Comments on: I Just Don’t Get It http://www.dirtandnoise.com/2009/11/i-just-dont-get-it.html A blog by a politically left leaning mom of 2 boys Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:26:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jamie Sitomer-Lavin http://www.dirtandnoise.com/2009/11/i-just-dont-get-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-395 Jamie Sitomer-Lavin Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:24:48 +0000 http://www.dirtandnoise.com/?p=81#comment-395 I don't get people who give me dirty looks when I smile and say 'Hello' as I pass them on the street. Hey I'm a friendly person. I don't get people who don't say thank you when you open a door for them, what ever happened to common courtesy. I don't get why people are always amazed that my son has manners, isn't it my job as a parent to teach him to be a human being? I don't get why people push their opinions on others. Your opinion is your personal view, and it may not be mine. Are people so paranoid that they need everyone to agree with them? I don't get why people care so much what strangers think of them, why does it matter? Isn't it more important what the people you love think of you? Heck, what do I know? I don't get people who give me dirty looks when I smile and say 'Hello' as I pass them on the street. Hey I'm a friendly person. I don't get people who don't say thank you when you open a door for them, what ever happened to common courtesy. I don't get why people are always amazed that my son has manners, isn't it my job as a parent to teach him to be a human being? I don't get why people push their opinions on others. Your opinion is your personal view, and it may not be mine. Are people so paranoid that they need everyone to agree with them? I don't get why people care so much what strangers think of them, why does it matter? Isn't it more important what the people you love think of you? Heck, what do I know?

]]> By: prashant http://www.dirtandnoise.com/2009/11/i-just-dont-get-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-396 prashant Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:21:47 +0000 http://www.dirtandnoise.com/?p=81#comment-396 Banning kids from rooms in their own house? Who does that?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.workfromhomeindia.biz" rel="nofollow"> Work from home India </a> Banning kids from rooms in their own house? Who does that?

Work from home India

]]> By: Jen L. http://www.dirtandnoise.com/2009/11/i-just-dont-get-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-397 Jen L. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:14:55 +0000 http://www.dirtandnoise.com/?p=81#comment-397 I was out of town and missed this post, but I actually did a similar one yesterday!<br />I don't get some of the wardrobe choices college students (mainly females) are making these days. I had a student wear a corset to my class one day, then ratty pajama pants the next. WTF?<br /><br />I also don't get or like houses that can't be lived in. It's a HOME people. It irks me when people buy things "just for show."<br /><br />Whipped topping as frosting is my nemesis. I was out of town and missed this post, but I actually did a similar one yesterday!
I don't get some of the wardrobe choices college students (mainly females) are making these days. I had a student wear a corset to my class one day, then ratty pajama pants the next. WTF?

I also don't get or like houses that can't be lived in. It's a HOME people. It irks me when people buy things "just for show."

Whipped topping as frosting is my nemesis.

]]> By: Kelly Jernigan http://www.dirtandnoise.com/2009/11/i-just-dont-get-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-398 Kelly Jernigan Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:39:33 +0000 http://www.dirtandnoise.com/?p=81#comment-398 Well, a lot of people might hate me for this one...<br /><br />I don't get why EVERYTHING must be monogrammed these days - my biggest pet peeve being the CAR monogram - really? If I see a car monogram & one of those stick figure family stickers next to it, it's often more than I can handle... Well, a lot of people might hate me for this one…

I don't get why EVERYTHING must be monogrammed these days – my biggest pet peeve being the CAR monogram – really? If I see a car monogram & one of those stick figure family stickers next to it, it's often more than I can handle…

]]> By: Magpie http://www.dirtandnoise.com/2009/11/i-just-dont-get-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-399 Magpie Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:03:56 +0000 http://www.dirtandnoise.com/?p=81#comment-399 I have never seen bible verse on a license plate, or been in a house where the dining room table is set all the time.<br /><br />Raisins have their moments - like in oatmeal.<br /><br />And I'm largely with you on wall-to-wall, except that we do have it in our very tiny bedrooms because it helps make them seem not so small (no area rugs chopping up the space). So don't hate me. I have never seen bible verse on a license plate, or been in a house where the dining room table is set all the time.

Raisins have their moments – like in oatmeal.

