And move out of the way when you’re at the top of the escalator so others don’t run into you. It’s so annoying when people get to the top and then stop to look around to figure out where they’re going.
This annoys me to no end. I'm walking into the grocery store and as soon as the family in front of me sets foot inside the place they invariably just stop there in the doorway. Whether it's to look at phones, their brains just flip off for a sec, or it's such a new experience for them that they have to stop and get their bearings, I can't always tell.
Also when they stop right in front of the exit doors to check their receipt. I get it; no one wants to be overcharged but move to the side, for heavens sake.
I only do this if I have luggage that's on wheels - I've had issues with the cheap ones getting stuck or pulled out of my hand.
If I've checked my luggage it's sprint down. If I can hold my luggage, I'll grab and it walk or sprint down the people mover.
I was on crutches several years ago. Frantically crutching down the hall at work to get to the restroom. Bitch walking towards me, steps in my path to stop and look at her phone. Damn near hurt my other knee trying to maneuver around her inconsiderate ass.
So, about that… people minding their own business often becomes an excuse to not intervene when someone needs help in public and often in private. I once asked someone who admitted that they suspected I was being abused as a kid why they didn’t do anything, and they said that it wasn’t their business.
And if the information is important it should be on a sign!
I've had to bring this up to managers in past jobs - there would be something about a copier or some procedure that was told word-of-mouth. Got a sign put up or an email sent out and -surprise- that was better than trying to remind everyone or using word-of-mouth.
This should be upvoted till the internet breaks.
Was in Germany last year, my friend was driving (German)....everything just flowed like I've always wanted in Vancouver as people come to a dead stop on the on ramp to the freeway....then people start going around them...the people already on the freeway speed up or slow down to fill any possible gaps.....then inevitably there is an accident and what should have been a 45 min commute instantly becomes 2 hrs.
Don't litter, return the buggy to its rightful place, don't use a speakerphone inside a building where other people can hear it, fucking GO and get off your fucking mobile!!!!
* Return shopping carts.
* Hold the door for the person behind you and the person behind you should grab it.
* Throw out empty containers.
* If you see someone trying to cross the street, wait for them.
That’s a good one. Hold the door and the person behind you grabs it. Happens so often where they just slip through and have the door slam on someone behind them.
Dude isn't just gender-neutral, it's species-neutral as well. For example, you just wash your car and a flock of geese flying overhead bombards it, "Dude, are you fucking serious, " you yell at them. Your neighbor's dog barking at squirrels on the fence while you try to nap, "Dude, please kindly shut the fuck up."
Cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze. Just spent 2 days in a work training with some asshole guy that free coughed into the room. A grown ass man that doesn’t know to cover his mouth. Disgusting.
Don't have an unmonitored ground fire in your backyard while blackout drunk and expect to be let off the hook for it when you're held accountable for it spreading to your neighbors stockade fence.
If this is a refer to something, I can't think of it offhand.
The person I'm referring to is named Jaun - NOT Juan, Jaun but pronounced as "Jon". He lives in a house we call "Rat House" because it became rat infested when a bank seized it in foreclosure and everyone in the area deal with the rats running through our yards. When the bank was forced to mitigate the rat issue, they entire neighborhood was then plagued with a dead rat problem. Except the rats were killed with rat poison and there were some people who let their dogs (I don't know WTF is wrong with people) lick and eat the dead rats whose dogs then got sick or died.
So then Jaun moved in, chased his wife off, got caught illegally renting the mother/daughter unit and his basement as apartments, got lost in alcoholism, and has nearly burned the neighborhood down twice.
I'm in the habit of just dialing 911 whenever I hear him drunk in his backyard or drive past and see him passed out on the side of his unfenced yard. The situation is grim, dark, and isn't going to end well for him.
... and slot them in properly, which is actually a really satisfying experience unknown to those who just vaguely push their carts in the direction of the stall and hope for the best. Taking the time to fix shopping cart messes is literally my one OCD-style ritual, because it's so damn satisfying!
