Are Rants Allowed ?

If not, just delete this, but if so....

WHY ARE THERE SO MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF CIGARETTES ????

It never fails after I pump my $10.00 ( 3 gallons around here ) of gas, and run in to hand the attendant my $10 dollar bill I get behind somebody wanting to purchase about three different kinds of cigarettes.

Lets see I want one pack of Super Basic Ultra Light super 100's menthol in the green pack, then a pack of Marlboro moderately light reds hard pack flip top box, and a pack of Misty Super Ultra light 120's non menthol in a soft pack.

And then God forbid if the attendant doesnt immediately grab the three correct packs, " NO NO I said in the GREEN pack !! " Like it really makes that big a difference. Then they load up on 3 or 4 different scratch off tickets, and 5 minutes later i can actually hand the attendant my ten for my gas.

Thank you, I feel better now.

I guess the real problem is how they are sold. Imagine if breakfast cereals were kept behind a counter and only available on request. I want Captain Crunch, no, the one with Crunch berries...no...not the family size pack, not the 15 oz box or the 20oz box, the 24 ox box that is on sale this week. Yikes!!

You know, I've been thinking about taking up the habit, maybe next year when I'm 53. I'll be able to report back to you then.

I want a Coke...Classic...bottle... Not diet, not lime, yes with caffine, non-returnable, kosher(with sugar)... 24 oz...

It is happening everywhere, with everything!

Another reason I love to pay-at-the-pump for gasoline. I scoffed at the idea when I first saw it, but now I won't go inside to pay.

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Originally posted by wheregreggeats.com

You know, I've been thinking about taking up the habit, maybe next year when I'm 53. I'll be able to report back to you then.

If you do, make sure to pick up the book " Great Cigarettes Of The Northwest ". It is 1296 pages, and is a very handy guide in choosing what brand of cigarettes to smoke in the great NW.

Just messin with you of course.... :<)

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Originally posted by Tony Bad

I guess the real problem is how they are sold. Imagine if breakfast cereals were kept behind a counter and only available on request. I want Captain Crunch, no, the one with Crunch berries...no...not the family size pack, not the 15 oz box or the 20oz box, the 24 ox box that is on sale this week. Yikes!!

You think thats a problem, how about prophylactics! Then it gets embarrasing when over the store P.A. system they ask for a price check on xxx brand, extra small, 12 pack in lane 3. Chow Jim

Try being the clerk behind the counter with a thousand different types of smokes.

Grrr! I leave home for work at 5:30 AM and have about an 8 mile drive hugging the Lake Minnetonka shoreline on a two lane road before hitting the freeway and a 12 mile further shot into downtown Minneapolis. The two lane road is mostly 40 mph and since it is winding there is no place to pass. Usually I have it to myself and will go the actual 40 or even nudge to 45. But what I don't understand is that at 5:30 AM in the dark with nothing to sight see why some IDIOT will go 5 miles under the speed limit and then accumulate a car train behind of increasingly angry motorists. Grrr!

The explosion of speed coming out of the freeway access ramp around that train driver is something to behold. Most roar by him/her and you can feel and sense the anger. They steadily speed up but when they get alongside they stomp it.

You folks don't want to stand behind me at a coffee house.............. this aint no sheeeeeeeeet

it's the way I like it and I'll have it no other way
my standing order:
" I'll have a dry cappuccino,........three shots of espresso in a preheated ceramic cup, .....put two cubes of raw sugar on the bottom of the cup before you pour the triple shots, ...please don't stir the sugar, place only two table spoons of dry hole milk foam on top,...please foam only no milk ok?.................thank you"

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Originally posted by Davydd

Grrr! I leave home for work at 5:30 AM and have about an 8 mile drive hugging the Lake Minnetonka shoreline on a two lane road before hitting the freeway and a 12 mile further shot into downtown Minneapolis. The two lane road is mostly 40 mph and since it is winding there is no place to pass. Usually I have it to myself and will go the actual 40 or even nudge to 45. But what I don't understand is that at 5:30 AM in the dark with nothing to sight see why some IDIOT will go 5 miles under the speed limit and then accumulate a car train behind of increasingly angry motorists. Grrr!

The explosion of speed coming out of the freeway access ramp around that train driver is something to behold. Most roar by him/her and you can feel and sense the anger. They steadily speed up but when they get alongside they stomp it.

