submitted by Scyber to Rants8 monthsAug 22, 2024 09:05:47 ago (+30/-1) (Rants)
I go grocery shopping and the only lanes are self checkouts.
I bought a leather couch online which said "some assembly required" which I assumed meant connecting the back and screwing on the legs - not "full assembly required" and also get it delivered in 2 separate boxes with the second getting delayed for 4 days. Then the middle load-bearing leg snapped off as I was putting the couch together which took me over an hour by myself.
Bought a coffee table off Walmart's website which was on sale for 60% off but didn't say anything about putting it together. Well, sure shit it's a build-it-yourself with 20 parts and 140 screws, nuts & bolts. It's been sitting completely disassembled in my living room for almost a month.
I don't have the time or energy to do all this shit. I work a pretty physical job & on my feet all day and I'm pretty worn out after my shift. I'm in my 40s so I'm naturally tired and don't have much energy, and my weekends pretty much consist of me sleeping 10-12 hours on Sat/Sun. I'm honestly getting fucking fed up with life altogether. Everything is 10 times worse than before the lockdowns. I don't need to explain everything, we're all living through it. Every single aspect of life has gotten worse, no matter how small or insignificant. And no, I'm not having a "midlife crisis" or burnt out - I already had a breakdown in my mid-30s after my fiance broke off our engagement to move to Vegas to do porn and ended up dying of an accidental fentanyl overdose 2 years later. I wasted 10 years of my life with that bitch, several break-ups and getting back together.
Sorry for the rant. I gotta leave for work in 15 minutes...
EDIT Before anyone says I'm lazy or not trying hard enough - I work at a metal casting/foundry as a cleaner. I sweat my ASS OFF EVERY SINGLE FUCKING DAY REGARDLESS IF IT'S WINTER. I get paid decently with benefits & 401k.
But I live in a mid sized city filled with blacks, mexicans & middle east islams/muslims. My coworkers are pretty much equal White guys, blacks & hispanic. My COUNTY is also pretty much divided into 3rds like that, with middle easterns trying to worm their way in but no one really wants them here because this is a Christian majority area. So now there's a pretty big backlash from the muslim & islamic communities trying to weasel their way into our lives with big money from other countries. And the odd/funny part about it is that they're living and opening businesses & mosques near our airport which is obviously causing our locals to blame them for 9/11 & also sell their homes & move out because locals don't want to be around these people. I've been watching this slowly happen for the last 20 years or so because I grew up in that area.
Gowithit 0 points 8 months ago
i meant the grocery shopping.