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teenytinymouse posted:Nobody said crime, it's rude as gently caress and there is literally no arguing that it isn't rude to completely ignore the person who is being paid to literally serve you. Please go ask your parents why they never taught you any loving manners. Did your parents never teach you not to talk to strangers?
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When people use an uncommon word in place of a common one for no apparent reason. I was just reading something that mentioned "lipoplasty" without explanation, forcing me to look it up to discover that it's another word for liposuction. Why not just use the word that everyone already understands?
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Tiggum posted:When people use an uncommon word in place of a common one for no apparent reason. I was just reading something that mentioned "lipoplasty" without explanation, forcing me to look it up to discover that it's another word for liposuction. Why not just use the word that everyone already understands? I also hate learning things
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ladron posted:I also hate learning things I like learning things, but not useless things. Why do I need to know lipoplasty is a synonym for liposuction? It irritates me when goons latch onto a word/phrase of the month and shoehorn it in whenever they can. Whether it's "Poe's Law", "Dunning-Kruger effect", "parse", "panniculus", "fencing response", whatever...I can see it once and say "OK, that's a new word/phrase" and then it spreads like a plague to seemingly every thread you read.
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Jan 19, 2016 15:40
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Wait, am I missing something? "Parse" is a perfectly valid synonym for "interpret" that doesn't have any added pretense attached and even has a reason to be used over "interpret" in being a shorter word.
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Jan 19, 2016 15:43
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Murphy Brownback posted:I've never seen someone completely ignore a cashier when asked a direct question. I can talk on the phone and pause to answer your questions, or continue talking and just shake my head or whatever. People can do more than one thing at a time. It's not as common when people are shopping for things they don't actually need, but at grocery stores, people feel as if it's a chore and often resent having to talk to anyone. If I was on the express lane, it'd be about one out of every ten people who would refuse to answer me, some of them getting very irate if I repeated a question (because it would be something important that I needed to know). The earphone thing wasn't such a big deal, though. Peeve: when you feed your cat, and ten seconds after they are done they come after you, yelling, bits of food flying out of their mouths, wanting more food. You idiot, you're on a diet. Don't you understand heart disease?
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cash crab posted:Peeve: when you feed your cat, and ten seconds after they are done they come after you, yelling, bits of food flying out of their mouths, wanting more food. You idiot, you're on a diet. Don't you understand heart disease? I see you've met my cat. What I love is when he scarfs down his food, throws it all up—unchewed and undigested—and then is absolutely amazed that he's still hungry.
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Pastry of the Year posted:I see you've met my cat. What I love is when he scarfs down his food, throws it all up—unchewed and undigested—and then is absolutely amazed that he's still hungry.  I'm hungry. [eats]  Auuughghhhh![two minutes later] I'm hungry.Yes, cats are the worst. Other peeve: people who pick up my cats without asking. This one time, we were having a small party and this one girl grabbed my old cat, and the cat started shrieking and trying to get away and I asked her to stop and she wouldn't. I literally had to slap her on the arm.
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Silver Falcon posted:Related to this, I would hate it when people would come into my line gabbing on their cell phone. I just go into game show host mode and crank the volume to eleven. They'll either get off the phone or I get to enjoy seeing them lock up because their brains can't decide which conversation to give priority to, because the less important one is so much louder than their phones are. "THANKS FOR SHOPPING WITH US TODAY! DID YOU FIND EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED? GREAT! CAN IN INTEREST YOU IN SOME LOTTERY TICKETS? HOW ABOUT YOU DO US A FAVOR AND DONATE TO THE AMERICAN RED CROSS? WONDERFUL! WILL THAT BE DEBIT OR CREDIT? WOULD YOU LIKE A RECEIPT TODAY? THANKS A MILLION AND COME BACK AND SEE US SOON!"
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Grocery store chat: does the management at Trader Joe's tell the clerks to comment on everything you purchase? "Oh wow these are so good" Yeah dude peanut butter cups, holy poo poo, how did you guys come up with this?
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Jan 19, 2016 20:53
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Oh, yeah, also weak-rear end perforations on paper towels. Getting, like, a paper towel and a sloppy third just drives me up the fuckin' wall.
