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My pet peeve: people walking their dog with one of those retractable leashes that are only meant for training purposes. Dude, you aren't supposed to let your dog run around on a 30' leash!
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)...answering service, which means "call back right away, we can't wait until the top of the hour check-in," and then don't answer the phone when I call them back.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,011 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)I'm also guilty of pondering how I want to respond, exactly what words I want to use. I ponder long enough that I don't get my text off before the other person writes again. It's a vicious cycle.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,011 posts)Codeine
(25,586 posts)I genuinely cannot stand half-assed asides instead of actual sentences.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,011 posts)such as "I'm here! Where are you?" when you're meeting someone somewhere. Can't stand it for conversing.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)90% of my communication is via text. Ill happily text all day rather than speak on a phone, and most of my friends have the same habit. Im willing to admit its ridiculous, but I love it.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I really hate texting. If someone is going to go on and on, I would prefer an email. I feel like if someone sends me a long text message they expect a long response back, and that just isn't going to happen. Most people who know me well have kind of figured that out by now.
I have this cartoon up in my cube at work. It pretty much describes me to a tee.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,011 posts)I much prefer emailing to texting. It's just easier and more efficient for me. The one thing I miss about my old flip phone was it gave me such a good excuse for not texting!
ashling
(25,771 posts)I used to read essays like that . ... From then on, one texting reference and they went into the F pile.
True Dough
(17,305 posts)would have to be Pet Peeve Threads! Bunch of complainers!!!
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Damnit!
Zoonart
(11,869 posts)Blues Heron
(5,938 posts)C'mon people, that's just weird.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)iscooterliberally
(2,860 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)genxlib
(5,528 posts)It's better now that most places are going to electronic collection but it used to drive me crazy. We go to a lot of trouble to design fast and safe highways and then we throw up a roadblock to collect a freaking dollar. All because the politicians were too cowardly to collect a proper tax.
LisaM
(27,813 posts)I don't want to add some transponder to my car. I'd way rather throw money in a big basket. I'm tired of every move I make being quantified (and I don't generally support toll roads anywhere, they're adding one in Seattle for a project the voters rejected).
genxlib
(5,528 posts)But every physical toll booth I ever used was the cause of a massive (and unnecessary) traffic jam. It is only in that sense that it has gotten better.
In general, I am against tolls as a stupid way to pay for things. However, it is the future. As gas automobiles dwindle (god willing) there will need to be a replacement for the gas tax as a primary source of highway funding. It is inevitable that we end up paying tolls as some sort of per mile fee.
yellowdogintexas
(22,264 posts)behind the rear view mirror mount.
If I am using a toll road, the signal bounces when I on ramp and off ramp. I get an email from the toll company telling me that my car went through. If I use the toll only entrances at DFW, I get a photo of my plates with the amount that was deducted from the credit card that is linked to the account.
I get an email if the account is getting low and I can recharge it online. I used to run about $40 a month when I used toll road to commute to work, but now that I do not do that it probably takes me over a year to use it up at $40 per recharge.
I can use this toll tag on all the tolls in the DFW metroplex as well as some others outside our area.
LisaM
(27,813 posts)I just don't want to be tracked like that. Too many metrics, and AFAIK, they don't erase the personal data after any period of time.
The way they're doing it here, I also don't think you can share between different drivers/vehicles.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)If one gets stuck in traffic when the toll portion road hits 3p [rush hour here], may cost $30-40 for 12 mile? trip.
Sucha NastyWoman
(2,749 posts)But youre absolutely right
Sucha NastyWoman
(2,749 posts)emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)lifting dog off the ground by her leash attached to a neck collar, to get her to move on in a walk, or
leave something or someone alone.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)I just saw a woman today yanking at her dog. The dog was too big for her to pull off the ground, but it was still a hard yank. And the woman looked so pissed off. Why take your dog for a walk if it's going to cause you so much distress? Why even own a dog if you hate it so much?
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)Canine behavioral, and basic training requirements, but the of course, the problem is that millions
need homes NOW, until the no-kill movement is successful. Just thanks for commiserating. Sometimes, aside from responsibly re-homecoming, volunteering, speaking out on social media, this is all we can do. Be careful with any verbal or hands-on interventions.
Those who think they own dogs can bite. We do not own our pets. We are lucky enough to be their guardians.
Laffy Kat
(16,383 posts)I hated that leash. I couldn't get him to stop using it. Eventually, it got, um "lost."
Clash City Rocker
(3,396 posts)Because theyre too lazy to spend 20 seconds pushing the cart to a place where it wouldnt inconvenience other people.
Also, people on airplanes who recline their seats so far that theyre practically in your lap, with no regard for the fact that they just ruined your flight.
True Dough
(17,305 posts)in the middle of a single parking space? Maybe there are magnets under the asphalt? Or maybe there's a corral there keeping all the carts in place?
