OT - Grumpy Old Man Thread

[utee94]

Today at the office, I was walking down the two flights of stairs from my floor, to the cafeteria, to grab some of the worst, most bland office cafeteria food ever, because I didn't have time to pack a lunch like I usually do.

So anyway, I end up stuck behind this guy walking down the stairs very slowly, because... he's on his GD phone, reading and texting.  He's going so slow, but there's enough traffic coming up the stairs, I don't have a chance to get around him.  Finally we get to the bottom, and he takes one step away from the bottom stair, and just stops.  And there's not enough room to get around him.  So I finally just tap him on the shoulder and say, "Excuse me" and he sort of looks back at me blankly, but moves slightly further away from the stairway, and I can finally get around him.

Then after I grab my lunch and I'm headed back up the stairs, on two occasions I encounter people coming down the stairs side by side, just chatting it up, oblivious to oncoming traffic.  Each time they see me, and still make no move to get single file, until they're basically on top of me.  I had to come to a complete stop, because otherwise they would not have moved in time for me to NOT plow into them.

Being back in the office is great, really great!

[Brutus Buckeye]

So my immediate neighbor has FINALLY completed--after 18 months--their home remodel. Which for me as someone who works from home 80% of the time, and likes to keep the windows open unless it's 85+ degrees and I need to run the AC, has been rough. Between the construction noise, and the constant music, and all that... It's been rough.

Well, it's over. Great, right?

No. They've got teenage boys, they put in a pool, and it's now the summer. And the teenage boys have friends. And they all like to hang out in the backyard and in the pool. So now construction noise and music has been replaced by idiot teenagers and... music. And it's not hot enough for me to close those windows and run the AC yet. And then in the evening they all like to shoot hoops on their basketball hoop in the front yard... Bang. Bang. Bang. Clang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Clang. Ugh.

Fun. I'd say that at least I don't have to say "GET OFF MY LAWN!", but the basketball occasionally get onto my lawn and they run up there to retrieve.

Is that "Grumpy Old Man" enough for y'all?

Thread winner. 

You know you're grumpy and old when you're a Purdue guy, complaining about basketball sounds. 

[Gigem]

I honestly can’t imagine what it would feel like to leave the windows open into June because it’s not hot enough for AC. 

[FearlessF]

just move to Cali

[847badgerfan]

just move to Cali

Are you nuts?

[Cincydawg]

We were checking in for our flight to SD and Delta had three desks open in that tier, which was enough, but some dude was having major issues and screaming at the desk agent.  Now people were starting to line up.  We got in just before this started.  The man started to walk away several times and turned around to scream and curse at the agent.  Another Delta person, a red coat, was also there trying to defuse.  Meanwhile the line got to maybe 20 and folks were leaving to go to another desk.  I've never seen anyone stay that long so incensed.  We were checked in and leaving and he was still going at it.  

We had a flight on Air Canada a while back that the cruise line had made.  We showed up early to check in and the desk clerk told us the tickets were "not confirmed".  This was bad news as we had a flight to Toronto and then Dubai to board our cruise ship.  We didn't scream and curse, but it lasted a while with him on the phone.  I still had the number for the cruise line air department and fortunately they answered right away and somehow fixed the issue.  I don't know why one would scream and curse that long at an airline employee.

[FearlessF]

some losers vent longer than others

[MikeDeTiger]

So my immediate neighbor has FINALLY completed--after 18 months--their home remodel. Which for me as someone who works from home 80% of the time, and likes to keep the windows open unless it's 85+ degrees and I need to run the AC, has been rough. Between the construction noise, and the constant music, and all that... It's been rough.

Well, it's over. Great, right?

No. They've got teenage boys, they put in a pool, and it's now the summer. And the teenage boys have friends. And they all like to hang out in the backyard and in the pool. So now construction noise and music has been replaced by idiot teenagers and... music. And it's not hot enough for me to close those windows and run the AC yet. And then in the evening they all like to shoot hoops on their basketball hoop in the front yard... Bang. Bang. Bang. Clang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Clang. Ugh.

Fun. I'd say that at least I don't have to say "GET OFF MY LAWN!", but the basketball occasionally get onto my lawn and they run up there to retrieve.

Is that "Grumpy Old Man" enough for y'all?

I feel like we were meant to be friends.  I identify with this post.  It has just the right amount of irritability, curmudgeonliness, and tolerance.  

I almost have some sympathy for your young neighbors, as I loved playing basketball until I physically couldn't.  At that age I was out with the neighborhood kids until the sun went down, every day.  Never crossed my mind we might be annoying the Grumpy Old Men.  Which....includes me now, so......I said I almost have sympathy for your young neighbors

I'm reminded of Danny Devito and Billy Crystal in Throw Mama From The Train.....crisscross, brad.....crisscross.  I'll take care of your neighbors with too much construction and pools and basketballs, and you take care of my neighbors who won't bring their trash in.  

[MrNubbz]

So my immediate neighbor has FINALLY completed--after 18 months--their home remodel. Which for me as someone who works from home 80% of the time, and likes to keep the windows open unless it's 85+ degrees and I need to run the AC, has been rough. Between the construction noise, and the constant music, and all that... It's been rough.

Well, it's over. Great, right?

No. They've got teenage boys, they put in a pool, and it's now the summer. And the teenage boys have friends. And they all like to hang out in the backyard and in the pool. So now construction noise and music has been replaced by idiot teenagers and... music. And it's not hot enough for me to close those windows and run the AC yet. And then in the evening they all like to shoot hoops on their basketball hoop in the front yard... Bang. Bang. Bang. Clang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Clang. Ugh.

Parking on our street has been a nightmare for most of the past 18 months as our next door neighbors were doing a full down-to-the-studs renovation and putting in a pool. There's been workmen coming and going that entire time. It's a neighborhood without a ton of room anyway, and between my Jeep in the garage, my wife's RX in the driveway, my Flex on the street, and my son's Highlander on the street--sometimes it gets a little difficult to find a place to park with all the extra vehicles there during the day working on the house.

Well, the sonofabitch about four houses up the street (same guy whose pitbull attacked a golden retriever without provocation and I intervened a few years ago) got pissy one day when my son had been looking for parking and ended up in front of his house. Wrote a nasty note on a piece of paper saying my son should park down by the corner instead. And yet I believe it was literally the first time my son ever parked there; we'd all rather be closer to our own house. Now the bastard puts cones on the street in front of his house to save parking for himself and his giant truck.

Great job, asshole. Oh, and from the looks of you... Taking a few extra steps each day might do you some good.

After those who could blame you if you snap, just don't go full William Foster. Even though sometimes others have a kharmic lesson coming