What's your problem?

[OceanAnnie]

Well, come on - you know I couldn't resist!

I know.

 

[apirateslifeforme]

As actually happened 20 minutes ago...

Dear 20-something-year-old girl in the silver Honda: The road where you came flying up behind me has a speed limit of 30 mph. I admittedly was going 35, so I was already speeding. At the stop sign, you could plainly see that there was a car already stopped at one of the other stop signs, so why did you honk at me?

Just past that intersection, in our neighborhood, how could you not see the BIG WHITE VAN with out-of-state plates in front of me? How could tailgating me make him speed up? Here, I'm tired of you being 2 inches off my bumper; I'm going to put on my signal and pull over for you...

WHOA! Well, it's a good thing for you that we were going so slow due to that van...you didn't leave any damage to my car when you HIT ME and drove away.

 

[My sister's princess]

Dear "friends",

My husband is away, not dead. Please stop acting like I am cripple. I survived before him, and will survive while he is away.


That felt nice, thank you

 

[locolala]

Dear girl in my due date club: I am aware that you didn't gain any weight during your pregnancy. You were overweight, bordering on obese to start with. Not gaining weight is not an option for me, as I was 115 to start with.

 

[OceanAnnie]

Dear girl in my due date club: I am aware that you didn't gain any weight during your pregnancy. You were overweight, bordering on obese to start with. Not gaining weight is not an option for me, as I was 115 to start with.

Ohhh. I did not want to discuss weight gain when I was pregnant. What is it with people, thinking you are an open book? They see a bump and want to guess how much weight you've gained. What do they think you are a walking contest? Big pet peeve of mine. I should've let my pregnancy hormones loose instead of biting my tongue. And you are right. The last thing you want to hear is how little a person has gained.

 

[marypoppinswannabe]

I have another one that just happened to me today:

Buddy don't be honking at me when you are doing an illegal u-turn and almost hit me at the same time I am merging into traffic and I didn't do anything illegal.

 

[iwrbnd]

Dear sick person, please don't groan every time I pass you. I know you don't feel good and I'm sorry but the strategic groaning is getting on my nerves!

 

[lacrosse_lady72]

Dear Irresponsible Parent / Moron,

When crossing into the parking lot after exiting Target, it DOES NOT matter even a little bit that you have the right away, you still need to LOOK to make sure the driver knows this too!

Me: Almost an eye witness to a man and his 2 (I'm guessing) year old being road kill.

 

[MouseEarsJenny]

Twentysomethings at the grocery store, when someone is standing near the frozen food case selecting a few mini ice cream cups as a treat for her family, it's REALLY NOT NICE to stand behind her and make loud and rude remarks about how the little ice cream cups are for fat people so they feel like they're eating something good but it doesn't pack on the pounds.

(Does that mean the big cartons are for people with big mouths?)

 

[lacrosse_lady72]

Twentysomethings at the grocery store, when someone is standing near the frozen food case selecting a few mini ice cream cups as a treat for her family, it's REALLY NOT NICE to stand behind her and make loud and rude remarks about how the little ice cream cups are for fat people so they feel like they're eating something good but it doesn't pack on the pounds.

(Does that mean the big cartons are for people with big mouths?)

I'm a twentysomething who has gotten this from fortysomethings.

 

[locolala]

Ohhh. I did not want to discuss weight gain when I was pregnant. What is it with people, thinking you are an open book? They see a bump and want to guess how much weight you've gained. What do they think you are a walking contest? Big pet peeve of mine. I should've let my pregnancy hormones loose instead of biting my tongue. And you are right. The last thing you want to hear is how little a person has gained.

Exactly!! I'm actually TRYING to gain weight right now, so hearing her go off on me about how I don't have to gain weight is rather annoying.

 

[SiAmCrAzY]

Dear Irresponsible Parent / Moron,

When crossing into the parking lot after exiting Target, it DOES NOT matter even a little bit that you have the right away, you still need to LOOK to make sure the driver knows this too!

Me: Almost an eye witness to a man and his 2 (I'm guessing) year old being road kill.

