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Year end grievances (really just pet peeves)

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Aomalley27

Jr. Shave Member
Figured a fun little discussion might be shaving related grievances (or really just pet peeves) one encountered during 2024. Here's mine...
#1) YouTubers constantly referring to "Doug" "Douglas" "Douglas Smythe" etc. They constantly thank "Doug" etal, and most have been in the hobby for quite a few years, so they KNOW that
"Douglas Smythe" is a fictional character/ marketing gimmick. Don't know if it's something that's a condition of their affiliate program, but it irks me. The guy's name is Eric Hodges, not "Doug" "Douglas" "Douglas Smythe". (Got a lot of other problems with this particular vendor, but just wanna keep this list as light hearted as possible. No need to rehash the list of gripes about the vendor)
#2) Constantly being either a week early, or a week late on special, unannounced sales. Second year in a row I missed out on the Seaforth 3 Scots, and I did it TWICE. First upon its release this year, (I was out of town so missed out) and then again when Dennis released some during his surprise/appreciation sale this Fall. (Arggh, can't believe I exhausted my shave funds literally four days Before the sale.) Not a gripe against Dennis, just a gripe against my lousy timing.
#3) The displaced blade manufacturing. My fave blades are Russian Astra Greens (superior Platinums). I tried the newer Indian manufactured blades, and just don't like them. My backup Gillette's also saw their manufacturing move from St Petersburg, and I hate the new ones as well. I was able to source a case of Astras from a going out of business barber supply shop, so my gripe isn't too much now.
 
1. When I forget to shave for 4 months in a row.
2. Like with Seaforth above, the special releases are super hard to catch.
3. Ultra long winded shaving videos
4. When @Majorrich doesn’t have safety cat with him in the room for the shave.
5. When @BarberDave refers to himself in the third person in his videos and calls me his good little buddy.
6. When @NurseDave makes me question if I have any Bougie bones in my body
7. When @heysi talks about all the Formula 1 racing events local to him….
8. When @Spider brags about his haunted escapades that I can’t join in on.
9. When @Cvargo finds amazing bourbon and he doesn’t send me samples.
10. When @MarkB buys up all the brushes and vintage items I want.
11. When my eBay auctions close way low…
12. USPS, I seethe with rage when I think about the stress you put me through. Especially when I ship $400-600 razors and they take 2-3 weeks to make it 3 states away!!
13. When the glue gives out on my brush knot in the middle of a shave and it falls out and falls into the toilet…. Arguably the worst gripe of the year. Yes it was fished out and sterilized.
 
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Luecke3262 said:
10. When @MarkB buys up all the brushes and vintage items I want.
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Well...without a proper Festivus pole and the customary wrestling matches it is hard to feel I will be able to fully air my grievances. But I'll give it a try.

1) The one thing that is certain to get under my skin (causing a severe case of grievance itch) is/are go-fund-me campaigns (or similar crowd funding requests). I could give specifics or go into more detail about how I feel about these things but without the Festivus pole I fear I might go too far.

2) "Porch Pirates" stealing freshly delivered goods. I am fortunate this year in that I have not had anything stolen (unlike the last few years) but my son has had several things, including his 70# chewy dog food order, snatched. In most cases the sender makes good with a replacement but in all cases the items stolen were necessary and having to wait for a replacement caused plenty of distress or additional cost.

3) Very Cherry fruit salad that has NO cherries in it. What gives? not one cherry in the whole can. It's like buying double stuff oreos and opening the package to find someone has already licked the "Stuff" off every cookie.

4) "attic season" as @dangerousdon so appropriately calls it. Box after box of seasonal items that must be dragged down from the attic so my wife can decorate for the season, only to have to drag those same boxes back up to the attic days/weeks later and drag new boxes down for the next season. I finally put my foot (and ladder) down this year and refused to put the empty boxes back up while the decorations were dislplayed, saving me half the trips but costing me plenty of garage space.

