sorry, bro. yep... most of the times it seems like an age specific thing. pouhe, i don't want to imagine that. lol. seems office space worthy. :grin:
True, but as young as I am (31) it still fascinates me how quickly checks became obsolete in the last ten years. Especially since a lot of McDonalds and the entire food court at my closest mall (Westroads in Omaha) did not take credit or check cards 4-5 years ago. To see electronics or office supply stores that flat out refuse personal checks still gets kind of a double-take. Even more shocking, I couldn't tell you my separate ATM card's pin with a gun to my head, it's all check card.
Being greeted in Spanish. Besides the fact that I can't speak the language, I have no idea why sales people feel the need to start talking to me Spanish. This weekend, I walked into a furniture store and before the salesman could finish his greeting I said, "What makes you think I speak Spanish"? He had no idea what to say. I just told him to if I do make a purchase today, it will be from someone else. If nothing else, at least this guy and others I encounter going forward will think twice before assuming people want to be greeted in Spanish.
I hateeee when that happens! I have several pet peeves but I'll keep the list short. - people who smack their mouth while eating - people who can't spell the simplest words or don't know how to use punctuation. - a person who always has a negative attitude. - girls who constantly talk about their drama with their boyfriend. If its that bad just break up with the guy and shut up already!!!!! I think that's enough for today.
I hate it when people drop names in conversations who I could not possibly know. For example I'm talking to someone ME: How was your weekend? What did you get up to? HIM: Pretty good weekend. Went fishing with Dave. ME: Who's Dave? HIM: Oh, it's the brother of this guy I work with This really really annoys me for some reason.
I work with nothing but women and they sort of expect that. I only bring my child when they ask though, never do it unexpectedly.
I hate when something negative happens to somebody else and they take it out on you even though you had nothing to do with it.
The time of year where all the teachers/band directors in my life (wife, 2 sisters, 95% of my friends) start bragging to me about how they have the next 2 1/2 months off. That time actually starts today.
When I’m swamped at work – which is all the time – and someone comes in and sits down and asks: Can I ask you a quick question? 1 – you just wasted time asking the question. 2- you sat down which indicates that this will not be a quick question. 3 – most of the time it’s a question asking me to do your job. When I’m at lunch at my desk during normal lunch hours and someone comes by to talk work. I don’t mean to be unhelpful if you have a serious problem but most of the time it is a very insignificant issue that could be addressed in an email (my queue process) or after lunch. If you would walk down to Chili’s and ask me to come back and help you on this problem, then I would be glad to help. Otherwise – come back or send an email. When there is a long line and a customer wants to tell their life story which is unrelated to their business. I was at the car title office on my lunch hour and this guy in front was going into his long story as to his ailments are and what his doctor is doing for them – totally ignoring the need for speed and efficiency to keep the line moving. Most of the ailments could be solved by eating less and/or exercising more. Seriously - he was in there to get handicap tags for his cars because the task of moving the hang tag from car-to-car was too hard. I know this is your big outing for the day before you head back to your daily TV shows and this may be the only human contact you get today, but the working people have jobs they have to get back to – keep the line moving and find other ways to talk to people. Driving slow in the fast line. Slower traffic keep right. Maybe I should switch to decaf…
