What makes me really mad, not just peeved is when “service” people don’t bother to give you a courtesy call to even say they CAN’T do the work today. My fourth appointment–left car at 9am to be fixed–no call at all–they just closed and left me with no car and no explanation. No words. I could have had use of my car.
Then friends made an appointment to have cable fixed in their vacation place in time for today’s games–last week. They traveled from out of town early for afternoon appointment–no show. Called–told they don’t do afternoon appts (although they had one) and appt set for next morning–no show. Called again–apologies and said would call back in 15 min.–no call. After multiple calls finally got someone who said Jan 5th. So everyone at my house for the games.
Ridiculous.
I’m definitely one of the people who uses decorative handtowels as handtowels. Truly, I just don’t notice that they’re decorative. I see towel, I use towel.
For the apostrophe thing, A’s and B’s don’t bother me. It’s when people mean to say something like “the cats are cute” and instead say “the cat’s are cute.”
The cat’s WHAT are cute? I always wonder if you forgot a word.
I like people’s fancy towels and recognize them as decor–especially when they’ve set out p aper towels for use as conmama does. I have a couple little ones and just replace them with “more practical” if there are many people. I bought a decorative paper towel holder that matched the bath and use that too.
I return carts now–not so much when I had little kids unless it was very handy. I did try to put it somewhere where it wouldn’t knock any cars or roll.
I am on several hobby/collecting forums, and am a moderator on one of them. It bugs me when people post a thread asking for recommendations or information, and then never return to either acknowledge the replies they receive or to update their thread in any way.
I’m not talking about threads where the OP may have felt attacked by other posters…I’m talking about not acknowledging helpful, friendly replies on non-controversial threads. My husband attributes it to the anonymity of the Internet, but is it so hard to recognize that strangers spent time trying to help them, and just say “thank you”?
Re: grocery carts. I had four kids in less than 6 years. Dh traveled a lot back then and would be overseas for weeks at a time such that I almost always had at least 2-3 kids with me at the grocery store. I always put my cart back. There were enough corrals at my grocery store that I could find a spot near enough that I could walk probably no more than 30 feet to return a cart while my kids were securely strapped in car seats in the car. I did not fear getting carjacked or reported as a neglectful mother when my car was in eyesight the entire time. I suppose if I did have that fear I would make sure to always park next to a corral.
The only time I ever was fearful loading groceries w/kids or getting gas was when the DC snipers were murdering/shooting innocent victims all over the DC area. Initially it wasn’t happening any where near me so I had it in the back of my mind but wasn’t necessarily afraid until one of his victims including a child on his way to school in my hometown (and where my parents still live). Living only 15 minutes from there, I suddenly felt like a target any time I was out. I had a 3 y/o, 18 m/o and was pregnant so learned how to get us all strapped in/out of the car in record time until the snipers were thankfully caught.
I do much/most of my shopping now at Trader Joe’s. There is only one cart corral, not necessarily convenient to most of the parking. However, I never see loose shopping carts in that parking lot. Perhaps TJ shoppers are more diligent than the other grocery store shoppers around here. Or the employees do a better job of monitoring for abandoned carts. When and wherever I’m shopping, if I’m headed into the store and see someone unloading their cart, I will ask them if I can take it from them when they are finished. Everyone is always appreciative.
“I understand but the computer won’t let me do anything.”
Sales clerks who don’t know anything about the products they’re selling.
I actually got off my computer and went to brick and mortar store–“Sorry, we’re out–you’ll have to order it on-line to get the sales price I think–and I don’t know when the sale ends. It might be today”.
Really? Not even an offer of rain check? You want ME to figure out when YOUR sale ends? No “IDK but I’ll find out. Be right back”?
(To add extra flavor–a rep from an OUTSIDE company who sold a COMPETITOR’s product but happened to be in the store–knew the most and finally helped me).
