Society & Culture Rage-inducing situations

[getthefooty]

Some people are just shy though. Internet allows them to come out of their shell a bit more.

Yeah I know, it's not their fault. It's just a bit frustrating because you can see the potential they have yet you never get to experience it.

 

[Power King]

Waiting 4 hours at a hospital for a 5 minute appointment. I am quite a patient person but this really stretched me. Didn't complain because it was a public hospital and I realise emergencies can happen etc but surely there must be a way to stop this from happening.

Was this in the emergency department?

Anyway, when you only know part of a song that sounds good and have no idea what it's called, nor who sings it, nor what any of the lyrics are. ****ing pissing me off trying to even attempt finding it. It's on the radio right now. It's a rock/alternative song, opens with a mellow guitar riff. Iot that big on the charts though going by the fact that I've only heard it a few times on air. The guy singing it has a deep voice. I can't even guess who it sounds like as I don't listen to this kind of music. For ****sakes

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

When people transform into ultra agressive drivers in the parking lot at work, speed, weave around parked cars and concrete pillars, cut me off, even overtaken me once!

That's great, you have arrived to work 12 seconds earlier.

Guilty.

Maybe you shouldn't roll along at a snails pace??!

I am fully aware I am an impatient, irrational and angry driver. I am also a good driver though and considerate when it is warranted.

What is strange is that I am very passive, almost a pushover when not behind the wheel. Much prefer to be nice and make things easier than be aggressive and get things quickly/cheaply...

People who act in real life how I drive generally make me rage...

 

[WCErevival]

Anyway, when you only know part of a song that sounds good and have no idea what it's called, nor who sings it, nor what any of the lyrics are. ****ing pissing me off trying to even attempt finding it. It's on the radio right now. It's a rock/alternative song, opens with a mellow guitar riff. The guy singing it has a deep voice. I can't even guess who it sounds like as I don't listen to this kind of music. For ****sakes

If its on commercial stations all the time, look up the current top 40 and start checking the songs on youtube.

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

1. If such a situation gets you angry, I think you need to re-consider what your priorities in life are. That, or you need to lower your anger threshold.

You are correct. There is also two types of these people, those stupid dicks who dont know better and those who are aware they are being dicks and dont care.(probably worse).

The way I see it, if it is a harmless release that stops me beating my wife, it cant be all bad.

 

[Power King]

If its on commercial stations all the time, look up the current top 40 and start checking the songs on youtube.

I've heard it on commercial radio recently but not often, only a couple of times. I just went through the aria top 50 singles and it's not there.

The song opens with a slow-paced guitar (I think electric) and drum solo before opening with the male singing. I can hear the guitar and opening vocals but no idea what the words are damn it. Sounds very melancholic. fuuuuuuuck

 

[shibz_1989]

You are correct. There is also two types of these people, those stupid dicks who dont know better and those who are aware they are being dicks and dont care.(probably worse).

The way I see it, if it is a harmless release that stops me beating my wife, it cant be all bad.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Had to go last year to the bank to pick up a new credit card. Went in, and these days you get greeted by the new kid on a little desk near the door who asks what you want. I say I'm just here to pick up a card, so he trots off to a little drawer in the wall behind him and checks to see if it's there.

It is, but is he allowed to just get it out and give it to me? Of course not, he's just the reception guy. Only one of the Customer Needs Consultants (or whatever the **** they are called) can actually give it to me, as they have to try to sell me some more bank "products" while I'm there. And of course there's only one of them working today and three people waiting ahead of me to sort out loans or whatever.

It actually didn't take too long for me to get to the head of the queue (one of the people ahead of me gave up and left), but that was as far as I got. Of course with banks being such friendly and open places these days the Customer Consultant doesn't work in an office or anything but just on a desk in the middle of the floor so you can hear what is going on and I was able to sit there stewing away while overhearing vital financial details being discussed such as the star-signs of all the customers children and other matters too inane to recall.

I can't remember exactly how long I had to wait to pick up the card that the reception monkey had already got out of the drawer, but it was well over an hour. Strangely enough by the time I got served I wasn't all that keen to purchase any of the banks other financial offerings.