5) Music so loud I can hear it inside my house from 1/2 mile or more away. More specifically, live bands with horns and a guy yelling into a microphone. It's ironic, I can't hear what my wife says from accross the livignroom but those horns effortlessly cross 1/2 and penetrate directly into my brain.

6) food that isn't beef. I really like beef jerky and i love me some rib eye. As far as i'm concerned turning a cow into nothing but ribeye and jerky would make me happy

I could continue to air my grievences but I think ending with BEEF is both symbolic and tasty so lets call it done (for now?)
 
heysi said:
All? I only have one and its at midnight in the late fall....and it gums up traffic for weeks on end. You want the Formula 1 race?....you can have it.
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Dont worry he is smoking Missouri Worm Castings ie:

5. When @BarberDave refers to himself in the third person in his videos and calls me his good little buddy. ( Never have done that, and would never call you a lil Buddy ) a jack ass maybe that gives me gray hairs on the meme thread, but never lil buddy
 
1. Hearing that the 2025 TSC CON was cancelled...... due to lack of interest!!!????? Major Bummer. I need to see my peeps!

2. Using a blade that WILL NOT QUIT. Over 600 shaves on one DE blade. One day, I'll have a shave that isn't quite as close as I'd like thinking, ok, it's finally on the downward spiral.... only to have the next shave be close and smooth. You'd think I had it in an Ever-Ready razor!

3. Making a post shave Witch hazel mix that is so good, that I don't even think about using After Shave to follow it up! My aftershaves are sad....

4. Having spent so much on Badger brushes, only to have them riding the bench and watching from the sidelines.
 
BarberDave said:
Dont worry he is smoking Missouri Worm Castings ie:

5. When @BarberDave refers to himself in the third person in his videos and calls me his good little buddy. ( Never have done that, and would never call you a lil Buddy ) a jack ass maybe that gives me gray hairs on the meme thread, but never lil buddy
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Currently rewatching all your videos to find you referring to yourself in the 3rd person. Likely in one of your silly dress up vids. 😝
 
Luecke3262 said:
1. When I forget to shave for 4 months in a row.
2. Like with Seaforth above, the special releases are super hard to catch.
3. Ultra long winded shaving videos
4. When @Majorrich doesn’t have safety cat with him in the room for the shave.
5. When @BarberDave refers to himself in the third person in his videos and calls me his good little buddy.
6. When @NurseDave makes me question if I have any Bougie bones in my body
7. When @heysi talks about all the Formula 1 racing events local to him….
8. When @Spider brags about his haunted escapades that I can’t join in on.
9. When @Cvargo finds amazing bourbon and he doesn’t send me samples.
10. When @MarkB buys up all the brushes and vintage items I want.
11. When my eBay auctions close way low…
12. USPS, I seethe with rage when I think about the stress you put me through. Especially when I ship $400-600 razors and they take 2-3 weeks to make it 3 states away!!
13. When the glue gives out on my brush knot in the middle of a shave and it falls out and falls into the toilet…. Arguably the worst gripe of the year. Yes it was fished out and sterilized.
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I had better luck this year with USPS than either Fedex or UPS. But none of my orders went through the Memphis Hub, which is a notorious black hole/Bermuda Triangle; and has been since my USPS carrier days in the 90's. USPS delivered everything on time, and in tact this year. UPS lost a parcel, and the subsequent replacement that was sent, and cost me my stogie account since the vendor no longer feels they can deliver to the states. Fedex was a disaster. I watched the driver walk the package half way up my driveway, then just drop it, and kick it the rest of the way up. Despite it being marked handle with care.
 
CBLindsay said:
Well...without a proper Festivus pole and the customary wrestling matches it is hard to feel I will be able to fully air my grievances. But I'll give it a try.

1) The one thing that is certain to get under my skin (causing a severe case of grievance itch) is/are go-fund-me campaigns (or similar crowd funding requests). I could give specifics or go into more detail about how I feel about these things but without the Festivus pole I fear I might go too far.

2) "Porch Pirates" stealing freshly delivered goods. I am fortunate this year in that I have not had anything stolen (unlike the last few years) but my son has had several things, including his 70# chewy dog food order, snatched. In most cases the sender makes good with a replacement but in all cases the items stolen were necessary and having to wait for a replacement caused plenty of distress or additional cost.

