charlie8575 Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 There's too much instant media today and it gives way to a lot of monkey see, monkey do crimes. They all want that moment of notoriety. There is a lot of truth to that, and that irks me to no end. We have a generation of narcissists, and it will do nobody any good in the long run. Charlie Larkin
mnwildpunk Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 The fact some young stud trying to impress his g.f. today at the gas station called my 51 dodge a 196o Camaro ooooooh where do I start. then came up wanting to talk about my camaro to me and denied the fact I knew what my own car is. ITS A DODGE WAYFARER YOU YOUNG PUNK GRRRRR. I KNOW MY OWN CAR YA DUMMY But remembering being a young guy I didn't say anything UNTIL he went inside and I was alone with his teeny g.f. and tod her that it isn't a camaro then I was sort of floored when the girl said " I know its not a camaro its a dodge right and I thinks its got to be 50's ish". The dude irked me but the girl impressed me in fact I told her "you will make a great car guys wife someday like my wife is"
charlie8575 Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 After all the years I spent teaching, and still doing a little bit of ed-related work here and there and volunteering with De Molay, I find myself frequently reminding the boys that girls (and parents, teachers, and other adults) generally don't go for meatheads. Your tale, Dave, proves that very nicely. Charlie Larkin
Danno Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 Idiots. Idiots irked me today. Of course, idiots irk me most days.
Pete J. Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 Idiots. Idiots irked me today. Of course, idiots irk me most days. Yup, that pretty much covers it! At one very large business I use to work for we had an alert for that. When paging for a manager to assist with unreasonable people we would page "Manager to the front. We have a ID code ten tee. (ID10t)
Danno Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 Yup, that pretty much covers it! At one very large business I use to work for we had an alert for that. When paging for a manager to assist with unreasonable people we would page "Manager to the front. We have a ID code ten tee. (ID10t)
Joe Handley Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 Lol, could have used that many, many times over my time in retail!
Harry P. Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 Got a "love letter" from State of Illinois. Apparently I owe just a bit more in state tax than I thought I did. If anything can irk you, it's the idea of being forced to pay a chunk of your hard earned money to support widespread ineptness and rampant corruption.
Harry P. Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 No state tax in FLA. Time to move, Harry. A few years ago Illinois raised the state income tax rate by something like 60%! At the time, to keep us from taking to the streets with torches and pitchforks, they promised us it was "temporary." Now that "temporary" hike is supposed to expire. Guess what they're telling us now? That "temporary" tax hike might not be temporary after all. What a surprise.
Ace-Garageguy Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 If anything can irk you, it's the idea of being forced to pay a chunk of your hard earned money to support widespread ineptness and rampant corruption. Ummm...can you say IRS ?
Tom Geiger Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 The fact some young stud trying to impress his g.f. today at the gas station called my 51 dodge a 196o Camaro Yea, idiots near my car always irked me. I used to take my 1973 Plymouth Scamp to shows and would chuckle at the clowns who would tell their companion that it was a Camaro, a Mustang or even a Falcon just like their father used to have... only his was green, and had 4 doors... But that was still better than the know it all jerks who would walk right up to me and tell me I wasted my time and money on this nothing car. "Should've fixed up a Mustang, THEN you'd have SOMETHING." I don't know what possesses them, that they have to tell people stuff like that. My all time favorite? The guy who strode up, put his coke on my hood then put his foot on the bumper to tie his sneaker... and couldn't understand what was wrong with me when I yelled at him!
Craig Irwin Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 Ummm...can you say IRS ? The IRS only collects the tax money, the widespread ineptness and rampant corruption comes from our leaders.
Danno Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 Got a "love letter" from State of Illinois. Apparently I owe just a bit more in state tax than I thought I did. If anything can irk you, it's the idea of being forced to pay a chunk of your hard earned money to support widespread ineptness and rampant corruption. Casey would tell you to not post political comments, and then he'd delete the entire thread for that!
Harry P. Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 Sorry. That was too political. I'll behave from now on.
Tom Geiger Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 Got a "love letter" from State of Illinois. Apparently I owe just a bit more in state tax than I thought I did I always wind up filing in multiple states and each gets a chunk! When I lived in New Jersey, I worked in New York state. Then I started working in Pennsylvania and that year I had THREE state returns. And the tough part... each one wanted a chunk of my entire income, not just the part earned in their state. In fact for a while NY state wanted a chunk of your entire joint return, and my wife worked in NJ. I did get to the point where I lived and worked in Pennsylvania for a few years... but I'm working back in New Jersey this year so here we go again! And people in Pennsylvania always bragged about their low property taxes... then you find out that every town gets income tax too!
