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Sam Graham
AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues.

Posts: 1431
From: Waukee, IA
Registered: Dec 2004

posted 07-30-2005 11:34 PM

-Peeps. They're damn creepy. I just want to rip their marshmallowy little heads off.

-Back to School specials. I hated school, and they were the sign of the school year to come. To this day, they make me angry.

-The month of August. Stupid state/county fairs, it's too hot, everybody's bored, and all the stores are having back to school specials.

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Tim Reed
Better Projection Pays

Posts: 5246
From: Northampton, PA
Registered: Sep 1999

posted 07-31-2005 01:24 AM

quote: Louie
Traffic lights ARE synchronized in Louisville. They are synchronized to inconvenience the maximum number of people.

Philly's the same way. Absolutely no one will be coming down the little cross streets - it could be 3 in the morning - yet every couple of lights along the thoroughfares will make you stop. I've got a pretty good panoramic view from the cab of my rig, so sometimes when it's quiet like that, I just say to hell with that light and keep going! [thumbsdown]

quote: Rach
I usually only add three... Does that piss you off?

Nope, not me... I'm an "Ellipsian", too!

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Jeremy Jorgenson
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1002
From: Chicago, IL, USA
Registered: Feb 2005

posted 07-31-2005 05:21 PM

quote: Dieter Depypere
People who won their driving licence in the lottery - should not be allowed to use roads.

If one wins the driver's license lottery in Austria, they don't need to take a test of any sort?

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Kurt Zupin
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 989
From: Maricopa, Arizona
Registered: Oct 2004

posted 07-31-2005 06:45 PM

YOU KNOW THIS REALLY MAKES ME ANGRY!!

When some freaking idiot calls you all the way to the river chasing a flush when you have check raised him twice and he catchs it...holding 2 3 of clubs...and all over cards on the board....THAT REALLY PISSES ME OFF!!

[Smile]

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Dominic Espinosa
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1172
From: California, U.S.A.
Registered: Jan 2004

posted 08-01-2005 02:50 AM

quote: Rachel Gilardi
I usually only add three... Does that piss you off?

Only if it's after EVERY...DAMN...SENTANCE...
Now that's just tacky...

I got a new one today at our local Wal-Mart.
Went in with my friend. He was buying an set of electric clippers and an XBox controller.
We used the self checkout. The self checkout counters de-mag unit (to disable the chicklettes on high-theft items such as Xbox controllers) failed to disable the anti-theft device in the controllers packaging.
When we walked out it set off the alarm. The "nice lady" asked to see the bag. So we walked over to an empty register with her so she could check everything out.
My friend said "I thought it was going to do it"
I said "I did too. It didn't beep. Those things are practically useless if they don't get taken care of."
To this the "nice lady" turned around and gave me the dirtiest look I've ever gotten from someone in retail and said "What?".
I just said "nothing". I didn't feel like repeating myself.
She starts going through the bag, I said "it was the controller."
To this I got ANOTHER dirty look.

This isn't the first time I've been treated like a criminal even while purchasing something.
It happend a month ago at a Pick-n-Pull. I had bought a weird part my car needed and forgot to let them nose around in my tool box.
Not only was I yelled at but they actually DUG through my box making a mess!

So...I hate people who treat you like a criminal especially when you bought something.

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Dieter Depypere
Master Film Handler

Posts: 343
From: Deutsch-Wagram, Lower Austria, Austria
Registered: May 2005

posted 08-01-2005 03:27 AM

quote: Jeremy Jorgenson
If one wins the driver's license lottery in Austria, they don't need to take a test of any sort?

Of course there is a test to take (much harder than test in the USA as far as I know). "Winning a license in the Lottery" is just a metaphor. Some drivers are real roadhogs - Austrians say then he won his license in the lottery.

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Will Kutler
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1506
From: Tucson, AZ, USA
Registered: Feb 2001

posted 08-01-2005 04:19 AM

I HATE......POLITICAL CORRECTNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [fu]

Actually, a very popular t-hirt from the 1970's to early -80's was a green "Cousin Itt" poppin the birdie [fu]

Badly timed traffic lights AND slow, traffic jamming drivers like WILLIAM PARR! [Big Grin]

RUDE cell phone users!

Cheers

K [thumbsup]

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Randy Stankey
Film God

Posts: 6539
From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99

posted 08-01-2005 07:22 AM

quote: Dominic Espinosa
So...I hate people who treat you like a criminal especially when you bought something.

Agreed! That can bring some serious liability down onto the store if the right person were to press the matter.

There is a very logical procedure that can be followed if the employee is smart enough:

1) When the buzzer rings the first time the employee offers to hold your bag while you walk back through the gate. If the buzzer doesn't go off again, the problem item is in the bag, not on the person.

