Can we discuss pet peeves here? (4 Viewers)

[nirad3]

Starting to really like having to go to a liquor store only if I want to buy liquor. Jesus.

We have a Smart & Final directly behind our neighborhood where we do 50%+ of our grocery shopping. They have basically everything we'd ever need, except for stuff like shampoo, toothpaste, laundry detergent, etc. (I mean, they have it... but it's usually super expensive).

Anyways, they have a decent liquor selection and their prices are WAYYY better than liquor stores. They do have a locked case for the premium stuff, but I don't need any of that

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I think at this point supermarkets should go full on online ordering and pickup. No need to stock shelves or man registers, everyone employed is just filling orders and passing them out. Hell you could even have a drive through setup. Point is, if the whole store is focused on filling orders, it would be much easier and faster to use online shopping.

Yes people who aren’t internet savvy will suffer but those folks are pretty much ready to move into the rest home anyway and the 99% of us will be much better off.

Only downside is not being able to pick your own produce. Not sure how to work that out.

Yeah, this isn't an insignificant hurdle to overcome - just ask my wife. She did Fred Meyer's curbside or whatever it's called once. ONCE. She was furious at their produce selection, to the point she complained. Can't remember why she did this - Covid maybe? I don't know, but she was livid.

You can't have Cletus from the Simpsons picking out avocados for housewives.

I'm guessing it depends on the store you are shopping from. We've been using HEB delivery for about seven years now. (I was an early adapter.) We rarely get incorrect stuff. Three times in seven years seems like a good record. And the error is easily corrected by calling the help line. An actual human takes care of the issue. Even the produse has been good.

I like shopping online. I can browse all the stuff without dealing with anyone. And I can shop at one in the morning. It's like being back in college.

The only problem I have is that I have no idea how to get green bananas. The ripe ones are not my thing.

 

[nirad3]

I think at this point supermarkets should go full on online ordering and pickup. No need to stock shelves or man registers, everyone employed is just filling orders and passing them out. Hell you could even have a drive through setup. Point is, if the whole store is focused on filling orders, it would be much easier and faster to use online shopping.

Yes people who aren’t internet savvy will suffer but those folks are pretty much ready to move into the rest home anyway and the 99% of us will be much better off.

Only downside is not being able to pick your own produce. Not sure how to work that out.

Yeah, this isn't an insignificant hurdle to overcome - just ask my wife. She did Fred Meyer's curbside or whatever it's called once. ONCE. She was furious at their produce selection, to the point she complained. Can't remember why she did this - Covid maybe? I don't know, but she was livid.

You can't have Cletus from the Simpsons picking out avocados for housewives.

I'm guessing it depends on the store you are shopping from. We've been using HEB delivery for about seven years now. (I was an early adapter.) We rarely get incorrect stuff. Three times in seven years seems like a good record. And the error is easily corrected by calling the help line. An actual human takes care of the issue. Even the produse has been good.

I like shopping online. I can browse all the stuff without dealing with anyone. And I can shop at one in the morning. It's like being back in college.

The only problem I have is that I have no idea how to get green bananas. The ripe ones are not my thing.

Do people at stores really bother you that much? I mean, sure, sometimes someone is blocking the aisle, but I'd say 9 out of 10 times I go grocery shopping it is a completely painless process. Yeah it might take a bit to check out, but I'm usually not in some hurry.

For me, the apps are a pain. Sorry, log in again. Ooops, wrong password. Do a search, and it comes up with a million things that are somewhat-related to what you're looking for but not the exact thing. Ooops, app crashed. Start over. Please re-input your credit card number. Oh, and then it's like playing inventory roulette with getting exactly what you want dropped into your trunk or delivered.

Rather just go spend 30 minutes at a store and get what I need *AND* impulse buy.

 

[belljr]

If one more jackass honks 1 second after a light turns green I might just park my car and wait. I didn't realize you were in the NHRA top fuel division......