I did enjoy the service of the grocery chain I shopped at when I lived in the south - you just pushed your cart up to the checkout, they would unload, bag, AND transport your groceries out to your car and load them in the trunk for you. They wouldn’t accept tips either. I miss that.
Now, our grocery chain up north offers online ordering/curbside pickup. I’d be a huge user of that service if I still had young children. I still use it once in awhile.
@CTmom2018 Interesting rant… I created a CC thread a couple of months ago, asking why some kids that start a CC thread often don’t check back or, if they do, don’t react in any way to the advise that they are given. I was surprised that so many CC folks think that you shouldn’t expect anything in return for your advise and time. Many wrote: you chose to spend your time posting, you didn’t have to do it, don’t expect a “thank you.” One poster even wrote that, if you help a family member out of a jam, you shouldn’t expect a “thank you” from them either… I wasn’t raised like that, and I didn’t raise my kid that way either.
@doschicos Sounds like Publix, although they don’t always unload the cart unless they are not busy. There is always an offer to take the groceries out to the car, but I usually do my own unless my back is acting up!
I’ve shopped at many stores where the carts don’t go out to the parking area. You either push your cart to an outside cart area and then get your car and drive through a line and they put the groceries into your car, ot they have a bucket thing that your groceries are loaded into, they give you a claim check and again drive your car through the line to get your stuff.
I didn’t really like either because there was always a possibility your’d get someone else’s stuff or that you’d not get one of your buckets. I could have shopped somewhere else, but most of the stores in those areas did it the same way.
That’s interesting @twoinanddone as I have never visited a store that offers that service. I would love to have my groceries loaded into the back of my car at a drive through. All of my local supermarkets always ask if you need assistance to your car when you check out but I am able bodied so never take them up on the offer. I feel like that is a service meant for the elderly or others who might have a temporary need because of a broken arm or something of that nature.
The supermarket closest to my home that I visit frequently always has one or two people circulating throughout the parking lot collecting carts. They usually make it to my car before I have finished unloading and they take my cart away for me. They have done that for many years so I never faced the dilemma of what to do with my children when taking a cart back.
As a counter to the poster who couldn’t stand bicyclists who don’t obey traffic laws - as someone who used to bike regularly to work, I’m irritated by people who think bicyclists don’t belong on the roads.
I’ve had people throw drink cups at me, scream as they drove by, open the passenger side door and try and hit me - and then there are also the people who just don’t notice the bicyclist or understand the bicyclist follows the same rules as a car and nearly hit you when you’re doing things like taking a left-hand turn from the left-hand turn lane.
When people realized I was biking to work a few days a week I had many comments made to me about how bicycles had no place on public roads…
Vocal Fry.
Eating noises in commercials. I boycotted Carl’s Jr. for decades because of that. Now it’s TGI Fridays.
“Me and…”
Not using turn signals.
I’m guilty of pointing out the window when I need a quick lane change. My main route home requires a very quick merge and lane change on a road that’s usually congested. But I do give the wave-of-appreciation!
We put out decorative towels and disposable towels when we entertain. Both go underutilized. Maybe guests use the bath towels (this is also our guest bathroom/shower) or their pants leg. I don’t know, but I do make sure everything is clean before the party and hits the laundry after.
My husband annoys me when he eats crunchy snacks out of a crackly bag. I’m ok with the munching but the hand going in and out of the crackly bag bugs me!
Except when towels are REALLY obviously not meant for hand-drying (i.e. far away from the sink, hanging on top of the mirror, etc) I just use whatever towel seems to be closest to the sink/soap/whatever. I have no idea what a decorative towel is - often the only towel available in friends’ and relatives’ houses is either nicely laid out, or had previously been laid out before someone else used it. I used to dry my hands on my shirt when I was worried about if the towel was meant for use…
Our local TJ’s has lots of carts scattered in the parking lot. It’s normally the teen workers who get to corral them (some of my friends work there, and I planned on it for a time).
Leaving turn signals on too long is common here (i.e. driving half a mile in-town, in the middle lane, with the left blinker on…).