Things that make you go :rolleyes:

[Eilan]

Maybe it's because my bullshit tolerance wanes as the holidays approach, but I've seen a few worthy moments recently.

On Black Friday, a fistfight broke out at our local Wal-Mart at 5:30 am. It had something to do with cheap computers.

Last night at my kindergartener's basketball practice, almost every parent was talking on a cell phone at some point during the hour that we were in the gym. One woman was talking on TWO cell phones.

Anyone else have any moments to share?

 

[midwestyankee]

Today we got a whopping 1/2" of snow during the morning rush hour, resulting in traffic tie-ups that more than doubled the normal commuting time for most local drivers. Geez, folks, this is northern Illinois and unless you hadn't noticed, we get this white stuff quite regularly this time of year.

It never fails. The first snow of the year brings out all the stupid winter driving tricks. The first decent snow will cause the local TV weather people to proclaim that the end of days is upon us. You'd think that everyone was raised in Palm Springs and had just moved here last week.

 

[jadefirefly]

I work in a popular photography studio in a mall, that caters to doing childrens portraits.

I am regularly surprised, and simultaenously pissed off and exasperated with, the number of parents who will expect a two year old to sit still, smile pretty, and actually understand what is going on, just because when he was a year old he did all of those things.

Kids. Do. Not. Like. Pictures!

What's worse is parents who actually scold, and yell at their kids, and then tell them to smile. My first day there, I actually watched a mother yelling at her son, asking why he was being a bad boy, why wouldn't he smile, why wouldn't he stop crying? When he wouldn't stop, she smacked him.

Parents who look at the completed pictures, and complain that their childs teeth have gaps, or that their forehead is too big (YES! Someone did this last week.) or that -- get this -- they look like *gasp* a toddler! It makes me want to thwap them and tell 'em we don't work miracles, here, we just take pictures.

Parents, in general, this time of year make me roll my eyes. Picture-taking parents doubly so.

 

[Chicklet]

I work in a restaurant. it makes me roll my eyes when I take someone's order, cook their food, put it in front of them and they realize they've ordered the wrong thing, want a refund, and want me to remake it the way they REALLY wanted.

 

[silverwhisper]

penis-size threads. :>

just thought i'd save you the trouble, eilan.

at our local wal-mart, a woman was trampled black friday. ditto at our local circuit city. these stores were also opening at 5:30 or something stupid.

the wife & i agreed that we weren't leaving the apartment that day. :>

you know what makes me roll my eyes, though? slow-moving fucks on crowded sidewalks who don't seem to understand that there's other fucking people trying to actually fucking get somewhere who persist in walking in the middle of the sidewalk and taking up as much fucking space as possible, almost invariably using their goddamned phones in walkie-talkie mode and thereby committing two acts of self-involved "fuck everybody else".

yes, that just makes me roll my eyes. if i allowed it piss me off, i'd probably be in prison already.

ed

 

[Quoll]

The scene: Delivering a small number of boxes to a long established business.

Proprietor: What is it?

Me: *Loooking at boxes* Um... some boxes.

Proprietor: What's in them?

Me: I don't know, I didn't pack them, I just deliver them.

Proprietor: Where's it from?

Me: *Takes paperwork back from proprietor* Um, blah blah blah.

Proprietor: We didn't order anything from them.

Me: *Thinks* Riiiight, they just decided to send stuff to some random company just for the hell of it, just like they did yesterday and the day before.

Proprietor: *Takes paperwork back and actually reads it*Oh this, I know what this is, we ordered this a few days ago.

Me: *Thinks and smiles* NO FUCKING SHIT SHERLOCK, DO YOU THINK THAT MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR MY PRESENCE IN YOUR MORONICALLY RUN ESTABLISHMENT. *BIG SMILE* Oh really, well it's here now.
*Hands over pen*

Proprietor: Do you want me to sign for it?

Me:Yes thanks. *JUST LIKE YOU DID YESTERDAY AND THE DAY BEFORE YA FUCKING STUPID GOITER*
*retrieves pen from proprietors pocket, smiles* Thanks very much see ya next time.

 

[bobsgirl]

I rolled my eyes and wanted to lift a finger or two at the two ladies who decided the middle of the cereal aisle was the perfect spot for social hour. And of course, their carts blocked both sides of the aisle. And of course, I got the dirty look when I asked to get through.

The older I get the smaller my tolerance meter gets. My husband nods knowingly and says, "Ah, the CHANGE..."

