What Grinds Your Gears? :) - Page 277

*Mayhem* · 02-28-2016, 04:23 AM

Sorry to hear that MsMD. Sometimes illnesses takes out the best people

*plastroncafe* · 02-28-2016, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by snake

Spoiler:

I know, but I'm not.

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 02-28-2016, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

Speaking of sad situations- yesterday, my hubby came home from his dialysis treatment crying. One of the guys he had become friends with there (another patient) had died the day before, and he found out when he went in yesterday. He's the third patient in the past two months to die there. He was friends with all of them, and this last one hit him hard. What's worse, the guy had just invented a new kind of cell-phone protector that keeps one from butt-dialing, but he never got to see it produced. Not sure what will happen with that now, unless the royalties go to his wife. But he was one of the guys that everyone liked, was funny and out-going. So my mate is pretty down right now, even broke down and cried again last night when looking at the obit write-up on his friend.

Sorry for his loss. Give him a hug for me.

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 02-28-2016, 03:08 PM

Thanks everyone. Gave him the hug, CKD. On the brighter side, Friday was his birthday and we are having his birthday dinner at Chili's today.

*Utrommaniac* · 03-01-2016, 07:35 AM

When I don't eat enough to take my medicine with, and then I get queasy. I'm never sure how much is enough so I can be settled.

It's part of why I never ate cereal for breakfast, save for January and early in February, because that would never cut it.

*Jephael* · 03-02-2016, 12:21 AM

This darn head-cold won't let up. I started out my shift at work ready for action, but by dinner time I was so beat and congested that I could hardly concentrate!

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 03-02-2016, 10:33 PM

Felt tired all day, with a headache, so basically stayed in bed most of the day. Then I went to do my laundry this evening, and before I could take it out of the dryer, the laundry room was locked! They recently made a new rule that it will be closed down at night, and I guess they didn't bother to see if anything was still going before they locked the door. So now all my laundry is stuck in the dryer, including my work clothes! Tried to jimmy the door or use a window, but no luck on either end. Now what?!

*Jephael* · 03-03-2016, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

I went to do my laundry this evening, and before I could take it out of the dryer, the laundry room was locked! They recently made a new rule that it will be closed down at night, and I guess they didn't bother to see if anything was still going before they locked the door. So now all my laundry is stuck in the dryer, including my work clothes! Tried to jimmy the door or use a window, but no luck on either end. Now what?!

Okay, that is total bullcrap! You definitely need to report them on not double checking with tenants. If my place pulled that kinda stunt, I'd be super ticked!

*IndigoErth* · 03-03-2016, 07:29 PM

What the hell, Duckie... Did you have work today? I hope it worked out for you if so.

Grind... customers with attitudes. Heard some woman say in a huff, "Well I guess I won't be buying any bras today."

Wtf? I'm sorry lady, did you see me there busy working on something with the merchandise? (More precisely trying to locate really old items on a long list I was asked to find and pull, and it gives so little detail to go on so it's nearly impossible to figure half of it out so it takes a lot of time and attention paid to what I'm doing.) Did you ever actually come over near to where I was to help accommodate interaction? I mean, if you have a question or want assistance, just frigging ask. I can understand that some people are a little shy about asking for help - I often am too - but anyone who acts huffy like that is not shy. (Overgrown princess just isn't happy that a retail robot isn't functioning to her liking and upgraded with mind reading ability.)

I suppose that comment was supposed to make me run over there and ask if you need anything? I'm sorry, but despite any store wanting employees to give good customer service and I do try to do just that, I'm not going to reward that attitude by responding to that like some dog responding to a harsh command. I have things I am doing. If you come within a reasonable speaking distance I will ask you how you are and open that communication if you're afraid to do so. If you ask me for assistance, such as wanting help looking for a certain size, I will be glad to stop what I'm doing, but I am not going to spontaneously hold your hand while you just look at bras when I have another duty I need to take care of.

