OK, so I understand the importance of “taste testing” let’s people try a new product, helps boost sales, et cetera. However when I go into a store it disgusting and annoying, the length people go to get a sample—crowding the table, blocking the aisle, and some aren’t even shopping…you know who you are. You come in hit up all the sample tables and leave. Really? A hot dog and pop there is $1.50. I want to try samples as much as the next person but if it isn’t ready I continue shopping and check back later, or leave my cart out of the way and grab one, I’m not saying don’t try the samples but move out of the way, be considerate and stop being so damn greedy! —Shopper

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  1. Was thinking the same thing, Painy.
    I agree 110% OB. I call these people vultures or sea gulls. I even start to caw like a bird just loud enough for them to hear me. It tends to get the point across. Nothing worse than trying to finish your shopping and the vultures are so absorbed in the opportunity of a free meatball on a toothpick that they become totally oblivious to everything around them. Tunnel vision. I have had to literally pick up the back end of a cart and move it 4 feet to the side in order to get by. The owner of said cart just stood there stuffing their face. Annoys the hell out of me.

  2. i go with my mum sometimes and have witnessed the *vultures*. it was the cheap hotdog that gave it away

  3. That’s what happens when you privatize soup kitchens.
    Oh Darrell, when did you diverge from the one true faith.
    >: (

  4. i was thinkimg, that it, was like when, we go to uncle bucks and everyone, wants to taste test, my woggers. talk about, a lineup, cause she, is sooooo beauful. right my, sweet. dont worry, about those losers. they will get it when our plan is done. hahahahah they will, all be jealous, they disdnt think of it, first. but they didnt, they are so stupid, they cant even see it coming. lololol they wiill not, be laughing in the end. we will right, woggie baby.
    i cant wait to strip, you downand throw you over, my compuetr desk and do things that nobody else can to you. mmmlllmmmmlllmmmlllmmmlmlmmlmlmlmmlmlmlmlmlmlmlmlmlmlmlmlmmlmlmmlmmlmlmlmmlmm pubic hair mlmlmlmlmlmlmlmlmlmlmllmlmlmlmlmlmlmlm

  5. Gum me with yourtoothles yap my beautiful blow.tastetest me. you know bleach kills germs,right.your woggers is all woman for you , from my bleached bummy to my glass eye that twinkles in the beautiful light of your smile.you know so much and your luving woggie is just an empty vesselwaiting to be filled up with your love and knowlege blow baby.

  6. Beauty of the place is that you walk in to the left, scoop up cheap eats and leave. Usually to the theatre where everything is over twice the price. If they ask…. New membership, glasses…. Excuses are endless.

    You have to admit though, the parking lot spaces… Withthe buffer… Are sweet.

  7. at a s’way in east vancouver…store guy wheeled out a rack of 99 cent a pound chickens in bags, was mobbed by a horde of small women. fight broke out, bags ripped open by women’s talons, raw chicken pieces and blood all over the floor, some of the women slipped and fell, still fighting for the sale chicken. the guy was yelling and trying to get the rack back thru the employee only doors.
    i thought i had escaped that when i moved here, til i went to costco one day when they were doing samples. not as bad, but i walked out. it’s just a matter of time.

  8. I let my Costco membership expire. Too bad. Where else can I get a gallon jar of mayonaisse?
    Yeah GDM, that’s what I’ve heard about East Vancouver, the women are small but feisty.

  9. i’ve bought lots of dogbeds from them. i ride my ma’s costco coattails but there are only two of us, so i usually by parm for us and peanuts for the crows

  10. small, temporary hijack..meteor shower is great! i saw one that wobbled (honest) and one that flared. if i wake up blind in the morning, and tall, chattering plants are walking around, it will be the day of the triffids.

  11. I saw a meteorite myself tonight GDM. No triffids though, Thank God. That has to be one of the creepiest movies for it’s time.

  12. very creepy. had it on vhs. lent it. lost it. had to come in on the back deck. i was toasty on my chaise wrapped in quilts but the pup was shivering, and no lol, could not leave him inside. wish i could have slept out there.