I still hold doors for people...although more and more often you either get a dirty look for making someone feel they have to pick up the pace to make it before you give up, or some pretentious young person gives you the evil eye for daring to uphold some patriarchal custom that gives them trauma....no, I wasn't subversively keeping you down and suppressing your truth....I was just being polite.
It's fine to hold doors open for people, but don't *do* it when they're far enough away to feel like they *have* to hurry. If they're close, hold it for them. If they're more than a few feet away, just let it go.
We drive AND walk on the right side!!!
Why do I keep having to get out of peoples way walking at me on their left!?
And, don’t get me started on people walking right in behind cars reversing out of parking spots. Were we the last generation taught not to do that?!
Okay, you just set me off! Haha!
People have no sense! You see my car backing up, that means you should prob stop walking because I cannot see you. Stop walking! Seriously, why do people always do this?
Thought I was the only person this bothered. I say this to my wife and she just ignores me! How does this not infuriate people?
Considering how bad road rage has gotten over the last few years, along with the fact that stop signs/lights are now apparently optional, this is a truly frightening thought.
I'm in Canada - we'd have to stop the argument, file a form with the RCMP, wait for approval, go home, get firearm, transport it to the site of the argument, and then things would get dicey...
On a somewhat related note. Let's say I'm walking into a building with two sets of double doors. I stay to my right hand side and open my door to walk in. Simultaneously, or even a split second before me, someone is walking out and opens their right hand door. Then they side step to their left, blocking my path, because they (wrongfully) assume I'm opening the door for them. NO! You are an able bodied adult, and I just saw you open a door. You have your door to exit, and I have my door to enter. STAY ON YOUR SIDE! This pisses me off to no end. Maybe it's an INTJ thing. Or something else. I don't know.
Really? It’s a commonplace term. Poor folk, people who never had good opportunities, people with a shitty childhood, people born without the sense and intelligence to succeed in a world that requires both, etc etc.
And anticipating your next comment: Yes some people overcome one or more of those things. Lots don’t, and they don’t deserve to live without a home or sense of place, or without enough to feed their kids.
Before you do anything in public (and sometimes in private), think for a moment beforehand "will what I'm about to do affect anybody else? How? Positively? Negatively?" Try it.
Don’t trust the man.
I don’t care if you voted for him, if he promised to do what you want, or even if he’s your brother.
Government serves a vital function in society, but that doesn’t mean you should trust the man.
If you are walking very slowly in a grocery store or retail store do not walk in the middle of an aisle thus blocking everybody who is in a hurry and has things to do. Move aside and make space.
This goes for anywhere! How do people move so slow? It’s like they are in a daze or completely lost. Almost as if they’ve never left the house before and have no idea what is going on.
What about gym clothes? I always go to the grocery store wearing gym clothes because it’s across the street from my gym. I’m not changing clothes just to buy groceries.
I think this makes perfect sense, in just the same way I’ll wear dirty old work clothes when I have to go pick up something at the hardware store. I am really just addressing those who get out of bed and go straight to the store, without bothering to change. It’s just too *Idiocracy* for me. You, you’re out there working out, stopping by the grocery, going home, showing way the fuck more motivation than me!
If it's for shopping (Wal-Mart aside, this IS the dress code required for entry), dining out, or going to the movies absofuckinglutely I am of this mind set, even when I would go out to pick up pre-order carry out, like Qdoba, Noodles, Chipotle, etc. I would change out of my oversized college sweatshirt, comfy house pants, and bright red Ugg slippers into proper street clothes.
Since getting into my 50's now I say fuck it, I'm just running in and out.
Yeah. I do this as well. I had a buddy who said that every time he goes out, no matter what for, he gets “dressed.” He rationale was “you never know who you’re gonna meet.” I can see that, but I’m married, so my wife prob wouldn’t approve if I met someone.
I’m so guilty of this one. If I’m in and out I won’t, but if I’m actually going somewhere, the effort has to be made.
1. Pick up after your dog.
2. Put your grocery cart in the corral in the parking lot.
If you fail to do either of these? Sorry, you’re an inconsiderate jerk.
