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Pet Peeves v. 5.0

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Mariposa said:
With reference specifically to Safeway: along with the obvious discounts associated with the club card, there is also a program where if you buy 7 deli sandwiches, your 8th will be free. The card tracks it automatically, and when you buy a sandwich, the receipt shows how many you have bought already.
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I've gotten a free sandwich this way:)

I get really peeved when I KNOW someone is keeping a secret and they think they're sneaky when I know but can't say anything............or choose not to b/c I'd rather people just be upfront with me. (Okay, so maybe the issue is dishonesty :))


-When someone goes to the bathroom and doesn't wash their hands. Gross.
 
Pet peeves:

1) Is there anything more annoying than when, in the course of plunging the toilet, the plunger tip becomes inside out and then sprays nasty shitty water all over the place when it unexpectedly snaps back to its normal form ????

1A) Oh wait, there is something more annoying - The toilet gets clogged from a previous shit that can't be seen because it is deep in the system,so you only become aware of it when you next use the toilet. If that happens to be another deuce, then you have to plunge the toilet while dodging the new log rolling around in there, which is no easy task!!!

And then of course, the NEW log is still there after the unclog, so I flush the toilet - AND THE NEW LOG CLOGS THE FUCKING TOILET AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!

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Can't they make better toilets !??????????

2) When I receive my EOB (Explanation of Benefits form) from my health insurance company, they include 4 pages, even though only page 1 has real information on it. The other three just have standard information they include with every EOB. WHY !??????? Are three extra pages of NOTHING really necessary?

3) Police officers. 'nuff said.

4) I had one more but I forgot it. Maybe It will come back to me.
 
You've got to be fucking kidding me

Is the entire world stupid, ignorant, or otherwise incompetent???? Why is it that when people and businesses constantly fuck things up, those who were inconvenienced in the first place now have to spend an inordinate amount of time fixing the problem, often making it not worth their while to even bother?

If the laundry machine overcharges you, your only recourse is to call the company and complain, which will likely get nowhere, and even if it did, why bother with all the hassle for only a few bucks? You've got to be fucking kidding me!! :X:X:X

The other day I was thrown out of a bar, and as an added bonus, they added an unauthorized three dollar tip after I was tossed!! That's some gall right there. So of course, I need to waste time filling out paperwork, and there's no recourse for the bar, they'll just have the extra three dollars removed. What's the incentive for them to stop doing something like that? nothing. Most people wouldn't even notice, and even fewer would bother to go to the bank to get it taken care of! You've got to be fucking kidding me!!! :X:X:X

To make matters worse, the banker then said I would need to get a new card with a new number, since this was considered an "unauthorized use of card." What!?? WHAT !???????? Because of their fraudulent action, I now need to change my card information with numerous online merchants, causing me tons of extra work!??? You've got to be fucking kidding me!!!! :X:X:X

So then I go to the apartment management complex on an unrelated heating issue. They've been here many times in a vain attempt to fix the heat to the bedrooms. It is 60 degrees in the bedrooms even though the thermostat says 75 degrees. I explained that I was tired of sleeping in a 60 degrees room and that there was little point in maintenance continuing to spend man-hours unsuccessfully fixing a problem, and so I decided to buy a 40 dollar space heater. I asked for a $40 credit on the rent, since the heating issue is their responsibility to fix, and they haven't done so. I was told I would NOT be given a credit, but that maintenance would be over right away to "fix the problem."

AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!! :X:X They have failed repeatedly to fix the problem. I have already been inconvenienced for hours on end because of this and will pay extra money for electricity each month. And you can't give me a $40 credit on the rent? You've got to be fucking kidding me!!!! :X:X

Today a T-shirt arrived. They offered S , M , L , XL , and 2XL. I figured, "I guess medium is my size." The shirt is fucking enormous!!!!! Does this look like a medium !??????? It is 28 inches long, 20 inches wide, and the sleeves are 7.5 inches wide at the end and 9 inches wide at the shoulder. WTF !????????

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Are there so many fat people in this country that a 5'8'' 165 pound male needs to wear a SMALL !????? What the fuck do people wear if they are 5 foot 3? This Shirt is NOT a medium! You've got to be fucking kidding me!!! :X:X
 
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Most of that stuff is just a nuisance. Yea, its super annoying and ridiculous, but theres not much you can do about it. I understand your pain on the clothing thing, I'm tiny and generally wear XS if I can find it, but I can fit into a S if I have to, however most places dont offer XS and clothes are getting bigger and bigger, so there have been times where even an XS had to realistically be more like a M. Just because there are so many fat people doesnt mean EVERYONE is fat, they need to make clothes normal size again.

