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Post by: phantommaster
At our local store the other day we came onto the topic of pet hates, those little things that annoy you. Music became the main topic obviously with most of us gamers being Metalheads. But mine was Queen, I understand they are good but I can't go anywhere without hearing them and I cannot stand listening to them.
So what are your pet hates?
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Post by: Desubot
You mean pet peeves? as a gamer? Internet lag, children in rated M games (children in general (and by that i mean childish people, including man childs, i don't mind playing with younger players so long as they act like sensible people))
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Post by: phantommaster
Desubot wrote:You mean pet peeves? as a gamer?
Internet lag, children in rated M games (children in general (and by that i mean childish people, including man childs, i don't mind playing with younger players so long as they act like sensible people))
Pet peeves then for you over the pond  Yeah, the irritating screaming kids on CoD and the like.
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Post by: hotsauceman1
I just hate whiners in everything, listen, no one forced you to play this game, either Man up or stop playing.
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Post by: Cheesecat
My response last time this thread came up ( http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/489430.page).
I don't get angry often but when I do 90% of the time it's over the most stupid things, but one of the things that irritates me is people who fill up a seat on the bus with there bag or items they were holding why not put it on your lap, between your legs, on the floor or under the seat?
That way other people can sit down as well, allowing easier movement in and out of the bus. The reason this is a stupid thing though is the problem can easily be solved by asking them to move there stuff so you can have a seat, but If they don't then they're a self-centered witch (or it
could be what they're carrying is simply too big to be able to move elsewhere). I also hate people who play there music so loud on there mp3's that you can hear it, but I could always tell them to turn it down (but then they might get mad ).
Yeah, I love dogs but small ones are often too hyper for my tastes.
Bratty kids, people who whistle and grammar Nazis.
People who pee on toilet seats or on the floor (unless they're dunk) but not flushing after you gak pisses me off, especially if someone else has shat on top of it then you have such a large mountain of turds that it clogs the toilet.
Also having no toilet paper when you're taking a crap.
People who talk really loudly or groups who walk down a path in a horizontal fashion (instead of vertically) blocking the way, it they're coming towards you have to dive to the side and if you're behind and they are slow you might as well be a sloth that inches your way to your
destination. Also people who stop, talk and block entrances and walk ways, if you have something to say how about talking to the fething side instead of inconveniencing everyone around you.
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Post by: sarpedons-right-hand
Pet hates as a gamer? It depends, with online gaming it's people who leave their mics open so you can hear everything that's going on in the background. Music, arguments, people breaking wind, annoying little siblings etc etc...
Bad winners. You know the kind, "Yeah! What'd ya think of that then mo fo?!, I kicked your ass, you suck at this!"
And I'll throw in bad losers there too, blaming the dice, the weather, the time of day, the music in the background, the game pad...  You lost, man up and learn from the expeariance.
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Post by: Grey Templar
hotsauceman1 wrote:I just hate whiners in everything, listen, no one forced you to play this game, either Man up or stop playing.
Yeah, I hate whiners.
And there is a difference between actual whining and just playful bashing. Like I will jokingly say " OP! NERF!"
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Post by: Tazz Azrael
The whiners irritate me to no end! A good buddy of mine is the biggest manbaby ever whenever he looses a match in world of tanks, eh always blames everyone/ everything but himself (hes the kind of player that rushes out front and then bashes/rages at the team for not supporting him while they are trundling up a hill)
Another one is Team killers.... why.... just why..... sure if the entire team is fed up and everyone agrees to confuse the hell out of the enemy then it can be hilarious
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Post by: BlapBlapBlap
I hate games that nobody has put any effort into in terms of atmosphere or story.
Not that I'm mentioning anything allmodernmilitaryshooterswithfewexceptions.
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Post by: RossDas
Press Start. Why? Why can the software not just present me with the start menu instead of making me press a button in order to conjure it? Last night I loaded up Bioshock Infinite and was greeted with the customary Press Start screen, so I pressed 'A' instead and was treated to the start menu as if I hadn't just ignored the explicit instruction to press start, so why not simply have 'Press Something' instead?
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Post by: DaDieselBoyz
My major pet peeve is with the bugs on skyrim. Being killed by a falling dragon skeleton that came out of no-where whilst hunting down a goat is not my idea of a joke, howevere hilarious.
That and the lack of quests with real longevity. I found once i hit level twenty it was close to impossible to die easily, and now at level fifty i'm stuck with possibly no major quests and doing mediocre tasks for the thieves guild / companions. sadly I think skyrim has become a bit of a bore.
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Post by: Frazzled
phantommaster wrote:At our local store the other day we came onto the topic of pet hates, those little things that annoy you. Music became the main topic obviously with most of us gamers being Metalheads. But mine was Queen, I understand they are good but I can't go anywhere without hearing them and I cannot stand listening to them.
So what are your pet hates?
other gamers.
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Post by: Tibbsy
DaDieselBoyz wrote:My major pet peeve is with the bugs on skyrim. Being killed by a falling dragon skeleton that came out of no-where whilst hunting down a goat is not my idea of a joke, howevere hilarious.
That and the lack of quests with real longevity. I found once i hit level twenty it was close to impossible to die easily, and now at level fifty i'm stuck with possibly no major quests and doing mediocre tasks for the thieves guild / companions. sadly I think skyrim has become a bit of a bore.
With Skyrim I find starting over with a fresh character can be great fun, the lower levels are much more challenging. Especially if you try to play with a different style than you usually would, if you normally play sneaky, bow armed characters, try a dude with two handed/heavy armour, or a mage or something... Mix it up a bit, stops it getting stale
That said, not quite a bug, but a funny thing that happened to me one time; I was walking to Dawnstar from Winterhold, and before I'd even got half way I'd had to fight of 6 seperate Sabrecat attacks... I fething hate Sabrecats...
I also got attacked all at once by a Sabrecat, Spriggan, 2 wolves and a goat... Yes, the goat was actively hostile  I have no idea why
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Post by: Corpsesarefun
Overuse of emoticons in signatures.
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Post by: MrDwhitey
People wearing masks.
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Post by: Easy E
and Iron Maiden avatars.
DB's on the internet.... so I hate myself.
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Post by: Corpsesarefun
Wait, now I've actually read the OP I can see this dude actively hates queen.
I wasn't aware that was possible.
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Post by: p_gray99
phantommaster wrote:At our local store the other day we came onto the topic of pet hates, those little things that annoy you. Music became the main topic obviously with most of us gamers being Metalheads. But mine was Queen, I understand they are good but I can't go anywhere without hearing them and I cannot stand listening to them.
So what are your pet hates?
My pet hate is people who dislike Queen
But really, it's people who refuse to listen to an argument because they don't like what the conclusion is, or because they dislike the person making the argument rather than the argument itself.
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Post by: Beast Warrior
Ohhh dear, pet hates, shall I name them all or just the one
My main 3 are:
People who breath down the mic while playing online and in chats.
People who brag about how much money they have.
The generation after me
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Post by: Dreadclaw69
In wargaming:
People who cheat/distort/bend the rules
People lacking any semblance of sportsmanship whether they win or lose, including those who whine the entire game
Back seat gamers
Rowdy children who aren't being supervised by their parents/guardian
Body odor
In videogames:
Team killing/griefing (if you and your friends want to screw around please do it in a private lobby)
Mouth breathers
People having conversations with other people in their own house (mics have a mute feature for a reason)
People singing down the mic
People using Kinect as a mic (I hate that tinny distorted noise that passes for speech)
People who are idle in game for prolonged periods (yes, I get that real life intervenes at times but if you're going to be idle for an hour stop taking up a spot that could be better filled by someone else)
Underwear on head slowed AI
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Post by: Experiment 626
Cheesecat wrote:
People who pee on toilet seats or on the floor (unless they're dunk) but not flushing after you gak pisses me off, especially if someone else has shat on top of it then you have such a large mountain of turds that it clogs the toilet.
I can tell you're a guy...
Unflushed terds are disgusting for sure, but nothing beats being the poor woman stuck waiting in line for 10 minutes just to go. Then a stall finally opens up, and across the toilet seat is splashed some dumb b  's Aunt Flow and floating in the toilet itself is a used sanitary napkin that means you can't flush because it'll not only clog the toilet, but likely cause it to overflow that Red Fury everywhere as well...
I hate other women.
In general, I find women are absolute filthy pigs in public. I've run into the above so many times in public facilities that if I can, I'll just hold it until I get home so I don't have to risk the women's bathrooms.
Oh, and I hate male gamers who tell me to play Blood Angels becuase their Red Thirst rule is themed to my biology...
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Post by: Leigen_Zero
Experiment 626 wrote: I've run into the above so many times in public facilities that if I can, I'll just hold it until I get home so I don't have to risk the women's bathrooms. Oh, and I hate male gamers who tell me to play Blood Angels because their Red Thirst rule is themed to my biology... Wow, thanks for that, you have utterly destroyed my carefully maintained illusion that the ladies toilets are pristine white marble affairs with cushioned seats of silk and mahogany, where your hands are washed in the crystal waters of a mountain spring. It was the only thing I had to take my mind of the fact that the average pub/bar men's toilet is a metal trough encrusted in urine, saliva, cigarette butts (note, smoking was banned in public places over 4 years ago, it's just these things are stuck on there pretty good) and rust  . Also, it could be worse, they could tell you to play wood elves As for me, my 'gamer' hates are: any game that uses micro-transactions for anything (I downright refuse to pay real money to buy an item in a videogame) ALL (and I mean all) sports games. Instead of playing FIFA against random people online, go get a ball, find a large flat area, and play a game of football (soccer for those of you that keep leaving the 'u' out of 'colour' ) with your friends, thus socialising, and exercising at the same time, or don't sit in your house playing snooker/pool/etc, how about you go to the pub ith some friends, and have a couple of pints while playing it on a real table) Otherwise, much like cheesecat, people who take up more than one seat on public transport with their stuff is one of those things that really fills me with the rage of a thousand weasels
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Post by: kronk
War Gaming: People giving tactical advice in a game they aren't playing. STFU!
Online Gaming: (no longer play) But people that treat my Cleric like I'm their personal Heal-Bot.
Life-in-general: screaming babies in restaurants. Look, I came to Pizza Hutt to treat my woman to a damn fine meal for our 15th anniversary! I didn't put on my blue jeans without holes and/or stains and my one polo shirt that doesn't have my name on it just so I can listen to your kid scream!
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Post by: phantommaster
Easy E wrote:
and Iron Maiden avatars.
DB's on the internet.... so I hate myself.
Oh yeah? I see where this is going...  I tried to find a Judas Priest avatar but the site rejected all of mine.
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Post by: poda_t
Leigen_Zero wrote:
Otherwise, much like cheesecat, people who take up more than one seat on public transport with their stuff is one of those things that really fills me with the rage of a thousand weasels
I take up multiple spaces with the explicit expectation that people can behave socially and use their faculties in articulating the words to express a desire to occupy a seat on which my things are perched. Naturally, I do this automaticallly if I spot someone looking for a seat, or someone looking like they need a seat. What drives me to murderous rage are the idiots that ride public transit, and refuse to take more than half a step away from the door once the seats are taken, or plow onto the train/bus before permitting those wishing to disembark off of the vehicle. It's gotten to the point where if someone steps on in front of me, I plow through them to get off, in dense traffic, inevitably dragging them back off the train. Same for busses. There is room for 10 people at the back. The driver already asked people to move back. If the idiot refuses to move, I will push them aside and plow through them with my massive military grade backpack. I've also almost made someone piss themselves after staring them down and yelling at them full-throat to move, after the driver had already asked 3 times to move back...
My biggest pet peeves calgary's transit system in general. I am tired of the pride of a useless overpriced sub-par service. It should not take me 30 minutes+ to get to the city core, never mind 1.5 hours to travel from one quarter of the city to another point in the same quarter. 30 minute intervals for a major route is unacceptable, especially when the first driver is fast, and the second slow........
OH and iPads and all apple devices. I hate iPads. I've had mine for almost a year, and it's completely turned me off of mobile technology.
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Post by: Coolyo294
I absolutely fething hate bad helicopter pilots in BF3. Nothing is more irritating then finally getting in the gunner's seat of an attack chopper only to have the douchebag driving it crash into a building or jump out and leave me to die.
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Post by: Dreadclaw69
Oh! And Russel Brand, his continued breathing annoys me no end
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Post by: poda_t
Coolyo294 wrote:I absolutely fething hate bad helicopter pilots in BF3. Nothing is more irritating then finally getting in the gunner's seat of an attack chopper only to have the douchebag driving it crash into a building or jump out and leave me to die. as pilot, i operate on the implicit assumption that I'm driving for the gunner. ESPECIALLY for the gunship, as the gunner is the only one can do a darn thing when holding station. I'm skullbuckett on the PC
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Post by: Experiment 626
poda_t wrote:
My biggest pet peeves calgary's transit system in general. I am tired of the pride of a useless overpriced sub-par service. It should not take me 30 minutes+ to get to the city core, never mind 1.5 hours to travel from one quarter of the city to another point in the same quarter. 30 minute intervals for a major route is unacceptable, especially when the first driver is fast, and the second slow........
