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.
So is he going to man-up to his fencing responsiblities or leave it to you?
Yes, he always does. In fact he is the only neighbor who consistently does. It was more the timing of it. Had thought about those kabobs for days, went to the store especially to shop for them, and just got them off the grill, and he shows up wanting to discuss the tree that's been down more than a month. More ironic than GMG, I guess, but.... Oh the kabobs were fabulous!!!
CFF, I suggest you might enjoy reading The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Thank you for the pointer! I found a lot of stuff on him on youtube, including the diary stuff. Had never heard of Pepys, and find it interesting, thank you!
When someone comes into my house and whips out their phone and proceeds to make a phone call for which they decide to bitch at the top of their lungs to the person while I'm trying to read, watch tv, CONCENTRATE so when I turn up the volume on the tv as both a hint and to actually hear it, they somehow begin to bitch even louder before that way they can hear their own bitching over the tv. GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE!
eh, I don't necessarily agree with gay marriage .....or straight marriage..... or any marriage. I don't necessarily disagree with it either. I just know for me I don't see the point. I've been in an incredibly happy relationship for over 10 years, why change it with marriage?
Fine if you want to do it, but fine if you don't....either way, I don't see what your sexual preferences have to do with it.
It's not that simple. Married couples are granted certain rights and privileges that others are not.
Really? I guess I have been lucky enough to live in 2 different countries where the rights for us not being married are the same as a couple who are married. But I can't actually think of anything off the top of my head....taxes are the same for individuals as they are for couples. Um, maybe government benefits may be different for couples as opposed to singles, but I'm not sure.
I mean things like being able to visit your partner while they're in the hospital. So many gay and lesbian couples have their partner die alone in a hospital room because they're not allowed to go in and visit/stay with them. Also, it's a big deal with immigration.
wow. Just wow. Another reason I'm pleased i'm not in the states.
When we emigrated to NZ, it didn't matter that we weren't married. I had all the points for immigration requirements and N came with me because he was my partner. It didn't matter that we weren't married. We just had to prove we'd been living together for 12 months or more. It would have been the same if my partner was female. It was all about the stable relationship, didn't matter if it was between 2 people of opposite or same sex.
I also believe that gay couples have the same rights as straight...it's all to do with how long they're been together. But I could be wrong.
And in every single hospital I've worked with no one would be banned from being with a dying relative. Unless the dying person had so requested. That's horrific. What if they wanted their best friend / aunty / whoever to be with them. It doesnt' matter if it's a partner or not, it's the right of the dying person. In the last hospital I worked at there was one person who had (I think) in the region of twenty people with them in their dying stages, not all family. We would never have banned anyone.
wow. Just wow. Another reason I'm pleased i'm not in the states.
When we emigrated to NZ, it didn't matter that we weren't married. I had all the points for immigration requirements and N came with me because he was my partner. It didn't matter that we weren't married. We just had to prove we'd been living together for 12 months or more. It would have been the same if my partner was female. It was all about the stable relationship, didn't matter if it was between 2 people of opposite or same sex.
I also believe that gay couples have the same rights as straight...it's all to do with how long they're been together. But I could be wrong.
And in every single hospital I've worked with no one would be banned from being with a dying relative. Unless the dying person had so requested. That's horrific. What if they wanted their best friend / aunty / whoever to be with them. It doesnt' matter if it's a partner or not, it's the right of the dying person. In the last hospital I worked at there was one person who had (I think) in the region of twenty people with them in their dying stages, not all family. We would never have banned anyone.
Exactly but the US hates LGBT people. This is a website where you can get more information on it if you're interested: http://www.wegiveadamn.org/issues/
Intolerance is going on in my town like CRAZY. Berea is trying to pass a fairness ordinance to protect people of other sexualities or races from being openly discriminated against or harassed.
The arguments I have heard against this law are as follows:
1. Why should I have to be nice to gay people? God hates them.
2. Gays is evil. (not are evil....*is* evil).
3. "I'm a landlady and I shouldn't have to rent to gays. I have children!!"
4. I don't want my children growing up in a world where there are gay people. (to which a friend of mine wonderfully responded: "Then tell straight people to stop making babies. Straight people make gay people. It's simple biology dear...")
