Festivus - The airing of Grievances Thread

people who fart in line

People unaware of the space around them. The type that stand in doorways while people try to squeeze past. The type that pull out into traffic without bothering to look at all. The type that don't pay attention when they're standing in line and don't move forward. You know the type.

people who think it's okay to eat one of my fries

But do the squirrels still frolic outside your window?

People who come into my store all grouchy and evil and treat me like I just ran over their dog.

I wanted to put this sign up here at work:

If I don't start seeing some halls decked with holly and sugarplums dancing in peoples heads, You're all getting a big ass piece of coal shoved where the sun doesn't shine. Happy Holidays!

Parents who allow their children to act like wild animals in restaurants.

I <3 this.

Oh wait, I'm supposed to say something cranky.

I have a grievance with those infomercials that say "and as a special bonus, order now and get a second one absolutely free!" Are people actually stupid enough not to understand that they've just been conned into paying for it twice?!

And another thing... wtf is up with persian rug stores and going out of business sales? Liquidation! Everything must go! I swear there's a rug store in DC that's been going out of business for the last ten years. There should be a law that if you have a going out of business sale, you actually have to go out of business!

And lastly... stop insulting my intelligence with "hidden bonus content" on my DVD's. Making me have to go search online for some obscure, annoyingly complex gymnastics trick I have to perform with the remote to "ulock" it is unbelievably obnoxious. I ALREADY F*CKING OWN IT! Can you imagine if you bought a car but you had to tap out a 20 button sequence on your dashboard to get the glove compartment to open, because it's considered bonus content?! Grrrrrrrrrr.

Cellphone Queens. A Cellphone Queen will let nothing interrupt her oh so important conversation. She will waddle slowly through store aisles, making it impossible for me to get past her yammering. She will drive 15 miles below the speed limit on the Beltway, phone stuck to ear. She will even rob banks while on the phone.

Why does anyone need a 1000 watt stereo in their car? Inside your car is probably a very small space, easily served by 200 watts. For some reason, these people think everyone wants to hear the same tired deep bass distortion that many call "music". These are the same people who always ask people to repeat themselves. The same people who think the school isn't doing its job teaching their stupid as a tree kids. Here is a hint: They can't hear their teachers, because years ago, you treated your infant children to a few hundred hours of Ol' Dirty Bastard at 1000 watts.

I hate people who give their children stupid names. If you saw it on LOTR it's probably going to get your kid beat up later in life, and randomly combining 2 names does not make it a real name. or when they take a perfectly normal anme and misspell it, it doesn't make your kid unique it just makes them have to spell their name 40 times whenever they talk to someone on the phone, and last names should not be first names if I run into another MacKenzie or Reagan I'm going to vomit. Don't people realize when this kid grows up they are going to hate their parents for naming them Arwen Makenzy?

I absolutely HATE it when women say your my soul mate then 6 weeks later they are telling their next victum that They are their soul mate and then 6 weeks later....

I also hate people who call here at work when I am closed for lunch and eating or closed for the day and they let the damn phone ring 283658 times. I don't know about anyone else, but if I call somewhere and no one answers after 7 rings...I hang up and call at a later time. I don't just let the phone ring off the damn hook and keep calling back like an idiot.

I know someone like that in SL, but it's less than 6 weeks, more like 3 days lol.

Don't forget kids named Kennedy.

I hate people that call Tech Support (me) and expect me to be their fucking IT person for two hours for something I don't support. It's not my fault your fucking DELL box is pre-loaded with a shitty valueadd-- firewall from McNorton, and you don't know how to configure it. It's not my responsibility when you install Kazaa or (ins. p2pware here) and it fucks up your computer.

Oh. And don't say "I have an error", and have me ask you to repeat it. And then get upset when I ask you to repeat it a couple times because you're reading it wrong.

If I tell you to upgrade your computer. Trust me on it. Don't argue about how powerful your 8-bit hand-me-down is. If the installer software says it won't run, it won't run. Deal.

