OOT weekly thread: minor things that infuriate you
 

OK, this thread is just a rant thread for when little things tick you off far more than they reasonably should.

Here's what happened to me.

Last night, I go to dinner. This stupid bitch manager tells me they no longer sing their special happy birthday song, WTF!?!?! OK, jk obv.

So it's All-Star weekend with tons of stuff a block from my place. It's starting to be a bit of a mess around here (not much yet, but I figure it'll only get worse). They've already closed off a bunch of streets and stuff, though, plus the main freeway exit.

Twice today, I slow down and let people in who are unaware of lane or street closures. These morons would have been stuck trapped waiting forever if I wouldn't have let them in. AND NEITHER OF THESE MF'ERS GAVE ME A WAVE. One was a POS BMW driver, the other was some bitch in a jeep. FUFUFUUFUFUFUFUUFUFUFUFUUFUFU

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I went to McDonald's for a quick breakfast, and got the Bacon/Egg/Cheese McGriddle. There was one....ONE!!! f-ing piece of scabby looking bacon on the sandwich. I took one bite (naturally being sure to eat all the bacon) and threw it out.

WTF?

p.s. I then went to another McD's and got a Sausage McMuffin, because that's how I roll.

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ElD,

You are on a roll.

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Twice today, I slow down and let people in who are unaware of lane or street closures. These morons would have been stuck trapped waiting forever if I wouldn't have let them in. AND NEITHER OF THESE MF'ERS GAVE ME A WAVE. One was a POS BMW driver, the other was some bitch in a jeep. FUFUFUUFUFUFUFUUFUFUFUFUUFUFU

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I'm not a Dane Cook fan, but this reminded me of this clip.

The latest thing to piss me off is places that form a long line outside their bar/club/lounge so they look cool, even though there aren't many people inside the actual place. The bouncer tries playing off what he's doing by doing other random [censored] instead of checking ID's so the line can backup more.

I wanted to punch this [censored] last night so bad because of this. He looked at my ID for, I'm not kidding, 5 minutes. He kept telling me to look directly at him when I'm staring right at him. Then, he started playing with some clipboard and dropped everything inside it. Then took forever to pick everything up. He was the worst actor I've ever seen. Must be why he lives in SD instead of LA... he couldn't cut it.

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Heh very annoying.

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300-reply posts about birthdays and singing.

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I am an iced tea junkie, drink it all day long, every day (only thing I can drink besides Crystal Light, water, and alcohol...but that's another story).

I always, ALWAYS order my iced tea: "Large iced tea, extra ice, no lemon"

I always ALWAYS get that damn piece of lemon floating in my tea. I hate it!!! Pisses me off royally.

Just happened an hour ago at IHOP, not once but on my refill as well. Sigh.

T

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When I'm taking a piss wearing khaki dress pants with a shirt tucked in. Why do they even make khaki pants?

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people that smack their lips when they chew

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Boro: "You are on a roll." Huh? WTF WAS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND OR UNCLEAR ABOUT "OOT weekly thread" MR SO-CALLED "SCIENTIST"??????? PLEASE STAY IN SMP FORUM AND AWAY FROM REAL PEOPLE LIKE ME.

All: Seriously, is it that fking hard to just give a little wave? Do people not know that you are supposed to do that? WTF IS GOING ON HERE, JUST LIFT YOUR HAND UP FOR A QUICK SECOND AND EVERYTHING IS FINE, DAMNDAMNDAMNDAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I am at a red light waiting for it to turn green, and there is an elderly man crossing the street. The walk sign is on when he starts crossing, but he has a cane and is slow. The second the light turns green, this guy behind me just lays on his horn. He is yelling out his window, go, you idiot, but it has to be clear that if I do I will run over the man with the cane. Not wanting to injure him, or commit vehicular manslaughter, I wait for him to clear so I can take off. Guy behind me decides to follow me for a few blocks laying on his horn, and flipping me off. Karma happens, a police officer sees this, gets behind him, and pulls him over. So, it would have angered me, but I ended up laughing about it for the next couple of blocks.

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driving in SF is the WORST. well ok parking is the worst.


for some reason i sneeeze like 29382938293 times for like 1 hour after i wake up. pretty sure i dont have allergies cause this only happens after i wake up and only some of the time. but my god i wana blow my brains out.

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Boro: "You are on a roll." Huh? WTF WAS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND OR UNCLEAR ABOUT "OOT weekly thread" MR SO-CALLED "SCIENTIST"??????? PLEASE STAY IN SMP FORUM AND AWAY FROM REAL PEOPLE LIKE ME.


