G' Day! I was sure I recall a thread dealing with this issue in this forum from eons ago, but a short search turned up nothing, so here goes a new one, triggered by an incident while shopping yesterday. I was browsing through the display of leather gloves in a department store when a young guy approached me and out of the blue asked me if he could ask me a personal question, which he promptly did. "What sort of beauty products do you use on your face??" OOOkay, I hesitated, so he asked again. I inquired why he needed to know this, so he asked me if I had ever heard of the Dead Sea.. I answered of course I had, which triggered the need to know if I had ever heard of Dead Sea Face Cream. Since I had run into salespeople for this product under similar circumstances in the past, I told him I had indeed heard of it, and there is no way I am interested in pursuing this matter any further. He asked if I knew how much salt is in the products I use.. SALT? I told him I neither know nor care, given I am not using it as a chip dip. He became a mite pizzed with me, "I traveled all the way from Israel to promote this product!" I told him I had to be out of the store in half an hour, and that I had no time for this. I had indeed been accosted by a rep from this firm a few years ago working out of a kiosk in a local shopping mall. This woman was extremely aggressive, followed me down the corridor demanding that, "I HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!" I found myself walking quite fast, almost running, to get away from her, heading straight to Customer Complaints.. She was gone quite soon after that. And then there was the bloke who met me at the door leading into a department store, demanding that I open a charge account.. NOT INTERESTED! He shoved the form and a pen in my face and began demanding answers to the questions on the form: What is my name? Address? Phone number? Other credit cards? I turned to walk away, and would you believe he SHOUTED after me, "COME BACK! WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING??" Needless to say, my next step was in the direction of the Customer Service Counter. There! I'm done now.. Muriel!
Wowsers...that is so aggresive!!! I also detest the pressure these people put on you to buy their products even though they are paid by commision here. I hate it when people constantly use their energy to whinge and b!tc# about something instead of changing it. PLEASE!!! Use your powers for good and not to show you ingnorance by waiting for someone else to make things better for you.
G'Day! Exactly! If you have no intention of doing or saying anything constructive about any topic or situation, please do all of us a great service and refrain from saying anything. Non productive rants accomplish nothing.. Ookay.. Peeve? Well, it annoys me when the kid delivering the paper chooses to not leave it at my front door, but instead wings in the general direction of my house from the street, where it settles in the driveway, on the car, on the lawn. By the time I retrieve it, it could be scattered all over street or lying in its final resting place, a sodden blob..
Holy crap aggressive indeed, he either hates his job or loves that lotion to get so nasty about it. I hate unsolicited advice, I want to smack people that shove advice from 20-30 years ago on me as if it still applies to today's standards and my situation. My father-in-law is notorious for chipping his two cents into everything, particularly when it comes to his grandson (hubby and My's son). Considering where he is in life now after a lifetime of "knowing everything", I think I'll stay with my "ignorance is bliss" state of mind, thanks.
Hi, Kurisu.. In the US, are you still subjected to a variety of telemarketing calls selling you everything from credit card consolidation to Mexican vacations? We are in Canada, and they are the bane of my existence. I go through periods when I have to field perhaps half a dozen of them per day including Sundays and would you believe CHRISTMAS DAY! One of the peeves that truly bring out the homicidal tendencies in me has to be when I leave the house, close and lock the door, and as I walk to the car, I hear the phone ring. Hurry back, unlock the door, find the nearest phone, "Hello?" "Is Mrs ________ (me) home?" Shrill female voice with an accent I can barely understand. "This is she!" "Mrs. ________, I do not wish to alarm you, but there is a slight problem with your credit cards. You are carrying far too much debt (for the record, I carry NO debt!) for your income and are headed for financial disaster if this trend continues. I represent Something or Other Credit Company, and I have a solution for you. This is your opportunity to consolidate all those high interest balances to our one low interest account. I just need some basic information from you!" No need to finish the conversation with this woman. She will call back. Again and again! Mrs. __________
I think telemarketing calls are a universal plague lol. We don't have a land line, but I have gotten a few of them on my cellphone on occasion. The last one I got was a local number claiming to be my college and saying they had a scholarship for me. Before I could say anything, the lady on the other end proceeded to ask where my college was and what was my major... I was so stupefied by their stupidity I actually paused long enough for her to have to say, "Hello?" again to break me out of my mind blown state long enough to tell her I wasn't interested. Criminals and solicitors are getting stupider and stupider.
