Pet Hates....

[aabram]

Last night I had an avocado for tea, and I have to say it was ....unripe... :mad: and even though it had been reduced to 29p and the last one in the shop at that price, it was still inedible, so I thought I would start a thread to find out what else makes people totally angry. Do Supermarkets indeed KNOW how to tell the ripeness of an avocado??? Co-op seemingly doesn't.

Moral:.... Never buy your avocados in the co-op!!!! :D

[hoops]

air conditioning totally bugs me. it seems that as soon as march hits businesses feel compelled to turn down the thermastat and turn up the air conditioning. now i have a problem with the cold in general, but most of the time i can handle people having the air on in the summer, but when the temp is set at 65 degrees i have a big problem. in the winter set the heat at 72 ( for my liking of course ) and in the summer make it 76. i hate having to wear a coat in june!!!
peace
hoops

[Darlene]

People who take up two parking places so there precious car won't get dinged. Oh what I want to do to that car! But I keep my cool but I STILL DON'T LIKE IT! Calm, calm, calm, now that's better.
Peace, Darlene

[Eva]

Dogpoo on the sidesteps. Not nice under the shoes. And not nice smelling when temperatures rise. Yuck.

But let's stay positive.

Eva

[aabram]

Dogpoo on the sidesteps. Not nice under the shoes. And not nice smelling when temperatures rise. Yuck.

But let's stay positive.

Eva

And having to pick the d*** stuff up along with your own dog's poo.... THAT'S just called "LAZYOWNERITIS" :p

On the Avocado front, I went on to buy two perfectly acceptable Avocados in the same supermarket last night :)

[DaveM]

People who leave their garage sale signs up for months so you end up driving all over the place looking for a sale that ended weeks ago.

[Oak Kitten]

I have no tolerance for the people who are obviously too important to obey the rules of civil conduct, especially the ones who blow past me on the way to work at o'dark thirty in the morning. Friday morning one of these twits passed me in the break-down lane on a country road in order to race ahead to the red traffic light. I console myself with the thought that these people are prematurely wearing down their vehicles by this incessant racing and screeching to a halt to get a 30 second advantage over someone, and that they are probably destroying their health with the stress they are placing on themselves.


Oak

[Eva]

I have no tolerance for the people who are obviously too important to obey the rules of civil conduct, especially the ones who blow past me on the way to work at o'dark thirty in the morning. Friday morning one of these twits passed me in the break-down lane on a country road in order to race ahead to the red traffic light. I console myself with the thought that these people are prematurely wearing down their vehicles by this incessant racing and screeching to a halt to get a 30 second advantage over someone, and that they are probably destroying their health with the stress they are placing on themselves.


Oak

And we hope their spouses hate them too :D (which wouldn't surprise me one bit)

Eva

[SongDragon]

Hoops, I understand what you're saying, but from working in a Deli I know that we have to have it that cold or the food is inedible. Basically everything we have has to be kept at under forty degrees (vac packs, salads, olive bar, meat well, etc) and hot food has to be kept at over 150 (I believe, I'm not too sure... I know we like to keep the chickens at 180... all temperatures in fahrenheit). The hot foods tend to be fewer in a supermarket, so in the end it turns out to be the cold foods making the temperatures. Otherwise, with the summer heat, it's too difficult making sure everything remains at the right temperature. If it isn't at the right temp for over four hours (a short time during a work day) then you have to toss it. In that case it'll usually be a whole area and the store is not pleased.

So... Just my add in there as to why it is. Though I have to say, working in that temperature all day, in short sleeves because it's more convenient that getting sleeves dragged in everything, is one of the things I hate most about my job. And the worst part of that is doing the chickens where you basically stand in a freezer (actually it's kept just at 40 degrees usually, but one time I was in there, before I realized I was supposed to be wearing three pairs of gloves, so my hands got soaked and bluish, it was nice and steady at 32... I was not exactly pleased with getting that task).

