Did you know that today is National Griper's Day? I didn't until it was listed on TV this morning. Now griping is not the same as Soap Box. Griping is the small irritating things that are too small to take the time to change but are still a nuisance. Like leaving the cap off the toothpaste or squeezing in the middle instead of from the end. So here is my gripe.
Bare toes. Why does this bother me? As some of you know, I spend most of my time in a wheel chair, doing wheelies around the house. First daughter comes over every day and does things for me, including seeing that I have hot, nutritious meals. (Bless her. I prefer chocolate pie and hot coffee). Anyway, the first thing she does is take off her shoes and therefore is barefoot the rest of the time she is in the house. (No, she did not grow up in Missouri and she has never lived in Missouri.) If I, in my chair, am anywhere close to her, I worry about running over her toes. There you have it. A very small gripe, but it is griper's day. (You might wonder about Bud and his tail and my wheels. Bud has learned to stay out of my way)
What is your gripe?
I hate having to pick up dirty dishes in the living room, whether I left them or not! LOL!
Making the bed each day.........(which I don't) not unless company is coming or
it is strip and wash the sheets day. I like to reuse the same sheets, so wash and remake
bed the same day. ::) ::) ::) :D :D :D
just a "small" gripe - why does everyone naturally assume Missourians go barefooted.
Parents that don't allow their children to take responsibility for their own mistakes. I like to call them Helicopter Moms/Dads.
They swoop right in and rescue the child, releasing them from any responsibility. "My Johnny would never do that!"
This is a wee bit on the gross side but workin construction like I do, I use a LOT of public restrooms and my small gripe is women who do the hover and don't clean off the seat after :P
People in the workplace who don't answer the phone in a professional manner... or who do not identify themselves.
People that set in a restaurant and Cough almost non-stop.
EFW
OH HAHAHAHAHAHA WHAT A LOT OF " gripes"
I guess we all have them -- but sure is fun to read these post. lol
Flo, What is wrong with barefoot? ;D I grew up in Elk County and spent most of my youth barefoot. In fact, my parents encouraged it- less wear and tear on the shoes. Dad cut the oxfords up in the Spring and made sandals out of them. Guess then I did not know we were poor. I enjoyed the new oxford sandals. Barefoot- just made my feet rather wide. Stepped on many a rusty nail but didn't get my jaw (Lock) . :laugh: :laugh: I would still wear slippers everywhere if I could. :) :) :) Maybe I'm part Missourian!
Played in the creek barefoot and still today love the feel of mud going between my toes. This was suppose to be Griper's Day. Oh, well. ;) ;)
Flo, I would have said Arkansas, but I don't know anyone that lives in Arkansas. Daughter Jean, (the one you couldn't remember) has lived in Missouri for more than 30 years and she is barefoot most of the time.
I am guilty of letting my kids wear no shoes. My husband gets down right mad when they don't have shoes on. He doesn't like flip flops either. I don't see anything wrong with them, but he says they are farm girls and they need to wear shoes that cover their feet. But most of the time they are in town with me. ;D So, why does he get so mad???? :-\
What about Crocs from the Peoples Republic of Boulder [Colorado]?
Does anyone wear Crocs?
Waldo, just took my crocs off. Been working outside. Granny, absolutely nothing wrong with going barefoot. Do a lot of that myself and have since I was a kid. I put on shoes only to go outside the house. Love my little satin slippers. My gripe was the referrence to being barefoot and she isn't even from Missouri, or something to that effect.
I know, I was just going along with the fun. I Love my Crocs for outside-just rinse them off. Can't stand flip-flops because it irritates skin between my toes. Daughters and granddaughters love the flip-flops. Two year old grandson has some Crocs that look like Cars. Loves them.
I just had to put my two cents (or co-pay) which ever comes first. I have never walked around barefoot in my life that I can remember,anyhow. The story I want to put in here is about my lovely wife who walks around barefoot all the time.
A few weeks ago while walking through our room with a glass of water, she dropped the glass and as it was one of her nice leaded chrystal glasses, it shattered all over the place. She failed to mention this incident to me and I found a piece all by myself which bled a lot and took a few days to heal. The reason I was barefoot was that I was going from bed to bathroom. End of story? NOT! A few days later she "found" her own piece of glass into the ball of the foot. This is after both of us had cleaned the floor and the cleaning lady was told and she cleaned the floor real good. Anyway, she took some glass out of our foot and bandaged it. Later, it was bothering her and she and one of her co-workers worked on it and took some more glass out. It was still bothering her so she went to her Doctor who also removed some glass from her foot. It was still bothering her so she went to a podiatrist who removed more glass and ordered an x-ray (leaded glass). The x-ray revealed another sliver of glass embedded deep into the tendon and next to a nerve. Last Tuesday, she underwent surgery to remove the remaining glass and will be off work for three weeks. So beware, those of you who will meander around shoeless, you just never know what you will step on or in, as the case may be. And, I am blessed to have my wonderful wife home crippled somewhat asking for room service and having to drive her to the Doctor. This I don't mind as it was read to me somewhere in the vows about sickness and health and she has had to wait on me a few times, hand and FOOT! I just love this forum so thank you for keeping me happy!!! Larryj
Ha! Get this... my favorite shoes are my Croc-Flops! I guess since this is the gripe thread, I better have something to gripe about... so my gripe is the brand X crocs; not near as comfortable or long-lasting. And they don't have the special treatment that prevents foot odor, either. But then again, my mother-in-law owns a shoe store, so I guess I have an "in" for cheap (free) Crocs! (I believe the count is up to 4 pair; pink with holes for winter indoors, solid sole for outdoors, and 2 pair of Croc-flops... one can never have too many flip flops!)
