What annoys you the most

1-dumb drivers
2- people who have to tell their life story to the cashier or the cashier that has a running commentary about everything on the counter, Christmas 19, I bought my grandson a drone, now what I DONT know about drones would fill a stadium, this woman proceeded to tell me this one would probably break the 1st time, her husband and apparently every male relative had one and it was garbage...the kid was 7, I’m guessing it was a whim have never heard word one about it!
I was totally against self checkouts, they cost jobs etc. yada, yada
Now I love them,lol
 

There's someone who drives on the rural road past my village who regularly, seemingly every day or so, tosses fast food wrappers and beverage containers (beer and soft drinks) out the window of the car onto the road. How hard could it be to dispose of them properly?
Probably the same individual dumps bags of spoiling produce, veggies and fruit.....probably refrigerator cleanups.
I've found the packaging of new shop tools dumped out too.
This is in a rural agricultural area. Where I do my daily 2 mile walks.
It really annoys me.
 
ProTruckDriver said:
The Good Old Days. (y)
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Some research as to what happens today, or at least what happens according to those believing there is a formula for bringing up children, rather than emphasising loving them and vice versa.
https://www.healthychildren.org/Eng...discipline/Pages/Disciplining-Your-Child.aspx

Child discipline methods
These include:
  • Show and tell. Teach children right from wrong with calm words and actions. ...
  • Set limits. Have clear and consistent rules your children can follow. ...
  • Give consequences. ...
  • Hear them out. ...
  • Give them your attention. ...
  • Catch them being good. ...
  • Know when not to respond. ...
  • Be prepared for trouble.
(in my view those at the end of the list are almost completely sound methods to employ, or ideas to try to keep in your head, and if you find it a bit tricky, "catching them being good" err on the side of praising even if they're only "acting okay", definitely use the "Know when not to respond" as much as possible, test of character and patience that one, but again it is really based upon loving and being loved by your child so you find tolerance you never knew you had, and "Be prepared for trouble", well that's a bit negative but I can see why its there, because life is certainly there will be ups and down, fractious days, childhood illnesses and the like).
 
@grahamg said: "but again it is really based upon loving and being loved by your child so you find tolerance you never knew you had..."

It's not a two way street, graham. Parental love does not look to be repaid in kind. It is unconditional. It's wonderful, the best thing in life, perhaps, when it is, BUT the child loving back is not part of the equation. It's easier if it is, of course, and certainly more richly rewarding.
 
Packerjohn said:
many of the new "bro" generation, especially females (I am not sexist) speak faster than a machine gun can shoot bullets. I don't know what their problem is that they have to spit out over 500 words in a minute.
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My daughter does that, it is SO annoying, I ask her to repeat and speak slower and then she speaks LOUDER but just as fast (maybe faster!). I feel like I need a Google Translate for 'Young People' to 'Senior'.
 
Jules said:
Nasty people on the local facebook group. I just read to see what’s happening in the community. Wow. Unbelievable the things people say to each other.
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Reading this, Jules, makes me glad that I haven't looked at Facebook for months. Don't miss it at all. Too many other things to do in this short life. When I was married my wife liked to keep in touch with friends in Cornwall, UK. I tried to get interested in Facebook but it seemed to me to be a case of "small things amuse small minds" most of the time. There seemed to be so much of "what I ate for breakfast" postings or many showing how cute their dogs/cats were. I never did like the photos of someone totally drunk out of their minds with a bunch of their friends that were totally drunk out of their minds. The worse, to my way of thinking, were those rather silly postings of their dogs/cats driving cars. I mean some people need to get a life. There seemed to be a lot of folks on Facebook that were bored with life & certainly didn't seem to be doing much of anything; except posting silly stuff!
 
Pepper said:
@grahamg said: "but again it is really based upon loving and being loved by your child so you find tolerance you never knew you had..."
It's not a two way street, graham. Parental love does not look to be repaid in kind. It is unconditional. It's wonderful, the best thing in life, perhaps, when it is, BUT the child loving back is not part of the equation. It's easier if it is, of course, and certainly more richly rewarding.
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"Relationships are not two way streets when it comes to children you assert"(?)
I choose to believe Dr. Akira Morita, a professor contributing to a world congress on children and young people some twenty years ago maybe, had something when he pointed out the difficulty with "children's rights"!
He said that "what children need is not some notion of "children's rights" but the relationship itself with their parent/parents", (something like that anyway, and of course in Eastern countries deference for older people is part of their culture, maybe at odds with Western culture where so many assert it is "all about the child", as though telling children it is only their interests that matter, or must always come first, is a benign assertion, (and of course false).
Where is the compassion in forcing a dying father to try to persuade a court his contact with his child must be in their interest, rather than consider his interests too, and because it is the decent thing to do, (providing there has been no abuse or harm done to the child)?
 
All I meant was, @grahamg was Our children are not born with the job of loving us in return. Children aren't born with jobs.

I'm not impressed with Dr. Morita. Don't know who he is. Do know parents and children, myself and mine included and I know what works and what doesn't. Generally speaking.

