Can we discuss pet peeves here? (5 Viewers)

[Mrs. Rannous]

me: makes lunch for 4. plates lunch. puts lunch plates on the table. pours drinks. eats. clears the table. washes the dishes. leaves one glass out because my youngest was still drinking from it.. but she walked away and left the glass. i didn't want to dump her drink and couldn't figure out where she went so i left the glass on the table.

wife: why didn't you put that dirty glass away? you just left it there. it's gross.

me: well, the kid was drinking it. wasn't sure if she was done or not. and she, you, or (other kid) could put it away if you want.

wife: yeah, but it's just gross. you cleaned up everything else why don't you wash that one, too?

me: i guess because i did everything else, it's now 30 minutes later and you're standing right next to it. you could pick the glass up and wash it if you want.

wife: (huffs, walks away and leaves the glass)


ff 6 hours to dinner

wife makes 2 flat breads for her and the oldest. cuts pizza, pours drinks and then eats pizza off of the cardboard box the pizza came in. finishes eating most of the pizza. leaves remains on the cardboard, on the kitchen counter. leaves dirty glasses and pizza cutter on the kitchen counter, walks away.

me: (walks in the kitchen 30 minutes or so later because i hear the cat ****ing with something) who left their unfinished pizza and dirty dishes on the kitchen counter?

wife: why don't you clean it up if it bothers you?

You live in a sitcom, don't you?

 

[Snoopy]

me: makes lunch for 4. plates lunch. puts lunch plates on the table. pours drinks. eats. clears the table. washes the dishes. leaves one glass out because my youngest was still drinking from it.. but she walked away and left the glass. i didn't want to dump her drink and couldn't figure out where she went so i left the glass on the table.

wife: why didn't you put that dirty glass away? you just left it there. it's gross.

me: well, the kid was drinking it. wasn't sure if she was done or not. and she, you, or (other kid) could put it away if you want.

wife: yeah, but it's just gross. you cleaned up everything else why don't you wash that one, too?

me: i guess because i did everything else, it's now 30 minutes later and you're standing right next to it. you could pick the glass up and wash it if you want.

wife: (huffs, walks away and leaves the glass)


ff 6 hours to dinner

wife makes 2 flat breads for her and the oldest. cuts pizza, pours drinks and then eats pizza off of the cardboard box the pizza came in. finishes eating most of the pizza. leaves remains on the cardboard, on the kitchen counter. leaves dirty glasses and pizza cutter on the kitchen counter, walks away.

me: (walks in the kitchen 30 minutes or so later because i hear the cat ****ing with something) who left their unfinished pizza and dirty dishes on the kitchen counter?

wife: why don't you clean it up if it bothers you?

You live in a sitcom, don't you?

With the upstairs tenants.

 

[Drunken knight]

Mrs furley isn’t going to get a lot of likes at the key party

 

[offdee]

No, not touching the actual meat. Even if touched, it gets cooked and we're good - still, not a huge proponent of others touching me food. These two were literally pressing down with two fingers on nearly every single package. Again, those packages arent exactly clean. Ive worked at grocery stores too and "the meat guys" are absolute savages.

So now the husband and wife salmonella team are touching everything else in the store.

WTF are you actually talking about? The meat is sealed in plastic. Who cares if people touch the plastic. It's kind of the point of sealing it in plastic.

 

[General Malaise]

me: makes lunch for 4. plates lunch. puts lunch plates on the table. pours drinks. eats. clears the table. washes the dishes. leaves one glass out because my youngest was still drinking from it.. but she walked away and left the glass. i didn't want to dump her drink and couldn't figure out where she went so i left the glass on the table.

wife: why didn't you put that dirty glass away? you just left it there. it's gross.

me: well, the kid was drinking it. wasn't sure if she was done or not. and she, you, or (other kid) could put it away if you want.

wife: yeah, but it's just gross. you cleaned up everything else why don't you wash that one, too?

me: i guess because i did everything else, it's now 30 minutes later and you're standing right next to it. you could pick the glass up and wash it if you want.

wife: (huffs, walks away and leaves the glass)


ff 6 hours to dinner

wife makes 2 flat breads for her and the oldest. cuts pizza, pours drinks and then eats pizza off of the cardboard box the pizza came in. finishes eating most of the pizza. leaves remains on the cardboard, on the kitchen counter. leaves dirty glasses and pizza cutter on the kitchen counter, walks away.

me: (walks in the kitchen 30 minutes or so later because i hear the cat ****ing with something) who left their unfinished pizza and dirty dishes on the kitchen counter?

wife: why don't you clean it up if it bothers you?

Dooooooood

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

No, not touching the actual meat. Even if touched, it gets cooked and we're good - still, not a huge proponent of others touching me food. These two were literally pressing down with two fingers on nearly every single package. Again, those packages arent exactly clean. Ive worked at grocery stores too and "the meat guys" are absolute savages.

