this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2025
133 points (99.3% liked)

Ask Lemmy

33767 readers
1522 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions


Rules: (interactive)


1) Be nice and; have funDoxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them


2) All posts must end with a '?'This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?


3) No spamPlease do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.


4) NSFW is okay, within reasonJust remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either !asklemmyafterdark@lemmy.world or !asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].


5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.


6) No US Politics.
Please don't post about current US Politics. If you need to do this, try !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world or !askusa@discuss.online


Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.

Partnered Communities:

Tech Support

No Stupid Questions

You Should Know

Reddit

Jokes

Ask Ouija


Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
(page 2) 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world 36 points 4 days ago (4 children)

There is a pixel out on my monitor and I debated getting a new monitor.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

That would annoy me and I'd spend too much time looking at it and thinking about it. I can't live under those conditions.

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago

Sometimes my 3D printer nozzle gets clogged and if I don't have a new one I have to order one and use my other two 3D printers until the new nozzle comes

[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 30 points 4 days ago

Not mine, but two collages of mine.

Over lunch we were discussing what we cook for dinner most nights etc.

The two of them live together and said that they don't cook they have a food delivery service that delivers nutritious hot home cooked meals to their door every night at 7pm

They complained that on Wednesdays the food isn't as good as other days.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I want to buy Bionicles.

I cannot buy Bionicles.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 3 days ago

I feel like this is an any world problem T_T

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 30 points 4 days ago (4 children)

The ac in my chem class was a bit too cold and I forgot my sweater.

[–] HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Funny story, in my biol class the ac is too cold...so the prof brought in 4 electric space heaters to warm up the room. Cant hear him over the sound of the A/C and heaters fighting.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (3 replies)
[–] tal@lemmy.today 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (7 children)

My backlog of Steam games that I haven't played through is kind of overwhelming.

Some highly-replayable games, like roguelikes, make it worse, because they soak up time that isn't going towards finishing the finishable ones.

load more comments (7 replies)
[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Lately?
Dealing with UPS (and I don't mean backup power, although I did also buy one of those recently.)

I ordered a laptop from a foreign country (I'm in the US), and UPS didn't tell me I needed to tell them my 'Tax ID' and there was no way to input it online. So I had to call (and be on hold) a bunch before I could finally supply it, while my package was on hold.

Then they didn't tell me I had to pay the outrageous tariffs (thank you voters) until I noticed it wasn't moving and called them again.

Then most nights it said it was 'on the way' and would be delivered the next business day, until it reverted to 'In Warehouse' (code for held by customs) 4-5 hours later. So far it's done this for over a week: Each day sending out alerts that I'd get it the next day, then silently taking that back. I've been on the phone with them a lot.

Tonight it finally actually said that it cleared customs. I'll believe that when I see that it's left Kentucky. Still says it will be delivered tomorrow (technically today) which seems unlikely regardless.

Update: Tracking still says it will be delivered today, and it's actually nearby now, but that I owe the tariffs again!
Phone support says they see the earlier payment, so I don't owe, and the website just hasn't updated... From over a week ago. She also said it won't be delivered today anyway. Why do they have separate systems that apparently don't talk to each other‽

Update 2: Sure enough, the driver arrives and asks for a check. My new laptop is right there. I told him I paid, I show him a screenshot from my credit card, he calls his office, they don't see it. I call customer support on my own phone while the driver is talking to his office, support gives me a confirmation code! Driver's office doesn't accept it. Their system has to be given notice of payment through some internal channel or something, and that should have happened automatically, but didn't. I'm given a number to call and told what number to press.

That department is closed now (Friday evening). Opens Monday.

The driver offered to accept a check and said they would refund the part already paid.
Absolutely no way I'm trusting them after what I've already seen. Trying again on Monday it is.

Update 3: Besides ruining my mental health, now they also ruined the plans my wife and I made for today (...Saturday.) I got a notification this morning while out and about around 40 minutes away by freeway that the package was out for delivery. So I called again, and the phone system even said it was out for delivery today, Monday. Today is not Monday. And once again customer service could see that I paid. She did say she'd call 'the facility' and give them the authorization. She also said she would call me back, but my phone didn't ring while I was rushing home. I called back when I got there and miraculously got the same agent, who said that she did get ahold of them, and gave them the code. But couldn't reach the driver or something.

I got home and waited. And waited. Eventually the UPS truck did arrive, and of course the driver asked for payment, and I said I paid and asked her to call in.

Then the miracle happened.

Apparently the support agent had actually managed what none of the others could do, and and got the left hand to know what the right was doing. The driver's manager (handler? Whoever) actually was able to confirm to her that I paid.

The little scanner thing she had however still wouldn't let her actually take my signature* and close out the delivery. Even with her contact trying to walk her through it. Thankfully she decided to leave the package with me and deal with it later. I really hope she doesn't get in trouble for that, but her contact didn't seem to mind that plan, and many hours later it's showing as delivered.

The laptop seems fine after all that. I expected it to be all kinds of mangled by this malfunctioning machine called UPS.

*Side note: the entire time, the tracking site said
"At the request of the shipper, pre-signing your package is not available.

Signature Required Sign Now

Not going to be home? Pre-sign for your package so your signature isn't required..." - I didn't test if it would let me. I knew I'd have to talk to the driver anyway.

[–] Bunbury 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Ah, yes. UPS. In the Netherlands they suck too. We had something delivered from the US 3 or so years ago. It was quite expensive and we knew import tax would be required. Though we weren’t sure if it had been pre-paid by the seller or not. When we heard that the delivery was on its way to our door we thought all was good. Nope. Dude showed up and before we even got a word in he announced in the most snobbish “I’m not paid enough to deal with your bullshit” way that we better pay up in cash on the spot right then, or he’d send the package back. The amount had to be exact as he had no change. We didn’t have cash on hand and supposedly there was no other way to pay.

Called customer service after the guy left. They agreed that there was no other way to pay. They did agree to send the guy back later that day. It was a weird amount that neither the seller nor UPS had communicated with us. So not only did we have to head to an ATM but then had to go to a shop to split things out into specific coins.

When we paid the UPS guy with too many coins he cursed us out loudly and kept on cursing all the way to his delivery truck where he got in, slammed the door and then sped down the road, cutting another car off in the process.

Complained to customer service again. They basically said they would ignore my complaint.

So… how do other delivery companies tackle the same taxes? They send you an email with a payment link. If you don’t pay within x time they send you a letter with a request to pay. With some of them you can even pay using your card at the door. Never have I ever before or since encountered the way UPS dealt with this. When I see that UPS is the only delivery option a store has I won’t order from them.

[–] HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago

I drank too much kombucha in a short time period and it gave me a terrible bellyache.

[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 13 points 3 days ago

The problem I'm dealing with right now is kind of a first world one in that I'm unable to ride my electric bicycle because the speed sensor is malfunctioning and the sensor from my other bike is incompatible as it's a 4-pin one and the other bike uses a 3-pin one. I do have a 3rd bike too but it's not fun to ride due to lack of electric assist.

[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Going out looks fun but then you try it and it isn’t fun.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

It's so exhausting.

So many expectations to live up to. Small talk to cater to. All to spend more money on things I can do at home for 1/5th the cost.

[–] ambitious_bones@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Moved to a new city a while ago and there is hardly any good vegan sushi here anywhere.

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] cloudless@piefed.social 12 points 4 days ago

Handheld game consoles are too big and heavy.
Games are too long.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

THEY STIOPED SELLING THESE I LOCED THEM SO MUCH 😭😭😭🐍

[–] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 3 days ago

Bottle kind of looks like it's for an abrasive cleaning powder for kitchen

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

We have got so much stuff that we have trouble fitting everything into the new house we bought.

I mean, there is this spare room available, but it can only be reached by ladder, so putting stuff there is inconvenient.

load more comments (1 replies)

My first world experience was being born. Entirely downhill since then

load more comments
view more: ‹ prev next ›