What pisses you off? - Chapter 3

[Leo Lakio]

What pisses me off:

People who tell other people that their opinions are "wrong." (Happens a few times here on HT, too, I'm shocked to say.)

Facts and information that people present can be "right" or "wrong"; the person expressing an opinion can be "mis-informed"; but the opinion expressed can not, in and of itself and by its very nature, be either "right" or "wrong."

You invalidate others by telling them that their opinions are "wrong" - better to say that you disagree, and then present information to support YOUR opinion. You can help to open some eyes and minds that way.

[pzarquon]

Toy packaging.

Look, I understand theft is a big problem. But these days, the lengths manufacturers go to just to keep toys in their boxes are reason enough to stop buying them. (Much to my wife's chagrin, I spend more time thinking about how to pare our kids' collection down rather than how to grow it!)

It's bad enough that most toys are nothing but cheap, plastic commercials for mass-market pablum, but it's now common practice for these things to be tied into their packaging. Literally. We're talking twisted BDSM wannabees clearly working the lines at Mattel. Whether it's a doll or a baby ball toy or a fire truck, there's often no fewer than twenty thick metal wires wrapped around and through the plaything and the package, twisted tight, knotted, taped over, and worse.

I've seen a couple of toys actually screwed into their boxes. Or, actually, screwed onto random, giant planks of scrap plastic, like those CD protectors at record stores, presumably to make it inconvenient to slip that Little Tikes farmhouse under your shirt. Requiring a screwdriver to get into battery compartments makes sense - I'm glad toy makers are doing that now. But requiring a screwdriver just to get the toy out of the package? That's insane!

[Glen Miyashiro]

What pisses me off:

People who tell other people that their opinions are "wrong." (Happens a few times here on HT, too, I'm shocked to say.)

Facts and information that people present can be "right" or "wrong"; the person expressing an opinion can be "mis-informed"; but the opinion expressed can not, in and of itself and by its very nature, be either "right" or "wrong."

You invalidate others by telling them that their opinions are "wrong" - better to say that you disagree, and then present information to support YOUR opinion. You can help to open some eyes and minds that way.True, someone's opinion can't be wrong. But it can be evil. Examples are left as an exercise for the reader. :(

[Serenity]

True, someone's opinion can't be wrong. But it can be evil. Examples are left as an exercise for the reader. :(

~OR~ The reader can choose to accept it or not.

[kimo55]

toy packaging?
try consumables packaging. look at all the junk on the shelves at da market. with the stupid names we went over before about a year ago or so like Lunchables
and those cheese and crackers in all that plastic.


and that big plastic display packaging they use for most costco products; HUGE thick plastic clamshell surrounding a lil tiny product.
Takes ya a half hour to cut the product outta there and in the process ya get all cut up, and then ya have a pile of waste headed for our overly full landfills...

"What pisses you off?"
baaaaaad service at restaurants. service that tells ya the managers and employees DO want ya to take yer hard earned money and spend it on another eatery:
Jose's restaurant row. looking at a menu yetsterday. "Eh You guys have tamales?"
"lunch is OVER!"
"uh.... can I just get a tamale?"
"They are available individually... lunch is over"
(da hellsat mean!?)
"well can i just get order a tamale?"
"You have to go to the bar!"
so, I ask the bartendress; "eh. what is under?"
"uhhh the game!"
"No; if lunch is over, something is under.
I wanna order that. maybe a tamale. Can I?"
I know; oblique humor...but instead of playing into it, or try to help me get what I want, I hear a slew of assorted grunts.
jesus! they really don't wanna serve and sell. ok, I will choose a friendlier restaurant in the row!

the manager would prefer to bark the rules, parameters and schedule of the restaurant instead of expeditiously getting a paying customer something they have right there a couple yards away, in the kitchen, shoved down the hungry man's throat.
'samaddah wit people?!
(maybe the manager is pussywhipped. that'd be a real pisser...)

I managed many restaurants as well as worked as bartender and waiter for tooo long. Decades. Someone walks in, and we get them what they want wikiwiki.
Nowadays, it's all attitude. even decent basic customer service really is a lost art. I don't give a rat's ass about their mood. I don't want them doing somersalts or lickin my boot. I just want to know if I can receive what they are seemingly in business to provide.


now, if it ever went like this, if da joik said:
"wot da f**k do YOU want?!"
"tamale."
"here, here's yer f**kin tamale"
"that's better!"

then I would be happy happy.

[Serenity]

Thanks, Serenity. I hope you find some way to handle your friend. She probably doesn't realize what she's saying when you're on the phone with her and she goes off on her kid. Or maybe she's critical of you (and others) when you swear because it reminds her of a trait in herself that she dislikes. I think that kind of thing happens alot -- we get critical of other people when they exhibit traits that we see in ourselves that we'd like to get rid of. Does that make any sense?

Maybe & Perhaps, but thanks for replying back & a newer insight for me to dwell upon.

This is kind of off the subject, but... I really get a kick out of it when I look at the thread "What pisses me off?" and see a post from "Serenity." I dunno why, it just crack me up.

Well, just because my "nickname" -> is "Serenity", that doesn't mean that I will always be serene, I do have other problems as well as others do. Granted that I do try & try not to be angry, because that only wastes the energy that is inside of all us, but there are lot of things I am angry about & alot I also don't understand, so now & then, I do need some input & feed back from others, in order for me to understand things. ;)

Aloha & God Bless.

[Glen Miyashiro]

There's no place I can be, since I found Serenity.

[Fondoo2]

having dated a couple of waitreses I have learned that it's a hard job and I would have to own the place to keep my job as a waiter.If the cook messes up the order you get stiffed on your tip,if the hostes overseats you and you have too many tables you get screwed on a bunch of tips,if other waitreses don't show up you get stressed spread to thin and screwed over for your tip.Then Kimo walks in and expects happy happy server

people that think they are to important to be inconveneinced piss me off

[Serenity]

There's no place I can be, since I found Serenity.Very Profound!. *Double thumbs up smiley*!.

