mimima
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Post by mimima on Feb 13, 2015 2:11:59 GMT
I'm crotchety because staples are not made as well as they used to be and jam up the stapler and don't work as well.
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Feb 13, 2015 2:12:49 GMT
When I reach a 4-way stop if no one moves, I barrel through while I'm mouthing curse words at idiots that don't know the rules. Certain ethnic groups will sit there until the intersection is devoid of other cars before they timidly venture forth. Me, not so much!  The city I live in is replacing nearly every 4 way stop with roundabouts. I love it, makes it so much easier and faster. Roundabouts were invented by the devil. They're awful. I'm crotchety today because I want to run over the pedestrians ignoring the don't walk signs. It says DON'T WALK because the traffic to the left of you is being signaled to TURN RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE WALKING. This isn't a yield-to-pedestrians kind of crosswalk, and if I get rear-ended because I had to stop mid-turn, I am going to be running you over. Sorry about it. It's just physics, nothing personal. |
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Post by melanell on Feb 13, 2015 2:16:31 GMT
Oooh, I get crotchety when I am at a store bright & early in the day and there are still too many people there and they keep getting in my way. Dang-nabit, the early bird is supposed to get the worm. Peaceful shopping is supposed to be my damn worm. Why are all of these people here? Where the hell is my worm??  It's my own fault, because I insist on shopping for an entire week in the time my child is in morning pre-school, which means I have to move at a good pace to finish. It's no one else's fault that I'm hurrying, but dude, that doesn't change the fact that once upon a time shopping early earned you some peace & quiet. I miss those times. |
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Post by melanell on Feb 13, 2015 2:20:24 GMT
When I reach a 4-way stop if no one moves, I barrel through while I'm mouthing curse words at idiots that don't know the rules. Certain ethnic groups will sit there until the intersection is devoid of other cars before they timidly venture forth. Me, not so much! The city I live in is replacing nearly every 4 way stop with roundabouts. I love it, makes it so much easier and faster. Ugh. You know what I've found? They work beautifully if people in them follow the rules. But since the people in them are the same yahoos who couldn't figure out a 4-way stop......... |
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Post by alittleintrepid on Feb 13, 2015 2:29:12 GMT
I'm a crotchety old woman because .... I want to scream at the top of my lungs: "For pity sake will the fine citizens (or idiots, as I not-so-fondly call them) of this city "PLEASE LEARN HOW TO PROPERLY NAVIGATE A FOUR-WAY-STOP!!!" And while were at it - if you CAN'T figure it out, find another way to get where you want to go! (Says this beyond frustrated Grammy that has to drive through this 4-way stop intersection, 4 times a day, 5 days a week when I take my grandson to school and pick him up. ARGH. (I'll save my grumbling about the drop off and pick up at my Grandson's school for another day.) When I reach a 4-way stop if no one moves, I barrel through while I'm mouthing curse words at idiots that don't know the rules. Certain ethnic groups will sit there until the intersection is devoid of other cars before they timidly venture forth. Me, not so much! Certain ethnic groups? Where do you live that it is okay to say shit like that in 2015? |
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Post by zztop11 on Feb 13, 2015 2:53:42 GMT
Going to an afternoon matinee may cut off some of my nap time this weekend |
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Post by DEX on Feb 13, 2015 3:06:45 GMT
When I reach a 4-way stop if no one moves, I barrel through while I'm mouthing curse words at idiots that don't know the rules. Certain ethnic groups will sit there until the intersection is devoid of other cars before they timidly venture forth. Me, not so much! Certain ethnic groups? Where do you live that it is okay to say shit like that in 2015? It is those DAMN Germans! At least in my slice of America, settled by Germans. Cripes sake! Learn to fricking drive. |
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Post by twistedscissors on Feb 13, 2015 3:17:50 GMT
I'm a crotchety old woman because......
my typical weekday morning goes about like this........
4:25 am BF alarm goes off/he hits snooze
4:27 am BF second alarm goes off/he hits snooze
4:34 am snooze alarm for alarm #1
4:36 am snooze alarm for alarm #2
4:43 am second snooze alarm for alarm #1
4:45 am second snooze alarm for alarm #2
4:47 am BF gets up and fumbles around getting ready
4:55 am BF kisses me goodbye and leaves for work
6:00 am DD alarm goes off and she bounces out of bed and fumbles around bathroom getting ready
6:05 am school bus goes by
6:25 am neighbor leaves for work driving what seems like 85mph down her driveway by my window
6:35 am my alarm goes off and I get up and fix DD breakfast and make sure she's ready for her ride to school
6:55 am I'm finally back in bed
7:00 am Neighbor leaves for work in his annoyingly loud truck
7:10 am Preschool bus goes by
8:05 am my real alarm goes off for me to get up
I'm already worn out when I get up! I just want to sleep!
