What Really Grinds Your Gears?

[zelezo vlk]

I had never heard that term until now. Thanks for ruining my day, asshole.

You're welcome, jerk

 

[NDohio]

That's the least of your worries regarding the cleanliness of a grocery cart.

E. coli found on 50 percent of shopping carts - Health - Children's health | NBC News

True - When we were moving out of OH the local Kroger had one of these.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...Wwr0IY&usg=AFQjCNFayz5Q9GRfqTUanAA2XCT_AZK46A

 

[woolybug25]

True - When we were moving out of OH the local Kroger had one of these.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...Wwr0IY&usg=AFQjCNFayz5Q9GRfqTUanAA2XCT_AZK46A

That thing is pretty sweet. Wish my store had that.


On another cart note, anyone remember who it was that admitted that they leave their empty cart in the parking lot? I recall them being pretty unapologetic about the fact that their cart could end up in the side of a vehicle because... well... they are lazy af.

 

[zelezo vlk]

That thing is pretty sweet. Wish my store had that.


On another cart note, anyone remember who it was that admitted that they leave their empty cart in the parking lot? I recall them being pretty unapologetic about the fact that their cart could end up in the side of a vehicle because... well... they are lazy af.

Nah. What I don't get is the people who I see walk right past a cart in the lot. What's the extra 10 seconds?

 

[woolybug25]

Nah. What I don't get is the people who I see walk right past a cart in the lot. What's the extra 10 seconds?

It bothers you more that someone doesn't grab someone else's cart than the person that actually left it there?

For the record... I do not leave my cart in the lot and would grab one if I saw it on my way in. Leaving carts in the lot is for the poors.

 

[Rack Em]

Seriously - people that take their dogs to the grocery store. Last week a lady had her dog sitting in the back of the grocery cart. I really don't want to be the next person to use that cart and put my vegetables where you dogs dirty ass has been.

I used to take my dog in Home Depot (because they allow it) until he shit on the floor. Haven't taken him in since so nobody has to suffer through my dog's confusion between "concrete outside" and "concrete inside".

 

[zelezo vlk]

It bothers you more that someone doesn't grab someone else's cart than the person that actually left it there?

For the record... I do not leave my cart in the lot and would grab one if I saw it on my way in. Leaving carts in the lot is for the poors.

Not what I said. I understand that not everybody has near-unlimited free time like me, but the extra 10 seconds while you're walking into the store is nothing. It's not a big deal to take that time, but it doesn't infuriate me if they walk right past it. What bugs me is when the people are muttering and complaining that somebody left the cart in the lot, and then they walk past it.

People do this at my local HEB all the time. They seriously just push the cart further into the lot and drive off. I'm tempted to catch the cart and leave it behind their car (visibly) so they have to get out and put it in a corral. I have a few buddies that used to be cart boys in high school. They said that whenever it was windy, people would take even less time to put carts up, but that made everything worse. Several times they witnessed carts slamming into cars from the wind, all because people are too lazy to put them up.

 

[Rack Em]

It bothers you more that someone doesn't grab someone else's cart than the person that actually left it there?

For the record... I do not leave my cart in the lot and would grab one if I saw it on my way in. Leaving carts in the lot is for the poors.

Do you buy so many wine coolers that you need a cart? That's for the poors.

 

[woolybug25]

Do you buy so many wine coolers that you need a cart? That's for the poors.

Ya know... they are bringing back Zima. So I need to stock up in the case they discontinue it again. This ain't nothin' to joke about!

 

[Rack Em]

Ya know... they are bringing back Zima. So I need to stock up in the case they discontinue it again. This ain't nothin' to joke about!

Zima?!? Come on, Mr. Slave. Let's get back to our Flippity Floppity Floop!

 

[ACamp1900]

they are bringing back Zima.

No. Fucking. Way!!!!!

 

[woolybug25]

No. Fucking. Way!!!!!

This 4th of July. Summer of Zima.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/briannasacks/zomg-lets-get-crunk?utm_term=.ux0eEyKN9#.tgEMpEvDj

 

[RDU Irish]

I think Aldi's quarter to unlock a cart is awesome. Never a stray cart in their parking lot. I always bring a cart in if one is close by and offer to take someone's if they are loading up near by. What grinds my gears are the parking lots that are not smooth and you about rattle your teeth out pushing a cart to/from the car. Kroger near work is the worst - I go out of my way to carry bags out to the car and not buy too much as a result.

