BS: The daily gripe

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Donuel
Date: 03 Oct 06 - 08:25 AM

My gripe is that the two most beautiful emotionally touching commercials on TV are for GE (two babies touching hands in a grocery market aisle) and Dow Chemical (the human element Hu with beautiful folk music soundtrack and panoramas)

GE makes nuclear weapons and Dow...don't get me started.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: GUEST,IBO
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 07:37 PM

I WAS LYING ANYWAY,I JUST ENJOY annoyING PEOple

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: nutty
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 07:32 PM

You could have just used the shift key Ibo

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: GUEST,Ibo
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 05:09 PM

Hurrah,i have repaired my caps lock,small letters for you all from now on.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Bunnahabhain
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 10:12 AM

Thanks for clearing that up. You seem to be making sense, unlike most of the people who post entirely in capitals. On the other hand, I, being in Edinburgh, post almost entirely in a capital. Suppose I rarely make sense though.....

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: GUEST,IBO
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 07:15 AM

MY COMPS CAPS LOCK IS BROKEN,IM NOT TRYING TO ANNOY YOU,HONESTLY

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Bunnahabhain
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 07:11 AM

Insominia! grrrrrrrr. I like sleeping. It shouldn't be hard....


Or, if you don't want a rucksack, get a photographers shoulder bag. Mine regularly has a camera and bits in, and then the diary, phone, keys etc.... it becomes a combination camera bag and hand bag.

IBO, would you mind leaving off some of the capitals, there's a good chap.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 01:56 AM

If there's a lunchpack on both sides... yes... not at all flattering. But a nice fat wallet in the right pocket can do wonders for a man's pulling powers!

Unless you are like Gavin... a guy who would only be hot if he got cremated. The biggest lunchbox in the world wouldn't compensate for his blatant charisn'tma and charmless interior.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: GUEST,IBO
Date: 27 Sep 06 - 07:43 PM

TOOTLER,THANKS FOR THE ADVICE.I NEED TO GET A RUCKY COS MY POCKETS ARE HANGING LIKE LIKE LINFORD CHRISTIES LUNCHPACK.ITS A VERY UNFLATTERING LOOK

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Tootler
Date: 27 Sep 06 - 06:53 PM

Not providing adequate car parking - or charging a fortune for it when they do provide it.

Here in the UK there is a "four legs good, two legs bad" attitude to the car, yet They will not ensure adequate public transport. Public transport is generally unreliable and always b****y expensive. (or should I say always to both the last two items?)

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Tootler
Date: 27 Sep 06 - 06:46 PM

Guest, Ibo. Get yourself a smallish rucsac. They are becoming increasingly common here. I use one myself.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: GUEST,IBO
Date: 27 Sep 06 - 05:46 PM

ARE YOU A JERK JIMMY DIXON? I THINK YOU MIGHT BE

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 27 Sep 06 - 04:54 PM

Quick cathartic relief? Fat chance.

I've found that griping about things does NOT, per se, make me feel better.

What DOES make me feel better is hearing someone else say, "Yeah, you're right. Those guys ARE jerks" -- when I thought I might be the only one who saw it that way.

Fat chance of that happening here--without some anonymous GUEST piping in, "No, YOU'RE the jerk."

The jerks.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: nutty
Date: 27 Sep 06 - 03:19 PM

German lorry drivers who almost run you off the road because they forget that the fast lane is on the right and that in this country you are not allowed to "undertake".

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: GUEST,ibo
Date: 27 Sep 06 - 03:18 PM

I WISH THEIR WAS A BAG FOR MEN THAT DIDNT MAKE ME LOOK LIKE A RIGHT WINTON,COS BUNGING EVERYTHING INTO POCKETS IS SO INCONVENIENT.AND YES,JEANS ARE CRAP.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Bert
Date: 27 Sep 06 - 03:04 PM

Jeans! who designed the bloody things. The pockets are too small to put your hand in and are in an awkward place.

