Peeves

Eternal Padawan · Post by **Eternal Padawan** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 5:36 pm

I was gonna call it pet peeves, but you know...my landlord doesn't allow pets. ( rrrrrrimshot).

Anyway, Peeve #1: Those stupid stores at the mall that don't have any kind of discernable layout. You know, the artsy craftsy type places that sell baskets ans candles and shit. I was in there browsing for possible mom X-mas gifts and I kept walking into cul-de- sacs made out of old lounge chairs with vintage stuffed bears and piles of wicker draped in hand knitted blankets. Since I was pushing Benjamin in his stroller, it made it doubly annoying. And then they have that $3000 grandfather clock sitting in the corner. Like anyone is gonna go to the mall, and impulse buy a fuckin' grnadfather clock?

Peeve #2: Fat people. And not in a vague obese way. I just hate the ones that stand in places in such a way that makes it impossible for you to pass them on either side. Like the woman who stands in the doorway that leads to both restrooms. Since she can't slide to the left or right by one foot, I'm forced to grind past her obesity to go take a leak. If you're gonna be non self motivated to shed a few, at least be cognizant of your own fatness and be aware spatially. You dig, fatso?

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 5:40 pm

I think Peeves is a kick-ass poltergeist.

kidhuman · Post by **kidhuman** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 8:21 pm

One peeve of mine is people that stop in the supermarket aisles to have conversations. They block the whole freaking aisle and you cant move. You say excuse me, and they stand there like they never heard you. Then when you barrel their asses over with the cart they look at you like, you could have said excuse me. You wanna conversate with friends go to the Fucking Radio Grill and get coffee. Dont block the fucking aisle you lazy bastards.

Another peeve is just blatant stupidity. People that just do the stupidest things you can think of. Fucking assholes.

Or the fucking neighbors of mine. Their kids never go outside to play ever. As soon as me and my wife take the kids outside, they all come running out. And whats even worse is their parents never come outside to watch them. Like I am a FUCKING day care center for them. What the fuck is that???????

Another thing is these dumb-ass phone calls I get. I pick up and no one is there. I get a stupid fucking message saying please hold for an important phone call. If it was so fucking important, somene would have been on the line to begin with. BASTARDS.

I am constantly getting phone calls from the VA Sate Police for donations. I donate every fucking week. Its called taxes. Dumb asses.

Or howabout the people that cant get your order right at Burger Fucking King. I said No lettuce douche bag. You put it on a fucking screen and still cant get it right when you look at it.

And thats the tip of the iceberg.

Eternal Padawan · Post by **Eternal Padawan** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 9:33 am

Peeve #3. Volunteers for soup kitchens. The fucking homeless people don't have jobs, why can't they man their own fucking kitchens? Instead regular hard working people gotta come down to the shitty part of town and wait on these lazy jokers? It's fucking SOUP man, you mix water and veggies and keep stirring. Even the fucking legless guy can do that.

Peeve #4. behind the scenes documentaries where everyone sucks each other's dicks. "{ACTOR} is soo amazing to work with." "{DIRECTOR} has such a unique vision and he really treats his cast with respect to the story." "This {SPECIAL EFFECT} has never really been done before so we're really excited..." BARRRFF.

mabudon · Post by **mabudon** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 12:10 pm

So far..
Aisle-blockers... hate 'em, specially the ones who actually deign to give you a nasty look as you finally try to squeeze past, I usually say "Fucking asshole" REAL LOUD when that happens, works to make me feel better at least...

Thos "Mutual admiration" commentaries, pure shit... it can be funny if you're a cynical bastard like me though.. I think most films suck, so most of those comments (usually I get 'em on those "star" shows as I flip past) make me laugh at how pathetic the whole star-fucker culture is.... (PS- funniest pne I can think of right off- the guy playing owen lars and the chick playing beru, from the SW THX re-release.... that scene cracks me up, all that stuff about how hard they had to study the complex characters and stuff..... I SWEAR all the beru chick said in the final cut was "Hey"... reeee-diculous)

People who wait at stoplights, waiting to make a right turn, then after sitting there and eyeing you, trying to slowly drive right through the crossing when the light finally turns green... I have kicked more than a few cars in this scenario...

