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I have heard them called parking lights ( I go by hazards) and had a friend who actually used to put them on when parallel parking because of that. He had people scoop his spots a few times because he didn’t realize he was being an idiot who looked like he was double parking instead of about to back into a spot.

How is that possible unless those people were pulling into the spot nose-first, which is clearly unacceptable?

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05-20-2018 , 03:55 PM

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Johnny Truant

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How is that possible unless those people were pulling into the spot nose-first, which is clearly unacceptable?

In the Bay area, parking is law of the jungle, man.

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05-20-2018 , 04:30 PM

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johnzimbo

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When I hear "Heartbreaker" and it isn't followed by "Living Loving Maid"

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05-20-2018 , 06:00 PM

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You'd have hated seeing them in the flesh - they never played LLM live.

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05-20-2018 , 06:52 PM

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johnzimbo

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Did see them live in 75 and think you are right on that

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05-20-2018 , 07:51 PM

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Dominic

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It's odds on that when I notice a flag it's at half staff. Then I look for others and they're at full heighth.

people who think this is a word

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05-20-2018 , 08:56 PM

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It was a throwback to some other post. I know their is a "f" in somewhere.

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05-20-2018 , 10:06 PM

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(1) being asked to contribute to charity at checkout in any retail establishment (including grocery stores). I can (and do) ignore it, so maybe that means it shouldn't bother me. The worst are where the employee actually solicits the "contribution."

You should be pissed off by this. The vast majority of times the company isn't matching or actually doing anything themselves.

If the company is actually matching I still don't contribute (because dammit I can donate directly myself to the charities I choose and get the tax benefit) but at least I'm less irritated.

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05-22-2018 , 12:34 AM

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The last time i was on a date i got nailed with that thing where the cashier holds your change and asks if you want to donate to charity. Normally i'd say no ldo as it offends me that the company is gonna shake us down then give the money to charity in their name as if they were the one making the donation. However it was a tough spot as i didn't want to look A) cheap, B) heartless, or C) like a cowardly idiot who gives into peer pressure from 15 year old cashiers. I crunched the numbers in my head quickly and decided that i am cheap and heartless and i might as well let this girl see the real me.

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05-22-2018 , 02:26 AM

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poker

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This is a tough spot.

Things that shouldn't piss you off, but do.

I say well played though.

There's a decent enough chance your date hates getting asked for charity in similar instances and thus you could more easily connect with her.

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05-22-2018 , 02:38 AM

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Post of the week itt.

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05-22-2018 , 07:25 AM

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When chopstick makes a post that doesn't include his trademark schtick where he pretends that something subjective is objective.

And perhaps this should piss me off because I'd rather not lose the word "objective"/"objectively" the same way we've lost "literally" recently, but I didn't enjoy dkgojackets's recent post where he shamelessly stole chopstick's above-mentioned schtick.

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05-22-2018 , 08:28 AM

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These may have already been mentioned and I'm not sure they shouldn't piss me off:

(1) being asked to contribute to charity at checkout in any retail establishment (including grocery stores). I can (and do) ignore it, so maybe that means it shouldn't bother me. The worst are where the employee actually solicits the "contribution."

(2) solicitors standing in front of the grocery store entrance. Today I was met by a guy wanting contributions for "our troops." Tough one to walk by but I dug deep.

All of our local youth sports organizations panhandle at the entrance of local businesses now instead of holding fund raisers where they actually provide something of value to the community in exchange for our money. I can't stand it.

When a retail employee is doing it that's because someone made them, they hate it even more than you do, and you should cut them some slack.

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05-22-2018 , 10:02 AM

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People walking barefoot in public

You’re insane.

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05-22-2018 , 10:10 AM

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People walking barefoot in public

In the building that I work there is a guy who is always barefoot when I see him - going in and out of the bathroom and all. Surprisingly he isn't the weirdest dude in the building. There is a guy who takes naps in the handicap stall.

FYI- the stall has full walls and a real door.

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05-22-2018 , 11:07 AM

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JudgeHoldem

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when people tell you that they arrived safely after flying somewhere.

1. flying in a plane is probably safer than driving 5 miles anywhere. people don't tell you that they got somewhere safely then, usually.

2. if the plane crashed we'd probably hear about it on the news anyway

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05-22-2018 , 12:08 PM

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When a retail employee is doing it that's because someone made them, they hate it even more than you do, and you should cut them some slack.

ldo

I don't think anyone thinks that the employee came up with the idea and is eager to ask. I never take it out on the employee. A simple "no thanks" does the job.

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05-22-2018 , 02:29 PM

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When chopstick makes a post

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05-22-2018 , 02:39 PM

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When chopstick makes a post

I actually like the posts of this guy. He usually makes me see the situation from a side I didn't see before. Or he posts super cute pictures, basically thread savers for girls. Or he has cool ideas for the community or generally other posters. I can't remember him being mean or annoying.

Him posting definitely shouldn't piss you off.

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05-22-2018 , 02:44 PM

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I’m the opposite. I’d rather they just ask for donations instead of just charging some outrageous price for junk that nobody needs.

Thankfully both my kids sports programs and schools got away from this. Now it’s “ hey we need money to keep things going.” I’d rather see that any day.

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05-22-2018 , 02:58 PM

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I agree. And let them ask the parents of the kids involved, because I don't give a crap about your kid's teams. If those organized sport teams dissolve, they can play neighborhood pickup games like I did in my childhood. I don't feel like I missed out by not having fancy uniforms and helicopter parents.

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05-22-2018 , 04:24 PM

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What happened to the good old car wash to raise funds?

I will guarandamn tee you that if some organization had a fund raising week
where they advertised over facebook that they would perform a "spring cleanup" for example that they would likely get more business than they could handle.

We could sell you overpriced candles and candy bars or harrass you for money as you shop but we would rather provide you a service with real value.

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05-22-2018 , 05:22 PM

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Yeah, and its always ridiculous the actual amount of money that the organizations keep when selling this crap too. I've seen 5-20% of the amount sold.

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05-22-2018 , 05:24 PM

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A bunch of places around here do bottle drives to raise money. I'm always a fan of that one because the cost to me in lost return money is much less than the value of getting bottles picked up at my door.

I could always just recycle the bottles directly but for some reason that offends me and I can't bring myself to do it.

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