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Get Your Grump on Thursdays - Was (What's chapping my @ss today?)
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You walk into a upscale salad/persian/peruvian/american/whatever restaurant and order the felafel plate for $12. It is a great plate of food, or I would not be there for crying out loud. These are typically self-seating restaurants, some are very nice places. Here is the rub, the cashier asks you if you want a drink. I say "yes, tap water is fine" and am summarily given what amounts to a methadone cup. They have handed me a ridiculously tiny cup to splash water into from the Orange Crush soda/water machine that taints it with nasty soda but WAIT it gets worse folks. I'm a polite fellow, I smile and say "can I please have a large cup, I'm quite thirsty" and most of the time I'm refused summarily or asked to pay the going price for a large soda. Dewd.
What grates your grits pard?
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I don't like it when others allow the water to well up around the Formica or porcelain at or near a sink. It's just plain sloppy atmo.
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I just had a client unlatch my front gate on my driveway at 8:00 PM on a Sunday, walk the 200' to my front door, walk in the front door, find me sleeping on the couch after a long day at work, sit down oppisite me on the other couch, wake me by just starting to talk cranked to 11 which makes me jump about a foot into the air & start yelling Fuck! What? Who?
"My bolt-on hub slipped out about 1/8" and I need you to fix it."
I just got up, straightened it in ~ 5seconds and went back to sleep without saying anything.
My wife assures me it happened - I think I did the wrenching equivalent of sleepwalking.
I'm glad I didn't go off.............
- Garro.
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At Chipotle when you get the tacos, they put the toppings on in one continuous motion, at a perpendicular angle to the shells rather than taking the extra 3 seconds to do it right.
If I wanted to eat my lunch with a fork, I'd have ordered the salad. Dude.
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This thread should be renamed 'first world problems'
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Originally Posted by
alexis
Synchronized diving
The divers or listening to the commentators?
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1. The lack of civility in the public discourse regarding our elected and appointed gov't officials vis á vis today's decision by SCOTUS. That chaps my ass. Civility is never out of style and today I see a total lack of it. TV cable news has thrown fuel on that fire that they mostly started. Politeness and civility are never inappropriate.
2. Uppity people in the DC area. Sorry to the DC locals here, but the other day I was going into a place waiting for my brother. This is a neighborhood café/restaurant/bar which was half full and I asked for a booth for two and that my brother would be arriving in about 3 minutes as he was across the street picking something up. "I can't seat a partial party". Are you effin' kidding me? Partial party? OK. We'll just go to the place across the street and drop our $50 there.
I apologize for the interruption. Back to your regular programming.
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bellman
The divers or listening to the commentators?
The fact that is an olympic sport. I am sure if I listened to the commentators long enough, I would complain about them too :)
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dgaddis
This thread should be renamed 'first world problems'
Yeah, huh - we not only have clean drinking water but flush our turds with it - that, my friends is true wealth.
- Garro.
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steve garro
we not only have clean drinking water but flush our turds with it
Floaters bug the shit out of me.
Chicks who piss on the lid, which we have been so carefully trained to put down.
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Pluto not being a planet. Oh, and the heat death of the universe in 10^10^120 years.
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this drives me batshit crazy: i go into a convenience store to buy beer, get a coffee, whatever-and some guy/gal is saddled up to the counter w/their scratch tickets and lottery tickets, exchanging pieces of paper for more pieces of paper, trading in scratch tickets for more scratch tickets, strategically picking which ones they want....and so on, while i wait! there is one woman whom i see regularly, she leans onto the counter and takes up the whole thing, she has an organized bank zipper deposit bag thing, w/all her scratch tickets, lottery tickets, pieces of whatever the f they are, and just takes her sweet time while making small talk. unreal. howbout you just sit there and wait while i have a beer at the counter and talk about the f-ing weather?! this may be legal, but is by no means fair/right and sometimes i just wanna be like-yo, get the fuck out of my way! these folks think they're strategists, all serious w/their game-face on and its infuriating that i should have to sit and wait while someone gambles.
