PlanetFeedback BrainChain

I love the old woman who is driving in the right lane to cut me off in
the left lane because she forgot to turn without a signal and then
flip me off when I get pissed.

I love people who merge onto the highway properly by building speed
with a turn signal and the stupid person in the right lane can't pay
any attention.

I love people who tailgate me and get mad when I slow down by letting
my foot of the gas pedal.

I love taking a stock Ford Explorer where most hikers are coming down
the road and I drive past them.

I hate desperate women who tell me their life story in a couple of
hours and keep jibber-jabbering about how honest that was.

I hate liars, thieves, and cheats.

I can handle the truth!, but don't get mad if you're wrong, caught in
a lie, or decide that evil is more fun than what's being said because
you can't handle the truth. Oops.

I hate democrats that bitch about the high gas prices only to raise
gas taxes.

I hate the political system under which currently gives convicted
politicians' a retirement fund. So we have to pay for their retirement
because they broke federal law and took tons of money from US to begin
with? Love our logic in this country.

I hate the wanna-be "The Fast and Furious" cars that put the loud
aftermarket muffler on and then thinks it's a cool sound. Buy an
upgrade or two.

I love the loud stereo people that bump so loud, only to get ripped
off and listen to them bitch. Especially when he's known to keep his
vehicle unlocked. Derr! I look at loud stereos as advertisements.

I like people who challenge me to b.s. at work then get mad when I
beat them at their own game fair-and-square. Truth hurts.

I'd like to know if the police will ever actually do their job around
here.

Why doesn't the U.S. build more refineries? I know about the cost and
legislations, but seriously God helps those, who help themselves.

I wonder if ex-Mayor Guilianni will ever have to explain his courtship
with his many wives over the years.

I hate people that drink too much then when they drive they suck at
it. It's possible to safely drive drunk if you know you're vehicle. No
turn signals at night makes you an idiot!

I hate people who take their kids into restaurants and the kid screams
and "mom" has no idea the kid needs something from her.

I hate people who think talking on the cell phone while driving makes
them invisible to the laws of being behind the wheel.

Slow drivers in the fast lane, only to speed-up with the right laned
car only to snail race down the road. GRRRRR, pass 'em & please move
over!

Is it that hard to be polite to your fellow man? Peace is from within,
if we as a globe treat our fellow man a bit better peace is possible.
Money is so not necessary if we as a world help one another out once
in a while.

I hate the whole Gaza Strip drama.

I hate the attitude of dumb 4x4's in the winter time only to be in the
ditch when I slowly drive towards them.

I hate Coca-Cola and other soda companies for not using vitamins and
minerals as an additive in their products.

I hate vending machines that sell garbage to our children in their
schools.

I believe marijuana should be legal for people who can responsibly
understand what the drug does, while still obeying the laws of
society.

I hate bar time.

I hate stupid people who sue fast food establishments because they got
fat when they "all-the-sudden" found out it's bad for you.

I hate the 2nd and 3rd driver that runs the yellow, now red light.

I love that I got this off my chest LOL.

***I love this country, but believe if you're not at least a citizen
of The United States of America, then you don't have a right to our
full benefits, including social security.

*We should have 2nd rate hospitals for people who are illegals, but
tourists and/or visitors get the US's treatment because it's a free
market society.

I hate meth-heads!

I hate people who blame drugs for their own stupidity. Wake Up and
enjoy life.

I hated myself and changed.

My pet peeves:
*Parents who bring young children in restaurants and let them scream
and cry loudly and run around the restaurant*
[This is why whenever I go out to eat, I always bring my walkman so I
won't have to hear that noise.]

*Fast Food customers who all line up at the drive thru; even though it
is literally empty inside the restaurant*

*Fast Food customers who ask their order be "hot and fresh", then
complain that they had to wait an extra couple of minutes to receive
their order*

*The sign at a left turn traffic light that says 'Left On Arrow Only'*

[All Three of the lights are arrows...]

*New music groups who play songs that existed over 20 years ago, and
the new versions become more popular than the original versions*

hi im Brad Cook

Got another one



*People on chats who are rud,inconsiderate,use chatspeak,and then
expect oters to be polite and nice to them.

This is all I got


****The media pretty much ruling the country.




.........Yes,I'm odd.

People who call 911 for the following reasons:

They saw a yellow thingy in the back of their throat.

They just got released from jail, and want a free ride to the hospital
because they live close to there.

Their big toe is really hurting now, after they stubbed it last week.

They were in a car accident 3 weeks ago and now their back REALLY
hurts.

They just want to be "checked out".

They have had a severe headache..for 2 weeks...so severe they can't
even move! You get on scene, and they are standing in their driveway
smoking a cigarette.

They fell, and now their arm hurts. You get on scene, and there are
four cars in the driveway, with 4 ablebodied adults available.

They have an appt at the hospital, so they fake a seizure to get a
free ride, because they don't have a car.

They ran out of their meds(usually pain meds).

They have been drinking rum for 48 hours straight, and now their hands
feel numb.

The worst offenders are....
**** People who buy something on clearance, and complain when it does
not work or have all the parts, with no receipt still, they demand a
full refund of the retail price (you know, for the mental stress this
put them through)

***People with "Children of the Corn" complaining because not everyone
thinks they are adorable as they slam a cart/toy into their lower
spine.

*** People "can't understand" why the Fortune 500 company won't bend
its rule to accommodate your poor reading skills.

*** Obese women that seem to think size S/M in spandex booty shorts
somehow makes them look thinner (((((shudder))))

* People who steal free stuff from waiting rooms. I think that's lower
than low. I once saw an old woman dump a whole bowl of candy into her
purse. I've seen people fold up magazines and tuck them into their
tote bags. Um...that's STEALING idiots!


* People who try to use their status as a single parent to garner
sympathy. What does being a 'single mom' have to do with McDonald's
screwing up your french fry order???



* Service people / cashiers who are having a bad day and decide to
passively-aggressively take it out on you. You know what I mean. I'm
not talking about being somewhat sullen (any minimum wage job can
create some general sullen-ness). I'm talking about the cashier who
eyes you with distaste as you begin unloading your groceries onto her
conveyor belt and then snaps her gum, rolls her eyes and yells out to
the manager, "HEY! Wasn't I supposed to be closed after that last
guy?"

**I agree with the complaint. I find it disgusting to see some
overweight person (groups, whatever) dress in stuff that they dam*
well know is not meant for them, and maybe it was only ten years ago,
but seriously buy a taller mirror. I don't know maybe buy another item
of clothing to cover that up or even exercise.

^Spandex is one of the best examples for this issue.

1. People who think the parking lot is a race track.
MustGetTo35MPHBeforeEndOfRow.

2. Stop sign at front doors to large store? Mere suggestion. Since
it's not on a real street/road, it doesn't count.

3. People. Who. Walk. 3. Abreast. In. Parking. Lot.

4. Customers who walk entire family abreast in aisles in stores or
main paths in malls. Nothing is 5 people wide, even if they're all
skinny.

5. Customers who think that they should be able to walk next to their
cart in a short aisle at Target(I'd guess that Wal-Mart and other
places are similar).
I was at Target, trying to figure out which formulation of Colgate
I wanted. My cart was all the way over to the right, against the
opposite shelves. A woman and her husband approached me from the
other way, selected their product before they reached me, and
attempted to pass before reaching the main aisle.
She "harrumphed" after she had to move behind her husband, who was
pushing the cart. If they'd have even appeared to be looking at the
products over my shoulder, I'd have moved forward. But they didn't.
Aisles are only so wide, People. Other people get to use them, too.

6. Life was so much easier when there was only one Crest, one
Colgate, one Gleem, and the brand-new Aquafresh. Ooh, and
Ultra-Brite, which "gives your mouth--Oof, Oop, bing!--sex appeal!"

7. In a traffic jam, if you want to move into my lane--just signal.
Use your blinker. I will be more than happy to let you into my lane
if you just use that lever on your steering column. Especially if
there's a semi in front of me. It's easier to see around YOU than
HIM.

On the other hand, if you merely try to nudge your way into my
lane, good luck. You'd be surprised at how much I love the bumper of
the dust-covered semi in front of me. Really love it, as in "if I got
any closer, it would be obscene". All you gotta do is hit the
blinker, folks.

