something From United Kingdom, joined May 2011, 1323 posts, RR: 21 Posted (5 months 8 hours ago) and read 3138 times:
The older I get, the grumpier I seem to become. There seem to be infinite properties of people that bother the hell out of me.
I hate it when people eat with their mouths open, or when they shake their leg, or when they cough every 2 seconds, or when they pull their snot up instead of blowing their nose, or, or, or.. I think I'm quite ninja-like in my demeanor, in that I hardly make any noises at all. So I think, if I can be that considerate to the people around me, why can't they be?
So that got me thinking.. what are your pet peeves, things that really bother you and may, or may not, put disturbingly violent images in your head?
Think about how stupid the average person is; and then realize half of 'em are stupider than that
aloges From Germany, joined Jan 2006, 7588 posts, RR: 51 Reply 1, posted (5 months 8 hours ago) and read 3127 times:
Quoting something (Thread starter): what are your pet peeves, things that really bother you and may, or may not, put disturbingly violent images in your head?
"would of"
"could of"
"should of"
and various other crimes against the English language
life's little dictators: I suppose we all know that kind of person.
Walk together, talk together all ye peoples of the earth. Then, and only then, shall ye have peace.
Braniff747SP From United States of America, joined Oct 2008, 2037 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (5 months 8 hours ago) and read 3112 times:
Blatant errors in capitalization, spelling, punctuation and normal grammar. (I don't care about gerunds and things like that.)
"Texting" writing, with the numbers, half written words, and conforming to none of the above. Being 15, I see this often. I always write properly, regardless if I am texting, sending an IM, email... It drives me up the wall. Then they tell me I write "formal" because I capitalize words when they need to be. By generation is... sad.
The 747 will always be the TRUE queen of the skies!
People who overuse exclamation points (more than one in a sentence is redundant, in my opinion).
Media outlets using words like "plunge," "inferno" and "terror" to describe routine airline emergencies.
Tailgaters (or conversely, people who hog the passing lane).
Certain sports teams' fan groups, whom I will not name in order to avoid a flame war.
Obnoxious cell phone ringtones.
People (usually young women) who try to totally stifle a sneeze, but it ends up sounding ten times stupider.
Those who are utterly clueless when it comes to traveling by airplane (yanking on the seat in front of them when getting in and out of their seat, letting kids run rampant throughout the plane, etc.)
"Pre-boarding" - the giant mass of airline passengers that mill around the boarding line even though their group/zone has not been called.
The word "shortly" (e.g. "We will be landing shortly." "We will be departing shortly.") Just say "soon."
90% of "Top 40" music. However, those who hate Justin Bieber simply because he is successful and looks like a 12-year-old are annoying too.
The GM J platform, Nissan Cube, and just about everything that's rolled out of the Chrysler/Dodge factory in the last five years.
The NBA.
People that assume that I'm trying to "compensate" by having a gigantic camera lens, and then think that it's the first time I've ever heard the joke.
And last but certainly not least: Comic Sans. Anyone that's known me for any length of time knows my inexplicable loathing for this disgusting excuse for a font.
Quoting something (Thread starter): The older I get, the grumpier I seem to become. There seem to be infinite properties of people that bother the hell out of me.
People who get annoyed at seemingly everything that other people do.
I'm partially joking , but I'm also partially serious
The world doesn't fully operate in the way that any of us would like. Sure, some things annoy me, but then I remember that many things that I do MUST annoy others.
The spirit of Massachusetts is the spirit of America!
stasisLAX From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 3061 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (5 months 5 hours ago) and read 3066 times:
Quoting N243NW (Reply 3): The GM J platform, Nissan Cube, and just about everything that's rolled out of the Chrysler/Dodge factory in the last five years.
Wow, this is the greatest pet peeve yet.
My favorite pet peeve is bank ATM and servicing fees. My bank (Comerica) now charges 95 cents for every point of sale purchase! Ugh! Time for the local credit union to get my business.
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety!" B.Franklin
seb146 From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 8614 posts, RR: 19 Reply 6, posted (5 months 5 hours ago) and read 3051 times:
My number one on the list is drivers on CA-12 here in STS. This has been a peeve of mine for about 2 years now. What happens is, starting at the traffic light at Fulton/Wright headed east for about 6 miles to Farmers Lane is freeway. There are a number of people who believe both:
A) The speed limit is 50MPH
B) The left lane is theirs and theirs alone
Both are used in combination. Meaning: Driver A is travelling at 51MPH. Driver B is travelling at 50MPH. Driver A gets in the left maintaning 51MPH to pass Driver B. Driver A never bothers to check his/her rearview mirror or the signs that say "Speed 65."
Another thing that bothers me is people who believe they are the only people in a crowded store who are to be served. They don't even take into account the other people in line or anyone else but themselves.
People who's only disability is they can not stop eating. I am not saying pump iron for hours at the gym but, instead of that porterhouse steak and mashed potatos both drowning in gravy for a midnight snack, how about walking around the block instead?
Wheel of morality turn, turn, turn. Tell us the lesson that we should learn
kfllcfii From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 3237 posts, RR: 38 Reply 7, posted (5 months 4 hours ago) and read 3049 times:
Let's see...
"This is true."
-People who, when in the left turn lane at an intersection of a 4+ lane roadway where only the cross traffic has a stop sign, come to a complete stop to allow the cross traffic to make a left turn in front of them first. If the intersection is clear, just follow through with the turn!! I can't see around your butt to know if the through-traffic is completely clear if I proceed from the stop sign.
-People who, when making a right turn on green, pause to allow those opposite to make a left turn in front of them first. It's your go!!
-People making a right turn on red who don't yield to the cross traffic making a u-turn on green.
-Bicyclists sharing the roadway. Why this is legal and expected in some places is beyond me. Pedestrians stand far better against bicyclists on the sidewalk than bicyclists do against any vehicles on the roadway.
-Cashiers who take more time to ring up one item than it took me to walk all the way back to get it.
-Requiring a manager to insert a key/code into the register just because they accidentally scanned an item twice.
-Advocates of the metric system who dump on the imperial system, yet have no problem with knowing there are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day, 365.25 days in a year, 360 degrees in a circle, etc etc.
-People complaining that we're taking too long to respond to their noisy neighbor call. Sorry, we'll put the gunshot victim and the five-car pileup with rollover and entrapments back in pending.
Quoting N243NW (Reply 3): People that assume that I'm trying to "compensate" by having a gigantic camera lens
Or a big truck. If and when I get a big truck, I'd be more than happy to prove anyone wrong.
[Edited 2011-12-26 20:14:34]
"About the only way to look at it, just a pity you are not POTUS KFLLCFII, seems as if we would all be better off."
flyboyseven From Canada, joined Feb 2007, 891 posts, RR: 2 Reply 8, posted (5 months 4 hours ago) and read 3046 times:
People wearing poppies after remembrance day. I saw someone with one a full two weeks afterwards this year.
Empty flag poles beside or near occupied flag poles. At my high school there was two poles right next to each other and one a little ways away. The single pole had the Canadian flag and one of the two together had the BC flag. The third right next to it was empty.
Getting a cup of tea where the tea is more than half an inch below the top of the mug. Bugs the heck out of me.
There are more, most completely irrational, but these are the most common ones.
Cheers,
Graham
As long as the number of take-offs equals the number of landings...you're doing fine.
Fly777s From United States of America, joined Aug 2011, 69 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (5 months 4 hours ago) and read 3029 times:
It takes quite a bit to annoy me, but here are a few things that get under my skin..
1) Certain American accents get on my nerves... I won't specify which accents, but one accent is confined to the northeast and the other is confined to the upper mid-west.
2) When in a super market or department store and 2 people are walking side-by-side taking up the aisle.
3) Will Farrell
4) When driving down the interstate in the far left lane and getting behind someone who feels the need to do 10 mph under the speed limit.
JoeCanuck From Canada, joined Dec 2005, 4321 posts, RR: 24 Reply 11, posted (5 months 4 hours ago) and read 3023 times:
The tragically comic fallacy of per capita carbon emissions and other climate hypocrisies. Delegates spew tons of carbon into the atmosphere to meet in a S.Africa resort to point their fingers at Canada, yet somehow ignore the oil spills from Russian production, (gee...the EU lives off of Russian gas so let's not piss them off...they might shut off the taps...again), or the #2 supplier of oil to the USA, Venezuela and the people dying on the stinking pool that is Lake Maracaibo.
As well, it's ok for India, China and Brazil to continue to increase their carbon production since they are developing countries. That each of those 'developing' countries has an aerospace industry...well...we'll ignore that cuz we need their cheap t-shirts and call centers.
Al Gore and David Suzuki can't shut their yaps about carbon emissions yet they live in mansions...and they wonder why more and more people are turning away from their message. Perhaps it's because they've shown time and again they can't live by their own words...yet they want everyone else to.
Their hypocrisy knows almost no bounds and certainly no shame. Lead by example...then you may get some of your credibility back.
type-rated From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 3664 posts, RR: 23 Reply 12, posted (5 months 2 hours ago) and read 3001 times:
Food product boxes that are now so thin they collapse when you grab them. Cereal boxes are the worst.
People who make right turns from the left lanes (and vice versa) on roadways. Aren't they paying attention to where they are going? What about planning your exit's from the freeway so this doesn't happen?
People with absolutely no common sense at all. A lot of times these people have important high paying jobs too.
People who still write checks at retail stores. Usually they take so long doing it that you would think they are writing the check in calligraphy!
People who use the self check out machines in grocery stores that just go to the machine, press the start key and then just stand there and stare at the screen. There ought to be a law....
People on Ebay or Craigslist who state the following:
"Item is in absolutely mint condition except for...... (cracks in the surface, item's been dropped & damaged over the years, surfaces have aged significantly, etc.) If it's not like new it's not mint! Get it?
People who call ANYTHING from the 50's or 60's EAMES ERA on the same as above.
People who are selling appliances, electronics, etc on the same as above and they run the item in one auction, the power cord in another auction and even the users guide in another auction. Don't they realize that people will pay more for a complete item?
People who have no consideration at all for others, they only think of themselves!