Anyway, I've strayed from my point. Yes, most of that is annoying and there isnt much you can do about it, but there should be something you can do about that bar ILLEGALLY charging your card. I know it was only $3, but whos to say they havent done it before? The amount should not matter, they need to know that they cant do that. I dont know if you'd want to spend the time taking it further, but you could pursue legal action against them. There have been scammers who started out stealing small amounts, less than $1, but ended up in prison and the amounts they stole totaled in the hundreds of thousands, from thousands of people. Its definitely worth looking in to. I doubt the bar has some scam conspiracy going, but you get my point.
 
fizzle said:
Most of that stuff is just a nuisance. Yea, its super annoying and ridiculous, but theres not much you can do about it. I understand your pain on the clothing thing, I'm tiny and generally wear XS if I can find it, but I can fit into a S if I have to, however most places dont offer XS and clothes are getting bigger and bigger, so there have been times where even an XS had to realistically be more like a M. Just because there are so many fat people doesnt mean EVERYONE is fat, they need to make clothes normal size again.

Anyway, I've strayed from my point. Yes, most of that is annoying and there isnt much you can do about it, but there should be something you can do about that bar ILLEGALLY charging your card. I know it was only $3, but whos to say they havent done it before? The amount should not matter, they need to know that they cant do that. I dont know if you'd want to spend the time taking it further, but you could pursue legal action against them. There have been scammers who started out stealing small amounts, less than $1, but ended up in prison and the amounts they stole totaled in the hundreds of thousands, from thousands of people. Its definitely worth looking in to. I doubt the bar has some scam conspiracy going, but you get my point.
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I agree completely. When I was at the bank, I said, "This isn't about the $3, there should be some recourse for this blatantly fraudulent action. Otherwise, what's to deter them from doing this all the time? Most people probably don't even notifce and even fewer people would care enough to do anything."

I think she agreed with me in principle but didn't say anything about actually doing anything about it. At the very least, the entire charge should be invalidated.
 
On another note:

The phrase "No Problem" is really stupid and needs to be eliminated. Where did this nonsense come from? I mean, who said anything about a problem? We're just having a conversation! I know it's used colloquially, but still, can't we come up with a better phrase?

Oh, wait, we have one, it's called "You're welcome," as in:

Person 1: "Thanks!"

Person 2: "You're welcome"

Also acceptable: "Anytime," or "Happy to help out," or anything else.

Not acceptable:

Person 1: "Thanks."

Person 2: "No problem"

OF COURSE THERE"S NO FUCKING PROBLEM, If there were, I wouldn't be THANKING you, I'd be tearing you a new one for being a fucking tool and causing a problem !!!!!!!!!
 
Fjones said:
Is the entire world stupid, ignorant, or otherwise incompetent????
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Yes.

Fjones said:
Are there so many fat people in this country that a 5'8'' 165 pound male needs to wear a SMALL !????? What the fuck do people wear if they are 5 foot 3? This Shirt is NOT a medium! You've got to be fucking kidding me!!! :X:X
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And yes.

My best friend bought her brother a t-shirt from an American website a few weeks ago and ordered a XXL because that's what size he is in Australian sizes.
The t-shirt arrived and it's like a fucking QUEEN-SIZED BLANKET!!! It is absolutely humungous!! The medium probably would've fitted him! And he's a large-ish man, as I said an Australian XXL usually fits him.

Fuckin crazy.
 
One day I'd like to wave a magic wand and be able to go through a 24 hour period as a moron. They say ignorance is bliss, right? Imagine how wonderful it would be to go through an entire day without encountering someone dumber than I. It would be paradise!! Sure, things might not make sense and I might be confused at times, but for one day, it would be worth it.
 