Voting is compulsary here. I hate it when people claim they dont want to vote for anyone, do dummy votes (purposfully fill out their vote incorrectly thinking it will be void) and offer a variety of reasons why. If they had half a brain they would know dummy votes are counted as a vote for the party currently in power and not void! AND many Men and Women have fought and continue to fight and die for our right to vote. It's the future of our country, the place our children will grow up, held on a single piece of paper. I don't expect it to be taken deadly seriously just for people to have some respect.
BRAVO, Taz.. I couldn't agree more! Being a woman, I cannot justify under circumstances, my failing to vote. I owe that to all the Mrs. Pankhursts who courageously drew the attention of the general public and the decision makers - male, of course, to the issue of VOTES FOR WOMEN! And they did so in an era when the official stance of the aforementioned decision makers was that women shouldn't have to, or lacked the capacity to, worry their pretty little heads about such matters. Depending on their status in society, they should be content to chain themselves to the kitchen and the laundry, or else smile, sip tea and nibble cucumber sandwiches. If they felt the need to get out of the house and 'do something', there were always their charitable works, flower shows and the like. Women owe those suffragettes from every country a huge vote of thanks. I lived in the US for a couple of years, during which time there were several elections in Canada. I always found a way to vote. So yes, this has to be one of my very pet peeves.. failure to respect and act on the enormous PRIVILEGE to vote! M!
The thing that annoy me the most. Is unnecessary noise. Ie; such as "whistling" OMG! I go out of my mind with someone whistling. I apologise to anyone here, who whistles. But i just go out of my mind with the sound of it. And it is, "mostly old men" on buses, queues and in the supermarket queue checkouts that seem to whistle an unnecessary tune. LOL Thank you for reading.
Hi, Welshbabe... YESSSS.. I have to believe that people who do that have not a clue how intrusive it is. I am annoyed when in someone's house, visiting and trying to enjoy a conversation, and the TV is blaring to high heaven in the background. This is especially nerve wracking if the soundtrack of whatever is playing involves shoot-em-ups, car chases, slam-bang-smash-screech from cartoons, dialogue from some movie or other, or some commentator rattling on about something of interest only to himself, or worst of all, bad music. While I usually have music - classical, folk, traditional, Celtic, etc. happening in my house, it is NEVER loud enough to drown out conversation. People NEVER have to shout to be heard. And if I sense it is in the least bit intrusive, it is GONE! I am amazed at the number of people who are oblivious to this. Sometimes I have to remind myself that courtesy dictates I not grab the remote control and hit the MUTE button it on my own. Muriel!
Thank you Muriel! Isn't it just annoying that type of noise. Awww! yes i know, what you mean there. With the tv. That behaviour is just plain rude and ignorant. I hate that. I have noticed this in a few friends houses. Their tv is on and as you say, "one" can hear the tv above a conversation. And me, being of "partial" deafness. It makes for difficult hearing what the other person is actually saying. LOL Thank you for taking the time and replying to me on this topic.
Whether the guest has flawless hearing, or is slightly, partially, or totally hearing impaired, is not relevant. Background noise that intrudes into the conversation is thoughtless on the part of the host/ess, and not acceptable. So.. there you have it: Etiquette According to Muriel M!
Ok I stumbled upon this thread and am so glad I did! I think you're right Muriel that there was a thread before this dedicated to 'pet peeves' but it may be archived I don't know. Maybe we should make it a sticky in general talk LOL! I've read everyone else's input and can pretty much agree with all the above! Today I come to express my own displeasure with something. I am concerned with the economy and whole financial situation here in the USA and when it's possible I like to buy products made here. I want to support the local economy and promote American businesses. Plus as a small business owner myself, it only makes sense to me to trade with other companies that are actually supporting the American economy. Anyhoo I decided that since I needed a new vacuum and I had seen the ads for the Shark vacuum which is MADE IN THE USA I would buy that brand. I go to the website and order it. As I get to the payment screen I see in tiny letters the word imported. Then when I get my confirmation and shipping tracker I find out that it is being shipped from Canada. Of course I thought that was strange. Oh and guess what? I get the vacuum and every box inside says MADE IN CHINA I was really ticked off! I guess you just can't trust anyone anymore. Ok off my rant now lol.
Oh Dear, Annagain! That is one truly international vacuum cleaner! Like you, I try to buy products produced/manufactured locally, in my case Canada. This has been made unnecessarily challenging by the little deceit that if even one small component of a product, even a food product, originated in Canada, the item can legally bear the MADE IN CANADA banner, even if it has to be shipped from the Moons of Saturn to a store near me. Muriel!
