The "Don't You Hate it When . . ." Topic - Page 4

mccoyred · #46 02-01-2001, 05:24 PM

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Originally posted by SuperXO:
it's like, hello? I could've pulled out if you would learn to use that handy stick on the side of your wheel. It's called a BLINKER!

A BLINKER?!

That's for OTHER people to use. The idea of signalling your intentions in traffic is foreign to some people, esp when changing lanes or turning.

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Miami1839 · #47 02-01-2001, 05:34 PM

Super Xo, I know what you mean. My grandfather lives in Sacramento and the traffic there can be hurendous at times. There are times when we go to turn and my grandfather says, "Here comes the rumbling hoard" LOL

Kevin

USFSDTAlum · #48 02-01-2001, 07:26 PM

.....you get a lecture on how to do things from people who have clue what they are talking about. I just spent 10 dollars on toilet paper, diet coke, skim milk, and lettuce, and the credit machine isn't working so i had to hand her my card (pet peeve #1 she had to check my ID to make sure I wasn't buying TP on a stolen credit card--(and no cigarettes or alcohol was in my purchase so that wasn't it) really I think if I were to use someone else's card, you wouldn't find me purchasing TP from publix, I'd probably be at soime electronics store, if a purchase is under some amount I really don't think you have to check the ID to make sure it matches the buyer)and she says that my card isn't signed. Now both my parents used to be bankers, and I also did a stint at Bof A. I NEVER sign my credit cards to protect against theft, now this 16 year old cashiers has the balls to tell me that I need to sign my card, and all the reason she thinks that this is. And I just wanted to be like, who do you think you are talking to me about credit cards, when you can't even get one issued to you. Ugh!!!!!

Billy Optimist · #49 02-01-2001, 10:34 PM

One of the worst things ever to get on my nerves in traffic is when people ignore your turn signals, and won't let you over to the exit, and then have the nerve to roll down there window and call you umm....iapropriate explitives.

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USFSDTAlum · #50 02-02-2001, 12:37 AM

I have another one. don't you hate it when...
you come accross some great board (ie AKA's donot.com, or the ghetto wedding one, or the old chit chat 80's posts) that make you laugh so hard, and then you have read them and then you finish.I wish it would just keep going on, I laugh so hard.

shopgirl · #51 02-02-2001, 01:46 AM

Hello Everyone...there are soooo many things that drive me crazy, but I can only think of a few right now. So, I'll have to keep you posted. Here are a few to start with...

TRAFFIC: They are called TURNING LANES and they're there for a reason!!!

CUTTING IN LINE: I feel you lifesaver! I live in Tucson, Arizona and work retail. Many of the wealthy Mexican Nationals come up to shop with us and feel that they can cut in line or interrupt at anytime. In fact, one time while I was helping a woman another woman completely interrupted us! I answered her quickly and turned away as I continued to help my original customer. She was a little upset and took some of our skincare to another counter, but OH WELL!!!
I really don't care about the sale. I would rather lose the sale than to deal with rude people!!!

RETAIL: This one's for you ZTAangel!!!
***I work at a cosmetic counter. (Oh the stories I could tell!!!). Something that drives all of us (at the counter) crazy...and I'm sorry if I offend you ladies...is when women ask for a foundation and they tell us that they wear XYZ (color of foundation) in ABC (another cosmetic line). Here is what we would like to say... Oh, OK let me just grab our CONVERSION chart and I'll tell you what color (and type of foundation) you need in THIS cosmetic line. NO, NO, NO!!! This is not how it works!!! We do not know every kind of foundation and foundation color of other cosmetic lines. We are ONLY trained in the line that we work for.

I'll end this for now, but be ready for more cosmetic stories. Ya know, it's ironic that so many people think cosmetic women are mean or snobby, but the fact of the matter is, "we" are just weary of what NUT we might have to deal with next. Man, even our executives from Phoenix have commented on the weirdos we get down here. I don't mean to sound mean, but we really do deal with VERY INTERESTING people.

AXO Alum · #52 02-16-2001, 09:56 AM

Me again.....

I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT "THANK YOU" MEANS!!!

