Random Rants

[dukedogsmom]

Post your gripes here. I've got a quick one. I don't like to see people join this great site just so they can advertise/sell stuff. That really rubs me the wrong way. That's not what this place is about.

[finn's mom]

a quick gripe, huh? hmmmm......let's see.....i hate that vacuums never seem to have the capacity to allow ALL of the suction to come through the attachments. Like tonight, I'm vacuuming. I pull the hose out to vacuum the corners, stairs, and, furniture....I hate that there is still so much suction being wasted on the floor from the regular vacuum. Irritating. So, yeah, there's my gripe.

[catnapper]

Minor rants.... hmmm.... I hate summer. Everything about it. The bugs, the weeds, the humidity, the allergies, the kids & hubby being home all day. Yuck. Autumn, please come soon!

[Karen]

I don't mind the grape vines on the banking, but they COULD stop reaching for my car! There's now other Wild Potato Vine, and some other one I don't even recognize that are twining themselves through the grapevines, and I keep stripping them off of one of the "bird-planted" sunflower stalks there at the foot of the banking, to give at least ONE a fighting chance!

And yesterday I spent time hacking back the trumpt vine to nothing. Again. It tries to take over my poor daylillies on the one sunny side of the house. I cut it back to literally ground level several times every year. And it doesn't even seem to slow it down!

[lady_zana]

Here's my gripe! How could it took me a couple weeks to GAIN weight and take me months to LOSE it! Grr.....the medicine I have to take makes me gain weight and I'm losing it slowly but man! - SLOWLY is the correct word for sure!

[carole]

People who I would describe as a killjoy, they just have to make even the simplest of lifes pleasures miserable for others, that really bugs the heck out of me.:(

[Lady's Human]

I've heard of bats in the belfry, but this is getting ridiculous. I love nature, which is why we moved out to where we did, but this morning I woke up to Lady running circles in the bedroom. Normally this is an indication of "Dad, I need to go out NOW", but not this time. She was running around the bed following a bat flying circles around the ceiling. Tonight a bat was in my son's room...........mice, no problem, buy traps. Ants? Bug spray/ant traps. BATS? LOL

[GraciesMommy]

We just put in a new pool this summer..we have NO trees..but our neighbors have 2 HUGE pine trees and its a daily battle fishing the pine needles out..I HATE that!!

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

I hate when people make rude comments about Winston's ears being cropped, it's not as if *I* personally did that to him. He came to me like that and if it really bothers people that much to look at him then just don't. I don't sit here and say rude stuff about other peoples' dogs and their owners, so I don't think they should do that to me and my dog either. To me, a dog is a dog. All should be loved equally no matter what they may look like......

[cali]

quick grip... staying overnight at a friends house, when is is unbelivably hot and humid, and they have NO air conditioning, and NO fans.

this happend last night, we did not sleep...at all, we were walking the streets at 1 AM, as there was at least a tiny breeze outside lol I was so glad to walk into my nice central air conditioned house lol

[Kfamr]

When adults don't act like adults.
It's great to have fun in life, but it's also important to take responsibility for your actions.

[MariaM]

Originally posted by cali
quick grip... staying overnight at a friends house, when is is unbelivably hot and humid, and they have NO air conditioning, and NO fans.

this happend last night, we did not sleep...at all, we were walking the streets at 1 AM, as there was at least a tiny breeze outside lol I was so glad to walk into my nice central air conditioned house lol

Feel lucky - we have no air conditioning!

[Kfamr]

Originally posted by catnapper
Minor rants.... hmmm.... I hate summer. Everything about it. The bugs, the weeds, the humidity, the allergies, the kids & hubby being home all day. Yuck. Autumn, please come soon!


AMEN! Minus the kids & hubby part, don't have those yet. :p

[finn's mom]

When people go from saying they're your friend one week to saying they don't want you in their life the very next. Especially with no explanation, no warning, no chance to talk, no chance to change anything, to apologize, nothing. It's a burden that is so hard to carry. And, yet, it's almost impossible to set it down, because then it makes you feel like a failure and that you're just giving up. Ah, well......I just hate when someone has a problem with you and they decide to just figure it out in their own head. I mean, really....if two people have an issue, it's going to take two to solve it. Sorry, just a very personal rant. I'm fine, just thoughtful tonight.

