What REALLY grinds your gears?

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

My office used to be really relaxed with work hours, they just recently put an end to that though. Probably for the best as people used to just come and go as they pleased and took insanely long lunches. You know the usual give people an inch and they take a mile.

That is what is happen!

I want to leave at 3 today (sons daycare is having a dad day) and I never do this or rarely and when I ask my boss he rolled his eyes and said don't make it a habit and then followed up with I know you don't but some.

ME and my buddy joke some are like rolling out 8 when we are coming in, "oh yeah I came in at midnight done for the day."

[MTK]

In case anyone is wondering, that Eminem and Lil Wayne song is still going. It's been No Love non-stop today. Un-freaking-believable.

[saden1]

I went to ATL to attend a wedding the last few days. If there's any industry that really knows how to nickel and dime you it's the car rental business. Renting a car for two days costs $36.70 USD but the fees take the cost to another level. Here is how Hertz fee's break down:

• Airport concession fee recovery ($4.51) - This fee is to reimburse Hertz for concession fees paid to the airport (hotel or train station) for each rental.
• Vehicle Licensing Cost Recovery ($2.94) - This fee is for Hertz' recovery of the proportionate amount of vehicle registration, licensing and related fees applicable to a rental.
• Customer Facility Charge ($10.00) - The Airport requires that all car rental companies collect this fee. The money collected is used to pay for new car rental facilities.
• Energy Surcharge ($1.03) - The costs of energy needed to support our business operations have escalated considerably. To offset the increasing costs of utilities, bus fuel, oil and grease, etc., Hertz is separately imposing an Energy Surcharge.

Total Fees: $18.48


So f'cking disgustingly annoying.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by saden1

I went to ATL to attend a wedding the last few days. If there's any industry that really knows how to nickel and dime you it's the car rental business. Renting a car for two days costs $36.70 USD but the fees take the cost to another level. Here is how Hertz fee's break down:

• Airport concession fee recovery ($4.51) - This fee is to reimburse Hertz for concession fees paid to the airport (hotel or train station) for each rental.
• Vehicle Licensing Cost Recovery ($2.94) - This fee is for Hertz' recovery of the proportionate amount of vehicle registration, licensing and related fees applicable to a rental.
• Customer Facility Charge ($10.00) - The Airport requires that all car rental companies collect this fee. The money collected is used to pay for new car rental facilities.
• Energy Surcharge ($1.03) - The costs of energy needed to support our business operations have escalated considerably. To offset the increasing costs of utilities, bus fuel, oil and grease, etc., Hertz is separately imposing an Energy Surcharge.

Total Fees: $18.48


So f'cking disgustingly annoying.

Yeah just give me the real price. Don't tell me the car is $25/day when in reality it's going to cost me $40. F... fees.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by saden1

I went to ATL to attend a wedding the last few days. If there's any industry that really knows how to nickel and dime you it's the car rental business. Renting a car for two days costs $36.70 USD but the fees take the cost to another level. Here is how Hertz fee's break down:

• Airport concession fee recovery ($4.51) - This fee is to reimburse Hertz for concession fees paid to the airport (hotel or train station) for each rental.
• Vehicle Licensing Cost Recovery ($2.94) - This fee is for Hertz' recovery of the proportionate amount of vehicle registration, licensing and related fees applicable to a rental.
• Customer Facility Charge ($10.00) - The Airport requires that all car rental companies collect this fee. The money collected is used to pay for new car rental facilities.
• Energy Surcharge ($1.03) - The costs of energy needed to support our business operations have escalated considerably. To offset the increasing costs of utilities, bus fuel, oil and grease, etc., Hertz is separately imposing an Energy Surcharge.

Total Fees: $18.48


So f'cking disgustingly annoying.

Sounds like all the taxes attached to utility bills.

[over the mountain]

I was supposed to close on my new house on Nov 2

My rental home ended Nov 7

We didnt close by the Nov 7

I rented a truck, put all our stuff in it

Im staying at my parents house in Mont Co

My lady is staying at a friends in balt city

i have a 2.5 cm hole in my stomach that i have to go to drs every 2 days to re-open until completely drained which leaves blood/ooze stains on just about every white t shirt

my lender now cant tell me when we can expect to close (sounds like a few weeks away at best for him)

i have just gotten another lender who says she can do it in 2 weeks (thats the good part, getting another lender and starting process from scratch 10 days after seller expected us to close!)

my 5 yr old dog has a torn meniscus and he becomes limp in his rt leg when it gets cold

my parents are very very cheap, they dont turn on the heat in the house

i've had to carry my dog up and down stairs as well as thru doorways

my parents dont have cable, the tv in the room I lived in in HS doesnt have a convertor box so i watch crappy dvds, then all the behind the scene stuff

my car broke down a week ago so instead of my benz (its a 1999 but i love it) i am driving an old 4 cylinder camry

i only brought enough clothes for a few days at my parents b/c i thought i would be in my new house by now so im wearing dress shoes/clothes from my HS days

on top of all this, im a big drinker and IVE BEEN ON F'IN ANTIBIOTICS FOR 3 WEEKS NOW AND STILL HAVE 6 DAYS TO GO (which is partly my fault b/c i did a beer a day under my first anti cycle hence why im put back on)

tonight my mom and i are going to unload the truck and return it since im paying $36/day and it doesnt make sense to rack up a 800 truck rental bill since im not closing until Nov 30

i really just wish i could crack some cold ones . . .