Phentex
(16,334 posts)I mean, we can put a man on the moon...
True Dough
(17,305 posts)I'm sure I heard that from a leading astronomer.
NoPasaran
(17,291 posts)I'm not so sure we could pull it off today.
Phentex
(16,334 posts)I returned one today that was left in a space and I counted the steps it took to put it in the corral. 10 steps! They were 10 steps away but left it in the middle of a space.
And I'm the nut for counting!
Ohiogal
(32,006 posts)Which brings me to my other pet peeve which is people who amble smack dab down the middle of a grocery aisle, completely blocking traffic in both directions, and are totally clueless about it.
Another pet peeve of mine is people who talk like theyre an authority on a subject that you know they know nothing about.
Clash City Rocker
(3,396 posts)Ohiogal
(32,006 posts)Clash City Rocker
(3,396 posts)Prompting a call for someone to go to the aisle in question to check the price.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Expressholes
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)I'm sure I'll have occasion to use it, if only in my silent thoughts.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)carts to the corral. It was epic! On a par with Cornflake Breaded Chicken and Olive Garden.
Phentex
(16,334 posts)I guess you are here under another name?
Anyway...that thread was epic. I WAS psychotic about shopping carts back then and I'm pretty sure that's the thread where I was told to F myself or something like that. By a mod. Remember mods?
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)on duty!
frogmarch
(12,154 posts)in parking spaces, so that when someone wants to park their vehicle in the space and gets out of their vehicle to move the cart out of the way, the thieves steal the vehicle.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,862 posts)Codeine
(25,586 posts)is that I do not hesitate to push carts out of the space with my car. I also push trash cans down the block when my idiot neighbor snugs them right up to my bumper the night before trash day.
doc03
(35,346 posts)to use them so you have to return them to cart coral to get your quarter back. That way the cart
attendant or anyone could get the quarter for picking up the cart if it is left out.
skypilot
(8,854 posts)...but then leave the little plastic bag of dog poop on the ground somwhere. Now there's dog poop AND a plastic bag on the ground.
spooky3
(34,458 posts)know that that county will not pick up trash unless it is in kitchen or heavier trash bags.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)Going to the effort to pick it up only to put it back down? Almost better to leave it.
skypilot
(8,854 posts)...and it is a VERY common occurrence.
leftieNanner
(15,124 posts)That drives me nuts too. We used to live on a walking trail and would see the little bags on the trail, sometimes right close to a trash can!
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)On my cell, so I will go with that.
Clash City Rocker
(3,396 posts)Its fortunate that cell phones show you whos calling before you pick up. If the number isnt in my contact list, and its from somewhere Ive never been to, I just let it go to voicemail and delete it.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)The "t" in "often" is silent, because I'm old-school, dammit
spooky3
(34,458 posts)JudyM
(29,251 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Phentex
(16,334 posts)Because I can relate to so many of these peeves!
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)A lot of them make me feel like an old coot too.
genxlib
(5,528 posts)It drives me crazy that the phone companies won't spend a dime to update landline tech. It is almost as if they are trying to push people off of the landlines. I think if I had a business where people would give me $40 a month to use infrastructure that is already there, I would ride it as long as I could.
What makes me crazy is the concept of long distance. In my area, some numbers in area code are long distance and some are not. Similarly some in the adjacent area code are long distance and some are not. If I don't dial "one" and I need it, I get stupid message about dialing one. Even worse, If I dial "one" but don't need it, I still get a stupid message. I can sort of understand forcing me to properly dial for long distance but for a local call just connect the damn thing. It is an absolute crapshoot to figure out the right combination of numbers that will get me through. Meanwhile, my cell phone figured that out decades ago.
Argh!!
Archae
(46,335 posts)I use my landline almost all the time, it goes through the cable company.
I do have a cell phone for if the power goes out, or I take a phone along with me.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)that our old-fashioned POTS system is the most robust, reliable means of communications on earth - thanks to decades of dedication to reliability by the original Bell System's engineers and management. No local power is required to make calls and the physical lines are tough as nails.
Now, they want us all to have a digital phone system that require not only internet service and modem but also an uninterruptable power supply (UPS), most of which are made in China and require an expensive battery replacement every few years.
We still have our POTS line and keep some old touch-tone phones stored away in case of power outages since our wireless home phones don't work without power.
KY........
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,862 posts)All of my calls within the United States have been local for about ten years now.
genxlib
(5,528 posts)I don't even have a landline. This is my work phone that I am referring to which is complicated by the fact that my cell phone gets terrible reception in my office.
As far as I know, we do get free long distance. The point is that the telephone exchange software has not been updated to reflect that.
Let's assume that we do pay for long distance. In those circumstances, I can kind of understand why they would want me to make a positive acknowledgement of the charges. Even so, it would be far better if they could just give me an option to press an additional button to accept the charge and get connected. No, they make me hang up and redial.
