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Post by Sir Trevor on Aug 25, 2006 11:09:41 GMT -5
The idea for this thread comes from being agrivated at someone elses stupidity yet again today. Why is it, when people go to the drive-thru at the bank. After they get their money or whatever, and they go to put that tube back, they hit the 'send' button before they leave? They don't need it back! If they are busy, you can sit there for a while waiting for them to send it back to you. So you can actually use it!
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Post by Simon De Montfort on Aug 25, 2006 18:20:05 GMT -5
There is no cure for stupid.
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Post by Kayenne on Aug 25, 2006 20:12:42 GMT -5
Ignorance is curable, stupidity is terminal.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Aug 25, 2006 22:43:01 GMT -5
Not entirely true, Jasmine my dear. For if stupidity were terminal there would be a WHOLE LOT more dead people then there are. Though there are some just stupid enough to win the Darwin Award, thus taking themselves out of the gene pool. To bad more don't.
Trevor my friend I do believe you have started an interesting topic here. Before I throw my two cents in, let me preface this by saying that as I have gotten older I find my personality is becoming a combination of Archie Bunker, George Jefferson, and Fred Sanford. By that I mean I don't suffer fools well! I believe this is a byproduct of aging as I am old enough to remember when things worked as they should.
SO! What ticks me off? Damn near everything anymore! But I will only list a couple at this time. Rest assured I will add more later as the world P***es me off!
Let start with my favorite: Automotive engineers. Here is a group who manage to land some cushy job in Detroit, Tokyo, or wherever, probably paying a 100 grand a year or better who think they have to reinvent the wheel every 6 months! They take something that has worked for years and make it "New and Improved!" Yeah, right! Case in point: I'm working on building Bunnies new Astro Van at this time. Now for many countless years you had only ONE transmission mount located on the rear of the transmission. Till some smart ass thought the Astro should have THREE! ( can you say redundant boys and girls?) Of course TWO of them are a dealer only item.
Customer service, or lack thereof: My cable TV went out tonight, for the second time in a week! And when you call the 800 customer service line all you get is a RECORDING telling you to leave your name, phone and account number and someone will get back to you. Yeah sure. I'm still waiting for them to get back to me from the time I called them last week. On a happier note, the cable did come back in time to catch Stargate tonight.
Well, I'm sure you've heard enough of my diatribe for now, so I will call it a night and do more later. HANK.
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Post by Xian Jung on Aug 26, 2006 11:19:44 GMT -5
well, right now my parents, i am currently home-less because of them and now i need to find a place, if anyone could help that would be greatly appreciated for i have no place to stay as of right now
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Post by yodaturk on Aug 26, 2006 12:40:08 GMT -5
People who blame others for a situation they helped create themselves and then think others should solve it instead of them. I have done this in my youth and my parents were "willing" to allow me to work my way out of it.
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Post by Xian Jung on Aug 26, 2006 14:33:09 GMT -5
no offense to you but they have done this several times before, i agree that its is partially my fault for creating this situation but my parents are unwilling to help me find a way out of it
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Post by tomnaboley on Aug 28, 2006 20:06:15 GMT -5
I have a couple of items that "bug" me or "tick me off."
It really bugs me when people ask each other "where you at?" They should properly say, "Where are you?" or , "Where are you located?" I will even accept "Where are you now?" ..........."Where you at" just bugs me.
My second rant: Why on the freeway are drivers so afraid to pass up the "big trucks" or 18 wheelers? Don't they know that if you stay beside an 18 wheeler and it blows one of their back tires, 9 out of 10 times it will also hit the car? The car will fit past the truck. If you won't pass up the big truck, stay behind it in the slow lane and let other cars go by.
O'K, so maybe they didn't know about the whole tire thing....now they do.
Thanks for letting me rant......Kat
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Post by Sir Trevor on Aug 28, 2006 20:54:59 GMT -5
I am right there with you about drivers on the freeway. It's not just big trucks though. Some people seem to be afraid to pass. Though they have no problem pulling out into the fast lane and becoming a moving roadblock.
