Pet Peeves?
Feb 2nd 2012, 7:14 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Sometimes. I'm sneaky now because once upon a time I'd just unscrewed the lid when some shop girl came up behind me and shouted "what you doin'?" in my ear and I jumped so much I sloshed some of the liquid on the floor and of course was forced to pay for the now half empty bottle in my hands.
I left the bloody cleaning up for her to do though.
When my daughter was younger, she was safely ensconced into a supermarket trolley seat but still managed to knock a bottle of vinegar onto the floor where of course it smashed. I was all ready to apologise when some git faced manager waltzed straight up to me and demanded I pay for damages.
His attitude made my apology fly out the window so I started arguing that a minor was not responsible for low shelf damages and that surely they must expect some.
He turned into a bastard so I became a bitch and after recognising that no reasoning was to be done I grabbed my child, left my shopping and walked out.
Most Italian mammas grovel and apologise profusely although I did not know this then. I wasn't prepared to grovel over a 45 cent bottle of vinegar and in my naughty frame of mind I was happy for the whole store to stink of frigging vinegar.
The grovelling and the apologies means that Italian customer service has never moved forward in any kind of store (except perhaps Ikea) and we don't get any customer service.
I left the bloody cleaning up for her to do though.
When my daughter was younger, she was safely ensconced into a supermarket trolley seat but still managed to knock a bottle of vinegar onto the floor where of course it smashed. I was all ready to apologise when some git faced manager waltzed straight up to me and demanded I pay for damages.
His attitude made my apology fly out the window so I started arguing that a minor was not responsible for low shelf damages and that surely they must expect some.
He turned into a bastard so I became a bitch and after recognising that no reasoning was to be done I grabbed my child, left my shopping and walked out.
Most Italian mammas grovel and apologise profusely although I did not know this then. I wasn't prepared to grovel over a 45 cent bottle of vinegar and in my naughty frame of mind I was happy for the whole store to stink of frigging vinegar.
The grovelling and the apologies means that Italian customer service has never moved forward in any kind of store (except perhaps Ikea) and we don't get any customer service.
Feb 2nd 2012, 7:20 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
I once bought myself a pair of leather, strappy and flat sandals and told the shop lady I'd keep them on my feet, stick my old shoes in the carrier bag and walk home in the new ones. I only had a 5 minute walk.
By the time I got over the bridge and the slight incline, one of the straps had broken away from the sole.
First thing next day I took them back.
Shop lady said,
"Well it's you. You must walk crooked!"
By the time I got over the bridge and the slight incline, one of the straps had broken away from the sole.
First thing next day I took them back.
Shop lady said,
"Well it's you. You must walk crooked!"
Feb 2nd 2012, 7:21 pm
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Feb 2nd 2012, 7:24 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
I know - I'd never heard the like in my life. It took a whole lot of persuading her to take them back ... and even then she wouldn't exchange them but said she'd send them back to the manufacturer.
In the end I did the job mysef with superglue.
In the end I did the job mysef with superglue.
Feb 5th 2012, 10:41 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Dog owners who don't pick the shit up after their new best friend has done the biggest curly one in history...
We have 4 small dogs who between them could keep the Republican campaign inshit for eternity given all the crap that comes out of the little darlings... Amazing... Must have a TARDIS for an arse...
Anyway, apart from giving the rest of us dog owners a bad name, they're a potential source of disease... Kids play there FFS and I hear that distemper is really bad here in the Valley at the moment.
Also - houses with lots of sq feet that achieve 'bigness' and therefore a $50k premium by just wasting it... Don't architects, er, 'architect' or what ever the verb form is?
We have 4 small dogs who between them could keep the Republican campaign inshit for eternity given all the crap that comes out of the little darlings... Amazing... Must have a TARDIS for an arse...
Anyway, apart from giving the rest of us dog owners a bad name, they're a potential source of disease... Kids play there FFS and I hear that distemper is really bad here in the Valley at the moment.
Also - houses with lots of sq feet that achieve 'bigness' and therefore a $50k premium by just wasting it... Don't architects, er, 'architect' or what ever the verb form is?