Driving 5 mph under the speed limit in the dark on a winding road seems pretty reasonable to me. Do you have deer out that way? 5:30 AM is prime deer hitting time!

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Originally posted by fpczyz

You folks don't want to stand behind me at a coffee house.............. this aint no sheeeeeeeeet

it's the way I like it and I'll have it no other way
my standing order:
" I'll have a dry cappuccino,........three shots of espresso in a preheated ceramic cup, .....put two cubes of raw sugar on the bottom of the cup before you pour the triple shots, ...please don't stir the sugar, place only two table spoons of dry hole milk foam on top,...please foam only no milk ok?.................thank you"

Didn't Steve Martin make a movie once about people like you??

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Originally posted by Tony Bad

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Originally posted by Davydd

Grrr! I leave home for work at 5:30 AM and have about an 8 mile drive hugging the Lake Minnetonka shoreline on a two lane road before hitting the freeway and a 12 mile further shot into downtown Minneapolis. The two lane road is mostly 40 mph and since it is winding there is no place to pass. Usually I have it to myself and will go the actual 40 or even nudge to 45. But what I don't understand is that at 5:30 AM in the dark with nothing to sight see why some IDIOT will go 5 miles under the speed limit and then accumulate a car train behind of increasingly angry motorists. Grrr!

The explosion of speed coming out of the freeway access ramp around that train driver is something to behold. Most roar by him/her and you can feel and sense the anger. They steadily speed up but when they get alongside they stomp it.

Driving 5 mph under the speed limit in the dark on a winding road seems pretty reasonable to me. Do you have deer out that way? 5:30 AM is prime deer hitting time!

I've never seen a deer on the stretch of road I mentioned I suspect because most of the lake bank is steep. It isn't reasonable. The road could actually be driven safely at 55 mph but there are intersecting streets to keep it down to 40. But that's not the point. These are the same idiots that do it on the freeway in the left lane as well. They are oblivious to their surroundings and become a hazard unto themselves. If they are that uncomfortable they could pull over in the numerous pull over spots and let the traffic buy. RV owners very often extend that courtesy when they know they cannot keep up nor desire to keep up with traffic.

Poverty Pete,
Are you referring to "L.A. STORY"? That movie is a classic. If anyone wants to get a good vision of life in SOCAL, they need to watch it about 12 times!! And Yes, I think Frank was a character actor in several of the scenes.

Lower Alabama Story? Never heard of that one...

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Originally posted by Davydd

I've never seen a deer on the stretch of road I mentioned I suspect because most of the lake bank is steep. It isn't reasonable. The road could actually be driven safely at 55 mph but there are intersecting streets to keep it down to 40. But that's not the point. These are the same idiots that do it on the freeway in the left lane as well. They are oblivious to their surroundings and become a hazard unto themselves. If they are that uncomfortable they could pull over in the numerous pull over spots and let the traffic buy. RV owners very often extend that courtesy when they know they cannot keep up nor desire to keep up with traffic.

Your rant reminds me of this quote by George Carlin:

"Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?"

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Originally posted by fpczyz

You folks don't want to stand behind me at a coffee house.............. this aint no sheeeeeeeeet

it's the way I like it and I'll have it no other way
my standing order:
" I'll have a dry cappuccino,........three shots of espresso in a preheated ceramic cup, .....put two cubes of raw sugar on the bottom of the cup before you pour the triple shots, ...please don't stir the sugar, place only two table spoons of dry hole milk foam on top,...please foam only no milk ok?.................thank you"

At least you know what you want and how you want it-clear, concise instructions. I hate the people that you stand behind in a twenty minute line up that don't know what they want when it's their turn to order.

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Originally posted by salsailsa
I hate the people that you stand behind in a twenty minute line up that don't know what they want when it's their turn to order.

I am Soooo sorry!

OK, my rant(s):

**People who crawl along in parking garages. I park in an assigned garage every day. The same garage also allows patient parking at for our dental school. You can always tell if it's a patient; they crawl along -- and I mean CRAWL -- and make a hard stop at every turn. It has taken me 5 minutes to go up to the 6th floor in the past. And then, the same people will try to park in the first open spot they find, thereby making the long queue of cars wait while they s-l-o-w-l-y maneuver their cars into the spot. Drives me cah-ra-zee!!

