Small things in life that gravel your ass

[Rain Man]

I know I've carped on this before, but I was walking to work yesterday morning and it happened again.

I'm walking north, and per societal conventions I'm walking on the right half of the sidewalk.

Coming toward me, a half-block away, is a woman headed south. However, she's walking on the left half from her perspective, so she's walking straight toward me.

I try to train these people to be aware of their surroundings, so I kept my lane. She kept walking toward me. I kept walking toward her. I moved more to the right until I was hugging the edge, but she was unintentionally doing the same thing.

40 feet.

30 feet. How can she not know that she's on the wrong side?

20 feet. No awareness at all that a collision is imminent.

We get about 15 feet from each other, and she gives me a withering look that says, "I'm an attractive female and you're in my way so move out of my way right now or there's no way we'll ever have sex if we suddenly find ourselves as the last two people on earth."

So I moved over, but I really didn't like it.

I looked back to see if she had truly learned her lesson or if she was just posturing to get me to move over, but I don't think she had any idea. She was still walking on the far left side of the sidewalk, as if nothing was wrong.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I know I've carped on this before, but I was walking to work yesterday morning and it happened again.

I'm walking north, and per societal conventions I'm walking on the right half of the sidewalk.

Coming toward me, a half-block away, is a woman headed south. However, she's walking on the left half from her perspective, so she's walking straight toward me.

I try to train these people to be aware of their surroundings, so I kept my lane. She kept walking toward me. I kept walking toward her. I moved more to the right until I was hugging the edge, but she was unintentionally doing the same thing.

40 feet.

30 feet. How can she not know that she's on the wrong side?

20 feet. No awareness at all that a collision is imminent.

We get about 15 feet from each other, and she gives me a withering look that says, "I'm an attractive female and you're in my way so move out of my way right now or there's no way we'll ever have sex if we suddenly find ourselves as the last two people on earth."

So I moved over, but I really didn't like it.

I looked back to see if she had truly learned her lesson or if she was just posturing to get me to move over, but I don't think she had any idea. She was still walking on the far left side of the sidewalk, as if nothing was wrong.

At least now you're guaranteed sex if you two are the last on earth.
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[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by -King-

At least now you're guaranteed sex if you two are the last on earth.
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So I've got that going for me.

[DaNewGuy]

I get that, But as I was getting ready to smash 4 Jr Steakhouse burgers some dipshit spent like 5 minutes rummaging through the ****in bag, 5 minutes I coulda had smashing burgers , Pull off and park and if you're missing something go inside.

[ptlyon]

Originally Posted by DaNewGuy

I get that, But as I was getting ready to smash 4 Jr Steakhouse burgers some dipshit spent like 5 minutes rummaging through the ****in bag, 5 minutes I coulda had smashing burgers , Pull off and park and if you're missing something go inside.

Fatty

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by DaNewGuy

People after they get their food in a drive thru sit there for a minute looking through it.

I almost always have special requests (dietary), and I'm checking my food. It takes about 20 seconds, tops.

Originally Posted by ptlyon

Sorry, that is a need. You always get ****ed at the drive thru.

THEY **** YOU AT THE DRIVE-THRU!!

Originally Posted by DaNewGuy

I get that, But as I was getting ready to smash 4 Jr Steakhouse burgers some dipshit spent like 5 minutes rummaging through the ****in bag, 5 minutes I coulda had smashing burgers , Pull off and park and if you're missing something go inside.

That completely ruins the point of going through the drive-thru to begin with. And I'm not going to go back around and wait in line again. So chill.

[Rain Man]

Sometimes we'll get a Request for Proposals at work, and they'll require that we mail them hard copies, usually four or five or six.

For crying out loud, people, have you ever heard of e-mail? I have to spend $50 on shipping and pay another $25 for my folders and stuff because you don't want to read it on your screen?

[Buehler445]

Bwana. Funny shit.

The thing that got my ass wound up this afternoon is I split load a truck to save a trip to the elevator. I tell the truck driver to weigh, dump one hopper, weigh, dump the other hopper, grab your tare, GTFO. I call the elevator, tell them it is split, which hopper is which field, everybody is on the same page. Some how. Some ****ing way, the whole truck gets dumped.

****.

[Tacoman]

Some shit on the internet that drives me nuts.

