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Pet Peeves; Post 'em!
Topic Started: Jan 7 2009, 09:28 AM (1,457 Views)
Qaanaaq-Liaaq
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I don’t have any peeves against my pet. He’s a cat.

"Two’s company, three’s a crowd, four on the sidewalk is never allowed". This a little refrain I heard when I was a kid concerning sidewalk hogs. When 3-4 people walk side-by-side, they’re blocking people who are walking in the opposite direction.

People should walk on the right side of the sidewalk, just as in driving. If they walk on the left side, they’re causing people who are walking towards them to have to veer around them.

Me QAANAAQ, you NOT.
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Frank_W
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Poor phone manners is a whole rant in and of itself.

I get people like this:

"Good morning, _____ Corporation!"
"BILL?"
"No, this is Frank."

What, they are too important to say, "Good morning. May I speak with Bill, please?"

Or, I say: "Good morning. _____ Corporation!"
"Uh.... Yeah... I've got this mold that's using 'x' resin and I need a quote on this thermocouple and that heater, and I'll probably need a couple of seal rings too, and just ship it against our UPS account number. The purchase order number is 988945-1."
"Um... Who is this and what company are you calling from?"

WTF's so hard about calling up and saying, "Hi, this is Sam from Arburg Corporation, and I'd like to place an order, please."

Or people that call and they aren't in a conference room or anything, but they want to use the speaker phone so they can cock back in their chair with their feet on their desk and yell at the phone.

No. I always act like I can't hear them. Screw it. If it's so goddamned important that you have to make a phone call about it, get off your dead ass and hold the receiver to your ear and speak into it, asshead!

I could go on and on... Hrmph...
Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!"
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DivaDeb
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Parents who don't watch their kids. Yesterday, I very likely saved the life of a little girl, about 16-17 months of age. Her mother was bending down and looking at all the pretty hair clips on the lower part of the wall at Target as the little girl stood up in the child seat of the shopping cart. I talked her down from her perch (wasn't going to touch her unless she was about to vault over the edge)...so clearly, all her mother would have had to do is be reasonable with this one. Even a smiling stranger was able to keep her where she was safe. I had to say "Ma'am..." THREE times before she even looked my direction so I could say, "Your daughter really needs to sit down in the cart." "Oh...is she trying to stand up again?" um...yeah...

Also, people who don't remove screaming children from stores and restaurants. IMMEDIATELY. I don't care if you don't get to finish shopping or finish eating the meal. Scream=leave...them's the rules.

I also don't approve of people who never say "excuse me" no matter hard they run into you, or even acknowledge that they've hit something....and especially when they do that in front of their kids. I sometimes say "Excuse me...a simple phrase you can pass on to your kids"

It's absolutely sick how many people walk through their lives with no expression on their faces except for a sort of general disdain. No wonder their children can't wait to get away from them. No wonder so many grow up hopeless, devoid of compassion, and mean.
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Frank_W
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Those are peeves of mine too, Deb.
Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!"
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schindler
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Most of mine have already been listed.

Oh, guys who swear in front of women. Call me old-fashioned, but please, show some respect.

Also, guys hitting on my wife. Nah, that just makes me feel ridiculously superior. :lol:
We're all mad here!
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Dan
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Larry
Jan 7 2009, 10:26 AM
Idiots.

I cannot stand idiots.
Never woulda guess that one would we?!

;-)
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plays88keys
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Automated phone answering systems
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Frank_W
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No... Worse than that: Political phone calls that are just a pre-recorded message. Grrrrr.....
Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!"
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Jan 7 2009, 12:27 PM
Oh yes - phone calls.

1. People who get their underling to phone me up who then immediately puts me on hold while she waits for The Great Man to take over the call. Too busy to make a phone call? Well then, you're too freaking busy to breathe, you over-inflated ****!

Even worse...

2. Spam/charity/salesknobheads who call me up at home and THEN immediately put me on hold because some other poor sap has also answered.
Automated dialers that dial your house, then put you on hold until someone is ready to talk to you.
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Frank_W
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I hate those too, Quirt. The thing is, I primarily use my cell phone, so if my home phone rings, I'm automatically suspicious. ;)
Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!"
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I hate it when I go through a light that I know I was pushing it, then seeing three cars behind me just run the red.
The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it.
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DivaDeb
Jan 7 2009, 12:39 PM
Parents who don't watch their kids. Yesterday, I very likely saved the life of a little girl, about 16-17 months of age. Her mother was bending down and looking at all the pretty hair clips on the lower part of the wall at Target as the little girl stood up in the child seat of the shopping cart. I talked her down from her perch (wasn't going to touch her unless she was about to vault over the edge)...so clearly, all her mother would have had to do is be reasonable with this one. Even a smiling stranger was able to keep her where she was safe. I had to say "Ma'am..." THREE times before she even looked my direction so I could say, "Your daughter really needs to sit down in the cart." "Oh...is she trying to stand up again?" um...yeah...

Also, people who don't remove screaming children from stores and restaurants. IMMEDIATELY. I don't care if you don't get to finish shopping or finish eating the meal. Scream=leave...them's the rules.