 

[zelezo vlk]

I think Aldi's quarter to unlock a cart is awesome. Never a stray cart in their parking lot. I always bring a cart in if one is close by and offer to take someone's if they are loading up near by. What grinds my gears are the parking lots that are not smooth and you about rattle your teeth out pushing a cart to/from the car. Kroger near work is the worst - I go out of my way to carry bags out to the car and not buy too much as a result.

I love Aldi. Sadly there aren't any in Austin.

 

[Irish Insanity]

The revival of the pets thread brought to mind another thing that grinds my gears.

People who don't have kids but act like having a house cat is exactly the same thing as having an ACTUAL human child in terms of stress / cost / love / commitment / burden. You're not a fucking mom, you're just a sad lonely person.

Yup, our generation has an insane obsession, near fetishization, with pets, especially dogs. My sister literally carries her mini husky like it's a baby, because she has conditioned it to behave like a POS until it's held.

The word "furbabies" should die, and all who use it should be watched very carefully for mental health reasons.

My sister is unable to have children. They have furbabies instead.

That thing is pretty sweet. Wish my store had that.


On another cart note, anyone remember who it was that admitted that they leave their empty cart in the parking lot? I recall them being pretty unapologetic about the fact that their cart could end up in the side of a vehicle because... well... they are lazy af.

Carts belong in cart corals, people who can't manage that simple task don't belong in a store. I suppose they're also the ones that pick items up from their designated spot on a shelf and if they decide not to purchase they put them randomly wherever they see fit. Simply pathetic.

Love the use of the term 'af'. It's even used in the motel 6 radio commercial in the same context.

 

[IrishLion]

The part about carts that grinds my gears is that whenever I grab a cart, it's always the goddam cart with the squeaky wheel, or the messed up wheel that doesn't move or rotate at all, but it doesn't start acting up or squeaking until you've gone down the first two aisles and started loading up.

You're committed to the shitty cart at that point.

 

[ACamp1900]

I hate stores that have fewer than two cart corals for an entire parking lot. We have a couple of stores with this dynamic in town... huge retailers... one cart coral... clear on the other side of the parking lot. In this scenario I find it acceptable to just pop the front wheels on the curb so it goes nowhere and leave it there.

 

[Bishop2b5]

I can't stand to go to a public restroom and see people leave the urinal (or even worse, a stall) and not wash their hands. Nasty &%#)*&#^%@! gonna go touch everything in the store or restaurant. These people need to be forced to lick a dirty toilet or a dumpster until they learn to act like civilized humans.

I went to a McDonalds a couple of years ago and went to the bathroom to wash my hands. An employee was in there at the urinal and when he finished, he just walked out. I followed him back to the front and he went straight to his work station and started making drinks and bagging food. I asked to speak to the manager and told her what he'd just done... and did it loudly in front of customers and the nasty little bastard (he wasn't a kid - he was in his 40's). I said to him, "How about I stick my hands down my pants, rub my junk, then rub my hands on a burger, and then you eat it? No? Well that's what you just did to a bunch of customers! How the hell can you handle food for other people and not wash your hands after going to the bathroom???" There are some seriously ignorant, nasty people in this world.

 

[woolybug25]

I can't stand to go to a public restroom and see people leave the urinal (or even worse, a stall) and not wash their hands. Nasty &%#)*&#^%@! gonna go touch everything in the store or restaurant. These people need to be forced to lick a dirty toilet or a dumpster until they learn to act like civilized humans.

I went to a McDonalds a couple of years ago and went to the bathroom to wash my hands. An employee was in there at the urinal and when he finished, he just walked out. I followed him back to the front and he went straight to his work station and started making drinks and bagging food. I asked to speak to the manager and told her what he'd just done... and did it loudly in front of customers and the nasty little bastard (he wasn't a kid - he was in his 40's). I said to him, "How about I stick my hands down my pants, rub my junk, then rub my hands on a burger, and then you eat it? No? Well that's what you just did to a bunch of customers! How the hell can you handle food for other people and not wash your hands after going to the bathroom???" There are some seriously ignorant, nasty people in this world.

Interesting you say... a few years back me and my buddy were driving from CO to MI and stopped at the McD's in Kearney, NE. After we got our food, I went to the bathroom to wash my hands. While doing so, an employee walked out of the stall after taking a shit, and left without washing his hands. I sat down at the table and started telling my buddy when the employee then went over to the trash can and pushed down the trash with his table cleaning rag in his hand. Then proceeded to wipe the trays with said rag and put them in the same pile of "clean" trays we got ours from.

My buddy literally dropped his sandwich and we walked out.