And I'm largely with you on wall-to-wall, except that we do have it in our very tiny bedrooms because it helps make them seem not so small (no area rugs chopping up the space). So don't hate me.

]]> By: dadshouse http://www.dirtandnoise.com/2009/11/i-just-dont-get-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-400 dadshouse Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:41:57 +0000 http://www.dirtandnoise.com/?p=81#comment-400 I once visited a home with white carpets, white sofa, white grand piano... I don't get it! Even if you don't have kids, how do you keep a room like that spotless? And why?<br /><br />My kitchen table is littered with paperwork (the shame of it) I once visited a home with white carpets, white sofa, white grand piano… I don't get it! Even if you don't have kids, how do you keep a room like that spotless? And why?

My kitchen table is littered with paperwork (the shame of it)

]]> By: Mo http://www.dirtandnoise.com/2009/11/i-just-dont-get-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-401 Mo Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:19:27 +0000 http://www.dirtandnoise.com/?p=81#comment-401 Okay, well I have the chess board out—but it's on the coffee table, and my husband and I play at least once a week—while we're watching the big screen TV we put over our fireplace. <br /><br />But I'm with you on having formal rooms that you have to ban your kids from. Space is too precious to keep a room looking like a museum. What's the point?<br /><br />This weekend I happened to notice that a few cars have decorated the space behind the window and the back seat—animal print blankets, flowers, stuffed animals. I don't get it. Okay, well I have the chess board out—but it's on the coffee table, and my husband and I play at least once a week—while we're watching the big screen TV we put over our fireplace.

But I'm with you on having formal rooms that you have to ban your kids from. Space is too precious to keep a room looking like a museum. What's the point?

This weekend I happened to notice that a few cars have decorated the space behind the window and the back seat—animal print blankets, flowers, stuffed animals. I don't get it.

]]> By: Jeanne http://www.dirtandnoise.com/2009/11/i-just-dont-get-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-402 Jeanne Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:15:43 +0000 http://www.dirtandnoise.com/?p=81#comment-402 I don't get people who drive in the left lane when they're not passing. Especially if they're driving at or below the pace of those in the right lane. There's a reason it's called the passing lane.<br /><br />I don't get people who don't clean up after their animals when they're out for a walk. I especially don't get it if they have lame excuses like "it smells bad." No shit.<br /><br />I don't get people who invest a lot of time and energy into glorifying the good-old-days. They were only as good as people say if you were wealthy, white, male, and educated. If you're nostalgic and you're not those things, take a history class. Or civics. Progress has largely been good to the rest of us.<br /><br />There are more, but I think I might just need to make some tea and relax a minute ;) I don't get people who drive in the left lane when they're not passing. Especially if they're driving at or below the pace of those in the right lane. There's a reason it's called the passing lane.

I don't get people who don't clean up after their animals when they're out for a walk. I especially don't get it if they have lame excuses like "it smells bad." No shit.

I don't get people who invest a lot of time and energy into glorifying the good-old-days. They were only as good as people say if you were wealthy, white, male, and educated. If you're nostalgic and you're not those things, take a history class. Or civics. Progress has largely been good to the rest of us.

There are more, but I think I might just need to make some tea and relax a minute ;)

]]> By: Green Girl in Wisconsin http://www.dirtandnoise.com/2009/11/i-just-dont-get-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-403 Green Girl in Wisconsin Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:43:10 +0000 http://www.dirtandnoise.com/?p=81#comment-403 I'm with you on SO much of this list. It's a house. Live in it. Museums are for displays. DUH.<br />No Bible verse plates in Wisconsin that I've noticed, for what that's worth. I'm with you on SO much of this list. It's a house. Live in it. Museums are for displays. DUH.
No Bible verse plates in Wisconsin that I've noticed, for what that's worth.

]]> By: Norman http://www.dirtandnoise.com/2009/11/i-just-dont-get-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-404 Norman Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:04:06 +0000 http://www.dirtandnoise.com/?p=81#comment-404 ARRRGGGG....i mean you can put RAISINS into anything...of course, grapes, too...but raisins are your go anywhere fruit....live longer, eat more raisins. ARRRGGGG….i mean you can put RAISINS into anything…of course, grapes, too…but raisins are your go anywhere fruit….live longer, eat more raisins.

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