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09-06-2002, 02:33 PM
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I can't recall if there have been similar threads, but I am dedicating this one to those relatively minor things in life that don't cause any serious problems but nonetheless are a source of irritation.... 
For me it is the pervasive influx of televisions in various eating/drinking establishments.
I don't mind seeing the tube in sports bars, that seems par for the course. But do they have to put the damn things in every type of pub in existence ! When I go out for a drink with somebody I do not head to a pub in order to watch TV, I go because I want to spend time with a friend! I find having one of THOSE THINGS on in the background really intrusive! Grrrr....
And this morning....hence this thread..... I dropped into a local cafe, and discovered they too had placed no less than two televisions in the place.....
Allowing the pernicious box to inhabit every pub on the planet (so it seems anyway) is bad enough....but cafes!!!! That, surely, is a new low.....
Feel free to contribute to this rant or add your own.....
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09-06-2002, 02:35 PM
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I want a bumper sticker that reads
Hang up and drive!
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09-06-2002, 02:39 PM
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I want a bumper sticker that reads
Hang up and drive! | Oh man. You got that right. The things I see on the road today drive me insane. Cell phone have got to go.
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09-06-2002, 03:01 PM
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Í have only seen one person pull over, ever, while talking in the phone. I don't see why people do it, it's too damn dangerous.
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09-06-2002, 03:11 PM
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Middle class white kids from SE Kentucky who are driving around in their cars their parents bought them dressing and acting like they live in the hood.....in some cases, they actually believe it  
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09-06-2002, 03:14 PM
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Cell phones are one of my pet peeves. I hate them. I realise that some people need them (doctors, etc.), but for a lot of people they're either status symbols or devices of convenience.
Unfortunately, no one seems to get the ettiquette lesson with the phone. I can't stand people who talk on them while they drive, while at a restaurant, during a movie, in class at school and even in church. I don't even like to walk through the mall while talking on one; there's nobody in the world I need to speak with so badly that it can't wait until I get home or to some place private that I can take/make a call.
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09-06-2002, 04:07 PM
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I have to agree. I hate my phone, but need it for work, but I never answer it in the car.
What annoys me most, however, are taxi drivers. They seem to ignore everyone else on the roads, don't indicate, stop in the middle of busy streets and wait, and are generally *&@%^$# annoying!!!!  [/end rant mode]
@Tyb, I take it back, don't become a taxi driver.
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09-06-2002, 04:23 PM
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Sigh, I also hate white boys who dont live remotely near a 'hood dressing like they are from it...that ticks me off so much.
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09-06-2002, 04:32 PM
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09-06-2002, 05:26 PM
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You people, the end user. The "my keyboard doesnt work" the "Why cant I access www.somedumbasssite.com" the "some vendors email didnt get through, whats wrong with your email server" the "Come here its an emergency" when in reality she needs me to teach her how to turn her damn machine on!!
The fact that I a comp. Admin is in charge of 320 cpu's when I should only be in charge of 50 end users. I hate YOU ALL DAMN DAY!
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p.s. I got some damn wierd sore thing creepin on my inner lip... kinda like a mini pimple but it looks like a damn cold sore and this hot broad is lookin to hang with me tonight but i gota get this little "dont kiss brett" thing goin on... I hate you end user... sorry still thinking about you.
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09-06-2002, 06:02 PM
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@Thug. Be at peace and with patience grasshopper. With patience comes wisdom, and with that wisdom you shall discover that end users are in fact in awe of you, even though they will deny it and consider you nothing more than a tool to sort out that evil thing Bill Gates has unleashed upon us. But you must go on, knowing that you are indeed righteous, that you are one of the few who *know* these things.
But above all, know that you are not alone. I hate end users too. Stupid "what does invaild boot disk mean?" questions. TAKE THE DAMN DISK OUT OF YOUR FLOPPY DRIVE!!!!
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09-06-2002, 06:44 PM
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lol! I agree re:cell phones......
The things are really overused IMO....
the combination from Hell.... a pub with both TVs and cell phones going off!  Grrr....
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09-07-2002, 02:37 AM
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I have to agree here. I have grown to hate my cellphone, the thing that you are never alone. Especially at the restaurants! Why can´t people just leave em alone???
I don´t watch much TV, though, but the fact that it is absolutely everywhere, even at the cheap kebab houses (and they are all playing mtv) makes my skin crawl!
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09-07-2002, 03:23 AM
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One I have recently experienced would be music being played in cafes. Cafe's are places to chat, the music regardless of how soothing it may appear at first can really get to you after quite a while.
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09-07-2002, 06:18 AM
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i like mine, although it's been bumbed into every known hard material too hard and thus having sucky battery, but still... and even though you ppl hate them, they can also save lives... what if there's an accident somewhere where the nearest phone is 60 miles away??? do you run to it and hope your buddy "makes" it until rescuers come???
yes i know they cause more accidents than save lives but still...
what bothers me the most is the fact that out of the 5 weekend's off from army, i've been twice sick through the weekend, thus not being able to join my friends at the bar and this time my throat is hurts like he*l i can't almost swallow... it may not sound much, but after you're in there for 3 weeks in a row, you'd do almost anything to get out of there...
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