Shallow, Pedantic Complaints People Make That Drive You Insane

What types of ridiculous complaints do people make that either defy the laws of logic, are greatly overstating what is truly a minor annoyance, or are just repeated ad nauseum to where you don't want to hear them again?

My personal favorite is "Gee, giving me a ticket, with all the rapists and murderers out there, why are you messing with me?".

As if the only laws that need to be enforced are ones involving violent crime, and rape, and that you weren't actually going 30 miles an hour over the speed limit which ya know can endanger lives.

"I want those two hours of my life back!"

"Can't the Dow stop all this up-down-up-down... Jeez!"

^^^^^^^^

"Why don't we get off on Jewish holidays if they get off on our holidays?"

"I pay taxes, but what the hell do I get in return?"

"Why don't you carry more items in plus sizes? Haven't you heard the statistics about obesity in America? I guess discriminating against fat people is more important to you than making money!"

^^ i get this sort of thing pretty often

I don't think that's particularly pedantic or shallow. Sure, it's probably not anything you can do much about, but it's a valid complaint.

at this place i worked once upon a time they accomodated Muslims by giving them prayer space for Ramadan. guy complained and said "where's the prayer rooms for Christians"? they also devoted a day to promote diversity by describing Muslim religious practice on the bulletin board. same guy compained "where's the info about Christianity"?

OH YOU'RE SO EFFING PERSECUTED YOU ONLY RUN THE WORLD

"Why don't we get off on Jewish holidays if they get off on our holidays?"

Ha, my office actually gets Yom Kippur off every year. I'm not sure why.

"they don't allow Bibles in the schools anymore".

used to hear this a lot in the South. what they really mean is "they don't force you to read it anymore", cuz like about 1 in every 4 people I wnt to school with in this area BROUGHT BIBLES WITH THEM TO SCHOOL

Similarly "why isn't there a WHITE history month?" (xpost)

UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I HATE THAT ONE

I used to work at a Jewish-run company, it was awesome, we got to go home at 2pm on Fridays all through the winter and got all the Jewish holidays off.

honestly if I ever went anywhere that held a White History Month, I'd fill it all with pictures of people like the Unabomber, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, et al

karen, we actually offer over 40 styles in sizes up to 6XL, some up to 8XL so

any larger you'd be selling tents

They're finding clothes somewhere.

You may have your own prejudices against fat people for whatever reason, but that does not invalidate their perfectly reasonable request to be able to choose clothes they actually like that fit them.

But hey, Friday afternoon is probably not the best time to get into the simmering cauldron of classism and thinly veiled sexism that lurks behind issues of weight and fat acceptance.

Having spontaneous wild sex with someone from your office after nothing more than a brief but intense stare.

hahaha, wrong thread!

"I think you mean 'it is to be hoped that.'"

"If they can put a man on the moon, you'd think they'd have found a way to (fix x massively complicated problem) by now"

ROFL @ Hurting

yea for a moment i thought Hurting 2 was just getting so much play he was complaining about being worn out

karen the complaint that we are unable to offer every design in every size (due to production and warehousing constraints) is pretty shallow! and wielding obesity statistics as some measure of entitlement is pretty pedantic! i don't get where you're coming from here

Calling "fat" people "obese" is probably offensive. I don't understand why a customer would refer to herself as "obese".

A lot of medical literature and many doctors refer to women of average height who weigh more than 170 pounds as "obese". I am not kidding. I actually know people who were 5'6" ish, weighed 180 pounds or so and were told they were "obese". Obesity is supposed to be a disabling life-shortening condition. One can be medium tall, weigh 200 pounds and be healthy and even athletic.

My sister was very athletic but a little on the chubby side in junior high but was told by her doctor that she was "obese". I always think these people, when they are white, are probably racist.

obese literally just means "judged by the medical community to be obese" so yeah, it's just based on BMI calculations which are...not useful.

it might sound like "horrifically fat" in your head but a lot of people who don't meet subjective standards of "horrifically fat" are obese because again, all it means is you have a BMI of 28 or above

or maybe 30 and above, i can't remember because fuck BMI

The technically-but-not-really-obese people are not the ones having trouble finding clothes that fit and pedantically complaining about it.

i don't really want to get into it but i can't see how wanting clothes that cover your body is a shallow complaint

Wow, Kerm, I'm really super impressed that you're omniscient enough to know who, exactly, has trouble finding clothes that fit them and whether they have a medical condition or not.

I think the shallowness of the complaint is more in the line of "Why does this particular store not have exactly what I want right NOW?"

of course it is.

And then the added pseudo-politicization of not-having-what-I-want-right-now as a cover for entitlement.

i don't really want to get into it but i can't see how wanting clothes that cover your body is a shallow complaint

http://www.hyscience.com/burka.jpg

Deciding that you can't find clothes you like because of DISCRIMINATION is pretty ridiculous.

These are all camo cargo shorts! Have you seen the statistics about how many not on assignment for National Geographic men there are?!

to steer the convo elsewhere, I introduce...

