They should invent a personal chip which is injected into each person's wrist. To get your money, simply swipe your palm with a swift Klatuu motion. Eliminate the PIN completely.
How about a little office etiquette (or lack thereof)...
People who print stuff, use up all the paper, then never refill the trays in the printers and copiers, causing jobs to back up for everybody else.
Likewise, people who cause a paper jam in the copier because they're too stupid to figure out how to use the thing properly, then just walk away, leaving the machine in a non-working state without telling anyone.
Well it wouldn't look good researching vibrators in office hours, IT are bound to find out... Mind you, selling it on on eBay... eeeeeeeeeugggggggghh!
) well, just as well I am the IT department at work then, hey!
...and you're right, vibrators and e-bay are two words that should never be in the same sentance
OUTED!
"This is where we leave you Mr Bond."
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One that has been getting on my nerves for the past few weeks is people who stare. Yes, I'm in a walking boot right now and yes my leg isn't the perfectly shaped leg your used to seeing. But it is in no ways grossly mis-shapen. I don't mind if you take a glance, but to obviously stare as I walk by then continue to stare after we walk by is downright rude.
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Some people would complain even if you hang them with a new rope
people who sit next to me and mock the show I'm watching. happens allllllllll the time when I'm watching Ghost Hunters. if you don't like it, go away and stop making me uncomfortable...
There seems to be a epidemic of men walking around stores smelling of something awful, I then realise they have yet to invest in the magical inexpensive stick known as under-arm deoderant and the other magical block known as soap, I can understand at walmart ... but Macys? ?:)
It's the biggest! It's the best! It's Bond and beyond!
People who call, leave a long meesage and then spit out their call back number so fast that I can't get it all on my first listening, forcing me to listen to the whole message over again so I can get the number. I know you know your number, but I don't, take your time so I can write it down.
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People who call, leave a long meesage and then spit out their call back number so fast that I can't get it all on my first listening, forcing me to listen to the whole message over again so I can get the number. I know you know your number, but I don't, take your time so I can write it down.
Where have I heard this before?
Some people would complain even if you hang them with a new rope
Those damned silly twinkling Xmas/fairy lights that some cyclists think make them invulnerable. Each of these packs of silly lamps contain the message along the lines that they should not be used by themselves but in conjuction with a propper cycle lamp - I suppose part of the blame should be levelled at supermarkets that sell the cycle fairy lights but not the proper cycle lamps.
I've even seen them on cyclists (yes, some of them you can wear) that look as if they are old enough to know better and should definately NOT be wearing cycling shorts.
This is NOT a dig at pedal cyclists, as I am one occasioanlly myself.
My pet peeve is more literal. For a time we've had this black and white cat scavenging food, nicking it from our cat's dish when we leave the back door open. But over the hot summer, when my flatmate Danny was away, I decided to be nice to it and give it some food so it didn't have to sneak about, and gave it a stroke. It was obviously a stray.
Now we can't get rid of the bugger! It has set up shop in our garden and won't be got rid of. When I come down in the morning, it's there, standing on its hindlegs up against the glass doors and demanding food with a sense of entitlement. When it senses food is unforthcoming, its expression resembles that of Captain Mainwaring in Dad's Army, and you can see its eyes narrow. It kips in our garden, on alert for any human presence and seems to have nowhere else to go. What's more, it's an eating machine. You give it some, it wants more. It's not thin or emaciated, far from it.
A further development this morning. It has a collar! So it belongs to someone else! Why aren't they feeding it?
Looks like Nap has been adopted by a cat. Read these cat rules and you'll be fine Nap:
DOORS:Do not allow closed doors in any room. To get door opened, stand on hind legs and hammer with forepaws. Once door is opened, it is not necessary to use it. After you have ordered an "outside" door opened, stand halfway in and out and think about several things. This is particularly important during very cold weather, rain, snow, or mosquito season. Swinging doors are to be avoided at all costs.
BATHROOMS:Always accompany guests to the bathroom. It is not necessary to do anything -- just sit and stare.
HAMPERING:If one of your humans is engaged in some close activity and the other is idle, stay with the busy one. This is called "helping", otherwise known as "hampering". Following are the rules for "hampering":
a) When supervising cooking, sit just behind the left heel of the cook. You cannot be seen and thereby stand a better chance of being stepped on and then picked up and comforted.
b) For book readers, get in close under the chin, between eyes and book, unless you can lie across the book itself.
c) For knitting projects or paperwork, lie on the work in the most appropriate manner so as to obscure as much of the work or at least the most important part. Pretend to doze, but every so often reach out and slap the pencil or knitting needles. The worker may try to distract you; ignore it. Remember, the aim is to hamper work.