 

[Power King]

Am now remebering a distinct lyric in the song that goes, "you were wrong!" which I think is in the chorus or it's lead-up. Any ideas? Hopefully it's the same song as the one with the slow-paced guitar/drum opening

 

[Power King]

Am now remebering a distinct lyric in the song that goes, "you were wrong!" which I think is in the chorus or it's lead-up. Any ideas? Hopefully it's the same song as the one with the slow-paced guitar/drum opening

Damn this song is Grace by Ed Kowalczyk. Nice song but not the one I'm originally after with the guitar/drum opening...

 

[Dagless]

Not really rage inducing because I'm a patient guy, but more retail stuff.

Last day of huge catalogue sale with solid bargains - "Any of 'popular item' left?" Course we've sold out. "Well what are you going to do about it?!?!?!". Always try another store for them but know its pointless and wasting someone elses time on the other end.

Over the last 4 nights we've had the same woman come in at 5 to close, head to layby and pretty much asks the layby assistant to start calling people to do the shopping for her. Sunday and today we had to wait an extra half hour for her to get her out of the store.

I pretty much let it all slide off the back except for one lady who criticised our 'ticketing method' where the ticket and specials are read left to right along the base that they are sitting on. 'Sloppy ticketing' apparently despite the fact it's been the way we've always done it and it's the only method that actually makes sense. Then looked at me and threatened that she wasn't going to buy the product and just stood there staring at me as if I cared. Replied 'Ok, have a nice day' and walked off.

 

[The_Todd07]

I pretty much let it all slide off the back except for one lady who criticised our 'ticketing method' where the ticket and specials are read left to right along the base that they are sitting on. 'Sloppy ticketing' apparently despite the fact it's been the way we've always done it and it's the only method that actually makes sense. Then looked at me and threatened that she wasn't going to buy the product and just stood there staring at me as if I cared. Replied 'Ok, have a nice day' and walked off.

We've got the same type of system where there is 3 prices based on the quantity you buy. The price for one is always on the left (difficult concept, I know ) yet there is still heaps of people who look at the price on the right and think thats what they'll be paying.
When the product is inevitaby scanned at the higher price they inform me that its wrong before I explain the system to them, most of them then ask me "can do it at that price anyway".
Amazingly enough we've even had some people think that if you buy 10 of a product that is usually $19.95 it magically drops to $16 in total, not each but for all 10

 

[Hap Hapablap]

another retail rage inducer

when i used to have people waiting outside the store at 830 saying can we come in, usually it was the elderly or some odd random, since the systems werent up and the money wasnt in the till I mentioned youd have to wait for a bit and theyd get all flusted and agro. Theyd then sit outside for the entire half an hour and then when we did open up theyd walk in buy a vcr tape and walk out in a huff. The fact is Woolworths are open earlier and had vcr tapes cheaper than us but because of their persistance they wasted half an hour. And honestly there are better things to do rather than sit outside the store, go for a stroll get a coffee.

then came closing time, at 529 on the dot we'd get customers that didnt want to buy anything just have a look around you know ask questions and such and end up not buying anything, by the time they'd leave it'd be 545 and adding an extra 15-20 mins for me to close down the store.

what was worse is sometimes after the store has closed and all the systems have been shut down as well as the till people would ask whether they could buy something. id tell them due to how the systems are and how its set up it can't be done and theyd whinge and say customer comes first etc. id just give them the regional manager number to settle it. they'd then just walk away.

 

[Dagless]

When people take a day and a half to get into a turning lane and still somehow manage to be half in the turning lane and half in the other lane.

 

[WALL-e]

On road rage, those who don't go forward at green light, no arrow.

They sit on the line and when it goes red, they go, allowing only 1 can through......then there's those who don't go unless they get an arrow.

 

[Normy132]

Another road rage for me today. Couple of hours ago.

The road I'm on is parallel to the main strip of our suburb so it's reeasonably busy despite being pretty much a backstreet. I'm driving along doing maybe 40 and this old woman (I'd say 70) decides it's perfectly fine to walk out in front of me to cross the road. I put the breaks on hard and give her the "what the hell are you doing?!" arm gesture. She gives me the stop gesture and then gives me the "what the hell are YOU doing?!" arm gesture.

I absoloutely lost it. I pulled over, crossed the street and said to her, and I quote "that's not a f*cking crossing you f*cking dinosaur!"