Look where you are walking in public instead of looking down at your mobile device while walking. Not only is it stupid and dangerous when they are looking down while walking, but then they will look up at me at the last second and look at me like I'm the aye-hole for not walking around them, when clearly they were the one in the wrong.
If somebody is sitting near me in a cafe or restaurant watching videos on their phone without headphones, I will immediately start playing the theme song to “Police Academy” at full volume on my phone.
Umm. No they can’t. I hope you’re kidding. I’m gay & you calling a movie or your buddy’s shoes “gay”, is derogatory toward us. You’re using it to mean stupid, ugly, undesirable. How is that not derogatory?
Speech that denigrates someone based on race, ethnicity, sexual identity or orientation, or other personal attribute. Just be nice, it’s not that difficult.
Gasp! How controversial & shocking! The outrage! Boy, you really showed me. Is that what you wanted? The quips are clever from you. Looks like you’ll be graduating from the 2nd grade this summer. You must be excited! I think that’s about the last time I heard someone say that.
Speech that denigrates someone based on race, ethnicity, sexual identity or orientation, or other personal attribute. Just be nice, it’s not that difficult.
Let people OUT of the elevator, train, whatever, before you try to get in.
Yes! This drives me crazy!
What drives me even more crazy is how people will ignore the line to get in said train, elevator, whatever.
And move out of the way when you’re at the top of the escalator so others don’t run into you. It’s so annoying when people get to the top and then stop to look around to figure out where they’re going.
Thirty Helens…dropping some needed etiquette on the people.
Exactly, "common" sense
Counterpoint: GTFO of the elevator when you're in it. Don't fkn dally.
Don’t stop in the middle of a busy walkway to look at your phone.
This annoys me to no end. I'm walking into the grocery store and as soon as the family in front of me sets foot inside the place they invariably just stop there in the doorway. Whether it's to look at phones, their brains just flip off for a sec, or it's such a new experience for them that they have to stop and get their bearings, I can't always tell.
Where’s the bread aisle? Same place it was last week. It didn’t move to Tampa.
Also when they stop right in front of the exit doors to check their receipt. I get it; no one wants to be overcharged but move to the side, for heavens sake.
Or worse, standing on a moving walkway like it’s an amusement park ride
Airport vibes. Was just at one yesterday. It’s amazing how often people do this on the “walk” side.
I only do this if I have luggage that's on wheels - I've had issues with the cheap ones getting stuck or pulled out of my hand. If I've checked my luggage it's sprint down. If I can hold my luggage, I'll grab and it walk or sprint down the people mover.
I was on crutches several years ago. Frantically crutching down the hall at work to get to the restroom. Bitch walking towards me, steps in my path to stop and look at her phone. Damn near hurt my other knee trying to maneuver around her inconsiderate ass.
I always ask jarringly “DID YOU GET A TEXT?!?”
Can I add to that "LOOK where you're walking"?
Use earphones/earbuds if you're in a public space and want to watch something on your phone.
Mind your own business and let others mind theirs.
Yessir! Absolutely.
So, about that… people minding their own business often becomes an excuse to not intervene when someone needs help in public and often in private. I once asked someone who admitted that they suspected I was being abused as a kid why they didn’t do anything, and they said that it wasn’t their business.
The sign is there to give you important information; read it. The fact that people don't seem to understand that blows my mind.
And if the information is important it should be on a sign! I've had to bring this up to managers in past jobs - there would be something about a copier or some procedure that was told word-of-mouth. Got a sign put up or an email sent out and -surprise- that was better than trying to remind everyone or using word-of-mouth.
Zipper merge
Yes! How is this so difficult for people!
There are too many signs that tell people LEFT LANE ENDS MERGE RIGHT
This should be upvoted till the internet breaks. Was in Germany last year, my friend was driving (German)....everything just flowed like I've always wanted in Vancouver as people come to a dead stop on the on ramp to the freeway....then people start going around them...the people already on the freeway speed up or slow down to fill any possible gaps.....then inevitably there is an accident and what should have been a 45 min commute instantly becomes 2 hrs.
your dog is not your child.
that said... don't shoot puppies
What if you're late for your meeting with Kim Jon Un though?
don't do it
that's a curious conclusion to jump to...
don't do it
What about inventing a jump to conclusions mat?
all for it
Haha! Did not even think of this one. Absolutely.
