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One of the reasons that observational comedy is so popular is because it points out those things that we all just know, but don't really think about. We all experience certain everyday situations; at the shop, on a bus, in the office. There are hundreds of small, mundane occasions when we all pretty much think and feel the same way, we just don't realize it.
We here at Bored Panda have collected a list of just these kind of occasions, and there are sure to be plenty of them that'll leave you nodding along in bemused recognition. Scroll down below to check them out for yourself, and add your own in the comments!
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#1
Keeping track of your passwords can be difficult, it's a fine line between good online security and being able to remember the damn things. And it's only getting more complex. Capital letters, numerals, but don't you dare try using that dash. Just coming up with a decent one takes a certain talent!
varwenea 6 years ago
That is totally me! And re-answer the security question multiple times too. :(
danielw 6 years ago
security people need to stop putting restrictions on what you plug into the security question. I just went through that, and had forgotten that they bunglers banned spaces.
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Enuya 6 years ago
Me, every month when I have to change password on my computer in work. It's so stupid that we can use the same password only once. (yeah, yeah, safety reasons...)
danielw 6 years ago
it prevents people from reusing the same password over and over gain, which defeats the purpose of changing it. I would recommend having a 'core' password of a randomized string of letters and numbers, including a capitolized letter once or twice, and then tagging on some sequential thing for you to remember what it was. Don't feel bad if your password is 'weak'. nobody actually goes around bruteforcing passwords any more (because, uh, you know, five times, yer done...) and your more likely to be compromised in a phishing scheme, or some other means of getting you to give them your password.
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Victoria Rey Piuma 6 years ago
Awwww. .. don't worry I think it was made up to make everyone feel stupid....*e-hug*
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#2
This is the perfect time to test out your neutral face, look straight ahead, maybe whistle a bit, relax. It can get awkward though if there's no exit except at the checkout, and you have to squeeze your way through, drawing the attention of everyone...
Enuya 6 years ago
There is something in this... Since four years I almost always do my everyday shopping in the same place. Everybody knows me there and despite it I still feel awkward when I want to leave without buying anything
debrina blackmoon 6 years ago
same happens to me at a mini mart i go to almost daily
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Hello it Smee 6 years ago
I feel like I always have to tell the Wal-Mart greater "out of what I needed", so they don't think I was shoplifting. And now I feel silly for admitting this to strangers, lol
Calum Sanderson 6 years ago
I'm fine in supermarkets when I'm not leaving with anything, but stores where there's an entrance gate and the only exit is through the checkouts? I used to succumb to the pressure of buying something (as that's part of the design, it forces you to feel guilty about not buying anything), but now I'm just like LEMME OUT BITCHES
Flame Phoenix 6 years ago
That's why even when I don't need anything, I buy some gum or chocolate. Makes me feel less like they think I stole something
Kadin Thompson 6 years ago
Its even better when you buy nothing but still leave with some new food.
#3
Thank god for the autosave. This one seems more of a 'retro' experience for me, however those easy excuses for not handing in an assignment are long gone.
María Hermida 6 years ago
Word is sh*t if you want to add images. There are two tricks you can use: 1. Insert a table, one column, invisible borders, and insert the image inside the cell. You can even add another row below for a caption or explanation. It always stays centered! Something similar if you create a "text field"? ( I use Word in Spanish and don't remember in English), if you insert the image inside a "text thingy" you can move it easily, although it sometimes moves the text around it. My advice if you work a lot with text and images is to get Microsoft Publisher. It's much better, and it saves hours of work, and your mental health.
Hans 6 years ago
Word is a text processor. A TEXT processor. You can use it for drafts, and for letters and the likes. If you want to do anything serious, you need to use LaTeX or similar things.
Lili Képes 6 years ago
Even as an advanced Word user sometimes I have the hollow desire to hit MS Office developers with a shovel. But then I think of a more evil retaliation: they should simply USE their own s**t.
Nikki Felix 6 years ago
Just use the text wrapping feature for images. I generally set it to go in front of text and then you can move it anywhere you want without the text moving! :)
danielw 6 years ago
1) libreoffice.org seriously. 2) if your doing page lay out stuff, you should be doing it in a program intended for page lay out. Illustrator is a bit on steroids for this, but that was it's original purpose (illustrating magazines)
Sergey Basalaev 6 years ago
The problem with LibreOffice is that everyone is using Word. LibreOffice can open .doc documents but anything beyond basic text — images, formulae, tables — turns it into unreadable mess. The worst thing is collaboration on a document, and I need to do a lot of those. In academic circles we use LaTeX and it is perfect for that, but some people are hard to be convinced to even use Google Docs instead of a plain Word document.
Load More Replies... tuzdayschild 6 years ago
Click on the picture, choose the FORMAT tab, click on WRAP TEXT, choose TOP AND BOTTOM. You will be able to move the picture wherever you want.
Hein Scholtz 6 years ago
I always right click on the image after I dragged it to the page, and select wrap text around the image (middle option of 5). Then I can drag to my heart's content and the text moves to accomodate the image instead of all the text jumping 4 pages and an ambulance coming up the driveway :O
#4
I regard heavy machinery as anything heavier and more complex than the remote. I'm high, unpredictable and a risk to everyone. Now leave me alone.
