Pet Peeves: Aka Things That Make You Go "Gah!"

[annzeepark914]

1 hour ago, JTMacc99 said:

He was fantastic. It looks like a couple of his full hour specials are available on youtube. They are worth checking out.  He sadly died about four years ago from liver and heart disease. 

This is exactly the theme of the second John Pinette video I just posted. Grab and Go!

What a loss.  He was truly funny and his humor was something a wide variety of people could enjoy.  So much of the humor emanating from today's "comedians" IMO is just so empty that I wonder if the audience feels obligated to laugh.  Thanks for the info' about his other routines (I'll need to watch them where I won't bother anyone with my laughter!)

[peacheslatour]

3 hours ago, DeLurker said:

I've actually done it at Macy's for a sofa and loveseat that was on clearance.  I offered them a few hundred less than what they were asking, salesperson said I have to ask manager, manager said yes, but we won't deliver.  I'm not sure what got into me that day, but the pieces still get used on a daily basis in my house.

I did that at Michaels once. I wanted some picture framing done but they wanted way more than I could pay (like hundreds) and I said something to that effect and the dude at the counter went into the back and came out with 50% off coupon. It was awesome.

[bilgistic]

3 hours ago, Bastet said:

If I'm with my mom and we so much as drive past a restaurant with a buffet, we burst into a John Pinette routine.  And if it's a Chinese food buffet, forget it. 

"You here four hour! You go home now!" (Yes, it's racist.)

[emma675]

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He was fantastic. It looks like a couple of his full hour specials are available on youtube. They are worth checking out.  He sadly died about four years ago from liver and heart disease.

Oh, how I miss him! A bunch of his specials are on Netflix, too. There's a bit about him skiing in Montreal that kills me. I heard he was really nice in person, too, which makes his loss even greater.

Edited to change France to Montreal. Thanks to JTMacc99 I fell down a John Pinette rabbit hole tonight. He was so funny.

Edited March 15, 2018 by emma675d

[Quof]

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but I know how he feels - I'm in the line at McDonald's while someone is trying to figure out what to get, and I want to yell "It's McDonald's! Just pick a number and get on with it!"

I don't go to McDonald's.  Really, I don't.  But one day I had a dental emergency, my dentist fit me in after work and by the time I got home, it was late, I was cranky and hungry. So I drove through McDonald's.  For some reason, the menu board was not illuminated, and it was the dark of night.  I had no idea what they now served, since I'm old enough to remember when they sold pizza (god, that was awful).  So I said "I'll have the largest order of fries you make."   They were delicious. 

[theredhead77]

11 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

I did that at Michaels once. I wanted some picture framing done but they wanted way more than I could pay (like hundreds) and I said something to that effect and the dude at the counter went into the back and came out with 50% off coupon. It was awesome.

The salesman at Sunglass Hut gave my friend and I a 'good for $x off on your next purchase' coupons that you typically get when you make a purchase. We were both drooling over some glasses but would have to go back to use the coupon during its valid period. I did and now I'm sporting a pair of Ray Bans I've been lusting after for over a year.

[walnutqueen]

4 hours ago, bilgistic said:

"You here four hour! You go home now!" (Yes, it's racist.)

All that's missing in this statement is a Camille Grammer shoulder shrug.

"Yes, it's racist".

"GAH".

[bilgistic]

30 minutes ago, walnutqueen said:

All that's missing in this statement is a Camille Grammer shoulder shrug.

"Yes, it's racist".

"GAH".

Yeah, I didn't mean to imply that it was good. I remember that one routine specifically because of the racist impression of a Chinese buffet owner. It was probably 30 years ago, not that it makes it any better.

[walnutqueen]

I should think before posting.  sorry.

Edited March 16, 2018 by walnutqueen

[backformore]

7 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

I did that at Michaels once. I wanted some picture framing done but they wanted way more than I could pay (like hundreds) and I said something to that effect and the dude at the counter went into the back and came out with 50% off coupon. It was awesome.

