“I Hate It”: 30 Issues That Make People Side With The Boomers

I used to work in this brewpub back in 2005, We kept telling our hosts "NEVER EVER seat families with young children at Table 1". There was a fire alarm at that booth. Guess what happened EVERY WEEKEND. The hosts would seat kids at the booth they were expressly told not to. Kid yanks fire alarm. Again this happened at least once a week.

Agree, I'm 44yo father of two sons. 17yo and 12yo. And yes, You can teach them to behave and have good attitude on public. Doesn't need to be hard on them, just a pure love, discipline and living example.

There is never an excuse to ruin everyone else's dining experience with out is control children

This is exactly why we get takeaways and eat at home with our 2 year old. He is super curious and exploring everything. Loves to climb things. But why would I spoil other people's dinner by letting my child run loose. Or we go to a restaurant with a kids playground. Problem solved.

My kids who are 13 and 15 months apart, were always well behaved in restaurants. If they weren't, we'd pay and leave, and then not go out again until they could be trusted. And they'd know why. No yelling, no scolding. "Behave yourself or we're leaving." "You couldn't behave yourself, so we can't go out again."

What if you don't have a camera phone? Will you be turned away?

I once had the situation in a "cool new burger restaurant" that my phone went flat when I wanted to order. The waitress told me that unfortunately there not only was no paper menu, but she also was unable to take my order as she could only do transactions by phone and had no option of manual entry. Not her fault, though, this was store policy. She had pity on me and lent me her phone so I could order, but - just why...

Hate QR codes with the heat of a thousand suns - not to mention that they are also a security threat.

It makes sense in certain situations. I worked in a Brewpub for 12 years. The beer menu changed almost every week. This place had about 150 seats. That's about a ream of paper a week. I pushed for QR codes just for the beer menu. It would have saved a few trees.

Any restaurant that has a QR code as a menu is never going to have my custom. Ridiculous.

People have forgotten how to communicate with words. Manners seem to be treated like turn signals, optional.

one more to add. Saying "im sorry" when in the wrong.

Three of us went out for lunch recently, women ages 60, 68 and 72. We actually listened to each other talk and finish a sentence, and had actual conversations! So refreshing! I live alone so there's no one to talk to. At work, forget it. Hardly anyone there knows the social graces of communicating. It's a lost art form all around.

Any time I step in front of anyone, whether I'm in their space or not I always say "excuse me." I also try to be polite as much as possible.

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Anyone else get irritated when you get behind someone who doesn't walk up the escalator and just stands there riding it? No? Just me?

This needs to be higher

Problem is that your taxes don't go to the schools. They go directly into the pockets of billionaires.

What really bugs me is I take my kid shopping for all these supplies, he picks out cool folders, notebooks, scissors then we get to the school and we’re just suppose to put it in a pile for all the kids? I want my kid to use the stuff he picked out, I don’t want Tommy Nose-Picker touching the cool space themed notebook my son was excited to use.

This is 'Murica - we throw money at the Department of Education thinking things will magically improve.

Espically since so many of us pay taxes that go to schools and don't have kids in those schools. Should be plenty of money.

Also WEEKLY RELEASES. This new "binge" format of releasing all episodes at once is so, SO stupid. Everyone watches a season within two days, then the hype fades within a week, and all you can do is wait 2-3 years for a new season - and only if you're lucky and the show doesn't get canceled.

Watch a lot of British shows. Have huge problem with a 10 hour movie broken up into six episodes.

this 100%, streaming tv shows are at most 10 episodes, and if it comes out every 2 years, you are lucky, some take way more than that.

There is only so much you can bill for a season, so short seasons generate more profit. Why sell a season with 30 episodes for 30$ if you can do three with 10 episodes for 20$ each?

I loved it but I fear it worked like that because there was a lot of abuse and working staff into the ground....

How can you keep your eyes on the road in front of you with big screens in the middle? How is that safe?

I dislike touch screens in cars. In my 2000 Volvo XC70 I can operate ALL of the controls by feel. I can deal with the radio, adjust the A/C, anything I want ALL BY FEEL and muscle memory. To operate a touch screen, you have to take your eyes off the road to find WHERE to touch.

Several auto manufacturers have gone on record recently responding to this complaint. I think at least some knobs, dials & buttons are coming back.

If the screens were reliably voice activated it wouldn’t be so bad. I wouldn’t mind telling my A/C to turn itself down a notch, or whatever. That’s a decent trade off to memorizing the location and shape of k nobs and buttons on older cars, because both can be done while keeping your eyes on the road. However, having to take them off to not only turn the A/C down but also first have to switch to the correct screen then touch the exact right place in that screen to do it, is way more dangerous than talking on your cellphone while driving—-which is illegal. How TF did car manufacturers ever get this OK’d in the first place? Yeah I know. Money. Bribes made in the name of “lobbying”. Hypocrites.

When I'm backing up, the view on the screen from the rear camera is quite helpful. A map of where I currently am can be useful too. But otherwise, no thanks.

It should be about the marriage not the wedding.

Second marriage in 2001-24 total people, service and nice dinner at a historic restaurant, local judge to officiate (dinner for him and his wife also), flowers, open bar, cousin had digital camera to take snaps. Total under $1200.00 and everyone had a good time. Can't see how some extravaganza would have been better. Save your bucks, kids - they come in mighty handy later!

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My daughter's second wedding is this coming Friday. They're getting married at a local park. Very low key and low cost.