It is even worse if I have dialed 1 and they tell me I don't have to. It's free anyway! Just connect it. No, they make me hang up and redial without the 1.
The money is irrelevant to the problem. It is the programming technology that refuses to connect without a complete redial.
iscooterliberally
(2,860 posts)Hopefully it will be before too long. Then I'll have to find a new pet peeve. Lucky me!
dameatball
(7,398 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)leashes being training leashes. I would never train dogs with those. I do use retractable leashes but I use common sense. Most people do not know how to use common sense when using retractable leashes.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)You let the leash out. Then, you call the dog. If the dog doesn't come, you can give the leash a tug. Plus, you won't have a dog that just runs off completely while you are trying to train him.
One time a man had his dog on one of those retractable leashes inside the dog park. My dog got caught up in it, got scared, and took off running. It was both hilarious and pitiful. He ran as fast as he could, and there was another little dog following about 30' behind attached to the leash.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)idiotic. Part of training a dog is getting them to WANT to do as asked and giving a quick tug does not really qualify for them wanting to.
If that guy had been using his head he would have retracted the retractable leash to prevent tangles.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)And he put his dog on the retractable leash right in the middle of the park.
There was another guy who used to bring his rottie to the park. When it was time to go, the rottie wouldn't let his owner catch him. He knew what was happening, so he would amble ahead of his owner, just out of reach. The only way to catch him was for an attractive woman to call him over and pet on him. I am not kidding at all. The rottie liked women and trusted them. While the rottie was under a woman's spell, his owner could sneak up and leash him.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)dogs and people. You keep the retractable short and locked. Has that guy tried training at home with treats, soft voice and loving gentle pets?
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)I just saw my dog with the leash twisted around his hind legs running like hell and a little dog trailing behind. There was a man running after them both. By It was all happening 50-75 yards away, and by the time I got there, it was over.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)that is funny.
mopinko
(70,127 posts)leash training is for heeling.
if you need a piece of rope to teach the recall, you are doing it wrong.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)is when the dog you are training comes to you on its own use the words come or here. If the dog sits for any reason on its own just say sit or whatever word you want. So on and so on.
mopinko
(70,127 posts)lure them to do things. make sure they know about praise and rewards, and they will be willing to work w you.
but above all, make that recall solid. practice in more and more distracting circumstances.
i have neighbors who insist that kids need dogs, but they have no idea how to train them. they try to start fights through the fence w my dogs. they call those dogs to come back in the house, and the dog doesnt even bother to look at them, let alone come.
it has been a real problem.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)The dogs I have used treats for are older dogs either from shelters or older dogs belonging to others that have behavior issues. Even those are few and far between. There is no such thing as to much praise as long as you do not take it so long that the dog has forgotten what it was for but that would pretty long.
The MOST important thing to training a dog is training the owner(s).
LisaM
(27,813 posts)But it was nice to have the retractable feature so that when we go walking out in the woods or someplace, the dogs had a little more room to run around and sniff things while still being on leash.
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)She will say" if you want, you can take out the trash." Just tell me what to do with the please and with some kind of respect. Sometimes I'll tell her I don't want to do that and then tell her I was joking and do it of course . I use her as an example, she's not the only supervisor I've had that delegates in that fashion.
skypilot
(8,854 posts)...at a small gourmet store. I never said "If you want.." but I was briefly in the habit of saying to a group of employees, "Could someone do such and such?" Of course, everyone would just look at each other trying to figure out who "someone" was going to be. This would happen with as few as two employees. I learned very quickly to delegate to a specific person.
wryter2000
(46,051 posts)Im peeveless.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)People who are signaling for a left at a light but dont pull forward on the green, so they end up never turning at all. They are too timid to enter the intersection when they have a green and then get cut off by people running late on the yellow. Over and over. I sat behind one of these dolts through three light cycles once. (Yes, I eventually leaned on the horn.
Delmette2.0
(4,166 posts)Someone is signaling to turn right then they come to a full stop for no reason before turning onto the next street.
Keep it moving, there is nothing in your way!!
Tikki
(14,557 posts)one turns their vehicle onto the highway just ahead of you.
Where I live it is often farm equipment. I don't begrudge the farmer...
just let me pass by first.
Tikki
Delmette2.0
(4,166 posts)I live in Montana. I love my home state, but the secondary highways can get backed up with farm equipment and cattle herding.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)people who do not secure their dogs while in a moving vehicle. Yeah, yeah your dog has always ridden on your lap with the window down and never jumped out. The problem is that your dog is still an animal and can you promise beyond a shadow of a doubt that your dog will not act like an animal?
If you hit something or make a sudden break your dog will be like a loose object and fly into something. Take your dogs weight and times it by the speed you were going and that is how many pounds your dog hit the object in front of it.
If you open your door your dog could get out and get lost or hit. If you are in an accident and your freaked out dog will not let paramedics get to you an officer will shoot them.
