Pet Peeves

[falafel]

Not sure where else to put this. When I got my gmail email, I was early enough that I could just use my last name and first initial for the email address. Big mistake. HUGE.

Now I get emails ALL THE FREAKING TIME from random places. I'm not sure, to be honest, what these people are using for their email address. From what I understand, gmail doesn't recognize the dots in an email. So johnsmith and john.smith and joh.n.smith are all the exact same email address.

Anyway - I don't know what email address the woman in North Carolina was able to set up that was similar enough to mine that I'm getting her stuff - but apparently she's trying to take out loans, refinance her house, getting vet reminders, has a son in little league baseball, and has rented various cars over the last six months. At one point she hooked up DirecTV - I was tempted to login and change some passwords or something just for fun. I don't know if she gets those emails too? Do they go both places? Or do they just come to me? No idea.

Now there's some dude in UK who has joined the party. He just purchased a new 60 inch 4K TV online and is getting it shipped to him. I got an email telling me that if I wanted to change the shipping address, I just needed to log in to the online portal for the shopping site and update that information before it shipped. Hmmmmm. How much trouble would I get into, really, if the online store just happened to ship me the new TV instead of him? Asking for a friend...

There's a guy in Midway with my same name. My email is [firstlast]@gmail.com. His email is [firstlast]@yahoo.com. For some reason, he thought he had the gmail version locked up too, so he added [firstlast]@gmail.com as his recovery email. I end up getting confirmation emails all the time when he changes his password. The emails tell me that if it wasn't me that changed it, click the link to re-set it. After the third or fourth time he did this (and after I told him at least two times that I'm getting his emails), I just logged in and changed his password. That didn't cause him to update his recovery email, so on the fifth or sixth time he did it, I changed his password again. But this time, I logged in and checked his email for him. His wife had been sending him some naughty pictures that day. Also, he had a YM presidency meeting that night.

[Northwestcoug]

There's a guy in Midway with my same name. My email is [firstlast]@gmail.com. His email is [firstlast]@yahoo.com. For some reason, he thought he had the gmail version locked up too, so he added [firstlast]@gmail.com as his recovery email. I end up getting confirmation emails all the time when he changes his password. The emails tell me that if it wasn't me that changed it, click the link to re-set it. After the third or fourth time he did this (and after I told him at least two times that I'm getting his emails), I just logged in and changed his password. That didn't cause him to update his recovery email, so on the fifth or sixth time he did it, I changed his password again. But this time, I logged in and checked his email for him. His wife had been sending him some naughty pictures that day. Also, he had a YM presidency meeting that night.

How naughty are we talking? Asking for a friend.

[Moliere]

I have this same issue as well

Me too. There’s some guy with a similar name that is in the army and lives in Wichita Falls. Last month he took a trip to Arkansas and the army required him to stop every two hours to stretch and rest. He also has some financial products through USAA.

[falafel]

How naughty are we talking? Asking for a friend.

Let's say they more Playboy than Penthouse.

[old_gregg]

There's a guy in Midway with my same name. My email is [firstlast]@gmail.com. His email is [firstlast]@yahoo.com. For some reason, he thought he had the gmail version locked up too, so he added [firstlast]@gmail.com as his recovery email. I end up getting confirmation emails all the time when he changes his password. The emails tell me that if it wasn't me that changed it, click the link to re-set it. After the third or fourth time he did this (and after I told him at least two times that I'm getting his emails), I just logged in and changed his password. That didn't cause him to update his recovery email, so on the fifth or sixth time he did it, I changed his password again. But this time, I logged in and checked his email for him. His wife had been sending him some naughty pictures that day. Also, he had a YM presidency meeting that night.

crazy that there are two guys in this world named hugh mungous

[falafel]

crazy that there are two guys in this world named hugh mungous

And they are both LDS!

[Northwestcoug]

Let's say they more Playboy than Penthouse.

Good to know. My friend says he's not interested in seeing the pics. Thx.

[Donuthole]

People who use their windshield washers on the freeway. Usually these people are completely oblivious to the fact that they just showered a half dozen other cars with their overspray.

[Flystripper]

People who use their windshield washers on the freeway. Usually these people are completely oblivious to the fact that they just showered a half dozen other cars with their overspray.

agreed. just washed the car this morning and had a jagoff do that to me less than 2 minutes later.

[old_gregg]

some of us do it on purpose

[creekster]

some of us do it on purpose

Lol. So you and I DO have something in common.

[Lost Student]

some of us do it on purpose

You tailgate, you get sprayed. Simple as that. Passive-aggressive? Yes. Satisfying? Yes.

[Donuthole]

You tailgate, you get sprayed. Simple as that. Passive-aggressive? Yes. Satisfying? Yes.

At 65-70mph on the freeway, I can be a full 3-4 seconds behind a car and still get sprayed.

[falafel]

At 65-70mph on the freeway, I can be a full 3-4 seconds behind a car and still get sprayed.

Lost Student wants you a full 10 seconds back.

[falafel]

I'm selling a treadmill right now, listed in all the normal places. People make lowball offers, which are super annoying, but not as annoying as this question: "What's your rock bottom price?" F that. What's your absolute ceiling? I listed it for $xxx, but why don't I just bid against myself and lower the price to the absolute bottom because you asked.