 

[NorthDakota]

Interesting you say... a few years back me and my buddy were driving from CO to MI and stopped at the McD's in Kearney, NE. After we got our food, I went to the bathroom to wash my hands. While doing so, an employee walked out of the stall after taking a shit, and left without washing his hands. I sat down at the table and started telling my buddy when the employee then went over to the trash can and pushed down the trash with his table cleaning rag in his hand. Then proceeded to wipe the trays with said rag and put them in the same pile of "clean" trays we got ours from.

My buddy literally dropped his sandwich and we walked out.

Nebraska sucks

 

[woolybug25]

Nebraska sucks

Worst state in the union.

 

[wizards8507]

I can't stand to go to a public restroom and see people leave the urinal (or even worse, a stall) and not wash their hands. Nasty &%#)*&#^%@! gonna go touch everything in the store or restaurant. These people need to be forced to lick a dirty toilet or a dumpster until they learn to act like civilized humans.

I went to a McDonalds a couple of years ago and went to the bathroom to wash my hands. An employee was in there at the urinal and when he finished, he just walked out. I followed him back to the front and he went straight to his work station and started making drinks and bagging food. I asked to speak to the manager and told her what he'd just done... and did it loudly in front of customers and the nasty little bastard (he wasn't a kid - he was in his 40's). I said to him, "How about I stick my hands down my pants, rub my junk, then rub my hands on a burger, and then you eat it? No? Well that's what you just did to a bunch of customers! How the hell can you handle food for other people and not wash your hands after going to the bathroom???" There are some seriously ignorant, nasty people in this world.

When you wash your hands, are you saying "my penis is dirty" or "I pissed on myself"?

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[GowerND11]

When you wash your hands, are you saying "my penis is dirty" or "I pissed on myself"?

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Both

 

[ACamp1900]

Beer Pong at parties is always fun... by the fourth game or so everyone is just drinking each other's dick finger...

 

[IrishLion]

When you wash your hands, are you saying "my penis is dirty" or "I pissed on myself"?

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If you really think about it, it's kind of ridiculous for such a stigma to be placed on washing your hands after a piss in relation to everything else in life.

Your hands are dirty enough on their own throughout the day from contacting everyday surfaces, so why do we shake hands and pat each other on the back when we haven't washed our hands recently?

If you get up, shower, put on some fresh underwear, and then keep your junk zipped up, your manhood is much more clean than anything you interact with at work.

We are far more likely to need some soap or hand sanitizer after using the office coffee pot than we are handling our own junk (unless you splash everywhere. Grow up, you inexperienced bathroom user).

In fact, I would go so far as to argue that you should wash your hands BEFORE subjecting your junk to the everyday germs that your hands pick up.

 

[ND NYC]

and what's up with all the small dogs and cats flying on planes in their cages...in the old days it was very rare, now at least 3 pet cages on every flight i've been on.

put them down under with the luggage and oversized rabbits, not in coach--we got enough issues to deal with.

 

[NDohio]

If you really think about it, it's kind of ridiculous for such a stigma to be placed on washing your hands after a piss in relation to everything else in life.

Your hands are dirty enough on their own throughout the day from contacting everyday surfaces, so why do we shake hands and pat each other on the back when we haven't washed our hands recently?

If you get up, shower, put on some fresh underwear, and then keep your junk zipped up, your manhood is much more clean than anything you interact with at work.

We are far more likely to need some soap or hand sanitizer after using the office coffee pot than we are handling our own junk (unless you splash everywhere. Grow up, you inexperienced bathroom user).

In fact, I would go so far as to argue that you should wash your hands BEFORE subjecting your junk to the everyday germs that your hands pick up.

I always wash my hands before using the bathroom. Of course I often handle battery acid during the day and getting that on your jink ain't good...

 

[Bishop2b5]

Interesting you say... a few years back me and my buddy were driving from CO to MI and stopped at the McD's in Kearney, NE. After we got our food, I went to the bathroom to wash my hands. While doing so, an employee walked out of the stall after taking a shit, and left without washing his hands. I sat down at the table and started telling my buddy when the employee then went over to the trash can and pushed down the trash with his table cleaning rag in his hand. Then proceeded to wipe the trays with said rag and put them in the same pile of "clean" trays we got ours from.

My buddy literally dropped his sandwich and we walked out.

Geez. Totally disgusting. I hate to think about how much of that sort of crap goes on everyday everywhere and we just don't see it.

 

[blueNDgold44]

People who don't know how to work an ATM

 

[RDU Irish]

People who coach kids sports for the entire social manipulation of their kid and their kid's best friends. Outside of one or two kids at the top and bottom of any team I have seen, 80%+ of the kids are at the same skill level. The mental gymnastics that take place to validate 95/5 split of playing time is pretty impressive - especially on a sub-500 team in a less than competitive league.