Petty Vents

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 62yo and tired of working. Just tired of spending so much time on work, and sick of workplace politics.

I’m 63 and right there with you.

I was going to complain about living at the top of a hill on a one-way street and how it sucks having to climb up it after a long walk in the neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 62yo and tired of working. Just tired of spending so much time on work, and sick of workplace politics.

I’m 63 and right there with you.

I was going to complain about living at the top of a hill on a one-way street and how it sucks having to climb up it after a long walk in the neighborhood.

I bet you have a nice view though

[Anonymous]

I hate the pressure to have fancy stuff. Cars, remodels, certain brands of clothing. Yes I know I don't "have" to take part (and I usually don't) but I hate that the pressure is still just hanging out there. I regret moving to the area after college. DH says its the same anywhere that has decent jobs. I don't know. Ex: I have a 10 year old minivan that literally has nothing wrong with it. But I can just feel my neighbors and parents of my kids' friends dripping with pity for me as they pull up in luxury SUV's that are never more than 3 years old. I somehow want them to know I can afford their car, I just think its a waste of money. Same with lululemon and remodeled kitchens. Yes, this is a personal problem.

Petty vent over.

[Anonymous]

My vents:
-people who take up everyone else's time in the Starbucks line because they've clearly never been to a Starbucks before, never bothered to review the menu in advance, and have 8,000 questions for the barista. Do you not see the line of people behind you? And yes, I could a do a mobile order, but I like ordering my coffee hot and it's not a complicated frilly order that requires advance ordering.
-my husband's inability to find anything in our house nor throw anything out/declutter. Just put some effort into looking for xyz before asking me where it is--usually it's exactly where I say it is and he STILL cannot find it. Decluttering--just not in his vocabulary. Wants to hang onto soccer clears from high school that he will never, ever wear again, random cords to things that are probably long gone, and don't get me started on the menagerie of water bottles that just sit in the cabinet. I have gotten used to just going around him and getting rid of things but how can he possibly not see that these things have no use and we can part with them? It boggles my mind.
-backing into a parking space--why? why do you have to do this? just park normally like the rest of us or drive around and find a pull through. especially if you're not good at backing in. if you can do it in one fell swoop, then fine, you're allowed, but the rest of you who have no business reverse parking, just don't.
-slow texters (again my husband is guilty of this). finish.the.text. don't spend 5 minutes with the three dots only to say "yes." make it quick! that's the point of texting.
-app developers--stop updating your app every 5 seconds. I'd like for once to go into my CVS app or whatever without it telling me the app needs updating and of course it's at time when I'm not on wifi and I have to sit and stare at the little pie shaped thing until it finally updates and I can move on with my day. Maybe all the app people should decide on one day a year where you can update and then we get it all over with at once. This goes for you too HBO MAX/MAX whatever you're calling yourself these days who made me spend an hour on the phone with my elderly mother the other day because she couldn't figure out how to use the new MAX app and for whatever reason her tv didn't want to seamlessly convert over to the new app like the rest of our tvs did. I'd like that hour back.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t help but roll my eyes at anonymous posts on Facebook parenting / neighborhood groups. Example: posting that they want plastic surgeon recs, child therapist recs etc. the OP doesn’t want to out themselves but wants others to. I just don’t get it I guess.

People post the dumbest crap anonymously! I don’t get it. I mean, I get the anonymous posts for divorce attorney recs but some of the recent anonymous posts in a local mom group are like, rec soccer teams for my 10 year old, looking for a personal trainer, someone posting a Pizza Hut Book It flyer, looking for a math tutor for their ES age kid … I think people should have their anonymous posts rejected if they post something completely innocuous.

Tell me you’re in the West Springfield Moms group without telling me you’re in the West Springfield Moms group, PP

Am I right??

I just saw an anonymous post in there asking for someone to repair their garage door. LOL.

DP. I saw that one! There’s one in there now about their baby missing some teeth.

[Anonymous]

I don’t understand how the back-inners/pull-throughers get into their car’s trunk at a big box store? What if the person who parks behind you has some big vehicle as well and they end up a foot from your bumper. How do you get your stuff in? I drive an SUV and never pull through. The backup camera is enough for me.

[Anonymous]

#1. I hate when there is an exit and you can see a line for the turn and some @ssh@le drives all the way to the front of the turn off and forces their way in.

