Shit that annoys you

[skaredshtles]

No, she had a large bag of Popeyes chicken with all the sides.

Because of course she did.

[BmillsSkier]

Because of course she did.

In that ATL concourse there's more sit down options than fast food so I get it. But there's also a Chick Fil A and a great taco spot one short train ride over that I'm getting every time before eating that Popeyes bullshit.

[zion zig zag]

Just back from a couple of weeks of travel so I've been staying in lots of hotels, and the check in process at some hotels annoys me. First hotel of the trip was self check in only, and it was super slick. Type in a few letters of your name, reservation found, confirm you still want to pay with card on file, and then it walks you through programming room keycard. Whole thing took maybe, 75 seconds. Fast forward to checking into the airport Raddison at the end of the trip. Arrive to find 6-7 groups in front of me at check in and each party is taking 5-10 minutes. My reservation was made weeks ago and was already paid for and still took almost 10 minutes. What the hell takes so long when a totally untrained schmoe can check themselves in in less than 2 minutes?

[zion zig zag]

To stick with the travel theme...people who come back from vacation "recharged, refreshed, and ready to get to work" annoy me. I come back exhausted, mad that I can't play all day and ready to quit and realize that 90% of the emails I have to wade through upon return are total bullshit.

[MontuckyFried]

This happened to me and my family recently. We were in the first row of Delta Comfort+, all 3 seats. We get to our row and there's two people sitting there who when I told them politely, "I'm sorry, but you're in our seats". They responded with, "no, these are our seats" and stared straight ahead. I asked what seat numbers they were and they begrudgingly got out their phones, looked at them, looked at each other and started packing up their shit huffing like they were being so put upon. It was neat that they were holding up the entire line of people boarding as they shuffled along too.

Yup! Playing stupid is their SOP. Have some of these people never been confronted on their BS before?!

Worst one lately was when I was flying with my son (a minor) and we get to our row. An out of shape 60-some year old woman was in my seat and already had her ipad propped up watching a movie and had her food all spread out in front of her. I nicely said that she was in my seat (a bulkhead). She took her headphones off and said, "but I'm already settled in this seat and it takes a lot to move, and couldn't I just take her seat 4 rows back?"

"Sorry, no, I'm traveling with my young son and we're not splitting up", I said. It must have taken her 10 minutes to get all her shit packed up and move back scowling at me the whole time. A flight attendant came back to help her because she was taking so long.

People like that absolutely set up shop on purpose. She knew damn well she was poaching someone else's spot but thought she could get away with if she makes too much of a PITA for everyone for her to move. She probably pulls that move all the time and has gotten away with enough to reinforce the habit. Whether its due to not wanting to offend others or the legitimate fear of everything being recorded and blasted all over social media, people are SO afraid of being confrontational these days that it's really emboldened society's assholes.

[skaredshtles]

To stick with the travel theme...people who come back from vacation "recharged, refreshed, and ready to get to work" annoy me. I come back exhausted, mad that I can't play all day and ready to quit and realize that 90% of the emails I have to wade through upon return are total bullshit.

This. Vacation just makes me want more vacation...

[skaredshtles]

Yup! Playing stupid is their SOP. Have some of these people never been confronted on their BS before?!


People like that absolutely set up shop on purpose. She knew damn well she was poaching someone else's spot but thought she could get away with if she makes too much of a PITA for everyone for her to move. She probably pulls that move all the time and has gotten away with enough to reinforce the habit. Whether its due to not wanting to offend others or the legitimate fear of everything being recorded and blasted all over social media, people are SO afraid of being confrontational these days that it's really emboldened society's assholes.

This is exactly how I feel every time I'm presented with some entitled asshole:

[Buzzworthy]

To stick with the travel theme...people who come back from vacation "recharged, refreshed, and ready to get to work" annoy me. I come back exhausted, mad that I can't play all day and ready to quit and realize that 90% of the emails I have to wade through upon return are total bullshit.

Adulting annoys me lately too. Puerto Adventures in 2 months can’t come fast enough. And their 30 minute check in with 0 people in line boggles my mind.

[The AD]

People like that absolutely set up shop on purpose. She knew damn well she was poaching someone else's spot but thought she could get away with if she makes too much of a PITA for everyone for her to move.

Agree 100%. All part of their con.

[Danno]

To stick with the travel theme...people who come back from vacation "recharged, refreshed, and ready to get to work" annoy me. I come back exhausted, mad that I can't play all day and ready to quit and realize that 90% of the emails I have to wade through upon return are total bullshit.

100%

[old goat]

They used to block our clinic schedules for a half day when we got back from vacation--no patients--so we could catch up with our messages.
Then they gave us laptops and we were expected to catch up while we were off. That was supposed to make our lives easier. Also making our lives easier--instead of having to stay late to catch up on messages, now we could catch up at home. Gee, thanks.

[BmillsSkier]

To stick with the travel theme...people who come back from vacation "recharged, refreshed, and ready to get to work" annoy me. I come back exhausted, mad that I can't play all day and ready to quit and realize that 90% of the emails I have to wade through upon return are total bullshit.

Bibles of truth right there. Vacation makes me hate leaving vacation to the extent my wife and I go through what we call “re-entry is hard” and “vacation hangover”.

Yup! Playing stupid is their SOP. Have some of these people never been confronted on their BS before?!