So now the husband and wife salmonella team are touching everything else in the store.

WTF are you actually talking about? The meat is sealed in plastic. Who cares if people touch the plastic. It's kind of the point of sealing it in plastic.

As evidence by the multiple rolls of plastic bags at every grocery store meat/poultry sections, I contend that the meat outer packages aren't clean and shouldn't be touched with your bare hands unless you wash immediately afterwards. Certainly before roaming around the store with your bloody salmonella fingers.

Also, this is the pet peeve thread, right?

 

[offdee]

No, not touching the actual meat. Even if touched, it gets cooked and we're good - still, not a huge proponent of others touching me food. These two were literally pressing down with two fingers on nearly every single package. Again, those packages arent exactly clean. Ive worked at grocery stores too and "the meat guys" are absolute savages.

So now the husband and wife salmonella team are touching everything else in the store.

WTF are you actually talking about? The meat is sealed in plastic. Who cares if people touch the plastic. It's kind of the point of sealing it in plastic.

As evidence by the multiple rolls of plastic bags at every grocery store meat/poultry sections, I contend that the meat outer packages aren't clean and shouldn't be touched with your bare hands unless you wash immediately afterwards. Certainly before roaming around the store with your bloody salmonella fingers.

Also, this is the pet peeve thread, right?

How do you survive in a public bathroom?

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

No, not touching the actual meat. Even if touched, it gets cooked and we're good - still, not a huge proponent of others touching me food. These two were literally pressing down with two fingers on nearly every single package. Again, those packages arent exactly clean. Ive worked at grocery stores too and "the meat guys" are absolute savages.

So now the husband and wife salmonella team are touching everything else in the store.

WTF are you actually talking about? The meat is sealed in plastic. Who cares if people touch the plastic. It's kind of the point of sealing it in plastic.

As evidence by the multiple rolls of plastic bags at every grocery store meat/poultry sections, I contend that the meat outer packages aren't clean and shouldn't be touched with your bare hands unless you wash immediately afterwards. Certainly before roaming around the store with your bloody salmonella fingers.

Also, this is the pet peeve thread, right?

How do you survive in a public bathroom?

The same exact way I survive the grocery store. I wash my hands and use a paper towel or my foot to open the door on the way out.

I imagine the same people who raw dawg the meat packages are the same folks who don’t wash their hands after using the restroom.

 

[Keerock]

Related: people that use plastic bags for produce. Why? You're just going to go home and wash the celery, right? What's that bag doing for you, mate?

I think it's a lot easier to carry my loose apples, lemons etc. in them instead of having them roll around the cart. I usually get a prebagged thing of 6 or 8 apples and I just really like these but stuff like that isn't always available.

Yeah mostly it's for carrying stuff easier

We use the produce bags as dog poop bags

That they are clear makes that disturbing...

 

[the moops]

Related: people that use plastic bags for produce. Why? You're just going to go home and wash the celery, right? What's that bag doing for you, mate?

I think it's a lot easier to carry my loose apples, lemons etc. in them instead of having them roll around the cart. I usually get a prebagged thing of 6 or 8 apples and I just really like these but stuff like that isn't always available.

Yeah mostly it's for carrying stuff easier

We use the produce bags as dog poop bags

That they are clear makes that disturbing...

 

[Dan Lambskin]

No, not touching the actual meat. Even if touched, it gets cooked and we're good - still, not a huge proponent of others touching me food. These two were literally pressing down with two fingers on nearly every single package. Again, those packages arent exactly clean. Ive worked at grocery stores too and "the meat guys" are absolute savages.

So now the husband and wife salmonella team are touching everything else in the store.

WTF are you actually talking about? The meat is sealed in plastic. Who cares if people touch the plastic. It's kind of the point of sealing it in plastic.

As evidence by the multiple rolls of plastic bags at every grocery store meat/poultry sections, I contend that the meat outer packages aren't clean and shouldn't be touched with your bare hands unless you wash immediately afterwards. Certainly before roaming around the store with your bloody salmonella fingers.

Also, this is the pet peeve thread, right?

How do you survive in a public bathroom?

The same exact way I survive the grocery store. I wash my hands and use a paper towel or my foot to open the door on the way out.

I imagine the same people who raw dawg the meat packages are the same folks who don’t wash their hands after using the restroom.

I can’t imagine living my life being afraid of germs like that

I get it for people who might be immune compromised or live with someone who is, but using a paper towel to open a bathroom door just seems like lunacy

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

No, not touching the actual meat. Even if touched, it gets cooked and we're good - still, not a huge proponent of others touching me food. These two were literally pressing down with two fingers on nearly every single package. Again, those packages arent exactly clean. Ive worked at grocery stores too and "the meat guys" are absolute savages.