Michaels is good about that.  They put out coupons in flyers and in the newspaper, 50% off one item.  And sometimes they have extra flyers in the store.  If you don't have a coupon, the sales people have extra and they can apply it to your purchase.  And when you check out,  they give you a coupon for your next visit.   the thing is, if you don't KNOW about the coupons, you might decide not to buy what you need because of the price.   I wish stores just put the price on stuff, the same price for everyone. 

I did luck out at J Jill's.  I exchanged a gift that was rather expensive, and not my style.  The day I went in to exchange it, they were having a sale, and even marking down sale stuff for an additional 40%.  for the price of the shawl I exchanged, I got a blouse and two sweaters.  that was a happy day for me. 

[GaT]

1 hour ago, backformore said:

Michaels is good about that.  They put out coupons in flyers and in the newspaper, 50% off one item.  And sometimes they have extra flyers in the store.  If you don't have a coupon, the sales people have extra and they can apply it to your purchase.  And when you check out,  they give you a coupon for your next visit.   the thing is, if you don't KNOW about the coupons, you might decide not to buy what you need because of the price.   I wish stores just put the price on stuff, the same price for everyone. 

You can also look up their coupons on your phone, they can scan it from there. One thing to watch out for is sales. I know that sounds strange, but the coupons aren't good on sale items & it can cost more to buy something on sale. One time I wanted to buy something but it was 25% off, so I had to wait until it went back to full price so that I could use the 40% off coupon & get it cheaper.

[ABay]

I remember the Chinese buffet routine--clearly effective comedy if so many of us remember it after all this time--but didn't remember the name of the comedian who did it. It must've been on Stand Up Stand Up or Short Attention Span Theater or another of Comedy Central's early shows because I don't know how else I would've seen it. 

[DeLurker]

I made the mistake of going to the grocery store around 4:30 PM yesterday because I needed to pick up a few items to round out my dinner.  From the moment I walked in, there was always a whiny, small child in a cart talking so rudely to the adult that was with them in my vicinity. 

I get tired, cranky kids - these were not them.  They were giving orders and making demands and their adult (moms but also 2 men who were either older dads or younger grandfathers) did nothing but to try to correct their behavior.

I get tired parents trying to rush through something with their tired, cranky kids - these were not them.

[KittyMom4]

On 3/14/2018 at 1:26 PM, Sun-Bun said:

And most people at buffets/salad bars/self-service party tables *always* overserve themselves too much; as someone who absolutely loathes wasting food, it pains me to see how many people don't know how to serve themselves wisely.

@Sun-Bun do not get behind my brother-in-law at a buffet, that man will take 3 or 4 healthy scoops of every dish, doesn't matter if it's the last scoop in the chafing dish, if it's food, he's taking it. He will then proceed to scarf it down like a hoover vacuum cleaner and go back for more, regardless of whether other people haven't had their first helping! 

 

On 3/14/2018 at 1:26 PM, Sun-Bun said:

Half the people I pass are literally just gawking around at the food as if they're taking in the goddamned Grand Canyon for the first time anyway. Reminds me of how I actually had to quit escorting my mom to her senior citizen cooking classes because the insanely slow-moving folks backing up the insanely long food lines at the end were practically giving me brain aneurisms

You are me at a charity spaghetti dinner!! My god, it's spaghetti, sauce, meatballs, a salad and parm cheese, what are you staring at???????? There are no other choices!! What are you waiting for? Do you think it's going to turn into prime rib or french onion soup if you concentrate?? ARGH!!

[SuprSuprElevated]

Had there been commission in my PTRERJ (part-time recession-era retail job) I would still be working it.  I liked what I did and I was good at it, excel at customer service, product knowledge, etc., but to be treated like the dog mess on the bottom of a shoe for (at that time) paltry minimum wage was a deal breaker for me.  Once my real job stabilized (straight-commission B2B sales rep), I was outta there.  

Edited March 17, 2018 by SuprSuprElevated

[Bastet]

On 3/14/2018 at 11:34 AM, DeLurker said:

I've actually done it at Macy's for a sofa and loveseat that was on clearance.  I offered them a few hundred less than what they were asking, salesperson said I have to ask manager, manager said yes, but we won't deliver.  I'm not sure what got into me that day, but the pieces still get used on a daily basis in my house.