[Serenity]

people that think they are to important to be inconveneinced piss me off

Yeah!. No kidding, what's up with that kind of people any way?!. :mad:

Sheesh!. :mad:

[Glen Miyashiro]

having dated a couple of waitreses I have learned that it's a hard job and I would have to own the place to keep my job as a waiter.If the cook messes up the order you get stiffed on your tip,if the hostes overseats you and you have too many tables you get screwed on a bunch of tips,if other waitreses don't show up you get stressed spread to thin and screwed over for your tip.Then Kimo walks in and expects happy happy server

people that think they are to important to be inconveneinced piss me offOK. But if you want to keep your customers happy, then you gotta give them good service. Maybe you as a waiter don't care, but your boss does. Or should.

So is all that stuff you mentioned the customer's fault? I don't think so. You're pissed off at the wrong person. You'd be a lot more justified being pissed off at the order-messing-up cook, the over-seating hostess, the no-show fellow waiters, and the boss who doesn't think it's worth it to hire enough floor staff for adequate coverage.

[kimo55]

so the waitress is havin a bad day. So she's got an issue? here's a tissue. Boo f**kin hoo. Here's a clue; she is paid to have a bad day. or a good day or whatever kinda frikkin day the cook,barkeep, manager, barback, busboy assist in making her perceive her day is. Customers do have a choice to patronize a restaurant that features expiditious service and waitstaff that is freindly and knows if you DO NOT show an interest in getting them what they want (or at least fake some degree of interest) while they stand there with a menu in hand, they WILL take their business elsewhere. and especially if servers bitch about customers who they assume want happy happy servers and who they assume feel inconvenienced when given attitude rather than "what can we get you?"

[pzarquon]

Hey, if you don't like being a waitperson, get another job. Life's too short. And the job market, I'm told, is pretty damn hot right now. :p

You're right, it can ultimately be the restaurant management's fault for not adequately staffing, or compensating, or planning, or training. But, ultimately, dissatisfaction with the server - or any point along the chain - does have its impact where it should: at the company's bottom line. And whether it's because you hire bad people, or you pay people badly, the ultimate result will be the failure of your business. Not an end any business should be striving for.

People who don't understand what the word "service" in the phrase "service industry" means piss me off. Or the "service" part of "food service," for that matter.

[kimo55]

here's one thing they are apparently not taught in restaurant 101...

ya go in at about 5 pm.

howzit.
get any beer specials?

no. we have no beer special.

no happy hour deal?

naaah. all regular prices.

(their manager has not taught them to sell anything. and a little instruction is obnviously required when they hire perfunctory non thinking automatons.
Rather, the server otta say:
Heineken's ice cold at only 4 bux!
(or whatever)
Just get a beer in their hand!
Don't talk them out of it! talk them into it!

[Leo Lakio]

True, someone's opinion can't be wrong. But it can be evil.

I hear ya, and respectfully agree.

[pzarquon]

Here's another pet peeve, fresh off the streets of downtown Honolulu: maintenance workers with no common sense. One short walk to the mailbox subjected me first to a storm of flying concrete dust and paint, and then to a storm of flying grass and dirt.

First, a guy installing a new steel gate on the King Street side of 1 N. King St., the McClain Auctions building (a.k.a. Gallery 1 a.k.a. Locke's travel agency in Lost) is up on a ladder with a power circular sander, grinding away concrete to smooth a spot to anchor the hardware. Of course, as I and others walk past, he keeps on grinding, and the air is thick with dust... and the random larger chip and chunk is flying.

Then, someone running a weed whacker on a tiny patch of grass near Fort Street also fails to stop for passing pedestrians... so we're pelted with grass clippings and dirt. A guy waiting at a light in an adjacent, expensive car was eyeing the flying debris with disdain.

Grr!

[Fondoo2]

My point was having more empathy by giving examples of reasons your server may have a hard time pleasing you.
I rarley have poor service
Funny thing about this is if your goal was to have better service at restaraunts I believe if you showed more empathy and realized thats a person serving you not a corporate ideal business plan and we all have difficulties and never perform our jobs with perfection everyday you would recive better service across the board.I realize this thinking would involve lowering expectations but another factor is they will react to you in a positive way if you smile and are patiant and understanding compared to judgemental comparisons to an ideal business you may not even have owned or worked in before.

my .02 :)

[Fondoo2]

Here's another pet peeve, fresh off the streets of downtown Honolulu: maintenance workers with no common sense. One short walk to the mailbox subjected me first to a storm of flying concrete dust and paint, and then to a storm of flying grass and dirt.

First, a guy installing a new steel gate on the King Street side of 1 N. King St., the McClain Auctions building (a.k.a. Gallery 1 a.k.a. Locke's travel agency in Lost) is up on a ladder with a power circular sander, grinding away concrete to smooth a spot to anchor the hardware. Of course, as I and others walk past, he keeps on grinding, and the air is thick with dust... and the random larger chip and chunk is flying.

Then, someone running a weed whacker on a tiny patch of grass near Fort Street also fails to stop for passing pedestrians... so we're pelted with grass clippings and dirt. A guy waiting at a light in an adjacent, expensive car was eyeing the flying debris with disdain.

Grr!

I hear you mate,I have been in the service business for 20+ years auto detailing,paintless dent removal,PC repair and the level of incompetance is mindbogling.
It was especialy hard in the auto detailing business where my biggest problem was the poor quality of my industry/competition as a whole and being stuck so far above industry standard it made selling and pricing more difficult.
Our american business model makes it hard as well with ideas like "least in most out" so employers tend to pay as little as possible and then try to force out as much work for a better bottom line.A few companies want everyone to do well and take care of people first but they are rare.With the mainstream attitude employees tend to rebell and do as little work/thinking as possible and why not thats the employers just deserts for paying as little as possible

[MadAzza]

woops
sorry

[kimo55]

if you showed more empathy and realized thats a person serving you not a corporate ideal business plan and we all have difficulties and never perform our jobs with perfection everyday you would recive better service across the board.I realize this thinking would involve lowering expectations but another factor is they will react to you in a positive way if you smile and are patiant and understanding compared to judgemental comparisons to an ideal business you may not even have owned or worked in before.


although I am not certain what all that meant, I will confirm, my demeanor was overflowing with patiants, patience, patents, whatever ya wanna call it, and empathy. Perfection is not at all what I expect. simple basic service would have sufficed.
This is quizzical: "comparisons to an ideal business you may not even have owned or worked in before."
as, mentioned before, I have managed and worked in most every position in the restaurant industry longer than many of these servers have been alive.