OH and iPads and all apple devices. I hate iPads. I've had mine for almost a year, and it's completely turned me off of mobile technology.
I hate Burlington's clusterfethed timed traffic lights! Seriously, our streets our Christmas themed year fething round in this city. Garanteed, if the light you're sitting at is red, the next light is green, and the light after that is red again... and once the light you're at turns green, the next one is just about t turn amber so by the time you get it, it's red!
Hell, you can tell who's not an actual resident of the city or who's the perverbial 'new guy in town' because the first things any newer comer/visitor asks is, "what's with all the f'ed-up traffic lights in this city?!'
And yes, mobile devices drive me up the wall, or rather, the techno-zombies who can't be bothered to unplug from their mobile gadgits for more than 30 seconds and aimlessly meander into you or cut you off.
If some dumb  is more concerned with their texting gak instead of paying attention to where they're walking and that I'm only 4 feet away from you, well, I'll just plant my feet, drop my shoulder, pull back my poor concused head and lay you out with a bodycheck. Next time, pull your head outa your  , pay attention to where your walking and step off to the side if you need to text instead of blindly walking into the poor crippled dude on crutches!
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Post by: hotsauceman1
I am on of those people who uses my bag on the seat of th bus. Let me tell you why.
I hate my body touching other people, It literally sends me into a fight or flight response. If there is one extra seat why does it matter?
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Post by: DaDieselBoyz
Tibbsy wrote: DaDieselBoyz wrote:My major pet peeve is with the bugs on skyrim. Being killed by a falling dragon skeleton that came out of no-where whilst hunting down a goat is not my idea of a joke, howevere hilarious.
That and the lack of quests with real longevity. I found once i hit level twenty it was close to impossible to die easily, and now at level fifty i'm stuck with possibly no major quests and doing mediocre tasks for the thieves guild / companions. sadly I think skyrim has become a bit of a bore.
With Skyrim I find starting over with a fresh character can be great fun, the lower levels are much more challenging. Especially if you try to play with a different style than you usually would, if you normally play sneaky, bow armed characters, try a dude with two handed/heavy armour, or a mage or something... Mix it up a bit, stops it getting stale
That said, not quite a bug, but a funny thing that happened to me one time; I was walking to Dawnstar from Winterhold, and before I'd even got half way I'd had to fight of 6 seperate Sabrecat attacks... I fething hate Sabrecats...
I also got attacked all at once by a Sabrecat, Spriggan, 2 wolves and a goat... Yes, the goat was actively hostile  I have no idea why
Yeah, maybe, but this is the third time i've played the game through. I may get into mage stuff but I'm definately sneaky, running in all close combat style...nah.
And lol! seriously a goat? I thought a fox was odd but a goat? Man I can hit those things whilst running
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Post by: poda_t
You have no idea why goats are hostile? I suggest you go and say hitoone IRL. Without football armor.
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Post by: Cheesecat
hotsauceman1 wrote:
I am on of those people who uses my bag on the seat of th bus. Let me tell you why.
I hate my body touching other people, It literally sends me into a fight or flight response. If there is one extra seat why does it matter?
Don't care, if you can move the bag under the seat, on to your lap, in between your legs or in front of you, it makes people feel not welcomed on the bus if you don't do it and it's a waste of space.
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Post by: Steve steveson
Cheesecat wrote: hotsauceman1 wrote:
I am on of those people who uses my bag on the seat of th bus. Let me tell you why.
I hate my body touching other people, It literally sends me into a fight or flight response. If there is one extra seat why does it matter?
Don't care if you can move the bad under the seat, on to your lap or in front of you, it makes people feel not welcomed on the bus if you don't do it and it's a waste of space.
I agree. It's rude and annoying. You pay for one seat you get one seat. Want to use public transport you have to put up with being next to other people. Sometimes people with too much perfume on set off my asthma on public transport. Thats the nature of being in public.
Anyway, things I hate (I thought this was goign to be about gameing but apparently not:
People who drive 10mph under the speed limit on a clear road.
People who walk in big groups and expect you to walk in the road so they can keep talking.
People who park inconsiderately.
People who don't think about others.
Cyclists who cycle on the pavement.
Cyclists who ignore traffic lights
Motorcyclists who ride like idiots and give the rest of us a bad name.
Shop assistants who don't put customers first (Like not letting customers go first in tight areas of the shop).
People who play music so loud others can hear it. In cars, through headphones, in houses. Thump thump thump... Drives me crazy.
Kids who walk around holding there phone with music playing. It sounds crap through those speekers and what makes you think the rest of the world wants to hear!
People who thing you should be avalable at all times thanks to the mobile phone.
Come to think of it I hate everyone. With the occasional self loathing this includes myself.
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Post by: Da Boss
Agreed about bags on seats. There are plenty of areas for storing items on public transport, use them.
Also agreed about kids playing music on their phones- makes me want to slap it out of their hands and stamp on it.
I've discovered a few Germany specific pet peeves since moving here. The biggest one: Frowning people who never acknowledge the existence of others with anything other than an impatient tsk. I was raised to be polite, so I often hold doors for people. In Ireland or the UK, this is almost always met with a smile and a nod, or a thank you. In germany, people often stump through, frowning, and don't acknowledge the courtesy at all. Other times, say I end up doing that little "we're both trying to move out of each other's way" dance on the footpath. In Ireland or England, again, most people would smile, roll their eyes, and so on. In germany, you usually get a glare in response to any kind of smile. Generally, people can just be cold and uncaring about what I would consider to be basic niceties. It's not everyone mind you, just a really significant percentage.
In gaming, the mouth breathing and constant swearing and silly comments made me stop playing X Box live games.
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Post by: Dreadclaw69
Experiment 626 wrote:And yes, mobile devices drive me up the wall, or rather, the techno-zombies who can't be bothered to unplug from their mobile gadgits for more than 30 seconds and aimlessly meander into you or cut you off.
If some dumb  is more concerned with their texting gak instead of paying attention to where they're walking and that I'm only 4 feet away from you, well, I'll just plant my feet, drop my shoulder, pull back my poor concused head and lay you out with a bodycheck. Next time, pull your head outa your  , pay attention to where your walking and step off to the side if you need to text instead of blindly walking into the poor crippled dude on crutches!
This! But not when people are walking, when they're driving. I know that part of it is a cultural thing because the country where I moved from its illegal to use a cell phone while driving. That being said some of the worst driving that I have witnessed to date (bar people from Alabama  ) are people who are glued to their phones while driving - going too slow on the freeway, drifting between lanes, abrupt turns, not seeing that the lights have changed, cruising through stop signs etc. FFS people I know that having an automatic makes driving easier, but you don't have to increase the difficulty by not paying attention to the road, or others on it.
My list is getting longer everytime I come to this thread, I must be more of a curmudgeon than I thought
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Post by: master of ordinance
Experiment 626 wrote: Cheesecat wrote: People who pee on toilet seats or on the floor (unless they're dunk) but not flushing after you gak pisses me off, especially if someone else has shat on top of it then you have such a large mountain of turds that it clogs the toilet. I can tell you're a guy... Unflushed terds are disgusting for sure, but nothing beats being the poor woman stuck waiting in line for 10 minutes just to go. Then a stall finally opens up, and across the toilet seat is splashed some dumb b  's Aunt Flow and floating in the toilet itself is a used sanitary napkin that means you can't flush because it'll not only clog the toilet, but likely cause it to overflow that Red Fury everywhere as well... I hate other women. In general, I find women are absolute filthy pigs in public. I've run into the above so many times in public facilities that if I can, I'll just hold it until I get home so I don't have to risk the women's bathrooms. Oh, and I hate male gamers who tell me to play Blood Angels becuase their Red Thirst rule is themed to my biology... My Girlfriend will hold sympathy with you there....... And try a folk festival (my mum drags me to them  ) toilet after the big finarley..... shall we just say there are somethings a man should never have to do As for me? Aggressive dogs not being controlled by their owners. Said dog entering my yard and chasing my kitten literally up the wall(and guess who had to go up after her) Said dog attempting to force entry to my house via the cat flap said dogs owner attempting to dispose of his dogs crap in my bin chavvy, tinny pop and rnb so called music. people at the back of the bus playing said music on loudspeaker as if the whole bus wants to hear there shivt. Wailing kids A certain someone whom continuously insults my Girlfriend and is close to being torn limb from limb. School kids who get on the college bus, take up all the seats and over crowd the bus Whinny brats who cant be more than 10-12 playing 15 and 18 rated games Said brats parents then going on to complain how these games are making there kids violent and how they should be banned despite buying these brats the games. Most modern games The fact that there are so few mech games Mechwarrior 2 being so hard to get Having missed Evanescence twice because my mum wont let me go on my own My little brother being a whinny brat and refusing to help tidy the house or even clean up his own junk Other kids bullying my little brother Druggys trying to give my little brother drugs(actually happened) Fat cats and rich feths Having no money jerhovas witnesses Christians attempting to convert me (im Wiccan-deal with it and leave me the feth alone) The goverment The European Union trying to get the UK to join them. GW People always pushing me to do better (im top of the bloody class and approaching snapping point, isnt that enough?) Overcrowded buses Tomatoes being given in excese My mums belief that a meal isnt a meal without half a forest of veg stuck next to it Wonga adverts Yeah and thats just a sample Automatically Appended Next Post: Dreadclaw69 wrote:Experiment 626 wrote:And yes, mobile devices drive me up the wall, or rather, the techno-zombies who can't be bothered to unplug from their mobile gadgits for more than 30 seconds and aimlessly meander into you or cut you off.
If some dumb  is more concerned with their texting gak instead of paying attention to where they're walking and that I'm only 4 feet away from you, well, I'll just plant my feet, drop my shoulder, pull back my poor concused head and lay you out with a bodycheck. Next time, pull your head outa your  , pay attention to where your walking and step off to the side if you need to text instead of blindly walking into the poor crippled dude on crutches!
This! But not when people are walking, when they're driving. I know that part of it is a cultural thing because the country where I moved from its illegal to use a cell phone while driving. That being said some of the worst driving that I have witnessed to date (bar people from Alabama  ) are people who are glued to their phones while driving - going too slow on the freeway, drifting between lanes, abrupt turns, not seeing that the lights have changed, cruising through stop signs etc. FFS people I know that having an automatic makes driving easier, but you don't have to increase the difficulty by not paying attention to the road, or others on it.
My list is getting longer everytime I come to this thread, I must be more of a curmudgeon than I thought 
hell yes
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Post by: MrDwhitey
kronk wrote:War Gaming: People giving tactical advice in a game they aren't playing. STFU!
Oh Kronk, how I wish I had done this to you.
I was watching a four player free for all Malifaux game, a guy was using my old Rasputina gang and getting thrashed as it was his first game, and he was pretty much fighting 1v1 against an experienced person. I asked everyone if it was ok if I played a single activation for him to show him how Rasputina works (magic nuker).
After that activation I had killed the other players master and three of his minions, leaving him with two.
I wish I could do that to you, Kronk.
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Post by: kronk
Uh, why would I let you kill my minions? I need them for the upcoming revolution!
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Post by: MrDwhitey
Because my pet hate...
Cowbells.
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Post by: hotsauceman1
Parents are worse then kids. They think that just because they reproduced and had kids, they think that makes them better members of society then me(I dont mean all parents, it just my luck that those are the only ones i meet). It gets annoying and i see it alot. What is worse is when they just wont stop talking about how much they love being a parent.
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Post by: Bromsy
When you are in a crowded area and people make sudden stops, starts, or turns without looking around first.
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Post by: kronk
People that don't laugh when I push all of the buttons before I exit the elevator.
No sense of humor!
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Post by: Bullockist
poda_t wrote: Leigen_Zero wrote:
Otherwise, much like cheesecat, people who take up more than one seat on public transport with their stuff is one of those things that really fills me with the rage of a thousand weasels
I take up multiple spaces with the explicit expectation that people can behave socially and use their faculties in articulating the words to express a desire to occupy a seat on which my things are perched. Naturally, I do this automaticallly if I spot someone looking for a seat, or someone looking like they need a seat. What drives me to murderous rage are the idiots that ride public transit, and refuse to take more than half a step away from the door once the seats are taken, or plow onto the train/bus before permitting those wishing to disembark off of the vehicle. It's gotten to the point where if someone steps on in front of me, I plow through them to get off, in dense traffic, inevitably dragging them back off the train. Same for busses. There is room for 10 people at the back. The driver already asked people to move back. If the idiot refuses to move, I will push them aside and plow through them with my massive military grade backpack. I've also almost made someone piss themselves after staring them down and yelling at them full-throat to move, after the driver had already asked 3 times to move back...
My biggest pet peeves calgary's transit system in general. I am tired of the pride of a useless overpriced sub-par service. It should not take me 30 minutes+ to get to the city core, never mind 1.5 hours to travel from one quarter of the city to another point in the same quarter. 30 minute intervals for a major route is unacceptable, especially when the first driver is fast, and the second slow........