Hello Again! OOOh, I never realized I had so many peeves until this thread was presented for my complaining pleasure! I have been thinking of mentioning this one, but postponed it thinking perhaps it is just too petty.. anyway, here goes: Dirty microwave ovens gross me out! Truly! If I open a microwave oven and find caked and baked on spatter from everything reheated since the oven was new, I am really quite shocked.. Usually I am in someone else's house following instructions to 'pop it in the microwave for a few seconds'. So I stifle my initial instinct to slam the door and eat whatever it is cold, and pop it in the oven for a few seconds. I mean, how hard is it to wipe the spatters with a damp cloth before they turn to cement? There! I told you it was petty! Muriel!
LOL! Oh Muriel I share that with you! My darling husband uses the microwave much more than I ever do. And unfortunately he does not clean it when something splatters! So when I open the door it's like ewwwww and I feel guilty like I'm the one who didn't clean it!! LOL
Seems we share the same sentiments about microwave ovens. I have had mine for about 15 years, use it two or three times per day, and inside is as pristine as the day it was installed.. Takes not a moment to deal with spatters when there are only a few of them and they are fresh. I bought a new Convection microwave, but will not pick it up for a month and a half. At the moment it is in a container on the deck of a freighter in the middle of the ocean, enroute from Japan.. This one has a stainless steel interior which I hope will be as easy to care for as the white variety. M!
Awwwwww! Thank you. There, are some truly thoughtless people out there. As i am of partial deafness and sight. They think, it's alright. May i thank you. For replying back to me.
Ohs! I have four pet peeves that have just developed lately! The first one is over loud speaking. When I am sitting across, beside you, or even a couple feet away theres no need to scream like the wind is blowing in your face. I have very sensative ears and pick up the slightest noices so yelling kinda hurts. second is when your eating with someone and they stare at every bite of food you put toward your lips. I can understand animals doing it but I kinda think its unnerving and disrespectful to watch that intently at someone eating. Third; cheating. I could deal with it in highschool in classes like chemistry, world history, electrical class, but now that your'e in college you should know this stuff before you even sit down to attempt the test! I dont know about you, but people cheating off of others in a medical field really makes me nervous. What if they really dont know what they just wrote down and they pass that test and get a job at a childrens hospital! What if they have to take a babys blood in the field and instead of taking it from the heel they really try to stick a needle in the lil arm or something?! It scares the crap outa me! Yes, ill help you study, yes. Ill quiz you randomly, ill write you flash cards, ill even help with homework but the one things I cant stand for is to let YOU pass on MY grade! I actually yelled at a girl for this a month or two ago. She would talk all through class and not do her work, then copy mine and turn it in and somehow get a better grade than me, and sit as close as possable during tests. Finally I wrote "I LOVE PENGUINS" all the way down my paper as every answer and she copied it, not realizing for one second what she was writing or lifting her eyes off my test. I just snapped and I took her test and tore it and said "START OVER WITH YOUR OWN D*** ANSWERS" and she looked at the teacher for backup and the teacher gave her a zero instead of letting her get a new sheet. She had to retake the whole class again and re-pay for it. I do not pitty her. And the fourth; drugs and stealing. People do things in their lives to better themselves and prove that though they may come from bad places, they can be better people and be more than just a product of the streets. Today was my last day of Winter term classes.....I started to worry about the medical fields future. There was an almost fight because "SHE CALLED ME OUTSIDE OF MY NAME" and "HO I WASNT TALKING ABOUT CHU I WAS TALKING ABOUT WILBUR" ....Middle school crap right there...then a whole box of seringes went missing and so did two boxes of medium sized gloves. Why would someone say "i want to make my life different!" then half commit to it and keep with old drug habbits? The last thing this county needed was for needles to go missing. I mean really. Hospitals stopped hiring people that have tobbacoo in their blood they arent going to hire you if you have coccaine in your blood! UGH!
I have to say. angelkitty. I agree with all your pointers here. And i am all for your grievences here. I have a tale of my daughter and her friend. Training to be teachers. My daughter has passed exams "flying colours. Her friend wants to copy. But as my daughter say's, "if the "tutor" wants to know. How things are done. My daughter's friend isn't going to know, at all. Anything could go wrong. Same with the "medical field" Now that is more than frightening. How frightening with the "medical side of things". I don't blame you in the least speaking out. Good for you. Your colleagues actions. "May cost a life". Someone, watching every mouthful you eat. I'd choke on my food. LOL the first of the "loud speaker" I am of partial deafness. So, i wouldn't know. LOL May i thank you, so much for sharing.
