Things that drive you...

tonyb

.....up a wall.

For me, it's cell phones. Example.....my sister in-law brings over a new boyfriend to meet me and the wife. Cool, I'll make dinner. From the time the guy walked in the door, until he left, before dinner, during dinner, desert, after dinner, that frickin' cell phone is out and every 20 seconds he's texting someone. Then has to show my sister in-law who it is too and what he said back. Now, you expect this behavior from a 13 year old, not someone in their late 40's for goodness sake. WTF is wrong with people ?

Or you see people on the street, they have to have that cell phone in-hand at all times. Not in a shirt pocket, pants pocket, purse, on your hip, nope...in hand always. My youngest of 28 years old is like that. You can't have a conversation with her without sharing her attention to the damn phone. Makes me want to go postal. Funny thing is when you say something, they look at you and still hold on to that phone with a wandering eye to see what text will pop up next. Makes me want to choke the sh$t out of her even more. Do people not get how rude this is ?

Small rant for today....so what sends you up a tree ? What makes you willing to risk 20 years behind bars ?

Geoff4rfc

Lol, I can dig it! Cell phones piss me off. People txting while driving, talking while driving was bad enough, now I can txt and drive?? Just pull out a gun shoot me instead of slamming your car into me.

Systems

Go Postal?
Like when I order something from a company on Friday and they say "Be sure and come back on Tuesday, it will be here waiting on you".
Get there on Tuesday, and nobody knows sh$t about what you are talking about.
I drove 25 miles today, to get said sh$t, and got a "SORRY ABOUT THAT".
And that was it.
I should have went postal, but I didn't.
Won't go back, that is for sure!

Kex

I think it's a sort of addiction, tonyb, but if the guy's in his late forties, maybe he's just trying to act cool, or prove to himself that he's still young and trendy. So, no, I don't think they do get how rude it is. It's not classy, for certain, and the boyfriend probably wouldn't be getting much recognition from me.

One positive thing, though: maybe your sister-in-law thinks so highly of you (and your cooking) that she brings her new boyfriend over to your house to impress him.

chumlie

How bout the idiots that wait 5min in a drive thru line then don't know what they want when they get to the window to order. Lotery tickets at the gas station. Price check on isle 4 for a differance of 6 cents. Wait i have the change and then fumble in there purse for 5min looking for it. Extreme couponers. No cellphones at the dinner table is a rule at my house now.

tonyb

Yep....drive thru's, if that doesn't get your blood pressure going, stand in line at a fast food joint. People stand in line for 10 minutes then get up to the counter and don't know what they want. AAARRRGGG !!! I know what I want before going in the front door....otherwise I wouldn't have gone there to begin with.

The grocery store I tend to give the elderly all the space and time they need, it's a respect thing. But what gets me holding my nuts so I don't kill people,...don't picture that,you'll go blind, is watching the family of 4 or 5 pull up and park in a handicap spot, nobody is handicapped, walk in and shop, use 400 coupons and a welfare card, then climb back in the new SUV thats parked in the handicap spot.

hochpt21

And the cell phone users are getting younger and younger. Last summer I literally had to stop my car in the road because there was a 10 year old on his bike texting as he was crossing the road. I think he pooped his pants though when I layed on the horn. He looked at me like what...what...? Jeez...

Fongolio

I see texting as a plague needing to be exterminated.

heiney9

How about a couple driving idiot pet peeves.

Your cruising along on a north/south street and you see someone from either an east/west street or a driveway or store parking lot and they want to turn onto the north/south street going the same direction as you. You are the only car and there is plenty of distance for them to turn in front of you and accelerate so you can keep the same pace. What do they do, they sit there trying to decide if there is enough space, which there clearly is even for a blind person, and at the last second they pull out right in front of you. Why the "f" did you wait so long to make a decision, a decision that almost caused a crash...........idiots.

The other one is the same senario except when the reach they intersection there clearly isn't enough time to pull out without causing a major issue, but they do it anyway. I look in my rearview mirror and there isn't a single car behind me. Couldn't the idiot wait for me to pass and then pull out since the entire roadway would have be clear as far as the eye can see......idoits. They get the finger from me when they do that.