OH and iPads and all apple devices. I hate iPads. I've had mine for almost a year, and it's completely turned me off of mobile technology.
Your righteous indignation with others allows you to act in a totally antisocial way, yet you , in the same post say you wish others to act socially.
Jesus man, get a grip, barging through people is not needed, just act socially and articulate to them that you would like them to move, politely.
What really grinds my gears is when a homeless person is begging instead of a polite "sorry, i don't have any money" or "sorry, not today" someone feels the need to use a venemous "feth off ", there is no need for that at all. Just because you earned your money does not give you the right to abuse someone else.
There is a homeless guy i see regularly, most of the time i chuck him a few dollars, sometimes i say "sorry mate you taxed me on monday" the worst part is he looks like he hasn't had a shower for 4 months and then wants to shake your hand, it's at that point i stop, get revolted, then think feth it I've touched how many door handles , rails ect today this can't be worse" and shake it anyway.
I always stop and chat to the friendly homeless, or wish em good luck, it's amazing how that small amount of regard touches them.
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Post by: Easy E
hotsauceman1 wrote:What is worse is when they just wont stop talking about how much they love being a parent.
As a parent, I can tell you that those people are lying to themselves so they don't realize the truth of their own existence.
Plus, it is socially uncool to say that being a parent sucks. It is full of worry, anxiety, and boredom punctuatuated by extreme irritation and anger. It is work 24/7 and never stops. There is very little pay off.
But, sometimes... sometimes...there is the briefest moment that make it all worth while; for that moment. Then, you are back to the grind.
So, let them have their little delusion for the sake of sanity. I hope that makes you feel better about it.
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Post by: Skinnereal
It's not happened to me yet, but the Wife's been told "You don't know, you don't have children".
That's true, but in my case, it's not quite true. I was a stepfather for a decade.
So, I'm just waiting for her to get told that when I'm there.
As for mine, I know it's petty, but drivers who don't have the curtesy to tell me when they're about to turn. It takes 2 muscles to flick the indicator stick (or something), and keeps your no claims bonus intact. It's worst for career-drivers, like taxi drivers, couriers, etc. It's their livelyhoood, and if they don't do it once, they'll never bother at all.
Basically, it's anything that takes less than the minimum of effort.
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Post by: Experiment 626
Bromsy wrote:When you are in a crowded area and people make sudden stops, starts, or turns without looking around first.
Sucks even more when both you and your store manager are both wearing a monster knee brace and thus you not only can't avoid the idiot jerks, but then they slam into you, (and your blown knee), and then start railing at you as if it's your fault while you're trying to bite your tounge and not curse your head off at the extreme pain you're now in!
Those were fun days!
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Post by: kronk
People that drive slow in the left lane. Also, people that don't give you a thank you wave when you let them merge in front of you. Also also, people that don't pick up after their dogs. "Why thank you. I was wanting to play Avoid the Doggie Land Mines when I mowed today! How did you know?" Also also also, Carnies. Small hands. Smell of cabbage.
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Post by: Grey Templar
Maybe I'll move to Texas just to troll you. I'll only go 80
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80 will get you run off the road by grandmothers on their way to Sunday Morning church in some places!
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Post by: Dreadclaw69
kronk wrote:Also also, people that don't pick up after their dogs. "Why thank you. I was wanting to play Avoid the Doggie Land Mines when I mowed today! How did you know?"
This!! Last winter in the middle of all the snow and cold weather my wife and I were lying in bed watching TV one Saturday morning. The two older dogs were on the bed with us and they both seen something out the window and started to bark (they're herding dogs) so I thought I'd have a look. In the midst of this snow there was another dog just wandering about aimlessly with no owner. Not wanting the poor thing to freeze I put on boots, sweat pants and grabbed a coat to try and see if I could find the dog and get it out of the cold for a little while. While I'm getting ready my wife tells me that some woman is wandering the neighbourhood obviously looking for something. I get outside and the dog is nowhere to be seen so I start following its tracks, when I get around the corner I see the dog's tracks and the woman's tracks end at fresh tire marks so I assume that the woman has found her lost dog and gotten it into the car. So I head back inside to thaw out in front of the TV again. The puppies start to bark a short time later so I look out the window and what do I see? The woman, with her dog who is leaving a monster turd on our front lawn, which she just leaves there as she walks off
Proof that no good deed goes unpunished
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Post by: poda_t
Bullockist wrote: Your righteous indignation with others allows you to act in a totally antisocial way, yet you , in the same post say you wish others to act socially. Jesus man, get a grip, barging through people is not needed, just act socially and articulate to them that you would like them to move, politely. there is a difference between seats and obstructing anyone else from using pubic transit... Explain how you can politely ask 7 people and the 20 people behind them trying to cram onto the train, who are all by the way completely ignoring the 17 people who want to get off, to step out of the way? Common sense would dictate you let people disembark first before plowing onto the bus or train like an idiot. I extend the courtesy--or ignorance--that others show. My conduct also has the benefit of whoever is behind me to take advantage of whatever gap I opened.
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Post by: Commander Cain
People I know who wave at me as we both drive past each other on opposite lanes. I am hopeless at recognizing said person until the last second leaving me with no chance to wave back. I am left with an intense feeling of guilt the rest of the drive...
Also "cool" people.
About 90% of everything mentioned on this thread also gets to me but I won't repeat it!
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Post by: shrike
- immature people in games. - lag in games. (not so much if it's on something like fifa, where the lag is at least affecting both players equally) - whiners in games (as long as it's not complete BS, like my 1.5-hour game of BF3 earlier which froze at the end game screen, losing my score... grrr...) - annoying music in games. - when an ad with sound starts playing in one of your tabs. - wifi being down (happens much more to me than anyone else in my family due to my laptop' randomly crummy wireless adapter) - about 90% of the population on facebook. - about 90% of anything to do with facebook. - electronic music in adverts (within reason- I mean, for a sci-fi action trailer, fine. But I hate "here's a family car. WUB WUB WUB WUB WUB") - people who play music aloud around others outside etc. - about 90% of the people on buses. - people who don't empathise when it's blatantly obvious it's needed. "oh, you did something embarassing in front of people and you're ashamed? HAHAHAHAHAHA!" - people who wear shirts for things they have no interest in (nirvana/ramones, star wars etc.) - teachers who can't teach. - bad drivers/pilots in games. - windows updates. - d-bags in games (teamkilling in halo, passing it in a triangle in fifa, jet-ramming in BF3) - 'muricans. (No, not US citizens, but, y'know, the hardcore 'muricans.) - when you do something like say thanks to a cashier and they just blank you. - people who seem to grade a music's quality entirely on "the bass" - bad parkers (especially bad in my road, it's a bloody slalom). - that one d-bag friend everone has. (if you don't know who that is...) - anyone who claims to not like something they've never tried (haggis springs to mind) - ignorant harry potter fanboys/girls. - people who say when asked what film/music/comedy etc. taste they have, say "IDK, I just like what I like."- AND I ASKED YOU WHAT YOU LIKE. OF COURSE YOU LIKE WHAT YOU LIKE. BUT WHAT IS THAT? - people who can't take a joke, but dish it out and go "hey, it's just a joke". - people who take stuff too seriously. - kids in my LGS. (only the immature/loud/annoying ones, mind. If they act polite and such, good.) - atheists who try and argue with christians. (I'm an aetheist, but damn- christians try and convert us to save our souls, atheists try and convert them for the sake of it.) - adults constantly having a go at me for gak and letting my brother sail on through, despite me studying for A-levels and him having to spend the next year redoing his GCSEs because he cocked up his first lot so badly they wouldn't let him do the apprenticeship he wanted. TL;DR- just about everything.
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Post by: hotsauceman1
Skinnereal wrote:It's not happened to me yet, but the Wife's been told "You don't know, you don't have children".
That is the oddest thing i always here. My family loves to do this cutesy stuff(Like having kids plant jelly beans and come back later and have them grow into Lollipops) and ofcourse santa.
I quite frankly dont get how this is fun or why if i have a kid i have to participate with the santa or easter bunny idea. It feels like lying to a kid.
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Post by: MeanGreenStompa
Privileged white kids that talk 'gangsta', use the n word and try to be street. There is nothing quite as pathetic as seeing a skinny white son of a dentist walking around a shopping mall car lot with trousers below his arse, baseball cap at a jaunty angle (still with the sticker on for a reason I can't grasp) and head wobbling on his neck like a nodding dog in a rear window.
I saw a bunch of these creatures a few days ago, walking through the town calling to each other 'Yo yo dawg', calling each other 'my n****r' despite a young black woman walking up the other side of the road and 'acting tough'. I made it a priority to walk right through the middle of them, eyeballing them, not a one had the balls to meet my gaze. Worthless dregs.
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Post by: Grey Templar
hotsauceman1 wrote: Skinnereal wrote:It's not happened to me yet, but the Wife's been told "You don't know, you don't have children".
That is the oddest thing i always here. My family loves to do this cutesy stuff(Like having kids plant jelly beans and come back later and have them grow into Lollipops) and ofcourse santa.
I quite frankly dont get how this is fun or why if i have a kid i have to participate with the santa or easter bunny idea. It feels like lying to a kid.
Indeed, when I have Kids I'm not going to pull that Santa or Easter bunny BS.
Sure, they can have fun wih it, but they'll know its not real.
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Post by: MeanGreenStompa
hotsauceman1 wrote:
That is the oddest thing i always here. My family loves to do this cutesy stuff(Like having kids plant jelly beans and come back later and have them grow into Lollipops) and ofcourse santa.
I quite frankly dont get how this is fun or why if i have a kid i have to participate with the santa or easter bunny idea. It feels like lying to a kid.
Or, from a different angle, it's allowing the child to enjoy the magic of childhood before the weight of the world and it's drudgery come crashing down later. I'm personally in favor of storytelling with kids and letting them believe in things for as long as possible.
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Post by: Da Boss
I have two as a teacher that drive me crazy.
1. Pointless lies. As in, I ask you a question and instead of telling me the innocuous truth, you lie to me. Also, the expectation that a cheeky smile will get you away with outright lying to me, which seems to be endemic. Kids look at me as though I am insane when I get annoyed with them for lying.
And sort of similar, but-
2. Explaining what you are doing when I've given you an instruction. Example:
Me: "X, sit down."
X: "I was just going over to Y to...(blah blah blah)"
Me: "I didn't ask you what you were doing, I can see what you were doing, I told you to sit down!"
That might seem trivial, but jesus christ, when you get it 45 times a day when you are trying to manage a lab full of dim witted children with access to open flames, it gets tiresome!
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Post by: Commander Cain
Ooh yeah that's one. Back in my high school we had one guy who was a complete tool. Made his lesson plans during that same class and them got me to teach for him while he wandered off to listen to music on YouTube. Granted it was good experience for me as I want to teach anyway but seriously? Ended that class with a 103% average though so I can't complain too much!
University profs are the worst though, I pay good money to get taught by someone with absolutely no skill whatsoever, not cool.
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Post by: shrike
MeanGreenStompa wrote:Privileged white kids that talk 'gangsta', use the n word and try to be street. There is nothing quite as pathetic as seeing a skinny white son of a dentist walking around a shopping mall car lot with trousers below his arse, baseball cap at a jaunty angle (still with the sticker on for a reason I can't grasp) and head wobbling on his neck like a nodding dog in a rear window.
I saw a bunch of these creatures a few days ago, walking through the town calling to each other 'Yo yo dawg', calling each other 'my n****r' despite a young black woman walking up the other side of the road and 'acting tough'. I made it a priority to walk right through the middle of them, eyeballing them, not a one had the balls to meet my gaze. Worthless dregs.
This. God damned this.
I was talking to my brother's 11-year-old neighbor because we kinda got stuck together at their school fair (brother went off for some reason), and I asked him to turn off "that rap crap." he was blasting, and he demanded I tell him what I consider good music.
Following a short list, it turns out he has no idea who black sabbath, motorhead, guns n' roses, metallica, megadeth, iron maiden, AC/ DC, Jimi Hendrix or Led Zeppelin were. I then told him they were heavy metal and rock. It turns out he has no idea what rock music is. Seriously. The furthest he'd go is say "the beatles" sounds familiar. God, but he was lucky I was around about three dozen schoolkids...
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Post by: Grey Templar
Da Boss wrote:I have two as a teacher that drive me crazy.
1. Pointless lies. As in, I ask you a question and instead of telling me the innocuous truth, you lie to me. Also, the expectation that a cheeky smile will get you away with outright lying to me, which seems to be endemic. Kids look at me as though I am insane when I get annoyed with them for lying.
And sort of similar, but-
2. Explaining what you are doing when I've given you an instruction. Example:
Me: "X, sit down."
X: "I was just going over to Y to...(blah blah blah)"
Me: "I didn't ask you what you were doing, I can see what you were doing, I told you to sit down!"
That might seem trivial, but jesus christ, when you get it 45 times a day when you are trying to manage a lab full of dim witted children with access to open flames, it gets tiresome!