Oh! I love going barefoot..........I don't mind being compared to a hillbilly........fit right in with the crowd.
In fact there is nothing better than walking across a grassy yard that feels like carpet.
Plus when I waded through the creek and the oosy goosy mud would ooze between my toes that was
very nice.........Now, if a leech attached itself to my foot, I would scream bloody murder.........but that
doesn't stop me from being barefooted.
Just gripes me to pieces when I have to wear shoes in the winter cause of the cold and arthritic grumps.
My gripe is about....shopping carts....It never fails, everytime I go into Walmart, Dillons, or even Target...I ALWAYS get the cart with the squeaky wheel. ALWAYS!!
Do they ever do cart maintenance? I'm so tempted to take a can of WD-40 on my next shopping excursion!!
several comments (I've already taken care of my co-pay) - Larry, I am so glad that your wife's foot is healing, but so sorry that she has one less of those beautiful crystal glasses. Cheap crocs can be compared to leather vs plastic - AND chances are if your shopping cart wheels don't squeek, they won't roll straight or around the corner to the next isle in their "wobbly" state. Have to add that my oldest grandson was outside barefooted and cut his foot pretty seriously and his mother took him to the doctor for stitches. That doctor said he could report her for child abuse for allowing him to run around without shoes on. She, me and everyone else were taken aback. He didn't, but the fact that he could have - - - - :-\
If letting your kids run around without shoes is child abuse, then I would have been in trouble during all of my child rearing days. My kids didn't wear shoes unless they wanted to, winter or summer, inside or outside, unless we were going some place. One of the benefits was that they didn't have the colds, etc. that their cousins had. And my kids grew up in Severy.
I remember the legendary Loyd "Barefoot" Osborne, he didn't wear shoes winter or summer and could walk through sand burrs and never flinch. I don't think his kids wore shoes either in the summertime. In fact when I was growing up lots of kids didn't wear shoes in the summer.
I find it difficult to accept that if your kids elect not to wear shoes in the summertime that is child abuse.
Frank
Ok, so if letting your kids run around barefoot is child abuse I am in trouble, too. I even have kids at the daycare that run around barefooted inside and out. Jeff just hates that I let them run around in the winter barefooted. If he comes in he makes them put on their socks. I don't always let them, if it is a very cold winter day I do make them keep there socks on. But I have parents who tell me that as soon as they get home they take off there socks. So, I don't feel bad for letting them feel at home at the daycare, by letting them take off their socks. At least they keep on there clothes :laugh:. Well, I am sure that some of you have seen my own kids outside without their pants on, but we are working on that one. I don't know why, but my middle child and my youngest just don't like to hardly wear clothes at all. :-\ So, I guess what I am saying is PLEASE don't turn me in for child abuse because my kids don't wear shoes!! :laugh: :laugh:
Ok, another gripe that I have, since we are on child abuse is that when you turn someone in, and you know that the child is in danger and nothing happens to the parents. I just don't understand that one. I will tell you that I was told one time, that the state does not do to good of job on following through on some of the cases. It just burns me to no end to see kids go to school every day and you can tell that they never get a bath or that their clothes are just down right dirty. I am guilty on sending my kids to school in mismatched outfits, my middle child likes to dress herself :-\, so I just let her. But the clothes that she wears are clean, unless she got something on it from lunch at daycare before she goes to school. I am not saying that a person has to go out and buy brand name or brand new clothes. I shop all the time at second hand places, Goodwill, garage sales and places like that, but you can at least try to keep your kids clean. I personally have wonderful kids at the Daycare, whose parents just love and adore them, so thank the Lord that I don't have to deal with it here. But I know from working at the school, that there are cases in our community that really are not dealt with very good. I am all for keeping kids with their parents, but there is a point when you need to help the child, too. :'( :'(
Ok, got my gripes in!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Tobina,
Where is the shoe store your mother-in-law owns?
A couple weeks ago, my Mom wanted to go to a Mom and Pop shoe store of the old kind. We found one in downtown Augusta, Coffeyville (but it was closed), and Winfield. She found something she liked in Winfield but she wants to look elsewhere.
Waldo; she owns a shoe store in Okeechobee, FL. You could take your Mom on vacation? ;)
Well, I am chuckling.