Can we discuss pet peeves here? (4 Viewers)

[Leroy Hoard]

Toasters that don't pop the bread/bagel/etc up above the horizon of the toaster. I gotta risk electrocution or 3rd degree burns to reach down there to get my stuff out

Yeah, that's a pain! I've turned it into a game where I launch the little piece of bread up and try to catch it mid-air with my hands.....timing has to be perfect.

Just Jam a knife down there. Should do the trick.

I had a grandma that was always shoving metal forks and knives into toasters. It's amazing she never got zapped.

 

[parasaurolophus]

There is a little kids area at our local park. No dogs allowed. Worker tells two women in the park that they cant have their dog in there. Woman argues and says dog isnt bothering anybody, he is just laying on a blanket.

Then asks why they cant have a dog. Whoade that rule, etc. Guy keeps saying she has to get rid of the dog.

Then she says it is a service animal. Guys asks what service the dog provides. The blimp that is with her flips out and says you arent allowed to ask that. Then the woman says it is a hipaa violation, blah blah.

Guy of course caves and lets the two hutts keep the dog in there.

Any service animal owner would know it is absolutely legal to ask what service the dog provides and would simply answer the question. Only a lying sack of crap would immediately get confrontational.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Going away party for some friends at Surly Brewery here in Minneapolis

I have been there a couple times and nothing like this every happened. I feel gypped.

Hit me up next time you go. I will gladly catch some of your food in my mouth

Get a room, you two.

You treating?

Mirrors on the ceiling.

Pink champagne on ice.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

I suppose the chances of this being unique in a 170 page thread are small, but I get stabby at people who don't correctly sort the small and large carts in the cart corral at grocery stores. And yes, I suppose it's better than just leaving their carts in the parking lot, but I don't understand taking the time to bring your cart to the corral and then just pushing it from five feet away so that the small and large carts aren't aligned and the entire corral is unusable after 5 carts have been returned.

This might be the only thing I'm OCD about, but I always take 20 seconds and sort the carts so that they're aligned. And people look at me like I'm nuts.

 

[ChiefD]

I have to flip the lever up to get it hopping out. Eat-off video idea.....

Mini pancakes flying through the air as you glide like a ******* butterfly snagging them with your mouth.

Reminds me that I have always a knack for catching foods in my mouth. We go to one of those hibachi places and I got guys from adjacent stations flinging zucchinis my way.

One of my proudest moments ever. Going away party for some friends at Surly Brewery here in Minneapolis. Got like 20 people, some small kids mixed in. A bunch of apps were ordered. Everyone is having beers enjoying themselves, when I hear from across the large table my wife regaling our friends with stories of me snagging foods out of the air at hibachi place. My buddy Jacob is like **** you, no chance you are good at this. My wife proceeds to yell "moops!! incoming" as she tosses a brussels sprout my way. She doesn't have the best arm, so it is like high and wide, but I jump into action. Nearly drop my beer, but held onto it, tossed a couple small children aside and launched my body up in the air, snagging that sprout like a ******* osprey or some ****.

Place went nearly silent. I was a ******* hero for those 3 seconds

I am also a food catching savant.

A few years ago, we were on vacation at the fishing resort we go to in Minnesota. My brother has a bag of grapes, so I'm like 5 yards away so I tell him to throw me one. That's an easy one, like Tinker to Evers to Chance turning a double play.

So I back up another 5 yards and tell him to throw me another one. Money. The dragonflies are started to hover around trying to get tips on how to catch mosquitoes more efficiently.

I back up again. This time I go 10 more yards. Family is starting to gather, because we are at 20 yards now, which is about the normal distance where Kadarius Toney drops a pass. I don't drop grapes pal.

This goes on for another 20 minutes. 5 yards at a time. My brother is like Drew Brees in his prime dropping dimes all over the place into my mouth. I barely have to move. He's so on platform its not even funny. Lucky for us its a bright blue sky so I can track these grapes, because the farther he goes he has to put more arc on them so I have time to track, move, and finish.

Finally we are like 50 yards apart. This is no joke fellas. This ain't like throwing a Ritz cracker into a downwind. This is a solid grape, no breeze. Perfect arc from a guy whose arm is another two or three throws away from rotator cuff surgery.