People who let their dogs ride in the back of trucks are puting their dogs in danger in several ways.
All animals should be secured in some way while in a vehicle. There are car harnesses, properly secured crates, and just leaving them home.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)We were doing 60 mph at the time. We watched in the rear view mirror as he did endless somersaults.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)I have seen things happen to these animals also.
I was in the car with my German Shepherd service dog and I came up to a stop sign in a 25 mph zone and not seeing the stop sign until the last moment I hit the breaks hard. My dog was sitting in the back like he was supposed to but wasn't harnessed. He flew between the door and my seat getting his entire chest wedged between them. I had to get out and shove him out with my foot.
I went home and did a search for the best harnesses on the market and even though it was to much for my finances I bought one. It did prove its worth several times after that.
I put cats and dogs to small for harnesses and either buckle the crate in securely or put them on the floor behind the front seats.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Big, dumb Chesapeake. We took him to the vet to get checked out, and my friend didn't have any money. He was a construction worker and perennially poor. But that taught him to keep better care of his dog!
Doreen
(11,686 posts)and that his owner took better care.
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...once independent, now a branch of Barnes and Noble. Yale used to have a separate store for their damned merchandise next door. They abandoned that, and took about half the space used for the books, and gave it over to their crap. The bookstore, of course, was pared down, and that process continues to this day. It seems to be more hollowed out every time I go in there. This is goddam *Yale*, for chrissakes. Couldn't they afford one damned store for their merchandise crap, and keep the damned bookstore as it should be...?
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)and the entire first floor is dedicated to dorm crap and clothing.
And another thing: No more Cutlers!!!!
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...admittedly, as you get older, the Good Olde Days were always better. But as far as New Haven is concerned...it *was* better. Cutler's. The old Yale Bookstore. Book World, on Chapel Street, that had every neat and offbeat title you could imagine. Church Street, north of the Green, had at least a half-dozen bookstores, new and used...all gone. I'm getting old...
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)I used the women's bathroom at the Bowl during one of last year's games. Being old, I am used to using the toilet paper dispenser to hold on to to get up. However, the dispenser was out of reach and there were no bars to use. I was in a stall so I couldn't crawl out on my hands and knees. But I finally struggled to my feet. That damn bathroom was NOT HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE! I think that is violation of federal law.
I told this to a Bowl attendant, acknowledging that I was not blaming him but asking him to pass my message along to someone in charge of the bathroom maintenance.
Let's see in September whether this has been taken care of. I intend to ask someone at the gate if it had been taken care of when I go into the Bowl area at the first game in September. And I will take a cane just in case.
P.S. I agree with you about the situation with the Yale Bookstore. I used to love to visit there and have parking in the little parking kiosk close to the stores. Accessible and wonderful.
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hunter
(38,317 posts)The food was affordable and working there was a good job for students.
It was turned into a "food court" same as any mall in the U.S.A., employing typical fast food workers, not students.
JuJuYoshida
(2,215 posts)You press the button and the person behind you who CLEARLY saw you also presses it because they must have magical light turning green powers unlike you.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)I think of the crosswalk button as a musical instrument and try to compose a tune on it.
Yes, I am serious...
genxlib
(5,528 posts)Everyone knows this tactic only works in elevators
Thunderbeast
(3,417 posts)How else does the light know how many people are crossing? Come on people!🙂
VarryOn
(2,343 posts)Especially first thing in the morning before I'm wide awake.
It's amazing I've not murdered a coworker yet.
Harker
(14,024 posts)I could go on and on about this!
Ptah
(33,032 posts)a tap drill for a 10-32 thread
and
a tap drill for a 10-24 thread
Get out of my shop!
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)threaded......
With tap drill charts taped up all over the damn place, you would think they would have them memorized!
That and handing me the wrong type or size screwdriver......
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Ptah
(33,032 posts)Close call
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Last edited Wed Jun 19, 2019, 07:07 PM - Edit history (1)
I just looked them up in the Lincoln tap drill chart. .1495 for 10-24 and .1590 for 10-32, but it states 5/32" for closest fractional size for both. Now, am I being dense in my thinking that a 10-24 should actually be slightly larger because of coarser threads? Here I thought 10 was 10 was 10. I guess I would be one of those you'd throw out of your shop.
Ptah
(33,032 posts)Not only do you (correctly) challenge my information,
your reasoning about the minor diameter is sound.
Can you start tomorrow?
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Do I need to bring my tap and die set?
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Response to ProudLib72 (Original post)
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fierywoman
(7,686 posts)jpak
(41,758 posts)CottonBear
(21,596 posts)Just use dental floss and throw it away.
Thunderbeast
(3,417 posts)Freddie
(9,267 posts)They are why I no longer bleed at my semi-annual dental appointment (scrape and search). But I do not litter with them.
