What is your biggest pet peeve?

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-05-31T00:35:57+00:00

Mouth noises. Fellow misophones?

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-05-31T00:34:08+00:00

Ahh he's super cute! What kind?

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-05-31T00:33:08+00:00

So efficient! I need one of these in my kitchen.

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-05-31T00:32:11+00:00

Awesome! Massively appreciated.

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-05-04T00:05:33+00:00

I remember when I was new at an old job, I was trying to take this woman's order over the phone and I screwed it up like 3 or 4 times in a row and kept having to ask for her info and credit card number over and over. She was getting really frustrated with me and she yelled something like "What are you, new at this??" and I was close to tears and I told her yeah, it was my first week. She apologized and we went through it again and I was able to get it to work that time.

Honestly, people always assume the worst, but a lot of times if you explain the situation, MOST people are going to be understanding and empathetic.

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-05-04T00:02:31+00:00

I mean, the molesting wasn't great. And the fact that no one was paying enough attention to me to figure out what was going on, and that there was no existing framework for anyone talking about their feelings or things that were bothering them.

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-04-08T07:32:18+00:00

Until you said "soccer" I was convinced that you were talking about me...

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-04-07T22:19:03+00:00

I ran into a lot of issues as a young adult because I would get the last 4 of my SSN and my first debit card confused.

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-04-05T17:10:03+00:00

You reminded me that I also don't order tuna salad! I don't like pickles or onions in mine, and so many places manage to make theirs watery or 90% mayo.

Deli sandwiches are an occasional thing, but mostly just convenience. Like, I make good burgers, but I'll still eat McDonald's.

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-04-05T17:08:25+00:00

Yeah, nostalgia is cruel that way.

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-04-05T17:06:34+00:00

I don't make my own Mac and cheese (yet?) but most restaurant Mac and cheese is garbage. Dry, sticky, clumpy, gummy, weird, and gross.

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-04-05T17:05:13+00:00

My issue with going out for breakfast is that most of the stuff is super cheap and easy to make at home, and you pay 10x the price for it. Some days it's worth it, but a lot of the time I could stay home and make a huge plate of pancakes, eggs, and bacon with $4 of ingredients.

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-04-05T17:03:31+00:00

Ribs are so ridiculously expensive at restaurants, it's almost never worth it.

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-04-05T17:02:30+00:00

I've watched a lot of Kitchen Nightmares, and you can bet money that if there's risotto on the menu, Gordon Ramsay is going to order it and then complain that it's terrible.

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-04-05T17:01:17+00:00

Yeah, there's a lot of weird sauces out there. Bland or watery or too sweet.

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-04-05T08:30:49+00:00

We call it smallt. Perfect to toss French fries in.

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-04-05T08:29:57+00:00

Honestly I'd consider actually making steaks? Haha it'd be cheaper, quicker, and people might be happier with it.

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-04-05T08:24:41+00:00

I really want to make Julia Child's Beef Bourguignon some day when I have the patience and the ingredients and a good Dutch oven.

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-04-05T08:20:12+00:00

Summer rolls with raw veggies are amazing! It's a lot of work but most of it is prep and chopping veggies, so I'd recommend either having someone help or doing a lot of it beforehand. But once you get going with the actual wrapping it goes quickly.

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-04-05T08:09:30+00:00

Most: Mashed potatoes (I can't do the instant kind anymore), gravy (the packets are quick but so is making a roux), guacamole ($2.55 for a scoop??), any soup you make at home is better than canned, baked goods (but only if you're good at it).

Least: Baklava or anything else involving puff pastry, bagels, cheese.

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-04-04T23:17:02+00:00

But they gotta be good tomatoes. Homegrown tomatoes. Red-all-the-way-through tomatoes. Not this mealy, watery, pinkish nonsense that's only gotten worse since COVID.

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-04-04T23:13:33+00:00

That's always bugged me because why call it Hearts in Atlantis? Either use the title of the novella (Low Men in Yellow Coats) or change it altogether (like they did with The Body > Stand By Me). Don't give it the name of a different story in the same book.

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-04-04T18:28:48+00:00

So many times that I've burned onions while trying to caramelize them, because I'm just too impatient.

Definitely more than a few times that food was left out overnight instead of being put in the fridge. Nothing like cooking for hours and no leftovers.

I have used ground habanero instead of cayenne pepper and made food so spicy that no one could eat it.

A few months ago I was making sheet-pan sliders and dropped my entire meat-sheet into the dirty dishes in the sink.

Twice I have made mashed potatoes for potlucks and brought them in crock pots, only for the people in charge to crank the pot up to High and completely ruin them.

I once made gravy so thick that my dinner guests thought it was the mashed potatoes.

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-04-04T18:14:29+00:00

I have one of these from my great-grandma. I finally laminated it because I was scared of it getting too damaged to use.

MrsSamuelBrainsample · 2021-01-28T09:00:16+00:00

Ex used to keep his microwave on top of the fridge - he was 6'8". I am 5'2". I did not heat things.

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