Baseless journal rejections

[Myword]

Do you get irrelevant and vague reasons for rejecting papers? Looks like the editors did not read it at all. Or reasons are petty or very vague. I'd rather have no comment. Ed says it lacks argument throughline when the entire paper is argument to the end. One example. Eds won't say the real reason I suspect. Maybe lack of interest or it was beyond their knowledge. They tell me of other journals with a LOWER acceptance rate.
    I currently have no access to my saved work on vacation  Is it asking too much for editor to send it back to me?

[Sun_Worshiper]

I've gotten desk rejects based on fit (vague), unspecified selection issues (vague), and a sense that the manuscript will probably be rejected upon review (vague). It is annoying, but what can you do? At least it is usually quick and I can move on to the next journal without having to process reviewers' comments.

You could ask the editor for the manuscript, but maybe it would be better to just enjoy your vacation and deal with this when you get home...

[Parasaurolophus]

This is not at all uncommon. My most frustrating one was for an R&R. I spent a ton of time and energy revising, and the end result was both much improved, and significantly different from the original (not that the original was bad). I got the rejection a day after submitting the R&R. I subsequently learned it never even went back to the referees (not surprising, given the 1-day turnaround).