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1. Call Physician's office they ask your birthday, not your name!
2. Calling Comcast or AT & T U have to answer 20 questions B 4 U can speak to a real person.
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When some random woman tells me to smile because I look "sad." Let any man tell some of tell a woman to smile more and you'll want to slap the crap out of him. I'm not here to entertain you so mind your own business and stop being rude.
...never EVER heard a woman say that to a random man. And yeah...just as bad vice versa.
I almost wonder if my local supermarket has removed some of the corrals...
But what the heck, I'm usually game to push the cart back to the door, just more exercise for me.
But of course, it's the 'markets' attempt to identify with & cash in on the free range concept, merely carried to an absurd length (car length? car lengths? not, hopefullyl, to Sisyphean lengths - & yet, a myth is as good as a mile [klick? 1 & 3/8 klicks?])
Used to be you backed out of parking slots slowly so people would see you and wait...now when you back out slowly watching for people they're driving 25 (in a parking lot) and try to raise around behind you rather than wait. And then they honk at you for having the nerve to pull out.
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Originally Posted by Lovehound
I had that happen. Scared the sh** out of me!
I creep out now, slowly block the way with my overly large SUV, and take my time and care to not bump any other vehicles. Honk if you think I'm not being careful enough and I'll take that as a warning to be more deliberate in my de-parking.
Hey! that's a high-five minus four you gestured me! Or was it your IQ? Like I care...
I know, but the slower you back out, the more confident they are that they can "beat you"!
Sometimes if they honk I see where they end up parking and honk back at them when I pass!
Hey, do I know you? ;D I do that. I go to HEB on a Sunday afternoon, because you can do your shopping and while you're walking around they give you lunch. And you can bet it's going to taste good, too!
I love samples! We have a festival called Block Party, a big crafts fair on the street, and I know where ALL the "sample people" are, lol. The dip booths are my favorite, because you can sample about 20 kinds of dip (they offer baskets of pretzel sticks and tongs). IF the cookie mix people are there (they sell already prepared cookie mixes) because they have deep bowls of teeny-tiny versions of about 15 different kinds of cookies. I usually eat so much I feel compelled to buy a bag.. "Hmmm, I'm still not sure, I better taste the oatmeal chocolate chunk raisin again..."
I know, but the slower you back out, the more confident they are that they can "beat you"!
Sometimes if they honk I see where they end up parking and honk back at them when I pass!
I'm going to add another pet peeve as a small car owner, I come out to my car and find a ginormous SUV parked next to me and I have to now back out totally blind. I try to back in when I can, but just like with backing out, people aren't patient and allow you to make the maneuvers needed.
I will also add people who drive big pickups and SUVs and park over the lines (don't even get me started on not clearing snow from the roof)
But of course, it's the 'markets' attempt to identify with & cash in on the free range concept, merely carried to an absurd length (car length? car lengths? not, hopefullyl, to Sisyphean lengths - & yet, a myth is as good as a mile [klick? 1 & 3/8 klicks?])
Whatever gets your rocks up the hill!
I swear, there are fewer and fewer cart corrals and the auto parking spaces get smaller and smaller. That last one is because the "gummint" decided it's more politically correct to drive "energy efficient vehicles" so they warp the zoning laws and require shopping centers to provide a specific percentage of "compact only" parking spots, in order to punish we unthoughtful, selfish SUV owners.
Hey, at least I take my 4x4 places where it sometimes takes an imagination to decide where the road is. Except we call them 4x4 tracks...
& my favorite bête noire: We're in & out of the public library a lot - & we're still amazed @ the number of books with dog-eared pages - instead of finding some scrap of paper to mark the spot. I've even found a dollar bill in there - but I think that was an oversight.
Push comes to shove, I'll memorize (in short-term, natch') the page I'm on. It doesn't occur to me to vandalize the book just because I don't have a sheet or envelope or something with me that I can use to hold the place, without damaging the book.
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Metrically flailing - ain't got no rhythm
I usually eat so much I feel compelled to buy a bag.. "Hmmm, I'm still not sure, I better taste the oatmeal chocolate chunk raisin again..."
I try to back in when I can, but just like with backing out, people aren't patient and allow you to make the maneuvers needed.
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