Jane Doe 6 years ago
Why does this happen? I've never been close to a forklift but my mind goes straight there.
Sammiche 6 years ago
Same! I guess it's just the common thought. There's a similar exercise where you ask someone to very quickly think of a color and then a tool. Then you "read their mind" and say they're thinking of a red hammer. You'll be right more often than not. 🙂
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Linda Something 6 years ago (edited)
I think of jack hammers and machines that road workers use, for some reason... (I'm not a road worker and don't know anyone who is.)
HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago
So true, i think of steamrollers and dumper trucks for some reason.
Rachel Franke 6 years ago
"Hey, could you make some copies of - " "Nope, can't use the copier, my meds said no heavy machinery." "But it's just - " "My MEDS, Janet!"
#5
As life gets easier, the easy things seem harder. Whereas we used to happily traipse up and down the high street for our shopping, the act of getting up off the couch to grab our credit cards now feels like a major inconvenience. If this is you, try saving your card number and expiration dates on your browser, and if you can summon the effort, memorize those 3 little numbers on the back. Good luck and Godspeed!
Monday 6 years ago
I always mean to do this as well....but I never actually do.
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Steve 6 years ago
I memorised my card number and details for this very reason and absolutely not because I ordered so much take-away in a year that is permanently burned into my memory.
Joe Thompson 6 years ago
Prove it, what is your card number, account number, sort code, expiration date and security number GO
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ravina nimje 6 years ago
we have net banking option for that, and one time password sent on mobile itself.
Vic 6 years ago
And I have to get up and hunt for the mobile before the otp expires..
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Bob Beltcher 6 years ago
Sure, go ahead and save all of your personal account info on all your devices like you smart phone. Your smart phone has all the capabilities of a regular laptop, but which one has better virus and malware protection? Too many people don't realize you phone can get a virus just like your computer.
#6
This is an awkward one, because once you are past a certain point it becomes desperately impolite to ask. As an Australian you get a slight pass because you just call everyone 'mate' anyway, but eventually you're gonna get caught out!
But why do we forget people's names? The simplest, and most brutally honest reason is that we're just not interested. We are much better at remembering things that we are motivated to learn, so if somebody keeps forgetting your name, they probably just don't really care about you. Sad!
Layla 6 years ago
Every single time! Meeting new people makes me anxious so all my attention gets focused on "don't be awkward" and I forget to listen to their names. What's weird is if they tell me a story, I'll hear and remember it just fine, but any name they give just whooshes past my brain. And every single time I tell myself, I'll focus next time...
Rafaella Bueno 6 years ago
Once you talk about it and people feel free to admit, you realize that this is very common, we just talk about it because it's seen as impolite. I have friends who took ages to remember my name and vice versa. Names aren't as important as the rest of the interaction... that's the main reason for forgetting, imo. I once had this girl from another class I talked to everyday at school and even went home together sometimes, but after like 2 weeks of getting along super well, we realized we actually never told each other our names, and only because I had to call out to her and didn't know how.
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Enuya 6 years ago
Totally my problem. Also, I have very bad memory when it comes to connecting name with face. I was in group with only 10 other people. It took me four months to start recognizing them all.
Diane Phillips-Herman 6 years ago
Since we all suffer this problem, no one should mind when we ask them to repeat it. Then tell them ours again.
Harold Summer 6 years ago
Delores is the only name you need to remember, especially if you are Jerry
Destiny Watkins 5 years ago
Hey! All you social kids that talk to strangers before the bell rings, are you guys always that outgoing or just putting on a show while ur at school
Frozengeckolover 6 years ago
In the southern US, it is acceptable to call everyone "Hon"(honey, "Sug"(sugar), and "Sweetie". These are gender neutral terms. Everyone is friendly to everyone down here, and it is impossible to remember everyone's name.
#7
Only 3 years? And here I am stressing out about the time I crapped myself at Jake Mcgrath's 5th birthday party. Sadly, some things will just never leave you.
Laugh Fan 6 years ago
This is what I tell myself! Others are too busy remembering their own embarrassing moments.... I hope! 🤭
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Donut Angel 6 years ago
I've done a lot of awkward things that have stuck with me for years sooooooooo.....
Ashley Fernandes 6 years ago
Truth I still randomly think about something embarassing I did like 18 years ago.
Rebekah Blankenship 6 years ago
I e done A LOT of embarrassing things but the one that I remember the most is in the 4th grade right after school started back. I raised my hand and loudly asked the teacher "how do you spell if"?!!!!!
Bored Fox 6 years ago
This often happens when you are trying to sleep. Suddenly you remember something extremely stupid that you did as a child and then spend at least a hour hating yourself.
HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago
I do find when you are going to sleep the brain likes to reflect on things that were stupid, crazy or scary. ME:I want to go to sleep now, BRAIN:oh no no no , remember when you fell off your bike when you were 8 and that time you made a boat and in sunk in the sea, remember, remember.
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Sanne H. 6 years ago
So.... other people do this too? I suddenly do not feel so very weird anymore. Thank you😊
Bored Birgit 6 years ago
Yeees, and then keep hours awake with questioning what other people may think of you.
#8
We grab our phones multiple times a day, often for no reason other than habits based on addiction, for pleasure, and obsession, for relief from the anxiety of 'missing out.'
