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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 08:52 PM
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What little things piss you off?
One of mine is fast food workers who seem to need a Masters or PhD in Communications to get a freakin' order right!

Tonight I was out running errands, and decided to stop at Taco Time (yeah, I know) to get a beef taco salad. I ordered it, and when I got it home, it was a CHICKEN taco salad, covered in so much cheese, my colon seized up just looking at it. There went $6 down the drain! (That's where the salad went, too.)

Yeah, I shoulda looked before I drove off, but silly me, I was stupid enough to think that the people working there would actually do their jobs, and get my order right!

What about you? What little things really piss you off?
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 08:54 PM
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1. Glancing at the lounge on lunch break and seeing the coffehouse wars!
And knowing it will all be done long before I get home.

:mad:

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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 08:54 PM
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2. My redneck neighbors out there mowing, mowing, mowing night and day.
What do these people have against blades of grass?
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SmokingJacket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 09:02 PM
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3. I have a neighbor who uses a leafblower instead of a rake.
HOURS of blowing every single freaking leaf.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 09:49 PM
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10. That's what my neighbor does.
I swear, he's in love with that leaf blower!
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Phentex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 02:15 PM
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69. Last week, my neighbor used a gas mower, leaf blower AND
weedwhacker, droning on one after the other. The kids had been playing outside but the fumes and the noise moved them to another neighbor's back yard. I wanted to yell "COULD YOU POSSIBLY DRAG OUT *ONE* MORE GAS GUZZLING TOOL?"

:mad:
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NJCher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-14-07 11:43 PM
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94. clouds of noxious gas
I have a friend who put a lot into her house. She's proud of it and she well should be. Now it's worth more than $2 million. So she invites me to sit out on her new lawn furniture. We were having a drink, enjoying the expansive view, when we saw waves of something in the atmosphere coming at us. I said, "It's leaf blower fumes!" My friend said no. A second later the fumes were so noxious we had to take our drinks and go in the house.

It was indeed leaf blower fumes.

BTW, did you know you can drive from the east coast to Indiana and put out less pollution than a leafblower will in 30"? Ah, the joy of two-cycle engines.



Cher


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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 09:06 PM
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4. I second that.
I have a policy of not mowing until I see lions and tigers and bears. Yet, I have a neighbor who seems to mow every day and twice on Saturday. The least his sorry ass could do is come over here and mow my jungle. I mean his blades of grass can't be more than an inch long and he's mowing it again. I want so bad to get out of bed one Saturday morning and not comb my hair, then walk over and flag him down. Hey, dude, your's is cut, come cut mine if you are just looking to get out of the house and tool around. Wonder if that would work?
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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:29 PM
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32. If he isn't The Great Kreskin in Witness Protection-your outta luck
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alarimer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 09:08 PM
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5. Everything, these days
mostly people who sign up for something and then fail to show!

Also, not being listened to at work, at all. One coworker in particular complains that I argue all the time when I am merely trying to give my opinion (which is never heeded anyway so I might as well save my breath).
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 09:08 PM
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6. children, they're little
Just kidding, I love rugrats. I just wish that they didnt grow up to be asshole adults. Kids get me. My little cousins love me, plus they have cool toys and they dont play politics at the dinner table.
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 12:58 PM
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54. I love children too
Sometimes I wish that I wasn't gay. I get to enjoy my nieces and nephews at least.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 09:17 PM
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7. Petty Tyrants
people that make mountains out of molehills

people that say one thing about a situation and apparently feel the opposite and then go ballistic about things when they don't go the way they want them to.

being ignored by people I care about

lately dealing with certain people that i have to deal with

and on and on,


thanks sis, i was doing pretty good until i started THINKING :grr:
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 09:58 PM
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11. Sorry, bro!
Now, disengage your brain, and you'll be just fine! :P
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:01 PM
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14. mission accomplished
hahaha

:silly:

how's it going sis?