 

[nirad3]

If one more jackass honks 1 second after a light turns green I might just park my car and wait. I didn't realize you were in the NHRA top fuel division......

I do the 3-second rule. One-one-thousand, two-one-thousand, three... HONK!

 

[Instinctive]

If one more jackass honks 1 second after a light turns green I might just park my car and wait. I didn't realize you were in the NHRA top fuel division......

Long honk or courtesy beep?

I'm a pretty consistent practitioner of the "I gotta assume you're on your phone so here's a quick look up notification" courtesy beep.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I think at this point supermarkets should go full on online ordering and pickup. No need to stock shelves or man registers, everyone employed is just filling orders and passing them out. Hell you could even have a drive through setup. Point is, if the whole store is focused on filling orders, it would be much easier and faster to use online shopping.

Yes people who aren’t internet savvy will suffer but those folks are pretty much ready to move into the rest home anyway and the 99% of us will be much better off.

Only downside is not being able to pick your own produce. Not sure how to work that out.

Yeah, this isn't an insignificant hurdle to overcome - just ask my wife. She did Fred Meyer's curbside or whatever it's called once. ONCE. She was furious at their produce selection, to the point she complained. Can't remember why she did this - Covid maybe? I don't know, but she was livid.

You can't have Cletus from the Simpsons picking out avocados for housewives.

I'm guessing it depends on the store you are shopping from. We've been using HEB delivery for about seven years now. (I was an early adapter.) We rarely get incorrect stuff. Three times in seven years seems like a good record. And the error is easily corrected by calling the help line. An actual human takes care of the issue. Even the produse has been good.

I like shopping online. I can browse all the stuff without dealing with anyone. And I can shop at one in the morning. It's like being back in college.

The only problem I have is that I have no idea how to get green bananas. The ripe ones are not my thing.

Do people at stores really bother you that much? I mean, sure, sometimes someone is blocking the aisle, but I'd say 9 out of 10 times I go grocery shopping it is a completely painless process. Yeah it might take a bit to check out, but I'm usually not in some hurry.

For me, the apps are a pain. Sorry, log in again. Ooops, wrong password. Do a search, and it comes up with a million things that are somewhat-related to what you're looking for but not the exact thing. Ooops, app crashed. Start over. Please re-input your credit card number. Oh, and then it's like playing inventory roulette with getting exactly what you want dropped into your trunk or delivered.

Rather just go spend 30 minutes at a store and get what I need *AND* impulse buy.

No, people at stores don't bother me at all, but they really seem to annoy some of the peevish here.

I have never used an app for this. I'm at home, in a comfy chair, on my computer. I have never had to log in again, or had the program crash, or had to re-imput my CC.

We no longer have to figure out a good time to go the store. And Christmas was a nightmare. Mr R is VERY allergic to Christmas trees.

 

[belljr]

If one more jackass honks 1 second after a light turns green I might just park my car and wait. I didn't realize you were in the NHRA top fuel division......

Long honk or courtesy beep?

I'm a pretty consistent practitioner of the "I gotta assume you're on your phone so here's a quick look up notification" courtesy beep.

You beep as the light turns green? That's basically what I'm saying here.

I might already be in motion and jackhole was waiting to beep

 

[Instinctive]

If one more jackass honks 1 second after a light turns green I might just park my car and wait. I didn't realize you were in the NHRA top fuel division......

Long honk or courtesy beep?

I'm a pretty consistent practitioner of the "I gotta assume you're on your phone so here's a quick look up notification" courtesy beep.

You beep as the light turns green? That's basically what I'm saying here.

I might already be in motion and jackhole was waiting to beep

You said one second. I count a second. Like I said, if the car isn't moving to the point that I assume you're on your phone, a short cute little beep and a friendly wave are headed your way.

A full second of green is like 10-20% of some light lengths here. An eternity.

 

[belljr]

If one more jackass honks 1 second after a light turns green I might just park my car and wait. I didn't realize you were in the NHRA top fuel division......

Long honk or courtesy beep?

