I love Whiney Wednesday, the excuse to whine about whatever I want, all sanctified by the whine sisters, but lately, I’ve noticed a preponderance of whine, on the news (DEBT! UNEMPLOYMENT! GREECE WILL BE THE DOWNFALL OF US ALL!, in the papers (NEWSPAPERS ARE DYING! PLEASE READ US!), from my family (MOM! WHERE’S MY JEANS!), and I thought this one would be easy. This, *this* is my chance my whine, my day to throw on the Andy Rooney eyebrows and talk about what ails me, but I think I’m whined out. I don’t think I want to hear myself gripe about things, so instead I’m going to whine about whiners.
If I turn on the TV and hear one more person complain about well, frankly, anything, I’m going to slap them silly. You know, I wasn’t brought up to whine by nature (it was a talent I seemed to have acquired with parenthood). I was brought up to keep your mouth shut, keep your hands and your mind busy, and just. Do. It (long before Nike trademarked the slogan). As such, my whine-tolerance is relatively low, especially for the non-productive whiners. Those that sit around and complain, without lifting a finger to actually do something productive.
Right now, Congress (both parties) is pretty much the top of my fingernails-on-the-chalkboard list. And please note, that I do believe that Congress actually can do a few things (naming post office, condemning puppy-beatings, blah, blah, blah), but for some reason, when they talk in public, all they do is WHINE!
Get over it, already!!!
So, here’s today’s topic. Who or what gets your teeth on edge? Is anybody else besides me all whined out??? Feel free to complain about it here.
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I thought of an even better whine. Fast food drive ups. Everytime I drive up to pay with cash the attendant gives back my coin change with my dollar bill change. I can’t think of too many times I haven’t dropped change outside on the pavement or dumped it in my lap or dropped it on the floor. It’s awkward and I can’t figure out why it’s so hard to hand someone their coin change first and then their dollar bill change.
I even know a guy in our town that rides his bike though all the fast food drive up places and stops and picks up the change that never made it to the customer.
Now tell me that wasn’t a really good petty whine.
great whine. That and the fact that a significant percentage of the time they get your order wrong, and you don’t realize it until you’re 5 miles down the road!
I. Hate. That. Especially if it’s really messed up and you end up with something you hate. Owww…..
I have the enjoyable privilage of listening to people whine all day at work. I work for a university and deal the registration issues with non-traditional students that have been ill or lossed a loved one etc, serious life issues that prevent them from going to class. I am continually amazed at the things people choose to whine about. Like a 40 year old calling to say they can’t complete class because their eyes are getting worse with age? Seriously…get glasses and do your homework. My cousin’s uncles brother’s monkey’s nose got broke, I can’t attend class? Seriously? Your whatever redneck relation has a minor medical issue and you can’t go to class? One of my favorites – There is a dust of snow on the ground, do I have to go to class? Have they declared hell frozen over…no?…go to class. I find that when outside of work my ears are pricked to what people complain about and I’m amazed at how much of a whiney society we are. Gone are the days when we just buck up and deal with it, or actually *gasp* not get our own way. Life isn’t always bon bon’s sometimes it’s skittles and sometimes it’s tootise rolls. Thank you for my chance to rant about what whinyness makes me whine….my wendnesday is so much better!
I agree wholeheartedly!
Amen.
My whine? I cannot tolerate all this whining about winter weather….personally, I do love winter, but if you don’t, MOVE!
sorry….I just had to say it!
That’s a good whine Martha! I laughed so hard at my relatives in Tennessee whinning about 2.5 inches of snow. I’m like, get over yourself, at least it isn’t 2 feet of snow.
Me too! Love love love winter. Spent last few days driving through snowy upstate NY and the Middle Hudson river Valley. GORGEOUS! And speaking of winter. Go Sean White!
My whine is with stores (and yesterday the post office) that have a bunch of lines for checking out, but there’re only 1 or 2 clerks working, and therefore the lines are really long. This happened yesterday at the post office. An hour an twenty minutes–I stood in line for AN HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTES. There are four stations, but only 2 people were working (it’s ALWAYS like that), and the line was out the door. And not just because of Monday being a holiday–it’s ALWAYS like that. Even worse, one of the two clerks dealt with one couple the ENTIRE TIME I was waiting. I can’t imagine what their problem was–but they were filling out forms and more forms, paying, more forms, while the other clerk waited on everyone else. That couple was still there when I left. I’m still aggravated about it.
Deep breath. Done whining. Stupid post office.
What is up with that, seriously? I’ve noticed it at my post office, too. I use click and ship. It costs more, but man, its so much easier.
Click and ship??? What miracle is this?? Please ‘splain!!
Go get some shipping labels and a kitchen scale, and you can weigh and print postage on your computer, just like those guys behind the counter. Slap it on the package and away you go. Check it out at usps.com
I shall have another child and name her Julia…
Hahaha! Have fun with that, Jacquie.