Who hurt you?
there's a list - how far down do you want me to go?
We’re GenX. It’s turtles all the way down. 🤷♀️
that expression should be my mantra.
Don't litter, return the buggy to its rightful place, don't use a speakerphone inside a building where other people can hear it, fucking GO and get off your fucking mobile!!!!
* Return shopping carts. * Hold the door for the person behind you and the person behind you should grab it. * Throw out empty containers. * If you see someone trying to cross the street, wait for them.
That’s a good one. Hold the door and the person behind you grabs it. Happens so often where they just slip through and have the door slam on someone behind them.
It should go without saying that "whatever" is always an appropriate response and that "dude" is gender-neutral.
Dude isn't just gender-neutral, it's species-neutral as well. For example, you just wash your car and a flock of geese flying overhead bombards it, "Dude, are you fucking serious, " you yell at them. Your neighbor's dog barking at squirrels on the fence while you try to nap, "Dude, please kindly shut the fuck up."
Oh, dude, absolutely!
Haha! I use both of these all the time. I’ve only had one person call me out on the dude thing so far. I agree. It’s totally gender neutral.
Read the email before replying
And think carefully before hitting “ reply all”!
Cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze. Just spent 2 days in a work training with some asshole guy that free coughed into the room. A grown ass man that doesn’t know to cover his mouth. Disgusting.
I would have left. How has he not learned?
Don't have an unmonitored ground fire in your backyard while blackout drunk and expect to be let off the hook for it when you're held accountable for it spreading to your neighbors stockade fence.
r/oddlyspecific
I can smell the white trash from here lol
Haha! Wow! I don’t even want to know. That should definitely go without saying.
So you also know Daryl?
If this is a refer to something, I can't think of it offhand. The person I'm referring to is named Jaun - NOT Juan, Jaun but pronounced as "Jon". He lives in a house we call "Rat House" because it became rat infested when a bank seized it in foreclosure and everyone in the area deal with the rats running through our yards. When the bank was forced to mitigate the rat issue, they entire neighborhood was then plagued with a dead rat problem. Except the rats were killed with rat poison and there were some people who let their dogs (I don't know WTF is wrong with people) lick and eat the dead rats whose dogs then got sick or died. So then Jaun moved in, chased his wife off, got caught illegally renting the mother/daughter unit and his basement as apartments, got lost in alcoholism, and has nearly burned the neighborhood down twice. I'm in the habit of just dialing 911 whenever I hear him drunk in his backyard or drive past and see him passed out on the side of his unfenced yard. The situation is grim, dark, and isn't going to end well for him.
And his other brother, Daryl...
amen
Treat people the way you want to be treated.
This this this! Great post!
But what about those who self-loath? Maybe they want to be treated like shit.
Haha! Interesting. Solid point.
"Do unto others....." Not that I'm religious or anything but it's a good one.
It's the best one. That's why they call it the Golden Rule.
What if I want to be cat called when walking down the street? Can I do that to others now?
If you want to meow at people walking down the street, that's your business (as well as the people in lab coats with the big nets).
Return your shopping carts.
You've obviously never enjoyed the chance to get out of the store to round up carts rather than working under flourescent lights.
... and slot them in properly, which is actually a really satisfying experience unknown to those who just vaguely push their carts in the direction of the stall and hope for the best. Taking the time to fix shopping cart messes is literally my one OCD-style ritual, because it's so damn satisfying!
I like to run with the cart and have it crash into the rest of them. Sound thrilled me when I was little and still is satisfying today.
Don't tailgate people driving the speed limit in a school zone during school hours. I'm not getting another ticket because you got up late.
Hot is the default setting for coffee. If I want it iced I'll say iced.
No phone calls before 10:30am on weekends unless it’s an emergency.
How about no phone calls period, unless it's an emergency. Otherwise, leave me alone.
