Pet Peeves?
Feb 6th 2012, 4:06 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.
Feb 6th 2012, 4:08 pm
#1517
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Re: Pet Peeves?
The thing that gets me the most is that they seem to think it's any of their business what I'm doing here.
I've also been asked if I'm Canadian, South African but the most common one is Australian...
I've also been asked if I'm Canadian, South African but the most common one is Australian...
Feb 6th 2012, 4:12 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
What I hate is the "oh oh listen to her talk Bert" what am I a flippen parrot
Feb 6th 2012, 4:13 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Feb 11th 2012, 1:24 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Filling out forms. It wouldn't be so bad if the majority of them weren't redundant. Every school field trip, girl scout activity, cub scout activity, visit to the doctor's office - more forms asking for information they already have. URGH! And people who have those bloody spam blockers requiring you to fill out a form before they will accept an email from you deserve to be left out of the loop.
Feb 11th 2012, 1:42 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
When you ask someone something, such as what do you want to watch/eat/drink, whatever and they reply with "don't mind" and then get the hump with whatever you then select.
Feb 11th 2012, 2:27 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
It's now a joke that in a restaurant i don't talk till we find out if the waitress is from the UK
Charles
Feb 11th 2012, 9:06 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
The Bark-lays prem-eer league with New-castt-ll United.
They could at least try with the pronuncuations.
They could at least try with the pronuncuations.
Feb 12th 2012, 2:56 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
I got told not so politely to **** off in a restaurant once by a Brit waitress no less. I went in with three friends and when i heard her British accent i was all a-quiver so i said i was born in Maidenhead just north of London and grew up in Yorkshire thinking that would make us like mates and asked her where she was from but got a mind yer own business
It's now a joke that in a restaurant i don't talk till we find out if the waitress is from the UK
Charles
It's now a joke that in a restaurant i don't talk till we find out if the waitress is from the UK
Charles
Feb 27th 2012, 2:50 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
People who spend 30 odd seconds trying to push a "pull" door or the other way....it can only go in two directions, so after the first failed effort you'd think they would figure it out.
Bathroom sinks with those pull up levers for the plug, they're always shit...but the one in our bathroom especially, not only because it's crap at stopping the water draining, but because the lever comes out so high that it twonks you in the face when you go wash your face.
Chucking out a razor blade and then finding that what you thought was the last double edge blade in the pack was in fact a cardboard slip with information about the company, so you've got to go routing around for that manky blade again.
My local footie team being unable to get anything other than a draw against a team who had lost the last 8 games on the trot and barely holding onto the last play off position in the league...with the biggest rivals climbing into first place.
Bathroom sinks with those pull up levers for the plug, they're always shit...but the one in our bathroom especially, not only because it's crap at stopping the water draining, but because the lever comes out so high that it twonks you in the face when you go wash your face.
Chucking out a razor blade and then finding that what you thought was the last double edge blade in the pack was in fact a cardboard slip with information about the company, so you've got to go routing around for that manky blade again.
My local footie team being unable to get anything other than a draw against a team who had lost the last 8 games on the trot and barely holding onto the last play off position in the league...with the biggest rivals climbing into first place.
Feb 27th 2012, 7:19 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Feb 27th 2012, 7:28 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves?
They still sell razor blades??
Feb 27th 2012, 7:32 pm
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