My other annoyances...

The phrases:

"Thin. Almost shaved. But not in pieces. Can you go any thinner?"

"Jen, I'm not trying to be mean, it's just reality, but it's already been fifteen minutes and we have to start booking. Finish that slicer, please."

"Are you still open? It's only 9:30. You're open until ten." Half an hour before the store closes and I still have the floor, windows, and a slicer or two to clean (pretty much on schedule) do. And I have to answer yes, and still try to get out of there right at ten on Sundays...

Yeah, they're mostly job related, but what did you expect for a summer job?

~Song

[corolla girl]

Customers in the check-out line of the grocery store who put their groceries right next to yours without putting a divider in between your purchases and theirs. Some can't seem to wait for space in between orders.......:mad:....cg

[aabram]

People who seemingly can't read....sitting in the disabled seats on the bus when it's perfectly obvious they're not disabled, people who slouch in the bus seat more than the average sloucher, and people who talk behind you when you're concentrating on walking up or down steps ..... :mad:

[Dee]

"Thin. Almost shaved. But not in pieces. Can you go any thinner?"

Sorry Song, but this made me burst out laughing! http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k267/deemark/Emoticons/biggrin.jpg

[Stephen]

Customers in the check-out line of the grocery store who put their groceries right next to yours without putting a divider in between your purchases and theirs. Some can't seem to wait for space in between orders.......:mad:....cg

Or check out counters that don't seem to have a divider available or it's out of reach. I've improvised many a divider wall of cereal boxes.

Song, as accident prone as I am they shouldn't even let me touch a slicer. I'd probably give a new meaning to the phrase 'finger food.' :eek:

[SongDragon]

It's actually pretty hard to cut yourself on a slicer. I've done it... but not badly. All I did was press the paper towels as hard as I could, scrubbing at the edge, because there was a spot that wouldn't come off. Oops... That's not beef juice.

I still have a slight scar from the panini grill knife (serrated edges are sharp and painful).

But it really is hard to cut yourself from the underside, where you catch the meat. I'm accident prone, too, though, so I've managed from the other side.

A customer one time asked for "white American". Now, we both knew exactly what she means. She means the white cheese (with, pardon me, almost no taste) that's great for kids and maccaroni and cheese. But then she looks at me (I admit it, I'm a bit pasty) and goes. "Glad you knew what I meant." I replied with, "I wasn't going to give you the other kind anyway. It's a little too rare and bloody today." I still winced at even the thought of running myself through the slicer. They're gruesome looking if you think of it that way...

[DaveM]

People who point out that you have 11 items and are going through the express line in the grocery store.

The clerks who run the registers at express lines.

People who go to the window at the Post Office and reveal that they do not know how to mail a letter, or who ask for one stamp. This while a long line of people with packages is waiting. Usually, the one stamp people then count out the exact amount for the stamp in pennies and nickels.

Drivers who accelerate all the way up to a red light, then seem amazed or angered when they have to stop just like everyone else.

Clerks who go on break when the clock says so, even though there are people waiting in line.

Anyone ordering in a fast food restaurant who does not appear to know what is on the menu.

Jehovah's Witnesses.

Fat women in miniskirts.

Phrases like "challenged", "exceptional", or "special needs".

Anyone whose total philosophy of life will fit onto a bumper sticker or can be found in a TV show.

Large-breasted women who wear low-cut tops and then become angry with anyone who looks at them.

Men who shave every third day and believe this has some sort of significance.

Any man who keeps his sideburns at the length they were in 1970.

SUV and oversized pickup truck owners who buy an alleged utility vehicle with loads of "off-road" accessories, etc.--then use it to drive to work and spend as much time polishing it as driving it.

Televised golf.

People with handicapped plates on their cars who are rather obviously in no condition to be driving at all.

Ballpoint pens at banks and post offices, which seem to work or not depending on their mood.

The utter refusal of the United States to switch to the metric system.

