Graveyard of Gripes

Gripe on Managers

2008-01-27T04:39:00.000-08:00

Why is it that when management grossly underestimates the work that is needed to get a task done, it's the workers who end up having to put in sixty and seventy hour work weeks to get back on schedule? I could forgive this if management learned from their mistakes, but often I see the same management team do the same thing again on the next years project and the next and the next...

I'm going to try once more to get this blog going since I see that it has had a few reads this past month.

No Gripes

2008-01-10T14:44:00.000-08:00

I'm really running out of things to gripe about so unless someone sends comments soon, I will probably not be posting anything.

Supermarket Gripes

2007-12-26T13:25:00.000-08:00

Here are my Supermarket Gripes:

Naked shelfs when I do my shopping on Saturday morning

Only one open line and it's marked "express" so when you pull up to it with a full cart
you get nasty looks from the people who get in the line behind you

People in the express line using credit cards

Christmas

2007-12-25T02:22:00.000-08:00

No gripes today. It's Christmas!

Christmas Icons

Gripe of the Day: Driving in Fog

2007-12-23T08:29:00.000-08:00

I just got back from a trip to the Gym which, fortunately, is only three miles from my house. We are experiencing heavy fog in the area and I almost stayed home because of it. Nonetheless, about one in five drivers on the road had no lights on!

Gripes about Whatever

2007-12-17T13:37:00.000-08:00

No votes this week so instead of selecting a category, I'm just going to gripe about anything that pops into my head.

Annoying people:
Folks who hold impromptu business meeting in narrow halls
Folks who use credit cards in the express lane at the supermarket
School administrators who complain that they don't get enough money while they waste what they are getting by doing dumb things like letting a teacher park on the school lawn so he doesn't have to carry boxes far, than paying a gardener to repair the tore up lawn.

Annoying things:
Clouds that wait until you two blocks from home walking the dogs then open up - DOOSH!
Medicine in child proof bottles that can't possibly be opened by a sick person
Assembly instructions that leave out a step or two.

Cable TV Gripes

2007-12-10T14:09:00.000-08:00

Since no votes were cast last week, I'll just pick the first one on the list for this week's gripe subject: Cable TV.

Don't you just love those letters you get from the cable company periodically that say something like: "As we have vastly improved your service, specifically by adding the Knitting Channel and the Ice Fishing Channel your rates will be going up next month".

Why is it I have to pay for channels I never watch, but the channels I want are on the premium tier where I have to pay extra to get them?

State and federal governments long ago decided it was wrong to have a phone monopoly, wrong to have an electric monopoly and wrong to have a natural gas monopoly so why is it still OK to have cable TV monopolies?

Well that's enough for my gripes. Send yours by using the comment button.

Gym Comments Closed

2007-12-09T04:37:00.000-08:00

I've now closed out new comments on Gym Gripes. I may revisit the subject at a later date.

Traffic and Drivers

2007-11-30T05:00:00.000-08:00

Well the vote are in and the gripe subject this week is traffic and drivers. I'll
get things started with a few of my own.

I'm an old fart so I remember when drivers stayed in the right lane except to pass someone and once they passed, they moved back to the right. When did the rules change? Why wasn't I notified? Now the left lane seems to be the Joy Ride lane, the lane for lost tourists and the lane for multi-taskers too busy eating and talking on the cell phone to be bothered with driving (Hay!, just because they are behind the wheel of a car is no reason for them to pay attention to driving, is it?).
One day I would like to just put a bunch of signs along the center divider that would read "ZOMBIES, POLITICIANS, AND OTHER DEAD THINGS KEEP TO THE RIGHT".

Don't you just love those folks who wait until they are stopped at a red light to decide they want to be in a different lane and move over in front of moving traffic?

They need to come up with a symbol for the "No turn on Red" signs because it seems that no one can read them anymore.

Of course, if you don't stop at red lights at all ...

With all the droughts and forest fires, have you ever seen anyone get a ticket for throwing a lit cigarette butt out of the car window?

Well that's enough bitching for me. Now your turn. Use the comment button or just email to gripes@spiritsun.net.

Gripes About Comcast

2007-11-26T00:54:00.000-08:00

If you are a Comcast cable subscriber, you may want to vent your gripes, or just take a look at the blog called:

Comcast Must Die!

Suggest a Subject

2007-11-23T02:00:00.000-08:00

If you have a suggestion for a future Gripe subject, send the comment to this post.

At the Gym

2007-11-22T01:58:00.000-08:00

Here are my gripes about the gym/fitness center:

Members who stack weights on a machine and leave them when they are done.

Members who sit on a machine chatting with a friend for twenty minutes while people are waiting to use the machine for it's intended purpose.

Members who do a quick, light set on a machine, no signs of any strain at all, but than take a three-minute nap on the machine.

Members who leave weights on the machines when they are done.

Members who are so afraid that their immune system is useless that they rub four or five of those antibiotic towels on the machine leaving puddles of chemical goo for the next person to sit in.

Members who won't use the locker room so leave their gym bag, coat, etc scattered around the gym while they workout.

Members who refuse to put weights away when they are done with them!! (have you figured out yet that that is my pet peeve about the gym?)

Now your turn. Send a comment with your gripes about the gym and I'll post them here.