I'm a pretty consistent practitioner of the "I gotta assume you're on your phone so here's a quick look up notification" courtesy beep.

You beep as the light turns green? That's basically what I'm saying here.

I might already be in motion and jackhole was waiting to beep

You said one second. I count a second. Like I said, if the car isn't moving to the point that I assume you're on your phone, a short cute little beep and a friendly wave are headed your way.

A full second of green is like 10-20% of some light lengths here. An eternity.

I'm backing into you next time
Did you know the average reaction time to go from one pedal to the other is .5 to .75 seconds? So let's say really focusing on light like I usually do. Not top fuel level.

The average reaction time to recognize a green light is .419 seconds

Let's say I'm above average in both so my normal reaction time to this whole thing we will say is .45 and .3 so 3/4 of a second. So I appreciate you giving me the extra .25 seconds

 

[Gally]

If one more jackass honks 1 second after a light turns green I might just park my car and wait. I didn't realize you were in the NHRA top fuel division......

Long honk or courtesy beep?

I'm a pretty consistent practitioner of the "I gotta assume you're on your phone so here's a quick look up notification" courtesy beep.

You beep as the light turns green? That's basically what I'm saying here.

I might already be in motion and jackhole was waiting to beep

You said one second. I count a second. Like I said, if the car isn't moving to the point that I assume you're on your phone, a short cute little beep and a friendly wave are headed your way.

A full second of green is like 10-20% of some light lengths here. An eternity.

I'm backing into you next time

Make sure you have a dash cam so you know whose fault it is

 

[Instinctive]

If one more jackass honks 1 second after a light turns green I might just park my car and wait. I didn't realize you were in the NHRA top fuel division......

Long honk or courtesy beep?

I'm a pretty consistent practitioner of the "I gotta assume you're on your phone so here's a quick look up notification" courtesy beep.

You beep as the light turns green? That's basically what I'm saying here.

I might already be in motion and jackhole was waiting to beep

You said one second. I count a second. Like I said, if the car isn't moving to the point that I assume you're on your phone, a short cute little beep and a friendly wave are headed your way.

A full second of green is like 10-20% of some light lengths here. An eternity.

I'm backing into you next time

laugh emoji

 

[belljr]

If one more jackass honks 1 second after a light turns green I might just park my car and wait. I didn't realize you were in the NHRA top fuel division......

Long honk or courtesy beep?

I'm a pretty consistent practitioner of the "I gotta assume you're on your phone so here's a quick look up notification" courtesy beep.

You beep as the light turns green? That's basically what I'm saying here.

I might already be in motion and jackhole was waiting to beep

You said one second. I count a second. Like I said, if the car isn't moving to the point that I assume you're on your phone, a short cute little beep and a friendly wave are headed your way.

A full second of green is like 10-20% of some light lengths here. An eternity.

I'm backing into you next time
Did you know the average reaction time to go from one pedal to the other is .5 to .75 seconds? So let's say really focusing on light like I usually do. Not top fuel level.

The average reaction time to recognize a green light is .419 seconds

Let's say I'm above average in both so my normal reaction time to this whole thing we will say is .45 and .3 so 3/4 of a second. So I appreciate you giving me the extra .25 seconds

Edited my post with average stats for you quick horny people

And trust me I think slackers deserve beeping

 

[Instinctive]

If one more jackass honks 1 second after a light turns green I might just park my car and wait. I didn't realize you were in the NHRA top fuel division......

Long honk or courtesy beep?

I'm a pretty consistent practitioner of the "I gotta assume you're on your phone so here's a quick look up notification" courtesy beep.

You beep as the light turns green? That's basically what I'm saying here.

I might already be in motion and jackhole was waiting to beep

You said one second. I count a second. Like I said, if the car isn't moving to the point that I assume you're on your phone, a short cute little beep and a friendly wave are headed your way.

A full second of green is like 10-20% of some light lengths here. An eternity.