This grape comes in, I track it, open my mouth, and it falls right in - straight into my wind pipe. I'm ****ed.

Nobody notices. I stay calm, because....well, I'm a professional after all. I can still breathe, so I know quickly that I'm not gonna die. I lean over, and my ripped core forces the grape out of my mouth. Thank God I am a spitter and not a swallower.

That ended the game to wild astonishment from the crowd. During this display, there were about 14 throws. I did not miss or drop one.

My opus.

 

[dino259]

I suppose the chances of this being unique in a 170 page thread are small, but I get stabby at people who don't correctly sort the small and large carts in the cart corral at grocery stores. And yes, I suppose it's better than just leaving their carts in the parking lot, but I don't understand taking the time to bring your cart to the corral and then just pushing it from five feet away so that the small and large carts aren't aligned and the entire corral is unusable after 5 carts have been returned.

This might be the only thing I'm OCD about, but I always take 20 seconds and sort the carts so that they're aligned. And people look at me like I'm nuts.

I sorted some this week.

 

[the moops]

I have to flip the lever up to get it hopping out. Eat-off video idea.....

Mini pancakes flying through the air as you glide like a ******* butterfly snagging them with your mouth.

Reminds me that I have always a knack for catching foods in my mouth. We go to one of those hibachi places and I got guys from adjacent stations flinging zucchinis my way.

One of my proudest moments ever. Going away party for some friends at Surly Brewery here in Minneapolis. Got like 20 people, some small kids mixed in. A bunch of apps were ordered. Everyone is having beers enjoying themselves, when I hear from across the large table my wife regaling our friends with stories of me snagging foods out of the air at hibachi place. My buddy Jacob is like **** you, no chance you are good at this. My wife proceeds to yell "moops!! incoming" as she tosses a brussels sprout my way. She doesn't have the best arm, so it is like high and wide, but I jump into action. Nearly drop my beer, but held onto it, tossed a couple small children aside and launched my body up in the air, snagging that sprout like a ******* osprey or some ****.

Place went nearly silent. I was a ******* hero for those 3 seconds

I am also a food catching savant.

A few years ago, we were on vacation at the fishing resort we go to in Minnesota. My brother has a bag of grapes, so I'm like 5 yards away so I tell him to throw me one. That's an easy one, like Tinker to Evers to Chance turning a double play.

So I back up another 5 yards and tell him to throw me another one. Money. The dragonflies are started to hover around trying to get tips on how to catch mosquitoes more efficiently.

I back up again. This time I go 10 more yards. Family is starting to gather, because we are at 20 yards now, which is about the normal distance where Kadarius Toney drops a pass. I don't drop grapes pal.

This goes on for another 20 minutes. 5 yards at a time. My brother is like Drew Brees in his prime dropping dimes all over the place into my mouth. I barely have to move. He's so on platform its not even funny. Lucky for us its a bright blue sky so I can track these grapes, because the farther he goes he has to put more arc on them so I have time to track, move, and finish.

Finally we are like 50 yards apart. This is no joke fellas. This ain't like throwing a Ritz cracker into a downwind. This is a solid grape, no breeze. Perfect arc from a guy whose arm is another two or three throws away from rotator cuff surgery.

This grape comes in, I track it, open my mouth, and it falls right in - straight into my wind pipe. I'm ****ed.

Nobody notices. I stay calm, because....well, I'm a professional after all. I can still breathe, so I know quickly that I'm not gonna die. I lean over, and my ripped core forces the grape out of my mouth. Thank God I am a spitter and not a swallower.

That ended the game to wild astonishment from the crowd. During this display, there were about 14 throws. I did not miss or drop one.

My opus.

Ok I concede

 

[ChiefD]

I have to flip the lever up to get it hopping out. Eat-off video idea.....

Mini pancakes flying through the air as you glide like a ******* butterfly snagging them with your mouth.

Reminds me that I have always a knack for catching foods in my mouth. We go to one of those hibachi places and I got guys from adjacent stations flinging zucchinis my way.