:hug:
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:02 PM
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16. Goin' okay.
How 'bout you, now that you've turned your brain off?
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:04 PM
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17. V e W y S l O l W y !
h a h a h a h aa


g r o o v y! e v e n !

:rofl:


b r a i n o f f !

:boring:
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 09:20 PM
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8. when my roommate takes my last pack of smokes
he pays me for what he takes and i usually don't mind. it's just when he takes the last pack from the carton and doesn't tell me about it and then i have to run out for more when i thought i had another pack to get me through the night x(

it's no biggie really, but it still irritates me
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 09:59 PM
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13. That is irritating.
I hate it when I think I still have something, only to discover that MrSG has taken it, used it, whatever.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:05 PM
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19. ...
How about when your friend tells you:

QUIT SMOKING!
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:06 PM
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that pisses me off more than a bit
:P

(series, i know, but not now)
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:08 PM
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23. ooooh!
now i've done it! :P
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 09:21 PM
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9. Web pages that take forfreakinever to load
:grr:

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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 09:59 PM
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12. I hate certain words or phrases.
For some reason, say the right word around me, and I will shudder. Shhhhuddderrrr...brrr....
Also, I hate rude drivers.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:01 PM
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15. Good thing you weren't driving around here today, then.
Every freakin' person I got behind was yakking on their cell phone, NOT paying attention to where they were going, driving really slow, then speeding up, then slowing down again. GAK! Pull over if you can't talk and drive at the same time!
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:10 PM
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25. rude drivers suck
and what words or phrases should i watch out for?

not that i'd ever use that knowledge for evil or anything...:yoiks:
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TommyO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 06:12 AM
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47. Susquehanna Hat Company
Slowly I turned...
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:05 PM
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18. People who try to talk to me.
I mean, Come on!
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:06 PM
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20. Not such a little thing but, people who drive recklessly.
Edited on Mon May-07-07 10:10 PM by LibDemAlways
Three small children (2,4, and 6) from one family were killed in Southern California over the weekend when a big rig driver failed to slow down in stop-and-go freeway traffic and plowed into a minivan driven by the children's mother, who is still in the hospital. The driver apparently had several past citations, including one for driving with a suspended license. As the mother of a young daughter, I can't even begin to imagine that family's grief.

When I see someone on the road speeding, tailgating, cutting in and out, etc., I get pissed off thinking that person doesn't care about his/her life or anybody else's.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:08 PM
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24. Oh God, that is so sad!
Those poor children. And I can't imagine what that family is going through. :cry:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:06 PM
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21. another one i noticed just now
that the du lines aren't parallel here

:wtf:

they don't line up

:crazy:
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:07 PM
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22. When the traffic moves 5MPH and the damn traffic report reports every freeway but the one I'm on!
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:18 PM
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26. People who post stupid threads
about, oh, I don't know.....maybe a thread asking about WHAT LITTLE THINGS PISS ME OFF!!!!I MEAN, DAMN, WHAT A WASTE OF FRIGGING BANDWIDTH!!! :grr:


















I keed, I keed :)
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:22 PM
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27. ROFL!!!!
Thanks, I needed that! :rofl:
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:31 PM
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33. :)
ur welcome :)
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Glorfindel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:24 PM
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28. Saying a vulgarism like "piss off" instead of irritate, anger, aggravate,
infuriate, etc. We have the most beautiful, elegant, and flexible language in the world at our disposal, and still use phrases like "piss off." Silly of me, but there it is.
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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:26 PM
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29. People who have no interest in reading nor writing English correctly
Yes! That's me, Inspector Jauvert of the Grammer Squad, here to round up the Les Miserables and F-Bombers.
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IntravenousDemilo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 12:18 AM
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40. Don't you mean "reading OR writing", Inspector JAVERT of the GRAMMAR squad?
And "the Les Misérables" would is like saying "THE THE miserable ones".