Besides, what were you expecting me to do for you? There are lots of bras, what we have in stock is right there in front of you... you should know your size or able to take an educated guess, so find something you like and try it or a few on! So I really can't see what the attitude would be about. I can only imagine that because you saw me in that department you think I'm somehow a person who only works in that area and am somehow an expert and was supposed to run over to assist you (as if I was just standing around waiting for customers to show up - that's what mattress people do, not me) and... what? Let me guess, offer you a fitting? Is THAT the reason you were somehow impeded from finding a damn bra on a rack in front of you? SORRY, LADY - we don't do fittings. Nor am I "the bra girl," or whatever you think of me as. It's not me failing to offer you service, it's you having an attitude because you're incapable of finding something that's staring you in the face. Because really, who goes to an area of a store with tons of bras and then acts as if it's somehow impossible to buy any today...

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 03-03-2016, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Jephael

Okay, that is total bullcrap! You definitely need to report them on not double checking with tenants. If my place pulled that kinda stunt, I'd be super ticked!

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Originally Posted by IndigoErth

What the hell, Duckie... Did you have work today? I hope it worked out for you.

Yes I did,actually. Fortunately I had a pair of black jeans that looked close enough to pass, and they had an extra shirt lying around to borrow. Had to have my hubby go down and get everything from the dryer when they unlocked the door this morning- which the guy is supposed to do at 8. He didnt open the place until 8:15. And he closed it 10 minutes early last night. Long story short I got through the day, but only because I was in the back window all day. Where no one can really see me anyway. Pain in the butt though. One good thing came out of it- hubby brought my work stuff and jacket to me and after I got off we had dinner at Chili's. They were doing a fundraiser for the Kidney Foundation too so we contributed to a cause that is important to us.

*Autbot_Benz* · 03-04-2016, 09:19 PM

Being attacked on twitter by a few whiny SJW's because I called the new ghostbuster movie a chick flick they are saying my opinion is misogynist Just not a fan of this movie

*snake* · 03-04-2016, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

Being attacked on twitter by a few whiny SJW's because I called the new ghostbuster movie a chick flick they are saying my opinion is misogynist Just not a fan of this movie

Just spew buzzwords back at them. Usually works.

*Autbot_Benz* · 03-04-2016, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by snake

Just spew buzzwords back at them. Usually works.

I just block them. I just don't give them the time of day.

*Jephael* · 03-05-2016, 03:47 PM

Car alarms annoy me to no end. Back when I worked at Giant, I'd be out in the parking lot where I'd hear those d@mn things going off constantly!!! Now I can't even stand the sound of somebody honking their horn, which is sad because I used to love that sound as a kid. Just a few minutes ago, I could hear some jack@$$ obnoxiously beating his horn a good 2 dozen times like he was celebrating having just gotten laid or something.

*IndigoErth* · 03-05-2016, 06:50 PM

God, someone kept hitting their horn while I was sitting at the traffic light waiting to leave the parking lot after work. I don't know if someone had a kid or someone else who was acting or being allowed to act stupid, but they needed to be smacked. Unless this is some urban legend crap and you're trying to alert someone to a killer in their back seat...there was no damn good reason for someone to be doing that while we were sitting at the light.

Likewise, I don't have a lot of tolerance for it, largely due to stupid neighbors, or rather their friend(s) and/or family member(s) who think it's cute to do that rather than just get the heck out of the damn car and go into the house, or just, I dunno, call them and tell them you're there to pick them up instead of acting obnoxious.

One girl will show up and do that at 3am. Talk about lack of respect and consideration for others. An adult son of the woman who lives there (and I guess he lives there too?) told my mother that one is his sister and she does it because she's supposedly "afraid that racoons will get her." Wtf.

Has this really been a life problem for you?

Me... I tend to forget my vehicle even has a horn, it sounds weird to even hear it.

A small grind I was reminded of today...

