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Can we discuss pet peeves here? (3 Viewers)
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A guy who knows how to play poker? Yes, I am one of those guys.
bigbottom
Footballguy
I’m really trying to let go of all my peeves and have been pretty successful, but there is still one that gets me on a fairly frequent basis. And it’s along the lines of yours.
We have one of those industrial Keurigs at my work. It works great. But people insist on taking their cup when the stream stops but before the end of the brew cycle, which results in drips all over the plate where you set your cup. If they just left their cup until the end of the brew cycle, it would be clean and dry for the next person. But because people are so impatient, I have to get a paper towel and wipe all the wet coffee drips from the plate before brewing my coffee. Infuriating!!!
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
Mostly a smaller office/ one bathroom situation-
People who don’t wipe the toilet off after they pee. So now I have to wipe it down so the next person doesn’t think I’m an animal.
People who don’t wipe the toilet off after they pee. So now I have to wipe it down so the next person doesn’t think I’m an animal.
arrow1
Footballguy
seat up?
General Malaise
Footballguy
Some of us will forget we brewed a cup too only to discover it later, cold as ice. Another pet peeve of others, I've learned.
ChiefD
Footballguy
One thing I've learned about women:
Never, and I mean ever, mess with a woman before she's had her coffee.
Dr_Zaius
Footballguy
Yeah if you go to Two Plus Two or other poker forums there's a whole subset of people who will get agitated with the caller having the nerve to want to see the better's hand. "You're not good enough to use that information anyway", "You're slowing down the game", etc. I'm entitled to the cards and I'd like to see them. Especially in a casino environment where I'm trying to figure out a guy's playstyle based on like 15 hands of information. I still don't like it, but if the better insta mucks that's okay by me. It's when they sit there protecting their cards waiting for you to show first and will only show if they beat you that it's infuriating. Good peeve.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
Seat is up. People don’t or can’t aim.
I actually brought it up in a meeting once. “Whomever pees all over the toilet and floor, please clean up after yourself.”
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Mrs works out of the house 4 days a week and she must have her morning cup of coffee, she doesn't drink but maybe 1 cup, sometimes 2 but if she doesn't have it, bad things happen.
Some of us will forget we brewed a cup too only to discover it later, cold as ice. Another pet peeve of others, I've learned.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Coffee, sugar, cocaine, All Class 1 drugs IMHO
-Try taking a daily morning coffee drinker, not the ones who stop at Starbucks and won't get that irked if they miss a cup, the addicts brew it daily in their house.
You can't be reliant on a barista/dealer for all your needs
But you take a daily coffee drinker and try to separate them from their caffeine fix, it's not that far off from an alcoholic who suddenly stops but will go thru withdraw for a few days/week.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
My wife is the same.
Im the polar opposite - more of a dont poke the bear when he’s tired.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Quick replay of major pet peeves of mine at the grocery store and a new one I hadn't added into the mix but has gotten me in some exchange of words more recently lets say
-I've posted a few times about this one and I'll expand it beyond the grocery store...anyone who gets their items thru a checkout, doesn't have to be groceries, could be the mall and you want to buy a shirt or a pair of pants...people that seem bewildered that the owners of the store want money in some form be it cash, credit or check and then these people slowly spring into action and start to look for their wallet or purse or pantyhose stuffed into their bra...these folks tend to be in the age range of about 45-55 on up thru infinity but the ones that really get my dander up are those that are not wearing rings and you can see why when they are in motion. Just helpless/clueless and cannot get out their own way let alone yours, I don't understand how these folks find their way home at night
-My 2nd entry and new one...OK you remember during the pandemic we started to distance ourselves in line, I liked that a lot and I know it irked people as much as the mask but I liked having my own space. No sooner than I get the groceries on the little conveyor belt, some guy behind me wants to grab one of those yellow plastic separators and there is no room on the belt for his stuff but he wants to get that up there as quick as possible...let me tell you what I did, I bet you can guess. I took the yellow divider and slid it back where it came from and turned to this guy and said "Hey Buddy, you see that person in front of me that hasn't paid yet, I can't speed them along and I would appreciate it if you would BACK OFF!" and I might not have been using my inside voice very well at that moment. The man wanted to say something but I intercepted that with a simple "ZIP IT or go to another check out" and then I put my hands on the front of his cart and backed it up a bit since it was almost touching me from behind...not to mention they've installed self checkouts if he was in that big of a hurry...i promise you this man pees all over the toilet seat and doesn't clean up when he's out and about...I promise you he just takes off when he could allow a pedestrian to cross in front of him..I have a whole profile that shows the cross over of different pet peeves perpetrated by the same individuals.