Feb 5th 2012, 10:57 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Dog owners who don't pick the shit up after their new best friend has done the biggest curly one in history...
We have 4 small dogs who between them could keep the Republican campaign inshit for eternity given all the crap that comes out of the little darlings... Amazing... Must have a TARDIS for an arse...
Anyway, apart from giving the rest of us dog owners a bad name, they're a potential source of disease... Kids play there FFS and I hear that distemper is really bad here in the Valley at the moment.
Also - houses with lots of sq feet that achieve 'bigness' and therefore a $50k premium by just wasting it... Don't architects, er, 'architect' or what ever the verb form is?
We have 4 small dogs who between them could keep the Republican campaign inshit for eternity given all the crap that comes out of the little darlings... Amazing... Must have a TARDIS for an arse...
Anyway, apart from giving the rest of us dog owners a bad name, they're a potential source of disease... Kids play there FFS and I hear that distemper is really bad here in the Valley at the moment.
Also - houses with lots of sq feet that achieve 'bigness' and therefore a $50k premium by just wasting it... Don't architects, er, 'architect' or what ever the verb form is?
Feb 5th 2012, 11:08 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Dog owners who don't pick the shit up after their new best friend has done the biggest curly one in history...
We have 4 small dogs who between them could keep the Republican campaign inshit for eternity given all the crap that comes out of the little darlings... Amazing... Must have a TARDIS for an arse...
Anyway, apart from giving the rest of us dog owners a bad name, they're a potential source of disease... Kids play there FFS and I hear that distemper is really bad here in the Valley at the moment.
Also - houses with lots of sq feet that achieve 'bigness' and therefore a $50k premium by just wasting it... Don't architects, er, 'architect' or what ever the verb form is?
We have 4 small dogs who between them could keep the Republican campaign inshit for eternity given all the crap that comes out of the little darlings... Amazing... Must have a TARDIS for an arse...
Anyway, apart from giving the rest of us dog owners a bad name, they're a potential source of disease... Kids play there FFS and I hear that distemper is really bad here in the Valley at the moment.
Also - houses with lots of sq feet that achieve 'bigness' and therefore a $50k premium by just wasting it... Don't architects, er, 'architect' or what ever the verb form is?
Feb 6th 2012, 12:28 am
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Re: Pet Peeves?
I took our dustbin down to the street a couple of days ago as the binmen were coming.
I went out for a couple of hours and as the binmen had been and gone, I went to put the lid on the bin and take it back up the drive.
Then I spotted a pink plastic bag at the bottom of the dustbin. Someone had surreptitiously deposited their dog's extremely smelly poop in my empty bin - and it must have been a large dog by the size of the bag. Obviously the dog owner was too lazy to walk the dog a little bit further to chuck the poop bag into the public bins at the train station or park, just a couple of blocks away from my house. Grrrrrr!!!
It's not the first time this has happened either
I went out for a couple of hours and as the binmen had been and gone, I went to put the lid on the bin and take it back up the drive.
Then I spotted a pink plastic bag at the bottom of the dustbin. Someone had surreptitiously deposited their dog's extremely smelly poop in my empty bin - and it must have been a large dog by the size of the bag. Obviously the dog owner was too lazy to walk the dog a little bit further to chuck the poop bag into the public bins at the train station or park, just a couple of blocks away from my house. Grrrrrr!!!
It's not the first time this has happened either
Feb 6th 2012, 2:27 am
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Example: we saw 14 model homes this afternoon. one made really good use of it's space. Several others were over 800 sq feet more in area, had same number of rooms, features etc... Were in same area, but cost $50k more. We found ourselves wondering what to do with those spaces... Lots of area where you just couldn't put useful furniture in there, or use the space for an office or hobby area...
Other peeve? The auto correct on my iPad.... STOP deciding what I am trying to say... Who are you anyway - Steve Jobs?!
Other peeve? The auto correct on my iPad.... STOP deciding what I am trying to say... Who are you anyway - Steve Jobs?!
Feb 6th 2012, 3:57 am
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Re: Pet Peeves?
I took our dustbin down to the street a couple of days ago as the binmen were coming.
I went out for a couple of hours and as the binmen had been and gone, I went to put the lid on the bin and take it back up the drive.