Just askin' -- I mean, since you brought it up... :eyes:



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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 06:52 PM
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90. With Two You Get Eggroll
:rofl: :spray: :rofl:
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:26 PM
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30. Way too many things.
:hi:
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mentalsolstice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:27 PM
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31. People who think they're Paris Hilton
Edited on Mon May-07-07 10:29 PM by mentalsolstice
I sat behind a female, in a brand-new MB sportster, who unloaded her garbage at the Starbux to-go window, on the ledge, while she waited for her frap, although there was clearly a garbage can within 2 yds. of where she was. Yes, the barista, took it all up, without protest. I was fuming in the car behind, as I can't imagine having an attitude that any person is beneath me.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:32 PM
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34. I hate that shit.
"I, the Great I, am the ONLY person of worth in the world. Bow down before me, knave!" I want to smack people like that.
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IntravenousDemilo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 12:21 AM
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41. I hope that doesn't mean you'd tolerate that behaviour from Paris Hilton.
I sure wouldn't, and I don't care how much money she has.
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njdemocrat106 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 11:50 PM
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35. The phrase "pissed off"
Seriously! That phrase really pis.. umm..., really annoys me.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 12:04 AM
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38. Hehe.....
:P
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IntravenousDemilo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 12:22 AM
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42. I think it bothers me more when people say "pissed" instead of "pissed off".
"Pissed" means drunk.
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 01:53 PM
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67. Then there's "Piss off."
It's a shame that doesn't mean "Go drink yourself into a stupor."
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 11:55 PM
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36. .......
When the Yankee's win a game, or when the sports media boo/hoo's about how tough the Yanks have it....


But, the M's beat'em tonight, and they showed the game on espn! Second M's game I've seen all year...to bad, I can only see them when the play the Yanks/Bosox....
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 12:03 AM
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37. That really annoys me. Oh, boo hoo, the Yankees are having a
tough time. Please. Boohooing about the Yankees having it tough is like crying if Bill Gates dropped a quarter down a sewer gate.

Glad you got to see the game!
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chknltl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 12:13 AM
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39. smaggets
Edited on Tue May-08-07 12:36 AM by chknltl
Gay Smurfs








Well they are little and anyone THAT damned happy is too much for me to handle!
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 12:35 AM
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43. People who ask, "Why not?" after I mention I don't have/want kids.
!@%$^@&#&*(())!!!!
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 12:37 AM
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44. I have a number of friends who chose to remain childless, and
they get the same crap. It's really nobody's business.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 06:02 PM
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81. Yeah, my reasons for being child-free really *aren't* anyone's business.
The people who think they have the right to ask why lose my respect.
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Exiled in America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 06:13 PM
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85. I don't want children, but I can tell you exactly why:
I'm afraid I'll treat them like I got treated.

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opiate69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 01:03 AM
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45. When people try to talk to me when I'm on the phone with someone else..
Just chaps my fuckin' hide. "I'm currently talking with this persopn. I will get to you whenI am finished! Unless someone's bleeding, or something's on fire, whatever you need to say can wait until I can give you my undivided frigging attention!"
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TommyO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 06:17 AM
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48. Even worse, when you're working with somebody at a store
and the phone rings - they leave you at the counter and answer the phone. It's the same concept of undivided attention, just turned around.
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Montauk6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 05:42 AM
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46. Ooooh... I have a list...
1. Having to go #2 right after a shower.
2. People who linger on the down escalator as you're rushing to make the train.
3. Salad bar loiterers; you know, those people who stand around indecisive staring at what you're putting in your bowl, even commenting "oh, THAT looks good."
4. People who assume that it's only Black people who can't shut up during the movie; excuse me, you ever been to an "upscale" theatre? "YOU KNOW, TED DID THE SET DESIGN", "I'VE HAD THAT MERLOT, IT'S SO STUNNING", "THIS POPCORN SO BLOWS," "OH, WHY IS SHE CALLING NOW, HELLO? HI MAEVE!!! CAN I CALL YOU BA--... REALLY? WE'RE ALL DOWNTOWN!"
5. Idiots who after the 29th swipe can't figure out that their card is not working (whether it's the ATM, or subway entrance).
6. People who, seeing that the subway is so packed that faces are practically pressed to the windows, still try to force their way in.
7. Newsgroup trolls who think their homophobic, racist comebacks are clever and witty.
8. Corporate America for turning me into a bigot; because of their greed, I now have a Pavlovian, knee-jerk seething reaction whenever I hear an Indian accent that signals offshore call center which seems to be ubiquitous these days. And it's NOT that rep's fault, it really isn't; they're just pawns who serve as a distraction from the REAL villain, the company that didn't train them properly (60 Minutes, I love you but sometimes your stories are SO full of crap!).
9. People who INSTANTLY reach for their wallets even before the subway beggars/candy saleman/religious wackos starts their spiel.
10. If you never thought tone-deaf would apply to rap, check out these idiots with the walkman trying to rap along LOUDLY with what it is they're listening to.