Yeah, I don't want to sound like I'm being prejudiced or anything, but it really kind of annoys me a little when I see couples (or what ever their relation is) where the woman/women is strictly dressed in traditional conservative stuff (the hair covered, wearing that long black dress or what ever it is) while the guy with them on the other hand is just in regular casual 'American' clothing.

I mean, I'm not hating on how people choose to dress on their own free will, but I find it a bit hypocritical if the women are expected to remain 'traditional' but the guys don't/aren't. Only maybe a couple times have I seen the guys doing likewise.

3/8 - (This stuff needs to stop being work related.) Was trying to wait it out until 7pm to go to break, though I had a bit of a headache and certain families, their uncontrolled kids in particularity, weren't helping and were driving me a bit nuts. However at about 6:50 I catch sight of some guy in his underwear who apparently had no qualms about just trying jeans on right there and forgoing the fitting room entirely. So I just said, Screw it, I'm going to break - NOW. With hopes that they'd all be gone by the time I returned. I don't get paid enough for this.

~~Amaranthus~~ · 03-09-2016, 08:01 AM

Well, I got expelled from school.
F*ck my life.

*Netkeeper* · 03-09-2016, 08:08 AM

What happened?

*Krutch* · 03-09-2016, 10:52 AM

Thems the berries, as they say.

*ProactiveMan* · 03-09-2016, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by IndigoErth

Likewise, I don't have a lot of tolerance for it, largely due to stupid neighbors, or rather their friend(s) and/or family member(s) who think it's cute to do that rather than just get the heck out of the damn car and go into the house, or just, I dunno, call them and tell them you're there to pick them up instead of acting obnoxious.

D’you know that’s illegal where I live. And I quote “You must not use the horn or any other warning instrument on your vehicle, except in
an emergency or to prevent injury to a person or property.”

I explained that to an American guy I was working with a few years ago, and it seemed to really aggravate him. “Don’t tell me it’s because it makes too much noise?! This country has too many rules!” Maybe it does, but that’s one I happen to like.

Funny, because a horn is driving me nuts right now, but it’s not a car horn. There is a building site next door, and the crane driver honks the horn all day long.

*IndigoErth* · 03-09-2016, 09:42 PM

That would be nice. The rules, not the construction worker. I don't even remember if we have any rules about that... if we do, it's sure as heck not upheld.

I think 90% of horn use in this country is basically intended to tell other drivers to F-off; 9.9% to get attention, .1% to prevent accidents.

Grind... looking at the clock thinking I need to head to bed in about an hour (which presently is now 20 min) and suddenly realizing I forgot to get a shower and the hair washed because I won't have time before work tomorrow. And my hair takes forever to dry. >.< (I hate using a hair dryer, that still takes forever anyhow.) I may be using paper towels to help suck some of the water out of it. lol

02-28-2016, 04:23 AM	#5521
Mayhem Foot Elite Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: London, England Posts: 4,076	Sorry to hear that MsMD. Sometimes illnesses takes out the best people __________________ Lie with passion and be forever damned...

02-28-2016, 03:08 PM	#5524
MsMarvelDuckie I Married a Duck! Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: The bowels of Hell, Texas(otherwise known as Decatur) Posts: 8,773	Thanks everyone. Gave him the hug, CKD. On the brighter side, Friday was his birthday and we are having his birthday dinner at Chili's today. __________________ "You IDIOTS! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -from "Spaceballs" "Where Science ends, magic begins." -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491 My various stories and fan-fics are now here- https://m.fanfiction.net/u/4770494/#end

03-01-2016, 07:35 AM	#5525
Utrommaniac Resident overthinker Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: what is going on.......... Posts: 5,318	When I don't eat enough to take my medicine with, and then I get queasy. I'm never sure how much is enough so I can be settled. It's part of why I never ate cereal for breakfast, save for January and early in February, because that would never cut it. __________________ DeviantART

