Grumpy Old Men

[Avicenna]

THE WORLD WILL NOT END IN SIX YEARS!! The Mayan calendar isn't foretelling our demise in 2012.*





















*I hope.

But the Aztec one does.

[Silver Rusher]

Eeeexcellent, my thread seems to be a huge success.

Another thing that I hate: people who lie just so they can have a conversation with you. A big example of this is when you are talking to your friend about a game that's about to come out, and then this annoying son of a **** comes along and says "oh yeah, I got that game. I finished it ages ago." What's worse is when you correct them and then they come up with some lame excuse like "Oh, I thought you were talking about something else" even though they already mentioned the title of the game.

(Language - Beirut)

[Blodrast]

well, while I may not be old enough to qualify as "old" (yet), I definitely make up for that in grumpiness.

I also hate people who walk at a snail's pace in a supermarket, taking up an entire lane. Same with sidewalks, I walk at a pretty fast pace, and I hate it when people are so rude that they don't bother to step aside for a bit to give you room to pass.
I also hate a-holes (of either sex) that come from the opposite way, and it's obvious that unless either of us changes their course a little, we'll collide. And they don't make a move, and out of spite, I don't either - how can they be so presumptuous ?! Why should _I_ move ?
It seems natural to me that we both make a little effort. And of course, after we do bump, they have this offended look and turn their heads after me... well, **** you !

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

But the Aztec one does.

But that wasn't what I was ranting about, was it?

[Blodrast]

But that wasn't what I was ranting about, was it?

That's it, keep the spirit of the thread: be grumpy !

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

That's it, keep the spirit of the thread: be grumpy !

I do my best.


Er, I mean...

[Sasaki Kojiro]

American coverage of the world cup:

Now in soccer, as you know, you aren't allowed to touch the ball with your hands...

That and they're skipping half the quarterfinals to show golf and are skipping the semis entirely.

[Avicenna]

well, while I may not be old enough to qualify as "old" (yet), I definitely make up for that in grumpiness.

I also hate people who walk at a snail's pace in a supermarket, taking up an entire lane. Same with sidewalks, I walk at a pretty fast pace, and I hate it when people are so rude that they don't bother to step aside for a bit to give you room to pass.
I also hate a-holes (of either sex) that come from the opposite way, and it's obvious that unless either of us changes their course a little, we'll collide. And they don't make a move, and out of spite, I don't either - how can they be so presumptuous ?! Why should _I_ move ?
It seems natural to me that we both make a little effort. And of course, after we do bump, they have this offended look and turn their heads after me... well, **** you !

Another thing is when a whole bunch of kids walk as if they're all disabled/handicapped and take up a whole 1m wide sidewalk. Or any other agegroup for that matter.

[satanea juda]

I hate women who wait until they get to the front of a cue to look in thier bag for thier purse,and then start to sift though thier change for the right money.

I hate fourteen year old losers who think that being the member of a web site for two years makes them ******* old men. Muppets!!

I really hate phoneing for a job and having to speak to some half wit who can't speaky the lingo.fraggles.

I hate my missus calling my name out in public.if i want everyone to know my name sweetheart i'll wear a ******* name tag, is that just me?????

i love fraggles though.

so glad i found this thread i'll be back.

[Somebody Else]

Automated telephone operators. You know, the 'press 1 for us to try to sell you something pointless, press 2 for us to irritate you further, etc. we appreciate your call...'

I hang up unless I get a human voice within 30 seconds. Even better if it could be someone speaking intelligible English, but we can't hope for too much...

[satanea juda]

about five minuets after i wake up tommorrow i'll remember England are out of the world cup.

I hate that.

[Fragony]

Two of the worst of them all.

1) The Celine Dion terror in supermarkets, someone please chainsaw her.
2) Do I really have to listen to that dripping sod with his 'goodbye my
lover' and 'your beautifull' EVERY BLOODY HOUR when I listen to the
radio?????

[Dutch_guy]

Two of the worst of them all.

1) The Celine Dion terror in supermarkets, someone please chainsaw her.
2) Do I really have to listen to that dripping sod with his 'goodbye my
lover' and 'your beautifull' EVERY BLOODY HOUR when I listen to the
radio?????

Well I suppose you could quit listening to 538...

[Papewaio]

Automated telephone operators. You know, the 'press 1 for us to try to sell you something pointless, press 2 for us to irritate you further, etc. we appreciate your call...'

Muhahahahahaha! See I'm even a bigger pain in real life... guess what is one of the things I program in real life?

IVRs! Automated telephone things...

Mind you I'm always trying the KISS principle and let people get through to who they need quickly. But the general public doesn't seem to grasp the idea that a company can do more then one thing. Oh Canon makes more then Cameras! They want to talk to a person, NOW! but they neither want to pay for that additional cost nor do they want to even be polite to the person.

[Silver Rusher]

People who leave their PM box full when expecting PMs. Geez, if you send me a PM expecting a response, what am I supposed to do if you forget to clear some space? Magically transmit the message to your brain?

[R'as al Ghul]

On the road, those people who, when making a right(left in europe) turn in front of you slow down until they are nearly stopped. It is so aggravating to lose my speed that way.

Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!
OMG, How I hate them.
I always whish that I'd be driving a tank, or even better the batmobile.

