People that piss you off

[Lev The Red]

"i love wearing flat-billed baseball caps slightly askew, with a poorly drawn, multi colored, too long decal shirt that covers the fact that my pants hang well below my ass."

or

"i love wearing normal every-day clothes, save for a fedora/trilby because i think it makes me look educated and intriguing, regardless of the fact that i'm just a sophomore liberal arts/journalism major."

or

"the only thing i like more than chewing gum is chewing gum loudly enough for everyone within 30 feet to hear it."

or

"the only thing i love more than buying roofies and miller lite with my frat buds is taking distressed, dark-grey university t-shirts and removing the sleeves and sides so everyone walking by can see the chest i spend all of last semester's class periods working on."

i could seriously do a A LOT of these.

 

[MidnightCat]

"Op shops aren't real shops. It's not like they paid for the stuff they're selling... so it doesn't matter if I take a couple of things without paying for them. Or carry that $200 jacket priced at $50 into the dressing rooms, cut the tag off and walk out wearing it while the guy at the counter is distracted. Not like it's actually stealing, y'know."

This happened once. And has happened many many other times with other items. When you work as a volunteer sorting goods, pricing goods and sometimes cleaning goods, shelving times, assisting customers, serving customers... well, it breaks our hearts when we find the stash of removed price tags behind the mirror in the dressing room, or the empty boxes in the window that once held expensive perfume bottles.

Seriously, what kind of person steals from a shop where the proceeds go to charity and the needy?



" is a bit expensive for , could I get that for ?"

We're not a market stall. I know it's difficult to understand, but please try to treat an Op shop like it's a "real" shop. It's frustrating for us when people try to haggle when there's nothing wrong with the item, especially when there's a line and we're busy.

What is this magical Op shop? I've never heard of one ?_?

Whoops, didn't know it was only called that in Australia and NZ. It's short for "opportunity shop". An op shop [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity_shop] sells donated goods, is usually run by a charity and is staffed by volunteers. The one I work at is one of the shops run by the St. Vincent de Paul society [http://www.vinnies.org.au/home-vic].

 

[Torrasque]

"Op shops aren't real shops. It's not like they paid for the stuff they're selling... so it doesn't matter if I take a couple of things without paying for them. Or carry that $200 jacket priced at $50 into the dressing rooms, cut the tag off and walk out wearing it while the guy at the counter is distracted. Not like it's actually stealing, y'know."

This happened once. And has happened many many other times with other items. When you work as a volunteer sorting goods, pricing goods and sometimes cleaning goods, shelving times, assisting customers, serving customers... well, it breaks our hearts when we find the stash of removed price tags behind the mirror in the dressing room, or the empty boxes in the window that once held expensive perfume bottles.

Seriously, what kind of person steals from a shop where the proceeds go to charity and the needy?



" is a bit expensive for , could I get that for ?"

We're not a market stall. I know it's difficult to understand, but please try to treat an Op shop like it's a "real" shop. It's frustrating for us when people try to haggle when there's nothing wrong with the item, especially when there's a line and we're busy.

What is this magical Op shop? I've never heard of one ?_?

Whoops, didn't know it was only called that in Australia and NZ. It's short for "opportunity shop". An op shop [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity_shop] sells donated goods, is usually run by a charity and is staffed by volunteers. The one I work at is one of the shops run by the St. Vincent de Paul society [http://www.vinnies.org.au/home-vic].

Ohhhh ok. They are apparently called "hospice shops" here in Canada. I don't think I've ever been to one...
A friend of mine in So Cal does most of her shopping at shops like these, lol.

 

[Alexander Bradley]

"Hey everybody, our favorite driver in the Chevy S10 is hitting the road again! Let's all make sure to set a good example for him by driving as sloooooowwwwwwwww aaaaasssssssssss wwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeee caaaaaaannnnn! "

Meanwhile, in my truck:"FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKK!!!!! GET OUTTA MY WAY, YOU SLOW-ASS!!! I GOTTA GET TO WHERE I AM GOING TTTTT-TODAY, JUNIOR!!!"

The Offspring put it much more eloquently with their song "Bad Habit" off of their Smash album.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Ignorant people who try pushing their beliefs on other people. And crazy fans of anything, really. Also, self-proclaimed autistic people, especially when they use it as an excuse to be an asshole.

Could you please re-state that from their perspective?

Ah, touche.

lol, I meant could you re-state what it is they do that annoys you as if you are them doing the annoying action.
Please read my original post if you need clarification.

Right, sorry about that. "I'm autistic, 'cause I read it on the internet that I have the same traits, and that means I can get away with being a jackass!"

That mentality really bugs me.

 

[MetalDooley]

"Wow this is a nice meal.In fact it's so nice that I'm going to devote all my attention to it and completely ignore the fact that my child is running around the restaurant shouting at the top of his/her voice.I'm sure the other diners won't mind anyway because after all my child is a little angel and this way they get to she just how adorable he/she is."

"I'm a really tough guy but I don't think people realise just how tough I am so I'd better show them by starting a fight with a complete stranger.Oh hey that guy glanced at me for a split second.That means he's challenging me to a fight so I'd better go over there and get stuck in"

"I hate smokers.Even though the law states that they're not allowed to smoke indoors anywhere but a private residence I don't think it went far enough.Oh look a guy just minding his own business smoking a cigarette out in the open air nowhere near any buildings or people.I'd better go over and tell him exactly how disgusting his habit is and how he's damaging other peoples health even though I breathed in ten times more toxic fumes from car exhausts while I've been standing here.Wait how dare he get annoyed at me.Doesn't he realise how evil his habit is?"