Your Pet Peeves

[felinefan]

Actually, Brother is a good brand. In my family, we had a Brother manual typewriter, an electric, and a wordprocessor. I'm using a Compaq Presario computer now (second hand from my niece).

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

The one I had has long since given up the ghost. I transitioned to a computer during the DOS days!

Now I build and use Shuttles at home. We also have some at work for single tasks.

[GrUvGrL]

I know this is an old tread, but... it's here and I had something to add to it...

Now I now that as CM's you have to deal with some pretty outrageous guests that demand, argue, want and need. Remember these people are at large in the general population and don't stop being a SG. Thier sense of self entitlement goes beyond Disney's gates...

Here are my pet peevs:

People who step on a crowded escalator, get to the top and stop dead in front of it looking around to see which way they should go. - That crowded escalator didn't stop being crowded the minute you stepped on!!

People who go to a department store/grocery and leave fresh produce/frozen goods or meat on shelves that have no business being on shelves. - Would it kill you to take it to the cashier when you're cashing out and hand it to him/her if you're too lazy to haul your butt back to where you got it?

People in crowded malls who walk at snail pace as if they are the only ones there.

People who don't/can't controll their kids - A stern look and talking to for misbehaving has never killed anyone, there are many parents who I sometimes feel like putting over my knee and spanking. They argue and yell with the kids sometimes acting more immature then the kids themselves!

Rude people on transports, here are a couple of examples:

The lady (about late 30's) who was carrying 2 bags on her arm both of their bottoms full of slush from the winter snow that stood over me in the subway bags pretty much on my lap swaying back and forth on my clean office clothes. She then decided she would read her nespaper at the same time. 1 inch away from my face!!
Here's how I dealt with her... as politely as I could I asked for her to move her bags and paper. She looked at me with a smug look and told me "hey your sitting!" (so does that give you the right to wipe your nasty bags on my clothes and put your paper so close to my face that a slight wobble from the train may leave me with a paper cut on my eyeball? - I was heated!!) So she gives me the smug look and places her paper EXACTLLY in the same spot!!! So I looked at her, reached up, tore the top half of the paper that was in my face, gently placed it on top of the half she was holding and pushed her bags away. The look of disbelief on her face was priceless!! I then said very calm tone... "now see... you still have your paper and I now have my personal space" *big smile* People laughed and gave me kudos, the next day on the train regulars who took the same train everyday still remembered me and one guy even said "good for you for standing up for yourself in such a cool manner"

My not so proud of myself moment was one year in the summer when a young lady wearing stilletos walked onto the buss and drilled her heel onto my toe, she didn't say sorry nor looked back, so I swung my free foot and kicked her! She turned and looked at me with a "what the heck was that for" look on her face. So I said "Ya know that squishy thing you just felt under your heel? That was my foot!!" I then got an apology, but geez I was still seeing stars!!

I'm done... I have many more, but just a few examples!!!

[Syndrome]

You are a person after my own heart! I had to give a kick to a foot squasher the other day. It was a kid at WDW in a pre-show room, and I was in flip flips so NO protection. He stepped once and I pushed him off. Promptly did it again and he got a kick...whined to Mommy who looked but didn't dare say anything to me. I mean, come on...once could be an accident, so my push wasn't rough. Twice is deliberate, and a kick ensures there is no third time.

[Whazzup]

I know this is an old tread, but... it's here and I had something to add to it...

Now I now that as CM's you have to deal with some pretty outrageous guests that demand, argue, want and need. Remember these people are at large in the general population and don't stop being a SG. Thier sense of self entitlement goes beyond Disney's gates...

Here are my pet peevs:

People who step on a crowded escalator, get to the top and stop dead in front of it looking around to see which way they should go. - That crowded escalator didn't stop being crowded the minute you stepped on!!

People who go to a department store/grocery and leave fresh produce/frozen goods or meat on shelves that have no business being on shelves. - Would it kill you to take it to the cashier when you're cashing out and hand it to him/her if you're too lazy to haul your butt back to where you got it?

People in crowded malls who walk at snail pace as if they are the only ones there.