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Jaq
death of the universe in 10^10^120 years.
i'll be there
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Saab2000
2. Uppity people in the DC area. Sorry to the DC locals here, but the other day I was going into a place waiting for my brother.
I apologize for the interruption. Back to your regular programming.
Agree 100%. Born and Raised, went abroad and ended up coming back. Not a pleasant place to live. It can be interesting, but oh so frustrating.
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our very own United States Postal Service on valley dr in greenwich, ct. waited half an hour to send something certified with only 4 peeps ahead of me. 3 clerks with no alacrity or dispatch. no surprise that it is functionally bankrupt.
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Nice. This is going to be reborn as "Get your grump on Thursdays".
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Slow walkers that walk side by side blocking the sidewalk annoy the living shit out of me. At least on the bike path I can yell at "on your LEFT" and storm by in true cat 6 frenzy.
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-HvA-
Slow walkers that walk side by side blocking the sidewalk annoy the living shit out of me. At least on the bike path I can yell at "on your LEFT" and storm by in true cat 6 frenzy.
I would expand this to people who just have no idea the impact they have on others and don't. For Example:
In NYC, locals move fluidly and continuously, no two NY'ers ever have to figure out who is passin who on what side, that is all negotiated yards before they get there, bring one out of towner into the mix and suddenly people are spilling into the street, Drivers who keep rolling into the road at a stop sign thereby making sure that no one who coming to that intersection can keep going with confidence, Groups of people who stand on the sidewalk preventing others from walking through, People who double park at the one point in the road where it makes everyone stop, police cars breaking the speed limit or tailgating when there is no emergency, Judges who think there job is to lecture people, waiters who don't know that there job is to make sure people get what they need, cashiers who's conversation about who they got drunk with last night is more important than the customer...... I can go on a long time
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dhoff
move fluidly
Nails it. I've become pretty good at figuring who's fumbling around with their phone in traffic based on their lack of fluidity in traffic. Same for runners/cyclists with headphones at max volume.
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Fucking stuck up roadies. Not every ride is a 'training' ride. I don't give a shit if you are actually pro or just a 'KOM' Strava jerkoff......when I wave...wave back. A smile at least! It makes us all look bad.
I try to not take myself too seriously when in tights with pearlescent shoes and shaved legs.
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I've recently become much slower on my feet due to arthritis in one knee. I'm getting frustrated that I can't draft any salespeople when they try to lead me to the item I've requested. They drop my ass every time.
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Best friend/ band member of 7+ years playing it fast and loose with my phone number. Now I'm subbing tonight at a free show for a band who's music I've never even heard. I was day-drunk when I agreed to this; because when a Psychedelic Fur calls, you answer. Now I'm going to have an audience of my dearest and closest friend assembled to watch the trainwreck.
Oh, and my girlfriend thought it would be hilarious to rip the elastic out of my underwear... in public... with a 30-minute walk home ahead of me.
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Idiots driving slow in the fast lane. The law is clear: 'Slower traffic keep right'. The law does not say 'Slower trafic keep right...unless you are going the posted speed limit, then its ok to drive in the fast lane, create a traffic jam, force everybody to drive around you, and be an idiot'.
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guys on their cell phones while taking a dump. and people with ipods planted in their fucking ears 24/7.
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shoney
guys on their cell phones while taking a dump. and people with ipods planted in their fucking ears 24/7.
See you next week.
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chasea
Oh, and my girlfriend thought it would be hilarious to rip the elastic out of my underwear... in public... with a 30-minute walk home ahead of me.
I also think this is hilarious. Please tell me this was a major wedgey situation.
Mods, please move this to the fetish section if necessary.
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e-RICHIE
I don't like it when others allow the water to well up around the Formica or porcelain at or near a sink. It's just plain sloppy atmo.
