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Pet Peeves v. u mad?

Sometimes it can take too long to get a reply on certain forums but most of the time bluelight is fine and i'm happy to be a member! :)
it took you 13 days to respond to this thread: http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/threads/...ggles-quot?p=11214666&viewfull=1#post11214666

5 days to respond to this one: http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/threads/659827-The-Future-of-Drugs?p=11214651&viewfull=1#post11214651

is that unfair? probably... but if you feel that replies on bl take took long then i invite you to consider mr. gandhi's famous words: "you must be the change you wish to see in the world"

welcome to bluelight.

alasdair
 
^ bingo. Lots of other sections are still doing it out of habit, or simply a want to do so. SO moderation decided to forego it for the time being and see how it worked out. No issues thus far so to speak of.
 
People who sit next you on the bus, and insist on making small talk. Even when I've (politely) made it clear that I don't want to talk.
 
an so mod just made the 1018 post.... you guys really dont close/ restart threads in SO huh?.... and yes i am uptight i guess

Closing threads at 1k is a preference rather than a steadfast rule. If users put forth a solid & logical rationale as to why threads should be restarted at 1k, then we might consider it. Maybe.

Probably not, but who knows.
 
I seriously cant stand people who say they are leaving and then proceed fo linger about for like ten minutes after the fact.
 
In the United States a valid drivers license is not a good enough form of ID for Government purposes! No for social services or the BMV I need a birth certificate or passport.... why is a slip of paper given to me 23 years ago more proof than a gov issue photo drivers license/id
 
People who sit next you on the bus, and insist on making small talk. Even when I've (politely) made it clear that I don't want to talk.

"I'd love to chit-chat, but I'm on day two of cold turkey heroin withdrawal right now, and too much talking might make me throw up and/or shit myself. Not that I'm not willing to take the risk, since you seem like a person I'd love to get to know. I just wanted to warn you in case...hope you like Mexican, I had it over the course of the night. Can I borrow ten bucks?"


In the United States a valid drivers license is not a good enough form of ID for Government purposes! No for social services or the BMV I need a birth certificate or passport.... why is a slip of paper given to me 23 years ago more proof than a gov issue photo drivers license/id


Some places in the States won't accept a passport as a valid form of ID (such as to buy smokes or drinks). The reason I always heard was that the stores didn't get the technology needed to swipe passports to for authentication (but they did for state-issued IDs). Haha, my favourite time was when I just had my passport and they wouldn't sell me cigarettes since I couldn't show a state ID. I asked what I would do if I was a tourist from overseas and the girls kinda looked at each other and agreed that a passport would be sufficient there. WTF?

And then the time that I had a job that involved selling alcohol and this dude wanted to use his conceal and carry permit for ID. We couldn't let him, and he COMPLETELY LOST IT. It sounds like I'm making it up, but he wanted to buy a case of Budweiser to drink on July 4th...I was like "man, it's just store policy, I'm not questioning your relationship with your country..." and he went on about a fifteen minute rampage before having to be escorted to his vehicle (surprisingly enough was a Japanese sportscar).




I really cannot stand the word WHOOPS. So god-damn obnoxious. "Oops" already kinda bothers me, but "whoops" is "oops" on steroids. A choice word too for those troubled people who seem to like to go out out of their ways to create situations in which they can use their choice word(s).

I swear every single female in my extended family seems to get some type of gratification out of the use of this word, as if the uncomfortable/inconvenient/difficult/weird/fucked-up situations that, in their minds, beg its use are worth it just so that they can exclaim "WHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOPS!" (enough Os to impersonate every train in the world twice, probably getting headaches by how hard they press the lips together for the P when it comes....) as we nearly collide entering/exiting the kitchen or whatever it might be. That half-second after the event occurs before it's exclaimed is the worst. When ya know it's coming, see the lips changing shape, the eyes lighting up...

I'll know if any of my family members are BLers when I see them complaining in here about a family member who does not want to stop saying "If you don't stop saying 'Whoops,' I am going to strangle you. Intentionally. Like without any whoops" too many times.
 
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Some places in the States won't accept a passport as a valid form of ID (such as to buy smokes or drinks). The reason I always heard was that the stores didn't get the technology needed to swipe passports to for authentication (but they did for state-issued IDs). Haha, my favourite time was when I just had my passport and they wouldn't sell me cigarettes since I couldn't show a state ID. I asked what I would do if I was a tourist from overseas and the girls kinda looked at each other and agreed that a passport would be sufficient there. WTF?

And then the time that I had a job that involved selling alcohol and this dude wanted to use his conceal and carry permit for ID. We couldn't let him, and he COMPLETELY LOST IT.
I once tried buying cigarettes with a two-day expired drivers license and a temporary paper license... They would not let me. I got fairly pissy, and that's putting it lightly...

"Whoops" bugs me, too, but not as much as it does you. Whoops, no rhyme intended there! ;D



Not sure if this has been covered in here before, but when people say they're going to talk to you at some point. Should be talk with you, assuming you're coherent enough to listen and reply. ;) Speaking to someone implies, in my opinion, that someone either cannot reply or needs a one-way/one-sided conversation (a lecture or a "talking to").
 
people who don't wash their hands after using the restroom, especially after taking a duce please do us all a favor. also can't stand it when people cough and sneeze into their hands. grimyy.
 
^ I hate that! Especially when they are in some type of service job. A couple months ago, I ordered a coffee, and the whole time he was making it, the dude was coughing on his hands, and wiping his nose. So he goes to hand me the coffee, and I'm like, "no, thanks" and he acts like I'm the one being rude. Sheesh!
 
woman who i don't know, but since they work the cash register or something think that it's okay to call me hun, or sweetie, etc
 
^ I too agree it's a little disturbing when people working with the public use terms of endearment towards customers / whoever. Professionalism, ya know sweet cheeks?! ;)
 
people who don't wash their hands after using the restroom, especially after taking a duce please do us all a favor. also can't stand it when people cough and sneeze into their hands. grimyy.

^ I hate that! Especially when they are in some type of service job. A couple months ago, I ordered a coffee, and the whole time he was making it, the dude was coughing on his hands, and wiping his nose. So he goes to hand me the coffee, and I'm like, "no, thanks" and he acts like I'm the one being rude. Sheesh!

woman who i don't know, but since they work the cash register or something think that it's okay to call me hun, or sweetie, etc

thats funny China Rider I couldve sworn it was you that said you never washed your hands
 
people who stand at the check out in trader joes and just watch the cashier ring up all their goods, then stand and watch him/her bag them.

too good to bag your own groceries?

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alasdair
 
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