Things I just do not understand..

[Bella the Ball 360]

Speaking of toilets...

Explain this America

OMG YES!!!! This is not even as bad as some of them. I truly appreciate the businesses who put a metal strip on the other side making the door close more closely on the locking side. Also the end ones tend to not meet the wall and some places put a metal strip here too.

 

[Bella the Ball 360]

Why some parents dress their 2 year-old's in shirts with cup cakes on them so they look like a street walker.

I do not understand are you talking about cup cakes in an all over pattern or strategically placed? The first instance seems innocent to me the second I totally agree with you.

 

[Teresa Pitman]

just yield to your left ....and watch out for pedestrians and you're good.

Love roundabouts -- once people are used to them -- because they get rid of the issues of people waving each other through or running stop signs or confusion over whose turn it is like a 4-way stop.

I don't understand people waving each other on when rules of traffic dictate that one of the cars has the right of way. Nice is great...but it just messes with the flow of traffic.

I don't even understand what "yield to your left" means.

I think they increase confusion, at least around here.

 

[tennisfan]

I don't even understand what "yield to your left" means.

I think they increase confusion, at least around here.

I'm assuming give way to your left as in the UK we give way to the right at roundabouts

 

[cornflkgrl]

I don't even understand what "yield to your left" means.

I think they increase confusion, at least around here.

At the yield, look left at the cars coming around the circle...is there a car in the lane you want to move into at the circle...if so wait...if not...go.
It is really the same concept as merging onto the interstate. You are only checking for cars on one side when you merge onto the interstate. Traffic is moving in one direction.

 

[cornflkgrl]

I'm assuming give way to your left as in the UK we give way to the right at roundabouts

Yes. Because, like you know, we drive on the other side.

 

[MariMama]

That's a very good point.

Our city is rapidly growing and the population is moving eastward. The developers in the east part of town here have an unhealthy obsession with roundabouts, as they put them in about every 20 feet in a very busy area with lots of shopping/apartments/offices plus a major hospital (it's interesting to see ambulances and fire engines fly through 3 roundabouts trying to get to the hospital). I've almost been sideswiped more times than I can count because people think they can come into my lane/cut me off while I'm inside the roundabout (the roundabout is divided into 2 lanes, one for turning right or going straight, the other for turning left or going straight). They also miss the big YIELD signs that are posted just before entering the roundabout and just floor it through even though there are cars in the roundabout that have the right of way. Sometimes, I swear I can see my life flash before my eyes when going through those!

It would seem like it's not that difficult of a concept to get. They have arrows on the road telling where each lane is supposed to go, a couple signs showing how the roundabout works, and big yield signs saying when to wait for cars. But alas, people still don't get it.

We also have a "diverging diamond" intersection that the city thought would be an excellent way to cut down on traffic accidents at a busy intersection. They were right, it did cut down on accidents at the intersection- except it also increased traffic going through the residential area that surrounds the intersection because people try and find ways to avoid the whole thing. Which has then caused a number of accidents on the other streets.

After adding 60+ roundabouts in the last 2 years, our engineers have finally tired of them and are now onto diverging diamond intersections. Those should be fun.

 

[Teresa Pitman]

Okay. But this is what happens to me. There are two lanes in the roundabout. I want to go "straight" so will go off at the second exit. There is nobody in the outside lane, so I go into that. But there is a car in the inside lane that also wants to get off at the same exit I am trying to get off at. Before that exit, he moves into my lane, causing me to pull up quickly so I don't hit him and causing the car behind me to pull up quickly and honk. I can't really see his turn/lane-change signal because he is barely in front of me and to be honest I am focused on the car on my right which I am afraid is going to jump into the roundabout in front of me (because people don't really know what to do when they get to them). I just get confused.

 

[MariMama]

Why people get so bent out of shape over unimportant stuff.