[caseysmom]

My husband makes lots of noise when he eats...tonight at dinner it just bugged me. It sounds like he is a vacuum cleaner and he has to suck in all the food.

[finn's mom]

Originally posted by caseysmom
My husband makes lots of noise when he eats...tonight at dinner it just bugged me. It sounds like he is a vacuum cleaner and he has to suck in all the food.

My ex husband used to chomp really hard on his food, it drove me crazy. Oh, well, at least he didn't eat with his mouth open. Ugh, I had a co-worker that did that (I mentioned her in the co-worker thread). I hate the sound of people eating...

[dukedogsmom]

Originally posted by Kfamr
When adults don't act like adults.
It's great to have fun in life, but it's also important to take responsibility for your actions.
I have a good feeling that was directed at me. So, I've been staying out of your threads. You, kindly, stay out of mine. Thanks.

[Kfamr]

Originally posted by dukedogsmom
I have a good feeling that was directed at me. So, I've been staying out of your threads. You, kindly, stay out of mine. Thanks.


Please don't, It wasn't. There are many more "adults" in my life than just you.

However, as far as staying out of your threads, when you make a general thread like this, it's for everyone to post in. I am allowed to post in it as much as I wish to, just as you'd be allowed to post in mine.

[caseysmom]

Val and Kay...its absolutely none of my business...but I just want to say since I have been at pettalk you are two of my favorite people. You both love your pets so much. Friends are too hard to come by in life to let stupid things ruin that.

[chrissycat21]

When people think I'm a hypocrite because I support adopting pets from shelters, but none of my pets are actually adopted.

[anna_66]

When people keep going on and on and on about something. For god's sake...just drop it!

[finn's mom]

People who fish for compliments and/or sympathy all the time. Attention hogs, that type of thing.

[dukedogsmom]

Amen to that, Kari! I can't stand that, either. Too much drama. I've seen a lot here I agree with.

Gracie's Mommy: In Florida, we have screened in areas around our pools. We never have to worry about lots of leaves and bugs.

Lady's Human: LMAO at the bats! I was picturing that in my head and it made quite a funny one.

Caseysmom: I can't stand lots of noises when people are eating, either. It's very annoying.

Ok. I HATE it when people pop their gum! That gets on my last nerve. There's a guy on my shift that does that and it's really hard to ignore.

There was a girl at work that was asking for our different opinions on something and then didn't like what we said. Why did she ask us if she didn't want to know??

Computer viruses! I had one this morning and it's one so bad that it can't even be fixed. It just has to be in quarrantine all the time. Grrrr. I'd love to mess up the computers of the idiots that create all those things.

[K9soul]

I can't stand arguing, it just gets me so tied up in an emotional knot. I think because I get torn between my anger and my fear of hurting the person I'm arguing with or getting hurt myself. Sometimes I've gotten so angry, I've said something hurtful, and then I can hardly live with myself later on, the remorse is crushing. At the same time, that inhibition makes it hard for me to express when I'm feeling angry about something so more often than not I hold it in, which can sometimes serve to cause resentment to fester. It's a vicious cycle :(. I don't know that that's really a rant as much as just something that I struggle with.

As far as a specific rant, I just feel completely burned out on my day to day routine right now. I need a break away from my work and from sitting and typing all day but I can't afford to just take days off because then I don't get paid. There's just nothing much that I feel I can look forward to right now in the near future, and it has me feeling unmotivated and moody the past few weeks.

[K9soul]

Well heck, I thought of another one. I can't stand it when people simply won't listen to simple requests. How many times I've told my brothers-in-law when they come over to please ignore Tasha and don't talk/coo at her when she barks at them because it encourages the behavior, and yet EVERY time they come over and she barks, they coo and talk to her and that only gets her going more.

