t4terrific
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Gas station courtesy? (Yes, this will be a rant.)
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This is something you're bragging about here, something you're apparently proud of? Guess you and your wife got a big laugh out of that, huh?. Woman running around looking for her purse with all her money, credit cards, etc. in it...bet that was something to see alright.
You are a very lucky man.
Well, I've enjoyed reading most of the posts here. To those who take the laissez-faire approach and can't be bothered by others' rudeness, perhaps there's something here for you, too.
Now, I'm not trying to break my arm patting myself on the back, but I am the most polite citizen in the state (maybe on the planet).
I fill my truck with gas and move along. I don't stop in a store's doorway to kibitz. I have my cash ready before the cashier gives me the total. I drive the speed limit (if you need to break the law, go ahead, but don't flip me off because I'm impeding your speeding). I don't talk on the phone while I'm driving. I walk and drive to the right (it scares me that most who push carts in grocery stores probably have driver's licenses). I go out of my way not to inconvenience another soul.
I do not hesitate to point out the failure of somebody else to abide by what I consider society's common courtesy. I don't get upset, and I try to be polite about it. I live in a small area so if I "let" them get away with it this time they'll do it to me or you or someone else again and again.
I view us all as students of life. I also view us all as teachers of life. Communication is not a bad thing.
I created the attached image not long after I turned 65.
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Okay the one thing that gets me is a serious lack of trail etiquette.
Out where we live we're near the C&O Canal towpath and we spend a fair amount of time riding our bicycles there.
It's beautiful out here and tourists'd come out here with their Walmart bicycles and ride the trails.
That's groovy and all but they know nothing about trail etiquette. They'd bunch up in a big group and stand and jibber jabber in the middle of the trail. Usually right next to an open area on the side of the trail.
"Please don't block the trail," I'd say. Blank expressions are all I'd get.
Out where we live we're near the C&O Canal towpath and we spend a fair amount of time riding our bicycles there.
It's beautiful out here and tourists'd come out here with their Walmart bicycles and ride the trails.
That's groovy and all but they know nothing about trail etiquette. They'd bunch up in a big group and stand and jibber jabber in the middle of the trail. Usually right next to an open area on the side of the trail.
"Please don't block the trail," I'd say. Blank expressions are all I'd get.
Drove north to the most dangerous city in America today (sometimes the second or third, but I think they're winning right now). There's a QuikTrip on the way that is just about the right distance to visit the restroom, and it also has pretty cheap gas. $2.01 today. Always busy. Several rows of pumps, two in the line facing the store front. Dude ahead of me at the first pump, stopped at the second in line on the left of the aisle. Cars beside me at both pumps on the right. Filled up, dude ahead of me still getting gas, couldn't move. Went in, used the restroom, bought coffee, came back out. Somebody was blocking me from behind so I couldn't back out. Dude ahead of me had left, and another car was backing in to that spot. Still cars on the right. Started the Jeep, lady behind didn't move. I didn't care, so I started doing some business on the phone that I couldn't do driving. Lady continued to wait, despite several opportunities to move to another row.
I eventually got out. Didn't have to honk, toss a middle finger, or mean mug anyone. Things happen. People need to relax . . .
I eventually got out. Didn't have to honk, toss a middle finger, or mean mug anyone. Things happen. People need to relax . . .
coltle6920
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As long as I can get to a pump the same side as my fuel door I don't care if you stay in that spot long enough to get your mail delivered there.
The small town near where I am "officially" based is a juncture of two State Highways. There is a single manned petrol station with a food court nearby and a very large parking area. Directly opposite across the State Highway is a MacDonalds outlet.
Right outside the petrol station and extending the entire length of the carpark and forecourt are bright yellow "No Parking" lines. This is because vehicles parked along there restrict the view of oncoming vehicles for cars exiting the fuel station.
Now as highway cops we all carry parking notice books but very seldom use them. Except outside this particular fuel station. Any relatively big car, like an SUV, reduces visibility if parked there. Trucks parked on the road are dangerous. We have all attended many vehicle collisions and many more near misses in this place, so we tend to act immediately we see vehicles, especially trucks, parked there.
The number of big rigs that pull up on the No Parking lines for the drivers to go across the road to Maccas or one of the other food places is staggering. They just don't get it.
Yesterday my brother and I were working the same shift. We drove past and there was a truck, on the no parking lines, and with no driver in sight. As we pulled into the fuel station to park we saw the driver walk cross the forecourt towards his truck. My brother spoke to him and the driver insisted he had only pulled over to adjust his curtsied wing mirror.
Even when he was told we both saw him walking across the forecourt he stuck with his story. Then he was asked how far he had driven and why he hadn't adjusted his mirror when he started to drive if it was so far out of place. Finally we pointed out that only a truck length ahead of him was legal curtsied parking.