Case in point: I put up for sale a kitchen item on our town's buy/sell page. $5. Five bucks. Item is not rare or unusual. The first who responded did so quickly. I IMMEDIATELY responded back to her to set up a meeting. She did not respond. I waited over an hour, then offered it to the next person on the list. The first person saw that 6 hours later and FLIPPED OUT. Sent me untold number of nasty messages. I had to block her. Unfortunately, you have to use your real name on this site, so if the woman googles me, she can find out where I live. I am honestly waiting for her to show up at my house and go crazy in person. I was trying to sell a bunch of stuff since we are moving, but after that experience? Forget it. It's all going to a thrift store. Not worth the insanity.

Yup. I'd rather donate it and know my family is safe vs dealing with all the crazies in the world.

 

[King Schultz]

I do not understand are you talking about cup cakes in an all over pattern or strategically placed? The first instance seems innocent to me the second I totally agree with you.

I rarely understand what I post either.






But if you read the "Young Girls/bikinis" thread I think you'll see what I was referring to.

 

[MariMama]

I don't even understand what "yield to your left" means.

I think they increase confusion, at least around here.

It means people coming from your left who are already in the roundabout have right of way. And you need to yield to them.

 

[AppleDumpling]

How, when there are 3 or 4 or 5 or more checkout lines in a store, I somehow manage to pick the one that moves the slowest.

Invariably, there will be someone ahead of me who asks me to hold their place while they run back for a forgotten item, or who needs a price check on an item with no price tag, or who realizes they are short on cash after counting out all the small bills and coins in their wallet, or who has their credit card declined and then attempts to use several other cards or pay by check, or who carries on a long-winded conversation with the cashier about their family, the weather, current events or some other random topic. Or the register runs out of receipt paper and the cashier needs to put in a new roll. Or right before I am next to be rung up, it is time for the cashier to go home or take a break.

 

[PollyannaMom]

My fascination with Sharks - SHARK WEEK

I love shark week! DS and I just watched Jaws the other day to kick it off.

 

[Dizneefamily+4]

Why everyone else in my house can go to the bathroom in peace, yet as soon as I step foot in there and close the door, it's either, "mom???" or "*insert my name*" from my husband.

 

[Dizneefamily+4]

Stupid people

Why is it if I pull into a parking lot and leave 3 or four empty spaces on either side of me. I come back and they always pull in right beside my car.

Or go into a public bathroom with nobody else in it and choose a stall way down on the end. The next person to come in chooses the stall RIGHT NEXT TO ME when all the others are empty. Why, people, why?

 

[mom2rtk]

After adding 60+ roundabouts in the last 2 years, our engineers have finally tired of them and are now onto diverging diamond intersections. Those should be fun.

Sounds like a traffic engineer trying to justify his/her existence.

 

[CPanther95]

Why we were talked out of using paper bags to save the environment - then once every store started offering plastic bags, we were chastised for choosing plastic over paper by the same folks.

Now when they ask I just say, "Plastic is fine if you double bag everything - otherwise, paper." I don't really care which, but if one is substantially worse than the other I'd rather choose the more environmentally friendly.

 

[jevs]

Why everyone else in my house can go to the bathroom in peace, yet as soon as I step foot in there and close the door, it's either, "mom???" or "*insert my name*" from my husband.

Or the cat sits in there staring up at you.

 

[cornflkgrl]

Why everyone else in my house can go to the bathroom in peace, yet as soon as I step foot in there and close the door, it's either, "mom???" or "*insert my name*" from my husband.

So true! Dh just takes a shower or disappears into the bathroom. I stupidly announce it like I'm asking permission from everyone. And the kids inevitably follow me into the bathroom or someone comes and bangs on the door to "tell" on someone else when dh is out in the living room and totally available for breaking up fights or my favorite...someone comes to the door and bangs on the door while yelling and holding a phone telling me someone is on the phone.

 

[Gari14]

I dont understand people that make a noise when eating like they've got a damn external microphone attached to their mouth

Nobody needs to hear you bloody eat!