Then, when you sit down, all your small change falls out into the sofa.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 27 Sep 06 - 02:50 PM

Ah yes... had that problem. My fan belt broke and I had trouble renewing it. When I did get it (it wasn't the same size as that quoted in the manual), I bought a spare. The next time the fan belt broke, I asked the Automobile Association to come and repair it (we were out on the road) and they insisted on bringing the quoted fan belt with them. I told them it wouldn't fit but still they tried.... After about 20 minutes I suggested they try my spare, which fitted perfectly. Not only did they try to charge me for their fanbelt (which I'd told them wouldn't fit) but they tried to charge me for the one I supplied!!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Becca72
Date: 27 Sep 06 - 02:15 PM

I recently had trouble with the directionals in my car. I took it to my dad who said he thought it was the flasher. So on the way home I stopped at VIP Auto to see if they could replace the flasher (I only let them do the simplist of things to my car) and was told that it would be $68 up front because they had to hook it up to the diagnostic computer before they'd touch it, then the cost to repair whatever was wrong with it would be over and above that initial charge. When I asked if they could just replace the flasher and see if that fixed the problem I was told, "Oh, NOOO ma'am...it could be a MAJOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEM" even though everything else was working fine. I opted to wait to see my own mechanic and lo and behold, it was the flasher and it cost me $63.81 to replace it.
And every time I've ever gone to Jiffy Lube for an oil change (they were the only option where I lived in VT) they told me my serpentine belt needed to be replaced. I once brought in my new car with 4400 miles on it and was told the belt needed to be replaced, so I know they didn't even look at the odometer...when I mentioned the mileage of the car the kid's face went sort of pale..seems I'd caught him in a little lie.
So my gripe today is being treated "like a girl" by mechanics. I may not be an expert, but I'm no fool, either.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Kaleea
Date: 27 Sep 06 - 02:04 PM

Computer "technicians" who say things like your hard drive has !~!@#$^%$#@!@#$%%^$##~!@#$%^&**(_)(*&^%$#@! and I can clean it up and @)(*&^%$#@! and +_()*&&^%$!$@#%*(&)_<>. . .
later . . . well, whoever built it _+)_(*&^%#$$%^&*'d the #$%&^(*)_&^$#^ and used some kind of codes, and without those codes, I can't #E$*()^&%$ the +_)(*&^%$#@$$%^&*()_><.
   


    now I'm left with a totally dead hard drive. where's my phaser?

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: GUEST,IBO
Date: 27 Sep 06 - 01:44 PM

I HATE PEOPLE WHO THINK CHILDREN ARE SAFE WITH DANGEROUS DOGS.I DETEST PEOPLE WHO SIT AT HOME DOING NOWT AND ACCEPT ALL GOVT HANDOUTS.WOMAN WITH TATOOS LOOK UGLY,AND MOTORISTS WHO DRIVE LIKE IDIOTS SHOULD BE SHOT.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Donuel
Date: 26 Sep 06 - 11:05 PM

The dealership called and said your car is ready. I go and instead of 340 dollars they want $500.

I had to argue for 20 minutes for them to take the added electrical diagnostic charge off the bill.

I only asked them to put my water pump back on and tell me how much for a new battery.

When I start saying "when you talked to me on the phone..."

With their eyes rolling they pulled the "GET your story straight mister you didn't talk to ...ect."

After a few quotes I stole from Dick Cheney the manager got involved and eventually took off the extra charge.

Why they want to waste our time and practically insist we lose our composure when we are flagrantly ripped off is because...

most people go ahead and pay.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Bill D
Date: 26 Sep 06 - 09:57 PM

I can't buy aerosol shaving creme without fragrance any more! I used to get "Barbasol" unscented, but now EVERYTHING has something added. My wife is very sensitive to chemical fragrances, so I have extra trouble being sure I rinse it TOTALLY off.....

And the same with dishwashing liquids....we used to get Dermassage...very gentle. Now almost everything is **extra** or **concentrated**, with fragrances and other intense stuff....and Dermassage disappeared. I wrote them....they sent me a list of who carries it now..(4 little local stores!), but they said it had been "reformulated"...meaning 'stuff' added. It is hopeless.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Bert
Date: 26 Sep 06 - 01:47 AM

Hey Squeaks, YOU can take me any TIME you want?

