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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #30 on: July 07, 2008, 08:33:04 AM »
When children are allowed to run amok in restaurants.

I have often thought about becoming a restaurateur just so I could have Children and No Children sections like there are Smoking and No Smoking sections. I do not mind families dining at family restaurants, but there needs to be a place of sanctuary for the rest of us.


I couldn't agree more. I'm a waitress at a family restaurant, and I just got home from a 5 hour shift of screaming, running children. I wouldn't even mind so much if the parents would just acknowledge my hard work with a decent tip. Their kids leave a huge mess on the table and I get to clean up after them for $1.85.

That was much more rant-y than I expected.

My brother worked in food service, and he described this as what Hell is probably going to be like.
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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #31 on: July 07, 2008, 09:33:22 AM »
techno and experimental music.  anything that people describe as a "sound collage" and then pretend that they enjoy listening to it at parties.

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #32 on: July 07, 2008, 09:43:24 AM »
Stodgy indie guitar rock.

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #33 on: July 07, 2008, 09:54:39 AM »
Stodgy indie guitar rock.

any specific candidates in mind?

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #34 on: July 07, 2008, 10:40:13 AM »
mainly the entire genre, but specific culprits include HARD FI, Pigeon Detectives, The Fratellis, Elbow, Keane and their ilk.

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #35 on: July 07, 2008, 11:01:23 AM »
techno and experimental music.  anything that people describe as a "sound collage" and then pretend that they enjoy listening to it at parties.

mainly the entire genre, but specific culprits include HARD FI (Decent), Pigeon Detectives, The Fratellis, Elbow, Keane and their ilk.

there is a no cred music thread isn't there ;)

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #36 on: July 07, 2008, 11:13:05 AM »
Oh dear God.

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #37 on: July 07, 2008, 12:24:37 PM »
I knew we had very different taste in music wowser
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist.  Throw some ground balls.  More democratic.

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #38 on: July 07, 2008, 12:29:27 PM »
Are you on Last.fm, Lise?

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Re: Pet Peeves
« Reply #39 on: July 07, 2008, 02:02:40 PM »
nope... one of these days
Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist.  Throw some ground balls.  More democratic.

 

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