I'm backing into you next time
Did you know the average reaction time to go from one pedal to the other is .5 to .75 seconds? So let's say really focusing on light like I usually do. Not top fuel level.

The average reaction time to recognize a green light is .419 seconds

Let's say I'm above average in both so my normal reaction time to this whole thing we will say is .45 and .3 so 3/4 of a second. So I appreciate you giving me the extra .25 seconds

Edited my post with average stats for you quick horny people

And trust me I think slackers deserve beeping

Well to be fair we would assume it takes us both the same amount of time to recognize the light, and I'd have the reaction time to a beep too, right? Idk why foot to pedal woudl be faster than hand to horn.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

If one more jackass honks 1 second after a light turns green I might just park my car and wait. I didn't realize you were in the NHRA top fuel division......

Long honk or courtesy beep?

I'm a pretty consistent practitioner of the "I gotta assume you're on your phone so here's a quick look up notification" courtesy beep.

You beep as the light turns green? That's basically what I'm saying here.

I might already be in motion and jackhole was waiting to beep

You said one second. I count a second. Like I said, if the car isn't moving to the point that I assume you're on your phone, a short cute little beep and a friendly wave are headed your way.

A full second of green is like 10-20% of some light lengths here. An eternity.

I'm backing into you next time
Did you know the average reaction time to go from one pedal to the other is .5 to .75 seconds? So let's say really focusing on light like I usually do. Not top fuel level.

The average reaction time to recognize a green light is .419 seconds

Let's say I'm above average in both so my normal reaction time to this whole thing we will say is .45 and .3 so 3/4 of a second. So I appreciate you giving me the extra .25 seconds

Edited my post with average stats for you quick horny people

And trust me I think slackers deserve beeping

Well to be fair we would assume it takes us both the same amount of time to recognize the light, and I'd have the reaction time to a beep too, right? Idk why foot to pedal woudl be faster than hand to horn.

Honking a horn does not involve pulling out into cross traffic.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Edited my post with average stats for you quick horny people

Has my wife been posting in here?

 

[belljr]

This is just my old guy probably can go into the stream thread

I just can't keep up anymore. Yes I still have cable. Have showtime and now can watch some Paramount+ shows but still not all.

At the time I could not stream lioness at all but the showtime "aired" it weekly and I would dvr them

Now season 2 drops. Let me see if I can watch it.

Cools it's available to me via Amazon Prime?

Wtf yell at cloud

 

[offdee]

Mr. Furley’s wife.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Mr. Furley’s wife.

Laugh emoji.

 

[nirad3]

This is just my old guy probably can go into the stream thread

I just can't keep up anymore. Yes I still have cable. Have showtime and now can watch some Paramount+ shows but still not all.

At the time I could not stream lioness at all but the showtime "aired" it weekly and I would dvr them

Now season 2 drops. Let me see if I can watch it.

Cools it's available to me via Amazon Prime?

Wtf yell at cloud

Wait...

I'd like to watch this series. Is there an easy way to go back and watch old seasons and then catch up on the new one? Is it just Paramount? If so, never mind. But if it's on Prime I may be interested.

 

[belljr]

This is just my old guy probably can go into the stream thread

I just can't keep up anymore. Yes I still have cable. Have showtime and now can watch some Paramount+ shows but still not all.

At the time I could not stream lioness at all but the showtime "aired" it weekly and I would dvr them

Now season 2 drops. Let me see if I can watch it.

Cools it's available to me via Amazon Prime?

Wtf yell at cloud

Wait...

I'd like to watch this series. Is there an easy way to go back and watch old seasons and then catch up on the new one? Is it just Paramount? If so, never mind. But if it's on Prime I may be interested.

Season 1 says I can watch free with Paramount+ with showtime and it works.

I don't own Paramount+ but had/have showtime through Xfinity

Season 2 episode 1 my option was Amazon prime

So you do the peeve math

 

[Scoresman]

I think at this point supermarkets should go full on online ordering and pickup. No need to stock shelves or man registers, everyone employed is just filling orders and passing them out. Hell you could even have a drive through setup. Point is, if the whole store is focused on filling orders, it would be much easier and faster to use online shopping.