I blame the parents. Automatically Appended Next Post: Commander Cain wrote:
Ooh yeah that's one. Back in my high school we had one guy who was a complete tool. Made his lesson plans during that same class and them got me to teach for him while he wandered off to listen to music on YouTube. Granted it was good experience for me as I want to teach anyway but seriously? Ended that class with a 103% average though so I can't complain too much!
University profs are the worst though, I pay good money to get taught by someone with absolutely no skill whatsoever, not cool.
Yeah, i've had a few university profs that couldn't teach for gak.
One was my Physical Science teacher. He knew his stuff, but it was almost as if he had a slight speech impediment, we could never tell for sure, and he was constantly repeating himself. Learned more by just reading the textbook and thats usually not the case.
Another was an Accounting professor, he tought his lectures with videos he posted online. So dull sooooo dry. You just wanted to rip your eyballs out.
I'd rather have someone who isn't an expert but is teaching the material in an interesting and understandable way than someone with tons of credentials but has zero interpersonal skills.
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Post by: shrike
Commander Cain wrote:
Ooh yeah that's one. Back in my high school we had one guy who was a complete tool. Made his lesson plans during that same class and them got me to teach for him while he wandered off to listen to music on YouTube. Granted it was good experience for me as I want to teach anyway but seriously? Ended that class with a 103% average though so I can't complain too much!
University profs are the worst though, I pay good money to get taught by someone with absolutely no skill whatsoever, not cool.
Yeah, i've had a few university profs that couldn't teach for gak.
One was my Physical Science teacher. He knew his stuff, but it was almost as if he had a slight speech impediment, we could never tell for sure, and he was constantly repeating himself. Learned more by just reading the textbook and thats usually not the case.
Another was an Accounting professor, he tought his lectures with videos he posted online. So dull sooooo dry. You just wanted to rip your eyballs out.
I'd rather have someone who isn't an expert but is teaching the material in an interesting and understandable way than someone with tons of credentials but has zero interpersonal skills.
same here- luckily, the only subject I genuinely enjoy is history, and we have an amazing history department- all the teachers are funny, use class discussions, never use sheetwork and basically just discuss the topic and tell you to take notes as they go- hell, one of them is teaching us 18th and 19th century politics, and that's still a better lesson than the other subjects
though my chemistry and english teachers are way too lax- "oh, you forgot the coursework for the third week running? Just hand it in tomorrow." "oh, you've written one paragraph in an hour? Try to do more work next lesson."
and my physics teachers are basically 10 minutes of reading off the computer, 45 minutes of sheetwork, though my GCSE physics teacher was great.
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Post by: Albatross
shrike wrote:MeanGreenStompa wrote:Privileged white kids that talk 'gangsta', use the n word and try to be street. There is nothing quite as pathetic as seeing a skinny white son of a dentist walking around a shopping mall car lot with trousers below his arse, baseball cap at a jaunty angle (still with the sticker on for a reason I can't grasp) and head wobbling on his neck like a nodding dog in a rear window.
I saw a bunch of these creatures a few days ago, walking through the town calling to each other 'Yo yo dawg', calling each other 'my n****r' despite a young black woman walking up the other side of the road and 'acting tough'. I made it a priority to walk right through the middle of them, eyeballing them, not a one had the balls to meet my gaze. Worthless dregs.
This. God damned this.
I was talking to my brother's 11-year-old neighbor because we kinda got stuck together at their school fair (brother went off for some reason), and I asked him to turn off "that rap crap." he was blasting, and he demanded I tell him what I consider good music.
Following a short list, it turns out he has no idea who black sabbath, motorhead, guns n' roses, metallica, megadeth, iron maiden, AC/ DC, Jimi Hendrix or Led Zeppelin were. I then told him they were heavy metal and rock. It turns out he has no idea what rock music is. Seriously. The furthest he'd go is say "the beatles" sounds familiar. God, but he was lucky I was around about three dozen schoolkids...
I'm betting he could probably name some influential hip-hop artists. Can you?
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Post by: kronk
DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince!
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Post by: Da Boss
University lecturers are hired for their expertise, not their teaching ability. You're expected to learn independently in University, all they have to do is present the information in a generally coherent way with a relevant reading list- you're expected to do the rest.
Being a good teacher is a pleasant bonus, but in reality, finding someone with expertise in some obscure topics is difficult enough. Getting someone like that with the skillset of a teacher (bearing in mind that these guys also generally have pretty heavy workloads with research and publishing) is pot luck.
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Post by: Albatross
BOOM!
...shake, shake, shake the rooooom.
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Post by: Da Boss
Great Albatross. Now that's stuck in my head!
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Post by: shrike
Albatross wrote:
I'm betting he could probably name some influential hip-hop artists. Can you?
a few- Tupac, Grandmaster Flash, Public enemy, MC hammer. Not sure if he could TBH, he didn't strike me as the guy who'd know a whole lot about his music other than the current stuff.
I don't listen to it at all, but I recognise some names, and at least I've heard of the bloody genre, and know what it is
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Post by: Albatross
shrike wrote: Albatross wrote:
I'm betting he could probably name some influential hip-hop artists. Can you?
a few- Tupac, Grandmaster Flash, Public enemy, MC hammer. Not sure if he could TBH, he didn't strike me as the guy who'd know a whole lot about his music other than the current stuff.
I don't listen to it at all, but I recognise some names, and at least I've heard of the bloody genre, and know what it is 
And that makes you... What? Handsome and successful? What do you care care if an 11-year old doesn't know much about rock music? You strike me as judgmental.
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Post by: Commander Cain
Da Boss wrote:University lecturers are hired for their expertise, not their teaching ability. You're expected to learn independently in University, all they have to do is present the information in a generally coherent way with a relevant reading list- you're expected to do the rest.
Being a good teacher is a pleasant bonus, but in reality, finding someone with expertise in some obscure topics is difficult enough. Getting someone like that with the skillset of a teacher (bearing in mind that these guys also generally have pretty heavy workloads with research and publishing) is pot luck.
I understand that of course. While I strongly disagree with the fact that they don't require some teaching skill I can usually ignore the fact and just plough through the course.
And my worst profs tend to be in the less obscure classes, introductory psychology for one. My prof, while knowing his stuff, was disastrously unprepared, a fact I noted the moment I got our course syllabus and was greeted with what appeared to be a page of computer code in about 6 different fonts. He also chose to make his own webpage despite the university having an excellent one of its own. His site was hopeless, not only badly set up but the colour choice left something to be desired (lime green background and yellow text is not perfect for those of us who are colour deficient). A good class with this guy was one where I managed to stay fully conscious during the entire lecture, an achievement that many of my classmates failed at most spectacularly...
So I think it is more the ability of the prof to come across as an educated and organized individual rather than their actual ability to teach that gets to me, fortunately I am in the same boat as Shrike in that my favorite subject, history is full of some excellent profs. Who would have thought post-confederation Canadian history could be interesting?
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Post by: poda_t
Commander Cain wrote:
Ooh yeah that's one. Back in my high school we had one guy who was a complete tool. Made his lesson plans during that same class and them got me to teach for him while he wandered off to listen to music on YouTube. Granted it was good experience for me as I want to teach anyway but seriously? Ended that class with a 103% average though so I can't complain too much!
University profs are the worst though, I pay good money to get taught by someone with absolutely no skill whatsoever, not cool.
attend another prof's lectures, and talk to other profs during their office hours. Your tuition is more than the class. Remember, you don't actually have to attend the class.
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Post by: hotsauceman1
MeanGreenStompa wrote: hotsauceman1 wrote:
That is the oddest thing i always here. My family loves to do this cutesy stuff(Like having kids plant jelly beans and come back later and have them grow into Lollipops) and ofcourse santa.
I quite frankly dont get how this is fun or why if i have a kid i have to participate with the santa or easter bunny idea. It feels like lying to a kid.
Or, from a different angle, it's allowing the child to enjoy the magic of childhood before the weight of the world and it's drudgery come crashing down later. I'm personally in favor of storytelling with kids and letting them believe in things for as long as possible.
IMO the world has enough magic in and of itself to not need to lye to kids about fake Entities.
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Post by: MeanGreenStompa
Albatross wrote: shrike wrote: Albatross wrote:
I'm betting he could probably name some influential hip-hop artists. Can you?
a few- Tupac, Grandmaster Flash, Public enemy, MC hammer. Not sure if he could TBH, he didn't strike me as the guy who'd know a whole lot about his music other than the current stuff.
I don't listen to it at all, but I recognise some names, and at least I've heard of the bloody genre, and know what it is 
And that makes you... What? Handsome and successful? What do you care care if an 11-year old doesn't know much about rock music? You strike me as judgmental.
And lol at MC Hammer...
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Post by: Jihadin
-People who eat with their mouth open
-Perception of people who own a AR15 (M16/M4 version) that I am a bad person
-People who have the optional blinker package on their POV's
-People who think they know the subject but do not
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Post by: MrDwhitey
I think you're a bad person without a AR15, and I'm eating as I say this.
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Post by: Jihadin
think you're a bad person without a AR15, and I'm eating as I say this.
Your wrong on a couple different levels there..........your typing it not saying it  and I'm not in front of you
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Post by: MrDwhitey
See, I was trying to get all four in that post, I felt the first part covered three of your hates, the last I can't really do.
I could film it I guess, but that's too much effort.
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Post by: Cheesecat
Experiment 626 wrote: Cheesecat wrote:
People who pee on toilet seats or on the floor (unless they're dunk) but not flushing after you gak pisses me off, especially if someone else has shat on top of it then you have such a large mountain of turds that it clogs the toilet.
I can tell you're a guy...
Unflushed terds are disgusting for sure, but nothing beats being the poor woman stuck waiting in line for 10 minutes just to go. Then a stall finally opens up, and across the toilet seat is splashed some dumb b  's Aunt Flow and floating in the toilet itself is a used sanitary napkin that means you can't flush because it'll not only clog the toilet, but likely cause it to overflow that Red Fury everywhere as well...
I hate other women.
In general, I find women are absolute filthy pigs in public. I've run into the above so many times in public facilities that if I can, I'll just hold it until I get home so I don't have to risk the women's bathrooms.
Oh, and I hate male gamers who tell me to play Blood Angels becuase their Red Thirst rule is themed to my biology...
Wow, thanks for that brilliant anecdote btw. Automatically Appended Next Post: kronk wrote:Also also, people that don't pick up after their dogs. "Why thank you. I was wanting to play Avoid the Doggie Land Mines when I mowed today! How did you know?"
Agreed, this pisses me off take responsibility for your dog please, it's not like dogs know how to clean up after themselves.
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Post by: shrike
Albatross wrote: shrike wrote: Albatross wrote: I'm betting he could probably name some influential hip-hop artists. Can you?
a few- Tupac, Grandmaster Flash, Public enemy, MC hammer. Not sure if he could TBH, he didn't strike me as the guy who'd know a whole lot about his music other than the current stuff. I don't listen to it at all, but I recognise some names, and at least I've heard of the bloody genre, and know what it is 
And that makes you... What? Handsome and successful? What do you care care if an 11-year old doesn't know much about rock music? You strike me as judgmental. I'm not judgemental at all, and I'm not making myself out to be anything, and there seems to be nothing I can say to convince you I'm not. "oh, you whine about a kid not knowing stuff? you must be a hypocrite!" *shows I'm not a hypocrite* "... well, you seem judgemental!" How would me being annoyed at a kid for not knowing music be judgemental, anyway? I care because when I see a sheltered white suburban kid going around in a snapback blasting hip-hop and being utterly oblivious about entire main genres of music, and that makes me lose faith in humanity. I thought I may as well put on someone from my generation
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Post by: Cheesecat
Maybe he's lives in a poorer, urban primarily black community and that was the music he was most exposed to?
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Post by: shrike
Cheesecat wrote:Maybe he's lives in a poorer, urban primarily black community and that was the music he was most exposed to?
He's my brother's neighbor. They live in a small, nice area in a little cul- de-sac surrounded by lots of families, almost all of which are white
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Post by: Cheesecat
shrike wrote: Cheesecat wrote:Maybe he's lives in a poorer, urban primarily black community and that was the music he was most exposed to?
He's my brother's neighbor. They live in a small, nice area in a little cul- de-sac surrounded by lots of families, almost all of which are white 
Oh, OK yeah it's kind of weird when people try to imitate a culture they aren't a part of, as it usually comes across as insincere.
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Post by: shrike
Cheesecat wrote:Oh, OK yeah it's kind of weird when people try to imitate a culture they aren't a part of, as it usually comes across as insincere.
Well, I try and live in a culture that's not even in my generation, does that count?
God damn, I should've been born 30-40 years earlier...
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Post by: Albatross
shrike wrote:
I'm not judgemental at all, and I'm not making myself out to be anything, and there seems to be nothing I can say to convince you I'm not.
To be fair, you're not exactly trying very hard...
"oh, you whine about a kid not knowing stuff? you must be a hypocrite!"