8. Drivers who drive along the right shoulder in a traffic jam, and
then expect to be let into the lane of traffic. Um, no. I followed
the law and stayed in a real lane of traffic. I am not talking about
those who are on a real entrance ramp--you, I'll let in.
Shoulder-drivers--no way.

*People who think they own the road and the rules don't aply to them
because (insert lame excuse/reason here)*

*People who pull the race card every time they get told no*

*People who go on and on and on about how perfect their kid is while
their "perfect" kid is destroying your house*

*Dead beat dads who don't do what they are supposed to. Come on who
hard is it to put a check in the mail every month?*

*People who tell parents how to raise their kids. Especially when they
can't raise their own properly*

** People who write a letter on PFB, and preface their letter by
saying "I'm a good Christian, but...", as if somehow this gives their
complaint more validity.

** People who threaten to tell ALL THEIR FRIENDS not to patronize
their business. (Yeah, that'll teach 'em!)

** People who don't understand the term "At Participating Retailers"
printed on their coupons, and then can't, for the life of them,
understand why a certain store won't accept THEIR coupons. From
there, they insist that it's personal.

** People who weaken the power of PlanetFeedback by posting bogus
letters.

** Shoe manufacturers who can't figure out that women with large feet
like fashionable shoes too.

-a. Shoe manufacturers who can't make shoes with narrower heels
while leaving the front part alone.
-b. Retailers who can't be bothered to carry the larger sizes, even
when they're available.

(and to those who think this is petty, try finding womens' size 12
sneakers some time at a brick and mortar where you can try them on.
As for 10.5 and 11.5 dress shoes, don't even bother looking. Men who
wear 13s and 14s are in the same boat.)

** Retailers who charge extra for plus sized clothing, but don't give
size 0s and 2s a discount.

** People who cite how they are personally responsible for a large
portion of a company's business. As if your $100/month cell phone
bill really gives you justification for being exempt from the rules.

** People who claim to be VPs, CEOs, and in other high positions. And
then make unreasonable requests of other businesses.

** People who threaten to take their company's business elsewhere
because of a personal dispute with a company.

** People who claim to be VPs, CEOs, and in other high positions and
yet cannot put together a business letter.

** Companies that won't accept e-mail. C'mon people, it's the year
2006!

** Why PlanetFeedback doesn't warn people that their letters to Burger
are going to be ignored because BK doesn't accept e-mail. For some
reason, we're under the impression that PF sends every letter by Fedex
directly to the CEO. Right?

** People who say "I require a response within 3 days." What company
is able to respond within 3 days? Especially companies that refuse to
accept e-mailed letters. Or those from 3rd parties, like PF.

** People who write letters for other people. If your friend was
wronged by Target, she should write the letter. If she can't write,
then it's OK to help. But we really don't want your hearsay.

** People who want employees fired for minor things. There's a
difference between "I'm going to stab you if you don't get out of my
face" and "No, I cannot accept your Internet coupon."

** People who really think that underpaid Wal-Mart employees need to
smile at them. It's a lousy job. If you had to deal with morons for
minimum wage, you'd be grumpy too.

** People who think that corporate is going to do a thing about a
single incident at a single store. The best that'll happen, people,
is that your letter will be forwarded to the manager who will promptly
throw it away.

** People who "pay because I wanted to get out of there" and then ask,
via letter, for their money back.

** People who think that using 2, 3, or 4 exclamation points in a row
is a good idea.

** People who admit to breaking a product, but expect the company to
replace it awayway. Sorry, but Apple will not replace the iPod your
kid dropped. Any more than Ford will replace the car your kid
crashed.

** People who think that "crappy" is an appropriate word for a
business letter.

** People who want a Nordstrom credit card, despite having had
sigificant financial problems.

** People who admit to be irresponsible with their credit, but don't
understand why Nordstrom won't give a card.

** People who seem to have missed the day that they taught the word
"please."

** People who admit to "losing it" with a clerk, and are surprised
that they received attitude back.

** People who treat employees as animals instead of people.

** People who treat customers as animals instead of people.

** Business establishements without rest rooms. When you gotta go,
you gotta go.

** People who abuse public restrooms. Flush. Throw paper towels IN
the trash. And, most importantly, make sure it (you know what I mean)
goes into the bowl. Not the seat. Not the floor. Men, if you can't
aim, then sit down. Women: We know you need to hover because the
person in front of you was a pig, but don't make it worse by spraying
the seat and floor.

** Overweight people who seem to think that any store that doesn't
sell clothes in their size hates them. No, stores like money. They
really don't care if you're fat or not.

*Parents who take sick, hungry, tired, wet babies out to the store at
11pm and then get stressed out when the kid wails nonstop through the
entire trip* (Not single parents, but both parents and at least one
other adult)

*People who can't leave the house without their dog, no matter how
hot/cold it is outside or how inappropriate it is to take the dog
where they are going*

*People who write complaint letters without giving enough details for
anyone to understand what their real problem is*

*People who claim to spend $300 a week at Wal-Mart. What on *earth*
are you buying there? *

*Clerks that always act like you're bothering them when you walk up to
the counter, before you've even said or done anything.*

*Managers that staff inappropriately, leaving all the untrained
employees with no authority around during the busiest time of the day*

**People who use one website for no other reason but to plug their
own

See below for an example.

Companies that uses "automated responses" to lie to customers. Like
EXPEDIA. Read this (sent on July 19-2006)

"Thank you for contacting Expedia.com.

I wish to apologize for the fact that you have not been contacted. I
have once again forwarded your request to the appropriate department
and have earmarked it with high priority, within 72 hours you should
have a response."

Of course, I didn't receive any response (08-08-2006)
For a "collection" of these kind of letters visit:
http://www.victimsofexpedia.com/templates.htm it is very funny.

*Cable TV channels that show the same movie BACK TO BACK - what a
sense of deja vu THAT is!

*People who aggressively beg for money - please don't get me wrong,
I'm all for helping my fellow man (or woman) who is down on their
luck, but somedays, I like to walk from my office to the food court up
the street WITHOUT having the same guy get right in my face with his
cup asking if I can spare some change and then following me half a
block wishing me a blessed day. I'd be MUCH more inclined to help if
he backed off a little and didn't try to hit me up EVERY time!

*Entering information online for an order or registraion or
something similar, getting through the first 6 or so pages and then on
the last page, just as the process is finalizing, getting the white
screen that says there was some sort of error and you have to go back
and start ALL OVER!

*People who REFUSE to get off their cell phones! That used to irk
me no end when I cashiered. They have walked from one end of the
store to the other, talking away and can't even terminate the call
long enough to check out and leave the store. There is NOTHING that
could be that important that you couldn't hang up the phone.

*People who think its effective and appropriate to complain loudly
while waiting in line. Somehow they mistakenly believe that they will
get faster service this way (a la 'the squeaky wheel gets the grease'
theory), but more often just irritate the rest of us forced to stand
in line with them and cause the cashier's to "get an attitude."

**People who take things way too seriously

**People who solicit my advice or expertise and then question me on
it

**People who ask me a question and then interrupt me while I am
answering it to tell me that I am wrong. Exception - judges. They
can do that all they want.

**Kitty cats that wake me up at 4 a.m. for food, when I just fed them
at 10 p.m.

**People who post "your stupid" comments

**(Echoing Venice) People who can't handle it if you disagree with
them.

*People who get outraged at the mall portrait studio employee because
their 1 year old wouldn't smile. I once had a customer yell at me
because *I* was "supposed to MAKE them smile!"

"**People who automatically assume every change a company makes is the
result of some evil conspiracy directed specifically at THEM "

I actually had a lady as me if our menu changes at ruby tuesday was
our way of keeping the black people from being able to eat there.
where she came up with that was beyond me!

*People who lecture telephone customer service representatives about
how much money they make and how valuable their time is, then complain
because they've had to spend so much time on the telephone
straightening their problem out.

*Songs that are completely ruined by using them in commercials. Led
Zepplin selling Cadillacs? I just saw a commercial for Wrangler using
"The Boys Are Back in Town". All time great tune being used to sell
pants. If Phil Lynott wasn't rolling over in his grave when Bon Jovi
covered that song, he's got to be spinning like a top by now.

**Hey you, lottery ticket guy, scratch your tickets in your car or
someplace other than right next to the register. I just want to pay
for my soda.

***Hey you, lottery ticket guy part II, if you're going to be so lazy
that you can't even check your tickets for winners and force the poor
clerk to feed every single one of your 65 lotto tickets and 43 scratch
games into the machine, at least come in at an appropriate time.

****You there, throwing your cigarette butt out of your car, if you
don't want it in your ash tray, what makes you think I want it in the
street?

*****Finally, hey kid, you with your underwear showing, PULL UP YOUR
PANTS!

Isn't it interesting that people think they have to go through Planet
Feedback for some ridiculous complaints rather than speaking to a
manager or calling a company (they all have toll-free numbers). My
husband tried this overpriced fancy shaving cream, didn't like it .
..emailed SC Johsonand and here's their response. By the way, I think
Planet Feedback provides a great service . ..I just think it is abused
and companies may not take letters from them very seriously.

Here's the text of the email:

Thank you for your e-mail regarding EDGE® Active Care™ Deep
Cleansing Shave Cream. We always appreciate hearing from our
consumers.

SC Johnson is committed to producing quality products and wants
consumers to be satisfied with them. I'm sorry to hear this product
clogged your razor. I apologize for any inconvenience and am sending a
full value coupon to the address you provided. Please use this coupon
for an EDGE® product of your choice.

We really appreciate hearing from you whenever you receive a product
that does not meet your expectations or our high standards. We listen
to issues reported to us by our consumers. Comments such as yours
provide the company with the opportunity for product improvement

***Customers. :) Not all customers, just the ones that accuse me of
deliberatly trying to cheat them out of their money when the item they
want isn't on sale yet or went off sale the day before.

***People who can not read signs and menus, where prices, discounts
and specials are clearly marked.

***Upper management. The idjits who have never set foot in my store,
my town or even my part of the state and/or country, but send us
products and specials that they believe will sell great and then
penalize us because our customers didn't buy their 'great' deals.

**True Story**

I live in West Texas, in a rather conservative, traditional area. Last
year, the area supervisor brought in a woman who was supposed to set
up several special projects and meetings for our customers. Since I
work in a fabric store and quilters are some of our best and most
regular customers, this woman decided we needed a quilting bee/sewing
night so all our quilters could get together. We liked the idea,
figured it would be fun....until we saw the signs that this woman had
made for us to hang in our store windows advertising this.

Keep in mind, this woman - who was very nice - was from Chicago. The
first thing everyone said when describing this woman was 'She's a
Yankee.' :) Gives you an idea about the area I live in. We tried to
explain to her that the signs, while funny and accurate were not
appropriate for a mid-sized town in West Texas. She said the signs
hadn't even drawn a second look in Chicago and we said, 'This isn't
Chicago.'

The signs advertising this quilting bee/club said: "Stitch and
(insert word that rhymes and starts with B)" LOL, we told her that
even if people referred to the meetings in such a way, there was no
way we were posting such a thing on our door for all the church ladies
and mothers to see.

She didn't believe us, because the signs had worked great in Chicago
and other Northern cities. Finally we compromised and told her that
she should post these signs around her table one night when she was
doing a demo, as advertising. We said that if no one commented on the
signs, then we would be more than happy to post them in the windows.

The signs were taken down not 5 minutes into her presentation because
so many people were offended by the words.

****

People who have had a bad experience with a company around Christmas
and state that said company "ruined" their Christmas....

People who order online, and don't read the shipping and/or processing
time and complain that their order did not arrive the very next day.

just when I get used to the title of a letter in the top 20, it gets
changed to something more humorous and I mistake it for something new
hehe.

Things that make me go hmmm.....

-- Well publicized 'customer satisfaction' awards that go to companies
who consistently close their door to feedback

-- Brands that advertise lofty claims but save all the critical
details for the fine print

-- Advertised pricing on product that's only attainable with a rebate,
discount, mail-in-refund, and another rebate

-- Aggressive 'quality' claims when buying electronics products, yet
equally aggressive sales push for "3-year" expensive warranty
protection

-- Strings with even more strings attached

-- Company website that promise to be one-stop resources for
everything under the sun but don't even include a search engine

-- Complaints on PFB that don't get dog-piled by at least three
"poison-pen" commenters. :-)

**Not using a turn signal when changing lanes and/or turning.

**People who feel the need to push all the way over to the left to
take a right turn (as if they are driving one of those "this Truck
makes wide right turns" vehicles. They are driving a Honda for cripes
sakes!)

**People who sweat the small stuff. One example that comes to mind is
the letter where the woman was mad that the waitress gave her drink to
her friend and her friend's drink to her..OMG, just switch drinks
already.

**Parents who think it's cute to allow their 4 or 5 year old to help
themselves at a buffet without parental supervision. I once saw a
little boy take a bite of something, decide he didn't like it, and
throw it right back onto the buffet. Um....GROSS!

**Bees and Mosquitos - Nuff said.

"**People who demand a written apology as part of the resolution to
their problem. I mean, do they frame them and put them on a wall
somewhere?"

Yes. I used to live next to someone who had 3 frammed letters hanging
on her living room wall where she had complained to companies and they
had wrote her an apology letter. She also framed and hung coupons on
the wall when she got them in response to a complaint.

**People who lack the backbone to actually speak with a physical
manager in person, thus ruining any chance of enjoying their
experience.

**The above people, who then write angry, bombastic, and badly spelled
letters to faceless, nameless PR departments and expect anything to
come of it.

**Adults who have no earthly idea how to write a business letter. How
did you get through school?!

**People that expect companies to care about them personally. As my
old manager at Budget used to say, "We're not in business to go out of
business."

**People who throw their store receipts away and then get mad when the
store won't bend its rules by accepting the item back as a return**

**Companies that claim to care yet make it nearly impossible to get in
touch with a human being

I have to comment. I worked for a book company that marked books down.
(And who knows what else) Letters and phone calls came in asking for
Mr. (I forget). When I took these calls quite frequently from angry
telephoners, I was told by my female boss that I was to tell them he
is on vacation, away, not in at his desk right now, etc. I asked why?
She said because there is NO SUCH PERSON. It was a scam!!

People who expect 5-star service and/or quality at 1- or zero-star
establishments.

People who argue with every response to their original post and get
defensive, not getting that if 10 out of 10 people disagree with that
original post, there's something wrong with it.

People who complain about horrible food they were served, then ask for
more, only free.

People who don't pick up after themselves in dressing rooms. People:
put the clothes back on the hanger, rezip and rebutton everything, and
at least hang it where it can be seen and put away where it belongs.
Even better: Put it back on the rack where you got it (if you
remember).

People who think service people are a lower life form and treat them
accordingly. You can bet these same people have not worked behind a
customer service desk.

**People who think the world owes them**
**drivers who can't see out of their own rear view mirror, they drive
so close to use yours:)**
** people who go nuts because a store won't give them the sale price
of a rival store, GO THERE!**

Dell is a big brand name that people know and respect. Dell and
Gateway and both positioned as companies that know the consumer
doesn't know everything there is to know about computers, so they will
hold their hands and help them build exactly what they need.

If Ben and Jerry's discontinues Turtle Soup, I fully intend to take it
personally and fall into "break up" mode...sappy romantic comedies,
boxes of chocolate, hot tea, and boxes of tissues...the whole nine
yards. ;o)

You don't keep a photo album of big companies telling you they're
sorry they suck?? I thought that was the "must have" coffee table
accessory for the new millenium! ;o) Actually, I think people ask
for that because they don't know what else to ask for. It's like a
default.

Going ballistic is easy, and most people are lazy. Including me. :oP

**Customer service personnel truly believing they have the upper hand
and will do things only when they feel like it.

**People who go into the express line with 20 items when it is clearly
stated 15 items or less and feel justified in doing so.

**People who believe their time is more valuable than anyone elses.

**People who look down upon blue-collar workers who are out there
simply to support their families.

That's all I can think of for now but I'm sure there will be more
coming in the future.