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Pro.

I am NOT changing my vote again.

Yet.

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All: Seriously, is it that fking hard to just give a little wave? Do people not know that you are supposed to do that? WTF IS GOING ON HERE, JUST LIFT YOUR HAND UP FOR A QUICK SECOND AND EVERYTHING IS FINE, DAMNDAMNDAMNDAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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El D,
you're forgetting for a moment that you think you're worth thanking. The morans on the road likely don't think the same way. Think of the fraction of a calorie expended on raising a hand man, sheesh.

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I always make it a point to OVERWAVE (like way more overzealous than necessary) because I understand how annoying it is when people don't wave after being polite to them on the road.

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el d,
I've been confused lately if you're trying to make fun of OOT or if I'm getting leveled to the 1billionth level or something with your posts lately.

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Klompy,

WTF are you one of those f-ots who doesn't wave when someone lets them in?

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el d,
no, I do always give a thank you wave.

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d,

its pretty funny (after the fact) how annoyed I get when I don't get the wave...i look for it, peer into their car as best i can, and if i don't see that hand come up within a few seconds, its all i can do to not want to rear end the hell out of the inconsiderate [censored]

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well since we're on the topic of traffic...

- bitches that tailgate.
- bitches that cut me off.
- bitches that don't move over for faster cars in the fast lane.
- bitches that go slow as [censored] in the carpool lane.
- bitches that don't wait for me to u-turn before making a right turn onto the same street.
- bitches that make left turns at intersections with no left turn signals when i am making a right turn onto the same street.
- bitches that don't understand they have the right away when i am waiting to make a left at intersections with no left turn signals.
- bitches that have big ass trucks that blind my mirrors at night. get some [censored] HIDs they are cheap now you bitches.
- bitches that don't move over sooner when making right turns.

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I am at a red light waiting for it to turn green, and there is an elderly man crossing the street. The walk sign is on when he starts crossing, but he has a cane and is slow. The second the light turns green, this guy behind me just lays on his horn. He is yelling out his window, go, you idiot, but it has to be clear that if I do I will run over the man with the cane. Not wanting to injure him, or commit vehicular manslaughter, I wait for him to clear so I can take off. Guy behind me decides to follow me for a few blocks laying on his horn, and flipping me off. Karma happens, a police officer sees this, gets behind him, and pulls him over. So, it would have angered me, but I ended up laughing about it for the next couple of blocks.

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Guys like this stink up the planet.

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well since we're on the topic of traffic...

- bitches that tailgate.
- bitches that cut me off.
- bitches that don't move over for faster cars in the fast lane.
- bitches that go slow as [censored] in the carpool lane.
- bitches that don't wait for me to u-turn before making a right turn onto the same street.
- bitches that make left turns at intersections with no left turn signals when i am making a right turn onto the same street.
- bitches that don't understand they have the right away when i am waiting to make a left at intersections with no left turn signals.
- bitches that have big ass trucks that blind my mirrors at night. get some [censored] HIDs they are cheap now you bitches.
- bitches that don't move over sooner when making right turns.

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These are pretty damn awesome.

I'll add, people that swerve wide on left turns.

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I'll add, people that swerve wide on left turns.

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This needs a name. I nominate "the question mark" due to the path traveled by the offender.

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Eld - some people don't say 'thank you' when you hold the door open for them either. I assume they might all be anti-wavers.
I don't really get that bothered by either though.

I do kind of mind when I hold open the door for an old-lady or something and 7 straight people see it as an opportunity to just sneak right in without having to hold it or open their own door.
Sometimes it's clear that they couldn't see that the door wasn't open on its own or something. But other people just go walking right by with their group of 10 or something.

Look dude, it's your group, you can take over the door now.
You can even kind of do a half-step away like you are really done holding the door now and you would just like to go to your car or step inside yourself and they still won't take over.

It's one of those things where I really don't feel comfortable just letting it go and walking away because then it's going to knock some poor kid or old person in the ass.

Usually it's when I'm leaving i think.
but I've had it happen a couple times where all these people just walked right by and got their name to the hostess ahead of me.

I can't be the only one this happens to.

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The color black.

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Attention ho's who stop right after they get off the escalator or right outside the elevator door as it's emptying.

Attention ho's who passive-aggressively spread themselves out as wide as they can on the escalator when you're running to get the train before it leaves, so you have to either miss it or get in some weird altercation with them.

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Blarg,
Good ones.