*shows I'm not a hypocrite*
My point was that the kid probably knows a lot more about the type of music he enjoys than you do. He's probably alright with that. Why aren't you?
"... well, you seem judgemental!"
How would me being annoyed at a kid for not knowing music be judgemental, anyway?
Because a) You told him to turn that 'rap crap' off, and b) You seem to think that he should listen to a particular type of music that you approve of.
I care because when I see a sheltered white suburban kid going around in a snapback blasting hip-hop and being utterly oblivious about entire main genres of music, and that makes me lose faith in humanity.
What does his colour have to do with anything? Are white kids not allowed to enjoy hip-hop, like?
Automatically Appended Next Post: Cheesecat wrote: shrike wrote: Cheesecat wrote:Maybe he's lives in a poorer, urban primarily black community and that was the music he was most exposed to?
He's my brother's neighbor. They live in a small, nice area in a little cul- de-sac surrounded by lots of families, almost all of which are white 
Oh, OK yeah it's kind of weird when people try to imitate a culture they aren't a part of, as it usually comes across as insincere.
The problematic part about all that is the fact that white suburban middle-class male teenagers are the biggest single demographic group in terms of purchasing rap/hip-hop music. It's not a surprise that a young white male would listen to hip-hop in light of that information. The surprising thing is that so few of them participate in the composition of it.
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Post by: MrDwhitey
I would like to point out, Albatross, that Shrike thinks he wasn't being judgemental.
Fo reelz.
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Post by: Cheesecat
I'm not against white kids listening to rap I have more a problem with white kids tying to dress and act gangsta unless they're from the ghetto or a similar type of environment, because what little I know about the rap community is that authenticity is important.
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I'm just against white kids. They don't need to like rap or anything.
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Post by: shrike
Albatross wrote: shrike wrote:I'm not judgemental at all, and I'm not making myself out to be anything, and there seems to be nothing I can say to convince you I'm not.
To be fair, you're not exactly trying very hard... 
Pre-emptive attempt to stop it there "oh, you whine about a kid not knowing stuff? you must be a hypocrite!" *shows I'm not a hypocrite*
My point was that the kid probably knows a lot more about the type of music he enjoys than you do. He's probably alright with that. Why aren't you?
I said- it's not about what type of music he enjoys or what he knows about, it's about how oblivious he is of everything else. "... well, you seem judgemental!" How would me being annoyed at a kid for not knowing music be judgemental, anyway? Because a) You told him to turn that 'rap crap' off, and b) You seem to think that he should listen to a particular type of music that you approve of.
He has his right to listen to whatever crap he wants, and I have my right to think that it's crap, and to listen to whatever crap I want- him blasting his out in public was what I had a problem with, not him generally playing it- he even had earphones on him. Plus, calling it crap isn't judgemental, and neither is thinking he should listen to different music (which I don't). I care because when I see a sheltered white suburban kid going around in a snapback blasting hip-hop and being utterly oblivious about entire main genres of music, and that makes me lose faith in humanity.
What does his colour have to do with anything? Are white kids not allowed to enjoy hip-hop, like?
It's just a description of him- I'm not, by any means, saying white kids shouldn't listen to rap- it's just, like I said, when I see such a sheltered person swaggering around acting like he's, as he said, "in the hood", it saddens me, just like it would if I saw a kid from a similar background moping around with hair over their eyes muttering about "all the gak" they go through. can we drop the rap kid thing now? So, new pet hate: - off-topic arguments
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Post by: Albatross
MrDwhitey wrote:I would like to point out, Albatross, that Shrike thinks he wasn't being judgemental.
Fo reelz.
Oh, word?
My bad, yo. Cowabunga. Or something.
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I had to look up "Fo reelz" you know.
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Post by: Dreadclaw69
No OPP?
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Post by: PredaKhaine
People who try to get me to eat things that I don't like.
People who get offended when I don't like what they like.
I hate tomatoes. I do not need to try them again just to 'make sure'
They are devil fruit.
The same goes for cucumber. I don't like it.
I can tell when it's been in a sandwich because it is now a damp sandwich. There is no point in picking it off - its already tainted beyond the point of consumption.
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Post by: reiner
Didn't realize this was gaming themed, haha.
I hate people not locking in while playing League of Legends.
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Post by: Albatross
Tell me more about Costco.
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Post by: Bullockist
Cheesecat wrote:I'm not against white kids listening to rap I have more a problem with white kids tying to dress and act gangsta unless they're from the ghetto or a similar type of environment, because what little I know about the rap community is that authenticity is important.
Thanks for the laugh, quite a few of the most influential guys atm (producing, writing ,peforming ect) are not from the ghetto, in fact they are middle class, but they realised that people are happy to buy "gangsta' bs so they go where the money is, and we all know rap atm seems to be all about the money.
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Post by: poda_t
reiner wrote:Didn't realize this was gaming themed, haha.
I hate people not locking in while playing League of Legends.
and I hate the people on league of legends. If the damn players care so much what I pick, they can stick to their $#%@$@% premade teams and ranked games. ITS A %$#! GAME!
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Post by: shrike
PredaKhaine wrote:People who try to get me to eat things that I don't like.
I hate tomatoes. I do not need to try them again just to 'make sure'
this
"try this!"
"I have, I don't like it."
"go on, just a taste!"
"I. don't. like. it."
"oh, go on!"
*bite* "you happy now? It's horrible."
"just making sure."
what, you think I was lying?
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Post by: Frazzled
Experiment 626 wrote: Oh, and I hate male gamers who tell me to play Blood Angels becuase their Red Thirst rule is themed to my biology... You do know that under Feudal common law, its perfectly acceptable to punch them right in the face for that right? Automatically Appended Next Post: kronk wrote: Life-in-general: screaming babies in restaurants. Look, I came to Pizza Hutt to treat my woman to a damn fine meal for our 15th anniversary! I didn't put on my blue jeans without holes and/or stains and my one polo shirt that doesn't have my name on it just so I can listen to your kid scream! That....was...epic. Automatically Appended Next Post: MrDwhitey wrote:I'm just against white kids. They don't need to like rap or anything. I'm against children as a matter of policy myself. Automatically Appended Next Post: shrike wrote:PredaKhaine wrote:People who try to get me to eat things that I don't like. I hate tomatoes. I do not need to try them again just to 'make sure'
this  "try this!" "I have, I don't like it." "go on, just a taste!" "I. don't. like. it." "oh, go on!" *bite* "you happy now? It's horrible." "just making sure." what, you think I was lying? -You should try this -no -Its really good -shush wife -you can't shush me -I know -I'm unshushable -I know BARK (Tbone who's forgetten whether he just had snack or frankly, what world he's on) -here you can have it NOM NOM NOM BARK BARK! -see he likes it -he likes to eat dried up worms too.
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Post by: Cheesecat
Bullockist wrote: Cheesecat wrote:I'm not against white kids listening to rap I have more a problem with white kids tying to dress and act gangsta unless they're from the ghetto or a similar type of environment, because what little I know about the rap community is that authenticity is important.
Thanks for the laugh, quite a few of the most influential guys atm (producing, writing ,peforming ect) are not from the ghetto, in fact they are middle class, but they realised that people are happy to buy "gangsta' bs so they go where the money is, and we all know rap atm seems to be all about the money.
Maybe, I mean it just shows how little I know about hip hop but I'm pretty sure at one point in time to be "gangsta" meant you had to have actually lived the ghetto lifestyle.
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People who bring massive trolleys full of shopping to the self service area that is blatantly designed to cater for customers with hand baskets, as is clearly indicated by the basket sized shelves, and the bag shelf with room enough for roughly two full shopping bags.
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Post by: phantommaster
RossDas wrote:People who bring massive trolleys full of shopping to the self service area that is blatantly designed to cater for customers with hand baskets, as is clearly indicated by the basket sized shelves, and the bag shelf with room enough for roughly two full shopping bags.
Ahhh, first world problems right here.
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Post by: shrike
on a related note, generally self-service checkouts.
Saves a cashier's wages... but requires a cashier on standby to fix it whenever it cocks up. Logic.
Also, I always manage to do something wrong. Every damn time.
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Post by: Grimtuff
shrike wrote:on a related note, generally self-service checkouts.
Saves a cashier's wages... but requires a cashier on standby to fix it whenever it cocks up. Logic.
Also, I always manage to do something wrong. Every damn time.
Not "logic", as you so narrow-mindedly put it. You still need a human element. How does the machine know how old you are when buying something that is age-restricted like alcohol for example? That is logic.
Supermarkets can get hit with huge fines if they sell to someone underage. Hardly something that would offset "Saving a cashier's wages".
Try to think next time you open your mouth. You've done it quite a lot in this thread.
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Post by: Howard A Treesong
Myself and the wife got age-checked the other week for buying a bottle of wine. We're 28/29, my response was to laugh and say 'seriously?' before carrying on with the packing for a moment before seeing they were still waiting, so I asked properly 'are you serious?'. They just nodded in complete seriousness so we had to rummage for ID which we were lucky to have. Main form of ID is a driving licence and we don't own a car at the moment.
There's no way either of us look 21, let alone 18. Those days are long past.
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Post by: Grey Templar
IDK what the law in the UK is, but around here if someone looks under 30-35 you are required to card them. Even if someone is over 21 if you don't card them you can get in trouble.
This applies to restaurants too. Someone one of my friends knows got a job at a local Steak House, she went from interview right to waiting tables. The first people she sat down and took an order from ordered some beer. She was only 16 and had not yet received any training, and so she didn't card them. They turned out to be under cover LEOs checking on if this establishment was carding people properly. Place got their liquor license suspended and the girl lost her job.
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Post by: Dreadclaw69
Grimtuff wrote:Not "logic", as you so narrow-mindedly put it. You still need a human element. How does the machine know how old you are when buying something that is age-restricted like alcohol for example? That is logic.
Supermarkets can get hit with huge fines if they sell to someone underage. Hardly something that would offset "Saving a cashier's wages".
Try to think next time you open your mouth. You've done it quite a lot in this thread.
Well, in both the US and UK its common to have a bank of self-service checkouts and one member of staff to monitor them in case a customer needs help, or has bought an age restricted item (the staff's screen will notify them of which checkout and what the issue is). So going by what I seen yesterday were one staff member oversaw roughly a dozen self service checkouts and had to deal with two issues, including checking an ID for an alcohol purchase, I think its safe to say that the store may have saved a wee bit
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Post by: Grey Templar
I hate self-check outs unless I'm buying like one item. They always seem to be broken.
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Post by: shrike
Grimtuff wrote: shrike wrote:on a related note, generally self-service checkouts.
Saves a cashier's wages... but requires a cashier on standby to fix it whenever it cocks up. Logic.
Also, I always manage to do something wrong. Every damn time.
Not "logic", as you so narrow-mindedly put it. You still need a human element. How does the machine know how old you are when buying something that is age-restricted like alcohol for example? That is logic.
Supermarkets can get hit with huge fines if they sell to someone underage. Hardly something that would offset "Saving a cashier's wages".
Try to think next time you open your mouth. You've done it quite a lot in this thread.
Your reasoning is that customers could buy alcohol when underage- that's nothing to do with what I'm saying. The whole point of self-service is to save money on cashiers, but the store still has to employ people to hang around ready to fix it when it or the customer does something wrong. You're reinforcing my point about why stores shouldn't bother having them, and just use actual people.
Also, rule #1, please.
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Post by: Grimtuff
Howard A Treesong wrote:Myself and the wife got age-checked the other week for buying a bottle of wine. We're 28/29, my response was to laugh and say 'seriously?' before carrying on with the packing for a moment before seeing they were still waiting, so I asked properly 'are you serious?'. They just nodded in complete seriousness so we had to rummage for ID which we were lucky to have. Main form of ID is a driving licence and we don't own a car at the moment.
There's no way either of us look 21, let alone 18. Those days are long past.
Depends entirely on where you shopped. Tesco operates think 25. Some places do think 30 (Spar IIRC). Some places may have had a fair few test purchase fails so were being extra vigilant. For example the store I work at failed 2 lottery purchases within a week. If we failed another we would have lost our licence with Camelot which brought in around £250,000 a week. There was retraining everywhere and people were being extra vigilant.
Don't go too hard on the staff asking for ID. There is no need to be insulted by it. We're just doing our job.
Automatically Appended Next Post: shrike wrote:Grimtuff wrote: shrike wrote:on a related note, generally self-service checkouts.
Saves a cashier's wages... but requires a cashier on standby to fix it whenever it cocks up. Logic.
Also, I always manage to do something wrong. Every damn time.
Not "logic", as you so narrow-mindedly put it. You still need a human element. How does the machine know how old you are when buying something that is age-restricted like alcohol for example? That is logic.
Supermarkets can get hit with huge fines if they sell to someone underage. Hardly something that would offset "Saving a cashier's wages".
Try to think next time you open your mouth. You've done it quite a lot in this thread.
Your reasoning is that customers could buy alcohol when underage- that's nothing to do with what I'm saying. The whole point of self-service is to save money on cashiers, but the store still has to employ people to hang around ready to fix it when it or the customer does something wrong. You're reinforcing my point about why stores shouldn't bother having them, and just use actual people.