Embroidery and needlepoint projects make great hammocks in spite of what the humans may tell you.
d) For people paying bills (monthly activity) or working on income taxes or Christmas cards (annual activity), keep in mind the aim -- to hamper! First, sit on the paper being worked on. When dislodged, watch sadly from the side of the table. When activity proceeds nicely, roll around on the papers, scattering them to the best of your ability. After being removed for the second time, push pens, pencils, and erasers off the table, one at a time.
e) When a human is holding the newspaper in front of him/her, be sure to jump on the back of the paper. They love to jump too.
WALKING:As often as possible, dart quickly and as close as possible in front of the human, especially: on stairs, when they have something in their arms, in the dark, and when they first get up in the morning. This will help their coordination skills.
BEDTIME:Always sleep on the human at night so s/he cannot move around.
TOYS:
Any small item is a potential toy. If a human tries to confiscate it, this means that it is a Good Toy. Run with it under the bed. Look suitably outraged when the human grabs you and takes it away.
Always watch where it is put so you can steal it later. Two reliable sources of toys are dresser tops and wastebaskets. There are several types of cat toys.
Bright shiny things like keys, brooches, or coins should be hidden so that the other cat(s) or humans can't play with them. They are generally good for playing hockey with on uncarpeted floors.
Dangly and/or string-like things such as shoelaces, cords, gold chains, and dental floss also make excellent toys. They are favorites of humans who like to drag them across the floor for us to pounce on. When a string is dragged under a newspaper or throw rug, it magically becomes the Paper/Rug Mouse and should be killed at all costs. Take care, though. Humans are sneaky and will try to make you lose your Dignity.
PAPER BAGS: Within paper bags dwell the Bag Mice. They are small and camouflaged to be the same color as the bag, so they are hard to see. But you can easily hear the crinkling noises they make as they scurry around the bag. Anything, up to and including shredding the bag, can be done to kill them. Note: any other cat you may find in a bag hunting for Bag Mice is fair game for a Sneak Attack, which will usually result in a great Tag match.
HUMANS:Humans have three primary functions: to feed us, to play with and give attention to us, and to clean the litter box. It is important to maintain one's Dignity when around humans so that they will not forget who is the master of the house. Humans need to know basic rules. They can be taught if you start early and are consistent.
You will then have a smooth-running household.
The above pet peeve has now been adopted by the household. A very nice, clean cat too, gets on with the other cats.
-Religious folk that shove their beliefs down your throat and generally try to convert you.
-People who take up two or more parking spaces. Are you really in a hurry where you can't take the time to park properly?
-In a supermarket, when you go to one of those 10 or less item tills, the person that serves you doesn't give you a bag when you clearly need one. It's like, how do you honestly expect me to carry all of the things I just bought? Furthermore, you start to get irritated that he/she doesn't give you one so you ask in a irritated tone and they talk to you about politeness and all that jazz. wtf? If you gave me a bag in the first place I wouldn't get so irritated. Likewise, if you get something where you don't need a bag, they give you one anyway.
-People who judge a book by it's cover and when you start school/college/work/whatever people who outright ignore you from day one and basically don't try to be your friend. Furthermore, they're so fixed in that mindset for the entire duration that you're there for, no matter how many years go by or whatever. What sort of gets me is that they don't wake up one morning and realise that they were wrong for doing so and try to make amense in a forgive-and-forget type secinaro.
-Bullies (Which kinda relates with the pervious point).
-TV networks that butcher films which really ruins the pacing. I don't get why people even bother watching films on tv with all of those ads, edited for tv and in some cases have the news inbetween. Especially when I could just go rent the same film on dvd or better still, just buy it.
-Spam mail.
-When you're on the IMDb or some other film site, when you post a top 10/20/whatever list, other posters just attack your list because the list doesn't meet their standards.
-People who don't turn off their phone during a film.
-People who talk outloud in a film. Honestly, what conversation can be so important that you have to disturb everyone else?
- this guy (who's a friend) that can't see WHY putting wet, 600+ year old bones in a sealed, plastic bag is a bad idea. seriously buddy? you're just lucky that Tom and I caught it before they were in there for another night and started to mold...