Fly North Central Airlines..The route of the Northliners!
seb146 From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 8614 posts, RR: 19 Reply 13, posted (5 months 2 hours ago) and read 2998 times:
Quoting kfllcfii (Reply 7): -Bicyclists sharing the roadway. Why this is legal and expected in some places is beyond me
One word: murder.
There are many MANY roads where there is no alternative but for a bicyclist to ride on the road. What gets me is when a car/truck driver can see there is no oncoming traffic for 10 miles ahead but does not pass the bicyclist! WTF???
Quoting kfllcfii (Reply 7): Cashiers who take more time to ring up one item than it took me to walk all the way back to get it.
-Requiring a manager to insert a key/code into the register just because they accidentally scanned an item twice.
Sometimes these two go hand-in-hand. Or, the cashier just got back from break and has to log into the system and answer all the register questions. Also, the manager might have entered the code in wrong so the software has to make sure. Enter the second time entering.
Quoting kfllcfii (Reply 7): Advocates of the metric system who dump on the imperial system, yet have no problem with knowing there are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day, 365.25 days in a year, 360 degrees in a circle,
So, in England or India there are not 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour and so forth?
Wheel of morality turn, turn, turn. Tell us the lesson that we should learn
Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 36437 posts, RR: 86 Reply 14, posted (4 months 4 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 2964 times:
-Cigarette smoke
-Tattoos
-People who talk loud
-People who hold gratuitous conversations on their cellphones while in public
-People who have no consideration for their neighbors and play loud music and/or make their place look a mess
-People who have no control over their pets; mainly large vicious dog owners and exotic pet owners
-Women that shave down there...
-Compact fluorescent light-bulbs
747m8te From Australia, joined Aug 2008, 397 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (4 months 4 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 2950 times:
Hmmm have a few...
On the roads:
-People who use their indicator lights AFTER they have already turned or started to turn...seriously you may not bother as I can now see what you are doing, the purpose of the indicator lights in your use has been wasted, they are just that to 'indicate' your intentions!
-Bicyclist who hog the road when there are bike lane space designated for them, you don't pay rego, be thankful that you have been provided with a bike lane and use it!
At the aiport:
-Passengers who aim to arrive at the check-in close time...then get upset when I deny them travel when they are five minutes late, you aim to check-in at the close out time? that's just stupid!
-Passengers who turn up late at the airport with excess luggage thinking the airline will waive it, sorry nice try but no!
-Passengers who turn up late in general (lol)
Flown on: DHC8Q200,DHC8Q400,E-170,E-190,A320,A332,A333,A343,B733,B734,B737,B738,B743,B744,B744ER,B762,B763
aero145 From Iceland, joined Jan 2005, 3045 posts, RR: 27 Reply 17, posted (4 months 4 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 2935 times:
Quoting 747m8te (Reply 16): -People who use their indicator lights AFTER they have already turned or started to turn...seriously you may not bother as I can now see what you are doing, the purpose of the indicator lights in your use has been wasted, they are just that to 'indicate' your intentions!
I wholeheartedly agree, and would also add that I hate when people cross two lanes to enter the turn lane, and only at the end of the turn lane signal and then turn.
A better, as-illegal-and-wrong-as-the-one-above—variant, would be to signal before crossing all lanes and then, while in the turn lane, turn the indicators off.
Better yet, as you said: Indicate intentions and then do as indicated.
Quoting 747m8te (Reply 16): -Bicyclist who hog the road when there are bike lane space designated for them, you don't pay rego, be thankful that you have been provided with a bike lane and use it!
I know this one, the problem is that they often cycle in the middle of the road to hinder the motorists from overtaking with dangerously little side clearance and thus waiting for the oncoming traffic to pass to give the cyclist a safe clearance while overtaking.
Of course I’m not excusing every in-the-middle-of-the-road cycling cyclist, but it may excuse the behaviour of some…
something From United Kingdom, joined May 2011, 1323 posts, RR: 21 Reply 18, posted (4 months 4 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 2920 times:
Ah, incompetent drivers.. how could I forget? lol
We have a lot of heavily used two lane roads (one lane in each direction) where I live and there always are geniuses who come to a full stop to turn into a street, or onto a property on the right (on the left if you drive on the right, so you have to cross the opposing lane), stay there for 2-3 minutes until a big enough gap in the opposing traffic comes along to allow them to make their turn.. all the while dozens of cars have to wait behind them.
How hard is it to just wait until you reach the next intersection or roundabout and make a u-turn?
A similar story are traffic lights that only come on when you push a button. I understand if old or otherwise-slowed-down people use them at busy roads. But why do - mostly overweight stay-at-home taking the dog for a walk moms - think to have the right to start the traffic light, force the entire traffic to stop, only so that they can cross the street without having to wait a while for a gap in traffic to then cross it without the lights?
Not only are they wasting the time of possibly hundreds of people, they also cost all of the parties involved a lot of money (electricity for the traffic light, brake and tire wear on the cars, fuel to accelerate back up to cruise speed etc.) It's especially ridiculous because there are bridges right next to these lights in many cases, but why walk up a little incline when I can just press a button?
It's also quite annoying to me to come across those people
Quoting vikkyvik (Reply 4): Quoting something (Thread starter):
Your Favorite Pet Peeves
People who get annoyed at seemingly everything that other people do.
I'm partially joking , but I'm also partially serious
I am pissed off by other people's inconsiderateness. Do you really have to make noises all the time, and spew your bacteria into the room? How does having manners and good behavior make your life worse, especially when it makes the lives of so many people around you better?
And then people, not only you vikkyvik, tell me that I should chill out? Sure, I am far from perfect myself, but I don't expect anything from people I can't do myself. I'm also always open for suggestions, so if there's anything I am (obliviously) doing that bothers other people, let me know and I'll do my best to change it.
It all comes down to the old adage ''personal freedom ends where the personal freedoms of others begin''.
[Edited 2011-12-27 05:27:25]
Think about how stupid the average person is; and then realize half of 'em are stupider than that
Babybus From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2003, 3228 posts, RR: 5 Reply 19, posted (4 months 4 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 2914 times:
People on here who write unnecessarily long posts when a few lines would do.
People who put their feet on seats on public transport. We wouldn't allow a dog to do it so why a human?
Retail's overuse of the word 'luxury'; luxury cat food, luxury mince pies, luxury 3 star hotel, luxury toilet paper. Some people's concept of luxury is a little different to mine it seems.
People who are brainwashed by spin.
and with that..cabin crew, seats for landing please.
Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 36437 posts, RR: 86 Reply 21, posted (4 months 4 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 2885 times:
I forgot to add soccer/football hooligans. I played the sport when I was 12 and it was a lot of fun....back when I was 12.
Can't understand how grown adults get so passionate about it, drunken to oblivion and willing to fight over it.
It's just a kids sport.
Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 8076 posts, RR: 13 Reply 22, posted (4 months 4 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 2877 times:
Quoting N243NW (Reply 3): Tailgaters (or conversely, people who hog the passing lane).
Quoting seb146 (Reply 6): The left lane is theirs and theirs alone
I drove 120 miles yesterday on the interstates and made much better time driving in the right hand lane and passing in the middle lane than I would have made in the left hand lane. So many dumb asses just sitting in the left hand lane for the prestige of getting to tailgate someone going no faster than they were going while there was plenty of space in the center and right lanes. Seems they don't know that it's the PASSING LANE, not the tailgating lane. If you aren't passing, move over, damn it!
Quoting Superfly (Reply 15): People who hold gratuitous conversations on their cellphones while in public
Some of the worst offenders are some of my relatives. I just drove for hours, spend hundreds of dollars on hotels and gasoline to be with you, and you are going to blow me off for a cell phone call? WTF? I guess next year I'll save the money and stay at home.
The worst are ones who are at a public gathering and answer the call just to say "I can't talk right now!". Put the phone on vibrate, let it go to voicemail, that's what voicemail is for! Or if it's incredibly urgent, politely excuse yourself and go to another room and take care of it tuit suit.
CanadianNorth From Canada, joined Aug 2002, 3355 posts, RR: 12 Reply 23, posted (4 months 4 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 2848 times:
- Hangar. Airplanes are parked inside hangars. A hanger is something you hang your coat on. I've seen licensed AMEs, Managers, Directors of Maintenance, and many other high up folks write memos and whatnot about "the hanger" over and over again. Related is the incorrect use of apostrophes and other obvious mis-use of the english language. I know a lot of people who learned english as a second or third language, and I don't care if they get it perfect or not. But kids who grew up speaking english as their first language should know these things by now. All it takes is one extra minute to proofread what you wrote.
- When forms and whatnot that apply to Canada say "Province/State: _______." Way to go leaving out 1/3 of the country people. Is it really that hard to include Territory in there?
- Coming home to find both sinks in the kitchen full of junk. How's a guy supposed to wash his hands before supper when all the sinks are full? Nine times out of 10 it would have all fit in one, plus there is usually plenty of counter space right beside the sink...
- Drivers who can't comprehend a merge lane, and instead come to a stop and wait for traffic. The sign clearly says merge into it, not slam the brakes and wait for it. I've nearly rear ended a couple people because of this, you're driving along behind them expecting them to accellerate and then suddenly without warning they grind to a hault half way around the corner.
- Drivers who in the winter on the side streets just drive down the middle of the road where the last guy did. Instead of driving on the proper side of the road and packing down the snow easily half this city just drives down the middle and by now there's a single nicely packed lane down the middle and a foot of berily touched powder on each side, so you nearly get stuck each time you have to pass opposite direction traffic. There are two lanes folks, use them!
- Bylaws about mowing my lawn, not being allowed appliances and dead vehicles in the front yard, etc. I live in a free country, and I'm working my arse off to come up with enough cash to buy a piece of property. When I do, it'l be my property, so I should be able to park whatever I want on it. Also those Prius driving, Starbucks sipping, make lots smaller but the houses bigger so you don't get a yard anymore yuppies piss me off. The Yukon is a place to go snowmobiling, have your rifle collection, enjoy your pickup truck, have a big enough backyard to build a shop and let your dog run around, etc. If you don't like it the way it is, instead of trying to change it how about you go away?
Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 8076 posts, RR: 13 Reply 24, posted (4 months 4 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 2877 times:
Mike Tirico on ESPN's Monday Night Football. Totally bland milktoast kind of announcer with next to nothing to add about the game. I can't understand why ESPN can't find a more interesting announcer.
On the plus side, some prog head is picking the music. I've heard Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and Yes's "I've Seen Alll Good People" being used as background music so far as I'm watching last night's game on my TiVo.
N243NW From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1321 posts, RR: 28 Reply 25, posted (4 months 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 2910 times:
Quoting CanadianNorth (Reply 24): I've seen licensed AMEs, Managers, Directors of Maintenance, and many other high up folks write memos and whatnot about "the hanger" over and over again.
Along the same lines, I can't count how many pilots I know that talk about their "Private Pilot License" or "Commercial Pilot License." It's a Pilot CERTIFICATE. I also spent some time the other day at a local FBO with probably a dozen business cards for "Certified Flight Instructors." This may be nitpicky beyond belief, but it's CERTIFICATED. I can't believe how many people don't even know what they are, whether it's having a pilot certificate or being a CFI. Even ATP Flight School and Gleim Aviation get it wrong. I know the two words mean roughly the same thing, but at least use the same word as the FAA...
GBLKD From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2011, 330 posts, RR: 0 Reply 26, posted (4 months 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 2927 times:
Quoting CanadianNorth (Reply 24): The Yukon is a place to go snowmobiling, have your rifle collection, enjoy your pickup truck, have a big enough backyard to build a shop and let your dog run around, etc. If you don't like it the way it is, instead of trying to change it how about you go away?
I like the sound of The Yukon, I hope it never changes.
I've got a couple of peeves, forget the on road stuff, been driving trucks and coaches for 22 years and the road is my workplace. There isn't enough availible bandwidth here for me to list them.
There are other things though.
iBores. I couldn't give a stuff how much you've spent on your apple gizmos or what they do.
Kids who use the word "like" as a punctuation mark, you know the type "He was like yeah and I was like whatever coz he's like a loser" etc etc. I've heard schoolteachers talking in that way infront of a group of kids. Shocking.
kfllcfii From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 3237 posts, RR: 38 Reply 27, posted (4 months 4 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 2960 times:
Quoting N243NW (Reply 26): Along the same lines, I can't count how many pilots I know that talk about their "Private Pilot License" or "Commercial Pilot License." It's a Pilot CERTIFICATE.
True, but you are still LICENSED ("a permission granted by competent authority to engage in"..."an activity otherwise unlawful") to fly aircraft by the FAA in the form of a CERTIFICATE. Therefore, to say you have a LICENSE, by definition, to fly aircraft would not be incorrect.
You are granted such LICENSE to do so in the form of a CERTIFICATE.
Sheesh, these bickerings are part of the reason I lost any joy in pursuing a flying career!
"About the only way to look at it, just a pity you are not POTUS KFLLCFII, seems as if we would all be better off."
canoecarrier From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 2265 posts, RR: 11 Reply 28, posted (4 months 4 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 2948 times:
And, unfortunately not treated as such in our legal system.
Quoting Superfly (Reply 15): -People who hold gratuitous conversations on their cellphones while in public
The last thing I want to hear when I'm on a public bus at 7AM on my way to work is some woman yapping about how much she had to drink the night before or how her boyfriend is an ass.
Three completely overused phrases that come to mind are:
When someone starts a sentence with "Actually". It sounds so pretentious.
The phrase, "The fact of the matter is"
And, inserting "you know?" in every other sentence when you're talking to me.
seb146 From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 8614 posts, RR: 19 Reply 29, posted (4 months 4 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 2898 times:
Quoting canoecarrier (Reply 29): Three completely overused phrases that come to mind are:
The phrase I hate the most is "it is what it is." Well, duh! If you don't want to participate in the conversation or have nothing of substance to add, don't say anything. We already know what it is.
Another thing about cell phone use is people that carry on conversations at check out. They want to get out quickly, the people behind them want to get out quickly. But, apparently, the conversation is way more important to everyone. Guess what? It's not!
Wheel of morality turn, turn, turn. Tell us the lesson that we should learn
ER757 From Cayman Islands, joined May 2005, 1945 posts, RR: 9 Reply 30, posted (4 months 4 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 2895 times:
Quoting kfllcfii (Reply 7): -Cashiers who take more time to ring up one item than it took me to walk all the way back to get it.
-Requiring a manager to insert a key/code into the register just because they accidentally scanned an item twice.
And in the same vein, a cashier who suddenly stops ringing you up without saying a word to go over and help another cashier fix some problem they should know how to take care of themselves. That's what managers or supervisors are for.
Quoting kiwiinoz (Reply 10): People who are regularly late. It somes down simply to carelessness about the value of other people's time
I have sacked people for being 5 mins late and would do it again
Sadly, my wife is the worst culprit.
Since you've never met my sister, I'll let you continue to think your wife is the worst culprit, but trust me, she's not
Quoting type-rated (Reply 12): People who still write checks at retail stores.
These people should be beaten with sticks. The worst part is most of them don't even start writing the damned check until the cashier tells them the total. For God's sake people, you can fill out everything else while you're waiting!
stlgph From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 8583 posts, RR: 31 Reply 31, posted (4 months 4 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 2878 times:
ditto on ... oh, you know, a lot that's been mentioned above, perhaps it's up there .... but i just didn't see it scrolling through ... but i cannot stand *NOISY EATERS*
Eternal darkness we all should dread. It's hard to party when you're dead.
Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 8076 posts, RR: 13 Reply 34, posted (4 months 4 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 2774 times:
Quoting seb146 (Reply 30):
The phrase I hate the most is "it is what it is." Well, duh! If you don't want to participate in the conversation or have nothing of substance to add, don't say anything. We already know what it is.
Sadly, some people make things out to be much more than they really are, so that saying gets a lot of use.
Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 36437 posts, RR: 86 Reply 36, posted (4 months 4 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 2716 times:
Quoting PITrules (Reply 36): when in fact ATL and a few others are busier int'l airports
ATL is artificially inflated.
It's only because of Delta's hub & spoke network and many people that were suckered in to buying a ticket on Delta are forced to lay over and switch planes there. It's not like people want to see & visit Atlanta. Isn't much to see there.
WildcatYXU From Canada, joined May 2006, 2303 posts, RR: 7 Reply 37, posted (4 months 4 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 2717 times:
Quoting kfllcfii (Reply 7): -Advocates of the metric system who dump on the imperial system, yet have no problem with knowing there are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day, 365.25 days in a year, 360 degrees in a circle, etc etc
If you'd take a little bit of time and study a bit around it you'd know that decimal time was tried and found impractical for some purposes - such as expressing the length of human life. You'd also find out that decimal time is widely used where practical - mostly computer systems. Practicality, this is all what it is about. Or you really think that having 16 ounces to pint, 2 pints to a quart, 4 quarts to a gallon and 31 gallons to barrel is more practical than 1000 milliliters to a liter and 100 liters to a hectoliter? Not to mention that north of the 49-th it's 20 ounces to a pint and 36 gallons to a barrel...and btw, even in the USA the barrel isn't the same - the 31 gallon barrel is the beer barrel. The oil barrel contains 42 gallons just for the change.
Oh, and did I mention grads?
And that brings us to my perhaps biggest pet peeve - people who hate something without even trying to understand it.
Some of my other pet peeves:
- underposted speed limits
- police setting up speed traps where it brings money and not where speeding is dangerous
- people turning incredibly slowly on intersections. Hey, your car won't flip over if your speed is above 15 km/h while turning!
- purposely misspelled business names. Rite Way Windows and Doors, for example. I personally wouldn't buy a box of matches from a company with a name like this, not windows that may cost several thousands of dollars. Or do they really perform some kind of rites when installing the windows?
Quoting CanadianNorth (Reply 24): - When forms and whatnot that apply to Canada say "Province/State: _______." Way to go leaving out 1/3 of the country people. Is it really that hard to include Territory in there?
A third of country with a population just under 100000 combined in all territories. A whopping 0.29% of Canada's population...
Just between us - the problem is not to include territories to the forms. I'd personally prefer minimizing the number of forms we have to complete. BTW, isn't a bit of a blasphemy that the government calls the places we have to go to complete all kinds of chores imposed on us by the government "service centers"?
nonrevman From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 1283 posts, RR: 1 Reply 38, posted (4 months 3 weeks 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 2574 times:
Some good ones so far, I might add.....
Going to any gas station and exercising the "pay at the pump" option to avoid getting in a potentially long line to complete the transaction. So, I swipe the credit/debit card, and fill up. I need to keep receipts for my records. Usually, it prints at the pump, but if it does not, a message appears that typically says "CASHIER HAS RECEIPT". When this happens, you get that sinking feeling, because you can see the long line inside, and the whole purpose of "pay at the pump" has been compromised.
Anyway, that is one that comes up every once in a while.
Yeah,I notice that too.E-Gad! I'm turning into Archie Bunker!(lol)
Anyway,my peeves:
Impolite adults
impolite kids
Kids and adults wearing T-shirts of criminals.
Loudmouth cellphone users on they're speakerphone talking sex and drugs out loud! (Once, I told someone in a store that talk drugs openly that they're we're inciting themselves).Keep talking!
Media openly lying and skimping or even not covering a story.Haven't you notice?(lol)No,no.That's not my peeve.(lol)
Left turn on car people.I agree with all of you on that one.
My personal peeve: I hate when something falls on the floor.You're going to pick it up.You miss you're aim,can't grab it right,spawns and breaks up in eight different little pieces and you're counting; One,Two,THREE,FOUR.....I hate that!
Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 8076 posts, RR: 13 Reply 40, posted (4 months 3 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 2559 times:
One just came up: the (world) football preference for saying "we got a result.." instead of "we won!". Come on, just go ahead and say it, you wanted to win and you're glad you won!
Editted for less peavyness. Happy New Year!
[Edited 2011-12-31 17:14:22]
Editted again to apologize to those who hate made-up words. Happy New Year, still!
AustinAllison From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 114 posts, RR: 0 Reply 41, posted (4 months 3 weeks 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 2533 times:
-People who think they have a right to rupture my eardrums while driving their vehicle with a sound system that can be heard from the moon.
