What Grinds Your Gears? :)

[pennydreadful]

More gear grinds:

Aggressive drivers.

Buying a packet of chips and then opening it to find that it's half full of air.

Dyeing your hair a really fabulous colour and then having most of it wash out after the first shampoo.

Seeing clothes you loooove but then you realise that they don't have them in Size You.

Talking to phone companies about line faults.

[Metalwolf]

Originally Posted by pennydreadful

Seeing clothes you loooove but then you realise that they don't have them in Size You.

This I can definitely agree on. I'll also add my gear grind in this vein: It being so hard to find women's clothes in thrift shops that aren't Misses, Plus, or XL.

Also, the way Disney canceled Star Wars: Clone Wars. There was so much, SO MUCH episodes and stuff remaining that they still had intended to develop for that show. Why Disney, why?

[pennydreadful]

Originally Posted by Metalwolf

This I can definitely agree on. I'll also add my gear grind in this vein: It being so hard to find women's clothes in thrift shops that aren't Misses, Plus, or XL.

Also, the way Disney canceled Star Wars: Clone Wars. There was so much, SO MUCH episodes and stuff remaining that they still had intended to develop for that show. Why Disney, why?

Ooooh, you just made me think of another pet bugbear of mine related to clothes-shopping: I don't know if this is just specific to where I live, but trying to find a pair of jeans which aren't the skinny-leg type grinds my gears something chronic. It's like your only choices are skinny-leg jeans, fugly "boyfriend jeans" or high-waist indigo "Mom"-style jeans with camel toe.

Also mirrors in fitting rooms grind my gears. I swear those things were designed by a sadist, just to make everybody's butts and noses look big. I basically know all of my measurements off by heart and will guestimate sizes just so I don't have to go into fitting rooms and emerge clutching the tattered shreds of my self esteem, a mere shell of the human being that I was before walking in there.

And since we're ragging on Disney, I'll give them another gear-grinding point for cancelling Gargoyles - arguably the most intelligent show that they ever did.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

My current gear-grinder is my boss annoying the heck out of me today by trying to shove wadded up receipts in my ear, poking me, and then when I ask him to stop, he just says "sorry" and then keeps doing it. Also, night crew not doing their D*MN JOB!! Seriously. I walked into the store to find that nothing had been stocked, almost no prep had been done, coffee wasn't made, and the eating area was a mess, and the trash cans were FULL. Seriously??!! Ugh, and this is in a 24hr restaurant! Our night crew apparently had better things to do than get he store ready for morning business. Not even any hash browns in the cooler by the fryer. No creamer for the coffee, over-stuffed the apple packets (but didn't stock ANYTHING else) etc..... And when I opened up the drive-thru back window, there were only three 5$'s. And the rest was in ones. Really? And I'm supposed to make change with this??!! Idiots.....

I'm not even a manager, and I wanted to fire some people.

[Sage Ninja]

you know what kind of bothers me? When family member puts a huge ass tree or a bush on a grave of a loved one.

My paternal grandparents have two mini trees on either side of their grave stone and over the years it has just gotten bigger and bigger and is starting to obscure the grave stone with it's branches. Even when some maintenance is done it is still just a pair of huge ass trees. I know some people like putting shrubs and bushes or trees on their loved ones grave site but I never have, for this very reason. And it is not like you can just yank it out of there because another family member planted it so you have to be respectful of that. But I wish before someone puts a plant that can grow into a family members grave that they consult other family members before doing it.

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

Seriously guys, I'm getting scared here. Every few days, when I'm sat at the computer, I sometimes here a female voice say 'Zoso'. 'Zoso' is the fan given name to Led Zeppelin's fourth Album, in case you didn't know. It's really starting to creep me out alot. I don't know why it's happening, or even what's causing it.

[blindturtle02]

Sorry about your insane boss, Duckie. Sounds like someone some of the little kids I've had to work with! Now that's pretty sad.

PD and Metalwolf, hear ya about Disney canceling CW and Gargoyles. We're nearing the end of Gargoyles and my better half says it has just flown by. Still have about 26 episodes left in season 2. And yeah, mirrors in dressing-rooms creep me out. Don't know why, but they do. The fact that there are no locks on those doors is also a little disconcerting.

[pennydreadful]

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

My current gear-grinder is my boss annoying the heck out of me today by trying to shove wadded up receipts in my ear, poking me, and then when I ask him to stop, he just says "sorry" and then keeps doing it. Also, night crew not doing their D*MN JOB!! Seriously. I walked into the store to find that nothing had been stocked, almost no prep had been done, coffee wasn't made, and the eating area was a mess, and the trash cans were FULL. Seriously??!! Ugh, and this is in a 24hr restaurant! Our night crew apparently had better things to do than get he store ready for morning business. Not even any hash browns in the cooler by the fryer. No creamer for the coffee, over-stuffed the apple packets (but didn't stock ANYTHING else) etc..... And when I opened up the drive-thru back window, there were only three 5$'s. And the rest was in ones. Really? And I'm supposed to make change with this??!! Idiots.....

