Things That Annoy You

[UnscreenedCaller]

Mayor De Blasio has implored all residents of New York to ''stay inside. Do not go out. Let the sanitation dept  handle the snow clearing.'' So, the folks up North piss and moan about the snow on their steps and walkways, while they diligently obey the Mayor's instructions to, essentiality, let Big Gov handle it.

He was talking about staying off the roads, as in keeping them clear for emergency vehicles, i.e ambulances, firetrucks, etc. He wasn't telling people to bunker down, he was telling people to stay out of the way and off the roads while they were being cleared. It doesn't help anyone if a car has to be towed out of an emergency zone when the trucks come through, or if someone asphyxiates with the motor running because he's stuck and can't see his tailpipe covered. The city was a whole lot smaller when LaGuardia was mayor, although that was well before my time. But my time does include incredible snafus during snowstorms that laid everyone low for days. Would it have sat better if Giuliani issued those orders?

EDITED: I'm sorry. I can now see this is spilling over into the political and I assiduously avoid those threads because I just come here for a bit of fun, not to fight. Love NYC, hate NYC, whatever. 

[bateman]

I get the impression FightTheFuture has irritable bowel syndrome.

[area51drone]

I live in the suburbs and my neighbor's a dick who wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire. There's good and bad eggs wherever you are.

Fuck, what did you do to him to make him hate you so much?   You just ruin everything..   Next door neighbor, check.  Dark Matter, check.  Gabcast, check.  People lounging on beach next to you, check.  What's next Jaz, bellgab.com itself!!??!?!?

[Yorkshire pud]

All this talk about sweeping footpaths (sidewalks) and no mention about the clean sweep the Aussies are about to inflict on the poor English.

Oh you can't help yourself can you? I wondered how long you'd wait...but no, you just get it in don't you? 

[Yorkshire pud]

I get the impression FightTheFuture has irritable bowel syndrome.

As well? Jeeeze.

[West of the Rockies]

Justin Bieber's stupid face annoys me.  Just saw a pic of his irksome, smug mug on my homepage:  blond hair but dark eyebrows, sunglasses the size of Texas beltbuckles, and an open-mouth expression of utter emptiness.  Oh, will no one rid us of this bumbling halfwit?

[Cynnie]

Cook, NAILS it!  I never again want to  hear ''I'm a New Yawka'', as if   by the mere coincidence of their GPS location, the Gods have bestowed upon them some mythical quality that entitles them to special treatment.

Get over yourselves and shovel your freakin' walk!

When i lived in texas all these toothless , food stamp mofos woukd always talk about texans are awesome ! Texans dont need no damn govment ...and then they had their tenth kid while on medicaid

Since we're stereotypin n shit 

[wr250]

When i lived in texas all these toothless , food stamp mofos woukd always talk about texans are awesome ! Texans dont need no damn govment ...and then they had their tenth kid while on medicaid

Since we're stereotypin n shit

meh here in warren jeffs territory we have 12 wives and 60 kids.

[wr250]

anything drama on tv . someone gets murdered. someone murders someone else. someone cheats on thier spouse then murders someone,runaway kids etc .
blah blah blah

[West of the Rockies]

For me, it's pretty much any commercial TV... I can't stand how one minute you're watching something of your choosing and the next you're being implored to buy some useless piggy-poop stuff:  "Yes, it's the new Ronco nit pick/scrub brush, and if you act now, you will also receive the mini-lice detector/eyelash twirler!  How much would you pay now?"

[wr250]

For me, it's pretty much any commercial TV... I can't stand how one minute you're watching something of your choosing and the next you're being implored to buy some useless piggy-poop stuff:  "Yes, it's the new Ronco nit pick/scrub brush, and if you act now, you will also receive the mini-lice detector/eyelash twirler!  How much would you pay now?"

personally i think rush and hannity and even george is better than tv. although i spend most of my time with DMRN or old art bell shows.
my gf loves the tv. cant turn it off. i dunno why...
so i bought a fm transmitter and use my mp3 player to pick it up throughout the house.
actually its good to over 100 yards out, despite the chicken wire that is under my stucco'ed house

[SciFiAuthor]

Believe it or not, we do that here, too. I know, I know, imagine that! One story in an online rag does not a city make. I'm not being defensive about my home state, it has good and bad points, believe me, but NYC covers a lot of territory, not only Manhattan but outlying residential boroughs as well. You wouldn't know this, but on my street the elderly are taken care of as a matter of course by whomever gets there first.

