Ace-Garageguy Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 Ok, another minor irk, but... people who don't understand the concept of "right turn on red" and sit there throughout the entire traffic light cycle, waiting for the green before they make their turn... even if "the coast is clear"... Is there some sort of law that states all clueless drivers must be located in the Chicago metro area? And I thought they all lived in Atlanta... We have right-on-red too, but apparently it means "only if you're not texting, screaming into the cell phone with much arm waving, shouting over the seat at the kids in back, talking to the neighbor in the car next to you, trying to haggle with a hooker, etc."
Tom Geiger Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) Ok, new gripe! Restaurants that put Catches in their specials.... Tonight we tried a new place, an Irish pub in one of the local towns. They advertised $3 beers and half price appetizers for Happy Hour. We were really pleased with the place, the service and atmosphere... until the bill came. That's when I noticed that they charged half price for my wings, but $10 for my wife's nachos. So I ask why. Ha! Without blinking this little witch of a barmaid tells us that yes, the nachos are half price, but when you add beef to it they then charge full price. What? When my wife ordered the nachos, they asked beef or chicken? as if that was part of it. But now this person is telling me that we needed to specify NO MEAT to qualify for half price. I asked that since the wait staff knew we were ordering half price appetizers, and they knew it was our first time there, shouldn't they have advised us of the full price? Nope, we should've known. Not written anywhere, not communicated except on a final bill, but WE should've known. So she continues on to tell us that Thursday is $5 nacho day for Happy Hour. I tell her that the nachos are on the menu for $8.50 so if appetizers are half price, wouldn't they be $4.25 everyday? And what is the special? Upcharging the item by 75 cents? Apparently. So they're charging us the $5 nacho day special, PLUS a $5 upcharge for beef. So I ask for a manager. Another 20 something girl comes to see us. I explain it again, she starts to shake her head and I stare her down like a father to a little child and I tell her, "Fix it." She gulps and redoes our bill. Not a lot of money, just the principle of it. And we're not likely to go back there either. Edited July 25, 2014 by Tom Geiger
Agent G Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 113 here yesterday, 112 today and my home AC decides to puke. Thank goodness for warranties and regular maintainance. New unit installed tomorrow. Lovely, glad I got a raise. G
Harry P. Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 Ok, new gripe! Restaurants that put Catches in their specials.... Tonight we tried a new place, an Irish pub in one of the local towns. They advertised $3 beers and half price appetizers for Happy Hour. We were really pleased with the place, the service and atmosphere... until the bill came. That's when I noticed that they charged half price for my wings, but $10 for my wife's nachos. So I ask why. Ha! Without blinking this little witch of a barmaid tells us that yes, the nachos are half price, but when you add beef to it they then charge full price. What? When my wife ordered the nachos, they asked beef or chicken? as if that was part of it. But now this person is telling me that we needed to specify NO MEAT to qualify for half price. I asked that since the wait staff knew we were ordering half price appetizers, and they knew it was our first time there, shouldn't they have advised us of the full price? Nope, we should've known. Not written anywhere, not communicated except on a final bill, but WE should've known. So she continues on to tell us that Thursday is $5 nacho day for Happy Hour. I tell her that the nachos are on the menu for $8.50 so if appetizers are half price, wouldn't they be $4.25 everyday? And what is the special? Upcharging the item by 75 cents? Apparently. So they're charging us the $5 nacho day special, PLUS a $5 upcharge for beef. So I ask for a manager. Another 20 something girl comes to see us. I explain it again, she starts to shake her head and I stare her down like a father to a little child and I tell her, "Fix it." She gulps and redoes our bill. Not a lot of money, just the principle of it. And we're not likely to go back there either. Similar to supermarkets that post one price on the shelf, but the item rings up at a different price whrn the cashier scans it. It used to happen to me all the time at this one particular store, as I'm one of those customers who actually pays attention. The store policy was that if an item ever rang up at a price that was different from the price on the shelf, you get that item for free. I got a lot of free stuff there. It got so bad that one day I asked to talk to the store manager, and I pointed out to her the price that had come up on my receipt, then I walked her over to the aisle where the item was and showed her the shelf price. Her explanation is that with thousands of items to price, errors are inevitable. I told her that in my experience, in every case where there had been a discrepancy between shelf price and scanned price, the scanned price was always higher, never lower. If it was truly "human error," then logic tells you that sometimes the scanned price would be lower than the shelf price. I firmly believe that they do it on purpose, relying on the fact that 99% of shoppers simply don't pay any attention as their stuff is scanned at the checkout–and the handful of people (like me) who actually do pay attention, call them on it, and get that item for free, are so few and far between that they can easily afford the freebies to the eagle-eyed!
