How Low Can You Go?
I love it when a meme comes along to stop me from having to come up with an original thought.
Give us ten of your quirky, opinionated, perhaps socially-unacceptable or politically incorrect opinions. They can be esoteric, generic, unpopular, or obvious. Just write down ten of them.
Wheee!
- The person who invented those plastic cases that are crimped on all four sides needs to be shot.
- Kiss sucks. I hate them. I never served in the Kiss Army. Not even in the reserves.
- What the hell is up with low-rise pants? When did plumbers become a source of fashion trends? I want normal cut pants, dammit!
- Hi, if you're about to enter or exit a subway station, DO NOT stop right at the top or bottom of the stairs, blocking everyone from moving freely. Because that's just stupid.
- Damn tourists.
- France does not suck. It's actually quite nice. And the food is good.
- Why are so many conservatives always hatin' on the latte? It's a tasty beverage.
- I.cannot.stand.sushi.
- The world would be a much finer place if everyone just did what I wanted them to.
- Please, please, please don't wear sandals if you don't trim your toenails. I mean, really, who wants to see that?
Via CG Hill.
Comments
1. People who can't walk straight on the sidewalk. You go to move past them, they weave in your direction; you move in the other direction, they weave that way. Get of the way fragging way already.
2. People who stand or sit on stairs at the subway station. Brilliant. Block the path for everyone else.
3. The ads for Deuce Bigalo: European Gigolo. I can't get that song out of my head. Ever.
4. People who sit near me on the subway when there's plenty of room elsewhere. Listen, folks, the subways are cozy enough without you making it even more close for no good reason at all.
5. People who turn their back to the partition by the subway seat right next to the door on IND cars. I don't really need someone hovering directly over me for what seems like an eternity.
6. Men who spread their legs wide open when sitting down on the subway. Sense a theme here?
7. People who hold subway doors. You know all those gaps in subway service? One reason they occur is when trains dwell in the station for longer than optimal. You are not only holding up the hundreds of people on the specific train in question, but the thousands of people on the trains behind it.
8. People who don't move to the middle of subway cars, but who just stop dead by the door, blocking the path for everyone else trying to get on. The theme continues.
9. Commmercials. God bless the genius who invented the DVR.
10. One last subway one. Conductors who close the doors on the train on the opposite track just as the train you're on is arriving in the station. I and others need to transfer to that train. Would it kill you to hold the doors for a few seconds? Mind you, I am talking about the non-peak direction or periods. The peak direction is fine; otherwise, there would be cascading delays. For someone who believes wholeheartedly in the subways, I have a lot of pet peeves about them, don't I?
Posted by: Jon | August 27, 2005 08:18 AM
11. I have yet another gripe about the subways. People on the platform who insist on standing in the way of people trying to get off or who board before everyone has had a chance to get off. Relax, the train isn't shutting its doors that fast, and if you don't get a seat, it's not the end of the world.
Posted by: Jon | August 27, 2005 10:14 AM