Yes! With the thick diner mugs or the carry away containers with the Greek scrolling on the side. I once saw a seagull fly by with a coffee container in its beak. The quintessential commuter bird.

Oh there's much variation and New York State itself is completely different. I lived in Long Island and Westchester County and noticed that people were pretty insular in comparison to a place like St. Louis or Chicago. No one knew their neighbors, didn't really care, whereas here you'll face a lynch mob or forever be shunned if you don't leap to the aid of an elderly neighbor. But that comes with its own problems.  As I said, just an observation rather than a criticism and there are worse cities in the US. Hartford, Baltimore, DC, LA; all are worse.

But there's all kinds. In NYC I knew well-traveled friendly people but also people that were so narcissistic that they viewed the rest of the US, including the rest of the state of New York, as a fly-over leper colony that you only have to brave when you're on your way to Miami.

[FightTheFuture]

I get the impression FightTheFuture has irritable bowel syndrome.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, ok, I can take a hint.

Look, some things I feel strongly about, and for a myriad of reasons, this story  struck a nerve with me. Didn't mean to be such an antagonist.

Oh, and  speaking as a very strict vegan, IBS is not even on the radar screen

[Mind Flayer Monk]

I sometimes ask people why they think their origination in New York is so important? In almost every exchange, somewhere in the defense of how great the city is, comes a variation on this: "And I don't care what you want, in New York, you can get it at anytime of day or night. You can get anything at 3am.

I dunno about you, but 99% of the time, at 3am, I just want sleep.

I have some very fond memories of driving to the Chinese restaurant and bringing back wonton soup and tuning in to catch the first part of the Art Bell show at 3am.

Also, why are gyms not open 24 hours in NYC?

[jazmunda]

Also, why are gyms not open 24 hours in NYC?

I've never understood the concept of 24/7 gyms.

Who's working out at 3am?

[Mind Flayer Monk]

I've never understood the concept of 24/7 gyms.

Who's working out at 3am?

The hours they are closed, you are supposed to be sleeping. Sleeping is part of fitness.

[jazmunda]

The hours they are closed, you are supposed to be sleeping. Sleeping is part of fitness.

So if I sleep at the gym is that counted as a workout?

[UnscreenedCaller]

So if I sleep at the gym is that counted as a workout?

Someone please answer this. I need to know. 

[Juan]

I've never understood the concept of 24/7 gyms.

Who's working out at 3am?

At my gym, it's the hottest women who don't want old geezers staring at them.

[Treading Water]

Someone please answer this. I need to know. 

I second that request!!   

At my gym, it's the hottest women who don't want old geezers staring at them.

Do you blame them??

[Mind Flayer Monk]

At my gym, it's the hottest women who don't want old geezers staring at them.

If you don't want people looking at you, don't do your cardio on the machine directly under the football game.  (well not Juan, but people in general.)

[FightTheFuture]

I've never understood the concept of 24/7 gyms.

Who's working out at 3am?

Night club workers, firefighters, cops.

At least that`s all the people at MY gym at that hour.

[ItsOver]

At my gym, it's the hottest women who don't want old geezers staring at them.

Is this where Noory's headed for when he skips out early?  Chewing on a 7-11 turkey on whole wheat, strolling through the gym humming Elvis tunes, checking-out the gym babes?

[Treading Water]

Is this where Noory's headed for when he skips out early?  Chewing on a 7-11 turkey on whole wheat, strolling through the gym humming Elvis tunes, checking-out the gym babes?

This comment is going to be responsible for....Well, wonder how many gyms will go out of business when all the female members bolt? 

[maureen]

I've never understood the concept of 24/7 gyms.

Who's working out at 3am?

they should put dynamos on those machines to produce electricity. maybe they could pedal their way off the grid

[Heather Wade]

I know how you feel Redacted.  That's how I feel when I hear those bubbly new age types on c2c and elsewhere who just seem so damn enthusiastic about life and I look around and wonder Am I experiencing the same planet?  Still there are some perks like tonite I saw a beautiful night sky and then had my famous beer & home-made tacos dinner and also got to catch some of my faves on the Twilight Zone marathon.  Hope you can grab some joyful moments yourself tonite and throughout the new year.