[adrian]

3 threads about this already? (with three different thread starters... ooh, and on the second page ;))

Anyway, since I literally live on the internet, I hate it when people don't use proper english. As a proficent english editor, I get pissed at poepelz hu tipe lke dis (and misspell common words)

[kimo55]

you can not "literally live on the internet".
that, of course, is a physical impossibility.

[Leo Lakio]

3 threads about this already? (with three different thread starters...)
Well, I responded originally to the 2nd Chapter, but someone with Administrative powers decided it should be a 3rd thread (probably because I shifted gears back to the topic of the thread.) A wise move, I think.

[Leo Lakio]

I literally live on the internet, I hate it when people don't use proper english. As a proficent english editor
As Kimo55 noted, it's not proper English to use "literally" in this context.
"English" should be capitalized as well. You may not get much work as an editor, if you let errors like these slip by.

[sinjin]

3 threads about this already? (with three different thread starters... ooh, and on the second page ;))

Anyway, since I literally live on the internet, I hate it when people don't use proper english. As a proficent english editor, I get pissed at poepelz hu tipe lke dis (and misspell common words)

That's proficient doc. Too funny.

[kimo55]

reminds me of that quote a while back by some dimwitted starlet:
"What's this internet?!
I want one of those things!"

[Leo Lakio]

I have managed and worked in most every position in the restaurant industry longer than many of these servers have been alive.

Many nations around the world require a period of mandatory military service of all (or at least all the males) of their citizenry. I've long felt that we should require a period of mandatory work in the food service industry. It gives you a very different perspective.

[kimo55]

yea. too funny! Doc otta be posting in andybumatai.com

he's much more of a comedian than uh editeur.

[Fondoo2]

3 threads about this already? (with three different thread starters... ooh, and on the second page ;))

Anyway, since I literally live on the internet, I hate it when people don't use proper english. As a proficent english editor, I get pissed at poepelz hu tipe lke dis (and misspell common words)


Ha ha ha your gonna grow old fast reading my posts!! I misspell common words because I was not in a healthy emotional state in my high school years and did not take advantage of the education offered though I did graduate.
I used to spellcheck everything I wrote from embarasment but recently wondered who I was trying to impress and wa la :D

[1stwahine]

Leave my teachnicial advisor and repairman alone if I were you. Don't get me MAD!

Auntie Lynn :mad:

[Fondoo2]

EEK!!!! *runs away* yike yike yike yike

[Fondoo2]

I have managed and worked in most every position in the restaurant industry longer than many of these servers have been alive.


Oh nevermind your just old and cranky then :)

[kimo55]

yep. cranky then, and cranky now.
I'm da first to admit that....

[1stwahine]

Not being able to REMEMBER!!!!!!!! :mad:

[Fondoo2]

Not being able to REMEMBER!!!!!!!! :mad:
hey but that can come in handy!! I'm like the add poster child and even qualify for large amounts of perscription amphetimine he he no thanks.
the handy part is when I quit smoking I kept forgeting I wanted a cigarett wee!

[1stwahine]

Fondoo, I know you don't know what happened to me. I know you just want me to laugh and make the others laugh too. Ok, let's laugh! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Fondoo2]

Fondoo, I know you don't know what happened to me. I know you just want me to laugh and make the others laugh too. Ok, let's laugh! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

hey whats up? Are you OK?

[LikaNui]

Not being able to REMEMBER!!!!!!!! Nah, Auntie, that's a good thing! You get to hide your own Easter eggs.
:D

[adrian]

As Kimo55 noted, it's not proper English to use "literally" in this context.
"English" should be capitalized as well. You may not get much work as an editor, if you let errors like these slip by.
Okay Mr. SmartGuy! :p


And another thing that pisses me off, is the google ads on top of the page. Who needs a "Cell Phone Beach Chair"? :confused:

[TurquoiseDuck]

I would like to have a cell phone beach chair. Does it have internet connection ? I want a purple one.

:D

[1stwahine]

I rolling on the floor laughing! Das a good one LikaNui!!!! Thanks for a midmorning GRAND LAUGHTER...uhh...if only I could become young again. Wishful thinking! All you youngins out there, don't take life for granted. Exercise, eat right and enjoy LIFE!

Auntie Lynn

Oh! What I'm pisst today...My fuel pump broke, I think cause my car smells gas. Then again, the gas is not leaking cause stay at the same line...I dunno. Something is wrong. I'm pisst. Murphy's Law

[lurkah]

Oh! What I'm pisst today...My fuel pump broke, I think cause my car smells gas. Then again, the gas is not leaking cause stay at the same line...I dunno. Something is wrong.
Eh Auntie, you better have somebody check that out ASAP! The gasoline might not be leaking right now with the car parked and engine not running, but once you start up the engine, that's when the fuel pump starts pumping the gas to either the carburetor or to the fuel injectors which are located on the engine itself. And if you do have a fuel leak in that area, the whole engine compartment could go up in flames which would not only most likely mean a total loss of your car, but think about the possibility of your car catching fire with MAMA and Antonio inside too, and about them maybe not being able to get out of the car that fast. :eek: Better to be safe than sorry.

[kimo55]

I would like to have a cell phone beach chair. Does it have internet connection ? I want a purple one.

:D
with hydraulics.
get da model that's coated in citronelle to repel mosquitos.
and it's gotta be one o' those disposable kind.

[1stwahine]

Eh Auntie, you better have somebody check that out ASAP! The gasoline might not be leaking right now with the car parked and engine not running, but once you start up the engine, that's when the fuel pump starts pumping the gas to either the carburetor or to the fuel injectors which are located on the engine itself. And if you do have a fuel leak in that area, the whole engine compartment could go up in flames which would not only most likely mean a total loss of your car, but think about the possibility of your car catching fire with MAMA and Antonio inside too, and about them maybe not being able to get out of the car that fast. :eek: Better to be safe than sorry.

Lurkah, I wen look under the car, no moa gas on the ground. I look under thda hood...no moa nothing. But I smell gas. I just not going use the car. Moa safe. Thanks. Murphy's Law!!!!! I like punch somebody. :eek: :rolleyes: Nah. HONI HONI....

[kimo55]

did you have Mexican food last night?

