The Airing of Grievances

[JiriHrdina]

Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner

Wait the 5 seconds for them to get out of your way, Mad Max.
Fair game? Fair enough, as long as pedestrians are given handguns to gun down impatient ******* drivers.

Man. I don't know how I'm not being clear on this. Its not about my extra 5 second wait. Its about the cumulative impact across the entire downtown core and the fact that it backs traffic up everywhere. More than one car needs to be able to turn right on a green light so things can flow.

[Frank the Tank]

Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

Man. I don't know how I'm not being clear on this. Its not about my extra 5 second wait. Its about the cumulative impact across the entire downtown core and the fact that it backs traffic up everywhere. More than one car needs to be able to turn right on a green light so things can flow.

Funny, I got your point with your first post. I wonder why no one else can? Its a very simple and valid point.

[habernac]

common courtesy, people. We all have to wait, we all have places to go. Why make it harder? Cross when the light says you can. Don't do it when it's flashing or solid. Pretty simple thing to figure out.

[WesternCanadaKing]

Shoppers at Safeway who bitch and complain because they are certain that a $1.50 bottle of pickles is on sale and refuse to believe otherwise. It is really freakin annoying, especially when the line is long and I'm trying to get everyone through as fast as possible.

And then there are the folks who insist on making exact change, so they stand there for 10 minutes sifting through their wallet futiley searching for 3 pennies while I'm pulling my hair out with frustration. And of course there's the "Oh, I owe you 45.67? Ok, I'll give 53.24 (wtf?)". Yes, that actually happened.

[rubecube]

People who walk 3 across and at about a 2 feet/minute pace in the mall or on a narrow sidewalk. Get the **** out of the way!

[Frank the Tank]

Originally Posted by rubecube

People who walk 3 across and at about a 2 feet/minute pace in the mall or on a narrow sidewalk. Get the **** out of the way!

Ooooooo, nice! How about the people who meet other people they know in a store or the mall and stop in the aisle to chat! ARGH!!

[SpitFire40]

Originally Posted by Dion

Worse is being on the C Train in Calgary during the rush hour. Battling for your inch of space and getting stuck beside some dude who had garlic for lunch. The smell was enough to knock a buzzard off a **** wagon.

Not lying, I saw a guy eating Raw cloves of Garlic on the C-Train once... WTFFFF

[fanforever1986]

I can't even begin to describe how much i hate slow drivers in the left lane. I swear im going to start driving with a paintball gun in my vehicle, and shoot them when they dont get out of the effing way. oh and hey semi drivers, you can't go fast up hills, so dont try and pass cars in the left lane...passing lanes are meant to let faster, smaller cars go by you. semi drivers have got to be the worst bunch of people on the face of this planet. They figure that since they spend 80% of their life on the road, they are owed respect by people that dont sit in a big ugly oversized imported pickup truck for a living. Blow up dolls dont count as girlfriends.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by habernac

common courtesy, people. We all have to wait, we all have places to go. Why make it harder? Cross when the light says you can. Don't do it when it's flashing or solid. Pretty simple thing to figure out.

You call it common courtesy, but I don't call it "common sense" to sit staring at a greenlight for 30 seconds or longer if it's only going to take me 10 seconds to cross the road.

While it's technically against the rules, I don't have a lot of sympathy for drivers in this city. The whole town is designed to accomodate them and the entire downtown reeks because of it. If I have a chance to move along even if the RED HAND HAS SPOKEN, I'll do it. Consider it as sort of a cosmic payback for the moron who is almost going to run me over at the next intersection, or the other moron who gave me a nice blast of diesel up my nose at the last one.

[Tron_fdc]

Originally Posted by SpitFire40

Not lying, I saw a guy eating Raw cloves of Garlic on the C-Train once... WTFFFF

AS IF he's not doing that on purpose. That's like saving your poo for a week as a kid and taking a trip to the wave pool. Suuuuuure it just popped outta there......

[J pold]

Facial hair… I hate shaving, but if I left it grow it gets itchy and uncomfortable

Pretty much everyone who drives in this city but me

Oiler Fans

People who get upset when I don’t pick up my Cell phone

People who want to see bad movies

[OilersBaby]

My beef is with the people whose social lives depend on their dogs. Don't get me wrong, im an animal lover, I even own a dog (a lil Jack Russell Terrier), and he is well taken care of. He's even going to take his Good Canine Citizen test (he knows lots of tricks and is obedient). However, Im sick of people who can't go do things because it wont work for their dogs. OMG put your dog in doggy daycare (if you dont have a yard and you're scared your dog is going to tear up your place). Or, put him in his crate! He'll love it there. GEEZ!