- Frank Azar (TV lawyer)
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The corporate mindset.
Just generally.
X-(
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"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
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Things that annoy me are as follows:
People who classify persons on the autistic spectrum as "ret**ds" . I have often told my parents how I wish this word did was not used in American vocabulary.
People at my college who play their music or watch TV with the volume up high enough for the whole floor to hear.
Rich/ Famous people who complain about the rotten way the US is being run, while getting huge paychecks to spend on houses and expensive sports cars, when the money would better serve society by being used to fix up public schools, get equipment for police and fire departments, and other more worthy causes.
That is absolutely top! it's really made my friday morning
Oh my God---that is precious, Pen ) The fans of Twilight obviously represent a brain trust that will eventually save the world from itself. We need to put them on the Global Warming Problem straightaway. I hope Curt Siodmak isn't still around to learn what a poser and ripoff artist he was back in '41...
By the way, I've reviewed The Wolfman in the 'last film seen' thread---and stand by it, Twilight Fans! :v {:)
Check out my Amazon author page!Mark Loeffelholz
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
That is absolutely top! it's really made my friday morning
Oh my God---that is precious, Pen ) The fans of Twilight obviously represent a brain trust that will eventually save the world from itself. We need to put them on the Global Warming Problem straightaway. I hope Curt Siodmak isn't still around to learn what a poser and ripoff artist he was back in '41...
By the way, I've reviewed The Wolfman in the 'last film seen' thread---and stand by it, Twilight Fans! :v {:)
isn't it just? I alternately LMAO'd and Face/Palmed. and then went around stirring up trouble in some of the comments supporting that person's arguments. this is what I do on my nights off
gives me little hope for the younger generations...
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j.bladesCurrently? You must be joking?Posts: 530MI6 Agent
I dislike annoying talk i.e: a repetition of the word "like" when not needed,
bad accents,
general loudness and rudness,
copying of accents,
eating loudly or with ones mouth open and finally talking with flailing hands or gestures
and escpesially individuals with an inferiority complex ( I no many people that even acknowledge the fact that they have this and it angers the hell out of me!).
"I take a ridiculous pleasure in what I eat and drink."
~ Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
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People who decide to walk up the escalator when there's a perfect staircase right next to it that no one is using.
Yes my dad would agree with you to the point were he actualy stands on the right side of the escalator so people are forced to stand. And while blocking up the right side he converses of unintelligent people running up the escalotor " the escalator is for people who don't wish to walk". Its really amuesing. )
"I take a ridiculous pleasure in what I eat and drink."
Comic book store hours. Every one of them doesn't open till noon and close at frickin' five
Who do they think they are, CEOs?
I happen to work graveyard shift and would like to pick up a few items at some sort of decent morning hour. Every other store is either nine or ten.
Lazy asses
Well it wouldn't be much of a 14-year old teenager's dream job if he had to get up any earlier then 11:00, now would it? ) I took a friend to a comic store with me once while a picked up a few titles. He almost got booted out for 'mishandling the merchandise' and he pretty much vowed to never return. I have to admit, it seems like most the comic book store employees I come across can be some weird prima donna types!
Comic book store hours. Every one of them doesn't open till noon and close at frickin' five
Who do they think they are, CEOs?
I happen to work graveyard shift and would like to pick up a few items at some sort of decent morning hour. Every other store is either nine or ten.
Lazy asses
Well it wouldn't be much of a 14-year old teenager's dream job if he had to get up any earlier then 11:00, now would it? ) I took a friend to a comic store with me once while a picked up a few titles. He almost got booted out for 'mishandling the merchandise' and he pretty much vowed to never return. I have to admit, it seems like most the comic book store employees I come across can be some weird prima donna types!
everyone, with the exception of the owner (who can be intimidating sometimes, other times he's sweet), and my local Comic shop is pretty chill. they don't yell at you for sitting down in the isles and paging through books and are REALLY good at recommending stuff. They DO have really weird hours, but are open on sundays...which is AWESOME.
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They should invent a personal chip which is injected into each person's wrist. To get your money, simply swipe your palm with a swift Klatuu motion. Eliminate the PIN completely.
People who print stuff, use up all the paper, then never refill the trays in the printers and copiers, causing jobs to back up for everybody else.
Likewise, people who cause a paper jam in the copier because they're too stupid to figure out how to use the thing properly, then just walk away, leaving the machine in a non-working state without telling anyone.