-Same guy will be behind you on the Interstate and wants to run you over but fails to see you have several cars right in front of you and cannot do much about it. I like to keep at least a car-2 car distance from the person in front of me, well all that does is give that same ******* the green light to come up on my right and try to squeeze his way in that again will take him nowhere. Do you know the actual difference in seconds people shave off their drive times after driving like a maniac...it's not that much i assure you, it's one of the main reasons I've slowed down and tried to not be as aggressive, it doesn't really help or get you there all that much faster, honestly.
Back to the Grocery Store...You look into the checkout line and when I see someone at the little credit card/ATM swiper, then another who is loading the groceries on or maybe even has all their things...I just wait until Customer #2 makes their way to the little machine, otherwise it's pointless to rush your stuff up there and crowd in, it doesn't make the process go any faster at all.
-I've posted a few times about this one and I'll expand it beyond the grocery store...anyone who gets their items thru a checkout, doesn't have to be groceries, could be the mall and you want to buy a shirt or a pair of pants...people that seem bewildered that the owners of the store want money in some form be it cash, credit or check and then these people slowly spring into action and start to look for their wallet or purse or pantyhose stuffed into their bra...these folks tend to be in the age range of about 45-55 on up thru infinity but the ones that really get my dander up are those that are not wearing rings and you can see why when they are in motion. Just helpless/clueless and cannot get out their own way let alone yours, I don't understand how these folks find their way home at night
-My 2nd entry and new one...OK you remember during the pandemic we started to distance ourselves in line, I liked that a lot and I know it irked people as much as the mask but I liked having my own space. No sooner than I get the groceries on the little conveyor belt, some guy behind me wants to grab one of those yellow plastic separators and there is no room on the belt for his stuff but he wants to get that up there as quick as possible...let me tell you what I did, I bet you can guess. I took the yellow divider and slid it back where it came from and turned to this guy and said "Hey Buddy, you see that person in front of me that hasn't paid yet, I can't speed them along and I would appreciate it if you would BACK OFF!" and I might not have been using my inside voice very well at that moment. The man wanted to say something but I intercepted that with a simple "ZIP IT or go to another check out" and then I put my hands on the front of his cart and backed it up a bit since it was almost touching me from behind...not to mention they've installed self checkouts if he was in that big of a hurry...i promise you this man pees all over the toilet seat and doesn't clean up when he's out and about...I promise you he just takes off when he could allow a pedestrian to cross in front of him..I have a whole profile that shows the cross over of different pet peeves perpetrated by the same individuals.
-Same guy will be behind you on the Interstate and wants to run you over but fails to see you have several cars right in front of you and cannot do much about it. I like to keep at least a car-2 car distance from the person in front of me, well all that does is give that same ******* the green light to come up on my right and try to squeeze his way in that again will take him nowhere. Do you know the actual difference in seconds people shave off their drive times after driving like a maniac...it's not that much i assure you, it's one of the main reasons I've slowed down and tried to not be as aggressive, it doesn't really help or get you there all that much faster, honestly.
Back to the Grocery Store...You look into the checkout line and when I see someone at the little credit card/ATM swiper, then another who is loading the groceries on or maybe even has all their things...I just wait until Customer #2 makes their way to the little machine, otherwise it's pointless to rush your stuff up there and crowd in, it doesn't make the process go any faster at all.
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HomerSimpson
Footballguy
whenever i see a minivan let a truck get over to pass another truck just to get back in the right lane it makes my blood boil because it slows the whole left lane down for 10+ minutes.
Dennis Castro
Footballguy
Yup, I try to give my wife a wide berth before she’s had her coffee, because I respect that she doesn’t feel like engaging when she first wakes up.
That said, Not having had your brown been fix does not give you a license to be a prick to everyone else.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
When i lived in Cali I drove the 15 from Los Angeles up to Northern Cali a few times
We have a road here called the Turnpike and a lot of it is just 2 lanes going each way and it boggles my mind why trucks going 66 have to pass the guy going 65 but won't accelerate
It has to create a lot of road rage and I hate when folks try and pass you on the right with the space the truck creates switching lanes, they will try and clip you from the right so they can jump in front and still be behind the truck
In the State of Georgia, they have this down real good on I-75, trucks stay in the right lane or perhaps the middle if they want to go a little faster and only cars in the left lane for passing, works great and yep they got a lot of speed patrol but that doesn't bother me so much, I use Waze which typically point them out miles ahead so I have a good idea when I am coming up on them.