I was with a friend when she went into Macy's during a mattress sale.  They didn't have the one she wanted, so I suggested they give her the more-expensive model at the cheaper price, and same thing - manager said yes, just no delivery.  Since her brother had a pick-up truck, no problem.

On 3/14/2018 at 3:21 PM, bilgistic said:

"You here four hour! You go home now!" (Yes, it's racist.)

Ugh, that imitation.  The first part of the routine is so funny, about going from full to starving (that's the part my mom and I always quote to each other, because a family friend is exactly like that with Chinese food), and the content of the part about the manager yelling at him to leave is great - if he just would have done it in his own voice, it would be golden.

On 3/14/2018 at 3:25 PM, Quof said:

I don't go to McDonald's.  Really, I don't.  But one day I had a dental emergency, my dentist fit me in after work and by the time I got home, it was late, I was cranky and hungry. So I drove through McDonald's.  For some reason, the menu board was not illuminated, and it was the dark of night.  I had no idea what they now served, since I'm old enough to remember when they sold pizza (god, that was awful).  So I said "I'll have the largest order of fries you make."   They were delicious. 

Fries are the only thing I eat at McDonald's, and I don't eat them very often, but a couple of times a year I have a serious craving for them.  Morgan Spurlock's experiment where the burger and fries from a family-run restaurant started rotting as you'd expect after however many days but the McDonald's burger and fries still looked normal weeks later was disturbing, but I can't help myself.

Going back to my wedding peeves, I am ready to hang myself with chiffon.  Or wrap a bridesmaid dress around someone else's neck and twist, and at this point I don't much care whose, although the sister of the bride is a top contender.  We have so much more latitude in choosing our dresses than the average bridesmaids, yet she's being a pill, trying to change the entire color scheme of the wedding (bride had a list of about ten colors she liked, all light to medium, for an outdoor summer wedding, and the bridesmaid is now whining the one she likes best is a dark blue) -- despite the fact that when it was her wedding, she vetoed the maroon color my friend/her sister picked out as a bridesmaid dress, because it wasn't summery enough and didn't match the overall look she had in mind. 

And what's really bugging me is that the bride, so over this whole wedding thing at this point (which I knew she would be, which is another of the reasons I didn't think this ridiculous exercise would ever actually come to fruition), is ready to just give in so we can order dresses and she can pick coordinating flowers, thus concluding any and all wedding planning/prep she has to do.  I like the cobalt blue, and will wear it if she wants me to, but I want it to be because she truly likes that as the color, not because her bratty little sister got her way.

Oh, yeah - have I mentioned that while I have never met her sister (I've met her parents when they've come out to visit, but the sister never comes - she has kids, so, of course, the world must come to her), I kind of hate her?  She's a somewhat negligent pet owner, so that's enough to be dead to me, plus she's not at all understanding of my friend's mental illness (depression that she's battled since adolescence), and when she gets annoyed with my friend for something, instead of telling her why she's put off, she gives her the silent treatment.  I'd been telling myself to be nice when I meet her, and form my own opinion in person (although the facts speak for themselves, I am obviously just hearing them via my friend's perception of events), but now she's pissing me off yet again. 

The bride also doesn't like her fiancé's (adult) children, and - again, telling myself I just hear her take on them - they sound annoying to me, plus his parents are mega-religious.  It may be an interesting rehearsal dinner.  Hopefully the relaxation of the spa day that precedes it will see us through.

Edited March 17, 2018 by Bastet

[annzeepark914]

Egads, Bastet...you might need to tuck a flask inside your bouquet for some fortitude to get through this wedding.

[bilgistic]

How narcissistic and self-important does a person have to be to try to change the color scheme of someone else's wedding?! She's working on getting uninvited from everything for life.