Writing in Psychology today, Dr. Larry D. Rosen believes that your motivation for constant connection is a combination of pleasure and anxiety. "How much of each, I believe, is based on the individual," he says. "Personally, I would say I grab the phone about 75% of the time for anxiety reduction and 25% of the time for pleasure. I watch others and when I see some smiling as they tap keys and await return missives, I assume that they are feeling pleasure. Most often, I don’t see them smile at all, but maybe express an almost a visible sigh of relief." How about you?
Aisha La Gatta Pelirroja 6 years ago
Yup. And the other similar thing is when I'm cooking something that has recipe on the package and I read the recepie and then throw away the package. And next minute I have to take it out of garbage - sometimes several times.
Julieta S. 6 years ago
This is actually because you don't really want the hour, but to know how much time is left before X happens. So you check the time, answer your internal question, then suddenly wonder Yeah, but what time is it
Caley Buxton 6 years ago
Yeah, we are all checking what time it *isn't*, not what time it is
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Destiny Watkins 5 years ago
Literally I do this when I’m with someone that is awkward to talk to and I have nothing to say, so I just “check the time”
Frozengeckolover 6 years ago
Checking to time, then having no idea what time it is has been an issue since before smartphones. People have done this with watches as well.
#9
Who pays attention to single minutes? Most of us know more-or-less how long 10 minutes feels. "I'll be with you in 10," yeah, you pretty much know what you're getting. But a single minute can be taken for granted, that's like, no time. Except at the gym.
"Hold that plank for one minute," somebody tells you. "No problem," you think. "Piece of cake." It's only then do you realize how excruciatingly long those 60 seconds can be. You watch in creeping horror as the seconds slowly drip by, oblivious to your shaking, sagging ordeal, before you collapse around the 40 second mark in a quivering sweaty heap. That one minute is now your personal Everest.
Luis Milian 6 years ago
this is true! in my head I'm thinking 30 seconds has pass, look down and nope....14 seconds
Pretty Pangolin 6 years ago
Yes! The other day I was doing non-jumping jacks and I finally stopped to see if the timer was broken. It had been less than a minute!
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Mewton’s Third Paw 6 years ago
This used to happen to me when I first started exercising seriously. The only thing that helps is music. I don’t exercise for 20 minutes, I exercise for five songs, etc.
Frozengeckolover 6 years ago
I do that too. I make a workout playlist to fit the order and time of my workout. The first song is catchy, but not too fast for the warm up. The next three or four songs are REALLY pumped up for the workout. The last song is more relaxing for the cool down. Once I started doing that, I stuck to my workout plan because it wasn't boring and I actually enjoyed it. I use my workout playlist for cleaning the house too and I get a lot done that way.
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Lisa Vestergaard 6 years ago
Oh please. A minute during exercise is nothing compared to a minute during childbirth. Then it is either waaay to long or waaay to short.
Enuya 6 years ago
I hate most of sports yet I know I should exercise so I try to do it few times per week. Still, when I have to, I clearly feel not only how long every minute is but even every ten seconds.
Rebecca Cote 6 years ago
True! I just started taking martial arts (but also with a lot of conditioning involved) and my master has us hold planks for 30 seconds, boy does that 30 seconds feel like minutes.
#10
The term 'voice confrontation' is used to describe the phenomenon of not liking your own voice, and comes from the false expectations you get from hearing yourself 'internally' most of the time. Because we hear ourselves through our bone structure, we are tricked into believing our voices are deeper and richer than they actually are.
Speaking to The Guardian Dr Silke Paulmann, a psychologist at the University of Essex, says, “I would speculate that the fact that we sound more high-pitched than what we think we should leads us to cringe as it doesn’t meet our internal expectations; our voice plays a massive role in forming our identity and I guess no one likes to realise that you’re not really who you think you are.”
Sammiche 6 years ago
Or in my case, realize why people can't tolerate speaking to me...
Load More Replies... Aisha La Gatta Pelirroja 6 years ago
Sometimes when I speak on the phone I can hear my own voice and it's very confusing. I can't even focus on the chat then.
Jeff Requier 6 years ago
My voice is deeper and more monotone to other people then it is to me
HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago
I sound a lot more like a west country farmer than i think i do. Everyone hates the sound of their own voice i think.
The Girl on Fire 6 years ago
This is because you hear your own voice through vibrations in your skull, set off by your vocal cords. It sounds deeper that way than when you heard a sound through air waves hitting your eardrum. So your voice will always sound different to you (usually deeper) than it actually is.
#11
Analyn Lahr 6 years ago
Or when there's no money and you shake the card and envelope in hopes you missed something.
KarmaQueen 6 years ago
Or your face shows the disappointment when there is just a signature in the card. :(
Hobbit Girly 6 years ago
*As I'm opening my card* (thinking to myself) "Okay, don't look at the money. Stop it. No. Read the words. STOP LOOKING AT THE MONEY THEY'RE BEING NICE JUST FOR GIVING YOU A CARD!"
Kadin Thompson 6 years ago
I once got $50 in a card, and had to read the full 10 sentence card before i could acknowledge it.
Being_Cori 6 years ago (edited)
i never get birthday cards - i never get any money for my birthday
Naomi Armitage 6 years ago
Same. Came here to say this--who gets money in birthday cards anymore--if they even get physical cards?