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Post by cadoodlebug on Feb 13, 2015 3:20:48 GMT
When I reach a 4-way stop if no one moves, I barrel through while I'm mouthing curse words at idiots that don't know the rules. Certain ethnic groups will sit there until the intersection is devoid of other cars before they timidly venture forth. Me, not so much! Certain ethnic groups? Where do you live that it is okay to say shit like that in 2015? In CA where friends in that ethnic group complain about the same thing! |
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Post by alittleintrepid on Feb 13, 2015 3:21:10 GMT
Certain ethnic groups? Where do you live that it is okay to say shit like that in 2015? It is those DAMN Germans! At least in my slice of America, settled by Germans. Cripes sake! Learn to fricking drive. {insert autobahn joke here} |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2015 3:22:18 GMT
I know I'm an old crotchety woman because whenever I can feel someone playing their music outside I want to spray them with the water hose. When I hear your dog barking from 3 am until 8 am I want to spray it and it's owner with the water hose. When your cat saunters into my yard...water hose. When I hear your teenage daughter's conversation on the phone while I'm enjoying my backyard...the water hose. When I see the pretty young thing walking down the street in ridiculous shoes...water hose. When your kids ring my doorbell selling something and I don't answer so they lean on the doorbell and ring it repeatedly? Water hose. When my neighbor two blocks over goes to work every morning at 7am on his Harley...water hose. [ Do we have OH HeLL YEAH. ! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2015 3:24:40 GMT
People with just a few items in line in the regular grocery line. GO USE THE EXPRESS LANES!!! I can't take my big cart full of stuff to the express line but I have to wait behind 2-3 people with a few items every stinking time and NO ONE IS IN THE EXPRESS LINE. And don't get in line behind me with a few items and give me the stink eye when there is no one in the express line. Arrrgggghhhhh And I stand there stewing and feeling very curmudgeonly. T I lean forward and tell them the express lane is open. Or if the express is open and it is a clerk I don't like I won't use it. |
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Post by alittleintrepid on Feb 13, 2015 3:25:53 GMT
Certain ethnic groups? Where do you live that it is okay to say shit like that in 2015? In CA where friends in that ethnic group complain about the same thing! I'm shaking my head and walking away. |
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Post by msbee on Feb 13, 2015 3:28:55 GMT
I am crochety today because I probably had no less than 25 callers who whined about not being able to order something custom made and have it delivered on Valentines day. NO. You can't pay an extra 100.00 to have it made overnight tonight so it can be shipped in the am. Your Boo is going to have to wait until Monday or you can schlep your procrastinating ass out to the mall to get some crappy, overpriced, mass produced and subpar diamond jewelry being hocked Jane Seymour.
I get VERY crotchety when I have to turn up my radio to hear my music in my closed window car over the rap crap blasting from your $1500 dollar car with a $3000 stereo in it.
