Can we discuss pet peeves here? (1 Viewer)

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

He launched a set of wooden russian dolls.

This is amazing.

Also, how? Trebuchet?

 

[jhib]

He launched a set of wooden russian dolls.

This is amazing.

Also, how? Trebuchet?

And is his name Sid Phillips?

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Living nextdoor to a male teen with stoner parents really isnt great.

Details?

I mean mostly just standard stuff that you would expect dumb teens to do. I just would prefer that some of it not happen repeatedly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What does this have to do with the parents smoking weed? And how do you know they smoke weed? The biggest stoners in my neighborhood are the biggest clean freaks/anal retentive people I’ve ever met.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Living nextdoor to a male teen with stoner parents really isnt great.

Details?

I mean mostly just standard stuff that you would expect dumb teens to do. I just would prefer that some of it not happen repeatedly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What does this have to do with the parents smoking weed? And how do you know they smoke weed? The biggest stoners in my neighborhood are the biggest clean freaks/anal retentive people I’ve ever met.

Maybe they are too stoned to parent.

 

[supermike80]

Wife signed up for 30 days free of Amazon Prime. So we go there(weve had it before but been a long time). They STILL make you watch commercials (even after paying 14.99/month) and still make you rent or buy certain movies.
Plus, they have nothing good to watch

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Living nextdoor to a male teen with stoner parents really isnt great.

Details?

I mean mostly just standard stuff that you would expect dumb teens to do. I just would prefer that some of it not happen repeatedly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What does this have to do with the parents smoking weed? And how do you know they smoke weed? The biggest stoners in my neighborhood are the biggest clean freaks/anal retentive people I’ve ever met.

Maybe they are too stoned to parent.

I get the inference but smoking weed doesn’t equate to not being able to function. My neighbor is also a former exec at a Fortune 500. Already retired at 55. Raised 2 functional wonderful kids.

Disclaimer: I don’t smoke weed.

 

[mr. furley]

when people present an event to you, that they don't want to attend, but don't have the heart so say no to.. so they try to tell you "hey, i was invited to this event and it sounds kinda cool but i know you might not be interested so you can say no if you don't want to go"

but the event sounds interesting/cool and you're in to it so say "yeah, i'll go. that sounds fun"

yet they persist "yeah, but it's probably going to be really long and it's on a week night"

none of which sounds like a deal breaker so you say "still interested"

and they reply "but you'd have to eat beforehand and there won't be much time between work, running and getting there so you'd probably not be able to eat and i know that makes you cranky"

but you're ready for that and suggest that you'll just eat a later lunch and have a protein bar in case the blood sugar starts to tank

so instead of booking a spot for 2, now they're scrambling to tell you that you probably won't even like the people there so it's not really worth it.... can you just text me back and say you don't want to go?


YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT ON YOUR BIG GIRL PANTS AND TELL THESE PEOPLE YOU DON'T WANT TO GO

 

[Terminalxylem]

This is so minor but drives me a little crazy. When there is a group photo, can we make sure that whoever offers up their phone as the camera, is capable of sharing that photo with the group?

And I’d like to volunteer as all-time photo taker, to expedite the process, and avoid being in the pictures.

 

[nirad3]

Wife signed up for 30 days free of Amazon Prime. So we go there(weve had it before but been a long time). They STILL make you watch commercials (even after paying 14.99/month) and still make you rent or buy certain movies.
Plus, they have nothing good to watch

Uh well, I pay lots for DirecTV and last time I checked, all their channels have commercials. And I've found tons of good free movies and series there. I guess it's a "your mileage may vary" kind of thing.

 

[Terminalxylem]

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

Now that’s a peeve we share.

Hate Russian dolls!

They’re so full of themselves.

 

[nirad3]

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

Now that’s a peeve we share.

Hate Russian dolls!

They’re so full of themselves.

