It shits me when blokes, especially younger ones, do not stand and offer a woman their seat on a train. The same would go for a bus. This prick pictured was sitting on one side, there was a spare seat then me, against the window. He’d be a good 10 to 20 years younger than me I think.
Inconsiderate Prick
Anyway, on gets a woman with her young son. The rest of the train was pretty full so she ushered her son into the seat between me and the bloke pictured, so I waited a moment to see if the young bloke was going to get up so she could sit with her son, but of course he didn’t, so I did immediately. She was nice, protested saying she mainly cared about her son being able to sit, I expect concerned about him falling over with the train movement. I insisted, I really don’t think it’s nice for a child to have to sit between two strangers even if a parent is nearby.
I was all suited up on my way to a client meeting, the pictured prick as you can see was nice and casual, on his way to the tennis no doubt.
Has equality taken us to the point where blokes aren’t even considerate towards women even in some traditional ways? What about being considerate to a woman with a child? You know, I would have stood up if it had been a father with the child too. Am I just being foolish being considerate or is it something that would be nice to see more of in our day to day interactions with people?
Don.
I didn’t know who this God bother-er was until I came across this story. In a nutshell, he’s said that the earthquake in Haiti and the associated devastation may be a blessing in disguise and that they asked for it because their ancestors supposedly made a pact with the devil, so they’ve attracted this evil event.
You can view he’s stupid comments here
His supporters explain it this way
For all the other countries or areas that are affected by earthquakes and tsunamis and who’s people did not make a pact with the devil, what’s the answer there, was God sleeping on the job? And, can you actually make a deal with the devil that is about your country and affects all those in it for an enduring period of time? I think we need some legal counsel on this issue. I do not think an individual can enter into a contract with the devil on behalf of others for an unspecified timeframe, that would screw a lot of people.
So, Mr Robertson, you shit me because of your foolish, insensitive public statements, time to hang up your hat mate.
Don.
Doesn’t it shit you when you go to staple some pages together and the stapler is empty? Me too, but what to do about it?
I was in the bank today and the woman helping me went to staple some pages together for me and her stapler was empty, you could tell it shit her. I told her how much that shits me too and suggested they should make see-through staplers. What do you think? It works for me, especially where you share a stapler with other people, they could see it’s empty and should, should, fill it up for the next user.
But, when you can’t see through it, if you use the last staple, you don’t really know, do you. Should we expect the stapler user to open it after each use and check how many staples are left? If there are two staples left, should this be replaced? What would the threshold be?
Alternatively, what about a stapler that has a storage area for new strips of staples, at least that way, you could fill an empty one quickly and if the storage area is getting a little low, fill it up.
I’m not sure there’s a good solution here without a technology improvement. Does anyone know if see-through staplers exist, or some with new strip storage facilities?
Don.
I know in some respects I am shitting myself here, figuratively fortunately, not literally, but couldn’t Dilmah label their bloody boxes of tea a little more clearly so I Read More…
12 January 2010
I have been invited by Don to write the occasional post about the things that Shit Me. Thanks Don.
Take this morning. I went for a long walk around the neighborhood. When I set off for my walk at 7.00 a.m the temperature was hovering in the high twenties after one of the hotest days on record. We reached 45 C during the day yesterday.
As I continued on my 30 minute walk I noticed not just one person but at least 6 or more people of different ages and in different forms of attire wandering around their gardens (at least I think the ugly outfits they were wearing at that time of day were pyjamas). What were they doing ?
They were watering their gardens.
What’s so annoying about that ?
Where do I begin ?
For a start ;
- City Water Storages have a total capacity of 1,810,500 Megalitres. Currently it holds 670,861 Megalitres. This means the storages are 37.1% full.
- There are at last count 3,806,092 people relying on this water.
- The city is at Stage three water restrictions. This means watering gardens from a bucket or a hand held hose fitted with a trigger mechanism between 6 and 8 am or 8 and 10 pm. Watering of lawns and washing of cars is banned.
- Water use per household is limited to 155 litres per household.
Even if you are not very good at maths I think you would still be able to work out if we don’t get rain (and there has not been any significant rain in this city for years) the water will RUN OUT !
And its not like we don’t know about it. The State government has spent millions and millions of dollars on advertising campaigns telling us we dont have water and we need to limit the use to a daily limit of 155 litres.