[lurkah]

Lurkah, I wen look under the car, no moa gas on the ground. I look under thda hood...no moa nothing. But I smell gas.
Eh Auntie, not all fuel leaks going end up on the ground where you can see um. You could have a pinhole-sized leak in your fuel line that might drip gasoline in the immediate area of the leak, but then might evaporate before it can reach the ground. That kine leak can get worse after your engine starts up because then the fuel line becomes pressurized from the fuel pump pumping gas. All it might take is maybe tightening up a hose clamp or replacing a $3 fuel line hose, but whatever da case may be, you still should go check um out because like you said, you still smell raw gas...which you should not normally be able to do with a parked car.

This is one time I no like end up telling you, "I told you so." :(

[1stwahine]

did you have Mexican food last night?

No ack...I made PBS! :p

Lynn

[1stwahine]

Eh Auntie, not all fuel leaks going end up on the ground where you can see um. You could have a pinhole-sized leak in your fuel line that might drip gasoline in the immediate area of the leak, but then might evaporate before it can reach the ground. That kine leak can get worse after your engine starts up because then the fuel line becomes pressurized from the fuel pump pumping gas. All it might take is maybe tightening up a hose clamp or replacing a $3 fuel line hose, but whatever da case may be, you still should go check um out because like you said, you still smell raw gas...which you should not normally be able to do with a parked car.

This is one time I no like end up telling you, "I told you so." :(

Ok, I tell you da truth. Da car was ppuut puut. soo, I wen go slam the gas lil' dat on the road several times wen I was angry with GOD the odda night. You know, whacko whacko out! Anyway's since I did that, da car ack up. I think I broke something. I'll get it check...whenever's. Right now, I could care less about that F%$##% CAR!!!! I going buy me one scooter with a side car for MAMA! More cheap!

I'm pisst!

[LikaNui]

Eh Auntie, you better have somebody check that out ASAP! Right on.
Auntie, please do as Lurkah suggests, k? Otherwise the car gonna whack-whack you and we don't want that to happen!
Just be careful, k?

[lurkah]

Ok, I tell you da truth. Da car was ppuut puut. soo, I wen go slam the gas lil' dat on the road several times wen I was angry with GOD the odda night. You know, whacko whacko out! Anyway's since I did that, da car ack up. I think I broke something. I'll get it check...whenever's. Right now, I could care less about that F%$##% CAR!!!! I going buy me one scooter with a side car for MAMA! More cheap!
Okay now everybody here saw what you said. No go making bulayah now. So you going park your car for good and you going buy one of these...

http://allthingshawaiian.com/lurkah/tempgraphics/sidecarbike.jpg

How perfect is that? With you driving and MAMA in the sidecar covering her head with one parasol styling and cruising around Chinatown. :D

[1stwahine]

Okay now everybody here saw what you said. No go making bulayah now. So you going park your car for good and you going buy one of these...

http://allthingshawaiian.com/lurkah/tempgraphics/sidecarbike.jpg

How perfect is that? With you driving and MAMA in the sidecar covering her head with one parasol styling and cruising around Chinatown. :D


Exacto mundo! Purple one! painted on the side "MAMA AND AUNTIE PUPULE!"

Jo from a Blog gave me the address and phone number on Puuloa Road where they sell um here.

It's called a Vespa! Vespa Hawaii 808 831-2600

Lynn

Update: 1:05 pm I went on Vespa's website. I called the number, it's Cycle City here. It's BUSY! Finally got through and had to leave a message with parts DEPT. Guess, everybody is doing the same...going into scooters too. They can be purchased on line with a major credit card, debit card. Or you can put in an application for a LOAN. Unfortunately, they don't have pictures of scooters with side cars available, hence, my call.

[Serenity]

Exacto mundo! Purple one! painted on the side "MAMA AND AUNTIE PUPULE!"

Jo from a Blog gave me the address and phone number on 600 Puuloa Road where they sell um here.

It's called a Vespa! Vespa Hawaii 808 831-2600

Lynn

:eek: WOW!. way cool!.

Seeing as I don't drive any ways,
that would a good & cool vehicle for me to drive in. ;) :p

I wonda...

if can be legalized on the road like a real moped & motorcycle? :confused:

[1stwahine]

Serenity, that is an excellent question. I assume it would be LEGAL...I've seen one person in particular riding a bigger model in the Chinatown area but that's another story. Thanks for bringing it up. I'll ask when I go down there. Infact, I'll call before going down there. Infact, I check if they have a web site up. LOL

Aloha!

Auntie Lynn

[Fondoo2]

I am pissed I don't own one of those bikes! Gawd I am such a geek....

[Serenity]

HERE:

VESPA HAWAII (http://www.vespausa.com/dealers/ShopDetail.cfm?DID=99)

I think it is a pretty cool vehicle.

Kind of reminds me of a (different version of)
Batman & Robyn's motorcycle from loong time ago
in the animation cartoon tv show. ;) :p

[Serenity]

Serenity, that is an excellent question. I assume it would be LEGAL...I've seen one person in particular riding a bigger model in the Chinatown area but that's another story. Thanks for bringing it up. I'll ask when I go down there. Infact, I'll call before going down there. Infact, I check if they have a web site up. LOL

Aloha!

Auntie Lynn

Thanks so much. :)

Aloha. :)

[Fondoo2]

HERE:

VESPA HAWAII (http://www.vespausa.com/dealers/ShopDetail.cfm?DID=99)

I think it is a pretty cool vehicle.

Kind of reminds me of a (different version of)
Batman & Robyn's motorcycle from loong time ago
in the animation cartoon tv show. ;) :p


"Holly virgin nerds thats a great bike Batman"

[Serenity]

VESPA HAWAII (http://www.vespausa.com/dealers/ShopDetail.cfm?DID=99)

You know....

I don't think they have any with side cars. :(

Oh Well.


"Holly virgin nerds thats a great bike Batman"

:p :D

[kimo55]

nothing really pisses me off, until I started reading this thread. then, alotta stuff started pissing me off.

[1stwahine]

Serenity, how you get the picture?

Lynn

[pzarquon]

Thread drift pisses me off.

[1stwahine]

nothing really pisses me off, until I started reading this thread. then, alotta stuff started pissing me off.

I love you too, Kimo! :p

Lynn

Ooops...thread drifting...