 

[TBKahuna123]

People who give incomplete directions which end up causing serious physical harm, like telling someone to measure their cock by going aorund their balls twice without telling them NOT to use a standard metal tape measure (Thanks Eilan!).

I agree with MWY too. Snow falls every year, it has for centuries, yet everyone freaks and forgets how to drive over the summer. Come on people, it's not that tough. If you drive a Ford Escort and there are 5 inches of snow, you are NOT going to make it up that hill. DON'T TRY IT!!!

 

[Cathleen]

There is one thing here on Lit that makes me go and it is that some people do not understand quite how to apply it.

 

[Nightbird]

I'm with Bob's Girl on this one.. People in malls, on sidewalks.. Etc etc.. Ever notice how they will stop in doorways or right in the middle of where the highest traffic area is to have thier Social hour?

Would it be so hard for you to move you, your cart and accroutrements off to the side? Or is the whole fucking world supposed to stop and wait for you?

 

[Cathleen]

I'm with Bob's Girl on this one.. People in malls, on sidewalks.. Etc etc.. Ever notice how they will stop in doorways or right in the middle of where the highest traffic area is to have thier Social hour?

Would it be so hard for you to move you, your cart and accroutrements off to the side? Or is the whole fucking world supposed to stop and wait for you?

You KNOW I had to do that!

 

[thewantonscribe]

When computers f'up a days work

 

[midwestyankee]

I rolled my eyes and wanted to lift a finger or two at the two ladies who decided the middle of the cereal aisle was the perfect spot for social hour. And of course, their carts blocked both sides of the aisle. And of course, I got the dirty look when I asked to get through.

The older I get the smaller my tolerance meter gets. My husband nods knowingly and says, "Ah, the CHANGE..."

Trust me, BG, when I tell you that I am never going to be able to blame my attitudes and/or behavior on "the CHANGE" but I am always pissed when I encounter this same problem at the grocery store (well, unless at least one of the conferees is young, shapely and preferably blonde).

Being angered by the selfish actions of others in public is hardly evidence of anything but sanity.

 

[Guest]

 

[david_42]

I spent 16 months in Antiqua, TWI, where is perfectly normal behaviour for two cars to stop in the road for a social hour or two. Always where you have a hill on one side and a cliff on the other.

 

[Sunnygrl]

OMG! I had a whole day full of this today! I worked my 5th 12 hour shift as triage nurse in the ER this week.....goes something this.....
ME: Hi what brings you in today.....blah blah

Patient: Blah Blah....

Me: and how long as this been bothering you?

Patient: Oh...about six months......

ME: And its an emergency today because .....#$%^#@&&

And these same flippng people will ring their call bells during a code wanting to know how much longer they will have to wait.....

Sorry......blowing off steam.....LOL

 

[Denae]

had to erase. sorry

 

[Nightbird]

Having snow but not the ability to go play in it..

 

[Denae]

What? I didn't rate a what makes you roll your eyes post? I'm disappointed.

Oh sweet NB, don't you know I'd use my quota on you alone?

 

[bisexplicit]

Apparently I am...

Insecure and Needlessly Bitchy
Vehemently Juvenile
Not Endowed with Reason
Marked by a Lack of Accord

Lacking Normal Mental Clarity
Cockamamie Crone
Shortsighted Grommet

 

[KarenDee]

This bugs me to no end. This is a true story:

Post Office Clerk: Would you care for some stamps today?
Old Lady: Yes, what designs do you have?
POC: Well, we have the Elvis stamps, Christmas stamps, and the plain Flag stamps.
OL: Oh gosh, yes the Christmas stamps please!
POC: (searching through drawer) Hmmm, there doesn't seem to be any more, let me search out back.
OL: OK, I can wait.
POC: (5 minutes later) I can't seem to find any more, we must be out temporarily.
OL: Darn, I really wanted the Christmas stamps! (big frown)
POC: Well, how about Elvis then?
OL: No, I hate Elvis, all that loud rock and roll and sex and everything!
POC: Well, I guess it will have to be the Flag stamps...
OL: Gosh those are so plain, let me see the Elvis stamps then.
POC: (takes out stamps) Here you go.
OL: Look at that, that's just disgusting, how can they put a crazy person like that on a stamp.
POC: Well, I guess there are some people who like him!
OL: Not me! I bet he's making money from this too!
POC: Oh dear no, Elvis has been dead for a long time now!
OL: Well it serves him right, acting like that!
POC: So, the Flag stamps then?
OL: Let me see them
POC: (takes out Flag stamps) Here you go.
OL: Oh, I don't like the looks of these, everyone uses them!
POC: I'm sorry, that's all I have today.
OL: I'll take 2 books of the Elvis stamps.
Me: (in background tapping foot and thinking...) Just take the fucking stamps you silly old cow! You're never going to see them anyway. You're gonna stick them on your damn Christmas cards and the recipient is going to toss the envelope away without even a 2nd glance at the damn stamp!
Me: (in reality) Good morning Mrs. Johnson, nice to see you again!

