand you a receipt and say out loud "you saved $46".  No, if the stuff was full price I wouldn't have bought it at all.

[interstatefan990]

Any feature in a car that when I turn it off, it doesn't stay turned off. Example, auto engine stop/start or the radio playing upon startup. When I disable something, I do not want to have to turn it off again every darn time I get in the car.

[CoreySamson]

Literally throwing money away!!!!

I hate when they hand you a receipt and say out loud "you saved $46".  No, if the stuff was full price I wouldn't have bought it at all.

Dave Ramsey would approve.

[jakeroot]

When I hear UPS pull up in front of the house, the last thing I'm thinking about is where to find my mask.  If I need to sign for the package, my first concern is to not make the driver wait for me at the door.  My next concern is to be an appreciative customer and thank the driver for delivering my package.  Similarly, if my wife and I order a pizza for delivery, it's not like we choose "no contact" or something.  We just order a pizza, turn on the porch light, and wait for the driver to show up.

Now, if someone walks up to my house with a mask on, then that makes me also think about grabbing my mask too.  But I don't think I've seen a single delivery driver wearing one, so it never even occurs to me.

Couple of concerns from me: (1) every delivery I've received in the last year has been delivered by someone masked. Pizza, Amazon, Door Dash, etc...all masked up. But that could be a geographic thing, as the vast majority of businesses around WA have very tight rules for mask-wearing by their employees; (2) I don't think about where my mask is. I've been wearing it for a year. If it's not in my back pocket, it's next to the door on a hook with like ten others. If you had to locate a mask, and it would take long enough to find one that a delivery driver would go from "normal delivery time" to "holy crap this is taking forever", you may want to just wear it around your neck like a pair of glasses. After all, we are far from being out the woods (and that's coming from someone who's fully vaccinated).

[formulanone]

The phrase "invest in" as a euphemism for plain old "spend money on"

On that note, a furniture store around here says  "the more you spend, the more you save."  I save a lot more by not buying anything.

But you can't afford not to buy it!  It's like we're paying you!

Literally throwing money away!!!!

Apparently paying "retail" for something is some sort of social sin.

While we're at it: most internet advertising tells you what you what percentage you'll save instead telling you the actual price <but you have to click through to find out>.

Saving is not about the price, but finding the value of it.

[hotdogPi]

(and that's coming from someone who's fully vaccinated).

Your age is listed as 25.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

(and that's coming from someone who's fully vaccinated).

Your age is listed as 25.

He mentioned he was vaccinated through his tribal authority.

[jakeroot]

Your age is listed as 25.

Age is only part of the equation here in Washington. There are countless exemptions to the general age limit, including living with people older than you, having underlying conditions, or being employed in a high-risk industry.

As a side-note: I would think my Facebook and Twitter profiles would make it very clear that I am not pretending to be 25.

He mentioned he was vaccinated through his tribal authority.

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