-Motorcycle drivers who accelerate much to fast and similarly end up rupturing my eardrums.
-People who use the turning lane to merge into traffic. It's illegal, yet goes largely unnoticed by cops. And yes, it is illegal.
-Slow drivers who don't speed up when I ride their rear.
-The 'Papyrus' font. New and emerging businesses use it to seem exotic.
ajd1992 From UK - England, joined Jul 2006, 2406 posts, RR: 1 Reply 42, posted (4 months 3 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 2509 times:
Quoting kfllcfii (Reply 7): -Bicyclists sharing the roadway. Why this is legal and expected in some places is beyond me. Pedestrians stand far better against bicyclists on the sidewalk than bicyclists do against any vehicles on the roadway.
Some cyclists ride at 20, maybe 25 miles per hour which is far too fast for the sidewalk. People have been and are killed by cyclists doing exactly that - riding too fast on the pavement and knocking them over. That being said, I don't think that riding slowly on the pavement is that bad as long as you are considerate and are riding slowly. Hell, I'm 210lbs/not very fit and in short bursts I can hit nearly 30 on a flat. It's not appropriate to be doing 20-30mph on a sidewalk. It's like asking peds to walk on the road, but far narrower and with silent cars.
Quoting 747m8te (Reply 16): -Bicyclist who hog the road when there are bike lane space designated for them, you don't pay rego, be thankful that you have been provided with a bike lane and use it!
Don't know about Australia, but in the UK there is no law about being forced to use them. I don't use them hardly ever, because they're full of shit on the road like glass (and new tyres are expensive), drivers think that white line saves them from knocking people off when in fact they don't. My safety is more important than somebody else's convenience - the 20-30 seconds you're held up behind me because i'm not in a bike lane due to the sharp stuff in it is not going to kill you. That and people park in them - there's one on the run up to my college, and the amount of people who think it's OK to drop their kids off by left hooking me and stopping is pathetic. I've stopped whole lanes of traffic before to tell people they've nearly knocked me off. Irritates people but seeing a dead body is far worse. I'm not a militant cyclists but if i'm lit up like a christmas tree, people can't say they didn't see me.
Oh, and my pet peeve is body odour. Can't stand it - in this day and age there is no excuse for it.
N243NW From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1321 posts, RR: 28 Reply 43, posted (4 months 3 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 2442 times:
Quoting AustinAllison (Reply 42): Slow drivers who don't speed up when I ride their rear.
Conversely - drivers who ride my rear expecting me to speed up. If there are 2 or more lanes of travel each way, I'll gladly move over, but I'm not about to hit the gas if I'm already going 5-10 over the speed limit just because of a tailgater.
Quoting AustinAllison (Reply 42): The 'Papyrus' font. New and emerging businesses use it to seem exotic.
That's a close second to Comic Sans. I have a friend with an even more bitter loathing for it...you're exactly right. The golf club down the street has it on their sign.
zippyjet From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3808 posts, RR: 13 Reply 45, posted (4 months 3 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 2381 times:
Thank you for this thread: Check out my 2012 things to fade away poll. There's a lot of my and other's pet peeves.
So, I'll keep it short and simple for your thread:
The lack of common sense, common decency, manners, do unto others as you would want done to you and political correctness. If you instill a sense of common sense and compassion for others and animals and for that matter our planet then political correctness if not needed.
AR385 From Mexico, joined Nov 2003, 3954 posts, RR: 29 Reply 46, posted (4 months 3 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 2367 times:
People cutting in line: I´ve actually engaged in violence when my very polite "Get back to your place in the line" hasn´t worked. It happens in Supermarkets, Movies, Office Supply stores, etc.
Infections due to imbedded teeth, see above. People, please brush your teeth.
Drug traffickers. At this point, I don´t care if they are given due process or executed on the spot. They have done a lot of damage to my country. Good luck Central America, they´re headed your way.
Personal Assistants who arrive after me, leave before me and all day are chatting over the web.
Personal Assistants who hit on you. Girl, if you are going to hit on me and be successful, you need to be a MAN.
The Flu. I had it in October and it literally sent me to bed for two weeks.
Diabetes. I have it, I hate it.
Cristina Kirchner
Your sense of humor; You know what,? It might be great in your culture, environment or whatever. Don´t share it if it´s "iffy" until I´ve had a half a bottle of Scotch.
So far, I guess that´s it. If this was a daily thread I´m sure I could find something to post on this thread every single day.
zippyjet From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3808 posts, RR: 13 Reply 47, posted (4 months 3 weeks 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 2304 times:
Quoting AR385 (Reply 47): The Flu. I had it in October and it literally sent me to bed for two weeks.
Is it just me or does it seem like Colds and Flu last longer when we get them? I've had this pesky cold for close to three weeks. I guess I;m a genial host.
Quoting AR385 (Reply 47):
Personal Assistants who hit on you. Girl, if you are going to hit on me and be successful, you need to be a MAN.
If they are hot looking, great legs and decent personality wise, I can help and take care of them for you.
One pet peeve I forgot to ad. Not so much a peeve but a WTF, why does Facebook suggest a person to ad as a friend and then when you friend request them, you get a message saying that you could get in trouble for friend requesting them meaning if you don't know them personally FB could revoke your account. This happens when I find a person who is a fellow A-netter, or other interest, web site etc.
N243NW From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1321 posts, RR: 28 Reply 48, posted (4 months 3 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 2277 times:
Just thought of a few others.
When people say "acrost" instead of pronouncing the word "across" as it's meant to be said. Where did the T suddenly come from?
When sportscasters talk about (usually football) players that have amazing speed and quickness, as if the two attributes aren't actually the same thing.
The whole stupid saying about how "a good landing is one you can walk away from, and a great landing is one where you can use the plane again, blah blah blah blah..." If someone lands 2/3 of the way down the runway, puts tremendous side loads on the landing gear, hits nosewheel first, creates pilot-induced oscillations, or plants the mains hard enough to warrant a structural inspection, under almost no circumstances is it a "great landing" or even a "good landing." It's a garbage landing. I know people are just being facetious when they say it, but it somehow just gets on my nerves.
Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 36437 posts, RR: 86 Reply 49, posted (4 months 3 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 2270 times:
Quoting Revelation (Reply 23): Some of the worst offenders are some of my relatives. I just drove for hours, spend hundreds of dollars on hotels and gasoline to be with you, and you are going to blow me off for a cell phone call? WTF? I guess next year I'll save the money and stay at home.
I've walked out on dates because this very reason.
Quoting canoecarrier (Reply 29): The last thing I want to hear when I'm on a public bus at 7AM on my way to work is some woman yapping about how much she had to drink the night before or how her boyfriend is an ass.
I heard a lady on the bus talking about testing positive for gonorrhea on the bus. It's like she wasn't even ashamed that everyone on the bus could hear.
Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 8076 posts, RR: 13 Reply 52, posted (4 months 3 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 2216 times:
Quoting BAViscount (Reply 45): People who can't differentiate between the possessive "apostrophe s" and the plural "s".
The use of "alot" rather than "a lot" - there's no such word as "alot".
The use of "then" rather than "than" - so many people seem to do that these days...why???
The use of "Can I get..." when asking for something in a retail outlet. To quote Sean Lock, "If you get the coffee, you work there."!
Quoting N243NW (Reply 49): When people say "acrost" instead of pronouncing the word "across" as it's meant to be said. Where did the T suddenly come from?
I suspect you have a lifetime of annoyance ahead of you.
I try to express myself well and correctly, but on the other hand, one of my pet peeves is the grammar, spelling and punctuation police.
Did I get that right?
Quoting N243NW (Reply 49): When sportscasters talk about (usually football) players that have amazing speed and quickness, as if the two attributes aren't actually the same thing.
Actually, speed is velocity and quickness is acceleration, and according to Newton they are two different things...
Quoting Superfly (Reply 50):
I heard a lady on the bus talking about testing positive for gonorrhea on the bus. It's like she wasn't even ashamed that everyone on the bus could hear.
Oy! I'd have a hard time not taunting her after saying such a thing.
zippyjet From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3808 posts, RR: 13 Reply 54, posted (4 months 3 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 2130 times:
I've heard of people especially self important Wall Street types gabbing and making deals on their cell phones during a graveside funeral!
The double standard in dating:
Men are shallow if they say they don't want to date a plumper or ugly woman.
Whereas women can get away with their disdain for vertically challanged men. Sadly we vertically challenged men have to deal the hand God gave us. I find it laughable when a 5' tall petite cutie will only date men 5'10" or taller and of course the $$ standard that women place on men. I actually had an LCSW who said she won't date any guy who makes less than 100G a year (USD) and this was 2004! Besides those tacky elevator shoes there is little if anything I can do to turn my EWOK 5'4" frame to grow taller.
WestJet747 From Canada, joined Aug 2011, 591 posts, RR: 0 Reply 56, posted (4 months 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 2123 times:
You guys have nailed quite a few of mine already, but one that happened to me 3 (!) times today has to be near the top of my list:
People who use "common" as short for "come on", without realizing that "common" is a frequently used word in the English language. Of my friends that decide to butcher the language this way, the worst offender is actually an English major!
Maybe I'm being a language snob, but this drives me absolutely up the wall!
zkojq From New Zealand, joined Sep 2011, 262 posts, RR: 0 Reply 57, posted (4 months 3 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 2082 times:
From the top of my head:
1) People who spell Qantas Quantas
2) People who think that every passenger jet that isn't an A320/737 must be a 747.
3) People who call everyone that accepts that global warming/climate change is happening an 'environmental extremist' or similar.
4) People who don't use their indicators/turning signals when driving - they are there for a reason.
5) People who tailgate you, overtake and then drive slowly.
6) People who text under the table during meetings or meals and think that everyone is oblivious to what they are doing.
.... I will think of more tomorrow
Airbus A340: 4 Engines 4 Long Haul...... (and they don't have 10 seats across in economy)
BAViscount From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2004, 2326 posts, RR: 4 Reply 59, posted (4 months 3 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 2051 times:
Quoting zkojq (Reply 57): 6) People who text under the table during meetings or meals and think that everyone is oblivious to what they are doing.
