Oh no! Chele's having a rant!! (Room 101)

Member Name: chele2002

Product:	Room 101
Date:	13/05/02 (123 review reads)
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A great idea this, having a virtual room to stick everything in that annoys you, just a shame it's a virtual one as there are a few things that I would stick in and lock up for good.

Here goes ..................


Dog owners:
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While it may appear that I would like to stick all dog owners in room 101, trust me it's not the case. While there are many responsible, loving and caring dog owners around there is still the minority that give a dog a bad name.

A few days ago my husband was talking to in boss, outside the compound where he works on a public path. When he noticed a large dog charge across the road, dragging the dog's walker over to where he was standing, nothing unusual in that he thought, the dogs excited, perhaps he wants a good old rub down. Unfortunately for my husband, it wasn't excitement that made this dog drag it walker (a teenage girl) across the street to where my husband stood, it wasn't that the dog sees my husband almost every day and wanted a friend rub down from a familiar face, for some reason its only intention was to bite my husband.

The dog jumped up onto my husband, standing taller than my husband who is 5ft 7, and showing his teeth in a frightening way. Now with this large dogs teeth aiming towards my husband face, my husband had no choice but to shield his face with his arm, and that?s when the dog sank his teeth into my husbands arm, which left my husband with a trip to the hospital for an injection to stop any infection, a swollen painful arm and a painful back because of the shear weight and force of the dog pouncing on my husband. As a result my husband has not been able to do his job properly as it largely involves a lot of driving, and a weekend ruined because he spent most of it in pain, both in his arm and back.

The girl walking the dog was only a young girl and an ignorant one too, rather than ask my husband if he was ok, she decide
d to not say nothing and walk off with this dog. It is not the fact that the dog did what he did; it was the fact that this girl has no control over them whatsoever. The dog spends most of its time barking, positioned by an open window, not unusual for many dogs, but this dog lives next door to a family who have a young baby, what if this dog attacked this little baby, unprovoked like it did my husband, I personally can?t honestly see a young baby surviving an attack like this, can you?

It is for these questions and observations above that the incident has been reported and the dog will almost definitely be put down, it's a shame really for the dog, perhaps the dog would be more suited on a large open field, but as it lives in a residential area it is very likely that this dogs life will be ended instead.

While I feel that in many cases there is no choice but to have a dog put down, surely its not the dogs at fault, many attacks from dogs are because of their owners, when?s the law going to start putting the owners down and not the dogs, surely there must be some law against bad dog owners!

(Perhaps 'dog owners in general' could be up for debate in the speaker's corner category, just an idea for Dooyoo)



Groups of school children on buses:
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Its not very often I have to get the bus, but when I do I normally don't time it very well and get lumbered with a load of mouthy teenagers in school uniform. Don't get me wrong, not all of them are like this, some are actually quite pleasant to be around but others! Well!

As I have a couple of children who have yet to sample the delights of school, there for they are in my care and at my side wherever I have to be or happen to go, unfortunately this sometimes includes public transport. Very we find ourselves stuck in the middle the ignorant, foul mouthed, abusive and simply damn right rude ones of
the whole bus.

Should I have to pay my good money for us to listen to a bunch of teenagers discussing who the biggest slapper in the school is? And how many have got off with them? Should we have to listen to the filth that comes out of their mouths? Should I sit there quietly while they throw stuff around in the bus, which on more than one occasion has hit one of my children, from their stupid little antics!

Many bus drivers seem to be powerless when it comes to controlling the rude behaviour of these children, but then why should they have to? They get paid to drive busses and to take you to your desired destination, not to be roped into babysitting a load of rude, ill mannered children. I think personally if any of my children ever display such behaviour on a public bus, I would drag them to and from school on foot and would never subject a paying passenger to such unacceptable behaviour.



Back stabbing friends:
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When I say friends, I mean former friends, the type of friend that always in your house, always drinking coffee, and always taking advantage of your good nature. I have met many like this, I'm not even sure how I attract them but I can guarantee that I will meet at least another 10 like this in the rest of my lifetime.

You probably know the type I mean, they call round often, if only to just drink your coffee, eat your biscuits and save their electric.

They like to talk about their problems all the time, their problems no matter how small have to dominate your time, understanding and listening, regardless of the problems you have of your own, despite what you have on your own mind, you are expected to listen all the time, pass comment, offer solution, but when it comes to your own problems they simply don't want to know.

The type of friend that expects you to look after their children, giving as little notice as possible and a complete disreg
ard for anything you had planned. So being of a good nature you do, only to find that their children are complete and utter brats! They trash your home, hit you if you tell them to calm down, and make your own children feel threatened and vulnerable in their own home. So upon return of the friend you try to explain the behaviour of their children, only to find it brushed off as un-important, with your friend secretly lining up the next babysitting duties she has planned for you.