Ok, I'm pisst cause I yay, yay, washing clothes. :eek:

Lynn

[Serenity]

Serenity, how you get the picture?

Lynn

I save it as "save picture as" clicking with the right side of my mouse.

Then it goes to my computer. ;)

Then I go to "Manage Attacments" then to "browse" & upload. :)

Then "Submit Reply".

E-Zeh ;)

[kimo55]

I am pissed off that I am not more tranquil and serene.
in ANYone's mind.

and i am psst that I can't yay, yay celebrate like Aunty.

[Leo Lakio]

Thread drift pisses me off.
Oh, you poor, poor Prophet Z. And it's even your board, too. Please don't hate us all. :D

[Serenity]

Thread drift pisses me off.

I think it makes it moa interesting & fun.;)

[1stwahine]

I'm Pisst cause I can't do that. I tried but I can't get it. Then again I can't do anything with pictures on the computer! Now I'm more PISST!

Auntie Lynn

I going check out the other threads...

[pzarquon]

I think it makes it moa interesting & fun.
Well, if any topic's going to naturally derail, I imagine it's this one. At least it turns over quickly. Too many other things piss us off, after all!

Seriously, though. If a whole conversation suddenly springs up about Lynn's car, why not spin that off and get something going separately?

Um, topic. Okay. Itchy shirt tags bug me, too.

[Serenity]

I am pissed off that I am not more tranquil and serene.
in ANYone's mind.

and i am psst that I can't yay, yay celebrate like Aunty.

:( :p

Oh~kay. You are more tranquil & seren in our minds, here in HT.com ;)

[kimo55]

I am pissed that I clicked on yer "our minds" link and it didn't take me anywhere!

[Serenity]

Um, topic. Okay. Itchy shirt tags bug me, too.

Do what like my hubby & I do...

Just cut 'em off. ;)

But then again....

come time to wash....

You might not remember the proper direction on how to wash your shirts. :eek:

Hmmm...

What to do?. What to do?.

To cut it off or to not cut it off, that's the question. :p

[Glen Miyashiro]

Um, topic. Okay. Itchy shirt tags bug me, too.Garment tags in general piss me off. I cut mine off when I buy my clothes. On men's clothes you rarely see them sticking out, but how come women always have those tags hanging out of the backs of their collars? Not to mention the back sides of other garments. :rolleyes:

[Serenity]

I am pissed that I clicked on yer "our minds" link and it didn't take me anywhere!

Awww. Sorry. :( :p

[Serenity]

Garment tags in general piss me off. I cut mine off when I buy my clothes. On men's clothes you rarely see them sticking out, but how come women always have those tags hanging out of the backs of their collars? Not to mention the back sides of other garments. :rolleyes:

Probably a new fashion or a new fad?. :confused: :p

[Fondoo2]

"Um, topic. Okay. Itchy shirt tags bug me, too." ha ha did you know thats a conventional symptom of ADHD?Having to do with inability too tune things out.
After getting diagnosed with an extreme case a few years ago I read a few books on the subject.The doctor told me "I have never seen a case like yours where a person is effected so badly,I do not know how you ever got anything done"I found out I could study longer and obsorb more info on the drugs but life is more fun of em :)<-----AHH thread drift!

Giving the Doctors to much credit and control over my life for so many years pisses me off

[kimo55]

yea. and when they have VPL, AND... label visible... under gauzey pants... woops. John Berger thread drift...


reminds me; use night vision with yer camcorder and watch how it makes like x-ray machine:
"Ho da...wot da... LOOOK at all dat cellulite she get undah those pants!"

[kimo55]

My doctor told me;
"Eh Kimo. You have attention deficit...."

[1stwahine]

Our skin is not sensitive like MEN! hahahahahaha! ROFLMAO!!!!

Auntie Lynn

going on the other threads fast....bye!

[Serenity]

yea. and when they have VPL, AND... label visible... under gauzey pants... woops. John Berger thread drift...


reminds me; use night vision with yer camcorder and watch how it makes like x-ray machine:
"Ho da...wot da... LOOOK at all dat cellulite she get undah those pants!"

:eek: Fun~ny. LOL

Well...

Atleast this time, I'm not "pissed off". ;)

May~be later, I will. :D

Bye for now.

Catch you all gang, laterz.

[shaveice]

haven't been following this thread so i apologize if someone's already mentioned this one but why in the world don't the tv stations standardize sound levels??? what i mean is, i hate it when i have to search for the remote immediately to turn the sound down whenever a program ends or stops for a commercial break and BOOM it's suddenly really loud! and then i'll have to turn the volume back up when the program continues and then back down when some commercial comes along again... insane!

[TurquoiseDuck]

I am tired of junk vacuums. I have one now that is almost new. It is an upright. Today the spinning brush thing ...(beater bar ?)....on the bottom quit. I have another more expensive one, that was/is so bad it was in the shop all the time. That is why I bought the second one that quit working today. Now I have two and neither one is worth a CENSORED. They should just call them disposable vacuums.

[Fondoo2]

hey duck your roller just needs a new drive belt,cheap easy and no shop labor

[TurquoiseDuck]

hey duck your roller just needs a new drive belt,cheap easy and no shop labor

Yup you are exactly right. I read your post and attacked the vacuum with my handy dandy phillip's screw driver...and low and behold there the belt was, broken. Thank you ! I should have known this, but was too mad to think !!

[Serenity]

haven't been following this thread so i apologize if someone's already mentioned this one but why in the world don't the tv stations standardize sound levels??? what i mean is, i hate it when i have to search for the remote immediately to turn the sound down whenever a program ends or stops for a commercial break and BOOM it's suddenly really loud! and then i'll have to turn the volume back up when the program continues and then back down when some commercial comes along again... insane!

Hmmm....

Maybe because they as the company wants us consumer to hear their product,
so we will actually go out & buy it!.

Either that or they think everyone in the world just can't hear properly or can't hear right. :p

[makana_hilton]

Stereotyping pissed me off.

As I puruse the board here I see a whole lot of stereotyping going on. "mainlanders" this and that. "mainlanders" do this and that. "mainlanders think" this and that.

I'm not about to stereotype Hawaiians...at least not in a negative light. Personally from what I've learned from family that lives there and from others I know who have been there serving in the military recently is that Hawiians are very nice, easy going, people.