There are other rights that legally married people have that others don't (at least in the US):
If you die without a will, your property automatically goes to your legal spouse. I have a friend whose same-sex partner of 20 years died suddenly of a heart attack. They had bought property that was in the dead man's name only. His sister swooped in and took it all.
Since we don't have national healthcare, we have to buy health insurance, usually through an employer. If you are legally married, then you can include your spouse on your insurance policy. If not, no dice. That's really the only reason that my husband and I got married.
If you die without a will, your property automatically goes to your legal spouse.
That, or if you die and your house is in both of your names, you have to pay a steep inheritance tax to keep it; whereas, if you were married, you wouldn't have to.
Quite aside from the marriage angle, this is why anyone who owns any kind of property should make a will, particularly if you're in a stable relationship of some years' standing. My mother almost had to claim Title 19 because my dad died intestate. They were married but had a lot of kids. It's a lot easier to modify your will while you're still alive than it is for your partner to contest inheritance when you're gone. At least in the US you can leave whatever you want to whomever you want.
On the other side, here in Spain Roman law is the basis of Spanish law, not jurisprudence/precedence, so if a person leaves their spouse/family without going through a divorce, no matter how long they've been with a new partner and no matter if they have kids with that partner, Patria Potestad gives everything to the legal spouse and/or kids. It's the law. Even if they've made a will in favour of their unmarried partner, PP takes precedence over the document. This is why Pavarotti the opera singer made sure that all his property in the US was in his partner's name, not his own. Italy has the same system.
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3. "I'm a landlady and I shouldn't have to rent to gays. I have children!!"
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m excuse me WTF!?! :o :o :o :o There is so many things wrong with this statement I can't even begin.
And so many more things I have learnt from VW.
I think I have chosen my country well.
This girl who KNOWS I am vegan came over with her son and the first thing out of her mouth was, "are you offended by meat?". Her son was eating a sausage patty with his bare hands and she wanted him to finish it my house. I don't know this girl very well, and I thought it was rude. You would think she would just have him finish it in the car or eat it later. He ended up throwing it out but still...greasy sausage hands in my house. GROSS!!!! Use some common sense. It would sort of be rude to do at ANYONE"s house...let alone a vegan...just because of the grease-gross factor.
That's just foul behaviour, l2a. >:( It makes me think of work, where people walk into my supermarket chowing down on hotdogs/icecreams/pies/etc. which they bought in the mall. I particularly loathe seeing people eat greasy pastries, especially meaty ones (which they usually are). Just gross. I wish people would eat before they start shopping.
That is just wrong even if you were not vegan...wrong, wrong, wrong. The girl has no manners.
Thanks Heli and THHF> Part of me thought maybe I am just too uptight...but it was just a weird thing to start off the "playdate" with. I was giving her some stuff for her baby for free and since we have kids the same age, we thought it would be fun for them to play.
I could see if we were good friends and had an understanding already, but it was pretty much a stranger that I have met 2 other times and know from FB. But I do know she knows we are vegan!
l2a, yeah thats really rude. i always feel like people do it on purpose just to see the vegan's reaction....stupid
When you have kids and someone else has kids you do not go into someone's house eating something unless you have enough to share with the other children...if it was cookies or something but who the heck walks around (drives around) eating meat patties, let alone bring it into someones home...it is bizarre to say the least. You are not uptight at all! Greasy, dirty, disgusting, gross sausage fingers! I find the whole thing disgusting. Haha, maybe I am uptight! lol
l2a, yeah thats really rude. i always feel like people do it on purpose just to see the vegan's reaction....stupid
I totally think that what this was about. Especially after talking with her for the next 3 hours. It seemed to fit her personality. :(
She was also sort of oblivious to anything going on around her.
@ THHF....at least we are not alone in our uptightness!!!
L2A, that's not cool of her to put you on the spot like that. If you'd told the kid to finish eating before letting him in the house, it would have made you look bad. And, ew...who eats a sausage patty with their bare hands? Gross.
so can I just clarify....a sausage patty is like a burger?
I was thinking like a sausage roll, which would have been awkward enough, but a burger thing. Um, no.
L2A, that's not cool of her to put you on the spot like that. If you'd told the kid to finish eating before letting him in the house, it would have made you look bad. And, ew...who eats a sausage patty with their bare hands? Gross.
That's what I was thinking... who looks at their kid and says "here, chew a greasy meat lump for a while...yeah sure, you can take it into that ladies house"???
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