As soon as they stop talking to her and stop looking at her, she settles down and even comes up to see them, yet they still never get the point. Sometimes I wanna bop them one, how hard is it to follow a simple request? :p

[finn's mom]

Originally posted by K9soul
Sometimes I wanna bop them one, how hard is it to follow a simple request? :p

I have the same problem with some people and Finn. I tell them if they don't want him to bring his toys to them and be really close to them, they need to just shut up and don't look at him. Don't touch him, nothing. They don't get it. Oh, well. He doesn't bother me. :D

[ILoveReptiles]

I detest people who cannot accept that someone may have a different point of view than they do. I hate it when those people do everything in their power to try to cram their way of thinking down everyone else's throat.

I also can't stand people who refuse to accept that not everyone makes the same choices in life that they do, so they spend obscene amounts of time trying to get others to adhere to the same choices.

The phrase Misery loves company rings true in so many cases...

[Uabassoon]

I work at a coffee shop and it drives me nuts when people stick their hands behind the counter to reach stuff! Just ask me and I'll get it for you! I don't reach into their purses or wallets and grab out money to pay for their drink, so why would you reach into my area and grab stuff. Straws, lids, sleeves, drink carriers. Usually I smile and say "let me help you with that". But ugghh it drives me nuts!

People who reach into the tip jar to take out a penny! It's not a leave a penny take a penny jar, that why there are also dollar bills in it! Please don't stick your hand in the tip jar, it just makes the baristas angry! If you are actually short a penny, just ask or say something odds are we will gladly give you the penny.

Ugghh it also drives me nuts when people stare at me making drinks then make stupid comments. Don't assume every drink is yours! I get stuff like this everyday..

I'm at bar making drinks.

Customer: WAIT! I said I didn't want whip cream! Please take that off.
Me: Is your drink a grande mocha (then I look at the side of the cup) and is your name Bob?
Customer: No
Me: Well then this isn't your drink, yours will be coming up soon I promise.

[Kfamr]

*Hypocritical people...
Especially when someone complains about someone being a certain way when they're ten times worse.

*When people don't take responsibility for their children or animals.
Child is screaming in a store? Correct him/her.
Dog is misbehaving? Correct him/her.


Casey's mom, I can't stand hearing people eat either.
My sister eats loudly sometimes, and she'll do it right next to you. It's so obnoxious. However, I guess some people can't help it.

Laura, wow.. people actually take money out of your tip jar?

Jessica, UGH.. I have the same issue with people and Kiara.
She's afraid of people are first. I tell everyone that. So, evidently since she's afriad it completely makes sense to talk back at her!?!? There's only a few imbeciles that i've come across, thankfully!

[Uabassoon]

Laura, wow.. people actually take money out of your tip jar?

All the time! And sometimes it's more than just a few pennies. People will be a dollar short and ask "Can I take it from there?" (pointing at the tip jar) No! You can not take it from there. Don't be a jerk and take out the debit card that I can clearly see hanging out of your wallet. I'm amazed at the nerve of some people.

[Kfamr]

Originally posted by Uabassoon
All the time!


That's so ridiculous. If you don't have the money for something, why order it?

[finn's mom]

Thinking about some of the junk I've gone through with a particular "friend" of mine.....I hate when people are afraid to tell you that there's something you do or say that bothers them. Or when people can't be up front when there's something wrong. I mean, it's so much easier to fix things when people are willing to help you see the bad sides of your personality. Instead of waiting til things are so built up that they just blow up. And, then, when you ask for help on how to change things, they can't offer you any suggestions, because, at that point, they're combining all the little things into one big problem. Good grief, that probably makes no sense. But, basically, how is someone supposed to change or improve or grow if no one is willing to say "hey, quit being a brat". And, I have actually had a couple people in my life that can and do tell me when I'm being ignorant or childish. And, those are the people I hold dearest. :) People who are afraid to put their friends in their place when it's needed....I can't have really good relationships with people like that. It's a fault, I know. But, it works for me. Most of the time. Gosh, i told you I was a flibbertigibbet. ;)

[PJ's Mom]

Originally posted by Kfamr
*When people don't take responsibility for their children or animals.
Child is screaming in a store? Correct him/her.
Dog is misbehaving? Correct him/her.

This is a huge thing with me. My kids never did this to me in public. They knew better. I've embarassed more than one of my family members by giving unattentive parents a dirty look when they let their child act like a brat in public.