[hoops]

song,
while i understand ( but don't enjoy ) the need for grocery stores to keep the tempurature down, it's really the business offices and such that drive me nuts...and resturants too, it's almost like they don't like to have people visit their places of business. i freeze my heiny off in grocery stores and it bugs me, so i try to stay clear of the deli, the frozen foods and the dairy areas. i'm like a special ops soldier going in for a gallon of milk. i have my plan, my route and my destination set in advance. can you imagine the challenge i run into if someone foils my plan and gets in the way?m (ABORT MISSION ABORT MISSION!!) people who know me laugh at me when they go to he store with me, cause i have it all down to a science, i know what i need, where to get it and how much time i'm willing to spend in each section. if any of it gets out of balance, i will weigh how much i need the items in that section, if it is not totally necessary, i'll skip it till next time. i do this all because i have negative physical reactions to cold temps, and tho i might be in the cold for minutes, the pain persists for hours. dang i talk too much
peace
hoops

[Oak Kitten]

People who initiate a phone call, and when you answer, say "Who's This?" I can't say I know who these boneheads are, because whenever they do it to me, my immediate response is to hang up on them.

Am I the only person in the world left who identifies themselves immediately when the person at the other end of the line picks up the phone?

Now that I have gotten myself into a self-righteous snit, I also wonder if I am the only person in the universe who actually goes to the trouble of returning shopping carts to their proper place after I have loaded my car. I do not think I have EVER seen anyone else do the same. Yes, I know, I am an annoying Good Doobie.

Oak

[SongDragon]

Dee, it would make me laugh if I didn't have to deal with them so often.

Morning crew complaints, and beliefs that night shift simply sits around talking all the time because we don't have the same influx of customers is one I missed...

Hoops, I can understand that. I knew someone else extremely sensitive to cold, also. I'm okay in the deli most of the time, though there are some times I think I'm going to manage to kill myself. Like when the floor is wet or a piece of meat or cheese got dropped and I slip...

Don't worry, I talk too much, also.

~Song

[DaveM]

Anyone who moves their lips while reading.

Shoppers who cannot make up their mind which of two, one-pound packages of hamburger to take home.

Paris Hilton and the rest of the "Rehab Pack".

[KarenSews2]

People who don't know how to "work" a 4-way stop sign!

I don't know if this is a problem in other parts of the world, but around here we have lots of rural roads, and plendy of 4-way stops. I don't know if the folks around here are ignorant or if they are TRYING to be polite. I know when it's my turn, but invariably, there is an idiot waving me on when he/she should be going. (It's usually a man) In the time it takes for him to wave, and for me to notice that he is waving (followed by my eye-rolling), he and a couple others could have gone through the intersection. I just want to yell, "IT'S YOUR TURN! GO!!! STOP WASTING MY F***ING TIME!"

[mixtymotions]

Reporters, talk show hosts and politicians who say NUKE-U-LAR.

Automated sprinkler systems running full-tilt boogie during a torrential downpour and businesses that water more sidewalk & street than grass - while my entire region is on mandatory water restrictions.

Wait staff who feel compelled to engage me in idle chatter but never have the time to refill my beverage.

Anyone who thinks it's amusing to gun their engine and race me at a red light. I drive a '72 Beetle - I could beat that car ON FOOT.

People holding "Will work for food" signs at interstate off-ramps.

Thin sales persons working at Lane Bryant's.

Having a good seat at a concert or movie and THE TALLEST or MOST TALKATIVE person seats themselves directly in front of me just as the lights go down.

People who toss cigarette butts, beer cans, soiled diapers and other trash out their car window.

Cell phone addicts who need to hang up and drive!

Being prompt for appointments and kept waiting, and waiting....and waiting..............

[aabram]

People who initiate a phone call, and when you answer, say "Who's This?" I can't say I know who these boneheads are, because whenever they do it to me, my immediate response is to hang up on them.

