Suggest A Rant
Nov 2nd, 2006 by What's Gotta Go
This site is in some ways a little bit of therapy for me. I get to write about what bugs me, so cat’s out of the bag. I will likely (hopefully) have family and friends read this blog periodically, so there are likely a few topics I need to be selective about. Yeah, I might pull a few punches where it counts. But, you don’t have to!
I am particularly interested in seeing what bothers other people, and I welcome (actually beg for) your suggestions to be added to the site. Why should you take the time? Whatever motivates you to I guess. Therapy for you, hopefully. Fix a few people in the world of what bothers you, not likely, but anything is possible. Notoriety and some bragging rights for being “published,” absolutely!
So please submit as many ideas as you like. Submit the idea only once, even if you don’t see it posted for while. If it is a lame idea, in my sole and personal view, you’ll never see it posted on the main page, but it can live in in glory right here on the suggest-a-rant page. If the idea has merit, I’ll eventually get it posted. And yes, your email is absolutely safe with me. I’ll never post or share your email and I don’t send out spam. I will post credit for your rant idea/comments and a link back to your site though, which is another good bonus!
You are welcome to post a 1 or 2 sentence suggested rant that is great, or if you would like to compose the entire rant, even better! I’ll take ‘em however I can get ‘em.
I have just added the Karma plugin by Alex Bailey so everyone can add their vote on ideas. You can use this any comment on the site as well.
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people driving and talking on cell phones
cashiers who are rude and argue with you
so loud other people in line can hear
people who read my postings on a forum
wrong
Hi all, I’m going to rant about taking personal feelings out on others. If you have something your upset about, don’t take it out on some one else. I hope we all realize it’s not a good thing to do. It just hurts others in the end. I only hope that if you do, that you apologize to the person you’ve upset. Thanks for reading. I hope this makes sense.
This topic goes under family.
POLITICS Blah~!
Hey, I have a really good rant. I am so sick of Hollywood political voices. They use their media status to promote and push their ideas. Don’t they realize that we know they don’t live in the REAL WORLD. You know… The one where you actually have to pay for your dinners and things aren’t always comp’d. They are actors! musicians! They are busy going to parties and showing of their collectable cars. WHO Cares what they think!
I find Celebrity campaining annoying!
Gum on the streets.
I cannot belive how many people throw their chewing gum on the pavement (sidewalk in the US) yesterday I was walking down the street with my teenage daughter and pointed out to her that the section of street we where walking on had white spots all over it from Gum. I said that if people kept this up in a few years we will just be walking on a sticky surface, maybe thats the good side to it no accident claims for bad pavements as you will not be able to fall because you will be stuck to it!!!!!
Suggestion(s) for rant:
(1) People talking on their cell phones so loud that you know what is going on in their life. What about those PROFESSIONALS (i.e., doctors, attorneys) in which you have client privileges – no such thing if you listen to some of these people talk. Seeing people talk on their cell phones while driving – yet not paying attention.
(2) Tips at a restaurant, tips at a car wash, you must tip everyone. How about the restaurants that are now adding the 20% tip onto your bill automatically. Does this mean we can’t expect friendly and courteous service any longer because that person who is serving you doesn’t care as he/she will get their tip no matter what??? What gives????
RE: The Web Empowers the Vocal Minority, Dec 14, 2006
Would it be a good idea to add a section here to balance against the number of “rants†and list some “raves†too?
In my many years of shopping and dealing with rude people, the people I feel
the sorriest for are the Cashiers. They get all the guff when we get done
shopping. I have had people take it out on me as I ring them out when the
store is out of something. Like its my fault it didn’t get ordered. I
usually ignored them but if someone was extreamly rude I just remind them I
dont have to ring them out, and I dont have to take the abuse, and then
camly leave my registure and get the store manager and let him/her deal with
them. There have been times after I said this and before I walk away the
person who usually has shocked look on there faces and say’s I’m sorry I
didn’t mean to take it out on you. I dont work in retail anymore but I
remember the days so I try to be extra nice to who ever is ringing me out.
Something sticks in my craw when I hear the pseudo-hip “back in the day” gratuitously slipped into a commentary or conversation. Does it stop anyone else, and cause some loss of credibility toward the speaker?
Tacky brides. Twice now I’ve been invited to bachelorette parties and wedding showers but not the actuall wedding. WTF? It’s just rude.
pardon my spelling error in my last comment…I’m sure plenty of people rant about those who don’t spell check…
Here’s my suggestion for a rant:
Oncoming vehicles that do not turn their brights off at night and blind you !!
What really bugs me is women, and sometimes men, who wear so much cologne that my dead grandma can smell it! It’s offensive and it gives me a headache. Everyone who does this should know that there are people who won’t like the smell and there are people who are allergic to it.
I actually thought this was a widely known rule of etiquette but, apparently, there are those who haven’t heard it yet. They are defeating their purpose of smelling good when they apply too much. And, trust me, people are talking s*** about you behind your back for it.