Absolutely! That makes me nuts- I am forever mopping up around sinks. It's not a bloody fountain- my cat is more tidy using the sink than most people. People who can only manage to put dishes and silverware in the forward half of the dishwasher also bother me. You've got all this unused dishwasher real estate back there, just begging to be used. But no- it's far better to cram every single fork in the house in first silverware basket and leave the others empty. Embrace the entire dishwasher and witness its awesome cleansing power.
What really grinds my gears is when people drive around in the winter and they've only cleared one square foot of snow off their windshield so they can see out ahead- the entire rest of the car is still covered with snow. Apparently being irretrievably stupid and incredibly lazy is an absolute prerequisite to getting behind the controls of a several thousand pound mechanical device in the worst driving weather. I harbor the belief that these are the same people that drive at a snail's pace in the parking garage, looking for that one magic spot on the lower parking level that every other driver has somehow missed.
And another thing- If you're going to put a bumper sticker on your car that announces to the world "My (insert dog breed here) is smarter than your honor student" then you are honestly stating that you are a dog lover who unfortunately is also an idiot.
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And also this- pull that silly bluetooth earpiece/mic out of your ear because when I see you walking down the street in front of me yammering away waving your hands around you look like a crazy person talking to himself. The only person cool enough to pull off a bluetooth earpiece is Steve McQueen- and he's dead.
And if you go into a store and expect people to help you while you're talking on your cell phone- don't. Because it's rude. If you expect good customer service then be a good customer- it's a two way street.
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My wool cycling shorts......
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Originally Posted by
steve garro
I just had a client unlatch my front gate on my driveway at 8:00 PM on a Sunday, walk the 200' to my front door, walk in the front door, find me sleeping on the couch after a long day at work, sit down oppisite me on the other couch, wake me by just starting to talk cranked to 11 which makes me jump about a foot into the air & start yelling Fuck! What? Who?
"My bolt-on hub slipped out about 1/8" and I need you to fix it."
I just got up, straightened it in ~ 5seconds and went back to sleep without saying anything.
My wife assures me it happened - I think I did the wrenching equivalent of sleepwalking.
I'm glad I didn't go off.............
- Garro.
Seriously, you're a more forgiving person than I.
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Easy boys and girl men. Self imposed moritorium until next thursday. In the meantime I've got people to annoy ;)
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Seeing the toilet paper roll empty on the dispenser. And even more egregious, seeing a fresh roll of paper ready to load upon the dispenser, but just sitting there next to it. Cheesis K. Reist, that really rustles my jimmies.
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Paying 30 bucks to watch the tour on demand, only to hav the female end of my computer's power charger crap out. Probably a week or two to repair it.
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OK, it's not Thursday anymore but I'm pissed (and distraught) that the Delta flight I've been using for several years from GRR-DCA (direct, no stops, no delays, no nothing) is going away as of next week. This flight has been my lifeline from the sanity of the midwest to the insanity of the east coast and it takes about 80 minutes west to east and 90 minutes east to west to go from one universe to another. And it's going away.
I honestly don't know what I'm going to do as this is a major paradigm shift for me. Bigger than anyone thinks. Still trying to wrap my arms around the loss of this flight.
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Originally Posted by
GAAP
Idiots driving slow in the fast lane. The law is clear: 'Slower traffic keep right'. The law does not say 'Slower trafic keep right...unless you are going the posted speed limit, then its ok to drive in the fast lane, create a traffic jam, force everybody to drive around you, and be an idiot'.
Yep, this one. Random arbiters of velocity piss me off every damned time.
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It's Thursday. And I have not too much to complain about today. Don't ask me tomorrow as I have to commute back out east to DC, which is not my favorite place on the planet and my direct flight is no longer available. So I have to ride the Zanconato tomorrow as I commute out early in the day. Miserable. Oh, wait, no, that part doesn't suck.
Nothing to bitch about today. 45 mile race last night and a 61 mile ride today. Not too shabby.
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Morons who use the internet to take wild swings at experts.
JUST because we answer you doesn't mean get to be rude.
ISO Adults who can hold a civil conversation.
Today is Thursday and I'm a little grumpy.
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Who called you an expert?!?