He just couldn't be bothered to walk an extra 20 meters.
CAJUNLAWYER
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We recently had one of the main access roads to my little town widened to three lanes with the middle lane for a dedicated turning lane.
The middle lane is now referred to as the parking lane.
I kid you not-it is not uncommon to see cars parked in the middle lane in front of the house that is bar-b-queing with the front yard filled up with other cars being waxed and the boom boxes going......... I just chuckle and shake my head as I drive buy thinking, You just can't make this stuff up"
The middle lane is now referred to as the parking lane.
I kid you not-it is not uncommon to see cars parked in the middle lane in front of the house that is bar-b-queing with the front yard filled up with other cars being waxed and the boom boxes going......... I just chuckle and shake my head as I drive buy thinking, You just can't make this stuff up"nachogrande
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NOT MY JOB.
NOT EMPLOYED with the manners police? Why take the risk of being the straw breaks the camels back by correcting/beeping some lost soul that just may be armed & a hair away from snapping. Think you correction will make them change their ways anyhow? Don't learn the hard way, it's not fun. Like the song lyric, "everybody wants to change the world". Good luck on your quest, there's a windmill with your name on it that needs tilting.
NOT EMPLOYED with the manners police? Why take the risk of being the straw breaks the camels back by correcting/beeping some lost soul that just may be armed & a hair away from snapping. Think you correction will make them change their ways anyhow? Don't learn the hard way, it's not fun. Like the song lyric, "everybody wants to change the world". Good luck on your quest, there's a windmill with your name on it that needs tilting.
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nachogrande
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SOMETIMES I LIKE TO WATCH.
These can be a good, when life gives you lemons moment. You can spot them a mile away, sit back & watch the floor show (the next guy getting all bent out of shape). My best source of this is the gym at the YMCA, it never let's me down. Only a few of the most popular machines with people NOT MOVING & reading or talking on the phone. FREE ENTERTAINMENT while pedaling away.
These can be a good, when life gives you lemons moment. You can spot them a mile away, sit back & watch the floor show (the next guy getting all bent out of shape). My best source of this is the gym at the YMCA, it never let's me down. Only a few of the most popular machines with people NOT MOVING & reading or talking on the phone. FREE ENTERTAINMENT while pedaling away.
Ogandydancer
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We are getting a lot of Sheetz stores around here and they are almost always busy. As almost all (99%) of the gas is paid for at the pumps now; it is beyond my reasoning why if you also need something inside you don't just move to a parking place in front of the store and unblock the pumps.
To my way of looking at it that is just common rude practice and shows a persons lack of courteousness/disrespect to everyone else.
To my way of looking at it that is just common rude practice and shows a persons lack of courteousness/disrespect to everyone else.
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wingriderz
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Being a florida boy another fun one is at public boat ramp. If you can't back your boat into water and have your truck clear and boat clear in by yourself in five minutes you should not. Have that boat.
There have been some rather interesting posts on here regarding boat launches/launching in the past!) Some of them have been mine! I live on a large lake and have been boating many decades!
nachogrande
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BOAT RAMPS, OH BABY! NOW YOU'RE TALKING.
I grew up next door to a boat ramp. YES many rude/inconsiderates, but also many ignorant/stupid ones that don't believe that the algae on the ramp at low tide just MIGHT be slippery. Have seen plenty do a great job of backing up & launching the boat & most of the vehicle.
I grew up next door to a boat ramp. YES many rude/inconsiderates, but also many ignorant/stupid ones that don't believe that the algae on the ramp at low tide just MIGHT be slippery. Have seen plenty do a great job of backing up & launching the boat & most of the vehicle.
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My mother once referred to "People who can't spend more than 10 seconds a day thinking about anybody but themselves." The current term of criminologists-ASPD-Anti Social Personality Disorder-includes
"Lack of empathy for others".
"Lack of empathy for others".
zzzippper
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What churns my butter is that people now think they can get away with flipping the bird because if you react they'll film it and you're the bad guy. Women especially have cell phone camera muscles.
A friend, my brother and I would hammer Bear Cut then head for Crandon Marina, grab beer and folding chairs to watch the fun. the best was when a fella dragged his sloop up the ramp with the retractable keel still in place. It rode up then cleared the trailer and plopped over like Arte Johnson on his tricycle.
Tied up the ramp for a while...
Tied up the ramp for a while...
nachogrande
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SEEN THIS ONE I'M SURE
Boat falls off the trailer at the first turn. So that's what those tie downs are for.
Boat falls off the trailer at the first turn. So that's what those tie downs are for.
klondike
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I was 86'd from a local station after I tossed $40 at the cashier to pay for the gas I pumped outside. He was attending to two young girls who were trying to decide between menthol or regular or maybe menthol extra long or maybe .... I did not need change so I just dropped my cash. Outside I was told to never come back and I agreed.