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Tootler
Date: 25 Sep 06 - 05:38 PM

Went to fill the car up today. After filling the tank and paying, I popped into the shopping centre next door for a few items. When I came out the price of petrol had dropped by 2p a litre.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Sep 06 - 09:01 AM

Lazy buggers who park in fire lanes and in handicapped zones.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 25 Sep 06 - 04:42 AM

Hey Bert, just so long as your credit holds good at the Tavern (which is due for reopening after the Bank Holiday fracas....), we'll take you any way you want!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Bert
Date: 25 Sep 06 - 03:30 AM

Today's gripe is, people who take me (or anyone else for that matter) too seriously.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 24 Sep 06 - 04:26 PM

OOh.. I have that gripe but with bath/shower products. What is the bloody difference? Why will a bath product not work in the shower (well, if it's bath salts or cubes, OK...) but gel, lotion, creme whatever.. it's the same product. I bet if you substituted the expensive stuff for say... Fairy dishwashing liquid (which smells more like the spring meadow than the one my shampoo tries to emulate), most people wouldn't know the difference.

Remember the days when it was Radox, Three Wishes or granny's bath salts with a hint of Detol?

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: jacqui.c
Date: 24 Sep 06 - 08:02 AM

Today's gripe? People who want to set the definition of Folk Music in stone.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: RangerSteve
Date: 24 Sep 06 - 07:43 AM

I looked for shampoo the other day at the grocery store. There was an entire aisle devoted to the stuff. There used to be three types - dry, normal and oily, but not anymore. There's shampoo for permed, wind-blown, blow-dried, gray, blonde, red (but not brown) dyed, bleached, etc. I finally found just plain shampoo, but didn't want to smell like Spring Meadow, Autumn Peach, Kiwi-Strawberry Morning, or Citrus Summer. Finally, after walking a mile down the shampoo aisle, I found a bottle of Prell. Just plain old Prell. I'm afraid it's an antique that someone found in the basement and put out in hope that someone will buy it. I did. I should have bought all of them, in case it goes off the market. I guess my gripe here is that there are way to many products on the market now, all of them made way to fancy.

Oh, yeah, I also found a bottle of shampoo marketed towards men, at 15 dollars for 6 ounces. They have to be kidding, right?

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 24 Sep 06 - 05:44 AM

Here in Tucson, Arizona, where the skin cancer rate approaches that of parts of Australia, it is against the rules for children to wear hats to school because of gang problems. Aargh. Issue 'em school hats as part of the uniform for P.E. class, I say.

~ Becky in Tucson

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: JennyO
Date: 23 Sep 06 - 12:55 PM

The fastest checker I ever saw was in a supermarket I used to go to before I moved. It was a man, and he was truly poetry in motion. I always chose him if he was there, even if his line was longer, because I knew he was twice as fast as anybody else and I would get through faster.

At the supermarket I go to now, there is a very fast guy, only he is even more amazing. He is obviously a previous head injury victim, and only has the use of one hand, but not only is he fast, he sometimes does little tricks tossing small items in the air and catching them as he goes. He is a joy to watch - always happy and joking too.

And Bert, I ALWAYS have my cash or card ready to pay when they ring up the amount.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Bill D
Date: 22 Sep 06 - 05:28 PM

"A man as a checker is always much slower than a woman checker."

that "always" will get you in trouble, Bert! I WAS a checker, and I was fast! This was in the days before digital, when you had to PUNCH the keys.

And there at least two male checkers in stores I go to even now that I will wait for, because they are better. (faster and bag better)

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Becca72
Date: 22 Sep 06 - 04:51 PM

My gripe today is with the woman in the minivan, in the left lane, chatting on her cell phone, who suddenly needs to cut me off because the righthand turn she intended to make all along is coming up within a few feet. And she has the audacity to yell at me for not letting her cut me off. I'm sorry, I have a 5 speed turbo and full coverage insurance. I'll take you on, lady. Sadly that has become my attitude...