My half-sister (my birth father's daughter with second ex-wife) stopped talking to my sister because my sister didn't put my half-sister in her wedding party. They'd never been close; we didn't grow up with our half-sister. My sister made our half-sister the guestbook attendant to try to make her happy. *I* wasn't in the wedding because I couldn't afford it, but I designed and printed the invitations and programs at home (less than $100), and that was my gift as well. This was in 2005, and my half-sister was 14 at the time. My sister was 27. My half-sister has never gotten over it.

People just lose their minds about weddings.

Edited March 17, 2018 by bilgistic

[Bastet]

2 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:

Egads, Bastet...you might need to tuck a flask inside your bouquet for some fortitude to get through this wedding.

Seriously (and I have a nice one, a gift back in the day).  At this point, the bar tab they need guests to run up in order to hit their minimum may very well be taken care of by me alone, and, beyond that "holy shit, at least it's mostly over" relief drinking at the reception, I may need potent potable reinforcement to get through what has become a two-day ordeal.  And this is a low-key wedding!  My friends who've suffered through far more intricate and involved productions had my sympathy at the time, but now I'm quite empathetic. 

[DeLurker]

@Bastet - Yikes!  Family drama is the worst and plain weird when you get a front row seat to someone else's.

@bilgistic - at 14, I can understand why the half-sister might of been hurt/upset (high emotion at 14 requires no logic).  To still be made at it years later?  She either collects grievances and grudges to grow like flowers or she has way too little going on in her life.

[Katy M]

I went to the grocery store today.  I had a 4 items above the express lane, so I get into a regular line.  But, the cashier in the express lane told me to come into her line since there was nobody there.  I started putting my items on the belt and someone came behind me and started putting her stuff on the belt. I grabbed the divider thingie and put that behind mine and continued my unloading.  When I finished, I pushed my cart to the end and started bagging my stuff.  While I did that, the lady behind me push her cart up to right in front of the cashier.  So, when I finished bagging and went to pay, the cashier had to sort of walk towards me, while I reached from way over.  What if I had wanted to pay with my credit card?  She was standing right in front of the thing.  Who does that?  You wait until the person in front of you is done with their transaction before  you push your cart that far up.  That's just common sense.

[SuprSuprElevated]

12 hours ago, bilgistic said:

How narcissistic and self-important does a person have to be to try to change the color scheme of someone else's wedding?! She's working on getting uninvited from everything for life.

My half-sister (my birth father's daughter with second ex-wife) stopped talking to my sister because my sister didn't put my half-sister in her wedding party. They'd never been close; we didn't grow up with our half-sister. My sister made our half-sister the guestbook attendant to try to make her happy. *I* wasn't in the wedding because I couldn't afford it, but I designed and printed the invitations and programs at home (less than $100), and that was my gift as well. This was in 2005, and my half-sister was 14 at the time. My sister was 27. My half-sister has never gotten over it.

People just lose their minds about weddings.

And some people aren't happy, unless they're unhappy.  I had a SIL that was pizzed at the world because her mother divorced her (abusive) father and remarried, resulting in my husband, her 1/2 brother.  They were 10 years apart, but she truly did love him.  However, she all but shunned his kids and grandkids, out of jealousy for the attention given them by her mother.  As I type this, I can't even believe how humans treat one another sometimes.  She died a bitter, not very old woman, of congestive heart failure.  I've considered it congested with hate and disappointment that she refused to shed.

[annzeepark914]

OK...I know my pet peeve isn't as important as some topics discussed here lately but--geez laweeze, what have they done to pantyhose?  I apologize to all the females I've made comments about for not wearing pantyhose to work (well, apologize figuratively speaking).  I had to wear them to a funeral two weekends ago because I wore a suit.  Soooooo tight, not only around my stomach/waist area, but also in the legs and I'm not that big.  When I worked, I remember buying pantyhose that felt soft and when you held them up, they weren't 5" wide at the top. And you forgot you had them on after a while.  Has something changed over the years?  Is this why so many women don't wear them today?  Next occasion, I'm wearing dressy slacks and either knee highs or just bare legs underneath (don't care if I freeze). Can you imagine the war that would start if men had to wear this crap?