One of my proudest moments ever. Going away party for some friends at Surly Brewery here in Minneapolis. Got like 20 people, some small kids mixed in. A bunch of apps were ordered. Everyone is having beers enjoying themselves, when I hear from across the large table my wife regaling our friends with stories of me snagging foods out of the air at hibachi place. My buddy Jacob is like **** you, no chance you are good at this. My wife proceeds to yell "moops!! incoming" as she tosses a brussels sprout my way. She doesn't have the best arm, so it is like high and wide, but I jump into action. Nearly drop my beer, but held onto it, tossed a couple small children aside and launched my body up in the air, snagging that sprout like a ******* osprey or some ****.

Place went nearly silent. I was a ******* hero for those 3 seconds

I am also a food catching savant.

A few years ago, we were on vacation at the fishing resort we go to in Minnesota. My brother has a bag of grapes, so I'm like 5 yards away so I tell him to throw me one. That's an easy one, like Tinker to Evers to Chance turning a double play.

So I back up another 5 yards and tell him to throw me another one. Money. The dragonflies are started to hover around trying to get tips on how to catch mosquitoes more efficiently.

I back up again. This time I go 10 more yards. Family is starting to gather, because we are at 20 yards now, which is about the normal distance where Kadarius Toney drops a pass. I don't drop grapes pal.

This goes on for another 20 minutes. 5 yards at a time. My brother is like Drew Brees in his prime dropping dimes all over the place into my mouth. I barely have to move. He's so on platform its not even funny. Lucky for us its a bright blue sky so I can track these grapes, because the farther he goes he has to put more arc on them so I have time to track, move, and finish.

Finally we are like 50 yards apart. This is no joke fellas. This ain't like throwing a Ritz cracker into a downwind. This is a solid grape, no breeze. Perfect arc from a guy whose arm is another two or three throws away from rotator cuff surgery.

This grape comes in, I track it, open my mouth, and it falls right in - straight into my wind pipe. I'm ****ed.

Nobody notices. I stay calm, because....well, I'm a professional after all. I can still breathe, so I know quickly that I'm not gonna die. I lean over, and my ripped core forces the grape out of my mouth. Thank God I am a spitter and not a swallower.

That ended the game to wild astonishment from the crowd. During this display, there were about 14 throws. I did not miss or drop one.

My opus.

Ok I concede

Oh, no way my friend.

You were in a restaurant surrounded by friend and foe. Like a cat you sprung from a fixed position to achieve the impossible. You snagged the prey with children to and fro amongst the chaos of an unsuspecting crowd.

Your degree of difficulty was equal, if not more. I had time to plan. You had time to react in a split second. Much harder, in my humble opinion. I bow to your greatness.

 

[the moops]

I have to flip the lever up to get it hopping out. Eat-off video idea.....

Mini pancakes flying through the air as you glide like a ******* butterfly snagging them with your mouth.

Reminds me that I have always a knack for catching foods in my mouth. We go to one of those hibachi places and I got guys from adjacent stations flinging zucchinis my way.

One of my proudest moments ever. Going away party for some friends at Surly Brewery here in Minneapolis. Got like 20 people, some small kids mixed in. A bunch of apps were ordered. Everyone is having beers enjoying themselves, when I hear from across the large table my wife regaling our friends with stories of me snagging foods out of the air at hibachi place. My buddy Jacob is like **** you, no chance you are good at this. My wife proceeds to yell "moops!! incoming" as she tosses a brussels sprout my way. She doesn't have the best arm, so it is like high and wide, but I jump into action. Nearly drop my beer, but held onto it, tossed a couple small children aside and launched my body up in the air, snagging that sprout like a ******* osprey or some ****.

Place went nearly silent. I was a ******* hero for those 3 seconds

I am also a food catching savant.

A few years ago, we were on vacation at the fishing resort we go to in Minnesota. My brother has a bag of grapes, so I'm like 5 yards away so I tell him to throw me one. That's an easy one, like Tinker to Evers to Chance turning a double play.

So I back up another 5 yards and tell him to throw me another one. Money. The dragonflies are started to hover around trying to get tips on how to catch mosquitoes more efficiently.

I back up again. This time I go 10 more yards. Family is starting to gather, because we are at 20 yards now, which is about the normal distance where Kadarius Toney drops a pass. I don't drop grapes pal.

This goes on for another 20 minutes. 5 yards at a time. My brother is like Drew Brees in his prime dropping dimes all over the place into my mouth. I barely have to move. He's so on platform its not even funny. Lucky for us its a bright blue sky so I can track these grapes, because the farther he goes he has to put more arc on them so I have time to track, move, and finish.

Finally we are like 50 yards apart. This is no joke fellas. This ain't like throwing a Ritz cracker into a downwind. This is a solid grape, no breeze. Perfect arc from a guy whose arm is another two or three throws away from rotator cuff surgery.

This grape comes in, I track it, open my mouth, and it falls right in - straight into my wind pipe. I'm ****ed.

Nobody notices. I stay calm, because....well, I'm a professional after all. I can still breathe, so I know quickly that I'm not gonna die. I lean over, and my ripped core forces the grape out of my mouth. Thank God I am a spitter and not a swallower.

That ended the game to wild astonishment from the crowd. During this display, there were about 14 throws. I did not miss or drop one.

My opus.

Ok I concede

Oh, no way my friend.

You were in a restaurant surrounded by friend and foe. Like a cat you sprung from a fixed position to achieve the impossible. You snagged the prey with children to and fro amongst the chaos of an unsuspecting crowd.

Your degree of difficulty was equal, if not more. I had time to plan. You had time to react in a split second. Much harder, in my humble opinion. I bow to your greatness.

This is like Apollo vs Rocky

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Toasters that don't pop the bread/bagel/etc up above the horizon of the toaster. I gotta risk electrocution or 3rd degree burns to reach down there to get my stuff out

Yeah, that's a pain! I've turned it into a game where I launch the little piece of bread up and try to catch it mid-air with my hands.....timing has to be perfect.

Just Jam a knife down there. Should do the trick.

I had a grandma that was always shoving metal forks and knives into toasters. It's amazing she never got zapped.

i do this. wife hates it.

 

[Chris B.]

Dramatic dummies on Facebook marking themselves as safe in the SoCal storms is stupid AF.

 

[mr. furley]

people insisting that Cam Newton saying Purdy is the 10th best player on the SF roster is an insult (McCaffrey, Samuel, Bosa, Kittle, Chase Young, Aiyuk, Trent Williams, Fred Warner, Greenlaw, Juszczyk, Armstead, Hufanga - so actually probably the 13th or 14th best just off the top of my head)

and that he's trying to insult Purdy further by pronouncing his name "parody" when he's just saying Purdy and it sounds like "purty"

 

[arrow1]

I suppose the chances of this being unique in a 170 page thread are small, but I get stabby at people who don't correctly sort the small and large carts in the cart corral at grocery stores. And yes, I suppose it's better than just leaving their carts in the parking lot, but I don't understand taking the time to bring your cart to the corral and then just pushing it from five feet away so that the small and large carts aren't aligned and the entire corral is unusable after 5 carts have been returned.

This might be the only thing I'm OCD about, but I always take 20 seconds and sort the carts so that they're aligned. And people look at me like I'm nuts.

I like this

 

[nirad3]

Dramatic dummies on Facebook marking themselves as safe in the SoCal storms is stupid AF.

Things got a little hairy like up in Santa Barbara, but those of us in the LA area (unless you had some kind of landslide or something) should be absolutely fine.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Dramatic dummies on Facebook marking themselves as safe in the SoCal storms is stupid AF.

Things got a little hairy like up in Santa Barbara, but those of us in the LA area (unless you had some kind of landslide or something) should be absolutely fine.

I always assumed the purpose of that service is to prevent 30 separate requests from friends and family members wondering if you're OK

 

[General Malaise]

Dramatic dummies on Facebook marking themselves as safe in the SoCal storms is stupid AF.

What if I marked myself safe from watching the movie "Saltburn"?

 

[Zeppelin]

I suppose the chances of this being unique in a 170 page thread are small, but I get stabby at people who don't correctly sort the small and large carts in the cart corral at grocery stores. And yes, I suppose it's better than just leaving their carts in the parking lot, but I don't understand taking the time to bring your cart to the corral and then just pushing it from five feet away so that the small and large carts aren't aligned and the entire corral is unusable after 5 carts have been returned.

This might be the only thing I'm OCD about, but I always take 20 seconds and sort the carts so that they're aligned. And people look at me like I'm nuts.

I prefer to leave the carts by my car so the workers that take the carts into the store have job security.

