~*~Grievances~*~

[esa]

What is the thing you hate the most? I told Jamie that this was going to be my next post on here and it is.
The thing I can't stand...is when you're in a public toilet....and you go to pee (well.. us ladies anyways)..and the automatic flusher thinks you're done. FLUSH!!!!! Next thing you know your cootch, ass, and what not are wet from the flush spray. I hate that I hate that I hate that. Gross'es me out. That was the worst thing they ever put in toilets. I'd rather flush something someone's left behind myself than get a wet ass from a toilet.

Oh yeah and I hate Wendys because they have my picture in there. I swear. They look up and say, "Hey, that's Gene Myers' daughter. That's the guy we always add 15-20 mins to his order... do the same for her!" And they do!

But that pieve isn't as bad as the toilet flushing one. Grrr.
What's your pieve?

[FatVin]

Apathy and deliberate ignorance.

It's one thing to be a dumbass cause you can't help it, it's another to CHOOSE to be stupid.

have an opinion, voice your opinion but have reasons to back it up.

even be willing to change your mind, when faced with overwheming evidence.

Don'r be afrid of argumements if you have an opinon and it can't stand up to scrutiny maybe you should change your damn mind.

any Apathy and deliberate ignorance.

[Banana Fandango]

when I was in college, I remember reading a book that outlined a study done on public restrooms. The next time your cooch is getting splashed think of this experiment that was done: Scientists held a petri dish over the toilet & dropped things into it, thereby collecting the splashes on the petri dish, and then let the splashes grow. It was DISGUSTING all of the bacteria & things that grew from the toilet water!!!! Ever since then, I always put toilet paper in the bowl before peeing to buffer the splashing. However, I have been doused several times by the auto flash bastards, and that petri dish thought always creeps into my mind. YUK!!!!! And what about all of those old ladies that probably just sit right on the seat....I guess you dont see too many grandmas in the free clinic so it must not be that bad. And while we're on the subject of rants...I hate it when I go into the ladies room, and the toilet seat is covered in pee from someone who hovered over the seat, sprayed it, and neglected to wipe. I don't know what's worse...getting sprayed by the toilet water, or sitting in some whore's urine!!! Now I'm grossed out...Thanks a lot!

[rreihart]

Ahhhhh, (sigh of relief) the benefits of external genetalia!

[Ron]

Banana, If you think what grows from toilet water is bad, you should see what grows from dish cloths, bath towels and tooth brushes.

Hey Rusty... all's well and good until you take a whack in the jimmies. Then splashing toilet water doesn't seem so bad.

[Hal]

I hate when I'm at work and I get random boners. I mean, I get them so often that I'll walk around with a pair of Dockers on and forget that I got a tent.

Actually, I don't hate that at all...............

[Banana Fandango]

I just remembered a 48 hours I saw that talked about what grew on public pay phones & they found the things that cause boils on an ATM machine!!! Now I'm grossed out again...
Also, I know that people are supposed to wash their hands before eating....did you ever think about how dirty your hands get at a salad bar??? In other words, if you eat at Hoss's...maybe you should wait to wash your hands until after you get your salad!!! yukky yukky yukky

[rreihart]

I work in an academic environment, namely an area where their are computer labs. I saw a report once where they swabbed computer keyboards & mouses in public places, much like where I work and they swabbed the toilet seat in same said places and the toilet seats were less contaminated. Sick. But, time and time again I observe unclean people using the bathroom where I work and just walking right out the door. It's foul. A peeve of mine is when you go to a public restroom and the facilities are so unclean that you're hands are probably less germy if you don't wash them!

Also, remember back in the day when Hoss's and other restaraunts used to have a big glass dish and a spoon with the little mints as you go out the door? Yeah, well department of health tests on those mint dishes revealed traces of urine and fecal matter....also not surprising!

Good call on the genitalia observation Ron!

And speaking of random erection experiences, what is less comfortable than that is when you are seated in the same position for a long period of time (biking, playing drums, working a desk job, etc.) and you get the dreaded penis numbness, the level of discomfort can rival a swift shot to the boys!

[esa]

yeah...i worked at ponderosa for a while as a summer job. let me tell you that children and old people should *not* be allowed to handle tongs. Mucous is not a fun thing to discover on spoons. And let me tell you that sneeze shields do shit. And be careful of the waiting staff too. I'm so glad they fired the one girl... I won't go into details on that one though....
Ugh...

[gymnast]

I hate it when you are starving and in a long line at a fast food place or concession stand and the menu is all lit up so you can see it from the back of the line, but the ass in front of you (who has been in line at least 5 min) waits until the person behind the counter asks "what would you like" before even looking at the menu or thinking about what they want. One time I was so hungry that I seriously told the guy in front of me to move over and decide while the rest of us order. I guess I just have no patience.

I also hate when people do not use the middle turning lane, instead they sit in the lane of traffic with their signal on.

