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Can we discuss pet peeves here? (4 Viewers)

belljr said:
I'm convinced COVID or something else has done something where people just don't fn read anymore. I have a text thread where someone will post information and it never fails the next day someone in that thread will ask a question that was clearly spelled out in the original post. And I'm not talking deep research type stuff. Makes me stabby
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There's a girl I went to school with that somehow has gotten the job of being the town fundraiser organizer. She posts daily about a Toy Drive for X, a bake sale for this church, a BBQ plate lunch to raise money for Joe's surgery, blanket drive for the homeless, kid's clothes donations for the Smith family whose house burned down, etc.

She's a great person, great organizer, and clear communicator. "Fundraiser for the Animal Rescue Center. Please bring any used blankets or towels, any size/brand of dog/cat food, or donate money (CASH ONLY). Drop off location is Bob's Donut Shop parking lot on Saturday from 10am-2pm".

Comment #1 - can I write a check?
Comment #2 - Oh I'd love to donate! Send me the Venmo/Cashapp name!
Comment #3 - I have a leftover 10 gallon aquarium, will they take that?
Comment #4 - Does the animal shelter have any lab puppies? My daughter wants one...
Comment #5 - Can I drop it off at 7 pm on my way home from work?
Comment #6 - Can my donations go to the Humane Society instead of the Animal Rescue place? I got a Yorkie from Humane Society once and I like them better...

And bless her heart, she responds to everyone of these asinine people...
 
Drunken knight said:
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ChiefD said:
People at a convenience store who go to fill up their soda but only fill it about 85% full, leaving about an inch worth of cup space available for more drink. And that's the widest part of the cup!

I just want to look at them and say:

"do you enjoy getting robbed by the store?"
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or fill it to the brim, drink 1/4 of it while standing in front of the bank of spigots, refill it, and repeat 2-3 times without moving.
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I vaguely remember one of our fbg brothers bragging about holding on to a fast food beverage cup, using it on random days to return to get free refills.
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I used to do that on my drives to Vegas. Hit carls after work. Stop to pee in Barstow at carls. Fill up drink. For 20 year old me, winning!
 
Someone asks a question i know the answer to. I answer it. Then that person, without my prompt, asks an unrelated follow up question, of which I have no idea how to answer. Then they get angry that I can't answer it.
 
Snoopy said:
Someone asks a question i know the answer to. I answer it. Then that person, without my prompt, asks an unrelated follow up question, of which I have no idea how to answer. Then they get angry that I can't answer it.
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Carry around little slips of paper that say "go ask google".
 
My wife has made DIY work unbearable. Unfortunately she thinks she is an expert now thanks to an army of women on instagram that are experts in home remodeling. She doesnt understand how dumb little preference quirks can add hours to something. Things that she would never notice, or care about if the work was just done and she wasnt trying to get involved in the "design" of it.

We contracted out getting a new pergola. She didnt care one bit about overlap, distance from sidewalk edge for the posts, distance from post edge for the overhang, drop per foot, any of it. Its all done. She loves it. She picked grain pattern and colors, then stayed out of it.

If I was building it she would have been out there measuring, endlessly wanting to discuss all the configurations.

We have a silly little half wall in our front yard that is broken into three sections. We want it to be two sections. It is an easy project as there is already a footer and I would be taking out one section and then closing off one of the openings. Then I would face it with stone.

Told my wife she can pick out whatever stone she wants.

She decides after we are done measuring she wants to keep one part of the third section. Something about making it look like a post. She also decides she wants to veer the wall off by about 6 inches now because then we can salvage a plant.

Just a nightmare project now. Should be easy.
 
231 pages so I'm sure this was mentioned...has to have been but..
Whoever wins the upcoming Presidential election needs to issue an immediate EO that only ONE child per family is allowed when you go to costco. Running around with 3 brats, blocking aisles, running in front of your cart, etc.
There needs to be a law.
 
supermike80 said:
231 pages so I'm sure this was mentioned...has to have been but..
Whoever wins the upcoming Presidential election needs to issue an immediate EO that only ONE child per family is allowed when you go to costco. Running around with 3 brats, blocking aisles, running in front of your cart, etc.
There needs to be a law.
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No politics. Follow the rules.
 
supermike80 said:
231 pages so I'm sure this was mentioned...has to have been but..
Whoever wins the upcoming Presidential election needs to issue an immediate EO that only ONE child per family is allowed when you go to costco. Running around with 3 brats, blocking aisles, running in front of your cart, etc.
There needs to be a law.
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As there are seniors days at grocery stores where seniors are entitled to x% discount, I propose an hour or two per week that bans seniors from grocery store or Costco and I would pay extra to shop in this window.
 
