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Life & Events > Boring > Some Basic Whines ...
 

Some Basic Whines ...

(Not the kind you drink made from grapes. Just the kind of things people do that gripe my a$$.)

1. Lack of cell phone etiquette. If a fellow golfer whips out his iPhone to check on his babe, his office traffic or his messages, I ask him to please turn the damned thing off. Terrible etiquette. A business colleague out in CA recently interviewed a High Scool student (male) for a summer intern's "go-fer" job at his small agency. While my friend explained the details of the proposed job, the young man sat across the desk from him texting on his cell. Needless to say, the kid's application went in the round file. I expect people to turn off the power on their phones if they are in a restaurant with me. If their phone rings, I always ask them to just turn it off.

2. Political lying. Re: to many to number, but the most recent is a spoiled brat young congressperson from NY City who lied in front of the press and the citizens of the US. He should - MUST - resign. I don't care if the fools are Democrats or Republicans. I care if they are liars and I don't want them in our government at all. Not one more moment.

3. Political TV channels. I no longer watch MSNBC or FOX News. Both are extremist propaganda networks for the left and the right. Anyone connected with either is off my list of decent human beings.

4. Animal abuse. An eye for an eye. If a human uses dogs to fight to the death, the punishment should fit the crime. Let the dogs have him. If someone makes another crush video of a woman in spiked heels killing a cat, she and whoever filmed the video should be impaled. Our "justice" system sucks.

5. There are many more dislikes in my gut but I have to go feed the troops here. It is 95F at 7:20 and the humidity is so high my headband feels like the surface of a swimming pool in the Amazon.

posted on June 7, 2011 4:33 PM ()

Comments:

It was l09 in Cherokee Oklahoma today. Merely 97 today here. I agree with all
your points. I can't stand cruelty to animals, lying, and yes Kris the
cell phone thing is age related. I don't feel it is necessary to constantly track my family and friends but my children and grandchildren
are on it every day all day.
comment by elderjane on June 8, 2011 5:15 PM ()
I've been thinking of posting about what's got me fed up lately - things like those stupid animations on webpages advertising loans. If philanderers would just own up in the first place - 'yes, I did it, and I'm proud' it would save a lot of time and energy.
comment by troutbend on June 8, 2011 2:03 PM ()
Agreed.
comment by fredo on June 8, 2011 8:40 AM ()
yep, I agree. I cannot stand some moron yakking on a cell phone in public with every sordid detail of their marginal little lives. "Well, Uncle Vernon had his hernia surgery so we don't know what we're gonna do about his teenage daughter who's on drugs and about to give birth...blah blah blah." Especially in a captive audience situation, like on public transportation where you can't get away from the thoughtless creeps.

reguards
yer don't get me started pal
bugg
comment by honeybugg on June 8, 2011 6:59 AM ()
Was "privileged", while in a doctor's waiting room, to overhear a conversation in which another patient was regaling her companion with details of her colostomy and its aftermath.
reply by tealstar on June 9, 2011 3:46 PM ()
I took an uncle to Findlay for his eye doc appointment today. I waited over two hours for him to come out. The entire two hours a younger woman, say 30s-40s, sat in a chair in the waiting area gawking on her cell phone to someone, incessantly, never pausing. I wanted to walk over and grab the phone and toss it in the fish tank.
reply by jondude on June 8, 2011 4:58 PM ()
I concur-----period. Guess we're just old fogies.
comment by solitaire on June 8, 2011 5:10 AM ()
Not. We have 'manners.'
reply by jondude on June 8, 2011 4:58 PM ()
The kid texting during an interview is too stupid. I watch MSNBC all the time. They have a lot of Republican viewpoints on. They have a couple of very left commentators but they don't dominate. Fox News never gives a liberal viewpoint. There is no black and white in anything, just shades of gray. If you are demanding perfection, you are bound for disappointment.
comment by tealstar on June 8, 2011 5:09 AM ()
While I frequently watch MSNBC, esp. Lawrence and Rachel, I'm a little tired of the feeding frenzy of Republican "candidates". I mean, it's fun to see the Palins and Gingriches get skewered, but after awhile, it gets too much. There's so much more time to go before the 2012 primaries and elections. I don't think I can stand it.
reply by solitaire on June 9, 2011 2:08 PM ()
Feed your head. The body will take care of itself. -(Hobbes)
comment by jondude on June 8, 2011 5:07 AM ()
I so agree!
comment by marta on June 7, 2011 6:37 PM ()
I like the way Greatmartin did this so I will follow suit...
1. I check my phone all the time... I am wondering if it's an age related "hate" thing??? I can't imagine checking it in an interview though, that's just stupid. AND I don't answer the phone during dinner... but that's just me.
2. Politician's ... politicians... they make me sad. I'd love a good one sometime soon, I think we're long overdue!
3. I used to have to watch FOX all day long when I worked at the DOL with repubs. Nuff said?
4. I could NOT agree more, but I'd extend it to farm animals as well... meat eaters would suffer though...
5. We are getting your heat. I get to walk dogs in 100 degree weather tomorrow. I dunno if I will be able to leave my bed...
comment by kristilyn3 on June 7, 2011 5:51 PM ()
#1 ANYONE who uses a cell phone in public unless it is a 911 call--terrible manners
#2 Is there a politician who doesn't lie?
#3 don't/never watched
#4 Whatever they do to an animal should be done to them
#5 7:43 PM 82 degrees
I hate whiners!!!!! KIDDING!
comment by greatmartin on June 7, 2011 4:44 PM ()
You go, Jon! It's hot here in Oklahoma, too. High 90's and humid.
comment by jerms on June 7, 2011 4:37 PM ()

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