Rude public behavior

[Jessie's Girl]

Haven't read these all so I hope this isn't a repeat

When you come through the drive through window to pick up your prescriptions, please get off your darn cell phone. This is not McD's or BK. I am selling you medication that I need to talk to you about that may or may not harm you if taken incorrectly. You may have a question about it and because you are otherwise preoccupied, you may not think about it. Or, I may need to tell you something and there are 52 other people waiting behind you. And please don't get all pissy on me when I refuse to wait on you until you hang up. I'm just trying to do my job.

 

[disneyfav4ever]

I hate-hate-hate people when they're on their cell phones. I especially hate when it's those ear-piece phones. I had a customer, and she wasn't saying anything, so I didn't know she was on the phone. Anyway, I asked for her savings card, and she snapped at me that she was on the phone.

I had another fun customer today, she was mad that I didn't have a bagger, and decided to call the manager a female dog. Then there was an issue with coupons, and actually this coupon has been causing problems for the last few days.

There were two coupons in last weekend's paper, one for free cat treats, and one for free dogs treats. This coupon is only good 3/17 - 3/18, and is only good at Petsmart. So many people tried using that coupon at our store. Most people didn't notice that it wasn't good at our store, or that it wasn't even valid date-wise, and it wasn't a big deal. But there were a few, one inparticular, that got really mad that I wouldn't take it. This was on 3/15, so it wasn't valid, and even if it had been the right date, we're not Petsmart, that's a pet store, we're a grocery store.

 

[MATTERHORN]

I guess my post got deleted because one of the people who was apparently causing trouble was arguementitive with me as well, after only one post of mine. So I will repeat my "rude public behaviors" and hope that I don't get flamed again.

People who hog the ATM with multiple transactions while there is a line of other people waiting...People who talk to a waitress/waiter like they are servents instead of servers...The guy sitting behind me on an airplane who constantly has to knee the back of my seat...Also on an airplane, people who don't turn their phones off after the flight attendants have said to...They are the rudest...People in the airport terminal who sit in one chair, and place bags in the chairs on each side, then use another bag as their personal ottoman, blocking the walkway so others have to walk around them.

Someone brought up people who park their cars in front of stores dropping off and/or waiting for others. Now I guess if it is for an elderly person this is ok, but I agree that in most cases this is very rude. But to park your car in front of the store entrance so your lazy wife can wheel her cart behind and load all of the groceries in a red zone is just wrong. I see this every time I go to a grocery store.

I'm not sure what is worse, rude behavior or selfishness. I actually think in most cases the two are linked. Most rude people only think of themselves. The are not considerate of others. This is especially true of people's use of cell phones. Talking loud, holding up lines at stores, conducting business in public places and then expecting the public to be quiet and courteous.

A note to the MODERATOR TEAM;
Apparently you decided to delete some, but not all of the posts that were part of the craziness over the last couple of days. Not sure why my 2 posts were included. If you are going to get all censor happy, at least PM me to let me know if I have done something wrong. Somebody called my post contradictive. I politely replied that their arguementitive behavior was part of the problem. Not sure if I did something wrong or if you were reacting to the other person's argumentitiveness.

Hey exDS Vet, how are you again? Have a great day!!

Andrea

 

[DMRick]

If your posts were deleted then they were either argumentative, sarcastic, or attacked someone.

Weren't some deleted just because they quoted someone doing the above?

 

[LovesDoomBuggies]

This is my pet peeve. You are in the ladies restroom and going to use the toilet. You open the stall door and the toilet seat is covered in URINE! Why? Because so many women think they have to straddle the toilet seat instead of just sitting on it. So the next women(me) has to clean up your urine so I can pee. How nice. And how gross. Why do so many women now do this?? It is not sanitary or germ saving. There is no study anywhere that says you should straddle a toilet and pee all over the seat and floor. I have even been next to a women who was doing this and her pee was splashing all over MY shoes!!! My yelling could probably be heard down the block as I told her off. This ridiculous habit needs to end. And I have been known to write on bathroom stall doors "PLEASE SIT DOWN TO PEE OR CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF". Ugh.

gahh I really hate when you open the stall to a toilet and someone has left their toilet seat cover on the seat. That grosses me out more than seeing sprinkle on the seat, for some reason. I know that's not logical, but it does.

