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this reminded me of the guy i saw at the mall this weekend. he had some sort of speaker device strapped to his arm which was blasting music, a cell phone in hand (on speaker mode) while he was talking loudly to someone and a Bluetooth in his ear.
It's actually worse than the old boom boxes. These cell phones sound horrible regardless of which crappy song they are playing.
The only time I saw / heard boom boxes was when someone was breakdancing or I was at the beach, Karate Kid style. Both of those were totally acceptable situations.
Not really. You didn't realize it because you couldn't see him, but he was on his phone in there. Otherwise, he could have been in and out in two minutes.
Huh. Strange how different things annoy different people, huh? If I ever find the need to use a restaurant stall, it's pretty much because I have no other option and I want to be in and out of there as quickly as possible. If I felt I could take ten minutes reading so that it's a "good crap" then I'd think I could wait until I got home. And if I'm waiting to get in because someone in there is surfing the FFA... well, that would be a pet peeve of mine much more than the diner taking their time to leave the table.
Only if, as happens a lot around here, the spots in front of the store aren’t also full. As convenience stores move from “candy and soda” shops to made-to-order food sites, the number of people standing around inside has gone way up, making the parking areas as crowded as the gas pumps.fred_1_15301 said:
What, park in the neighborhood next door and walk half a mile to the store? Your advice is nonsensical.
Yesterday this woman went inside to get a smoothie BEFORE pumping gas. There were plenty of parking spots but only 3 pumps. Then she comes out and starts to work the pump and as she’s doing so gives me the frustrated shrug that the pump is moving too slowly.
There are a few gas stations here that have local eateries in them. Sort of like a food truck, but indoors.
I like the guy who on a 2 lane road stops to make a left, but pulls as far to the right of the lane as possible. That way no one can pass him while he waits 15 minutes for no cars in view before he takes his turn.
how about his cousin that can easily pull around guy turning left but doesn't think he can, so he just blocks the way then.TheIronSheik said:
Completely agree. People that do this at a bar top should be 86'd from the establishment. Take your phone call outside. Use ear buds if you want to watch a video. The erosion of decent manners should be its own thread.
I have been on several flights in the last couple years where people are watching movies on their phones with speakers. Not headphones. But speakers. Like, WTH people?!?
Michigan accents are the most endearing, behind maybe a Southern Belle accent. Count your blessings GB.
ah, the Michigan version of Wisconsin's "or no?"
My wife facetimes her family every day. I bolt out of the room like Carl Lewis on fire every time they do this if I'm around. Obnoxious. What's worse is that my MIL (whom I adore dearly) has a super thick Michigan accent and she is big on responding to things my wife says by saying things like "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" or "mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm". She sounds like the Sesame Street Aliens.
When she comes to visit, she'll facetime with one of her many sisters and they will literally sit there over their iPhones and just utter a series of these noises to each other in what I'm gathering is some sort of sibling communication that to me, is just ear abuse to others. And they all use the word "then" at the end of sentences. THEN WHAT????? WHY ARE YOU ENDING SENTENCES WITH THE WORD THEN?????? "Soooo, you're going to go to the store, then?". "Oh, so you're going to make hamburgers then?" "Oh, so Forrest is going to hang himself, then?"
If streets are icy or wet, couldn't it be just as dangerous to slam on your brakes at a yellow light?
fixed. people are just idiots these days.
i'm talking about the people who punch the gas to speed up when they are far enough away to safely brake but somehow feel the need to do 50 in a 25 to beat the light
Long term personal wish:
Same with the people who take one step out of an elevator and then begin planning the rest of their trip. Also, people who try to get on an elevator before letting people off.
The reason this won't work is because it relies on everyone being on time ready to board at the start of boarding time. Good luck with that.
I do not hesitate to say, "this is not a place for a conversation, please keep moving."
They have done studies on this. Random order works best if I recall correctly. If it loaded back to front, then you would have a line all the way down the airplane entirely waiting on the people in the back.
Random is weird, though. My wife, daughter and I flew to Houston this summer. We were in the same row, but on both flights, one of us was in a different boarding group than the other two.
GTFO with your logic, lol. It is stupid if they seat aisle people first, then those aisle people have to get back up and move to let in window people.