2) If the buzzer rings when the person goes through without the bag, the employee gets the wand and scans the person's pockets. (At this point there IS reason to belive the person might have something he's not supposed to.)

3) If the buzzer didn't ring, take one item out of the bag and pass it through the gate. (Or scan it with the wand.) Repeat this process until the offending item is found.

4) When the item is found, check the customer's receipt. If the item is paid the customer goes home. If the item isn't paid, call the cops.

It's a very simple, logical procedure yet most store employees fail to grasp the concept... Infuriating!

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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

Posts: 12859
From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99

posted 08-01-2005 06:14 PM

That's what's great about being white. When I walk through a store checkpoint and the buzzer goes off, they just wave at me to keep on going. This happened to fellow forum member NATE. Right before he exited, the buzzer went off on a black dude and they jumped all over him and immediately arrested him for MURDER. Then Nate walked through, the buzzer went off and everyone just smiled at him.

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Martin Brooks
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 900
From: Forest Hills, NY, USA
Registered: May 2002

posted 08-01-2005 08:33 PM

quote: Dominic Espinosa
So...I hate people who treat you like a criminal especially when you bought something.

Yes...I wouldn't shop in any store that treats you that way. I understand why retailers have those systems - without them, it's unbelievable how many people would steal - but they should still treat customers with respect, especially because the demag systems frequently don't work properly.

Sometimes the opposite happens - I purchased an expensive shirt and no alarm rang when I left the store. When I got home, I discovered that the security tag was still on the shirt and I couldn't get it off. Now how do you go back to the store and try to explain what happened? Even with a receipt, they could think you bought one shirt, then came back with the receipt, walked into the store and picked up another. But, as it turned out, they believed me.

I also notice that some stores keep expensive, smaller items behind locked doors, but in chains, what is kept on the open shelves and what is kept locked is different depending on whether the store is urban or suburban.

On the other hand:
One time I saw a guy walk out of Tower Records at Lincoln Center in NYC followed by several plainclothes security guards. The guy had an amazing number of DVDs tucked into his clothes. So they're searching the guy and pulling them out and the thief says, "that's all I have," but they keep searching him. The thief then says, seemingly insulted, "That's all I have -- WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE ME?" That really cracked me up.

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Jason Black
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1723
From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 08-01-2005 10:18 PM

Let it beep when I walk out... If I've paid.. they can kiss my ass... I don't stop and I could give two shits less if they Wal-Mart security detail plans to stop me... if I paid.. and I know I did.. I/m pressing the issue to the fullest.

I'm no fucking criminal and you're NOT going to treat me like one..

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Lyle Romer
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1400
From: Davie, FL, USA
Registered: May 2002

posted 08-01-2005 10:50 PM

quote: Evans A Criswell
Stores that push maintenance or service agreements on practically everything they sell, instead of just the higher priced things. A drone in CompUSA here in Huntsville yesterday tried to sell me a service agreement ON A $14.99 BOX OF 50 CD JEWEL CASES! Does it get any more ridiculous? She began by saying "I'm going to do you a favor on these." and began describing the service agreement and saying it was just a dollar more or something. I told her "You've got to be kidding." but she kept on going, describing why it was such a good idea. I've probably broken less than 20 CD cases in the last 17 years.

Similar thing happened at Circuit City this week. I bought the Indiana Jones DVD Box Set and was offered a 1 year "scratch protection" insurance policy for like $5. I was so shocked it took a second to answer.

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Mike Blakesley
Film God

Posts: 12767
From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99

posted 08-01-2005 11:56 PM

The stuff in the above post is so goofy it almost seems made up... but these days, I'll believe almost anything.

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Kelly Skaggs
Film Handler

Posts: 68
From: Springdale UT
Registered: Jul 2003

posted 08-02-2005 07:24 PM

What pisses me off the most is at Best Buy, when you are there to buy a DVD or CD 15 people will ask if they can help you. If you are there to buy a $1000.00 tv or a computer or somthing high end, you have to hunt them down to get any help. The last computer I bout there was on sell for $400.00 and they kept trying to sell me the extended warrenty for $300.00.

Best Buy [fu]

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Louis Bornwasser
Film God

Posts: 4441
From: prospect ky usa
Registered: Mar 2005

posted 08-02-2005 08:09 PM

Kelly; Best Buy purchasing technique:
1. Call and get exact closing time.
2. Arrive EXACTLY 18 minutes before closing.
3. Refuse to leave unless someone helps you.
4. Stand firm and ask for manager.
Works every time

The alternative is to be passed off 8-10 times while "I get someone to help you." (and then be multiple upsold for features & service contracts.)

Louis

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