 

[ChiefD]

I prefer to leave the carts by my car so the workers that take the carts into the store have job security.

My son is a lot associate at Home Depot. He appreciates you.

 

[the moops]

I prefer to leave the carts by my car so the workers that take the carts into the store have job security.

My son is a lot associate at Home Depot. He appreciates you.

Lot associate? Now that is a good peeve right there

 

[TobiasFunke]

This NY Times "study" that comes to the incredible conclusion that if A is greater than B, A divided by 2 will be greater than B divided by 2, is ruining my morning.

 

[ChiefD]

I prefer to leave the carts by my car so the workers that take the carts into the store have job security.

My son is a lot associate at Home Depot. He appreciates you.

Lot associate? Now that is a good peeve right there

Well, he is more than a cart boy. He loads up all the heavy stuff for people. He does some cashiering when called upon. Just general all purpose work.

Lot Associate has a lot more cache. Kind of rolls off the tongue vs cart boy.

 

[the moops]

I prefer to leave the carts by my car so the workers that take the carts into the store have job security.

My son is a lot associate at Home Depot. He appreciates you.

Lot associate? Now that is a good peeve right there

Well, he is more than a cart boy. He loads up all the heavy stuff for people. He does some cashiering when called upon. Just general all purpose work.

Lot Associate has a lot more cache. Kind of rolls off the tongue vs cart boy.

I was more thinking cart ***** (b word)

 

[ChiefD]

I prefer to leave the carts by my car so the workers that take the carts into the store have job security.

My son is a lot associate at Home Depot. He appreciates you.

Lot associate? Now that is a good peeve right there

Well, he is more than a cart boy. He loads up all the heavy stuff for people. He does some cashiering when called upon. Just general all purpose work.

Lot Associate has a lot more cache. Kind of rolls off the tongue vs cart boy.

I was more thinking cart ***** (b word)

I actually did laugh out loud on this one.

 

[Keerock]

Toasters that don't pop the bread/bagel/etc up above the horizon of the toaster. I gotta risk electrocution or 3rd degree burns to reach down there to get my stuff out

Yeah, that's a pain! I've turned it into a game where I launch the little piece of bread up and try to catch it mid-air with my hands.....timing has to be perfect.

Just Jam a knife down there. Should do the trick.

I had a grandma that was always shoving metal forks and knives into toasters. It's amazing she never got zapped.

There's a YouTube or TikTok floating around of a guy who "washes" his toaster... like submerges it in soapy water... may even put it in the dishwasher.

 

[Scoresman]

I suppose the chances of this being unique in a 170 page thread are small, but I get stabby at people who don't correctly sort the small and large carts in the cart corral at grocery stores. And yes, I suppose it's better than just leaving their carts in the parking lot, but I don't understand taking the time to bring your cart to the corral and then just pushing it from five feet away so that the small and large carts aren't aligned and the entire corral is unusable after 5 carts have been returned.

This might be the only thing I'm OCD about, but I always take 20 seconds and sort the carts so that they're aligned. And people look at me like I'm nuts.

I prefer to leave the carts by my car so the workers that take the carts into the store have job security.

Meanwhile, the person trying to park in your parking spot that now has a cart left in it is flipping you off.

 

[Drunken knight]

I prefer to leave the carts by my car so the workers that take the carts into the store have job security.

My son is a lot associate at Home Depot. He appreciates you.

Lot associate? Now that is a good peeve right there

Well, he is more than a cart boy. He loads up all the heavy stuff for people. He does some cashiering when called upon. Just general all purpose work.

Lot Associate has a lot more cache. Kind of rolls off the tongue vs cart boy.

lot attaché?

 

[Dezbelief]

I prefer to leave the carts by my car so the workers that take the carts into the store have job security.

My son is a lot associate at Home Depot. He appreciates you.

Lot associate? Now that is a good peeve right there

Well, he is more than a cart boy. He loads up all the heavy stuff for people. He does some cashiering when called upon. Just general all purpose work.

Lot Associate has a lot more cache. Kind of rolls off the tongue vs cart boy.

lot attaché?

Lot concierge




We call em cart wranglers.