Shut up, I haven't had my coffee yet.
the moops
Footballguy
Wrong
arrow1
Footballguy
POTYQuick replay of major pet peeves of mine at the grocery store and a new one I hadn't added into the mix but has gotten me in some exchange of words more recently lets say
-I've posted a few times about this one and I'll expand it beyond the grocery store...anyone who gets their items thru a checkout, doesn't have to be groceries, could be the mall and you want to buy a shirt or a pair of pants...people that seem bewildered that the owners of the store want money in some form be it cash, credit or check and then these people slowly spring into action and start to look for their wallet or purse or pantyhose stuffed into their bra...these folks tend to be in the age range of about 45-55 on up thru infinity but the ones that really get my dander up are those that are not wearing rings and you can see why when they are in motion. Just helpless/clueless and cannot get out their own way let alone yours, I don't understand how these folks find their way home at night
-My 2nd entry and new one...OK you remember during the pandemic we started to distance ourselves in line, I liked that a lot and I know it irked people as much as the mask but I liked having my own space. No sooner than I get the groceries on the little conveyor belt, some guy behind me wants to grab one of those yellow plastic separators and there is no room on the belt for his stuff but he wants to get that up there as quick as possible...let me tell you what I did, I bet you can guess. I took the yellow divider and slid it back where it came from and turned to this guy and said "Hey Buddy, you see that person in front of me that hasn't paid yet, I can't speed them along and I would appreciate it if you would BACK OFF!" and I might not have been using my inside voice very well at that moment. The man wanted to say something but I intercepted that with a simple "ZIP IT or go to another check out" and then I put my hands on the front of his cart and backed it up a bit since it was almost touching me from behind...not to mention they've installed self checkouts if he was in that big of a hurry...i promise you this man pees all over the toilet seat and doesn't clean up when he's out and about...I promise you he just takes off when he could allow a pedestrian to cross in front of him..I have a whole profile that shows the cross over of different pet peeves perpetrated by the same individuals.
-Same guy will be behind you on the Interstate and wants to run you over but fails to see you have several cars right in front of you and cannot do much about it. I like to keep at least a car-2 car distance from the person in front of me, well all that does is give that same ******* the green light to come up on my right and try to squeeze his way in that again will take him nowhere. Do you know the actual difference in seconds people arrive when they arrive after driving like a maniac...it's not that much i assure you, it's one of the main reasons I've slowed down and tried to not be as aggressive, it doesn't really help or get you there all that much faster, honestly.
Back to the Grocery Store...You look into the checkout line and when I see someone at the little credit card/ATM swiper, then another who is loading the groceries on or maybe even has all their things...I just wait until Customer #2 makes their way to the little machine, otherwise it's pointless to rush your stuff up there and crowd in, it doesn't make the process go any faster at all.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I think it's more about the idiots blocking the aisles and checkouts.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
As long as I have a clear path to the self checkouts I'm usually ok. I like that even if a few are clogged up with numbnuts there is usually one that is empty and waiting. Also gives me a chance to unload any spare change weighing down my pockets.
It gets worse. Around here they have bars in most grocery stores now. So not only do you have to deal with regular morons, but now you've got the drunk ones milling about, chasing tail, like they're at studio 64 or whatever.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
My closest box store was 24 hours pre covid, now 6am to midnight. They used to be famous for the 3am post bar crowd acting up in the aisles. One time I found a half empty bottle of cinnamon whiskey in the hardware section.
TheBaylorKid
Footballguy
People that don’t rack their weights after lifting.
Our office has a decent gym and we are the only tenant in the building, 80% of the workforce is now home based so you think I would be able to figure out who it is.
Someone took it to a new level today and just left 45 pound plates laying on the floor. Really a pia to peel those off the ground.
Our office has a decent gym and we are the only tenant in the building, 80% of the workforce is now home based so you think I would be able to figure out who it is.
Someone took it to a new level today and just left 45 pound plates laying on the floor. Really a pia to peel those off the ground.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Where the heck are you that has a bar in a grocery store? Why would anyone find that necessary? Bet the store employees are just thrilled.
WVU Alum
Footballguy
Yes, terrible. Which state is this so I can definitely make sure to avoid it.
I ask this next question simply to know how offended I should get, but decent beers on tap? Again, for the outrage.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
WVU Alum
Footballguy
Well, when I went to college I lived across the street from a bar attached to a convenience store, so, yeah.
