The Dude wrote:Did one person start to clap slowly, and it picked up, or was it spontaneous by everyone?

more spontaneous by several and laughing by others... women aren't always as bold as men folk ... i've been in a few tussles on public trans over the years -- back in 7th grade -- well -- we used to ride the K bus to and from 7th grade. A lot of times they didn't like the kids clogging up the bus and Septa would send a really old dilapidated bus to run just from our school through the rest of the K route. but it wasn't always there... so one day we're at the regular bus corner and the K driver wouldn't let any of us on?! I was yelling, banging on the back ... Some days go by and I'm out there again, this time they open the doors and as I drop my token... some red neck white driver singles me out -- he must have seen me in his sideview mirrors the time he wouldn't let us on -- and is warning me -- so I've been diss'd in front of my crew... so as I get near my stop I make my way to the front -- and before I exit I curse him out .. his face is red and he's livid, I'm outside the bus jumpin up and down cursing making noize while all my classmates and holmies are in the back watchin and laughing... i tell him to get off the bus and come get me ... (knowing of course he couldn't)

Not the end of this stupid tale --

I'm on the bus stop again, and I can see its him -- now I got a problem. I really just want to get home, not wait for the next one. So I try to slip in fast and as I'm dropping my token in , he's grabbing me by the scruff cursing me and telling me I'm not getting on his bus... but I'm yelling, "yo, man I already paid..." -- he then proceeds to rip me a transfer and kick me off...

In those days, you could not use a transfer to get on the same line, let alone in the same direction.... so I had drama with the next driver, a big silent hard brother who probably already new about me from his buddie - he warned me too and -- by then, I just ate crow cuase I wanted to get home... oddly, I never saw that guy again, but it was always a slight concern whenever I had to wait out there at the real bust stop, if he was gonna be the driver...

Those were the days...

A few years ago on the R7, there was a guy having a very loud cellphone conversation with his soon-to-be-ex-wife, who apparently had been/was hiding some of his possessions. He started screaming at her, scolding her, etc. Finally says "Don't you dare hang up on me!" which prompted guy in the back of the train car to yell out, "No, please! Hang up on him!", and everyone in the car just laffed and laffed.

jerseyhoya wrote: On a slightly lower rung of offensiveness, I'd like to complain about people who get up to the counter at a CVS or whatever, and after the clerk tells them how much the total is, they then start rummaging through their purse for their wallet, as if it has come as a total surprise to them that they would need to pay for their products.

This.

Another thing...when I order a coffee at the bookstore, why do I have to answer 28 questions? No, I don't want a cookie. No, I don't want a scone. No, I don't have your fucking rewards card. No, I don't want a reciept. No, I don't want to donate. I just want coffee. Please take my $2 and don't make me talk anymore. Tony Luke's has service down right.

Trent Steele wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote: On a slightly lower rung of offensiveness, I'd like to complain about people who get up to the counter at a CVS or whatever, and after the clerk tells them how much the total is, they then start rummaging through their purse for their wallet, as if it has come as a total surprise to them that they would need to pay for their products.

This.

Another thing...when I order a coffee at the bookstore, why do I have to answer 28 questions? No, I don't want a cookie. No, I don't want a scone. No, I don't have your $#@! rewards card. No, I don't want a reciept. No, I don't want to donate. I just want coffee. Please take my $2 and don't make me talk anymore. Tony Luke's has service down right.

Marketing. Its relentless. They have to weigh your annoyance versus the amount of extra sales they make. If you still come there despite the annoyance -- then they are winning the war...

Philly the Kid wrote:

Trent Steele wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote: On a slightly lower rung of offensiveness, I'd like to complain about people who get up to the counter at a CVS or whatever, and after the clerk tells them how much the total is, they then start rummaging through their purse for their wallet, as if it has come as a total surprise to them that they would need to pay for their products.

This.

Another thing...when I order a coffee at the bookstore, why do I have to answer 28 questions? No, I don't want a cookie. No, I don't want a scone. No, I don't have your $#@! rewards card. No, I don't want a reciept. No, I don't want to donate. I just want coffee. Please take my $2 and don't make me talk anymore. Tony Luke's has service down right.

Marketing. Its relentless. They have to weigh your annoyance versus the amount of extra sales they make. If you still come there despite the annoyance -- then they are winning the war...

How many people do I have to kill to make it stop?

I hate the point of sale, "Would you like to donate $X towards _____________?" tactic. NO I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT ALEX OR HIS LEMONADE I JUST WANT MY CHERRY FUCKING GELATI YOU TEENAGE LITTLE PRICK NOW EVERYONE IS STARING AT ME AS THOUGH I CAUSED CANCER JUST BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO DONATE A DOLLAR TO YOUR CAUSE DU JOUR

Trent Steele wrote:

Philly the Kid wrote:

Trent Steele wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote: On a slightly lower rung of offensiveness, I'd like to complain about people who get up to the counter at a CVS or whatever, and after the clerk tells them how much the total is, they then start rummaging through their purse for their wallet, as if it has come as a total surprise to them that they would need to pay for their products.

This.

Another thing...when I order a coffee at the bookstore, why do I have to answer 28 questions? No, I don't want a cookie. No, I don't want a scone. No, I don't have your $#@! rewards card. No, I don't want a reciept. No, I don't want to donate. I just want coffee. Please take my $2 and don't make me talk anymore. Tony Luke's has service down right.