Edited March 17, 2018 by annzeepark914

[SuprSuprElevated]

10 minutes ago, annzeepark914 said:

OK...I know my pet peeve isn't as important as some topics discussed here lately but--geez laweeze, what have they done to pantyhose?  I apologize to all the females I've made comments about for not wearing pantyhose to work (well, apologize figuratively speaking).  I had to wear them to a funeral two weekends ago because I wore a suit.  Soooooo tight, not only around my stomach/waist area, but also in the legs and I'm not that big.  When I worked, I remember buying pantyhose that felt soft and when you held them up, they weren't 5" wide at the top. And you forgot you had them on after a while.  Has something changed over the years?  Is this why so many women don't wear them today?  Next occasion, I'm wearing dressy slacks and either knee highs or just bare legs underneath (don't care if I freeze). Can you imagine the war that would start if men had to wear this crap?

I haven't been happier in my entire (considerable) life, than because hose was no longer required.  Even when I was a trim younger woman, I wouldn't have called them comfortable.  I never wore the type that was used with a garter, so can't speak to that, but if I were younger, I would dread the day that wearing stockings once again became the norm.

p.s.:  I don't think there is a rule for the severity of topics in Pet Peeves.  Post at will!  

[ebk57]

1 hour ago, annzeepark914 said:

OK...I know my pet peeve isn't as important as some topics discussed here lately but--geez laweeze, what have they done to pantyhose?  I apologize to all the females I've made comments about for not wearing pantyhose to work (well, apologize figuratively speaking).  I had to wear them to a funeral two weekends ago because I wore a suit.  Soooooo tight, not only around my stomach/waist area, but also in the legs and I'm not that big.  When I worked, I remember buying pantyhose that felt soft and when you held them up, they weren't 5" wide at the top. And you forgot you had them on after a while.  Has something changed over the years?  Is this why so many women don't wear them today?  Next occasion, I'm wearing dressy slacks and either knee highs or just bare legs underneath (don't care if I freeze). Can you imagine the war that would start if men had to wear this crap?

I had to wear them to a cousin's wedding last week and as I was putting them on, I was never so glad that I can wear jeans to work now.  I don't know how I did it all those years ago.

 

I was also really happy that I got a couple of great party dresses from Amazon for $30 each.  I hardly have to dress up anymore, so I don't want to spend lots of money on dresses.  These are cute, and if something happens to them (or I grow out of them, but that's a whole other issue), I won't be sad that I wasted cash. 

[BookWoman56]

I haven't worn pantyhose for years, as I have switched over to wearing dressy pants to funerals and so forth, but I do still have a couple of suits in my closet that would require pantyhose or stockings. Not sure if others have tried this option, but I will say that for my daughter and her friends, primarily in their early 20s, they go with the thigh-high stockings rather than pantyhose when they're going to a dressy event. They're essentially like old-fashioned stockings, without the need for a garter belt, as the top of the stockings is made of some kind of elastic/stretchy  material to keep them up. I've worn them a couple of times, years ago, and from what I remember they were much more comfortable than pantyhose. I regard pantyhose as an instrument of torture. With the thigh-high stockings, I was a little freaked at first because I kept thinking they would loosen and fall down, but they stayed in place, and obviously, no uncomfortable tightness across the abdomen. 

[Bastet]

I almost never wear pantyhose/stockings; never with dresses and only very rarely with suits (state court, no, but federal court maybe every other blue moon, depending on the judge and whether I feel like indulging or saying to hell with their outdated, sexist notions of appropriate attire).  But when I do, I opt for the thigh highs -- much more comfortable.

Edited March 17, 2018 by Bastet

[DeLurker]

I'm having that day - the one where everything goes sideways.  By themself, these mishaps would be annoying or frustrating at best - the kind of thing that could be turned into a funny story.  When they stack on top of each other, they are overwhelming and I dread the next thing on my schedule because I fear this one might be a four alarm fire.

 

I want to hibernate for the rest of the day, but there are obligations that can't be put off.  

[Maharincess]

On 3/15/2018 at 8:20 AM, DeLurker said:

I made the mistake of going to the grocery store around 4:30 PM yesterday because I needed to pick up a few items to round out my dinner.  From the moment I walked in, there was always a whiny, small child in a cart talking so rudely to the adult that was with them in my vicinity. 