Then I spotted a pink plastic bag at the bottom of the dustbin. Someone had surreptitiously deposited their dog's extremely smelly poop in my empty bin - and it must have been a large dog by the size of the bag. Obviously the dog owner was too lazy to walk the dog a little bit further to chuck the poop bag into the public bins at the train station or park, just a couple of blocks away from my house. Grrrrrr!!!
It's not the first time this has happened either
I went out for a couple of hours and as the binmen had been and gone, I went to put the lid on the bin and take it back up the drive.
Then I spotted a pink plastic bag at the bottom of the dustbin. Someone had surreptitiously deposited their dog's extremely smelly poop in my empty bin - and it must have been a large dog by the size of the bag. Obviously the dog owner was too lazy to walk the dog a little bit further to chuck the poop bag into the public bins at the train station or park, just a couple of blocks away from my house. Grrrrrr!!!
It's not the first time this has happened either
Feb 6th 2012, 1:16 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Feb 6th 2012, 2:42 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Driving into Worcester.
Worcester.
It is a princely shitter....it's not even able to excel and be a king shitter as it at least doesn't have tolls.
A cut back hairpin to get onto I-295 is a great idea.
King canute.
Having to drive back later today, in time for school buses, because whoever was going to take the missus back wasn't able to make that meeting last minute.
Worcester.
It is a princely shitter....it's not even able to excel and be a king shitter as it at least doesn't have tolls.
A cut back hairpin to get onto I-295 is a great idea.
King canute.
Having to drive back later today, in time for school buses, because whoever was going to take the missus back wasn't able to make that meeting last minute.
Feb 6th 2012, 2:48 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Dog owners who don't pick the shit up after their new best friend has done the biggest curly one in history...
We have 4 small dogs who between them could keep the Republican campaign inshit for eternity given all the crap that comes out of the little darlings... Amazing... Must have a TARDIS for an arse...
Anyway, apart from giving the rest of us dog owners a bad name, they're a potential source of disease... Kids play there FFS and I hear that distemper is really bad here in the Valley at the moment.
Also - houses with lots of sq feet that achieve 'bigness' and therefore a $50k premium by just wasting it... Don't architects, er, 'architect' or what ever the verb form is?
We have 4 small dogs who between them could keep the Republican campaign inshit for eternity given all the crap that comes out of the little darlings... Amazing... Must have a TARDIS for an arse...
Anyway, apart from giving the rest of us dog owners a bad name, they're a potential source of disease... Kids play there FFS and I hear that distemper is really bad here in the Valley at the moment.
Also - houses with lots of sq feet that achieve 'bigness' and therefore a $50k premium by just wasting it... Don't architects, er, 'architect' or what ever the verb form is?
And those big houses, they're funny...often empty and you'd mistake the owners car for the cleaners or something, because they're now too broke to fill the place up with anything now they've bought a McCardboard mansion.
Feb 6th 2012, 3:07 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
You should see mud season around here....when all the snow banks melt, the roads are flooded with floating dog turds that people just left in the banks during winter
And those big houses, they're funny...often empty and you'd mistake the owners car for the cleaners or something, because they're now too broke to fill the place up with anything now they've bought a McCardboard mansion.
And those big houses, they're funny...often empty and you'd mistake the owners car for the cleaners or something, because they're now too broke to fill the place up with anything now they've bought a McCardboard mansion.
Feb 6th 2012, 4:00 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
My main one right now is being asked where I'm from 30 times a day. I work in a Grocery Store. Most of the people are just genuinely happy to be talking to an English person. Then there are the ones that overstep the boundaries. It goes a little something like this...
Person: Where are you from?
Me: England
Person: How long have you lived in the US?
Me: This will be my third year
Person: What are you doing here? Are you a student?
Me: No, my husband is from here
Person: How did you meet your husband?
And at this point I start to seethe a little inside.
Person: Where are you from?
Me: England
Person: How long have you lived in the US?
Me: This will be my third year
Person: What are you doing here? Are you a student?
Me: No, my husband is from here
Person: How did you meet your husband?
And at this point I start to seethe a little inside.