I will do just that.  Thanks for the thoughts.  If you guys were here, you'd understand.
But, hey, I made a mistake and moved to a shitty place.  I'm not the first or last to make such a mistake.  Workin on fixing it.  Annoyed, but finding the good to be found.

[Cynnie]

I will do just that.  Thanks for the thoughts.  If you guys were here, you'd understand.
But, hey, I made a mistake and moved to a shitty place.  I'm not the first or last to make such a mistake.  Workin on fixing it.  Annoyed, but finding the good to be found.

The four years i lived in texas were a nightmare ..sure it was cheap to live there , but it was dead ..and the people were nice , just stupid and proudfully ignorant ..

Where would you like to live ?

[Heather Wade]

The four years i lived in texas were a nightmare ..sure it was cheap to live there , but it was dead ..and the people were nice , just stupid and proudfully ignorant ..

Where would you like to live ?

Ha haa.  I'd go anywhere in this country for quiet.  For now, I will keep looking.  Got a prospect for tomorrow... met an old timer at Lowe's who is known in the community as a good landlord... with many house rentals.  That's right.  Houses.

Told me he has a house he'd rent me for 595 a month.  Two bedroom.  Don't know where it's at though.  I'm going to call him bright and early tomorrow morning (my day off) and see if I can go look at it. 

For the moment... the windows here vibrate.  In fact, the whole place vibrates.  I think because the furnace is on the roof.  I told the landlady I need quiet so I can work, and she moves me to another apartment directly above a lady who loves to ignore her dog on the patio.  So, he's whimpering and barking to be let in all the time.  Kids outside are screaming as if Jigsaw himself is chasing them.  Landlord said no gang activity is allowed here, yet all I hear is boom, boom, n-word this, n-word that.  Family next door has an abusive husband and I can hear them fighting and the babies screaming day and night.  Everyone loves to slam things.  I mean, shake the walls, wake you from your sleep, did a gun just go off slamming.  And then there's the train.  Blaring about a dozen times a day.
I don't exactly feel safe about taking a bath.  First time I took a bath, maint. came a knocking and said there's a water leak downstairs.  They put plumber's putty on the bathtub overflow drain, and I installed a new gasket.  Will it leak tonight?  Who knows.  So, now I wash up in the sink.   

I know, poor baby.  Well, I'm not asking anyone for help.  I'll fix this myself... but dammit.  It's annoying.  Wish me a little luck, is all I ask, lol.

K... I'm going to make some hashbrowns & listen to Louie CK!!

[Laurakinch]

I will do just that.  Thanks for the thoughts.  If you guys were here, you'd understand.
But, hey, I made a mistake and moved to a shitty place.  I'm not the first or last to make such a mistake.  Workin on fixing it.  Annoyed, but finding the good to be found.

It sucks to move into a hell hole unknowingly. I found what I thought was a really nice apartment in Walnut Creek, CA in the late nineties but boy was I wrong. I broke my 1 year lease after 8 months and dared them to sue me for the rest (for yucks google Creekside Glen Apts, Near Ct, Walnut Creek reviews). Before picking a place you should always visit the property in the evening and also check with local LE for crime reports in the area. If you signed a lease, document every issue you are having so you'll have the ammo to break the lease. Good luck Redacted!

[Heather Wade]

It sucks to move into a hell hole unknowingly. I found what I thought was a really nice apartment in Walnut Creek, CA in the late nineties but boy was I wrong. I broke my 1 year lease after 8 months and dared them to sue me for the rest (for yucks google Creekside Glen Apts, Near Ct, Walnut Creek reviews). Before picking a place you should always visit the property in the evening and also check with local LE for crime reports in the area. If you signed a lease, document every issue you are having so you'll have the ammo to break the lease. Good luck Redacted!

Hey thanks!!  Yeah, I did check the place at night, several times actually, at all hours.  Amazingly, it was always pin-drop quiet.  I thank the gods when there is a quiet moment, but it never lasts for long.

Funny, my apartment in the 'hood was quieter than this, even with the gun shots & mysterious couch-beating neighbors.  At least I could work.  Here, I have to take my calls in the tiny hall closet.

I've read some real nightmare apartment stories, and feel better.  But, damn, is this ever annoying.  I'm hoping the leaky bathtub is grounds to break the lease.  I hope. 

In truth, I am homesick for NorCal and the redwoods.  There's no place like Home.