Things that Gripe my Phat ASS!!

[docholly]

I consider myself a pretty tolerant person. I've traveled globally to all continents except antarctica and can pretty much adapt to most situations..however there are some things that just crawl up Phat ass and stay *feel free to add to yours as well* (in no particular order just numbered for consistency)

1) Standing in endless lines where just as i get to be "next" the person in front of me is either writing a check and waits for all their groceries to be rung up before pulling the check book out of their bag, over extended on their CC or, in the case of a bank, has multi-deposits to make and all the other tellers shut down. Also could be catagorized in this will be the cashier whose tape runs out and he/she doesn't know how to fix it, the bank teller who decided that because i'm "next" she's going to balance her till before she calls me, or they decide to switch 'Shifts" as i walk up.

2) Customer Service over the phone. Especially Public Services (like phone, cable etc). I know where the people who flunk McDonald's University go.

3) Webmasters who think that just because that's the way it was done "when i got into the biz _________(fill in the blank with 3, 4, 5, 10, 15 yrs ago (where was the WWW in 1988???) that anything innovative today is WRONG. It's not wrong, it's just different. Not the way YOU've done it, but at least don't immediately think it will fail.

4) People who find it necessary to lie about how well they are doing. As entrepenures we all have GREAT weeks, and Suck weeks but it balances out. I'd love to conduct a truthful blind test to see those who are always "soooo busy" if they are even making bank. this is especially true in the camho world. we know one who, to hear her tell it, is always swamped, but hasn't made a check in the last 3 weeks.

5) Companies/people who like to deny responsiblity. I recently switched, after 6 years, off of earthlink because my dsl was out, earthlink said..it's Quest (the phone) Quest said it's earthlink. so now i have phone with Quest, TV with Dishnet and computer with Comcast (make sure if you ever go with comcast to write everything down and check all your bills, btw), that way we have only 1 person to call and they can't put it off on something else. Now if i can only get OXEO to admit it's their server since earthlink is out of the picture and my outbound email STILL doesn't work.

6) Whoever took the last Klondike bar and left the empty box in the freezer!!!


WHEW..i feel better already....

[finnbear]

Heh heh, I know what you mean...

I'm the dude who always chooses the slowest line in the super market. Either the cashier is half a sleep or has the attitude that I'm only working here, and works real sloooooow.... or then there is someone who digs the purse up after all groceries have come and give a bonus card and bank card and cannot choose if they charge Visa card or bank card...or they buy something that didn't have a price tag, and wild phone show starts...

With banks I'm lucky. Last time I was in bank was 2002 when I changed finnish marks to euros. I love my online bank.

I try to avoid phone customer services. My wife almost burned her cables when she tried to change burned CD player to new one via phone - it still had guarantee.

Don't know about webmasters - I'm always ready to try something new...sometimes it works for me, sometimes not.

I'm sure there is people in all businesses who like to play a millionaire - and those who really are. I have made good money with porn, and I have sucked too. As they say, welcome to the roller coaster. Well, all businesses are the same.

I also have been lucky with companies that like to deny responsibility. After buying a 52K modem access to Net, my wife's job place gave her free ADSL. As my company use it also, I pay the ADSL bill and her job payed the hardware. That ISP won't f'**k with big company that pays for high speed connection and hundreds of ADSL lines every month.

I don't know what Klondyke is, but I hate it when I forgot to buy something and I run out of it in Sunday - we don't have 24/7 shops here yet.

[Cleo]

I just seem to buy hard drives that die regularly…

[docholly]

yeah i major banking is done on line but none of my web biz checks are direct deposit..so i have to stop a couple of times a month.. BLAH

here is a klondike bar:

[finnbear]

So, Klondike is ice cream and chocolate? I don't like sweets, but both ice cream and chocolate are OK.

I send all my checks to my bank's foreign business department. We don't use checks here in everyday life, so cashing checks is not so easy as in U.S.A., but it's safe. No one can cash my company checks, because you can't go to a bank and cash a check. They don't do it, unless you have all the documents that you are the person in that company that can cash checks, and still the money goes to company account. They won't give you cash, even if they know who you are. That's understandable, taxman won't like that, lol! Same with private checks, you must have account in that bank, proof you are the person whose check it is, and wait 8 days for clearing of that check, and then money goes to your account. They don't give you cash.

