What gets your goat....

[Phu Cat]

​Ya don't see this one so much any more with debit cards being so popular: But when standing in a check out line a person gets up to the cashier and finds out what their total is, and THEN starts writing out their check. Why in the heck didn't they fill in everything on their check except the amount while they were waiting on everybody else to get checked out? So far, God has made sure I was not the person right behind this clown.

PC

 

[MikeyTX]

Cant retire yet
Still have a house payment to make.

That hurts ............ Big time. :gah:

 

[FleshWound]

Bill Engval

Ah man....I forget who said that. Was it Ron White?:Shrug: The mind is just drawing a blank and I like White so it's the only one popping into my feeble mind.:AGGHH:

Bill Engvall is the one famous for his "Here's your sign" jokes.

 

[hogcowboy]

Bill Engvall is the one famous for his "Here's your sign" jokes.

That's the guy. BINGO. We have a winner. My braincells are all dead. May as well have another beer to make up for it.

 

[Retired Army]

What really gets my goat is there are no problem solvers on the ballot for president. We need Sully he landed a powerless plane with 155 soles on board on the Hudson and all walked away alive.

 

[rhino 2]

What really gets my goat are the people that don't know the difference between ''Your'' and ''You'er'' There so Stupid...:gah:

 

[DK Custom Products]

What really gets my goat are the people that don't know the difference between ''Your'' and ''You'er'' There so Stupid...:gah:

:laugh::laugh::laugh:

LEO's that don't use turn signals.
LEO's that tailgate.

Folks that say they drive their motorcycles/trikes.

 

[RcSuD]

What really gets my goat are the people that don't know the difference between ''Your'' and ''You'er'' There so Stupid...:gah:

What's even worse are those that don't know the difference between there, their and they're. Now their even stupider.ThumbUp

 

[Sully]

People that don't think they need to use " Spell Checker " :xzqxz:

 

[BillR]

What's even worse are those that don't know the difference between there, their and they're. Now their even stupider.ThumbUp

Open mouth, insert foot. :laugh:

 

[hogcowboy]

What's even worse are those that don't know the difference between there, their and they're. Now their even stupider.ThumbUp

Now that's funny.:laugh::clapping:

However, you can put me in that stupid boat with the effect of affect.

Those two get me all the time.

But hey, the English language just plain sucks. My English teacher was always on my case with spelling things the way they sound instead of the many strange things like ph that sounds like f.. Stupid stupid stupid. But I get it how these great spelling little kids ask for country of origin and stuff. But good grief it's weird.:AGGHH:

 

[1dn5up]

I drive on Parkways and park on Driveways !

 

[1dn5up]

Every workday morning , the scanner talks about the accidents on the roads. What gets me , is that all the commuters don't want to go to work, but are in a hurry to get there . I guess between putting on eye makeup, phones, and reading newspapers, will sharpen there skills :AGGHH:

 

[paws]

Insure, ensure, assure...

The first two words are used interchangeably in written text all the time but are mostly used improperly.

But just as times have changed and rules of the old English spelling and grammar have faded, society has accepted their inter use as perfectly fine.

"Insure" means to secure a value of something against its loss (usually financial) ...as to insure your possessions for a certain monetary value if loss is incurred.

"Ensure" implies a virtual guarantee.

"Assure" implies removal of all doubt or suspense, basically putting one's mind at ease. This word is not usually mixed up with the words above.

My English teacher mother would not let us use improper grammar..she would make us stop talking in mid-sentence, explain to us why we had spoken improperly, tell us what was proper, then make us say it again, the proper way. She would probably get after me for that previous sentence as being a run-on sentence, not to mention the .. included in it!

We children delighted in talking slang out of her earshot but her corrections have served us well through life.
Carla

 

[Fowler]

what gets my goat........

When you come back to work after a small vacation and everything is screwed up.
It takes you days to get everything back in order

 

[Gone2Three]

what gets my goat........

When you come back to work after a small vacation and everything is screwed up.
It takes you days to get everything back in order

Ahh yes...when the cat's away the mice will play!

 

[rhino 2]

what gets my goat........