Am I the only person in the world left who identifies themselves immediately when the person at the other end of the line picks up the phone?

Now that I have gotten myself into a self-righteous snit, I also wonder if I am the only person in the universe who actually goes to the trouble of returning shopping carts to their proper place after I have loaded my car. I do not think I have EVER seen anyone else do the same. Yes, I know, I am an annoying Good Doobie.

Oak

No Randy, you are NOT an annoying ---- ------

There are TWO people in the world who do that and even in the pouring rain!!!! :D (When we HAD a car that is)

And this is exactly what this thread is for....to gripe about anything you want to :rolleyes:

I also hate people who talk when sitting in the seat on the bus behind you talking loudly on a) their mobile phones and b) to someone in russian, japanese or arabic (the latter is NEVER a good sign :eek: !!!!!)

[RedjackRyan]

People who make a major life change (giving up drugs, alcohol, weight loss, whatever) and then feel compelled to preach the gospel of 'insert todays champion cause' to all and sundry.

I'll echo Dave's dislike for folks who go to a fastfood place and are apparently unable to read the menu.. as they begin to order things that are not served at this place. I was actually trapped in a drive thru Burger King behind a woman who apparently thought that falalfel was on the menu.


People who think that the 'Lot Full. Leaseholders only' sign does not apply to them and that if they block the entrance, God himself will miracle their a$$ a parking space.

People who consistently yank the Party lever.

People who drive too slow in the fast lane.

People who pull out in front of you in a major hurry and then slow to a crawl.

People who get out in the passing lane and don't pass.

Political Correctness.

Special groups, Special Needs, Special K.

Programmers who can't program.

Pushy Best Buy salespeople. no i do not want your $200 extended warranty on a $40 item.

Microsoft.

Linux Zealots

Riceboys and their coffee can exhaust tips that make loud muffler farts at all hours of the night.

Riceboys in general. (and before someone gets their panties in a bunch, let me clarify that Riceboys are the annoying teenagers who take a 1996 Dodge Neon, cover it with racing stickers, stick a folgers coffee can on the exhaust and generally drive like A-holes. Note.. I have observed plenty of Ricegirls as well. )

Corporate Mandated Diversity programs which lead to uniformity.

I have many more, but i'm late for a meeting.

[aabram]

Ben, we'll see ya later then, shall we???? :D

lol Annabel x

[RedjackRyan]

As i was saying..


Waiters/waitresses who put fruit in my water glass without asking.. If i want lemonade, i'll ask for it.

People who won't or can't control their screaming bratty children in fancy restaraunts. Take your tribe to Denny's if you plan to let them run the aisles.

The entitlement generation that years of 'outcomes based education' and Oprah Winfrey 'you're a victim' mentalities have brought us. Yer not entitled to a damn thing, you can get out there and work hard for it like the rest of us.

Politicians

Reality Television.. It aint Reality if some yo-yo is following you around with a camera. It certainly isn't reality if the show is called Survivor and there has been no cannibalism or mass murder.

Three words.. Digital Rights Management

Advertising feces on screen during a TV show. Particularly those moving ads (sometimes with sound of their own) that pop up at critical moments during the show and completely obscure the lower half of the screen.

Two more words. Viral Marketing


and Two More Words - Rachael Ray

[DaveM]

Squashing and accelerating the closing credits of a movie shown on TV (rendering them unreadable), often using a split screen to put a commercial on one half.

Commercials for the evening news which appear to be news announcements: "At 10, what a Boston woman found in her potato salad and how it could endanger YOUR health".

The behavior of TV meteorologists when there is anything remotely resembling a thunderstorm within 100 miles of the station.

People who leave their turn signals on for miles on the highway, especially those who abruptly exit at some point without signalling.

Oversized vehicles with names airbrushed on them.

Stores in malls which carry nothing of any conceivable practical use.