People like that absolutely set up shop on purpose. She knew damn well she was poaching someone else's spot but thought she could get away with if she makes too much of a PITA for everyone for her to move. She probably pulls that move all the time and has gotten away with enough to reinforce the habit. Whether its due to not wanting to offend others or the legitimate fear of everything being recorded and blasted all over social media, people are SO afraid of being confrontational these days that it's really emboldened society's assholes.

Agree 100%. All part of their con.

100%. This was clearly not the first time this lady had pulled this stunt. She was waaaay too settled in (in the most spacious bulkhead seat) with her 5 course meal all over her lap, tray and armrest. We boarded with status too (thanks to my wife) ahead of all but a few non-1st fliers, so she had to get on super early to get her pick of the plane and claim it like a fucking squatter.

[MontuckyFried]

100%. This was clearly not the first time this lady had pulled this stunt. She was waaaay too settled in (in the most spacious bulkhead seat) with her 5 course meal all over her lap, tray and armrest. We boarded with status too (thanks to my wife) ahead of all but a few non-1st fliers, so she had to get on super early to get her pick of the plane and claim it like a fucking squatter.

You handled the situation like a champ, Bmills. Anybody else with less restraint might've Mike Tyson'd her for that nonsense.

Isn't it interesting how only when we have the "GOOD" seats reserved that people just oh so happen to make these sorts of "innocent" mistakes. Funny how that NEVER happens to us when we have a middle seat toward the back of the plane. Hmmm....

[MontuckyFried]

This is exactly how I feel every time I'm presented with some entitled asshole:

Haha. Yup! That gif says it all perfectly. I swear, the older I get, the more I can relate to Ari Gold.

[stealurface831]

i sat (sort of sat, i was only halfway on the seat) next to a morbidly obese lady with a shitting corgi last year.
much more interesting and less tortuous was the flight this january when i had to subdue a violently drunk passenger sitting across the aisle from me when he got into it with the flamboyantly gay flight attendant. hilarity. not so hilarious was the ensuing hours long diversion in amarillo while the fbi came onboard and dicked around and took the guy away. then we ended up having to go back to dallas because the crew timed out and had to wait a few hours for their replacements.
article: https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/...ne-fbi-custody

[BmillsSkier]

i sat (sort of sat, i was only halfway on the seat) next to a morbidly obese lady with a shitting corgi last year.
much more interesting and less tortuous was the flight this january when i had to subdue a violently drunk passenger sitting across the aisle from me when he got into it with the flamboyantly gay flight attendant. hilarity. not so hilarious was the ensuing hours long diversion in amarillo while the fbi came onboard and dicked around and took the guy away. then we ended up having to go back to dallas because the crew timed out and had to wait a few hours for their replacements.
article: https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/...ne-fbi-custody

Good on ya SUF.

All the answers are in the follow up below the article:

"RELATED:Passenger doesn't remember punching flight attendant, admits drinking 'Captain Morgan' before flying"

That drunk on Captain, is he fourteen?

[stealurface831]

Good on ya SUF.

All the answers are in the follow up below the article:

"RELATED:Passenger doesn't remember punching flight attendant, admits drinking 'Captain Morgan' before flying"

That drunk on Captain, is he fourteen?

he had mixed with pills.

[BmillsSkier]

[J. Barron DeJong]

In that ATL concourse there's more sit down options than fast food so I get it. But there's also a Chick Fil A and a great taco spot one short train ride over that I'm getting every time before eating that Popeyes bullshit.

Counterpoint. Fried chicken is delicious, and Popeyes makes it well. But don’t just take my word for it:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-...fried-chicken/

[stealurface831]

anyone saying popeyes is good is basically saying they've never had bojangles.

[BmillsSkier]

Here we go.

Fried chicken is fantastic; no argument there.

The Popeyes-KFC-Bojangles (pronounced Bo-HAN-ga-less)-CFA- Popeyes-Zaxbys debate is a robust one.

All I know is if I'm not intentionally seeking out a bucket to share with others, I'm getting the fried chicken brined in dill pickle juice with waffle fries and the best (unsweet) iced tea in the land - CFA - every damned time.

[skaredshtles]

anyone saying popeyes is good is basically saying they've never had bojangles.

I've never had either.

[J. Barron DeJong]

anyone saying popeyes is good is basically saying they've never had bojangles.

Pretty sure I’ve had Bojangles.

Kenji Lopez-Alt (now at NYT) quoted in that article has definitely had Bojangles and picks Popeyes.

https://www.seriouseats.com/kenji-best-fast-food-awards

[MontuckyFried]

The Popeyes-KFC-Bojangles (pronounced Bo-HAN-ga-less)-CFA- Popeyes-Zaxbys debate is a robust one.

Perhaps, but the debate doesn't matter much with the pathetic dining hours going on over at ATL. I can't tell you how many times I've been screwed out of dinner there when having an evening layover there and everything's either closed, in the process of closing, and if it's not closed (yet), the line's a mile long and the service slow as frozen molasses. ESPECIALLY at the Popeye's there. Last time I tried that, they were pretty much completely out of food by the time I got to order, and gave up.

Annoying because pre-pandemic I don't think was as much of an issue, but ever since, ATL hasn't quite been the same. For being the world's busiest airport, you'd think the restaurants there wouldn't keep bankers hours.

[BmillsSkier]

Huh, that's odd to hear MF, but then again I'm never there waiting around late night unless its a red eye and everything in Int'l Terminal is open late.

The mass of people waiting around that Popeyes is enough to make me never go there too. There will be a crowd of people around CFA too, but those MF'ers are turning that shit out with a smile and quick too.