[Sumrpal]

heehee ... Customer Service on the phone ... we have a big call-center here in OneDeadHorseTown for a major American cellphone company ... I know a lot of people who work there answering the calls ... can you say Grade 10 Dropouts? LOL

I think my best gripe of all time is this one:

We owner/operated a same-day courier / light-freight company for 10 years. I drove full-time, though we also had other trucks. One day, I'm running a bit late (typical day). I have an important delivery for the Toronto Transit Company. The big sign on the receiving door says -
"Receiving Hours - Monday to Friday - 7:30am to 4:30pm"

I pull in at 4:15pm - whew! Just made it!

Go to the door ... locked. Pull on it again. Locked. Ring the bell. A supervisor comes to the door ...

"I got this carton of parts for you guys. Important it be delivered today."

"Sorry, but receiving is closed."

"But it's only 4:15. The sign says open until 4:30!"

"The guys have a 15 minute wash-up period before the end of their shift."

AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH

The supervisor wouldn't take the box either, Said it wasn't his job.

[Extreme John]

Oh shit Im going to a BBQ, but I am going to rip this one up when I get back, I HATE EVERYTHING!

[docholly]

I JINXED myself.. the little bit of venturing out we did today included a stop at Office Depot and Game stop. 2 video games and a package of CDRWs.

Office Dept was PACKED *schools starts here tomorrow*...so i went into gamestop and got them.. only a dollar more along with the 2 games..

i'm in line behind a guy with his son.. (only 1 cashier open).. the kid is 1/2 way thru his transaction when i walk up.. has his money out.. always a good sign.. but alas!! he's 2.00 short..so Ole dad pulls out a wad of bills and hands him a 5.00 telling him he'll take it out of his next allowence.. good move dad!!

Thinking ..ahh this is gonna be quick.. *i have my money in my hand already*.. am i surprised when dad is still in line after the kid is bagged and almost out the door.. then i spy dad is getting a used controller.. no biggie ..still quick..

WRONG...

Dad pulls, Not that wad of bills out, but his FUCKING check book.. and writes a check for .... 6.99 cents.

so now the cashier has to ask for ID.. dad gets out wallet and opens it.. so his licensis is showing.. but the cashier realizes he can't read the #'s. so Dad has to fumble to get the ID out.. stuck as it was since it's CRAMMED full of Credit cards..



and once he gets the ID out.. the cashier still can't read the numbers because his ID is sooo faded and dogeared.. so we spend another 5 minutes discussing it.. is it a 3 or an 8??

and his address on his ID and his address on his check don't match..

soooo .. guess what.. instead of pealing off another 20.00 and paying cash..the guy gets mad and leaves..

needless to say i think the guy was relieved he didn't have to hear me huffing, puffing and cursing him in spanish every 30 seconds..




i need a nap........................

[Extreme John]

1) Assholes that drive in the left lane doing the speed limit
2) Assholes that drive under the speed limit in the left lane
3) Assholed that drive in the left lane at the same speed as the asshole next to them (who is driving below the speed limit)
4) Assholed that drive in the left lane at the same speed as the asshole in the middle lane who is doing the same speed as the ball sucker in the right lane that is doing below the speed limit.
5) Break happy assholes
6) Assholes that throw shit out of their car windows and I have to do sloloms to avoid the flying shit.
7) Assholes that cut in front of you without saying excuse me or anything in a store when your trying to look at a product.
8) Some asshole that works in a retail store that thinks your a moron like he or she is, and tries to explain a product's usage to you, even though they dont know what the fuck they are talking about.
9) Webmasters that "Claim" to try and contact you about something, but dont really try to at all.
10) My daughter when we go out to eat.
11) Everyone else's kids when I go out to eat
12) the little punk faggot kids driving Rice burners that think they should have been in the fast and the furious
13) People that dont appreciate shit
14) Assholes that cant say thank you when you waive them on in a car.
15) idiots at fast food places that cant take orders, I SAID NO SAUCE BITCH.

