Things that frustrate us all
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When I occasionally call my co-op maintenance office to get something repaired, they can't give me a specific time, so I ask them to please please please call me before they come. Half the time they still show up at my door unannounced. How difficult is it to call and say, "We'll be there in 15 minutes"? (To give credit where credit is due, half the time is waaaay better than it used to be. 
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Verizon DSL guy parks down the block, where I can't see the truck, and he's not wearing a uniform. I ask to see his ID. Sure, he says pleasantly, but he'll have to go back to the truck to get it. Oy! Did he really expect a customer to let him into the house with no ID, no uniform, and no truck in sight?
)Verizon DSL guy parks down the block, where I can't see the truck, and he's not wearing a uniform. I ask to see his ID. Sure, he says pleasantly, but he'll have to go back to the truck to get it. Oy! Did he really expect a customer to let him into the house with no ID, no uniform, and no truck in sight?
Tit for tat, twit for twat, who can keep it straight anymore.
How about morning radio DJ's. Stands for Dumb Jerks. That is the little bit of time I get to listen to MUSIC! In the car on the way to and from work.
CCC.
When I occasionally call my co-op maintenance office to get something repaired, they can't give me a specific time, so I ask them to please please please call me before they come. Half the time they still show up at my door unannounced. How difficult is it to call and say, "We'll be there in 15 minutes"? (To give credit where credit is due, half the time is waaaay better than it used to be.
Verizon DSL guy parks down the block, where I can't see the truck, and he's not wearing a uniform. I ask to see his ID. Sure, he says pleasantly, but he'll have to go back to the truck to get it. Oy! Did he really expect a customer to let him into the house with no ID, no uniform, and no truck in sight?
Remember a story from my parents neighborhood. They were having a problem with breakins. People were getting paranoid. 2 guys with some maintenance company came out in their plain white pick up and put their magnetic signs on the doors after they arrived. When the police arrived they were pinned up against a tree with 4 or 5 shotguns in their faces.
Man I love living in Texas.
CCC.
Fake fan made YouTube movie trailers where they deliberately avoid any mention of it being fan made
Firstly, why are you making imaginary trailers you sad spunk monkey and secondly, if you insist on taking your girlfriendless existence in the direction of making imaginary trailers, then make sure you alert everyone that it's fan made in the title
Twat!
Firstly, why are you making imaginary trailers you sad spunk monkey and secondly, if you insist on taking your girlfriendless existence in the direction of making imaginary trailers, then make sure you alert everyone that it's fan made in the title
Twat!
Nothing wrong with fan-made trailers...
[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb50GMmY5nk[/yt]
That one does indicate its source, BTW (in the description).
[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb50GMmY5nk[/yt]
That one does indicate its source, BTW (in the description).
Having no energy.
Cellphones/iPhones are pissing me off more and more each year now. Today was just a good reminder. I'm getting tired of oblivious fudgeheads who think slowing down in a busy grocery store and not looking where you are going, is a good way to go about things, or especially worse: stopping in an isle to text. OMG, that must be one hell of an important text -- surely couldn't have waited until later. And then godawful songs for ringtones, which wouldn't be such a big deal if the user didn't treat it like a booming car speaker making sure everybody can hear what shit they like.
Makes me glad that even when I do happen to have cellphone service, I'm nice enough to leave it at the house. And I have texting disabled so I can't send or recieve. If you got something to say, talk to me, don't text me. Otherwise I do what I did to my sister once: texted to to tell her this text cost over $0.25.
Makes me glad that even when I do happen to have cellphone service, I'm nice enough to leave it at the house. And I have texting disabled so I can't send or recieve. If you got something to say, talk to me, don't text me. Otherwise I do what I did to my sister once: texted to to tell her this text cost over $0.25.
Gee, if you're in such a rush why don't you skip the supermarket and buy groceries at a convenience store? Better yet, find a store that allows you to place your order online for delivery or pickup at the store entrance. As long as they aren't blocking the whole width of the aisle why does it bother you that they pause a bit to place or take a call? It only takes a couple of seconds to walk around them.Cellphones/iPhones are pissing me off more and more each year now. Today was just a good reminder. I'm getting tired of oblivious fudgeheads who think slowing down in a busy grocery store and not looking where you are going, is a good way to go about things, or especially worse: stopping in an isle to text. OMG, that must be one hell of an important text -- surely couldn't have waited until later. And then godawful songs for ringtones, which wouldn't be such a big deal if the user didn't treat it like a booming car speaker making sure everybody can hear what shit they like.
Makes me glad that even when I do happen to have cellphone service, I'm nice enough to leave it at the house. And I have texting disabled so I can't send or recieve. If you got something to say, talk to me, don't text me. Otherwise I do what I did to my sister once: texted to to tell her this text cost over $0.25.
You're just going to end up waiting in line at the checkout. It's rare for the stores to have enough cashiers on duty. The mystery is that they install so many registers. Most groceries here have eight or ten lanes and seldom operate more than three at a time.