Part of the problem is, that most drivers are pretty much oblivious to other drivers on the road. They don't care that they are impeeding traffic. as long as they can do what they want to do.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Aug 28, 2006 22:28:12 GMT -5
Tomnaboley is right about the tire thing. Speaking as a truck driver (25 years worth) those tires are inflated to over 100 psi. if one of them blows out and you are along side in one of these little plastic shit boxes that pass for automobiles these days you will pretty much be wiped out. So either pass, or drop back, but don't run along side anymore then you have to, because you will DIE!! As if a blowout isn't bad enough, you are also in a BLIND SPOT! so if I change lanes I may not even hear the sound of plastic crunching under the wheels
The biggest problem is: 90% of drivers have rudimentary driving skills at best. Put them on the Autobahn in Germany, they wouldn't last the day.
Now then! As to your other gripe of "Where you at?" If that upsets you, you must have a very trouble free life. Like the man said, "Don't sweat the small stuff" Just think of it as verbal shorthand. Kinda like "wuz up? HANK.
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Post by tomnaboley on Aug 28, 2006 22:28:55 GMT -5
That is so true!
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Post by tomnaboley on Aug 28, 2006 22:32:39 GMT -5
The "Where you at" bug comes from me being and ex-english teacher. My husband uses it all the time just to drive me nuts. :-)
(My husband is also a long haul truck driver.) I learned to follow the back sign on trucks that says "If you can't see my mirrors, then I can't see you."
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Aug 28, 2006 22:53:23 GMT -5
Should of figured you to be a school teacher.Yeah, the language does get butchered a bit these days, but it probably did in Shakespeare's time also. If your hubby is a trucker I can see why he says "where ya at." a lot of shorthand is used on the CB radio as you are kinda busy steering the truck and shifting gears and checking your mirrors and doing a myriad of other things all at once, like trying to listen to a staticky CB radio to get some needed information. HANK.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Aug 28, 2006 23:07:39 GMT -5
Another thing that "Ticks me Off" is gas station personal too stupid or too lazy to do their job. Happened to me again today. I pulled into a station in Ravenna to fill up. I hit the button on the pump that said "pay inside" as after I fueled up I was going to go in an grab a snack. Well, I'm waiting, and waiting, and waiting while the screen displays "waiting for authorization" Good Lord people, all ya have to do is push a button. Are ya too lazy to do that? I finally said "ta hell with it" hung up the hose and drove off. Obviously they don't want to sell any gas. Glad I did too. The next station I stopped at was 6 cents cheaper anyway. HANK.
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Post by Sir Trevor on Aug 29, 2006 7:10:03 GMT -5
The biggest problem is: 90% of drivers have rudimentary driving skills at best. Put them on the Autobahn in Germany, they wouldn't last the day. Actually I don't think it is a lack of driving skills. The problem is more a lack of awareness of what is going on around them. They are oblivios to the fact that someone is even trying to pass not only the vehicle they are passing, but them as well. Very few people pay attention to anything that isn't directly in front of them any more. I see it all the time. IF you see someone coming up fast behind you, let off the gas a little and wait to slide into the passing lane until they have gone past. Watch not only the tail lights of the car in front of you, but also the car ahead of that, and if possible, the one in front of that. If one of them hits their brakes, the guy in front of you will as well, so better to be prepaired for it. Use your turn signals! They are there to let people around you know what you are going to do. IF you are doing 50 down a road with someone behind you, hit your signal a little early and let them know they are going to need to slow down when you do. Even if you are in a standard, and can downshift and use the engine to slow yourself, hit you brakes also. Nothing drives me crazier than people who suddenly slow without ever touching their brakes. Not such a problem anymore, but if your car does not have automatic lights, turn them on when it is raining, or at dusk and dawn. Even if you can still see where you are going, making yourself easier for others to see is a good idea (still trying to get that one through my wife's head ) And for gods sake. Drive a consitent speed! I absolutely hate it when I get behind someone on a 2 lane road. They speed up in the passing zones so you can't pass them, then slow way down in the no passing zones. Absolutely infuriating.
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