I'm not even a manager, and I wanted to fire some people.

Co-irkers and annoying bosses are the worst... I don't think I could control my temper if someone started invading my personal space like that; I'd end up kicking him in the shin.

[electric_sheep]

Feminism...
It doesen't work, everything wrong with it is in it's name...

[pennydreadful]

Dandruff grinds my gears. Of all the useless, undignified and irritating functions of the human body, it is one of the worst.

[Netkeeper]

I hate it too. Luckily my dad brings home free dandruff shampoo for me occasionally; he works maintenance at a motel and people leave things in their rooms a lot so he gets to take stuff home.

EDIT: It's not stealing, though I know I worded the post badly so it seems like it. No, it's the stuff that doesn't get claimed from the lost and found that gets taken home.

[BubblyShell22]

Yeah, I hate dandruff, too. It usually happens after I've been using a shampoo for too long and that's usually when I have to switch and use something different. So annoying. I used to get teased in school because of it, and it was always so frustrating.

[Icebot]

I was at a party last night and the music there was playing really loud. It was so loud, it made it difficult for me to talk to people there. At times, I couldn't even hear myself talk, I'm surprised the person I talked to heard me. I was really looking forward to seeing old friends but the loud music made it more of a hassle for me. I even lied to them cause I felt overpowered.

This also happened to me at my high school reunion a couple years ago. I ignored someone who tried to see me because of the loud music. I'm supposed to have another high school reunion this year. I'm just gonna tell the person who planned it you better not have loud music or I'm not going, you're very inconsiderate about the loud noise.

I'm really upset about this.

[Kanon]

The weather here is horrible!
Warm, Cold, Warm, Cold....... it changes everyday!
If you guys ever wanted to go to Germany, do it in Winter. It´s almost steady then.
I´m getting headaches from this s**t.

[blindturtle02]

Icebot, hear ya about the music at reunions and such. I'm not really sure how you're supposed to catch up with old friends in the midst of all that. My better half and I don't party because it's usually so loud. She went to around one in college and said she got bored with it pretty quick. I've never gone to any myself and wonder if I'm actually missing out very much. Some folks really seem like they enjoy that scene and more power to them. I guess I'm more for conversing with folks.

Sorry about the weather, Kanon. It's been like that here too! Well, now it's just hot. It did cool off a few eeeks ago and a tun of teachers got sick. All kinds of bugs going around due to this crazy weather.

Pennydreadful, kicking annoying bosses in the shins sounds delightful. If only a neuralizer from MIB existed so people could get away with that. Duckie, sounds like you could use one of those.

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

I've found that my interent has been very unpredictable recently. it keeps going off at random times.

Also, my shoulder has been aching and hurting all day.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Originally Posted by blindturtle02

If only a neuralizer from MIB existed so people could get away with that. Duckie, sounds like you could use one of those.

Ah, if ONLY..... Actually, I was joking with one of my co-workers about using our junk touch-screen monitors (they are so SLOW I could write the order by hand before it would show up on the screen!) to beat him over the head because he was being a pain again today. She's a manager, too, so that made it even more ironic. Nearly everyone at our store gets rather annoyed with him, as he tries to micro-manage everything by jumping in when things don't move as fast as he wants, and usually just ends up getting in the way. Even though we've ALL complained about needing new equipment, (Seriously- the motor in the blender portion of our smoothie/frappe machine is now kaput) the problems with scheduling, (Once again, I got shafted today when two other people who came in an hour or more AFTER me went home at 1, and yet I was left in the back until a half-hour later, even though I was ALSO scheduled to be off at that time!) and the general lack of decent communication. It's a mess. I'm seriously considering leaving.

[pennydreadful]

Netkeeper and Bubbly - I've got a great shampoo for it, but I dye my hair and anti-dandruff shampoo is absolute hell for stripping the colour out. First-world problems.

Originally Posted by whatswiththeheadbands?

I've found that my interent has been very unpredictable recently. it keeps going off at random times.

Also, my shoulder has been aching and hurting all day.

I'd be more upset about the internet personally, but that's cuz my priorities are totally skewed... hope your shoulder feels better though!

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

I'm seriously considering leaving.

Sorry to hear that work's grinding your gears - and bosses who micromanage are utterly infuriating; mine does that too and it definitely tests the patience. Try to do something nice for yourself when you're not at work to balance out the suck somewhat - I do that when work's bugging me and sometimes it helps. Tonight, I'm going to put on a mud-mask and marathon old episodes of Teen Mom (or possibly My Little Pony Season 4). If that doesn't make me feel better about myself, nothing will!

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Oh, I do, believe me! In fact, when I finally got off today, my hubby texted me to remind me to pick up a few things, and when I told him I was coming home, he said he'd fix me a bubble bath. It was quite a pleasant way to relax after a trying day.

[pennydreadful]

Ah, you've got that man of yours well-trained. Good to hear.