  13. Good post, OB; I couldn’t agree more. I’ve seen parents bring their brats in, and send them out to use the samples as their damn lunch while the parents shop.
    If you’re hungry, buy a damn hotdog and pop for $1.50, and get your cheap asses out of the aisles!

  14. funny thing, rumour has it that a certain campus security team will be checking all their campus computer systems in the next day or two. wonder why? and they will also be tracking a few i.p.’s, with the help of our finest boys in blue. just sayin.

  15. LOL, ole Gummer actually thinks that being an internet troll is “identity theft”, and the cops would actually be interested in what goes on on this shitty website. You assclown, as soon as they hung up the phone I’m pretty sure they were almost in tears… with laughter you idiot.

    I really, for your sake, hope that you didn’t really try and “report” this, cause there is actually a charge that police can lay for wasting their time. When they find out that your “identity theif” is just someone making fun of you for being an idiot, I’m sure they won’t have a sense of humour about it.

  16. Dogman: Fun is fun but you have become an internet bully perpetuating hate and yeah they don’t take that lightly. Blow honey, do what ya gotta do. See you later sweetie xoxo

  17. Wogshite: Funny thing I’ve noticed about message boards. As soon as it starts to occur to some internet loudmouth that they’re in over their heads, they are usually the first to start pewling about “bullies” and “hate”. I think Steve’s deceased Lab and TTFN’s husband’s knees are really enjoying the irony. Feel free to misinterpret the above in as many ways as your incontinent mind can handle.

  18. Costco – The 1 – 2 – 3 Hundred Dollar Store.
    I never get out of there for less than $100.00, “but it save me so much money” 🙂

    wog&blow – lolz, no way are the cops going to do anything here. If they aren’t interested in talking to me about last weeks little adventure, they won’t be interested in highjacked pseudonyms on a bich board.

  19. Dogman: Fun is fun but you have become an internet bully perpetuating hate and yeah they don’t take that lightly,except noone is being bullied here. Blow honey and I are going to keep spquealing like little Piggies. Blow honey, do what ya gotta do. See you later sweetie.I ate a vindaloo in preperation for our sweet summer of 69,if you know what I mean xoxo

  20. “Cap: It’s over when WE say it’s over. Got that? No amount of your begging, pleading for mercy, or pointing of fingers will change that. We call these shots honey, not you! Enjoy! 🙂
    report 0 likes, 5 dislikes like dislike
    Posted by wogdog on 12/11/2012 at 3:47 PM”

    Hmmm, sound like bullying to anybody?
    (And BTW, I’m pretty sure the moderator “calls the shots” here, not you. Hmmm, I wonder if she knows about your little comment above. She might have something to say about that.)
    Or perhaps you’d like me to go back and re-post any one of the dozens of shots you took at SHITD or PK?
    It’s all public record now.

    It’s funny how it was all fun and games when you were doing it but now, when the shoe’s on the other foot and you’re being called out on your bullshit, it’s suddenly called “bullying and perpetuating hate”. Pfffft!

    Insert head A into ass B. Twist clockwise to lock.

  21. I realize I am probably setting myself up here by saying this but, for the record, I don’t agree with the profile hijacking. BUT, I gotta admit, it’s effective.

  22. as long as it is as obvious as these have been, it’s pretty tame. dots. apostrophes. adding an ‘s’. i just ignore all the fake ones. most of the time he has them ‘talking to each other’ anyway.

  23. Light hearted bantering, so aptly put by MM (thank you MM), that I do, is a whole lot different than impersonating profiles, inciting anger and perpetuating hate and bullying. Then bantering has been taken to a whole new level. Calling Blow a pissy smelling welfare recipient, and me a whole host of vulgarities IS hate mongering and bullying. You guys have become a bunch of vicious bitter commenters and why? Because Blow and I have found love and companionship on no less, A Bitch Line! It goes to show how empty your own lives must certainly be to strike such low blows to people you don’t even know. Wow, I would hate to have your hearts. And, now, I will fade to black as I have been advised until all this mess has been investigated. Good luck you guys, you’re going to need it!