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My city has really good quality tap water that has no weird taste to it either. There is a water cooler at work and I'll use it to have nice cold water sometimes, but everyone else there uses the cooler water to boil in the kettle and it drives me nuts for some reason. I drink tea all day and always just use the tap water and I have been told by everyone at least once that I can use the cooler water, and have overheard two girls talking about how I don't use the cooler water. Like, what the gently caress, I wouldn't be surprised if they bathed in bottled water too. One of them was also flabbergasted that people eat leftovers. She honestly didn't seem to know it was a thing. We had ordered pizza and there was almost a full pizza left and she was about to throw it out and someone was like, "Uh, I'll take that for dinner if you're throwing it out," and she was like, "What, are you serious? You can't eat something twice in a row, it'll be old and cold. Yuck." Having been very poor at different times in my life, I guess people taking food and water for granted is a peeve for me.
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Are we doppelgangers? If it tastes fine I have no problem with tap water but people look at me like I'm insane. Even my roommate has asked why I don't refill the britta* pitcher, why should I? Cause I've never used it! The tap water tastes fine. And I'll never understand people who don't eat leftovers. Seriously? Cold pizza rules  And it's nice to have home-cooked meals in the fridge I can warm up with 2 minutes in the microwave or 15 in the oven.*Actually if we have guests over or are throwing a party I'll be a good host and keep it topped up but don't jump my poo poo for it being empty when there are two of us in the house and one person uses the fucker.
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^^^ edit: I live in a city with perfectly good tap water as well, and it boggles my mind that people here filter it. Also, COLD pizza is disgusting, but it reheats very well, to the point that buying yourself a large pizza and then nibbling away at it for a few days is perfectly reasonable.cash crab posted:Other peeve: people who pick up my cats without asking. This one time, we were having a small party and this one girl grabbed my old cat, and the cat started shrieking and trying to get away and I asked her to stop and she wouldn't. I literally had to slap her on the arm. People who don't respect boundaries irk the poo poo out of me. My cat is friendly but a little shy with strangers, so he might nudge them a little and then go back to the corner by himself. Walking away is, quite obviously I'd think, NOT your cue to follow him. YeahTubaMike has a new favorite as of 02:46 on Jan 20, 2016 |
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ElwoodCuse posted:Grocery store chat: does the management at Trader Joe's tell the clerks to comment on everything you purchase? "Oh wow these are so good" Yeah dude peanut butter cups, holy poo poo, how did you guys come up with this? I think they're supposed to, yeah. "Man have you had these before? They're great!" "Oooh I'm so glad we sell this stuff now!" Etc. But then maybe they just really, really love Trader Joes? I had a cashier ask me if I had already tried the frozen mussels thing I was buying and he legitimately seemed to like it and want to talk about it. TJs is weird. Thin Privilege has a new favorite as of 05:37 on Jan 20, 2016 |
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Thin Privilege posted:I think they're supposed to, yeah. "Man have you had these before? They're great!" "Oooh I'm so glad we sell this stuff now!" Etc. But then maybe they just really, really love Trader Joes? I had a cashier ask me if I had already tried the frozen mussels thing I was buying and he legitimately seemed to like it and want to talk about it. TJs is weird. Sorry to  "I WORKED AT GROCERY" at you guys again but I used to do this just to break the monotony. A customer every 30 seconds or every five minutes doesn't seem like much, but when you're doing it 8 hours a day, five days a week, sometimes you get a little stir crazy and just want to connect with someone, even if it's over pudding. It made me feel less like a vending machine.Content: The expression "I hate humans". Am I wrong, or is the always uttered by people who are the kind of people most everyone hates? Like, they hate people on a whole because they're bad at socializing.
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cash crab posted:Other peeve: people who pick up my cats without asking. This one time, we were having a small party and this one girl grabbed my old cat, and the cat started shrieking and trying to get away and I asked her to stop and she wouldn't. I literally had to slap her on the arm. I've mentioned it before but it always seems to be with people who think they know more about pets than you because their precious snowflake cat/dog at home is perfectly behaved (around them) and are flabbergasted when they are told other pets might be different. It's like they have an intense need to try and prove you wrong. My mom has a dog that really doesn't like it when you reach over something to pet her. I told my dad and brother who were visiting over christmas to not do that, and the first time I left the room when I came back they were at the baby gate thing trying to pet her. Nothing happened at first so my dad turned around and said "see? she likes it", and went to do it again, only to get snapped on the hand. Instead of saying "oops, you were right" he got mad at the dog. Peeve: people who don't accept responsibility when they provoke someone/something until they react.
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I have a Great Dane, so she is perfect petting height for adults. She's so big that kids will hesitate and make sure she's docile. I have to warn adults not to get too friendly too fast with her. Thankfully, "Oh she's a rescue" will usually slow them down. But yeah, if my dog's backing away and tucking her tail, that doesn't mean you should try to stick your face next to hers.