Also, rule #1, please.
No, it's not to save money on cashiers at all. Or did we get rid of some staff when my store got the self service tills? Um, no. It's just an extra skill set for a checkout staff member to learn. They serve a niche and not everyone is willing to use them nor understand how they work.
A machine cannot tell if you're underage. A machine cannot change the till roll or cash up at the end of the day. Please stop with your ignorance as you really do not know what you're talking about.
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Post by: Grey Templar
If they don't save money what do they do besides annoy a percentage of the customers?
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Post by: PredaKhaine
When you go to greggs and there are two queues. One heading to the cakes and one heading to the pies. So you get in the pie queue. Then notice that the other queue is not only being served quicker than yours, but that the original assumption of queue destination was incorrect, and you realise that the guy serving your queue is just taking ages. And people that came in after you, but went to the other queue are now being served. With the pizza you originally saw/went in for.
All the while, ALL pizza's and pie's are disappearing from the shelves at an insane rate, previously only seen by people panic buying petrol.
Then when you get to the counter - you see the cornish pasties...and think 'that'll do. It's not a steak bake, but at least its allegedly beef'
There are always lots of pasties.
When you buy one you find out why -
The pasties are arguably capable of melting steel. Which then combines internal powers of atomic fusion with a only paper bag to hold it in. Pie/Pasty temperature has a specific heat bandwidth - it needs to be both hotter than the surrounding temperature, yet not hot enough to melt actual face.
When you try to eat said pasty, there is literally no way of eating it which does not cause pain.
There is nowhere to put pasty down. Holding pasty causes pain. Eating pasty causes pain. Refraining from eating the pasty till the internal temperatures subside is also no longer an option as you've eaten the pastry from one end (which was the only pasty portion at a reasonable temperature )- thus leakage of beef, suede and potato at liquid magma type heat.
Gah.
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Post by: Grimtuff
Grey Templar wrote:If they don't save money what do they do besides annoy a percentage of the customers?
I didn't say that. Shrike was implying that the stores put in self-service checkouts so they do not have to employ as many checkout staff. This is simply not true. Like it or not, I believe these things are the future. A good percentage of customers love them, mainly the ones that do not want to communicate with anyone and/or the college kids who would otherwise clog up the other checkouts and cause "I don't queue" to go into the red. (IDQ performance are how checkout generate their overtime. The less time customers have to queue, the more overtime the checkouts generate  )
It is a fairly new technology that still needs a human element for many reasons I have listed in the previous posts. All it is is simply a new type of checkout. Nothing more. Automatically Appended Next Post: PredaKhaine wrote:When you go to greggs and there are two queues. One heading to the cakes and one heading to the pies. So you get in the pie queue. Then notice that the other queue is not only being served quicker than yours, but that the original assumption of queue destination was incorrect, and you realise that the guy serving your queue is just taking ages. And people that came in after you, but went to the other queue are now being served. With the pizza you originally saw/went in for.
All the while, ALL pizza's and pie's are disappearing from the shelves at an insane rate, previously only seen by people panic buying petrol.
Then when you get to the counter - you see the cornish pasties...and think 'that'll do. It's not a steak bake, but at least its allegedly beef'
There are always lots of pasties.
When you buy one you find out why -
The pasties are arguably capable of melting steel. Which then combines internal powers of atomic fusion with a only paper bag to hold it in. Pie/Pasty temperature has a specific heat bandwidth - it needs to be both hotter than the surrounding temperature, yet not hot enough to melt actual face.
When you try to eat said pasty, there is literally no way of eating it which does not cause pain.
There is nowhere to put pasty down. Holding pasty causes pain. Eating pasty causes pain. Refraining from eating the pasty till the internal temperatures subside is also no longer an option as you've eaten the pastry from one end (which was the only pasty portion at a reasonable temperature )- thus leakage of beef, suede and potato at liquid magma type heat.
Gah.
I love Gregg's vegetarian options. That's the Steak Bake, right?
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Post by: shrike
Grimtuff wrote: Grey Templar wrote:If they don't save money what do they do besides annoy a percentage of the customers?
I didn't say that. Shrike was implying that the stores put in self-service checkouts so they do not have to employ as many checkout staff. This is simply not true. Like it or not, I believe these things are the future. A good percentage of customers love them, mainly the ones that do not want to communicate with anyone and/or the college kids who would otherwise clog up the other checkouts and cause "I don't queue" to go into the red. (IDQ performance are how checkout generate their overtime. The less time customers have to queue, the more overtime the checkouts generate  )
It is a fairly new technology that still needs a human element for many reasons I have listed in the previous posts. All it is is simply a new type of checkout. Nothing more.
I just think they should hold up on putting them in stores until they don't mess up as much
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Post by: Grimtuff
shrike wrote: Grimtuff wrote: Grey Templar wrote:If they don't save money what do they do besides annoy a percentage of the customers? I didn't say that. Shrike was implying that the stores put in self-service checkouts so they do not have to employ as many checkout staff. This is simply not true. Like it or not, I believe these things are the future. A good percentage of customers love them, mainly the ones that do not want to communicate with anyone and/or the college kids who would otherwise clog up the other checkouts and cause "I don't queue" to go into the red. (IDQ performance are how checkout generate their overtime. The less time customers have to queue, the more overtime the checkouts generate  ) It is a fairly new technology that still needs a human element for many reasons I have listed in the previous posts. All it is is simply a new type of checkout. Nothing more.
I just think they should hold up on putting them in stores until they don't mess up as much  They don't mess up though. 9 times out of 10 it is a user error. Stop putting your children on the place where the shopping goes. It is done on weight. Same goes for using your own bags. The button is there on the start screen. Tell it you're using your own bags and it will not come up with the annoying "unexpected item in the bagging area". The only times where it is an error of the self checkout is when it either does not recognise an item is security tagged, thus causing a bit of embarrassment as the customer tries to leave the store and sets off the alarm or the item is a different weight to what is logged in the system' causing the "unexpected item in the bagging area". alert to go off.
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Post by: Grey Templar
Well it seems like every time I go into a store half of the self-checkout machines are broken and even when I do stuff right things are either not in the computer system or the machine doesn't have the proper weight in its system for the product.
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Post by: Grimtuff
Grey Templar wrote:Well it seems like every time I go into a store half of the self-checkout machines are broken and even when I do stuff right things are either not in the computer system or the machine doesn't have the proper weight in its system for the product.
It won't matter what till you go to with the former. If the item is not on file we cannot sell it (though this can be easily remedied as it may simply be a case of the product's barcode number not matching the one on the shelf edge label.). But it needs to be scanned through a till to actually be put on file. Now there is logic, Tesco logic anyway!
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Post by: Experiment 626
Donkeycave drivers who are turning into on-coming traffic and never bother to check for pedestrians...
Pisses me off to no end since I'm forced to walk/use public transit to get around since I'm legally not allowed to ever get a licence.
Worst recently was crossing a street with the little 'walking guy' signal, some fat b  is speeding upto the corner trying to make the turn before I can finish crossing, she barely stopped before hitting me, at which point I did shoot my mouth off and basically say something like, "that's right dumb***, fething stop before you kill me!"
She fliped me the bird, jerked her car at me and then sped off after I finished crossing... And got rear-ended by the car she just cut-off.
So then I had to wait for the cops to show up and give my statement.
But I did at least find out that this stupid, fat b  was almost twice the legal limit!
Leading to another pet peeve - stupid people who drink & drive. One of the worst days was when a good buddy had to come ask our manager for time-off after his friend's dad was t-boned and killed instantly by a drunk driver.
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Post by: shrike
those weird feelings you get sometimes that you can't name, or even put into positive or negative, like when you finish a really good game/TV show/book series- happy you've finished it/had a fun time, but sad it's over, or when you remember something from your childhood no longer around.
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Post by: Dreadclaw69
PredaKhaine wrote:
There is nowhere to put pasty down. Holding pasty causes pain. Eating pasty causes pain. Refraining from eating the pasty till the internal temperatures subside is also no longer an option as you've eaten the pastry from one end (which was the only pasty portion at a reasonable temperature )- thus leakage of beef, suede and potato at liquid magma type heat.
Gah.
Suede? In pasties??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suede
I've heard of carpet munching but that's just ridiculous
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Post by: PredaKhaine
Dreadclaw69 wrote:PredaKhaine wrote: There is nowhere to put pasty down. Holding pasty causes pain. Eating pasty causes pain. Refraining from eating the pasty till the internal temperatures subside is also no longer an option as you've eaten the pastry from one end (which was the only pasty portion at a reasonable temperature )- thus leakage of beef, suede and potato at liquid magma type heat. Gah.
Suede? In pasties?? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suede I've heard of carpet munching but that's just ridiculous  Erm...no I meant this other sort of suede....yeah http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suede_(band) Now I'm going to whistle nonchalantly and wander off... But yeah - I hate suede pasties!
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Sorry, I couldn't resist
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Post by: MrDwhitey
Five tills = Five cashiers.
Five self service = One cashier (it's actually 10 for 1 cashier in our local Tesco)
Derp.
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Post by: PredaKhaine
Customers. When I've worked in shops in the past, they are the single biggest bunch of  ever invented. They stick different labels on things and then want to pay a different price, they put stuff in the wrong place, they lie, cheat and steal... I once had one guy try to buy a pressure washer. Because we'd sold out of the cheap ones, he wanted an expensive one for the cheap price. (it also doesn't work the other way round..."Oh, you wanted a cheap one? I'll sell it to you for the expensive price...") I told him no three different ways, he still wouldn't believe me and I ended up getting a manger involved. She told him no (louder though) then later told me off for trying to get him money knocked off? WTF? But thats nothing compared to the old lady who kept offering me sweets then wanted to know how to fix a mirror to her bedroom ceiling... Customers, who'd have em...
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Post by: Dreadclaw69
Whoever said "The customer is always right" clearly never met the customer
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Post by: reiner
Now realizing that retail customers are fair game in this thread for my previous rant:
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Oh game on. Here's mine...
People who shop at Costco.
Where do I start. Let me begin by saying that I signed up for Costco, let it lapsed and recently re-upped my membership. regardless I absolutely loathe going to Costco itself or talking about it.
1) People talking about Costco - Ok yeah, I get it. There are some great deals at Costco. Especially if you have a large family, roommates, or run a small business. I am none of those things, as I live with my girlfriend and have two small dogs. Yet, the ability to buy markedly cheaper durable goods, non-perishable groceries, and bulk liquor (though I've recently drastically cut back on drinking) is too tempting. But you know what? It's not that much. The first time I got a membership I was regaled with tales about how much cheaper everything was and I was suitably impressed by some of the things I could purchase there. So I got the executive with promises of savings and a return on my membership if I didn't save that much. I used it possibly 4 times over a year. Each time I spent probably $200+ stocking up on durables (paper goods, etc). I didn't make up the 50 dollars in savings and still had to shop elsewhere to round out my shopping. You know what I received? A 4 dollar "check" which was actually a coupon for, ta-da, Costco. Thanks, and screw your word of mouth advertisers. When i re-upped, I went normal at a discount, with a small cash card to spend there.
2) Costco is the Pinnacle of Man - This isn't where it stops, I also get flooded with talk about how awesome they treat their employees. Yes, I get it. It's a rockin' place to work with some morals and what do we sacrifice for it? Plastic bags, a membership fee, and a pretty store.Be honest with yourself, you're shopping in a warehouse. I can deal with those to be honest. But again, I get regaled with tales about how if all the department stores were like Costco, the world would be a better place. Wal-Mart employees would have healthcare, workers wouldn't have to subsist on food stamps, and I'd have a twelve inch dong with a cool blue ground effect. Guess what? This will never happen. Why? Because people vote with their dollars. Now please stop telling me how union jobs will fix everything. (Not a union rant, just a rant about getting talked at by some people who drink the punch).
3) Move Aside Peasant, I have to buy 80 pre-formed beef patties - I don't know if this is me or everyone, but the worst thing are the people milling about the store with their gigantic flippin carts like they're the only one on the floor. Every time, and I mean this in the most literal sense, every time I have gone to a Costco, I have been run into or barely managed to avoid being hit on my person or my cart by someone with their cart. I could understand the occasional bump coming around a blind corner, but not the straight on, walking speed game of chicken. Common courtesy? Move to the right of an aisle. That's how we drive (in the US as that's my experience), everyone understands it, it's true in other situations. NOT IN COSTCO. Full bore down the left lane, no one to your right, head straight at me and smash into my cart, staring me in the eyes. And the coup de grace? Not even a word after you've hit me or my cart. Just finally making the later concious decision to steer away from me and move around. I think the best I ever got was a primeval grunt. Now, you may wonder, is this behavior location based? I doubt it. There are at least 4 of these gargantuan shopping boxes around my city, in socially and economically varying areas. I've been to each one, same behavior. I think once you slide that sweet looking membership card in your pocket, a sense of entitlement comes stapled to it that says "Thinking about saying sorry? No time, gotta snag 20 lbs of oranges for you and your brood of now entitled children". There is one positive spin to this. I'm normally pretty reserved in public. No longer in Costco. I have fun calling people out on their behavior to their faces. For some reason I find these people just seem to outright ignore me. What an alien landscape....