"These experts don't know nothin, they said <food that is good for you> was bad for you 20 years ago, now they say it's good..."

like i said, i don't really want to get into it, and it sounds like elmo's store does a good job of offering plus sizes which is awesome, so it's not directed at him, but. it is incredibly difficult to find clothing past a certain size, especially if you care about what you wear and contrary to many cultural myths, many people cannot change their body size, so. i understand where those people might be coming from; they might have had the experience of not being able to find clothing again and again and again at store after store after store. it's a pressure straight-sized people don't face.

Horseshoe OTM.

It's quite a complicated issue that is quite difficult for, you know, the kind of people who like to make jokes about "fatties wearing tents" to actually understand.

But I do understand that this is more a thread for making jokes about tents instead of complex analysis of what does or doesn't constitute discrimination you've never faced.

wow karen i'm super glad u are so proud of yr fat rights riff that u wld call elmo prejudiced in order to shoehorn it into the thread.

wtf

she didn't call elmo prejudiced

Wow zvookster I'm so glad you like making cheap zings more than actually understanding that, you know, complex issue might actually be complex?

for the record, i'm not prejudiced against fat people, i made an ill-advised joke and i apologize.

although I still don't find the offense in elmo's original post because it was more focused on the inventory/stock rather than debating whether stores 'should' carry such clothing.

You may have your own prejudices against fat people for whatever reason, but that does not invalidate their perfectly reasonable request to be able to choose clothes they actually like that fit them.

vs. "consumers" having a tendency to act like entitled dicks, which is what elmo was talking abt.

fatties are stupid and hilarious

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh boy

working towards 1000 posts by tonight

yeah, really, that's so cool!

and exciting and stuff too. and probably scary? maybe a little scary. but mostly exciting! all the luck in the world to you.

yes, good luck, jody! that rules.

i'm not against the food truck idea, but i haven't even taken my behind-the-wheel test yet! i'm finally learning how to drive, after 34 years of being alive.

scott, you're an inspiration! i'm proud of you for opening your own store.

new complaint, the phrase "you'll learn more by doing than watching" in terms of training.

This is true -- TO AN EXTENT. And my objection is not due to the sentiment, but the way it is often applied.

There have been only three jobs in my life (not counting temp or seasonal positions) that I have put in less than a year of service. One was Steak 'n Shake, which I quit in the middle of a shift by running out through the drive through.

The other two were a supermarket deli (where I lasted a week), and a pizza place (lasted one day). Both places used the 'quote' at the top of this message as their training philosophy, meaning they gave me a spiel for about 15 minutes about how stuff worked, then immediately asked me to start doing stuff even though I had no clue what I was doing.

I got so frustrated at both places that I quit. Is it SO hard to understand that people can't just absorb an entire job with no training? I mean the deli job involved everything from helping customers get meat, to removing the fat from chickens and roasting them, to making subs, to prepping salads, to....all kinds of stuff. also the second shift, the idiot boss paired me with her sister, who hadn't worked there in a year, and had no idea what she was doing.

The pizza place, I got condescending lip all shift from the 'night supervisor'. I actually had another job at the time (I was trying this one out as a possible replacement), and I probably made more at that job than the supervisor did. At the end of the night, after he finally lipped off again for the umpteenth time about how 'crappy' those of us delivery people were, I never showed back up except to collect my one paycheck.

TRAINING. PEOPLE. YOU CAN'T SKIMP ON IT. (I know this now as I train people regularly).

is this now the thread to make shallow pedantic complaints rather than listing the ones that people make?

also noodles with butter sounds pretty disgusting

dude i have no clue what the purpose of this thread is anymore and im the one who created it

pls post pics of white people trying to dance

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Had some noodles with garlic butter sauce the other night. It was pretty good. Xxxppp

noodles w/butter plus a lil sage is an actual italian dish

It's pretty standard fare for kids at a restaurant that does not have a kids menu.

Like mashed potatoes and rice with butter.

Both places used the 'quote' at the top of this message as their training philosophy, meaning they gave me a spiel for about 15 minutes about how stuff worked, then immediately asked me to start doing stuff even though I had no clue what I was doing.

^ had this experience, but straight out of college as product/marketing manager for a fairly well-respected local enterprise. lasted three days, and if i didn't tip the full way into it i'm pretty sure i at least verged on nervous breakdown for several months afterwards. lol private sector, never again.

also noodles with butter sounds pretty disgusting

― HOOS' THE BOSS (ken c), Thursday, September 2, 2010 9:31 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

My dad used to make this all the time for me as a kid. It's so good and sort of ultimate comfort food to me now.

While standing in the rain trying to catch a cab this morning I thought of another thing that bugs me: people who are contemptuous of other who try to avoid getting wet in the rain (by say, running or holding a newspaper over their heads). One friend gets peevish about this, saying "WTF, are you gonna MELT? It's fucking RAIN, you'll get dry" etc.

