New peeve thread???

**sammy101** · 02-11-2006, 11:38 PM

i HATE it when people dont put there grocery carts away.Our car has gotten hit by one before,and now there is a dent on the drivers door.I just wish people would take 30 seconds to put there cart back or atleast into those stalls they have in the parking lot,thats what theyre for.

And i hate it when people make comments about Kodies size.

**Lady's Human** · 02-28-2006, 04:15 PM

I've been extremely irritated over the past couple days by some ridiculous statements some of my co-workers have made. It drives me nuts when theoretically intelligent adults make statements like these:

First, let me give a little background on "Bob". He's in his late 40's,has been promoted twice in the last year (about a 10K raise) his youngest of two is just starting college, his sister is a year older. He has just refinanced his first mortgage and has taken out a second because he doesn't want his kids paying for college themselves. He also is using an additional loan to remoel his house.
Bob: "I hate the President, 'cause in the last two years I'm making more than I ever have, but I can't pay the bills the way I used to. Everything is dubya's fault"

Um, Bob, maybe you can't pay the bills because your income has gone up 10K but your expenses have gone up roughly 25k per year? But it's all Washington D.C.'s fault.

Second, also from "Bob".....

"This soap ate right through the drip pan under it! I wonder what it's doing to our hands?"

Me: "Bob, can you put caustic soda in a metal container?"

Bob: "No, it will eat through it"

Me: "Bob, caustic soda is a base. Soap is a base. The soap has had 2 years to eat through the drip pan. Soap is a weak base, but given enough time, it will have the same effect."

Bob: "No, it doesn't work like that. Soap isn't the same as caustic"

To understand why the second is frustrating, we work with chemicals all the time, and have to read the safety sheets on them before use. If you can't understand my comments about the soap, how in hell can I trust you to be working with chemicals near me?!

**RICHARD** · 03-01-2006, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by Lady's Human

I've been extremely irritated over the past couple days by some ridiculous statements some of my co-workers have made. It drives me nuts when theoretically intelligent adults make statements like these:

First, let me give a little background on "Bob". He's in his late 40's,has been promoted twice in the last year (about a 10K raise) his youngest of two is just starting college, his sister is a year older. He has just refinanced his first mortgage and has taken out a second because he doesn't want his kids paying for college themselves. He also is using an additional loan to remoel his house.
Bob: "I hate the President, 'cause in the last two years I'm making more than I ever have, but I can't pay the bills the way I used to. Everything is dubya's fault"

Um, Bob, maybe you can't pay the bills because your income has gone up 10K but your expenses have gone up roughly 25k per year? But it's all Washington D.C.'s fault.

Second, also from "Bob".....

"This soap ate right through the drip pan under it! I wonder what it's doing to our hands?"

Me: "Bob, can you put caustic soda in a metal container?"

Bob: "No, it will eat through it"

Me: "Bob, caustic soda is a base. Soap is a base. The soap has had 2 years to eat through the drip pan. Soap is a weak base, but given enough time, it will have the same effect."

Bob: "No, it doesn't work like that. Soap isn't the same as caustic"

To understand why the second is frustrating, we work with chemicals all the time, and have to read the safety sheets on them before use. If you can't understand my comments about the soap, how in hell can I trust you to be working with chemicals near me?!

lololol,

That is precious..

I have a friend who's step daughter put 10 k down for a Toyota truck.

He is ticked because he is paying her way thru school.

(It goes back to the "I'll pay your school as long as you go.." Thank god i don't haave any kids.....I'd tell them to pay their own way and when they get their degree we will settle up....think about the interest he could make making the kids pay their own school and look towards a nice nest egg when they graduate!)

AHA!

I thought I was the only one that read the MSDS sheets!.

But then again I find cereal boxes good stuff to browse!!

**smokey the elder** · 03-01-2006, 09:26 PM

Hey, at least you didn't put solvent-laden water into a plastic drum...*boom*. only a little one though. This happened at work last week and the kitty output sure hit the ventilator blades!

**Lady's Human** · 03-01-2006, 09:28 PM

Oopsie?

Smokey, I'm afraid one of Heinlein's predictions has come true.

**Lobodeb** · 03-13-2006, 12:08 AM

Pardon my stream of consciousness writing here, but I have a few to add:

Manners. A friend of mine went to apply for public aid and asked me to go with her since the wait is very long. While we were there, a lady who worked there would occasionally come out and hand out coloring pages to the little kids. She must have come out 3-4 times and handed out 10-15 pictures. Not once did I hear any child say, "thank you." What's worse is that none of the parents told their child to say thank you!

When I was little, if I didn't say please and thank you, I didn't get what I wanted.\

While we're at the public aid office, a young guy walks in to receive his monthly aid. I'm not one to look down my nose at the less fortunate, but when this guy walked in the office with a knee length fur (real) coat, dressed in Girbuad from head to toe and both him and his baby have Nike shoes on (the baby's shoes must have cost $40+). Actually, the baby had a Nike outfit on. If you can drop that kind of cash on your wardrobe, do you really need public aid?

There were more, but I forgot them at the moment.

**RICHARD** · 03-15-2006, 02:29 AM

Originally Posted by Lobodeb

While we're at the public aid office, a young guy walks in to receive his monthly aid. I'm not one to look down my nose at the less fortunate, but when this guy walked in the office with a knee length fur (real) coat, dressed in Girbuad from head to toe and both him and his baby have Nike shoes on (the baby's shoes must have cost $40+). Actually, the baby had a Nike outfit on. If you can drop that kind of cash on your wardrobe, do you really need public aid?

There were more, but I forgot them at the moment.

I have to commend the woman who was in line at the grocery store with gold, Nikes, a leather jacket that cost more than I had in my cheking account and her son, dressed the same way..

They paid for their groceries with food stamps.

**Sevaede** · 06-05-2006, 02:02 PM

It's better if I just use the example that came to mind:

My mom and I were standing at the counter a couple of feet away from a lady who was at the counter as well. She had a standard poodle (although, not full grown, I don't think) on a leash. (S)He was a very friendly pooch. It wagged and ran over to us and was jumping on me and when I started to pat it on the head the lady gave me a pissy look and yanked the dog away as if I offended her or something. She was watching everything that went on, as well. She wouldn't let the poor puppy near us, after that.