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✎Kinda_Scarlett 6 years ago
Me: *opens card w/ money* Thaaaaaankssss....mom...... *slowly scooches away with money in hand*
#12
Yes, this happens all the time. Some people just give off that vibe, don't they? The best way to deal with it? Just walk away my friend, unless you wanna get peri-annoyed and post-annoyed too.
Frozengeckolover 6 years ago
I get pre-annoyed at situations, events and tasks too. People think I'm just antisocial. Nah, I'm just pre-annoyed. Lol.
#13
We all have those engagements where you'd rather be absolutely anywhere else in the world but there. In these cases, the period beforehand needs to be savored to its fullest, like every sweet minute on your snooze alarm.
Sometimes something as simple as sitting half-naked alone in a towel can be the sweetest thing, because you are not THERE. Or maybe you're just a bit of a space case and zone out from time to time.
varwenea 6 years ago
That's better than me. At least he showered. I'd be more like not even out of the bed, delaying the inevitable.
Enuya 6 years ago
Me too! I always think that another fifteen minutes are not going to change anything - then, half of a hour - and then I am late and do not even have a good excuse for this.
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boinkappearance 6 years ago
I do this while undressing before the bath and I stay with the pants off, like when You s#it.
Alejandra Acosta 6 years ago
Waaaa i just sit in the edge of the ved with my pants half way up. So silly
Rafaella Bueno 6 years ago
Don't sit in a towel, but randomly lay down on my bed and just look at the ceiling for half an hour or so
Frozengeckolover 6 years ago
For me, it's sitting on the couch, fully dressed, petting my dogs. I think, "I've got a few minutes". 20 minutes later, I'm like, "C**p! I've got to go!"
#14
Packing is never fun, there's always the temptation to take more than you need. That's never a good thing, as it makes your bag heavier, stuff is more difficult to find and you're essentially just taking items of clothing along for the ride.
So why do it? Well, it's in our nature to delay decision making, so if we just pack it all and decide what to wear later, our lazy brains are happy. Underwear is different because it's small, so you feel like you can throw in plenty and it won't matter. Plus, putting on a fresh pair of boxers always feels better than fresh pants, or a jumper. Doesn't it?
Rebecca Owens 6 years ago
I'll be leaving for two hours at most and I'll have about fifty pads and seventeen tampons even though I don't even like tampons!
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Smackiex 6 years ago
I do this... I usually have 2 outfits a day on holiday, night/day and both require clean knickers. Then there's needing different style for different outfity, like certain ones need a thong, others might have ro be worn with full briefs or boy shorts... And you need at least a couple pairs of each style incase you were the same outfit twice.
Smackiex 6 years ago
Oh so many typos :-$ but were is really getting to me. *wear
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KarmaQueen 6 years ago
You never know what is going to happen and having clean underwear is the most important thing.
#15
This phenomenon is known as a 'mondegreen,' which The New Yorker explains is a "misheard word or phrase that makes sense in your head, but is, in fact, entirely incorrect."
It has all got to do with the way your brain processes the sounds you hear, and is governed by things like knowledge and familiarity. For example the classic 'excuse me while I kiss the sky,' is often misheard as 'excuse me while I kiss this guy,' because kissing guys is a common occurrence, kissing skies not so much!
Hello it Smee 6 years ago
Hell go back to 30 some years ago to that damn alphabet song, when I thought it was: A B C D E F G H I J K elemental P Q R S...
Bored Fox 6 years ago
I am not a native English speaker so I once found a notebook where I had collected some song lyrics by listening various songs and writing the lyrics. That was a time before I had an access to Internet (1990's) so there often was not any other way to get lyrics to many songs. Those lyrics were so wrong that I laughed, cried and then destroyed that notebook. For example I had thought that The Winner Takes It All by ABBA told about potatoes. :D
Frozengeckolover 6 years ago
You shouldn't have destroyed it, Bored fox. You could have published it and everyone could have had a good laugh. Not in laughing at you, but laughing at the common issue of misunderstandings that we ALL have. I would have enjoyed reading it.
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I'm 62 years old, when I was a teenager there was a great song called Itchycoo Park by the Small Faces that had this line in the song: What did you feel there? - Well I cried "But why the tears there?" - I'll tell you why. I thought "but why the tears there" was "we'll try the cheese there" and it made sense to me ,two high people in the public square decide to try some cheese from the local cheese store. I literally thought that until about 6 months ago when someone heard me sing it and said "what did you just say?". I like my version better.
Frozengeckolover 6 years ago
I've never heard that song, Sue Grigg, but I bet your version is better.
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nothingxx 6 years ago
My aunt thought it was "dirty deeds and the thunder Jeep"
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Shantelle Stratford 6 years ago
Lucille - Kenny Rogers "You picked a fine day to leave me Lucille, with 400 children and a rock in my heel" instead of "with 4 hungry children and a crop in the field". I think that was my favourite F up from when I was a kid lol
#16
Another situation where you truly embrace every minute. Even though you know that these three minutes aren't gonna make the slightest difference to your level of morning freshness, you are gonna savor them, drink up every second of sweet, cozy sleep. Aaaaand it's over in a flash and you're getting up anyway. Was it worth it? You bet it was!
