Kicked out of a store for being in there too long?

[ebaycj]

I was in an Office Max today for apparently 4 hours because I couldn't decide on what to buy. I ended up buying something anyway before I left (unrelated item). I was wondering if anyone had ever been kicked out a store because they were in there too long? I've been in a Frys Electronics for like 12 hours before and never have been kicked out of there but Office Max? The difference with Frys and Office max was that Office Max was empty and had like 10 employees standing around doing nothing while at Frys it's nearly always packed with customers and has many more employees actually working.. Just thought I should point that out.

Which store? I will have a talk with the manager.

 

[Capt Caveman]

there isn't anything wrong with wanting to go to the gym while also being concerned that one's own habits are hurting the environment. If I lived within walking distance of the GYM, you can bet your ass I'd be walking there but I don't, I live very far away from the GYM and it would take me over an hour just to get there if I walked or used a bicycle partly due to the terrain...

The point of this thread was to ask if anyone had ever experienced what I had. If anyone wants to know why I was in the store, it was because I was trying to decide between two different filing systems but didn't want to drive home until I had decided in order to save gasoline. I went to the store in the first place in order to return an item so I figured I would make use of my time and pickup some things I need. I was getting antsy and was suffering from some serious cabin fever since I haven't driven anywhere in a while which is part of the reason why I didn't bother searching online for what I needed. Just so that everybody remembers, my conservation habits aren't just for me, they're for everyone so therefore I should be praised for my concern of the environment, not scorned.

::I'm not crazy::

Four hours to make a decision that any other human being could make in ten minute, demonstrates that you're not crazy but mentally slow or retarded.

You live in Concord. There are plenty of gyms locally. The nearest OfficeMax is in Walnut Creek which is less than 5 miles from where you live.

Cabin Fever? How about taking a walk and spending less time in your basement?

 

[fleabag]

After reading this, it sounds more like Fleabag suffers from some psychosis, like agorophobia. Or perhaps some serious anxiety that makes you unable to make even simple decisions.

seriously.

it might explain your excuse "for optimizing fuel efficiency" as a defense for not doing the things that you "want" to do: getting to the Gym, remaining in store for 12 hours simply b/c you don't want to drive back if you made a poor choice--it's pseudo-environmentalism (your understanding of and design plans for conservation being hilariously poor and misguided) as a mask for some other psychosis.

--fear of outdoors? (must remain inside; reducing car trips, which would require you to step outside, is simply a mask for staying inside.)

--serious anxiety? Is it hard to process complex and even simple decisions? How about your ability to process decisions while alone, vs. processing while in public?

I know you can't fathom that someone would care about the environment, but there are people out there such as myself. As for agoraphobia, did you miss the part about where I was chatting with the idle employees about various things? I don't think someone with agoraphobia would do such a thing.

Four hours to make a decision that any other human being could make in ten minute, demonstrates that you're not crazy but mentally slow or retarded.

You live in Concord. There are plenty of gyms locally. The nearest OfficeMax is in Walnut Creek which is less than 5 miles from where you live.

Cabin Fever? How about taking a walk and spending less time in your basement?

I live in an isolated area that is elevated and so to ride to and from my house would be difficult.

 

[PottedMeat]

I live in an isolated area that is elevated and so to ride to and from my house would be difficult.

you can't fix your bike yourself? you can't order parts online yourself? you can't bike 4 miles uphill then 4 down? sounds like you're just a lazy ass.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I know you can't fathom that someone would care about the environment, but there are people out there such as myself. As for agoraphobia, did you miss the part about where I was chatting with the idle employees about various things? I don't think someone with agoraphobia would do such a thing.

Sounds like you get a life and find some friends.

I live in an isolated area that is elevated and so to ride to and from my house would be difficult.

In Concord? And why would that stop you from joining a local gym instead of one far away?

 

[zinfamous]

I know you can't fathom that someone would care about the environment, but there are people out there such as myself. As for agoraphobia, did you miss the part about where I was chatting with the idle employees about various things? I don't think someone with agoraphobia would do such a thing.

The point is that you aren't really doing anything to help the environment, as your reasoning behind your eco-friendly tactics is completely flawed. The evidence against your bogus ideas is astounding. Also, the fact that you supposedly allow this "care for the environment" to so drastically affect your lifestyle suggests to me that something isn't right upstairs. Compounded by the fact that nothing you claim to be doing for this cause is in any way effective, it makes your claims doubly suspicious.

or a flat-out lie.


as for the agoraphobia. yes, perhaps. Of course, that depends on the validity of what you are telling us. Your history here does not preclude anyone to default to the assumption that you are ever telling the truth.

but nothing in your description suggests that you don't have a fear of outdoor spaces, or open spaces.