And finally, one of my biggest political peeves:

People who assume that liberals are soft on crime, when it's always right-wingers who cry the loudest when efforts are made to crack down on hate crime, sex crimes (e.g. date rape, sexual harassment, etc.), illegal use of firearms, corporate crime, police corruption, etc.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 12:40 PM
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50. Now THAT'S a list!
Amazing how many people there are who don't seem to realize that there are OTHER people who also need to get somewhere, eat, travel, etc. It's always about THEM.
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Montauk6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-14-07 11:33 PM
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92. The worst are people who use the escalator as a library
I've heard of page turners but COME ON! You can't wait until you reach the platform???

And don't get me started on umbrella carriers! LOL
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 06:53 AM
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49. Greatest Movie Ever Made (Poll) ...
People who post polls where you're asked what you think is the bestest of something and give you their list to choose from.

Some things are objective and your taste sucks.
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 12:48 PM
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51. People who don't drive anywhere near the speed limit.
:grr: I mean, not everyone has to drive the speed limit, but coming close to it would really help on those long stretches of road with only one lane in either direction. I was behind a bozo on a cell phone this morning who was going 25-30 in a 45 zone. :mad: He couldn't keep a consistent speed because he was yakking and not paying attention to the road. :nuke: There was a traffic line behind me as far as I could see in the rear view mirror.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 12:55 PM
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53. That kind of crap makes me want to ram into the back end of those
people's cars! Yesterday, every single person I was behind was on a freaking cell phone, and completely unable to drive normally. Hey, idiot, pull over or get off the phone! :grr:
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 01:30 PM
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60. Yes indeedy.
:grr: :mad: If you can't drive and talk at the same time, you don't belong on the road.
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ForrestGump Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 02:24 PM
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73. I hate that, too


of course, my attitude toward speed limits is usually that they're a suggestion upon which I'm free to build... :D

Speed is good. When appropriate, of course...the height of bozocity belongs to idiots who speed when it's idiotic to do so, as when traffic is about and the differential between their speed and everyone else's is significant. If God didn't want us to move with extreme rapidity across the landscape, though, he wouldn't have built Ferraris. Not that I have one, but, still...

One of these days, if I'm pulled over, I'll produce my driver's license from my natal country and say "but, officer, I was going to the posted limit!" "Mr Gump, I'm afraid that that's the freeway number." Hopefully not on the I-285. :P

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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 06:40 PM
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89. Oh, I have no problem exceeding the speed limit...
:P :hi: It's the ones that mock it by barely pressing the gas pedal that irk me. You're right... speed is good. :D
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 12:55 PM
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52. Littering
Pisses me off tremendously.

People who can't drive, including -

people who don't use turn signals
people who don't know how to merge
people who tailgate
people who drive 40 mph in the middle lane of the freeway
people who slow down on entry ramps
people who speed up when you pull out to pass them
people who try to block you when you pass them
people who slow down and speed up and slow down and speed up
people who slow down when they pull out to pass
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Liberalynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 12:59 PM
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55. People who stop to chat with others in the middle of super
market aisles, who then give you dirty looks when you say excuse me, so you can get past them.