When you come back to work after a small vacation and everything is screwed up.
It takes you days to get everything back in order

Whats worster is when you come back from that vacation, No one even knew you were gone... :Shrug:

 

[Gone2Three]

Whats worster is when you come back from that vacation, No one even knew you were gone... :Shrug:

:laugh:

 

[paws]

What's worsterest is not going on vacation because there was no one available to do your work while you were gone, it is piled high and the boss still wants his reports ASAP when you return.
Or, going on vacation, worrying about it piling up, cutting the vacation short, getting it all caught up (no overtime pay...salary), and the boss never knew - except that he was happy and ..."hope you enjoyed your time off".
I had 7 years of this because I was a conscientious, responsible employee who is now without a job, thank you very much, because the boss couldn't take the business climate any longer.
I found out that it's true...nice guys finish last.

 

[Gone2Three]

What's worsterest is not going on vacation because there was no one available to do your work while you were gone, it is piled high and the boss still wants his reports ASAP when you return.
Or, going on vacation, worrying about it piling up, cutting the vacation short, getting it all caught up (no overtime pay...salary), and the boss never knew - except that he was happy and ..."hope you enjoyed your time off".
I had 7 years of this because I was a conscientious, responsible employee who is now without a job, thank you very much, because the boss couldn't take the business climate any longer.
I found out that it's true...nice guys finish last.

So true Carla, I've learned long ago that it's not worth it to kill yourself trying to get what you jeed done. I schedule my vacations and ultimately know that I will be a bit behind when getting back. Unlike your situation I have a great support system in place (now) but it wasn't that way before. No matter how hard I worked it just wasn't good enough, so hang in there... They'll get what's coming to them in the end :kpzxvq: karma has it's way.

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By the way...how's Jim doing? Hopefully better

 

[rhino 2]

I learned early on in my business that No one is indispensable. If you were you could never take time off... When i would close my shop for a few days to go hunting or take a long weekend off for a family thing' And put a sign on the door that i'll be closed' Inevitably a customer would say you can't take off' Because i give you all my work who's gonna do it? .
I would tell them i wont get mad at you if you split the work with someone else' Its not good for you or me' To have just one person to do all the work, Suppose i die who how are you gonna get it done?
:Shrug:

 

[Phu Cat]

I'm with you Hogcowboy, effect and affect likely cause me to shoot myself in the foot every time I try to use them.

Then there is this: me and him or me and Joe or me and them. It's always the other person first then me. Sorry.... but that just drives me nuts.

PC

 

[Larry Sobczak]

People who are rude..and do not use
Please, thank-you and your welcome

Have a nice day!

 

[Phu Cat]

Thank you Larry, I will.

PC

 

[RcSuD]

What's really getting my goat now is how the last few weeks before my retirement are going by so
slllloooooooooooowwwwwwly:AGGHH::AGGHH:

 

[rhino 2]

What's really getting my goat now is how the last few weeks before my retirement are going by so
slllloooooooooooowwwwwwly:AGGHH::AGGHH:

To make the time go faster' You might want to take up Sky-Diveing.. And it just so happens that i have some Sky-Diveing equipment for sale' One idem in particular I've had for sale now for two years. Its a top of the line Parachute one owner still in the original bag and never opened' Only used once.......If your interested.... :Shrug:

 

[RcSuD]

If it wasn't below freezing and snowing today, I might take it into consideration.............ok, thought about it long enough, no thanks, I'm scared of heights.

 

[rhino 2]

If it wasn't below freezing and snowing today, I might take it into consideration.............ok, thought about it long enough, no thanks, I'm scared of heights.

Its not so much the heights that scare me... Its the sudden stops at the bottom that hurt.....'':xszpv:Ouch'''

 

[Dockem]

people who don't pick up their dog **** in my yard. why not let your sweet pooch **** in your own yard? it's gotten so bad that one neighbor refused to pick up after his dog so shovel in hand I deposited on his front porch.

My brother had a neighbor that had a big dog he let run loose in the neighborhood. It would get into trash cans, tear up flower gardens, and, of course, take huge horse turd dumps on everyone's nicely manicured lawns. :gah: People definitely became fed up with it's antics, particularly because there was a leash law.

Soooo, somebody (not saying it was a certain brother) collected up a large amount of said horseturds into a large plastic shopping bag, coaxed the dog in close enough, and tied it to the dog's collar with a nice note.

The dog hasn't been seen running free in the neighborhood since. :clapping:

 

[RoadKingTrike]

What really irks me is instead of saying "said" or "remarked" or any other appropriate term, People say "goes". Like "so he goes" and "I go" so then "well she goes" etc.