What is some of your Pet Peeve's

[Jstpssng]

That's the hilarious thing. By the time you realize you need something for the current season, it's already been shuffled out, and the crap you don't need yet for the next season fills the shelves!

I don't need a Halloween lawn ornament in August, but I might need parts or toys for the remaining month of swimming pool season!

Likewise, if I know I need something weeks or months in advance, I'm more apt to order it online than waste time driving to a store for it. Stores are only for things I need immediately today, not needs I can see coming weeks in advance.

Like trying to buy a winter coat in February. Why would anybody do that when they should be shopping for swimwear?

 

[scootr]

One of my pet peeves is that 4" piece of clean plastic tape that seals a head of lettuce in the bag. You can't see it properly so you cut and shred and tear to release the lettuce and now you need to find another bag for it if you don't use it all.
Would it be that hard to use brown tape or a twist tie?

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

The produce bags are great. I think engineers have figured out a way to make plastic less than 1 mil thick. After 5 minutes of fighting to get it open blowing & spitting the apple you drop in whacks your foot. Same with grocery "bags" they double bag things which accomplishes...what???
At least the soda 12 back boxes have that "handle" you jab with your fingers. If your aim is off 1/2" you get a split nail.

 

[WinterDeere]

Same with grocery "bags" they double bag things which accomplishes...what???

Thank you! I've mentioned this to checkout people, which is about as useless as talking to a wall, but... they make bags half the thickness to save on plastic, and the result is everyone double-bags! Brilliant.

 

[Jstpssng]

Thank you! I've mentioned this to checkout people, which is about as useless as talking to a wall, but... they make bags half the thickness to save on plastic, and the result is everyone double-bags! Brilliant.

"Single use" bags have been outlawed here. I didn't know what they were until they were no longer available. Now you pay 20 cents for a heavier bag which allegedly is good for 100 uses... except I always end up using them for trash, cleaning up dog doo, or whatever else I used the simpler bags for.
What's even worse is paper bags made from "100% post recycled material." They need some virgin paper with it's longer fiber to hold together. When I was in New York I was pleasantly surprised to find their bags don't tear the way that I do. Looking at the bottom I found they are only 40% recycled.

 

[jjeff]

Thank you! I've mentioned this to checkout people, which is about as useless as talking to a wall, but... they make bags half the thickness to save on plastic, and the result is everyone double-bags! Brilliant.

Or you end up pulling a half dozen bags making frustrating futile attempts to bag one onion with uncoordinated fumbling fingers. Where's the savings in making thin produce bags,if you literally pulled a half dozen before you can get one to work like it's supposed to?

 

[jjeff]

My present pet peeve is when they start running Xmas commercials on radio and TV before Halloween. Not much later, the Xmas music will start droning on again.
Good grief, at least wait until Thanksgiving to start pummeling us with Xmas ads and music.
Bah, humbug....

Black Friday sales every Friday starting now in oct. before the actual traditional black Friday after thanksgiving day. I used to have a personal enjoyment activity eaving the family get together unwinding looking for black Friday papers and thumbing thru them well most family are passed out from overindulging in Turkey. Apparently soon to be non existent if they still continue to do traditional black Friday newspapers.

 

[WinterDeere]

Or you end up pulling a half dozen bags making frustrating futile attempts to bag one onion with uncoordinated fumbling fingers. Where's the savings in making thin produce bags,if your literally pulled my a half dozen before you can get one to work like it's supposed to?

One of my earliest jobs was a bag boy at a grocery store, when I was too young to be even trusted as a cashier, probably ages 13 - 15, or thereabouts. We used to have heavy brown paper bags, and I'd fit a family's an entire week's worth of groceries into 2 - 4 of those heavy sturdy bags.

Now the same amount of groceries take no less than 25 or 30 of those thin plastic abominations, each double-bagged. How is 50 - 60 plastic bags worse than an average 3 heavy paper bags?

 

[kenmbz]

I use my own bags, peeve is when the cashier does not help and usually pushes all the fragile stuff into each other if I'm not fast enough packing.

 

[Runner]

"Single use" bags have been outlawed here. I didn't know what they were until they were no longer available. Now you pay 20 cents for a heavier bag which allegedly is good for 100 uses... except I always end up using them for trash, cleaning up dog doo, or whatever else I used the simpler bags for.
What's even worse is paper bags made from "100% post recycled material." They need some virgin paper with it's longer fiber to hold together. When I was in New York I was pleasantly surprised to find their bags don't tear the way that I do. Looking at the bottom I found they are only 40% recycled.

Even the plastic bags we get are NOT single use. After they get to my home, they are used to pick up dog poop and to contain chicken bones, used oil filters and greasy rags before they go into the trash.