03-02-2016, 12:21 AM	#5526
Jephael That whack job behind you Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Carlisle, Pennsylvania Posts: 8,143	This darn head-cold won't let up. I started out my shift at work ready for action, but by dinner time I was so beat and congested that I could hardly concentrate! __________________ "I like it. Simple, but effective!" Raphael; The Mean Machines - 1988

03-02-2016, 10:33 PM	#5527
MsMarvelDuckie I Married a Duck! Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: The bowels of Hell, Texas(otherwise known as Decatur) Posts: 8,773	Felt tired all day, with a headache, so basically stayed in bed most of the day. Then I went to do my laundry this evening, and before I could take it out of the dryer, the laundry room was locked! They recently made a new rule that it will be closed down at night, and I guess they didn't bother to see if anything was still going before they locked the door. So now all my laundry is stuck in the dryer, including my work clothes! Tried to jimmy the door or use a window, but no luck on either end. Now what?! __________________ "You IDIOTS! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -from "Spaceballs" "Where Science ends, magic begins." -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491 My various stories and fan-fics are now here- https://m.fanfiction.net/u/4770494/#end

03-03-2016, 07:29 PM	#5529
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 16,295	What the hell, Duckie... Did you have work today? I hope it worked out for you if so. Grind... customers with attitudes. Heard some woman say in a huff, "Well I guess I won't be buying any bras today." Wtf? I'm sorry lady, did you see me there busy working on something with the merchandise? (More precisely trying to locate really old items on a long list I was asked to find and pull, and it gives so little detail to go on so it's nearly impossible to figure half of it out so it takes a lot of time and attention paid to what I'm doing.) Did you ever actually come over near to where I was to help accommodate interaction? I mean, if you have a question or want assistance, just frigging ask. I can understand that some people are a little shy about asking for help - I often am too - but anyone who acts huffy like that is not shy. (Overgrown princess just isn't happy that a retail robot isn't functioning to her liking and upgraded with mind reading ability.) I suppose that comment was supposed to make me run over there and ask if you need anything? I'm sorry, but despite any store wanting employees to give good customer service and I do try to do just that, I'm not going to reward that attitude by responding to that like some dog responding to a harsh command. I have things I am doing. If you come within a reasonable speaking distance I will ask you how you are and open that communication if you're afraid to do so. If you ask me for assistance, such as wanting help looking for a certain size, I will be glad to stop what I'm doing, but I am not going to spontaneously hold your hand while you just look at bras when I have another duty I need to take care of. Besides, what were you expecting me to do for you? There are lots of bras, what we have in stock is right there in front of you... you should know your size or able to take an educated guess, so find something you like and try it or a few on! So I really can't see what the attitude would be about. I can only imagine that because you saw me in that department you think I'm somehow a person who only works in that area and am somehow an expert and was supposed to run over to assist you (as if I was just standing around waiting for customers to show up - that's what mattress people do, not me) and... what? Let me guess, offer you a fitting? Is THAT the reason you were somehow impeded from finding a damn bra on a rack in front of you? SORRY, LADY - we don't do fittings. Nor am I "the bra girl," or whatever you think of me as. It's not me failing to offer you service, it's you having an attitude because you're incapable of finding something that's staring you in the face. Because really, who goes to an area of a store with tons of bras and then acts as if it's somehow impossible to buy any today...

03-04-2016, 09:19 PM	#5531
Autbot_Benz Hellblazer Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Ventura California Posts: 9,187	Being attacked on twitter by a few whiny SJW's because I called the new ghostbuster movie a chick flick they are saying my opinion is misogynist Just not a fan of this movie __________________ I respect what FW cartoon did for the turtles franchise but it is the most overrated and hard to watch of the 3 turtles cartoons. Last edited by Autbot_Benz; 03-04-2016 at 10:47 PM.

