What’s your “grumpy old man/woman” grumble?
I have two.
The first is how annoying it is that about 8 out 10 shops don’t have their street number written on the front.
The second is people driving into an intersection that isn’t clear, preventing traffic in the opposite lane from turning right!
GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
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Oooh, that first one is right on. It’s awfully annoying.
I’ve got one…
(Much as I do really love the customers…)
I work in a meat shop, and, surprise surprise, it’s cold in there, which is obvious, due to, say, the GIANT FRIDGES lining the walls. Still, for some insane reason all the customers feel it is their duty, upon arriving at the register, to say in the exact same tone of voice “Awwww, it’s SO CAWLD in heeeerrrre!”. Note that cold is pronounced, without fail, “cawld”.
They never seem to realise that EVERY OTHER CUSTOMER has just said the EXACT SAME THING, or that perhaps I don’t NEED to be reminded of the temperature.
When I grumble to my friends about it, they say that the customers are just “making conversation”, but seriously - I GIVE them a perfectly good chance to make conversation when I actually ask them how they are. I would love to hear about their day, their kids, their hair appointment, their job… that would be interesting! But no, they just say “good thanks”, and after a few moments’ ponderous thought, add “Awww, it’s so cawld in heeeerre!”.
These days, all I can manage is a half-hearted “yeah”.
It feels good to get that off my chest. No offense to any of the dear good customers who don’t annoy me!
Have to agree Gold ’bout the street number thing & it’s not just shops but houses too. There is nothing worse than driving up & down a street, ’specially at night trying to locate non-existent shop/house numbers.
What I’m hating on the road at present are idiots that assume you will run amber/red lights, sure if I’m close to a set of traffic lights when they change I’ll go through but if I’m 10 metres or more back I’m not running them. Yet people expect you to and nearly run up your rear and/or abuse you.
HEHEHE Lady Chaos, that falls into the category of “Gosh you’re tall!”.
Well my grumble is fresh……..I drove to the back of bourke to pick my son up from a bucks night the other night. ( his beer scooter didn’t go that far even)
Last night, I sms’d him to bring me home some dry ginger, cos i felt like a brandy………and…………He forgot.!!
What ????
I forgot all right !!
why, am I never important enuff ????
Hang on………….started off a grumble and ended up a whinge. Sorry.
My grumble are street numbers that are 50 or 100 out on either side of the road! eg No 350 can be opposite to 280….You climb the hill seeking the number you’ve look at on the side you’re walking on, without realising that over the road, it not out by just one or two numbers…but lots! Retracing one’s steps back down the hill to find the destination in among the aforementioned unnumbered shops and dwellings!
Can I have a second grumble (as distinct from a gripe or a whinge). Thanks anyhow in advance! and that is about the idiots who rename roads and streets halfway along a major corridor of road, without one of those lovely big green signs that actually tell you that you’re still on track! Kingston - Heatherton Road good example. Why would anyone want to confuse drivers with distractions along with changing speed signs…opps thats a third grumble….
On the roads - roundabouts, school drop of zones and tail gaters.
My first is someone using my name in vain!!!!! (Only kidding goldie!) Both street number one’s I agree with, my street is the same as Mary and vivs, the house across the road is about 15 out from mine. I know it’s mainly because there is a school on the other side that takes up all the space, plus a lot of corner houses front on to the side streets, so that affects the numbers too and there aren’t any side streets on my side. but it’s still annoying when you are visiting somewhere else! Not keeping intersections and rail crossings clear is probably my biggest, I don’t want to be caught in their stupid accident, only it isn’t really an accident is it, it’s voluntary attempted suicide!
Hi Lady Chaos, I’ve got a solution for you when your customers say “Awww, it’s so cawld in heeeerre!” Just answer “Customer is King, but the business comes first”. See what they say! It may break the ice.
Got another grump, why do TV stations keep changing timeslots, or even miss a week to put on something completely different. Ch 7 have just started a new season of Stargate SG1 and then pull it off the next week so I recorded a heap of rubbish, now the time slot has change and I must re-programme the VCR. Also just what is the use of the g code, if I was the company that developed it I would be taking legal action against ALL Aussie networks!!!!!!!
Hmmm, good idea Gleineiraratepayer… although I think turning all the fridges off and seeing if the customers still want their meat in a nice comfortable environment would work better. Mwa ha ha ha!!
Golden1 - yep, I get that one occasionally too… I take it as a compliment. Being tall rocks!
And they change the volume for adds