New Binky the Doormat
Footballguy
I don't live there now, but Fairborn, Ohio Kroger has a bar in the store (it's a suburb of Dayton, OH) - seemed pretty cool, but yeah, I can see how that could NOT be cool in some instances ...
BrutalPenguin
Footballguy
Way back when I was in college, there was a laundromat with a bar. "Duds and Suds". It made so much sense.
offdee
Footballguy
How about in Vegas....bars and slot machine stations in grocery stores.
TheBaylorKid
Footballguy
I’m in Dallas, first time I saw this phenomenon was this summer in Boise, Idaho. I think everyone in Boise is a heavy drinker with the volume of breweries we saw and just beer everywhere you went.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
A lot of Kroger stores in Cincinnati have these. As much of a beer drinker that I am, I've never had the desire to have one there. It's right there between the deli and bakery. So weird.
However I feel the opposite at Jungle Jim's. Love the beer tasting bar there.
Gatorade
Footballguy
The Kroger here tried that. When summer got here and all the tourists showed up it was a mess. The following summer the bar was gone.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Approved.
arrow1
Footballguy
Hmmm.....me too. was it in Iowa?
Dr_Zaius
Footballguy
My local grocery store down the street opened a bar a year or two ago. It's bizarre, but when I go in there to buy a six pack for a party, it's not unusual to see a decent amount of people in there. I don't get it, because there's a pub right down the street, and a brewery with outdoor seating a couple of miles away. The one time I went in to pick up some stuff and there was a woman playing live music on her guitar
She sounded okay for the brief time I heard her, but "live grocery store entertainment" has got to be the lowest level of the totem pole on your way to making it...Try playing at the Duds and SudsMy local grocery store down the street opened a bar a year or two ago. It's bizarre, but when I go in there to buy a six pack for a party, it's not unusual to see a decent amount of people in there. I don't get it, because there's a pub right down the street, and a brewery with outdoor seating a couple of miles away. The one time I went in to pick up some stuff and there was a woman playing live music on her guitar
Visited Cincinnati last year and went to Jungle Jim's based on online perusing of things to do in the area and my gawd, what an interesting joint! Singing animatronics, dinosaurs, live seafood catches, 80 different departments, almost like walmart and disney world had a baby. Would never go back as it's just way too much but I like the schtick.
Oh yeah, @Dan Lambskin , you need to go there for the cheese alone. Never seen a bigger selection.
psychobillies
Footballguy
If someone in a grocery store grabs my cart for any reason and shoves it back towards me, we're going to have a serious problem.-My 2nd entry and new one...OK you remember during the pandemic we started to distance ourselves in line, I liked that a lot and I know it irked people as much as the mask but I liked having my own space. No sooner than I get the groceries on the little conveyor belt, some guy behind me wants to grab one of those yellow plastic separators and there is no room on the belt for his stuff but he wants to get that up there as quick as possible...let me tell you what I did, I bet you can guess. I took the yellow divider and slid it back where it came from and turned to this guy and said "Hey Buddy, you see that person in front of me that hasn't paid yet, I can't speed them along and I would appreciate it if you would BACK OFF!" and I might not have been using my inside voice very well at that moment. The man wanted to say something but I intercepted that with a simple "ZIP IT or go to another check out" and then I put my hands on the front of his cart and backed it up a bit since it was almost touching me from behind...not to mention they've installed self checkouts if he was in that big of a hurry...i promise you this man pees all over the toilet seat and doesn't clean up when he's out and about...I promise you he just takes off when he could allow a pedestrian to cross in front of him..I have a whole profile that shows the cross over of different pet peeves perpetrated by the same individuals.
