Disgusting savages; list them ALL itt

You’re in a public space, what compels you? Also, you might not have smelly feet but enough of the travelling public don’t wash or change clothes regularly, so I can’t say I care about this being normalised.

Nothing "compels" me, it's just more comfortable on a long train journey. It's weird to suggest that there's something wrong with doing it as long as there's no-one else in close proximity (when I agree it would be a no-no).

needlessly complicated mixed drink. Grapefruit juice and Apérol (?) for this one, a cuba libre for that one, this one wants a martini

These drinks are 2 ingredients plus ice plus a green thing, right? Admittedly the martini probably needs a shake but if a bartender can't assemble a spirit + mixer in about the same timeframe as pouring a non-frothy beer then that's not the customer's fault.

Epic indecision, lack of coordinated ordering and needless loudness is the customer's fault though, I'll give you that.

much love,

a rum+Coke drinker

(to me "Cuba Libre" signals that you're just getting a rum+coke but the price tag is suddenly doubled because the bartender might spend an extra half-second squeezing the lime before dropping it in but mainly because now it has a fancy name - looking forward to learning that I'm an uncultured barbarian and/or this is another transatlantic "divided by a common language" thing though)

...And to weigh in on the other topic of the day, it bothers me when people put their shoed feet on the seat opposite (thanks for wiping your gross dirty shoes on something someone's going to sit on) so I guess I should be grateful for that extra step of taking shoes off, but habitual public shoe removers also seem a bit weird to me

not really sure why it bothers me, maybe just the feeling that if I did that someone would tell me I was weird and gross, therefore nobody else should get away with it

also I had a persistent bastard of a verruca a while ago that I am p. sure I originally got from going briefly shoeless but not sockless while changing in the toilets either at work or at my physio clinic, so: shoes. shoes are good imo. except when they're bad, for reasons like they are expensive and never fit right and make your feet hot and then they get holes in

If you order a cuba libre in the U.S. the bartender will probably ask you what's in that?

get yr feet off the fuckin seat ffs

"my feet dont smell" is in the group of sentences with "my dog doesnt bite" "my child would never do that" "i dont need a shower" and "im only parking for a minute" that is the realm of utterly unsocialised savages and not an inch should be given to em

Mildly in awe of the guy last week having an extremely loud conversation on the phone in a crowded train carriage about how the police were stacking up charges against him and had a lot of evidence so he was going to jump bail and get a job at a French ski resort, in the expectation he could get away with it for at least six months.

I once shared a bus with a guy trying to sell a “lightly spiked mattress” to someone on the phone he started threatening five minutes later about a completely unrelated topic.

xp otm

Lightly soiled, jfc

The driver who managed to soak me completely from a not particularly large looking puddle as I waited to cross an otherwise empty side road is a disgusting savage.

I just get down to my boxers when on a long train journey, because it's more comfortable and my bod is sublime.

a “lightly spiked mattress”

Lol

Woman in front of me at the deli: I'd like a BLT, but with no tomatoes. And can you add American cheese and a fried egg?"

Okay, well. It's your lunch and you can have what you want.

However what you have described is a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SANDWICH from a BLT.

One might as well say "Bartender, I'd like a gin and tonic. But with no gin. And can you add grapefruit juice and a shot of tequila?"

what is even the point of calling something "lightly" soiled?

it's just soiled, that's the end of it

non voters obv

also voters for the other party

get yr feet off the fuckin seat ffs

"my feet dont smell" is in the group of sentences with "my dog doesnt bite" "my child would never do that" "i dont need a shower" and "im only parking for a minute" that is the realm of utterly unsocialised savages and not an inch should be given to em

next you'll be telling me I shouldn't take my shoes off in the cinema

maybe not next but its on my to-do

I have total respect for people who turn up at the local One Stop on a morning in slippers and pyjama bottoms. I'm a bit too prissy to do it myself, but it is commendable savagery imo.

Was surprised to see a mother and daughter in pyjamas when I went into the local Chinese to pick up some chips last week. Even more so when they left with their order and got into a car.

Also hate it when you're sitting in a bus seat and person behind you starts banging into the back of it, either emphatically or because they've turned around and are talking to their friends using the back of your seat as something to lean on. Also knees in your back or some idiot putting their legs up against the back of it. Would think it was understood that somebody else was sitting there so you didn't disturb them.
Was also really bad back in college where people weren't watching where their feet were and start propping them against the bar your seat was above when you were trying to listen.