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^...or when a member of your family doesn't put the lid back on said ketchup bottle & you are the first to shake it :X

My kitchen has looked like a scene from Dexter because I never checked the lid first :(
 
I've even done it with diluting juice like Ribena before. It was definitely a low point cleaning that shit up :D
 
1) People that don't know how medians work when driving. There is a large grass median in the middle of both lanes that is wide enough to fit a car so that you can stop in the middle if need be. Instead of having to make sure both directions are clear when crossing the street, you can just make sure one is clear and then stop in the median to look if the next lane your crossing is clear. People see me stopped there and freak out, usually resulting in dirty looks and/or them completely coming to a halt as if i'm about to rush out in front of their car. Get a fucking clue you hummer piece of poo

2) Drug tests really peeve me out. Im on probation for doing stupid stuff whilst under the influence of alcohol- yet the only drug i can continue to use happens to be alcohol. Weed stays in your goddamn system for goddamn weeks while alcohol is peed out within 24 hours. (unless you get an Etg) So yes, this pisses me the hell off. I can drink myself into a delirium and pass my tests with flying colors, but i can't smoke god's gift to man? I hate the system
 
Psyke said:
1) People that don't know how medians work when driving. There is a large grass median in the middle of both lanes that is wide enough to fit a car so that you can stop in the middle if need be. Instead of having to make sure both directions are clear when crossing the street, you can just make sure one is clear and then stop in the median to look if the next lane your crossing is clear. People see me stopped there and freak out, usually resulting in dirty looks and/or them completely coming to a halt as if i'm about to rush out in front of their car. Get a fucking clue you hummer piece of poo
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Medians are there as a safety device, to separate traffic moving in opposite directions and prevent head on collisions. If a car ends up on the median due to human error and you happen to be standing there, game over. You probably get dirty looks because there's a pedestrian crossing 20 meters away. =D
 
Pet Peeve of the week: London airports. This is going to turn into a long rant and I apologize but I have to write out everything because it's just ridiculous.

I was originally supposed to fly back to Boston from London on the 19th. Because my semester ended 3 weeks before my flight home, I decided to travel around Europe. The last place I went was Salzburg and I had a flight to London from there scheduled for the 18th. Go to the airport that day and find my flight has been cancelled and they are changing people's flights for the next day. I ask if there's any way I can get a flight back the same day because I'm supposed to be going back to the States tomorrow. I'm told there's a flight from Munich to London that hasn't been cancelled for later that day. So I buy a train ticket for 40 euro to Munich only to find out that flight has been cancelled. I'm also told there are no more easyjet flights back for the next day (19th) because everyone has rescheduled. Fine, I book a flight back to London for the 19th with another more expensive airline and have to change my flight home to Boston to the 22nd.

Got a hotel, spent the night in Munich, next morning go to the airport and find out that flight has been cancelled too! I say, fuck this, 3 flight cancellations in 24 hours is too much for me, and decide to take the train. This means I have to go from Munich to Stuttgart, then to Paris, and then to London. Get a train ticket to Stuttgart (which was 54 euro). Now at Stuttgart I try to buy tickets back to London, and I'm told because everyone is trying to take the train I would have to leave for Paris the next day (20th) and then to London on the 21st. My flight home is not until the 22nd so that is fine. It's 286 euro and I have a spending limit on my card so I tell her I will need to call my mom and give her my mom's credit card info. She says that's fine, but then when I hand the phone over to her she tells me she can't do that, I need to have the card in hand or have cash. Well I can't pay with my card and don't have any cash, she says well you can't take the train then.

So now I'm stranded in Stuttgart. End up finding a flight for the 20th, that will leave at 6:30am to Dusseldorf, then I have to chill in Dusseldorf for 8 hours and take a flight at 3pm back to London. Spent the night in the Stuttgart airport which sucked, but finally eventually get back to England. Upon arriving I notice that there is about 5 INCHES OF SNOW. Really, London?? This is why I was stranded in Germany for 2 days, because of this small amount of snow? I just found out my flight back home for today at 11am was cancelled, but managed to book a flight for later tonight. I am praying this flight isn't cancelled because I really don't want to miss Christmas. But it's not even snowing, it hasn't snowed since I arrived on the 20th. Why are they still cancelling all these flights? Fuck Heathrow, fuck Gatwick.
 
So really, your peeve is about weather?? ;)

Sorry, not trying to make light of your situation because it absolutely SUCKS!!
I've heard heaps about the flight delays and cancellations as well but I'm sure there's a good reason for it...even though 5 inches of snow sounds ridiculous.

And hey, would you prefer to be on the ground waiting and safe, or up in the air on a plane whose gear is still frozen and fails or something??

Hope you get home as soon as humanly possible <3
 
amazon.com. they not only won't ship half my xmas order until the end of january, they neglect to give me this vital info until it's entirely too late to mail order from somewhere else. i live on a sparsely populated island, so my local shopping options are limited to nonexistant.. thanks, amazon, you SCREWED SANTA!!
 
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