OT - Grumpy Old Man Thread

[jgvol]

Don't ever dare add this grumpy old man to a group text.

I have enough knuckleheads at work that insist on copying me on every e-mail chain that doesn't necessarily pertain to me.

And I'll place a voodoo curse on the idiot in either, that replies to all --- "ok", or, "thanks".

[FearlessF]

One thing about phones I notice is folks in the park, it's a nice park, nose buried in cell.  They CAME to the park to see the park, trees, people, girls, etc., and all they do is watch their phone and bump into me.  Humans can't seem to live more than a minute without checking their phones.

[847badgerfan]

Need to post that sign in airports everywhere.

[Riffraft]

I've been known to walk straight at them to see if they actually look up and move

[MikeDeTiger]

My neighbor is a good enough guy, no major problems with that family.  He's much younger than me, I'd say mid-late-20's.  But they leave one trash can out at the road.  Due to the way our lots are located on a curve, both our driveways hit the road right next to each other, and he puts their trash cans on the side of their driveway that also puts it on the side of my driveway.  The old neighbors put their trash cans on the other side of their driveway so it wasn't as in our face.  He also took them in.

This kid puts out two trash cans every week.....and inexplicably takes one of them in after the truck comes.  The other one lives out there, and it's an eyesore, I'm tired of looking at it, and I don't understand why?!??  Just take your other damn trash can in!  So I guess it's more accurate to say he puts out one trash can each week, because he never actually has to put out the second one, because it stays out.  

I at least wouldn't have to look at it quite as much, and my family wouldn't have to be careful to avoid it while backing out if he'd put it on the other side of their driveway.  It's not the kind of thing I'm willing to go talk to him about, but it's enough of a thing that it irks the hell out of me.  

I want my old neighbors back.  But no, that idiot had to have an affair, split up their marriage, and sell the house.  

[utee94]

My neighbor is a good enough guy, no major problems with that family.  He's much younger than me, I'd say mid-late-20's.  But they leave one trash can out at the road.  Due to the way our lots are located on a curve, both our driveways hit the road right next to each other, and he puts their trash cans on the side of their driveway that also puts it on the side of my driveway.  The old neighbors put their trash cans on the other side of their driveway so it wasn't as in our face.  He also took them in.

This kid puts out two trash cans every week.....and inexplicably takes one of them in after the truck comes.  The other one lives out there, and it's an eyesore, I'm tired of looking at it, and I don't understand why?!??  Just take your other damn trash can in!  So I guess it's more accurate to say he puts out one trash can each week, because he never actually has to put out the second one, because it stays out. 

I at least wouldn't have to look at it quite as much, and my family wouldn't have to be careful to avoid it while backing out if he'd put it on the other side of their driveway.  It's not the kind of thing I'm willing to go talk to him about, but it's enough of a thing that it irks the hell out of me. 

I want my old neighbors back.  But no, that idiot had to have an affair, split up their marriage, and sell the house. 

This kind of thing annoys me, too.

But since moving to a neighborhood with an HOA, I never have to deal with it.  Anyone doing this would get fined into oblivion.

Lots of folks complain about HOAs but I'm delighted that ours enforces the things that should be considered common sense and good manners, since neither of those seem to exist anymore.

[847badgerfan]

This kind of thing annoys me, too.

But since moving to a neighborhood with an HOA, I never have to deal with it.  Anyone doing this would get fined into oblivion.

Lots of folks complain about HOAs but I'm delighted that ours enforces the things that should be considered common sense and good manners, since neither of those seem to exist anymore.

The State of Florida eliminated this to a point. you can leave it out for 24 hours without getting fined now. HOA Nazi's here were fining people after their allotted times, which were as little as 2 hours after pickup.

[847badgerfan]

I've been known to walk straight at them to see if they actually look up and move

There were 3 that did note move in my two jaunts through O'Hare in the past week. They each got a shoulder shiver. Oops.

[bayareabadger]

Need to post that sign in airports everywhere.

The real old guy catch-22. on one hand, there’s a strong dislike of phones. On the other, you might have to make eye contact or interact with someone in the goddamn airport.

[jgvol]

My neighbor is a good enough guy, no major problems with that family.  He's much younger than me, I'd say mid-late-20's.  But they leave one trash can out at the road.  Due to the way our lots are located on a curve, both our driveways hit the road right next to each other, and he puts their trash cans on the side of their driveway that also puts it on the side of my driveway.  The old neighbors put their trash cans on the other side of their driveway so it wasn't as in our face.  He also took them in.

This kid puts out two trash cans every week.....and inexplicably takes one of them in after the truck comes.  The other one lives out there, and it's an eyesore, I'm tired of looking at it, and I don't understand why?!??  Just take your other damn trash can in!  So I guess it's more accurate to say he puts out one trash can each week, because he never actually has to put out the second one, because it stays out. 

I at least wouldn't have to look at it quite as much, and my family wouldn't have to be careful to avoid it while backing out if he'd put it on the other side of their driveway.  It's not the kind of thing I'm willing to go talk to him about, but it's enough of a thing that it irks the hell out of me. 

I want my old neighbors back.  But no, that idiot had to have an affair, split up their marriage, and sell the house. 

It'd be a real shame if that can that lives at the end of the driveway came up missing.

Or mysteriously turned up on the other side of his driveway.

[OrangeAfroMan]

Need to post that sign in airports everywhere.

FIFY

[Brutus Buckeye]

[OrangeAfroMan]

I'd decorate a flowery cross and stick it in the ground on that edge of his driveway, like someone died there.

The cans will stay on the other side, even the permanent one.

[utee94]

The State of Florida eliminated this to a point. you can leave it out for 24 hours without getting fined now. HOA Nazi's here were fining people after their allotted times, which were as little as 2 hours after pickup.

MDT's neighbor is leaving it out permanently.  Ain't no Florida law gonna save somebody doing that.  Daily fines with escalators.