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Post by chaosisapony on Feb 13, 2015 3:39:14 GMT
I am crotchety when I see a whole family at the grocery store. I swear my grocery store is always packed with people, always. And I can't for the life of me figure out why mom, dad, and 42 kids all have to do the grocery shopping together. Can't dad stay home with the kids while mom shops, or vice versa? I don't get it either. I work in a doctor's office. You do not need to bring your entire family to your doctor's appointment. Just last week we had a 10 year old that had an appointment. Mom and dad and his SEVEN!!!! siblings all came to the appointment. I spent 30 minutes just trying to keep the group quiet enough that we could hear to answer the phone. I finally suggested that one parent stay in and the other parent take the rest of the kids outside. Ridiculous!!!! |
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Post by mochi on Feb 13, 2015 3:51:27 GMT
Because my bank has a new "security feature" in place that involves entering my password, then requesting a "secure access code" (via text, email or phone) and then I have 15 minutes to enter said code. Every single time I want to do any online banking. For the love of all that is holy, I just want to check and see if my tax refund has been deposited and I have to go through that every stinkin time. Confirmation that I am old and crotchety came when I decided that I'm going to talk to SO about switching banks over this mess. Omg!!! Amen!!! I hate this sooooo much! Sometimes I just need to make quick payment & this process takes forever! Plus it texts my husband's phone and he can rarely get back to me within 15 minutes when he is at work! ugh!!!!!!!!! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2015 3:55:30 GMT
I am crotchety when I see a whole family at the grocery store. I swear my grocery store is always packed with people, always. And I can't for the life of me figure out why mom, dad, and 42 kids all have to do the grocery shopping together. Can't dad stay home with the kids while mom shops, or vice versa? I don't get it either. I work in a doctor's office. You do not need to bring your entire family to your doctor's appointment. Just last week we had a 10 year old that had an appointment. Mom and dad and his SEVEN!!!! siblings all came to the appointment. I spent 30 minutes just trying to keep the group quiet enough that we could hear to answer the phone. I finally suggested that one parent stay in and the other parent take the rest of the kids outside. Ridiculous!!!! The bigger hospital near me has a waiting room that is small. It is, of course, always full. It amazes me when I see people there as a husband will bring his wife; a parent will bring a child; a daughter will bring an aging parent etc. There is a First Nations band that lives just minutes away from there and everyone ever related to the sick person comes. They truly believe in moral support. I can see having 3 or 4 people there but when it is 10+ it is quite something! They aren't noisy or anything and I am not complaining...just the support they have for one another is truly a sight to behold. (The same thing could be said about my Japanese family as when DS was hospitalized everyone came to the hospital-FIL, MIL, BIL, me, DS, but no exDH as he was always away on a business trip)... |
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Post by mztfied on Feb 13, 2015 3:57:24 GMT
<--------- Just look at my avatar. It says "crotchety" and I just am!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2015 4:09:34 GMT
I'm crotchety because apparently no one thinks I can drive the speed limit in my 10 year old mini van. Twice in the last 2 weeks, a high school kid has turned in front of me. Fortunately, the first time I was able to swerve into a parking lot. It was a truck coming at me. The second time, I could tell what she was doing and blared on my horn. Hope I scared her. Didn't care I embarrassed my kid either. I should have sped up, hit her and it would have been her fault. Let's face it, I'm older and have better insurance.  TAWANDA! |
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Post by ~summer~ on Feb 13, 2015 4:18:06 GMT
I'm crotchety because I don't like loud restaurants and I like to go to bed early.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Feb 13, 2015 4:21:16 GMT
I know I'm a crochety old lady because today was the fourth day in the last seven when I *DIDN'T* get the newspaper I subscribe to, and PREPAY for, and had to call to complain (and then sit on hold listening to their crappy Muzac for over 15 minutes to do so), so they will deliver one to me four hours after I wanted to read it. (And I don't get the paper the other three days!) I subscribe to the paper because I want to READ a real newspaper. And I like to look at the ads, which I don't get when I look at the stupid digital edition, which continually crashes my ancient iPad. And don't even get me started on why THAT makes me crochety!  And while I'm at it, I'll toss in why does my stinkin' lower back continually hurt even though I have been going to a chiropractor at least weekly for the last THREE YEARS? I know I'm getting old, but honestly I am SO over this! |
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Post by laureljean on Feb 13, 2015 4:24:20 GMT
... because I hate the way some people drive.
I can't count the many "near misses" I've had while driving lately on the highway due to other drivers drifting out of their lane while texting, talking on the phone, talking to their passenger, or just "bullying" their way across several lanes because they suddenly see the exit they need and they want to get over.
Really, people, there are others on the road; take that into consideration.
Ok, vent over.
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Post by Why on Feb 13, 2015 7:20:20 GMT
Because I just want to to things the way I want to do things. Why must I do things the new way when I'm not at all new. I may do a sampler that says that. Because you know, samplers are the latest thing 
ETA........ "Roundabouts were invented by the devil. They're awful." I agree. I am one of those that does not feel comfortable using them and end up making everyone else mad. 