[MTK]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

I was supposed to close on my new house on Nov 2

My rental home ended Nov 7

We didnt close by the Nov 7

I rented a truck, put all our stuff in it

Im staying at my parents house in Mont Co

My lady is staying at a friends in balt city

i have a 2.5 cm hole in my stomach that i have to go to drs every 2 days to re-open until completely drained which leaves blood/ooze stains on just about every white t shirt

my lender now cant tell me when we can expect to close (sounds like a few weeks away at best for him)

i have just gotten another lender who says she can do it in 2 weeks (thats the good part, getting another lender and starting process from scratch 10 days after seller expected us to close!)

my 5 yr old dog has a torn meniscus and he becomes limp in his rt leg when it gets cold

my parents are very very cheap, they dont turn on the heat in the house

i've had to carry my dog up and down stairs as well as thru doorways

my parents dont have cable, the tv in the room I lived in in HS doesnt have a convertor box so i watch crappy dvds, then all the behind the scene stuff

my car broke down a week ago so instead of my benz (its a 1999 but i love it) i am driving an old 4 cylinder camry

i only brought enough clothes for a few days at my parents b/c i thought i would be in my new house by now so im wearing dress shoes/clothes from my HS days

on top of all this, im a big drinker and IVE BEEN ON F'IN ANTIBIOTICS FOR 3 WEEKS NOW AND STILL HAVE 6 DAYS TO GO (which is partly my fault b/c i did a beer a day under my first anti cycle hence why im put back on)

tonight my mom and i are going to unload the truck and return it since im paying $36/day and it doesnt make sense to rack up a 800 truck rental bill since im not closing until Nov 30

i really just wish i could crack some cold ones . . .

Could be worse, at least you're not dead.

[ArtMonkDrillz]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Could be worse, at least you're not dead.

Well this post seems cryptic. Matty, are you planning to off OTM?!?!? Please don't.

[MonkFan4Life]

Damn over the mountain ! I 'm sitting here laughing at Matty because the song is still going, feeling bad for mredskins because he can't be with his son, and understanding where saden1 is coming from but shit.

If I didn't have my son on my own tonight cause the wife is going out I'd burn one in your honor, I guess I have to kill a couple ****ers in your honor when I get on the Duty.

Wow !

[over the mountain]

well there is good news, with my orig lenders long delay it gave me time to find a new lender who is giving me 4.25 vs 4.685. that and im pretty sure i dont have to go to a ravens home game ever again.

[Daseal]

Speaking of fees, how about simple tickets from officers.

I got busy this month and didn't get my inspection renewed. I'm in the wrong on this and I know it. It's my responsibility to keep it up to date and I didn't so no arguing with the officer. Accept it and move on.

However, going to pay a 30 dollar ticket it somehow skyrockets to 115. Am I the only one that feels that paying 'court costs' when you pre-pay a ticket is unreal? If the fine is 30 bucks, fine me 30 bucks. Don't dare tell me processing a ticket costs you 85 dollars.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Daseal

Speaking of fees, how about simple tickets from officers.

I got busy this month and didn't get my inspection renewed. I'm in the wrong on this and I know it. It's my responsibility to keep it up to date and I didn't so no arguing with the officer. Accept it and move on.

However, going to pay a 30 dollar ticket it somehow skyrockets to 115. Am I the only one that feels that paying 'court costs' when you pre-pay a ticket is unreal? If the fine is 30 bucks, fine me 30 bucks. Don't dare tell me processing a ticket costs you 85 dollars.

Yeah that's where they get you, they call it a surcharge tax in NY. A $50 ticket turns into $125 no problem.

[hooskins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Yeah that's where they get you, they call it a surcharge tax in NY. A $50 ticket turns into $125 no problem.

Never prepay a ticket. Go to court and they will usually drop the fine amount and prevent the insurance pts.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by hooskins

Never prepay a ticket. Go to court and they will usually drop the fine amount and prevent the insurance pts.

Oh yeah no doubt. Still doesn't get you out of the $75 surcharge fee here though.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by hooskins

Never prepay a ticket. Go to court and they will usually drop the fine amount and prevent the insurance pts.

Idk where you live but I've never had that experience. I've gone to court every time, I've taken driver improvement clinics when applicable of my own free will, I've done everything I could to get the charges reduced and in the end it hasn't done anything to help my cause. Especially not in Fairfax County, they are notorious hard asses up there.

@Daseal: Did you get pulled over in Fairfax? That's standard prodecure from what I know, I've had to pay that on all my tickets as well.

You know what grinds my gears mildly? People putting up Christmas decorations in late October/early November. I saw a house on my block that already had Christmas lights up and running before Halloween. I can't understand it? And I've seen more decorations put up since Halloween is over, it's like people forgot about Thanksgiving or something. In my house decorations only go up after Thanksgiving, and definitely not before. It's like stores I see that start selling Christmas gear in late September. It makes no sense.