Category: Merlin Rants

There’s a type of text message which iPhones intentionally ignore, and that’s a number of the Rich Communication Services messages. For example, if you text from an Android, but you later edit the message, an apple user would still just see the original message. It’s so frustrating that apple blocks so much of the RCS standard. It makes sense that you can’t send a disappearing message from iPhone to Android, since that’s not part of the RCS protocol. However, all RCS features should work on iPhone and there’s no reason for them not to!! The EU should enforce RCS compliance for devices that go beyond the capabilities of the SMS and MMS standards. Although, since it’s not hardware, Apple could still just behave the same in the US as they already do.

So yeah, iPhones are incompatible with many standard texting features by design, and it greatly frustrates me.

Whenever I step into the toilet at work, it strips something from me. I have a toilet at home. It’s usually quite clean, and never tragic. As I approach mine, I smell clean folded towels nearby, or a recent steamy shower.

Wherever I step into the toilet in public, the experience is usually a bit less desirable, but usually not too bad. There may be a bit of a smell, and maybe a questionable spot on the floor, but usually not too bad. The air conditioning keeps me comfortable.

I work in construction. On the off chance I get to step into my boss’s bathroom, It’s usually quite nice! The toilet and floor are as clean as my own. There’s usually cleaning supply easily accessible, and the AC feels just as comforting as my own.

When I step into my usual toilet at work, it tells me exactly what I am to my employer. When I step into the toilet at work, it tells me I’m not worth the money for a regular toilet. When I step into the toilet at work, it tells me I’m not worth the money for regular cleanings. When I step into the toilet at work, it tells me I’m not worth the money for adequate cleanings. When I step into the toilet at work, it tells me I’m not worth the cost of plumbing. When I step into the toilet at work, it tells me I don’t deserve double digit temperature toilets. When I step into the toilet at work, it tells me I’m not worth the cost to take care of that piling mountain. When I see my soft turd darkened and dried during that same shift at the top of that stack at over a hundred degrees Fahrenheit, it tells me my employer owns my life.

Every single weekday

I yearn for my own life

Every single weekday

I bark and I can’t bite

Every single weekday

I wish their time would go away

Every single weekday

I need my time, so in dismay

Every single weekday

8 hours during work

Every single weekday

1 hour before work

Every single weekday

2 hours after work

Every single weekday

Just 3 hours they’ve not took

Every single weekday

Nighttime preparation work

Every single weekday

Never coming off the hook

Every single weekday

Dreams are slashed in place of theirs

Every single weekday

Debt and debt from rest affairs

Every single weekday

Always chasing after light

Every single weekday

Always fading out of sight