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Pet Peeves--New and Improved for 2010

DD avatar
SoWal Expert
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I looked back and it's been like two whole years since we've mentioned our pet peeves. I was too lazy to read the other threads, so I don't know if I've mentioned this, but it's one that just drives me nutz.

Spray bottles (cleaners, etc) that stop spraying when there's still about two freakin' inches of cleaner in the bottle. That little pump tube thing is too short to reach the bottom. I know they do this on purpose, so you'll buy more, but oh man, it makes me cuss so much every time. :pissed::pissed::pissed::pissed::pissed:

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Teresa avatar
SoWal Guide
#27
I will remember that next time I email u :biggrin: K...sry:(:wave:



I don't need anything vibrating that close to my eye.:blink:
:floor::floor::floor:omc aleo -u r grayt.
DD avatar
SoWal ExpertAuthor
#28
Self checkout at the grocery store. :pissed::pissed::pissed::pissed:
picky
#29
Self checkout at the grocery store. :pissed::pissed::pissed::pissed:
I actually have a lot more respect for the cashiers now that I've had to scan my own groceries a few times!

On the subject of groceries, cashiers. The ones who are regular little chatty Kathy types. Quit the conversation and start checking out and bagging! I'm waiting. :wave:
DD avatar
SoWal ExpertAuthor
#30
I actually have a lot more respect for the cashiers now that I've had to scan my own groceries a few times!

On the subject of groceries, cashiers. The ones who are regular little chatty Kathy types. Quit the conversation and start checking out and bagging! I'm waiting. :wave:

Yeah, I appreciate them so much more after I've had a bout with that talking scanner thingy. Oh my, I wonder if they have me cussing on video? :shock:
Teresa avatar
SoWal Guide
#31
Self checkout at the grocery store. :pissed::pissed::pissed::pissed:

no thanks! scan and bag? nagada. that's almost as bad as having to pump your own gas which of course we must do. I guess scanning your own stuff could be next. oh please no.

publix cashiers are part of the family by now. great peeps. we always talking about BS stuff. but they get you in and out pretty quickly.
DD avatar
SoWal ExpertAuthor
#32
no thanks! scan and bag? nagada. that's almost as bad as having to pump your own gas which of course we must do. I guess scanning your own stuff could be next. oh please no.

publix cashiers are part of the family by now. great peeps. we always talking about BS stuff. but they get you in and out pretty quickly.

Oh Lord, don't even get me started on the whole gas thing. I did read I posted about that on a former PP thread. I had to do it tonight in anticipation of the frigid temps on the way. I still hate it as much as I ever did. :bang:
I promise I'll try to get all sunshiny and happy real soon...just as soon as the freakin' sun comes out and the wind stops blowing. :lol::wave:
Teresa avatar
SoWal Guide
#33
Oh Lord, don't even get me started on the whole gas thing. I did read I posted about that on a former PP thread. I had to do it tonight in anticipation of the frigid temps on the way. I still hate it as much as I ever did. :bang:
I promise I'll try to get all sunshiny and happy real soon...just as soon as the freakin' sun comes out and the wind stops blowing. :lol::wave:

yeah, I'm still pissed about the gas thing. most people probably don't remember full service gas stations.

moody winter blues are okay with me. as long as you stay happy and funn.:funn:

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DD avatar
SoWal ExpertAuthor
#34
yeah, I'm still pissed about the gas thing. most people probably don't remember full service gas stations.

moody winter blues is okay with me. as long as you stay happy and funn.:funn:

I did love the Moody Blues though. :wave:
Teresa avatar
SoWal Guide
#35
I did love the Moody Blues though. :wave:
me too!
Miss Critter avatar
Beach Fanatic
#36
It annoys me that the very beginning and/or the very end of TV shows I record are cut off because the recording starts and stops exactly on the hour and/or the half hour, but the show does not. You'd think the cable companies would have picked up on that by now.
Diane4145 avatar
Beach Fanatic
#37
Dito

I agree!:bang:
"There" is a location, "their" means 2 or more people own it!
Diane4145 avatar
Beach Fanatic
#38
Left lane slow pokes!

How much common sense, do you need?:idontno: You get in the left lane, to PASS a vehicle!:bang:
People who drive way under the speed limit in the left lane while I am trying my best to get to the dentist, who agreed to work me in, due to a chipped tooth.