Batman: "Alfred, could you please have a look at the batmobile, there's a strange noise coming from the front."
Alfred: "Yes, Master Bruce. I assume it's some kind of car again, that got stuck between your tires......................... Yes, got it, it was a smart. I'll dispose of it."

[Craterus]

Siblings stealing CDs, using them without permission and then leaving them out to be scratched up. How bloody hard is it to put a CD back in its case?
If I could get away with it, I swear I'd murder my sister.

[UglyandHasty]

I hate the jerks that blame everything on racism. The absolute excuse for anything.

[Csargo]

I have to agree with Craterus I hate when they do that

[The Spartan (Returns)]

hate when female teens get spoiled and buy too many things

[Craterus]

That's another reason I hate my sister so much.

[The Spartan (Returns)]

hate seafood. taste horribe imo.

[Silver Rusher]

hate when female teens get spoiled and buy too many things

Agreed.

I hate the jerks that blame everything on racism. The absolute excuse for anything.

To add to this, I hate it when people think racism against black people is the ultimate evil or something, but when somebody is racist towards white people they act like its no big deal.

[Cowhead418]

hate when female teens get spoiled and buy too many things

To add on to this, I hate it when you are playing sports with girls, and they complain about you not passing the ball to them when they never get open. I tend to get really physical when playing sports, and you have to ease up around girls because they don't like to play that way. After the never-ending *****ing about gender equality, if you want to play with men, then learn how to take it like men! No special treatment for you because you are a girl!

I hate the jerks that blame everything on racism. The absolute excuse for anything.

I'll never understand how referring to someone as 'black' gets you the racist tag. Why is that so offensive?

[Fragony]

Not something to be grumpy about, but more amazing in a could someone please pick up my jaw kind of way. I now remember why I don't watch television.

It was an american program where people who have suffered something get their house fixed. In the beginning, emotion. The guy was a cop, and his wife had developed a sense of tumor at 31 and stopped smoking. The cop explained that all his wife ever wanted was their kids growing up in the house they build together, tears galore, it was beautifull. Well, leave it to the team, they would make it all better. So.........what happened next.

A guy that should have taken his medicine screams 'LET'S BEGIIIIIIIIIIIIN'. And what do they do? They bulldoze the entire place to the ground! The house where they wanted to raise their kids! And then, dear god, they build the most atrocious pimp-palace I ever saw, all it needed was Puff-daddy and a white limo. And what do you know? The family returns, and actually loves it, tears! emotion! vultures!

Sometimes I don't understand americans

[The Spartan (Returns)]

To add on to this, I hate it when you are playing sports with girls, and they complain about you not passing the ball to them when they never get open. I tend to get really physical when playing sports, and you have to ease up around girls because they don't like to play that way. After the never-ending *****ing about gender equality, if you want to play with men, then learn how to take it like men! No special treatment for you because you are a girl!

its only good on a 1-1 game (with a girl) i did and um.. it was really fun. had the time of my life!

[The Spartan (Returns)]

i hate it when babies fake cry! they just cry no tears and when they stop they smile!!!!!!!!!!!!! they just moan and wail! i got in lots of trouble cause of that!

[Fragony]

its only good on a 1-1 game (with a girl) i did and um.. it was really fun. had the time of my life!

i hate it when babies fake cry! they just cry no tears and when they stop they smile!!!!!!!!!!!!! they just moan and wail! i got in lots of trouble cause of that!

Cause and effect mia muca

[Geoffrey S]

Sitting in a restaurant, having a nice conversation, and then *beeeeeeeeeeep*, phone. What is it with people that forget everything they are doing the moment these bloody things go off????

Apologies for a late quote, but this reminds me of a restaurant meal on my mother's birthday. Nice meal and whatnot, but a large group of medical people were talking about their medical jobs. All fine, till they started talking about cutting up corpses and how funny it apparently was to tell people that they were going to die. It's not even like we were listening in, they were practically blaring it across the room where we were located. Considering my grandfather, now deceased, who was present and had recently been told he had cancer, I'm amazed in hindsight my dad and I kept as polite as we did; after requesting they quieten down, and being refused, we ended up asking for a different location in the establishment, which we were given. Disgusting people.

Siblings stealing CDs, using them without permission and then leaving them out to be scratched up. How bloody hard is it to put a CD back in its case?

Hell yes. The times I've had to trawl through my sister's room to find a 'lost' cd...

[Fragony]

Apologies for a late quote, but this reminds me of a restaurant meal on my mother's birthday. Nice meal and whatnot, but a large group of medical people were talking about their medical jobs. All fine, till they started talking about cutting up corpses and how funny it apparently was to tell people that they were going to die. It's not even like we were listening in, they were practically blaring it across the room where we were located. Considering my grandfather, now deceased, who was present and had recently been told he had cancer, I'm amazed in hindsight my dad and I kept as polite as we did; after requesting they quieten down, and being refused, we ended up asking for a different location in the establishment, which we were given. Disgusting people.

Cut them some slack, death is their everyday's job, I think people become things after a while. I sure as well wouldn't be able to handle it, of that I am sure, I think it requires some dark humor to keep going. I must compliment your ability to not rip their heads off though, your grandfather must have felt dead already. I don't know if I would be able restraint myselve being the hothead that I am, very sad story