So now the husband and wife salmonella team are touching everything else in the store.

WTF are you actually talking about? The meat is sealed in plastic. Who cares if people touch the plastic. It's kind of the point of sealing it in plastic.

As evidence by the multiple rolls of plastic bags at every grocery store meat/poultry sections, I contend that the meat outer packages aren't clean and shouldn't be touched with your bare hands unless you wash immediately afterwards. Certainly before roaming around the store with your bloody salmonella fingers.

Also, this is the pet peeve thread, right?

How do you survive in a public bathroom?

The same exact way I survive the grocery store. I wash my hands and use a paper towel or my foot to open the door on the way out.

I imagine the same people who raw dawg the meat packages are the same folks who don’t wash their hands after using the restroom.

I can’t imagine living my life being afraid of germs like that

I get it for people who might be immune compromised or live with someone who is, but using a paper towel to open a bathroom door just seems like lunacy

You’ve admitted in this thread that you wipe chicken blood on your pants, but you think it’s lunacy that I use the paper towel to open the bathroom door?

I don’t mind getting dirty, I’ve been in some of the most disease ridden, bacteria infested places on earth, but I wash my hands.

 

[dino259]

No, not touching the actual meat. Even if touched, it gets cooked and we're good - still, not a huge proponent of others touching me food. These two were literally pressing down with two fingers on nearly every single package. Again, those packages arent exactly clean. Ive worked at grocery stores too and "the meat guys" are absolute savages.

So now the husband and wife salmonella team are touching everything else in the store.

WTF are you actually talking about? The meat is sealed in plastic. Who cares if people touch the plastic. It's kind of the point of sealing it in plastic.

As evidence by the multiple rolls of plastic bags at every grocery store meat/poultry sections, I contend that the meat outer packages aren't clean and shouldn't be touched with your bare hands unless you wash immediately afterwards. Certainly before roaming around the store with your bloody salmonella fingers.

Also, this is the pet peeve thread, right?

I don't know if I have seen any bags by the meat/poultry counter. Just the produce area.

 

[dino259]

No, not touching the actual meat. Even if touched, it gets cooked and we're good - still, not a huge proponent of others touching me food. These two were literally pressing down with two fingers on nearly every single package. Again, those packages arent exactly clean. Ive worked at grocery stores too and "the meat guys" are absolute savages.

So now the husband and wife salmonella team are touching everything else in the store.

WTF are you actually talking about? The meat is sealed in plastic. Who cares if people touch the plastic. It's kind of the point of sealing it in plastic.

As evidence by the multiple rolls of plastic bags at every grocery store meat/poultry sections, I contend that the meat outer packages aren't clean and shouldn't be touched with your bare hands unless you wash immediately afterwards. Certainly before roaming around the store with your bloody salmonella fingers.

Also, this is the pet peeve thread, right?

How do you survive in a public bathroom?

The same exact way I survive the grocery store. I wash my hands and use a paper towel or my foot to open the door on the way out.

I imagine the same people who raw dawg the meat packages are the same folks who don’t wash their hands after using the restroom.

I can’t imagine living my life being afraid of germs like that

I get it for people who might be immune compromised or live with someone who is, but using a paper towel to open a bathroom door just seems like lunacy

You’ve admitted in this thread that you wipe chicken blood on your pants, but you think it’s lunacy that I use the paper towel to open the bathroom door?

I don’t mind getting dirty, I’ve been in some of the most disease ridden, bacteria infested places on earth, but I wash my hands.

I think enough people use the paper towel they just dried there hands with to open the door, if the trash is close enough to the door.

 

[arrow1]

My kid and her boyfriend who don’t understand the concept of releasing the air out of the lunchmeat bags or potato chip bags. Their generation couldn’t care less about history and they are doomed to repeat all of it

My kid and her boyfriend who don’t understand the concept of releasing the air out of the lunchmeat bags or potato chip bags. Their generation couldn’t care less about history and they are doomed to repeat all of it

No, not touching the actual meat. Even if touched, it gets cooked and we're good - still, not a huge proponent of others touching me food. These two were literally pressing down with two fingers on nearly every single package. Again, those packages arent exactly clean. Ive worked at grocery stores too and "the meat guys" are absolute savages.

So now the husband and wife salmonella team are touching everything else in the store.

WTF are you actually talking about? The meat is sealed in plastic. Who cares if people touch the plastic. It's kind of the point of sealing it in plastic.

As evidence by the multiple rolls of plastic bags at every grocery store meat/poultry sections, I contend that the meat outer packages aren't clean and shouldn't be touched with your bare hands unless you wash immediately afterwards. Certainly before roaming around the store with your bloody salmonella fingers.

Also, this is the pet peeve thread, right?

How do you survive in a public bathroom?