CottonBear
(21,596 posts)There is a break away dental pick on the kind we buy. I recycle the plastic flossers.
I use dental floss, but use the flossers too.
lark
(23,105 posts)It just irks the shit out of me that they think they are so special they need 2 parking spaces or others just don't give a shit and park any which way, blocking other spaces someone else could use. I think it's just so selfish and unnecessary. So, yeah, I'm the total opposite and always try to park right in the middle of the lines to give the max amt. of room to open the door safely. I know this is pretty petty, but still -
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)...to get properly lined up in a parking space.
lark
(23,105 posts)My family laughs at me for always checking where I am and then adjusting the car if I'm near either line.
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)...other person who does this.
Cousin Dupree
(1,866 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)"It says YIELD, not CAMP."
kwassa
(23,340 posts)I have a little list.
Of society's offenders who might well be underground.
And never would be missed.
Never would be missed.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Can anyone tell me that? What special advantage does backing lend over pulling in forward?
Thank you, I'm changing that to my number one pet peeve (or at least putting it in the top 5.)
Codeine
(25,586 posts)I want to ask him what the reason for his obsession is but hes a little slow so I let it be.
genxlib
(5,528 posts)If you are at a concert, show, event, etc. where everyone leaves at the same time, it can make a world of difference. Otherwise, not so much.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)It doesn't matter. There are about 10% of drivers who absolutely must back in.
Wounded Bear
(58,668 posts)you are supposed to back in. It makes for faster egress in emergencies like fires and stuff.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)And I try to live by his rules when I'm in a national park.
KT2000
(20,583 posts)I asked him why and he said since he drives a large pickup with enclosed bed, people who park next to him won't be able to see when they back out. I was impressed with his concern for others.
Freddie
(9,267 posts)Its just safer. We have 2 Giant markets in my town and I usually shop at the one slightly further away because its easier to get a pull-thru space there.
doc03
(35,346 posts)I have a rear camera so it is easier to back in. Also I can see cross traffic pulling out forward rather than backing out.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Coventina
(27,121 posts)Breathing down MY neck will not make the cashier ring up the guy in front of me any faster!!!
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solara
(3,836 posts)There are so many drivers who pretty much just leave it up to other drivers to deal with their actions. People may wonder why I am cautious when they do not indicate which way they may be turning, or why I am forced to slow a little as they speed up to cut in front of me on the freeway, again with no signal.. Last time I looked, I left my psychic powers in L.A.
The people who actually use their turn signals are quite rare.
It's frustrating.
CottonBear
(21,596 posts)I am a turn signal user.
solara
(3,836 posts)Also, I have found that my language is getting way too colorful and inventive when someone forgets to use theirs - good thing I keep my windows closed.
gristy
(10,667 posts)I ended up following him to the same parking lot. He hadn't signaled a single one of his turns. I parked nearby (and just a little out of my way... and stepped up to him after we got out of our cars and ever so helpfully and politely told him that not one but both of his turn signals were broken! He didn't know quite what to make of this idiot (i.e. me).
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)..........
Midnight Writer
(21,768 posts)grumpyduck
(6,240 posts)people who are just clueless and oblivious about what's going on around them: in the parking lot, in the supermarket, in stores, on the street. It's like they think they're there by themselves. And here in the SF Bay Area, it's getting worse and worse.
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)Sexist maybe, but its rarely a woman
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)who has to let everyone within earshot know what a wheeler-dealer hot shit he is while conducting "business" on his cell phone for an extended period of time. Occasionally, this will be a woman, but 9 times out of 10, it's a man.
Cartoonist
(7,317 posts)So they can keep their air conditioner on.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)I was with him. He was going into a store, and he left the car running so I would have AC. I turned it off and rolled down the windows. When he got back he was surprised I had turned off the car. I informed him that it was bad for the exhaust system.
And on a nice day, no less! Shit, shut off the damn car and roll down the windows!
LAS14
(13,783 posts)... they don't listen, or don't care and take off on a different tack.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Always making messes everywhere.
Sorry, what were you saying?
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...drive up the ramp to where ramp meets the highway and the merge lane begins............STOP!
THERE'S NO ROOM TO DRIVE AROUND THEIR DEMENTED ASSES.
When I win the lottery, I will driving the civilian version of one of these:
...and I won't be stopping for such traffic impediments. I just need to mount a plow blade on the front of that thing.
gristy
(10,667 posts)The key I said was to accelerate to the speed of traffic and then have faith that a spot to merge will magically appear. Just like it always does. And I said if somehow for the first time in history a spot to merge does not appear, you can just drive on the shoulder for a bit when the ramp runs out.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)From the dictionary: to blend gradually by stages that blur distinctions.
It's almost like eating cheesecake. You get your slice; you get your fork; you take a bite... you get the idea!
You merge! You become one with the cheesecake.
You DO NOT approach it with fear and foreboding and halt in front of it; waiting for it go away.