I also don't approve of people who never say "excuse me" no matter hard they run into you, or even acknowledge that they've hit something....and especially when they do that in front of their kids. I sometimes say "Excuse me...a simple phrase you can pass on to your kids"

It's absolutely sick how many people walk through their lives with no expression on their faces except for a sort of general disdain. No wonder their children can't wait to get away from them. No wonder so many grow up hopeless, devoid of compassion, and mean.
Yeah. Watch your kids!!

Also, people who walk down - or up - narrow stairways with their toddlers. The kids are too small to move fast, and you can't get around them. PICK UP YOUR KIDS, AND CARRY THEM DOWN, FFS!!
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ivorythumper
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Luke's Dad
Jan 7 2009, 01:29 PM
I hate it when I go through a light that I know I was pushing it, then seeing three cars behind me just run the red.
That's when you need to slow way down and put on your brakes... :devilgrin:
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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apple
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speaking of phone calls..

i told a telemarketer we were on a do not call list and kindly asked her if she'd get us off of the phone list.

she said "listen lady - nobody gives a damn about the do not call list".

eek!
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Frank_W
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I would have demanded to speak to her supervisor, taken down her name and the name of the company, and then started a letter campaign to the appropriate government officials -- Most likely, the FCC.
Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!"
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LWpianistin
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schindler
Jan 7 2009, 12:44 PM

Oh, guys who swear in front of women. Call me old-fashioned, but please, show some respect.

See, it's kind of a slight pet peeve of mine that guys think they can't or shouldn't swear in front of me. I swear, too. I'm a human, not a stupid fragile doll or something! I mean, I like your courtesy, don't get me wrong. Very good manners are good, it is just annoying to some extent. :shrug: Guess I'm weird.
And how are you today?
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Red Rice
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apple
Jan 7 2009, 02:54 PM
she said "listen lady - nobody gives a damn about the do not call list".

You should have told her that the FTC does.
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I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss!

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sue
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Qaanaaq-Liaaq
Jan 7 2009, 12:36 PM
"Two’s company, three’s a crowd, four on the sidewalk is never allowed". This a little refrain I heard when I was a kid concerning sidewalk hogs. When 3-4 people walk side-by-side, they’re blocking people who are walking in the opposite direction.

Boy, that's a good one. I'm seeing that more and more these days, sidewalks and in aisles in stores. They tend to be folk who move very slowly, and are just plain oblivious to those behind them. How hard is it to at least peek over your shoulder once in a while and see if there is someone trying to get past you? Sheesh kabobs.
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LWpianistin
Jan 7 2009, 04:16 PM
See, it's kind of a slight pet peeve of mine that guys think they can't or shouldn't swear in front of me. I swear, too. I'm a human, not a stupid fragile doll or something! I mean, I like your courtesy, don't get me wrong. Very good manners are good, it is just annoying to some extent. :shrug: Guess I'm weird.
Damn right! :thumb:
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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DivaDeb
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teenagers who think their right to the airspace trumps everyone else's, so they feel free to not just swear, but be completely, utterly, and irredeemably vulgar in deed and word, in a mall full of moms pushing their kids in strollers. Nasty, despicable, self-obsessed creeps. The last time I saw teenaged kids at a mall who looked and sounded wholesome, I gave them My Sonic cards just for being decent. It's been a while.
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i hate noises like buzzing or humming coming from items vibrating near the piano I'm playing.
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DivaDeb
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I also don't like it when people tap tap tap or scratch scratch scratch little percussion parts to songs they are singing in their heads....and all I get is the tap tap tap, scratch scratch scratch. I married this...but I don't LIKE IT :-)
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Ooooh, this won't be good.

1. People who dominate an argument by demanding you zip the lip while they rant, and cut you off before you can complete a sentence in response.

2. Snooping. How empty does your life have to be to go LOOKING for things to call people out on. Keep. Out. Of. My. stuff.

3. Liars and backstabbers who will accept generosity that is truly staggering, and then give you the ***hole. I've had two major experiences, the details of which would make some of you see red.

4. Big-talkers/limp-walkers, who will tell you how bad they're gonna smash the guy up at the bar, but when it comes time to show, they always have an excuse to back down.

5. People who have a few phrases or mannerisms that they repeat ad nauseam, oblivious to the blood that is rising to my head so fast I'm worried it might shoot out my ears. Examples: "As far as I'm concerned," "Number one," (when used to begin a list of points to which there is never a "number two", just an endless stream of "number ones"). I LOSE SLEEP OVER THIS.
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Frank_W
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People that make that, "tsh, tsh, tsh" sound to show that they are thinking. Makes me want to strike them. Hard.

Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!"
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sue
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Parking vultures. People who just stop their cars mid aisle, waiting for person X to finish loading their vehicle and vacate the spot.

MOVE ON, FOOL. Trust me. There will be other spots, and yes, it may mean that you actually have to walk for few minutes to get to the store, BUT YOU WILL SURVIVE AND YOU WON'T BE BLOCKING TRAFFIC AND PISSING OFF A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE.

I often do several trips back to my car, unloading purchases, then heading back to get groceries etc. I've had people honk at me, give me the finger, because I didn't actually start my car and leave. I guess I was wasting their time. :tongue:
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