**Another parking issue: the morons who have decided they won't walk a few extra feet and they will instead wait for a close-in spot to open. They don't give a damn whether or not they block those behind them. I particularly notice this around the holidays. If you can't or won't walk, pull your car out of the way -- don't block me! I love beeping at people who do this.

**People who dilly-dally at the register when they are checking out. Doesn't matter whether it's the supermarket or a fast-food place...you'd better be ready when you get to the front, or you will hear from me. And if they open a new register, and I'm in front of you, you'd better not rush ahead of me to the new line, or I will let you know EXACTLY what I think of you. I've embarrassed more than one slob who did this.

What can I say? I'm busy, Type A, impatient...DON'T make me wait!

Don't look now joanie41 but...!

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Originally posted by joanie41

OK, my rant(s):

**People who crawl along in parking garages. I park in an assigned garage every day. The same garage also allows patient parking at for our dental school. You can always tell if it's a patient; they crawl along -- and I mean CRAWL -- and make a hard stop at every turn. It has taken me 5 minutes to go up to the 6th floor in the past. And then, the same people will try to park in the first open spot they find, thereby making the long queue of cars wait while they s-l-o-w-l-y maneuver their cars into the spot. Drives me cah-ra-zee!!

You will hate me for this, but whenever I am either driving down a road or in a lot and someone is RIGHT on my tail, I make it a point to stay in their way for as long as possible. I am not talking about someone who is stuck behind me for miles, as Davydd described...I pull off before slowing up traffic in those cases...no I mean the person who gives you absolutely no chance to move before they become glued to your bumper or blowing their horn or flashing their lights.

I become a rolling road block. I may drive well out of my way just to bug them. You may be type A, but I can be type A-hole when dealing with someone with no patience! Call it a twisted hobby of mine.

Just one for today.

Mostly it is women but some men also. Grocery store checkout line, food is being scanned, nice nice is made back and forth between customer and clerk and the total is....

They now look surprised that they have to actually pay for the items. Never a move to have money, CC or a check ready. And my fav second response... "How much...are you sure?" So we now watch as each item is crossed w/ items already bagged.

Out here in Wisconsin we have the worst group of bumper hogs around. They like trying to push you up to 70 on a rural road in an ice storm at night. They get so close you can't even see their headlights in the rear view mirror. Nothing but grill.

My solution. Pull over onto the shoulder as soon as possible and let them pass. I don't slow down just get out of their way. They look at me like I'm crazy, but my blood pressure stays low and I don't have to worry about getting hit by the idiot behind me. Once they are past I pull right back on the road.

Most times I catch them at the next town.

I only wish now that I had opted for the brush guard on the front of my Nissan Titan pickup truck. I could be more intimidating then and you can see my headlights because they are higher than your trunk.

...just kidding...i don't tailgate....

I like the woman standing in the Starbucks line in the morning orders a cup of coffee and only then decides to pay for it by writing a check for $1.65, then decides that's silly, changes her mind, and then starts groping around in her change purse trying to find exact change. I giver her benefit of the doubt points for ordering regular black coffee straightup instead of a latte schmatte that takes 10 minutes to prepare.

And why can't coffee shops simply label cups small, medium and large?

Why can't you simply get an 8 oz. cup of coffee?

I feel this way before my first cup in the morning.

Why don't people use turn signals on their cars? This is especially important at 4-way stops, but most people had rather you guess whether or not they plan to turn in front of you.

yall got some good stuff here. i needed a good laugh. we should have a forum just for ranting and raving. most everyday, i leave work, wanting to rant on here, but by the time i get home, the loud music in my car, has washed my memory banks clean.... or was it the 6 strokes that i have suffered in the past decade? hmmm i dont remember..lmao...

Actually, although I'm impatient, I'm NOT a speed demon. (at least not anymore...the points I got on my licence after getting caught in a speed trap cured me! )

I just can't handle people who are pokey. There's a difference, I think, between that and just not driving super fast. While I'd be lying if I said I always went the speed limit (that's a danger in itself around here!) I don't drive excessively fast. I just keep up with traffic. And I don't intentionally tail people; unless they are going ridiculously slow (in which case they are a danger and should be off the roads) I keep a few car lengths between us. And if someone IS super-pokey, my hobby is to introduce them to my horn. Over and over again if necessary. Hey, we have to get our jollies somewhere, right?

To quote Steve Martin:

"I'm thinking of taking up smoking. My doctor told me I'm not getting enough tar."

My rant is gullible people