Random thought thread!

Giaddon · 2012-04-05T10:46:06.000Z

Why have we started to say “price point” when we already have “price?”

Why have we started to say “creeper” when he already have “creep?”

Etc.

RichVR · 2012-04-05T12:27:42.000Z

A cute little browser game. I didn’t think that it deserved its own thread in games so: You Are The Road.

Robert_Sharp · 2012-04-05T18:16:02.000Z

I threw my back out being stupid this morning and getting mad at a couch in my way. Hurts like hell. Luckily, I have a long weekend, which started today, so I don’t have to go to work until Monday. Unluckily, my back is killing me!

Giaddon · 2012-04-06T06:15:22.000Z

What do you think of when you think of a game called “Katy Perry’s Sweet Treats?”

jason · 2012-04-06T07:17:54.000Z

I think my brain keeps dropping that last “r”.

Dawn_Falcon · 2012-04-06T07:20:11.000Z

So if someone is annoying you on the internet, and you’re really annoyed, and they give you an address, how stupid do you need to be to go there with a big knife in your pocket without noticing it’s a police station?

Sarkus · 2012-04-07T00:13:20.000Z

So I went to McDonalds for a late dinner tonight (yeah, sue me). Every time I’ve gone to this particular location late at night recently and used the drive-thru they’ve had me pull around and wait rather then hand me my order at the window. This happens even if there are no cars behind me that might be inconvenienced by waiting. And every time it happens I end up waiting like 10 minutes before my order is brought to me.

Of course it happened again tonight. But this time I got home to find out I didn’t even get my full order. So email complaint at the corporate website lodged. Its always fun to see what, if anything, happens next in these situations.

RichVR · 2012-04-07T00:19:19.000Z

Dude. It’s McDonalds. Chill, Winston.

Sarkus · 2012-04-07T00:46:47.000Z

I paid for something I didn’t get. They forgot the fries. What’s the point of going to McDonalds if you don’t even get the fries? Damn straight I complained.

;-)

walTer · 2012-04-10T10:52:44.000Z

Why is it that part 1 of Harry Potter Deathly Hallows is NOT available streaming on either FIOS on demand or iTunes but part 2 is?

I think I need to actually BUY part 1 on DVD to see it.

Houngan · 2012-04-10T11:13:25.000Z

Sarkus:

So I went to McDonalds for a late dinner tonight (yeah, sue me). Every time I’ve gone to this particular location late at night recently and used the drive-thru they’ve had me pull around and wait rather then hand me my order at the window. This happens even if there are no cars behind me that might be inconvenienced by waiting. And every time it happens I end up waiting like 10 minutes before my order is brought to me.

Of course it happened again tonight. But this time I got home to find out I didn’t even get my full order. So email complaint at the corporate website lodged. Its always fun to see what, if anything, happens next in these situations.

Don’t do it. They’re just trying to pad their drivethrough stats, stay at the window and to hell with them.

Sarkus · 2012-04-10T15:53:30.000Z

As a follow-up to the McDonalds complaint, I got an email and a letter with some free item cards.

walTer · 2012-04-11T10:18:05.000Z

Bah, I complained about Subway overcharging everyone at the store near me for overcharging everyone 25 cents for a combo and upsizing your drink without asking and they actually handed you the bigger cup.

I got a thank you from the regional manager and my store did change its policy but nothing free for me!

Omniscia · 2012-04-11T10:54:34.000Z

I complained to my local grocery store about one of their checkout clerks accusing me of fraud for trying to use a coupon I printed directly from the manufacturer’s website (they claimed I had Photoshopped it and somehow hacked the store’s computers to accept the barcode) and all I got was on their mailing list.

Dawn_Falcon · 2012-04-11T15:01:34.000Z

Why are their banner adverts here for IE? What the heck?

Anders_Hallin · 2012-04-19T02:12:02.000Z

Reading google-translated comments from an Estonian newspaper is almost worse than reading regular newspaper comments. Almost.

Giaddon · 2012-04-19T07:11:51.000Z

Has anybody been in a public area (bus, mall, whatever) and looked over and saw that someone was on Qt3 in their phone/iPad/laptop? What did you do?

Houngan · 2012-04-19T07:32:25.000Z

Giaddon:

Has anybody been in a public area (bus, mall, whatever) and looked over and saw that someone was on Qt3 in their phone/iPad/laptop? What did you do?

What anyone would do, though it was a pain in the ass finding quicklime in a mall.

Jason_McCullough · 2012-04-19T11:49:06.000Z

Sarkus:

So I went to McDonalds for a late dinner tonight (yeah, sue me). Every time I’ve gone to this particular location late at night recently and used the drive-thru they’ve had me pull around and wait rather then hand me my order at the window. This happens even if there are no cars behind me that might be inconvenienced by waiting. And every time it happens I end up waiting like 10 minutes before my order is brought to me.

Of course it happened again tonight. But this time I got home to find out I didn’t even get my full order. So email complaint at the corporate website lodged. Its always fun to see what, if anything, happens next in these situations.

They’re probably manipulating their wait times, management is measured on that.

Siren · 2012-04-19T13:39:13.000Z

Giaddon:

Has anybody been in a public area (bus, mall, whatever) and looked over and saw that someone was on Qt3 in their phone/iPad/laptop? What did you do?

Hasn’t happened to me, but I’d say hello, then introduced myself by handle and real name.