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Pacifist Patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 01:03 PM
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56. Sore throats.
Edited on Tue May-08-07 01:04 PM by Pacifist Patriot
Third one in two months. I'm such a wimp. I'd rather give birth than have a sore throat...well, okay. Maybe not.

Oh, and TNT showing the same 12 episodes of Law & Order at 2:00 p.m. ET. Like they don't have 17 seasons to pick from!
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 01:04 PM
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57. My pet peeve
When I walk into a fast food restaurant and order a burger to go. What's the first thing they ask? "Is this for here or to go?"
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 01:48 PM
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64. I hate that too. Um, did I not just say it was to go??????
:eyes:
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 01:11 PM
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58. my list is loooooong.....
Driving:

people who don't use their turn signals

people who drive while talking on the cell phone

people who speed up right after you turn on your turn signal to change lanes for the sole purpose of not letting you in.

people who speed up dangerously and cut me off because their lane is about to end and for some reason it's extremely important to get in front of me instead of behind me even though I don't drive below the limit. these are usually the same assholes who slam on their brakes right after cutting me off in the first place.

Grocery store:

10 items or less means 10 items or less. and the "express" part means don't write a damn check.

people who leave their carts in the middle of the aisle while they stand to the side of it staring at the boxes of crap on the shelf. how do you not realize when you're blocking an entire aisle? i just don't get that. how hard is it to be aware of your surroundings???!?!??

people who talk on the cell phone while mindlessly weaving through the aisles with their cart. i'm pretty sure these are the same people on talking while driving on the road.

parents who let their kids climb, stand, hang off of the cart. as a parent I know there are times when kids get bored and unruly but ignoring their dangerous behavior means you're an idiot.

Misc:

at the gym, the guys who feel the need to practically stand on top of the weight rack when doing their reps in front of the mirror. sure, looking at yourself is fun but let me get to the damn weights.

at the gym there's always that one woman who will sit on a machine forever instead of getting up between sets when others are waiting to use it.

people who talk on the cell phones while working out. in fact, i hate cell phone use almost everywhere...gym, restaurant, movie theaters, etc.

people who let their preteen girls wear shirts with the playboy bunny logo on it.

most type A PTA moms scare me for some strange reason.

over packaging annoys the hell out of me. it shouldn't take half an hour to pry a stupid toy out of a box. every parent knows that you can easily spend 2-5 hours on xmas day doing nothing else but releasing toys from their cardboard, plastic, thread and wire prisons.

calling a company and not being able to speak to a human voice


:)
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 01:49 PM
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65. Hey, did you peek at the rest of my list?
:hi:
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ForrestGump Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 02:16 PM
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70. I get irritated when

people steal my list of peeves.

:hi:

Also, those people who don't know how to dip their headlights at night (cars, I mean...this is not a sexual reference, for a change) and those who are in a real hurry to pull out from a side street or driveway and then proceed to trundle along at a snail-like pace, often turning into another street or driveway a mere 50 m or so further on.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 02:47 PM
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75. Argh, I hate it when people pull out of a driveway or side street
right in front of me, and then don't go the speed limit!
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 01:16 PM
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59. The DU server acting up
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Zavulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 01:39 PM
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61. Cliche-filled small talk.
Edited on Tue May-08-07 01:40 PM by Zavulon
People get together for 45 seconds, exchange a few old lines apiece, and laugh as if they've said something worth hearing.

Here's one I just heard (less than five minutes ago) between two assholes standing next to each other in front of urinals:

"How's it going?"
"Can't complain. Who'd listen?"
"Yeah."
"How about you?"
"I'm alive."
"Better than the alternative."
"You got that right!"
"I know I do!"

Then these two fuckheads started laughing as if something truly funny and original had been said. I pride myself on being a non-violent guy, but given a day of amnesty I would have slapped the shit out of both of these dolts.

Pardon my French, this just really pisses me off.

