Mind Your Own Business!

[4X4]

With all our complaining threads lately, I thought I'd keep up the trend. I'm sure some of you folks have some pretty funny or annoying stories of people that just don't know what's their business and what isn't.

My main inspiration came last night at the dome. It was just about intermission and my buddy asked me if we should go get a couple more beers. I replied "perche non" (pronounced 'pair kay no'). Before he gets the opportunity to reply, the woman behind me says 'you know, it's actually pronounced 'pour qua no'.

I gently informed her that I had in fact said exactly what I intended to say and she informed me that she speaks fluent french.

'Thanks', I said, 'but I'm speaking italian'. 'Cazzo dici, do you understand that?'.
(haha, that'll slip by the CP filter)

Anyway, I always find it funny when complete strangers start offering unsolicited advice.

[SpitFire40]

I hate that too, something like that can get you killed these days... I don't know what gives people the gall to butt in someone else's conversation, or question them out of the blue.

At the Mike Vernon jersey retirement I was with my brother, we were just talking about Mike Vernon memories as kids, how we got to meet him, ect... anyways my brother as a kid had a knack for hand drawing goalies he liked and he brought it up, then out of the blue the guy next to him (total stranger) said in an extremely condecending way more or less making fun of my brother for drawing Mike Vernon as a little kid. It was unbelievable, the guy didn't stop throughout the entire Mike Vernon speech until my brother told him to shut the up because he was really pissing him off. Needless to say the guy was lucky he kept his mouth shut the rest of the way.

God forbid as a kid you draw pictures of your hockey idols... I've never seen a bigger tool in my life.

Mind your Own Business a-hole!

[mykalberta]

I should have started this thread.

MIND YOUR OWN BUISNESS to the old dudes at the YMCA who continually ask what I am listening to on my Nano.

MIND YOUR OWN BUISNESS to the old fart at the Canada Post outlet when I picked up my NAS and Powerline adapters.

MIND YOUR OWN BUISNESS to my GF when she suggests I should use my bonus towards the purchase a new car instead of paying off one of my student loans (yah I really need a 2002 and 2007 car - fricking brilliant).

MIND YOUR OWN BUISNESS to my friend that suggests I should buy him a notebook for school instead of pay off on of my student loans (at first I thought he was joking, now I am getting pissed).

MIND YOUR OWN BUISNESS to whoever in the Elevator that attempts to start chit chatting with me when I am recording notes on my PDA. It would be one thing if you were an attractive female, 40yo dude/50yo lady - umm no.

There is lots more but I am already too close to the profanity line.

MYK

[return to the red]

Mind your own business to the guy's sitting to the left and right of me at the poker table not involved in the hand. It's not required of me to show you my cards so beat it!

Mind your own business to my friends that ask me how much of a mortgage I have, what I bought my house for, how much my new car cost and especially how much money I have invested. If I really wanted to discuss it with you I would have included you in on the sale

and especially mind your own business to those people who start the conversation with "I couldn't help but over hearing"

[return to the red]

Originally Posted by fotze

Oh, the old, how the hell can they afford it questions. Just lie with those, say the morgage is only $35,000, then they will wonder where the hell you got all that money.

and Myk, is your girlfriend blonde by any chance.

I think the most annoying part of it all is that my one friend asks about everything like that and doesn't give the "if you don't mind me asking" phrase first

[Frank the Tank]

I hate the people that examine the contents of your shopping cart/Costco cart. I told my wife I am going to go to the Stag Shop and get a huge rubber wang and put it the cart next time we go to Costco.

[Bobblehead]

Originally Posted by mykalberta

I should have started this thread.

...stuff...

There is lots more but I am already too close to the profanity line.

MYK

A few of those just sound like people trying to be friendly, but the how to spend you money is no one's business but your own.

[return to the red]

Originally Posted by Frank the Tank

I hate the people that examine the contents of your shopping cart/Costco cart. I told my wife I am going to go to the Satg Shop and get a huge rubber wang and put it the cart next time we go to Costco.

speaking of costco what's with those people with the bingo daubers? I already spent 15 minutes standing in line to pay for my stuff, I don't really want to stand in line again to have someone glance over my stuff to put a little pink dot on it! Those people should mind their own business

[Dion]

Originally Posted by return to the red

speaking of costco what's with those people with the bingo daubers? I already spent 15 minutes standing in line to pay for my stuff, I don't really want to stand in line again to have someone glance over my stuff to put a little pink dot on it! Those people should mind their own business

No kidding! They don't even check to verify what is in your cart verses the bill.

[mykalberta]

Originally Posted by fotze

Oh, the old, how the hell can they afford it questions. Just lie with those, say the morgage is only $35,000, then they will wonder where the hell you got all that money.

and Myk, is your girlfriend blonde by any chance.

Never - brown hair.

She has this weird thing now where she wants to get a Subaru or drive one so everytime I go to her place hear Chinook she always happens to stop near the Subaru place.

I tell her to buy her own damn Subaru or get her disgustingly rich dad to get it for her or to get one herself (I am not a big fan of subaru). Then she mentions she cant and I say does it have to do with the 50K in CC debt you have - and then she gets angry and wont talk to me for a day or two (which isnt necessairly a bad thing most times).