 

[Drunken knight]

ok...minor stuff here but going to a restaurant's website to look at a menu, and only being able to view via "order online"

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

ok...minor stuff here but going to a restaurant's website to look at a menu, and only being able to view via "order online"

This one drives me nuts. Do these people really not want to show what they have to offer? Just post a menu already.

 

[parasaurolophus]

This NY Times "study" that comes to the incredible conclusion that if A is greater than B, A divided by 2 will be greater than B divided by 2, is ruining my morning.

Wait...youre back?!?!?

 

[the moops]

ok...minor stuff here but going to a restaurant's website to look at a menu, and only being able to view via "order online"

I approve of this peeve

 

[parasaurolophus]

ok...minor stuff here but going to a restaurant's website to look at a menu, and only being able to view via "order online"

Biggest complaint about the aforementioned mesa grill. Their online menu pdf did not match their actual menu.

 

[arrow1]

ok...minor stuff here but going to a restaurant's website to look at a menu, and only being able to view via "order online"

"scan QR code"

 

[General Malaise]

I'm sure I've ranted about this before but here I go again.....

If you are invited to a party and you were either asked or volunteered to bring a food dish - PREPARE THE DISH AND HAVE IT READY TO SERVE AT YOUR HOUSE BEFORE YOU ARRIVE!!!!!!11111JUANONE

Do not walk in 10 minutes before the kick-off of the Super Bowl and ask the host for a plate, a knife, a cutting board, a bowl etc. Do not ask the host to use their oven unless it's JUST to warm something up and even then, brother....use the microwave if you can. It is rude and inconsiderate of your host's time.

If you offer to bring a charcuterieeeiee board, by god that chit better be prepped at YOUR HOUSE on YOUR TIME. I don't know why this bugs me so much, but if I'm hosting a party, I have a million things to do and the counter top real estate is like Malibu beach property - it's scarce and it's valuable. If you need to cut the cheese and the sausage, I'm going to send you outside to do it on the patio table.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I'm sure I've ranted about this before but here I go again.....

If you are invited to a party and you were either asked or volunteered to bring a food dish - PREPARE THE DISH AND HAVE IT READY TO SERVE AT YOUR HOUSE BEFORE YOU ARRIVE!!!!!!11111JUANONE

Do not walk in 10 minutes before the kick-off of the Super Bowl and ask the host for a plate, a knife, a cutting board, a bowl etc. Do not ask the host to use their oven unless it's JUST to warm something up and even then, brother....use the microwave if you can. It is rude and inconsiderate of your host's time.

If you offer to bring a charcuterieeeiee board, by god that chit better be prepped at YOUR HOUSE on YOUR TIME. I don't know why this bugs me so much, but if I'm hosting a party, I have a million things to do and the counter top real estate is like Malibu beach property - it's scarce and it's valuable. If you need to cut the cheese and the sausage, I'm going to send you outside to do it on the patio table.

When we do this, we only have to unwrap the food and place it on the buffet area. That other stuff just won't fly.

 

[General Malaise]

I'm sure I've ranted about this before but here I go again.....

If you are invited to a party and you were either asked or volunteered to bring a food dish - PREPARE THE DISH AND HAVE IT READY TO SERVE AT YOUR HOUSE BEFORE YOU ARRIVE!!!!!!11111JUANONE

Do not walk in 10 minutes before the kick-off of the Super Bowl and ask the host for a plate, a knife, a cutting board, a bowl etc. Do not ask the host to use their oven unless it's JUST to warm something up and even then, brother....use the microwave if you can. It is rude and inconsiderate of your host's time.

If you offer to bring a charcuterieeeiee board, by god that chit better be prepped at YOUR HOUSE on YOUR TIME. I don't know why this bugs me so much, but if I'm hosting a party, I have a million things to do and the counter top real estate is like Malibu beach property - it's scarce and it's valuable. If you need to cut the cheese and the sausage, I'm going to send you outside to do it on the patio table.

When we do this, we only have to unwrap the food and place it on the buffet area. That other stuff just won't fly.

Amen, sister. Thank you.

 

[Drunken knight]

I'm sure I've ranted about this before but here I go again.....