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Ariana Celeste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 01:42 PM
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62. people hovering around me when im on the phone
people who park directly in front of the store in the no parking zone even though there is an empty space a few yards away. is it really that fucking difficult to walk a little bit? (disclaimer: i'm talking about perfectly healthy people here)

people who decide they have to listen to their music loud enough for the rest of us to hear in crowded places (dealt with that in Charlotte Douglas International Airport yesterday)

oh and here's something I had to deal with on 2 of my flights the last few days- getting to my seat to find someone sitting in it or in the way, asking politely to have my seat, and being looked at like I'm causing a major inconvenience for them. the second time the woman sat and finished combing her hair before letting me sit down, even though there was a group of people behind me waiting to get to their seats.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 01:45 PM
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63. Bikes on the sidewalk
Having one whiz you past while you're walking is sort of like tooling down a two-laner at 35 and having Dale Earnhardt Jr. pass you like it was the straightaway. :grr:

Also, jerks who stand right in front of the back door of the bus, 'cause there's a few inches of extra room. Does it not occur to them that people might actually want to get out?!
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 01:52 PM
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66. When people in forums here at DU use the term
"trailer park trash." I just finished berating a poster over at GD for using that term. I live in a mobile home park and most of us residents are not foul-mouthed, beer-swilling, ignorant redneck Republicans. So whenever I see that term, I become slightly enraged. It seems that some people look down their noses at those who do not live in houses in subdivisions.
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GoneOffShore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 02:10 PM
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68. You really shouldn't be speaking Lithuainian to them.
It confuses them.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 02:20 PM
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72. Oh, my bad!
:rofl:
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Throd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 02:19 PM
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71. People who steal the squeegees at the gas station.
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Va Lefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 02:42 PM
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74. Anytime someone starts a sentence with "What you need to do..."
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Jimbo S Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 03:33 PM
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76. Rude drivers; i.e. last weekend a teenage girl tossed trash out the window
An empty Taco Bell soda cup. I gave her the finger. Her friend sneered at me.

I got the license plate and looked her up and got her address. Should I retaliate?
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IntravenousDemilo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 03:53 PM
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77. Yeah, drive by her house and throw shit into her yard.
Or go there in the dead of night with a full garbage bag and empty the contents onto her front steps. Make sure there's nothing in the trash connecting it to you. And don't forget to tape a note to her door: "The world is not your garbage dump. This is what happens to people who throw their junk into the street."

This won't work, of course, if she lives in an apartment building.

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sg_ Donating Member (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 04:02 PM
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78. Having to talk over people
:mad:
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 04:17 PM
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79. Post asking about what little things piss me off.
;)
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 06:08 PM
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82. ......
:P
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Zavulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 04:20 PM
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80. This misspelling: "definately."
Pisses me off. No idea why.
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Exiled in America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 06:11 PM
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84. Shoot I do that. :( Hey - know what other word I can never, ever spell?
It's this one:

guaranteed

I've thought about it before typing it, I've tried to remember what mistake I made the last time I mispelled, I've tried everything. I get it wrong every time.

When I typed it up there, I just let spell check take care of it for me. :)
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IntravenousDemilo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 10:30 PM
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91. I know why you dislike "definately". Oh, yes, I know why...
Because it's everywhere. It's a vile, noxious fungus choking the life's breath out of the language. It's an enormous, painful, inflamed, throbbing pustule of ignorance that disfigures the smiling face of human expression. It's the sickening grimace on the gore-covered chops of jackals and other carrion-eaters. It's started most of the bloody and destructive wars throughout human history. It's been responsible for the massive proliferation of nuclear weapons that threaten humanity. It's a noisome pestilence that has led to murderous famine in third-world nations, blighting crops and depriving the parched earth of life-giving rain. It's the proximate cause of the Black Death that wiped out tens of millions of Europeans during the Middle Ages. It's rained death and disaster upon our species since time immemorial and led to the extinction of many others, including dinosaurs, the dodo, and even the humble trilobite. It's the damp, dingy cave where Osama bin Laden is hiding even as we speak and plotting our doom. It's the embodiment of George W Bush.