Yes people who aren’t internet savvy will suffer but those folks are pretty much ready to move into the rest home anyway and the 99% of us will be much better off.

Only downside is not being able to pick your own produce. Not sure how to work that out.

Yeah, this isn't an insignificant hurdle to overcome - just ask my wife. She did Fred Meyer's curbside or whatever it's called once. ONCE. She was furious at their produce selection, to the point she complained. Can't remember why she did this - Covid maybe? I don't know, but she was livid.

You can't have Cletus from the Simpsons picking out avocados for housewives.

I'm guessing it depends on the store you are shopping from. We've been using HEB delivery for about seven years now. (I was an early adapter.) We rarely get incorrect stuff. Three times in seven years seems like a good record. And the error is easily corrected by calling the help line. An actual human takes care of the issue. Even the produse has been good.

I like shopping online. I can browse all the stuff without dealing with anyone. And I can shop at one in the morning. It's like being back in college.

The only problem I have is that I have no idea how to get green bananas. The ripe ones are not my thing.

Do people at stores really bother you that much? I mean, sure, sometimes someone is blocking the aisle, but I'd say 9 out of 10 times I go grocery shopping it is a completely painless process. Yeah it might take a bit to check out, but I'm usually not in some hurry.

For me, the apps are a pain. Sorry, log in again. Ooops, wrong password. Do a search, and it comes up with a million things that are somewhat-related to what you're looking for but not the exact thing. Ooops, app crashed. Start over. Please re-input your credit card number. Oh, and then it's like playing inventory roulette with getting exactly what you want dropped into your trunk or delivered.

Rather just go spend 30 minutes at a store and get what I need *AND* impulse buy.

Grocery shopping used to be kind of fun. I love to cook so you’d think I’d love shopping for ingredients.

The problem is the grocery stores have made the experience significantly worse by reducing staff so there are never enough checkers and there are workers constantly blocking aisles restocking things during shopping hours now instead of off hours.

This is compounded by other shoppers who are slow and get in everyone’s way or bringing their whiny kids, etc.

 

[Gatorade]

I think at this point supermarkets should go full on online ordering and pickup. No need to stock shelves or man registers, everyone employed is just filling orders and passing them out. Hell you could even have a drive through setup. Point is, if the whole store is focused on filling orders, it would be much easier and faster to use online shopping.

Yes people who aren’t internet savvy will suffer but those folks are pretty much ready to move into the rest home anyway and the 99% of us will be much better off.

Only downside is not being able to pick your own produce. Not sure how to work that out.

Yeah, this isn't an insignificant hurdle to overcome - just ask my wife. She did Fred Meyer's curbside or whatever it's called once. ONCE. She was furious at their produce selection, to the point she complained. Can't remember why she did this - Covid maybe? I don't know, but she was livid.

You can't have Cletus from the Simpsons picking out avocados for housewives.

I'm guessing it depends on the store you are shopping from. We've been using HEB delivery for about seven years now. (I was an early adapter.) We rarely get incorrect stuff. Three times in seven years seems like a good record. And the error is easily corrected by calling the help line. An actual human takes care of the issue. Even the produse has been good.

I like shopping online. I can browse all the stuff without dealing with anyone. And I can shop at one in the morning. It's like being back in college.

The only problem I have is that I have no idea how to get green bananas. The ripe ones are not my thing.

Do people at stores really bother you that much? I mean, sure, sometimes someone is blocking the aisle, but I'd say 9 out of 10 times I go grocery shopping it is a completely painless process. Yeah it might take a bit to check out, but I'm usually not in some hurry.

For me, the apps are a pain. Sorry, log in again. Ooops, wrong password. Do a search, and it comes up with a million things that are somewhat-related to what you're looking for but not the exact thing. Ooops, app crashed. Start over. Please re-input your credit card number. Oh, and then it's like playing inventory roulette with getting exactly what you want dropped into your trunk or delivered.