I was on an airplane and the flight attendant had on perfume that smelled like bug spray and I had a headache for the rest of the day and night.
There is a lady who works in the same building as I who wears so much perfume she leaves her scent in the elevator. Then after she goes outside to smoke she leaves the scent of cigarettes and perfume in the elevator. What a combination. Grrrrr!! Keep your smell to yourself!
People who clip their nails at work with little bits of nail flying all over the place.
Loud Pipes!
Sitting in traffic next to a youth with a base thumping boom box or the neighbor hood
street racer that has a small car with 3 inch tuned exhaust isn’t as bad as the pathetic old guys on Harley’s with loud pipes.
Why don’t they bend those pipes around so they are blasting in there ears instead of mine, then see how cool they think it is.
” Loud Pipes Save lives” is their reason to annoy everyone in a 3 mile radius. Loud pipes also startle other drivers, as they are passing.. they need to invest in an air horn that would direct the noise where it belongs in front !
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Whether or not Loud Pipes Saves Lives or cause deaths is open to debate.
The truth is that Loud Pipes Risk Rights .
Oh yea while I’m ranting ,helmets save lives. The NFL knew this for years
How did you get this blog, I mean, what company is it by, or did you do this all on you own? I have blogger, and I’m looking for a new blogging site. I can’t say why, don’t want to breach terms of service. Thanks.
People who, as they are pulling out of a parking lot or a street, pull out with the front ends of their cars sticking out so far that you have to swerve around them to keep from hitting them. So often, I’d just LOVE to plow into them to teach them a lesson that they should not stick the noses of their cars half way out into a lane of oncoming traffic just to get what they seem to think of as a leg up when they are ready to pull out. Some days, I crave a James Bond Lotus car with torpedoes or some other thing just to blast all of the roadway idiots out there who seem to have gotten their driver’s licenses out of a Cracker Jack box!
People who think they are so much better than everyone else when they are so obviously not.
The word GOT.
I cannot believe how overused and misused the word “got†is. What has happened to the words “has†or †have�
“He got to run fast†No !!! He “has’ to run fast.
“He’s got talent†What about he HAS talent?
“He’s got a really nice car.†Why not say he has a really nice car.
“On this table we got oranges, apples and bananas.â€
GOT….GOT…..GOT……GOT……GOT………
aaaaaaaaah
One day just count how many times you hear someone use the word got in place of the words has or have. You will be astounded.
I suggest people who can’t chew gum without people in neighboring countries hearing or seeing it. The full on bovine chewing action combined with the rhythmic popping and snapping should be clearly addressed. It is especially annoying when you are a captive audience for example on a train, plane or bus. Or perhaps on the treadmill next door just trying to get a quiet work out. Yuck!
Rant about parents that buy their 16 year old’s hot rod cars. I mean WTH! Just last week in AL 4 kids die in car crashes because they were driving a “performance” vehicle that was way beyond their years of driving experience. Couple that with a cell phone conversation or bad weather and you get an accident waiting to happen.
My understanding of the word “opinionated” is the state of one stubbornly adhering to one’s own opinion without taking others opinions into account (I may be wrong about that definition). My problem is that they make that seem like a bad thing. In some cases, it is a GREAT thing. My issue is that if you’re right, YOU ARE RIGHT, regardless of the title for it. If you prove otherwise, I will instantly change my stance on the subject.
I often hear someone call me opinionated because, for instance, I tell them that they drink too much (to the point of blacking out at least twice a week) and that they should probably kick it back a few notches so as to avoid the realistic and detrimental problems with that kind of behavior. I back myself up wit the facts about how alcoholism sneaks up on you and how just because everyone does it doesn’t mean YOU will not suffer with them when it comes time to pay the fiddler.
I am not ignoring their opinion or input, I am simply stating they are wrong on facts alone, yet I get blamed for being opinionated as if my opinionated stance on this SINGLE issue is a bad thing. Being stubborn is one thing if you KNOW you are wrong, but when it is blatantly obvious that you are in the right, then stick to the guns and keep loading it up with fact bullets until they can counter. I am the type that will listen to all sides and change in a heart beat when I am proven wrong or some new facts come to light. I think they feel guilty because they know how bad they are treating their body, yet don’t want to hear the truth about it. If I were a news reporter, then maybe being opinionated would be a bad thing, but I am not, so it behooves me to be.
At the end of the day, people need to know how and when to use words like “opinionated” and “stubborn” with respect to them being bad or good things in a specific case. Stupid people tend to have trouble thinking in the gray area, so I can understand that they jerk that knee so quickly before thinking it out.
People who chew with their mouths open and then get mad when I ask;
“Are you a magician?”
“No, why do you ask?”
“Because how you keep the food from falling out of your eating hole while you chew has got to be a miracle or some sort of voodoo. You may want to shut the trap before a fly gets in there.”
I hope they get offended, its gross and rude, and shows a huge lack of manners and , probably, coordination. DRIVES ME NUTS