 

[rt2dz]

Weren't some deleted just because they quoted someone doing the above?

Yup. That's why one of mine was deleted. And I thought I was just being nice, clearing up a misinterpretation. I guess my big question is, Does this effect (affect? I never have gotten that down) my post count?

 

[delilah]

gahh I really hate when you open the stall to a toilet and someone has left their toilet seat cover on the seat. That grosses me out more than seeing sprinkle on the seat, for some reason. I know that's not logical, but it does.

Or else, there aren't seat covers, so there is a roll of toilet paper all over the toilet seat and floor, along with all the urine.

Ladies rooms are really disgusting at time. We have a public restroom in the atrium of our office building with four stalls. Two of the stalls were clogged up one morning after a health fair the hospital sponsored in the fall. Believe it or not, somebody actually defecated on top of the wad of TP already in the toilet. By the end of the week, all four stalls were unusable. Some rocket scientist of a maintenance worker duct-taped one of the stalls closed. It remained duct-taped, but not cleaned out from mid-October to Christmas. I reported the state of the restroom to the maintenance department of the hospital on several occasions. Now, how do I know the state of the public restroom? Because, apparently, we have the same type of rude restroom behavior among at least one of our employees. The employee restroom went through period on unusabilty that lasted several weeks, being clogged at least once a day. Now, in our patient restroom, some people think that they should flush the plastic specimen cups. This has a predictable result. All I can say is that among other attributes, obviously, family physicians need to have an 8 hour bladder capacity, and the ability to "hold it" until making it to a usuable restroom in a different building.

Actually, the restroom situation has improved of late at work. I think the culprit may have been somebody who quit earlier this year.

 

[LSchrow]

back to pet peeves :
four phrases that need to be used more often (& some of the first words ppl should teach their children):
please
thank you
excuse me
i'm sorry

pl who use them tend to have lower blood pressure, more friends, & better paying jobs. they also are incredibly more attractive to the opposite (or same, depending upon your preference) gender.
(okay, okay.... i made the last part up, but it could be true )

other peeves:
~ smelly diaper changing in the middle of public places (also not fond of those who feel that "throw away" wipes may be thrown anywhere, or that proper disposal of said diaper translates to simply finding a good hiding place )
~ public nursing (i mean when one pushes items off a table in the middle of a store, plops down, & proceeds the "natural" process, proud as a peacock that the world can see her "feathers". apparently, use of a light cover or blankie would not be as natural )

next........

 

[Saffron]

Uh oh. Someone mentioned nursing in public.

Anyhoo, my best friend used to nurse in public, her baby was hungry, she fed him. While we were sitting in the mall, as she nursed her son, she looked down at the receiving blanket covering them, then looked at me and asked, "Do you think when John grows up he'll insist on eating with a blanket on his head?"

 

[LSchrow]

Uh oh. Someone mentioned nursing in public.

nursing SANS blanket
so hopefully, i'm covered (pun intended)

 

[Amlee]

Realized I had a few more over the weekend!

People who go slow in the fast lane. MOVE!

If you don't like the movie you are watching, then get up and LEAVE! Don't get on your cell phone and proceed to have a conversation about how bad the movie is during the movie!

I walked into a store to buy some make up. I stand and wait my turn to talk to a sales person. The sales person walked around me and helps the lady BEHIND ME! I then get my turn. I explain what I am looking for and ask if she can help me. She tells me what part of the store I need to be in and she will be over there in a few moments. Great! I head over. A few moments later, I look and she is doing a make over on some other lady. 15 minutes I stand there. Lady #1 is still doing the make over. Sales Lady #2 is standing at her station looking at her hair in the mirror. #3 and #4 are standing at the door having a nice conversation with each other. #5 is standing, looking into thin air snapping her gum. Me, I'm the one over in the lipstick with steam coming out of my ears.