You receive it with anticipation and find the unification with it ultimately satisfying.
I love the smell of traffic in the morning. It smells like victory.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,862 posts)for hours on end. People who don't train their dogs NOT to jump up on visitors. People who bring their dogs with them everywhere, blithely assuming we all love their stupid dog.
Among the many reasons I prefer cats is that I've never been able to hear one meowing from half a block away, and I've never walked into someone's house and had a cat as large as I am jump up on me. Plus, cat owner understand perfectly well that not everyone is a cat person and leave their darlings home.
So: train your dog not to bark. Train it not to jump up on people. And leave it home other than for walks or to the doggie park.
genxlib
(5,528 posts)My neighbors dog has become a menace to my peace of mind.
I would expand on your point of taking dogs everywhere. There is a special place in hell for people who get fake service animal credentials for dogs (or worse) that clearly are not trained just so they can take them places they don't belong.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)has way too many of them. One barks, the others take up the crusade. Or, a neighbor from another part of the neighborhood is walking their dog, and the window serenade begins. Just spent a couple weeks there cleaning out the condo to sell, I can't wait until it does and we're outta there.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)Actually just slow movement of any kind. Seriously people, hurry the fuck up! Put some hustle in it!
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Over the course of ten years, researchers analyzed data from 474,919 people from the U.K. Biobank with an average age of 52. They found that, on average, brisk-walking women had a life expectancy of 86.7 to 87.8 years. Slow-walking women, on the other hand, had a life expectancy of 72.4 years, on average.
Men who walked fast had an average life expectancy of 85.2 to 86.8 years, whereas men who walked slow had an average life expectancy of about 64.8 years.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)The way I walk Ill live forever!
TheSocialDem
(191 posts)I usually will always make an effort to let people in and I always give the thanks waive. There are a lot of assholes only worried about where they are going so I make my gratitude known for them being a good person right then.
KT2000
(20,583 posts)I've noticed there are more people who don't bother with manners anymore.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)I used to go to those chain salons like Great Clips. I always got a simple cut that would take no longer than five minutes. They would charge me $17 and I always felt obligated to give a tip.
People, it's worth it to go to an actual barber shop with someone who likes what they do and takes pride in their work. This assembly line hair cutting is just terrible.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)why WOULD it take more than 5 minutes? I hate sitting in that chair.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)figuring they were cheaper than a real barbershop. Well, I finally gave in and started looking around for a real barber who knew what he was doing and wouldn't charge an arm and a leg. I found one. He was $25 with tip, and my haircut never looked better.
You have to realize that I let my hair go for months at a time, sometimes four months between cuts, and I have majorly thick hair. So it seems to me that it should take longer than five minutes to do a good job. Up until last time, I always felt "meh" about my haircuts.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)I have the kind of hair where in two weeks, there is zero evidence I ever had a haircut.....no sense spending more money or time for them
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)It's like shining a flashlight in my face when they're sitting in front of me. Jeebus, either text LOL's to your BFF's at the snack bar, or watch the damned film!
Wounded Bear
(58,668 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)And the only time I ever really peeved on my pet was the time my octopus was on fire. I had to put out the flames.
AJT
(5,240 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)years where drivers are competent but agressive.
However drivers in Oregon are too polite (to a fault) and have some annoying idiosyncrasies. Such as:
At a busy intersection where it is clear that the the right, safe, and efficient thing to do is wave on another driver they will almost never accept the offer. They just sit there and wave you on instead as if the feel they have to rurn the favor.
Another one is the gap they leave between cars at stop signs or traffic light with turn lanes. There will be a traffic light with a right or left turn lane near the traffic signal. The driver in front of you will stop, blocking access to the turn lane, because they leave a one or two car gap between the car in front of them. The green turn signal turns red before anyone can make thd turn. It seems to happen with an annoying frequency.
Athough I could go on, my last one is that you would think that drivers in the Pacific NW would be excellent at driving in the rain due to the rainy winters that we hpave out here. They are not. In fact IMO they suck at driving in the rain.
happyaccident
(136 posts)What's really fun is first day of snow. First no cars (only time ever) then the Eugene Demolition Snow Derby. Dead cars by the side of the road everywhere, cars gliding sideways down the street at 5 mph. And that weird politeness is far more dangerous than some young hotshot with a big engine to someone on a bike. That shit leaves you hung up and trapped in traffic, I can always hear the hotshot coming.He's predictable.
nevergiveup
(4,762 posts)If I barely know someone it is not possible for them to be my "buddy". I am probably the only guy in the world who has a pet peeve about this but it personally irks me to no end.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)So which is more annoying: being called "buddy" by someone you barely know, or being asked "What's your name again?" by the same person 5 different times. Most people understand and play along.
Niagara
(7,627 posts)Neighborhood dogs that bark for hours on end.