Apparently it's all an act.


Being interrupted ticks me off. Whenever I'm in my office on an important call I'll push my door shut...it's inevitable someone will feel the need to push my door open as they are walking in asking a question...I'm usually very polite about it.......

I like to share by the way....I've noticed in previous threads that most Islanders think mainlanders are all selfish and all about number one...that's not the case with everyone...you should visit the south

there are about 30 other things that piss me off but I'll wait for chapter 4 for those

[Serenity]

makana_hilton:

Maybe why we "stereotype" some "mainlanders",
because how they represent them selves to us.

You know......

"The first impression" Issue.

How "mainlanders" show us how they are on the first time we meet them (if in person).

I had that experience in meeting one of them as a first impression.

Yes granted that not all are like that, but I guess we will all never know who are really kind or not, when we are given that impression of them to us "locals" here that are living here in Honolulu Hawaii.

But....

I'm sorry to say that....

What are we suppose to think of them when they are like that to us, or treat us with disrespect when they are the ones who are visiting here.

That's my two cents.

Aloha.

[pzarquon]

As I puruse the board here I see a whole lot of stereotyping going on. "mainlanders" this and that. "mainlanders" do this and that. "mainlanders think" this and that.Some folks know better. Some don't. I see a lot of general slagging on "Mainlanders," but generally, half the time it's criticism more of the worse sides of American culture (i.e. capitalism, Americentrism, foreign policy, etc.) - which, on a bad day, even the most patriotic American can empathize with - or specifically tied to common stereotypes the average Americans have about Hawaii.

That said, this topic comes up a lot (http://www.hawaiithreads.com/showpost.php?p=41093&postcount=31), and all over the place.

Since folks clearly want to talk about it, here you go (http://www.hawaiithreads.com/showthread.php?p=41275).

Back to endless inventories of pet peeves!

[kimo55]

slagging on "Mainlanders," but generally, half the time it's criticism more of the worse sides of American culture (i.e. capitalism, Americentrism, etc.) - which, on a bad day, even the most patriotic American can empathize with - or specifically tied to common stereotypes the average Americans have about Hawaii

and THAT is it exactly. Dunno how it is transposed in the viewer's mind as "ALL mainlanders, ALL white people... etc..."

[1stwahine]

What pisses me off! Racial Discrimination!!! I have a wonderful, handsome son-inlaw who loves and cherishes my daughter. Comes from Chicago. Neices and nephew inlaws I wouldn't want to trade from all over this great Country! My own late husband came from the Philippines. My grand-parents from Philippines and Potorico. My great-grand-mother Cherokee Indian.

We are People who need People! Period! :rolleyes:

Auntie Lynn

[Glen Miyashiro]

We are PEOPLE who need PEOPLE! PERIOD! :rolleyes:We're the LUCKIEST PEOPLE in the WORLD!

[pzarquon]

POSTING IN ALL CAPS PISSES ME OFF!

Okay, I'm sorry, it's just a little annoying.

Ants that get into supposedly air tight food storage piss me off!

[kimo55]

Originally Posted by 1stwahine
We are PEOPLE who need PEOPLE! PERIOD!
We're the LUCKIEST PEOPLE in the WORLD!



not when they have their PERIOD.

[lurkah]

not when they have their PERIOD.
Try living with 3 wahines who are on theirs at the same time.

That pisses me off.

[Serenity]

Try living with 3 wahines who are on theirs at the same time.

That pisses me off.

You men out there...

should feel lucky, that you don't have them at all. ;) :p

[Fondoo2]

Try living with 3 wahines who are on theirs at the same time.

That pisses me off.

dude make sure they do not run out of chocholate! Also watch out for bears...

having to sleep pisses me off,I want more time to do/learn about all the cool stuff in this world

[Serenity]

We're the LUCKIEST PEOPLE in the WORLD!

Well Said!. :) :cool:

We are also the luckiest,
because we don't live near those hurricanes
that have destroyed homes & lives. :cool:

Aloha. :)

[shaveice]

fondoo2? are you fondoo's twin brother?!? :D

[Fondoo2]

fondoo2? are you fondoo's twin brother?!? :D

I decided that little green squares and post counts are a coruption to my free thinking while on the forum he he

getting a sweaty crouch pisses me off when I can't find a reason for it.Cool night no undies whats the deal!!

[kimo55]

that serge king guy. see him on olelo now and then. He sez: "leaving a lei or food is wholly innapropriate at a heiau. But as i say, you can leave an offering of a flower. or a stone. small stone..."
(ok, where would this stone come from? another heiau? he doesn't know it is very wrong to add to or alter a heiau. and that is what one does when you leave a stone on a heiau.
He is very ignorant of the many local ancient customs and rituals. leave pohaku alone.
this guy makes it up as he goes. and fabricates old hawaiian culture til it resembles nothing close to the truth.
Jeez.

[Fondoo2]

hey Kimo while I was staying at your friends place I was suiting up for a night dive for lobster.Being at night,semi rough coast,and no dive buddy I was a little nervous and wanted to ask for a blessing from a Hawaiian Spirit or God but wasn't sure how to go about it,any advise? What I did was ask for safe hunting from the spirit of the land that I could feel but I wish I knew the traditional words.

worrying about making admins mad when I thread drift pisses me off

[Palolo Joe]

People who try to make all "Live Aloha" while continuing with backhanded, antagonistic remarks piss me off.

[adrian]

When teens point out their graffitti tags they made on the bus.

Long story short, yesterday I overheard a few teens (probably about 16 or so) on the bus and suddenly one of the teens pointed out his tag on wall. A few minutes later, another teen pointed out his tag. It continued for a while until we got into Waipahu. I wish I could have punched them for makingo our island look bad (maybe if they'll overpaint over their tags, then they'll learn). The worst part, is that they were going to the YMCA, which helped in the tag cleanup.

[TurquoiseDuck]

When I get a big bag of lemons from Costco and two days later four lemons at the bottom of the bag are moldy.

[Serenity]

Here is one that pisses me off & ticks me off the most out everything else!.
Is those stupid chain letters!. :mad:

I wish those people would stop creating, sending them off to people!.

What is up with that?!

It sounds childish to me!.