Kiss Army 6 years ago
I can do complex math like, "If I brush my teeth while putting my shoes on and don't wear socks, I can save 4 minutes and hit the snooze 1 more time...", but I can't get my lazy @$$ out of bed...
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Linouchka 99 6 years ago
My alarm is set ten minutes too early JUST so I can doze another ten minutes and get up on time. I NEED these ten minutes to gather my will and strength, never understood how the heck you can wake up, open your eyes wide and jump out of bed in a matter of seconds ! (And my alarmCLOCK is set 15 minutes early too, I know, I'm a psychopath...)
Frozengeckolover 6 years ago
I used to be the "jump out bed" type. After years of insomnia and swing shifts, I can't do it anymore. I had to switch to a regular day job and I hate waking up now, even in my days off.
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Iris Engler 6 years ago
And sometimes nearly getting a heart attack when the alarm gets on after this 3 minutes
TeeMarieTisMe 6 years ago
When I'm that tired I literally "snooze" for an extra 2 minutes if I have the chance.
#17
I kinda miss the days when we had four channels and that was it. For dinner you had news, news, soap opera or The Simpsons, easy choice! Now it's at least an hour of fraught decision-making, eventually resulting in a complete lack of commitment to anything. Gah.
Being_Cori 6 years ago (edited)
i check netflix - soon after i order in OR while the food is heating i also have a sticky note somewhere of the stuff i want to watch - or JUST WATCH FRIENDS
Russian Otaku 6 years ago
When that new episode ain't out and is delayed so your lunch ends up delayed until you remember to stop searching for a replacement and just eat
Rebecca Cote 6 years ago
This makes me so mad. My husband and I will talk about what movie to watch while we're making dinner and he always says, "we'll find something when we sit down." And I yell back, "No, I want to find something BEFORE we sit down so my food isn't cold from browsing Netflix for 2 hours." lol
Frozengeckolover 6 years ago
You people are crazy! It doesn't matter if you eat your meal before loading a show on Netflix. What matters is that you have dessert and chips/crisps to eat while you watch!
#18
Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago
Or: Step 1: Parcel loaded in van. Step 2: Driver will be with you in 5 minutes. (Me waiting at the door.) Step 3: You weren't home.
Cami Ereth 6 years ago
But, when you go to get it (from stoop or mailbox), it's not really there. Then Amazon tells you that it could actually be anywhere from 'delivered' time to 36 hours from then....(?????)before it 'really-really' gets there. Yeah, I didn't 'really-really' need that school book, anyway...
Cami Ereth 6 years ago
Update-they sent it to a neighbor who has a very-similar address. Thankfully, they are very awesome neighbors, & brought me my book. I need to bake them cookies!
Load More Replies... Bob Beltcher 6 years ago
What's worse is when it's says it's arrived but it hasn't and then shows up two days later. WTF?
Randi M. Lorenzen 6 years ago
I have tried looking at the tracking and thinking “wow, everything went well until it was 50 km from me and then they managed to send it out of the COUNTRY!”
Fred Burrows 6 years ago
Twice UPS has sent me a postcard via USPS to alert me that they were given an incomplete address .
Nikki Felix 6 years ago
Occasionally I'll get the "it's delivered" and then actually get it 3 days later...
Nicki Brown 6 years ago
It's delivered but I work at home and no one's come here yet. Next day by magic it's in the mailbox
Frozengeckolover 6 years ago
Yep. And I don't get a notification that it arrived until several hours later.
Joanne Hudson 6 years ago
Message from FedX pkg arrive Tuesday. Notice I have a package Monday. Its the Tuesday package. Tuesday a notice I have another package. WTF? What is that? Did I order something and forget? Is the notice a mistake? Drama.
#19
Are you still afraid of the dark? Kids are hardwired to be afraid of the dark, evolutionarily it made sense, as we are exposed and vulnerable when we can't spot potential danger.
Thomas Ollendick, professor of psychology and director of the Child Study Center at Virginia Tech explained why to Live Science. "Kids believe everything imaginable, that in the dark robbers might come or they could get kidnapped, or someone might come and take their toys away." Essentially, their fears stem from "the unexpected," he said. While kids grow out of such fears, if the anxiety reaches extreme levels and is considered a phobia, called nyctophobia, Ollendick says that can last through adulthood if left untreated.
Monday 6 years ago
No matter how old I get, I still get that feeling of being chased when I walk in the dark...
Aisha La Gatta Pelirroja 6 years ago
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark I have a constant fear that something's always near Fear of the dark, fear of the dark I have a phobia that someone's always there...
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Mewton’s Third Paw 6 years ago
Lol! A career in real estate will end this one quickly. I used to do that every time. Started selling houses and will smack that basement demon down to hell for undoing my hard work.
Bobbi Newell 6 years ago
Never had to contend with a basement monster, but damn if the one under my bed isn't still there after 50 years, waiting to grab my ankle...
Victoria Rey Piuma 6 years ago
Yes! I always wrap the covers around me so it's nails can't touch... ridiculous when you think rationally, but very important in the middle of the night
Load More Replies... KarmaQueen 6 years ago
I am still afraid of the dark. I get up at 5am to exercise with just the TV on for light. Our basement door is cracked a bit to help heat go down there and I swear someone is on the other side watching me through the crack.
