minor inconveniences that are not struggles

[ToxicAdam]

Still using machismo to mask insecurities in 2016, brehs.

[Phoenix Dark]

Still using machismo to mask insecurities in 2016, brehs.

Quote me again when you make six figures, tough guy.

-upcoming AiA post

[Cerveza mas fina]

I'm in a dispute with a former landlord over a 415 USD heating bill.

Thing is that's for two months, one of which I wasn't living in the apartment.

Things that don't make sense:
-Appartment has yearly heating costs of approx 1250 USD, it's very energy efficient
-According to energy statement usage spiked after I moved out, basically 85% of those dollars are from when I was gone

I already called them about the statement they sent months ago and the guy on the phone told me they will look into it. Never came back to me until now when I got a invoice again.

Sent them a mail yesterday saying that we settled this. They sent one back saying no. So I told them I'm willing to take this to court. Would love to see them explain how all that heating was done with me living elsewhere.

Looking forward to the reply.

[VomKriege]

You said you moved out, surely no bill for use past your lease should concern you ? Or did you move out with lease still in effect ? Did you still have the keys ? I take it your landlord is a company or represented by one with the way you present it ?

As you probably already have, gather all written evidence indicating you were out by the date of DD/MM/YY and all the stuff in support of your claim the bill is inconsistent with your experience and previous consumption. Presenting a clean and shut case to your landlord (if you haven't already in your letter) should help them back down.

[Cerveza mas fina]

It is an agency.

The lease ran a month until after we moved out but the keys were handed over 3 weeks in advance.

Our moving out and moving in is documented very well, as well as the spike in consumption after we moved out.

Whats more funny is that the yearly energy consumption for a B rated house (140m2) is between 5000 and 7800 DKK.
This is a B rated apartment of 70m2. Half the size. They expect me to believe that while it was empty it racked up half the yearly consumption of a place more then twice its size 

B rated house / 140m2 / yearly consumption 5000/7800 DKK
B rated appartment / 70m2 / consumption in two months, of which the house was empty one month 2700 DKK

[Fifstar]

During which time did you live in the apartment? From the numbers they just divided the total sum by six months (probably the heating period from september to march) and multiplied that with the two months you were living in the apartment. No idea how precise that energy statement is but they might be allowed to average out the usage over the heating period.

Edit: Okay, if you have proof that you didn't live there during the second month they have to acknowledge that. They probably already charged another party with the average for the 4 months and are now stuck with the missing sum.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Those are number for a house twice the size though 

Edit: we have proof from moving in the form of receipts from the moving company etc.

[archnemesis]

What type of heating is it? If it's electricity then it could have been used for Bitcoin mining or heat lamps for cannabis production. There aren't many good ways of converting other people's electricity to cash.

[Cerveza mas fina]

It's district heating so can't be that.

I imagine that it's:
-someone moved immediately when we gave the keys turned on the heating and left windows open
-agent turned on heating left windows open

[Madrun Badrun]

I tried to be clever and automate a task with a bash script.  Took 6 hours to figure out because calling ssh in script somehow fails to load my environment variables on the remote servers.  So i probably broke even if I did this task 8 times a day for the next 20 years. 

[I'm a Puppy!]

I remember I had this code that I couldn't get to work. I looked at it and looked at it and couldn't figure out what was wrong. I got my coworker in my cube and showed it to him and he was like "No, that looks right". He brought in more people and they agreed. Finally after about 2 hours the fifth person came in to see what was going on and the first thing they said was, "Hey, is that a comma instead of a semi-colon?" FFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCKKKKK!!!

[Kara]

I registered for a charity fondo and I had to pick some kid with cancer I was riding for and like all of the kids have obvious Twilight-inspired names. Kind of want to take back my registration fee now.

e: Oh snap, there's a "I'm not riding in honor of a patient." option. I was afraid that it might be kind of insensitive to ride with a cycling cap that said "Vous pouvez crever." while riding for a kid who was dying.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Still using machismo to mask insecurities in 2016, brehs.

Quote me again when you make six figures, tough guy.

-upcoming AiA post

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[T234]

Still using machismo to mask insecurities in 2016, brehs.

Quote me again when you make six figures, tough guy.

-upcoming AiA post

7

Quoted. I can't go around spending it though.