So it is in this context that when wandering around the streets on my walk I noted people hosing their pathetic dried out plants more suited for England than Australia.
It shits me that people are so f@#$ing stupid and selfish that they would waste water on plants rather than saving it for people and animals.
Yes I know we need plants and trees to provide oxygen to the atmosphere. If so, lets be sensible and chose plants and trees that are drought resistant and able to deal with much less water. There are people who have started to convert their gardens to low water consuming gardens and use more native drought resistant gardens. Those people were not the ones out this morning wasting our precious water.
So to the water wasters out there you GIVE ME THE SHITS. Think about someone other than yourself and if you need a garden go to the local nursery and buy a native plant that will withstand the harsh conditions and will not require you to go out at 7.00 a.m to water your plants.
The government might make you think it’s ok to water your plants and you might argue that your plant watering activities will fall within your 155 daily allowance. I don’t think its ok nor moral to waste our water..
Charlotte
I was reminded recently when away for a few days for a Christmas holiday of the time I lived in an apartment block that had been developed on-the-cheap.
I didn’t know it when I looked at the apartment I eventually purchased because everything look fabulous, the whole development was brand new, an old building, but a brand new conversion to apartments. On the whole, everything was very good, all the fittings were fine, the common areas were nice, everything worked wel, secure underground parking. The only thing that let the development down and gave me the shits was Read More…
I said yesterday that I will write frequently, and I will, another post shortly, but I just wanted to introduce Charlotte who will also be writing for Don’t Shit Me! and will of course, provide a woman’s point of view to courtesy and consideration. Having Charlotte on-board will help me ensure there are regular updates for this site and I hope you will enjoy Charlotte’s perspective and the things that give her the shits and perhaps give women the shits, maybe some things I do not know?
Welcome Charlotte!
Don.
It shits me when people who need to get something done for me procrastinate, and it shits me when I do it. I’ve done it on something related to this site for the last 6 months or so and I am resolved to change that.
I’m going to commit the time to writing frequently about the things people do that give other people the shits. I will also complete my major piece of work before the end of the first quarter, or I shall return the money I’ve received from my investor. Thanks Mum.
I experienced a lot of the usual things over Christmas, especially when shopping. Inconsiderate pricks in the shopping centre car parks and on the roads around them, complete inconsiderate assholes in the shopping centres, standing two-abreast on the escalators, making everyone else wait behind them, maybe stopping at the top to decide which direction they’ll stroll, side by side so no-one can get by. Rude shop-keeps and other servants behind the counters, finding it such an inconvenience to serve their customers, idiots helping that have NFI regarding the products they sell. It shits me.
Next time any of this happens to you, maybe you can suggest they check out this site? In the mean time, if you have anything that shits you, please add a comment and tell me about it, I’d love to publish your opinion and open it up for discussion.
Don.
Rarely does a day go by without someone coming to my previous entry about Karl here, and they usually click on that link because they’ve done a Google search for “Karl Stefanovic Wife”!
If you’re reading this because you searched for Karl Stefanovic and his wife, will you please put a comment in and tell me why, I’m fascinated that so many people are searching about Karl, it’s the most read entry on this website.
It seems her name is Cassandra Thorburn. Cassandra, if you’re visiting please tell us what it’s like to live with Karl.
I think it’s because people want to know what sort of woman would be with such an unpleasant man, but maybe I’m wrong? Let me know if you would please, just click the title of this post or click the word “comments” with the little number after it below, or click this highlighted link and scroll down to the comment box.
I just thought I’d say I’m disappointed that Tiger has been outed as a dirty whore.
It doesn’t matter how much money or fame you have, if you’ve made a commitment and especially if you’ve had children with the person you made the commitment to, then keep your commitment. If you decide at some stage that you no longer want to honor the commitment you made, then finish it, but don’t start porking a string of other people.
Tiger shits me because when he was out here in Australia I saw him on TV and thought what a nice humble magnificently successful man he was and felt pleased he was in my town, he genuinely seemed like an honorable person. I think it gives me the shits because he duped me.
If you don’t like your wife or husband any more, finish it, don’t fuck around. If you feel tempted but love your partner, then go home, have a wank and go to bed.
