Roast Yelling at Clouds

[_Cerberus_]

People overtaking, and merging in front of you. Only to drive slower

I like to sit in the far left lane on my long drive to work, sit in cruise control, doing the speed limit. And every time someone flies past me on a three lane road, merges in front of me. And proceed to drive 90-95kmph in a 100kmph zone. Like why try and get in front of me in the first place?

Even worse are the ones whose speed constantly goes up and down, so I can't coast in cruise control no more, have to constantly adjust my own speed.

 

[Hoges64]

People who can clearly see a lane is ending ahead due to roadworks or even just narrowing, racing all the way to the end and trying to force in at the point of merge, creating a bottle neck can get in the ******* sea

This. These particular brand of campaigners can **** off and die in a fire.

Or in a similar vain, the ones who are sitting behind you where two roads merge, then jump over the unbroken line so they can get in front of you. If I see them doing this I deliberately cut the ****ers off. Wait your turn, asswipe.

 

[BulldogMuscle]

People who can clearly see a lane is ending ahead due to roadworks or even just narrowing, racing all the way to the end and trying to force in at the point of merge, creating a bottle neck can get in the ******* sea

I don’t let these campaigners in no matter how hard they push. I drive Toorak road and the Monash daily and deal with this.

 

[grassman75]

People overtaking, and merging in front of you. Only to drive slower

I like to sit in the far left lane on my long drive to work, sit in cruise control, doing the speed limit. And every time someone flies past me on a three lane road, merges in front of me. And proceed to drive 90-95kmph in a 100kmph zone. Like why try and get in front of me in the first place?

Even worse are the ones whose speed constantly goes up and down, so I can't coast in cruise control no more, have to constantly adjust my own speed.

Come to Queensland where the worst drivers are the ones who sit in the right lane of the Bruce Highway doing 85-90 in a 110 zone, totally oblivious to the queue they’ve formed behind them

 

[dogwatch]

Road rage doesn’t help. It makes it worse.

These things are all annoying (tailgating is another) but they are first world problems. Zen helps. Let the bastards go past. The sooner they are out of your immediate vicinity the safer you’ll be.

It’s a bit like dealing with dickheads on BF. The main difference being dickhead BF posters don’t kill innocent bystanders.

 

[Next Waiting]

Road rage doesn’t help. It makes it worse.

These things are all annoying (tailgating is another) but they are first world problems. Zen helps. Let the bastards go past. The sooner they are out of your immediate vicinity the safer you’ll be.

It’s a bit like dealing with dickheads on BF. The main difference being dickhead BF posters don’t kill innocent bystanders.

They just kill the vibe

 

[Next Waiting]

I've probably said it a million times but exaggeration and hyperbole are the greatest scourges on mankind.

 

[dogwatch]

Nimbostratus.

 

[geoffjennings79]

Thanks for posting that btw. I'm using some of those.....

There's been malapropisms on here since I posted that!

 

[Running Dog]

And POS etiquette.

You're standing patiently in line and finally it's your turn and you plonk the single item you have to purchase on the counter and whip the card out ready pay. Then from nowhere, the old bat behind you decides to plonk all her sh1t on the counter beside yours whilst simultaneously obstructing your access to the eftpos machine ..... because she's old and frail. We've all got our problems! And I don't wanna hear ya life story. This counter is mine and I paid for it with my time. You're encroaching on my personal space. * off!

Or bunny on the phone as the groceries are being scanned. Only when this is done does she realise the stuff needs to be paid for. So she searches the bag for her purse. Then she searches the purse for the card. Then she takes out the wrong one. Then she finds the loyalty card and wants to know if she can still get points. And all the while she's still blabbering on loudly about what sort of cake to get snippy for his/her/zhe/they birthday, with the phone squeezed between her shoulder and her ear like a third appendage, and she's all twisted like the Hunchback of Notre Dame. And she cackles like Kamala Harris.

And then there's ol' mate down at the servo. He's been saving his five cent pieces for years, so now he can finally afford a newspaper. And he's counting them out, one by one. (Not such a bad thing given that the young'un at the till couldn't do addition to save his life). On cheap fuel day, when every cranky motorist seeking to save $1.80 on their weekly fuel bill is impatiently muttering and glowering...

 

[Next Waiting]

I'm loving this thread. So many clouds to yell at...so many lols

 

[dogwatch]

I'm loving this thread. So many clouds to yell at...so many lols

Is it just restricted to boomers? Or are others allowed to post as well?

 

[Next Waiting]

Is it just restricted to boomers? Or are others allowed to post as well?

This thread is like a demographic survey....without having to do a demographic survey. I always thought you were the oldest one here. Not so sure now

 

[Norm De Guerre]

People who can clearly see a lane is ending ahead due to roadworks or even just narrowing, racing all the way to the end and trying to force in at the point of merge, creating a bottle neck can get in the ******* sea

I actually look forward to the opportunity when it presents itself of playing a bit of chicken with these guys as they attempt their late merge.