I get tired, cranky kids - these were not them.  They were giving orders and making demands and their adult (moms but also 2 men who were either older dads or younger grandfathers) did nothing but to try to correct their behavior.

I get tired parents trying to rush through something with their tired, cranky kids - these were not them.

I hate seeing that. I totally get that kids act up, I have 2 of my own, but for a parent to not even try to stop the bad behavior really pisses me off.  Let your kids act like animals all you want when you're at home but try to not let your little monster darlings bother other people because you're too lazy to parent them properly.

If my kids acted up in public, we immediately went out to the car. I don't care what we were going to do, you act up, you go home. We drove all the way to the county fair one time and the kids fought the whole time. We told them if they didn't knock it off we were going home. They were ok for a while but when we got out of the car at the fair, they started again.  We re-packed the car and went home. They had already seen the rides and stuff from the parking lot so they knew what they were missing.  20 years later and they still talk about that day.  

Delurker, I hope your day gets better. 

Edited March 17, 2018 by Maharincess
Because to and too are very different.

[Zola]

I can't stand wearing tights (pantyhose). They're so restricting, uncomfortable and just horrid and awkward. The only advantage over stockings is convenience and possibly expense.

But in nearly all formal social occasions I will go for stockings every time.

[theredhead77]

The feel of nylon of all sorts makes me want to crawl out of my skin. I either go bare legged in a dress or bare foot in a dress shoe.  Fuck 'appropriate dress' requiring pantyhose. I'll be comfortable or I won't go.

I found I could wear the cotton based tights at Target in their xhilatarion brand but they were discontinued a few years ago. I'm nursing the beige pair I have.

[Zola]

I don't mind nylon stockings but that's as far as it goes. Any other form of nylon - especially blouses, bras, knickers and bed sheets and pillows - makes my skin crawl also.

[Maharincess]

I haven't worn panty hose in years but I remember well how much I hated them. I was lucky that in my career, jeans and a t-shirt were the appropriate work wear.  The last time I wore them was when I was a bridesmaid.  I always had to buy 2 pair at the same time because I always seemed to snag them before I ever pulled them up all the way.  I wouldn't wear them now for any reason. 

Speaking of being a bridesmaid, @Bastet, you poor thing. This seems like such a misery to you and I don't blame you. Any time I see or hear about wedding stuff these days I think about you. Just keep telling yourself that it will all be over and done soon. You're such a good friend, anyone would be lucky to call you their friend. You go above and beyond. When is the wedding date? 

[harrie]

7 hours ago, Katy M said:

I went to the grocery store today.  I had a 4 items above the express lane, so I get into a regular line.  But, the cashier in the express lane told me to come into her line since there was nobody there.  I started putting my items on the belt and someone came behind me and started putting her stuff on the belt. I grabbed the divider thingie and put that behind mine and continued my unloading.  When I finished, I pushed my cart to the end and started bagging my stuff.  While I did that, the lady behind me push her cart up to right in front of the cashier.  So, when I finished bagging and went to pay, the cashier had to sort of walk towards me, while I reached from way over.  What if I had wanted to pay with my credit card?  She was standing right in front of the thing.  Who does that?  You wait until the person in front of you is done with their transaction before  you push your cart that far up.  That's just common sense.

That's happened to me once or twice.  I ask very nicely (seriously, not ironically) "Oh, are you paying for my order?"  They move back.

 

Also a panty hose hater. I've transitioned to wearing good pants to formal events; and wearing pants to my last job interview actually helped me to get the job I now have and love.  I hope I never have to go back to the hose. 

Edited March 17, 2018 by harrie

[bilgistic]

I grew up being forced to go to Southern Baptist church (1980s-1990s), and had to dress in my "Sunday best" every week, which included pantyhose and a slip. THE WORST. Hose cut me in half at the waist and my slips would never stay down because the nylon of the slip rubbed against the nylon in the hose and made the slip ride up. I'd have to go to the bathroom several times to yank my slip down from around my upper thighs.