BusLady 6 years ago
Isn't the chicken supposed to be chasing you? How can such a small animal be so freaking mean?
Victoria Rey Piuma 6 years ago
No. You are not. It's a very human feeling. Unfortunately, we humans are very good at ridiculing others.
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Suzi Gauthier 6 years ago
I still like a light on, but then I have to get up to go to the bathroom during the night now. I don't like waking up & not being able to see what's around me.
XxKawaiiGurl 6 years ago
with going to bed too. turn off the lights and get into bed ASAP because the monsters are released the second u turn off the lights
#20
You can bite your tongue and not give that person a piece of your mind, you might even be able to stop yourself giving a frustrated or sarcastic sigh. But keeping a good poker face takes discipline and practice, one social skill that I'm just gonna have to keep working on.
Freya the Wanderer 6 years ago
Tell me about it! This has gotten me into big trouble.
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I hate this one. I’m going to start wearing a vail until I can control myself.
danielw 6 years ago
oh, I've had worse. Once, there was a guy (white audi, still with the dealership sticker in the window) who parked in our guest lot to go to the aparments next door. I happened to be talking to one of our tennants, about something nominally more important than explaining something that's clearly written on the sign (parking for us only, duh). So, the tenant went on his way, I went in and got the ticket book and slapped on one. The guy came back next time I was checking the lot and, after giving me a five or so minute lecture, demands to know why I didn't just tell him when he parked. the answer slipped before I could stop myself, saying "Well, I assumed you could read." (dealing with idiots, one never wins.)
Candice Ravel 6 years ago
Yup, but for me it's usually accompanied by words coming out of my mouth and people staring.
pusheen buttercup 6 years ago
my face is basically flat, all the time, or doing some glare XD even if I'm happy. When not glaring and just being flat, I could be happy or sad or intrigued and no one can ever tell. I've had to work the opposite and try to "make" expressions happen
KarmaQueen 6 years ago
My face is always tell you how I am reacting to a situation. It is like I wear my heart on my face instead of my sleeve.
#21
Kadin Thompson 6 years ago
I do the same thing when i see someone that rides my bus, but i don't even know their name.
Rolinka Nuse 6 years ago
Since I left a big city to live in a small one, I learned to greet everyone who even gives a small hint of rrecognition. 90% chance the person knows you
Eva Vermeiren 6 years ago
this is accurate! Afterward I feel stupid for making such a face.. like lmao why didn't you just smile?
#22
Everybody loves the horsies! I guess if you grew up around horses though, the excitement probably would be reserved for something more exotic. "Oh look, mooses" would be my version of that.
Speaking of mooses; if goose is geese, why isn't moose, meese?
BusLady 6 years ago
But what if you live in the country and you see horses, like, 100 times a day?
Gin Saya Carter 6 years ago
My boyfriend calls this my "animal Tourette." I announce any animal I see.
2WheelTravlr 6 years ago
We ride motorcycles and I wave at every darned horse even though I know it totally destroys any street cred I may have garnered by wearing a bitchin' helmet and riding a Ducati or Beemer.
#23
This. Then you make the mistake of going on to Google to search for 'liver pain,' and five minutes later you have convinced yourself that you now have hepatitis. Good times.
Kenny Kulbiski 6 years ago
Or you Google it and realize you've got five or six horrible diseases simultaneously.
Sergio Bicerra Descalzi 6 years ago
My nephew got drunk for the first time, got really scared because of how he felt. 10 minutes after googling he was almost convinced he had a tumor and his water broke
Beeps 6 years ago
I know several people who had loved ones who died from brain aneurysms. They each said that the person’s last words were: “I’m feeling weird.” I always wonder now what exactly this weird feeling is that they described and how you can tell if you’re feeling it.
Lola 6 years ago
My “lol” was meant for a different comment. For some reason it showed up on this one.
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Russian Otaku 6 years ago
It's totally a brain tumor and for some reason a little extra on the side like aids or hemorrhoids or something
Frozengeckolover 6 years ago
According to Google, my head cold is a brain tumor and I'm already dead, but they recommend I talk to my doctor about possible heart disease in my family. Hmm, mmkay.
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Harleen 6 years ago
The best phone convo I ever eavesdropped on was a woman telling her husband off for buying a roller coaster. "You BETTER be joking. What are we going to do with a whole roller coaster?! I don't care if we'll be the coolest grandparents ever! Well, I hope it's comfortable because you'll be sleeping in it!!" And all I could think was that I hope they get divorced.... because I want to marry a man who owns a backyard roller coaster LMAO
Rafaella Bueno 6 years ago
When people are talking about something you know/are interest in and they start trying to recall a name or fact or something and you just blurt it out and they're like "oh, yeah, that was it"
Linouchka 99 6 years ago
Well, if they speak loud enough for anyone to hear, they better not complain if anyone comments ! Otherwise, keep your personal conversations somewhere intimate, thank you (I'd rather not hear them either, but I have no lashes on my ears, sooo...)
Sadie Shapiro 6 years ago
I once overheard my two friends speaking about a "hot guy at Jasmine's summer camp." They were speaking in Spanish so no one would understand. I speak Spanish. That was a fun time.
