tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post8155634864112389170..comments2023-10-20T12:25:45.885-04:00Comments on The Muse: A Little Corner of Bates Mercantile Co.: 10 Things That Drive Me CrazyPamela Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13251452639317129182noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-17616591841747248862013-05-19T18:34:04.217-04:002013-05-19T18:34:04.217-04:00AHHHH! That commercial came on just as I hit publi...AHHHH! That commercial came on just as I hit publish! Sam | Away She Wenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03426491329790597674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-70505567864437132872013-05-19T18:33:18.370-04:002013-05-19T18:33:18.370-04:00There's a new one those commercials with the g...There's a new one those commercials with the guy and kids that drives me insane. The way the little girl says "What about infinity times infinity?" makes me want to punch a baby. OK, that's an exaggeration, but I swear my blood pressure rises a few point every time I hear it. Sam | Away She Wenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03426491329790597674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-40260730694115791432013-05-17T13:43:18.315-04:002013-05-17T13:43:18.315-04:00this is a great post!!!!
I would give you mine, bu...this is a great post!!!!<br />I would give you mine, but I'm afraid that today I wouldn't be able to stop at 10!<br />Debbi<br />-<a href="http://www.yankeeburrowcreations.com" title="yankeeburrowcreations" rel="nofollow">yankeeburrowcreations</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304662030244771301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-51598689137080579032013-05-17T13:42:27.371-04:002013-05-17T13:42:27.371-04:00LOL...love #1....a heavy breather :0)LOL...love #1....a heavy breather :0)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304662030244771301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-66665885366098518612013-05-17T10:54:31.118-04:002013-05-17T10:54:31.118-04:00No kidding!!! Maybe this needs to be a regular fea...No kidding!!! Maybe this needs to be a regular feature so we can all release!Pamela Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251452639317129182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-18959828410255426912013-05-17T10:54:03.261-04:002013-05-17T10:54:03.261-04:00as big as your head? in your fireplace? oh my.as big as your head? in your fireplace? oh my.Pamela Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251452639317129182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-5712668961381334482013-05-17T08:22:17.147-04:002013-05-17T08:22:17.147-04:00I had to check back to see what else was annoying ...I had to check back to see what else was annoying everyone! Ahhh, we can all relax now we have all got this off our collective chests. Cari-Jane Hakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245686668135137986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-62374532365973997432013-05-17T08:17:53.387-04:002013-05-17T08:17:53.387-04:00they are wood pigeons - so pretty big - as big as ...they are wood pigeons - so pretty big - as big as my head - found one in my fireplace one morning, gave me the fright of my life!Cari-Jane Hakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245686668135137986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-39399318717628648202013-05-16T09:53:30.415-04:002013-05-16T09:53:30.415-04:00I see. Perhaps I should have done this post awhile...I see. Perhaps I should have done this post awhile back so you could have gotten some of the pented up frustration out earlier? Let me know next time A, and I'll be happy to oblige.<br /><br />#4 Love my dog. Don't love barking. I'm the crazy lady that's running out in my pj's to get him in the house while the kids get on the bus. Lucan thinks it's his duty to warn us if there is a person coming down the street even if they're still a mile away. Especially makes me crazy if i'm in design or writing mode---I'm with you on the spoons, or at the very least- throw me some cotton balls.<br /><br />#7 OK, I don't have kids. I only have a dog. Have only ever had a dog ('cept when I was a kid and we had cats too) and I can honestly say that I have never ever ever compared having a pet to having a kid. What, are they nuts? <br /><br />#9. Jerks. Go sulk back into your dark corner of the internet and shut your cake hole.<br /><br />#10. I don't think you should be sending notification that something has shipped until it has actually left your hands. I know you can send notification when postage label is printed, but that is when label is printed, not when shipped. I go back into the sale manually when the item is actually in the hands of the post office. And if I were you, I'd email them and say- I received notification that my item has shipped but I haven't seen hide nor hair of it....is there some way to track where it might be? throw it back in their court.