Rather just go spend 30 minutes at a store and get what I need *AND* impulse buy.

Hey, I am retired. I need something to do, so I go to several grocery stores every week to shop the deals.

 

[the moops]

I love shopping a good produce section in person. It inspires me to make new foods. I want to see what looks and smells fresh.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

stores have made the experience significantly worse by reducing staff so there are never enough checkers and there are workers constantly blocking aisles restocking things during shopping hours now instead of off hours.

This is compounded by other shoppers who are slow and get in everyone’s way or bringing their whiny kids, etc.

can confirm although stores have more self checkouts now which I think about even outs the lack of clerks.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

think at this point supermarkets should go full on online ordering and pickup.

No way I’m letting some idiot pick out my produce and meat

 

[Cowboysfan8]

I love shopping a good produce section in person. It inspires me to make new foods. I want to see what looks and smells fresh.

This

 

[Scoresman]

Airports that tell you to be there 3 hours early for international flights but then don’t let you through security until a gate has been assigned an hour before the flight.

 

[Snoopy]

Airports that tell you to be there 3 hours early for international flights but then don’t let you through security until a gate has been assigned an hour before the flight.

I think that the 3 hours is a TSA mandate.

 

[Instinctive]

Airports that tell you to be there 3 hours early for international flights but then don’t let you through security until a gate has been assigned an hour before the flight.

I think that the 3 hours is a TSA mandate.

It's mostly just CYA from the airline/airport in case something crazy happens and it takes forever to get through.

I've also only ever experienced the one hour before thing at the TINIEST of airports, like sub four gates and you walk up a stairway or ramp to board the plane.

Which airport was it?

 

[Scoresman]

Airports that tell you to be there 3 hours early for international flights but then don’t let you through security until a gate has been assigned an hour before the flight.

I think that the 3 hours is a TSA mandate.

It's mostly just CYA from the airline/airport in case something crazy happens and it takes forever to get through.

I've also only ever experienced the one hour before thing at the TINIEST of airports, like sub four gates and you walk up a stairway or ramp to board the plane.

Which airport was it?

Mexico City

 

[Instinctive]

Airports that tell you to be there 3 hours early for international flights but then don’t let you through security until a gate has been assigned an hour before the flight.

I think that the 3 hours is a TSA mandate.

It's mostly just CYA from the airline/airport in case something crazy happens and it takes forever to get through.

I've also only ever experienced the one hour before thing at the TINIEST of airports, like sub four gates and you walk up a stairway or ramp to board the plane.

Which airport was it?

Mexico City

Oh yeah international places can be weird. I think it's Singapore maybe that you don't go through security until you're at the gate? So like lounges, shopping, etc are all in the airport and every gate like when it's time to get boarding ready the security people pop over and turn on the metal detectors and stuff.

 

[3C's]

Snooze buttons

 

[3C's]

Snooze buttons

Context.

Wife set her ancient clock radio alarm for 0600. Guess she had some trouble sleeping so she went to the guest room. At 0600 the alarm goes off so I get up and go around to her side and turn it off. As I'm getting back into bed she comes in, apologizes for the alarm, sets the alarm again and gets in bed. 1 minute (not kidding) later the alarm goes off and she hits snooze. Then she's back to snoring a minute later. I got up and left.

 

[Terminalxylem]

Snooze buttons

Context.

Wife set her ancient clock radio alarm for 0600. Guess she had some trouble sleeping so she went to the guest room. At 0600 the alarm goes off so I get up and go around to her side and turn it off. As I'm getting back into bed she comes in, apologizes for the alarm, sets the alarm again and gets in bed. 1 minute (not kidding) later the alarm goes off and she hits snooze. Then she's back to snoring a minute later. I got up and left.

Yeah, snoozing in a shared bed is unacceptable. My wife, who is otherwise extremely considerate, does it too, but earplugs make it a non-issue.