#2. I hate people that allow these selfish drivers cut the line.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My vents:
-people who take up everyone else's time in the Starbucks line because they've clearly never been to a Starbucks before, never bothered to review the menu in advance, and have 8,000 questions for the barista. Do you not see the line of people behind you? And yes, I could a do a mobile order, but I like ordering my coffee hot and it's not a complicated frilly order that requires advance ordering.
-my husband's inability to find anything in our house nor throw anything out/declutter. Just put some effort into looking for xyz before asking me where it is--usually it's exactly where I say it is and he STILL cannot find it. Decluttering--just not in his vocabulary. Wants to hang onto soccer clears from high school that he will never, ever wear again, random cords to things that are probably long gone, and don't get me started on the menagerie of water bottles that just sit in the cabinet. I have gotten used to just going around him and getting rid of things but how can he possibly not see that these things have no use and we can part with them? It boggles my mind.
-backing into a parking space--why? why do you have to do this? just park normally like the rest of us or drive around and find a pull through. especially if you're not good at backing in. if you can do it in one fell swoop, then fine, you're allowed, but the rest of you who have no business reverse parking, just don't.
-slow texters (again my husband is guilty of this). finish.the.text. don't spend 5 minutes with the three dots only to say "yes." make it quick! that's the point of texting.
-app developers--stop updating your app every 5 seconds. I'd like for once to go into my CVS app or whatever without it telling me the app needs updating and of course it's at time when I'm not on wifi and I have to sit and stare at the little pie shaped thing until it finally updates and I can move on with my day. Maybe all the app people should decide on one day a year where you can update and then we get it all over with at once. This goes for you too HBO MAX/MAX whatever you're calling yourself these days who made me spend an hour on the phone with my elderly mother the other day because she couldn't figure out how to use the new MAX app and for whatever reason her tv didn't want to seamlessly convert over to the new app like the rest of our tvs did. I'd like that hour back.

Haha. I love all of these.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm tired of planning a vacation for my family, inviting my parents because it'd be nice to see them for part of it, and then having extended family invite themselves and others of the extended family (because it's a FAMILY vacation!). Yes, I get it that you don't want to plan your own vacation, but it's always impossible to get reservations for 12-15 at a restaurant when you decide at the last minute you want to pop-in.

Then stop inviting your parents on your vacation, and instead plan long weekends with them (that can get ruined if others tag along).

They live a 13 hour drive away, so it's not easy to do a long weekend, and instead, we usually meet in the middle. I like my extended family, but they definitely need to do their own planning.

Then tell your parents you only want to see them

I'm sure that things are super simple in your world, but it wouldn't be a petty vent if it was so simple in my world. I use my words every time, hurt people's feelings, and say they can't come. Then they hold it against me by giving me the silent treatment for months.

OK? Enjoy the silence. Better silence than bratty whining. Not getting the problem.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm tired of planning a vacation for my family, inviting my parents because it'd be nice to see them for part of it, and then having extended family invite themselves and others of the extended family (because it's a FAMILY vacation!). Yes, I get it that you don't want to plan your own vacation, but it's always impossible to get reservations for 12-15 at a restaurant when you decide at the last minute you want to pop-in.

Then stop inviting your parents on your vacation, and instead plan long weekends with them (that can get ruined if others tag along).

They live a 13 hour drive away, so it's not easy to do a long weekend, and instead, we usually meet in the middle. I like my extended family, but they definitely need to do their own planning.

Then tell your parents you only want to see them

I'm sure that things are super simple in your world, but it wouldn't be a petty vent if it was so simple in my world. I use my words every time, hurt people's feelings, and say they can't come. Then they hold it against me by giving me the silent treatment for months.

OK? Enjoy the silence. Better silence than bratty whining. Not getting the problem.

I think you're in the wrong thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate the pressure to have fancy stuff. Cars, remodels, certain brands of clothing. Yes I know I don't "have" to take part (and I usually don't) but I hate that the pressure is still just hanging out there. I regret moving to the area after college. DH says its the same anywhere that has decent jobs. I don't know. Ex: I have a 10 year old minivan that literally has nothing wrong with it. But I can just feel my neighbors and parents of my kids' friends dripping with pity for me as they pull up in luxury SUV's that are never more than 3 years old. I somehow want them to know I can afford their car, I just think its a waste of money. Same with lululemon and remodeled kitchens. Yes, this is a personal problem.

Petty vent over.

Lol, we drive a 2004 Subaru as our second car and one of my favorite things to do is to use it as the carpool car when I take rich kids whose parents are like what you describe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate how my neighbor brings in my trash cans every week. Every week I tell her it’s my DC main weekly chore. Every week she brings them in before we have a chance. I think it makes her feel neighborly, but it annoys the crap out of me.

Or they sit out too long for her liking

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't like over communication. If a coworker takes a call from my client, I'll see it in the electronic notes. Don't also email me unless it's time sensitive.

If you leave me a voicemail, just stop there. Don't also email and text me, MOM.

I also hate it when people text me to ask me to call them without saying why, or they text me "what are you doing on Saturday?" When they fully plan on asking me for a favor.

Some just text “Hi!” And then wait.
I hate it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:#1. I hate when there is an exit and you can see a line for the turn and some @ssh@le drives all the way to the front of the turn off and forces their way in.

#2. I hate people that allow these selfish drivers cut the line.

I am the one who lets them cut but I really don’t want to be a victim of these aholes! It’s not for the love of them it’s out of fear

[Anonymous]

Thank you for this venue, OP.

I hate that my nasty, horrible coworker and her dumb ox of a husband moved into my neighborhood. It's bad enough I have to deal with her at work but now I see her around town and it's such a bummer. Go away!