I had a job interview once and the big boss who had flown in from overseas especially to see me and another candidate spent most of the interview sending text messages. I was glad that they didn't offer me the job, I couldn't have worked for someone like that!
Ladies & gentlemen this is Captain Tobias Wilcock welcoming you aboard Coconut Airways flight 372 to Bridgetown Barb
zippyjet From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3808 posts, RR: 13 Reply 61, posted (4 months 3 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 2011 times:
Quoting ER757 (Reply 60): Quoting Superfly (Reply 55):
I like plumpers, so what does that make me?
I believe the term you're looking for is "chubby chaser."
Someone's gotta like the "Precious" look.
And both of you are correct. Chuuby Chaser is a legit term and the category in "adult entertainment/genres" for those who shake rattle, roll and could earn a ribbon at your local state fair is indeed Plumpers A little Zippy story:
Back in the Clinton era when I first got my paws on a computer ancient dial up Win 95, pop ups were as bad if not worse. When perusing my go to choices, Flexi Girls, mini skirts, shorts, cheergirls, schoolgirls and high arched footsie babes, popups would always appear proclaming various sights for Plumpers, Plumpers and more Plumpers, even one where the plumper was with her relatives (cow pasture/dairy barn) I almost lost my lunch then couldn't stop laughing but had one heck of a time exorcising popups featuring Plumpers off the computer which happened to be my dad's. Also I cracked up laughing when he raised hell when those porcine bovine beauties popped up while he was trying to make a go of his latest network marketing phenom!
Quoting ER757 (Reply 60): Quoting zkojq (Reply 57):
5) People who tailgate you, overtake and then drive slowly.
Makes me wish I had a rocket launcher on my front bumper.....
Makes me wish I had 007's Austin Martin with all the goodies circa Goldfinger and especially when said drivers are driving those big FUGLY overpriced, over the top SUV's!
Like one of these! Lexus you should be ashamed of yourself! This is the POS that reminds me of a cross between an old Studebaker 4 door and plumper Rambler from the late 50's early 60's
People that try to use silly little idioms then spell them wrong. It is tout suite.
Sorry, this one kind of jumped out at me but spelling and grammar mistakes are my biggest peeve.
In this country the most irritating spelling mistake is proffesional. For goodness' sake, if you can't spell the word, how professional can you be?
Others include, but are not limited to:
Children standing on the front seat of a car.
People who don't flush the toilet after urinating.
People who are late, be it for an appointment or those who hold up a flight.
There are plenty more, and they seem to be increasing in number and triviality as I get older, just like the OP said.
After Monday and Tuesday even the calendar says WTF...
Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 8076 posts, RR: 13 Reply 63, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 1964 times:
Quoting andz (Reply 62): spelling and grammar mistakes are my biggest peeve.
Quoting andz (Reply 62): There are plenty more, and they seem to be increasing in number and triviality as I get older, just like the OP said.
You're (your, LOL!) swimming against the tide on the spelling/grammar thing. Try not to give yourself an ulcer, because no one else will be suffering but yourself.
andz From South Africa, joined Feb 2004, 8247 posts, RR: 13 Reply 64, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 1953 times:
Quoting Revelation (Reply 63): You're (your, LOL!) swimming against the tide on the spelling/grammar thing. Try not to give yourself an ulcer, because no one else will be suffering but yourself.
Whatever. Sucks to be caught out huh?
After Monday and Tuesday even the calendar says WTF...
Unfortunately I have a multitude of pet peeves. A couple that spring to mind :
Motorists who pull out to overtake and then don't (overtake). Three or four times today on British and Belgian motorways, grrrr!
The person in front of me at the checkout who upon hearing the amount to be paid then has to juggle mobile, shopping, bag and attendant infant before rummaging through aforementioned bag or pockets in search of some means of payment. I was never a Boy Scout, but the motto "Be Prepared" is almost universally applicable.
People who on reaching the top of an escalator in a department store, walk or two paces and then stop dead to get their bearings. This results in other people having to squirm there way around them, or in my case - less politely - my barking "Excuse me" and deriving much satisfaction when they jump out of their skins.
zippyjet From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3808 posts, RR: 13 Reply 66, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 1903 times:
Quoting andz (Reply 62): People who don't flush the toilet after urinating.
When I lived in Atlantic City back in the day, I had a roomate who never flushed the toilet. He worked for one of the casino hotels. Even back then automatic flush toilets/urinals were online. This was his explination. Point taken. Flash forward to 2012. At BWI most of the toilets have been retrofitted for automatic flush; so I have to remind myself. Also these days with finite resources and escalating water prices, there is this saying: If it's yellow let it mellow, If it's brown flush it down. Or something close to that.
Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 8076 posts, RR: 13 Reply 67, posted (4 months 2 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 1892 times:
Quoting andz (Reply 64): Quoting Revelation (Reply 63):
You're (your, LOL!) swimming against the tide on the spelling/grammar thing. Try not to give yourself an ulcer, because no one else will be suffering but yourself.
Whatever. Sucks to be caught out huh?
Nah, on further reflection, I really don't give a damn about the spelling police. I certainly don't feel guilt or inadequacy over my written skills. If it makes you feel better, go ahead and critique. Small things for small minds, you know...
zippyjet From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3808 posts, RR: 13 Reply 68, posted (4 months 2 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 1829 times:
How could I forget these two? Actually I should post them in the desires for things to go away in 2012 but, I feel this thread is getting more response.
Junk Mail! Why oh why do I keep getting menus from mediocre pizza joints (including chains Pappa Johns, Pizza Butt) Geico, Comcast and all those credit card comeons? Sadly, it's been broadcast that junk mail will increase because this is how the Post Office makes money! A waste of raw materials, and vanishing natural resources.
Those #@$* loose insert cards in magazines Adds to the trash and litter. A mess when security checking international flight arrivals. Another waste of paper, natural resources and a contributer to polution. They create more litter than the stuff kitties use to relieve themselves. Believe it or not, the late Andy Rooney ranted and had kittens on 60 Minutes about these. Also I believe 20/20 did a story on these things back in the late 80's or early 90's.
luckyone From United States of America, joined Aug 2008, 1409 posts, RR: 0 Reply 70, posted (4 months 2 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 1801 times:
Quoting zkojq (Reply 57): 6) People who text under the table during meetings or meals and think that everyone is oblivious to what they are doing.
I'm guilty of this, but not because I don't want people to know that I'm texting, but rather because I don't want people reading my texts and I don't want the 40billiion kW lighting from my cellphone to bring planes in to land at our table.
Quoting andz (Reply 62): In this country the most irritating spelling mistake is proffesional. For goodness' sake, if you can't spell the word, how professional can you be?
Would Afrikaans have some influence on that one?
As for mine:
- Video games. I hate these damn things, the noises they make, and the marathon games that keep kids inside. At the very least my children will not be allowed to have a game console in their room, and will be time-limited. Either read a book or go outside and be a child, not a vegetable.
- The complete inability to differentiate their/there/they're and you're/your. It's not that deep folks...
- Pronoun misuse. A good (educated and smart) friend of mine says "Luckyone and me are going to get some food..." just makes me cringe.
- People (and even worse trucks) absolutely insisting on going 2mph faster than the vehicle in front of them, and as a result backing up traffic in the fast line for five miles while they struggle to get around said vehicle. This is most obvious on a two-lane interstate.
- Drivers who do finally pass you...but never completely get around the car in front of you, thus boxing you in. This is dangerous.
- Driving in the far right lane on a five or six lane highway. Makes me barking mad. Every member of my family does this and I just have to look out the window and grind my teeth each and every time somebody has to slow down or brake for a merging or exiting car. Not to mention traffic in those lanes rarely moves faster than 60mph, while in the outer lanes it's going as fast as 80...There are five other lanes FFS and our exit isn't for another five miles....GET OUT OF THE RIGHT LANE!!!!!
- People who have bought into the smoke and mirrors game of partisan politics. One party isn't right all the time, and the other isn't the Big Bad Wolf.
- Self-absorbed mothers who post each and every thing that their precious babies do on Facebook. I do not care what adorable thing your child has said thirty seconds ago, nor do I care how long they slept, what they ate, or what color their poop was today (no I'm not making ANY of this up!!). Even more annoying are the moms who post a 5am bitchfest about how their baby has deprived them of sleep...and then a 6pm whinefest about how much they missed their baby while they were at work... I absolutely love kids, but let's be real--your children are only cute to you. The only plus with Facebook and digital pictures is it's increasingly rare to have these overzealous mothers accosting innocent bystanders with a plethora of baby-in-the-bathtub pictures.
zippyjet From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3808 posts, RR: 13 Reply 71, posted (4 months 2 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1751 times:
Quoting luckyone (Reply 71): Video games. I hate these damn things, the noises they make, and the marathon games that keep kids inside. At the very least my children will not be allowed to have a game console in their room, and will be time-limited. Either read a book or go outside and be a child, not a vegetable.
Especially the stupid ones from the 80's and 90's in malls and other public places. Back in 1982 one of the worst songs ever made it to the top of the charts: Pac Man Fever
Some more of mine:
Overheated stores, airport terminals. With rising energy costs do we really need an inside temperature in a venue where we are moving around (shopping) above 70 degrees F? Most stores and malls have poor ventilation at best. At my home airport BWI especially Concourse D the heat pours out of the radiators along the window. And sometimes some of them spew heat even in June and July when outside the temperature is well above 75 F and the humidity is almost as high. Try getting the State to rectify this makes hearding cats easy.
Places with poor A/C. When you are cold you can always move faster and or add layers. When you are hot and sweaty you can only remove so much clothing. Of course hottie women can take it all off in my book.
Unimaginative TV and Internet pop up advertising. Always in your face, loud and the same themes.
One theme I detest in current TV advertising is using a tinny grating voice...your GPS telling you to eat this, buy that, take that drug to get it up....
The current state of commercial terrestrial radio. Commercials, commercials unimaginitave DJ's that sound the same with the same BS gimmicks and the music is Godawful. Acts like Black Eyed Peas, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, 99% of the hip hop crap, and leggy Katy my voice sounds like fingernails across the blackboard but I'm leggy and loose Perry.