And an obscure one... people who like to say (and bear with me, it makes sense but is tricky to explain) prices of things in dollars.... like if something is 7.75, they say "seven hundred and seventy five dollars"... it doesn't make me mad, per se, but it makes me more embarassed and uncomfortable, don't know why....

And floorwalkers..... I fucking HATE them.... considering I haven't even thought of stealing anything since I was VERY young, it is just sort of an insult... I totally want to make a shirt to wear in zellers that says either "THIEF" on the back (like "STAFF") or "Sure, I'll risk jail time for 2 dollars worth of Hot Wheels, why the fuck not??" and just walk around there a bit.... mebbe this belongs in the "dumb shit you've not done" thread...

kidhuman · Post by **kidhuman** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 2:01 pm

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by mabudon
 
And floorwalkers..... I fucking HATE them.... considering I haven't even thought of stealing anything since I was VERY young, it is just sort of an insult... I totally want to make a shirt to wear in zellers that says either "THIEF" on the back (like "STAFF") or "Sure, I'll risk jail time for 2 dollars worth of Hot Wheels, why the fuck not??" and just walk around there a bit.... mebbe this belongs in the "dumb shit you've not done" thread...
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You mean store security? I did that job for 9 years. Kinda fun. When I am in a store and they are following me, I fuck with them. Take something and fake sticking it under my jacket or in my pocket. Pisses them off, plus if you get stopped by them and you have nothing you can sue their asses. They wanna harass me, I will give it back to them.

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 6:00 pm

I hate when your mom. . . [fill in the blank]

Eternal Padawan · Post by **Eternal Padawan** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 6:13 pm

Peeve #5. Here's a scenario that pisses me off. I go through the checkout at Target and hand them my credit card. The old biddy says " No, swipe it through the machine." And shes a rude cow about it too. Like ringing up customers detracts from her busy day of standing behind her register and fucking off. So I swipe my card and put it back in my wallet. Then when I sign the electronic dickey pad( which by the way NEVER looks like my signature, but some kind of blobby infant scrawl) meanwhile I'm showing her my driver ID, since thats how she's gonna match the signature, she asks to see my credit card.
"Well, I offered it to you and you said no..." I reply. Well this tips her over the edge from disinterested to downright mean. So I give this exhasperated sigh, and make a big production oit of taking my wallet back out and giving her the card. "This isn't signed." she says. Well, no fuckin shit, dumbshit. You think I don't know whether my own fucking card is signed? Why the fuck do you think I was waving my ID in front of you for five minutes you stupid minimum wage bitch? So now she's like pseudo threatening to NOT let me take my purchase out of the store, as if her little crdit gestapo rigors are more important than Target's overwhelming desire to make a profit. So finally, my signatures match ( they would wouldn't they?) and she reluctantly lets me have my items, with a stern 'Sign your credit card'. I threw her a "Fuck you." as I walked out. I was waiting for the fat security guard who eats crates of donuts by the front door to waddle after me and like start to threaten me with "banishment" from Targay before he got disctracted by my car's tires thinking they were giant cream filled ones.

If I had just gone to the line with little hottie coed cashier who's pert little nipples stick out the front of her red shirt, I woulda swiped my card and been done with it.

kidhuman · Post by **kidhuman** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 11:40 am

Wanna know what gets them EP? Sign your credit card see ID. Pisses them the fuck off.

mabudon · Post by **mabudon** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 12:52 pm

the ID thing brought another one to mind...
Here in Canada (Ontario, at least) we have a few different government issued ID cards... health card, social insurance card... that sort of thing....
Well, these are good enough to identify yourself with as far as the government goes.....
Thing is, there are some goofy "clauses" that make it so that, in terms of proving "age of majority" for alcohol or tobacco purchases, everything but a drivers license can be denied... the arguement that is always given is that the health card (secure, gov't issued photo ID, where they take the picture on-the-spot) is either A-unreliable or B- issued for health, so it is illegal to use it to prove age for the purpose of drinking beer or smoking....
I went to a motorhead concert in this bible-belt-style town a few hours away (this is like a few years ago, I was mid-20's with a full beard at the time) and at the door I was told that I could only get into the "drinking section" (which happened to be in front of the stage, unlike the "kiddie" area) if I had a drivers license.... I was fucking FURIOUS.... of course, everyone else I was with was OK ID wise..... I couldn't believe that such a thing could happen.... worst thing, right before tyhe show they moved the fucking rope so that I was pretty much standing in the hallway to the washrooms for the whole show... I'm glad that place went under, or it would still be on my shit list
fucking people and their "cards"

KH- "see ID" fucking CLASSIC!!

