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Old 04-17-2007, 09:58 PM   #81
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I give up right away, and with call display
when they call back I might answer.
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Old 04-17-2007, 10:07 PM   #82
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TD Bank. I always use the ATM machine to do my banking but sometimes it's necessary to talk to a teller and they seem to put me on their call list every single time I do that and then they try to sell me some insurance or overdraft protection crap.
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Old 04-17-2007, 10:18 PM   #83
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Salespeople

Was getting nagged at by a saleswomen over the phone about an internship opprotunity meeting. I sumised over the phone that it was total bull-, but told the saleswoman I would "probably come". At the end of the interview she tries this BS, "Are you a reliable person?"

I answer "Yes."

"Well, then when you say you're going to attend the meeting I can rely on that, right?"


Let's not forget whom is trying to selling to whom.

Also, people who ask how you are and then correct your grammatically incorrect reply.

"How are you?"

"I'm good, yourself?"

"You mean you're well."

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Old 04-17-2007, 10:29 PM   #84
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Old 04-17-2007, 11:01 PM   #85
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Old 04-17-2007, 11:03 PM   #86
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Old 04-17-2007, 11:12 PM   #87
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Old 04-17-2007, 11:15 PM   #88
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People who call in and say "YOU PEOPLE!" and continue to yell like I'm the one who screwed up your account. I'm just here to help. The more you yell, the less I want to. I can be rather helpful, if you'd let me, but first, we need to get one thing straight: You've never talked to ME before, so do not lump me in with "you people." Talk to me like I'm a human, and you'll get the same respect in return. I have yet to show you that I don't know what I'm doing. Until I do, treat me like I'm intelligent. Chances are, I'm smarter than you.
I've never done the yelling or swearing, but having to deal with a useless automated phone "system" puts me in a bad mood before I even get to speak to a person. "Talk to me like a human" goes both ways and often, in my case at least, I haven't been "talked to like a human" by a robot for the last 5 minutes so I'm not all smiles and sunshine.
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I absolutely loathe people who don't leave positive feedback after buying something from me on eBay!!!
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Old 04-18-2007, 12:10 AM   #90
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Old 04-18-2007, 12:21 AM   #91
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I absolutely loathe people who don't leave positive feedback after buying something from me on eBay!!!
Or people who don't leave me feedback after I leave positive feedback for them!
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Old 04-18-2007, 02:45 AM   #92
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Slow drivers: I don't ask that you go 100 when the sign says 80. I don't even ask that you go 90. All I ask is that you get up to a minimum speed of 80 and stay there. If I then choose to pass you because I have the option to go a little bit faster, then fine. I'm convinced that half of Calgary's traffic problems would be cured by people actually driving like they're going someplace. And pleeeeease, learn to merge. If you're moving on to the Deerfoot, you should be doing 100 by the time you hit the end of that merge lane.
Slow drivers? The trend I see on roads, especially the Deerfoot, is drivers in a hurry to get somewhere fast. The speed limit is often ignored with drivers going well over the limit. Drivers like me are given the finger or cutoff because we won't break the speed limit. And don't get me going on those idiots and their rice rockets! More photo radar I say!

I agree on the merging. More often than not drivers come to a stop at the end of a merge lane causing a back log cars.
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Old 04-18-2007, 07:57 AM   #93
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For big Frank? Its simple really. Socks. I HATE socks. If it were socially acceptable, I would never where the sweat-inducing abomination that is the modern day sock. My wife makes fun of me, because as soon as I am home, they get flung off of my feet and I am barefoot from then on. As soon as it is warm enough, my sandals come out and don't go away until it snows.
Same with me although i don't mind the trainer socks (sneaker socks) which are the ones that only just reach below the ankle. As soon as it gets warmer (2 weeks ago here) i bring out the flip-flops (i have about 10 pairs) and wear them all the way through the spring and summer up to about mid October.
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Old 04-18-2007, 08:00 AM   #94
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After I zip up, some guy is offering me a towel
and a mint like I just had sex with George Michael.

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Wow he is much pickier than his early days. It used to be a Wham bam thank you ma'am. Maybe a quick handshake if you got lucky. Does he always bring his butler with him or was that only at his house?