✎Kinda_Scarlett 6 years ago
I was eating at a restaurant with my brother, and literally heard two strangers next to me talking about UA (umbrella academy, my favourite Netflix show) and almost screamed at them (thankfully my brother kept my mind off it)
Hobbit Girly 6 years ago
I once heard my crush talking with his friend about a girl he liked while they were right behind me. That was fun.
#25
KarmaQueen 6 years ago
Some people just reach in front of them and get what they want. No reason why two people can't get to the same item.
Daria B 6 years ago (edited)
This reminds me of that one time... I went to do the groceries late, as I usually do, since I work all day. I needed bananas and there was a last group of bananas lying there on the shelf. In front of it were two girls. I thought they would buy it, so I thought "oh, well, too late" (I'm not really the aggressive shopper type). However, I noticed they were like "should we buy or should we not". At this point I politely said "excuse me", took the bananas and put them in my cart. As I was walking away satisfied, I overheard them concluding "guess not" (as in, "we're not gonna buy it").
Frozengeckolover 6 years ago
Lol. I did that once with a roast. A couple was discussing which one they wanted. I said, "Excuse me." and grabbed the last one. If they wanted it, they should have put it in their cart.
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Frozengeckolover 6 years ago
We say that in America too. Also, "Let me just get in there real quick..."
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Christina Sersif 6 years ago
I usually stand there awkwardly until they're looking at me awkwardly and finally move.
BusLady 6 years ago
I hate when a basket is sitting there and no one is around, and you're not sure if you should be impolite and move it.
Serbob 6 years ago
Okay... I'm going to admit to being a bit of an a*****e on this one.... Sometime near Xmas I was in a grocery store and there was a woman who was hogging the aisles. I mean cart in the middle and walking away leaving it there while she shopped. Then she'd come back with armfuls, drop them in the cart. Move it a few feet and then head off with it in the way again. After getting caught behind her a few times I couldn't take it anymore. I took the cart and moved it way far away and hid it behind the checkouts. I saw her running around holding a bunch of stuff and looking for it some time later.
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Hello it Smee 6 years ago
I blew my kids mind when I explain what the "weird save square" is and why it looks like that.
danielw 6 years ago
Eh. My dad still has a flip flop from when he programed computers in the Marine Corps. back then, you had to program them by swapping cards around. what he was doing is still classified... which is hilarious.
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Christina Sebastian 6 years ago
'It WASNT MY FAULT" : kinda explains the compulsion to hit save more than once
Amanda Patterson 6 years ago
I actually train people to do this, because a lot of people actually don't save until they're done. Which would be fine...assuming the program doesn't crash, or Windows Updates doesn't bite you, or power doesn't go out (on a tower)...etc. Saving frequently is a time and frustration saving habit.
Frozengeckolover 6 years ago (edited)
There is actually a way to recover documents in Microsoft Office. No one seems to teach this, but... 1)Open a blank document. 2)Click "info" in the menu. I think it is in the document "view" tab on newer versions. 3)Click "Manage Documents". 4)Click "Recover Unsaved Documents". A list of everything you had open when the system crashed or restarted will pop up. Why that list doesn't come up when you open Word is beyond me!
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Caroline Driver 6 years ago
I hate it when I save and then realise that I didn't Save as and I don't know where it's gone.
boinkappearance 6 years ago
Yeah You hit it .... twice... nanosecond after You press the X to close it and it asks "Would You like to save the changes... " What changes? aaagggrrhh!
#27
Judging the line at the supermarket is one of those handy skills that can get you ahead in everyday life. Sure, that guy might have a small basket, but they are all fresh goods that need to be weighed and typed in manually, That lady has a trolley full of cans but they are all the same, and will pass through with a single scan and a quick count. Tactics!
But what do you do when you're toward the back of a line, and you sense a new checkout is about to be opened. Do you make the move? Skip the queue and get in to an undeserved lead? Or fairly and politely let the people in front go, as they have waited longer. What's your strategy and etiquette?
BusLady 6 years ago
I always seem to get in the line where the blue light suddenly lights up and you have to wait 10 minutes for a manager because someone's coupon expired.
Christina Sersif 6 years ago
You're in the shortest line, but the person in front of you is buying a months worth of food, using coupons, and splits it into 3 different methods of payment.
diarykeeper 6 years ago
*Looks at cashiers... applies mental "cashier competence scoring"* - Self sufficient grin.
Hobbit Girly 6 years ago
Usually because the lady in front of you has apparently never seen or used her credit card before
Kadin Thompson 6 years ago
when that happens, its because the lady in front of me has like 15 three year old children and is buying 4,000 dollars worth of groceries.
Marnee DeRider 6 years ago
Every shop should have bank lines like MicroCenter does, and all this would be a thing of the past. Also, if a new lane opens up, next person in line goes there, not the person at the very end of the line who has been waiting the shortest amount of time. Cashiers need to plainly state this, "I can help the next person in line," NOT "I can help someone..."
#28
This happens too often to be a coincidence, there must be an explanation. According to an article by Lucas Reilly in Mental Floss, your body adapts well if you have a good sleep routine, and tries to preempt the stress of your dreaded alarm.