[sister rose]

I have many.....I am a very irritated person these days....I'll start with only a few:

pop ups

people who pretend to listen to you, but, after an entire conversation (with yourself, apparently), it is obvious you have been tuned out the whole time. (ex: my daughter)

people who call you and realizing they have the wrong number when you answer, hang up instead of saying "I'm sorry, I have the wrong number"

I agree with Randy.....the caller who calls you and says "who is this?' grrr.....

pop ups

pop up blockers that don't work...

more later.......

[sister rose]

People who won't or can't control their screaming bratty children in fancy restaraunts. Take your tribe to Denny's if you plan to let them run the aisles.


ummmm....hoops...you didn't tell there was a Rudie at that restaraunt....:eek:

uhhhh....sorry, RJ, we will try to control ourselves the next time....:o

[Eva]

I think it's about time to stop whining now. Breath people...

Pirate Queen

[KarenSews2]

People who use the center turn lane to travel! I was nearly creamed today by such an a**wipe! (that's for you, Wendy!) Then he had the BALLS to look at me with disdain as I was waiting to get into the traffic lane (as it was designed!) because I was in HIS way as he drove another 1/4 mile!!

Folks who say "I seen...," "Me and...," "He don't...," etc. Oh yeah, and those who pronounce et cetera as "icksetra."

[aabram]

I think it's about time to stop whining now. Breath people...

Pirate Queen

My Queen, on a get-it-off-your-chest thread? It always helps to have a good whine. I know it always makes me feel MUCH better :rolleyes: :)

[GodSistah]

I think it's about time to stop whining now. Breath people...

Pirate Queen

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb274/GodSistah/Cryingbaby.gif

:p

~Andrea~

[aabram]

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb274/GodSistah/Cryingbaby.gif

:p

~Andrea~

Doesn't stop us from whining....I love a good whinge :p Makes me feel HEAPS better :D

[GodSistah]

Doesn't stop us from whining....I love a good whinge :p Makes me feel HEAPS better :D

I wasn't trying to stop ya, girl!
I was joining in!
Like Dolly Parton,
"I have a strict policy
that no one cries alone
in my presence".
Or in this case, whine!

For instance,
my boss just called me and said,
she was chasing a guy and some pit bulls
and the guy and the pits got away,
but he dropped his bag of weed.
So I'm thinking,
"PAR-TAY-AY-AY-AY-AY"
But NO!
She has to turn it in.
And well,
That's my pet peeve for the day...
Turning in perfectly good herb like that!
That and the fact that I have to go to work now!

;)

~Andrea~

[RedjackRyan]

indeed. the nerve.. turning in perfectly good organic product like that.

[Darlene]

Yes it has been a while since that wonderful herb and the memory needs something to jog it and make it a little more clear. Why, why, why, turn it in! They will just burn it in one way or another :rolleyes: :p ;) .
Peace, Darlene

[hoops]

karen,
must agree with you on all counts. another one is when people use "I" where it doesn't belong ie between you and I. but hey, i'm not whining :)
peace
hoops

[Eva]

Crazy people... :D
And once again it is proven that I am the only sane one around here... :rolleyes:

Eva

[aabram]

My very point, Noel.... I also really detest people who for no apparent reason take up two seats on the bus when one will do and ....help! The bus is getting busier!

[Dee]

I think it's about time to stop whining now. Breath people...

Pirate Queen

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k267/deemark/Photo%20Shoebox%20VI/whiner.jpg http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k267/deemark/Photo%20Shoebox%20VI/whiner.jpg http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k267/deemark/Photo%20Shoebox%20VI/whiner.jpg http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k267/deemark/Photo%20Shoebox%20VI/whiner.jpg

[KarenSews2]

karen,
must agree with you on all counts. another one is when people use "I" where it doesn't belong ie between you and I. but hey, i'm not whining :)
peace
hoops


That, too, hoops! I hear that one everywhere in the media.