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Old 04-18-2007, 08:06 AM   #95
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Litter-bugs. This includes people who throw their cigarettes or gum on the sidewalk or where ever they please. I just find it so ignorant.

Crowds. I hate crowded buses or trains where people are constantly bumping into or pushing me when they try to get on or off. I also hate crowds at concerts or other events where everyone deems it necessary to push the person in front of them so they can all get closer to the stage. Crowds at shopping malls are bad too -- I hate standing in long lines or people standing everywhere making it impossible to get by. I refuse to go anywhere that I know in advance will be overly crowded.
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Old 04-18-2007, 08:43 AM   #96
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We should start a group on Facebook! Who's with me!!??
I also hate socks.... Pretty much pants for that matter too.. give me shorts and sandals as much as i can..

My first year in university i think i maybe wore pants 3 times..
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Old 04-18-2007, 08:44 AM   #97
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Old 04-18-2007, 09:17 AM   #98
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Also, people who ask how you are and then correct your grammatically incorrect reply.

"How are you?"

"I'm good, yourself?"

"You mean you're well."

ughhh!

Next time, just correct them back: say "No. I mean "I'm good."

After all--"I'm good" is actually not grammatically incorrect at all. It's just boastful.

Which leads me to one of mine--people who think they're right about grammar when actually they're wrong--like people who say "this was a nice dinner for him and I" and insist that this is correct. There's a whole list.

Students who don't use a spell checker. It takes 2 seconds!

People who pronounce "Salsa" like "Saltsa," and people who say "EYE-talian" instead of "Italian." Same goes for "EYE-raqi" and "EYE-ranian." They're all wrong. Learn to talk!

Solicitors have been mentioned--but there's a special place in my heart for the hucksters at the mall who are running kiosks selling useless junk and aromatherapy products, hassling people as they walk by. No, I don't HAVE to try your skin product. Odds are it'll give me hives--YOU give me hives! I'm what's called a "misanthrope"--that means LEAVE ME ALONE!

People who don't wave after you let them into your lane. I hate that--and nobody does it here. It makes me a very angry driver.
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Old 04-18-2007, 09:49 AM   #99
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I absolutely LOATHE "The guy driving in front of me!" ... yes this means you minvan that thinks its in nascar and should never, ever, for any reason be in any lane but the slow one... of course this means you cell phone jabbering idiot - no the hands free doesn't stop you from turning off your brain the moment your phone rings, definately includes you guy who doesn't signal and it most certainly includes you guy who passes people on the shoulder in rush hour because for some reason you think where your going is more important than where any one else is going and that my windshield and paint job could use a few more rock/salt chips.

I'm so tired of terrible drivers... not that this is the only cause but why is that in a country/City were it snows 10 of 12 month is it not neccesary for people to take their road test for a license in the snow... people that have never even SEEN snow are being passed in the summer months and then reak havok at the first sign of a flake... we have all types of classes of licenses, why not a dry road one and a wet road one and snow and ice road one... you get pulled over or cause and accident in weather conditions that you have not been trained in and boom, your at fault and charged with driving without a license.

It's funny to me how people and the state seems to treat licenses like they are something everyone deserves, instead of saying like any SKILL - you must train for it, be tested and eventually EARN the right to drive. Cant' do it? thats what transit is for... not everyone was meant to drive...
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Old 04-18-2007, 09:54 AM   #100
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Slow drivers? The trend I see on roads, especially the Deerfoot, is drivers in a hurry to get somewhere fast. The speed limit is often ignored with drivers going well over the limit. Drivers like me are given the finger or cutoff because we won't break the speed limit. And don't get me going on those idiots and their rice rockets! More photo radar I say!

I agree on the merging. More often than not drivers come to a stop at the end of a merge lane causing a back log cars.

OK, I think you've got me there. The Deerfoot is full of raging speed demons 22 hours a day. But the lack of knowledge about how to merge causes a parking lot between the hours of 4pm and 6pm. Buuuut I drive Crowchild Tr. all the time. Once I pass 24th Ave. going west, and there isn't another light for about 10 miles, why am I still going 40 when I get to Brentwood Station?

One more, then I'm done. Please drive in the lane that's going to exit, if that is indeed what you intend to do. I can't read your mind. I don't know that when you go ripping by me in the left lane that you intend to swerve perilously across 4 lanes of traffic three seconds before your exit.
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