It doesnt tick me off so much as annoy the hell out of me cause she wont drop it. Thats the last time I leave a pay stub lying around my condo while I go out to get pop while she and her nosy ass friend stay.

MYK

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by mykalberta

I tell her to buy her own damn Subaru or get her disgustingly rich dad to get it for her or to get one herself (I am not a big fan of subaru). Then she mentions she cant and I say does it have to do with the 50K in CC debt you have - and then she gets angry and wont talk to me for a day or two (which isnt necessairly a bad thing most times).

It doesnt tick me off so much as annoy the hell out of me cause she wont drop it. Thats the last time I leave a pay stub lying around my condo while I go out to get pop while she and her nosy ass friend stay.

Wow. Calm down? Oops. I guess I should mind my own business!

[jroc]

Originally Posted by SpitFire40

I hate that too, something like that can get you killed these days... I don't know what gives people the gall to butt in someone else's conversation, or question them out of the blue.

At the Mike Vernon jersey retirement I was with my brother, we were just talking about Mike Vernon memories as kids, how we got to meet him, ect... anyways my brother as a kid had a knack for hand drawing goalies he liked and he brought it up, then out of the blue the guy next to him (total stranger) said in an extremely condecending way more or less making fun of my brother for drawing Mike Vernon as a little kid. It was unbelievable, the guy didn't stop throughout the entire Mike Vernon speech until my brother told him to shut the up because he was really pissing him off. Needless to say the guy was lucky he kept his mouth shut the rest of the way.

God forbid as a kid you draw pictures of your hockey idols... I've never seen a bigger tool in my life.

Mind your Own Business a-hole!

Dude, your brother draws pictures of goalies?? how lame is that!?!?!














J/K Jordon

[mykalberta]

Originally Posted by Bobblehead

A few of those just sound like people trying to be friendly, but the how to spend you money is no one's business but your own.

Trust me, spend 30 days in the Mens Plus area of the Calgary Eau Claire YMCA and you will know they are not trying to be nice. They have some of the biggest pricks on the planet. Admittedly there are some real nice ones who will chat about sports, politics etc, heck I even play Racketball with a few of them, but there are a lot of "WW2" ones. I use that term loosely as a term I use to describle old folks who never fought in any wars yet always expect me to go above and beyond for them. I show them the same coutresy, I show anyone else - as with everyone else, you get one shot, if that shot ticks me off you likely never get it back.

As per the people in the Elevator. Its a 30 second max elevator ride from when I get off, if it was 5 minutes and they wanted to chat, a bit different but when I am fevereshly trying to use WindowsMobile pointerpen to type out an Email and someone starts chatting its annoying. I always yada yada it but its a damn waste of my time for someone I likely wont see again for weeks on end and have no interst in chatting with them.

As per CanadaPost guy - like some 80yo with 50 letters to mail out is going to know what a powerline ethernet adapter is or a NAS system. I doubt 30% of the users on this site know. And I dont have time to explaing to the guys the intracacies of this "technology" thing. I get enough of that bs from work when someone complains to me their Bb isnt recieving calls and attempst to blame the IT department. Listen, I work in the WAN department specializing in Network Security - I dont work for TELUS so lay off.

Admittedly I have a very short fuse for Jacktards and people who attempt to be nosey into my buisness. I left a small town to get away from all that garbage. I guess Calgary still has that annoying little feature.

MYK

[mykalberta]

Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

Wow. Calm down? Oops. I guess I should mind my own business!

I never thought I would cut off a relationship (especially this long) over something so dumb, but its getting there. Its amazing how one thing can cause you to think of all the other things that annoy you and then you think, well we have dated for 18 months and there isnt alot more room to grow unless you take the plunge and do I really wanna take the plunge with this girl. I can only take so much. Hopefully the vacation at the end of the month stops it.

Oh yah, btw its not a Subaru, its a hella more expensive car than what I could comfortably afford or really want, I just used Subaru cause I hate them so damn much

MYK

[TheyCallMeBruce]

I have a story like this. I was vacationing in Malaysia about a year ago, and at the time, the Malaysian Ringgit was at the lowest point possible. I only did an currency exchange of $1000cdn, which came up something like $3200 ringgit, which is a ton of money since you can buy your meals for $1cdn.

Anyway, I had just done the currency exchange and decided to buy lunch at the KLCC mall. On hind sight, I should have packed away most of that money in my pocket and only slip out a $20, but because I was given a stack, I just kept them in a roll. I had a roll of $50s. As I pulled my money out to pay, this stupid lady (who appear to be in her 50s and I am sure is very well off by the looks of her) beside me chimes in and says "Oh my, how come you have so much money for a young fellow ah? Did you rob a bank ah? Young boy like you should not have so much money lah." Now, if you can picture a Chinese Malaysian speaking English, you would understand the "ahs" and "lahs."

I find it interesting that she believed I was
1) a young boy (I was 30 at the time)
2) shouldn't have any money
3) native to Malaysia (by the way she spoke to me)

I turn to her and said, "Are you stupid or something?"

The reaction on her face was awesome. I will never forget her stupid disgusted twisty face as she turned around and walked away.

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by return to the red

Mind your own business to my friends that ask me how much of a mortgage I have, what I bought my house for, how much my new car cost and especially how much money I have invested. If I really wanted to discuss it with you I would have included you in on the sale

I ask those questions all the time, but then it's my job to do that.