What are your pet peeves? - Page 14

Kevy Baby · 08-17-2006, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Prudence

It just becomes a tug of war. I turn them back on, she stomps down and turns them off. I'm a pawn in a literal turf war. there's not enough office space and the other department feels like they own this floor, and the building manager is on their side.

Wait a minute...

She knows you are there and STILL turns the lights off?!? I just assumed that she thought no-one was around and was trying to save electricity. What a freakin' bee-ach!

Gemini Cricket · 08-17-2006, 10:06 AM

I'm with Kevy. Put her lights out!

Kevy Baby · 08-17-2006, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I'm with Kevy. Put her lights out!

And then turn off the lights in her office!

Gemini Cricket · 08-17-2006, 10:32 AM

Those cartons of orange juice that have a screw top cap on the side of the carton top. I thought the deal was that they made the top of a carton that way so you could open the top of the carton by unfolding it?
Have we become so inept that we can't open a carton that way any more and need the screw top?

AND

Once you open the screw top, there's a funky inner lid with a ring to pull. You pull the ring and juice squirts out at you.

Urrrrgh!

Kevy Baby · 08-17-2006, 12:52 PM

Though I don't know it for a fact, I believe the folded top juice/milk/etc. carton has an economic advantage (read: it's cheaper). However, people have probably complained about the openability of the folded tops (if the glue isn't "just right", they don't open easily) and the screw top is probably preferred.

The inner seal is there for anti-tampering. No it is not a fail-safe solution, but it significantly lowers the probablity of the casual mischief-maker doing anything.

Or should I just shut up and let you bitch in peace?

Gemini Cricket · 08-18-2006, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

The inner seal is there for anti-tampering. No it is not a fail-safe solution, but it significantly lowers the probablity of the casual mischief-maker doing anything.

The bitching continues...

If people could just open the top of the carton like we used to as kids, then they wouldn't need to use all that plastic to make the cap and the inner seal.
Right?

I hate all these new products that are coming out that are disposable. Disposable toilet bowl brushes, disposable mops, disposable dust rags. So much waste. If you have a good toilet brush use it. You shouldn't have to buy something over and over again. One toilet brush is plenty. Get a hardy mop, it'll last you forever. Get an old shirt and use it as a rag.

Same with vacuum cleaner bags. Get a vacuum that doesn't need a new bag when it's full. Get a freakin' bagless vacuum cleaner.

lizziebith · 08-18-2006, 11:41 AM

A pet peeve involving my own idiocy: I hate it when I prepare for coffee -- measure and grind the beans, place filter in basket, turn on warmer, pour water, put ground beans in filtered basket, insert basket into slot in brewer, then walk away...without turning coffee maker ON!!

I do this twice a week at mimimum.

katiesue · 08-19-2006, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by lizziebith

A pet peeve involving my own idiocy: I hate it when I prepare for coffee -- measure and grind the beans, place filter in basket, turn on warmer, pour water, put ground beans in filtered basket, insert basket into slot in brewer, then walk away...without turning coffee maker ON!!

I do this twice a week at mimimum.

I did this once with a crockpot meal. Came home and it was pretty gross.

Mousey Girl · 08-17-2006, 02:30 PM

I don't like the cartons with the screw tops on the side because sooner or later I need the flap at leas 3/4 of the way open. I use the cartons (which are getting harder to find) for the girls. They sleep in them.

I hate having icky sinuses. I am battleing another infection. Luckily my mom keeps me supplied with anitbiotics.

Gemini Cricket · 08-17-2006, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Or should I just shut up and let you bitch in peace?

Hel-lo? You're supposed to let me (the bitch) bitch in peace.

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Originally Posted by Mousey Girl

I hate having icky sinuses. I am battleing another infection. Luckily my mom keeps me supplied with anitbiotics.

Okay, this is a stab in the dark but here goes... I used to have a lot of sinus infections. A lot. Then I found a really great ENT doctor. She told me I had a devated septum and it was causing sinus infections. Do you have that?

08-17-2006, 10:06 AM	#2
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I'm with Kevy. Put her lights out!
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08-17-2006, 10:32 AM	#4
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Those cartons of orange juice that have a screw top cap on the side of the carton top. I thought the deal was that they made the top of a carton that way so you could open the top of the carton by unfolding it? Have we become so inept that we can't open a carton that way any more and need the screw top? AND Once you open the screw top, there's a funky inner lid with a ring to pull. You pull the ring and juice squirts out at you. Urrrrgh!
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08-17-2006, 12:52 PM	#5
Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	Though I don't know it for a fact, I believe the folded top juice/milk/etc. carton has an economic advantage (read: it's cheaper). However, people have probably complained about the openability of the folded tops (if the glue isn't "just right", they don't open easily) and the screw top is probably preferred. The inner seal is there for anti-tampering. No it is not a fail-safe solution, but it significantly lowers the probablity of the casual mischief-maker doing anything. Or should I just shut up and let you bitch in peace? __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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08-18-2006, 11:41 AM	#7
lizziebith Wishing these titles could be longe Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pearblossom CA Posts: 984	A pet peeve involving my own idiocy: I hate it when I prepare for coffee -- measure and grind the beans, place filter in basket, turn on warmer, pour water, put ground beans in filtered basket, insert basket into slot in brewer, then walk away...without turning coffee maker ON!! I do this twice a week at mimimum. __________________ $ DO \|\| !$ DO ; TRY TRY: COMMAND NOT FOUND
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08-17-2006, 02:30 PM	#9
Mousey Girl Just Me Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In The Flagon With The Dragon Posts: 2,437	I don't like the cartons with the screw tops on the side because sooner or later I need the flap at leas 3/4 of the way open. I use the cartons (which are getting harder to find) for the girls. They sleep in them. I hate having icky sinuses. I am battleing another infection. Luckily my mom keeps me supplied with anitbiotics.
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