And what about people who don't know the difference between "bring" and "take?" It's all a matter of location. For example, when I was teaching in Illinois, the granddaughter of Louis Farrakhan came to me and wanted to return a book to the library. She asked, "Can I bring this to the 'lie-berry?' " (I did ingnore the "can I" thing.) I asked her, "Are you in the library?" She replied, "No," so I told her she could
take it to the library, but she could not "bring" it. She looked at me as though I had 3 heads!

[mixtymotions]

Ahhhhh...thanks for clarifying that, Karen. I will no longer use the phrase "You wanna take me on?" when challenged by a surly drunk. No! I will remember your lesson and say "Bring it on!" :D

[Darlene]

There are some of us who are trying very hard to learn grammar. I didn't do high school because of an unknown learning disability which made me feel dumb. I am trying to fix that lack of schooling but it is harder to learn when you are 53 than when you are 16.
Peace, Darlene

[aabram]

Nothing more than usual really bugging me today, you'll be pleased to hear :) Well it's Thursday and therefore payday for Mr Abram, right..... so I haven't got ANYthing to grouch about except ..... :rolleyes:

Darlene, my friend, you stick at it and when I finally get over, I'll help you with whatever you need help with.... :)

[RedjackRyan]

Corporate Production policies that are set by those who do no actual work or have any actual technical background that might enable them to grasp a simple concept. Case in point.. one of my shops has need of an additional server to handle production printing files. our operation requires that the server is physically cabled to a specfic legacy printer for operation.. Our Corporate Production policy (set by someone who from what i'm able to gather does nothing other than type up conflicting policies all day) is that all new servers are Virtual servers (vmware) that are located at a location 40 miles away from where these printers are located. After 3 months, multiple diagrams, countless meetings and conference calls.. i have STILL been unable to convice this asshat that this isn't going to work.

[GodSistah]

What exactly is an asshat?

:rolleyes:

~Andrea~

[RedjackRyan]

Asshat : The insult of choice in Fark discussion threads. Means roughly the same thing as "douchebag." According to the Fark FAQ, "Farkers just started using this one day."

oh and Fark, roughly translates to the more familiar four letter word for intercourse.

[hoops]

men and women alike will agree with me here, i think
use of the media not only to promote but to make unbelieveablely silly personal hygene products, sexual disfunction products, incontenence products and any other thing that totally embarrases anyone in mixed company. also, tv and movies that feel the need to make what happens in the bathroom, whether is be using the toilet or brushing teeth (i can't stand to see people brushing their teeth in my face) showering, etc, a public matter. the bathroom is like vegas, what happens there should stay there
peace
hoops

[DaveM]

People who walk through the entrance of stores, take three steps into the building, and then, for some unknown reason, stop dead in their tracks, causing a ripple effect through all of the people walking behind them.

[Darlene]

People who say they care about the condition the world is in and don't do a da**n thing to help improve the situation.
Peace, Darlene

[DaveM]

A codicil to the above: people who believe that going to movies like "An Inconvenient Truth" (or, on the opposing side, "Fahrenhype 9/11" [a hideous joke worth watching for the inaccuracies], "Amerika", etc.) actually accomplishes something.

Anyone who believes that a bumper sticker is "doing something for the earth".

People who drive their SUVs to the recycling center to drop off two bags of beer cans.

The amount of trash left behind after any parade, including those for various causes.

[aabram]

Supermarkets who put 3 Courgettes in little plastic containers to sell at a reduced price. It was sold loose originally (the best form of packaging) why not keep it like that.

People who think they can flout requests not to take photos at concerts just because they're "with the band". What's good for the audience should be good for the supporters row. (St Mary's operates a no photos during performances policy)

[Eva]

People who... people who...
Damn. I can't make up anything to whine about! :eek:

Eva

[aabram]

I'll go on with the St Mary's bit because they should put a warning on the programmes and I hate bursting peoples' bubbles and seeing their disappointment when I explain that :(