Snoring is an equivalent offense, with the same solution.

 

[Scoresman]

I think I hit every airport pet peeve out there yesterday and some new ones. Some highlights.

People standing still on the moving walkway, check.
Lousy redundant customs processes almost making us miss our connection, check.
Plane delayed due to a disruptive passenger, check.
People flying who are visibly sick without a mask, check.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

People standing still on the moving walkway, check.

Why is this a problem? As long as they keep right, all is as it should be.

 

[Scoresman]

People standing still on the moving walkway, check.

Why is this a problem? As long as they keep right, all is as it should be.

They did not keep right. That’s the problem. Person on left. Bag next to them on right.

 

[Harry Frogfish]

Snooze buttons

Context.

Wife set her ancient clock radio alarm for 0600. Guess she had some trouble sleeping so she went to the guest room. At 0600 the alarm goes off so I get up and go around to her side and turn it off. As I'm getting back into bed she comes in, apologizes for the alarm, sets the alarm again and gets in bed. 1 minute (not kidding) later the alarm goes off and she hits snooze. Then she's back to snoring a minute later. I got up and left.

Wait a minute (not kidding either), is this a new thing??? How does that happen exactly, out of nowhere? Assuming you've been together for a while, considering it's your wife. Was it a vacation or something out of the norm?

 

[3C's]

Snooze buttons

Context.

Wife set her ancient clock radio alarm for 0600. Guess she had some trouble sleeping so she went to the guest room. At 0600 the alarm goes off so I get up and go around to her side and turn it off. As I'm getting back into bed she comes in, apologizes for the alarm, sets the alarm again and gets in bed. 1 minute (not kidding) later the alarm goes off and she hits snooze. Then she's back to snoring a minute later. I got up and left.

Wait a minute (not kidding either), is this a new thing??? How does that happen exactly, out of nowhere? Assuming you've been together for a while, considering it's your wife. Was it a vacation or something out of the norm?

Which part?

Resetting the alarm to go off again is a first since I usually don't bother with her clock, and she's usually in bed to deal with it. Excessive use of snooze is not a first but I'm usually up before her alarm goes off.

 

[Harry Frogfish]

Snooze buttons

Context.

Wife set her ancient clock radio alarm for 0600. Guess she had some trouble sleeping so she went to the guest room. At 0600 the alarm goes off so I get up and go around to her side and turn it off. As I'm getting back into bed she comes in, apologizes for the alarm, sets the alarm again and gets in bed. 1 minute (not kidding) later the alarm goes off and she hits snooze. Then she's back to snoring a minute later. I got up and left.

Wait a minute (not kidding either), is this a new thing??? How does that happen exactly, out of nowhere? Assuming you've been together for a while, considering it's your wife. Was it a vacation or something out of the norm?

Which part?

Resetting the alarm to go off again is a first since I usually don't bother with her clock, and she's usually in bed to deal with it. Excessive use of snooze is not a first but I'm usually up before her alarm goes off.

The firsts. Maybe I'm reading it wrong but it seems like something changed, was just curious what the impetus to that might have been.

 

[3C's]

Snooze buttons

Context.

Wife set her ancient clock radio alarm for 0600. Guess she had some trouble sleeping so she went to the guest room. At 0600 the alarm goes off so I get up and go around to her side and turn it off. As I'm getting back into bed she comes in, apologizes for the alarm, sets the alarm again and gets in bed. 1 minute (not kidding) later the alarm goes off and she hits snooze. Then she's back to snoring a minute later. I got up and left.

Wait a minute (not kidding either), is this a new thing??? How does that happen exactly, out of nowhere? Assuming you've been together for a while, considering it's your wife. Was it a vacation or something out of the norm?

Which part?

Resetting the alarm to go off again is a first since I usually don't bother with her clock, and she's usually in bed to deal with it. Excessive use of snooze is not a first but I'm usually up before her alarm goes off.

