Some people (mostly seniors) still pay with cash and often they fumble with the coins. Sometimes they spend minutes looking for that last dime or quarter in which case I just pay it for them so we could get on with the rest of our lives.A student in the express line buys a single chocolate bar and pays with his card. Card is refused.
That's called: SmallenfreudeningI would agree with you, it is usually common courtesy. Except when you were at the Metro downtown near Ryerson the other day as I was. A student in the express line buys a single chocolate bar and pays with his card. Card is refused. He used five different cards before one was excepted. Must have taken three minutes. By that time, I was all set to shove his card where the sun don't shine.
Put the unwanted mail in the mail box.My house in the new sub-division is next to neighbourhood mail boxes. Some of the neighbours would throw their junk mail right next to box; while some others would try to "hide" them in the space between two boxes. I put up a small sign on the mail box asking "to be a god neighbor and not litter the area". The behviour changed and there was less junk mail. Recently the post office has put blue recycle boxes near the mail boxes for people to throw their unwanted mail/ junk mail and so the problem is gone.
The whole idea of cottage country is to get away from the sounds, noises and pollution of the city. That's extremely the opposite of what cottage country is supposed to be about.Dude...try staying at a cottage in the kawartha's on a long weekend...or any weekend for that matter.. all nite drunken bonfire parties, weed eaters, chain saws, lawnmowers, jet skis, all running from dawn til dusk, yappy dogs that never shut the fuck up, idiots cranking their stereos, essentially one huge noise factory...thats why i actually sold the cottage and now stay home on my 60 acres in the country...it's way quieter. so if you have ony one idiot neighbour count yourself lucky. try having an entire lake filled with urban goofballs out enjoying their "wilderness" experience on a lake which essentially, has been rendered a huge amusement pond
That is just ridiculous!I would agree with you, it is usually common courtesy. Except when you were at the Metro downtown near Ryerson the other day as I was. A student in the express line buys a single chocolate bar and pays with his card. Card is refused. He used five different cards before one was excepted. Must have taken three minutes. By that time, I was all set to shove his card where the sun don't shine.
The city of Vaughan puts recycling blue boxes beside the postal boxes so you can throw all the junk mail in there when you're getting your mail.My house in the new sub-division is next to neighbourhood mail boxes. Some of the neighbours would throw their junk mail right next to box; while some others would try to "hide" them in the space between two boxes. I put up a small sign on the mail box asking "to be a god neighbor and not litter the area". The behviour changed and there was less junk mail. Recently the post office has put blue recycle boxes near the mail boxes for people to throw their unwanted mail/ junk mail and so the problem is gone.
That's hilarious!That reminds me of this old one from when the internet was 6 days old:
http://wilk4.com/humor/humorm370.htm
Lawn mowing noisy? Never. Surely it's the engine noise that's objectionable. Same with snow removal. I cannot believe a bit of shovel scraping disturbs anyone's peace, any more than the whir of a pushmower.I agree that lawn mowing before about 9 am on a weekend is pretty ignorant as that's when a lot of people want to sleep in. Fortunately, my neighbours are pretty good about that kind of thing. That's even though I'm sure it's tempting for the early risers to get it done before it gets too hot outside in the summer.
My next door neighbour was cutting stone for a new patio at 8 am yesterday, but it didn't bother me because that's not a regular thing.
This past winter, I had to force myself to not shovel snow after 10 pm. Regardless of the bylaw, my neighbourhood is pretty much lights out after 10 pm.
My version of the above is "Don't mess with me and I won't mess with you".The unwritten law is Think of Others First, and Make it Good With Them.
I disagree with this being considered "rude"... A cottage is for vacationing. Just because you want to unwind peacefully on your vacation doesn't mean your neighbors want to (or should have to).Dude...try staying at a cottage in the kawartha's on a long weekend...or any weekend for that matter.. all nite drunken bonfire parties, weed eaters, chain saws, lawnmowers, jet skis, all running from dawn til dusk, yappy dogs that never shut the fuck up, idiots cranking their stereos, essentially one huge noise factory..
Which means you do nothing noisy enough for anyone to hear beyond your fence, right?My version of the above is "Don't mess with me and I won't mess with you".
Oh man. I wish I wasn't eating while reading this!That reminds me of this old one from when the internet was 6 days old:
http://wilk4.com/humor/humorm370.htm
When I'm on the subway train just about to exit, the doors open and people rush on. They don't give the riders getting off a chance to leave the train first and block the doorway.
I have shoulder checked a few TTC riders in my day for this same reason:evil:That's annoying, but not really a problem when you've played offensive tackle.