Attention people who talk in doorways or obvious walking ways at restaurants/casinos/nightclubs/whatever.

Attention REALLY slow freaking walkers going 3 people wide and taking up the whole aisle-way through the casino while 35 people are backed-up behind them and can't get by at all.

I know it's Mississippi and all and some of the aisle-ways for walking are pretty narrow and some of the people are pretty obese or just slow.
But it shouldn't be that hard to realize there are people behind you.

The one's who are just standing there and talking or doing nothing and are just disrupting walking-traffic are even worse. Get a clue. People can't get by.

I also blame the Horseshoe-Tunica for having unnecessarily narrow walkways through much of the casino.

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People who try to get on elevators/subways before letting others off.

You TAKE THE SUBWAY EVERY DAY AT RUSH HOUR, EVERY DAY PEOPLE GET OFF FIRST AT YOUR STOP, WHAT IS YOUR F'ING HURRY AS YOU HAVE ABOUT 30 SECS TO GET IN THE CAR!!!111

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Watching John Tucker Must Die. Slammmm dunk.

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I could be completely relaxed and copacetic, and still voice recognition automated phone service will almost always send me into a blind rage within 15 seconds.

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People standing on moving walkways in Vegas and then not moving out of the way for people who want to get by.

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Old people in checkout lines. They should have a special old person line and they can all hang out with each other while they take ten years to pay for their [censored].

Children.

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Blarg,
Good ones.

Attention REALLY slow freaking walkers going 3 people wide and taking up the whole aisle-way through the casino while 35 people are backed-up behind them and can't get by at all.


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Micro - you can just say "black people". You are amongst friends.

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El D,

The no wave one is sooooooooooooo good, it drives me nuts and I too tend to "overwave" to offset the karmic imbalance those people have foisted upon us all.

Regarding the driving rants, I submit people who don't get out into the intersection sufficiently to allow a second car to get into the queue so they can legally turn when the light turns red. Most intersections in Phoenix allow for turning on green (no red left turn arrows) and the arrows come before, so when it turns red there's no excuse when two more cars don't clear.

Often I'll see idiots - usually women, or driving minivans, or on their cell phones, or any combination of these things - either barely into the intersection or not even in it until the last second, which totally screws the car behind them. It just annoys me that some dumb rude ass just cost me 2-3 minutes of my life sitting there because they don't know how to share the road.

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crappy movie theater diet cokes. They taste flat. Always.

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tuq,

I demand an mspaint as I don't understand what you're talking about.

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Old people in checkout lines. They should have a special old person line and they can all hang out with each other while they take ten years to pay for their [censored].


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This is spectacularly good. Old people just suck at checking out. I realize they're a little bit slower than the rest of us, but wow, they come from a slower time, period.

Yesterday I was in the express line at Safeway. I was mildly annoyed that some old broad had like 12 items in the 10 items or fewer line, but then she gets her receipt and starts scanning it for inaccuracies! While I'm trying to get to the counter to punch in my phone number, etc. She tried to claim that she didn't get her discount on whatever meat she bought. Checker looks at it and says uh, yeah you did, it's right there at the bottom. She looks at it again for like THIRTY MORE SECONDS before finally agreeing with him and moving on. You suck old hag.

Having worked in the grocery business I can speak to pricing inaccuracies. Hell, I was recently overcharged for something and Safeway gave me a full refund. But I paid too much for it, thought that was weird, and came in a day or two later with my receipt and they gave me cashish for their mistake. But I didn't stand in the goddamned express line holding everyone up to do a line item audit of my charges.

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tuq,

Wait till you get stuck behind an old fart in a self-checkout line. Insta-life-tilt.

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Klompy,

I have to step out for a bit, but I'll be in Iowa for the next week, no doubt enjoying miserable weather alongside you.

Anyway, my experiences in the Quad Cities are the same as here - left turns yield on green, and when the light turns red cars that are already in the intersection have legal right to clear the intersection. Those that thrust themselves out to turn after the red are subject to very expensive fines and points on their license. I don't take that risk, I just get annoyed at the idiots.

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Regarding the driving rants, I submit people who don't get out into the intersection sufficiently to allow a second car to get into the queue so they can legally turn when the light turns red. Most intersections in Phoenix allow for turning on green (no red left turn arrows) and the arrows come before, so when it turns red there's no excuse when two more cars don't clear.

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FWIW I've seen an accident occur when the light turned red for one direction but stayed green for the other direction. Ever since then I've been a little paranoid about pulling this maneuver. So I'm sorry if I piss you off.