The firsts. Maybe I'm reading it wrong but it seems like something changed, was just curious what the impetus to that might have been.

Still not certain what you're asking but I'll take a stab that it's about her sleeping trouble. That's a years long thing and she's tried different things to combat it. Zzzquil, shot of tequlla, cbd, etc. all to varying effectiveness. Seems to run in her family I guess. We shared a hotel room with her sister years ago and the snoring from her would have woken the dead. And her brother just did a sleep study.

 

[arrow1]

I was shopping there once. It took 5+ minutes for someone to show up after I hit the little "how can we help you" button and the guy was like "hey, what can I do for you?". They knew I was calling from that aisle, you'd think the guy would know I wanted the case opened up... but the guy didn't even have the key. He said "be right back!" and I told him "nah, nevermind". Ugh.

Exact same thing happened to me at a Wallmart. I was able to locate an employee close by before hitting the button. They said they needed to get the key and would be right back. 10 minutes later......nobody. So I hit the button. 10 minutes later some other employee shows up. I tell them what I needed and they said, Oh I don't have that key and they left saying they would be right back. At this point it was the principle of the thing and I was going to wait just to see how long this was going to keep taking.

Another employee wanders by and I ask them for the key. They say they would go find it. The middle person came back and said they can't find the key. About 10 more minutes go by. I am at about 30-40 minutes standing and waiting. My now I am just laughing. Finally, someone shows up with the key. I get the bottle I wanted and go to the checkout. Of course there is only one checkout line with a person checking out so I go to the self checkout. Of course, since I am getting alcohol I can't just check out. I need a person to come by and confirm I am of age. After about 5 minutes of waiting for that person I just go in the checkout line and wait another 15 mintues to get through that line.

All told I was there for about an hour and 15 minutes to get one bottle of booze. Never again will I go back there even if it is cheaper. Just ridiculous.

(yes, I should have left immediately but at some point I decided to F-it and just see how long it took

People standing still on the moving walkway, check.

Why is this a problem? As long as they keep right, all is as it should be.

They did not keep right. That’s the problem. Person on left. Bag next to them on right.

illegal block in the back would be the play

 

[supermike80]

Time change this weekend. Cue up the articles and other stuff about how 69% of people practically DIE because of this one hour.
Gawd..Grow up, get a life...It's an hour. I don't like that it will now be dark at 5, but that's it.

 

[belljr]

The best part is for me i leave and get home in the dark regardless if its DST or EST

 

[the moops]

The best part is for me i leave and get home in the dark regardless if its DST or EST

You work too much

 

[General Malaise]

People standing still on the moving walkway, check.

Why is this a problem? As long as they keep right, all is as it should be.

They did not keep right. That’s the problem. Person on left. Bag next to them on right.

"HEY, ON YOUR LEFT".

 

[belljr]

The best part is for me i leave and get home in the dark regardless if its DST or EST

You work too much

OR I work less than many........

I only work 4 days a week......

 

[Scoresman]

People standing still on the moving walkway, check.

Why is this a problem? As long as they keep right, all is as it should be.

They did not keep right. That’s the problem. Person on left. Bag next to them on right.

"HEY, ON YOUR LEFT".

"Excuse us" worked well, but the peeve is that I shouldn't even have to do that in the first place.

 

[General Malaise]

People standing still on the moving walkway, check.

Why is this a problem? As long as they keep right, all is as it should be.

They did not keep right. That’s the problem. Person on left. Bag next to them on right.

"HEY, ON YOUR LEFT".

"Excuse us" worked well, but the peeve is that I shouldn't even have to do that in the first place.

I agree, but I operate under the belief that at least 50% of the population is ignorant to common sense rules, ie driving slow in the left hand lane, entering an elevator before letting folks exit and yes, camping on the moving sidewalk when there are signs that CLEARLY state "WALK LEFT, STAND RIGHT" over all of them. Once you accept that, it's easier to simply say "HEY ON YOUR LEFT" and go about your business.