She responds with "how rude of you!"

I say "Rude? Really? I'll give you rude. I could've easily run you down. How's that for rude?!"

She just turns around and walks away. While she was doing so I yelled "yeah f*ck off and die!"

I'm proud and ashamed of myself all in one hit.

 

[shibz_1989]

I had two cars cut me off in the space of 30 seconds. One shocked me so much that I had the "WTF" look on my face and he put his finger up at me. Classy.

Then coming home on the freeway I was sitting in the right lane overtaking some cars. I was maybe doing 10 km over. Anyway, this stupid bitch in a mini 4WD came right up my arse. So close I couldn't even see her headlights. I tapped my brakes. Still tail gating me, I finally moved to the left lane and she passed me and her passenger started abusing me. WTF? She then pulled in front of me then stayed on 100km. I ended up passing her about 10 seconds later. WTF was the point?

 

[thurmanmunson]

I love going into halal KFC outlets and asking for extra bacon

 

[Echo Bravo]

I love going into halal KFC outlets and asking for extra bacon

And 'cording the response?

 

[The_Todd07]

another retail rage inducer

when i used to have people waiting outside the store at 830 saying can we come in, usually it was the elderly or some odd random, since the systems werent up and the money wasnt in the till I mentioned youd have to wait for a bit and theyd get all flusted and agro. Theyd then sit outside for the entire half an hour and then when we did open up theyd walk in buy a vcr tape and walk out in a huff. The fact is Woolworths are open earlier and had vcr tapes cheaper than us but because of their persistance they wasted half an hour. And honestly there are better things to do rather than sit outside the store, go for a stroll get a coffee.

then came closing time, at 529 on the dot we'd get customers that didnt want to buy anything just have a look around you know ask questions and such and end up not buying anything, by the time they'd leave it'd be 545 and adding an extra 15-20 mins for me to close down the store.

what was worse is sometimes after the store has closed and all the systems have been shut down as well as the till people would ask whether they could buy something. id tell them due to how the systems are and how its set up it can't be done and theyd whinge and say customer comes first etc. id just give them the regional manager number to settle it. they'd then just walk away.

This, This, Oh God This
These people would probably refuse to do unpaid overtime as part of their jobs but expect me to do it just because they are incapable of getting to the store during opening hours. They also inevitably turn up when you have somewhere important to be straight after work.
I had one guy rock up 10 minutes after closing on a public holiday and start swearing and kicking the door when we told him he couldn't come in.
Had another guy stroll in 10 minutes before opening on day when the lights were off, the door sign said closed and I was just standing there counting money, he didn't even ask if it was OK to come in yet so I ignored him. Once I was finished counting I turned on the lights and the old prick had the nerve to look up and say "Oh good now I can see what I'm looking for". Took every ounce of will I had to stop saying something along the lines of "F*ck off, you're lucky I let you in at this time".

 

[wce4premiership]

I've heard it on commercial radio recently but not often, only a couple of times. I just went through the aria top 50 singles and it's not there.

The song opens with a slow-paced guitar (I think electric) and drum solo before opening with the male singing. I can hear the guitar and opening vocals but no idea what the words are damn it. Sounds very melancholic. fuuuuuuuck

As for some possible slow starting songs

Bon jovi - when we were beatiful
Sparkadia - China

 

[ben_09]

Trying to find parking at uni, further rage occurs when Asians wait in their cars in the middle of the car park.

 

[anti_]

haha yes i know that one ben.

you're in perth so i assume you go to curtin if you have this problem...i just park in the international student living area car park, vickery house. always spots there and they hardly check it. it's right next to my building too.

 

[Hlebalicious]

Trying to find parking at uni, further rage occurs when Asians wait in their cars in the middle of the car park.

This x1000000. The first few weeks every semester is hell at my uni in trying to find parking, u have to get there before 9 to stand a chance at finding a spot.

 

[ben_09]

haha yes i know that one ben.

you're in perth so i assume you go to curtin if you have this problem...i just park in the international student living area car park, vickery house. always spots there and they hardly check it. it's right next to my building too.

Thinking of asking my grandad to get another one of those disabled parking permits so I can park right at the front. Winning.