random rants

[Derwood]

Your softball concession stands have a drive-thru window? Da horsefeathers?

No

[Sammy Sofa]

Your softball concession stands have a drive-thru window? Da horsefeathers?

No

Then don't use the concession stand cash at the drive-thru, you goon.

[UMFan83]

I'm going to look like extra stupid in this rant so acknowledging this upfront but whatever, flame away.

Fvck Metra. My office just moved from Oakbrook to the Loop so this is my first week taking the train. I take the 7:31 train. It's 7:29 and I am literally 3 steps from the train tracks when the lights start going off (the bar didnt even go down yet). Maybe I'm just dumb but my reaction in that situation, knowing there is 40 minutes before another train comes, is to jog across the tracks, obviously while ensuring that I see the train at all times and know that I am no where close to getting hit by it. So I did that, the train was barely visable in the distance so I knew I had plenty of time.

The problem was the tracks were under construction and there was a group of about 10 construction workers yelling at me to get off the tracks and that i wont be allowed to board the train. I confusingly brushed them aside, finished crossing and boarded the train. The train started moving and then abruptly stopped. A conductor and construction worker boarded, found me and threw me off. I tried to plead ignorance (literally used metra like 5 times ever before this week) saying I didn't know the trains came early, why do you have to horsefeathering throw me off etc but i got tossed regardless after causing a minor scene.

I know technically I look like an idiot and not in the best position to rant but dammit i was almost an hour late to work because the metra came 2 minutes early. I don't know why they can't give me a stern warning, and besides what is the point of throwing me off only to board the next train?

Lesson learned but horsefeathers those guys.

[jersey cubs fan]

one of my greatest fears is making a dumb rookie mistake when partaking in a new commute path

[UMFan83]

one of my greatest fears is making a dumb rookie mistake when partaking in a new commute path

the other thing i learned today that made me feel even more stupid is that about 1000 feet away from where i crossed is a tunnel that goes under the tracks that i probably could have ran to and still made the train.

[Omar]

I'm going to look like extra stupid in this rant so acknowledging this upfront but whatever, flame away.

Fvck Metra. My office just moved from Oakbrook to the Loop so this is my first week taking the train. I take the 7:31 train. It's 7:29 and I am literally 3 steps from the train tracks when the lights start going off (the bar didnt even go down yet). Maybe I'm just dumb but my reaction in that situation, knowing there is 40 minutes before another train comes, is to jog across the tracks, obviously while ensuring that I see the train at all times and know that I am no where close to getting hit by it. So I did that, the train was barely visable in the distance so I knew I had plenty of time.

The problem was the tracks were under construction and there was a group of about 10 construction workers yelling at me to get off the tracks and that i wont be allowed to board the train. I confusingly brushed them aside, finished crossing and boarded the train. The train started moving and then abruptly stopped. A conductor and construction worker boarded, found me and threw me off. I tried to plead ignorance (literally used metra like 5 times ever before this week) saying I didn't know the trains came early, why do you have to horsefeathering throw me off etc but i got tossed regardless after causing a minor scene.

I know technically I look like an idiot and not in the best position to rant but dammit i was almost an hour late to work because the metra came 2 minutes early. I don't know why they can't give me a stern warning, and besides what is the point of throwing me off only to board the next train?

Lesson learned but horsefeathers those guys.

Fvck the BNSF in particular.

[Tryptamine]

people that have never hearted a post on NSB but post all the time

I'm sorry, you can be my first.

[weis21]

people that have never hearted a post on NSB but post all the time

I'm sorry, you can be my first.

[Banedon]

people that have never hearted a post on NSB but post all the time

I'm sorry, you can be my first.

[Derwood]

New Jersey needs to join he 21st century and get rid of this full service only gas station nonsense. Is there some gas pumper union that is strong arming the State or something?

[CubinNY]

New Jersey needs to join he 21st century and get rid of this full service only gas station nonsense. Is there some gas pumper union that is strong arming the State or something?

Or the other 49 states needs to get with NJ.

[Derwood]

New Jersey needs to join he 21st century and get rid of this full service only gas station nonsense. Is there some gas pumper union that is strong arming the State or something?

Or the other 49 states needs to get with NJ.

No. It took much longer to wait for the one dude filling eight cars than it would have to just done it myself

[Cubswin11]

I wonder how much stronger the gas pumper union is in NJ as compared to say the pro-landlord union's/policies of Indiana

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I don’t think NJ is alone. isn't Oregon also?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I don’t think NJ is alone. isn't Oregon also?

Yes. I almost ran out of gas once trying to make it all the way across Oregon without stopping for gas in the state.