"Sign over" to the day crew. (so we know who to blame)
Like I've got time in the morning to wait on Mister Tardy!
OUTED!
Roger Moore 1927-2017
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Where have I heard this before?
I've even seen them on cyclists (yes, some of them you can wear) that look as if they are old enough to know better and should definately NOT be wearing cycling shorts.
This is NOT a dig at pedal cyclists, as I am one occasioanlly myself.
mayo in a jar is perfectly fine...
Ketchup, Mustard and everything else doesn't bother me...
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You did hear they are getting rid of the ketchup squeeze packs? They are being replaced by little dipping cups.
Check it out:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10447881-1.html
that's actually kind of awesome
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The above pet peeve has now been adopted by the household. A very nice, clean cat too, gets on with the other cats.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
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-People who take up two or more parking spaces. Are you really in a hurry where you can't take the time to park properly?
-In a supermarket, when you go to one of those 10 or less item tills, the person that serves you doesn't give you a bag when you clearly need one. It's like, how do you honestly expect me to carry all of the things I just bought? Furthermore, you start to get irritated that he/she doesn't give you one so you ask in a irritated tone and they talk to you about politeness and all that jazz. wtf? If you gave me a bag in the first place I wouldn't get so irritated. Likewise, if you get something where you don't need a bag, they give you one anyway.
-People who judge a book by it's cover and when you start school/college/work/whatever people who outright ignore you from day one and basically don't try to be your friend. Furthermore, they're so fixed in that mindset for the entire duration that you're there for, no matter how many years go by or whatever. What sort of gets me is that they don't wake up one morning and realise that they were wrong for doing so and try to make amense in a forgive-and-forget type secinaro.
-Bullies (Which kinda relates with the pervious point).
-TV networks that butcher films which really ruins the pacing. I don't get why people even bother watching films on tv with all of those ads, edited for tv and in some cases have the news inbetween. Especially when I could just go rent the same film on dvd or better still, just buy it.
-Spam mail.
-When you're on the IMDb or some other film site, when you post a top 10/20/whatever list, other posters just attack your list because the list doesn't meet their standards.
-People who don't turn off their phone during a film.
-People who talk outloud in a film. Honestly, what conversation can be so important that you have to disturb everyone else?
- Frank Azar (TV lawyer)
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Just generally.
X-(
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
http://www.latinoreview.com/news/taylor-lautner-fan-letter-to-universal-your-wolfman-ripped-off-twilight-9247
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People who classify persons on the autistic spectrum as "ret**ds" . I have often told my parents how I wish this word did was not used in American vocabulary.
People at my college who play their music or watch TV with the volume up high enough for the whole floor to hear.
Rich/ Famous people who complain about the rotten way the US is being run, while getting huge paychecks to spend on houses and expensive sports cars, when the money would better serve society by being used to fix up public schools, get equipment for police and fire departments, and other more worthy causes.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
That is absolutely top! it's really made my friday morning
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Oh my God---that is precious, Pen
By the way, I've reviewed The Wolfman in the 'last film seen' thread---and stand by it, Twilight Fans! :v {:)
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
isn't it just? I alternately LMAO'd and Face/Palmed. and then went around stirring up trouble in some of the comments supporting that person's arguments. this is what I do on my nights off
gives me little hope for the younger generations...
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bad accents,
general loudness and rudness,
copying of accents,
eating loudly or with ones mouth open and finally talking with flailing hands or gestures
and escpesially individuals with an inferiority complex ( I no many people that even acknowledge the fact that they have this and it angers the hell out of me!).
~ Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
Yes my dad would agree with you to the point were he actualy stands on the right side of the escalator so people are forced to stand. And while blocking up the right side he converses of unintelligent people running up the escalotor " the escalator is for people who don't wish to walk". Its really amuesing.
~ Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
Who do they think they are, CEOs?
I happen to work graveyard shift and would like to pick up a few items at some sort of decent morning hour. Every other store is either nine or ten.
Lazy asses
Well it wouldn't be much of a 14-year old teenager's dream job if he had to get up any earlier then 11:00, now would it?
everyone, with the exception of the owner (who can be intimidating sometimes, other times he's sweet), and my local Comic shop is pretty chill. they don't yell at you for sitting down in the isles and paging through books and are REALLY good at recommending stuff. They DO have really weird hours, but are open on sundays...which is AWESOME.
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