The "baby bump culture" Celebrity news regarding their love children. Ms. Bambi Bimbette and her boyfriend Cutter Gun had a baby boy named Hippo Rex Insurance Adjuster Bimbette-Gunn
Derico From Argentina, joined Dec 1999, 4144 posts, RR: 15 Reply 72, posted (4 months 2 weeks 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 1710 times:
1. Hypocrisy,especialy situational hypocrisy
2. Smart phones used while people are supposed to be focusing on walking, driving, talking
3. Rich people getting free things
My internet was not shut down, the internet has shut me down
dc9northwest From Romania, joined Feb 2007, 1177 posts, RR: 2 Reply 73, posted (4 months 2 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 1701 times:
Quoting zippyjet (Reply 72): Overheated stores, airport terminals. With rising energy costs do we really need an inside temperature in a venue where we are moving around (shopping) above 70 degrees F? Most stores and malls have poor ventilation at best. At my home airport BWI especially Concourse D the heat pours out of the radiators along the window. And sometimes some of them spew heat even in June and July when outside the temperature is well above 75 F and the humidity is almost as high. Try getting the State to rectify this makes hearding cats easy.
Places with poor A/C. When you are cold you can always move faster and or add layers. When you are hot and sweaty you can only remove so much clothing. Of course hottie women can take it all off in my book.
If you're moving around 70 is very decent... That said inside an aircraft, after waking up at 4 am after 3 hours of poor quality sleep it can get very chilly, especially on US airlines. Since most planes have personal air vents, they should keep it a bit warmer. I don't have a jacket with me in the middle of summer.
On the other hand, if you're hot you can always pour cold water on your face or open two opposite windows (well, not in continental Europe when there're old people around). I don't mean on an aircraft, obviously.
That brings me to some of mine:
1) People who believe that the draught brings illnesses and prefer to sit around in 105/40 degree heat inside a train without A/C rather than opening windows to make it at least a bit more bearable, lest they catch a cold from the draught......
2) People smoking in enclosed public spaces. No excuses. Smoke outside or at home. I don't care if you're addicted or not. This is even worse than the first... I'd rather smell of sweat than of smoke when I get home. At least I can try to liberally apply deodorant in the first situation.
3) Religious proselytizers of any sort.
4) Chicago drivers. Quite the assholes in many, many situations.
5) Nosy people, governments, countries, etc. I like the following Romanian proverb: "nu-ti baga nasul unde nu-ti fierbe oala", translated literally as "don't stick your nose where your kettle isn't boiling".
6) People who get drunk and then kill others or commit other crimes. Most (somewhere around 90% if not more) of serious, violent crimes in Romania are committed under the influence of alcohol.
7) Drug laws, as they're so interrelated so deeply with hypocrisy that I can't separate the two anymore.
Quoting zippyjet (Reply 72): Unimaginative TV and Internet pop up advertising. Always in your face, loud and the same themes.
One theme I detest in current TV advertising is using a tinny grating voice...your GPS telling you to eat this, buy that, take that drug to get it up....
The current state of commercial terrestrial radio. Commercials, commercials unimaginitave DJ's that sound the same with the same BS gimmicks and the music is Godawful. Acts like Black Eyed Peas, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, 99% of the hip hop crap, and leggy Katy my voice sounds like fingernails across the blackboard but I'm leggy and loose Perry.
The "baby bump culture" Celebrity news regarding their love children. Ms. Bambi Bimbette and her boyfriend Cutter Gun had a baby boy named Hippo Rex Insurance Adjuster Bimbette-Gunn
You can add all of that to my list as well. Stupid things all of those are.
HSVXJ From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 225 posts, RR: 2 Reply 74, posted (4 months 2 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 1635 times:
Quoting luckyone (Reply 71): - Pronoun misuse. A good (educated and smart) friend of mine says "Luckyone and me are going to get some food..." just makes me cringe.
Not that I'm a grammar Nazi or anything, although I wince whenever I read a sentence along the lines of, "I need to loose alot of weight, than their will be some partying at you're house," but the "me and ___" versus "___ and I" thing gets on my nerves. The newer generations have no hope, as I was watching Barney with my 2 year old niece and they were singing a song called "Me and my Family."
Another thing on forums that gets to me is when someone is disagreeing with someone else and starts out their statement with, Uhhh, Errr, or any variation there of. I don't know why it bothers me. I guess it just makes the writer read like a douchebag.
I really try not to let too many things get to me, though. Chances are, there are a lot of things that I do that annoy the hell out of a lot of people. You can't please everyone.
Chris
Nature forms us for ourselves, not for others; to be, not to seem.
HorizonGirl From Canada, joined Mar 2005, 757 posts, RR: 20 Reply 75, posted (4 months 2 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 1634 times:
When people say "Em-Bree-Air."
I know a good few of you probably say that, and I regularly debate the pronunciation with my boyfriend, as some of you may have seen around the forums. I think it should be "Em-brayer" as it is pronounced by AC.
Aviation related things aside, nothing makes me want to strangle a person more than when I hear them say "For all intensive purposes."
Above all that, my number one pet peeve, is when people chew with their mouths open. I don't think I could ever love someone who did that.
zippyjet From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3808 posts, RR: 13 Reply 76, posted (4 months 2 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1550 times:
I know I started a stand alone thread but a pet peeve of mine is: Paying good money for a poor service with hidden charges and defective equipment and aggrivation. I guess I've been lucky in my life but I guess it was my turn to get/sign up for a costly lemmon. Shame on me. If I can persuade at least one A-Netter to avoid Sprint, I've been a success.
More Pet Peeves:
Stick it to us the working folk with increasing gas taxes and increased auto registration fees. They are trying this in my state of Maryland. I understand the need to raise taxes in certain cases but, our governor says this is for infrastructure and road improvement. Sure, they take this additional revenue extorted from us to balance their budget. Meanwhile our roads could bust up a 747!
Uncle Sam wants to give the mass pool of government workers a 1 1/2 % raise. When we have the $$$ sure why not but we are in a defecit from hell. I could understand giving them a Cost of Living Raise as things like gas are going up. The rest of us (non government) get the shaft in many cases.
type-rated From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 3664 posts, RR: 23 Reply 77, posted (4 months 2 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1546 times:
What ticked me off was that they told us to use less gasoline by driving less and we did. Then they come back and tell us that since we are using less gas the state is having a deficit and must now raise gas taxes to compensate for the lower gasoline usage.
Where does it end?
Fly North Central Airlines..The route of the Northliners!
zippyjet From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3808 posts, RR: 13 Reply 78, posted (4 months 2 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 1540 times:
Quoting type-rated (Reply 78): What ticked me off was that they told us to use less gasoline by driving less and we did. Then they come back and tell us that since we are using less gas the state is having a deficit and must now raise gas taxes to compensate for the lower gasoline usage.
Where does it end?
Fasten your seat belts. We may just be flying into the turbulence of another 1968. Protest and civil disturbances.
They want to raise taxes, stifle the Internet, make alternative healing next to impossible meanwhile while losing our sovereignty. Shame on us, we the sheeple!
Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 36437 posts, RR: 86 Reply 79, posted (4 months 1 week 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 1483 times:
Here is another one.
People who talk on their mobile phones while in a public restroom!
Why on earth would anyone subject the person they're talking to to the sounds of other's taking a leak, a dump and toilets flushing. Also the acoustics in a restroom is terrible while on a telephone.
Some people are just so damn clueless!
JAGflyer From Canada, joined Aug 2004, 3138 posts, RR: 4 Reply 80, posted (4 months 1 week 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 1453 times:
Passengers coming home from Mexico/Cuba/etc who insist on wearing shorts, t-shirts, and flip flops on the flight back to Canada where the weather is in the negatives. As soon as they leave the plane, they exclaim "it's so cold"....come on, would it kill you to wear pants, shoes, and toss a jacket in your carry-on? You have to walk outside to your car/taxi/bus and you still decide to dress like you're going to the beach on your flight back to Canada in the winter. When I used to deliver parts to A/C at the gate I'd often have to bring them onto the plane and it never ceased to annoy me how many people don't dress properly, then announce how cold they are.
I'll take 100 litres a side AVGAS with Prist - C172 pilot
zippyjet From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3808 posts, RR: 13 Reply 81, posted (4 months 1 week 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 1450 times:
Quoting JAGflyer (Reply 81): Passengers coming home from Mexico/Cuba/etc who insist on wearing shorts, t-shirts, and flip flops on the flight back to Canada where the weather is in the negatives. As soon as they leave the plane, they exclaim "it's so cold"....come on, would it kill you to wear pants, shoes, and toss a jacket in your carry-on? You have to walk outside to your car/taxi/bus and you still decide to dress like you're going to the beach on your flight back to Canada in the winter. When I used to deliver parts to A/C at the gate I'd often have to bring them onto the plane and it never ceased to annoy me how many people don't dress properly, then announce how cold they are.
If they are hot, fit, leggy women less is more! The ones endowed get erect frigid nips.
Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 8076 posts, RR: 13 Reply 82, posted (4 months 1 week 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 1380 times:
Quoting Superfly (Reply 80): People who talk on their mobile phones while in a public restroom!
Why on earth would anyone subject the person they're talking to to the sounds of other's taking a leak, a dump and toilets flushing. Also the acoustics in a restroom is terrible while on a telephone.
Some people are just so damn clueless!
Yep, anyone I encounter doing such a thing goes on to my sh*t list. Totally classless.
Another pet peeve - software that auto-updates without an opt-out. I've got work to do, I've got tons of documents open, don't pull the rug out from under me! I've downloaded specific versions of things because developers pull out features or change interfaces all the time, don't decide for me that I have to upgrade (Firefox has started to do this, and it pisses me off!).
zippyjet From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3808 posts, RR: 13 Reply 83, posted (4 months 1 week 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 1360 times:
Quoting Revelation (Reply 83): Another pet peeve - software that auto-updates without an opt-out. I've got work to do, I've got tons of documents open, don't pull the rug out from under me! I've downloaded specific versions of things because developers pull out features or change interfaces all the time, don't decide for me that I have to upgrade (Firefox has started to do this, and it pisses me off!).
