I used to if I didn't have money in the bank but since tha Check 21 law was passed or whatever it is called I usually don't write a check for anything except house payment.
Can't say it really pisses me off per se, but it bothers me when people say, "I could care less." What the hell does that even mean? If you COULD care less, doesn't that mean you DO care to some extent? I don't know who the hell coined that figure of speech, but it makes no damn sense.
The self-check station. There's a good idea made utterly crap-tacular 90% of the time. Seriously, I use it all the time too, it's great in theory. I don't have to talk to anybody, I don't have to deal with the punk kid bagging crushing my eggs. But OH MY GOD! How many times have you been just seconds away from killing somebody for not knowing what they're doing? If you're so technologically inept that the little manager person damn near checks all your stuff out for you - go to a normal line! On that note, I can't stand it when the PFY running the self-check stations dissapears. Thanks to you walking off I have to stare at nothing for 3 minutes while waiting for you to come back and press the magical "let him buy beer" button.
Not only that, but the people that go to the self checkout with a bazillion things. If youre buying that much crap, just go through the regular line and have them do it for you. I hate having to wait for someone when I have two freaking things and they have two baskets full.
i think the originator coined it, "I couldn't care less." it's the ignorant folks who constantly misuse the phrase.
People that don't acknowledge me holding a door for them People that let a door slam shut behind them when I'm close enogh for them to at least slow it down Drivers that don't use their turn signal Drivers behind me suddenly deciding to switch lanes and cut me off AS SOON AS I TURN ON MY TURN SIGNAL My girlfriend not shutting up when I'm trying to listen to the radio or read and post things on the internet People that get all up on my ass when I'm in a self-scan lane
People who talk insanely loud on cell phones. Oak trees in spring raining 48,000 pounds of oak pollen/seed on my driveway. After it rained it looked like every caterpillar in Texas crawled on my drive and died.
People who drive cars with those stupid "coffee can" tailpipes. You already looked stupid driving your beatup 88 civic with spinners - now you sound annoying too.
People (read STUDENTS) that don't take care of their crap until the last minute (or worse AFTER the deadline) and then have the audacity to expect everyone to bend over backwards fixing their screw up. Lack of preperation on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.
Perhaps he lives in a van down by the river. - Automated phone menus - Digging for money at the toll window, when you were already in a line. - When you can hear someone eating - Mystery farts in a restaurant. - Any form of solicitation via email, pop-ups, etc... - Cell phone discussion in a restaurant. - Old Women in Mercedes. Worth a thread in itself. - Combovers - Accept it already. - Surprise pets when family comes to visit. "Oh, don't worry... He's house-trained".
Sometimes people want to let you finish whatever it is you are doing before you get to them. When I worked in a cubicle environment, I liked to give a soft knock, then people could either ask what I needed or signal me to wait. It seemed to work pretty well. In the future, I would recommend you just say, "Yes?" That wouldn't be too tough, would it? Mostly, other people driving pisses me off. I guess Carlin is right, the people that drive slower than me are idiots and the people that drive faster are maniacs.
Yea...that and people who talk really loudly on a phone at work in a cubicle-based environment. I mean...the f**king phone is already amplified some. Your not talking into a can attached to a string running to another can on the other end. I hear people several cubicle rows over and I can hear their conversation clearly. I'm used to it...but it still gets a little under my skin. Show some common courtesy! I do, however, think loud talkers have a certain gene trait that I don't have. So, I excuse them. Forgive them for they know not what they do. Amen.
