peaname
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Aug 16, 2014 23:15:53 GMT
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Post by peaname on Oct 14, 2019 22:07:14 GMT
I'm a big brat but I refuse to order in Starbucks' made up sizes. I ask for a medium vanilla latte or a large gingerbread cappuccino. They always manage to figure out what I mean.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 14, 2019 22:20:33 GMT
I only use pins half of the time when I sew.
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breetheflea
Drama Llama
Posts: 5,881
Location: PNW
Jul 20, 2014 21:57:23 GMT
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Post by breetheflea on Oct 14, 2019 22:22:03 GMT
I buy the ugliest stamps I can find to pay bills. Yes, I still mail a few (one is a credit union which don't have online payments).
My biggest one: DH works in our neighboring state. That state has income tax, ours does not, so we have to pay income tax (non-resident) when we file taxes. Because we have to use our home address, our state charges sales tax on the filing fee.
So I print out all 12 or whatever pages and mail them for whatever two stamps costs. Every single year. And I rant about it every year because it's SO stupid!
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Post by jeremysgirl on Oct 14, 2019 22:23:05 GMT
I stick my crochet hook in from the back instead of the front unless I absolutely have to for a particular stitch.
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Post by lucyg on Oct 14, 2019 22:34:47 GMT
I'm a big brat but I refuse to order in Starbucks' made up sizes. I ask for a medium vanilla latte or a large gingerbread cappuccino. They always manage to figure out what I mean. I do the same, partly because I rarely go to Sbux and can’t remember their stupid names, but mostly just because it annoys me. Other than that, I’m pretty much a rule follower. Well, I do argue politics on NextDoor, which is against the rules, but I can’t help it. I was trained by the peas and you can’t just ignore that muscle memory. Besides, some of the people on my NextDoor are stupid.
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Post by Merge on Oct 14, 2019 22:44:25 GMT
The second grade sub misread her schedule today and didn’t bring me her class at the appointed time. I didn’t bother to go and get them. That classroom has three planning periods plus lunch on Mondays, and I have zero planning periods on Monday, so I just helped myself.
Gonna get a talking to by admin tomorrow. Don’t care.
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DEX
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Aug 9, 2014 23:13:22 GMT
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Post by DEX on Oct 15, 2019 0:55:46 GMT
I will **always** continue through the intersection if the light turns yellow before I enter the intersection. I even got a ticket for it one time. I am trying to reform. I do put my cart back though.
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Oct 15, 2019 1:05:32 GMT
If I asked you for a half pound of ground beef, and you put 3/4 pound on the scale and say "it's a little over, is that okay?", I absolutely will tell you that's too much.
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Post by pjaye on Oct 15, 2019 2:14:06 GMT
I refuse to stand up when they play the national anthem at sporting events (not that I go to many) but it drives me nuts. Who ever decided we need to stand for a piece of music at a sports game anyway? and who cares? I am quite a patriotic Australian and love my country, and keeping my butt planted on my seat while music plays at a sports game doesn't change that in the slightest. People shoot me dirty looks and I don't care in the slightest. I won't be a sheep for something so pointless.
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Post by busy on Oct 15, 2019 2:19:16 GMT
I refuse to stand up when they play the national anthem at sporting events (not that I go to many) but it drives me nuts. Who ever decided we need to stand for a piece of music at a sports game anyway? and who cares? I am quite a patriotic Australian and love my country, and keeping my butt planted on my seat while music plays at a sports game doesn't change that in the slightest. People shoot me dirty looks and I don't care in the slightest. I won't be a sheep for something so pointless. I don't take my hat off for the anthem at baseball games. I get horrible hat hair pretty much immediately when I put on a baseball cap, and I don't want to put that on display. I do stand and put my hand on my heart. That's enough.
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Post by pjaye on Oct 15, 2019 2:21:28 GMT
I don't take my hat off for the anthem at baseball games. Who made up all these pointless rules anyway? and why do so many people keep following them for no good reason?
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Post by papersilly on Oct 15, 2019 2:41:30 GMT
I only use pins half of the time when I sew. I never use pins when I sew. I just never learned to.
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garcia5050
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Posts: 2,726
Location: So. Calif.
Jun 25, 2014 23:22:29 GMT
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Post by garcia5050 on Oct 15, 2019 2:56:42 GMT
I refuse to call it a wrap. I’ll always call it a burrito. On principle.
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sharlag
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I like my artsy with a little bit of fartsy.
Posts: 6,574
Location: Kansas
Jun 26, 2014 12:57:48 GMT
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Post by sharlag on Oct 15, 2019 3:16:51 GMT
My mom refuses to memorize her social sec number.