I really have great sympathy for you, my friend. I wish you could find peace in this horrible situation you're in, but I don't think you will find that with the beliefs you hold on to with all your might & strength.
 
Murrmurr said:
Did you maybe not hit the "done" button? Or some have a button that says "place order".

I also have an issue with customer service people who have a foreign accent. My hearing isn't so great and when you toss in a thick accent, it's such a struggle. And a lot of them talk over you when you answer questions. As for spam calls, I know them when I hear them and I just hang up. Some of them use a fake area code that I recognize - I don't even answer those.

My greatest annoyance, though, is when my granddaughter eats on my couch or in my room (where she likes to go to make her youtube videos). I'm not sure how but she leaves a huge pile of crumbs everywhere she eats. I mean, she has a plate, for crimes sake!
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It's interesting to learn that you have the same problem as us when it comes to 'service calls'. A lot of British firms have their call centres in India, and many British people complain that they can't understand what they are saying. This causes frustration at both ends.
It's such a relief when you hear an English voice at the other end of the phone.
 
Packerjohn said:
Reading this, Jules, makes me glad that I haven't looked at Facebook for months. Don't miss it at all. Too many other things to do in this short life. When I was married my wife liked to keep in touch with friends in Cornwall, UK. I tried to get interested in Facebook but it seemed to me to be a case of "small things amuse small minds" most of the time. There seemed to be so much of "what I ate for breakfast" postings or many showing how cute their dogs/cats were. I never did like the photos of someone totally drunk out of their minds with a bunch of their friends that were totally drunk out of their minds. The worse, to my way of thinking, were those rather silly postings of their dogs/cats driving cars. I mean some people need to get a life. There seemed to be a lot of folks on Facebook that were bored with life & certainly didn't seem to be doing much of anything; except posting silly stuff!
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It makes you wonder what these people did before Facebook came along.
 
IrisSenior said:
I am a little bit annoyed now as my son's psychologist is not filling out the faxed refill prescription from the pharmacy and has not returned my phone call about this. Sigh...pharmacy says some docs are not working right now because of Covid. I understand covid but can't they just leave a message on their machine that they are not working and where we are supposed to get the meds. Thankfully my son has a family doctor and she is filling the prescriptions for him with a follow-up phone call in a couple of weeks. I know many people do not have family doctors so what do they do? Sigh...I wish this covid was over NOW.
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What most people do in our area is call the pharmacy, let them know you are out of medication and they will send off a fax to your doctor/ nurse practitioner/ psychologist etc and make sure it is getting filled. I hope this helps.
 
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Rosemarie said:
It's interesting to learn that you have the same problem as us when it comes to 'service calls'. A lot of British firms have their call centres in India, and many British people complain that they can't understand what they are saying. This causes frustration at both ends.
It's such a relief when you hear an English voice at the other end of the phone.
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If I think I'm being helped by an out of country operator, I ask to be transferred to an operator here in the States. I always am. Perhaps you can try this. If you get hesitation, ask to speak to a supervisor. That always seems to get things moving.
 
Murrmurr said:
My greatest annoyance, though, is when my granddaughter eats on my couch or in my room (where she likes to go to make her youtube videos). I'm not sure how but she leaves a huge pile of crumbs everywhere she eats. I mean, she has a plate, for crimes sake!
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get her a lap tray.... a non-slip silicone one would be ideal ..
 
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Repondering said:
There's someone who drives on the rural road past my village who regularly, seemingly every day or so, tosses fast food wrappers and beverage containers (beer and soft drinks) out the window of the car onto the road. How hard could it be to dispose of them properly?
Probably the same individual dumps bags of spoiling produce, veggies and fruit.....probably refrigerator cleanups.
I've found the packaging of new shop tools dumped out too.
This is in a rural agricultural area. Where I do my daily 2 mile walks.
It really annoys me.
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My grandson had a school project. He was supposed to walk down a road and report what he sees. He came home and told his dad, "Boy do we ever have a lot of drunks here".
 
Pepper said:
If I think I'm being helped by an out of country operator, I ask to be transferred to an operator here in the States. I always am. Perhaps you can try this. If you get hesitation, ask to speak to a supervisor. That always seems to get things moving.
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I live in Canada. Press 1 for English. Press 2 for French.

I always press 2 because there is a long wait for English.
The French speaking operators are bilingual.
 
Repondering said:
There's someone who drives on the rural road past my village who regularly, seemingly every day or so, tosses fast food wrappers and beverage containers (beer and soft drinks) out the window of the car onto the road. How hard could it be to dispose of them properly?
Probably the same individual dumps bags of spoiling produce, veggies and fruit.....probably refrigerator cleanups.
I've found the packaging of new shop tools dumped out too.
This is in a rural agricultural area. Where I do my daily 2 mile walks.
It really annoys me.
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We get that here also. People throw out carpets, mattresses, old stoves and fridges they don’t want to take to the garbage dump but the worst by far are the hunters that hunt the animals and leave are the parts they don’t want at the side of the road. 🤢
 

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