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steveinaz

Too many to list, and the older I get---the bigger the list gets. If I had to pick 1, it would be self-centered behavior.

tonyb

We all have driving stories that can raise an eyebrow, but how about winning 1 million dollars and still taking welfare ?

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/hidden-cameras-show-mich-million-dollar-lottery-winner-still-using-food-stamps/

Really ? She had to buy a second home....with no job. Lottery winners should be asked to pay back some to the state for everything they were given for free, not keep getting the freebies. How **** backwards is that ?

decal

tonyb wrote: »

.....up a wall.

For me, it's cell phones. Example.....my sister in-law brings over a new boyfriend to meet me and the wife. Cool, I'll make dinner. From the time the guy walked in the door, until he left, before dinner, during dinner, desert, after dinner, that frickin' cell phone is out and every 20 seconds he's texting someone. Then has to show my sister in-law who it is too and what he said back. Now, you expect this behavior from a 13 year old, not someone in their late 40's for goodness sake. WTF is wrong with people ?

Or you see people on the street, they have to have that cell phone in-hand at all times. Not in a shirt pocket, pants pocket, purse, on your hip, nope...in hand always. My youngest of 28 years old is like that. You can't have a conversation with her without sharing her attention to the damn phone. Makes me want to go postal. Funny thing is when you say something, they look at you and still hold on to that phone with a wandering eye to see what text will pop up next. Makes me want to choke the sh$t out of her even more. Do people not get how rude this is ?

Small rant for today....so what sends you up a tree ? What makes you willing to risk 20 years behind bars ?

Why didn't you tell the idiot to put it away? It's your home, you make the rules.

steveinaz

I want a vehicle with machine guns in the front grill.....

But seriously, I told Bev about an invention that would be cool. It would be a "rate my driving" button in each car, that you could press when someone drives like an idiot. It would transmit a signal to their car, and after 3 drivers "ping" you, a banner would run around your car that said "I'M AN IDIOT DRIVER, STAY CLEAR" for the rest of the day. The system would reset every 24 hrs.

Peer pressure works, ask any military person.

CELL PHONES: All modern cell phones have GPS. I would create legislation that would disable texting for any cell phone "in motion."

tonyb

Yeah, in motion as in walking too, like that moron that fell in the fountain....remember that one ?

brgman

Women in front of me in line that pull out half of their purse contents to find a penny.Then take their time putting everything back in as you wait and wait and wait.

steveinaz

Wealthy people who are cheap asses. Can't stand 'em.

steveinaz

tonyb wrote: »

Yeah, in motion as in walking too, like that moron that fell in the fountain....remember that one ?

Yeah, and then she wanted to sue for being a moron. Gotta love it. Surprised no lawsuits against planet Earth have been filed after that last SanFran earthquake....eh, give it some time.

tonyb

steveinaz wrote: »

Wealthy people who are cheap asses. Can't stand 'em.

Oh yeah...I have a relative, a woman....rich as as can be....millions rich. Gets a flat tire on her SUV on the expressway and pulls into a construction zone to get them to pay for it. Scam artist....starting to think most rich people are just good scam artists.

How about dog crap on your lawn. I love dogs...I think everyone here knows I love dogs, but my neighbors Great Dane who he just lets wander, keeps laying dino size turds on my front lawn. So I throw it back on his lawn and he gets pissed at me some times. Too frickin' bad man, watch your dog. An accident here and there....so what, but I'm talking dailey, two times a day.

tonyb

decal wrote: »

Why didn't you tell the idiot to put it away? It's your home, you make the rules.

Because 1st impressions tell you alot about a person, which it did.

steveinaz

Cheap-**** wealthy people just chap my hide. Have a little class, sheesh. Bev & I aren't wealthy by any stretch, but when we ask friends to dinner, we buy. When people come over, I stock my guests favorite beer, wine whatever. They don't need to bring anything. Run out of cigarettes, yeah grab a pack out of the house---and no, you don't need to pay me back. I do things for people because I want to---not because I expect pay-back or reciprocation. I never "lend" money to anyone. I give it to them, If I think it's worthy of the cause.