Better to completely cut the cord on that wired phone and take that cell phone with you. There's no money in the pay phone business any more, so if you break down or have a collision you might have a hard time finding a pay phone. If you don't want to be interrupted just turn the cell phone off and only turn it on to check your voice mail or place a call.
Surely it's better for them to install too many checkouts rather than not enough. It gives them some spare capcity in case one or more tills fails. There also periods of the year which are busy than others so whilst most of the year they might only use 50% of the tills at say Christmas time they might need that spare capcity due to increased footfall. They might also work on the basis of one till per £50 000 so if a store is expected to take a million a week it gets 20 tills. But what about people who are using their mobile whilst being served, if the cashier was on a phone whilst serving you you would consider it rude.
Gee, if you're in such a rush why don't you skip the supermarket and buy groceries at a convenience store? Better yet, find a store that allows you to place your order online for delivery or pickup at the store entrance. As long as they aren't blocking the whole width of the aisle why does it bother you that they pause a bit to place or take a call? It only takes a couple of seconds to walk around them.Cellphones/iPhones are pissing me off more and more each year now. Today was just a good reminder. I'm getting tired of oblivious fudgeheads who think slowing down in a busy grocery store and not looking where you are going, is a good way to go about things, or especially worse: stopping in an isle to text. OMG, that must be one hell of an important text -- surely couldn't have waited until later. And then godawful songs for ringtones, which wouldn't be such a big deal if the user didn't treat it like a booming car speaker making sure everybody can hear what shit they like.
Makes me glad that even when I do happen to have cellphone service, I'm nice enough to leave it at the house. And I have texting disabled so I can't send or recieve. If you got something to say, talk to me, don't text me. Otherwise I do what I did to my sister once: texted to to tell her this text cost over $0.25.
You're just going to end up waiting in line at the checkout. It's rare for the stores to have enough cashiers on duty. The mystery is that they install so many registers. Most groceries here have eight or ten lanes and seldom operate more than three at a time.
Better to completely cut the cord on that wired phone and take that cell phone with you. There's no money in the pay phone business any more, so if you break down or have a collision you might have a hard time finding a pay phone. If you don't want to be interrupted just turn the cell phone off and only turn it on to check your voice mail or place a call.
I got a better idea: how about people don't stand there and block isle, especially a main isle going along the stretch of checkout lanes, is a store that's big and busy -- this isn't Family Dollar we're talking about. How about people take some personal responsibility, realize they're not the only person on Earth, and move. It's a shopping center, not personal hangout space.
And what time one does or does not spend in line isn't a comparrison. but if you are curious, there are 20 Items or Less lines and I'm often out of there very quickly. And if need be, I can head to the garden center and use the checkout there; often there's no line.
^ Not in my store, it doesn't.
Only 1 out of 5 WalMarts in my immediate area have a self checkout.
I would love it if more did. I always manage to get in line behind the one person who wants to argue about a price.
More often than not, they're probably quibbling about 25¢.
I would love it if more did. I always manage to get in line behind the one person who wants to argue about a price.
More often than not, they're probably quibbling about 25¢.
^ I won't use them for just that reason. Give me a discount for checking out myself, and I might consider it. But, mostly, I'd rather see more people who need jobs working those lanes.
Yes, it's momentarily annoying when people block store aisles (isles are harder to block, seeing as they're surrounded by water ) or entrances/exits, but I can't imagine dwelling on it enough to want to post about it repeatedly! Do you get pissed off this easily in real life, or does this thread just bring it out in you?
Exactly.
Cellphones/iPhones are pissing me off more and more each year now. Today was just a good reminder. I'm getting tired of oblivious fudgeheads who think slowing down in a busy grocery store and not looking where you are going, is a good way to go about things, or especially worse: stopping in an isle to text. OMG, that must be one hell of an important text -- surely couldn't have waited until later. And then godawful songs for ringtones, which wouldn't be such a big deal if the user didn't treat it like a booming car speaker making sure everybody can hear what shit they like.
Makes me glad that even when I do happen to have cellphone service, I'm nice enough to leave it at the house. And I have texting disabled so I can't send or recieve. If you got something to say, talk to me, don't text me. Otherwise I do what I did to my sister once: texted to to tell her this text cost over $0.25.
Yes, it's momentarily annoying when people block store aisles (isles are harder to block, seeing as they're surrounded by water
) or entrances/exits, but I can't imagine dwelling on it enough to want to post about it repeatedly! Do you get pissed off this easily in real life, or does this thread just bring it out in you?Exactly.
Self-checkouts are really desinged for those with only a few items, i.e like the express lanes which have a cap of around 20 items or less. You should easily be able to check out 20 items on a self-checkout in less than 5 mins.
And besides whilst some prefer to be checkout others prefer the speed that self-checkout can afford.
Yes, it's momentarily annoying when people block store aisles (isles are harder to block, seeing as they're surrounded by water
I was going to say, they have pretty impressive cellphone reception for such a tiny isle.
Bad drivers, and by "bad" I mean careless, distracted and unaware.