It sounds about as bad as an adult still continuing
those birthday punches & one for good luck crap!. :rolleyes:

My friend (with the son I complained about earlier
on what pisses you off chapter 2)
does that to me every time I invite her to my bday party!.

So this last one, I didn't invite her at all!. Thank goodness!. :p

Thank goodness, she had other plans, too.

Whew!. LOL. :p

Aloha.

[pzarquon]

When I get a big bag of lemons from Costco and two days later four lemons at the bottom of the bag are moldy.
I have this problem a lot with all sorts of produce from Costco. Buying soup, detergent, and other sturdy things is great, but I'm increasingly skeptical of perishables. Seems like they've been in transit a lot longer than they should be, meaning their home life is pretty darn short.

[jdub]

moronic cabbies, what few there are (and i always get 'em)...

[kimo55]

moronic cabbies, what few there are (and i always get 'em)...


Hey, J!
ya souldn't judge a cabbie by his religion, now...

[jdub]

Hey, J!
ya souldn't judge a cabbie by his religion, now...

unless he's a fellow i-haven't-been-to-church-in 10-years catholic...

[Serenity]

(agreeing with Kimo) Yeah....

BTW-

My hubby is a cabbie, too.

I don't know about the others...

but my hubby is pretty darn nice
to other people who rides in his car.

He even gets high tips, & gets called upon
to pick people up pretty frequently, too (personal customers).

And, no the company he is with,...

they have not raised the price on the their fairs (in a long time).

Him & his company now accept credit card, aswell as cash.

I think the only thing great about being a cab driver is that you can make your own hours as you go along. The drawback to that one is...
you have to go buy your own insurance, which is really ok for us, any way.

If you have to go & buy...
get it with Kaiser, I think that they are the cheapest, among all of them.

I don't know about the church thing...

But, I know you guys, can't see it,
but I happen to know that he is a pretty cute & sexy guy, too. ;) :o :p LOL. :o
I just had to say that!. ;-)

Aloha. :-)

[kimo55]

My hubby is a cabbie,

He even gets high tips,



hey that funny; when i was a chauffeur, clients would tip me with a joint now and then, too!

[Serenity]

hey that funny; when i was a chauffeur, clients would tip me with a joint now and then, too!

What do you mean,...
"too"? :confused:

I meant, he gets tips with cash.

Which helps alot, too.

but, I guess, that's good for you Kimo, if they give you a joint or two as a tip. ;) :p

[kimo55]

that's another
"whooosh",
gang.

[LikaNui]

that's another "whooosh", gang. Brah, you score so many "whooshes" that Nike's gonna sign you to a contract.
:p

[Leo Lakio]

Giving the Doctors to much credit and control over my life for so many years pisses me off

Yeah, but you finally DID figure it out and took your life back. As long as you let their handiwork piss you off, you give them a little piece of control - take it away from them once and for all, and recognize that you don't need to worry about what they did any longer. Now, you have the skills you needed back then.

(Not to say there aren't good doctors as well, but the bad ones sure can do some major damage, can't they?)

[Leo Lakio]

Ants that get into supposedly air tight food storage piss me off!

YEAH! We have that problem in parts of Seattle, too - though it's not the same as those teeny little ants in Hawai`i, those ones that can't seem to move in straight lines. How the hell did you survive before zip-top bags (and even they don't stop 'em all?)

Okay, chill, I know --- the ants were probably there first. Doesn't mean I can't kill 'em, though the ones here reek of formic acid when you squish 'em.

[Serenity]

LikaNui : "Brah, you score so many "whooshes" that Nike's gonna sign you to a contract. :p "

:p

[jdub]

(agreeing with Kimo) Yeah....


but my hubby is pretty darn nice
to other people who rides in his car.

He even gets high tips, & gets called upon
to pick people up pretty frequently, too (personal customers).

I think the only thing great about being a cab driver is that you can make your own hours as you go along.



i'm sure your hubby is a fine man, and his tips should reflect that...i make a habit of tipping my cabbies generously, and am loyal to TheCab so that they know me by name and get a cab to me lickety-split...

but there are cabbies out there that have no business being behind the wheel in the first place, nevermind making a living at it...

it pisses me off to get over-metered on a ride because the cabbie is either dumb or playing dumb...if i know the quickest way, then so should the cabbie...

[1stwahine]

Somebody telling me what I can and can't eat! Low sodium diet! Yuk!!!!!!!

I rather die happy! How I wish it was yesterday...Han Yang! ;)

Auntie Lynn

[kimo55]

and get a cab to me lickety-split...
they do that too!?
Boy, that's a real full service cab ride.

[kimo55]

Brah, you score so many "whooshes" that Nike's gonna sign you to a contract.
:p
Lika, now, don'tchoo go earnin a whoosh fer yerself there too, bwah.

[admin]

One person's "whoosh" is another person's pointless, wise-ass crack. The latter pisses me off. So please learn the difference.

[Serenity]

One person's "whoosh" is another person's pointless, wise-ass crack. The latter pisses me off. So please learn the difference.Hey, it's ok. Really. You don't have to get your hair bun cought up in a knot. We're all just having fun here, teazing each other.

No one is getting hurt yet.

We all know what the other means, we just like to teaze, & turn other people's words around. As long it's all in fun, you know?. ;)

We are all not out to get everyone else.

I'm sure, if there were insults throwing, & threats being thrown to another.
You would definately know that for sure.

Well, you take care.

God Bless.

LikaNui : "Brah, you score so many "whooshes" that Nike's gonna sign you to a contract. :p "

Aiyy sus!. Bastoss nang tao ka na man!. Sino ka na ban?!. Gustong ko lang mag sagot nang isang smiley!. Hinde ka na man pueda mag maiinit nang ulo sa ako!. Tapus, magagalit pa sa ako!. :mad: Anong isan nang sagot nang binigay mo sa ako?!. Wala kang tama sa ako!.

sinong nang binigay nang isang tama para sa iyo kung mag sasabihin para sa reputasion ko!. SINO?!. Hinde ka!. :rolleyes:

Ikaw ang lang isang nang makabuluhan nang isan nang tao para sa ako!.

Wala kang nang isa nang tao sa ako!.

Bastos ka lang!.

Gusto ko lang mag sagot na isang smiley, tapos magagalit ka sa ako!.

Tae mo!.