I quit wearing hose as soon as I could. On the odd occasion I had to wear a dress (funeral or wedding, maybe), I would wear a long skirt and wear knee-high trouser socks. No one knew the difference.

I don't think I own a dress or hose now.

Edited March 17, 2018 by bilgistic

[Katy M]

1 hour ago, harrie said:

That's happened to me once or twice.  I ask very nicely (seriously, not ironically) "Oh, are you paying for my order?"  They move back.

I wish I had thought of that.  She was glaring at me.  I don't know if I had too many items, but unless she was counting I don't know how she would have realized.  It was 14 items or less and I was curious so I counted as I put them up on the belt and I had 18.  Since she didn't come up until a few had been scanned, I don't know that she could have told the difference.  And, the cashier told me to get in that line (not that she would have known that).  Maybe I also wasn't bagging fast enough.  

[Wiendish Fitch]

I hate, hate, HATE having my picture taken. Haaaaate. I learned at the tender age of 18 that I just do not photograph well: my normally straight nose curves to the side when I smile, my eyes do weird things, my hair never looks good (when I say never, I know of what I speak), I have a squishy jawline that's only getting worse the older I get, and for some sadistic reason, family members want to take my picture when I am in crappy clothes and no makeup on. I'm kicking myself because I let myself get bullied into being in a group picture, even though I had a lousy day and looked like the wrath of twenty gods. I seriously can't stand effortlessly photogenic people, and don't get me started on how disgusting I look in selfies. 

[Zola]

@Wiendish Fitch
I empathise and you paint a very vivid picture. I don't like having my  pic taken either, especially when eating. In fact I don't like being watched while I eat full stop!

Most pics taken of me are usually hugely embarrassing and end up on social media without my consent, which hacks me off no end. ( there was one occasion I was at a house party slightly drunk. Had to use the bathroom for a pee but the door had no lock. While in mid flow someone bursts in and quickly takes a pic of me sitting on the loo jeans and knickers round my ankles and a look of horror on my face! The pic ended up on MySpace. I was not happy with the little shit that did that.)

Love your dry humour BTW!

[Wiendish Fitch]

8 minutes ago, Zola said:

@Wiendish Fitch
I empathise and you paint a very vivid picture. I don't like having my  pic taken either, especially when eating. In fact I don't like being watched while I eat full stop!

Most pics taken of me are usually hugely embarrassing and end up on social media without my consent, which hacks me off no end. ( there was one occasion I was at a house party slightly drunk. Had to use the bathroom for a pee but the door had no lock. While in mid flow someone bursts in and quickly takes a pic of me sitting on the loo jeans and knickers round my ankles and a look of horror on my face! The pic ended up on MySpace. I was not happy with the little shit that did that.)

Love your dry humour BTW!

Whoa, someone did that to you??? That's unforgivable!! I don't know what to say, except I hope karma bit that little shit sandwich where it hurt! >:(

[Maharincess]

2 hours ago, bilgistic said:

I grew up being forced to go to Southern Baptist church (1980s-1990s), and had to dress in my "Sunday best" every week, which included pantyhose and a slip. THE WORST. Hose cut me in half at the waist and my slips would never stay down because the nylon of the slip rubbed against the nylon in the hose and made the slip ride up. I'd have to go to the bathroom several times to yank my slip down from around my upper thighs.

I quit wearing hose as soon as I could. On the odd occasion I had to wear a dress (funeral or wedding, maybe), I would wear a long skirt and wear knee-high trouser socks. No one knew the difference.

I don't think I own a dress or hose now.

Those are the only things I wear a dress for, weddings and funerals.  I have 2 summer wedding/funeral dresses and shoes and I have the same for winter. I refuse to wear hose with them though. 

@Wiendish Fitch, I am so with you. I HATE having my picture taken and I'm pretty sure I am the least photogenic person ever born.  There is only one picture taken of me in my entire life that I like, just one and I was 16.  I did relent and let my daughter take pictures of me and the grandkids because she convinced me that the kids would want them one day.  I let her take a few pictures of us once a year and I try my damndest to hide behind the kids as much as I can. 

