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1. Asians
My list of parking/driving-related annoyances not already included in this thread:
1. People walking to their car in the middle of the parking lot without giving room for cars to pass them. Move out of the way assholes.
2. People who don't turn right on red
3. People who, when pulling to a light where they will be going straight, change lanes into the far right lane because there will be no cars in front of them, thus blocking cars who would have been able to turn on the red light.
4. Two cars in adjacent lanes going the exact same speed.
5. Anyone who goes below the speed limit without their hazard lights on. If your car can drive the speed limit, drive the speed limit. It's safer anyway, pussy.
6. People who come to an almost complete stop before turning.
7. Anyone who rides up on my ass when it's obvious I can neither change lanes nor go faster because of other cars in front of or around me. It's a great way to make me go even slower.
8. Anyone who does no follow this rule on the highway: "The Left Lane is For Passing Only"
9. Anyone who does not pull onto the shoulder to let people pass them on a two lane highway, ESPECIALLY those going below the speed limit.
10. Also on the highway, anyone who does not maintain a consistent speed. If you have cruise control, use it. If not, stay within a 5 mph range. And get cruise control.
1. Asians
There are many beautiful days here...the problem is that too many of them are so damn hot!There are VERY few beautiful days in South Texas. As a former HEB employee I can say that cart duty was the least-fun part of being a bagger, especially in the summer.
I am with ya Mel on cart duty.
Something about grocery stores that makes people stupid. Actually I have a theory...no matter what someone's chosen profession, once they become a consumer, the average IQ drops about 30%. Those people who block the lanes in the parking lot are usually the same ones that stand in the middle of the aisle looking for something and blocking that too.
I hate parking lots that don't offer valet.
(Not that I ever buy groceries.)
Was she a judge?
if it's an old four lane like 87 used to be from cuero to victoria and the right lane is a bumpy pos i will drive in the left lane.
Exceptions can be made.
That's pretty much the way my friend described it. It was basically "break time" while you were still on the clock. They'd go out into the parking lot and around for about 45 minutes while slowly picking up the carts. And if one of the guys had brought their stash to work, they'd hurry up with the carts and spend a few minutes in one of their cars getting high before going back to work.
Hmm, maybe if the cart boys weren't busy getting high in the back while on the clock, maybe the "express" lanes at HEB would take less than 20 minutes to get though....
Another thing I don't understand is when I go to checkout at HEB, Wal-Mart, etc. and I have less than 10 items and they only have one of those computer checkers open (when they have alot more that could be open). How about opening all those automated checkouts or do you not want to pay you computer overtime or something? Or maybe the computer is on strike or something.
On that same note.....I hate when people have a whole month's supply of groceries to buy and they use the express lanes or those automated ones, and the checker on duty says nothing even though thier light says 10 items or less and the customer has bought out the store. What is the point of the express lane then?
I totally agree. Even in the early evening hours, all the nearby HEB's REFUSE to have the automated lines open, even though they have less than 1/4 of their remaining "manned" lanes open.
I once was soooo pissed that I was waiting so long, that I purposely waited in a godawfully slow line with a cartful of groceries. When I got to the front, I told the cashier, "I hope it takes ya'll as long to put up all this as it did for me to wait in line to pay for it." and left. The manager-type guy stopped me at the door, expecting me to go back and pay. I just told him that I didn't feel like giving them my business afterall, if they didn't appreciate my business enough to allow me to make a speedy checkout. Just his luck that some of his employees were knocking off at the front of the store playing with the Icee machine, on company time for that matter. I bet THEY could've helped out by opening a register or two.
At least we have insurance.
This is when you park, wait for them to go inside, and key the out of their car.I really hate it when I follow all the rules and circle around the parking lot at HEB and pull up to my parking space, with my blinker on and then some comes from the wrong way and pulls in the space right in front of me.
For those that have had their cars keyed, maybe you did something to deserve it.... maybe not.
To clarify what Im talking about, it was obvious I was going to park in this one spot, I pulled up just as the guy was backing out. Put my signal on, no one behind me, and wait the 5 seconds for the guy to pull out. As soon as he does some guy driving in front of the store decides to zip in. I rolled my window down and asked the and his friends if they saw me or not (it was obvious I was there) and they just blew me off. I calmly parked at the back of the lot, walked into the store and got my stuff. I saw them in the store pointing and smirking. I Pay for my stuff, pull out my keys and calmly spelled " bag" on their car door with my sharpest key while they where still shopping
Last edited by phyzik; 09-12-2006 at 05:37 PM.
One time in Boston's Chinatown, we were backing into a parallel parking space, and a couple of assholes whipped into the space behind us. We were out there for about ten minutes arguing about it and they wouldn't budge. So, after finding another spot a couple of blocks away, we came back around and took the air out of both their front tires.
There may have been some alcohol use involved.
Two things I really hate.
1-People who drive below the speed limit.
2-People/trucks that pull into your lane to pass another truck/slow person.
another thing to do to people who REALLY piss you off is kick/break their side mirrors off. I've only had to do this once though.
I have many, many driving pet peeves. However, my biggest all involve the den of ignorance that is the local post office.
I HATE the people who are too lazy to park in the parking lot to drop off mail when alone, and instead park on the street so they're blocking the drop boxes and take five minutes to shut off the engine, get out of the car, walk out to the boxes, get back in the car and finally pull away. If you're getting out of the car anyway, why not drive the extra 50 feet and pull into the parking lot? About six months ago, some woman did that and locked her ing keys in the car so that the drop boxes were completely inaccessible for probably an hour.
What if they come at you with a gun? Do you kick off their bumper too?
Interestingly enough I've never had someone steal a parking spot then proceed to shoot at me in the HEB parking lot. I dont live in San Andreas: Liberty City
I used to work at H-E-B too, and I agree with the fact that when I was a bagger I wouldn't always look forward to doing a basket round up. During the summer heat while working an afternoon shift I would hate doing that. I only enjoyed doing it at night, because someone said it earlier in this thread about it being a time to slack off.
That was for your breaking mirrors off cars thing.
i used to work at heb and doing carts in the rain was the . im probably the only one who liked doing carts because i didnt have to deal with all the idiot shoppers.
Maybe I should have clarified why I did it.... I dont want to waste the time but it was for a reason. Im sure there are jackasses that do it for NO reason, but I assure you, thats not me.
If it happened to you for "no reason" then Im sorry, but maybe you should think back and see if you maybe pissed someone off for "no reason". Most people just dont go around kicking side mirrors off for "no reason".
If another lane is open on your other side, is it really that much of an inconvenience for you to move into said other lane?
I cant stand it when Im trying to get out of the parking lot, and a car comes by without thier blinker on and winds up turning into the very driveway I am trying to get out of.
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