I’m a born whiner. Ask my mom. She will tell you that I was without a doubt the whiniest child ever. But also the most determined to fend for myself and get things done. So I guess a little (a lot of) whining never slowed me down. My husband will tell you that I am still a whiner. I whine, but I’m active on my own behalf and not just sitting around grousing or blaming others.
There! That’s what gets my teeth on edge. People who want to blame others for their own bad time. You are responsible for your own happiness. Now go out and make it a great day!
Don’t let the whiners get you down.
Sherri, very hard to keep your mouth shut when someone is in a destructive cycle and you think to yourself, “You know if you just XYZ that wouldn’t be an issue…”
one of my fav expressions is: he/she owns that problem. It reminds me that I can’t do bo-diddly about fixing someone else, and they have to do it for themselves.
Right there with you on all counts. But here’s MY whine. Wheeeeeerreeeeeee is the picture of you with the Andy Rooney eyebrows? Pleeeeeeeeeeeze? Please? I’ll whine until you post it! (Oh, Julia! Calling Julia London! You’re the Photoshop queen. I think this is something you can fix!)
I’m going to take Photoshop lessons during march (I think). When I finish, I’ll post.
no no no…please. Let me.
Oh how do I ever agree! As one of those currently walking the unemployment line, I am fed up with the whining and waiting for the DOING to start happening! I am not sitting on my butt waiting for someone to fix my unemployment situation! I am out there everyday trying to fix it for myself! Now this is not to say that I don’t have whiny days about being out of a job but I try to keep those in house so only my husband has to hear them
My whine today is about parents who aren’t parenting! I am not a perfect parent and I do not have perfect children but I do teach them manners and respect. And for the most part they use those manners and behave appropriately. But more often than not it seems that manners and respect are not being taught anymore!
And I will not lie…it would put a huge smile on my face to find out that my son clocked the obnoxious, disrespectful, foul mouthed brats on the bus that are harassing them!
But he would still be in huge trouble. And the truth is, he is too kindhearted to ever do it.
Good luck with the job hunt, Aly. I’ll keep you in my thoughts.
LOL about your son. It is hard to keep your mouth shut when you see an adult teaching their child to be a brat.
Aly, I so agree with you about parents not parenting! It drives me up a wall. My family recently attended a funeral of a loved one and my sister just walked in and let the kids go, she stopped parenting at the door and made it the responsibility of my parents, me and everyone else. It was to the point that she wouldn’t change diapers, or get the kids food, or even stop them from running in circles. I was so embarressed and irritated.
Michelle I think we may share a sister! LOL! One of mine does the same exact thing. It is going to be interesting to see what happens while my BIL is deployed for the next 15 months!
I realize everyone has a different opinion about politics and I recognize I’m in the minority here when it comes to being a conservative, but, hey! I’m sick and tired of this “let’s spend ourselves out of this economic mess”. I don’t care who you blame, I just want someone to please explain how spending more fixes everything. I can’t think of a single time spending more of my money has gotten me out of debt.
That’s my whine.
Now, can I just say how grateful I am to have a job?
Les, never assume you’re in minority or majority of politics. I live in NY, and there’s tons of closeted Repubs in my neck of the woods and it always surprises me how people I would have pegged for one set of political leanings have the other. Frankly, I think the majority of folks just want things to work.
Hey, what happened to my post? Was it deleted for being too snarly?
Leslie, I agree with you. I hadn’t realized how angry I am with the way things are working in Washington until recently. I am really fed up. You throw the bastards out, and more pop up who include the same pork, are swayed by the same lobbyists, and who cannot agree with the other side on anything because they are the other side — and I am talking about both parties. And then you throw in all the haters on both sides, and it makes me crazy.
Our governor is running on this anti-Washington platform, but he is just as bad! He is a name-calling hate-mongering kind of guy. What happened to the founding fathers, men who wanted to do things with government for the good of the people instead of their own careers?
Okay, getting off my soap box.
I pretty much agree with everything you’re whining about today. Everything just feels stagnant to me nowadays.
KC,
“stagnant” Yes. That is the perfect word. When there is a thousand things to fix, couldn’t we just keep our mouth shut and move into action?
I’m sick of a whiny Congress too, Karen.
What really drags me down is negativity. Some people are just bent that way. I am bent more towards the hey, it’s a new day, hooray! path, and hate getting sucked into that sky-is-falling schtick.
hehehehe…. Nope. Never heard that sky-is-falling from you, Dinah. Never, never, ever.
kathleen, I am going to punch you in the nose. And my name is Julia.
Duh! I didn’t get enough sleep, and sometimes, I make up names for people (proper names, not name-calling names, although sometimes I do that, too. )))
I say we vote them all off the island.
I’m sick of the whiner Congress & the thinks she has a foot in the door whiner instigator Palin. People are out of work & all these people can do is act like big babies.