# Really??! \[Your WTF moments with other people's behavior\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 25, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170 "2011-05-25T16:15:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/161 "2011-05-30T02:47:04Z")
People who shower like, three times in one day. REALLY?! You had to be that wasteful? ---
**Author:** ![BTEzra04](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9f8e36/32.png) [@BTEzra04](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BTEzra04)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/162 "2011-05-30T03:33:51Z")
> [@2gigch1](#): > > There is a website devoted to it [here](http://www.customerssuck.com/board/forumdisplay.php?f=7). Hahaha, a few of those threads look very familiar…and there’s another site I like, called [Not Always Right](http://notalwaysright.com/). **Imago** –one of my boyfriend’s roommates this past year showered for _hours_ at least _three times_ a day. Seriously. I’ve got no clue why, and he never bothered to ask either. It wasn’t like he went to parties all the time/had strenuous work on campus. ---
**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/163 "2011-05-30T03:35:50Z")
I think I might have snapped and drowned him, eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/164 "2011-05-30T16:19:08Z")
> [@ladyfoxfyre](#): > > No, what those people are doing is called “stealing”. Breaking off pieces of produce so you don’t have to pay for parts you don’t want, which the grocer will now have to throw away even though they paid for them by weight, is as good as theft. . Really? I don’t typically by produce at grocery stores, but I recall the No Frills near my old apartment had a refuse bin next to the mushrooms specifically for discarded stems, and they had a much larger bin next to the corn on the cob because, for some unfathomable reason, people would de-husk their corn there in the store before purchase. (Why do people do that?) I don’t know if that set up is _typical_ in the grocery stores here or not though. You never see it at the farmers’ markets, so I assumed it was a “supermarket thing”. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/165 "2011-05-30T16:21:29Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > Really? I don’t typically by produce at grocery stores, but I recall the No Frills near my old apartment had a refuse bin next to the mushrooms specifically for discarded stems, and they had a much larger bin next to the corn on the cob because, for some unfathomable reason, people would de-husk their corn there in the store before purchase. (Why do people do that?) I pull down the husk so I can look at the corn to see if it is good. Removing the whole thing is strange. Is the corn sold by weight? Maybe they’re trying to save a few cents. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/166 "2011-05-30T16:33:40Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I pull down the husk so I can look at the corn to see if it is good. Removing the whole thing is strange. Is the corn sold by weight? Maybe they’re trying to save a few cents. Not to my knowledge. I think it’s usually something like: “Six ears for $X” and they totally peel the whole thing for all their ears. That’s how I came to notice it. The best way to store your corn on the cob is with the husk on, so I thought it was weird. I was always taught not to manhandle your produce unnecessarily, because it keeps better if you don’t bust it up. So when I saw the discard bins for stems and husks, it left an impression (an impression of “Huh? That’s weird.”) It seemed “normal” among the other patrons though, so I thought it was standard op at supermarkets. ---
**Author:** ![MizTina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MizTina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizTina)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/167 "2011-05-30T16:44:20Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > Not to my knowledge. I think it’s usually something like: “Six ears for $X” and they totally peel the whole thing for all their ears. That’s how I came to notice it. The best way to store your corn on the cob is with the husk on, so I thought it was weird. > > I was always taught not to manhandle your produce unnecessarily, because it keeps better if you don’t bust it up. So when I saw the discard bins for stems and husks, it left an impression (an impression of “Huh? That’s weird.”) It seemed “normal” among the other patrons though, so I thought it was standard op at supermarkets. Most of the grocery stores in my area have the husking bins when corn is on sale, and it’s not unusual to see folks husking their corn there. I think people are just trying to save making the mess at their own place. A couple of ears aren’t so bad, but if you are shucking corn for a bunch of people, that’s a different story. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/168 "2011-05-30T16:45:29Z")
It struck me as I was reading that post that I have no idea how I normally pay for corn. I just buy it without paying attention. (I just bought two ears yesterday, in fact. Looking at the receipt, it was 40 cents/ear. Ignorance fought.) ---
**Author:** ![MrFloppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@MrFloppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFloppy)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/169 "2011-05-30T17:43:56Z")
I saw a truck a few days ago totally ‘rednecked out’. On the back window was a large decal that in large letters stated that this truck “Eats Chevys and Shits Fords”. Furthermore, hanging from the tail hitch was a pair of bright red plastic testicles. His kids must be proud. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/170 "2011-05-30T17:47:44Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > Really? I don’t typically by produce at grocery stores, but I recall the No Frills near my old apartment had a refuse bin next to the mushrooms specifically for discarded stems, and they had a much larger bin next to the corn on the cob because, for some unfathomable reason, people would de-husk their corn there in the store before purchase. (Why do people do that?) > > I don’t know if that set up is _typical_ in the grocery stores here or not though. You never see it at the farmers’ markets, so I assumed it was a “supermarket thing”. > [@hajario](#): > > I pull down the husk so I can look at the corn to see if it is good. Removing the whole thing is strange. Is the corn sold by weight? Maybe they’re trying to save a few cents. If I’m going to use the corn the same day I take advantage of that bin. The husk keeps it fresh so I wouldn’t use it otherwise but it cuts down on the amount of garbage I am taking home. That said, corn is sold by the dozen not weight. ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/171 "2011-05-30T18:39:52Z")