Also knees in your back

tbf this is more likely to be because bus seats are designed for Lilliputians than disgusting savagery of the person behind you

lots of good stuff happening in here. keep it up everyone.

organizations/municipalities that hold christmas events before, say, december 11

e.g. raleigh, north carolina's annual christmas parade was two days ago on november 17 wtf

people that put their chairs back on airplanes

food bloggers
people who consistently check for your instagram story but never like any posts on your tl

strong chance they may not realize you can mute stories, and just daily let it cycle through every single thing in all the people they're following.

ppl w glasgow uni accents that use an overly self conscious scottish vernacular online

people that put their chairs back on airplanes

― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Monday, November 19, 2018 8:59 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Did wonder if there was once a time when the rows were distanced enough that this didn't have an immediate effect on the people immediately behind. I don't remember always having my knees against the back of the row in front of you automatically.

Yeah they've reduced the distance a lot in recent years to fit more ppl in. There is actually a gadget you can buy which you attach to the back of the seat in front of you and which prevents the person sitting in it from reclining their seat.

cool
& it definitely gets past security?
electric prod or something fun?

people who consistently check for your instagram story but never like any posts on your tl

― single bed mentality (||||||||), Monday, November 19, 2018 4:01 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lmao u really care about this? can't imagine being invested in any real way in who likes my ig posts

I'm always curious about the guy who worked here seven years ago, whom I haven't spoken to since, who has never liked any of my photos, but watches every single last damn story I post. It's not that I'm sad he doesn't wike my wittle pretty pictures. I just don't get .... what he's getting out of this experience.

it's called the knee defender, yeah it's just a piece of plastic that attaches to your tray table. some airlines have banned its use though apparently

xps

People who, the moment something goes out of print, try to sell that thing for 4000x what any reasonable person would ever pay, which immediately dicks up the second-hand market by leading everyone else with a spare copy of the thing to believe that they're also sitting on a goldmine.

I mean I know it's winter and all but if people could just refrain from hawking up vast globules of phlegm onto the pavement it'd be great, especially when I have to wheel a suitcase through it all. It's not that far to the gutter, hoik it out there.

when singaporean rules seem fine

contemplated whether caning for spitting, but exclusion of death penalty altogether, is a best social model. i mean it works at my house so

Was dropping off a hire car today, there's a little feedback form where you give them a mark out of five and I overheard the following conversation with a customer who must have only given four:

Employee: Was everything ok for you?
Customer: No it was fine, car was nothing special but ok.
Employee: Did you have any problems?
Customer: No, I just never give 100%.
Employee: Is there anything we could have done better?
Customer: Not really, unless you gave it me for free.
Employee: How about we give you a 20% discount next time?

Fuck both of those fucking fuckers.

People who come into work when they're sick - like really sick, not just the sniffles or a red nose or whatever - are annoying BUT the real savages are the managers and bosses who

(a) don't immediately send their sick asses home

(b) cultivate, either consciously or unconsciously, an office environment where work and deadlines are more important than personal health

also most deadlines are bullshit

I had a boss once who would never give out 5's on the annual employee evaluation form because "nobody's perfect!"

It's a flawed system of ranking, sure, but once you get past that, treat it like ABCDF then.

IRCGAF tbh

our performance evaluation system is based on a scale of 1-3. my previous supervisors used to give everyone 2s. when i switched supervisors in the past 2 years i've been all 3s. i have not improved as a worker in any way. cool system.

People in supermarkets who take a packet of crisps or a sandwich or whatever from the shelves, eat it while they're going around the store and then present the empty wrapper to the cashier for scanning. Yuk.

I mean, this is just about permissible if you have a toddler in tow and you need to shut them up with a snack or something, although you really should be armed with snacks for them already. But otherwise, don't do it. I mean, I've even heard of people eating a banana in this way and giving the (price-tagged) peel to the cashier. Can't you wait?

I've heard of people doing this because they're diabetic or just one of those hangry types. I dunno.. It's not something I do, but I would do it if desperate. I wouldn't feel comfortable about it

I've never seen this tbh.

I see it quite a bit. ok for kids imo but your own hunger should motivate you to do the shopping faster (and pick up loads of unhealthy impulse buys to open in the car)

Tesco have boxes of free fruit for young kids to take and eat now

Who doesn't just bring along snacks for their kids when they're going places with them? My EDC is a box of chocolate milk and some graham crackers.