I really hate the towel (cloth towel that keeps going around) dispenser in the westmont gardens.

I hate it when my boss starts out a conversation with "this will place a larger burden on your plate, but ..." (this happens at least once a week)

My biggest annoyed type hatred goes to a cooworker who has never been to work on time, gotten rules bent repeatedly for her, takes 10 smoke breaks a day (we get 0 breaks), always has to comment on everything (keep in mind she has no clue so her comments show her lack of understanding anything), has fallen asleep at meetings, and she gets paid more when the rest of us do more work!!! I mean hell I wear mini skirts and low cut shirts and I don't get jack shit.

[ZappasXWife]

Here's one that really bugged me driving the other day. On Sinking Valley Road, there is not much oppurtunity for a car to pass another car, but you would be able to slowly pass a bicycle, right? Well, I guess some idiot in a mini-van thought you have to follow a bicycle. The whole way down Sinking Valley, with a line of cars behind him. The guy on the bicycle was even waving him around, but, no...
I hate papercuts, or even someone talking about papercuts. Don't even show me or tell me how you did it, especially if you cut your tongue on an envelope edge. You know how people get chills from fingernails on a chalkboard? That's how I feel even thinking about a papercut. I know its weird. Or is it? Anyone else get this?

[esa]

Only the tongue papercut one.. cuz of the stories you hear about the cock roach eggs or spider eggs laid in the glue... then you lick it...get a cut...then buggah: a few weeks later, baby bugs crawling out of the sore in your mouth that you thought wouldn't go away cuz you kept playing with it.... mmmhmmmmm. bugs. that gives me nail on chalkboard feelings.

[esa]

Oh and yes. I never lick envelopes or stamps because of that. Ever. I will con someone else into doing it fore me before I'll go to plan b.

[Jim Price]

J.P. Grievences:

"Good samaritans" at 4-way stop signs who insist that you go first, particularly at busy 4-way intersections. It's a simple enough concept, whoever gets to the intersection first, goes first.

Compulsive gamblers who hold up the lines at convenience stores so they can play 150 Daily Numbers. If I ran such places, I'd allow you to play five numbers, then you go to the back of the line and wait behind everybody else to play again.

The aforementioned restroom atrocities, especially those who don't wash their hands afterward. Sometimes I think I'm the only person who washes my hands in such places any more!

Ignorant asses who park diagonally across two parking spaces so their precious ride doesn't risk getting a door banged into it. Especially in crowded parking lots, where these diagonal parkers use up available spaces and force me to park down the street! (Also in the same category, people who don't have the skill to cleanly park between two lines, and park part way into the next space!)

Yep, I'm a case of maniacal road rage, just waiting to happen...

[Banana Fandango]

You know how those kids hang out in parking lots along Plank Road in Altoona w/ their little sport trucks & cars???? How funny would it be to take some piece of crap car, pull in next to them, pop your hood up & just hang out like 'Yeah, check out my ride....' I have thought of doing that 100 times, but just don't have the nerve. I'd probably get my a$$ kicked.

[313]

You know how those kids hang out in parking lots along Plank Road in Altoona w/ their little sport trucks & cars???? How funny would it be to take some piece of crap car, pull in next to them, pop your hood up & just hang out like 'Yeah, check out my ride....' I have thought of doing that 100 times, but just don't have the nerve. I'd probably get my a$$ kicked.

Ahhh, I did that once many years ago. I drove a VW Beetle into a parking lot full of muscle cars and popped the "hood" (remember that the "hood" of a VW Beetle is in the BACK). These guys were taking turns doing donuts in the middle of the parking lot to an admiring audience. I waited patiently for an opening, pulled into the center of the lot and did two very slow tight circles and then kept going right out of the lot. If I hadn't left, I probably would have gotten my a$$ kicked.

[DMFJ03]

Fake people who feel the need to gloat about how much money they have.

[daveb]

My biggest peeve seems to have gone away ever since CREED broke up.

But, I will try to find a couple of things that piss me off.

Douche bags that throw their lit cigarette butts out their car windows. I wish their vehilces would explode after doing that or I should be able to drive in front of them and toss used TP out my window at them.

What's up with people that do their whole life's banking at the drive-up ATM? Is not the ATM to bank what Sheetz is to grocery store? You know, get in, get out quick.

I'm sure Scott Stapp is responsible for both of the above. So, I will just hate him more.

[April]

mullets. and anybody named Clarence....or actually the people who name their children Clarence. Thats just asking to put the poor person through a life of celibacy.

(sorry to offend any normal people out there with that name, but I've never met anybody normal who was named Clarence.)

[GUITARII]

I absolutely can't stand those folks that feel it necessary to "one up" another persons story or experience.... you know, always making their experience far greater and you know that it's bullshit!