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Murphy Brownback posted:I've mentioned it before but it always seems to be with people who think they know more about pets than you because their precious snowflake cat/dog at home is perfectly behaved (around them) and are flabbergasted when they are told other pets might be different. It's like they have an intense need to try and prove you wrong. My mom has a dog that really doesn't like it when you reach over something to pet her. I told my dad and brother who were visiting over christmas to not do that, and the first time I left the room when I came back they were at the baby gate thing trying to pet her. Nothing happened at first so my dad turned around and said "see? she likes it", and went to do it again, only to get snapped on the hand. Instead of saying "oops, you were right" he got mad at the dog. Peeve: people who don't accept responsibility when they provoke someone/something until they react. I think it also has to do with people not understanding that animals might not immediately like them. I get it. It's kind of heartbreaking when something with a brain the size of a walnut looks at you like  but some animals take time. Luckily, my cats now will literally die without attention oh my god loving look at me right now or I will perish but no one I know now would do something like that.
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cash crab posted:Content: The expression "I hate humans". Am I wrong, or is the always uttered by people who are the kind of people most everyone hates? Like, they hate people on a whole because they're bad at socializing. One of them (who I love dearly, but God she could be annoying the first couple of years) was really fond of saying she "didn't give a gently caress" when in fact she gave a huge, negative gently caress about most things.
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Henchman of Santa posted:A whole subsection of my college friends were like that, often acting like misanthropes while gathered in a group. The irony was lost on them. I used to live with a guy like this; it was a bad, annoying time. Petchat: this same guy once refused to believe me when I pointed out that his new puppy was female. He didn't talk to me for a few days after that because I had ~*~insulted his intelligence~*~. When he took her in for her shots the and vet pointed out that the male-named and -pronouned dog was sporting a vulva and not a penis he finally believed it but refused to acknowledge that we had ever talked about it prior. People who can't deal with being wrong and just double down. That's my peeve.
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Murphy Brownback posted:I've never seen someone completely ignore a cashier when asked a direct question. I can talk on the phone and pause to answer your questions, or continue talking and just shake my head or whatever. People can do more than one thing at a time. I get it all the time, it's mainly middle aged people actually. At the store I work at anything that can be carded for the computer won't let you finish the transaction until you scan the ID or enter a birthdate manually and the management doesn't like when you do it manually too much, so it gets annoying having some middle aged dude ignore you to talk to his friend he just saw while you're trying to card him for Draino or some poo poo. Adding to that, people who get angry when I card them for Draino. Yes, I do in fact need to card you for something that is super dangerous to ingest and can be used to easily make home made explosives. It's not my choice.
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cash crab posted:Content: The expression "I hate humans". Am I wrong, or is the always uttered by people who are the kind of people most everyone hates? Like, they hate people on a whole because they're bad at socializing. In my experience, "I hate humans" (or more commonly, "I hate everyone equally") tends to be code for "Even though I only ever openly express hatred toward marginalized races/genders/sexual orientations, I'm still self-aware enough to know that misanthropy is more socially acceptable than racism/sexism/homophobia."
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Are these the same people who will post FAITH IN HUMANITY RESTORED when they see a video of a man giving a dog some ham because that loving hyperbole gets right on my tits
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YeahTubaMike posted:In my experience, "I hate humans" (or more commonly, "I hate everyone equally") tends to be code for "Even though I only ever openly express hatred toward marginalized races/genders/sexual orientations, I'm still self-aware enough to know that misanthropy is more socially acceptable than racism/sexism/homophobia." Pretty much this - "I hate everyone equally" is the new "I'm not racist, but..." To contribute - people at work who don't pitch in for the office snacks and coffee. My work used to have a monthly budget for snacks and had an agreement with everyone at each site that we'd help pay into the budget each month. No big deal, it was 25 cents a piece for K-cups and other snacks like chips, trail mix, granola bars, and all that. Well, turned out our sister location voted against keeping the snack budget recently because they say they didn't want it and everyone was bringing their own stuff and blah blah, so the company did away with the budget altogether. Cue people from that office coming to the office I work in and crying because we don't have snacks. Or staring forlornly at the fridge or counter because there's no more food. Every one of those assholes was part of the problem because at their own office, they didn't want to pitch in and pay for snacks like the rest of us. Not to mention, any time they'd come to our office when we had the budget, they would grab handfuls of our food and stuff their purses, lunch boxes and pockets and bitch that all of their snacks disappeared less than 2 weeks into the month. The office I'm in still does our own thing with snacks, where we email the office, ask anyone who wants snacks to pitch in $5 during the month and we trade off who goes to Costco or Sam's Club to stock the break room. At one point we had a double-door locking cabinet next to the fridge that we kept snacks in, but people from the other office complained that we didn't share our snacks (because duh assholes, you never pay for poo poo) so we ditched it and keep our stuff hidden in a locked closet in our storage room now. gently caress those assholes and gently caress anyone who thinks it's okay to take poo poo and never pitch in to replenish it.