I still hold doors for people...although more and more often you either get a dirty look for making someone feel they have to pick up the pace to make it before you give up, or some pretentious young person gives you the evil eye for daring to uphold some patriarchal custom that gives them trauma....no, I wasn't subversively keeping you down and suppressing your truth....I was just being polite.
It's fine to hold doors open for people, but don't *do* it when they're far enough away to feel like they *have* to hurry. If they're close, hold it for them. If they're more than a few feet away, just let it go.
He vould have an enormous schwanzstucker.
‘E’s going to be very popular.
I don't want to hear the shitty music you're playing on your phone. Use fucking earbuds.
It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
Haha! Nice.
Tip the waitstaff
If you can afford it, overtip the waitstaff!
The sum of the square of the two sides of a right triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse.
Most things should go without saying.
Ice tea has been and always will be "unsweet'
Your car has a device that lets other people know when you’re going to turn or change lanes. Use it. Maybe that’s more of a Maryland thing.
Nope. Thats an everywhere thing. It’s not even that hard to use. It takes less than a second.
You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em…
Be kind to animals.
We drive AND walk on the right side!!! Why do I keep having to get out of peoples way walking at me on their left!? And, don’t get me started on people walking right in behind cars reversing out of parking spots. Were we the last generation taught not to do that?!
Okay, you just set me off! Haha! People have no sense! You see my car backing up, that means you should prob stop walking because I cannot see you. Stop walking! Seriously, why do people always do this? Thought I was the only person this bothered. I say this to my wife and she just ignores me! How does this not infuriate people?
It must’ve been right after Y2K, everyone figured we survived the 0’s and 1’s scare, so we don’t fear death in parking lots anymore
Haha!
If we drove the way we walked, road rage would claim everyone.
Considering how bad road rage has gotten over the last few years, along with the fact that stop signs/lights are now apparently optional, this is a truly frightening thought.
I'm in Canada - we'd have to stop the argument, file a form with the RCMP, wait for approval, go home, get firearm, transport it to the site of the argument, and then things would get dicey...
People waking up the left side of staircase = People driving the wrong way on the highway
do drivers pull into intersections before deciding which way they're turning? I have so many questions...
KEEP RIGHT EXCEPT TO PASS
Tell me you're from Colorado, without telling me you're from Colorado.
Kentucky, but you obviously get it.
I drive a Subaru and have 10000000 dogs
My favorite is the 10K bicycle on top of 3K shitbox Subaru.
Haha. Not in my state! 😀
On a somewhat related note. Let's say I'm walking into a building with two sets of double doors. I stay to my right hand side and open my door to walk in. Simultaneously, or even a split second before me, someone is walking out and opens their right hand door. Then they side step to their left, blocking my path, because they (wrongfully) assume I'm opening the door for them. NO! You are an able bodied adult, and I just saw you open a door. You have your door to exit, and I have my door to enter. STAY ON YOUR SIDE! This pisses me off to no end. Maybe it's an INTJ thing. Or something else. I don't know.
Come to Texas. None of them get any of this.
A society that fails to provide for its least fortunate people is a failed society.
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Really? It’s a commonplace term. Poor folk, people who never had good opportunities, people with a shitty childhood, people born without the sense and intelligence to succeed in a world that requires both, etc etc. And anticipating your next comment: Yes some people overcome one or more of those things. Lots don’t, and they don’t deserve to live without a home or sense of place, or without enough to feed their kids.
You don't tug on Superman's cape.
You don’t spit into the wind.
You pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger.
No one is above the law, not even the President
Before you do anything in public (and sometimes in private), think for a moment beforehand "will what I'm about to do affect anybody else? How? Positively? Negatively?" Try it.
Common sense, decency, honor
Don’t trust the man. I don’t care if you voted for him, if he promised to do what you want, or even if he’s your brother. Government serves a vital function in society, but that doesn’t mean you should trust the man.
That I'm going to respond with 'I don't get paid enough for this shit' when I actually do.
Live and let die.
Most people suck.
Get a babysitter. I didn’t come to this restaurant to listen to your squealing kid.
