Pet Peeve(s)

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Tip jars. Their fucking every where.

Calling a company to talk to customer service and you get a fucking robot to direct your call. Takes 5 fucking minutes to get hold of a customer service representative and then when you do most of the time it's from a call center not even located in the US. Half the time you can't even understand what the fuck they are saying.
 
bostonsports said:
Tip jars. Their fucking every where.

Calling a company to talk to customer service and you get a fucking robot to direct your call. Takes 5 fucking minutes to get hold of a customer service representative and then when you do most of the time it's from a call center not even located in the US. Half the time you can't even understand what the fuck they are saying.
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not just jars even. when you go to pay for your ice cream with a credit card in their p.o.s. machine ,there's a line for a tip. wtf?
 
A new thing for me: Remember when you'd go to the museum and they always had a person titled Curator? And that's it, museums were curated. Now every thing from auto repair to trash removal is curated. The flea market up the road has a curator. WTF
 
One of my biggest pet peeves is mixed metaphors.

I know I'm not the sharpest knife in the chandelier, but this is not rocket surgery, people.

Maybe I'm barking up the wrong neck of the woods, making a mountain out of a molehill in a teacup, but it really bothers me.

If we don't get this corrected, then we're falling down a slippery slope into a rabbit hole, and no one wants that.

I'm probably biting off more than I can chew the fat with by bringing up this topic, but let's all take the bull by the horns in a china shop and get this fixed.
 
TipRoast said:
One of my biggest pet peeves is mixed metaphors.

I know I'm not the sharpest knife in the chandelier, but this is not rocket surgery, people.

Maybe I'm barking up the wrong neck of the woods, making a mountain out of a molehill in a teacup, but it really bothers me.

If we don't get this corrected, then we're falling down a slippery slope into a rabbit hole, and no one wants that.

I'm probably biting off more than I can chew the fat with by bringing up this topic, but let's all take the bull by the horns in a china shop and get this fixed.
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Good stuff. Now everyone will laff at your post and not even see mine. :harumph:
 
TipRoast said:
One of my biggest pet peeves is mixed metaphors.

I know I'm not the sharpest knife in the chandelier, but this is not rocket surgery, people.

Maybe I'm barking up the wrong neck of the woods, making a mountain out of a molehill in a teacup, but it really bothers me.

If we don't get this corrected, then we're falling down a slippery slope into a rabbit hole, and no one wants that.

I'm probably biting off more than I can chew the fat with by bringing up this topic, but let's all take the bull by the horns in a china shop and get this fixed.
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i say "this isn't rocket surgery" on purpose because i think it's funny. people rarely notice. i did have one of my work buddies ask "did you just say rocket surgery???" then i told him why. 😄
 
Another post on here just reminded me of yet another thing that makes me even more salty than I normally am. People who indulge themselves in whatever their habits are but then you're the one who has to pay the price for it. I'm speaking specifically of people who want to do things that make it impossible for them to care for themselves or difficult for them to care for themselves and then the burden falls on you to do whatever it is for them. I don't care what habits you have. you can smoke crack and watch Jerry Springer all day long at home. But I don't want that to become my problem.like I have to pick up after your ass or go buy your groceries or work 2 jobs or whatever it is strictly because of choices that YOU make.
 
HSanders said:
Another post on here just reminded me of yet another thing that makes me even more salty than I normally am. People who indulge themselves in whatever their habits are but then you're the one who has to pay the price for it. I'm speaking specifically of people who want to do things that make it impossible for them to care for themselves or difficult for them to care for themselves and then the burden falls on you to do whatever it is for them. I don't care what habits you have. you can smoke crack and watch Jerry Springer all day long at home. But I don't want that to become my problem.like I have to pick up after your ass or go buy your groceries or work 2 jobs or whatever it is strictly because of choices that YOU make.
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But I needed your help tonight… I planning on breaking my personal best.
 
HSanders said:
Another post on here just reminded me of yet another thing that makes me even more salty than I normally am. People who indulge themselves in whatever their habits are but then you're the one who has to pay the price for it. I'm speaking specifically of people who want to do things that make it impossible for them to care for themselves or difficult for them to care for themselves and then the burden falls on you to do whatever it is for them. I don't care what habits you have. you can smoke crack and watch Jerry Springer all day long at home. But I don't want that to become my problem.like I have to pick up after your ass or go buy your groceries or work 2 jobs or whatever it is strictly because of choices that YOU make.
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Gratitude quickly becomes expectation, which becomes resentment when expectations aren't met.

