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That is why I like the black Friday sales so much. It is pure heaven to be able to rough up another shopper for shoving past you.
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12-09-2010, 08:57 PM | #17 |
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12-09-2010, 09:08 PM | #18 |
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It is the only night a year where it is acceptable to run over someone for a two dollar DVD.
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But what gets on my nerves the most is people's behaviour on the train. Putting your backpack on an empty seat during rush-hour and then sighing really loud because someone asks you if the seat is free and you have to move your bag ? Refusing to move over so another person can sit down as well ? I've been known to lash out at people who display such antisocial behaviour. |
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Secondly, his pet peeve gave my the idea to this thread, because it got me thinking, and thirdly, I posted in the other thread, that his explanation inspired me to this thread and linked to it. So, in short, understand what I write, instead of imagining things that aren't there and go off on an unsubstantiated tangent, and accuse people of something that just isn't happening. Oh, yes, and that is one my other pet peeves: People who really doesn't bother reading what is actually written, but instead choose to make-believe and pretend ulterior motives is in play. |
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12-10-2010, 03:00 AM | #22 |
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What really pet-peeves me off;
I try to get a complaint through to some company by phone. First thing I know: I can choose between 5 options..... again between 5 options...... again between 5 options (I'm already starting to loose my temper)............ some darned Abbamusic (excuse DesertGrandma) puts me in hold.............. " there are 1700 customers before you're on.............. again that music (by then; steam is coming out of my ears).................... ha! a human voice.............. I don't think we can reimburse you..................... yes; you are right............. no, it can't be done................ well, I really can't do anything about it.................... (by that time I feel like a complete fool, realise I shouldn't have called them in the first place and I had vowed not to do so, after the last time). |
12-10-2010, 04:15 AM | #23 |
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Most phone systems have shortcuts. 9 times out of 10, if you just pound on 0 enough times the automated system will give up and send you to a person. You still have to deal with long hold times and people who don't know what they're doing, but I do this all the time with Comcast, UPS, and many others.
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12-10-2010, 01:38 PM | #26 |
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People smacking their gum, especially if they do so LOUDLY! I know a woman who cannot chew gum without it making a little cracking sound every time she bites down. How the hell does she do that? And then others just chew with their mouth wide open.
My daughter learned that if she is chewing gum and I put my hand out, palm up, I want her to spit it out because she is smacking. Even thinking about it is driving me bonkers. |
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12-10-2010, 01:57 PM | #28 |
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nosepicking makes my stomach heave to unbelievalble heights; just by typing this I begin to feel quite .......................perhaps I should see a shrink about it.
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12-10-2010, 02:09 PM | #29 |
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People who follow you from topic to topic and post because they have to prove you wrong....
People who mess with my tea canister alignment... Puppy dogs who wake me up 45 minutes early because they want to play... |
12-10-2010, 02:13 PM | #30 |
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Cashier/customer service bashing. I *am* one...so it drives me completely out of my mind when people start bashing the "stupid cashier who waited on me last night".
I realize not every cashier is the best and brightest...but there are some of us that ARE!! People who think reading is "a time waster". Everyone being so darn touchy these days! (hey, y'all asked....going off to the corner now!) |
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