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15 Nov 2010, 7:12 pm

Is it more annoying to have people warn you about things, like the possibility of having your car towed if you don't move it prior to the parking lot being plowed, or is it more annoying to have them continue to give you the same warning after you have already acknowledged it and said that you'd take care of it?



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15 Nov 2010, 7:14 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Is it more annoying to have people warn you about things, like the possibility of having your car towed if you don't move it prior to the parking lot being plowed, or is it more annoying to have them continue to give you the same warning after you have already acknowledged it and said that you'd take care of it?


the first one might not be so bad if it's something you didn't know about before. once you know and you acknowledge them, that sounds annoying.



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16 Nov 2010, 9:12 am

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Is it more annoying to have people warn you about things, like the possibility of having your car towed if you don't move it prior to the parking lot being plowed, or is it more annoying to have them continue to give you the same warning after you have already acknowledged it and said that you'd take care of it?


As good neighbors all that should be forthcoming is one warning of danger. If the warned person choses not to listen to the warning that is his problem.

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16 Nov 2010, 1:53 pm

And yet - there is a point to persistence, for all the value of laissez-faire and maximal non-interference.

Eons ago on a world far away, I was poised to do something incredibly stupid. I will not disguise the fact that I KNEW it was incredibly stupid and fraught with peril.

A total stranger sought to dissuade me. I ignored him. He kept going, offering alternatives. After a long interchange, he finally suggested sometrhing I could use to let myself be persuaded.

For which reason I am today grateful, being ABLE to be grateful today.



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16 Nov 2010, 4:22 pm

American passive-aggression: "MOVE YOUR F***IN' CAR, SIR (or MA'AM)!" (Adding the, "Sir," makes it polite)

British passive-aggression: "This is a double yellow, if you leave your car it will get towed away."

Canadian passive-aggression: "Sorry that your car got hooked onto my towtruck, eh"


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16 Nov 2010, 5:29 pm

visagrunt wrote:
American passive-aggression: "MOVE YOUR F***IN' CAR, SIR (or MA'AM)!" (Adding the, "Sir," makes it polite)

British passive-aggression: "This is a double yellow, if you leave your car it will get towed away."

Canadian passive-aggression: "Sorry that your car got hooked onto my towtruck, eh"


In my case it's not a tow truck driver, but rather a member of the Nosy Neighbor Society from the apartment across the pool from my wife and me.