Public spitters. You know the type, they have to spit every 5 seconds all over the sidewalks and parking lots.
Shopping carts left in parking lots. The cart coral isn't that far away.
Retail arbitrageurs. Certain products that I like are getting difficult to find on the store shelves and I'm not paying double or triple on someone's Amazon store.
Restroom stalls with broken purse hooks and locks.
Robocalls.
Other drivers in general. Not using turn signals, not knowing who has the right away, tail gators, the list goes on.
Nose-blowers in restaurants. I'm trying to eat and I don't want to hear your mucus passing through your nasal passages. Go to the restroom and do that.
bif
(22,720 posts)It's the cost of doing business. Live with it!
Freddie
(9,267 posts)Ok so you want a check and wait for it to clear? Fine. I think it was a dirty trick so they could post your payment at their leisure and then charge a late fee.
randr
(12,412 posts)Who wants a miserable month to be longer?
Put it the day after the 4th of July or after Labor Day and make it a real workers holiday. No work, no interest charged, and extend our well deserved summer holidays.
Submariner
(12,504 posts)If I throw an empty Pepsi can in it either takes the whole bag to the bottom of the can, or acts as a trampoline and bounces the can out onto the floor.
I figure it the Housekeepers Union way of saying FU to the traveler.
NoPasaran
(17,291 posts)Come on, bud! Look alive!
Fla Dem
(23,690 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,321 posts)live love laugh
(13,118 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,264 posts)Also:
drivers who will not pull up closer to the car in front of them at a traffic stop (especially in a lane with a turn arrow) I guess they do not realize more of us could get through the light if they would pull forward.
drivers who pull into parallel parking spots and leave huge spaces in front of their cars. Again, if everyone pulled forward properly, another car might easily be able to park.
Drivers who rush up behind you, pass you on the left then jump back in front of you to exit on the very next ramp which is usually within sight of them when they pass you.
drivers who go about 25 miles over the speed limit on interstates and weave in and out of the lanes. Motorcyclists do this a lot also.
Can you tell I live in a really bad driving area?
Do not get me started on anything involving apostrophes.
Or any major grammar flub which should have been ingrained in the person by third grade.
Persons who don't really know how to properly use y'all and all y'all but think they do.
bad coffee and bad iced tea
artificial creamers and fat free half and half or any other so called fat free product which does not come from a garden or a tree.
gluten free markings on ridiculous things - like meat, raw veg and fruit, dairy
I'm done for now. I have to go to Sprouts to pick up my true fat free and gluten free weekly supply.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)instead of "you're welcome" when you thank them.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)I do that all the time.
lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)not everyone else's.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)On the other hand, I really hate it when people say "Thanks so much!" with an upward inflection at the end. Sounds like valley girl meets Bostonian.
lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)But "no problem" seems to infer it might have been. Is that crazy?
FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)Finally I let my dog loose so he could chase one of them. Maybe that will keep it out of my front yard. Unfortunately there are way too many deer wandering around here, and I live in the city limits of Pittsburgh.
The deer are way more destructive out in the suburbs.
catbyte
(34,402 posts)Duppers
(28,125 posts)Dems in name only. They can't be bothered with much news, much less the in-depth, nitty-gritty we cover here.
Just posted this mins ago:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212202733
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Its stupid enough itself, but when you consider the fact that you cant see past that mega vehicle parked next to you, trying to back out of your space is waaay dangerous!
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)And become oblivious to all else as the light changes to green.
Freddie
(9,267 posts)I HATE Diet Coke. There is an endless variety of diet soda at the supermarket and they are all (except Diet Pepsi) better than Diet Coke. So what is the ONE diet soda choice you get at restaurants and fast foods? While they offer 3 or 4 different regular sodas. Cant they at least offer Diet Sprite too? Way better. And no, Im not paying for water.
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)A PSA needs to be aired....
Step 1) hand me the coins first
Step 2) hand me the paper money next
Step 3) hand me the recept
Dont give it all once
It's not that f*****g difficult....
Or is it?
Codeine
(25,586 posts)are just asking for a beat down!
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)gristy
(10,667 posts)I'm stuck standing there with my wallet in one hand and in the other hand a pile of bills and whatever change hasn't yet fallen to the floor.
dameatball
(7,398 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)blue, someone runs up behind me and kicks me in the bum.
It really annoys me and it's just plain rude.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)There are times when a harsh lesson is the only appropriate response.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Good idea!
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Ummm, admitting something here. I have actually kicked someone in the butt. It was seventh grade and someone dared me to kick his ass, so I did.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I leave the house. This greatly reduces the shock and impact and therefore minimizes my irritation.
Thanks for your confession, but in all honesty, he did dare YOU, so you really shouldn't be ashamed. What was he thinking? Wonder where this kid is today? Anyway, don't feel bad, we all do stupid shit like that in grade school.