> [@kath94](#): > > Me, too. :o > > My gripe is with people who insist on backing into parking spaces at work. Okay, so maybe it makes for a quick getaway. But if you’re driving an extended cab, huge cargo bed, ridiculously lifted pick-up truck and it takes you 10 minutes of backing up, pulling forward, backing up, adjusting forward, backing up, etc., WTF?!? And while others are obviously waiting to get into the row to take a space? And after all that they still park like shit; crooked, over the line, etc. ---
**Author:** ![drpepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@drpepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drpepper)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/172 "2011-05-30T18:41:05Z")
> [@smaje1](#): > > Cryptic C62, you were just ripped to shreds by a bunch of anonymous strangers who feel safe ripping you to shreds because we’re on the interwebs. You took it like a man. You deserve kudos. And personally, I’d feel the same way if I saw some guy flailing around like a goofball, attempting to do something that I was skilled at: I’d try to find out what was going on, help if I could. Agreed! You _did_ take it like a man - I thought the same thing when I read your response. Nice job, **Cryptic**! ---
**Author:** ![madhadder545](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@madhadder545](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madhadder545)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/173 "2011-05-30T19:38:48Z")
_**OK Real easy…Use…Your…Blinker,You sit there waiting to pull out youve got an opening but oh theres a car coming… Then it turns traffic has caught up and your there for another 5 minutes 😕**_ ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/174 "2011-05-30T19:51:25Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Then there are all those people who think that something which would take them days will be done by their subordinates in less time than the office’s coffee machine takes to cough up a plastic cup full of semi-disolved powders. I’m always amazed by how difficult it seems to be to think yourself in somebody else’s shoes, and I know that’s not the right idiom but hopefully you’ll understand what I mean. like the pointy-haired boss in Dilbert comics, they just assume that anything they don’t understand is easy. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/175 "2011-05-30T19:54:53Z")
> [@madhadder545](#): > > _**OK Real easy..Use..Your..Blinker,You sit there waiting to pull out youve got an opening but oh theres a car coming.. Then it turns traffic has caught up and your there for another 5 minutes > 😕**_ The coding on that post gave my a WTF. I had to quote it just so I could read the underlying coding. “Georgia” font? Ha! Very creative. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/176 "2011-05-30T20:41:33Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > Really? I don’t typically by produce at grocery stores, but I recall the No Frills near my old apartment had a refuse bin next to the mushrooms specifically for discarded stems, and they had a much larger bin next to the corn on the cob because, for some unfathomable reason, people would de-husk their corn there in the store before purchase. (Why do people do that?) > > I don’t know if that set up is _typical_ in the grocery stores here or not though. You never see it at the farmers’ markets, so I assumed it was a “supermarket thing”. No, I have never heard of or seen that. Maybe for corn, like everybody here has said corn is sold by the ear and not by weight. Regardless, the original point was the lady asking if the crab price per pound included the shells, which I still maintain is really stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/177 "2011-05-30T20:53:29Z")
While I agree that it’s stupid to ask if the crab price includes the shell, I’ll play Devil’s Advocate and suggest perhaps she wanted just crab meat, which comes packed in a tub. It’s incredibly more expensive, even when you take into account the price of the shells that get thrown away. Maybe she’d never bought it before and wasn’t sure what to buy. As far a the corn husks go, I’ve seen the bins by the corn just in the last few years here. People are going to pull part of the husk off anyway to make sure it’s not bad or full of worms. I’m sure it’s much easier to put out a can for people to dump the husks in than to have to keep cleaning them up off the floor or out of the bin. And yeah, corn is sold by the piece, not by weight, so it doesn’t really matter in the end. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/178 "2011-05-30T21:27:00Z")
I shop every day at one particular supermarket because it’s a few feet from the front door of my house. This means that I often get the opportunity to buy stuff that’s marked down to pennies because its sell-by-date is the next day. This supermarket varies a lot in how generous it is with these sell-by dates, even with the same item, but they keep putting the same tins of cat food there, discounted from 54p each to 53p each. First it was one can, then another, until now there are six cans reduced by a penny each, so it wasn’t even a single mistake. What a bargain! I can’t think of any reason for them to have done this. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/179 "2011-05-30T21:51:41Z")
> [@YoSaffBridge](#): > > While I agree that it’s stupid to ask if the crab price includes the shell, I’ll play Devil’s Advocate and suggest perhaps she wanted just crab meat, which comes packed in a tub. It’s incredibly more expensive, even when you take into account the price of the shells that get thrown away. > Maybe she’d never bought it before and wasn’t sure what to buy. That’s what I said! I believe the crab meat is uber-expensive because of the labor involved in getting every last little scrap of meat out of the shell. It’s fiddly. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/180 "2011-05-30T21:59:41Z")
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