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on Feb 13, 2015 8:53:28 GMT
...because I do NOT want to entertain my neighbour's cat in my garden and ESPECIALLY NOT in my house at ANY time. I am not a cat person. We are in the middle of a heatwave and the only "solution" the neighbour can think of is that I should keep my windows and patio doors closed... because obviously her windows need to be open so her so-called indoor cat can breathe  Shouting in this post was intentional. Maybe I need to employ the local low-crotch teenager, with or without his I can-feel-it-coming-up-the-road sound system, to deploy the garden hose as was suggested upthread? |
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Post by penny on Feb 13, 2015 9:23:53 GMT
...because it annoys the crap out of me when our next door neighbors keep their back patio light on ALL.NIGHT.LONG. It is just at the *perfect* (perfectly bad!) height where it comes over the wall and shines RIGHT onto OUR patio!! It feels like we're on an airport runway, or something, when we try and sit out on our patio in the evening!!  ...because the same neighbor's three yappy dogs *always* ask to be let out right when they hear OUR three dogs go outside. But OUR dogs DO NOT BARK; their three dogs are yippy, yappy, Shitzus who can't keep their mouths shut. Yes!! Why must your porch light be on all night? It's a safe area and your dogs bark if anyone walks on the sidewalk in front of your house let along on the driveway... And you! - you have a street light in front of your house and yet you put in a blinding spotlight, I'm assuming for security, but you have it pointed straight out... Maybe you're providing security for the streetlight? Ugh... Walking from the bedroom to the bathroom involves walking through a spotlight... It's like I've been caught in the act or I'm in the opening credits for an old Pink Panther cartoon... |
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Post by luvnlifelady on Feb 13, 2015 13:35:23 GMT
Going to an afternoon matinee may cut off some of my nap time this weekend So funny but so true. I already think "why did I commit to the movie with friends on Sunday afternoon" The tickets are pre-paid so I will go and have fun, but the thought of making the effort is almost too much.  |
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Post by gillyp on Feb 13, 2015 13:43:33 GMT
I am a crotchety old woman because I am. I am old and I have earned the right to be crotchety. I enjoy it. My being crotchety bothers you? Too bad.  |
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Post by mommaho on Feb 13, 2015 14:02:35 GMT
I'm a crotchety old woman because .... I want to scream at the top of my lungs: "For pity sake will the fine citizens (or idiots, as I not-so-fondly call them) of this city "PLEASE LEARN HOW TO PROPERLY NAVIGATE A FOUR-WAY-STOP!!!" And while were at it - if you CAN'T figure it out, find another way to get where you want to go! (Says this beyond frustrated Grammy that has to drive through this 4-way stop intersection, 4 times a day, 5 days a week when I take my grandson to school and pick him up. ARGH. (I'll save my grumbling about the drop off and pick up at my Grandson's school for another day.) How about navigating Traffic Circles - yes your sign says Yield - do not pull out of me when it is my turn! |
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Post by littlemama on Feb 13, 2015 14:03:31 GMT
I'm a crotchety old woman because I don't like the school bus to honk at 7:30 am. 1. I'm already awake, so it doesn't disturb my sleep. 2. It only honks twice, so it's not like it goes on and on. Maybe it's because I had to wait in the cold outdoors for the school bus, without the benefit of the 'hear-the-honk-then-run-out-of-the-warm-house' luxury, I think little children nowadays should not be required to have a honk system. (I had a long driveway). Maybe it's just because I'm crotchety. How do you know that you are crotchety? Seriously? The school bus pulls up, honks and waits for the kids, thus holding up traffic on the street for longer than necessary? That's ridiculous. As far as I'm concerned, the bus should pull up, waits a few seconds and if no one is at the stop, moves on. I'm really, really cranky today, but I'd be tempted to call the transportation department and complain. (I frequently get stuck by a bus on my route to work that will wait for MINUTES to see if anyone is going to come out of the house - and the bus stops at every house on the busy highway with kids because the houses are spaced and there are no sidewalks to consolidate stops) |
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Post by mommaho on Feb 13, 2015 14:07:15 GMT
When I reach a 4-way stop if no one moves, I barrel through while I'm mouthing curse words at idiots that don't know the rules. Certain ethnic groups will sit there until the intersection is devoid of other cars before they timidly venture forth. Me, not so much! The city I live in is replacing nearly every 4 way stop with roundabouts. I love it, makes it so much easier and faster. Just be fore warned that the learning curve for roundabouts is HUGE!!!!!! Our town had a circle (or roundabout) that was backwards meaning those inside the circle had to yield to those coming in. The engineering department finally figured out they would have fewer accidents if they routed it the proper way - you have to yield to come into the circle so they changed it. Imagine the disbelief of those living in this town for 50 years when they had to change their ways! |
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