Isn't it great, the holidays are here again!

 

[bobsgirl]

This bugs me to no end. This is a true story:

Post Office Clerk: Would you care for some stamps today?
Old Lady: Yes, what designs do you have?
POC: Well, we have the Elvis stamps, Christmas stamps, and the plain Flag stamps.
OL: Oh gosh, yes the Christmas stamps please!
POC: (searching through drawer) Hmmm, there doesn't seem to be any more, let me search out back.
OL: OK, I can wait.
POC: (5 minutes later) I can't seem to find any more, we must be out temporarily.
OL: Darn, I really wanted the Christmas stamps! (big frown)
POC: Well, how about Elvis then?
OL: No, I hate Elvis, all that loud rock and roll and sex and everything!
POC: Well, I guess it will have to be the Flag stamps...
OL: Gosh those are so plain, let me see the Elvis stamps then.
POC: (takes out stamps) Here you go.
OL: Look at that, that's just disgusting, how can they put a crazy person like that on a stamp.
POC: Well, I guess there are some people who like him!
OL: Not me! I bet he's making money from this too!
POC: Oh dear no, Elvis has been dead for a long time now!
OL: Well it serves him right, acting like that!
POC: So, the Flag stamps then?
OL: Let me see them
POC: (takes out Flag stamps) Here you go.
OL: Oh, I don't like the looks of these, everyone uses them!
POC: I'm sorry, that's all I have today.
OL: I'll take 2 books of the Elvis stamps.
Me: (in background tapping foot and thinking...) Just take the fucking stamps you silly old cow! You're never going to see them anyway. You're gonna stick them on your damn Christmas cards and the recipient is going to toss the envelope away without even a 2nd glance at the damn stamp!
Me: (in reality) Good morning Mrs. Johnson, nice to see you again!

Isn't it great, the holidays are here again!

I see you've met my mother-in-law.

My son quit his job because they didn't give him enough hours. Now he has no hours. I don't know whether to or

 

[KarenDee]

My son quit his job because they didn't give him enough hours. Now he has no hours. I don't know whether to or

LOL BG, I used to work with a guy like that. He would come into work, they'd give him some distasteful task, and he'd say "I'm going home. I'll fix them!"

Yeah, you'll fix them all right. You'll go home, someone else will do the job anyway, the company will be richer because they didn't have to pay you today, and then you'll come in tomorrow, bitching about how much groceries cost and you don't have enough left to buy lottery tickets because your kids are fresh out of Cheerios!

 

[bobsgirl]

LOL BG, I used to work with a guy like that. He would come into work, they'd give him some distasteful task, and he'd say "I'm going home. I'll fix them!"

Yeah, you'll fix them all right. You'll go home, someone else will do the job anyway, the company will be richer because they didn't have to pay you today, and then you'll come in tomorrow, bitching about how much groceries cost and you don't have enough left to buy lottery tickets because your kids are fresh out of Cheerios!

He's very young and out on his own for the first time. Sometimes I despair of him ever getting his shit together. He changes jobs with alarming regularity.

 

[midwestyankee]

He's very young and out on his own for the first time. Sometimes I despair of him ever getting his shit together. He changes jobs with alarming regularity.

Some of this is generational, BG. Our children did not grow up in the same world that we knew at their age. Jobs are not a lifetime commitment any longer. Upper management routinely save their own butts by bringing profits and/or reduced losses into line to appease stockholders by cutting back on their payroll. Witness the thousands of job reductions that Ford and GM have recently announced. At the same time, organizations are so flat that it's much more difficult to rise up in the ranks than it used to be. Now the mindset is that in order to get ahead you have to find a different and better company. These factors have clearly trickled down to affect even the youngest workers, who have not a whit of the sense of employee/employer loyalty that we grew up with as a norm.

Eventually he will find something that rings his chimes and he'll stick with it longer than Paris Hilton does with a fiancé.