And it drives me even more crazier when they CONSTANTLY talk to their dogs in baby talk. For example "how's my widdle waby doing? does lil spot need his tummy rubbed..awww". Dogs need affection, dogs need exercise, dogs need food, dogs need a warm place to sleep, and dogs need socialization...but they do NOT need baby talk!

[habernac]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

You call it common courtesy, but I don't call it "common sense" to sit staring at a greenlight for 30 seconds or longer if it's only going to take me 10 seconds to cross the road.

While it's technically against the rules, I don't have a lot of sympathy for drivers in this city. The whole town is designed to accomodate them and the entire downtown reeks because of it. If I have a chance to move along even if the RED HAND HAS SPOKEN, I'll do it. Consider it as sort of a cosmic payback for the moron who is almost going to run me over at the next intersection, or the other moron who gave me a nice blast of diesel up my nose at the last one.

Hey, you're talking to a guy who cycles to work most days, doesn't really matter to me. But I don't have a lot of sympathy for people walking when they shouldn't be. What's the difference between impatient drivers and impatient walkers? Drivers need to wait when the walk light is on, walkers can wait when the light is flashing or solid. Easy trade off.

[J pold]

Originally Posted by OilersBaby

My beef is with the people whose social lives depend on their dogs. Don't get me wrong, im an animal lover, I even own a dog (a lil Jack Russell Terrier), and he is well taken care of. He's even going to take his Good Canine Citizen test (he knows lots of tricks and is obedient). However, Im sick of people who can't go do things because it wont work for their dogs. OMG put your dog in doggy daycare (if you dont have a yard and you're scared your dog is going to tear up your place). Or, put him in his crate! He'll love it there. GEEZ!

And it drives me even more crazier when they CONSTANTLY talk to their dogs in baby talk. For example "how's my widdle waby doing? does lil spot need his tummy rubbed..awww". Dogs need affection, dogs need exercise, dogs need food, dogs need a warm place to sleep, and dogs need socialization...but they do NOT need baby talk!

I here that I am especially ticked off by this because I have never owned a dog, I used to have a girlfriend that would have all out convo’s with her dog, we would be on the phone and she stop the conversation and start a new with her dog!

“Hey zero how was your day today”

Pause…

“That’s good mine was pretty stressful, are you Hungary?”

Pause…

“No we don’t have any treats left, but if you want some regular food I will get you some in a minute”

Pause…

“Yes ok I can take you for a walk when I am off the phone, Yes I will tell Cody you say hi”

Pause...

(Taking to me now) “Zero says Hello”

[CaramonLS]

People who use bikes downtown (non-motorized kind). Most of them are total ######bags with no regard for traffic laws.

If they aren't running red lights, they are holding up traffic and wasting everyone's time.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by fotze

Oh you hippies are all the same. Why does it need to be a grand vision of politics and global warming and urban sprawl and **** like that. I agree with all the points that you said, yet I hate imposing on people that I don't know yet. If they honk or do something stupid, all bets are off, I will travel to the end of the world and back to f them over but before they do that they get my consideration.

Just think that guy in the car could be a disabled fuel scientist who has 1 minute to live and is delivering his secret formula to greenpeace that will render fossil fuels useless that concurrently produces granola and hemp necklaces as the only byproduct.

Ha. You never know. But, being the good hippie that I am, I would certainly notice that fuel scientists' disabled parking pass and that he is driving a Prius so I would throw myself out of his way.

Really though, my point is that drivers are pretty much constantly putting my life in danger by ignoring the rules (often including my walk sign at that same intersection). I'm just not going to go out of my way to inconvenience myself in that situation. It's against the rules, is discourteous and all that but, well, what are you gonna do? Stand at a green light? No thanks. Drivers, every last one of them, break rules all the time.

Now everyone be honest here though and tell me you do stand at a green light if you are just a few seconds late to an intersection. Really?

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by J pold

I here that I am especially ticked off by this because I have never owned a dog, I used to have a girlfriend that would have all out convo’s with her dog, we would be on the phone and she stop the conversation and start a new with her dog!

“Hey zero how was your day today”

Pause…

“That’s good mine was pretty stressful, are you Hungary?”

Pause…

“No we don’t have any treats left, but if you want some regular food I will get you some in a minute”

Pause…

“Yes ok I can take you for a walk when I am off the phone, Yes I will tell Cody you say hi”

Pause...

(Taking to me now) “Zero says Hello”

That's just creepy.

[SpitFire40]

Al Gore, Global Warming is a myth... *******

[JiriHrdina]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

Now everyone be honest here though and tell me you do stand at a green light if you are just a few seconds late to an intersection. Really?

I do - because that's how much this chaps my hide.

[trumpethead]

Originally Posted by trew

Coffee without cream, and all households, states and countries that seem to think that 2% is an acceptable whitener for coffee.

I second this....

And to anyone who has purchased Coffeemate in the last 20 years (unless you run a repair shop)...shame on you.