Harry P. Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 Ok, new gripe! Restaurants that put Catches in their specials.... What if it's a seafood place and the special is the catch of the day?
David G. Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 Ok, another minor irk, but... people who don't understand the concept of "right turn on red" and sit there throughout the entire traffic light cycle, waiting for the green before they make their turn... even if "the coast is clear"... Is there some sort of law that states all clueless drivers must be located in the Chicago metro area? When did the "right-turn-on-red" become mandatory? David G.
Harry P. Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 When did the "right-turn-on-red" become mandatory? It's not mandatory... but sitting behind a clueless driver who's waiting for the green before they make their right turn, even if there is no traffic or pedestrians to get in their way, is a bit annoying.
David G. Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 It's not mandatory... but sitting behind a clueless driver who's waiting for the green before they make their right turn, even if there is no traffic or pedestrians to get in their way, is a bit annoying. If the driver behind me is annoyingly impatient, jumping his car forward and jacking the brakes, pounding on the steering wheel, etc., I'll wait for the light to change just to spite him- and then go straight if I can. David G.
Harry P. Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 You sound like the type who takes his cart loaded with a month's worth of groceries into the 15 items or less checkout...
Tom Geiger Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) Similar to supermarkets that post one price on the shelf, but the item rings up at a different price whrn the cashier scans it. I went to Walmart (I know, my first mistake) and I see they have boxed desktop PCs on the Clearance cart. So I stop to look. Not the latest, but could work for me at the right price. There are three of them and of course there is no price on any of them. No help around anywhere either. So I take this large box and lug it about halfway across the store to a price scanner. I scan the bar code and get "See An Associate". Never saw that before. So I lug it back where I got it and some young girl is now behind the counter. So I ask her how much. She scans it and with great authority tells me $475. which was the original price. I tell her that and she blinks and tells me that was ALSO the clearance price. So I left! Oh, and it's a nice cool evening here in PA. That means that my neighbors are enjoying their fire pits... I can smell it in the air... why does it smell like they're burning couches or something? Edited July 25, 2014 by Tom Geiger
Joe Handley Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 What irked me today...........ME! Dad and I ran over to a local Culver's to get dinner to go tonight and they handed us the drinks, had us pull up a little ways, and wait for the food to get finished. When I did that I turned the 200 off and turned off the headlights, but left the turn signals, tail lights, and eyebrows lit. The kid brings us the food and I start the car up and we leave...........and about half way home I pull off of a well lit 4 lane highway onto another 4 lane, but not so well lit and Dad asks me if my lights were on, sure enough, I was running without headlights. The brows and all the other lights were on, but don't do much at 9pm for night driving.............
High octane Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 I did that also Joe when I was in New York last fall, and I thank God that my wife and I are still alive. It's scary driving without lights.
Joe Handley Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 It wasn't so bad since most of where I drove before realizing my mistake is Rt. 64 between West Chicago and St. Charles and now is very well lit as well as very familiar to me. I didn't catch it until turning onto Southbound Rt. 59 when Dad noticed the difference in light was what he thought it was and said something about it.
Modelbuilder Mark Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 What if it's a seafood place and the special is the catch of the day? Would that be "Scully's catch of the day?"
David G. Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 You sound like the type who takes his cart loaded with a month's worth of groceries into the 15 items or less checkout... I do? I'm not though- I believe in following the rules. One of the rules I try my best to follow is the one that says we should treat other humans with courtesy and respect. It seems to me that as time goes by, there are fewer and fewer people out there who follow this rule, or even know that such a rule exists. They seem to believe that the rest of the world just needs to move out of their way and let them by. When one of these people is acting like he's going to use his car to push mine through the intersection so he can make a right turn, I'll take my time and wait for the light to change. I don't see myself as the "clueless" one in that encounter. I think I'm more aware party in the situation. David G.
cobraman Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 113 here yesterday, 112 today and my home AC decides to puke. Thank goodness for warranties and regular maintainance. New unit installed tomorrow. Lovely, glad I got a raise. G I feel your pain as the same thing happened to me about 2 weeks or so ago. That was a rough night. I was lucky and someone came out the next day ( Saturday ) and the fix was only 155 bucks. We just last week bought a home warranty. House is now almost 8 years old and I already had the water heater go and also the tank for our water softner system. Should have had the warranty then.
