The complaining thread

[JLee]

AOL keeps billing me even though i cancelled it a year ago..so i mailed them back saying "here you go" and put $1 in the envelope

[Drunken Monkey]

...you wake up late on a lazy sunday afternoon.

 

the sun is drawing a plane of light across your bedroom wall and you lay there watching the specks of glittering dust, dance in the gentle breeze that whistles along with the trees' whispers outside.

 

time passes and you have had a shower whistling that song that was just playing on the radio.

 

you've brushed your teeth thinking of that girl you haven't seen for two months.

 

you get downstairs feeling a little bit hungry and so you venture to the fridge where upon opening, you spy a nice fresh packet of bacon.

 

turning around you see the familiar baked beans wrapping on the loaf of bread and the thought of a lovely bacon and egg sandwich comes into your mind.

 

you turn on the cooker and place the brand new frying pan on top of the heat with a little oil.

 

you tear open the packet of bacon, savouring the fresh cold smell of raw bacon before gently lifting and placing strip after strip of bacon onto the now hot frying pan.

 

the sizzle splatters little drops of oil on your hand and you singe a few hairs on your fingers but the smell more than makes up for it.

 

as the bacon nears being cooked, you prepare a sheet of kitchen towel to dry off the bacon.

 

you reach into the fridge again for an egg which you crack open and drop onto the bacon fat left in the pan.

 

whisle the egg is cooking, you take out two slices of bread and apply too much butter for your own good but who cares.

 

it's sunday.

 

you place the strips of bacon on top on the bread, add the bacon before placing the final piece of bread on top.

 

finding a nice clean plate you take your lovingly prepared sandwich into the living room.

 

you take a sip from your tea as you switch on the telly.

 

after sitting down you pick up the sandwich and take a nice big bite, relishing the feel of the yolk spilling into your mouth, the rush of saltiness from the bacon as well as the drizzle of melted butter.

 

after taking the bite you chew, nice big actions, taking care to enjoy every taste and texture in your mouth.

 

when it is done, you swallow, and prepare yourself for another bite.

 

you pick up the sandwich and look for a suitable secondary atack point.

 

that's when you see the little trace of green and blue specs in the fold of the crust.....

[battousai16]

 

if nothing else, you can take solace in the fact that you're a talented writer

[aefibird]

Sky Digital repeats the same Damn thing day, after day, after day!

 

Tell me about it. That's why I cancelled my Sky TV subscription a few months back.

[hawkfish]

One of my biggest gripes is sitting on the public elevated train while some bigmouth on their cellular phone is screaming about how they hate their job or something else as if no one else is around them.

 

They are so loud sometimes, I think they could talk to someone miles away without even using the phone.

[battousai16]

yeah, i agree with you on that. in fact i've even gone as far as to say that i hate cell phones and find them to be the abomination of the universe gah, but perhaps i'm being a whee bit spiteful

[aefibird]

yeah, i agree with you on that. in fact i've even gone as far as to say that i hate cell phones and find them to be the abomination of the universe gah, but perhaps i'm being a whee bit spiteful

 

Nah, not spiteful, just truthful! lol

 

I hate it when people use mobile phones in a public place and seem to spend the entire conversation shouting down the phone. Actually, I just hate mobile phones...

 

The last long-distance train journey I went on I specifically booked a seat in the Quiet Coach (no cell phones, Walkmans, laptops etc etc allowed), as I didn't want to have to spend the journey with a coach full of people talking on their mobile phones. However, I still got some eejit sitting next to me who insisted on jabbering loudly into his phone for most of the journey.

 

In the end I 'snapped' and had some harsh words with him about it. He must have realised that he was dealing with a very very angry martial artist, as he meekly put the phone away and sat quietly for the rest of the journey! One of the other passengers bought me a coffee as a 'thankyou' for being brave enough to ask the person to desist.

 

Actually, that's another thing that annoyed me - that train coach was specifically for people who wanted to travel without being annoyed by other people's mobile phones, yet this man was deliebrately using his, even though there were plenty of signs about asking passengers not to. The train staff saw that he was breaking the rules of that coach, yet none of them were willing to go and ask him to stop.

[battousai16]

gah, tell me about it. i have several similar stories, working in a library and all. almost as bad as the talking in itself are the ultra-annoying ring tones of stupid songs that not only does everyone have, but everyone has turned up extremely loud! honestly now, how many people are so important that they have to be reached 24/7? surely considerably less than 1/1,000 around here. but every little 10 year old is walking around with "the thong song" ringing inside there little pockets, and it drives me nuts!!! GAH! when i become president of the world, cell phones will be the first to go.

[hawkfish]

Those ring tones really bug me in a big way. There is not reason to play a 30 second song when the phone rings. Some of the people on that train wait for the entire song to play before they answer the phone.

 

Another problem are the people driving huge trucks and SUVs talking on the cell phone and not paying attention to where they are driving. I can't count how many times I have had to avoid an accident because some dumbell was talking on the cell and trying to drive at the same time.

 

I have to carry a phone because of my job but my ringer is on vibrate so no one hears it, I talk very very quiet in public places and I only stay on for as long a I have to which is normally under a minute. I also never use it in my car and if I have to, I pull over the side while I talk.

[aefibird]

Another problem are the people driving huge trucks and SUVs talking on the cell phone and not paying attention to where they are driving. I can't count how many times I have had to avoid an accident because some dumbell was talking on the cell and trying to drive at the same time.

 

Well, talking into a mobile phone and driving are illegal in the UK (unless it is a coversation via a hands-free kit), but it seems like almost every day I see some idiot with one hand on the wheel and the other clamped onto their mobile phone, not paying attention to the traffic. grrrr!! I hate it!