Thus it pisses you off. Not surprising; it pisses me off, too.
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Exiled in America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 06:09 PM
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83. Wendy's *literally* gets my order wrong more than they get it right.
Multiple Wendy's too - not just one of them.

It is the only place I've ever been where I actually remember before I come to the drive up window that I will need to check everything in my bag and make corrections before driving away.

One time - this is true I swear - I went inside Wendy's to order, ordered a burger with just ketchup mustard and onion, and I got back a different sized burger with everything on it. I went back up and explained, and they took it back and made me a new one, called me up to get it and when I did it was AGAIN WRONG in a different way - I think it had like lettuce and tomato on it and no sauce of any kind.

Believe me, I think working in a fast food restaurant would be really stressful for me - and I respect the people who do it. But for the love of god, its not rocket science! :P

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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 06:14 PM
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87. That's exactly what I think, Exiled.
It's not rocket science. I've worked in fast food, as have many people, and it is stressful, especially when you get customers who treat you like their personal servants or something (I don't do that), but I don't think it's unreasonable to expect that my order will be done correctly (especially the second time!!).
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Awsi Dooger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 02:27 AM
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121. Wendy's is the worst of all time in getting an order correct
I literally celebrated a few months ago when they closed the nearest Wendy's to me. I had ongoing problems with that restaurant for more than a decade. I've detailed it on DU.

I tried everything I could think of to prevent them from putting cheese on my singles, but nothing worked. I would say, "My top priority is no cheese," and make them verify they didn't put cheese on the burgers. The guy at the drive thru would sarcastically respond and tell me not to worry. Then I'd get home and everything was coated with hideous cheese. It got so ridiculous I finally complained in a 4-page letter to the regional office and the national headquarters in Dublin, Ohio.

It's obviously an ongoing and widespread problem. I told this story to a waitress at Gilley's, of all places, and she put her arm on my shoulder and laughed. "Wendy's puts cheese on everything. Forget about asking them not to."
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 06:14 PM
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86. Those who yak on a damn cellphone while driving!
I cant tell you how many times these idiots almost hit me.
This accounts for about 70% of all SoCal drivers, from my observations.
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querelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 06:16 PM
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88. Sandals With Socks
nuff said.........

Q
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mentalsolstice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-14-07 11:42 PM
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93. People who think they're special
I recently watched a young woman in a brand new sportster MB unload her garbage at a Starbucks takeout window. The barista was gracious, gathered it up and disposed of it.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 12:00 AM
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96. They are the worst!
They seem to think everybody on earth is placed there to be at their beck and call! :grr:
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NJCher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-14-07 11:57 PM
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95. gum crackers
They're everywhere! The library. Cashier at the checkout

Can't they just chew their damn gum without make an audio event out of it?



Cher
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 12:03 AM
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97. people asking for my autograph while I'm trying to eat
Damn, I hate that.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 12:22 AM
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99. Um, can I have your autograph?
:hide: :rofl:
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 12:35 AM
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103. now see, you just ruined my coffee
that's what I'm talking about. But then again, you're kind of cute, so what the hell. (I'm staying in room 1103):P
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 12:44 AM
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106. I'll be there at midnight!
:evilgrin:
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 01:02 AM
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108. Ha!
As if I could ever handle you in this lifetime. :)
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 01:03 AM
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109. So, maybe next lifetime?
:P
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 01:07 AM
Response to Reply #109
110. if I can somehow make the transition from
the amateurs to the pros, sure. :)
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 01:09 AM
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111. LOL!
Surely I'm not THAT unapproachable!
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 01:17 AM
Response to Reply #111
112. totally out of my league
:) At any age, at anytime.

Still, I am a humble servant, who only asks for a spanking from time to time, to keep me happy. :)
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 01:20 AM
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113. As you wish, humble servant.
:spank: :loveya:
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 01:22 AM
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114. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAL!!!!!
:)
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ForrestGump Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 12:23 AM
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101. That happened to me at dinner two nights ago


:D

It's usually a request for a photo: "I know you probably get this all the time, and I know it's got to be annoying. but..."