[weis21]

New Jersey needs to join he 21st century and get rid of this full service only gas station nonsense. Is there some gas pumper union that is strong arming the State or something?

when i was an undergrad (ECU has a ton of NJ girls that come here and I've asked time and time again and the answer is the same - they have relatives/friends that went here or it's just cheaper than any NJ college option)...anyway when i was an undergrad i impressed the hell out of a few NJ girls with my ability to pump gas. it was such a foreign concept to them and i never could/can wrap my mind around it. it was like i was doing something heroic but i literally was only grasping a gas hose. i never knew there were still places in america that were full service until i was a student at ECU.

[jersey cubs fan]

New Jersey needs to join he 21st century and get rid of this full service only gas station nonsense. Is there some gas pumper union that is strong arming the State or something?

when i was an undergrad (ECU has a ton of NJ girls that come here and I've asked time and time again and the answer is the same - they have relatives/friends that went here or it's just cheaper than any NJ college option)...anyway when i was an undergrad i impressed the hell out of a few NJ girls with my ability to pump gas. it was such a foreign concept to them and i never could/can wrap my mind around it. it was like i was doing something heroic but i literally was only grasping a gas hose. i never knew there were still places in america that were full service until i was a student at ECU.

Driving fron NJ to PA for a wedding my hard ass union member father in law once made a big show of pulling over for gas and asked if the college boy(me) had any idea what to do and I simply filled up the car and pointed out how I'd never had anybody pump gas for me in Illinois.

He was pissed. Big trump fan too.

[Omar]

From Chicago - I was on a business trip in Edision, NJ and had a rental car. Went to fill gas, and the attendant got irritated that I was filling up my own gas.

asked him "is there a problem?" when he came and gave me the stink-eye, then bragged about how hes been pumping gas there for 11 years

[CaliforniaRaisin]

From Chicago - I was on a business trip in Edision, NJ and had a rental car. Went to fill gas, and the attendant got irritated that I was filling up my own gas.

asked him "is there a problem?" when he came and gave me the stink-eye, then bragged about how hes been pumping gas there for 11 years

Oh man, I didn't realize Oregon was the same way when I went there on vacation. I got chastised by some attendant in Portland who said I could get fined because I decided to pump my own gas. He was acting like I was going to blow us all up by pumping my own gas.

[biittner77]

From Chicago - I was on a business trip in Edision, NJ and had a rental car. Went to fill gas, and the attendant got irritated that I was filling up my own gas.

asked him "is there a problem?" when he came and gave me the stink-eye, then bragged about how hes been pumping gas there for 11 years

When "keeping it real" goes wrong.

[CubinNY]

I do some off sight contractual work for a large health insurance company and I have to go through their periodic corporate training. I don't know what it's like with other large companies, but this one is bad. Today I had to sign a release agreeing to give them blanket approval to search me and my belonging including my car anytime I'm on company property. I'm never on company property so the policy doesn't pertain to me, but if it did I would stop doing the work for them. Workers rights are getting ridiculous.

[Duke Silver]

I do some off sight contractual work for a large health insurance company and I have to go through their periodic corporate training. I don't know what it's like with other large companies, but this one is bad. Today I had to sign a release agreeing to give them blanket approval to search me and my belonging including my car anytime I'm on company property. I'm never on company property so the policy doesn't pertain to me, but if it did I would stop doing the work for them. Workers rights are getting ridiculous.

I have to do the same thing. There's nothing about searching my car or anything, but it's always a hassle and I have to do it every year.

A few years ago I hadn't been on-site all year until like June, and they were flabbergasted that it had been 18 months since I had completed it -- which was because it has to be done in-person and I hadn't been there in-person.

[CubinNY]

I do some off sight contractual work for a large health insurance company and I have to go through their periodic corporate training. I don't know what it's like with other large companies, but this one is bad. Today I had to sign a release agreeing to give them blanket approval to search me and my belonging including my car anytime I'm on company property. I'm never on company property so the policy doesn't pertain to me, but if it did I would stop doing the work for them. Workers rights are getting ridiculous.

I have to do the same thing. There's nothing about searching my car or anything, but it's always a hassle and I have to do it every year.

A few years ago I hadn't been on-site all year until like June, and they were flabbergasted that it had been 18 months since I had completed it -- which was because it has to be done in-person and I hadn't been there in-person.

I forgot the best part, they call the policy "Housekeeping and workplace Hygiene."

[CubinNY]

As a healthcare provider and can definitively tell you insurance companies do not have the best interest of patients in mind.

[Derwood]

As a healthcare provider and can definitively tell you insurance companies do not have the best interest of patients in mind.

Or healthcare providers for that matter

EDIT: Meaning insurance companies don’t look out for providers, not providers don’t look out for patients