 

[fleabag]

The point is that you aren't really doing anything to help the environment, as your reasoning behind your eco-friendly tactics is completely flawed. The evidence against your bogus ideas is astounding. Also, the fact that you supposedly allow this "care for the environment" to so drastically affect your lifestyle suggests to me that something isn't right upstairs. Compounded by the fact that nothing you claim to be doing for this cause is in any way effective, it makes your claims doubly suspicious.

What evidence exactly are you talking about? I know I may be a blip on the radar for emissions but most things in life are about how one perceives themselves. If I see myself as a degenerate who leeches off the system and is an overall drain on society, I'm shouldn't feel too good about myself. Unfortunately there are a lot of people that fit this description yet somehow don't do anything to make better of themselves. My behavior is much like a response one would have if gasoline was $6 a gallon and all they had to drive was a 15MPG SUV. Until the situation is rectified with a more efficient vehicle, one's behavior may seem and possibly be erratic. If this country were to get $6 a gallon gasoline overnight, the shit would hit the fan.

Alright, so I seem like I'm getting off topic, right? Well what I'm getting at is that at this time, we're polluting far more than we should just to accomplish simple tasks. If a Mom drove an SUV that got 15mpg with $6 gasoline, you'd be quick to point out that the Mom is spending far too much money on fuel just to go to the grocery store. Well I feel we're "spending" too much energy and releasing too much CO2 just for me to go to Office Max.

Would you call a person who makes $2500 a month crazy for spending $500 a month on fuel vs $150? Well I think it's crazy to output 12 tons of CO2 per year just to accomplish simple tasks vs. 3.5 tons of CO2. The goal is 0 CO2 emissions but it isn't unreasonable at this point in time to do that and so people will only go so far. YOU people on the other hand are too busy fighting the global warming theory and are intent on believing that it's not happening. Also regardless of whether global warming is happening, what IS indisputable is that CO2 is fucking up the coral in the oceans because of the carbonic acid created from the absorption of CO2 from the atmosphere.

 

[StageLeft]

After reading this, it sounds more like Fleabag suffers from some psychosis, like agorophobia. Or perhaps some serious anxiety that makes you unable to make even simple decisions.

seriously.

I know you are serious and I agree. I don't even want to bother responding to what he wrote, it's just bordering on mental if not legitimately clinical and I don't know how to interact in a way with people like this that it would be received and digested. I don't know what's wrong with the guy. I'm not a psychiatrist and couldn't bill over AT even if I was, but you need help fleabag. Something is wrong. Severely wrong.

 

[Born2bwire]

Don't you own a Prius? I would have thought that you'd understand my desire to have a high fuel efficiency vehicle but apparently you don't. Who is trolling now? There isn't anything unreasonable about inflating tires to sidewall unless it's the rear tires of an unloaded pickup, there isn't anything wrong with being a store for several hours, there isn't anything wrong with wanting to go to the gym while also being concerned that one's own habits are hurting the environment. If I lived within walking distance of the GYM, you can bet your ass I'd be walking there but I don't, I live very far away from the GYM and it would take me over an hour just to get there if I walked or used a bicycle partly due to the terrain...

The point of this thread was to ask if anyone had ever experienced what I had. If anyone wants to know why I was in the store, it was because I was trying to decide between two different filing systems but didn't want to drive home until I had decided in order to save gasoline. I went to the store in the first place in order to return an item so I figured I would make use of my time and pickup some things I need. I was getting antsy and was suffering from some serious cabin fever since I haven't driven anywhere in a while which is part of the reason why I didn't bother searching online for what I needed. Just so that everybody remembers, my conservation habits aren't just for me, they're for everyone so therefore I should be praised for my concern of the environment, not scorned.


Anyway, lets get back on topic. I need about 10 "drawers" worth of filing cabinet space but I don't want to buy an actual filing cabinet because that would be too expensive. So about a week or two ago, I had bought some filing boxes but then discovered a problem with them.. I already have a bunch of legal sized hanging folders and the filing boxes I bought, while they do support legal, they don't support hanging legal. So then I had to decide, do I return the boxes I bought which were already quite discounted (only $20) and then buy the appropriate containers for a lot more money or do I give up on the idea of using the hanging folders that I already have and just buy a bunch of boxes worth of Legal Sized folders that aren't hanging. One problem with the second approach is that unless the box is completely filled, the folders are going to fold over and I don't want that to happen. Office max is quite expensive but I don't know of any B&M stores that are cheaper and that offer the same or more stuff. I think part of the problem is that they have too many idle employees and not enough customers..

