Small things in life that gravel your ass

[CaliforniaChief]

I get aggravated by the following things:

1. People who don't turn on their turn signal at all or wait until they've all but jammed on their brakes right in front of you, as if your telepathic gifts should have told you they were turning.

2. People who leave their grocery cart in a parking space when there's a cart corral literally 20 feet from where they are. Hey douche-nozzle, you wouldn't have to buy whole grain food and diet coke if you just walked the 20 feet to bring your cart back, and our prices wouldn't be so high if they didn't have to hire all those teenagers to round up the carts.

3. People who change their order at the drive-through while they're at the window, or make multiple different orders. There's a time to go in and do it in person. Then again, these are the same chubs who can't walk their cart back to the corral, either.

4. People who bitch and moan about the federal debt, only to hound their congressman and complain that he didn't bring home the pork to build that 3-toed sloth museum.

5. California weather-people. They're baked crispy-orange and talk about how great it is that we don't have rain, and then when half our forests are in flames, bitch about how it's been so dry.

6. People at the airport that try to board the plane before it's their turn. We're all getting on the plane, people.

7. Airline companies that bitch about how much carry-on baggage people have. Hmmmm....wonder why we're all carrying on bags, now? Idiots.

8. California sports fans. I'm not making this up. There was a mom at our school who had Chargers stuff all over the back of her SUV. Then when they lost all those games and the Packers were unbeaten, she mysteriously became a Packers fan and put a GB decal on the back of her SUV. Then the DAY after the Giants beat them, the window was blank. Like her brain. I hate fair-weather fans.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief

6. People at the airport that try to board the plane before it's their turn. We're all getting on the plane, people.

I've travelled a lot, but hadn't ever flown Southwest until about a month ago. I was kind of amazed at the organization.

Other airlines: Assigned seats, so there's ABSOLUTELY NO REASON to get on the plane early, yet everyone crowds the gate when they announce the preboarding for people with kids. I've literally had to push through people who have a boarding number of like 4 or 5 so I could board with the other 2s. And WTF would you want to sit down early? So your carry-on gets a premiere spot in the overhead bin? If I'm sitting around for 2-3 or 10 hours, I have no desire to add 20 minutes to it.

Southwest: It does matter when you board, so they line you up in order and there's no crowding and no hassle. If you don't get there in time, there's no fighting through a crowd... just get in line. Love it.

[scho63]

Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief

I get aggravated by the following things:
6. People at the airport that try to board the plane before it's their turn. We're all getting on the plane, people.

A bunch a self-centered assholes! They make the whole process a clusterfuck

[Mosbonian]

Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief

I get aggravated by the following things:

2. People who leave their grocery cart in a parking space when there's a cart corral literally 20 feet from where they are. Hey douche-nozzle, you wouldn't have to buy whole grain food and diet coke if you just walked the 20 feet to bring your cart back, and our prices wouldn't be so high if they didn't have to hire all those teenagers to round up the carts.

3. People who change their order at the drive-through while they're at the window, or make multiple different orders. There's a time to go in and do it in person. Then again, these are the same chubs who can't walk their cart back to the corral, either..

I detest the people who are too damn lazy to walk the cart to the cart corral. And it isn't just the overweight people who won't do it, it seems to run the gamut of the prissy people who don't want to be seen pushing a cart. And just as bad is those who will push the cart and let it roll wherever never looking back to see if it hits a vehicle.


I hate the drive thru for several reasons, but the one that chaps me the most is the person who pulls up and starts reciting the whole menu in trying to decide what they want to buy. My wife is just as guilty of this as anyone and I refuse to go thru the drive thru with her anymore. If you are in the drive-thru lane you are pretty sure what you want, please don't take 5 minutes deciding what you want that day. And if you change your order AFTER you order be prepared to be rear-ended and pushed thru the window.