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Things that frustrate us all

tharpdevenport said:
First there was the car that pulled into the double in lanes to the grocery store plaza abd then cross back into the lane right at the last second, then stopped in the lane (this is the main entrance to a large store, and it's only about three car lengths; you stop, you block everybody). And when I managed to get passed this bonehead, I then amanged to get stuck behind a car who pulled into a parking row and stopped right there, leaving no room to go around and me waiting like thirty seconds until he moved.

That was me just trying to get into the parking lot and park my car. A thirty second event was turned into a pointless near two minute cockup. There's a difference between loosing time to natural problems, and then loosing tiem to idiots who stop and block lanes leaving you unable to go around them.
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Sounds like an average day in The French Quarter, New Orleans, and surrounding areas.


Jedi_Master said:
Bad drivers, and by "bad" I mean careless, distracted and unaware.
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I see you've visited New Orleans. :)


What frustrates me? Lazy ass people (be they fat, old, or just eff-ing stupid) who leave the supermarket buggies they've used lying about the parking lot, figuring "the store has people who gather these things up anyway." But what is even more frustrating is that these lazy folk will leave their buggies in an empty parking spot...and if they are even bigger assholes, will leave said buggy right behind your car. They are too lazy to at least take their buggy to the buggy corals often found at a few different points in the parking lot.

Also, people who ignore the repeated notices before a movie begins in the local multiplex to "turn off your cell phones". Good God, if you cannot live without your cell phone for two hours, perhaps you should wait for the movie to come out on blu-ray/dvd so you can see the movie at your convenience, and still text without annoying regular folk who are trying to enjoy the big screen release. Even if they've set their phones to silent, the light from the cell phones are a distraction. The instruction was "turn off your cell phone!" not "turn off your ringer."
 
People who are belligerent to me to get manipulate the retail system. Tantrums scare management so let's harass the cashier who doesn't make the big calls to get something for nothing.grow up.

Martok I always return my buggy to the corral. You're welcome.
 
martok2112 said:
tharpdevenport said:
First there was the car that pulled into the double in lanes to the grocery store plaza abd then cross back into the lane right at the last second, then stopped in the lane (this is the main entrance to a large store, and it's only about three car lengths; you stop, you block everybody). And when I managed to get passed this bonehead, I then amanged to get stuck behind a car who pulled into a parking row and stopped right there, leaving no room to go around and me waiting like thirty seconds until he moved.

That was me just trying to get into the parking lot and park my car. A thirty second event was turned into a pointless near two minute cockup. There's a difference between loosing time to natural problems, and then loosing tiem to idiots who stop and block lanes leaving you unable to go around them.
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Sounds like an average day in The French Quarter, New Orleans, and surrounding areas.


Jedi_Master said:
Bad drivers, and by "bad" I mean careless, distracted and unaware.
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I see you've visited New Orleans. :)


What frustrates me? Lazy ass people (be they fat, old, or just eff-ing stupid) who leave the supermarket buggies they've used lying about the parking lot, figuring "the store has people who gather these things up anyway." But what is even more frustrating is that these lazy folk will leave their buggies in an empty parking spot...and if they are even bigger assholes, will leave said buggy right behind your car. They are too lazy to at least take their buggy to the buggy corals often found at a few different points in the parking lot.

Also, people who ignore the repeated notices before a movie begins in the local multiplex to "turn off your cell phones". Good God, if you cannot live without your cell phone for two hours, perhaps you should wait for the movie to come out on blu-ray/dvd so you can see the movie at your convenience, and still text without annoying regular folk who are trying to enjoy the big screen release. Even if they've set their phones to silent, the light from the cell phones are a distraction. The instruction was "turn off your cell phone!" not "turn off your ringer."
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Word on both.

I get really annoyed when people don't return shopping carts. Especially when they're really close to the damn corral. Seriously?! :rolleyes: That's beyond lazy.

As for cell phones, it takes me right out of the movie.

And right now, I'm frustrated with Chris Carter. Sheer idiot that he is. :scream: But nothing new there :lol:.
 
Watching people get stupid and not care how dumb they get. What frustrates me is their complete lack of concern for reality,.. And life.
 
I get mildly annoyed when people stop in the middle of the isle at the grocery store. Especially when they're "slow walkers" or ramblers.
 
When you are voicing your irritation about some stupid thing that is flooding the market, but people respond and say "If you don't like it, just be quiet and don't look at/listen to/eat/drink/whatever it." :klingon:

Kor
 
Shark said:
I get mildly annoyed when people stop in the middle of the isle at the grocery store. Especially when they're "slow walkers" or ramblers.
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COuld be worse, I suspect those who work in retail have to put up with that several dozen times a day, every day. ;)
 
Filling out a job application with an exam at the end like math questions, reading comprehension questions and a bunch of stuff worded differently asking if I Strongly Agree or Strongly Disagree. Ugh.
 
Certain Pacific Northwest cities have banned plastic shopping bags... Apparently somebody forgot that it rains all the time! :rolleyes: It's really frustrating to have your paper bag completely soaked and fall apart and the contents spill on the ground from walking down the street for a few minutes (an umbrella doesn't help when it's windy and raining hard). :klingon:

Kor
 
Kor said:
Certain Pacific Northwest cities have banned plastic shopping bags... Apparently somebody forgot that it rains all the time! :rolleyes: It's really frustrating to have your paper bag completely soaked and fall apart and the contents spill on the ground from walking down the street for a few minutes (an umbrella doesn't help when it's windy and raining hard). :klingon:

Kor
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They meant well. :D

I can understand you very well. Stupid activism, that makes things only worse. This is an example that turns former pedestrians into car drivers perhaps? I use jute bags / clothbags for years.
 
Worse than that is a whole group of people who stop, stand there and have a conversation like it's a social gathering or personal party. It's a fucking isle -- move.



I had anotehr baffling experience today. I'm driving, traffic is moving along well with little to no problems. I'm coming up on this guy in the other lane who is going a little under the speed limit. Just as I'm mere feet from him, he swerves into my lane without a blinker and without a good safe distance between us to make that shift, then promptly dops his peeds limit about five more miles.

WHY? He wasn't coming up on slower driver, there was no one behind him prodding for him to move and last I saw him, he hadn't made any turns that would have necessitated the lane change.

To parody a phrase from "Spaceballs":

"How many assholes do we have on this road anyway?!

Most Drivers: "YO!!!"
 
My computers placement of the F3 button. It's really close to the # button and sometimes I press the wrong one and it turns off the wireless for my laptop.
 
Kor said:
Certain Pacific Northwest cities have banned plastic shopping bags... Apparently somebody forgot that it rains all the time! :rolleyes: It's really frustrating to have your paper bag completely soaked and fall apart and the contents spill on the ground from walking down the street for a few minutes (an umbrella doesn't help when it's windy and raining hard). :klingon:

Kor
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Waterproof bags are abundant.

What frustrates me about this reusable bag issue is that we need them in the first place. The monetary gains reason is blatantly visible.

If they really cared about plastic clogging landfills they would stop selling us plastic lawn and garbage bags, tarps and shower curtains! Where's all the outrage about them?

Besides, the plastic grocery bags of today are mere shadows of when they were first introduced. Bury a modern bag then check on it in a year. Betcha it is more decomposed than they say it will be.
 
When you're playing words with friends with some random and you get a brilliant seven letter word that gives you 70+ points and then they resign... like a massive twat.

Grow some damn balls.
 
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