When I’m carving prime rib on a buffet line, and you’re near the front of the line, and there are 300-500 more people in line behind you, don’t stand there and ask for two slices. Prime rib takes 5 hours to cook, and we cooked enough of them to feed your group. If we run out before everybody gets a slice, I can’t just run back to the kitchen and make more real fast. Once the whole line has gone through and everybody who wanted prime rib has gotten some, you’re welcome to make a second trip, and I will be happy to cut you a second slice if there is any left.
Also, a buffet line at a special event/conference is not the same thing as an “all you can eat” buffet restaurant. Your group’s organizers consulted with our sales staff well in advance of the event, selected a menu, told us how many people would be attending. Then they paid for — and we ordered and prepared — enough food to feed that many people (plus a bit extra to be safe). And because we are an event center, not a restaurant, we order supplies/ingredients specifically for each event, in the appropriate quantities. So we can’t “just make more” when some of you decide you need to pile your plates with enough food to feed four people and then the food runs out before everybody has gone through the line.
Add the P chip to that, which detects popcorn. Should be outlawed in all office environments. Violators will be warned, then shot. Not always in that order.
Add me to the list of folks that hate those that STOP in the flow of traffic, pedestrian, or vehicle. Move to the side, then do your business. Get out of the left lane if you’re not actively passing, or making a left hand exit.
That’s what I do, except I picture my grandparents. Also, when I was on chemo and big drugs associated with same I would have occasional public brain meltdowns. Thanks to all the people that were kind and/or patient.
I used to work with someone on a macrobiotic diet. Her food looked like a biology experiment - and smelled like one too when she nuked it. We’re not even gonna talk about her breath… (she was a nice person, though)
Here’s another one: If you enter an area that can accommodate many people (example, a restaurant where you choose your own table, a movie theater, or a large bathroom with many stalls) and that area is nearly empty, please do not park yourself right next to the only other person/group in the place.
It’s very irritating to me to find a good seat at a near-empty theater and have some person (extra irritation points if it’s a group, and even more extras if it’s got small children in it) park themselves right next to me. Behind or in front is fine, but dammit, I don’t want to sit next to you! You’ve got the whole place to choose from, including several equally good seats one row behind or in front of me.
Naturally this rule is rescinded if the place is crowded, or if the seating is predetermined (though that’s another thing that bugs me–waitstaff who sit the next customer/group down right next to my table even though the place is otherwise empty.)
When you’re using your snow blower in the part of your driveway that’s between our two houses . . . don’t blow the snow onto my windows. It sticks, and stays there (seemingly) until spring. In fact, just to keep things simple: Always blow the snow onto your own property, and encourage your neighbors to do the same.
Your transaction is not free. Paying for it should not come as a surprise to you. Therefore, AFTER the total is rung up is NOT the time to BEGIN the process of searching for your checkbook / wallet / credit card / rewards card / coupons, etc.
I have a driver’s permit. I’m not going to drive without documentation saying that I can. I would have thought that that was implied, but perhaps I’m mistaken.
Besides, how the heck am I going to earn said license without practicing?
See, that’s why I think it falls under “Things you shouldn’t have to tell people…”
I know some folks who think that driver’s licenses are not really necessary. Naturally, they don’t have them for various different reasons, many of which suggest they shouldn’t be allowed near the steering wheel of a car…
I don’t know anyone who drives unlicensed, but I do know folks who are licensed who are worse drivers than I am…and speaking as a novice, that’s saying something!
My theory is that they test well, but then forget everything as soon as they leave the licensing center.
There is more room OUTSIDE the elevator than INSIDE it. Therefore, if you let me OUT of the elevator first, it will be easier for you to get INTO it. Basic elevator etiquette, folks.
Also, if you are visiting a loved one at the hospital, yield the right of way to the patient on the stretcher. It’s a helluva lot easier for you to move two feet to the left than for me to drive the stetcher around you. Especially if I am driving with one hand and working and ambu bag with the other.
Over the years I’ve become more and more convinced that a lot of people think there’s a lot of information that they only need to know to pass the test and that it’s not vital once the test is passed. And not just driver’s tests.
And it’s only going to get worse with the kids who are growing up in the “teach to the test” era.
When checking in to a hotel, bring your wallet with you. When the desk clerk asks how you are paying for the room, you should not have to go out to the car to get the money, credit card etc. And if you need glasses to fill in the registration card, have them with you. “oh I cant read this , I left my glasses in the car.”
Don’t talk about disgusting things while I’m eating. Also don’t hover over my food as I’m eating.
To go along with blowing the nose at table, please do not pick your nose in public. I’ve been at business meetings and glanced across the table to see guys two or three knuckles deep. Also do not kick your shoes off and rub your feet together in full view of others at a business meeting.
Heh. A few years ago my sister worked at Safeco Field in Seattle. I went there one day to watch a Mariners game, using one of her free tickets, and rode to the ballpark with her which meant I got there way early. I found my way to my seat, which was way the hell up in the nosebleed section. I sat there for a while with the entire upper deck 3rd-base side section to myself, and eventually batting practice started. A short time later I spotted a man and a woman climbing the stairs and entering my section. Guess where their seats were? The two seats immediately to my right!
The guy and I had a good laugh over that situation, and we ended up having a nice conversation. Turned out he and I were the same age with birthdays only a few days apart, and shared the same favorite band, Rush.