If you are invited to a party and you were either asked or volunteered to bring a food dish - PREPARE THE DISH AND HAVE IT READY TO SERVE AT YOUR HOUSE BEFORE YOU ARRIVE!!!!!!11111JUANONE

Do not walk in 10 minutes before the kick-off of the Super Bowl and ask the host for a plate, a knife, a cutting board, a bowl etc. Do not ask the host to use their oven unless it's JUST to warm something up and even then, brother....use the microwave if you can. It is rude and inconsiderate of your host's time.

If you offer to bring a charcuterieeeiee board, by god that chit better be prepped at YOUR HOUSE on YOUR TIME. I don't know why this bugs me so much, but if I'm hosting a party, I have a million things to do and the counter top real estate is like Malibu beach property - it's scarce and it's valuable. If you need to cut the cheese and the sausage, I'm going to send you outside to do it on the patio table.

there are a lot of variables with this.
charcuterie/cheeses should be pretty easy to pre-assemble.
Warm plates are different. Unless, preplanned with host, yes..just a nuke or reheat should be fine...and then there's time to service.

 

[General Malaise]

I'm sure I've ranted about this before but here I go again.....

If you are invited to a party and you were either asked or volunteered to bring a food dish - PREPARE THE DISH AND HAVE IT READY TO SERVE AT YOUR HOUSE BEFORE YOU ARRIVE!!!!!!11111JUANONE

Do not walk in 10 minutes before the kick-off of the Super Bowl and ask the host for a plate, a knife, a cutting board, a bowl etc. Do not ask the host to use their oven unless it's JUST to warm something up and even then, brother....use the microwave if you can. It is rude and inconsiderate of your host's time.

If you offer to bring a charcuterieeeiee board, by god that chit better be prepped at YOUR HOUSE on YOUR TIME. I don't know why this bugs me so much, but if I'm hosting a party, I have a million things to do and the counter top real estate is like Malibu beach property - it's scarce and it's valuable. If you need to cut the cheese and the sausage, I'm going to send you outside to do it on the patio table.

there are a lot of variables with this.
charcuterie/cheeses should be pretty easy to pre-assemble.
Warm plates are different. Unless, preplanned with host, yes..just a nuke or reheat should be fine...and then there's time to service.

I should probably clarify - this is for a Super Bowl party where folks just graze at their leisure, not a formal sit down dinner party.

 

[dino259]

ok...minor stuff here but going to a restaurant's website to look at a menu, and only being able to view via "order online"

"scan QR code"

We had this happen this weekend at our son's away basketball game. Most schools have gone away from cash and or credit card and you have to do it via phone or online. Our android phones could pull up the QR code. I was very frustrated so they just let us in. Several other parents had to go online and create an account. An account that will only be used once for this one game. I don't understand why this is.

 

[zoobird]

Really bothers me when restaurants (especially fancy restaurants) put the tables too close together. This is especially bad if it's a two person table. If I'm supposed to be having a romantic dinner with my wife and we can hear every word of conversation from the table next to us, and they can hear every word of our conversation - it basically ruins the meal, no matter how great the food and service are.

 

[zoobird]

Why are restaurants the only business (that I can think of) where you get charged a premium for bulk, instead of receiving a discount (or at least getting normal pricing)? At most restaurants, as soon as you have enough people for the 'catering' or 'party' menu, you have to pay more money per person for less variety.

 

[Snoopy]

Why are restaurants the only business (that I can think of) where you get charged a premium for bulk, instead of receiving a discount (or at least getting normal pricing)? At most restaurants, as soon as you have enough people for the 'catering' or 'party' menu, you have to pay more money per person for less variety.

And automatic tips for large parties.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Why are restaurants the only business (that I can think of) where you get charged a premium for bulk, instead of receiving a discount (or at least getting normal pricing)? At most restaurants, as soon as you have enough people for the 'catering' or 'party' menu, you have to pay more money per person for less variety.

And automatic tips for large parties.

This because some jerks don't tip at all. It sucks for everyone.

 

[Dr_Zaius]

Several other parents had to go online and create an account. An account that will only be used once for this one game. I don't understand why this is.

This one drives me nuts. Can't I just put in a credit card and pay for the food I'm ordering? I don't want to have to create separate ToastTab, EatNow, StuffYourMaw, or whatever random login your particular restaurant requires. And then of course the fun is when three years after ordering from one of these places on a trip, you stumble across a different place that uses the same service, so now you have to remember the random password you set up on vacation three years ago...