I swear there must be something in the air at Target that makes people forget they have little kids- this happens all the time at our local Target. My husband likes to joke that "they must not love that one as much" or "must be a spare" (I know sick and twisted sense of humor ) whenever we see some moron too busy yaking on their cell phone, picking their nose or staring off into space to notice their little tyke is darting into crowded parking lot traffic. The worst is when they look both ways to cross themselves and never bother to take notice that there tot is still trailing 7 feet behind them
One time we stopped at the stop sign in front of the crosswalk to let a group of people cross and the guy in the car behind us got mad and sped around us almost hitting the group that was crossing! The guy then pulled up to the curb and sat there, presumably to wait for someone. My husband was so mad he got out stalked over to the guy's car and in the nicest angry voice I have ever heard him use asked they guy "you do know this is a public parking lot right? and that public means people? see those yellow lines, those big red stop signs? that's a crosswalk. you might want to pay close attention so that you recognize it next time. Not trying to be a Jerk, but I really would hate to see someone get plowed down because of your ignorance, besides I had to get out anyway and see what was so important over here, Have a Nice Day" My DH may not always be PC but he is always entertaining.

 

[kaytieeldr]

One time we stopped at the stop sign in front of the crosswalk to let a group of people cross and the guy in the car behind us got mad and sped around us almost hitting the group that was crossing! The guy then pulled up to the curb and sat there, presumably to wait for someone. My husband was so mad he got out stalked over to the guy's car and in the nicest angry voice I have ever heard him use asked they guy "you do know this is a public parking lot right? and that public means people? see those yellow lines, those big red stop signs? that's a crosswalk. you might want to pay close attention so that you recognize it next time. Not trying to be a Jerk, but I really would hate to see someone get plowed down because of your ignorance, besides I had to get out anyway and see what was so important over here, Have a Nice Day" My DH may not always be PC but he is always entertaining.

to your husband - for saying/doing what so many of us would like in a situation such as that!!!!!

 

[OceanAnnie]

Another looney no stop person today!

Dear Mr. Fast Pants, a rolling stop that continues to roll into traffic is not a stop. What is this a game? If I brake for you, you'll take off and win?? There's a lot of drivers out there like you. It's dangerous. Please observe traffic laws. Thank you.

 

[SundaeAfternoon]

Me: Almost an eye witness to a man and his 2 (I'm guessing) year old being road kill.

I almost saw someone be roadkill yesterday too. Some middle school aged kid ran out in a crosswalk (with a red hand) into the path of an SUV getting ready to turn on a left green arrow. Luckily the driver was able to stop in time, but his breaks squealed.

Message to the moron parents: Teach your kid not to walk on a red hand. That's what the little blue/green man is for. Common sense has truly left society.

 

[Tiana]

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[ChristaDeVil]

Who knew I would need this thread again today?

Employee - When are you doing a <candy company> order?
Me - Already done and on the shelf.
E - You didn't order the most popular ones (says names of candies).
M - Well, we had two boxes of one when I ordered and the company no longer lists the other one in their catalog.
E - Those are our best sellers and we are OUT.
M - I'll put that on my list but I can't get the other one. They no longer make it.
E - Well, you need to order both of them. They're our best sellers.

(Okay, so how exactly do you expect me to order a candy no longer made? Perhaps I need to get the recipe and whip it up myself SINCE IT'S NO LONGER LISTED IN THEIR FREAKING CATALOG?)

Sorry, had to do that or I would explode.

 

[Thumper_Man]

If I don't answer my cell phone even after you call me 4 times in a row it means I either can't talk right now or don't want to talk to you. Please stop.

This one gets to me to.

I have voicemail. It's ok to leave me a message. I'll call you back as soon as I get a chance. Really.

 

[Tiana]

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[ChristaDeVil]

Addendum to above:

Dear Polite people,

Thank you for answering my child when he talks to you and for doing so in a polite manner. I could tell that some of you would rather be left alone, sorry if it took me a second to distract him and engage him in something else. Some of you were absolutely delighted that a young person was talking to you in such a nice manner and held very engaging conversations with him... telling him about your job, or your kids/grandkids, asking what he saw in the city, etc. You are awesome! And thank you for not taking him seriously when he invited you to our house for his birthday and/or Thanksgiving. We are working on the whole stranger-danger thing

Sincerely,

A mom who is glad that nice people still exist

Absolutely! My child is 9 and he still thinks that everyone cares about his point of view on SpongeBob. Thank you, people that smile and nod and act like you know what he's talking about!