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Bert
Date: 22 Sep 06 - 04:17 PM

The difference between men and women in grocery stores is quite funny.

A man as a checker is always much slower than a woman checker.

Whereas a woman being checked out is much slower than a man and always waits until the last minute to start looking in her purse for her checkbook and when she has found it and is told the amount, THEN she decides it is time to look for her pen.

A man being checked out will, more often than not, have his cash in his hand ready to pay.

So choose a line with male shoppers and a female checker.

And you never see two men blocking the aisle gossipping.

And Bill D, you asked way back there "Don't they TEST these people before they put them on national TV? " Yes of course they do - IN BED.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 22 Sep 06 - 06:08 AM

Doneul - I'm not sure what the law is regarding sunscreen & protection for little kids, but most folks would do something. Tho I wonder if they take the same precautions when shopping as they would do on the beach.

When my brother moved to Brisbane 15 years ago, his 2 year-old son was not allowed into the yard for even a minute without hat & sunblock, and his playing area was covered with shadecloth. He told me that locals did not "fuss" as much with their children as the migrants from other states did. Familiarity breeds contempt?

NSW Cancer Council

Cancer Council shop showing safe sunwear


Protecting babies & toddlers

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Donuel
Date: 21 Sep 06 - 08:02 PM

The clear channel radio staions in my area...
(clear channel is the Bush propoganda AM radio 80% monopoly in this country.)
...has been running political ads to influence minority populations to vote Republican.

What they are saying is that Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican so vote the way Martin would and honor his memory.

Thats not all...They go on to say the the Klu Klux Klan was founded by the Democrat Party.

Its no use debating the lies, afterall debating intelligent design is a waste of time too.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Sep 06 - 07:16 PM

I agree with the men in supermarkets thing..PLEASE , yes, a men free day...

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Tootler
Date: 21 Sep 06 - 06:35 PM

My wife got a display poster from a book shop. She went in and asked and they put her name on it.

When they were changing the display they phoned her and she went and collected it.

Obviously depends on the shop.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Donuel
Date: 20 Sep 06 - 07:43 PM

I am male and this summer I threw caution to the wind and put both kids in the cart and raced down grocery store aisles. I eventually ran into a life size card board stand up of Johnny Depp and pushed him 50 feet until he gave up and we ran over him.

The kids were in pure hysterics. Everyone survived, except Depp, and a good time was had by all.

and ah... my gripe is trying to get the store manager to give away stand up displays when they're finished. What are they, Ebay gold or something?

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Bill D
Date: 20 Sep 06 - 06:01 PM

I am male....I do 75% or so of the grocery shopping. I do not block asiles. I am good about watching bargains, unloading the carts properly, being ready with my cards, coupons, checks,,,etc...and I used to TEACH bagging groceries.

Maybe I should give lessons....*grin*....send them guys to me!

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 20 Sep 06 - 05:28 PM

That's always mistified me... how can I spend £25 and come home with food for a week and yet Manitas will spend twice as much and the fridge will be empty?

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Sep 06 - 04:02 PM

My experience is that it is mostly men who seem to shop as they drive..aggresively..without thought.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Donuel
Date: 20 Sep 06 - 12:37 PM

and yes at the grocery store those damn extra displays angled in the aisles snag the cart or spill.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Donuel
Date: 20 Sep 06 - 12:31 PM

My daily gripe is that my town and metro area and country is in decay.

AMERICA HAS BECOME THE UNDERDOG: in education, health and general satisfaction when compared to other nations world wide.

Heck we are #2 even in golf. The Ryder cup has found a home in Europe. Even in space NASA has to take a backseat to ESA. Thanks to Europe we can see double hurricaines on Venus this week and the true colors of Mars while our 30 year old shuttle is examining 4 pieces that just fell off the craft and are delaying their re entry.