::I'm FUCKING crazy::

There, fixed the only bullshit thing in there.

Seriously? You can't go to the gym because your car isn't fuel efficient? That actually is a serious attitude for you? Jesus. I can understand why you don't want to walk or bike to the gym. Lord help you if you actually had to exercise to get to a place where you pay money to exercise. And of course there is nothing wrong about finding a bullshit excuse not to go to the gym so you can feel justified about it. There is nothing wrong with spending hours and hours in a store because you can't make a 2 minute decision.

And cabin fever? Hell, just go for a fucking drive. Sometimes I'll just take the day to drive a couple hundred of miles just to get out and about. Don't need a destination.

 

[foghorn67]

What the hell is going on in fleabag's head when he says "inflate to sidewall"? WTF does that mean to him?

 

[SooperDave]

I know you can't fathom that someone would care about the environment, but there are people out there such as myself. As for agoraphobia, did you miss the part about where I was chatting with the idle employees about various things? I don't think someone with agoraphobia would do such a thing.


I live in an isolated area that is elevated and so to ride to and from my house would be difficult.

Isolated oval elevated.......Kirkwood would be my guess. Though it's not really isolated

 

[jeanclaude]

I know you can't fathom that someone would care about the environment, but there are people out there such as myself. As for agoraphobia, did you miss the part about where I was chatting with the idle employees about various things? I don't think someone with agoraphobia would do such a thing."

No. I doubt that an agoraphobic would engage someone like that. But that doesn't mean your behavior is in any way normal or perhaps even acceptable.

By farting around in a store, taking up employees time with presumably random and pointless questions (pointless because you rarely seem to actually make a purchase - the store's raison d'être is to sell items and not indulge your fetish for learning about technical specs and related minutiae) and failing to see how you are violating basic social and discourse conventions is, HOWEVER, indicative of other possible underlying psyco-cogtivive problems – egocentrism and narcissism included.

Just look at your postings and bizarre obsessions (inflate to sidewall for example). Even when faced with evidence presented by more senior and experienced ‘experts’ to the contrary your reaction is to dig in your heels and deny any alternatives. This of course leads to the inevitable flaming. And then you throw a tantrum and get banned.

The more I read your postings and your clear lack of social and communication skills – combined with your reports of repetitive behavior and discussion topics AND the fact that you seem to have few real friends, apparently live in your parents basement, can only manage to take on-line CC courses, and cant handle emerging from your wood paneled dungeon to et some exercise in your local gym makes me think that you have some sort of psychological disorder.

12 hours in a store is fucking bizarre. I can see why you would like it. The employees give you attention that you wouldn’t normally get. And they are non-threatening. Until they ask you to leave.

Fleabag – get some help. Your life would improve dramatically. Unless you have tried or are currently undergoing treatment / therapy. If so – good luck. If not, what are you waiting for???

 

[ShawnD1]

What the hell is going on in fleabag's head when he says "inflate to sidewall"? WTF does that mean to him?

Inflate to max sidewall pressure will minimize the amount of surface area the tire has on the road. It'll improve your gas mileage while making your car about 10x as dangerous to drive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUWxJKVv8-g

 

[bigi]

Get a job or 2 you bum.

 

[Coldkilla]

You should apply for a job everywhere you shop so you can get paid to look at everything

 

[fleabag]

Inflate to max sidewall pressure will minimize the amount of surface area the tire has on the road. It'll improve your gas mileage while making your car about 10x as dangerous to drive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUWxJKVv8-g

While everyone loves to cite my quotes about inflating to sidewall and how I'm such a jackass because a company like Michelin doesn't want to get sued if there is an odd vehicle that actually needs the pressure specified by the manufacturer for a particular wheel, that doesn't mean I'm wrong. For the most part, it is safe to add several PSI and even go as far as inflating to sidewall on the tires. The DOT has recognized this and the fuel savings of adding tire pressure past the tire's max PSI/max load pressure which is why they even specify a specific maximum tire pressure in which the tire can be inflated to. If I found that a tire was wearing significantly down the center over being fairly even, I would indeed reduce pressure of that tire.