I was in a store last night, made a purchase, and the woman hands me the bag and says "here ya go" -- when I stood there and blatantly said "THANK YOU" she said "uh huh" and that was it....what? You can't say thank you to a customer?!

Thank you notes -- its real easy to put on a piece of paper "Thank you for the _____. It was kind of you to think of me." Why do I spend my hard earned money to buy wedding/baby/graduation gifts, etc. and these people can't spend 34c on a thank you note?!

"They never get old, they always sound new - those three little words, "Please" and "Thank You"!"

#53 02-16-2001, 08:42 PM

This has not been my week at all.

We've been having high winds lately. The winds caused a canopy at school to lift off the ground and because of that, one of the pole supports came off and hit me in the face.

Today at school I was walking to our campus commons...and a bird CRAPPED on me. In Hawaii we say it's good luck when a bird craps on you. The green blob on your newly washed white long sleeve does not look attractive.

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lifesaver · #54 02-21-2001, 10:21 PM

Heres one: People who whistle.

I hate being in the library or computer lab and some yahoo is whisteling. Like yeah, I'm glad your life is so zippty doo dah, but could you shut the hell up? I got a paper here to type and it doesnt help with you over there playing one-man-band OK?!?!?!

Geez!!

shopgirl · #55 02-22-2001, 02:54 AM

AXO ALUM...

I know just what you mean. I'm a very considerate person. I say thank you and please all of the time.

However, many people think they are above these kind phrases.

I will thank customers at work after the sale is finished and some just ignore me...so, what do I do? I say it again.

I'm so through with people's rudeness.

dc1 · #56 02-22-2001, 09:56 AM

shopgirl-

Hey, Tuscon, AZ! Great to see someone else from the desert is posting! I'm in Scottsdale... gotta love our 75 degree winter!

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shopgirl · #57 02-22-2001, 02:38 PM

Hey there dc1...

Scottsdale is so beautiful. I can't complain about our winters, although this year it's been pretty cold down here. It's just now starting to warm up. I love the cold weather, but I was actually looking forward to the warmth again.

See ya around.

gphi2k · #58 02-22-2001, 02:52 PM

Okay. I have a few.

Loud walkmans/cd players: Why is it, whenever I'm on the bus, I manage to sit beside (or near) the one person who doesn't realize that we can all hear their thumping music out of their cheap ear phones. Especially when they're turned up full blast!!!

Loud people on the bus: Sometimes it truly baffles me how loud some people can be on a public bus. The bus can be dead quiet with the exception of a small group of people talking at the top of their lungs, giggling incencetly, oblvious to the fact that they're not in their living room.

It might be evident by now that I commute on the buses and subways a lot. I deal with this all the time.

Last pet peeve: I hate it when I'm bored at work and all I want is for there to be one post I can find on Greek Chat to reply to. Something new. Anything. And when I come to the site, not one yellow light bulb is lit to tell me that there's a new post. I hate that!

Back to work.

Leslie

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bucutie02 · #59 02-22-2001, 03:29 PM

okay well atleast you guys can actually check greekchat while at work. Everyday when i go to work i sit at my desk and do NOTHING. I only work three and a half hours but they always seem like an eternity. I basically go to work so i can let the other girl go off and talk to all the co-workers!! AHHH

that drives me insane!! She is always complaning about how she doesnt like to be alone.... only reason is so she can be anywhere BUT the office. There is absolutely no work in there ever! We do have a computer so one night i was BORED and it was almost time to go home so i tried getting online. I cant remember what internet provider they have, but you needed a password to log on. It is so much better when i get to go to the classrooms!! Although, not when i have to change diapers!

I dont know how i have been here for over a year- and the worst part is that i cant even get a schedule ahead of time to see if im going to be in the classrooms or in the office since they practically live "by the hour".

by the way- I work at a children's private montessori school

#60 02-22-2001, 05:17 PM

Don't you hate advertisements on Greek Chat that pose as posts!

"Hey,
I just wanted to let everyone know that you can get nice freebies including Music CDs, T-shirts, DvD Movies, Sega Dreamcast Systems, and much more at <A HREF="http://--------"" TARGET=_blank>http://--------"</A>

Im seeing the above post all over the place today!

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