EDIT: And you have for sure jacked off. To say not is a lie.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Still using machismo to mask insecurities in 2016, brehs.

Quote me again when you make six figures, tough guy.

-upcoming AiA post

7

Quoted. I can't go around spending it though.

EDIT: And you have for sure jacked off. To say not is a lie.

Everybody jacks off. Not all of us talk about it like its farting in a elevator normal though. But this is the bore so when in Rome....

[king of the internet]

I'm now that guy who asked his friends to set him up with women.

I've only been set up once, but she was so sweet and wholesome that I questioned how much the setter-upper knew me in the first place. I try to keep my corruption away from decent people.

[Phoenix Dark]

I'm now that guy who asked his friends to set him up with women.

we're gonna get you out of this situation bro

[TVC15]

Ate too much real butter popcorn at the movies today and had to take a ~4 hour tummy ache nap.

[fistfulofmetal]

Slipped off some stairs yesterday and sprained my ankle. Now I'm hobbling around like a fucking old man 

[Atramental]

Spent a good 30 minutes trying to find a drink I bought.

Went to look in the trash and realized that I had already drank it. 

[Kara]

Spent a good 30 minutes trying to find a drink I bought.

Went to look in the trash and realized that I had already drank it. 

[Joe Molotov]

It must have been good stuff. 

[Atramental]

It was a Starbucks Frappuccino® in a bottle.

[Tasty]

It was a Starbucks Frappuccino® is a bottle.

[chronovore]

It was a Starbucks Frappuccino® in a bottle.

+ +  + =

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Ice cream is actually closer, but you're watching your weight. Don't guzzle that heavily-processed garbage! Your body is a temple!

[close]

[toku]

I don't believe in iced coffee.

[Brehvolution]

I got food poisoning from a frappachino once. Never again.

[CatsCatsCats]

I really liked iced black coffee tho

[TVC15]

Iced coffee is gross. It's like guzzling room temperature piss.

[Phoenix Dark]

I have a NutriNinja blender for protein shakes. A friend of mine was over and was like "oh so you can make ice coffee with it right? Can you make one for me?  "

No 

I don't even have a single bean of coffee in my house.

[Brehvolution]

My video card died, brehs.

Do I upgrade or wait for the RMA? It's a R9 270X 4gb.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Wait for 1060? Thats fall though

[Joe Molotov]

My video card died, brehs.

Do I upgrade or wait for the RMA? It's a R9 270X 4gb.

My 780ti blew up last weekend. Probably gonna get a 1070.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Meanwhile my XBone keeps on trucking. 

[Cerveza mas fina]

Will there even be 1070d available anytime soon? Officialy sure but will they be in stock?

[fistfulofmetal]

My video card died, brehs.

Do I upgrade or wait for the RMA? It's a R9 270X 4gb.

GTX 1080 just came out just sayin'

[fistfulofmetal]

Will there even be 1070d available anytime soon? Officialy sure but will they be in stock?

1070's are coming out the first week of june

[Tasty]

Meanwhile my XBone keeps on trucking. 

I thought you were supposed to be rich

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Meanwhile my XBone keeps on trucking. 

I thought you were supposed to be rich

I can't be assed to spend days reconfiguring my PC every time I want to play a different game. Seems stupid.

[Joe Molotov]

Meanwhile my XBone keeps on trucking. 

I thought you were supposed to be rich

I can't be assed to spend days reconfiguring my PC every time I want to play a different game. Seems stupid.

Can't you just pay your manservant Bubba to do it?

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Meanwhile my XBone keeps on trucking. 

I thought you were supposed to be rich

I can't be assed to spend days reconfiguring my PC every time I want to play a different game. Seems stupid.

Can't you just pay your manservant Bubba to do it?

Technology isn't his specialty

[Brehvolution]

Those GTX's are expensive af. I got a vacation in Miami at the Fountainbleau next month for a few days and that is also going expensive af.

Gonna have to get by with a struggle card until the RMA returns.  :'(

[Kara]

One of my fellow communards is in deep shit with the IRS* and I know with every fiber of my being that eventually I'm going to get asked to help them out with this and then I'm going to be in the awkward position of having to decline to help them since fucking up with the IRS isn't my area of expertise (you wouldn't go to a divorce lawyer to defend you on a capital crime, tax law operates on a similar division of labor despite no taxpayer ever understanding this).