 

[belljr]

Several other parents had to go online and create an account. An account that will only be used once for this one game. I don't understand why this is.

This one drives me nuts. Can't I just put in a credit card and pay for the food I'm ordering? I don't want to have to create separate ToastTab, EatNow, StuffYourMaw, or whatever random login your particular restaurant requires. And then of course the fun is when three years after ordering from one of these places on a trip, you stumble across a different place that uses the same service, so now you have to remember the random password you set up on vacation three years ago...

Obviously after you try to sign up first and get the response message....this email is already linked to an account

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Several other parents had to go online and create an account. An account that will only be used once for this one game. I don't understand why this is.

This one drives me nuts. Can't I just put in a credit card and pay for the food I'm ordering? I don't want to have to create separate ToastTab, EatNow, StuffYourMaw, or whatever random login your particular restaurant requires. And then of course the fun is when three years after ordering from one of these places on a trip, you stumble across a different place that uses the same service, so now you have to remember the random password you set up on vacation three years ago...

This reminds me: Websites whose password rules are "Must be 42 1/2 characters and contain uppercase, lowercase, numbers, special characters, that symbol that Prince went by for a few years and at least two Greek letters, and cannot be one of the previous 14 passwords you've used."

The worst is JetBlue. Every time I went to log in, I would forget my password and have to reset it, but because I couldn't reuse any, I had to come up with increasingly obscure ones that made it impossible to remember next time, rinse, repeat.

The solution I eventually came up with was to use the same password but add that day's date at the end. It didn't help me remember it any better, but it did mean that when I reset it I could be sure I was using a new password

 

[Scoresman]

Why are restaurants the only business (that I can think of) where you get charged a premium for bulk, instead of receiving a discount (or at least getting normal pricing)? At most restaurants, as soon as you have enough people for the 'catering' or 'party' menu, you have to pay more money per person for less variety.

And automatic tips for large parties.

This because some jerks don't tip at all. It sucks for everyone.

I wish they would just add it to every party. Would save me the trouble.

 

[dino259]

Several other parents had to go online and create an account. An account that will only be used once for this one game. I don't understand why this is.

This one drives me nuts. Can't I just put in a credit card and pay for the food I'm ordering? I don't want to have to create separate ToastTab, EatNow, StuffYourMaw, or whatever random login your particular restaurant requires. And then of course the fun is when three years after ordering from one of these places on a trip, you stumble across a different place that uses the same service, so now you have to remember the random password you set up on vacation three years ago...

This reminds me: Websites whose password rules are "Must be 42 1/2 characters and contain uppercase, lowercase, numbers, special characters, that symbol that Prince went by for a few years and at least two Greek letters, and cannot be one of the previous 14 passwords you've used."

The worst is JetBlue. Every time I went to log in, I would forget my password and have to reset it, but because I couldn't reuse any, I had to come up with increasingly obscure ones that made it impossible to remember next time, rinse, repeat.

The solution I eventually came up with was to use the same password but add that day's date at the end. It didn't help me remember it any better, but it did mean that when I reset it I could be sure I was using a new password

I have 1 that doesn't allow special characters and 1 that doesn't allow the same character back to back.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Why are restaurants the only business (that I can think of) where you get charged a premium for bulk, instead of receiving a discount (or at least getting normal pricing)? At most restaurants, as soon as you have enough people for the 'catering' or 'party' menu, you have to pay more money per person for less variety.

And automatic tips for large parties.

This because some jerks don't tip at all. It sucks for everyone.

I wish they would just add it to every party. Would save me the trouble.

Yeah, but what about the places that add a gratuity but don’t tell you, in hopes that you’ll include an additional tip on top of that amount?

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Why are restaurants the only business (that I can think of) where you get charged a premium for bulk, instead of receiving a discount (or at least getting normal pricing)? At most restaurants, as soon as you have enough people for the 'catering' or 'party' menu, you have to pay more money per person for less variety.

And automatic tips for large parties.

This because some jerks don't tip at all. It sucks for everyone.

I wish they would just add it to every party. Would save me the trouble.

Yeah, but what about the places that add a gratuity but don’t tell you, in hopes that you’ll include an additional tip on top of that amount?

If they don't tell me, I'm not paying it. I do read my bill, so there's that.