You know what really grinds my gears?

[ProfessaPackMan]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

So, when coaching travel ball I'm always on those long freeway stretches trying to find a specific fast food place. Maybe it's Jack in the Box, In-N-Out, Jamba Juice, whatever...

What grinds my gears is when I'm intently looking for the restaurant or a sign for the restaurant leading up to the exit, and I don't come upon a visual of it until after I pass the exit.

These signs are never well thought out.

Come to the East Coast and ride down 95 South starting in VA and you'll start seeing signs for South of the Border every few miles for like 200 miles straight.

[nc0ffey]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

If you get to SotB you are doing yourself a disservice if you don't pull over and google map the route to Shulers BBQ and go pig out on some pig.

I grew up seeing signs for SotB on the way to and from my Grandparent's house but never got to go. Finally when I was in college at UNC Pembroke I stopped there on the was back from eating at Shulers...huge dissapointment.

[TheMatrix31]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

These Neil Patrick Harris Heineken commercials. So damn obnoxious. If they're going for humor, they fell drastically short.

I cannot stand that...I don't know how to explain it...."meandering" type of humor that is so prevalent nowadays. Where the person or people in a TV show, movie, commercial or whatever just kinda "keep going." Hard to explain. Claire and Mitch in Modern Family do it a lot, for example.

People think it's funny or cute or whatever though, so I guess that type of writing is here to stay.

[nc0ffey]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

People thinking the NBA Draft has as many rounds at the NFL Draft. Just saw on facebook someone say that the Hornets should've gotten a third round pick as part of the Lance trade. Around the trade deadline a friend of mine suggested we get a player and two sixth round picks for Lance...

[nc0ffey]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

When people talk trash about your team but they don't even have a team.

A friend of mine is a notorious *****, and it causes a lit of arguements. Yesterday he sent me a picture with the caption "Clemson mad some updates to their stadium..." with an image of a stadium with a toilet lid on top.

Several things are wrong in the message, firstly the image was not of Memorial Stadium...I believe it was the Browns stadium. On top of that Clemson has been one of the better programs in recent years. Most importantly to me, DONT RUN YOUR MOUTH WHEN YOU DONT HAVE A TEAM FOR ME TO TALK BACK ABOUT! This dude flip flops on who his team is in every sport except NFL where he is a Panthers fan...but if theyre doing poorly hes the first to fire everyone, then when they turn it around he acts as if he had been supporting them all along.

[Fresh Tendrils]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

FoxNews. Typical spin coverage.

[Blzer]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I love fast food but have never eaten or seen any of the places you listed.

West coast bias?

Jack in the Box isn't nationwide? I knew Carl's Jr. was called Hardee's over in the midwest and I know In-N-Out is only in a few states. Wasn't sure about Jamba Juice (maybe you have Juice It Up or something). I always thought Jack in the Box was all over, though.

Never seen this mascot before?

Spoiler

I naturally figured he was everywhere, even more popular than the Burger King.

[Bellsprout]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I've never seen a Jack in the Box in my admittedly sheltered life.

[areobee401]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Closest one to me is 655.95 miles away in Concord, NC.

[Blzer]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Very interesting! Speaking of sheltered, I would not have ever known Jack in the Box wasn't pretty much everywhere.

Basically a burger place, but they promote their tacos, breakfast burritos, and real ice cream shakes like no other and most of them are 24 hour drive thru (great kind of 2:00 AM meal). Many of their commercials cater to people who... how should I say this... like to get really really high.

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[TracerBullet]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I've never seen a Jack in the Box in my admittedly sheltered life.

There's one down the street from my house. Not the best, not the worst. Definitively the place for late night fast food here.

[kehlis]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Jack in the Box isn't nationwide? I knew Carl's Jr. was called Hardee's over in the midwest and I know In-N-Out is only in a few states. Wasn't sure about Jamba Juice (maybe you have Juice It Up or something). I always thought Jack in the Box was all over, though.



Never seen this mascot before?

Spoiler

I naturally figured he was everywhere, even more popular than the Burger King.

Jack in the box is almost exclusive to the west coast.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

There are a lot of things in Cali that aren't every where. Cali people are spoiled with variety of fast food places and don't realize it until they go to the midwest and east coast.

I travel the highways of the Northeast a lot. All you see on the highway for places to eat is the following:

Roy Rogers and Star Bucks in upstate New York

McDonalds, Burger King, Dunkin Donuts for Vermont, western half of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine.

Not much variety along the highways up here at all.

[kehlis]

You know what really grinds my gears?

I've lived in 4 states and 6 cities scattered between the Midwest and northeast and have never had a jack in the box.

I'm only familiar with them because every other commercial during A's games is one of theirs.

I always thought it was West coast only until it was pointed out there was one in NC.

[dickey1331]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Jack in the box is almost exclusive to the west coast.

Really? They are all over Texas.