Just a little pet peeve of mind I need to get off my chest for today.
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That's funny. I finally got to the point I would take any paper left in my chair and trash it without looking at it.
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Buzzard, sorry to hear about your grandmother-in-law. Sounds like she was a great lady.
Don't worry about this one jerk. There is always one in every crowd.
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Don't worry about this one jerk. There is always one in every crowd.
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As far as I know no one said anything to him. It's just sad that a 55 year old man is this immature.
My pet peeve is obliviots.
They can most charitably be called inattentive. The alternative is stupidly selfish.
Examples are rampant:
-- The idiot who stops a shopping cart I the middle of the aisle in a grocery store, blocking traffic both ways. Then when gently reminded, acts like the reminder is the offender.
- The 100% moron who opens the car door into traffic to conduct several minutes worth of business that could easily be conducted by opening the car door on the curb side. Just today, I saw a woman holding a baby while exposing both of them to the traffic. She's either too stupid to have children, or angling for a civil judgment. Either way, she's an unfit parent.
NASCAR wannabes driving like they're the only ones in a parking deck. Cutting corners, accelerating into 3rd gear on the straightaways, and generally acting like they're the only ones in a stinkin' PARKING DECK. When confronted, they say, "Don't you tell ME how to drive!" Tell you what...you don't terrorize innocent pedestrians with your driving, I won't ask you for the time of day.
Pedestrians aren't without guilt...how about the obliviots walking down the middle of the parking deck lanes, talking on the cell, presentation gear in tow? Pull over to either side, and make your way to the elevator. Or.....
One of the most satisfying times of my life was when I encountered a young woman (not lady...more on that in a minute) walking for 20+ yards in the middle of the deck, set up just the way I described. I was immediately behind her, and cars were piling up behind me. I gave the most discreet toot of a horn I could muster. She whipped around and with a face screwed in contempt, gave me the middle finger salute.
A hour later, we met again. This time in a meeting where she was pitching her solution to our problem. After the pitch, I pulled her aside. "Remember the guy in the red car a little while ago?" She froze. "That was me." She didn't blush....she went white as snow. There is a just God.
How stinkin' hard is it to:
-- Be aware of your surroundings, and
-- Act like you're not the only person on the face of the earth
I feel so much better now. Thank you.
They can most charitably be called inattentive. The alternative is stupidly selfish.
Examples are rampant:
-- The idiot who stops a shopping cart I the middle of the aisle in a grocery store, blocking traffic both ways. Then when gently reminded, acts like the reminder is the offender.
- The 100% moron who opens the car door into traffic to conduct several minutes worth of business that could easily be conducted by opening the car door on the curb side. Just today, I saw a woman holding a baby while exposing both of them to the traffic. She's either too stupid to have children, or angling for a civil judgment. Either way, she's an unfit parent.
NASCAR wannabes driving like they're the only ones in a parking deck. Cutting corners, accelerating into 3rd gear on the straightaways, and generally acting like they're the only ones in a stinkin' PARKING DECK. When confronted, they say, "Don't you tell ME how to drive!" Tell you what...you don't terrorize innocent pedestrians with your driving, I won't ask you for the time of day.
Pedestrians aren't without guilt...how about the obliviots walking down the middle of the parking deck lanes, talking on the cell, presentation gear in tow? Pull over to either side, and make your way to the elevator. Or.....
One of the most satisfying times of my life was when I encountered a young woman (not lady...more on that in a minute) walking for 20+ yards in the middle of the deck, set up just the way I described. I was immediately behind her, and cars were piling up behind me. I gave the most discreet toot of a horn I could muster. She whipped around and with a face screwed in contempt, gave me the middle finger salute.
A hour later, we met again. This time in a meeting where she was pitching her solution to our problem. After the pitch, I pulled her aside. "Remember the guy in the red car a little while ago?" She froze. "That was me." She didn't blush....she went white as snow. There is a just God.
How stinkin' hard is it to:
-- Be aware of your surroundings, and
-- Act like you're not the only person on the face of the earth
I feel so much better now. Thank you.
Sorry for your loss and that of your families, Buzz...you served your wife's grandmother well with your generous words and I'm sure she knew how well she was regarded. That nephew......like Crimson1967 said...there's one in every crowd.
How about when a sock or tank top gets stuck in the dryer (in a crevice) and your entire load is finished...everything is fluffy and smells good and then there's this wet mashed up wad of clothing left behind. 
everything about grocery stores annoys me.
1.slow people, seriously I get road rage going down aisles
2. people who leave shopping carts just anywhere.
3. extremely chatty people, I just want to get my stuff and get out.
4. the self checkout. I have a job and it is not bagging groceries.
5. Publix and their donations.
6. people who drive down the wrong way in the parking lot.
Grocery stores might be worse than the DMV.
1.slow people, seriously I get road rage going down aisles
2. people who leave shopping carts just anywhere.
3. extremely chatty people, I just want to get my stuff and get out.
4. the self checkout. I have a job and it is not bagging groceries.
5. Publix and their donations.
6. people who drive down the wrong way in the parking lot.
Grocery stores might be worse than the DMV.
I can add two more that bug me.......
When your cashier carries on a conversation with the bag person....and you are left standing there as if you are invisible.
The simpletons who are too lazy to return their empty cart to the cart corral.....and instead push it up into the landscaping or leave it where cars are supposed to park.
number 2 on my list and you first one happened to me today.I can add two more that bug me.......
When your cashier carries on a conversation with the bag person....and you are left standing there as if you are invisible.
The simpletons who are too lazy to return their empty cart to the cart corral.....and instead push it up into the landscaping or leave it where cars are supposed to park.
I noticed it happens at Publix ALL THE TIME.
I try to shop at Winn Dixie or the Dollar General Market as much as possible rather than Publix......just for that reason.
I shop at a farmer's market for meats and veggies. Those guys don't talk at all. I think maybe because they don't speak English very well. I have to go to Publix or Kroger for milk and bread and snack foods for lunch.
Obliviots. :wink: Thank you for that one. May it dwell in the lexicon until no longer needed. Tomorrow would be too late. :biggrin2:
Boldfaced: Like the way you phrased this. Thinking you are not the only person on the face of the earth is irrelevant. In the name of all that might be holy, though, at least ACT like it.
Kudos to you, sir.
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I love that word: obliviots.
I'll add pedestrians walking across the road/parking lot leisurely, without a care in the world while I wait (im)patiently for them to cross. At least act like your speeding up and being considerate.
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I'll add pedestrians walking across the road/parking lot leisurely, without a care in the world while I wait (im)patiently for them to cross. At least act like your speeding up and being considerate.
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this is apparently hard for a lot of people. both traffic and congested airports would be much better if folks abided by this.
and the scary part is, based on where you live, you are shopping at the better grocery stores in the atlanta area.
I know right? I thought when I moved to this area that everything would change. It did not.
I actually like the self checkout line. There's less chance for you to be over-charged, or charged for stuff you didn't buy.
I was begrudgingly in a Wal-Mart not long ago and was beside a woman in the self check-out. She was yapping on her cell phone and scanning maybe one out of three items from her order. I looked at the Wal-Mart attendant who wasn't even paying attention. I thought "should I say something?" And my alter ego said "No. Just get your crap and get the hell out of this place."
you can come visit our kroger on metropolitan parkway. it will make anything else seem like going to saks 5th avenue.
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