I am feeling peevish this morning. So here is a list of peeves that annoy me.
1. food service people not wearing gloves
2. food service people that clean tables with gloves on then prep food wearing the same gloves
3. people stopped at a red light then do not move the second the light turns green, which causes the jerk behind me to toot his horn, not in a short polite burst of sound but a long annoying beep, causing the jerk in front of me to flip me off and not move until the light turns yellow
4. new coffee baristas that do not fill the cup to the brim, thinking, not asking, I need room for cream and other additives
5. new coffee baristas that put 2 small ice cubes to float in the coffee at the top of my cup, after I asked for an inch of ice in the bottom of the cup
6. people who decide to have a conversation in front of the coffee shop door because they are the only ones in the whole world, preventing others from entering or exiting
7. people waiting at my store front door, and say " I thought you opened at 10am" when it is only 9:55am, then do not buy anything
So far that is the list, but the day is young and more could be added.
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I don't drink coffee but I hate it when the mini-mart has a bad mixture of diet coke in the fountain.
Oh, I hear ya on the store opening thing! Years ago I managed a family owned women's clothing store. The people waiting at the door... yeah. Worse: the people that marched in 2 minutes before closing, tried on a gazillion blouses, leave them on the floor of the fitting room, leave 30-45 minutes after closing, buy nothing.... (blouses have to be turned right side out, buttoned up.... grrrrr., I had a life too, you know!)
I bet you wrote this post in Starbucks - am I right?
Starbucks needs 2 lines, one for the gawkers that have never been in the store and want each drink described down to the fucking DNA level, and another line for people like us that know what we want.
VK: just after leaving Starbucks
Skylars Dad: I agree two lines would be nice.
Some of these are specific to my two lines of work (science teacher in a school for high school dropouts and waiter)
1. Students who don't bother to show up for two weeks, then walk into your class, while you're teaching, demanding make-up work.
2. Students who refuse to take direction from you, telling you "I'm a grown-up." Um, I guess that explains why you didn't finish high school, then?
3. Administrators who tell you to crack down on certain infractions, then let students slide on them.
4. Restaurant patrons who come in two minutes before closing, then eat long, lingering meals.
5. Verbal tippers-- "You were really great!" Oh, yeah, that explains the 9% tip.
6. People who suddenly realize, as they get to the front of the line to get on the el, to pay for their groceries, etc. that yes, you do have to pay, and spend a bunch of time fumbling for their money.
7. People who feel like a restaurant full of busy, rushing waiters carrying hot stuff and sharp things is an okay place to allow their kid to lay in the middle of an aisle.
8. Students who showed up four times in a semester, doing no work on any of those days, demanding to know why they got an "F."
9. Customers who have had 10 minutes to look at a menu, call you over after you've stopped by the table twice, then hem and haw and take forever to order.
10. Customers who open a menu with over 50 items and ask you "What's good?"
Okay, I'll stop. I think I need a drink.
Johnny: I feel for you. Number 9 is my husband, not intentionally, sometimes he just can't make a decision
I'm guessing that your husband has the good sense to say-- "Give me another moment." Some don't.
One other: people who you check on three times, and they need nothing, then two minutes later try to order a drink from the busboy.
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