Also... messin with my food or drink. I hate when people you barely know assume they can take a sip or a bite of whatever you're having or continue to force what they're having on you.... especially the stage ho's at 1am (not that I mind the ho's... per say) you know the ones... slobbering over the same bottle of beer for an hour and when you back away from the mic... they're forcing it down your throat. You don't know where their cork suckers have been and you're sharing the back wash they distributed in a warm bottle of suds! Yuck! That doesn't make you a cork sucker by association does it? The only consolation is... there is beer in the bottle and it would be just wrong to let the beer go to waste!

[bassist_25]

Reality TV shows - the most bile, disturbing pieces of crap to ever be concieved. There are people with Harvard MBA's sitting around board rooms coming up with this shit. Why does every television show idea have to be put into the reality format? What's even sadder is that people enjoy watching them. I guess that says a lot about people's mentalities. Western society is just one sick sociology experiment and I always seem to be the confederate sitting in on it all.

Annoying drunks at gigs - I'm sure everyone here can relate to this one. Dude, 2 1/2 to 3 feet is the generally excepted distance for personal space; please don't stand 4 inches from my face. Also, don't try to talk philosophy with me like you're laying down some really heavy shit. Your last name wasn't Camus, Locke, Rand, Nietzsche, Plato, or Kant before you became intoxicated, and downing 8 bottles of Miller still doesn't give you the insight to write a book on metaphysics. Lastly, I can manage my own music career, thank you. I don't need your profound insight into the industry. Much like how alchohol doesn't automatically make you Socrates, it also doesn't make you George Martin.

Overly aggressive people - take a chill pill people!!! Go ahead and fall victime to your id. Hitting me might make you feel good for a short time, but the nice settlement I get after I sue you will last a lot longer.

Anne Coulter - I dislike political pundits on either side, but I grow very tired of this women's hate-filled, McCarthyist propaganda. If she had her way, anyone with a left-leaning view would be deported. I would take that obnoxious ditto-headed loudmouth over her spin anyday.

People that say "git 'er done" all the time - Yeah, it was funny at first, but now it's just a cliche catch-phrase. If you want a cool phrase to say, check out the weekly quote of old sKool featured in my signature.

Hillary Duff not returning my love letters - And what the hell is up with this? I guess she's too busy with all of the trust fund babies out in LA.

Wow, this post was cathartic. We should have this topic more often.

[bassist_25]

Also... messin with my food or drink. I hate when people you barely know assume they can take a sip or a bite of whatever you're having or continue to force what they're having on you.... especially the stage ho's at 1am (not that I mind the ho's... per say) you know the ones... slobbering over the same bottle of beer for an hour and when you back away from the mic... they're forcing it down your throat. You don't know where their cork suckers have been and you're sharing the back wash they distributed in a warm bottle of suds! Yuck! That doesn't make you a cork sucker by association does it? The only consolation is... there is beer in the bottle and it would be just wrong to let the beer go to waste!

You better be careful, Dan; there might be roofies in those drinks.

[songsmith]

Old people driving. Club owners telling me what I can and cannot play. Ugly people making out in front of a crowd (we're not impressed...you're still ugly). Cocky drunk women. Karaoke kings (and queens). People who will never understand that last drink will put them "over the edge" (buzz maintenance is a fine art, and too much is just a waste). Giant dually pickup trucks and the single pot-bellied men who drive them. College girls who talk through their noses. That guy on that bank commercial who would probably blow that bank, if it had a penis. Mr. Food. Spam, I hate spam. Women who dress slutty, and then act like you're offending them when you check them out. People who are really talented, but would rather do something other than play music. Both Sean Hannity AND Janeane Garofalo. Judging Amy, Fear Factor, and The O.C. Wal-Mart. Edgar Snyder and anyone who does that shystering liability law. People who pull out in front of you on the boulevard, only to turn at the next block (boy, that cheeses me!). Marijuana laws. Little girls hootchie-dancing in rap videos (sick, dude). Working overtime. Snow. Making the same band pay we made 15 years ago...

Okay, that's enough for now... maybe more later. Try not to post on this thread until you've had your coffee.----->JMS

[Jim Price]

Two more...

The current phone book, and how all the businesses are now listed in the Yellow Pages, but you have to know what designation a business is under before you can find their listing and phone number!

And that CBS TV Movie Category 6: Day of Destruction - a disaster movie that was a total disaster! I love disaster flicks, but this one stank to high heaven! Thanks CBS for wasting four hours of my time!

[ZappasXWife]

1) Not making bank hours convenient for the people who have the money (well the little bit there is), majority of workers are at work during bank hours. I have lots of trouble getting to the bank, have even taken vacation hours when I really have to go...
2) My workplace direct-depositing my money, I have no choice and its MY money. At least I don't have to go to the bank as often though...
3) Papercuts still give me chills. My co-worker who just has the greatest sense of humor knows this and always informs me when she gets a papercut. Yea she's just great...Esa, the story about the maggots under the envelope seal is an urban legend. I still don't want to lick the envelope, I might get a papercut.