nirad3
Footballguy
Same... also if someone says "ZIP IT" in a raised tone of voice before I have a chance to say something... which may have actually been an apology.If someone in a grocery store grabs my cart for any reason and shoves it back towards me, we're going to have a serious problem.-My 2nd entry and new one...OK you remember during the pandemic we started to distance ourselves in line, I liked that a lot and I know it irked people as much as the mask but I liked having my own space. No sooner than I get the groceries on the little conveyor belt, some guy behind me wants to grab one of those yellow plastic separators and there is no room on the belt for his stuff but he wants to get that up there as quick as possible...let me tell you what I did, I bet you can guess. I took the yellow divider and slid it back where it came from and turned to this guy and said "Hey Buddy, you see that person in front of me that hasn't paid yet, I can't speed them along and I would appreciate it if you would BACK OFF!" and I might not have been using my inside voice very well at that moment. The man wanted to say something but I intercepted that with a simple "ZIP IT or go to another check out" and then I put my hands on the front of his cart and backed it up a bit since it was almost touching me from behind...not to mention they've installed self checkouts if he was in that big of a hurry...i promise you this man pees all over the toilet seat and doesn't clean up when he's out and about...I promise you he just takes off when he could allow a pedestrian to cross in front of him..I have a whole profile that shows the cross over of different pet peeves perpetrated by the same individuals.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Well of course but I doubt you reach over the person in front of you which is what he did and grab the yellow divider even though there isn't an inch of space on the conveyor belt.If someone in a grocery store grabs my cart for any reason and shoves it back towards me, we're going to have a serious problem.-My 2nd entry and new one...OK you remember during the pandemic we started to distance ourselves in line, I liked that a lot and I know it irked people as much as the mask but I liked having my own space. No sooner than I get the groceries on the little conveyor belt, some guy behind me wants to grab one of those yellow plastic separators and there is no room on the belt for his stuff but he wants to get that up there as quick as possible...let me tell you what I did, I bet you can guess. I took the yellow divider and slid it back where it came from and turned to this guy and said "Hey Buddy, you see that person in front of me that hasn't paid yet, I can't speed them along and I would appreciate it if you would BACK OFF!" and I might not have been using my inside voice very well at that moment. The man wanted to say something but I intercepted that with a simple "ZIP IT or go to another check out" and then I put my hands on the front of his cart and backed it up a bit since it was almost touching me from behind...not to mention they've installed self checkouts if he was in that big of a hurry...i promise you this man pees all over the toilet seat and doesn't clean up when he's out and about...I promise you he just takes off when he could allow a pedestrian to cross in front of him..I have a whole profile that shows the cross over of different pet peeves perpetrated by the same individuals.
Simultaneously pushing his cart up against me as there is no place for me to go with someone still at the check out register, I can't speed that up
-Let me be clear here, I don't go around looking for trouble like some might think it seems to find me at odd moments. And if you think that's the first time that guy pulled that little stunt...I listed all the other things he likely does
And I didn't shove the cart into him and push it back 3 feet, I just pushed it back a little because he was invading my space, I didn't have a foot between e and his cart that kept getting closer.
-I had another cart incident with a lady who was in a BUG HURRY and I was actually trying to get out of her way and she still hit me with the cart, and I had a few choice words for her on her way up to a checkout 2-3 deep, what's the hurry?
arrow1
Footballguy
Lord help us if that guy had any Chicken of the Sea in his cartWell of course but I doubt you reach over the person in front of you which is what he did and grab the yellow divider even though there isn't an inch of space on the conveyor belt.If someone in a grocery store grabs my cart for any reason and shoves it back towards me, we're going to have a serious problem.-My 2nd entry and new one...OK you remember during the pandemic we started to distance ourselves in line, I liked that a lot and I know it irked people as much as the mask but I liked having my own space. No sooner than I get the groceries on the little conveyor belt, some guy behind me wants to grab one of those yellow plastic separators and there is no room on the belt for his stuff but he wants to get that up there as quick as possible...let me tell you what I did, I bet you can guess. I took the yellow divider and slid it back where it came from and turned to this guy and said "Hey Buddy, you see that person in front of me that hasn't paid yet, I can't speed them along and I would appreciate it if you would BACK OFF!" and I might not have been using my inside voice very well at that moment. The man wanted to say something but I intercepted that with a simple "ZIP IT or go to another check out" and then I put my hands on the front of his cart and backed it up a bit since it was almost touching me from behind...not to mention they've installed self checkouts if he was in that big of a hurry...i promise you this man pees all over the toilet seat and doesn't clean up when he's out and about...I promise you he just takes off when he could allow a pedestrian to cross in front of him..I have a whole profile that shows the cross over of different pet peeves perpetrated by the same individuals.
Simultaneously pushing his cart up against me as there is no place for me to go with someone still at the check out register, I can't speed that up
-Let me be clear here, I don't go around looking for trouble like some might think it seems to find me at odd moments. And if you think that's the first time that guy pulled that little stunt...I listed all the other things he likely does
And I didn't shove the cart into him and push it back 3 feet, I just pushed it back a little because he was invading my space, I didn't have a foot between e and his cart that kept getting closer.
-I had another cart incident with a lady who was in a BUG HURRY and I was actually trying to get out of her way and she still hit me with the cart, and I had a few choice words for her on her way up to a checkout 2-3 deep, what's the hurry?
Keerock
Footballguy
I want to own a laundromat or 5...
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Perfect business to launder money.