Marketing. Its relentless. They have to weigh your annoyance versus the amount of extra sales they make. If you still come there despite the annoyance -- then they are winning the war...

How many people do I have to kill to make it stop?

Some unrelated random guy can kill a few dozen people on a college campus and then if you give people an angry look they stop bothering you and cops think you're randomly a public threat.

Trent Steele wrote:

Philly the Kid wrote:

Trent Steele wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote: On a slightly lower rung of offensiveness, I'd like to complain about people who get up to the counter at a CVS or whatever, and after the clerk tells them how much the total is, they then start rummaging through their purse for their wallet, as if it has come as a total surprise to them that they would need to pay for their products.

This.

Another thing...when I order a coffee at the bookstore, why do I have to answer 28 questions? No, I don't want a cookie. No, I don't want a scone. No, I don't have your $#@! rewards card. No, I don't want a reciept. No, I don't want to donate. I just want coffee. Please take my $2 and don't make me talk anymore. Tony Luke's has service down right.

Marketing. Its relentless. They have to weigh your annoyance versus the amount of extra sales they make. If you still come there despite the annoyance -- then they are winning the war...

How many people do I have to kill to make it stop?

The most effective thing is still the old fashioned letter wrting with pen and paper I think ... or -- get to know the girls at the counter and work a rap -- and it will stop.... if they are cute, use their question to you as an opening to put a rap on them...

lethal wrote:

Trent Steele wrote:

Philly the Kid wrote:

Trent Steele wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote: On a slightly lower rung of offensiveness, I'd like to complain about people who get up to the counter at a CVS or whatever, and after the clerk tells them how much the total is, they then start rummaging through their purse for their wallet, as if it has come as a total surprise to them that they would need to pay for their products.

This.

Another thing...when I order a coffee at the bookstore, why do I have to answer 28 questions? No, I don't want a cookie. No, I don't want a scone. No, I don't have your $#@! rewards card. No, I don't want a reciept. No, I don't want to donate. I just want coffee. Please take my $2 and don't make me talk anymore. Tony Luke's has service down right.

Marketing. Its relentless. They have to weigh your annoyance versus the amount of extra sales they make. If you still come there despite the annoyance -- then they are winning the war...

How many people do I have to kill to make it stop?

Some unrelated random guy can kill a few dozen people on a college campus and then if you give people an angry look they stop bothering you and cops think you're randomly a public threat.

1. Terrorism
2. ??????
3. Profit!!

Philly the Kid wrote:

Trent Steele wrote:

Philly the Kid wrote:

Trent Steele wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote: On a slightly lower rung of offensiveness, I'd like to complain about people who get up to the counter at a CVS or whatever, and after the clerk tells them how much the total is, they then start rummaging through their purse for their wallet, as if it has come as a total surprise to them that they would need to pay for their products.

This.

Another thing...when I order a coffee at the bookstore, why do I have to answer 28 questions? No, I don't want a cookie. No, I don't want a scone. No, I don't have your $#@! rewards card. No, I don't want a reciept. No, I don't want to donate. I just want coffee. Please take my $2 and don't make me talk anymore. Tony Luke's has service down right.

Marketing. Its relentless. They have to weigh your annoyance versus the amount of extra sales they make. If you still come there despite the annoyance -- then they are winning the war...

How many people do I have to kill to make it stop?

The most effective thing is still the old fashioned letter wrting with pen and paper I think ... or -- get to know the girls at the counter and work a rap -- and it will stop.... if they are cute, use their question to you as an opening to put a rap on them...

FOR CHRISSAKES PTK, THIS ISNT A STRIP CLUB, ITS A BOOKSTORE

"Would you like a scone today?"

"I don't know... would... you... like a scone today?"

My UPS driver at work talks on his bluetooth while delivering and picking up packages. He's usually there for 5-10 minutes, so it's very awkward to be there with him listening to his conversations with his buddies and not wanting to interrupt him to say, like, good morning or something. Not that I particularly want to talk with this guy, because I have and he's a little twerp, but it's still very rude and uncomfortable.

You guys would be appalled at cab drivers in NY and their bluetooths.

lethal wrote:You guys would be appalled at cab drivers in NY and their bluetooths.

With the appalling behavior they deal with on a daily basis, I think they're entitled.

They're in Philly, too. It's kind of weird when they gab away the whole time, but small talk with the cabbie is annoying 3/4ths of the time, so I don't really mind

IOW, at least they're talking to someone else and not you

When people screw up the aspect ratio on images. Like when people have avatars that look like this:


It's the visual equivalent of nails on a chalkboard for me.

The worst is when Comcast puts the scores at the bottom of the screen, they squeeze the rest of the image up to fit the scores. Amazing that a professional TV studio would do that.

Also when people who have widescreen TVs watch non widescreen stuff all stretched out so it fills the screen. Insanity.

bleh wrote:When people screw up the aspect ratio on images. Like when people have avatars that look like this:


It's the visual equivalent of nails on a chalkboard for me.

The worst is when Comcast puts the scores at the bottom of the screen, they squeeze the rest of the image up to fit the scores. Amazing that a professional TV studio would do that.

Also when people who have widescreen TVs watch non widescreen stuff all stretched out so it fills the screen. Insanity.

QFT

X3

People who stop DEAD in their tracks on the sidewalk or even worse on the steps. This happens to me several times a week, usually near the Clothespin. I will go through you motherfuckers.