Random Rants (for Rob the Robber but I have beef anyway)

Well she apologised as I went in ACTUALLY 20 MINUTES LATE but literally said she’d forgotten the time. It’s clear to me she was either just shooting the shit with the dental nurse or playing on her phone.

Actually got none of her usual withering sarcasm and condescension to a person at least 15 years older than her today which was nice. Maybe it’s been tough love.

But as a result I heartily recommend a iO7 or equivalent toothbrush because that’s been my upgrade. That and a bit of flossing which she ALWAYS nags about - and I can’t do as primitive ‘90s orthodontics has left my teeth very compressed. I’ve got these pick things now with taught wire that no doubt kills dolphins and turtles after disposal.

My previous dentist was great, once the sadist hygienist retired at least. Hygienist requested I come in for torture every three months and moaned at me constantly about not enough flossing etc. Dentist took over hygiene duties when she retired, said teeth were fine and that I could go back to six monthly appointments, possibly annual if things didn't deteriorate.

Now that dentist has left and her replacement is back to pushing me to come in much more frequently, depsite no obvious problems with my teeth. At least they don't try to charge me up front, but I wouldn't put it past the new one to try on my next appointment. I claim it all back via health cover, so not sure how that'd work with up front payements anyhow...

reply all and call group should really have "are you sure you want to do this" pop ups

Just saw Canva has purchased Affinity Design Suite. No doubt it will go subscription based also Canva sucks

Kind of sucks. Hopefully Affinity won't go down the pan but that's hoping too much. It was one of the few really good alternatives to Photoshop.

First rule I make when I am.supreme ruler is to ban the playing of content direct from mobile phones on public transport. And perhaps give powers to ordinary folk to stamp on them. Shut. The. Fuck. Up

I will allow that. All good now, my ear buds have charged back up and I am trying to chill out to a bit of Bowie. Bored of travelling now. Home in 10 minutes.

I misread that multiple times as “paying for content” and couldn’t figure out why you hated the convenience of Apple Pay so much.

Agreed though. Sometimes I daydream about which song would be best to play loudly on my own phone to counter it. It must be immediately loud and obnoxious and not the sort of genre you normally get these cunts playing. Current top candidate is “Fucking Hostile” by Pantera.

I never do it, of course. I just sigh loudly and roll my eyes and turn my headphone volume up.

On a plane ride back from holiday and the woman sitting on the row next to me was so rude to the stewardess. Talking down to her and all. She got served a mini Jack Daniels and a cup with ice on a tray and she pauses and goes "Oh I'm supposed to pick that up am I?". I just wanted to reach over to her and tell her she's in economy class with the rest of us, you do not get special treatment. Pick up the fucking cup

People being rude to low paid sevice staff (retail, restaurants etc) boils my piss.

Fucking drink it for her and tell her how it tastes…!

Post Office trip today to buy Euros for daughter who is going to France with school.

She’s been given 60 Euros off my folks, I’d asked her to save sixty quid from her spends/residual birthday money to teach her about self-funding/responsibility with the caveat/incentive that I will at least match to get her to 200 Euros.

So I work out that somewhere a bit north of 120 quid will get me around the 140 euros needed. At the counter I’m asked what I want and explain my budget is around 120 quid and, here’s the kicker, I have the total target figure in my first-thing-in-the-fucking-morning-after-a-crap-sleep brain and say that I think that’ll get me to 200 Euros roughly.

Cue a ‘oh god what exchange rate have you been looking at’ collection of sneering comments that lasted for the entire duration of the interaction, made longer by the fact my chip in the card is obviously mucky and wouldn’t get read. I explained my mistake three times and still the comments kept coming.

Fuck off, you must have a really boring average Saturday if this has caused you so much mirth and you are dragging out this interaction which I already hate because the public. Is exactly what I didn’t say because it’s a very local PO that I will need to use again in the future.

Grumble grumble grumble.

I had to spend more than was estimated online too.

Why has BBC news decided to spoil the Gladiators final for everyone who hasn't watched it yet?!

I get the appeal and I'd have a "soft life" if I could, but the people in the article just seen insufferable in their smugness. Even the term "soft life" is fucking insufferable.