I kinda feel sorry for any woman I might one day go out with, for sure here in Vegas...not much privacy or alone-time in public places and I have to walk really fast everywhere. :-(
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 12:33 AM
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102. oh totally, plus getting mobbed by gorgeous women all the time
It just gets old. My patience can only take so much.
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ForrestGump Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 12:38 AM
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104. When they grab, in back or in front, that's what

really does it. I feel so used, treated as a mere sex object, a thing of beauty that women covet solely because it is the base nature of the beast to possess and to treat as mere chattel the indescribably beautiful.

Yea, verily, it sucks. :-(

Oh, Lord, it's hard to be humble...
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 12:44 AM
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105. right, I mean, I am not a piece of meat
Why should I be treated as one? Granted, I am pretty easy, but that's another story all together.....

Humble? Never heard of this word before....
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 12:54 AM
Response to Reply #101
107. They probably can't help it, Forrest
After all, you ARE a hunk-a-hunk-a burnin' love! :loveya:
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ForrestGump Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 12:39 PM
Response to Reply #107
124. This is true


But how come you never grab me? :cry:


I'm even beginning to doubt my hunkahunka-ness. :o


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NV Whino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 12:15 AM
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98. People n/t
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 12:22 AM
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100. I love your sig line!
And loved that movie.
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NV Whino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-16-07 11:05 AM
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129. Thanks.
It seems to fit so many things today.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 01:41 AM
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115. Nosy DUers
:spank:

:)
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 01:42 AM
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116. Are you referring to moi?????
:P
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 02:15 AM
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118. That's another nosy question.
:D
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 02:19 AM
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119. ROFL!
Just call me Nancy Nosybutt!!! :rofl:
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 02:14 AM
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117. gnats
mosquitos and dust mites
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 02:20 AM
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120. GAK!!
Those are awful! I really hate it when I am out on a bike ride, and ride into a swarm of gnats!
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 10:39 AM
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122. . . . with your mouth open . . .
another little thing that annoys the crap out of me is a republican's brain

and another is a republican's "soul"
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 12:36 PM
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123. They have souls? Who knew?
:shrug:
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RobinA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 01:57 PM
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125. OK.....
Horn honking for anything that isn't an emergency. And that includes honking at your friends, which is the most annoying of all. I need to be given a heart attack because you feel like blasting your friend Hello?

People who take one step off the escalator and then stop dead to decide what comes next.

Littering.

Men who HAVE to rev their motorcycles to maximum decibels as the fly past me walking my dog.

Those big-ass Winnebago-version of strollers with dual wheels with one kid in tight/crowded spots

Big SUVs lumbering down the road.

The rudeness of city people. I actually observed a woman get her SUV stuck in snow trying to parallel park by the curb in front of her rowhouse. She couldn't get in the spot, she couldn't get out, and she was blocking the road. I was next in line, not able to go around her, and in back of me were three young men in their car. Did the men help this woman out? No, they sat there and blasted their horn the entire time she was stuck. Then a guy in a cable TV truck pulled up in back of THEM, and he proceeded to start honking. *I* wanted to help, but I'm a small woman who could in no way unstick an SUV. Plus, I was afraid of what the testosterone cases in back of me might eventually do should they be kept too long from getting to Shop-Rite, or wherever they were going.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 03:14 PM
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127. Those strollers drive me nuts, especially when the person pushing
it uses it as a battering ram to get through a crowd. I can't tell you how many times some maniac mom or dad has run into the back of my legs with one of those things! :grr:
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 03:02 PM
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126. midgets.
nt
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-15-07 04:01 PM
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128. Whenever someone says uh huh to a thank you
Whenever some one says thank you to me, I try to return the courtesy and I either say thank you back to them or your welcome. When some one says uh huh, it's as if they are just acknowledging your existence and wish to be rid of you.
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