My father, who was grossly obese and diabetic, used to go the camp and bring ice cream with chocolate sauce, candy, grape juice, all the crap he isn't supposed to be eating and binge. Mostly he would go there alone to do that so myself and my friends wouldn't give him crap about it.

We know because he would always leave the evidence around and we would find it.

I told him "If you die, die outside and not in the camp. If I find you dead in the camp, you're getting buried in the honey pit."
 
I have given to so many different charritirs in the past 50 years. My only regret is that I always wished I could give more.


But recently (Last 10 years? Five? 2? ) I get five or six solicitation daily in my mailbox. I give a little to someone and I get them coming back at me once a month or aooner. they send gifts, $1.50, stickers, coupons, all kinds of stuff. Gifts are to guilt trip as are their tearful letters, sad pictures and evrything else. The Marketing approach is pitifully shameless. I've had enough. Still giving, mailed checks with fairly angry letters of complaint and stop its or else. Phooey
 
BostonTim said:
I have given to so many different charritirs in the past 50 years. My only regret is that I always wished I could give more.


But recently (Last 10 years? Five? 2? ) I get five or six solicitation daily in my mailbox. I give a little to someone and I get them coming back at me once a month or aooner. they send gifts, $1.50, stickers, coupons, all kinds of stuff. Gifts are to guilt trip as are their tearful letters, sad pictures and evrything else. The Marketing approach is pitifully shameless. I've had enough. Still giving, mailed checks with fairly angry letters of complaint and stop its or else. Phooey
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the worst is when my college sends donation requests, or regular medical facilities. really?????
 
HSanders said:
Another post on here just reminded me of yet another thing that makes me even more salty than I normally am. People who indulge themselves in whatever their habits are but then you're the one who has to pay the price for it. I'm speaking specifically of people who want to do things that make it impossible for them to care for themselves or difficult for them to care for themselves and then the burden falls on you to do whatever it is for them. I don't care what habits you have. you can smoke crack and watch Jerry Springer all day long at home. But I don't want that to become my problem.like I have to pick up after your ass or go buy your groceries or work 2 jobs or whatever it is strictly because of choices that YOU make.
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This is the best description of the US government I've ever seen kudos
 
I'm in a clothing store the other day and this dumbass lady has her little dog with her on a leash. Like what's fido going to do? tell you if you look fat in those jeans? 🙄🙄🙄

So glad I don't own a store and have to battle against people that think their pets belong everywhere. 99% of them probably just give in because they want the business and these dog bringing people know it.20250601_170908.jpg
 
HSanders said:
I'm in a clothing store the other day and this dumbass lady has her little dog with her on a leash. Like what's fido going to do? tell you if you look fat in those jeans? 🙄🙄🙄

So glad I don't own a store and have to battle against people that think their pets belong everywhere. 99% of them probably just give in because they want the business and these dog bringing people know it.View attachment 34811
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I was in a grocery store a couple of weeks ago, and this woman's dog crapped through the grate of the cart onto the floor right in front of the deli. She was just walking away until I called her on it. She pretended not to have seen it and asked how I knew it was her dog. :rolleyes: I flagged down an employee, but didn't say anything, I just stared at her until she did.

Kind of an asshole move, but I wasn't trying to make her feel bad, just do what any reasonable person would do. Also, don't bring your freakin' dog into a grocery store unless you're blind. Also, if you're going to be an asshole and do it anyway, at least make sure the thing craps BEFORE going in!

They cleaned the floor, but what about the grates of the cart? I hope the remains of dog shit got all on her food, and she didn't notice it in a small amounts on her hands before she absent mindedly licked off her fingers.

:sulk:No, I don't hope that. I hope she learned a lesson and doesn't do it anymore. But I kinda wish I hoped something harsher!
 
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TommyD420 said:
Unless it's a seeing-eye dog, animals shouldn't be allowed in any stores. Imagine when I first started seeing them in restaurants.
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Don't go to France. They are at their owners feet in a LOT of restaurants.
 
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