Hazmat suit

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

At whole foods they have a foot thingy on the door so you can pull it open with your feet.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

And the supermarkets I go to have plastic bags and paper towels by the meat counter.

 

[mr. furley]

about a month ago, while taking a shower, i noticed that water was pooling on the floor of the shower stall. i'm out in 5-6 minutes so it was noticeable but nothing alarming.

hopped out and flushed the toilet just to check on flow and sure enough, it emptied but didn't refill quickly.

went down to the basement and we've got water on the floor. ####! like someone took a couple cups of water and threw them on the floor.. trickling towards the drain.


quick triage turned up nothing so i decided to plunge the shower drain and toilet. immediate relief. shower water drained. toilet flushed and refilled normally. OK. something (hair, probably) got jammed up in the pipe and just needed suction to clear it. squeegeed water off the basement floor. re-ran the shower and toilet over and over. no more water on the floor. repeated that multiple times per day over the next week... no water on the floor. phew.

fast forward to today... plumber shows up at my door. wife called him over. no big deal. he's an old friend of her parents and has done a bunch for us over the years. he says my wife called him a week ago, told him what was happening, he and his apprentice were down the street and had a window to come check on us. great.


he looks at drains, pipes, walls, etc. pokes around for about 20 minutes and tells me there's nothing to worry about. maybe something got plugged in the drain and the water level got higher than a point in the drain pipe where there's.. possibly.. a pinhole sized leak... maybe... but there wasn't anything he saw that concerned him and since there hasn't been water on the floor for weeks, he thinks it's no big deal. or at least nothing that requires tearing out walls and **** to look at. call him if this comes up again and he'll come back out... have a great day.

call my wife and tell her: "good news. he says there isn't anything to worry about. one-time deal. he didn't see anything that made him worry. all good."

wife: THERE WAS WATER, LITERALLY, FLOODING ALL OVER THE BASEMENT!!

me: when? we had water on the floor one day and it was not flooding.

wife: IT WAS ALL OVER THE FLOOR!! THE PIPE WAS FLOODING WATER ALL OVER THE PLACE!!

me: (sigh)

wife: did you tell him A, B, C, D, E, F, G??? did you ask him if he looked at T, S, U, V???? (none of these things were mentioned to me, or anything we had talked about previously. likely she has been over-analyzing this for weeks and thinks she talked about it with me... but that's not what happened. we have this problem a lot.)

me: no. i told him what i saw and i let him look at things. he's been your parents plumber for 40 years. he's been helping up going on 20. i trust that he wasn't lying to me. if there was something wrong he's not going to turn down the business.

wife: well, what if it starts flooding again and water, like, gets in the walls and we have to tear down walls!

me: if you want, you can call and ask him these questions. i'm not the plumber. he is. he can tell you what he told me if you don't believe me.

wife: well.. i don't want to call him... i just want to know what he said...

(sigh)

 

[ChiefD]

Man, she sounds like a peach.

Sorry man.

 

[the moops]

I would very very curious to hear @mr. furley wife take on all this. I am guessing we are getting less than half the story

 

[mr. furley]

I would very very curious to hear @mr. furley wife take on all this. I am guessing we are getting less than half the story

that's the full story, bud

 

[Gally]

I would very very curious to hear @mr. furley wife take on all this.

Mr Furley didn't have a wife. He was a bachelor. Mr Roper on the other hand......

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I would very very curious to hear @mr. furley wife take on all this.

Mr Furley didn't have a wife. He was a bachelor. Mr Roper on the other hand......

There was one episode with both. Due to a "misunderstanding" Roper finds Furley in bed with Mrs Roper. Hilarity ensues.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

about a month ago, while taking a shower, i noticed that water was pooling on the floor of the shower stall. i'm out in 5-6 minutes so it was noticeable but nothing alarming.

hopped out and flushed the toilet just to check on flow and sure enough, it emptied but didn't refill quickly.

went down to the basement and we've got water on the floor. ####! like someone took a couple cups of water and threw them on the floor.. trickling towards the drain.


quick triage turned up nothing so i decided to plunge the shower drain and toilet. immediate relief. shower water drained. toilet flushed and refilled normally. OK. something (hair, probably) got jammed up in the pipe and just needed suction to clear it. squeegeed water off the basement floor. re-ran the shower and toilet over and over. no more water on the floor. repeated that multiple times per day over the next week... no water on the floor. phew.

fast forward to today... plumber shows up at my door. wife called him over. no big deal. he's an old friend of her parents and has done a bunch for us over the years. he says my wife called him a week ago, told him what was happening, he and his apprentice were down the street and had a window to come check on us. great.


he looks at drains, pipes, walls, etc. pokes around for about 20 minutes and tells me there's nothing to worry about. maybe something got plugged in the drain and the water level got higher than a point in the drain pipe where there's.. possibly.. a pinhole sized leak... maybe... but there wasn't anything he saw that concerned him and since there hasn't been water on the floor for weeks, he thinks it's no big deal. or at least nothing that requires tearing out walls and **** to look at. call him if this comes up again and he'll come back out... have a great day.