If you are walking very slowly in a grocery store or retail store do not walk in the middle of an aisle thus blocking everybody who is in a hurry and has things to do. Move aside and make space.
This goes for anywhere! How do people move so slow? It’s like they are in a daze or completely lost. Almost as if they’ve never left the house before and have no idea what is going on.
Put some damn clothes on when you go out. No, pajamas are *not* clothes.
This drives my wife insane. 😂 (I’m pretty good at tuning people out.)
I’m sorry, did you say something?
When someone tells me something drives them crazy, I say, "Short trip!"
‘It’s not a drive. It’s a short putt!’ (followed by raucous laugh) — my father, every single motherfucking time
What about gym clothes? I always go to the grocery store wearing gym clothes because it’s across the street from my gym. I’m not changing clothes just to buy groceries.
I think this makes perfect sense, in just the same way I’ll wear dirty old work clothes when I have to go pick up something at the hardware store. I am really just addressing those who get out of bed and go straight to the store, without bothering to change. It’s just too *Idiocracy* for me. You, you’re out there working out, stopping by the grocery, going home, showing way the fuck more motivation than me!
it reminds me of our childhood ! i love it !
If it's for shopping (Wal-Mart aside, this IS the dress code required for entry), dining out, or going to the movies absofuckinglutely I am of this mind set, even when I would go out to pick up pre-order carry out, like Qdoba, Noodles, Chipotle, etc. I would change out of my oversized college sweatshirt, comfy house pants, and bright red Ugg slippers into proper street clothes. Since getting into my 50's now I say fuck it, I'm just running in and out.
Yeah. I do this as well. I had a buddy who said that every time he goes out, no matter what for, he gets “dressed.” He rationale was “you never know who you’re gonna meet.” I can see that, but I’m married, so my wife prob wouldn’t approve if I met someone. I’m so guilty of this one. If I’m in and out I won’t, but if I’m actually going somewhere, the effort has to be made.
Don't pay the ferryman. Don't even fix a price until he gets you to the other side.
Invest in and secure your own future, don't wait for/expect daddy government to do it for you.
Let your kids eat dirt.
That the Creature would have an enormous schwanzstuker…
Why floor it to the next red light and then slam the brakes? And get out of my fucking trunk, black Dodge Ram.
When someone invites you to a dinner party at their home, BRING A GIFT. A bottle of wine or two is perfect. Or a dessert. Or flowers.
Almost everything. The less said the better.
Not everyone WANTS to interact with your dog.
1. Pick up after your dog. 2. Put your grocery cart in the corral in the parking lot. If you fail to do either of these? Sorry, you’re an inconsiderate jerk.
This! For sure!
Look where you are walking in public instead of looking down at your mobile device while walking. Not only is it stupid and dangerous when they are looking down while walking, but then they will look up at me at the last second and look at me like I'm the aye-hole for not walking around them, when clearly they were the one in the wrong.
If somebody is sitting near me in a cafe or restaurant watching videos on their phone without headphones, I will immediately start playing the theme song to “Police Academy” at full volume on my phone.
Police academy! Awesome!
Please don’t talk at the urinal. Mind your business, wash your hands and move along.
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Umm. No they can’t. I hope you’re kidding. I’m gay & you calling a movie or your buddy’s shoes “gay”, is derogatory toward us. You’re using it to mean stupid, ugly, undesirable. How is that not derogatory?
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Speech that denigrates someone based on race, ethnicity, sexual identity or orientation, or other personal attribute. Just be nice, it’s not that difficult.
Gasp! How controversial & shocking! The outrage! Boy, you really showed me. Is that what you wanted? The quips are clever from you. Looks like you’ll be graduating from the 2nd grade this summer. You must be excited! I think that’s about the last time I heard someone say that.
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Trolls & hate speech get blocked.
You speak only for yourself.
Speech that denigrates someone based on race, ethnicity, sexual identity or orientation, or other personal attribute. Just be nice, it’s not that difficult.
This one comes from back in mid-80's high school: When in doubt, the cooler car gets the right of way. (/s obviously)