O.k, im tired of typing, I bet I can go for an easy 30 more or so.

[Cleo]

I don't know, I have one personal debit card that I use to pay for everything that is for my personal use and a business debit card that I use to pay for everything to do with business. That's it, no other cards, no checks, nothing, but some cash in case they don't take a debit card.

I haven't used a carried a check in years.

I can hear nails being slowly dragged over a chalkboard when I see someone pull out a checkbook that is in line in front of me.

[Extreme John]

No one uses checks anymore, just check floaters.

[docholly]

thanks for reminding me the "fucked in the Drive-thru" scenerio!!

[Dr Bizzaro]

My strong hands.....


OH. Sorry, I thought you said grip.

My mistake.

[dareutwo]

Hey I'm that slow guy in the left lane Actually No - but close
I'd add;
Cashiers that can't change the paper roll on their own.
Cold French Fries
The first words of a phone call are "XYZ company, can you hold please" - Hell NO and I hang up
And My biggie -
NO Satellite connection, which I still pay for, at the cabin (too many trees) Their suggestion, build a 100 foot tower.

Going to dig out the last Klondike bar about now

[The Other Steve]

My pet hate is the person in front of you in the queue to use the automatic teller machine.

Why do they always seem to want to refinance the national debt with their piece of plastic and then can't find the right key to press?

[spazlabz]

people who want to save my soul by destroying my business.
people who jerk off on on line porn friday night, then give piles of cash to get rid of it on sunday morning
O'Reilly
Parasite surfers
getting in the car to find a farts worth of gas in the tank
the fact that all tastey food is fattening
that 'good for you' food tastes like shit and costs twice as much
people who say "walk there, it'll be good for you." (Fuck YOU!)
people who can eat anything and not gain weight. I got something for ya to swallow LOL
wearing glasses I hate mine and long for the days of perfecxt eyesight. Oh yeah, try getting laid when your legally blind in one eye, I can start forrest fires with my left lens!!
not making money
making money and having everyone trying to get me to spend it (they are rarely unsuccessful.....hey I do my part to improve the economy)

spaz

[Fisty Palmer]

I hate being stuck in traffic on the freeway and you need to take a piss really bad. I've found an empty McDonald's super-size coke cup can be a true life saver.

I also hate this irrational impulse I have to take a shovel and pound the shit out of Richard Simmons.

[finnbear]

Someone is before me taking cash from machine, but don't have any, so he/she checks boyfriend's/girldriend's card, mommys and daddys cards, grandmas card...and no card has any money in them!

Yeah, I use cash mostly. I only own a company CC. I was born in 50's so I learned to pay by cash. Cash is quick. I have always kept FIM2000 with me, and now as we have Euros, it's €2000. WTH, they raised the prices when our money changed anyway.

[Bell]

1. having a craving in the wee hours and what you want (need) isn't in the house to be had ... and you can't get to sleep without it...


2. the person in the bathroom last leaves two little squares on the roll... not enough to use for anything... just enough for them to be able to say they didn't' leave an empty roll up.... grrrrrr....


3. forgetting a load of washed clothes in the washing machine
for 2 days.... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


4. dirty floorboards in the car... or in anyone's car...


5. women iwth ungroomed feet.... yuk....


6. snagging a new pair of stockings...


7. no soap in the shower....


8. someone taking the lighter out of the bathroom that is
supposed to stay there to light candles....


9. discovering the milk expired and wanting cereal bigtime bad...


10. someone not putting more soda in the fridge to get cold....


11. people that make plans and cancel at the LAST minute...


12. power outages... service outages...


13. bright bright sunshine and misplaced sunglasses...


14. discovering when you get home from shopping that you
forgot something you really needed....


15. people using handicapped parking spaces that shouldn't...


16. dishonesty...


17. temperatures outside over 90 degrees


18. okra


19. black snow and slush... (yellow snow too... LOL )


20. my forgetfulness...



~Bell