If I look around my neighborhood I can tell you without exaggeration that the infra structure is in serious decay. Roads are rough, there are impassable traffic jams, the power out goes more than once a month, raw sewerage stinks in Rock Creek, In Georgetown the sewer is civil war vintage with power cable strung inside that explode sending man hole covers high into the air every couble months,
dead trees next to streets are left to drop in the street, crumbling overpasses have cracked my windshield when I drove underneath, phone service is noisey, 3 new bio war labs are being built less than 50 feet from the street, etc.

The social quality in my neighborhood is more strident, polorized and dangerous than I have ever seen it. A jogger was murdered 100 yards away, 3 have died from the Muslim sniper shootings, a kid killed and dismembered an immigrant kid in his garage and went to Isreal for immunity, a laptop was stolen with all the personal data of all the US veterans, neighbors have weekly religious fundamentalist meetings at their home to villify gays and other blasphemers de jour, certain 6 year olds are singled out to never play with other 6 year old kids because the parents do not "fellowship" at a correct church, kids left a plastic coke bottle filled with pine needles burning the yard, a neighbor told me abort northeners who don't shut the fuck up and asked where I keep my valuables, I have been double billed by my doctor and my dentist,
We had an code purple air quality day that resulted in my son going to the hospital (the alert was kept secret since a code purple would disqualify the county from federal EPA funds), when I tried to vote I had to do a provisional ballot since my address change did not take, No one was able to vote in my county since the electronic start up cards were not in any of the election judge packets so the polls would ipen late but only for provisional ballots which they had run out of ( it was said elections in Sudan and Nepal went better), etc.

My country is abolishing membership in the Geneva Conventions and debating legalizing torture, secret prisonsk, hearsay evidence, secret testimony and tribunals that only answer to the President- all in order to defend against the evil Islamo fascists.

Didn't Hitler abolish the Geneva Conventions in his secret prisons?

Much of my country's Constitution has been abolished. Bank records, phone records, data mining, spy cameras and spy software are all watching us every day. When my website that was critical of the administration gets erased . I was called paranoid. My country's national election was canceled and decided by a tribunal packed with the candidate's father. Election precincts show 4,000 votes for Bush when only 600 people live in the district.
Jobs have been shipped, pensions stolen, health benefits erased, chemicals dumped with impunity, depleted uranium taken from our on site storage nuclear power plants and put in artillary shells to poison future children of other nations...it gets worse....

Truth Justice and the American Way
it didn't take long to lose it

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: jeffp
Date: 20 Sep 06 - 12:16 PM

Funny, I have the same complaints about the women at my local grocery. Maybe they should have an idiot-free day. Of course, they would have to lay off most of the staff as well.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Sep 06 - 11:50 AM

I believe that Supermarkets should have Men free days so that the rest of us can get on with our shopping. Here's why

they are often on a cell phone trying to find out what it is they are meant to buy, meanwhile the cart is plonked dead centre in the aisle.
Thet are dragged there and would rather be home watching telly, so they slump over the cart and look bored while blocking evryone elses way.
And finally, and this is the most irritating, they are surprised by the fact that one has to actually pay for the purchase...so when the amount is tallied the long pocket and change rattling process begins, this drives me round the bend. And it often seems to happen in the ten items or fewer line...grrrrrrrr.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Donuel
Date: 20 Sep 06 - 10:33 AM

I heard that it is a crime to not give a hat or sunscreen to kids in Oz due to the hole in the ozone that causes much more damage in the southern hemisphere.

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 20 Sep 06 - 09:08 AM

Sunny days like today bring 'em out

Young mothers pushing a baby/young child. Mother wears sunglasses, baby sits facing the sun, not hat, no sunnies, no awning on the pram/pusher. Fortunately today's child was asleep with his face turned into the back of the pusher. And we're not yet in full summer sun.

poor little sunburnt babies

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: The daily gripe
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 20 Sep 06 - 05:53 AM

My gripe today.... why is it that one leg has twice as much hair as the other, but the one with the least hair takes twice as much wax?

And what does the Deity have in store for me that I need hairy elbows to deal with it??

LTS