call my wife and tell her: "good news. he says there isn't anything to worry about. one-time deal. he didn't see anything that made him worry. all good."

wife: THERE WAS WATER, LITERALLY, FLOODING ALL OVER THE BASEMENT!!

me: when? we had water on the floor one day and it was not flooding.

wife: IT WAS ALL OVER THE FLOOR!! THE PIPE WAS FLOODING WATER ALL OVER THE PLACE!!

me: (sigh)

wife: did you tell him A, B, C, D, E, F, G??? did you ask him if he looked at T, S, U, V???? (none of these things were mentioned to me, or anything we had talked about previously. likely she has been over-analyzing this for weeks and thinks she talked about it with me... but that's not what happened. we have this problem a lot.)

me: no. i told him what i saw and i let him look at things. he's been your parents plumber for 40 years. he's been helping up going on 20. i trust that he wasn't lying to me. if there was something wrong he's not going to turn down the business.

wife: well, what if it starts flooding again and water, like, gets in the walls and we have to tear down walls!

me: if you want, you can call and ask him these questions. i'm not the plumber. he is. he can tell you what he told me if you don't believe me.

wife: well.. i don't want to call him... i just want to know what he said...

(sigh)

As I hear these stories I am more and more sad that you turned down the GB cornhole because it was this woman’s birthday. I understand that you’re pot committed. But these last 2 stories have me spinning.

 

[jamny]

And the supermarkets I go to have plastic bags and paper towels by the meat counter.

Yup. I always put chicken in an extra bag in case of leaks.

 

[belljr]

Waiting here at home for my new work laptop. Requires a signature.

Email this morning states delivery between 9-11am. Cool I'll have it set up by end of day and can run my planned errands at lunch.

11am comes and goes and now the time says before 8pm. So lunch is out the window.

First world problems, not a huge deal, I understand **** happens but that's the best time window update we can do?

peeved

 

[General Malaise]

about a month ago, while taking a shower, i noticed that water was pooling on the floor of the shower stall. i'm out in 5-6 minutes so it was noticeable but nothing alarming.

hopped out and flushed the toilet just to check on flow and sure enough, it emptied but didn't refill quickly.

went down to the basement and we've got water on the floor. ####! like someone took a couple cups of water and threw them on the floor.. trickling towards the drain.


quick triage turned up nothing so i decided to plunge the shower drain and toilet. immediate relief. shower water drained. toilet flushed and refilled normally. OK. something (hair, probably) got jammed up in the pipe and just needed suction to clear it. squeegeed water off the basement floor. re-ran the shower and toilet over and over. no more water on the floor. repeated that multiple times per day over the next week... no water on the floor. phew.

fast forward to today... plumber shows up at my door. wife called him over. no big deal. he's an old friend of her parents and has done a bunch for us over the years. he says my wife called him a week ago, told him what was happening, he and his apprentice were down the street and had a window to come check on us. great.


he looks at drains, pipes, walls, etc. pokes around for about 20 minutes and tells me there's nothing to worry about. maybe something got plugged in the drain and the water level got higher than a point in the drain pipe where there's.. possibly.. a pinhole sized leak... maybe... but there wasn't anything he saw that concerned him and since there hasn't been water on the floor for weeks, he thinks it's no big deal. or at least nothing that requires tearing out walls and **** to look at. call him if this comes up again and he'll come back out... have a great day.

call my wife and tell her: "good news. he says there isn't anything to worry about. one-time deal. he didn't see anything that made him worry. all good."

wife: THERE WAS WATER, LITERALLY, FLOODING ALL OVER THE BASEMENT!!

me: when? we had water on the floor one day and it was not flooding.

wife: IT WAS ALL OVER THE FLOOR!! THE PIPE WAS FLOODING WATER ALL OVER THE PLACE!!

me: (sigh)

wife: did you tell him A, B, C, D, E, F, G??? did you ask him if he looked at T, S, U, V???? (none of these things were mentioned to me, or anything we had talked about previously. likely she has been over-analyzing this for weeks and thinks she talked about it with me... but that's not what happened. we have this problem a lot.)

me: no. i told him what i saw and i let him look at things. he's been your parents plumber for 40 years. he's been helping up going on 20. i trust that he wasn't lying to me. if there was something wrong he's not going to turn down the business.

wife: well, what if it starts flooding again and water, like, gets in the walls and we have to tear down walls!

me: if you want, you can call and ask him these questions. i'm not the plumber. he is. he can tell you what he told me if you don't believe me.

wife: well.. i don't want to call him... i just want to know what he said...