Just because you pay for the service. It doesn't make you special.
Because you own your own company, it doesn't make you special.
If you can't pronounce the name of your computer, it does make you special, just not the kind of 'special' you like.

I *am* the Level 2 tech, you <em>shit!</em> Those voice prompts you just spent 20 mins lying to? That's 'level one'. You don't need a supervisor, you don't need an immediate escalation for your problem. I already know the problem. You've called us a dozen times today and gotten the same answer you don't like because it requires a little effort on your part. Okay, you really need a 'Level 3 tech?' Fine. I'll abandon protocol and put my job at risk and foreward you immediately to a supervisor, hold on while I transfer you.....

*click.... doot-deet-doot-doot-deet-doot-deet-doot*

Thank you for calling Verizon. A representative will be with you shortly, please take the time to answer the following questions...

I hate people know I'm so broke I can't afford to buy lunch, or for that matter, bus fare. And then proceed to bitch to me about how bad their life is that they can't get an Xbox 360 because they're continually sold out.

I hate people that try to bait me into a scam, when just last week they saw me explaining to someone the exact scam they're trying to pass on me.

And no, I won't join your MLM chain unless you pay the signup fee. If you were really making the millions they promised you wouldn't be asking me to front $500.

I told you not to install that software, it'll screw up your computer. You did it anyway, because you know better. So why are you asking me to come fix it?

I told you not to buy the cheap knockoff, you'll be sorry. So why are you coming to me crying you got herpes from that chick because of a weak-as s condom. Didn't I tell that woman was bad news?

Why the hell are you asking my advice as if it's urgent even though you'll ignore it anyway?

Your new iPod/RAZR/PSP isn't cool. Okay, it's cool enough, but the second you try to tease me about it, it's gay. But if you don't fuck off now, you'll find out if it's small enough for you to involuntarily swallow.

I won't give you a copy of the thing I'm making. It's not finished.
I won't give you a copy of the thing I'm making. It's a comission job.
I won't give you a copy of the thing I'm making. What the fuck are you even doing here, the sandbox is on the other continent.
I won't give you a copy of the thing I'm making. That's a nice gun. Notice how it doesn't work.
I won't give you a copy of the thing I'm making. If you don't fuck off, I'll show you that does.
I won't give you a copy of the thing I'm making. Abuse Report a FIC member? How cna you do that when you're unable to log in?
I won't give you a copy of the thing I'm making. Oh wait, where did you go? I loose more jackass noobs that way.

Christmas Grievance!

I just came back from Christmas Eve shopping hell looking for DVD's. Not one store that I went to had them in alphabetical order!

Well Virgin did, but only if you know which of the 600 "categories" your DVD falls into. I mean it used to be that the main displays were all like "new releases" and crap and waaay in the back there was the alphabetical section. Now, they just don't have one at all! I complained to the workers in each store, and mostly they just shrugged. In London Drugs, I took it all the way to the manager and he said:

"Oh yeah, that's how it's done now. It keeps you in the store longer because you can't find anything."

!!!!

LMAO, I have a friend like this. Except instead of "soulmate" she says, "This one's a keeper!"... To which I always reply, "Just like the last 5, huh?"


And, my grievance - Spending about 4 hours yesterday running around trying to find a copy of Resident Evil 4 to buy my better half. That's what I get for putting these things off till the last minute. But would any one of 8 different stores have the good sense to put a couple extra in stock prior to the holiday? Grrr...

Totally - my grievance too. Cellphone Diva's. They yammer in the public restroom while they are pissing and while their conversation echos through the entire restroom.

They yammer loudly in the airport, on the airplane, in line at the grocery store, at the cash register in the grocery store. In fact they are still yammering when the clerk asks them a question and they act so put out when they have to cease their most "important" conversation and actually pay attention to WTF they are doing at the moment and answer the question or pay for the item. Grrrrrrrrrr..... Please spare me this year from:

THE CELL PHONE DIVA!

Check Comp USA's discount rack. I got it for $30.

People who drive, if you want to call it that, while on cellphones need to get a handsfree set or be flogged in public.

People who fart in elevators.