<br /><br />Pamela Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251452639317129182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-20445303290595281432013-05-16T09:38:44.602-04:002013-05-16T09:38:44.602-04:00Well, that would be another good reason for them t...Well, that would be another good reason for them to push their chairs in, and if there were parents who were mad.....too bad. your classroom. your rules.Pamela Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251452639317129182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-33347953621853158682013-05-16T09:37:03.280-04:002013-05-16T09:37:03.280-04:001. My husband's breathing at night. Which mak...1. My husband's breathing at night. Which makes me a horrible person, because he can't help it. It's only when he sleeps on his left side, which means he's facing my side of the bed. It's not snoring, but this awful, heavy, creepy-guy-lurking-in-the-bushes breathing. I usually kick him in the shins until he turns the other way.<br /><br />2.Pregnant ladies who act as if they're the first woman on the planet to EVER carry a child in their uterus. I get it, I've been there, you're excited. But the FB updates every two minutes about what you're craving, what the baby's heart rate is (because you purchased the home doppler kit), how hard your belly fruit is kicking, what a great parent you partner is going to be....blah blah blah. Completely annoying.<br /><br />3.People that pull out in front of me like they're in the world's biggest hurry and then proceed to drive 10 miles under the speed limit.<br /><br />4. My dogs. I love them, but the incessant barking at EVERYTHING makes me want to put spoons through my ears.<br /><br />5. Pretty much anyone under the age of 25.<br /><br />6. All ages shows. When I see that a band is coming to town but the show is going to be all ages, I immediately give up the idea of attending. If I'm going to arrange a night out, find a baby-sitter and get all gussied up I don't want to spend it around other people's kids. Especially when those kids are obnoxious 15 year olds.<br /><br /><br />7. People that are reeeeeally into their pets. I understand that they love their animals, but when they compare a dog or a cat to a human child I just want to smack them. Raising a child is nothing like taking care of a dog or cat. <br /><br />8. People that ask when we're having more kids. One, never. And two, even if we were planning on more, it's none of your business.<br /><br />9. Folks that post anonymously online so they can say rude, demeaning things to others. <br /><br />10. Ordering something online and getting the "It shipped!" notification, but then the seller takes an additional week to actually put the item in the mail. I'm dealing with this right now and it's making me really regret even purchasing from them, even though it's something I've wanted for months. It'll probably keep me from buying from them again. MamaSharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05483928928569263200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-42382165333538297872013-05-16T09:12:59.230-04:002013-05-16T09:12:59.230-04:00The funny thing is, I had parents get so mad at me...The funny thing is, I had parents get so mad at me for holding them responsible for their chair (is it THAT big a deal??) and had them "joke" with me how the kids at home would tell them to push their chair in. It goes back to the responsibility and integrity issue! Also, most of those parents were in a year when I had a girl with a walker in the classroom. That was a super fun year.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00727985096723353538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-6172618224211054602013-05-16T09:07:54.321-04:002013-05-16T09:07:54.321-04:00man, you guys are cracking me up. i can just pictu...man, you guys are cracking me up. i can just picture the kids diving to push the chai in. and i love your comment, "there's no excuse". We are drill seargeant chair people and we're ok with that.<br /><br />Pamela Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251452639317129182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-15148452288983877322013-05-16T09:05:55.973-04:002013-05-16T09:05:55.973-04:00LOL.............pigeon poo....the nerve of them......LOL.............pigeon poo....the nerve of them.......is their no tree they can take of their business in?<br /><br />Not sure if I've noticed any old posts without links and I didn't realize that pinterest had changed the embedding process. Got work google is changing up it's attribution to sponsored posts as well because blogging sponsored post are a sore spot with them. Just seems like the cards are continually stacked against us little guys and that annoys me to no end. I won't even start about facebook limiting who, out of the people who follow you, get to see your posts....not many. OK< I guess I got started.<br /><br />Hate that damn velco with delicate issue. I've done it too and had to rip the velcro off another piece of clothing I really like while praying it didn't get ruined.