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Aunt_Bob

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 09:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
DJgirl...while I was reading your 'Squat' story, I was picturing the whole thing...and laughing. Nope, I don't 'have to be there' to understand it...I can totally "relate" to that whole scenario. Oh yeah, I also left the 'Friendly Southener' a large tip, because I just felt that he must need money real bad if he feels he has to go through all of that to 'prove' he's a good guy!

re: the T@M story...ya' know, I was thinking...I detect that 'sarcasm' in her tone just like she mentioned about her BF in the earlier story...and then...you said "note-sarcasm"...hmmmmm....YES! But...I can, again, totally relate to that type of sarcasm. It's witty, intelligent & humorous...just like ME!!! s1 s2 s3 ... You Go Girl...that's exactly what I would have done...the only problem was that you didn't get to enjoy your movie uninterrupted, but at least you got your money back...as well you should have not settled for anything less. I have in the past walked out in search of a manager to resolve a 'volume' and many 'focus' problems, while everyone else just sat there and 'dealt with it'...but, if I pay for it, I want what I pay for! Only makes SENSE to me! But, I've never had the teenager problem...that might have something to do with the fact that 9 out of 10 times, when I go to see a movie, I take my daughter(14)and about 4 to 5 other 14/15 yr olds and I realize they have to act up 'sometimes' but when the movie's on, they shut up!

I would think these stories would be coming from a '30/40 something' yr old...but, no...thus, I think you are quite the mature woman. With that attitude you should go far in life. stu

Sorry guys...I started keying and couldn't stop. But, you see that's one of my QUIRKS...it doesn't matter in what forum...I just plain ole talk to much.

*heya' webkitty...how ya' doin'? The 'paper bag' thing is not a quirk, IMO...It's another one of those things that only makes SENSE to me...Why HAVE paper bags if you don't want your customers to USE them??? I only have to fight off the baggers at PUBLIX...literally..."Hands OFF my cart!"..."Thanks...but, I can do it, really...I CAN!" Baggers (and some cashiers)...strange breed, that...do they really think that putting onions and ice cream or any milk product in the same bag is a GOOD idea!?!?

ooooopss...there I go again...talkie talk...that's me!

Webkitty

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 09:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hahahaha! AuntB, Publix is were I shop! (that's so funny) Smothered with service, that's Publix alright! (except if you want double paper bags, of course)

Zachsmom

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 09:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Well..considering you all have the same "quirks" as I do..I would say we are all normal..it's the other people who have quirks!!!

Theowl

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 10:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
How about when the baggers pack the toilet bowl cleaner with the cheese, or the bread in the bottom of the bag and something soft like a box of powder sugar on top. I used to work at a grocery store, and we had to sit through hours of tapes on how to bag groceries. I don't think they are even taught how to do it down here!! Many more to come!!

Lumbele

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 10:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh Lordy Lord, I almost had myself convinced that I was close to quirk-free.innocent Just made an appointment at the shrink's and it is next week.run

Hillbilly

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 10:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I was at Walmart last weekend when the lady in front of me had bought an apple pie. It was the last thing to be rung by the 'fella' checking out customers. I stood there amazed as the boy grabbed the pie, scanned it, and then promptly turned it on its side and shoved it into the bag with the lady's dog food. I thot the lady was gonna have a cow!


Question: should pies really be turned on their sides for storage?

Zachsmom

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 10:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hillbilly..all depends on how you like to eat your pie..

Djgirl5235

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 11:11 am EditMoveDeleteIP
AuntB: Thanks for the great compliment!!! I've always been told that I'm an old soul, so that's a great thing to hear! It's also the whole reason I broke up with the ex mentioned in the T@M story - too immature for the likes of me!!!

Hillbilly: Pies on side? Definitely not!!!

Kstme

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 11:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Question...tomorrow evening thekid, dh and I are going to Outback for dinner. Do we...

1. Allow the waiter/waitress to invade our space and take it on the cuff, knowing we have less of chance of getting "abused" food?

