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gonefishing Donating Member (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 12:21 PM
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Things I hate but am forced to live with.
I hate it when It's cold outside and I pull up to a gas station that has broken off those latches that holds the gas flow.

I hate opening a DVD. It takes almost ten minutes to open one.

Anyone else have any good ones they to list here:

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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 12:23 PM
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1. Any electronic bits packaging.
Ever notice that most of it requires a Sawzall and cutting torches to open? Diabolical.
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Glenda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 12:25 PM
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2. Plastic Bags...
I'm not really forced to live with them. BUt when I buy one thing at the store, and the clerk puts it in a plastic bag. Sometimes I am quick enough to stop them. Most times not.
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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 12:29 PM
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3. What others have mentioned
I also hate some of the Pakistani foods my husband loves so much (and loves to cook); their odors completely funkify the house for days, not to mention the refrigerator. But I love him and knew this going in, so I put up with it. Incense helps!

I hate being in law school classes with arrogant twits who've never worked a day in their lives and think they split the atom. God help their future clients - I wouldn't want them as my lawyer!

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Glenda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 12:47 PM
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4. I also hate defrosting meat n/t
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 12:49 PM
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5. I hate clearing the snow from my car
when my car has been sitting out in the parking lot at work and it snowed four or five inches.

I think that might happen today.:scared:
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McKenzie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 12:52 PM
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6. shaving every morning. If I'm in a hurry...
I leave the house with at least one shaving cut.
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loudestchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 12:53 PM
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7. I hate that I must drive past a Wild Oats (natural foods) to get to the
Wild Oats store that carries the products I need.
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 12:54 PM
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8. I hate having an evil retard occupying the White House.
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 12:54 PM
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9. Jamster commercials.
It's just a fact of life, now, I guess.
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pres2032 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 12:58 PM
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12. i second that!
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 12:56 PM
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10. The packaging on Kid's Toys
Everything is wired and screwed and otherwise attached to the packing cardboard of the box it comes in.

Takes too long to get the toys OUT of the packaging.

RL
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gonefishing Donating Member (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 03:19 AM
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14. Sha-Bang, I knew I forgot one
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 10:11 AM
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22. Packaging of kid's toys -- what is up with that???
That drives me absolutely insane! Also, they use that plastic that you can't open with your hands...you have to use scissors and cut through it. I hate that crap.

Oh yeah -- opening cds drives me nuts, too. What is with that sticky label thing they put along the case. Once you finally get the plastic wrap off, you have to deal with this thing.
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RubyDuby in GA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 12:58 PM
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11. Ex-boyfriend that just will not move out of my house
Seriously, I'm beginning to think bad thoughts while watching forensic shows on the Discovery Channel.
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 08:43 AM
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18. What?
Does he give a reason for staying? Did you share before you got together?

Change the locks, and dump all of his belongings on the pavement outside whilst he is out.
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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 12:58 PM
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13. My parents...
:mad:

No, just kidding, I love 'em...I just feel like I want to desperately move out sometimes...
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Kipepeo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 03:24 AM
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15. Cleaning the toilet
Edited on Sun Jan-23-05 03:24 AM by Kipepeo
But MOST of all, cleaning the tub. It's a pain in the ass to bend over forever and have to scrub the tub. I hate cleaning it more than any other cleaning activity I can think of.

Except mopping.

God how I hate mopping.
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proudbluestater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 04:36 AM
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16. Battery compartments with SCREWS holding them shut! ARGH!
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gonefishing Donating Member (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 08:28 AM
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17. That's another really good one.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 10:23 AM
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27. YES! WTF is that about?!
And its not even just the toys for 2 yr olds!

:grr:
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 08:53 AM
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19. I hate thinking about the next four years.
With that asshole in the White House.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 08:59 AM
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20. I hate seeing the Iraq casualty headlines, any news out of Iraq
it just sickens and angers me no end.
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Ivan Sputnik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 09:24 AM
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21. Living with a pack-rat
"Oh, don't throw that away! I want to use it as a craft material (some day)." Or: "I want to give it to (whomever) when I see them (some year)." Or: "I might be able to use it for . . ." Or: "I might need it sometime." OMG.



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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 10:14 AM
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23. Will Robinson, I feel your pain...
My wife is the same way and it drives me crazy. I'll start to throw something out and she'll say, "Wait, I was going to use that for such and such..."

Drives me crazy -- she has shit everywhere that she was going to use for "such and such" that never gets used!
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Tom_Foolery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 01:52 PM
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36. Same here...
my wife saves everything to put in a yard sale. We have crap stacked all over the house. When I complain, she just moves it around and says that she cleaned it up.
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Spacemom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 10:18 AM
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24. Cleaning our hamsters cage
It only has to be done every 2 weeks, but it's just a PITA.
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x-g.o.p.er Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 10:19 AM
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25. Cleaning up dog poop...
I have a great dog, but for every upside there is a downside.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 10:21 AM
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26. Opening children's new toys with the 10 billion twist ties
holding the thing in place in the package.
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Freebird12004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 10:26 AM
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28. catching mice
I can't let them live in my house - but I hate to kill the little mice after we catch em. Most of them avoid the traps that will allow us to release them - however - we still set those traps and release those few live catches. Otherwise - it's sticky boards :cry: and death.
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ImpeachBush Donating Member (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 10:43 AM
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29. Ditto and Ditto!!!
Two of my pet peeves, as well!!! Not just DVD's, but CD's in the sealed & taped crystal cases, as well. Urggggghhh!
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Allenberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 10:47 AM
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30. "Do you think I'm fat?"
and other no-right-answer questions that women ask.
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ImpeachBush Donating Member (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 10:48 AM
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31. Trying to find the lid that matches a tuperware-type container ...
They are all crammed in the cupboard with the lids, and I have to find a chair and climb up there and practically remove every item from the cupboard before I can locate the one that matches the container I've decided to use. I really, really, really hate doing that.
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cally Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 01:00 PM
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34. I hate that
I used to buy new occasionally. I finally sorted it all out and threw away any that didn't have lids. Then I put the lids on and store them that way. It takes more room, but it works better.
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gonefishing Donating Member (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 12:22 PM
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32. Three More
Finding a matching lid to a coffee mug
Goop that comes with Lego toys
Play-dough
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itzamirakul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 12:29 PM
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33. My asshole sloooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww
second-hand computer. It takes forever to load any damn thing. I could cook a full meal waiting for it to change pages or go from one site to another. Aaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggg!
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cally Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 01:03 PM
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35. All the beeps
Why does the dryer beep when done? It's plenty noisy, I can hear when it stops. Why does the microwave beep, the dishwasher, the iron?

Don't even get me started on the car. :argh: We had one car that just started randomly beeping. We couldn't fix it. We ended up trading it in to a dealer instead of selling it. We couldn't pass on that problem to anyone.
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