The type of friend who assumes because you husband has a job that money grows on trees, well it doesn't, in fact since working I wouldn't say we are any better off at all. However because you have a wage earner, it doesn't make the slightest bit of difference that those wages are there to support 4 children and 2 adults, No! Mrs Bloggs is more important because if she doesn't pay her Sky subscription then she doesn't get to watch her music channels. So Mrs Bloggs ask Mrs Good Nature to pay with her debit card, stressing that she will pay it back within a couple of days, so Mrs Good Nature thinks, well if its getting paid back in a couple of days then that's fine. Then on the day you are supposed to be paid back for paying her Sky, Mrs Bloggs causes a big and serious argument, that involves a visit from the police and allegations being made against you, there is just no way you would let a friend like that in your house again, after the problems caused, is there? So as far as Mrs Bloggs is concerned because there is no way you would want to have anything to do with Mrs Bloggs, so Mrs Bloggs decides she will conveniently forget about the £32 you have paid on her behalf, but you don?t forget, you keep getting in their faces until money that is rightfully yours is re-paid.

Luckily not all friends turn out like these, but there are many who do, who having nothing better to do than to take advantage. I say bin them!!



The soft approach to
Junkies:
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I don't have a problem with people who are dependant on drugs, for a start many have been pushed into it through no fault of their own. What does get on my tits is the way many drug users are getting away with many crimes to feed their habit, for the simple fact they have a drug problem.

Doesn't the law recognise that these people are going to commit crimes in order to feed their addictions and allowing them to get off lightly with their crimes is not only going to let them think that its ok to do these things because they are dependant on drugs, but to spell out to them clearly that they don't have to worry about getting caught because of the law will recognise their drug dependency as a reason for crimes committed, so sentencing will most definitely be minor.

Yes these people do have a problem as far as the drugs are concerned but the law is only going to enforce more problems by letting them get away lightly and not learning a valuable lesson by giving drug dependency as the reason for all their actions.

The law needs to be looked at closely, the present system is all wrong, if each crime was dealt with fairly, with it being able to get beyond the fact some people are dependant on drugs than perhaps harder sentences will be given, and hard lessons learned, then just maybe drug dependency could be reduced.



Assholes on the road:
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I don't think I'm not alone here when I say that I never ever want to be behind the wheel of a car, for the simple fact that many drivers scare the living s**t out of me.

The good driver, Scenario 1:

Driver A has to get to his next business meeting, but only has 20 minutes to get there. So rather than rush to get there on time, he stops at a safe place to inform his colleagues that he may be a few minutes late as there are traffic hold ups, then sets off on h
is journey. Driver A decides not to rush, as rushing only messes things up, so he drives along at a steady 30 Mph.

The bad driver, Scenario 2:

Driver B has always been an impatient sort of person, he absolutely hates being late for anything, in fact he got to the church 10 minutes early and gave his bride stick because she was 1 minute late. He too is going to the same meeting as driver A, but because he is aware of the traffic problems he decides to take a few short cuts down some narrow lanes until he passes all the traffic congestion. At first he is driving quite sensibly, that is until he looks at his watch and realises he only has another 8 minutes to get to the meeting on time. So in order to make up a bit of lost times, he applies more pressure to his accelerator until he reaches speed fast enough to gain him time.

The good driver, Scenario 1: continued ..............

Driver A is happily driving along, sticking to the legal limits that you would expect from a sensible drivers, when this car comes out of a small turning, tearing past driver A at an incredibly stupid speed. While driver A has concerns about what he has just witnessed, he also has the satisfaction of knowing that he has always driven, taking care and considerations to other drivers, passengers and pedestrians, however his concerns are strong concerns, so strong he decides to pull up and stop in a safe parking area to make a call to the police giving the details of this other driver so that the police can stop him before any accidents or damage is caused.

The bad driver, Scenario 2: continued ...............

Driver B has managed to make up quite a considerable amount of time, with his actions, so much so that he has passed the traffic congestion and it back on the main route. He is so chuffed with all the time that he has made up, and in a fit of excitement he freezes up with his foot being held down firmly on the accelerator, before he reali
ses, he has lost control of his car. The car shoots across the road into oncoming traffic causing a major pileup and at least 4 fatalities, one of which a pregnant lady with her first unborn child inside her.

The good driver, Scenario 1: continued ................

After making the call to the police, driver A sets off to his meeting once again and has he approaches the bend in the road he notices a lot of flashing lights, cars, noise and panic, and it seems that car that came out of nowhere is involved in a big pile up. He looks in disbelief as he passes, using the only lane open to allow traffic to pass. The cars are so mangled and twisted, there's a man shouting why! As he holds on to his pregnant wife, a young girl sat in the back of an ambulance with her face all messed up and probably scared for life and countless casualties in body bags or being attended to. He puts his head down and takes off his hat as a mark of respect for those casualties and heads off until he arrives for his meeting, just a few minutes late.


