OT - Grumpy Old Man Thread

[MrNubbz]

My business partner used to love to call early Monday morning and later Friday afternoon meetings.

Then I said, I'm gonna have to break away. Those meetings stopped.

Prolly pissed off the Pub/Course Manager

[betarhoalphadelta]

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!

I saw a post on Instagram... Something to the effect of:

There's nothing worse than when you're a fast walker... And you're walking behind another fast walker but they're only 95% as fast as you. So now you have to either slow down, or you have to suddenly accelerate to comically fast walking to appropriately pass them.

Story of my life. 

[MrNubbz]

I saw a post on Instagram... Something to the effect of:

There's nothing worse than when you're a fast walker... And you're walking behind another fast walker but they're only 95% as fast as you. So now you have to either slow down, or you have to suddenly accelerate to comically fast walking to appropriately pass them.

Story of my life.

Ya well you're trying to get to the ball in the rough and use the foot wedge before anyone notices

[betarhoalphadelta]

Ya well you're trying to get to the ball in the rough and use the foot wedge before anyone notices

Sounds like...

[MikeDeTiger]

I saw a post on Instagram... Something to the effect of:

There's nothing worse than when you're a fast walker... And you're walking behind another fast walker but they're only 95% as fast as you. So now you have to either slow down, or you have to suddenly accelerate to comically fast walking to appropriately pass them.

Story of my life.

This happens a lot to me while driving.  Do I slow down 2-3 mph, or do I risk getting a ticket as I gun it way faster to pass them even though I was already going 10 over the limit?

[bayareabadger]

Only thing worse than Monday morning meetings, is Friday afternoon meetings, especially in the summer.

I had a boss who would do our weekly team check out at 1:30. It wasn’t my favorite, but it was smart from a business sense. 

[MikeDeTiger]

Today is the first time it won't rain hard here in like a week and a half.  Yesterday, before the weather hit for the remainder of the day, whatever lawn service this university uses came to mow my building.  The ground was still soaking wet from the previous days' rain, and they rutted up the lawn really badly.  

Geez, it's not even my yard and I want to yell at them like an old fart.  

[Gigem]

Today is the first time it won't rain hard here in like a week and a half.  Yesterday, before the weather hit for the remainder of the day, whatever lawn service this university uses came to mow my building.  The ground was still soaking wet from the previous days' rain, and they rutted up the lawn really badly. 

Geez, it's not even my yard and I want to yell at them like an old fart. 

I wonder if Lamar has their own ground crew?  I would think so.  Pretty large place to outsource.  

[Cincydawg]

"Service" dogs .... grrr.

I had friends in Cincy who had a really nice dog they turned into a "service dog" by the expedient of buying a $15 vest for him, no training or anything, just so he could go with them into various stores and restaurants.  I see them more and more, as do we all now.  Many are just regular dogs and their owners don't need any "service".

"Handicapped" parking spaces ...  grrr.

Most of the time folks who use them are just fat and would benefit from walking a bit, if they can walk at all.  Then they get a motorized cart to carry their lard A to the lard section at Kroger where they block the aisle.

[847badgerfan]

"Service" dogs are everywhere down here. I HATE that shit. 

Some people, like me, are allergic to f'ing dogs.

Would you invite a hairy naked man into your house, one who doesn't wipe his ass, and let him sit on your couch?

That's a dog.

[Cincydawg]

I'm a dog person, I like nearly every dog, and they seem to like me.  I'd have dogs were it practicable for us.  I don't like this fake service dog gig.  I lived most of my life without SDs, and so did most other folks.  I understand there are a very few people who benefit from having a TRAINED actual service dog around them, but they probably should be chary of going out in public anyway.

My wife really gets annoyed when she sees on in Kroger or a restaurant.

[FearlessF]

maybe why she doesn't like San Diego 

[847badgerfan]

Publix doesn't allow "service" dogs. They ask for papers at the door if you try to bring a dog in. 

I used to see them all the time. Now I don't see them - ever.

Good for me.

I'd estimate the percentage of service dogs to "service" dogs is actually around 0.01 percent.

[Cincydawg]

It is odd, as larger cities go, I find San Diego to be rather appealing.  It's one of a few I'd visit just to visit, I think.  There aren't many in that category but thinking about it there are a fair number for me personally.