<br /><br />ps- how big are those dang pigeons? sounds like a LOT of poo.Pamela Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251452639317129182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-90949798315146653322013-05-16T09:01:30.439-04:002013-05-16T09:01:30.439-04:00What IS wrong with people? Girl, I could tell you ...What IS wrong with people? Girl, I could tell you stories but it also would go on and on and on. If you don't have integrity,you've got nothing.Pamela Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251452639317129182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-29994966296305827542013-05-16T08:23:50.119-04:002013-05-16T08:23:50.119-04:00CHAIRS. Oh, the chairs. When I was teaching I had...CHAIRS. Oh, the chairs. When I was teaching I had a classroom rule that if you didn't push in your chair, you lost a ticket (one of my reward systems- redeemable for fun junk). The first two months or so of school were hilarious, with kids running across the room once they realized they forgot to push it in, practically diving for it. And then you know what? After those two months, no one forgot ever again. It's just making a habit, and it's not that hard. I can't stand chairs left out. There's no excuse.<br /><br />And I agree with Eyelah, and Andreea about the grocery store thing.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00727985096723353538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-72398822608420073662013-05-16T07:27:43.020-04:002013-05-16T07:27:43.020-04:00Ha! I like number 9 'where did they come from...Ha! I like number 9 'where did they come from and why are they here?' that made me chuckle into my 3rd cup of tea...<br />I get annoyed with the way Pinterest have changed their embedding process - so if you do find a lovely attributed image with reliable links you can't embed it anymore! Grrr. Obviously there are ways round this (take a screen shot, type a link etc etc but that takes time, pintrest embedding was like 'fast food' blogging). AND continuing on that theme - I don't like looking at old posts on my blog where the links have gone and blogger just puts a wee '?' there. No!!! I put a pretty picture there!! Whadayamean '?', where did it go? <br />Number 3 - getting pigeon poo on my shoe but not realising that it is there until I get onto the light coloured coir matting rug thing upstairs. Obvious solution to this - is to take my outdoor shoes off at the back door.<br />Number 4 - putting nice delicate things in the washing machine but then also forgetting that you also put something with velcro in too and then finding your lovely new stockings adhered to the velcro in an incredibly destructive way. Aghh. And yes, I see, there is a solution to this also. I'm noticing a pattern here.Cari-Jane Hakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245686668135137986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-49861125266827975582013-05-15T22:53:39.956-04:002013-05-15T22:53:39.956-04:00haha..I have a long list of things that drive me c...haha..I have a long list of things that drive me crazy. I would have to agree with you on the lack of integrity. I work in customer support and I see it so much that it really makes me lose faith in Americans. I just ask myself 'How did we get here?' 'What is wrong with people.' I can go on and on. Eyelahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14932855023408938249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-1227608982033798982013-05-15T22:32:34.095-04:002013-05-15T22:32:34.095-04:00LOL. I'll assume your neighbor doesn't rea...LOL. I'll assume your neighbor doesn't read Mercantile Muse.<br /><br />I am SO with you about the 'group' grocery store shopping. What is with that? Pamela Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251452639317129182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-71272067349621591112013-05-15T22:31:04.389-04:002013-05-15T22:31:04.389-04:00OK Kathy, seriously.........WHAT is that damn vine...OK Kathy, seriously.........WHAT is that damn vine? it literally looks like i did a johnny appleseed planting of it. took me 10 minutes to get one out yesterday. what the heck?Pamela Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251452639317129182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-7535465591828142342013-05-15T22:30:14.234-04:002013-05-15T22:30:14.234-04:00Oh man, that is too funny.
Oh man, that is too funny.<br /><br />Pamela Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251452639317129182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-20157699018204520932013-05-15T21:37:58.044-04:002013-05-15T21:37:58.044-04:00I hate people that come in groups in supermarkets ...I hate people that come in groups in supermarkets and restrict access to a whole shelf while discussing and analyzing a can of tuna. <br />I also hate people who chew gum, especially people who do it loudly in elevators. Especially my neighbor. And her gum. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18236191571382668663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-70937679169516267412013-05-15T18:16:13.513-04:002013-05-15T18:16:13.513-04:00I'm with you on the long vine thing. I keep pu...I'm with you on the long vine thing. I keep pulling up the little shoots, but I know if I leave my house for three days, they will have taken over!Kathy https://www.blogger.com/profile/10745337526812214147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980870119150557142.post-11228519291838243712013-05-15T17:52:06.919-04:002013-05-15T17:52:06.919-04:00Getting behind a really slow car on a long street....Getting behind a really slow car on a long street. Seems to be a thing lately...I am sure that it's the universe telling me to slow down, but still..... :) Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621105404081564192noreply@blogger.com