  24. Bahahaha. I’m sure the “police” would be very interested to know that Blow Me has said on this site numerous times that he has a ton of guns in his Fairview apartment and that he has a “special licence” to carry them around the city, concealed. I bet they’d also be interested to know you admitted to beating up a child because they swore at you or something ridiculous. All those guns and such a short temper! I’m sure you let them know your making fun of a physically disabled man was all in good fun, and not to pay attention to that.

    Pffft.

  25. To quote Blow Me, “if you can’t stand the heat, get off the stove”. Although an incorrect quote, the real one being, “if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen”, seems to say a lot about someones delicate, hypocritical psyche.

    You both thought it would be funny to, self admittedly, “pretend” to be in a relationship for comedic value, not to mention calling us all jealous, lonely losers unable to find love ourselves. I fail to see how anyone involved in this crap has done anything different. I will be the first to call you out on your bullshit. This must be your secret plan to make us all stop poking fun of you.

    So….WAH WAH WAH, YOU GUYS DONT PLAY FAIR, WAH WAH WAH!!!?

  26. Light hearted bantering? You mean accusing someone of saving sex with thier dog is light hearted? Making fun of people with permanent disabilities is lighthearted? How about all of the hurtful things you and blowme have said to/about PK? You reap what you sew, troll.

    I seriously doubt that the police are interested in wasting time investigating this garbage. Really, think about how stupid that sounds! You think there has been a crime commited here? Give your head a shake, woman. The two of you have insulted almost everyone here – you’re “running the boards” now, remember?

    Fuckin’ tool.

  27. Having to constantly point out wogdog’s logical fallacy’s and tremendous level of ignorance may have permanently damaged The Captains Zen… is it possible to press charges?

    I feel bad for the officer who might have to waste his time investigating this. It’ll be a lot of reading through old Bitches, most of which won’t make any sense out of context. And honestly, they’d be soulless if they didn’t find at least some if it funny >:D

  28. Nukka was made public on here to deal with the reactions to a Bitch I had submitted. Although most people I had talked to had excellent helpfull advice I thought I would get other’s opinions about my situation. By doing that, I found out I am a complete and total stupid idiot for having gone through something in life. Some poster’s comments were helpful and respectful while the majority were blatent insults for no reason. Nukka was born around this time so I made him go public to out those who did me wrong. Silly, but entertaining. Anyway, I am a horrible Troll compared to this BLOW ME and wogdog situation. Nukka is sorry, and he actually thinks you should all play nice. I don’t know any of you and this is some pretty deep personal stuff being thrown around. Advice that may be to late for all, myself included, but if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything.

  29. Youre right,Poop.We made this whole thing up because we’r e a couple of outsiders. Weve never even met, right Blow honey?On behalf of Gary and meI want to formaly apoligize for the way we’ve behave d over the last few weeks.Blow honey never went to the police because calling him a catpee hermit and me a n inbred trash heap are accurate,not bullying. We have been the bullies.i havent been able to sleep because what we been doing here.I hope you all can forgive us.SHITd most of all.

  30. wogslut is blowme and back to the original lifesucks. blowme is an evolving sludge. dont get it on your shoes and track it in the house. blowme is even the dotversions,wagdag,wogdog’ and so on andon.

    by the shining beard of dennis cato i swear this to be true.

    at the pleasure of the man from montreal i remain, the fabulous froodle

  31. ‘….And, now, I will fade to black as I have been advised until all this mess has been investigated…’

    You are so full of shit, Bog Nog, I’ll bet your eyes are brown. You haven’t got a leg to stand on, sugartwat, I have all your posts ‘snipped’ just in case you tried to ‘pull’ something like this. Then we’ll see who the real meanies are, won’t we, Snog Rod?

  32. The Fabulous Froodle is also a Fastidious Foodie. He also loves to eat pistachios.

    by the shining beard of dennis cato i swear this to be true.

    at the pleasure of the man from montreal i remain, the fabulous froodle

  33. i think the frootle otta go back to the HIGH crime area of the hood. that FIELD seems to be the least desirable.

  34. I don’t get it. What are you going on about, exactly?

    The King of Shake and Bake Mountain

  35. and by the way, just to get things nice and straight. i was not the one who started with the<"name calling". if you want to go back and check ttfn, it start before i spoke a word to a certain party. and another party started to shoot their lips off at about the same time.
    i was also right when i told boru about how some of the bitchers would cut your throat, if she didn’t agree with them. and that to miss a,Summit”, would be fodder for most of those that did go. but hey, we can’t all be perfect people can we? i never claimed to be superman, and i made comments adverse to some, but only after assholes started their shit first. yep, i am a big bully, bullshit, look in your mirrors for the true answers.
    and you know what i think of bullies, to use your word, i look on them, just like i would a piece of dogshit. but go and have your silly fun, doesn’t do a thing for me, but at least be adult about it. worse than little kids in a schoolground. you people, even the ones i thought might be friends, are just fucking sad and pathetic. if you don’t like what i write here, you are quite welcome to skip over it, as i have said many times before. so, have your fun now, the tears will soon be flowing. remember the old saying,” that he who laughs last”.

  36. ‘…that to miss a,Summit”, would be fodder for most of those that did go…’ – complete horseshit, Blow, since I’ve attended most of those Summits. Do you honestly believe you’re worth 30 seconds of banter? I think not.

    Having Frog Nog as your personal Rottie ain’t doing you any favours, Blow, perhaps you should let go of that part of your persona. Snog Bog is about as real as the concept of a honest politician.

  37. no mel, never did say that at all. and even if i did say that, you can be sure all the proper paperwork is where they are. words into my mouth now, i didn’t think that you would join the groupies too. oh well, now we know who to talk to in future, and the list gets smaller every bitch.

  38. You did happen to mention you have your apartment booby-trapped …
    may want to watch your own lips a little closer there….
    that is if they aren’t stuffed up woggie’s crusted snatch ATM.

  39. Oh look what I found doing a search for “life sucks gun”

    “ah yes, i want to be on your list for next christmas. wow, a rocket launcher, damn they are cool. i personally like the m-1 tank myself, but hey, beggers can’t be choosers.
    yes a nice warm gun on a cold winter’s night gets me all fuzzy, all over. if your kidsdon’t want them, let me suggest gary’s home for wayward and unwanted weapons. no gun too big, no ammo too small, we take them all.
    and just think of the fun on new year’s when you can rattle off a couple hundred rounds in the night sky towards maniac square. damn, you just gotta love the smell of gun powder, on a cool crisp night.
    report like dislike
    Posted by LIFE SUCKS on 01/06/2011 at 7:36 PM”

  40. Mudder used to take us to Costco for lunch when we were youngsters. Cheaper than any buffet adn sometimes you’d come home with a sample of laundry detergent.

  41. you say

    and by the way, just to get things nice and straight. i was not the one who started with the<"name calling". if you want to go back and check ttfn, it start before i spoke a word to a certain party. and another party started to shoot their lips off at about the same time.
    Word around the interwebz is, you sooked after not being invited once. I spent hours reading threads, back for a year or more this after noon. You go between The Sad Old Man Who Is Misunderstood and The Angry Old Fuck WHo Carries A Gun And Will Fucking Use It You Fucker.
    Your string of alternate personalities show a deliberate streak of behaviour known as “Trolling”. When caught, you adapt to the alternate personality like a mental patient and continue without a word of explanation.
    You even created a “girlfriend” last summer, who has “joined you” in the attacks on board members. Your “girlfriend’s” sentence structure and word choice reveals “her” to be YOU.
    Your use of personal details to insult and denigrate your foes shows a lack of respect for yourself and those around you.

    You are a sad excuse for a person. In my line of work you possess what we call a “Borderline Personality”.
    No wonder you live your life thru an online avatar.

    The King Of Shake And Bake Mountain

  42. ——-
    and you know what i think of bullies, to use your word, i look on them, just like i would a piece of dogshit.
    ——-

    You must hate yourself, then. Your answer to everything(except for when you’re sooking about it) it to point out your history with guns and violence, and how you’ll use them again.
    You’re a classic bully.

    ——-
    but go and have your silly fun, doesn’t do a thing for me, but at least be adult about it.
    ——-

    What a hoot. You lecturing on adult behaviour.
    Are Red and Sherry’s husbands still coming up to beat the tar out of me? More likely, they are as fictional as Woggie, your imaginary friend.

    ——-
    worse than little kids in a schoolground. you people, even the ones i thought might be friends, are just fucking sad and pathetic.
    ——-

    If this is how you treat your friends, then etc.

    ——-if you don’t like what i write here, you are quite welcome to skip over it, as i have said many times before.
    ——-

    It’s sad how much being found out as a liar and dick makes you piss and moan.

    ——-
    so have your fun now, the tears will soon be flowing.
    ——-

    The police are going to start kicking in doors, right? Listen, Piss Stain- there is a record of your threats and stories online, saved forever. If you think some forum buddies teasing the Gummer is worse than THREATS OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, as well as PRETENDING TO BE A VETERAN and an EX-COP, then you really live in an upsidedown world.

    ——-
    remember the old saying,” that he who laughs last”.
    ——-

    That’s not even how the saying goes, you unedemacated dipschitt.
    Why don’t we bury the hatchet.
    In your fucking balls.

    PisP

  43. so mel, where did it say that i have an arsena in that post? are you really trying to impress someone by going and looking for fodder to further your first post? i think you’ll have to do better than that. that was a sarcatic christmas wish list. you know anti tank guns, rocket launchers and m-tanks, really mel, tsk,tsk.

  44. sorry paul, maybe the hatch should be buried in your thick fucking head. you and kitty were the first to start shit, so you can go pump all the iron you want, and flex your tiny little dickie too, from what i heard. but hey, have fun, you will never be on my xmas list. try to justify your shitty behavior anyway you wish. i also have copies of all the bitches.

  45. Woggy “i havent been able to sleep because what we been doing here.I hope you all can forgive us.SHITd most of all.”

    What you said about Steve and his pets was totally uncalled for and disgusting,even for Blow ME/Woggy.

  46. You really *are* a fuckstick, aren’ you?

    Since I left the board for some family issues earlier this fall, you attempted to rehabilitate your reputation on the Bitch Board. You told a tall tale about how you and I “buried the hatchet”, and how you were “just joking”, and so on. There was even some bull about “respect”. Anyone who has been around long enough to watch a few of your warm ups/psychotic breaks/fugue state/rapid withdrawal, recognized this as you “patching things up” on the board, before completely losing your mind. From the looks of it, you even created a girlfriend. She said the same dumb shit you always say, about how you’re sitting at home laughing at all the confusion you sow on the Bitch Board(delusions of frandeur/inflated sense of self-importance), repeated the lies about your “skills” in the sack(jealous/sexless elderly mental patient who constantly hits on/and is shut down by/ all the females on the board), and how important you are here(narcissistic tendancies/dislocation from reality).

    So when do the university cops conduct your investigation? How are the efforts of the police in achieving your goals of shutting down the Coast web site? And have the husbands of (the *obviously* real and totally *not* made-up) Red and Sherry arrived to beat me up yet? (Maybe they’re too busy washing the stink of cat urine, Du Mauriers, and shame out of their sheets)

    Why don’t go fuck yourself, and summon your imaginary girlfriend to say the exact same things *you* say, while telling yourself how great you are at everything but especially ping pong, gum jobs, and Japanese calligraphy.

    Isn’t it time for you to cripple bait me some more, then tomorrow exclaim everyone is mean to you?

    I’m so glad I checked in the board before Christmas (not) to see how my friends are doing? (this part= true) 🙂

    You, however- hilarious as usual, Gary. I can see why you made up a girlfriend for the Board. None of these awesome ladies would have you.

    PisP

  47. And also, on the subject of Things Gary Gumjob Always Says:

    ——-
    . if you don’t like what i write here, you are quite welcome to skip over it, as i have said many times before. so, have your fun now, the tears will soon be flowing. remember the old saying,” that he who laughs last”.
    ——-

    Okay, another old saying that is both mis quoted *and* mis interpreted. Par, so far.
    The only tears are yours, G-spot. Every time you’re in the middle of a self-destruction you threaten everyone with how they can “Laugh now you big phonies, but (unspecified/unrealized) consequences will befall us. It ranges from threats of violence, the police busting everyone for taunting the mentally challenged, to our eyes, filled with tears.

    When nothing happens(again) you will begin the psychotic spiral all over again, probably under a new name. George Peters ring a bell?

    Listen, doing this lowers me. I left originally because of the pity I felt for teasing a mentally-handicapped hobo, with a made up backstory(ex-cop, ex-military, ex ex ex) who lies constantly. PLEASE follow through with a police bust or something. That way I can show them your archived threats and unbalanced history, while we have a gangbang with Woggie#1.

    Goodbye, you beautiful human specimen. xoxo
    PisP

  48. yeah paul, the respect thing was true. i don’t expect you to believe that tho. i will admit that a lot of things i said to you were in the very least, harsh. but if you remember, this all started after the gummy thing, one tooth thing, and the piss thing. would you have sat back and taken it, i don’t fucking think so. really, i thought you were a cool dude. but then kitty started in with her lips, i went after her, and somewhere about there, you started in.
    yeah i know, words can’t be undone, but i was willing to offer the olive branch, so to speak, and you shot it out of my hand. so, what can we expect, more of this stupid fight between the phony woggie’s, blow me’s and whoever else i missed here.
    believe me when i say this, woggie is a real women, and she is a knock out. i really can’t see what she sees in me, honest.but she does. and no, i haven’t talked to sherry or her hubby since i came back from stateside. i’m wondering if everything is okay there.so dude, you can believe whatever you want, and say whatever you want. i just wanted you to know. i told ivan awhile back that i was only fucking with you, but then it did really get out of hand, sorry dude. and no, i’m not suck holing, i don’t do that shit to anyone. this is a 100 % genuine message.
    so, from now on, i will stick to the post, and not bother to interact with any of the other bitchers here. that’s the way it is and will be. in the last couple days, i saw some of the true colors of people here, that i thought could have been my friends in bitchdom, no i have to re-evaluate all this. woggie is not posting for awhile, and i asked her not to get any more shit brewing, she agreed there.but she will jump in every so often. so, in closing, again really, i say that i am sorry it went as far as it did, and i again say that i should never have said what i did about you.

    the suckster(the real one)

  49. and by the way paul, and whoever else, i’m taking a little vacation from here. too much fucking bullshit drama lately.it‘s starting to drive me nuttier than most think i am.but i might read some here and there, but won’t be making any comments for awhile, seriously.fuck, might not even bother reading any either, i’m trying to start this thing with woggie, and want to devote as much time to it as humanly possible. i hope your relationship is going okay too dude. you need someone in your life, as we all do. and note this, i or woggie, did not, i repeat, did not write any of those bitches. but it was made to look that way by someone out to stir up more shit. anyway dude, i’m outta here. have a good night, really.

  50. The samples at Costco and the people who love them…

    Yeah, back to the OB. I never understand it either. People actually hang around until the demonstrators warm/cook/serve it up. A dixie cup of food is rarely that interesting.

  51. I didn’t realize there was such an issue with sample tables in grocery stores and stampeding customers. Where I shop at Pete’s, it seems more low key.
    Where exactly are these stampeding sample tables, so that I ight avoid them?

    PisP

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