There was this lady at Walmart who had a bunch of material/sewing stuff, Bev asked her what her project was (small talk) the lady said she made blankets for soldiers in war zones. Sweet. She got up to pay, and her card was denied. Bev asked her "would you mind if I pick up the tab?" The lady hugged her and went away crying. It was like $65...no big deal, and it made Bev's day, and that ladies day.

disneyjoe7

This could of fix it.....


http://www.phonejammer.com/product.p...cat=249&page=1

Drenis

I better not bite in this thread because I'll likely get banned.

Some of the responses here are not very thought out. Rude in some ways when looking at the big picture. All depends on the person and situation.

Now the driving stories... well... how about the ones who change lanes without shoulder checking? or maybe they simply never use their signal?

heiney9

Lame Spammers that muck up the forum

H9

decal

heiney9 wrote: »

Lame Spammers that muck up the forum

H9

Amen,brother!!!!!!

heiney9

People (usually old people) that still write checks at the grocery check out line, but they wait until they get their total to even pull the checkbook out. Fill the check out while the checker is scanning your groceries so when the total is tallied you can fill it in and hand her the check. Pisses me off to no end to have some woman digging in her purse after all the groceries are scanned looking for her checkbook.

Actually checks should be banned from the grocery store since they also need 10 forms of ID and a manager to initial.

H9

rebuy

BeefJerky

Fongolio wrote: »

I see texting as a plague needing to be exterminated.

It's not the texting that is the problem, it is the idiots. This goes for cell phones in general, or nearly any object in existence; they need to be used properly and responsibly. I am a moderate texter, but know when to put the phone down and avoid it.

Heck, an idiot can overdose on dihydrogen monoxide too. However, I would hope you would blame the idiot and not the water.

heiney9 wrote: »

How about a couple driving idiot pet peeves.

Your cruising along on a north/south street and you see someone from either an east/west street or a driveway or store parking lot and they want to turn onto the north/south street going the same direction as you. You are the only car and there is plenty of distance for them to turn in front of you and accelerate so you can keep the same pace. What do they do, they sit there trying to decide if there is enough space, which there clearly is even for a blind person, and at the last second they pull out right in front of you. Why the "f" did you wait so long to make a decision, a decision that almost caused a crash...........idiots.

The other one is the same senario except when the reach they intersection there clearly isn't enough time to pull out without causing a major issue, but they do it anyway. I look in my rearview mirror and there isn't a single car behind me. Couldn't the idiot wait for me to pass and then pull out since the entire roadway would have be clear as far as the eye can see......idoits. They get the finger from me when they do that.

H9

Quoted for truth!

A couple of other driving related ones:
1) People who refuse to use their blinkers properly.
2) Idiots who tailgate others, especially in the right/slower lanes.

steveinaz wrote: »

Too many to list, and the older I get---the bigger the list gets.

I've noticed this as well.

tonyb

Must be an age thing....as the older I get the more I say " WTF is wrong with people ". In all fairness though, our grandparents said the same thing about our generation. " That Rock and Roll stuff is terrible ", "Skirt too high", you know how that all goes. Alot of the things that bug me have more to do with common courtesy, common sense, and respect. It was on a downhill slide for my generation, and seems as time goes on it gets worse and worse. More so a society thing and I imagine thats why by the time we get to rocking chair age, we're crappy ****'s.

Another pisser for me......people who don't hold the door open for others.....especially the elderly. They go in a store, food joint, whatever and let that door slam on the next person trying to get in. Like they think gold bars are being handed out for free and don't get in their way. I know that sounds kinda knitpicky, but just another sign of lack of common courtesy. My grandson almost had his fingers chopped off by such an arse on the way out of a Houlihans.

unclebiskabobka

tonyb wrote: »

people who don't hold the door open for others.....especially the elderly. They go in a store, food joint, whatever and let that door slam on the next person trying to get in.

Amen brother! I try to always open as many doors as I can, it's makes me a happier man just to know that I might have brightened someone's day just a little.

EndersShadow

When another department tells you they are going to do something and 3 weeks later they still havent done it.

heiney9

Ok, so I will add something that someone has done for me a few times as a courtesy and I always thank them and ackowldege it twice. When standing in line at the grocery store in the express lane (20 items or less) I have had people with 15-20 items tell me I can go in front of them since I only had 3-4 items. That is a nice gesture that always makes me smile. The one lady said she was paying forward another good deed done for her earlier in the day.

H9