I was really hoping 2010 would start off without any drama. :bang:
futurebeachbum avatar
Beach Fanatic
#39
Remodeling/design/construction professionals on TV who have 'hot water heaters'
scooterbug44 avatar
SoWal Expert
#40
I actually have a lot more respect for the cashiers now that I've had to scan my own groceries a few times!

On the subject of groceries, cashiers. The ones who are regular little chatty Kathy types. Quit the conversation and start checking out and bagging! I'm waiting. :wave:

There are a lot of good cashiers who can chat as they quickly scan.

My pet peeve is the bagger who is so busy texting they can't bag the groceries!
picky
#41
There are a lot of good cashiers who can chat as they quickly scan.

My pet peeve is the bagger who is so busy texting they can't bag the groceries!

I love talking to the cashiers when they're scanning. But when the transaction is over, so is the conversation. I should say this only really happens at Trader Joe's. I think they deliberately hire people who are too chummy. :bang:

I'd complain to the manager if I saw a bagger texting on company time. Not only is it rude but it means that he or she is slacking on the job.
Minnie avatar
Beach Fanatic
#42
How much common sense, do you need?:idontno: You get in the left lane, to PASS a vehicle!:bang:

You can't pass someone that is in the left lane going under the speed limit when the right lane is crowded too.

Its a large city thing. Slow traffic to the right please.
Lynnie avatar
SoWal Insider
#43
Sometimes, I have to take matters in my own hands and pass on the right. You know what I'm saying?
Miss Critter avatar
Beach Fanatic
#44
sunspotbaby avatar
SoWal Insider
#45
There are a lot of good cashiers who can chat as they quickly scan.

My pet peeve is the bagger who is so busy texting they can't bag the groceries!

Speaking of baggers, seems like everytime i go to publix, i get the same one. She's, let's say, different. I tried to help her once bag my groceries and she gave me a look like she would take my head off if i picked up one more thing.

I've learned to just let her take her time with my groceries. :blush:
Beach Runner avatar
beats on hood
#46
Vehicles with Alabama flags on them.

People who leave their sprinkler systems on when it's below 32, causing icy roads. :pissed:

I know all the peeps at our Publix by name. We yap like crazy in the checkout line.
Teresa avatar
SoWal Guide
#47
Vehicles with Alabama flags on them.

People who leave their sprinkler systems on when it's below 32, causing icy roads. :pissed:

I know all the peeps at our Publix by name. We yap like crazy in the checkout line.

same here. and I shop at 3 different publix's (or more) - they are all fine folks.
Beach Runner avatar
beats on hood
#48
same here. and I shop at 3 different publix's (or more) - they are all fine folks.
I agree. I went to Publix yesterday. I was gone so long that I got a call from Big D asking if I was okay or was I having problems finding everything on my list. Heck, I was talking to Wayne, the produce manager. Then another professor rolled through and joined the conversation. Then I saw one of the hosts for the engagement party, and we yapped for a while. Then Albert took out my groceries, and we talked about the weather and the Georgia Tech loss.:biggrin:
Rita avatar
margarita brocolia
#49
I agree with you on people having no driving skills or acts of kindness on the road.

My second peeve is people walking down the middle of the area between the parking spaces. Why can't they go to the left or right instead of meadering in the middle where no one can go past them?:idontno:
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yep! and dawdling when crossing the road in front of my car. step it up a bit folks!

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Beach Runner avatar
beats on hood
#50
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yep! and dawdling when crossing the road in front of my car. step it up a bit folks!

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You are so right. I stop for every pedestrian crossing 30A. But it is annoying when I stop and then they can't decide if they wanna cross or not. I give them the benefit of the doubt.

Reminds me of when daughter was at MIT. There's a big crosswalk on Mass Ave from the dorms and student center to the Infinite Corridor. People are very respectful of pedestrians in Cambridge because most people walk or take public transportation due to parking being so expensive. She and her friends had an act where they'd lean forward and pretend to lunge into the intersection. Great place to run because it is so flat. I tried her act a few times. Funny, but not funny.:blush:

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scooterbug44 avatar
SoWal Expert
#51
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yep! and dawdling when crossing the road in front of my car. step it up a bit folks!
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Some summer day PMS, a bad day, and someone slowly sauntering across the crosswalk and then completely stopping in the middle to answer their phone are going to combine w/ ugly results.

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