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Ozz81 posted:Pretty much this - "I hate everyone equally" is the new "I'm not racist, but..." Why are you acting so entitled?
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Fried Watermelon posted:Why are you acting so entitled? Where did that come from? Coffee/snack freeloaders are the worst. They leave the people who do chip in without getting their fair share. Do you like "that guy" who refuses to chip in for pizza saying he's not hungry, then when the pizza gets there he gets up and grabs a slice or two? If you want something, pay for it. The stuff didn't get there by magic. It's for the office, sure, but the model doesn't work if there's only a small minority paying for it.
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Fried Watermelon posted:Why are you acting so entitled? Sounds like it's the other people that are entitled here considering they're the ones demanding snacks even though they never provide any.
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Fried Watermelon posted:Why are you acting so entitled? Paying for something entitles you to it. That is more or less the definition of the word.
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I just realized today that my boyfriend has been throwing out a bunch of my spices for ??boyfriend reasons?? and that is why I keep trying to make dinner and not being able to find the right spice and wondering feverishly when it ran out and why I never bought more and I swear I had tarragon I am losing my goddamn mind
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Jan 21, 2016 02:47
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What the gently caress is wrong with him? Seriously, who throws out stuff that does not belong to them without even asking/telling them first? I would have a fit.
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He thought the sell-by dates actually meant something and he was saving us from food poisoning so he had admirable intentions. He will be writing the names of anything else he throws out on my grocery list in the future for which I am grateful
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Spices don't go bad, any idiot knows this, sever immediately
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Speaking of SO's kitchen habits, when my husband wants to make something he'll take his recipe to the store and buy EVERYTHING on the ingredient list including spices without checking what we already have first. This is why we have like five things of oregano.
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:He thought the sell-by dates actually meant something and he was saving us from food poisoning so he had admirable intentions. He will be writing the names of anything else he throws out on my grocery list in the future for which I am grateful  Good on you for working it out. Logically I know it's not a big deal, but I felt much better about my spinster cat lady life when I read your post.Puppy Galaxy posted:Spices don't go bad, any idiot knows this, sever immediately Also this.
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:I just realized today that my boyfriend has been throwing out a bunch of my spices for ??boyfriend reasons?? and that is why I keep trying to make dinner and not being able to find the right spice and wondering feverishly when it ran out and why I never bought more and I swear I had tarragon I am losing my goddamn mind If it makes you feel better, my brother used to throw out spoons because my dad told him to "get rid" of utensils he'd dropped, so we ended up with two or three after a while.
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cash crab posted:If it makes you feel better, my brother used to throw out spoons because my dad told him to "get rid" of utensils he'd dropped, so we ended up with two or three after a while. It's insidious, right? One day you just open the drawer and go, okay, there are like half as many of these things as there should be, what the hell is going on
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I'm pretty sure my socks manage to throw themselves away. Or run away in search of a comfier drier. It's been a problem for years and I'm not sure why it's only socks.
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:He thought the sell-by dates actually meant something and he was saving us from food poisoning so he had admirable intentions. He will be writing the names of anything else he throws out on my grocery list in the future for which I am grateful cash crab posted:If it makes you feel better, my brother used to throw out spoons because my dad told him to "get rid" of utensils he'd dropped, so we ended up with two or three after a while. Digirat posted:I'm pretty sure my socks manage to throw themselves away. Or run away in search of a comfier drier. It's been a problem for years and I'm not sure why it's only socks.
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Tiggum posted:I would just tell him to check with you before throwing anything out, because even if you know to buy more, that's still really wasteful. I figured casually explaining about sell-bys and asking him to write it down was more tactful than saying BAD BOYFRIEND, GARBAGE PRIVILEGES REVOKED. Definitely agree though, kitchen waste makes me bonkers, so Mr. Five Oreganos up there isn't much better 
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