(sigh)

This COULD be you.....but, in reality, I fear THIS is you.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

I fully recognize that complaining about curbside grocery pickup at Whole Foods may be less "pet peeve" and more "white whine", but nevertheless: If I ask you to put the groceries in the trunk, in what world would I not want you to close the trunk when you are done? The woman seemed genuinely surprised that I wanted that. Of course I'm going to immediately drive away! That's the whole point of curbside!

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

My kid and her boyfriend who don’t understand the concept of releasing the air out of the lunchmeat bags or potato chip bags.

Their generation couldn’t care less about history and they are doomed to repeat all of it

I don't know if it's generational: Both my wife and my mother-in-law do the same thing

 

[nirad3]

I fully recognize that complaining about curbside grocery pickup at Whole Foods may be less "pet peeve" and more "white whine", but nevertheless: If I ask you to put the groceries in the trunk, in what world would I not want you to close the trunk when you are done? The woman seemed genuinely surprised that I wanted that. Of course I'm going to immediately drive away! That's the whole point of curbside!

Maybe they think by forcing you to come out that they have a better chance at getting a tip? I don't use curbside... do you tip them? I really dunno...

 

[B Maverick]

I fully recognize that complaining about curbside grocery pickup at Whole Foods may be less "pet peeve" and more "white whine", but nevertheless: If I ask you to put the groceries in the trunk, in what world would I not want you to close the trunk when you are done? The woman seemed genuinely surprised that I wanted that. Of course I'm going to immediately drive away! That's the whole point of curbside!

Although having never used curbside, I imagine they are instructed to not touch the car? Or are afraid to?
To many idiots out there that would get mad or claim damage or something else.

 

[Yambag]

I fully recognize that complaining about curbside grocery pickup at Whole Foods may be less "pet peeve" and more "white whine", but nevertheless: If I ask you to put the groceries in the trunk, in what world would I not want you to close the trunk when you are done? The woman seemed genuinely surprised that I wanted that. Of course I'm going to immediately drive away! That's the whole point of curbside!

I do curbside at Whole Foods and 95% of the time, the employee loading my trunk asks if I would like them to close it. Only once or twice did they walk away without asking.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

I fully recognize that complaining about curbside grocery pickup at Whole Foods may be less "pet peeve" and more "white whine", but nevertheless: If I ask you to put the groceries in the trunk, in what world would I not want you to close the trunk when you are done? The woman seemed genuinely surprised that I wanted that. Of course I'm going to immediately drive away! That's the whole point of curbside!

Maybe they think by forcing you to come out that they have a better chance at getting a tip? I don't use curbside... do you tip them? I really dunno...

Tipping is done through the app

 

[mr. furley]

the notion that people must not love their dogs if they don't allow their dogs to climb all over them, lick them, jump on people, etc.

"they're just being friendly!"

look, i like dogs & my dog just fine. but letting her jump on, claw at, lick people who don't want to be licked, etc. is not OK and my preventing her from bowling over your 84 year old grandmother doesn't mean i don't love dogs... and, weirdly, it doesn't make me a bad person.

 

[arrow1]

I fully recognize that complaining about curbside grocery pickup at Whole Foods may be less "pet peeve" and more "white whine", but nevertheless: If I ask you to put the groceries in the trunk, in what world would I not want you to close the trunk when you are done? The woman seemed genuinely surprised that I wanted that. Of course I'm going to immediately drive away! That's the whole point of curbside!

Oh the humanity!

 

[Ministry of Pain]

People at the grocery store

-There's a special place in hell reserved for some of these folks

 

[the moops]

and, weirdly, it doesn't make me a bad person.

Your wife likely disagrees

 

[DA RAIDERS]

the notion that people must not love their dogs if they don't allow their dogs to climb all over them, lick them, jump on people, etc.

"they're just being friendly!"

look, i like dogs & my dog just fine. but letting her jump on, claw at, lick people who don't want to be licked, etc. is not OK and my preventing her from bowling over your 84 year old grandmother doesn't mean i don't love dogs... and, weirdly, it doesn't make me a bad person.

I’m the flip side of that coin. I like dogs. I don’t want them jumping on me, licking me etc. I had to tell my wife to stop encouraging me to allow my sister’s dog to sit on my lap. Sweetest dog you can imagine. I don’t want him on my lap. So stop shaming me when I don’t let him jump up into my lap. Then I get my sister chiming in, “he just loves you”.

 

[Instinctive]

the notion that people must not love their dogs if they don't allow their dogs to climb all over them, lick them, jump on people, etc.

"they're just being friendly!"

look, i like dogs & my dog just fine. but letting her jump on, claw at, lick people who don't want to be licked, etc. is not OK and my preventing her from bowling over your 84 year old grandmother doesn't mean i don't love dogs... and, weirdly, it doesn't make me a bad person.