3) Very Cherry fruit salad that has NO cherries in it. What gives? not one cherry in the whole can. It's like buying double stuff oreos and opening the package to find someone has already licked the "Stuff" off every cookie.

4) "attic season" as @dangerousdon so appropriately calls it. Box after box of seasonal items that must be dragged down from the attic so my wife can decorate for the season, only to have to drag those same boxes back up to the attic days/weeks later and drag new boxes down for the next season. I finally put my foot (and ladder) down this year and refused to put the empty boxes back up while the decorations were dislplayed, saving me half the trips but costing me plenty of garage space.

5) Music so loud I can hear it inside my house from 1/2 mile or more away. More specifically, live bands with horns and a guy yelling into a microphone. It's ironic, I can't hear what my wife says from accross the livignroom but those horns effortlessly cross 1/2 and penetrate directly into my brain.

6) food that isn't beef. I really like beef jerky and i love me some rib eye. As far as i'm concerned turning a cow into nothing but ribeye and jerky would make me happy

I could continue to air my grievences but I think ending with BEEF is both symbolic and tasty so lets call it done (for now?)
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I despise crowd funding. I participated in a kickstarter by Rob Liefeld for a reboot of Brigade comic. That was 2013. STILL haven't received anything, despite his many claims that the kickstarter was fulfilled. (Most of the kickstarter people state the same, that they've received NOTHING) Liefeld has also been selling copies of the completed book at conventions.
 
I know you guys would be surprised to hear anything gets under my skin. I assure you there are a couple. But before I illiterate, I will respond to Matt. I think enough time has passed since SafetyCat prime passed away that his teaching is being forgotten by the other cats. 😔 Noel does still come in, but often doesn’t stay like she used to.

Now for my irks.
Shaving irks. Not many..
1. Absolutely knowing I have a soap I want to shave with. Only to realize I don’t have it and it was one I saw one of the Daves using.

2. Similar to Matt, dropping shave soaps into the toilet. My shave locker resides in the danger zone.

3. I misplaced several prized razors in April, only to find them on October in the bag I packed for The 2024 TSC Con.

Non-shaving irks
1. I really, really dislike Nissan Jukes. They make me mad just looking at them. And by association, the people who would buy such an affront to my sensibilities.

2. The (I’m sure a conspired thing) disparity between the number of hot dogs (even bratwursts) in a package, and the number of buns in their package. Always either excess weinerage, or bunnerage.

3. When the gasoline discount I get from a loyalty program is offset by their price being a corresponding amount higher than every other station on the street.

4. When the spouse unit shouts something to me from the basement knowing I can’t hear her, then being mad I didn’t answer her.

5. Not getting to visit with you guys in Vegas.
 
Aomalley27 said:
I despise crowd funding. I participated in a kickstarter by Rob Liefeld for a reboot of Brigade comic. That was 2013. STILL haven't received anything, despite his many claims that the kickstarter was fulfilled. (Most of the kickstarter people state the same, that they've received NOTHING) Liefeld has also been selling copies of the completed book at conventions.
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I went through a similar issue when Jose Longoria or someone claiming to be him announced a launch of new production Ambrose Strops back in 2018. I manage to get my cash back somehow but it took me about a year.
 
Luecke3262 said:
I went through a similar issue when Jose Longoria or someone claiming to be him announced a launch of new production Ambrose Strops back in 2018. I manage to get my cash back somehow but it took me about a year.
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Kickstarter does Nothing for those that have been scammed. They claim the kickstarter (Liefeld) has told them the kickstarter has been fully completed, and everything sent out. So by that rational, I can start a kickstarter to supply perpetual motion machines, and the mere fact that I claim "I sent them all out" despite a lack of any proof of such; kickstarter will just call it a day, and wipe their hands clean of the whole thing. If I was a person of dubious character, I might just attempt something like that. But alas; I'm not, so oh well
 
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