They tend to get a bit irate as they fall in behind. I get a good laugh as I watch them wildly gesticulate in my rear vision mirror on an otherwise boring commute.

 

[Next Waiting]

I actually look forward to the opportunity when it presents itself of playing a bit of chicken with these guys as they attempt their late merge.

They tend to get a bit irate as they fall in behind. I get a good laugh as I watch them wildly gesticulate in my rear vision mirror on an otherwise boring commute.

I had someone right up my ass on the Tulla yesterday. I was in the fast lane on the way to the airport, as were several unnecessarily slow people in front of me. And weaving was not an option as the middle lane was going at the same speed. But I was all Zen about it....what can ya do?

But the woman behind me. She was nearly in the front seat with me. Wild gesticulations, both hands off the wheel doing Kermit the frog impressions, and mouthing WTF repeatedly.

I slowed down a touch to build in an extra but unnecessary margin to the safe stopping distance from the vehicle in front me, an unintended consequence of that being that it gave her even less opportunity to weave.

Angry! She was ropeable

 

[Del165892]

People who can clearly see a lane is ending ahead due to roadworks or even just narrowing, racing all the way to the end and trying to force in at the point of merge, creating a bottle neck can get in the ******* sea

No campaigner is going to let you in earlier in Melbourne so you don't really have another choice. Force a zipper merge at the point of lane closure is the most logical way to do it.

 

[Del165892]

I don’t let these campaigners in no matter how hard they push. I drive Toorak road and the Monash daily and deal with this.

So you don't let people into your lane when their lane ends and they have no choice but to merge?

 

[grassman75]

So you don't let people into your lane when their lane ends and they have no choice but to merge?

Not when its clearly obvious from signage telling them 500m back that the lane ends and to merge and they think its going to save them 0.0065 seconds off their commute by racing to the end of the lane that’s run out and putting their indicator on when they get to the very end as if to say “oh look, shit, my lane ran out, please kind sir, let me in”

No

Get ****ed

 

[Timewillcome]

2. The EPA sending me a letter for a loud car when it isn't (Waste of half a day and $100 to clear my name)

No matter how loud your car is, it could not match a Harley with open pipes, that seem to be everywhere around me. Gunning the throttle between roundabouts (40m run) is a necessity around here. No offence to anyone who has a Harley, but they sound fine with factory settings. They are exempt from Police checks though so feel free to keep opening the throttle to full when passing small children.

Sucks to be reported for nothing and then paying for Vicroads to inspect. Its almost like its set up that way now its semi private.

Reporting your neighbour is now socially acceptable and encouraged by government so this stuff will become commonplace.

 

[geoffjennings79]

This thread is like a demographic survey....without having to do a demographic survey. I always thought you were the oldest one here. Not so sure now

Along the lines of the contract thread, we need one listing BF WB posters, oldest to youngest.
I've got a fair idea of who's ahead of me, or around my level though - think most of them are posting in here!

 

[Next Waiting]

Rehashing the past in a thread about the future.

 

[Del165892]

About two months ago, I ordered a Zinger Stacker box and when I got home and opened it up there was no burger inside; just chips and 3 boneless wicked wings. I've thought about that angrily every day since it happened.

 

[bresker]

I’ve been off work all week with old persons disease , the Shingles .

“We have a vaccine for it now, “ the nurse told me.”

“But we generally only offer to to over 50s”

I’m fifty in 2 months.

That’s just a cruel thing to tell me.

I can’t get out of bed for more that 10 mins. My eyes are too sore to read. I’ve developed an unhealthy fixation on the ‘big game’ tonight as something to look forward to.

 

[Dogs 13]

About two months ago, I ordered a Zinger Stacker box and when I got home and opened it up there was no burger inside; just chips and 3 boneless wicked wings. I've thought about that angrily every day since it happened.

I ordered quite a few things for friends & myself in a KFC store. I have some eating & swallowing issues after surgery & “treatments”.
The one thing missing was the only thing I can eat.
Literally nothing for me.
That’ll teach me to check the order before I leave

I also ask for no bread roll in the box as my friend is allergic to sesame seeds.
Every single time there’s a roll in the box.
I know the people working these mind numbing jobs are just filling the orders by rote, but their actions can have other consequences

 

[Dogs 13]

I’ve been off work all week with old persons disease , the Shingles .

“We have a vaccine for it now, “ the nurse told me.”

“But we generally only offer to to over 50s”

I’m fifty in 2 months.

That’s just a cruel thing to tell me.

I can’t get out of bed for more that 10 mins. My eyes are too sore to read. I’ve developed an unhealthy fixation on the ‘big game’ tonight as something to look forward to.

I feel ya. I contracted shingles when my immune system was down due to some brutal treatment I was undertaking. Laying in bed one night I thought what is this, I don’t like this one bit, it was bloody painful, do I call an ambulance ? Then I realised what it was. Had to get the course of antivirals. Then a few weeks later I contracted COVID, more antivirals
2022 was my annus horribilis

We’re told to have the vaccine so I went in to have it recently and guess what, they were out of stock