I’m the flip side of that coin. I like dogs. I don’t want them jumping on me, licking me etc. I had to tell my wife to stop encouraging me to allow my sister’s dog to sit on my lap. Sweetest dog you can imagine. I don’t want him on my lap. So stop shaming me when I don’t let him jump up into my lap. Then I get my sister chiming in, “he just loves you”.

So if I just sat in your sister's lap whether she wanted it or not, would she just smile and say "he just loves me?"

I hate some dog owners. Train your dog. Contain your dog. Dogs can be amazing. Super fun, cuddly, etc. But it's not a guarantee.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

the notion that people must not love their dogs if they don't allow their dogs to climb all over them, lick them, jump on people, etc.

"they're just being friendly!"

look, i like dogs & my dog just fine. but letting her jump on, claw at, lick people who don't want to be licked, etc. is not OK and my preventing her from bowling over your 84 year old grandmother doesn't mean i don't love dogs... and, weirdly, it doesn't make me a bad person.

I’m the flip side of that coin. I like dogs. I don’t want them jumping on me, licking me etc. I had to tell my wife to stop encouraging me to allow my sister’s dog to sit on my lap. Sweetest dog you can imagine. I don’t want him on my lap. So stop shaming me when I don’t let him jump up into my lap. Then I get my sister chiming in, “he just loves you”.

So if I just sat in your sister's lap whether she wanted it or not, would she just smile and say "he just loves you?"

I hate some dog owners. Train your dog. Contain your dog. Dogs can be amazing. Super fun, cuddly, etc. But it's not a guarantee.

I would be the one saying it.

 

[Instinctive]

the notion that people must not love their dogs if they don't allow their dogs to climb all over them, lick them, jump on people, etc.

"they're just being friendly!"

look, i like dogs & my dog just fine. but letting her jump on, claw at, lick people who don't want to be licked, etc. is not OK and my preventing her from bowling over your 84 year old grandmother doesn't mean i don't love dogs... and, weirdly, it doesn't make me a bad person.

I’m the flip side of that coin. I like dogs. I don’t want them jumping on me, licking me etc. I had to tell my wife to stop encouraging me to allow my sister’s dog to sit on my lap. Sweetest dog you can imagine. I don’t want him on my lap. So stop shaming me when I don’t let him jump up into my lap. Then I get my sister chiming in, “he just loves you”.

So if I just sat in your sister's lap whether she wanted it or not, would she just smile and say "he just loves you?"

I hate some dog owners. Train your dog. Contain your dog. Dogs can be amazing. Super fun, cuddly, etc. But it's not a guarantee.

I would be the one saying it.

You get my point though right lol

 

[mr. furley]

and, weirdly, it doesn't make me a bad person.

Your wife likely disagrees

most people probably do but that not why were here

 

[DA RAIDERS]

the notion that people must not love their dogs if they don't allow their dogs to climb all over them, lick them, jump on people, etc.

"they're just being friendly!"

look, i like dogs & my dog just fine. but letting her jump on, claw at, lick people who don't want to be licked, etc. is not OK and my preventing her from bowling over your 84 year old grandmother doesn't mean i don't love dogs... and, weirdly, it doesn't make me a bad person.

I’m the flip side of that coin. I like dogs. I don’t want them jumping on me, licking me etc. I had to tell my wife to stop encouraging me to allow my sister’s dog to sit on my lap. Sweetest dog you can imagine. I don’t want him on my lap. So stop shaming me when I don’t let him jump up into my lap. Then I get my sister chiming in, “he just loves you”.

So if I just sat in your sister's lap whether she wanted it or not, would she just smile and say "he just loves you?"

I hate some dog owners. Train your dog. Contain your dog. Dogs can be amazing. Super fun, cuddly, etc. But it's not a guarantee.

I would be the one saying it.

You get my point though right lol

100%

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

I fully recognize that complaining about curbside grocery pickup at Whole Foods may be less "pet peeve" and more "white whine", but nevertheless: If I ask you to put the groceries in the trunk, in what world would I not want you to close the trunk when you are done? The woman seemed genuinely surprised that I wanted that. Of course I'm going to immediately drive away! That's the whole point of curbside!

I do curbside at Whole Foods and 95% of the time, the employee loading my trunk asks if I would like them to close it. Only once or twice did they walk away without asking.

Yes, most of them either ask or close it right away. But it's happened more than a few times that they just walked away.

Closing it should be the default. Maybe there are scenarios where people want to inspect the groceries before they leave, but I would assume most people just want to drive off

 

[ThaPenguin]

I fully recognize that complaining about curbside grocery pickup at Whole Foods may be less "pet peeve" and more "white whine", but nevertheless: If I ask you to put the groceries in the trunk, in what world would I not want you to close the trunk when you are done? The woman seemed genuinely surprised that I wanted that. Of course I'm going to immediately drive away! That's the whole point of curbside!