Instinctive said:
supermike80 said:
Gally said:
supermike80 said:
231 pages so I'm sure this was mentioned...has to have been but..
Whoever wins the upcoming Presidential election needs to issue an immediate EO that only ONE child per family is allowed when you go to costco. Running around with 3 brats, blocking aisles, running in front of your cart, etc.
There needs to be a law.
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No politics. Follow the rules.
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I laugh in your general direction.

Now go away, or I shall laugh a second time…….
 
supermike80 said:
231 pages so I'm sure this was mentioned...has to have been but..
Whoever wins the upcoming Presidential election needs to issue an immediate EO that only ONE child per family is allowed when you go to costco. Running around with 3 brats, blocking aisles, running in front of your cart, etc.
There needs to be a law.
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I think I mentioned this at one point but it’s worth mentioning over and over. I hate how seemingly entire families go to the grocery store like it’s some kind of fun family outing. Households should be sending as few people as possible to the store. You don’t need everyone there. Especially little Timmy who is yelling and screaming getting in everyone’s way and sneezing and coughing getting everyone in the store sick too. Keep mom or dad at home with the kids.

Single parents are the exception. It’s not reasonable to expect a babysitter be hired just for shopping.
 
Scoresman said:
supermike80 said:
231 pages so I'm sure this was mentioned...has to have been but..
Whoever wins the upcoming Presidential election needs to issue an immediate EO that only ONE child per family is allowed when you go to costco. Running around with 3 brats, blocking aisles, running in front of your cart, etc.
There needs to be a law.
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I think I mentioned this at one point but it’s worth mentioning over and over. I hate how seemingly entire families go to the grocery store like it’s some kind of fun family outing. Households should be sending as few people as possible to the store. You don’t need everyone there. Especially little Timmy who is yelling and screaming getting in everyone’s way and sneezing and coughing getting everyone in the store sick too. Keep mom or dad at home with the kids.

Single parents are the exception. It’s not reasonable to expect a babysitter be hired just for shopping.
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Same with attending breweries, leave the screaming infants, toddlers and kiddies home! Hate going out and some little ones are just running free while the parents sip on the latest fruited sour with pinkies out. And don't get me started on dogs...
 
Joe Schmo said:
Scoresman said:
supermike80 said:
231 pages so I'm sure this was mentioned...has to have been but..
Whoever wins the upcoming Presidential election needs to issue an immediate EO that only ONE child per family is allowed when you go to costco. Running around with 3 brats, blocking aisles, running in front of your cart, etc.
There needs to be a law.
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I think I mentioned this at one point but it’s worth mentioning over and over. I hate how seemingly entire families go to the grocery store like it’s some kind of fun family outing. Households should be sending as few people as possible to the store. You don’t need everyone there. Especially little Timmy who is yelling and screaming getting in everyone’s way and sneezing and coughing getting everyone in the store sick too. Keep mom or dad at home with the kids.

Single parents are the exception. It’s not reasonable to expect a babysitter be hired just for shopping.
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Same with attending breweries, leave the screaming infants, toddlers and kiddies home! Hate going out and some little ones are just running free while the parents sip on the latest fruited sour with pinkies out. And don't get me started on dogs...
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A good sour is up there with any other good variety.
 
the moops said:
Joe Schmo said:
Scoresman said:
supermike80 said:
231 pages so I'm sure this was mentioned...has to have been but..
Whoever wins the upcoming Presidential election needs to issue an immediate EO that only ONE child per family is allowed when you go to costco. Running around with 3 brats, blocking aisles, running in front of your cart, etc.
There needs to be a law.
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I think I mentioned this at one point but it’s worth mentioning over and over. I hate how seemingly entire families go to the grocery store like it’s some kind of fun family outing. Households should be sending as few people as possible to the store. You don’t need everyone there. Especially little Timmy who is yelling and screaming getting in everyone’s way and sneezing and coughing getting everyone in the store sick too. Keep mom or dad at home with the kids.

Single parents are the exception. It’s not reasonable to expect a babysitter be hired just for shopping.
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Same with attending breweries, leave the screaming infants, toddlers and kiddies home! Hate going out and some little ones are just running free while the parents sip on the latest fruited sour with pinkies out. And don't get me started on dogs...
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A good sour is up there with any other good variety.
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They have there place. Visited Imprint outside Philly and the group of us drank nothing but sours and stouts for three hours, made an interesting trip home.
 