Harry P. Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 I do? I'm not though- I believe in following the rules. One of the rules I try my best to follow is the one that says we should treat other humans with courtesy and respect. It seems to me that as time goes by, there are fewer and fewer people out there who follow this rule, or even know that such a rule exists. They seem to believe that the rest of the world just needs to move out of their way and let them by. When one of these people is acting like he's going to use his car to push mine through the intersection so he can make a right turn, I'll take my time and wait for the light to change. I don't see myself as the "clueless" one in that encounter. I think I'm more aware party in the situation. David G. I don't know where this whole "impatient driver trying to push through the guy ahead of me" stuff came from. All I said is that it's annoying to have to sit behind a clueless driver who's waiting to turn right and sits there the whole time until the light turns green... instead of turning "right on red," as he is allowed to do, I never said anything about trying to intimidate him or annoy him or anything like that. Just wish he would get his head out of his posterior and make his dang turn!
Harry P. Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 Ok... somebody explain to me those gimmicky "eyebrow" or "halo" things around the headlights on some newer cars. They don't serve any purpose... they aren't actually headlights (as Joe knows!)... they aren't turn signals... they aren't fog lights... so what's the point, anyway? Just another silly gimmick... Why?
Harry P. Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 some things can just "be" I'm the kind of person who likes to know why they be.
Tom Geiger Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 Ok... somebody explain to me those gimmicky "eyebrow" or "halo" things around the headlights on some newer cars. They don't serve any purpose... they aren't actually headlights (as Joe knows!)... they aren't turn signals... they aren't fog lights... so what's the point, anyway? Just another silly gimmick... I don't get these either! I don't know where it started, the first time I saw them was on an Audi. It was behind me and looked like an evil 59 Buick headed at me. Now nearly every car is sporting them... I dunno I call them 'carnival lights'.
Tom Geiger Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 You sound like the type who takes his cart loaded with a month's worth of groceries into the 15 items or less checkout... I once was at the supermarket, and was standing on a long line with a mess of stuff. Not a full cart, but enough that I wouldn't dream of going to the absolutely empty "15 Items Or Less" checkout next to me. A store manager comes out, accesses the long lines and directs me to use that checkout. I'm about half way through, that manager has walked away and a lady with a few items walks up and immediately starts screaming at me! The cashier just ducked for cover and left me to defend myself!
Harry P. Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 I once was at the supermarket, and was standing on a long line with a mess of stuff. Not a full cart, but enough that I wouldn't dream of going to the absolutely empty "15 Items Or Less" checkout next to me. A store manager comes out, accesses the long lines and directs me to use that checkout. I'm about half way through, that manager has walked away and a lady with a few items walks up and immediately starts screaming at me! The cashier just ducked for cover and left me to defend myself! Yeah, that's happened to me, too. Express lane empty, I get waved over by the cashier, I start unloading my stuff, and a customer pulls up behind me with three items and gives me a dirty look...
1930fordpickup Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 I don't get these either! I don't know where it started, the first time I saw them was on an Audi. It was behind me and looked like an evil 59 Buick headed at me. Now nearly every car is sporting them... I dunno I call them 'carnival lights'. I'm the kind of person who likes to know why they be. I believe that adding something on cars that has no real function is pointless. I guess I am showing my age.
Harry P. Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 After a while, the abuse of the "15 items or less" checkout lane at my local supermarket by the clueless wonders got me so mad (because I usually stopped by that store after work just to pick up a handful of items and I was always winding up waiting in the express lane behind the person with two month's worth of food in their cart) that I finally asked to talk to the manager one day. First of all, the only sign they had identifying it as the "Express Lane" was one of those lights on the pole that tells you that lane is open (when the light is on)... and the words "15 items or less" was printed on it. Most people never saw that and didn't realize that checkout lane was supposed to be for 15 items or less, or didn't care... I told the manager that first of all, if your cashiers don't enforce the "15 items" rule, then there's no point in having an "express" checkout in the first place. And second, you need a bigger, more obvious sign. Well, I guess the manager actually agreed with me, because the next time I was at the store I saw that they had hung a large sign from the ceiling that identified the express lane. The problem was, the sign was so high up that still, most people probably never saw it. So once again, I told the manager good job on the sign, but it needs to be hung in a more noticeable way. So the next time I was in the store, I saw that they had hung the sign directly above the "entrance" to the express lane, about seven feet from the floor. You couldn't miss it now. Mission accomplished!
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