2. Move to the edge of the booth so there's NO WAY the w/w can perch unless it's the table top? (omg...chiara moment here!)

3. Use tactical manuevers to force our w/w to the ground if the w/w is in the "squat" position?

4. Forget Outback and go to McDonald's?

Babyruth

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 11:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Kstme, I'm pretty sure Outback's menu is available for take-out. You could call it in, pick it up, then squat and shout at the table's edge as you serve it at home.

Weenerlobo

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 12:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I love this thread! I've been trying to think of my quirks and y'all did a great job describing the "grocery line person space" thing, which totally drives me up a wall. Here's what some deep reflection brought up for me:

--I can't stand to have my belly button touched. Not by nobody, not even myself!

--I hate it when people put their hands on the top of my head. I like to wear hats, but don't like people touching my head. Touching my face is allright though.

-- I hate it when people waste a left turn arrow light and only the first car gets through because they took their own sweet time.

--I almost always sleep with one foot sticking out of the covers. My husband teases me that I breathe that way. lol

--I count steps as I go up them, but not down. When I get to 12, then I start over at 1. I have no idea why/when/where this happened, but I have been doing it since I was little.

--At work, I must have a clear space on my desk for current work. My friend has papers and mail and etc all over her desk while she's working and it drives me batty!

Kstme

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 02:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Babyruth...LOL I believe we'll suck up and deal! The dh's favorite restaurant and I don't think he'll let us do "take-out" tomorrow. BUT...you're right, they do offer that solution!

Weenerlobo...I forgot about the foot! I think that's a "woman" thing...LOL I do it for most of the night but we keep our bedroom so cold you can see frost forming on your breath! LOL Oops...another one...can't sleep in heat!

Denecee

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 03:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Funny stuff! My co-workers are probably wondering why I have a fun job (you know, reading your qirks). Thanks for making me laugh today! I'm sure I have little qirks but I can't think of any right now.

Suitsmefine

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 04:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Today, I had to take my Dad to a DR. appt.There was a man in the waiting room who , AT LEAST 20 times while waiting, SNORTED SNOT VERY LOUDLY, THEN DID THAT LOUD HAWKING SOUND LIKE HE WAS GONNA SPIT A BIG OL' LUGIE(sp?) !!!!!! What is with that???? That simply makes me gag, I mean that I actually gag!!! I finally had to walk outside before I actually gagged and puked!!! Why couldn't HE have gone outside to do that??? Am I being unreasonable??

Goddessatlaw

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 04:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, thanks for that Suits - now I'm going to be copping snyders for the rest of the night. Yeesh.

Suitsmefine

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 04:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry, BUT THAT JUST IRRITATED ME!!!! I know most people sitting in a Dr's office are sick, but OMG!!! Go to the restroom or outside if you gotta do that....By the way, Goddess, I read about your girl's day out....Will you be my Godmother too??LOL!!

Goddessatlaw

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 04:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sure, but you have to draw me pictures for my refrigerator, write to me in emoticons on the internet and send me hand-drawn cards for my birthday. Also, you have to have a first communion so I can take pictures of you in your cute white dress and add-a-pearls. Fair trade?

Suitsmefine

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 04:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think I can fill all of those orders, except, Will your church give communion to a baptized Baptist?

Goddessatlaw

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 04:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sure, as long as you go to catechism and convert.

Suitsmefine

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 04:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
For a full pedicure and ice cream........OKAY!!!! Actually, I already knew that my neice is getting married in Dec. She WAS Baptist , marrying a Catholic, so , we've been learning alot, Our family has alwaysbeen a very diverse one when it comes to religion , and I rather like it that way .Keeps the conversation lively!!!!LOL!!

Sia

Thursday, October 24, 2002 - 09:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Webkitty, I had to laugh when I read your post regarding the bag-boys at the grocery store. I once told a young boy at my local store to "bag all the non-perishable items in paper bags and put the rest in plastic ones," and he asked, "Ma'am, what's 'non-perishable' mean? AAAAARRRGGGHHH! What are they teaching in our schools?

