Stupid things you do or that other people do

[Wesley Clark]

I have noticed that alot of people will spend several minutes trying to find a spot near a building they want to enter. Even if they aren't buying anything and wont be laden with heavy packages they still spend several minutes trying to find a spot so they can avoid walking for 15-20 seconds. What I don't get is when people do this at a gym, they drive around for a minute or two to try to avoid an extra 15 seconds of walking so they can get to the gym and run for an hour.

Another thing is drive around trying to save money on gas. I think the average mileage driven in the US is about 1000 a month, with 25mpg that is 40 gallons a month. Even if you save 15 cents a gallon that translates into only $6 a month. But people still think that saving money on gas is a great deal.

I'm sure there are others.

[Mr. Blue Sky]

In the neighborhood I lived in as a kid, there was a big supermarket not a quarter mile from out house. One of my next door neighbors would buy the bulk of her groceries, but travel all over town to buy the sale items at other stores. It would have made sense if she'd bought a lot of the items, but she would buy 4-5 of each thing and save maybe a buck. She would spend all day doing this.

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Originally Posted by Mr. Blue Sky

...out house. .....

OUR house.

[FairyChatMom]

I still don't understand why people seem to blindly follow the crowd through a single open door, when there may be 2 or 3 others that are quite easily opened.

Similarly, drivers who queue up at a toll gate, when there are empty lanes just sitting there manned and waiting. I witness this every morning and it makes me crazy every morning. Maybe I should get a life, huh?

[Thudlow Boink]

Originally Posted by Mr. Blue Sky

OUR house.

In the middle of our street
Our house
In the middle of our street...



I went to a faculty meeting this evening. As usual, it was held in the biggest classroom on campus, which has rows of folding seats like in an auditorium or movie theater, and as usual, almost all of the people who got there first sat in aisle seats on the outside of a row, thereby effectively blocking access to the rest of the seats in that row and making it hard for people who came later to sit down. (There were lots and lots of empties, but you'd have to squeeze past somebody to get to them.)

[Horrifying Howler Monkey]

When people walk into a building and stop just after the door and just stand there. I think this is like a rule at Wal-Mart. Move people!

[trupa]

Originally Posted by Horrifying Howler Monkey

When people walk into a building and stop just after the door and just stand there. I think this is like a rule at Wal-Mart. Move people!

argh! or just after getting off an escalator! Only time I've ever wanted to lauch a flying tackle at a little old lady...

[Bippy the Beardless]

I will try and find cheap Gas, not so much to save money, but to reward gas stations that offer a good deal. If enough people chose to buy there Gas as cheap as possible, then that would force the prices down of the price hog gas stations (here they are Chevron and Shell that are always 5c or more more expensive than their competitors).
People who stop still after entering a shop, or those who stop at the entrance to a parking lot need electrodes attatched to their gentals that opperate whenevr they are stationary in the wrong place.

[Indygrrl]

I am obsessed with finding cheap gas, but I don't go out of my way or that would defeat the purpose. It's a thrill for me to pass a station that has it for 1.86 only to find that the one near me has it for 1.83. Small thrills.

And yeah, people do stupid things, but it would take me all day to list them. hah.

[Cat Whisperer]

Originally Posted by FairyChatMom

I still don't understand why people seem to blindly follow the crowd through a single open door, when there may be 2 or 3 others that are quite easily opened.

Similarly, drivers who queue up at a toll gate, when there are empty lanes just sitting there manned and waiting. I witness this every morning and it makes me crazy every morning. Maybe I should get a life, huh?

This seems to be a human quirk. There can be tons of garbage cans available, but if they don't have any garbage in them already, no one will use them. They'll use the one that already has some garbage in it.

I have about three different options for driving to work; one is packed full, and the other two are just about empty. All going to and from the same area. People just really seem to like following the herd.

[minor7flat5]

Originally Posted by Wesley Clark

What I don't get is when people do this at a gym, they drive around for a minute or two to try to avoid an extra 15 seconds of walking so they can get to the gym and run for an hour.

I walk into the gym wearing shorts and a t-shirt, so if it's really cold, I want that walk to be as brief as possible; likewise for rainy weather.
I have those tearaway warmup pants that I wear on cold days -- whip 'em off, toss them into the car and then quickly run through the cold air to the gym door.

[gigi]

Originally Posted by Thudlow Boink

I went to a faculty meeting this evening. As usual, it was held in the biggest classroom on campus, which has rows of folding seats like in an auditorium or movie theater, and as usual, almost all of the people who got there first sat in aisle seats on the outside of a row, thereby effectively blocking access to the rest of the seats in that row and making it hard for people who came later to sit down. (There were lots and lots of empties, but you'd have to squeeze past somebody to get to them.)

I do this because I don't like being trapped in between two ends full of people. I'm actually happy that big movie theaters got chopped in two because now I can sit on the aisle and still be centered on the screen. Have to be on the aisle in church, too.

On the flip side, I am ready and happy to stand and let people by and not make them climb over me.

[Troy McClure SF]

Originally Posted by featherlou

This seems to be a human quirk.

I agree. Whenever I see the goat commuters go through the goat toll plazas, they're pretty good at distributing themselves pretty efficiently.

[Cat Whisperer]

Originally Posted by Troy McClure SF

I agree. Whenever I see the goat commuters go through the goat toll plazas, they're pretty good at distributing themselves pretty efficiently.

We need a raspberry smiley.

Mostly off-topic, did you know that sheep need goats mixed in with them so that they'll go ANYwhere?