03-05-2016, 03:47 PM	#5534
Jephael That whack job behind you Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Carlisle, Pennsylvania Posts: 8,143	Car alarms annoy me to no end. Back when I worked at Giant, I'd be out in the parking lot where I'd hear those d@mn things going off constantly!!! Now I can't even stand the sound of somebody honking their horn, which is sad because I used to love that sound as a kid. Just a few minutes ago, I could hear some jack@$$ obnoxiously beating his horn a good 2 dozen times like he was celebrating having just gotten laid or something. __________________ "I like it. Simple, but effective!" Raphael; The Mean Machines - 1988

03-05-2016, 06:50 PM	#5535
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 16,295	God, someone kept hitting their horn while I was sitting at the traffic light waiting to leave the parking lot after work. I don't know if someone had a kid or someone else who was acting or being allowed to act stupid, but they needed to be smacked. Unless this is some urban legend crap and you're trying to alert someone to a killer in their back seat...there was no damn good reason for someone to be doing that while we were sitting at the light. Likewise, I don't have a lot of tolerance for it, largely due to stupid neighbors, or rather their friend(s) and/or family member(s) who think it's cute to do that rather than just get the heck out of the damn car and go into the house, or just, I dunno, call them and tell them you're there to pick them up instead of acting obnoxious. One girl will show up and do that at 3am. Talk about lack of respect and consideration for others. An adult son of the woman who lives there (and I guess he lives there too?) told my mother that one is his sister and she does it because she's supposedly "afraid that racoons will get her." Wtf. Has this really been a life problem for you? Me... I tend to forget my vehicle even has a horn, it sounds weird to even hear it. A small grind I was reminded of today... Yeah, I don't want to sound like I'm being prejudiced or anything, but it really kind of annoys me a little when I see couples (or what ever their relation is) where the woman/women is strictly dressed in traditional conservative stuff (the hair covered, wearing that long black dress or what ever it is) while the guy with them on the other hand is just in regular casual 'American' clothing. I mean, I'm not hating on how people choose to dress on their own free will, but I find it a bit hypocritical if the women are expected to remain 'traditional' but the guys don't/aren't. Only maybe a couple times have I seen the guys doing likewise. 3/8 - (This stuff needs to stop being work related.) Was trying to wait it out until 7pm to go to break, though I had a bit of a headache and certain families, their uncontrolled kids in particularity, weren't helping and were driving me a bit nuts. However at about 6:50 I catch sight of some guy in his underwear who apparently had no qualms about just trying jeans on right there and forgoing the fitting room entirely. So I just said, Screw it, I'm going to break - NOW. With hopes that they'd all be gone by the time I returned. I don't get paid enough for this. Last edited by IndigoErth; 03-08-2016 at 09:00 PM.

03-09-2016, 08:01 AM	#5536
~~Amaranthus~~ Banned Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: West-Flanders, Belgium Posts: 1,815	Well, I got expelled from school. F*ck my life.

03-09-2016, 08:08 AM	#5537
Netkeeper tactical blackquill Join Date: May 2014 Location: Texas, but not for much longer Posts: 3,645	What happened? __________________

03-09-2016, 10:52 AM	#5538
Krutch Like, stupid rich. Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Rawkzone Posts: 2,808	Thems the berries, as they say. Last edited by Krutch; 03-09-2016 at 02:48 PM.

03-09-2016, 09:42 PM	#5540
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 16,295	That would be nice. The rules, not the construction worker. I don't even remember if we have any rules about that... if we do, it's sure as heck not upheld. I think 90% of horn use in this country is basically intended to tell other drivers to F-off; 9.9% to get attention, .1% to prevent accidents. Grind... looking at the clock thinking I need to head to bed in about an hour (which presently is now 20 min) and suddenly realizing I forgot to get a shower and the hair washed because I won't have time before work tomorrow. And my hair takes forever to dry. >.< (I hate using a hair dryer, that still takes forever anyhow.) I may be using paper towels to help suck some of the water out of it. lol