[bilgistic]

You all can't be the least photogenic because I am.

[Maharincess]

32 minutes ago, bilgistic said:

You all can't be the least photogenic because I am.

You've seen pictures of me. I look like an alien when I smile in pictures. 

[Mountainair]

My 5 year old is the best at "Chandler Bing-ing" every picture he takes. Great, perfect little smile in everyday life but tell him to smile for a picture and he just can not do it. He thinks he smiling but it is so not a smile.  

[SuprSuprElevated]

2 hours ago, Wiendish Fitch said:

I hate, hate, HATE having my picture taken. Haaaaate. I learned at the tender age of 18 that I just do not photograph well: my normally straight nose curves to the side when I smile, my eyes do weird things, my hair never looks good (when I say never, I know of what I speak), I have a squishy jawline that's only getting worse the older I get, and for some sadistic reason, family members want to take my picture when I am in crappy clothes and no makeup on. I'm kicking myself because I let myself get bullied into being in a group picture, even though I had a lousy day and looked like the wrath of twenty gods. I seriously can't stand effortlessly photogenic people, and don't get me started on how disgusting I look in selfies. 

Get out of my head!

2 hours ago, Zola said:

I was not happy with the little shit that did that.)

I would have been unhappy all the way to the penitentiary. 

[bilgistic]

2 hours ago, Maharincess said:

I look like an alien when I smile in pictures. 

Lies!

[backformore]

6 hours ago, Zola said:

@Wiendish Fitch
I empathise and you paint a very vivid picture. I don't like having my  pic taken either, especially when eating. In fact I don't like being watched while I eat full stop!

Most pics taken of me are usually hugely embarrassing and end up on social media without my consent, which hacks me off no end. ( there was one occasion I was at a house party slightly drunk. Had to use the bathroom for a pee but the door had no lock. While in mid flow someone bursts in and quickly takes a pic of me sitting on the loo jeans and knickers round my ankles and a look of horror on my face! The pic ended up on MySpace. I was not happy with the little shit that did that.)

Love your dry humour BTW!

WHAT? Not cool!  I hope you had words with that person, because that is the WORST.   Boy, if that was me I'd be plotting revenge.  

[Zola]

2 hours ago, backformore said:

WHAT? Not cool!  I hope you had words with that person, because that is the WORST.   Boy, if that was me I'd be plotting revenge.  

This was going back a few years when I was in my mid-teens. The guy who took the pic had been on my tail nearly all night long at the party, and wouldn't take a "f**k off and die!" as a subtle hint that I wasn't interested.

So I guess he took revenge with that pic, but at the time I didn't know he had actually uploaded it to his MS account until a friend told me a few days later and showed me the embarrassing evidence. Fortunately the guy didn't know my name, but I do remember him posting a comment underneath the pic that wasn't particularly savoury. 

Regrettably I never got round to plotting my revenge. I knew his name from his MS account, but never took it any further But even now that photo is so vivid in my mind's eye - my face in shock, my outstretched arm towards the camera, my knees tight together, but my jeans and panties hanging round my shoes. Jeez!

So I always ALWAYS make sure bathroom doors have locks whenever I go to a party

[JTMacc99]

8 hours ago, Mountainair said:

My 5 year old is the best at "Chandler Bing-ing" every picture he takes. Great, perfect little smile in everyday life but tell him to smile for a picture and he just can not do it. He thinks he smiling but it is so not a smile.  

The great thing about digital photos is that you can keep on snapping until you get a real smile. I keep joking with my kids until I get them to laugh. The real smiles are the best photos. 

Having said that, my daughter somehow smiles with her eyes when she does the pose for a picture smile. It’s a rare talent. 

[auntlada]

She's smizing, @JTMacc99. Clearly, you have never watched "America's Next Top Model."

[JTMacc99]

56 minutes ago, auntlada said:

She's smizing, @JTMacc99. Clearly, you have never watched "America's Next Top Model."

I have not.  And I watch a lot of TV