Post your stupid gripe here. I'll start.

[hedgehog]

Why is it every form I fill out now calls for the mm/dd/yyyy format. What are the odds that we'll be around to care about the turn of the next century?

[mcctatas]

1. How come the container of sanitizing wipes they keep by

the carts at my grocery store is always empty???

[lost-in-nj]

2. and you have to search for a

garbage can when you are lucky enough to get a wipe...

:*


lost

[mcctatas]

3. Yeah, that pisses me off too!

now I am all angry, I think I'll go kick the dog! Oh, wait, I don't have a dog, I guess I will have to settle for being a passive aggressive bitch to the husband;)

[Shiver]

4. The store I work at

Always has plenty of wipes, with garbage cans right next to them.

[mcctatas]

5. What?

Surely you jest, there is no such place...

[Shiver]

8. Oh, but there is...

The wonderous and magical Cub Foods, in Madison, WI, with full sanitizing wipe dispensers attached to convenient trash cans as far as the eye can see... well, at various intervals around the store...

[Gidney N Cloyd]

10. Madison, huh. Well there you have it-- communism works.

;)

[mcctatas]

18. Damn!

if gas didn't cost so much, such a wondrous place would be worth the 140 mile round trip to shop there!

[mwooldri]

14. What is it with sanitizing wipes?

What is it with them paper things you guys put over the toilet seat? Do you think you're going to catch AIDS from the toilet seat?

Let's think about it. The food is packaged. Fresh food is packaged in sanitized, plastic bags. Your greengrocery is put into bags. Often plastic but can be paper in the right place. Your food is going to be safe.

Your hands? That's why you should carry around sanitizing hand-gel if you're concerned.

[mcctatas]

20. Dude...

it's because I usually have my son in the cart, has nothing to do with the food or MY hands, kids are kind of notorious for putting shit in their mouths or putting their mouths on things that we don't want them to.

AIDS from a toilet seat? :wtf: condescension is so unappealing...

[mwooldri]

21. Those paper things for the toilet seat just get me.

I never saw them until I moved over here. Still gets me. Mind you, I've been used to the smelliest, shittiest, skankest, foulest "public conveniences" known to the 1st world and they happened to be ran by the local council. Toilet tissue was a luxury, and even then it resembled more like parchment paper that you'd put cakes onto when baking. (we had that crapola parchment paper at school too and even then I wasn't fond of the sanitation then either).

And that AIDS from a toilet seat was meant as a flippant remark. I know it's not possible, but there's someone out there who thinks that I'm sure. I took the thread to be a semi-fun thing. Apologies if any offence taken.

Mark.

[mcctatas]

22. Yeah...

I tend to be easily offended when I'm hungover, my apologies;)

[flvegan]

6. Lazy fucks that don't put shopping carts in the return when done.

It's like 20 feet away, people. Look, you just bought a whole bunch of new calories, why don't you burn one you already have by walking the cart over.

[hedgehog]

7. That doesn't count as a "stupid" gripe since those shopping carts

can do a bit of damage if they hit your car!

[lizerdbits]

11. LOL

Look, you just bought a whole bunch of new calories, why don't you burn one you already have by walking the cart over.

:rofl:

[bicentennial_baby]

9. Diflucan should be an OTC medication

Not stupid actually, come to think of it. But it's my gripe of the day. :)

[femmocrat]

17. I'm waiting for a generic of Imitrex.

Geez, it's been out since about 1994. It's time, isn't it!

[mwooldri]

12. Why does it have to be mm/dd/yyyy? Rest of the world uses dd/mm/yyyy. nt

[Rabrrrrrr]

13. Because we have a lot of people older than 100.

[BlueJazz]

15. People who Creep and Creep and Creep and Creep at stop lights then let...

...a 150 ft gap happen (with the car in front of them) when the light changes to Green.
I mean, come on..your reaction time can't be THAT slow...

[femmocrat]

16. I have two ... unless you live in the country, these probably don't affect you!

1. Outdoor burning. It's a gorgeous day, but we can't go outside or open the windows because some moron/yahoo/redneck is out there burning garbage. (Not just today, pick any gorgeous day.)

2. Shooting. Well maybe city people can relate, but WTF are these stupid rednecks shooting at? Ka-boom! Ka-boom! My female corgi is terrified of that sound and won't go outside if there is shooting. Don't even get me started on hunting season, which seems to last from now until spring.

:banghead:

[AwakeAtLast]

26. Try your second one on a just-returned-from-Iraq husband. Not fun!

They should be expert marksman by now, one would hope.

:hi:

[femmocrat]

27. Wow.... I hadn't considered that.

My soon-to-be DIL is an Iraq-war veteran too.

:hug: :patriot:

[dawgmom]

19. How long can my list be?

1. Idiot neighbors who shoot off bottle rockets every night for two weeks preceding and following any holiday. This includes the 4th of July, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Christmas. My male dog is terrified of gunshots, etc., and I spend the entire time keeping him from trying to claw his way into the closet.

2. Idiot neighbor who is apparently building the next ark in his garage, and wakes me with the sound of his power saw every Saturday morning at 6:00 a.m.

3. Cops who feel the need to give tickets during morning rush hour, thus completely screwing up the flow of traffic even more, and adding a half hour to everybody's commute.

4. People who weave in and out of traffic, cutting in front of you sharply so you have to slam on your brakes, trying to find what they think is the fastest lane, just so they can arrive at their destination .04 seconds ahead of you.

5. People who pop popcorn in the microwave at 4:00 p.m., when I'm trying to stay on my diet.

6. People who re-heat things in the office microwave which are loaded with garlic, thus fouling the air for everyone else, and leaving the microwave reeking of garlic for the next few days everytime someone uses it, until I spray and clean it out.

7. (Stupid alert -- truly trivial) The way they jam a pound of napkins on top of your food when you go through the drivethrough, so you have to slog through them and toss them aside before you can get to your food. What, they think you're going to put a napkin on your lap while you're eating and driving?" Put 'em on the bottom, and I'll grab them if I need them.

8. Grocery carts with wobbly wheels.

9. Dane Cook. Why does he have a career?

10. People who say, "Oh, I never watch TV" with that air of smug superiority.

[Sanity Claws]

23. People who leave lights on at night

The light comes into my bedroom and keeps me awake. I've started sleeping with an eyemask because there's so much light at night.

[hobbit709]

24. Ever hear of blinds.

[Sanity Claws]

25. Insufficient for the light coming in

Blinds allow light in on the sides. I suppose I could combine the shades with heavy drapes but I live in a rental apartment and don't want to invest in expensive draperies.

[hobbit709]

28. So tape some black plastic on the window.

[Sanity Claws]

29. ?????

That sounds insane.
I don't want to live in a tomb with no sunlight during the day so I would have to retape it every night. I think I'll stick to my eye mask, a much easier solution.