The bad driver, Scenario 2: continued ..............

Driver B is sat in his car, still clinging on to the steering wheel and appears to be in shock. The emergency services pull him from his car and to their amazement he manages to escape with very little damage to himself, just a few minor cuts and bruises, and he never did make it to the meeting let alone get there on time.


The moral of the story:

Driver A showed consideration for other drivers and stuck to the law, making his journey in reasonable time. Driver A's phone call to the police ensured that emergency services were on route, reducing the fatalities, and ensuring a conviction of the dad driver.

Driver B showed no consideration for anyone, he caused a lot of heartache and losses for many people. Why? Because he's a bad driver, he doesn't care about what harm he causes just as long as he can get to where
he wants, when he wants, no matter how many lives are destroyed along the way. Driver B never did make that meeting, he never did inform them that he was on his way, because driver B was too busy being a bad selfish driver, he never once considered that his actions would cause so many losses, the result, a few cuts and bruises and the loss of his job. Driver B tried to tell the nice judge at his court appearance that he lost control of the car, without so much of a mention to the speed he was doing, but with driver A's phone call, there was evidence enough to ensure that driver A got locked up for a long time.


*** Please note the scenarios above are not taken from actual events, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't happen because it does. I know I have given a pretty horrid picture of a bad driver, but if it gets just one person thinking about their driving and exorcising more caution and consideration, then it may just help save a life being so pointlessly lost.***




Promotional people:
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I have to say I am pretty fed up with the under handed way some sales people use when it comes to getting people to sign up for a service.

Every day more and more companies are using these tactics to boost sales, such as giving false or misleading information.

If you have read my dial-a-phone opinion you will probably be aware of one incident, where what I was told sounded to good to be true, when my phone came, I found it was not the latest Nokia phone, nor was it at the price quoted, as a result I sent the phone back, then waited 3 months to get a refund for the special delivery used for the return.

More recently, I had a knock at my door, from none other that British Gas. When I answered the door, there was two men standing there, one man shoved this yellow form in front of my face asking if I have filled mine in and returned it. My reply: No I haven't had one and
we don't have gas or do we use your company to supply our power sources, we use SWEB. To be told that apparently that's who they were, despite the British gas logo on their coats, they were in fact SWEB. Things started to look fishy and didn't add up, so the man continued on about the form, which never indicated anything odd just that I would be able to save money. In the end I signed the form, and came away thinking that we was going to save money on our electric, because of this one stupid form.

On further inspection of this form I signed, I noticed that the form with no fields filled, just my signature was in fact a contract. I was so mad that I informed British Gas of the tactics their staff had been using to get people to sign contracts and informed my power supplier of the poachers.

I think that if these sales people have to use underhanded tactics and confusing promotional crap to get someone to sign a contract then it doesn't say much about them or the company they work for. By all means promote your services on offer but do you really have to con us to get us to use your service? Perhaps then your service should be more appealing in the first place.




Viruses:
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Over the past few weeks I have become a target for virus distributions, I say target because most email related ones point back to this one email address of the sender, I know that this address hasn't been forged by any virus in any way because this email account of the sender has been manipulated in such a way, that if you didn't read all the jargon below your address it would appear a different address, but close inspection reveals the source as none other than that same email address. (Anyone want to knw what this address is then email me)

Why they hell do people have to waste time by trying to make the internet as little fun as possible for us users. Do they realise that such actions is pretty pointles
s, what kind of people are they, to want to ruin so many peoples enjoyment so much. Is their life so shallow and so non existent? Come on guys, what is the point? I bet you wouldn't like to have years of computer work lost through stupid actions like these, no I didn't think so, me neither, I wasn't overly impressed when I lost many special family photos.

So you freaking nerds, how about giving your self a virus or two and then counting the losses caused by it.


Poo to you! (Now I sit back and wonder what else tries to get sent to me)



Violence:
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Personally I don't see the appeal in going to a nightclub and watching a poor guy have his head smashed in so much that he stops moving. I am afraid that is what it has come to over the last few years, more and more people are getting viciously attacked, and most of the attacks are unprovoked.

The other day I was listening to the local radio station, then news came on with reports of violent attacks that had took place in and around the pubbing and clubbing areas, can you believe that all these attacks resulted in some defenceless people being carted off to hospital and in critical condition.

Why has it come to this? And why does it have to be like this? I know the world we live is not always ideal, far from it a lot of the time, but do we honestly have to make it even worse by being surrounded in a world of violence?






These are just a few of what really makes me mad (not necessarily in and order either) and want to string these up by their balls,but for now I will stick them in room 101. I have plenty more and will add them at a later date. Hope you have enjoyed listening to me ranting, and any feedback good or bad is most welcome. Thanks Chele X

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