Post by **vynsane** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 5:39 pm

*and now the rebuttal from the other side of the counter...*

since i work at tower records right now, i encounter all sorts of pissed off people. my situation is slightly different, since i physically take the card and swipe it myself, but i encounter a lot of people that don't sign their card, and i wonder why all the time. as if it takes a lot out of you to sign the fucking thing. but what gets me is the people that are exasperated to even think about taking their driver's liscense ALL the way out of their wallet in their fat ass pocket. what a demand to make...

or there's the people that sign like, a sanskrit symbol on the slip that nowhere NEAR matches their declaration of independence style signature on their driver's liscense, and get annoyed when i say they don't match up and ask to see their ID. i guess they don't realize i would do the same if someone ELSE came up and did the same thing using their card...

i don't know about that target beotch, but when i do it, it's because credit card and identity fraud is an all-too-prevalent form of robbery, and if i can make someone's day better by stopping it, i would feel good...

KH, the "see i.d." thing wouldn't piss me off in the slightest, because basically anyone can steal an unsigned card, sign it themselves and then sign the same way on the slip. the best thing anyone can do would be to write "see i.d." on the card. that way, i know they're cool with my asking, and they know if anyone steals their wallet, the picture wouldn't match.

while i sympathize with your annoyance in this case, EP, as the clerk was obviously being a pain, by the same token is it really that big an inconvenience to sign the card? or perhaps use cash and avoid the whole thing, plus the interest charges, and the government's way of tracking every purchase you make? it amazes me the amount of people that rely on plastic. on saturday i rang a $7,000 something drawer in 7 hours and only about $1500 of it was cash. the rest? all plastic, just waiting for the end of the month for some sucker to forget they bought the battlestar gallactica deluxe helmet edition, and start racking up the interest...

better than even using cash - CHECK CARD!!! you don't have to carry around the cash, and there's a PIN # necessary to purchase... of course, most can go through as a credit card as well, but just sign it "see ID"...

jjreason · Post by **jjreason** » Fri Nov 07, 2003 5:14 pm

We've had "Interac" up here for quite a few years now (10 maybe?) which is like your check card system. It's easier up here because our banks are national, and there are only 3 or something after all the mergers. It's the way to go, except there's no way to see your account balance when you make a purchase. The PIN # verifies it's you buying the loot, no sig required. I'd turf all my credit cards if I could, they're the greatest form of evil in the free world. I wish the end of FIght Club (where they blow up the Visa building) was a true story.

Post by **vynsane** » Fri Nov 07, 2003 5:59 pm

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by jjreason
 I'd turf all my credit cards if I could, they're the greatest form of evil in the free world. I wish the end of FIght Club (where they blow up the Visa building) was a true story.
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oh, holy crap YES!!! the implications on the whole of humanity contained in that single minute of film are staggering! i love that scene. i hate credit...

jjreason · Post by **jjreason** » Sat Nov 08, 2003 6:33 pm

Can you imagine how many peoples' lives would be improved? Get to work, you guys - blast that fucker (but you didn't hear that from me.....).

Troopersmo · Post by **Troopersmo** » Mon Nov 10, 2003 4:38 am

People who over analize things. They feel the need to cover all the bases as to not leave anyone or anything untouched in the subject they are discussing. I hate that. Tell me whats on your mind, and if it hurts my feelings, or someone elses... so be it.. but SPARE me with all the details about everything else that doesnt pertain to the original subject. ok.. one other one.. those stupid fucks who have no sense of any grammer skills. They think putting three little dots behind every other sentence is ok... what the fuck is that? I dunno...