GETPLANING
(846 posts)My pet peeve is busybodies who like to tell everyone how they should be doing everything.
That, and people who drive big pick-ups and bully their way through traffic. While tapping away on their phones.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Dem2theMax
(9,651 posts)Noone is a last name. It is not pronounced no one.
It is pronounced as though you were saying the word noon. Got it?
Towlie
(5,324 posts)Codeine
(25,586 posts)softydog88
(126 posts)Could of, would of, should of.
"I keep loosing my candy because the lock on my desk drawer is lose."
"I literally exploded when he came home with lipstick on his underwear."
At a motivational lecture at IBM in the 80's, the speaker said "we don't want to be repetitive and redundant." This is true.
But the worst is this: an old roommate friend of mine, a Caucasian woman who spoke only English said something that made me cringe. She came home from the park looking depressed. Our dialog went as follows:
Me: "What's wrong?"
Her: "I was watching a basketball game. It was mostly Mexicans and Vietnamese."
Being Mexican-American myself, I was wary of what was coming, but I played along.
Me: "What's wrong with that?"
Her: "They hardly talk no English."
Freddie
(9,267 posts)The rest of us, fine. Just the other day I saw in the paper he was in the throws of love. Its THROES, idiot. Youre getting paid to write, take the time to look it up.
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)I'm not talking about professional singers during a performance or karaoke. I'm even okay with people sometimes singing along to music playing. I'm talking about people who hum or sing to themselves in public to music that is only in their heads. .
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)I was taking the subway somewhere, and there was this dude who came bouncing along repeating the sentence "It's time for the perpetrator." He climbed onboard the subway car, walked along its length, and exited, all the while repeating that stupid sentence.
Two weeks later, on campus, I ran into a completely different dude who kept repeating the sentence, "It's time for the instigator." Just walking through the campus quad, saying that over and over.
I thought awhile about upping the ante and walking along repeating the sentence, "It's time for the masturbator," but I decided against it in the end.
kairos12
(12,862 posts)skypilot
(8,854 posts)...we should carry around little air horns just for encounters with these idiots.
Sneederbunk
(14,291 posts)rhiannon55
(2,671 posts)This usually happens if we almost run into each other in a grocery store aisle, going through a door, etc. I always think, of course Im fine. My excuse me is not an apology, its just a courteous thing to say. I dont know if Youre fine! bothers anyone else, but it annoys me.
WilmywoodNCparalegal
(2,654 posts)I use technology all the time and I love it; I'm not a prude and I'm a proponent of positive sexuality. However...
Influencers - I hate that term and the idea behind these vacuous, empty people whose staged lives actually feel very lonely.
Online dating - has become a 'looks' contest where personality doesn't matter. Filters should be banned. Also, the 'hookup' culture.
The difference between having real friends and Facebook/Instagram/other app friends - real friends will help you move and give you a ride to the airport int he middle of the night.
Tikki
(14,557 posts)...and vice versa.
People who sit in their car and balance their checkbook (whatever) in front of the gas pump after they are finished filling up their gas tank.*
Tikki
*especially at Costco...
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)how are they treating that person behind closed doors?
Marthe48
(16,975 posts)I live on a neighborhood street which dead ends at the top of a steep hill. I have idiot neighbors who drive up and down the street over and over, on motorcycles, and 4 wheelers. I hate the noise. I called the police about the atvs and that has stopped for now.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Every damned summer, the kids would roll out the motorcycle and zip around the neighborhood, doing laps through my street.
Marthe48
(16,975 posts)when we were the kids on the block. It was a quiet street, and now it isn't :/ Thanks for understanding
Harker
(14,024 posts)Harker
(14,024 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Or that could be your pet peeve: the fact that a dismal thread gets pushed to the top when you comment on how dismal it is.
Harker
(14,024 posts)Well... okay, maybe I am, but keeping the peeve cresting is merely an unintended consequence.
happyaccident
(136 posts)Because whatever is on their phone is more important then my life. I really like it when they get pissed at me for almost hitting their car, I obey the laws of the road but it's been decades(since the 90's) that someone actually apologized to me instead of that immature rage glare. I've had people gun their engines when I'm on the ground. So my pet peeve is STUPID IMMATURE PEOPLE.
doc03
(35,346 posts)eight screens for a coffee.
doc03
(35,346 posts)News people that say "I Mean" or "With All Due Respect" at the start of every damn sentence.
"Tweety" the most irritating person on MSNBC.
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)We live in Amish country and my friend Doug hates chipping dried up horse poop from his truck treads before he puts it in the garage....
Harker
(14,024 posts)Mine doesn't open properly to use for parking.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)as in "NO THRU TRAFFIC." I want to smash those signs!!!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)"I cant stand cheap people. It makes me really mad when someone says something like, Hey, when are you going to pay me that $100 you owe me? or Do you have that $50 you borrowed? Man, quit being so cheap!"
- Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey