You know what really grinds my gears.......
Posted by shelloid on Oct 04, 2009 · Member since Nov 2006 · 4427 posts
Ok so maybe I'm just a weirdo, but there's silly little things that really bug me for no apparent reason - what about the rest of you? Is there any little thing that really annoys you, but probably shouldn't that much?
Ok I'll start:
I hate it when peolpe jiggle their legs up and down when they're sitting down. Some people will do this continually and I HATE IT. There's no logic to my annoyance but it really bugs me.
It also bugs me when women put their make up on on public transport - just wake up earlier if you want to wear it - and don't give people dirty looks when they stare at you.
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...win a prize if you get this reference. (no prize actually involved)
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It really grinds my gears when the flute player next to me decides to transpose the clarinet part to the warm ups and play it just because she can. I mean, I can tune intervals, but tuning octaves is so much easier.
it doesn't grind my gears that I won a "BIG PRIZE" - ::)
I will take it away, and grind your gears lit-rally, instead.
you can't take it away...t'is mine! Also, no purposefully grinding of the gears, lit-rally or no. http://www.knittinghelp.com/forum/images/smilies/eusa_naughty.gif
Is there a "...What Un-grinds my gears??" In case not....
You know what really *un-grinds* my gears? Asking and recieving without expecting. So I am pretty new (6 months) to vegetarian, and really new (3 weeks) to vegan. I have been looking for nutritional yeast everywhere. Healthy stuff is sometimes harder to find in Tennessee - unless by healthy you mean twinkies and oreos deep fried in 0 trans fat oil. So anyway, at a Kroger Marketplace (sort of a watered down ultralight beer version of Whole Foods) near Nashville I asked a floor manager in the health food section if they carried it. He said they didn't but everyone asks for it. Trying to rise above my first jaded thought, "Everyone asking for it should be a hint pal....." I actually replied that I wasn't complaining because they had lots of other great stuff. Well, I go there two weeks later and guess what....they now carry Nootch! That was cool. See "The Secret" really works....but just on week days at grocery stores.
Old Man Withers..... Now for the thing that does really grind my gears, before our collective complaint gardens get over grown with warm fuzzy weeds.... People who work at the store expecting us, the customers, to get out of their way. You know, you are inspecting the 42 brands of oatmeal, wondering which will hit that special sweet spot between price and performance. The stocker comes barreling around the corner on two wheels of a humvee grocery hauler and looks at you as if you are an intruder or an obstruction wondering why you have the gall to stand there when they have such extremely important and time critical work to do. What I like to do is first read every ingredient of every brand of hot cereal (and even the "Malt-o-Muffin" recipes on the other side) while they wait, then I follow them around after that and stand in front of every shelf they try to stock for the rest of their shift - not really, but I would if it didn't seem so creepy and potentially criminal. Wal-mart (it's a southern thing) associates seem to be getting worse and worse for this "if it weren't for those meddling shoppers" type of attitude.
We get this here, CFF. Particularly in the only decent supermarket (well I say "decent") in the area (as opposed to the discount dive frequented by pickpockets, prostitutes and homeless people who use the bathrooms for...everything.) No matter which aisle you are in, you will be elbowed aside by a stocker, a person with a mop and pail, or nudged out of the way by a pallette of goods with a person behind it who can't see who they're running over. They don't care that without customers they wouldn't make any money, or get paid, and that you are one of those customers. No, you have to move aside right now!! Drop that packet of tea and shove off! Forget the fact that the supermarket exists so that you can do your shopping; they work there, and you are in their way! Particularly their female employees, all of whom seem to pitch their voices to that extra-high, extra-loud voice some women use when talking to recalcitrant toddlers.
Is there a "...What Un-grinds my gears??" In case not....
There is! It's a thread in Kitchen Sink called "What moves you?"
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We get this here, CFF. Particularly in the only decent supermarket (well I say "decent") in the area (as opposed to the discount dive frequented by pickpockets, prostitutes and homeless people who use the bathrooms for...everything.) No matter which aisle you are in, you will be elbowed aside by a stocker, a person with a mop and pail, or nudged out of the way by a pallette of goods with a person behind it who can't see who they're running over. They don't care that without customers they wouldn't make any money, or get paid, and that you are one of those customers. No, you have to move aside right now!! Drop that packet of tea and shove off! Forget the fact that the supermarket exists so that you can do your shopping; they work there, and you are in their way! Particularly their female employees, all of whom seem to pitch their voices to that extra-high, extra-loud voice some women use when talking to recalcitrant toddlers.
In defense of supermarket staff :P .....
For starters, I must say that - as in all areas of life - there are good people and bad people, good workers and bad workers, good customers and bad customers.
And it seems to be one of Murphy's by-laws that when a person takes his/her loaded trolley out into a store, even when most of the aisle is quiet and clear, there WILL be someone right in front of where you need to be.
Now, we're not supposed to ask people to move - unless they're not in that spot to do shopping, like if they're standing there causing a blockage for the purpose of catching up with friend(s) or fiddling with a cellphone. So we gotta stand politely aside and twiddle our thumbs while the customer finishes his/her selection. Some folks are nice about it; others look around at you, maybe throw you an evil glare, and/or ignore you and then keep on keepin' on. Plus a lot of people say , Oh, excuse me, or I'm sorry, in a friendly voice to fellow customers when there's a store traffic-jam, while at the same time treating the staff like furniture. We're people too!
Bear in mind that I speak as a produce assistant, where the choosing should be simpler - no labels to read. Just lots of pretty fruit and vegetables to pinch and toss around and complain about in a loud passive-aggressive voice. ::)
I guess I'm not sure how to finish this rant... yes, I do see now that I've taken an excuse to rant. It may have something to do with the fact that I'm supposed to be heading out the door to catch a bus for my first day of the week. Waa.
We get this here, CFF. ......
I hear ya, sistah. Tis a universal phenom!
In defense of supermarket staff :P
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All fair points, Heliamphora! And I know we customers are not all that in the polite department. And I should say that I did not intend to leave the impression that it was the entire staff - although Wal-mart seems to be approaching a measurable percentage. It is actually only a few here and there, but like when your 6 year old windshield wipers go bad during a rainstorm you are like, "GD-it!, not this again!!!!"
At the risk of seeming to placate, I want to go on record to say that rude store staff are by far the exception not the rule! Thanks for keeping me in check and enjoy your shift!!
Now as for crowded restaurant staff..........
Charlie, is that picture of Dean Karnazes? I love him! :)>>>
There is! It's a thread in Kitchen Sink called "What moves you?"
A shameless plug by me....
Thanks for Info PM! Shameless is my middle name!
Charlie, is that picture of Dean Karnazes? I love him! :)>>>
Are you talking about my profile pic? If so, that is a recipe my parents whipped up a few decades ago. If not, I am not sure what other pic.....??
WGMG: Someone telling me how *I* feel.
Other Person:"You're mad at me."
Revvie: Um...no I'm not.
OP:"Yes you are! You're mad at me!"
R:Wha? ???
OP: "OMG You're mad at me and you won't even tell me why!"
R: Well...that's because I'm not.
OP: "YES YOU ARE!! DON'T LIE TO ME!!!"
R: WTF?
Heli, I'm not saying all supermarkets are like that, but the "upmarket" one in our area is horribly like that. If I go there I know I will be asked to move at least 6 times in 15 minutes. I began to feel that they were against foreigners or something, or at least against me. Do I smell, or something? No matter what aisle I'm in, I'll get that voice, "Ma'am, could you move aside?" After about the third incident in less than 10 minutes you just want to leave without buying anything. Solution: I send DH. Somehow he doesn't get bothered as much. As I say--maybe they just don't...like...me.
Also, here in Spain they don't seem to understand paying their workers a decent wage. So they ain't gonna be paying for them to stock shelves or whatever before or after opening hours. Noooo, it all has to be done while they're open to the public, preferably at peak times.
I don't know whos phone it is. But I keep getting the same message from Preston on my phone. It started last night and my phone went off all night so I didn't sleep the best (My phones my alarm so I couldn't just turn it off). I think I've got over 200 of this same text.
AGH.
WGMG:
People of color / minority groups who bitch about being oppressed while being severe assholes to people of another minority group.
I am particularly sickened by certain folks I know of... they actually have a pretty damn good life (higher economic bracket their whole lives, a good supportive family, very popular, etc.), but act like they know what it's like to be oppressed and discriminated against and play the race card constantly... THEN, they go on making racist and/or homophobic statements every damn day.
I fucking can't stand seeing / hearing them say things like "Rise above" and "We shall be free" and "Beauty is more than skin deep".... only to later spout some of the same vile hatespeech that they so adamantly protest.
Agggh, way to perpetuate discrimination, asshole.
I don't know whos phone it is. But I keep getting the same message from Preston on my phone. It started last night and my phone went off all night so I didn't sleep the best (My phones my alarm so I couldn't just turn it off). I think I've got over 200 of this same text.
AGH.
Could be one of you's phone company, itself. They could have a glitch that keeps resending the message.
passive-aggressiveness, violence, cussing, and especially the combination of the three.
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