When I turn in a claim to our local insurance office, I give them all the information. Then, nationwide calls and starts asking me the for the same info. I refer them back to the local office. I refuse to repeat myself on the basic facts names, addresses etc.
Our small town grocery store and also the dollar store wants us to leave our reusable shopping bags upfront, I guess so we won’t steal or hide stuff in the bags. I don’t leave them up front— I carry them with me.
I rarely “rinse and repeat” when washing my hair.
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Post by 950nancy on Oct 15, 2019 3:21:23 GMT
The second grade sub misread her schedule today and didn’t bring me her class at the appointed time. I didn’t bother to go and get them. That classroom has three planning periods plus lunch on Mondays, and I have zero planning periods on Monday, so I just helped myself. Gonna get a talking to by admin tomorrow. Don’t care. Who gets three planning periods in one day? That is 60% of a week's worth of planning periods. If we forgot or were late for a special no one ever came to remind us. Thankfully the kids were pretty good about it.
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Post by 950nancy on Oct 15, 2019 3:23:59 GMT
Y'all are rebels.
I do the large or small at Starbucks only because I only go into the store once every five years.
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Post by Sanibel on Oct 15, 2019 3:32:48 GMT
My mom refuses to memorize her social sec number. When I turn in a claim to our local insurance office, I give them all the information. Then, nationwide calls and starts asking me the for the same info. I refer them back to the local office. I refuse to repeat myself on the basic facts names, addresses etc. Our small town grocery store and also the dollar store wants us to leave our reusable shopping bags upfront, I guess so we won’t steal or hide stuff in the bags. I don’t leave them up front— I carry them with me. I rarely “rinse and repeat” when washing my hair. You are my new best friend. Come sit with me!
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tincin
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Jul 25, 2014 4:55:32 GMT
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Post by tincin on Oct 15, 2019 3:43:12 GMT
I refuse to stand for our national anthem. It’s a matter of principle and until we achieve more equality I will continue to sit.
I will refuse to keep my mouth shut if I see you mistreat someone, I don’t care who you are or who you know.
I refuse to reuse towels at a hotel because dammit I paid good money for the room and I want clean towels every day.
I don’t change my oil every 3,000 miles. That’s ridiculous and unnecessary. I change it when my read out says 15% or less.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 15, 2019 3:47:43 GMT
I only use pins half of the time when I sew. I never use pins when I sew. I just never learned to. Sometimes I have to if the fabric is particularly slippery or if the pieces are oddly shaped that need some coercion. I sew a lot of putzy little weird stuff. I tried to switch to the little clips but those are just as awkward, if not more so.
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PrettyInPeank
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Jun 25, 2014 21:31:58 GMT
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Post by PrettyInPeank on Oct 15, 2019 3:47:52 GMT
IKEA has an “As-Is” section where they sell their floor models and scratch-and-dent items for around 40%+ off. They require you to take the entire item to the check-stand (even couches) to purchase it. The only problem is, if you find an item you like, unless you came ready with a flat cart assuming you’d find something, you have to go out front and get a cart (sometimes 2) and scurry back in before someone else finds your treasure. So I break the “rules” and take the price sticker with me to “claim” it. Somehow someone always sees me red-handed with an As-Is sticker and tells me the rules. I always act like I’ve never heard that information before. But I have yet to lose an item. 🤷♀️
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Post by kkrenn on Oct 15, 2019 3:50:07 GMT
I will stand at the grocery store check out until they bag my groceries, mainly because I can't really do it myself although I look physically capable. I get nasty stares but too bad so sad. If you are nice to me I will politely ask you to bag them and tell you I'm disabled but if you give me attitude or are rude you get nothing.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Oct 15, 2019 4:11:16 GMT
If someone stands too close(less than 12 inches) behind me in line, I will purposely not move forward and I will leave a three foot gap between myself and the person in front of me, just because I can. I think at least 12-14 inches should left between the person in front and the person behind. I don't care how much the person too close behind me.....huffs, puffs, sighs, moves from side to side, inches up beside me, etc...I'm not moving forward until I want to.
It is not polite or necessary to stand 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 inches behind someone in line, so close that the person in front of you can feel and/or smell your breath. Standing a few inches from the person in front of you, isn't going to make the line move faster, nor will it make it "your turn" faster. Whether I stand a foot and a half away or three feet away from the person in front of me. I will be arriving for "my turn" in the same amount of time.
The more someone tries to "push me forward", the bigger gap I will leave.
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Post by nlwilkins on Oct 15, 2019 4:50:21 GMT
If someone rides my bumper, I slow down and the closer they get the slower I go. You will not make be go over the speed limit by riding my bumper.
