The First World Problem Thread...Voice Your Struggle

[brector]

I'll forever have a soft spot for the Hilux after visiting my uncle in Trinidad for Carnival as a teenager, bombing around the island in the bed of a Gen6 built like this one drinking Caribs

Man I miss my '94 4x4. Fun fact, they released the Tacoma in '95 in the US, but made the 4x4/hilux for half of '95 incase the Tacoma was a flop.

 

[p0ke]

Thanks.

Man, that's weak. So they leave a note "you weren't home" and the package wasn't even on the truck. Damn.

Wow, and here I was thinking the Finnish postal service is bad.
I always pick everything up from the automatic post boxes these days though, I've even set the one at my prefered grocery store as my default delivery location so I can pick them up on the same trip when I buy food.

A related fwp: several times recently, said machine has been full and I've had to pick my packages up from the "next best alternative". Which in this case is a kiosk across the road. And that isn't automatic, so I've had to interact with an actual person, and it's got weird opening hours. For example it closes at 6pm on Sundays for whatever reason.

 

[Moongrum]

Man I miss my '94 4x4. Fun fact, they released the Tacoma in '95 in the US, but made the 4x4/hilux for half of '95 incase the Tacoma was a flop.

Do you know what the original intention was by having a Tacoma and Hilux? From what I've read so far, the Hilux is a more stripped down version, whereas the Tacoma more caters to the USA-love-driving-big-truck-like-a-luxury-vehicle crowd. But I know trucks in the 90s weren't really like luxury cars like they are now.

Btw, wasn't aware of the 4x4 by name, but remember seeing those all the time as a kid. That's another sweet truck. The stripes on them belong in the 90s nostalgia thread

 

[brector]

Do you know what the original intention was by having a Tacoma and Hilux? From what I've read so far, the Hilux is a more stripped down version, whereas the Tacoma more caters to the USA-love-driving-big-truck-like-a-luxury-vehicle crowd. But I know trucks in the 90s weren't really like luxury cars like they are now.

Btw, wasn't aware of the 4x4 by name, but remember seeing those all the time as a kid. That's another sweet truck. The stripes on them belong in the 90s nostalgia thread

I am not sure on that one. My assumption is they continued off the same (old) platform. Hence why you see solid front axles after 1985.

Haha! You can tell the model year of the 4x4/hilux by the striping in the 90's lol

 

[Moongrum]

Is the laundry detergent locked in a case in your local store/grocer?
Trying to get an idea of how bad it is where I live, or if it's a nationwide policy among chains/stores

 

[BlackMastodon]

I'm also having a shipping related fwp, but mine is because the dock workers at my office are nigh-fucking-useless. In my old building before Covid, I had no issues shipping personal stuff to the office (within reasonable weight) and bringing it home since I work in the US but live in Canada, and it's almost always cheaper to do so. During Covid I went to a new organization in another building and these dock workers say that "they're not responsible for non-business related shipments" and I don't trust the dude at the lobby to not pull the same shit. So now I gotta reroute some Amazon stuff I bought last week during pRiMe DaYs to a Whole Foods or local pickup spot. The biggest piss off is that the dock workers barely fucking perform their intended function for business-related shipping stuff and often take multiple days to get something shipped out of the building, no matter how urgent it is.

 

[TedEH]

Is there alcohol in the laundry detergent over there or something? Have the kids started eating tide pods again?

 

[Moongrum]

Is there alcohol in the laundry detergent over there or something? Have the kids started eating tide pods again?

I google'd it, and I guess it's just because it's expensive and easy to resell.
I"ll be curious to know if other USAmericans on this forum have faced similar phenomena

 

[BlackMastodon]

I've seen the cartridges of razor heads locked up pretty frequently in Canada, but never tidepods and detergent.

 

[Ordacleaphobia]

I google'd it, and I guess it's just because it's expensive and easy to resell.
I"ll be curious to know if other USAmericans on this forum have faced similar phenomena

I'm in Methville Califonia and while we have USB cables behind lock and key and almost every aisle in the Home Depot has video surveillance with motion detectors that play an ear-searing beep whenever they detect movement, I can safely say we don't lock up the detergent.

 

[Crungy]

My local walmart locks up some underwear, baby formula and USB/phone accessories for sure, but all of the laundry detergent type stuff is not on lockdown. It's not really a bad area though.

 

[KnightBrolaire]

my local walmart only really locks up the razor cartridges and ironically, the lube/"personal massagers".

 

[SalsaWood]

The Walgreens around here lock up a ton of shit, half the store might as well be a vending machine. The other stores around here just use anti-theft tags on everything.

 

[Moongrum]

I'm in Methville Califonia and while we have USB cables behind lock and key and almost every aisle in the Home Depot has video surveillance with motion detectors that play an ear-searing beep whenever they detect movement, I can safely say we don't lock up the detergent.

What?! I remember saying you live in a rough area before, so I thought you'd be with me
To add to this, at my local, we don't have hand baskets and only carts, and the carts have a wheel lock if they get too heavy or go too far from the store.

I try to be positive and not catastrophize like Americans love to do, but honestly, I'm starting to think I live in a shithole lol.

The Walgreens around here lock up a ton of shit, half the store might as well be a vending machine. The other stores around here just use anti-theft tags on everything.

My man

 

[Ordacleaphobia]

my local walmart only really locks up the razor cartridges and ironically, the lube/"personal massagers".

You guys also have the condom cabinet? Where you have to go flag down a random walmart employee so you can let them know you're getting laid tonight and need them to walk with you across the store so they can unlock the condom cabinet, pull out a box, and then put it inside another big locked plastic box to carry around until checkout that fucking jingles as you walk?

 

[SalsaWood]

I get dong bags off Amazon for that reason alone.

 

[LordCashew]

Is the laundry detergent locked in a case in your local store/grocer?
Trying to get an idea of how bad it is where I live, or if it's a nationwide policy among chains/stores

No, but I'm only getting that kind of stuff at Costco or WinCo.

Last time I went to Target all the underwear and socks were locked up. Couldn't be bothered so I had my wife order it online and have it shipped for free. Wonder if that's actually saving them money.

 

[jaxadam]

A rock nailed my windshield on the highway this morning with only about 200 miles on the new truck. Oh well at least the tonneau cover gets installed Thursday.

 

[KnightBrolaire]

You guys also have the condom cabinet? Where you have to go flag down a random walmart employee so you can let them know you're getting laid tonight and need them to walk with you across the store so they can unlock the condom cabinet, pull out a box, and then put it inside another big locked plastic box to carry around until checkout that fucking jingles as you walk?

Yep. I have resorted to hoarding condoms from amazon because of that.

 

[TedEH]

I always thought it was funny that when I went to buy a tiny little camping knife from Canadian Tire, there were escorts and the locked padded baggie thing, etc., until I left the store, at which point I'm entirely left to my own devices and could just walk right back into the store with the same knife in my pocket. I get why they do it, but it sure feels stupid while it's happening.