You know what really grinds my gears?!

[WRXtranceformed]

The rental truck thing is pretty common when their trucks are down for maintenance or they have a higher demand for deliveries than trucks. Especially true during the holidays. Why does what they are driving matter? Breaking shit is a different story.

Same uniformed FedEx guy still delivering in a Budget van two weeks later, doubt this is a temporary thing for him.  Taken 3 days apart in the last few days:

[*insertusernamehere*]

Y'all really bent outta shape over a delivery truck?

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[Apoc]

#whitepeopleproblems

[D_Eclipse9916]

Well first traffic, but more importantly the gas gauge warning in an E92. It had a hazard light and pops up once you get to 1/4 tank.

1/4 tank????? Really??? And with the abysmal mileage in this thing you basically get out of the gas station and it’s on. My rant for the day is over...

[.RJ]

that's a little less than 1/4...

[ScottyB]

LOL, when that light comes on you have what, 15 miles to find a station? the engineers knew what they were doing

[D_Eclipse9916]

that's a little less than 1/4...  

That was after sitting in traffic for an hour with that light in my face caused me to break down... It truly does come on at 1/4 tank.

[.RJ]

that's a little less than 1/4...  

That was after sitting in traffic for an hour with that light in my face caused me to break down...  It truly does come on at 1/4 tank.

I also love how the BMW's tell you that its cold out with a warning.

No shit, sherlock.  Although with the 135 on summer tires, its probably appropriate.

[JPolen01]

Can you code the light to come on when the tank is lower than a 1/4 full?

[rherold9]

I think the most important thing to note here is how it has almost gone through a 1/4 tank of gas by sitting in traffic for one hour

[RawrImAMonster]

Have you seen the gas mileage ratings on those? Not so hot.

From google: Up to 14 city / 20 highway

[Jake]

The Range Rover throws a complete hissy-fit if you let it get low on fuel. It puts a gigantic orange "fuel" icon between the gauges, chimes at you, says "Fuel Level Low," throws up two different orange "exclamation mark inside triangle" icons, and the navigation system offers to find nearby gas stations. All at once.

You can press OK on the steering wheel buttons to shut it up, but the big fuel icon comes back every half-mile or so.

That said, it has the decency to wait until maybe 1/8 of a tank to warn you.

[D_Eclipse9916]

The Range Rover throws a complete hissy-fit if you let it get low on fuel. It puts a gigantic orange "fuel" icon between the gauges, chimes at you, says "Fuel Level Low," throws up two different orange "exclamation mark inside triangle" icons, and the navigation system offers to find nearby gas stations. All at once.

You can press OK on the steering wheel buttons to shut it up, but the big fuel icon comes back every half-mile or so.

That said, it has the decency to wait until maybe 1/8 of a tank to warn you.

Ours does the same because Jess basically waits for me to drive it to fill it, and when I tell you it doesnt bother me in the least and the E92 bothers the shit out of me.... you know it's bad.

[Jake]

The Range Rover throws a complete hissy-fit if you let it get low on fuel. It puts a gigantic orange "fuel" icon between the gauges, chimes at you, says "Fuel Level Low," throws up two different orange "exclamation mark inside triangle" icons, and the navigation system offers to find nearby gas stations. All at once.

You can press OK on the steering wheel buttons to shut it up, but the big fuel icon comes back every half-mile or so.

That said, it has the decency to wait until maybe 1/8 of a tank to warn you.

Ours does the same because Jess basically waits for me to drive it to fill it, and when I tell you it doesnt bother me in the least and the E92 bothers the shit out of me.... you know it's bad.

Hah! I remember my 1-series being similarly cautious as your E92 and it also drove me nuts. I think I just started filling it at half a tank.

[Senor_Taylor]

Maybe it's a cultural difference, but when people something "should" work a certain way when they don't actually know.

Say someone is trying to import something and some additional data is appended to it after the import. The person asking me why it's doing this continually says "The system should not do this."

Hold up, NO, you don't know what it should and shouldn't do. What's happening is you don't understand how any of this works and have an incorrect assumption of what the data is versus how it's actually represented in the UI. Why can't people ever just be humble and not try to show they know every single thing about everything. I'm the person who is actually supposed to know how it works and even I'm not going to tell you how it SHOULD work without having documentation to back it up.

Again, maybe it's a cultural / ESL thing and it's a simple mix up with how we perceive the words that are said, so I'm not going to be a jerk about it, but it certainly is frustrating reading things like this all day.

[*insertusernamehere*]

I understand. My boss is Hispanic and she misuses words and drives me insane. She asks questions with words that aren't appropriate for what's she's trying to ask so I just have to try and remember that before I respond in a frustrated manner. Because sometimes, if I answer what I hear her ask, she gets upset. If I answer what I know she means to ask, all is well. It's a language and cultural barrier. Takes time and patience... Sometimes time and patience I don't have.

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[.RJ]

Hold up, NO, you don't know what it should and shouldn't do. 

"My understanding is <insert verbal diarrhea> "

every fucking day

no one wants to admit they dont know something.

[JustinG]

Maybe it's a cultural difference, but when people something "should" work a certain way when they don't actually know.

Say someone is trying to import something and some additional data is appended to it after the import. The person asking me why it's doing this continually says "The system should not do this."

Hold up, NO, you don't know what it should and shouldn't do. What's happening is you don't understand how any of this works and have an incorrect assumption of what the data is versus how it's actually represented in the UI. Why can't people ever just be humble and not try to show they know every single thing about everything. I'm the person who is actually supposed to know how it works and even I'm not going to tell you how it SHOULD work without having documentation to back it up.

Again, maybe it's a cultural / ESL thing and it's a simple mix up with how we perceive the words that are said, so I'm not going to be a jerk about it, but it certainly is frustrating reading things like this all day.

Welcome to the workplace....

For all you know he was told it works that way. It is a giant game of telephone.

Often times it's never explained fully, mostly because people just get frustrated. But in my general experience most people will listen if you try to correct them. Sadly, your title also has something to do with others questioning what you say.

When I started off as a Project Coordinator, leading meetings I'd get questioned all the time by higher level team members only for the PM or PO to just say, yea he's right

You just have to build your brand outside of your group, so when others talk to you, they know that you know your shit.

[.RJ]

For all you know he was told it works that way. It is a giant game of telephone.

No, its whoever's myopic viewpoint of how THEY think it should work to fit their own specific use case, ignoring any and all practical or technical reasons why not that fits into their own little snowflake reality.

Taylor, this is why product managers exist.  Well, the good ones at least.  The bad ones will make everyone's life hell.

[JustinG]

No, its whoever's myopic viewpoint of how THEY think it should work to fit their own specific use case, ignoring any and all practical or technical reasons why not that fits into their own little snowflake reality.

Lol....

Tell me where the bad man touched you.