:rim shot emoji:

 

[belljr]

when people present an event to you, that they don't want to attend, but don't have the heart so say no to.. so they try to tell you "hey, i was invited to this event and it sounds kinda cool but i know you might not be interested so you can say no if you don't want to go"

but the event sounds interesting/cool and you're in to it so say "yeah, i'll go. that sounds fun"

yet they persist "yeah, but it's probably going to be really long and it's on a week night"

none of which sounds like a deal breaker so you say "still interested"

and they reply "but you'd have to eat beforehand and there won't be much time between work, running and getting there so you'd probably not be able to eat and i know that makes you cranky"

but you're ready for that and suggest that you'll just eat a later lunch and have a protein bar in case the blood sugar starts to tank

so instead of booking a spot for 2, now they're scrambling to tell you that you probably won't even like the people there so it's not really worth it.... can you just text me back and say you don't want to go?


YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT ON YOUR BIG GIRL PANTS AND TELL THESE PEOPLE YOU DON'T WANT TO GO

 

[parasaurolophus]

What does this have to do with the parents smoking weed? And how do you know they smoke weed? The biggest stoners in my neighborhood are the biggest clean freaks/anal retentive people I’ve ever met.

Lol. They are my neighbors. I am alive. I have a working nose.

That's how i know they smoke weed.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

What does this have to do with the parents smoking weed? And how do you know they smoke weed? The biggest stoners in my neighborhood are the biggest clean freaks/anal retentive people I’ve ever met.

Lol. They are my neighbors. I am alive. I have a working nose.

That's how i know they smoke weed.

Maybe it’s the kid smoking the weed

 

[nirad3]

What does this have to do with the parents smoking weed? And how do you know they smoke weed? The biggest stoners in my neighborhood are the biggest clean freaks/anal retentive people I’ve ever met.

Lol. They are my neighbors. I am alive. I have a working nose.

That's how i know they smoke weed.

Maybe it’s the kid smoking the weed

He's launching toy cars into neighboring yards... of COURSE he's high.

 

[3C's]

The lack of a laugh reaction...

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

The lack of a laugh reaction...

It’s insanity.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

What does this have to do with the parents smoking weed? And how do you know they smoke weed? The biggest stoners in my neighborhood are the biggest clean freaks/anal retentive people I’ve ever met.

Lol. They are my neighbors. I am alive. I have a working nose.

That's how i know they smoke weed.

Maybe it’s the kid smoking the weed

He's launching toy cars into neighboring yards... of COURSE he's high.

Thank you!

 

[parasaurolophus]

What does this have to do with the parents smoking weed? And how do you know they smoke weed? The biggest stoners in my neighborhood are the biggest clean freaks/anal retentive people I’ve ever met.

Lol. They are my neighbors. I am alive. I have a working nose.

That's how i know they smoke weed.

Maybe it’s the kid smoking the weed

It is mostly the parents. Believe it or not, people that smoke weed, outside, aren't always super quiet.

Can't say every time it is the parents because sometimes we come home and the smell is in the air and we dont hear anything. And so yes, those times it could be the kid. The kid could even smoke when he sneaks out sometimes. I guess I dont know that he sneaks out regularly. We only saw him do it once. We were sitting outside in the hot tub and he climbed out his window onto the patio roof, then onto the brick fence/wall then walked along the top and out the back he ran. I stopped him, gave him some cash and a condom and told him to be careful. Warned him of the problems that unprotected intercourse can lead to. I demonstrated using the set of russian dolls how babies can just keep popping out. Think I made a breakthrough. He said he was just going to play warhammer at his friends though, so I might have just bought him a set of dark elves or something and gave him a big water balloon to launch.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

What does this have to do with the parents smoking weed? And how do you know they smoke weed? The biggest stoners in my neighborhood are the biggest clean freaks/anal retentive people I’ve ever met.

Lol. They are my neighbors. I am alive. I have a working nose.

That's how i know they smoke weed.

Maybe it’s the kid smoking the weed

It is mostly the parents. Believe it or not, people that smoke weed, outside, aren't always super quiet.

Can't say every time it is the parents because sometimes we come home and the smell is in the air and we dont hear anything. And so yes, those times it could be the kid. The kid could even smoke when he sneaks out sometimes. I guess I dont know that he sneaks out regularly. We only saw him do it once. We were sitting outside in the hot tub and he climbed out his window onto the patio roof, then onto the brick fence/wall then walked along the top and out the back he ran. I stopped him, gave him some cash and a condom and told him to be careful. Warned him of the problems that unprotected intercourse can lead to. I demonstrated using the set of russian dolls how babies can just keep popping out. Think I made a breakthrough. He said he was just going to play warhammer at his friends though, so I might have just bought him a set of dark elves or something and gave him a big water balloon to launch.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

What does this have to do with the parents smoking weed? And how do you know they smoke weed? The biggest stoners in my neighborhood are the biggest clean freaks/anal retentive people I’ve ever met.

Lol. They are my neighbors. I am alive. I have a working nose.

That's how i know they smoke weed.

Maybe it’s the kid smoking the weed

It is mostly the parents. Believe it or not, people that smoke weed, outside, aren't always super quiet.

Can't say every time it is the parents because sometimes we come home and the smell is in the air and we dont hear anything. And so yes, those times it could be the kid. The kid could even smoke when he sneaks out sometimes. I guess I dont know that he sneaks out regularly. We only saw him do it once. We were sitting outside in the hot tub and he climbed out his window onto the patio roof, then onto the brick fence/wall then walked along the top and out the back he ran. I stopped him, gave him some cash and a condom and told him to be careful. Warned him of the problems that unprotected intercourse can lead to. I demonstrated using the set of russian dolls how babies can just keep popping out. Think I made a breakthrough. He said he was just going to play warhammer at his friends though, so I might have just bought him a set of dark elves or something and gave him a big water balloon to launch.

He may have ruined nesting dolls for me.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

What does this have to do with the parents smoking weed? And how do you know they smoke weed? The biggest stoners in my neighborhood are the biggest clean freaks/anal retentive people I’ve ever met.

Lol. They are my neighbors. I am alive. I have a working nose.

That's how i know they smoke weed.

Maybe it’s the kid smoking the weed

It is mostly the parents. Believe it or not, people that smoke weed, outside, aren't always super quiet.

Can't say every time it is the parents because sometimes we come home and the smell is in the air and we dont hear anything. And so yes, those times it could be the kid. The kid could even smoke when he sneaks out sometimes. I guess I dont know that he sneaks out regularly. We only saw him do it once. We were sitting outside in the hot tub and he climbed out his window onto the patio roof, then onto the brick fence/wall then walked along the top and out the back he ran. I stopped him, gave him some cash and a condom and told him to be careful. Warned him of the problems that unprotected intercourse can lead to. I demonstrated using the set of russian dolls how babies can just keep popping out. Think I made a breakthrough. He said he was just going to play warhammer at his friends though, so I might have just bought him a set of dark elves or something and gave him a big water balloon to launch.

Laugh emoji

Nesting dolls emoji

 

[mr. furley]

kid got invited by a boy to go trick or treating last night

picked the kid up, buddy is all set to go... except my kid then spent the next near hour putting on her halloween makeup while her poor friend sat there looking like a half drugged basset hound

they finally made it out with about an hour of t&t window to go.. and came back 30 minutes later complaining that there wasn't enough time to trick or treat like they wanted.

 

[Scoresman]

kid got invited by a boy to go trick or treating last night

picked the kid up, buddy is all set to go... except my kid then spent the next near hour putting on her halloween makeup while her poor friend sat there looking like a half drugged basset hound

they finally made it out with about an hour of t&t window to go.. and came back 30 minutes later complaining that there wasn't enough time to trick or treat like they wanted.

Those poor kids are getting a taste of married life at such a young age.

 

[supermike80]

Wife signed up for 30 days free of Amazon Prime. So we go there(weve had it before but been a long time). They STILL make you watch commercials (even after paying 14.99/month) and still make you rent or buy certain movies.
Plus, they have nothing good to watch

Uh well, I pay lots for DirecTV and last time I checked, all their channels have commercials. And I've found tons of good free movies and series there. I guess it's a "your mileage may vary" kind of thing.

When was the last time you checked? Just checking
THATS another phrase I wish would die like...yesterday

 

[mr. furley]

kid got invited by a boy to go trick or treating last night

picked the kid up, buddy is all set to go... except my kid then spent the next near hour putting on her halloween makeup while her poor friend sat there looking like a half drugged basset hound

they finally made it out with about an hour of t&t window to go.. and came back 30 minutes later complaining that there wasn't enough time to trick or treat like they wanted.

Those poor kids are getting a taste of married life at such a young age.

tried hustling my kid through her makeup process and got met with icy dagger stares from both my wife and kid

so... checks out

 

[Gatorade]

231 pages so I'm sure this was mentioned...has to have been but..
Whoever wins the upcoming Presidential election needs to issue an immediate EO that only ONE child per family is allowed when you go to costco. Running around with 3 brats, blocking aisles, running in front of your cart, etc.
There needs to be a law.

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

Single parents are the exception. It’s not reasonable to expect a babysitter be hired just for shopping.

I don't even take my wife to the grocery store. If she wants to go, she can go separately.
To the person that wants to ban seniors, I am a senior but I sympathize with you. I usually avoid senior discount day. I like to get in and out and not talk to every person and employee in the store.

 

[Gatorade]

Same with attending breweries, leave the screaming infants, toddlers and kiddies home! Hate going out and some little ones are just running free while the parents sip on the latest fruited sour with pinkies out. And don't get me started on dogs...

Especially dogs on barstools.

Most dogs I see out in public act better than many people.

 

[Gatorade]

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

Now that’s a peeve we share.

Hate Russian dolls!

They’re so full of themselves.

But much better than Russian trolls ........

 

[General Malaise]

231 pages so I'm sure this was mentioned...has to have been but..
Whoever wins the upcoming Presidential election needs to issue an immediate EO that only ONE child per family is allowed when you go to costco. Running around with 3 brats, blocking aisles, running in front of your cart, etc.
There needs to be a law.

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

Single parents are the exception. It’s not reasonable to expect a babysitter be hired just for shopping.

I don't even take my wife to the grocery store. If she wants to go, she can go separately.
To the person that wants to ban seniors, I am a senior but I sympathize with you. I usually avoid senior discount day. I like to get in and out and not talk to every person and employee in the store.

I think we should give seniors the hours of 10am to noon on weekdays like adult swim - nobody under 65 allowed into the store for those 2 hours. No kids, no dogs, no easily annoyed FBGs.....just our golden citizens enjoying the aisles all to themselves. And their Rascal scooters.

 

[SWC]

i am ok with gms idea if the only rule is that everyone riding rascal scooters fully understands that it is a demolition derby and its either hit or be hit and that there can be only one survivor thunderdone style two go in one comes out but instead of rock and roll from some wierdo on the front of an apocolypse truck the dulcet tones of the glenn miller band plays softly from the stores speakers take that to the bank bromigos

 

[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.

 

[the moops]

think we should give seniors the hours of 10am to noon on weekdays like adult swim - nobody under 65 allowed into the store for those 2 hours. No kids, no dogs, no easily annoyed FBGs.....just our golden citizens enjoying the aisles all to themselves. And their Rascal scooters.

10 AM is nap time for those old ones. Needs to be like 600-800 AM

 

[General Malaise]

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.

 

[Don Quixote]

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.

We do the online ordering and curbside pickup with our local grocery store. Main downside is really the produce — feel like they have a way of knowing what day you are looking to use an avocado and picking the opposite ripeness.

 

[General Malaise]

think we should give seniors the hours of 10am to noon on weekdays like adult swim - nobody under 65 allowed into the store for those 2 hours. No kids, no dogs, no easily annoyed FBGs.....just our golden citizens enjoying the aisles all to themselves. And their Rascal scooters.

10 AM is nap time for those old ones. Needs to be like 600-800 AM

I dunno man, my dad is 80, goes to bed around midnight and wakes up after 10am every day. He may be an outlier, though. He's also never eaten a fruit or a vegetable, so he'd be fine with grocery delivery. Not too terribly difficult to pick out Ensure and hotdogs.

 

[3C's]

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.

Oh hell no. When I go to the grocery store I have no idea what I'm buying. It's all spur of the moment, walking the aisles browsing along the way. "Oh, that looks good, I'll get that."

 

[General Malaise]

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.

Oh hell no. When I go to the grocery store I have no idea what I'm buying. It's all spur of the moment, walking the aisles browsing along the way. "Oh, that looks good, I'll get that."

This is how I am at Trader Joes, but the other stores we go to - Costco, Fred Meyer....I could go the online/delivery route and be fine. But TJs, I just love looking around.

 

[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.

Would absolutely loathe having to do this. You don't have to do everything on some effing app on your phone.

Some stores are really forcing this on shoppers. A buddy of mine posted a photo of an aisle at his local grocery store of the toothpaste/toothbrush/etc. stock. Everything was behind locked-up glass and you had to call a store associate to come open it up for you. My local Target has this for the booze aisle and I was going to purchase a bottle while 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.

When I go shopping, yes, it is always because I have a list of certain things I need. But then while going up and down the aisles, I'll see something else that I COULD use... or just "want". Yes I realize this probably ends us costing more in the end, but I'd absolutely hate having to browse some stupid app for my groceries. I heard plenty of horror stories about this process during COVID where people got the wrong item(s) many times. No. Thanks.

Yes, get off my lawn *shakes fist at sky*

 

[Instinctive]

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.

Oh hell no. When I go to the grocery store I have no idea what I'm buying. It's all spur of the moment, walking the aisles browsing along the way. "Oh, that looks good, I'll get that."

That sounds like an insanely stressful life to me lol

 

[3C's]

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.

Oh hell no. When I go to the grocery store I have no idea what I'm buying. It's all spur of the moment, walking the aisles browsing along the way. "Oh, that looks good, I'll get that."

That sounds like an insanely stressful life to me lol

More like the opposite of stress. No pressure, just strolling around picking up whatever strikes me at the moment.

 

[Instinctive]

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.

Oh hell no. When I go to the grocery store I have no idea what I'm buying. It's all spur of the moment, walking the aisles browsing along the way. "Oh, that looks good, I'll get that."

That sounds like an insanely stressful life to me lol

More like the opposite of stress. No pressure, just strolling around picking up whatever strikes me at the moment.

Yeah but then how do you cook lol

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

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.

Oh hell no. When I go to the grocery store I have no idea what I'm buying. It's all spur of the moment, walking the aisles browsing along the way. "Oh, that looks good, I'll get that."

That sounds like an insanely stressful life to me lol

More like the opposite of stress. No pressure, just strolling around picking up whatever strikes me at the moment.

This is how I do 90% of my whole life.

 

[Gally]

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)

 

[3C's]

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.

Oh hell no. When I go to the grocery store I have no idea what I'm buying. It's all spur of the moment, walking the aisles browsing along the way. "Oh, that looks good, I'll get that."

That sounds like an insanely stressful life to me lol

More like the opposite of stress. No pressure, just strolling around picking up whatever strikes me at the moment.

Yeah but then how do you cook lol

No planning there either. Spur of the moment.

 

[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.

Oh hell no. When I go to the grocery store I have no idea what I'm buying. It's all spur of the moment, walking the aisles browsing along the way. "Oh, that looks good, I'll get that."

That sounds like an insanely stressful life to me lol

More like the opposite of stress. No pressure, just strolling around picking up whatever strikes me at the moment.

I am right there with ya. As I mentioned upthread... I always go with a list but end up picking up a handful of other things that I either forgot to put on the list that we absolutely need, or something that just strikes me as looking good.

Do I NEED this 6-pack of Gatorade? Nah, but they sure do the trick on Sunday late mornings after havin' a few cocktails the night before!

Oh look! Swiss Rolls! *Homer drool*

 

[nirad3]

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)

You have FAR more patience than I could even hope to have.

 

[General Malaise]

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

 

[Gally]

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)

You have FAR more patience than I could even hope to have.

Sometimes you get to the point that you are seeing it through. If I had anything else to do that day I likely would have left but for some reason that day and that time I was in the mood to just wait it out.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

231 pages so I'm sure this was mentioned...has to have been but..
Whoever wins the upcoming Presidential election needs to issue an immediate EO that only ONE child per family is allowed when you go to costco. Running around with 3 brats, blocking aisles, running in front of your cart, etc.
There needs to be a law.

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

Single parents are the exception. It’s not reasonable to expect a babysitter be hired just for shopping.

I don't even take my wife to the grocery store. If she wants to go, she can go separately.
To the person that wants to ban seniors, I am a senior but I sympathize with you. I usually avoid senior discount day. I like to get in and out and not talk to every person and employee in the store.

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