"Your body hates your alarm clock. It’s jarring. It’s stressful. And it ruins all that hard work," he writes. "It defeats the purpose of gradually waking up. So, to avoid being interrupted, your body does something amazing: It starts increasing a protein called PER and stress hormones earlier in the night. Your body gets a head start so the waking process isn’t cut short. It’s so precise that your eyelids open minutes—maybe even seconds—before the alarm goes off."
Vic 6 years ago
If I wake up, look at the time and it's just past midnight, the prospect of having hours of sleep ahead is the the best feeling in the world.
Kaisu Rei 6 years ago
I know it's so blissful waking up several hours before your alarm and being able to go back to sleep
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Kadin Thompson 6 years ago
I wake u and look at the time, and ive only slept for like 30 mins.
#29
Some people are receipt keepers, while others aren't. What am I gonna do with a grocery receipt from last week? Claim it back on tax? I'm definitely in the no-receipt camp but it's true, sometimes a random urge does strike and I find myself running through a few "what if just in case" scenarios.
But yeah, like this guy these feeling are based on absolutely nothing. Still beats having a wallet full of Walmart receipts from 1996.
BusLady 6 years ago
I do ask for receipts now, after a convenience store overcharged me and management refused to do anything about it. I go through them about once a week and discard what I don't need. I save receipts for appliances, electronics, etc, in case there is a problem.
Nikki D 6 years ago
Same here. I keep the packaging and tape the receipt to it, mark the date and discard once the return period has passed.
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Vic Barnes 6 years ago
I always print it then throw it away. When using a credit card I feel like the "master computer" will over charge me if it knows I didn't print a receipt but charge me the correct amount if it knows I have proof.
Christina Sersif 6 years ago (edited)
The formal lunch lady at my job would keep people's receipts and used it to steal their card information. Always ask for a receipt! If you don't want it just throw it away yourself.
Master Markus 6 years ago
I always keep a receipt for a while if I bought something expensive.
Kadin Thompson 6 years ago
my dad has receipts from like the 80's and all of them have faded away.
Jeannie Carle 6 years ago
I have learned, at WalMart - GET that receipt - sit down on the bench, check the list - sometimes you get charged for something that is NOT in your basket and you're not even sure WTH it IS.
Tiny Dancer 6 years ago
I watch too many cop shows. We keep our receipts much longer than necessary in case we need an alibi, lol! I love my man, but he's going down one of these days ;-)
#30
Why do we get this collective feeling of the years going more slowly than they actually do? Perhaps it's because we haven't embraced the 'style' of the most recent decades yet, because we are still close to them.
The 70s 80s and 90s all have a definitive feel to them, and for me anyway, the 90s still feel close by. The 2000s and 2010s haven't yet been defined in my head, so it all kinda feels the same. 2014 could've been yesterday as far as I'm concerned. What do you think?
ZombieGirl5591 6 years ago
I've only ever heard it...so far...as twenty twenty
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Kimberly Morrison 6 years ago
Forget 2007, I still figure out how long ago something was from 2000, forgetting that I now have to add 20 more years.
Caroline Driver 6 years ago
Trouble is, the 60s 70s and 80s all had very definite clothes and music fashions, although they did gradually morph between each. Fashion and music seems to have stalled at the 90s and been pretty much the same ever since. I'm talking about mass market, not niche stuff that I'm unaware of
Ximena Carrillo 6 years ago
Actually, I felt the same until my mom showed me some old albums of our pictures from the early 2000s. I was very surprised to see how different that style actually is from now. I think it just has to do with how close we are to the time period. Try watching some early 2000s music videos/movies and you'll see a different aesthetic that while it does look similar still looks relatively "old". I feel like today we wear more minimalistic-solid color attire or pastels rather than the flamboyant garments of 2003 (think Britney Spears). But I do think it is less contrasting than the 70s with the 80s per se, but in a few more years the difference would be more noticeable. This is al my opinion though.
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Aileen 6 years ago
Yep. Someone mentions the 1980s or 1990s and I’m all like, “Oh yeah, that was only ten or twenty years ago.” But no. It was actually more like 20 or 30.
Šimon Špaček 6 years ago
You mean 40 or 30. Damn, maybe I should update my playlist, over half of it is from that period... And the rest is mostly even older.
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Lorraine R 6 years ago
I'm still trying to get over thinking that 1991 was just a couple of years back.
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blugeagua 6 years ago (edited)
I loved these! But am I the only one who is annoyed by all of the summaries written about each tweet? It makes it more funny and relatable if you just leave the tweet without adding to it.
Alia G. 6 years ago
Yeah I agree it's like over-explaining a joke or a pun
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Nami Tantrum 6 years ago
or the small panic attack you get when the trainconductor comes around asking for the tickets although you have one
Emily Stander 6 years ago
Another one: The frustration you get when you text someone and they take A WEEK to reply
blugeagua 6 years ago (edited)
I loved these! But am I the only one who is annoyed by all of the summaries written about each tweet? It makes it more funny and relatable if you just leave the tweet without adding to it.
Alia G. 6 years ago
Yeah I agree it's like over-explaining a joke or a pun
Load More Replies... Nami Tantrum 6 years ago
or the small panic attack you get when the trainconductor comes around asking for the tickets although you have one
Emily Stander 6 years ago
Another one: The frustration you get when you text someone and they take A WEEK to reply
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