My kids are 11 and 13 now so not what you are talking about but I would routinely bring them and my dog to outdoor brewery patios when they were much younger. I don't feel any regret in the slightest in doing so.
 
the moops said:
My kids are 11 and 13 now so not what you are talking about but I would routinely bring them and my dog to outdoor brewery patios when they were much younger. I don't feel any regret in the slightest in doing so.
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Were your kids the kids that were screaming, throwing tantrums and running amok causing everyone else to be disturbed? If not, then you have nothing to regret.
 
I guess I might be in the minority on the whole thing with families going to grocery stores.

My wife and I would go with my two kids all together all the time when they were young. Just like bringing your kids to a restaurant (assuming it's not some fancy Michelin rated place or something), it's a good learning experience for them as well as something to do with the family. There are so many teaching opportunities - social, marketing, math, etc. - while you can have some good family time.
Just like at the restaurant, it's not whether or not kids are there. It's whether or not they are being taught to behave appropriately while there.

All those adults at grocery stores behaving in ways that cover 30 pages of this thread were probably kids who weren't allowed to go with their parent(s). Or I guess they were the ones whose parents brought them and let them run around and scream, lol.
 
jhib said:
Just like at the restaurant, it's not whether or not kids are there. It's whether or not they are being taught to behave appropriately while there.
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Exactly. I don't mind kids being there but they have to act appropriately. If they can't the parents have to parent and sometimes that means leaving.

Dogs on the other hand don't belong in restaurants no matter how well behaved they are. Outdoor patio seating is ok but still not ideal but I can at least understand that to some degree.
 
Scoresman said:
supermike80 said:
231 pages so I'm sure this was mentioned...has to have been but..
Whoever wins the upcoming Presidential election needs to issue an immediate EO that only ONE child per family is allowed when you go to costco. Running around with 3 brats, blocking aisles, running in front of your cart, etc.
There needs to be a law.
Click to expand...

I think I mentioned this at one point but it’s worth mentioning over and over. I hate how seemingly entire families go to the grocery store like it’s some kind of fun family outing. Households should be sending as few people as possible to the store. You don’t need everyone there. Especially little Timmy who is yelling and screaming getting in everyone’s way and sneezing and coughing getting everyone in the store sick too. Keep mom or dad at home with the kids.

Single parents are the exception. It’s not reasonable to expect a babysitter be hired just for shopping.
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Yeah, this is intolerable. It's not a team effort. Go alone. This is incredibly frustrating at Trader Joes where space is limited and the hippie dippie shoppers are oblivious to other's personal space.
 
Gally said:
the moops said:
My kids are 11 and 13 now so not what you are talking about but I would routinely bring them and my dog to outdoor brewery patios when they were much younger. I don't feel any regret in the slightest in doing so.
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Were your kids the kids that were screaming, throwing tantrums and running amok causing everyone else to be disturbed? If not, then you have nothing to regret.
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Yeah this is one of those "if they're well behaved nobody cares" and "if they suck, ****ing leave" scenarios. Like we took our baby to try out a church. Apparently we chose the wrong service, because the other time is the one with childcare. So we sat in the back and took the baby out of the sanctuary if he fussed, which he did once.

It's so not hard to be considerate of people. Even with kids! I harped on this so much in my 20s, now in my 30s I'll be damned if I'm the one who annoys other people with kids somewhere they shouldnt be.
 
shuke said:
parasaurolophus said:
Living nextdoor to a male teen with stoner parents really isnt great.
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Details?
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I mean mostly just standard stuff that you would expect dumb teens to do. I just would prefer that some of it not happen repeatedly.

I accept that a certain amount of balls are going to come over my fence. I mean it is stupid that they havent put up a net or something by now, but not a huge deal.

What isnt acceptable is the random crap that ends up in my yard. Like way in my yard, which means it is being launched somehow. I tell the parents and their repsonse is "feel free to just throw it back over".

He launched a set of wooden russian dolls. Only two ended up in my yard and the rest ended up in the street and the other neighbors yard.

I thought the mom would be pissed about those for sure because I figured they had to be hers, but nope. Didnt bother her one bit.

Several die cast planes and cars have made it into my pool and into the neighbors yard one more over.

Some of this stuff could hurt somebody and will definitely end up breaking something.

Cant believe I am going to have to actually demand that they make him stop. Should just be a no brainer once you know your kid is doing that.
 
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