What is so difficult about following the rule of adding pressure until sidewall and or until you get uneven tire wear? A lot of people where I live drive aggressively and can benefit from adding a few PSI above the doorjamb listed pressure. I found my truck to be more tipsy after adding air to the tires but that's ok because I shouldn't be taking banked turns at 25mph anyway since it is a truck! This was not the truck that I saw get warmed up in Lake Tahoe for those who are wondering.

 

[Kirby]

lololololololol

 

[Mide]

12 Hrs? Shens

 

[Gillbot]

While everyone loves to cite my quotes about inflating to sidewall and how I'm such a jackass because a company like Michelin doesn't want to get sued if there is an odd vehicle that actually needs the pressure specified by the manufacturer for a particular wheel, that doesn't mean I'm wrong. For the most part, it is safe to add several PSI and even go as far as inflating to sidewall on the tires. The DOT has recognized this and the fuel savings of adding tire pressure past the tire's max PSI/max load pressure which is why they even specify a specific maximum tire pressure in which the tire can be inflated to. If I found that a tire was wearing significantly down the center over being fairly even, I would indeed reduce pressure of that tire.

What is so difficult about following the rule of adding pressure until sidewall and or until you get uneven tire wear? A lot of people where I live drive aggressively and can benefit from adding a few PSI above the doorjamb listed pressure. I found my truck to be more tipsy after adding air to the tires but that's ok because I shouldn't be taking banked turns at 25mph anyway since it is a truck! This was not the truck that I saw get warmed up in Lake Tahoe for those who are wondering.

This is not the garage, Knock it off.
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Gillbot

 

[jeanclaude]

While everyone loves to cite my quotes about inflating to sidewall and how I'm such a jackass because a company like Michelin doesn't want to get sued if there is an odd vehicle that actually needs the pressure specified by the manufacturer for a particular wheel, that doesn't mean I'm wrong. For the most part, it is safe to add several PSI and even go as far as inflating to sidewall on the tires. The DOT has recognized this and the fuel savings of adding tire pressure past the tire's max PSI/max load pressure which is why they even specify a specific maximum tire pressure in which the tire can be inflated to. If I found that a tire was wearing significantly down the center over being fairly even, I would indeed reduce pressure of that tire.

What is so difficult about following the rule of adding pressure until sidewall and or until you get uneven tire wear? A lot of people where I live drive aggressively and can benefit from adding a few PSI above the doorjamb listed pressure. I found my truck to be more tipsy after adding air to the tires but that's ok because I shouldn't be taking banked turns at 25mph anyway since it is a truck! This was not the truck that I saw get warmed up in Lake Tahoe for those who are wondering.

Inflate to sidewall... squawk.... inflate to sidewall... squawk....

Fleabag has a hard-on for sidewall pressure ... squawk ...

Fleabag has a hard-on for sidewall pressure ... squawk ...


Yawn.

You need a new hobby. Ever consider autoerotic self asphyxiation? It might just be the answer to all of our problems.....

 

[Gillbot]

This is not the garage, Knock it off.
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Gillbot

This is the LAST warning. EVERYONE knock it off, THIS IS NOT THE GARAGE. If this continues, Vacations will be given.
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[FelixDeCat]

I must say, this thread delivers! :beer:

The longest Ive been in a store is probably no more than two hours, and that was because I was waiting for and then getting warranty related help on an item. I was there for so long I became friends with the guy who worked at Frys. The computers kept going up and down so we talked about everything under the sun until we could complete the transaction.

I sent a customer reply card to the president of Frys telling him what a good job this tech did to help me resolve a problem with a defective moniter.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

i spent hours in bookstores back when i had all the free time in the world and nothing to do. No one ever came to tell me to go to a library instead. I can even picture this in a hardware and home supplies store if you're starting from scratch and don't yet know what all you'd need. But Fry's? Office Max? When you actually know what you're looking for? This is manlymatt83-level indecisiveness back when he was mjusczak.

 

[DesiPower]

i spent hours in bookstores back when i had all the free time in the world and nothing to do. No one ever came to tell me to go to a library instead. I can even picture this in a hardware and home supplies store if you're starting from scratch and don't yet know what all you'd need. But Fry's? Office Max? When you actually know what you're looking for? This is manlymatt83-level indecisiveness back when he was mjusczak.

Book stores are library stupid, just that you can check books out...

 

[zinfamous]

Book stores are library stupid

fleabag?

You forgot to log into your main account when posting in your own thread.

silly fleabag.