Okay, whoever invented those gawd-awful pint-sized shopping carts for children should be put against a wall and shot. What were they THINKING? Yeah yeah, they wanted to keep the tender little sprouts busy and entertained while mommy or daddy shopped, but COME ON - kids can be bored for thirty minutes, surely? Give 'em a box of Animal Crackers and read 'em the Riot Act to BEHAVE in public, like my mom did.
Last week at the grocery store I was descended upon by not one, not two, but THREE children, each with a small shopping cart! (They looked to be about three, five, and seven years old.) Their mother ignored them and their whereabouts almost completely. The rest of us, however, had to keep vigilant so we didn't run into one of the cherubs or have our own carts or toes crushed by them. They knocked boxes off the shelves, blocked entire aisles, ran their carts into other carts ... I wanted to throttle all of them, but the mom most of all.
Are there other ideas or inventions that make you ask "What on God's green earth were they THINKING?!" - please share.
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Other stupid ideas or inventions? Anyone? Anyone?
What do you do when you hear one? I suspect nothing. They go off so frequently, and rarely due to an actual break-in, that they're basically useless. Usually the alarm sounds because someone brushes up against the car. Anyway, I have yet to see anyone react to a car alarm, besides just getting pissed off 'cos they're so loud and obnoxious.
What do you do when you hear one? I suspect nothing. They go off so frequently, and rarely due to an actual break-in, that they're basically useless. Usually the alarm sounds because someone brushes up against the car. Anyway, I have yet to see anyone react to a car alarm, besides just getting pissed off 'cos they're so loud and obnoxious.
Um, mine chased away the moran who was trying to steal my car last summer...it alerted me to his asshattery and I was out there within minutes calling the cops.
But yeah, I see your point...
I have, on occasion, confronted parents regarding them not watching their spawn, but can sympathize with parents when I see a full blown tantrum from a child...
I was mostly interested in hearing about things where you've thought "OMG, what were they thinking?"
I have OFTEN had that thought when I've gone through the houses I've owned. They've all been older (1920s) and there's always been a former owner (or owners) who've done strange, weird, and downright ugly home "improvements" - people who mistakenly thought they were handy or had good taste. (tee hee)
One house I owned had a railing going downstairs that had about ten nails per square inch pounded into it - the handyman who put it up wanted it to STAY up, apparently, and went bonkers on nails. Mostly, though, it's aesthetics that make me wonder what they were thinking. Hideous light fixtures, Pepto-Bismol pink walls, orange shag carpet... blerf.
What. were. they. thinking?
There are so many ways to efficiently route calls, why do places try to push the envelope with 3-5 main menus and another 6-9 submenus, each?
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And how about the houses where the kitchen has been expanded so it's now the size of the living room, dining room and parlor together! Um, can we try to maintain a little scale? Yet architects and interior remodeling contractors don't seem to care about maintaining any of the authenticity of the home. Cheez, if you want a 1990s kitchen, go buy a 1990s house!
My husband and I do a lot of hiking/mt climbing. We're often amazed at the people who start up mts totally unprepared for the climb, even with a multitude of signs warning them that proper attire is required. I can't tell you the times we've run into people in tears, or yelling at each other, or just making their way down from 1/4 of the way up because they could not get any higher up the mountain wearing the FLIP FLOPS they had on. Geesh! And some of these people are kids with parents who are clearly putting their children in danger, slipping down steep rocks and iron ladders.
Auntie, yup, taking lovely old homes - houses with character, charm, beauty - and ripping them up to become more modern and open (in other words, soon-to-be-outdated) is a travesty!
Ya know what I dislike are all the "great rooms" that newer houses have. What's so great about them? They're not at all intimate, in my opinion. I guess I just like smaller, cozy places, and homes with a history.