The whole you're/your thing like Bearcat is talking about.

"LOOSER"... JFC people if you're going to go out of your way to call someone a LOSER at least get it right!?

"Oh I remember that game that we ONE". How someone can watch enough sports and be a big enough fan that they are posting on message boards but not know the word "won"?

Life stuff.

My damn mailman walking across my yard all over my drip system even though I have told him several times not to.

People who think its clever to try to slide in line in front of me and all the other people who got there an hour earlier for a public event etc etc. Although, calling these people out and making them look like jackasses is a favorite thing of mine so perhaps it's a wash.

People who take their dogs around and have them shit all over everyone elses yards, but don't bring bags to pick it up.

I don't EVER run around telling all the religious people I know that their church is full of shit and that I don't believe in it, or that I want them to stop going. If anything I'd say it was the opposite, I am respectful that it is their belief, and I leave them alone wih it. Why do they all (not all of course, but most) think it's ok to just walk up and start up all the shit about how I need to think about the benefits of church, and the lord is my savior and I just don't know it yet and I should be rethinking my priorities and blah blah blah..... I don't go ON PURPOSE, so leave me the **** alone!

Drivers who are jockeying for position speeding up so you can't get in and riding peoples asses with this aggravated look on their faces while they are driving in the SLOW LANE! Hey ****o, this lane is for trucks, people getting on and off the freeway, and perhaps vehicles that lack the horsepower to get up to full freeway speed. Why this is so complicated for some people to comprehend is jaw dropping.

[-King-]

Public restrooms that don't have the trash can next to the door. I use paper towels to open the door so if there isn't a trashcan nearby I have to channel my inner Michael Jordan and try to shoot the towel into wherever the trash can is. If I miss, that's the fault of the place I'm in for making such dumb arrangements in their restroom.
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[Fish]

Originally Posted by -King-

Public restrooms that don't have the trash can next to the door. I use paper towels to open the door so if there isn't a trashcan nearby I have to channel my inner Michael Jordan and try to shoot the towel into wherever the trash can is. If I miss, that's the fault of the place I'm in for making such dumb arrangements in their restroom.
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Being an irrational germaphobe doesn't justify littering. Don't be a douche.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by Fish

Being an irrational germaphobe doesn't justify littering. Don't be a douche.

If that's what you want to call it then I'll be a douche. I just know a surprisingly large number of people don't wash their hands when they get done pissing or shitting and if I can help it, I don't want to touch the same surfaces they're touching.
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[displacedinMN]

Originally Posted by -King-

If that's what you want to call it then I'll be a douche. I just know a surprisingly large number of people don't wash their hands when they get done pissing or shitting and if I can help it, I don't want to touch the same surfaces they're touching.
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I am not a complete germaphobe but ditto that.

I always use a paper towel to open a bathroom door on the way out, or if there are no towels, the side of my shirt.
Just one of those things.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by -King-

If that's what you want to call it then I'll be a douche. I just know a surprisingly large number of people don't wash their hands when they get done pissing or shitting and if I can help it, I don't want to touch the same surfaces they're touching.
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I actually agree with your basic premise. I never touch bathroom doors without a paper towel; but I will contort my body in any way to make sure the balled up towel lands where it should because I'm generally pretty neat and try to be considerate of service workers.

To Fish's point, you have to realize that you're really not saving yourself from a damn thing. Those people that don't wash their hands (which is probably as high as 50% or more) are going right out into that public place you're at and touching the menus, table tops, counter tops, door handles, etc. that hardly get washed.

[KCrockaholic]

Originally Posted by -King-

Public restrooms that don't have the trash can next to the door. I use paper towels to open the door so if there isn't a trashcan nearby I have to channel my inner Michael Jordan and try to shoot the towel into wherever the trash can is. If I miss, that's the fault of the place I'm in for making such dumb arrangements in their restroom.
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I actually agree with this. Have any of you taken note of how many people don't wash their hands after a shit or piss? It's a higher amount than I wish was true.

I'm generous with opening doors or holding doors for people. But when I see a person shoot trait out of the stall and run for the door as I'm also walking out, I make sure to let the door shut on them. I'm not holding doors open for Mr. Shit hands just because he's a lazy uncaring ****.