The baked-and-sliced sliced ham I bought from the grocery store's deli was wrapped in shrink-wrap, and I handled it gingerly all the way to the checkout, where a bag-boy tossed it onto the two-wheeled cart and took it to my car. When I got home, I found that the moron had set the ham (which I'd slid into a paper bag lying on its side) UPRIGHT on the floor of my van in the "way-back" section, and it had leaked juice all over the place.

I called the store manager and complained and asked that he re-train his rocket-scientist bag-boys!

Maesin

Thursday, October 24, 2002 - 12:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whit4you, I love your laundry system!
I keep clean clothes in the basket, dirty ones in a pile in the bedroom and bathroom, and I hang stuff every couple of months that I don't wear. The dressy stuff is in the back all hung up, but I try to shake them off now and then so the dust doesn't collect on them!
I have solved the toilet paper issue. I removed the hanger in my bathroom! It was in a weird place and I haven't found a better place to put it and I have been looking for about 6 years. It floats around the bathroom now, but usually on the back of the toilet.
I am trying to think of sarcastic remarks to make to the waiter or waitress for the next time I am at outback. I am really good with the glare that says "Get your butt the %$*# outta my space" though.
I only go to movies during the week, first showing. I do speak up when there are interruptions whether they are teenagers or adults. Maybe that's why I rent more now, plus I can pause if I need to use the restroom!
I think I am finding out that I am more normal that I thought. Everyone has their *thing* and that is so cool!

I don't know if this is a quirk, but I always wear white socks. I have one pair of black for absolute necessity. I wear all my pants a little long so they won't show.

Yankee_In_Ca

Thursday, October 24, 2002 - 01:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This thread is hysterical! I've been enjoying it now for days. A few of my quirks, to add to the mix:
* I don't like any pressure on my shins. It drives me nuts to have anything (especially something solid like someone's leg bone) pressing against my shins.

* I, too, sleep with at least one foot uncovered.

* I don't like it when people ask me again and again and again in a store if I need any help, follow me around the store like I'm going to steal something, or jump out and chirp "hello" in my face when I've barely gotten into the store. Believe it or not, there are some people who just want to BROWSE sometimes. I am one of them. Here's how it normally goes. I walk into a store, lost in thought. All of a sudden, someone's face is in my face with a huge toothy smile and a squeaky, loud "hello, there!". I say hi back, though not quite so loud and squeaky. I take two steps. The same salesperson hollers at my back, "Can I help you find anything today?" No, thanks, just looking is my reply. I take three more steps. A different salesperson -- "Can I help you find anything today?" No, thanks, just looking I say. Two more steps, next salesperson -- same thing. By this time, whatever I was thinking about when I walked into the store is lost and my blood pressure is boiling. Then god forbid if I actually LOOK at something on the rack -- same salesperson will run up and say "Can I help you find a size???" Quite often, I'm not even interested in the shirt/pants/whatever -- I just wanted to get a closer look. I've already TOLD them I'm not interested in their help. This drives me BANANAS!!! I will be polite up to a point, and then sometimes I get so mad I get rude, and often I will walk right out of the store -- even if I knew exactly what I wanted when I walked in there. Computer and electronics stores used to be horrible because I'm a woman and I think the salespeople there thought I would "need" their help with something as beyond-my-womanly-brain as technology, but in the past few years I've noticed that they haven't bugged women quite as much.

I know I have many, many other quirks, but these are definitely my top few.

Whoami

Thursday, October 24, 2002 - 01:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I know what you mean about sales people Yank. The only time they leave you alone is when you really do need help!

Whoami: "do you have this is a size XYZ?"
Clerk: (with a dismissive hand wave done over the shoulder, as they walk quickly away from you) "everything we have is right there..."

Alegria

Thursday, October 24, 2002 - 03:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I like to pay for things with EXACT change.