Things you don't want to hear in front of you in line....
Mar 24, 2011, 6:06 pm
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I was in the security line at LHR a few years ago and a guy in front of me was trying to get some big bottles of liquids through and arguing with the security person. They told them he had to check them and he said "if you make me check them I will miss my flight to Dubai and then I wont make my connection to Karachi". I told the guy I was pretty sure that wasnt going to help him.
Mar 26, 2011, 3:37 pm
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I heard that one on a completely packed Long Island Railroad train at about 4:00 AM. From someone near me but it was so packed I couldn't tell who it was.
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Mar 28, 2011, 4:03 am
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My biggest pet peeve in line is when the person in front of me has also been waiting for at least several minutes, and yet when he's asked for his order he suddenly looks at the menu as if it just became visible.
Mar 28, 2011, 2:31 pm
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I was in the security line at LHR a few years ago and a guy in front of me was trying to get some big bottles of liquids through and arguing with the security person. They told them he had to check them and he said "if you make me check them I will miss my flight to Dubai and then I wont make my connection to Karachi". I told the guy I was pretty sure that wasnt going to help him.
Mar 28, 2011, 3:03 pm
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Mar 28, 2011, 3:42 pm
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Welcome to XYZ do you want to try a ..... Please order when ready.
ME: Give me a #1 with a coke please.......
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Speaker: I'm sorry for the wait can you repeat the order please?
ME: Give me a #1 with a coke please.......
Speaker: Thats a number 9 with a orange drink correct?
ME: No, a #1 WITH A COKE
Speaker: Do you want something to drink with that?
ME: COKE !!
Speaker: Okay I have a #9 with a coke. Would you like an apple pie with that?
ME: Give me a #1 with a coke please.......
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Speaker: I'm sorry for the wait can you repeat the order please?
ME: Give me a #1 with a coke please.......
Speaker: Thats a number 9 with a orange drink correct?
ME: No, a #1 WITH A COKE
Speaker: Do you want something to drink with that?
ME: COKE !!
Speaker: Okay I have a #9 with a coke. Would you like an apple pie with that?
Mar 29, 2011, 12:46 pm
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In any fast food line, or movie theatre snack counter line, I cringe at the words..
"Ok, Brittanee (Hailee, Dakota, Karlee... take your pick) tell the nice lady what you want".
Spoken by a parent to their child and followed by 5 minutes of dithering and babble back and forth.
i know kids have to learn to order food at some point, but not in a busy line and not when they are just barely verbal.
"Ok, Brittanee (Hailee, Dakota, Karlee... take your pick) tell the nice lady what you want".
Spoken by a parent to their child and followed by 5 minutes of dithering and babble back and forth.
i know kids have to learn to order food at some point, but not in a busy line and not when they are just barely verbal.
Mar 29, 2011, 1:03 pm
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Spoken by a parent to their child and followed by 5 minutes of dithering and babble back and forth.
i know kids have to learn to order food at some point, but not in a busy line and not when they are just barely verbal.
i know kids have to learn to order food at some point, but not in a busy line and not when they are just barely verbal.
Mar 29, 2011, 6:14 pm
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4pm, starving, ok I'll swing by the drive thru and get a McDouble and a value fries to hold me over to the late dinner.
Speaker: Hi would you like to try our new oatmeal?
??? It's 4pm, how many people say "uh ok"?
Speaker: Hi would you like to try our new oatmeal?
??? It's 4pm, how many people say "uh ok"?
Mar 29, 2011, 10:16 pm
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That drives me crazy too. And the chances that this is the first time the person has been to this restaurant approach zero. I had an ex-gf who would do this, I would start to ask her what she wanted as we were pulling into the parking lot and she finally figured it out. My wife would do the same thing when we were driving and coming up to a toll booth. She'd just totally glaze over on getting the change out to pay the toll...
My mother-in-law does the other "drive me crazy" thing. She pays by check where ever she shops. She waits until she gets the total from the cashier and then starts ... to ... pull ... the ... checkbook ... out ... of ... the ... purse, ... open ... the ... checkbook, .. go ... back ... into ... the ... purse ... to ... find ... a ... pen, then ask ... the .. cashier .. for ... the ... total ... again. That adds 20-30 points to my BP right there...
My mother-in-law does the other "drive me crazy" thing. She pays by check where ever she shops. She waits until she gets the total from the cashier and then starts ... to ... pull ... the ... checkbook ... out ... of ... the ... purse, ... open ... the ... checkbook, .. go ... back ... into ... the ... purse ... to ... find ... a ... pen, then ask ... the .. cashier .. for ... the ... total ... again. That adds 20-30 points to my BP right there...