It doesn't matter to me kung hindi mo na intindihan kung anong sinasabe ko para sa iyo!. hinde na hinde!.

Buldet na butas ka!!.

[kimo55]

Hizzle it's ok. Rizzle You don't hizzle to gizzle your hizzle bun cought up in a knot. Wizzle all just hizzle fun hizzle tizzle eizzle othizzle No onizzle is gizzle hurt yizzle Wizzle all know whizzle thizzle othizzle mizzle wizzle just lizzle to tizzle & turn othizzle pizzle words around. As long it's all in fun, you know?. Wizzle arizzle all not out to gizzle evizzle elsizzle surizzle if thizzle wizzle insults throwizzle & thrizzle bizzle thrown to anothizzle You would dizzle know thizzle for surizzle Wizzle you tizzle cizzle Blizzle
__________________
Bizzle trizzle in onizzle mizzle ~ Sizzle

[lurkah]

Having to stay at home on a Friday night with a bad head cold and hacking cough pisses me off. I must also be running a high fever because all of a sudden everything I'm reading is looking like gibberish.

[Miulang]

Having to stay at home on a Friday night with a bad head cold and hacking cough pisses me off. I must also be running a high fever because all of a sudden everything I'm reading is looking like gibberish.
Aw, you poor ting, you! Go suck on some li hing mui. You going get someting good next week...going make you feel much better, I tink! ;) Bummahs you gotta get sick right befoa da weekend, yeah?

Miulang

[Serenity]

Having to stay at home on a Friday night with a bad head cold and hacking cough pisses me off. I must also be running a high fever because all of a sudden everything I'm reading is looking like gibberish.

giberish, huh? maybe you were looking at kimo's post up there. :p

You should try to take care of that bad head cold/fever
so you wont have to be all so down. :(

Hope you feel better soon.

Please take something for it, so that we all will know that you will be ok soon.

[Serenity]

Hizzle it's ok. Rizzle You don't hizzle to gizzle your hizzle bun cought up in a knot. Wizzle all just hizzle fun hizzle tizzle eizzle othizzle No onizzle is gizzle hurt yizzle Wizzle all know whizzle thizzle othizzle mizzle wizzle just lizzle to tizzle & turn othizzle pizzle words around. As long it's all in fun, you know?. Wizzle arizzle all not out to gizzle evizzle elsizzle surizzle if thizzle wizzle insults throwizzle & thrizzle bizzle thrown to anothizzle You would dizzle know thizzle for surizzle Wizzle you tizzle cizzle Blizzle

Now that's funny!. :p

BTW-....

To all......(&/or likanui)

When I just reply a : " :p " &/or " :D "

insted of actually replying in a sentence,
it is a shorter for me to say that it is "pretty funny"

Than to actually say it in a sentence.

Do I actually have to always explain myself?!.

To those who always tend to complain about me just replying a smiley,

I would think that you would be a smarter person(s) than that!.

Unless, I am wrong in that department.

What pisses me off is/are

those kind of people who always like to complain about
the littlest thing about me just replying a smiley. :rolleyes:

Tanga!.

[1stwahine]

Having to stay at home on a Friday night with a bad head cold and hacking cough pisses me off. I must also be running a high fever because all of a sudden everything I'm reading is looking like gibberish.

Damn! I thought I was having another TIA or a major stroke! I even was reading each word.

Ok, I pissed cause something when popped up and said Firefox update 107. So, I went to download. Anyways, The Firefox thingy on the front now has four and it won't open. I'm using Internet Exployer. How can I clean it up? :confused:

Auntie Lynn

[kimo55]

we need a new thread:
compuker help requested and offered....

[Serenity]

LikaNui : "Brah, you score so many "whooshes" that Nike's gonna sign you to a contract. :p "

:p

Tanga nang tao nang binigay nang isang reputasion ko para sa numero 117!. :mad:

Hiki ia oe ke hele aku i kekahi ahi!.

[admin]

What pisses me off is/are those kind of people who always like to complain about the littlest thing about me just replying a smiley.
There is a reason the system is set to require a minimum number of characters before you can post. There are limits to the number of smileys you can include in a post, as well. The idea is, to encourage useful contributions that move conversations forward.

You are free to be playful or wander OT, but if it annoys some folks as much as it entertains others, don't be surprised.

[lurkah]

Ok, I pissed cause something when popped up and said Firefox update 107. So, I went to download. Anyways, The Firefox thingy on the front now has four and it won't open. I'm using Internet Exployer. How can I clean it up? :confused:
Reboot your computer. Pisses me off too when that happens.

[pzarquon]

I love Firefox, but the fact that it's getting patched more frequently than Internet Explorer definitely pisses me off.

[Fondoo2]

Tanga nang tao nang binigay nang isang reputasion ko para sa numero 117!. :mad:

I have no clue what this is but it sounds like the baby talk I do with my daughter,I like it


not being in total control of myself
I know I should be exercizing right now but ever since I got back from Hawaii I haven't it's like I get stuburn with myself arg!

[Serenity]

There is a reason the system is set to require a minimum number of characters before you can post. There are limits to the number of smileys you can include in a post, as well. The idea is, to encourage useful contributions that move conversations forward.

You are free to be playful or wander OT, but if it annoys some folks as much as it entertains others, don't be surprised.

Sila kailangan nang kumuha nang isang buhay!. :rolleyes:

No pun intended to you (admin.)

[Serenity]

I have no clue what this is but it sounds like the baby talk I do with my daughter,I like it

That's ok, as long as it has nothing to do with you. ;)

[Serenity]

Want to know what's worse & horrifying?!?....

Women on the road driving while putting on their make up on. :eek:

And also those who are text messaging
while driving on the road at the same time. :eek:

How safe is that?!. :mad:

Would you chance yourself driving knowing that there people out there that are trying to multi tasking while driving on the road?!. :eek:

I'd be scared even if I am a safe driver.

IF= if I was even driving &/or know how to drive.

[newroots]

dog the bounty hunter.
liberals.
gay people
politicians.
people who call me racist.

[jdub]

.
gay people

one of my estranged brothers is gay and he pisses me right off...but "gay people" don't...overly flaming guys are every bit as offensive as alpha-male mentality hetero dudes...i don't care about your sexual orientation, as long as i'm not paying your bar tab...