I stand there watching trying to make up my mind. My first thought was to walk over to #1 and hand her my basket of make up and tell her thanks for not helping. Second thought was to find a manager and let her/him know what I had been watching. or Third go get #5 and get some help.

But then I had a I went to #5 for help and to make my purchase. After that, I went to #1,2,3,4, and 5 to get names. I then found a manager and told her just what I had witnessed in the store. Then when I got where I could. I sent off an email to the company with names and what happened.

No, I wasn't dressed my best and no I didn't have make up on. But that doesn't mean I shouldn't get customer service!

 

[yensiD naF]

Here's another I just remembered while I was at the gas station. People who play their car stereos at full blast with the windows down. Why do these idiots have to broadcast to everyone around them? The other day I was on my lunch break, sitting in my car eating and this woman in a pick-up truck pulls up next to me, windows down, stereo blasting and starts eating. I had to roll up my window to avoid her rudeness.

 

[MATTERHORN]

Uh oh. Someone mentioned nursing in public.

Anyhoo, my best friend used to nurse in public, her baby was hungry, she fed him. While we were sitting in the mall, as she nursed her son, she looked down at the receiving blanket covering them, then looked at me and asked, "Do you think when John grows up he'll insist on eating with a blanket on his head?"

Now that's funny!! Could you imagine? My kids hated the blanket over them, they'd rip it off any chance they got!! Plus with it being over 100 degrees here for months on end, there's no way a hot blankets going over their sweaty little head!!

Andrea

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

Uh oh. Someone mentioned nursing in public.

that's just ASKING for a flame! lol. not from me tho, cuz i could care less, either way, but yikes!

 

[fan_of_small_world]

But then I had a I went to #5 for help and to make my purchase. After that, I went to #1,2,3,4, and 5 to get names. I then found a manager and told her just what I had witnessed in the store. Then when I got where I could. I sent off an email to the company with names and what happened.

No, I wasn't dressed my best and no I didn't have make up on. But that doesn't mean I shouldn't get customer service!

Amlee, you handled that really well. The company needs to know what their employees are doing (or not doing, in this case!). And you're right...no matter what you look like (and we've all had those days you deserve the same level of service as any other customer.

 

[fan_of_small_world]

Now to describe the rude behavior I got to witness today...

I went to Trader Joe's and, being the weekend, it was pretty crowded. A dad was in there with 2 little boys, about 4, who looked like twins. The dad gave each of them their own hand-basket, which they proceeded to put on the floow and push through the aisles like race cars! Later I saw them "riding" them through the aisles. I can't tell you how many people they almost plowed into, and how many people had to dodge them just to avoid hitting them. And what was the dad saying to them? You guessed it - nothing!

 

[Kath2003]

People on the subway who insist on using their phone and it's crappy little tinny speaker to play hip-hop music to the entire carriage full of people whilst making gangsta-style hand gestures to go along with it.

My phone can do that too - I'm just not arrogant enough to think that everyone on the subway wants to share my choice of soundtrack.

 

[babytrees]

I thought of you all today and how I couldn't wait to come back and vent here about this:

Rude behavior for the day....we were in line for a movie screening....5 people ahead of us...they keep seeing their "friends" by the time we go in there are 20 of them who have cut in front of us. This screening was not full they would have found spots from the spot they should have been in line. These people were not family, "hey, I didn't know you would be here" was commonly said. After being hit with a plastic sword 4 times (being held by a "gentleman" in his 40's) I finally said something.

 

[xyzabc33]

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[It's A Happy Day]

Do you all want to hear about my day?

Just a couple of rude behavioral examples today:
#1 = 1 word - heelies, I do not think I need to say more,
#2 I went to Auntie Annies Pretzel place to get what we call a large lemonade - 1 girl says "any pretzels" to which I politely say "no, thank you." 2nd girl wearing a "supervisor" tag hands me my beverage and they pull out their cell phones and are showing each other their pictures they have taken.....Um, do you want me to pay for the drink? I am sure your pictures can wait for when there are no customers around.