I do curbside at Whole Foods and 95% of the time, the employee loading my trunk asks if I would like them to close it. Only once or twice did they walk away without asking.

Yes, most of them either ask or close it right away. But it's happened more than a few times that they just walked away.

Closing it should be the default. Maybe there are scenarios where people want to inspect the groceries before they leave, but I would assume most people just want to drive off

Not mine, but believe some of these new fangled motor vehicles can close the trunk from the driver's seat with some mechanism. Congrats on not giving off a peasant vibe to the lass.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

I fully recognize that complaining about curbside grocery pickup at Whole Foods may be less "pet peeve" and more "white whine", but nevertheless: If I ask you to put the groceries in the trunk, in what world would I not want you to close the trunk when you are done? The woman seemed genuinely surprised that I wanted that. Of course I'm going to immediately drive away! That's the whole point of curbside!

I do curbside at Whole Foods and 95% of the time, the employee loading my trunk asks if I would like them to close it. Only once or twice did they walk away without asking.

Yes, most of them either ask or close it right away. But it's happened more than a few times that they just walked away.

Closing it should be the default. Maybe there are scenarios where people want to inspect the groceries before they leave, but I would assume most people just want to drive off

Not mine, but believe some of these new fangled motor vehicles can close the trunk from the driver's seat with some mechanism. Congrats on not giving off a peasant vibe to the lass.

I'm pretty sure my 2018 Camry screams "peasant"

 

[General Malaise]

I fully recognize that complaining about curbside grocery pickup at Whole Foods may be less "pet peeve" and more "white whine", but nevertheless: If I ask you to put the groceries in the trunk, in what world would I not want you to close the trunk when you are done? The woman seemed genuinely surprised that I wanted that. Of course I'm going to immediately drive away! That's the whole point of curbside!

I do curbside at Whole Foods and 95% of the time, the employee loading my trunk asks if I would like them to close it. Only once or twice did they walk away without asking.

Yes, most of them either ask or close it right away. But it's happened more than a few times that they just walked away.

Closing it should be the default. Maybe there are scenarios where people want to inspect the groceries before they leave, but I would assume most people just want to drive off

You don't have a button that closes the trunk? Are you driving an Oldsmobile?

 

[arrow1]

I fully recognize that complaining about curbside grocery pickup at Whole Foods may be less "pet peeve" and more "white whine", but nevertheless: If I ask you to put the groceries in the trunk, in what world would I not want you to close the trunk when you are done? The woman seemed genuinely surprised that I wanted that. Of course I'm going to immediately drive away! That's the whole point of curbside!

I do curbside at Whole Foods and 95% of the time, the employee loading my trunk asks if I would like them to close it. Only once or twice did they walk away without asking.

Yes, most of them either ask or close it right away. But it's happened more than a few times that they just walked away.

Closing it should be the default. Maybe there are scenarios where people want to inspect the groceries before they leave, but I would assume most people just want to drive off

You don't have a button that closes the trunk? Are you driving an Oldsmobile?

with hand-crank windows

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I fully recognize that complaining about curbside grocery pickup at Whole Foods may be less "pet peeve" and more "white whine", but nevertheless: If I ask you to put the groceries in the trunk, in what world would I not want you to close the trunk when you are done? The woman seemed genuinely surprised that I wanted that. Of course I'm going to immediately drive away! That's the whole point of curbside!

I do curbside at Whole Foods and 95% of the time, the employee loading my trunk asks if I would like them to close it. Only once or twice did they walk away without asking.

Yes, most of them either ask or close it right away. But it's happened more than a few times that they just walked away.

Closing it should be the default. Maybe there are scenarios where people want to inspect the groceries before they leave, but I would assume most people just want to drive off

You don't have a button that closes the trunk? Are you driving an Oldsmobile?

Hey not all of us are rolling in cobalt dough and can afford mid range trim levels or better

 

[General Malaise]

I fully recognize that complaining about curbside grocery pickup at Whole Foods may be less "pet peeve" and more "white whine", but nevertheless: If I ask you to put the groceries in the trunk, in what world would I not want you to close the trunk when you are done? The woman seemed genuinely surprised that I wanted that. Of course I'm going to immediately drive away! That's the whole point of curbside!

I do curbside at Whole Foods and 95% of the time, the employee loading my trunk asks if I would like them to close it. Only once or twice did they walk away without asking.

Yes, most of them either ask or close it right away. But it's happened more than a few times that they just walked away.

Closing it should be the default. Maybe there are scenarios where people want to inspect the groceries before they leave, but I would assume most people just want to drive off

You don't have a button that closes the trunk? Are you driving an Oldsmobile?

Hey not all of us are rolling in cobalt dough and can afford mid range trim levels or better

I'm enjoying the visual of a man driving a Chevy Cobalt using Whole Foods Curbside Service.