MB B*TCHFest: come on in. The whining's fine!

Two words for you---water pistol. You can use it to shoot the people with the sideways carts, the checker who's ignoring you, and, most fun of ALL, the sleeping teen-ager. (*grin*)

Actually, I was thinking about a taser.

LOL!!!

Why in the world do men go grocery shopping with their spouses only to stand, hands in pockets looking ridiculously stupid, in the middle of the aisle (obviously their hearing and peripheral vision is shot otherwise they'd have heard and/or seen me arrive, with me saying "excuse me, pardon me"? Why are they there????? What good are they doing? GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY! Just because you don't know what you're cooking tonight doesn't mean I don't have my own plan already figured out! Here's a thought: make a list and figure out the store!

Am I turning into one of *those* middle aged women, already? Sheesh.;-)

People zipping by backing up cars in a parking lot...WTF!!! I KNOW my backup lights work, is it just you who thinks they can use that nanosecond for better use trying to sneak through??? Yeah, it's a P-A-R-K-I-N-G lot, not a speeding lot.

When placing phone calls, isn't it in your best interest to LISTEN to the people answering the place of business first BEFORE you start blurting out your unnecessary and completely uninteresting life story (AND by the way letting me know your name and what bumbfuck town or county you hail from--which in no way helps me help you). Can you NOT just get to the friggin point here? Seriously? You can't hear the phones ringing off my hook with more people wanting to tell me stupid **** that doesn't have anything to do with anything....??? And invariably some dork will say "oh, do you have to get that?" Um, YES, yes I do, [brain surgeon]!" Who the **** else is answering the phone, dumbass? The magic phone fairy? I wish.

And by the way, when you actually DIAL a number, wouldn't it be nice to end your very important conversation with whomever you're sitting with by the time I answer the phone??? I damn sure don't need ANOTHER person wasting my time and I'm just about to hang up on you to prove the point. YOU called ME.

Maybe it's just me, but I document people's names and titles if they have one, especially if it's a routine phone call or something I'm trying to pin down. Wouldn't that be prudent? If you have to call somewhere that gets dozens a day or hundreds of phone calls an hour, why in the FUCK do you think YOUR case or YOUR name is so friggin memorable? If you've called here a lot, you know the questions we routinely ask to help narrow down the possibilities of who you need to talk to when you clearly have absolutely no idea. Please don't make up names of people you think you talked to, it doesn't help. Please have the information relatively handy so we can make this as efficient a phone call as possible. Truly, we DON'T want to reroute you several times because you're unprepared. And we can expect dozens more phone calls just like yours any minute now.

I don't know how I can make this any more clear. On hot pink paper in giant black letters there is a sign on the outside of my office door right above the handle "NO COMPUTER, NO PUBLIC RESTROOM, NO PHONE". Why is it that the very people that NEED to read it never do? The only people *****ad it and make a joke out of it (seriously they can't believe I have to actually say that to asshats) are the people who do not ask to use those items.

I'm sure I'll add more to this later. Whew, I feel better already.

Were these dudes near the meat......or beer?   We get confused with too many choices...ya know? The spouses are at fault here....they should pick two things and let us point..or grunt at our choice!   Lol!

I am a little late to the party but I went on purpose to find this post so I could whine and *****

I ******g hate it that people get butt-hurt and mommy-button perfectly good posts just because there MIGHT be a little profanity or because they don't AGREE with the post!!

WTF, people?? Are we not all adults?  You can't stand it if someone has a differing opinion?? 

This entire board would go broke if everyone agreed.  One post a week would handle everything!

Jeez, grow a pair, would ya??

Thanks Bette, I feel somewhat better.

Could we have one of these ***** fests oh, like every day?

 Of COURSE you can have it everyday! If I neglect to post it, ANYONE can start it! 

I have this little fantasy that I can actually change the world and bring us back to a time of good customer service where the people who are paid to wait on us for a living actually care and treat us as if they are dealing with their best friend/mother/priest (whoever it is they like and respect).  It is so sad that bad customer service is the norm and people actually are thrilled if someone does their job and treats them properly.  I totally get people are busy etc but there is absolutely, positively no reason for rudeness.  Ignoring customers is a favorite, I hate when I am just completely ignored, in my company we have such a customer service fiasco its sad really.  I told my boss when I first came into my company 27 yrs ago to fill out an application the people in the business office ignored me and here we are 27 years later and we have made little improvement.  She wasn't excited by my comments, but they are the truth, its unlikely much will change but I expressed my opinion and gave what I thought was a sound solution although its a logical solution and we defy logic on a daily basis hence the reason I know it won't be followed.  I waited on a customer one day when no one else was available, he now has my name and personal phone number and he came in to personally thank me for my help.  No I don't work in customer service so when I do wait on customers they get kid glove treatment but I only do for them what I would hope someone would do for me, which is exactly how I handle all the aspects of my job that effect customers accounts, billing, carriers paychecks etc.  Thats my soapbox for the week.

Why do Prius owners ....drive 55 on the freeway....in every lane....then  when you attempt to pass...they speed up?  I hate those ******s!

Why is there soooo many problems with the self check-out at the store?......at least give me a person to fix the **** on the spot if the **** isn't correct.....I don't wanna track down the one asshole who is supposed to be there monitoring this ****!!

I love Adele....but could you play something other than "someone like you"  or   "rolling in the deep"  FUCK!!  she has other songs...and albums!!

Why is it that a TRULY great coffee shop.....is as rare as......finding a resident in a trailer park.....in Oklahoma.......with ALL their original teeth?!?!    YET.....I enter "coffee shops"  in my GPS....and 20 ****** Sbux show up within a 3 mile radius!! 

Hey  I loves me some free samples....but when I go to Costco........I BUY ****!!  You freeloadin mother******s....with an empty cart you have been pushing around for an hour....or walking around with NO cart   GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY!!   I GOT **** TO DO!  

I hate when grown colleagues feel like they have to be coddled or validated for doing the job they're hired to do.  Uhh...your validation is the check you receive every week.

I hate the fact that my boss thinks she knows everything and changes things everyday.  Her ego is so big, she tells the same stories over and over.  I don't wanna hear about how you dated a drug dealer and he used to tear you off big bucks, again!

I hate ungrateful people who feel like everybody owes them something. 

I hate when people talk / text on cellphones while driving then get mad when you blow the horn to let the idiot know they almost hit you.