Those people have never worn glasses.

jeez i was kinda silently thinking uncharitable thoughts about said rainwimps until WmC brought the OTM. raindrops on glasses is one of the worsts

an ex-girlfriend of mine complained that I ate too loud and smacked my lips. not an invalid complaint, and one I tried to work on (but really ya know we all have habits that we have trouble shaking, I've ahd it my entire life).

but she'd do things like on one occasion ask me if I could eat in another room because of it, despite the fact that I'd just gone and picked her up lunch (which I paid for). so the context irked me.

my next annoying habit would have been taking her lunch and throwing it far away

I happened to be wearing glasses this morning, but even if I hadn't been, and even though it was moderate rain, I still don't want wet clothes and wet hair while at work. Or any time unless I'm swimming or tripping on shrooms while camping.

"an ex-girlfriend of mine complained that I ate too loud and smacked my lips."

i can relate. i'd probably ask you to go in the basement. mouthsounds drive me crazy. just posting about that on ilm actually!

http://mouthsounds.info/images/book_02.jpg

younger brother swears blind that he walked into a room once with an apple in his hand to be greeted with a cut-dead darraghmac snarl of 'I do hope that isn't a NOISY apple' and he ran away crying. i can't outright deny it tbh.

i want that book so much!

I hate mouth noises a lot, but it sounds like San Te's ex might be the one with the problem.

One friend gets peevish about this, saying "WTF, are you gonna MELT? It's fucking RAIN, you'll get dry" etc.

These people have never worn glasses eyeliner.

Or goop in their hair that dissolves and runs down your face.

These people have never worn glasses eyeliner had curly hair.

fixed

xp hair post

"I hate mouth noises a lot, but it sounds like San Te's ex might be the one with the problem."

i have a couple of family members - who shall remain nameless - who when they eat are a variation on "MMMMMMMMMMM - SMACK SMACK SMACK - MMMMMMMMMMMM - SMACK SMACK - *LICK FINGERS* - MMMMMMMMM"

i grin and bear it cuz i am all about love but i envision their gruesome deaths quite vividly.

scott, like I said, I hate mouth noises - my father used to smack a lot, b/c of his dentures, he claimed - but San Te made an effort to correct the problem, so for that reason I think it is *possible* that the GF has the burden of tolerance.

http://www.omnomnomnom.com/

i was more mad that i was nice enough to pick her up lunch, drove it back, and this was all before I was helping volunteer with her at something she was doing (and she was the only reason I was doing it)....and she asks me if "I can eat elsewhere", in a somewhat snarky tone.

yeah, i'm usually polite and don't mention it to people. you know, i'll live.

x-post

just don't whisper in my ear. and don't whisper the words "moist cake" in my ear. and don't whisper the words "moist cake" in my ear if you have cake in your mouth. or i'll kill myself.

and if you ever ever put your finger in my mouth when i'm yawning i will kill you. more than one person has done this in my lifetime! don't ever do that!

before i sound like a total freak i should mention that i have no problem with kissing and, um, sounds of that nature. and i'm actually pretty oral. love smoking, drinking, and eating for that reason.

my introduction to rem was seeing them play on mouthsounds guy's kids show on nickelodeon. also al green, too, i think?

anyway they played so. central rain and i was like cool, i could get into this

"See? When the Nazis scheduled a demonstration in this neighborhood, they were being civil, and it was the minorities who got violent".

As if intentionally demonstrating in areas where they know they will incite rage amongst the minorities they are targeting with their demonstrations isn't part of their whole plan. and proves nothing.

xpost

talk about the passion is so much better, though

how did people outdo the byrds in the eighties? re-feed peter buck those drugs

"See? When the Nazis scheduled a demonstration in this neighborhood, they were being civil, and it was the minorities who got violent".

um, how often does someone get a chance to say this? and where do you live so i can steer clear of it.

mostly message board debates and in real life acquaintances for people not necessarily trying to side with Nazis but to argue in favor of free speech (and doing a poor job of it)

scott, like I said, I hate mouth noises - my father used to smack a lot, b/c of his dentures, he claimed

Have you ever talked with Kr about this? She has a similar hatred b/c of her mom.

"man how about a courtesy flush -- at least wait until I leave the bathroom".

IT'S A FUCKING BATHROOM, IT'S MADE FOR SHITTING

talking to me at all in a mens room when i'm busy is def a no no.

My mum and dad have partial dentures so make discusting smacky noises all the time when they eat. Mum also takes her bridge out after eating a biscuit, and sucks the goop off the false tooth , swishes some tea, then puts it back. UUUUUGHHHH.

and if you ever ever put your finger in my mouth when i'm yawning i will kill you. more than one person has done this in my lifetime! don't ever do that!

If someone did this to me, I have got to tell you, I would have no hesitation in biting down hard on their finger.

that's hard when you're mid yawn!

Dammit why you gotta be all smart on me.

just don't whisper in my ear. and don't whisper the words "moist cake" in my ear. and don't whisper the words "moist cake" in my ear if you have cake in your mouth. or i'll kill myself.

― scott seward, Thursday, 2 September 2010 16:11 (4 years ago) Permalink

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