Another pet peeve: The Political Correctness Pandemic is putting a dent on self expression, job security and most of all our overall sense of humor is on alert.
Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 8076 posts, RR: 13 Reply 84, posted (4 months 1 week 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 1326 times:
TV commercials that run past their shelf life. Current example: Mr & Mrs Joe Average buy a Ford, and before you know it, they are mobbed by the mock press and are being interviewed. It was a cute idea the first time I saw it two months ago, now it's just a stale rehash. Move on! God, I even prefer the Dennis O'Leary run-to-death commercials to this one!
ER757 From Cayman Islands, joined May 2005, 1945 posts, RR: 9 Reply 85, posted (4 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 1293 times:
Was reminded of this one the other day.....leaf blowers. Get a rake or broom and a shovel instead of just blowing debris from one place to another with an obnoxious whining motor and disgusting exhaust fumes! Sound is made worse by idiots that rev it up, then let it wind down, then rev it up again. If you're going to run the damned thing, then at least keep a steady speed on it.
ltbewr From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 11686 posts, RR: 8 Reply 86, posted (4 months 1 week 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 1279 times:
Loud and frequent use of dirty language/words in public, on a cell phone or in a personal conversation. Many around you may be offended and besides it makes you sound ignorant.
Dealing with drunks/druggies. I pretty much gave up going to bars in part of not wanting to deal with their annoying behavior.
Dealing with crazy people you have to deal with and don't want to piss off.
Aggressive panhandling.
The person who tries to break into a line of traffic for an exit or a line for a bus, check out line.
The person who on the supermarket check out line who has a problem of their own with a transaction (not enough money, using SNAP/WIC, trying to use incorrect/expired coupons, had to go back to exchange an item they bought and so on)
People using a cell phone while driving. They are worse than drunks.
zippyjet From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3808 posts, RR: 13 Reply 87, posted (4 months 1 week 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 1231 times:
Quoting Revelation (Reply 85): TV commercials that run past their shelf life. Current example: Mr & Mrs Joe Average buy a Ford, and before you know it, they are mobbed by the mock press and are being interviewed. It was a cute idea the first time I saw it two months ago, now it's just a stale rehash. Move on! God, I even prefer the Dennis O'Leary run-to-death commercials to this one!
Good call! While on commercials that have outworn their welcome.
Horrible local car dealer commercials featuring illiterate stupid sounding people
Those big retail sales for matress companies. With all the three day government holidays these are prevalent.
The recent overuse of a tinny GPS system telling you what to buy, do, or feel.
I'm just a stupid dumbass member of the male species who has 7 double chins, clumsy and mentally challanged. While wifey looks like an aerobic babe, cheerleader who knows all and tells all.
Micky Dee's ghetto centric poor English "I'm Lovin It."
NBC's endless awful promos for their terrible shows. This is easy, change the channel.
Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 8076 posts, RR: 13 Reply 88, posted (4 months 1 week 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 1216 times:
Quoting zippyjet (Reply 88): While on commercials that have outworn their welcome.
Any/all male erectile dysfunction drug ad. Everyone knows they're out there now, so enough with the ads. Now the grandkids are sitting there wondering if grampa can still get a boner or not. Enough already! Especially the current Viagra one shot with that blue-green filtering. Ugh!
zippyjet From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3808 posts, RR: 13 Reply 89, posted (4 months 1 week 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 1210 times:
Quoting Revelation (Reply 89): Any/all male erectile dysfunction drug ad. Everyone knows they're out there now, so enough with the ads. Now the grand kids are sitting there wondering if gram pa can still get a boner or not. Enough already! Especially the current Viagra one shot with that blue-green filtering. Ugh!
I get a kick out of them they are so bad. They are also phony. With the athletic MILF women in those commercials if hubby can't get that stiffy he has some issues that are being glossed over by that little blue pill! I'm 55 years young and need the opposite. And those couples in those claw shaped tubs...The one that always sticks in my mind hasn't been on the air for a couple years. It features a tango couple in a really cool 1950's rancher. The woman looks like she could dance on DWTS and win that trophy. For anyone with a foot fetish, you tube that one.
Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 36437 posts, RR: 86 Reply 90, posted (4 months 1 week 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1203 times:
Airplane videos with music added!
That really annoys me! I want to hear the sound of the engines!
There isn't a single video of the TU-144 SST with the sound of the engines.
When I see a video of a TU-144, IL-62 or TU-154, I don't want to hear Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky or Tatu.
I want to hear those Kuznetsov NK-144 turbofan engines or Soloviev D-30KU engines!
Also, as mentioned earlier/elsewhere(?), any YouTube posting with Flight Sim in it.
Especially one that doesnt have FS in the title to let us know.
We don't give a damn that you can play a video game!
Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 36437 posts, RR: 86 Reply 94, posted (4 months 1 week 5 hours ago) and read 1137 times:
Quoting Revelation (Reply 92): Also, as mentioned earlier/elsewhere(?), any YouTube posting with Flight Sim in it.
Especially one that doesnt have FS in the title to let us know.
We don't give a damn that you can play a video game!
zkojq From New Zealand, joined Sep 2011, 262 posts, RR: 0 Reply 95, posted (4 months 1 week ago) and read 1117 times:
My list continues:
7) Shops not displaying prices on products. Its just rude.
8) Excessively long answerphone/voicemail messages.
9) TV commercials being louder than the program they are interrupting. I really hate the ones when someone is yelling at you.
10) Lack of mobile phone coverage in non-urban areas.
11) Airlines that don't include departure fees and local taxes in airfare prices.
12) People who post too much rubbish onto their Facebook wall.
13) Stuff at airports that make aviation photography difficult by getting in the way: lightpoles, catering trucks, baggage trucks, jetbridges, all those other vehicles around the airport etc.
14) Airports that close viewing decks.
15) Airlines that retire Airbus A340s - particularly when the A340s end up getting scrapped.
16) Jetbridges - i'd much rather be looking at the exterior of an aircraft than the interior of a jetbridge. Exception being when it is raining.
17) Airlines that have a 3-4-3 seating configuration on their 777s.
Quoting ltbewr (Reply 87): Loud and frequent use of dirty language/words in public, on a cell phone or in a personal conversation. Many around you may be offended and besides it makes you sound ignorant.
It really annoys me how much people swear these days. I can understand it when someone swears because they hurt themselves or when something really bad happens, but so many people use swearwords like punctuation which I find particularly frustrating. Excessive swearing = lack of self control.
Quoting ltbewr (Reply 87): People using a cell phone while driving. They are worse than drunks.
Especially when they are texting
Quoting Superfly (Reply 91): Airplane videos with music added!
That really annoys me! I want to hear the sound of the engines!
If the uploader feels the need to put music in an aircraft video, they should, at the very least, also upload a raw, unedited copy of the video for those of us who enjoy the engine noise.
Airbus A340: 4 Engines 4 Long Haul...... (and they don't have 10 seats across in economy)
HorizonGirl From Canada, joined Mar 2005, 757 posts, RR: 20 Reply 96, posted (4 months 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 1112 times:
Quoting Superfly (Reply 90): Airplane videos with music added!
That really annoys me! I want to hear the sound of the engines!
This has got to be one of the worst ones. Especially on rare or retired aircraft. I cringe at the thought.
A nicely done video set to tasteful music is fine with me, so long as you post the original!!
Quoting Revelation (Reply 91): Also, as mentioned earlier/elsewhere(?), any YouTube posting with Flight Sim in it.
Especially one that doesnt have FS in the title to let us know.
We don't give a damn that you can play a video game!
Agreed, I'm fine if they tell you it's FS, but when you're expecting the real thing, the disappointment is too much sometimes!
AM744 From Mexico, joined Jun 2001, 1595 posts, RR: 0 Reply 98, posted (4 months 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 946 times:
Untrained and unmotivated restaurant or clerical staff that misunderstand discounts or offers and refuse to apply them because they figure their tyrannic and equally incompetent supervisor will reprimand them for 'loosing' the business some cents.
Quoting HorizonGirl (Reply 75): I think it should be "Em-brayer" as it is pronounced by AC.
Actually, I don't think there should be a 'y' sound in there.
747400sp From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3183 posts, RR: 3 Reply 99, posted (4 months 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 939 times:
People over using their cell phones! I mean, a person can not get off their cell when they come to the check out counter, how rude can you be! When somebody cutting me off on the highway, and please do not be a Camry or a F-150, those are some of my least favorite vehicles.
Also, as mentioned earlier/elsewhere(?), any YouTube posting with Flight Sim in it.
Especially one that doesnt have FS in the title to let us know.
We don't give a damn that you can play a video game!
That does get old. Quick.
I personally have a difficult time dealing with people who can't tell the difference between there, their, & they're. The use of words like 'irregardless' by people who think using long words equates to smarts is also confounding. But everyone says they have a problem with that, so nothing uncharted there.
I think my biggest real pet peeve is when people are unduly sympathetic (or antagonistic) to individuals because they fill certain stereotypes or roles. Not every soldier is hero, and not every single mother is having a difficult time with life. Conversely, not every politician is a crook, not every hooker is a disease ridden undesirable, etc... But when we hear certain 'triggers', all desire to look at these things on a case by case basis goes right out the window, almost involuntarily. I have never understood this.
Enmity is equal to Wrath x The Speed of Fright Squared
zippyjet From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3808 posts, RR: 13 Reply 101, posted (4 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 907 times:
Quoting 747400sp (Reply 99): People over using their cell phones! I mean, a person can not get off their cell when they come to the check out counter, how rude can you be! When somebody cutting me off on the highway, and please do not be a Camry or a F-150, those are some of my least favorite vehicles.
When get those losers at the gate or ticket counter, I smile and motion and instruct the next person in line to come arond; Please, just come around them (pointing with a smile) they'll be ready shortly! If I'm in a foul mood which is rare Please proceed/come around I guess the party in front of you has not conluded their business!
Regarding the cuttining in front, I tend to really get peeved when it's one of those big SUV's doesn't matter make, model or year.
Another pet peeve: when the cops pull us motorists over but let busses and trucks driving fast like a bat out of hell by.
Also when enetering our myriad employee parking lot (this is soon to end) there's some nitwit motorist usually an out of towner who's lost, (no problem with that) but, they are blocking all the entrances and exits to our parking lot while seeking directions usually because they were busy yapping on their cell phone. Many times one has to be a driving contortionist to get around these simpletons.
Those endless automated phone answering systems and then they give the same instructions in another language. The voice activated prompt systems which seem to use 1970's technology.
Large companies such as BGE "upgrading and changing their computer system." This usually entails having to re-enter all your information and in this instance the new and improved system was not working. I called in frustration yesterday having kittens. I told the woman first it's not your fault and I'm not venting at you butwhy can't the frigging company just leave well enough alone? I just want to pay my ***damn bill.
Type-Rated From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 3664 posts, RR: 23 Reply 102, posted (4 months 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 912 times:
I find that pressing 0 a couple of times usually bypasses the automated system and connects you with a human. I usually tell them that I don't play games with automated systems.
Fly North Central Airlines..The route of the Northliners!
zippyjet From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3808 posts, RR: 13 Reply 103, posted (4 months 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 902 times:
Quoting Type-Rated (Reply 102): I find that pressing 0 a couple of times usually bypasses the automated system and connects you with a human. I usually tell them that I don't play games with automated systems.
Works many times but now, they are getting slick with and repeatedly pressing zero gives your fingers a workout but still worth giving a try.
Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 36437 posts, RR: 86 Reply 104, posted (4 months 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 901 times:
.....and another thing that pisses me off!
People who stand and crowd around the doors of a subway train!
Why can't they move further down the aisle to allow for easy boarding & exit?
Also, people that stand right in front of the last vacant seat on a crowded subway!
They need to sit their arse down in that seat or move out the way so someone else can sit there!
Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 8076 posts, RR: 13 Reply 105, posted (4 months 19 hours ago) and read 877 times:
Silly rules about the composition of online passwords. By telling the cracker that each password must have N non-alphabetic characters in it, they just let the cracker know not to bother worrying about passwords that do not have N non-alphabetic characters in them! Everyone's rules are different, which has really helped the sales of 'password locker' programs.
Quoting 747400sp (Reply 99): People over using their cell phones! I mean, a person can not get off their cell when they come to the check out counter, how rude can you be!
I just had a nice dinner in a restaurant ruined by a guy who took a couple of calls. He didn't give a damn that he was blowing off his companion or ruining the experience for the rest of us, or that he was chewing his food while trying to talk on the phone. Self-important jerk!
Quoting 747400sp (Reply 99): When somebody cutting me off on the highway, and please do not be a Camry or a F-150, those are some of my least favorite vehicles.
Non-turbo Subarus and mini-vans should be banned from the passing lane.
ER757 From Cayman Islands, joined May 2005, 1945 posts, RR: 9 Reply 106, posted (4 months 9 hours ago) and read 853 times:
Quoting zippyjet (Reply 101): Those endless automated phone answering systems and then they give the same instructions in another language. The voice activated prompt systems which seem to use 1970's technology.
Seems like every one lately says "please listen carefully as our options have changed." Is there anyone who HASN'T changed their options???
I've had several that when you finally do get to the person you called, you get their v/m and you actually need to talk to a human. So you hit zero and the little voice comes on and says "operator not available, please try again later...goodbye" and promptly disconnects you. Aaaaarrrrgggghhh
zippyjet From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3808 posts, RR: 13 Reply 107, posted (4 months 6 hours ago) and read 836 times:
Quoting Revelation (Reply 105):
Non-turbo Subarus and mini-vans should be banned from the passing lane.
Throw in school busses. As a matter of fact, the only schoolbusses I want to see on an Interstate are secured on an 18 wheeler flat bed truck!
Quoting Revelation (Reply 105): I just had a nice dinner in a restaurant ruined by a guy who took a couple of calls. He didn't give a damn that he was blowing off his companion or ruining the experience for the rest of us, or that he was chewing his food while trying to talk on the phone. Self-important jerk!
Chances are this pompous piece of tube steak will one day choke on his food while trying to yap on his phone. Then some good samaritan will give him CPR/Heimlick maneuver causing his cell phone to fly out of his paws. And down comes Nokkia, Android and all!
Quoting ER757 (Reply 106): Seems like every one lately says "please listen carefully as our options have changed." Is there anyone who HASN'T changed their options???
I've had several that when you finally do get to the person you called, you get their v/m and you actually need to talk to a human. So you hit zero and the little voice comes on and says "operator not available, please try again later...goodbye" and promptly disconnects you. Aaaaarrrrgggghhh
And these useless instructions are also bleated in Espanol!
All the overkill of cell phone commercials. Basically they all are rip offs and it's amazing the phones do everything but wash the dishes and have decent voice quality. Can you hear me? Can you hear me now?
Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 8076 posts, RR: 13 Reply 108, posted (3 months 4 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 815 times:
Divorce law.
A friend's wife filed for divorce due to irreconcilable differences.
She never made any attempt to reconcile any differences. He asked her to go to counseling, she went once and immediately decided the counselor was picking on her the minute he asked about her behavior, so she left, never to return.
Her lifestyle is not going to change. He's going to pay for the roof over her head, her insurance, her new car, her cable TV, her cell phone with unlimited coverage, etc. He's gonna end up lucky to be able to have a beat up apartment with a beat up car (if any) and having his kids poisoned by her hatred.
She's going to end up with the vast majority of his take-home pay. All the lawyer said was "that's within the guidelines".
She doesn't even see any hardship on his part. She says she's entitled to be taken care of.
AM744 From Mexico, joined Jun 2001, 1595 posts, RR: 0 Reply 110, posted (3 months 4 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 791 times:
Quoting zkojq (Reply 95): 9) TV commercials being louder than the program they are interrupting. I really hate the ones when someone is yelling at you.
darksnowynight From United States of America, joined Jan 2012, 189 posts, RR: 1 Reply 111, posted (3 months 4 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 786 times:
Quoting Revelation (Reply 108):
She never made any attempt to reconcile any differences. He asked her to go to counseling, she went once and immediately decided the counselor was picking on her the minute he asked about her behavior, so she left, never to return.
Her lifestyle is not going to change. He's going to pay for the roof over her head, her insurance, her new car, her cable TV, her cell phone with unlimited coverage, etc. He's gonna end up lucky to be able to have a beat up apartment with a beat up car (if any) and having his kids poisoned by her hatred.
Had a similar thing happen. My ex told the court she had lupus and couldn't work for that reason. But I was "lucky." The duration of the marriage was under ten years, so no alimony. But I did wind up with a child support that approximates 45% of my disposable income. Disposable income, btw, is something the divorce courts have a pretty unrealistic definition of as well.
In anycase, my ex used to like to invite herself along for visitations and such. So I took every opportunity to mention that she couldn't take care of herself and that was why she need "Private Welfare." I have to say it drove her nuts enough to at least leave me the hell alone... For what it's worth...
Enmity is equal to Wrath x The Speed of Fright Squared
Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 36437 posts, RR: 86 Reply 113, posted (3 months 4 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 732 times:
Quoting zrs70 (Reply 112): People who stand in front of an elevator and barge on as soon as it opens. They should stand to the side and let people off first.
zckls04 From United States of America, joined Dec 2011, 245 posts, RR: 0 Reply 114, posted (3 months 4 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 709 times:
Anybody who drives on the I5 between Tracy and Los Banos.
Last time I was down there my wife and I got extremely tailgated by some tiny-penised homunculous who decided it would be sensible to take his hands off the wheel to mime to me that the speed limit was 70. We were going 72, in the right hand lane. The left hand lane was clear.
He got very angry when I blew him a kiss (I figured that would scare him off) and started miming sexual acts. And then he got even more mad when I started taking some photos of him. He managed to figure out how to change lane pretty quick after that.
Gyreaux130J From United States of America, joined Jun 2011, 126 posts, RR: 0 Reply 118, posted (3 months 2 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 540 times:
People that say "I have a question" right before they ask a question. Just ask the fucking question!
If that is all I have to complain about I guess i'm not doing too bad. Life ain't that bad
zippyjet From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3808 posts, RR: 13 Reply 119, posted (3 months 2 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 494 times:
Forgot to add: School kids being expelled and even put on the perv registry for hugging another classmate while bullie's are still getting away with murder. Re G-d Damn Diculous!
hOMSAR From United States of America, joined Jan 2010, 467 posts, RR: 0 Reply 120, posted (3 months 2 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 449 times:
Here's a pet peeve of mine:
Voice mail greetings that take forever.
"Hi, you've reached So and So, the Something-or-Other Position in Some Such Department at Whatever Corporation. Unfortunately, I'm unable to get to answer the phone right now, so please leave your name, number and a brief message, and I'll get back to you as soon as possible."
All you need is the person's name (to make sure you've got the right person), and perhaps their job title/company (not the full-length version, just a quick couple of words so an unfamiliar caller knows he/she has reached the right line). The rest of it (about leaving your name, number, etc.) should be pretty obvious to anyone who has ever used a telephone in the last 20 years and doesn't need to be a part of every damn voice mail greeting.
But wait, there's more.
Once the person is done with his/her greeting, you get the computer:
"Please record your message after the tone. When you are finished recording, you may hang up, or press 1 for more options. To page this person, press 3, to send a fax, press 4, to leave a callback number, press 5, to send smoke signals, press 6, to contact this person via ESP, think the number 8.
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I want to know who, in the history of mankind, has ever pressed 1 for more options.
Send a fax? Seriously? It's a damn voice mail! What are you going to fax them?
Some phone systems have a way to bypass the long, drawn-out voice mail greeting and send you straight to the beep, but it's different for each system (some you press 1, some #, some *, you never know which one to use when you call, they don't tell you, and if you press the wrong one, you get a computer voice telling you you did something wrong and have to start all over again).
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, but I'm also partially serious 
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That's a close second to Comic Sans. I have a friend with an even more bitter loathing for it...you're exactly right. The golf club down the street has it on their sign.
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I absolutely love kids, but let's be real--your children are only cute to you. The only plus with Facebook and digital pictures is it's increasingly rare to have these overzealous mothers accosting innocent bystanders with a plethora of baby-in-the-bathtub pictures.
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