If a stranger I am interacting with does not smile or act friendly, I do my best to be obnoxiously friendly to the point it extends the time you have to deal with me. If you are a cashier and act impatient, I will take longer pulling out my credit card and punching in my numbers. The same if you are crowding me from behind at the register.
I take my time getting out of the car when being dropped off - at almost 70 years of age it is too easy to fall or stumble when trying to hurry. Too many other people really hold up the line of cars trying to park for nonsense to make me feel guilty for trying to safely exit the car myself.
I do not find it pleasant to be around very loud children even though they are laughing and squealing in fun. Noise is noise and I give the culprit the evil and will move away if I can. (this one might upset some of you, sorry, but that is the way I am)
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Post by Merge on Oct 15, 2019 10:31:43 GMT
The second grade sub misread her schedule today and didn’t bring me her class at the appointed time. I didn’t bother to go and get them. That classroom has three planning periods plus lunch on Mondays, and I have zero planning periods on Monday, so I just helped myself. Gonna get a talking to by admin tomorrow. Don’t care. Who gets three planning periods in one day? That is 60% of a week's worth of planning periods. If we forgot or were late for a special no one ever came to remind us. Thankfully the kids were pretty good about it. Oh, some days they have four. Some days “only” two. The kids go to gym four times a week and foreign language three times a week, music twice, art, library, drama, and technology once ... I think I’m forgetting something. We specialist teachers do NOT get that much planning time. I teach 30 classes per week. It’s insane and yes I’m bitter.
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Post by refugeepea on Oct 15, 2019 10:44:04 GMT
If a stranger I am interacting with does not smile or act friendly, I do my best to be obnoxiously friendly to the point it extends the time you have to deal with me. If you are a cashier and act impatient, I will take longer pulling out my credit card and punching in my numbers. The same if you are crowding me from behind at the register. I'd write a check.
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Post by dewryce on Oct 15, 2019 11:44:13 GMT
I am a child who has control issues. They can’t force me to listen to annoying commercials on the radio, o change the station or turn down the volume every time. And when I do a Google search I refuse to click on the [ad] links, I scroll down to the normal links instead.
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RedSquirrelUK
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Posts: 6,729
Location: The UK's beautiful West Country
Aug 2, 2014 13:03:45 GMT
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Oct 15, 2019 11:52:24 GMT
I am a child who has control issues. They can’t force me to listen to annoying commercials on the radio, o change the station or turn down the volume every time. And when I do a Google search I refuse to click on the [ad] links, I scroll down to the normal links instead. Oh goodness! So do I! And I didn't realise I had control issues that badly LOL. I have an ad block and won't click on any ads that slip through on sites. Actually I can cope with the ones that stay still. I can't stand moving or flashing stuff, even sites that advertise themselves. Those banners at the top of sites that scroll through different ads, or that slowly zoom in and out of a picture make me feel travel sick.
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moodyblue
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Posts: 6,170
Location: Western Illinois
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Jun 26, 2014 21:07:23 GMT
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Post by moodyblue on Oct 15, 2019 11:52:37 GMT
Who gets three planning periods in one day? That is 60% of a week's worth of planning periods. If we forgot or were late for a special no one ever came to remind us. Thankfully the kids were pretty good about it. Oh, some days they have four. Some days “only” two. The kids go to gym four times a week and foreign language three times a week, music twice, art, library, drama, and technology once ... I think I’m forgetting something. We specialist teachers do NOT get that much planning time. I teach 30 classes per week. It’s insane and yes I’m bitter. I’m curious how long your music classes are? All of our specials run 30-45 minutes, depending on which special it is. Gym is three times a week, music twice, and library, art and computers are once a week. We do have some crazy schedules, where a teacher might have three specials one day and none on another, which I think is ridiculous. There's a big difference in teaching time for six thirty minute classes a day and six 45-minute or 60-minute classes.
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Post by Leone on Oct 15, 2019 12:23:38 GMT
I like rainbows and have resented how the LGBTQ movement has made that their symbol. So I was ordering a travel umbrella on Amazon and there were about a dozen color choices. I decided to go wild and crazy and ordered the rainbow one. I am taking rainbows back into my life.
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maryannscraps
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Aug 28, 2017 12:51:28 GMT
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Post by maryannscraps on Oct 15, 2019 12:54:27 GMT
I like rainbows and have resented how the LGBTQ movement has made that their symbol. So I was ordering a travel umbrella on Amazon and there were about a dozen color choices. I decided to go wild and crazy and ordered the rainbow one. I am taking rainbows back into my life. Why the resentment? Aren't rainbows meant to be inclusive and happy? As well as a depiction of the visible light portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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