4) Stop signs don't count if there's a white line around them - This behavior is rampant in a lot of parking lots. It doesn't stop at Costco. Been too many near misses as I go through a freshly painted crosswalk and an Escalade with 2.54 children, a soccer ball, and a 24 count case of NyQuil (to calm down the children of course) comes rolling through honking at me as it barely swerves my cart. I can't possibly manage to move this hulk of metal that used to be a half of a VW beetle and is now a Costco shopping cart any faster. I also can't penetrate your tinted windows and the sound of a Veggie Tales DVD to let you know what you're doing is unlawful and potentially hazardous. I'm sorry to have extended your commute home with your horrible children by 3 seconds.
5) Family Shopping means Family Shopping - Holy gak, how many kids do you have? Answer: Enough to block an entire aisle at Costco as they badger you about buying random gak. Seriously, I don't think your kids are going to help you save an extra dollar or glean a hidden secret from the Akashic records while shopping at Costco. Hell, they won't even help you put anything in the cart besides a box of Pop-Tarts, which i know you'll ditch somewhere as you approach the checkout lane. They can't even push your cart. Leave em at home. Positive spin: No matter the location, it's fun to scare children or talk crazy around them. No one believes them when they retell the story.
6) I can't hear you La-la-la-la - Okay, plain rude. If I ask politely to move around you, your cart, your children, etc., at least acknowledge my presence. I would even take a grunt or a 'no' at this point. I've learned my lesson with this one and figured out what may be the precursor to point 3: you will be acknowledged when you start pushing their gak out of the way with your cart. I fear I may stop asking at some point and become a hateful, entitled, middle aged man soon, mowing down lawn gnomes, canned peaches and young children with nary a thought.
So, yeah, those are my pet peeves about Costco. No other business I've patronized wraps them all up in a perfect storm like that. Why do I still go? The employees are good folk and their products are acceptable at the price point. I can also avoid many of the customers shopping during the day on a weekday. Didn't expect myself to go into a full rant.
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Oh, and I don't like fish. Stop proselytizing it to me.
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Post by: Steve steveson
shrike wrote:PredaKhaine wrote:People who try to get me to eat things that I don't like.
I hate tomatoes. I do not need to try them again just to 'make sure'
this
"try this!"
"I have, I don't like it."
"go on, just a taste!"
"I. don't. like. it."
"oh, go on!"
*bite* "you happy now? It's horrible."
"just making sure."
what, you think I was lying?
Oh god I hate that. Although it dosn't go that way with me.
"try this!"
"I have, I don't like it."
"go on, just a taste!"
"I. don't. like. it."
"oh, go on!"
"No. No I am not going to. I don't like it"
"Why? It's good"
"I don't know. I just don't"
"Go on. If you don't try it how will you know"
"Look. I don't fething like it and I'm not fething trying it now back off!"
It pisses me off. I have dyspraxia and one of the things is a complete intollorance to the texture and taste of some food. Yet still my wife and parants try and get me to try things.
Whilst we are on supermarkets. People who take up the isle or block items because they are chatting to people they know and won't move. If you want to talk to your friends go to the pub or something. When your in a shop go shopping. I'm not saying ignore people you know, but FFS don't have a fething mothers meeting.
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3 Questions: Are these fething mothers hot? How often do these fething mothers meet? Do they argue with their fething husbands a lot?
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Post by: Experiment 626
reiner wrote:Now realizing that retail customers are fair game in this thread for my previous rant:
----
Oh game on. Here's mine...
People who shop at Costco.
Where do I start. Let me begin by saying that I signed up for Costco, let it lapsed and recently re-upped my membership. regardless I absolutely loathe going to Costco itself or talking about it.
1) People talking about Costco - Ok yeah, I get it. There are some great deals at Costco. Especially if you have a large family, roommates, or run a small business. I am none of those things, as I live with my girlfriend and have two small dogs. Yet, the ability to buy markedly cheaper durable goods, non-perishable groceries, and bulk liquor (though I've recently drastically cut back on drinking) is too tempting. But you know what? It's not that much. The first time I got a membership I was regaled with tales about how much cheaper everything was and I was suitably impressed by some of the things I could purchase there. So I got the executive with promises of savings and a return on my membership if I didn't save that much. I used it possibly 4 times over a year. Each time I spent probably $200+ stocking up on durables (paper goods, etc). I didn't make up the 50 dollars in savings and still had to shop elsewhere to round out my shopping. You know what I received? A 4 dollar "check" which was actually a coupon for, ta-da, Costco. Thanks, and screw your word of mouth advertisers. When i re-upped, I went normal at a discount, with a small cash card to spend there.
2) Costco is the Pinnacle of Man - This isn't where it stops, I also get flooded with talk about how awesome they treat their employees. Yes, I get it. It's a rockin' place to work with some morals and what do we sacrifice for it? Plastic bags, a membership fee, and a pretty store.Be honest with yourself, you're shopping in a warehouse. I can deal with those to be honest. But again, I get regaled with tales about how if all the department stores were like Costco, the world would be a better place. Wal-Mart employees would have healthcare, workers wouldn't have to subsist on food stamps, and I'd have a twelve inch dong with a cool blue ground effect. Guess what? This will never happen. Why? Because people vote with their dollars. Now please stop telling me how union jobs will fix everything. (Not a union rant, just a rant about getting talked at by some people who drink the punch).
3) Move Aside Peasant, I have to buy 80 pre-formed beef patties - I don't know if this is me or everyone, but the worst thing are the people milling about the store with their gigantic flippin carts like they're the only one on the floor. Every time, and I mean this in the most literal sense, every time I have gone to a Costco, I have been run into or barely managed to avoid being hit on my person or my cart by someone with their cart. I could understand the occasional bump coming around a blind corner, but not the straight on, walking speed game of chicken. Common courtesy? Move to the right of an aisle. That's how we drive (in the US as that's my experience), everyone understands it, it's true in other situations. NOT IN COSTCO. Full bore down the left lane, no one to your right, head straight at me and smash into my cart, staring me in the eyes. And the coup de grace? Not even a word after you've hit me or my cart. Just finally making the later concious decision to steer away from me and move around. I think the best I ever got was a primeval grunt. Now, you may wonder, is this behavior location based? I doubt it. There are at least 4 of these gargantuan shopping boxes around my city, in socially and economically varying areas. I've been to each one, same behavior. I think once you slide that sweet looking membership card in your pocket, a sense of entitlement comes stapled to it that says "Thinking about saying sorry? No time, gotta snag 20 lbs of oranges for you and your brood of now entitled children". There is one positive spin to this. I'm normally pretty reserved in public. No longer in Costco. I have fun calling people out on their behavior to their faces. For some reason I find these people just seem to outright ignore me. What an alien landscape....
4) Stop signs don't count if there's a white line around them - This behavior is rampant in a lot of parking lots. It doesn't stop at Costco. Been too many near misses as I go through a freshly painted crosswalk and an Escalade with 2.54 children, a soccer ball, and a 24 count case of NyQuil (to calm down the children of course) comes rolling through honking at me as it barely swerves my cart. I can't possibly manage to move this hulk of metal that used to be a half of a VW beetle and is now a Costco shopping cart any faster. I also can't penetrate your tinted windows and the sound of a Veggie Tales DVD to let you know what you're doing is unlawful and potentially hazardous. I'm sorry to have extended your commute home with your horrible children by 3 seconds.
5) Family Shopping means Family Shopping - Holy gak, how many kids do you have? Answer: Enough to block an entire aisle at Costco as they badger you about buying random gak. Seriously, I don't think your kids are going to help you save an extra dollar or glean a hidden secret from the Akashic records while shopping at Costco. Hell, they won't even help you put anything in the cart besides a box of Pop-Tarts, which i know you'll ditch somewhere as you approach the checkout lane. They can't even push your cart. Leave em at home. Positive spin: No matter the location, it's fun to scare children or talk crazy around them. No one believes them when they retell the story.
6) I can't hear you La-la-la-la - Okay, plain rude. If I ask politely to move around you, your cart, your children, etc., at least acknowledge my presence. I would even take a grunt or a 'no' at this point. I've learned my lesson with this one and figured out what may be the precursor to point 3: you will be acknowledged when you start pushing their gak out of the way with your cart. I fear I may stop asking at some point and become a hateful, entitled, middle aged man soon, mowing down lawn gnomes, canned peaches and young children with nary a thought.
So, yeah, those are my pet peeves about Costco. No other business I've patronized wraps them all up in a perfect storm like that. Why do I still go? The employees are good folk and their products are acceptable at the price point. I can also avoid many of the customers shopping during the day on a weekday. Didn't expect myself to go into a full rant.
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+1,000,000 on this with you!
I won't go into Costco except within the initial hour they're open on a weekday because I'm so enraged by the typical over-entitled elitest mindset that permiates from the vast majority of other customers in that hellhole.
Hell, I've had little brats squirming like crazy in the shopping cart lean over and scream in my ear as I pass by. And the little b  d's so-called parent just glares at me like I've dropped an F-bomb or something and then tells their little gak, "use your indoor voice sweetie." (F-you lady, my ears will now be ringing for the rest of the day thanks to your ill-disciplined brat!)
And people drive like they're complete morons in the parking lot... I've nearly been run down by some @$$hat running stop signs, or have Mrs Soccer Mom back-up over top of me, or simply been nearly taken out by some dumb@$$ fiddling with their van's dvd player while talking on their cell phone...
Then there's when your trying to park your own vehicle.
Not only does Costco believe that every location need about 100 odd handi-cap spaces, but once you've finally found a spot and are waiting for it to be vacated, signalling your intent all the while... Only for some ignorant donkey-cave to swoop in and steal your spot because they've blissfully ignored your turn signal, but also used the other idiot who doesn't know how to back-out and needs half the parking lot to do so as a distraction to complete their theft of your parking spot! (then they yell at you and call you a racist white pig for trying to take the spot they only saw because you were already waiting for it!!!)
Gods I hate Costco!
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Post by: tom191
My pet hate is kids screaming whlie losing at cod, you shouldnt be playing that game anyway at that age, and having to mute em and losing my killstreak
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Post by: Talizvar
Pet peeve:
Those who have a desperate need to win.
Those who would lie, cheat and browbeat.
Those who would throw models and say an army is OP at the end if they lose.
Those who would love to see you visibly crushed.
The only true "win" is at the end after a truely miserable game is to smile and say: "I let you win because it looked like you needed it more than me..." then the yelling starts.
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Post by: hotsauceman1
My biggest Pet peeve has to be this. When a mother refers the the father watching the baby as "Babysitting" to me it sounds like it isnt the fathers job to watch the baby and he is doing it as a favor to the mother.
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Post by: shrike
Talizvar wrote:Those who would throw models and say an army is OP at the end if they lose.
I have a friend or two who does this when online gaming- not as far as throwing it away, but stop playing it for a while at least and slag it off, even if it's not the game's fault, either being outplayed or just unlucky.
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Post by: master of ordinance
When after having caught a late night movie you and your good friend are happily sharing a carton of chips and discussing how awsome that ninja fight was and how you liked the cobra uniforms and 2 drunk sluts come in, drunk slut 1 (heavily over weight) grabs a handful of your chips and then heads off up to the counter then leaving drunk slut 2 still hanging around. with a voice that is sarcasm in its most purest form your friend says "do you want one too" and she grabs one and walks off as though thats all she had been waiting for and rejoins drunk slut one who is currently insulting the guys behind the counter and trying to get into the kitchen to pee.
Whinny brats who play Mech Warrior Online and moan about how over powered this is and underpowered that is forcing the IPs to redesign whole aspects. I mean c`mon you arses its still in the Beta form and only been released for so long. Give it a rest and if you cant take the heat go play COD instead.
Parents who moan about how games like COD are making little 10 year old Timmy violent and how they should be banned and all that despit the fact they have just gone out and bought Timmy the latest black ops or desert war. I mean seriously, look at the bottom left corner, Right now you see that little thing that says "Only for ages 18 and above"? Well guess what jackass, that means that the game isnt ment for you little Timmy, infact it is explicitly stating otherwise so what do you expect if your going to insist on giving a whinny 10 year old brat a game intended for adults aged 18 and above. Think you stupid blonde gaks, is it really appropiate. And do dedicated gamers really want little gak-feth brats whinning and moaning and projecting their annoying high pitched squeaky voices all over the game they want to play for fun? no they really dont appreciate little Timmy 10 year old brat spoiling their game.
WAAC players.
My little brothers insistence that he has every right to enter my room whilst i am not there, root around, find my porn (yes i have a stash, as i presume do most of you) and worst of all play aroundwith my sacred ritual dagger. Oh and take my mums chocolate and then hide the evidence in my room along with lot of his rubbish such as empty cans, etc. Automatically Appended Next Post: shrike wrote:those weird feelings you get sometimes that you can't name, or even put into positive or negative, like when you finish a really good game/TV show/book series- happy you've finished it/had a fun time, but sad it's over, or when you remember something from your childhood no longer around.
i know that feeling. Both love and hate it.
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Post by: PredaKhaine
master of ordinance wrote: My little brothers insistence that he has every right to enter my room whilst i am not there, root around, find my porn (yes i have a stash, as i presume do most of you) and worst of all play aroundwith my sacred ritual dagger. Should that sentance be separated into 2?
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Post by: Steve steveson
who has a porn stash nowadays? Thats what the internet and private brousing is for, or a smart phone and a wifi connection. No need for evidence.
Automatically Appended Next Post: hotsauceman1 wrote:My biggest Pet peeve has to be this. When a mother refers the the father watching the baby as "Babysitting" to me it sounds like it isnt the fathers job to watch the baby and he is doing it as a favor to the mother.
Yes, yes, yes. Can we add to that all the other "men are useless women are all superheros looking after there kids and a man!!!!" crap?
We are all people just trying to do our best.
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Post by: Cheesecat
Steve steveson wrote:
who has a porn stash nowadays? Thats what the internet and private brousing is for, or a smart phone and a wifi connection. No need for evidence.
That's what I was thinking as well.
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Post by: aosol
I hate the words, "Kit' and "Community".
I hate people who speak without any tact to their language and who can't tell a joke.
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Post by: shrike
master of ordinance wrote: shrike wrote:those weird feelings you get sometimes that you can't name, or even put into positive or negative, like when you finish a really good game/TV show/book series- happy you've finished it/had a fun time, but sad it's over, or when you remember something from your childhood no longer around.
i know that feeling. Both love and hate it.
same, and because I don't know what category to put it in, it annoys me
aosol wrote:I hate the words, "Kit' and "Community".
I hate people who speak without any tact to their language and who can't tell a joke.
oh god, yes. People who describe groups as a "community" or, worse, a "family", when it's basically just a group of people.
also, when I come up with an amazingly perfect, witty and hilarious joke... and then feth up the delivery completely, or I don't get to say it and by the time I can, the moment's gone.
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Post by: EmilCrane
Tabletop games
People who come over to your table and "predict" the outcome of the game, they're usually completely wrong and rather annoying to have them hanging over my shoulder judging my moves.
Video games
There's lots about world of tanks that drives me mad, people who rage unnecessarily about the outcome of a game or who care too much about their stats, but at the same time I hate incompetent drivers who seem to always die in the first 5 minutes and contribute nothing.
In general
When people chat to you on facebook, skype or steam and instead of saying what they want to say in one long message insist on sending hundreds of little three or four word sentences, causing the annoying notification sound to play over and over again, and then they freak out if you don't instantly reply and send even more messages
When you are in a debate or argument with someone and they insist on you letting them finish the point they are trying to make then interrupt you when you reply
People who think that because I'm an American that I want to hear them complain about how confusing US politics are or all the problems with US social, economic or foreign policy
People who think that their opinions are fact
Leaving milk out, ITS A COLD DRINK SO FOR GODS SAKE JUST PUT IT BACK IN THE FRIDGE WHEN YOU ARE DONE WITH IT
Cats, and people who insist on telling me how much better than dogs they are
People who try to guilt trip me because I come from a upper middle class background, I can't control the family I was born into and I certainly don't judge you for where you were born
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Post by: master of ordinance
Steve steveson wrote:
who has a porn stash nowadays? Thats what the internet and private brousing is for, or a smart phone and a wifi connection. No need for evidence.
Those poor ones of us whom have mothers whom are technophobical  . Ive only just persuaded her to let me get a laptop and only beause im doing an ICT course at college. She still wont stretch to a smart phone.
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Post by: Cheesecat
master of ordinance wrote:Steve steveson wrote:
who has a porn stash nowadays? Thats what the internet and private brousing is for, or a smart phone and a wifi connection. No need for evidence.
Those poor ones of us whom have mothers whom are technophobical  . Ive only just persuaded her to let me get a laptop and only beause im doing an ICT course at college. She still wont stretch to a smart phone.
Why can't you buy your own?
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Post by: Easy E
Yeah, I'm morally against paying a fee to have the priviledge of shopping somewhere.
I also hate Toll ways. Aren't my tax dollars suppose to pay for the fething road to begin with?
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Post by: Azza007
For me it is the lack of leg space on public transport. One thing that sucks about it is that from all my operations I can't bend my legs enough to sit properly so have to spread between 2 seats, hence a lot of dirty looks from other passengers.
I also had a kid try pushing his way past me onto the train I was getting off with a suitcase. Bad choice. Fronted up and he bounded right off. No way is some kid getting passed all 6'4" 140Kg me.
I also get annoyed at abusive patients, whiny kids and my bad knees to name a few.
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Post by: Corpsesarefun
master of ordinance wrote:When after having caught a late night movie you and your good friend are happily sharing a carton of chips and discussing how awsome that ninja fight was and how you liked the cobra uniforms and 2 drunk sluts come in, drunk slut 1 (heavily over weight) grabs a handful of your chips and then heads off up to the counter then leaving drunk slut 2 still hanging around. with a voice that is sarcasm in its most purest form your friend says "do you want one too" and she grabs one and walks off as though thats all she had been waiting for and rejoins drunk slut one who is currently insulting the guys behind the counter and trying to get into the kitchen to pee.
Your powers of observation amaze me Sherlock, pray tell how you deduced that these drunk women were sluts based purely on their chip theft?
master of ordinance wrote:
My little brothers insistence that he has every right to enter my room whilst i am not there, root around, find my porn (yes i have a stash, as i presume do most of you) and worst of all play aroundwith my sacred ritual dagger. Oh and take my mums chocolate and then hide the evidence in my room along with lot of his rubbish such as empty cans, etc.
master of ordinance wrote:
Those poor ones of us whom have mothers whom are technophobical  . Ive only just persuaded her to let me get a laptop and only beause im doing an ICT course at college. She still wont stretch to a smart phone.
I haven't laughed so hard in a while, thanks dude.
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Post by: shrike
EmilCrane wrote:When you are in a debate or argument with someone and they insist on you letting them finish the point they are trying to make then interrupt you when you reply
this.
My brother also has a very refined tactic in debates- He states his point with no explanation, and keeps stating that same point mid-way through my sentence, then threatens to punch me if I don't go away. I suppose he plays to his strength, brawn over brains.
It annoys the hell out of me, seeing as I can't possibly win
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Post by: poda_t
One of my favorits in game:
people that whinge about a useless team, but not one person other than i is actually trying to do a damn thing about knocking enemy aircraft out of the sky..... It's the funnest game to play: waste all your ammo on aircraft that recycle their flares between your locks!
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Post by: master of ordinance
The reason i cannot get my own is due to my lack of income and the insane prices of these laptops.
@ Corpsesarefun
My pleasure, i aim to please
As a side note: not getting any breakfast to eat for the past 2 fething days because my mum seems to believe that college is more important than my health. I hate fething college
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Post by: Cheesecat
Seriously you could work at McDonald's (or really any minimum wage job) for a few months and you would be able to afford a new laptop, I bought my own computer and I use to work at Wendy's.
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Post by: PredaKhaine
shrike wrote:EmilCrane wrote:When you are in a debate or argument with someone and they insist on you letting them finish the point they are trying to make then interrupt you when you reply
this.
My brother also has a very refined tactic in debates- He states his point with no explanation, and keeps stating that same point mid-way through my sentence, then threatens to punch me if I don't go away. I suppose he plays to his strength, brawn over brains.
It annoys the hell out of me, seeing as I can't possibly win
Just walk off as soon as he states his point. Don't even bother to speak as you're walking off. Just break communication off and go do something else completely. Leave him to it.
Do this everytime. He doesn't get to threaten you again and you keep control of the conversation by choosing when it ends. That annoys big brothers - trust me
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Post by: shrike
PredaKhaine wrote: shrike wrote:EmilCrane wrote:When you are in a debate or argument with someone and they insist on you letting them finish the point they are trying to make then interrupt you when you reply
this.
My brother also has a very refined tactic in debates- He states his point with no explanation, and keeps stating that same point mid-way through my sentence, then threatens to punch me if I don't go away. I suppose he plays to his strength, brawn over brains.
It annoys the hell out of me, seeing as I can't possibly win
Just walk off as soon as he states his point. Don't even bother to speak as you're walking off. Just break communication off and go do something else completely. Leave him to it.
Do this everytime. He doesn't get to threaten you again and you keep control of the conversation by choosing when it ends. That annoys big brothers - trust me
Well, we mostly argue about me getting on the xbox (it's shared), so if I walk off he'd have won... though good idea for other situations
poda_t wrote:One of my favorits in game:
people that whinge about a useless team, but not one person other than i is actually trying to do a damn thing about knocking enemy aircraft out of the sky..... It's the funnest game to play: waste all your ammo on aircraft that recycle their flares between your locks!
If I'm on the ground, I kill infantry and tanks. If I'm in an attack chopper, I kill jets and other helis. I never go near jets (I leave those for people who are good in 'em  ), and only go in helis if I need a quick drop-off.
though I am fond of my first (and only) game of air superiority- I roadkilled a guy
My guess is that I rammed my jet's nose into his cockpit so far I impaled him, seeing as you can't leave your jet
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Post by: poda_t
shrike wrote: poda_t wrote:One of my favorits in game: people that whinge about a useless team, but not one person other than i is actually trying to do a damn thing about knocking enemy aircraft out of the sky..... It's the funnest game to play: waste all your ammo on aircraft that recycle their flares between your locks!
If I'm on the ground, I kill infantry and tanks. If I'm in an attack chopper, I kill jets and other helis. I never go near jets (I leave those for people who are good in 'em  ), and only go in helis if I need a quick drop-off. though I am fond of my first (and only) game of air superiority- I roadkilled a guy  My guess is that I rammed my jet's nose into his cockpit so far I impaled him, seeing as you can't leave your jet  -_- Trouble is, if they have two jets, and two helos up, and holding 6 of the 7 bases, and the second you get any hardware three feet of the ground getting up with three target locks.... there's a problem. It's time to get the flyswatters out. You'd think with 31 other teammates, someone might be toting an AA launcher. No.
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Post by: shrike
In that case, yeah, I'd run a stinger too also, not being able to get to sleep at 3:00am.
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Post by: poda_t
shrike wrote:In that case, yeah, I'd run a stinger too
also, not being able to get to sleep at 3:00am.
that has been my favorite trick for the past two weeks. Going to exams as a zombie is AQWESOME
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Post by: EmilCrane
shrike wrote:In that case, yeah, I'd run a stinger too
also, not being able to get to sleep at 3:00am.
Happens to me all the time, I play video game until 3 in the morning and then when I go to be my brain decides
"Lets discuss the relative merits of Fisher and Tirtpiz' design philosphies regarding battlecruisers in the early 20th century. Confine your answer to the immediate pre-World War One period."
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Post by: master of ordinance
Cheesecat wrote:Seriously you could work at McDonald's (or really any minimum wage job) for a few months and you would be able to afford a new laptop, I bought my own computer and I use to work at Wendy's.
My mother is very overprotective and due to college work hours i cannot get any job except in the evenings and according to her i will be raped mugged shot toutoured and killed should i leave the confines of the house on my own post 9.00. Despite this having been proven wrong on more occasions than can be counted. Also see below. EmilCrane wrote: shrike wrote:In that case, yeah, I'd run a stinger too also, not being able to get to sleep at 3:00am. Happens to me all the time, I play video game until 3 in the morning and then when I go to be my brain decides "Lets discuss the relative merits of Fisher and Tirtpiz' design philosphies regarding battlecruisers in the early 20th century. Confine your answer to the immediate pre-World War One period." Oh in the goddesses name this one is a huge problem i get. Except its like this: Brain"lets discuss the development of German Armour during WW2 and the development of their camoflauge" Me"were tired, lets just sleep, k"? Brain"noargh good sir but this is one of your favourite subjects" Me"oh brain how we hate thee" Brain"ok then lets start with the development of Dunkelgrau and its application along with the development of the sdkfz 251/9 mit 7.5cm kanone" Me"groan"
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Post by: PredaKhaine
master of ordinance wrote: Oh in the goddesses name this one is a huge problem i get. Except its like this: Brain"lets discuss the development of German Armour during WW2 and the development of their camoflauge" Me"were tired, lets just sleep, k"? Brain"noargh good sir but this is one of your favourite subjects" Me"oh brain how we hate thee" Brain"ok then lets start with the development of Dunkelgrau and its application along with the development of the sdkfz 251/9 mit 7.5cm kanone" Me"groan" Haha - I get similar. But it tends to be me thinking about an army list I've just put together. My subconcious appears to be able to continue planning army lists while I try to sleep. Or even worse, finish one I was in the process of doing before I went to bed. My Brain wrote:"Right, I've got 257 pts to use to finish this list. What can we use? I'm going to list all known possibilities, including allies. Then, we will discuss tactics."
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