You know what really grinds my gears?

[Psyblast]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

QFT! Nobody cares about Mike Hart!

[elicoleman]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

But here is another question...How close does the person have to be to the door for you to wait for them to open it for them? 10 feet? 20 Feet? There is nothing more akward than being in that "No-Mans land" where if you do wait, it feels like your waiting far too long and if you don't wait, you kind of feel like a jerk. And then you feel that if you look backwards to get the measurement and they see you than you are obligated to open the door, otherwise, you really feel like your just dissing them completely.

I totally understand what you mean. If you hold the door for more than 4-6 seconds, you're just being creepy. It's like you're waiting for them so you can attack them or something.

Sometimes you get caught in a situation where you think they're close but they're walking much slower, so you do feel very awkward holding the door. But you can't hold the door then a few seconds later say '**** it' and let the door shut. Then you just look like an *******.

If the person is close enough to me but I don't feel like being stuck behind them, I'll give the polite door push from behind so that the door is still partially open when the person behind me reaches the door.

[Psyblast]

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We've also had similar discussion talking about when do you say 'bless you' after a sneeze, and what happens if there's numerous sneezes? Do you say bless you after every single one of them?

LOL, that was an exact episode of Seinfeld.

[Stu]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

How about the people that are walking in a door in front of you that somebody else held for them and rather than holding the door, they slip through it without touching it at all. This really pisses me off. If somebody holds the door for you, the least you can do is return the favor for the person behind you.

[elicoleman]

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My wife has sneeze attacks and she knows that she get's only one "Bless You." I've explained that it doesn't make sense to say it 5,10 or 15 times in a row when she goes on a rampage.

I mentioned this last week with my buddies. I'll normally do up to three 'bless you's' but after that, nope. After three sneezes, you're just pissing me off.

And if you sneezes ridiculously too loud, so much so that you've scared the **** out of me (yes dad, I'm looking at you) then you've lost your 'bless you' priveleges. Now you're just getting a '**** you' from me.

Man, but what happens if you are anticipating the second opening, but it doesn't come....then you've missed your opportunity to say thanks and you kind of look like the a-hole that grinds peoples gears. But if they're close enough ususally you can tell what the other persons intentions are ahead of time.

If there's two doors close enough, and they've held the door for me, I'll normally do the courteous thing and hold the 2nd door for them.

I guess the only thing to do if they held both doors would be to give a thanks somewhere in between the two doors. Two thank you's seems out of line though.

[Trevytrev11]

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I just got caught doing this the other night, but it grinds my gears when a female wears a top that reveals two of her most prized posessions and then gives you the "WTF" look when you get got trying to sneak a peak. If you don't want the world staring, then don't put them on display.

[elicoleman]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

How about the people that are walking in a door in front of you that somebody else held for them and rather than holding the door, they slip through it without touching it at all. This really pisses me off. If somebody holds the door for you, the least you can do is return the favor for the person behind you.

In that situation, at the VERY least you should push the door from behind you and allow that person to grab the door while open even if you don't stop and let them pass you.

Letting the door shut completely is unacceptable in society and warrants a beatdown in the parking lot later on.

[stewaat]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I just got caught doing this the other night, but it grinds my gears when a female wears a top that reveals two of her most prized posessions and then gives you the "WTF" look when you get got trying to sneak a peak. If you don't want the world staring, then don't put them on display.

Don't feel bad deep inside you gave her the self esteem boost she needed

[Trevytrev11]

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Also, regarding the doors. If I'm in a crappy mood and I hold the door and don't get the "Thank You", I'll still reply with the sarcastic "You're Welcome."

[Trevytrev11]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

In that situation, at the VERY least you should push the door from behind you and allow that person to grab the door while open even if you don't stop and let them pass you.

Letting the door shut completely is unacceptable in society and warrants a beatdown in the parking lot later on.

Kind of on the opposite end of the spectrum, what about the people that still feel the need to touch/hold/brace the door while you are obviously in control of holding it. So your either behind the door or infront of the door holding it open and they feel the need to stick their arm out in case your a jerk and just let it go. It's obvious you are stationary and are not "Handing it off" as you pass through the door, but they still act as if it's covered in vasoline and might just slip out of your hands.

[ODogg]

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You know what grinds my gears? A new roll of toilet paper being put on the roll wrong!!!

When putting a new roll of toilet paper on the roll you should always put it so that the paper falls from the top of the roll and not the back/bottom. There is no reason to put it the opposite way, so that the paper falls from behind the roll, often resulting in a mad spinning of the roll to determine where the end of the roll is.

I've had occasions where I have done this at my house and seeing as how I live alone I have no other choice but to cuss myself out for my stupidity as I spin the toilet paper roll in futility looking for the end. Usually I just become enraged and take off the entire roll and rip at it.

[Trevytrev11]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

You know what grinds my gears? A new roll of toilet paper being put on the roll wrong!!!

When putting a new roll of toilet paper on the roll you should always put it so that the paper falls from the top of the roll and not the back/bottom. There is no reason to put it the opposite way, so that the paper falls from behind the roll, often resulting in a mad spinning of the roll to determine where the end of the roll is.

I've had occasions where I have done this at my house and seeing as how I live alone I have no other choice but to cuss myself out for my stupidity as I spin the toilet paper roll in futility looking for the end. Usually I just become enraged and take off the entire roll and rip at it.

I agree, I'm a big proponent of the over the top method.

I just had two bad experiences with TP in the last week. The first case, there was a certain spot where for some reason the TP got stuck to the part directly underneath, so everytime I got to that spot, the TP ripped. The second case (this happens occasionally), instead of pulling the two plies together, I was pulling the apart. So I had two plies, but they were flopping away from eachother instead of sticking to eachother.

[MassNole]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I am very much in the over the top camp as well, going the evil way is asking for one of our cats to grab it and destroy the roll. It took me several months to break my wife of this vile practice.

[TheMatrix31]

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Threads like this are prime examples of why Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm are two of the best shows ever created.

Anyways, one of the many things that grind my gears is when I'm working @ Baskin and people come in the door. I'll greet them and say "Hey how are you guys doin?" or something of that sort, and they don't greet you back. Sometimes, they don't even aknowledge you.

I never help anyone who does that to me. How much of a lack of decency do you have to have to not greet someone who greets you?

****ers.

[Husker_OS]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I hate it when people change lanes at an intersection just to be the first car at the intersection even when there's only one car in front of them.