*While it's possible that this might not be true, I know enough of the telltale signs to know it's more likely than not (to use an accounting standard) they're in deep shit.

[Brehvolution]

Those GTX's are expensive af. I got a vacation in Miami at the Fountainbleau next month for a few days and that is also going expensive af.

Gonna have to get by with a struggle card until the RMA returns.  :'(

Struggle card turned out to be a GTX 750 Ti I borrowed from work. The frame rate and detail aren't as good but it's playable, brehs.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

One of my fellow communards is in deep shit with the IRS* and I know with every fiber of my being that eventually I'm going to get asked to help them out with this and then I'm going to be in the awkward position of having to decline to help them since fucking up with the IRS isn't my area of expertise (you wouldn't go to a divorce lawyer to defend you on a capital crime, tax law operates on a similar division of labor despite no taxpayer ever understanding this).

*While it's possible that this might not be true, I know enough of the telltale signs to know it's more likely than not (to use an accounting standard) they're in deep shit.

Kara...I.....oh...

*throws 1099's back into the drawer.

[Tasty]

Holy shit

[Madrun Badrun]

Make sure he over hears you telling the story and laughing.  Kill him with shame. 

[Cerveza mas fina]

Those GTX's are expensive af. I got a vacation in Miami at the Fountainbleau next month for a few days and that is also going expensive af.

Gonna have to get by with a struggle card until the RMA returns.  :'(

Struggle card turned out to be a GTX 750 Ti I borrowed from work. The frame rate and detail aren't as good but it's playable, brehs.

Whats playable?

[Brehvolution]

Those GTX's are expensive af. I got a vacation in Miami at the Fountainbleau next month for a few days and that is also going expensive af.

Gonna have to get by with a struggle card until the RMA returns.  :'(

Struggle card turned out to be a GTX 750 Ti I borrowed from work. The frame rate and detail aren't as good but it's playable, brehs.

Whats playable?

My current rotation of Black Ops 3 MP, NBA2K16, Civ V, and BNW Rising Tide.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

50 year old white dude at my work walked in for his shift and said "Sup niccas" to me and a 24 year old white guy. Then walked to his desk awkwardly like he made a massive mistake.

I've been struggling to not bust out laughing for the last ten, fifteen minutes.

I'm gonna go into the engineering shop and say "sup honkys" in retribution.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

And done.

They all just looked at me and said "heyyyy"

[Kara]

Might have a stress fracture in my foot. Or a bone bruise. Probably need to have this checked out. I might not be able to do any running for awhile.

I never got a bone bruise treated on my leg, it's pretty gnarly know years later. (Just a contusion that's never healed.)

[chronovore]

Kara, help. A shit-tastic tutorial voiceover just said "i.e." -- pronounced it "eye eeh" instead of saying "id est." Linguistic treachery!

[Rufus]

It's pronounced "that is", we're not in Victorian England.

[chronovore]

It's pronounced "that is", we're not in Victorian England.

Weird, I didn't know that Latin was the language of Victorian England. I thought it'd be... maybe Rome?

[Rufus]

I imagined a posh scholar type from the era trying to impress his peers. I don't actually know when "i.e." entered common usage. :V A lot of pseudo-Latin and Ancient Greek, as well as unholy fusions of the two entered the language during the Renaissance, I know that much. Would have been a better choice, I guess.

[chronovore]

I imagined a posh scholar type from the era trying to impress his peers. I don't actually know when "i.e." entered common usage. :V A lot of pseudo-Latin and Ancient Greek, as well as unholy fusions of the two entered the language during the Renaissance, I know that much. Would have been a better choice, I guess.

(I was teasing.) I like your scenario just fine, as long as we can both ridicule the speaking of "eye eeh."

[Rufus]

No worries. And yes, generous shaming for that one.

[Kara]

Kara, help. A shit-tastic tutorial voiceover just said "i.e." -- pronounced it "eye eeh" instead of saying "id est." Linguistic treachery!

When I'm proofing at work I have to say i.e. like that because people look at me even more funnily than they already do when I say id est. or exempli gratia.

[Rufus]

I didn't actually expect you to be that guy.