Harry P. Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 Ok, here's a totally non-political "what irked you today" story. I bought an item on ebay the other day (not important what it was, that's irrelevant to the story). Turns out the item was defective. Not the seller's fault, it was a new item still in the factory packaging, but defective nonetheless. So I click the "Return" button and printed out the seller's return label that I am supposed to affix to the box when I return the item. The seller said that they cover the return postage. So I packaged up the item, printed out the return label, stuck it on the box, and dropped it off at the post office. The label clearly says "First Class Package Return Service" and "No Postage Necessary if Mailed in the United States." So what do I get delivered to me today? That package with a "Postage Due" sticker on it. I don't know who I'm supposed to be irked at... the seller or the USPS.
slusher Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) Ok, here's a totally non-political "what irked you today" story. I bought an item on ebay the other day (not important what it was, that's irrelevant to the story). Turns out the item was defective. Not the seller's fault, it was a new item still in the factory packaging, but defective nonetheless. So I click the "Return" button and printed out the seller's return label that I am supposed to affix to the box when I return the item. The seller said that they cover the return postage. So I packaged up the item, printed out the return label, stuck it on the box, and dropped it off at the post office. The label clearly says "First Class Package Return Service" and "No Postage Necessary if Mailed in the United States." So what do I get delivered to me today? That package with a "Postage Due" sticker on it. I don't know who I'm supposed to be irked at... the seller or the USPS. Maybe both Harry. I took a box and mailed it. I received it back the next day all that was wrong is they thought the return address was where it was going and I had to take it back to the post office. How do you read that backwards. I thought you had to pass tests to work at the post office.... Edited June 13, 2014 by slusher
bobthehobbyguy Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 Stupid drivers irked me today. Come out of the driveway did the look in all directions twice. Now the street is barely wide enough for two cars and no on street parking. Have to watch that on coming traffic isn't taking the middle. Start going down the street and glance in rear view mirror and see a pickup so close I can't see his headlights. If I had to stop he was rear ending me. Get to town and heading to post office and am on a one way street . Down at intersection car turns ignoring one way signs and the fact the both lanes have cars coming at him so he has to dive into a driveway to get out of the way. This happens for a trip to town that is about 6 miles. Doesn't include the usual red light runners.
Joe Handley Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 That this has to be done! https://m.yahoo.com/w/legobpengine/frontpage/celebrity/blogs/celeb-news/louis-c-k---judd-apatow-ask-tmz-to-remove-gruesome-tracy-morgan-crash-video-163451789.html;_ylt=AnyaX8dNurBb6YmVOpLASgyxK2RH?.b=/&.intl=US&.lang=en
Joe Handley Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 Had a lady yell at me today for selling her a Jada Toys R/C Lambo that was missing the controller then telling her I couldn't take it back because she didn't buy it from us, as we don't carry the qny Jada products, let alone that car. Then buy the Maisto R/C Lambo I had shown her when she was in a couple weeks back because she needed the birthday gift today.
Tom Geiger Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) Yesterday on my way home from work... HIghway 95 has a long acceleration ramp so you can get up to speed and slide into the moving traffic. Numpty in front of me lumbers along and gets up to maybe 45. He gets to the end of the ramp and STOPS. IDIOT! Now we're both sitting there stopped with cars whizzing by! So this idiot is just frozen there. I'm waiting for him to find an opening.. when I notice IDIOT NUMBER TWO... a high 4x4 pickup that's gotten impatient and is now trying to pass both of us in the shoulder! So IDIOT NUMBER ONE finally gets a brief opening in the traffic and starts out... does he floor it? No, he just meanders out and almost gets rear ended since traffic is running at 65 plus and he's going 20. That got me wondering if he did that there every day! Edited June 13, 2014 by Tom Geiger
Harry P. Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 I've seen that several times... people stopping at the end of the freeway entrance ramp! I guess they don't know that the whole point of a long entrance ramp is so that you have enough roadway to "get up to speed" and enter the actual highway without disrupting the traffic already on it. Sometimes I wonder how clueless people like that manage to survive.
Chuck Most Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 My all time favorite? The guy who strode up, put his coke on my hood then put his foot on the bumper to tie his sneaker... and couldn't understand what was wrong with me when I yelled at him! Sounds like that guy wanted to be decked in the face.
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