People who don't/can't controll their kids - A stern look and talking to for misbehaving has never killed anyone, there are many parents who I sometimes feel like putting over my knee and spanking. They argue and yell with the kids sometimes acting more immature then the kids themselves!

Rude people on transports, here are a couple of examples:

The lady (about late 30's) who was carrying 2 bags on her arm both of their bottoms full of slush from the winter snow that stood over me in the subway bags pretty much on my lap swaying back and forth on my clean office clothes. She then decided she would read her nespaper at the same time. 1 inch away from my face!!
Here's how I dealt with her... as politely as I could I asked for her to move her bags and paper. She looked at me with a smug look and told me "hey your sitting!" (so does that give you the right to wipe your nasty bags on my clothes and put your paper so close to my face that a slight wobble from the train may leave me with a paper cut on my eyeball? - I was heated!!) So she gives me the smug look and places her paper EXACTLLY in the same spot!!! So I looked at her, reached up, tore the top half of the paper that was in my face, gently placed it on top of the half she was holding and pushed her bags away. The look of disbelief on her face was priceless!! I then said very calm tone... "now see... you still have your paper and I now have my personal space" *big smile* People laughed and gave me kudos, the next day on the train regulars who took the same train everyday still remembered me and one guy even said "good for you for standing up for yourself in such a cool manner"

My not so proud of myself moment was one year in the summer when a young lady wearing stilletos walked onto the buss and drilled her heel onto my toe, she didn't say sorry nor looked back, so I swung my free foot and kicked her! She turned and looked at me with a "what the heck was that for" look on her face. So I said "Ya know that squishy thing you just felt under your heel? That was my foot!!" I then got an apology, but geez I was still seeing stars!!

I'm done... I have many more, but just a few examples!!!

I think you're going to be a fun addition to SGT, GrUvGrl. ;)

[Ms. Matterhorn]

This is mine: In the grocery store, people who stop their cart right in the middle of the aisle and then stand in the remaining space looking at stuff on the shelf. Sometimes there's a display in the aisle too, and there's no way to get around them!

[Cranbiz]

One of my pet peeves,

Those who drive up to the drive thru window and then try to decide what to order. If you can't decide what you want within 30 seconds, go inside!

[BriDon51]

One of my pet peeves,

Those who drive up to the drive thru window and then try to decide what to order. If you can't decide what you want within 30 seconds, go inside!

As a QSR drive thru cashier, I have been saying that for years :)

[ArielLover]

This is mine: In the grocery store, people who stop their cart right in the middle of the aisle and then stand in the remaining space looking at stuff on the shelf. Sometimes there's a display in the aisle too, and there's no way to get around them!

OOO, I love this one. I have a great story from when my daughter was younger. She used to go grocery shopping with me and would ride on the end of the carriage like kids do. Well I hate people who stop in aisles and hold whole conversations. This is like a community center! I have a bad habit of just hitting them. Well my daughter, being a smart child, learned quickly to get off the carriage when she saw people blocking an aisle chatting.

So she goes shopping with my ex-wife and she gets off the carriage. Her mom gets upset and tells her to stay on the carriage. In her swwetest 8yo princess voice she askes her mom "But aren't you going to run those damn morons over". Her mom almost dies and I had some explaining to do.

But it was so worth it. My daughter is almost 22 now and still tells the story.
:D: :D:

[turkeyham]

When I was in high school, on the weekends I worked at a Del Taco. Those who live in Southern CA show know where this is. Seal Beach Blvd and Westminster. We had this SG who tried to drive his big RV thru the drive thru. The stupid moron got stuck and did damage to the drive thru. The police and corporate office had to come out to take reports of the damage. It took a tow truck roughly 4 hours to undo the mess. The drive thru roof was chipped away and the SG was fined with clean up and building damages. Our drive thru was closed for 1 month for repairs.

Next, I have a fun story. On Sunday my sister and her friends from out of town were at DCA. We were waiting in the single rider line. When we were told which lines to get in, we did. I noticed this brat, she was about 10 years old and was sitting on top of the railing. She stuck her leg into the railings and got her foot stuck. I wanted to laugh, but I couldn't. The cast members told her to get her foot out and also to get off the railing because it was a safety hazard. :twisted: