What annoys you?

[Scotto]

OK, this should generate quite a long thread. Here is the rule: only one thing per post (but you can post as often as you like).

I'll start:
You're at the grocery store waiting on line to check out. As you near your chance to get your stuff on the conveyor, your significant other says "Oh! I forgot something! I'll grab it and be right back....", leaving you to get madder and madder as your items get rung up while they are running around the store.

[rtaylor61]

Since we started with grocery stores, I'll toss in people who get in the Express Check out with 1 or 2 extra items. And they know they have too many because they count them, then get in the line anyway.

Randy

[NMMB]

Since we started with grocery stores, I'll toss in people who get in the Express Check out with 1 or 2 extra items. And they know they have too many because they count them, then get in the line anyway.

Randy

Randy, That irks me more than I know how to describe. Also with the grocery store theme is the old lady (it is ALWAYS an old lady) who will fight over the price of noodles or a can of soup in the express line because she thinks that the price is off by 2 or 3 cents. If she is standing there fighting over 3 cents the line has stopped being an express line! Please, somebody give the old lady a quarter and tell her to go home.

[AACJ]

Keeping in the grocery store thought, I have to buy the less expesive meat while some lady gets a few Filet Mignons and pays for it with food stamps, only to push her cart to her Mercedes or other "way too expensive" car. I'm not hitting people really in need, because it appears some on food stamps are taking advantage of the system and really AREN'T needy.

[slcsteve]

So you're at the movies.....yeah I know that I should know better.....and the person behind you is eating something out of the noisy, crackling bag......non-stop.:behead:

I'll return shortly with more movie news.

[Kyle]

In any kind of a store - I am made furious by people who "pretend" not to see you so they can justify cutting you off to get where they are going.

[AJS]

There is one universal ill, one sign of the continuing madness of everyday life and the devolution of the human race as a whole:
PEOPLE WHO DO NOT SAY THANKYOU WHEN YOU HOLD THE DOOR OPEN FOR THEM
:mad5: :mad5: :mad5: :mad5: :mad5:

[Scotto]

There is one universal ill, one sign of the continuing madness of everyday life and the devolution of the human race as a whole:
PEOPLE WHO DO NOT SAY THANKYOU WHEN YOU HOLD THE DOOR OPEN FOR THEM
:mad5: :mad5: :mad5: :mad5: :mad5:
Ha! I agree. In a similar vein, I always pack the groceries while they are being rung up instead of waiting for the person working there to do it. I keep a running tally of when people say "thanks for bagging". I once went 18 weeks of weekly shopping without hearing it.

[NMMB]

There is one universal ill, one sign of the continuing madness of everyday life and the devolution of the human race as a whole:
PEOPLE WHO DO NOT SAY THANKYOU WHEN YOU HOLD THE DOOR OPEN FOR THEM
:mad5: :mad5: :mad5: :mad5: :mad5:


You know, I don't mind that people don't say "thank you" when I hold a door for them... I actually enjoy the bewildered look on their faces enough that no "thank you" is necessary. Though, it is a sad commentary on society in general when something as simple and polite as holding a door could cause such confusion.

[AJS]

Ha! I agree. In a similar vein, I always pack the groceries while they are being rung up instead of waiting for the person working there to do it. I keep a running tally of when people say "thanks for bagging". I once went 18 weeks of weekly shopping without hearing it.

That bring's me neatly onto another one of my pet hates (honestly, I could keep this thread going single handedly for years.)
When you are at the checkout in the supermarket, and the person in front of you, instead of packing their groceries, just stand's their looking gormless; then when it is your turn to go through the checkout they've only just started to pack their shopping; holding you up and consequently, everyone else behind you.
Inconsiderate morons!

[AJS]

You know, I don't mind that people don't say "thank you" when I hold a door for them... I actually enjoy the bewildered look on their faces enough that no "thank you" is necessary. Though, it is a sad commentary on society in general when something as simple and polite as holding a door could cause such confusion.

Then you sir, are a saint.

[SSLStudio]

Hence forth known as " The Belly Guy "

here is my collegeau oh what a character !

- why do you need to shower ?
- why spend money on cologne or deoderants when you can skip it ?
- Why would I need to shave if I can get away with it ?
- Why is drinking 2 liters cola per day good for me !
- It is nice to be the equal of a SKUNK ...

Well well before you would criticize me , this guy is the limit he will pass you by and off comes this CLOUD of ODOR ..with it. specially now its summer !

Annoying ? oh well.. I can barely hold my puke.. worst of all he meets our customers of the company stinking like that aswell.

His not shaving oh well I can live with that ( he skips but him not bumping in the shower often enough I dont even wanna know !

on top of that the last BBQ of the company we had he ate like a pig my other poor collegeau who was BBQing for everyone was able to just find one tiny piece of steak left .. he didnt foresee in " The Belly Guy "

Im pretty sure he wont find this forum..why should he the word Cologne,shower,Gentleman, shaving are not on his list.

Here is a picture they made during the BBQ he was just getting started notice the shirt !

My collegeau wrote some dutch text above his head its so funny I couldnt stop laughing for minutes... I wont translate its bad enough he is around me.

Oh did I forget something why he is the Ultimate King of annoyenssence
he will have his finger up his nose every 4 minutes to find something special in there and when he finds it he will hide it or under the chair , or most of the time under the table you should see the battle field of blood and crust he created under the table where he used to sit. ( next to me !!!! thank the lord he moved to engineering )

oh then the other day when he was clipping of his nails and bit and pieces shot into my other colleageau's eye almost. and why do we all not say anything about this...perhaps we cant believe such an annoyenssence is for real perhaps we are dreaming !!!!!!:mad: :mad:

[Kyle]

...obese people wearing lycra.

[mrob]

The clerk at BlockBuster who asks me--every time I'm there!!!--if I've heard about their "Rewards" program. I always smile, say "No," and s/he proceeds to recite the entire canned spiel, which basically tries to make you feel like a moron if you don't take advantage of this tremendous offer.

Uuuuuurrrrggghhhh.

[AACJ]

People changing lanes without using their signal.

[AACJ]

People driving faster or slower than me.

[NMMB]

...obese people wearing lycra.

While not directly related, your comment reminded me of a special time of year that we* like to call "white** mushroom cap" season. That is late spring when the weather is getting warm and the ladies start wearing their short summer tops and the belly-rolls just fall out over the top of their pants/skirts like some sort of weird fungus. I don't think this is annoying, it is more sad...





* myself and one of my @$$h0le friends, that is.
** Use of "white" may be reflective of having coined the term while attending a university populated primarily by white kids.

[ouch]

I'll start:
You're at the grocery store waiting on line to check out. As you near your chance to get your stuff on the conveyor, your significant other says "Oh! I forgot something! I'll grab it and be right back....", leaving you to get madder and madder as your items get rung up while they are running around the store.


I love watching my significant other run around the store- what a turnon! Sometimes I even ditch one of her items before we hit the checkout so she has to run back and get another. As an added benefit, I get to give her that "tsk, tsk, you owe me one for this" look.:001_rolle
Boy, I've learned a lot about husbanding over the years.:lol:

[SSLStudio]

People driving faster or slower than me.

Loooool this is a good one.

uhh.. people faster then you would be the ones in front of you.. and people behind you would be the ones slower then you...so where does that leave the rest ? we should be in your car perhaps ?

sorry I just couldnt resist.. but I know what you mean ! I too like to be the only one on the roads ! :lol: :lol: :wink:

[Scotto]

I love watching my significant other run around the store- what a turnon! Sometimes I even ditch one of her items before we hit the checkout so she has to run back and get another. As an added benefit, I get to give her that "tsk, tsk, you owe me one for this" look.:001_rolle
Boy, I've learned a lot about husbanding over the years.:lol:

I bow to your superior knowledge...

[JMT]

This time it is from an employee. I work at a grocery store. Primarily in the freezer section. It drives me crazy when people pick up an item from somewhere else in the store and then deposit it in the freezer after they've decided not to purchase it.

[AACJ]

Loooool this is a good one.

uhh.. people faster then you would be the ones in front of you.. and people behind you would be the ones slower then you...so where does that leave the rest ? we should be in your car perhaps ?

sorry I just couldnt resist.. but I know what you mean ! I too like to be the only one on the roads ! :lol: :lol: :wink:

No apology necessary!! You see, I'm always moving out of the fast lane to make room for the speedsters, and can't get back over to the fast lane when I come upon a slow poke and need to pass them.

If everyone went the same speed as me, it would be great.

[NMMB]

People changing lanes without using their signal.

To make this more annoying try watching COPS do this. It pains me to watch a COP change lanes or make a turn anywhere without using their signal. Come on, they KNOW the laws. Or when the cops use their lights to get through an intersection (red light) and then turn them off again!

[SSLStudio]

This time it is from an employee. I work at a grocery store. Primarily in the freezer section. It drives me crazy when people pick up an item from somewhere else in the store and then deposit it in the freezer after they've decided not to purchase it.

AMEN ! that gets me freaky when im shopping and bump into those things ?

When I simply do not like anything anymore I will return it to the same spot where I got it. whats up with these people anyways !

Never heard of changing your mind and get something else ?

Great thread..........

[AJS]

Ken Dodd.

[rschul2]

People who are so impatient that they use a right hand turning lane to go around someone who is waiting to make a left hand turn at an intersection.

[NMMB]

People who are so impatient that they use a right hand turning lane to go around someone who is waiting to make a left hand turn at an intersection.

Worse than this are the people who will get in the right turn lane when the light is red to try to cut around the people in the no-turn lane. Not only are they cutting in line, so to speak, they are blocking the people who want to make a right turn and are often creating serious hazards by speeding through the intersection when the light turns green so that they can get ahead of 3 or 4 cars. I live for the day when I get to watch one of these hurried and self-important people crash and break their legs.

[crackstar]

what pisses me off? Guys I don't know staring too insistantly at my wife and then ignoring my staring back at them.

Jeff

[Sue]

Without asking me first, it really irritates me when people pet my dog or tell their kids to 'Go pet the nice doggie', when he is clearly working. Only a blind person wouldn't see his harness and bright red cape that says "Please don't pet me, I'm working".

When I have said to a petter, 'please don't pet my dog, he's working', they pet him anyway and say indignantly, 'but I love dogs'. Sometimes they, (usually young men), walk away and later return walking faster and as they pass by reach over and really give him a good hard pat on the rump or ruff his fur in an 'I'll show her attitude'.

Really rude and very frustrating to me, Sue

[yasuo200365]

Ain't we a miserable lot!

Regards
John:wink:

[AJS]

How about excessively negative people?:lol: :lol: :lol:

[JMT]

When traffic is being forced into one lane because of construction and some jackass goes around all of the other people who were smart enough to get over.

[Sue]

People who can't look me in the eye when they are talking to me. Makes me uneasy.
Sue

[Scotto]

Without asking me first, it really irritates me when people pet my dog or tell their kids to 'Go pet the nice doggie', when he is clearly working. Only a blind person wouldn't see his harness and bright red cape that says "Please don't pet me, I'm working".

When I have said to a petter, 'please don't pet my dog, he's working', they pet him anyway and say indignantly, 'but I love dogs'. Sometimes they, (usually young men), walk away and later return walking faster and as they pass by reach over and really give him a good hard pat on the rump or ruff his fur in an 'I'll show her attitude'.

Really rude and very frustrating to me, Sue
Sue, good point, and I'll make it double for those who touch my kids. Nothing more revolting than some stranger stroking my 5 month old's face or skin to say "how cute". I would like to chop their arms off and beat them over the head with it.

[Cutthroat]

Getting called to a house because someone's 10 year old kid is "out of control". This usually means that they refuse to wash the dishes or turn off their x box when told. If you or your property are in danger of being harmed or destroyed, by all means call the cops. However, dont expect us to correct parenting mistakes you made when they were 4 or 5. Step up and be a parent. Sometimes you have to be the "bad guy" and not their best buddy. It will benfit them in the long run.

*when I say "you" I am not pointing at anyone on the forum or in particular.

[Cutthroat]

Hearing a parent tell a young kid, "If you are not good I will have that officer arrest you." as I walk by. All that does is teach kids to fear cops. I had a 3 -4 year old girl that had walked away from home and we found her at a local business. She was terrified and would not talk to anyone wearing a uniform (trust me, we did nothing to scare her in the least). Turned out she was a good 12 blocks away from home and mom was asleep on the couch. If it was not for an off duty fireman and other people around to talk to her I dont know how long it would have take to get her home. Just made me wonder if her mother had ever told her we would arrest her for being bad.

[Tito]

I think you guys will sympathize with this one...

When the new UPS or other delivery person does not leave the package at your door or wherever you instructed him to leave it on the note you left them.

Then to make matters worse you have to play that little game where you collect the sticky notes and then trek out to BFE to the logistics HQ to pick up your stuff.

Warmest regards,
Tito

[slcsteve]

People changing lanes without using their signal.

I have a theory. I believe that the people that don't signal a lane change are the same people that don't flush toilets. My theory is that they are incapable of moving any sort of lever( toilet flushing handle=turn signal lever).

I could be wrong.

[roughrider]

I have a theory. I believe that the people that don't signal a lane change are the same people that don't flush toilets. My theory is that they are incapable of moving any sort of lever( toilet flushing handle=turn signal lever).




What happens at home if they're single? :biggrin:

[birchhook]

Ok, I'm sorry if any of you play the lottery, but...

When I'm in a convenience store, I'm there for the convenience. If I had time to spare I'd be at a fully stocked grocery store. So I'm in a hurry and I'm standing behind someone who is playing the lottery, wins $2, uses it to buy more - at this point I begin praying for the person because if I didn't, I'd blow up.

If it was once in a while I'd understand it better, but I'd say it happens 2 out of 3 times. Can't they make Lotto vending machines????

[teamacacia]

Hmmm...there are too many pet peevs of mine to list. I guess I'd have to start with:
1. People with bad attitudes. We all know them and avoid them like the plague.
2. People who ask stupid questions. Yes, despite what your fourth grade teacher said, there are such things as stupid questions...even students in medical school ask stupid questions.
3. That also brings to mind asking a question after the answer to the question was blatently given in the previous sentence...yes, this too was done by one of my medical classmates on a routine basis. Made us all want to scream for him to pay attention!
4. People driving slow in the fast lane.
5. People speeding around from behind you so that they can get in front of you only to make an immediate turn.
6. My neighbor's dogs...can't even step out of my house and onto the back porch without them going nuts. Someone needs to put them out of my misery...just a joke, wouldn't really harm an animal (unless it is in season, of course).
7. Too much more to list....guess I need to start working on my patience.

[Austin]

Jeez, you guys are going to give yourselves heart attacks. :biggrin:

[Kyle]

On the gas station theme - I get ticked when I have purchased my gas at the pump but the message screen on the pump insists that I must see the cashier for my receipt. If I wanted to go inside and wait in line, then I would have done so to begin with. I have actually quit going to 2 or 3 different local stations at which this is a common occurrence.

[slcsteve]

Dog owners who won't pick up their pet's shit after fido drops it in the middle of the walking/running park trail. Kudos to the owners that clean up after 'Rex' finishes.

[roughrider]

People that change lanes every 3 seconds on the freeway. Where's the Highway Patrol when you need them?

Man, if I was a Trooper, I'd take great pleasure in giving those people tickets.

[htownmmm]

when i eventually make it to the movies to see something that has been out for a while and others who have already seen it feel that they should comment on what is exactly going to happen next; the corollary to this is the person in your aisle who constantly asks what happened as if u weren't wathcing the same thing they were.





Marty

[Flyer]

People who try to pass off a fake bill to me by insisting that they "just got it from the bank less than five minutes ago," but magically cannot remember the name of the bank when I call their bluff.

[AJS]

People who do not put their hand over their mouth when they cough! Filthy savages.:mad5: :mad5: :mad5: :mad5: :mad5:

[SSLStudio]

That reminds me Steve !!!!!!!!!

Annoys me ! indeed people using the toilet mostly men, they leave you enter the toilet and its niagra waterfalls all over the floor and on the edge of the toilet bowl so disgusting whatever in their minds do they think its ok to piss over the potty and not clean it.

a step higher then this is men not washing their hands after they used it Ive heard it many a time being in the toilet and this other person just leaves the toilet room.. " Hey dude I didnt hear any water " even my buddy from my former Aikido Dojo pulled that one off why I didnt say anything to him is a miracle aswell I heard him using the toilet and then leave I was thinking this guy works as a nurse in the Hospital he should know better and minutes later on the tatami
he is grabbing my arm ! eeeeeeeuw.

imagine Scotto some guy like this petting your baby ! oh how cute !

People this is why you do NOT eat the peanuts at a public place !!!!!!!

[teamacacia]

People that change lanes every 3 seconds on the freeway. Where's the Highway Patrol when you need them?

Man, if I was a Trooper, I'd take great pleasure in giving those people tickets.

I usually make this same comment on a daily basis

[AJS]

People who refuse to recognise the fact that Dominique Wilkins is the most underrated and under appreciated player in NBA history.

[htownmmm]

People who refue to recognise the fact that Dominique Wilkins is the most underrated and under appreciated player in NBA history.


Although I am a born and bred Ny Knicks fan (in spite of james dolan & isaiah thomas) I totally agree with this statement.




Marty

[Scotto]

Hmmm...there are too many pet peevs of mine to list. I guess I'd have to start with:
1. People with bad attitudes. We all know them and avoid them like the plague.
2. People who ask stupid questions. Yes, despite what your fourth grade teacher said, there are such things as stupid questions...even students in medical school ask stupid questions.
3. That also brings to mind asking a question after the answer to the question was blatently given in the previous sentence...yes, this too was done by one of my medical classmates on a routine basis. Made us all want to scream for him to pay attention!
4. People driving slow in the fast lane.
5. People speeding around from behind you so that they can get in front of you only to make an immediate turn.
6. My neighbor's dogs...can't even step out of my house and onto the back porch without them going nuts. Someone needs to put them out of my misery...just a joke, wouldn't really harm an animal (unless it is in season, of course).
7. Too much more to list....guess I need to start working on my patience.

Please read the first post - only one complaint per posting, please.... My next annoyance: people who can't follow simple directions.... :lol:

[AJS]

Although I am a born and bred Ny Knicks fan (in spite of james dolan & isaiah thomas) I totally agree with this statement.




Marty

Glad to see someone else can appreciate 'Niques brilliance, unfortunately we are a rare breed.

[guenron]

One of my fav's is those forum denizens who are incapable of putting a location in their profile and always ask, "Where can I buy this or that product locally?"

[rtaylor61]

One of my fav's is those forum denizens who are incapable of putting a location in their profile and always ask, "Where can I buy this or that product locally?"

Good point! I agree!

Randy

[mark the shoeshine boy]

I get aggravated when those big time city people uses all them there FANCY words and most people can't understand them if they have a local education. When a word has more syllables that most of my sentences have words, it ain't exactly a proper choices of words for me. But my Momma taught me to smile and be generous to those kind of folks and she told me that once they got all of them big words out of thier mouth, why they are just like you and me. To be kind is the wise things to do. I really don't have any one person in mind...

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it also aggravates me when people talk a lot and say mothing....

mark the shoeshine boy

[ouch]

If your idea of a "big time city person" is someone from Oklahoma, I just have to see someone you'd consider a hick.:lol:

[Justso]

On the bathroom kick..

One of my biggest pet peeves is one of the rare times I lower myself to the unspeakable standard of using a public toilet (urinals are bad enough). Without fail, I can be in a bathroom with 30 stalls that are all empty and some fat slob staggers in and sits down double-barrell style on the toilet right next to me and proceeds to drop a nasty shit. This just drives me up a f-----g wall. Usually this encompasses them breathing heavy and giving the groaning sound like they are straining to get the half-cow they ate for dinner last night out of their ass.

[Justso]

Another bathroom pet peeve is public restrooms that don't offer ass-gaskets. There is nothing filthier than having to wipe down some bacteria ridden toilet seat with piss stains and create your own little toilet paper nest to sit on.

I can only imagine what type of petri-dish most public restroom toilet seats are.:mad3:

[Austin]

Justin, that's the reason I avoid public restrooms. Thanks for the visual. :eek:

[mark the shoeshine boy]

If your idea of a "big time city person" is someone from Oklahoma, I just have to see someone you'd consider a hick.:lol:

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[guenron]

...SHNAP...
it also aggravates me when people talk a lot and say mothing....

mark the shoeshine boy
I'll have to get some camphor to avoid that mothing..:lol:

[birchhook]

Another bathroom pet peeve is public restrooms that don't offer ass-gaskets. There is nothing filthier than having to wipe down some bacteria ridden toilet seat with piss stains and create your own little toilet paper nest to sit on.

I can only imagine what type of petri-dish most public restroom toilet seats are.:mad3:

Justo - A study was done that tested toilet seats, floors, etc. They found that the computer keyboards and telephones had the most germs - scary stuff! I'm going to end up like Monk - "wipe, please"

The worst bathrooms I have ever seen are in the third world. Horrible places - hard to describe. I was in an airport, went to the bathroom, I was surprised to see a urinal - but it wasn't hooked up. Everything just ran out the bottom on to the floor around your feet. It must be a trick they play on tourists. Insiders know to just go to the drain in the corner.

*guenron - I fixed my profile just for you!

[guenron]

Yeah Birchhook (You do have a first name?),
You are making progress.. If I can just do one little thing to make it a better world in which to live each day, I consider it a worthwhile exercise.

[crackstar]

Scotto, I agree with you on that all the way. If I see a mother or a father with a young baby in a carriage, I'd ALWAYS, I repeat ALWAYS ask permission before I touched the child. Hey, parents don't know where a stranger's hands were before they touched their kids.

Jeff

[AACJ]

Right now!! Here at work, the guy next to me is eating cheetos, the cruchy kind, one at a time and with his mouth open!! Plus he takes small, short chews.

IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!

[JMT]

Right now!! Here at work, the guy next to me is eating cheetos, the cruchy kind, one at a time and with his mouth open!! Plus he takes small, short chews.

IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!

I would be annoyed to be at work on the 4th of July:rolleyes:

[Tye]

People who don't use turn signals to turn, change lanes....

-Tye

[Queen of Blades]

I want to know in what world and/or country does a stop sign mean don't stop.

The twilight zone I guess. Which is apparently located on the same intersection I live on. Sitting on the porch, I will see too many cars run the stop sign, and cars stop that don't have a stop sign. It's like backwards day everyday here.

It is a miracle that I have not seen an accident yet. I have lived here 2 years, and no accidents.

JoAnna

[Queen of Blades]

People think because they are in a turn lane, they don't have to signal that they are turning.

JoAnna

[Queen of Blades]

Does anyone else live in a place where the general population thinks it is okay to make a u-turn at a red light?

I believe it is just Roanoke, VA, but I could be wrong. However, I have lived in many states and cities, and never witnessed this spectacle.

JoAnna

[rtaylor61]

When I finally retired my Texas drivers license and went for my Utah license, I had to take a 20 question test. Open book. No big deal, didn't need the book. The official helping me was a bit perplexed when I asked him where in the book it said that once a turning lane light has turned red, 4 more cars can still make a right hand turn.

Randy

[AJS]

I am a born and bred Ny Knicks fan



Marty
As a Knicks fan what is your opinion on Charles Oakley? He is another blast from the past who is on my list of undervalued players. Whilst he lacks the athleticism and finesse of Wilkin's, he was a solid, hugely dependable workhorse of a player and it annoy's me that he never got the recognition or the respect he deserved when he was playing.

[slcsteve]

Does anyone else live in a place where the general population thinks it is okay to make a u-turn at a red light?

I believe it is just Roanoke, VA, but I could be wrong. However, I have lived in many states and cities, and never witnessed this spectacle.

JoAnna

That remark is well resembled here in Texas. The Texas variant is done with a SUV that usually makes the attempt at a busy intersection, unable to complete the U-turn in one smooth movement, having to back up to avoid running over the curb. Of course the u-turning schmuck has a phone stuck to his ear (yep, usually a guy, rarely a woman).

[Austin]

That remark is well resembled here in Texas. The Texas variant is done with a SUV that usually makes the attempt at a busy intersection, unable to complete the U-turn in one smooth movement, having to back up to avoid running over the curb. Of course the u-turning schmuck has a phone stuck to his ear (yep, usually a guy, rarely a woman).

Happens in Austin too brother.

[fret]

If your idea of a "big time city person" is someone from Oklahoma, I just have to see someone you'd consider a hick.:lol:
My little Oklahoma town is so small I drive to Ron's town to buy groceries. I accept being a[n erudite] hick. :biggrin: What took me a looooooooong time to understand is meeting hicks (my description) from San Francisco, LA, Philadelphia, Houston,... City slickers aren't supposed to be like that. :biggrin: :biggrin:
Mott the Hickle

My pet peeve is Texas drivers and those who drive like Texas drivers.:biggrin:

[jfm]

Another bathroom pet peeve is public restrooms that don't offer ass-gaskets. There is nothing filthier than having to wipe down some bacteria ridden toilet seat with piss stains and create your own little toilet paper nest to sit on.

I can only imagine what type of petri-dish most public restroom toilet seats are.:mad3:

As a fellow Central Floridian, we both get the benefit of having the world's germs come to our public restrooms! - Justin

[Justso]

As a fellow Central Floridian, we both get the benefit of having the world's germs come to our public restrooms! - Justin

Justin,

Yes, it's disgusting. The bathrooms at the theme park attractions are downright disgusting. I remember, a few years back, a local news station did a report and stuck a news reporter in a bathroom and observed to how many times the bathroom door opened and how many times hands were washed. Something around 20% of men washed their hands after using the restroom and 40% of women washed their hands.

[Sue]

What can really irk me more than adults not washing their hands are those moms who bring their children to 'potty' in the restroom with them. Most children do not have their hands washed by the parent, even if the adult washes theirs. Where do kids put their hands? Right in their mouths. Sad lesson in hygiene from a lazy parent.
Sue

[Flyer]

People who want attention and commit suicide by jumping in front of a TTC train, causing delays, unneeded stress, and possibly scarring to the drivers and witnesses.

I am all for cleansing the gene pool, but if you are going to off yourself, please do not be an attention whore and jump in front of a subway/onto a busy major highway. Whatever happened to overdosing or hanging yourself at home?

[ouch]

I knew from the second I read this, that this would be a 1000+ view thread.

[Kyle]

On the rare instance that I am actually able to set my cruise control while driving on the interstate, it is outrageously maddening when someone decides to pass me while going only one mile per hour faster than me, and takes so long doing so that I have to kill the cruise because I can't get over to pass the guy in front of me.

[Justso]

Back to the grocery store...

People, specifically women (sorry girls, you know it's true) who stand in line while their crap is being rung up and then after the total comes up, pull out a War & Peace book of Coupons and start fishing through them saying "Now I know I had a coupon for 75 cents off that Snuggle. It's somewhere in here, hang on just a sec."

[ouch]

Well, I'm kinda upset that there's no place on here to post filthy jokes.:mad:

[SSLStudio]

Well, I'm kinda upset that there's no place on here to post filthy jokes.:mad:


Well a couple of posts up and I think I read the word WHORE ! uhhm surprised the Mod's didnt jump on him..you should know how the mods jumped on me for just a minor offset word..

[Austin]

Who said whore? :prrr:

[mrob]

Back to the grocery store. . .

You've waited in line behind someone (Sues--notice how I didn't say it had to be a woman!:biggrin: ) with $300 worth of stuff, and after everything is wrung up and bagged, only then does s/he pull out the checkbook to write the check. Then, they didn't bring any ID, so the clerk needs to get the manager to come and verify the check.

AAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!

[IshavedMyFaceOff]

Hence forth known as " The Belly Guy "

here is my collegeau oh what a character !

- why do you need to shower ?
- why spend money on cologne or deoderants when you can skip it ?
- Why would I need to shave if I can get away with it ?
- Why is drinking 2 liters cola per day good for me !
- It is nice to be the equal of a SKUNK ...

Well well before you would criticize me , this guy is the limit he will pass you by and off comes this CLOUD of ODOR ..with it. specially now its summer !

Annoying ? oh well.. I can barely hold my puke.. worst of all he meets our customers of the company stinking like that aswell.

His not shaving oh well I can live with that ( he skips but him not bumping in the shower often enough I dont even wanna know !

on top of that the last BBQ of the company we had he ate like a pig my other poor collegeau who was BBQing for everyone was able to just find one tiny piece of steak left .. he didnt foresee in " The Belly Guy "

Im pretty sure he wont find this forum..why should he the word Cologne,shower,Gentleman, shaving are not on his list.

Here is a picture they made during the BBQ he was just getting started notice the shirt !

My collegeau wrote some dutch text above his head its so funny I couldnt stop laughing for minutes... I wont translate its bad enough he is around me.

Oh did I forget something why he is the Ultimate King of annoyenssence
he will have his finger up his nose every 4 minutes to find something special in there and when he finds it he will hide it or under the chair , or most of the time under the table you should see the battle field of blood and crust he created under the table where he used to sit. ( next to me !!!! thank the lord he moved to engineering )

oh then the other day when he was clipping of his nails and bit and pieces shot into my other colleageau's eye almost. and why do we all not say anything about this...perhaps we cant believe such an annoyenssence is for real perhaps we are dreaming !!!!!!:mad: :mad:

I feel like the "Belly guy" today since i been eating 2 kebabs and one burger. in fact i am so addicted to food i sometimes forgett to shave. Does that place me into The Belly Guy club?

[guenron]

I feel like the "Belly guy" today since i been eating 2 kebabs and one burger. in fact i am so addicted to food i sometimes forgett to shave. Does that place me into The Belly Guy club?
Probably not, just in a no man's land...:lol:

[guenron]

Hmmm... With all of the easy driver complaints out of the way, here's another of those really irritating things that one encounters on forums:
There are numerous gents who find it beneath there dignity (or perhaps they do not know how?) to use the signature capability to sign off with their first name on their posts. It is so unpleasant to reply to "XYz275Bziplatz."
Does one properly say, "Dear X,"? or "Dear XYz,"? or "Dear Xyz275,
That is what your friends and associates call you, isn't it?":blink:

[slcsteve]

Hmmm... With all of the easy driver complaints out of the way, here's another of those really irritating things that one encounters on forums:
There are numerous gents who find it beneath there dignity (or perhaps they do not know how?) to use the signature capability to sign off with their first name on their posts. It is so unpleasant to reply to "XYz275Bziplatz."
Does one properly say, "Dear X,"? or "Dear XYz,"? or "Dear Xyz275,
That is what your friends and associates call you, isn't it?":blink:

In North Korea "Dear Leader" is appropriate:a53:

[JohnP]

Most of you police/military trained people will know what I am talking about. I am really annoyed when I see someone holding a firearm of any sort, with their @#$# finger in the trigger guard. Unless one is actually FIRING that weapon, that finger has no business being there. Even on TV, when I see it it drives me up the wall.

John P.

[JohnP]

Another one is while cruising down the freeway I hate getting behind someone doing a saintly 30 mph slower than the limit in a no passing zone, who then speeds up to around 120 when I try to pass them....and when I succeed, flip me off as if I did something to their mothers. Even worse, I actually had this happen on a 2 lane road...and the individual sped up faster than I could go, (at the time I drove an old landcruiser) so I slowed to get back behind him and the @#$ slowed also, and tried making me plow into oncoming traffic. From that day forward I understood why California is the leader in highway shootings....
John P.

[rtaylor61]

Another one is while cruising down the freeway I hate getting behind someone doing a saintly 30 mph slower than the limit in a no passing zone, who then speeds up to around 120 when I try to pass them....and when I succeed, flip me off as if I did something to their mothers. Even worse, I actually had this happen on a 2 lane road...and the individual sped up faster than I could go, (at the time I drove an old landcruiser) so I slowed to get back behind him and the @#$ slowed also, and tried making me plow into oncoming traffic. From that day forward I understood why California is the leader in highway shootings....John P.

Did they ever find the body? :biggrin:

Randy

[JohnP]

Nah...although until that point I couldn't understand why someone would want to randomly shoot someone else, especially in traffic. That happened several years ago, and to this day I feel that person tried killing me simply for trying to pass him (there was a 7 foot deep trench either side of the road, so that wasn't an option). He simply would not let me back in, no matter how slow or fast I went...in a 55mph zone he drove 25 the whole way...first passing zone in 10 miles comes up and the guy does around 80...
He had his wife/girlfriend/whoever with him, or I would have seriously considered pushing his car off the road.
There are rude people, but IMHO that simply took the cake. I've not seen anyone do that ever since.
John P.

[guenron]

Nah...although until that point I couldn't understand why someone would want to randomly shoot someone else, especially in traffic. That happened several years ago, and to this day I feel that person tried killing me simply for trying to pass him (there was a 7 foot deep trench either side of the road, so that wasn't an option). He simply would not let me back in, no matter how slow or fast I went...in a 55mph zone he drove 25 the whole way...first passing zone in 10 miles comes up and the guy does around 80...
He had his wife/girlfriend/whoever with him, or I would have seriously considered pushing his car off the road.
There are rude people, but IMHO that simply took the cake. I've not seen anyone do that ever since.
John P.
That's when you are supposed to have your finger in the trigger guard. Oh, and the safety off.:yesnod:

[JohnP]

That's when you are supposed to have your finger in the trigger guard. Oh, and the safety off.:yesnod:
For the most part I am a pretty laid back guy, but I'll admit my stress level was pretty high with that one. Those "no loaded firearms in the front seat" laws start making sense.
Since we're talking about traffic, I also get annoyed when there is one car in the fast lane going a self-righteous 10mph below the limit, matching speeds with another car beside it, effectively blocking all traffic for miles behind them...
John P.

[Sue]

How about safety and packaging?

Does it irritate you to try to open the tamper-proof 'Safely' packaged items?

I bought something earlier this week, I don't remember the product but remember trying to open it. It was in the formed clear plastic that is so popular.

It didn't cut with scissors or open with a starter cut with a paring knife. I put in on a cutting board and 'stabbed' the package with a very sharp filet' knife to try and open it slightly, no luck.

I ended up using a cutter from the roll-away tool chest in the garage. Eventually we will have to use a Sawzall to open a box of Cheerios. It's ridiculous.

I think the packaging designers are laughing all the way to the bank with the public paranoia of product tampering.

I wish I wasn't so protected and could use my own common sense knowing what is safe for me to use in my flashlight or eat.

A new blow dryer that was also packaged in that same irritating formed plastic also had safety instructions: DO NOT use while sleeping"!! Hello??

Do we really need to be protected this much ?

Sue

[JohnP]

How about safety and packaging?

Does it irritate you to try to open the tamper-proof 'Safely' packaged items?

I bought something earlier this week, I don't remember the product but remember trying to open it. It was in the formed clear plastic that is so popular.

It didn't cut with scissors or open with a starter cut with a paring knife. I put in on a cutting board and 'stabbed' the package with a very sharp filet' knife to try and open it slightly, no luck.

I ended up using a cutter from the roll-away tool chest in the garage. Eventually we will have to use a Sawzall to open a box of Cheerios. It's ridiculous.


Wow. This is one of mine too...I remember one time buying a pocket knife, and all over it were warnings about the sharp implement inside....only to have the ridiculous PACKAGING cut me. The knife never has.
Someone is going to sue and be a millionaire like that lady that got burned by the McDonalds coffee...
John P.

[Sue]

John,
You'll probably never cut yourself with the knife.

I can see the TV commercials now. Brightly colored, small size, Sawzall's for the kitchen to open all those pesky packaged items. $29.95 and if you call the toll-free number right now you will receive a smaller palm size Sawsall absolutely free for your bathroom.
Sue

[rjv71]

another traffic annoyance.. driving behind someone who is on the on-ramp to the freeway doing 45 Mph.... then trying to merge in with traffic on the freeway that is going 70+ Mph....

[rjv71]

restaurants.... why does every freaking employee and every assistant manager and manager have to come by to ask how we're doing.... enough already then when you want a refill or a check, no staff is anywhere near.

btw. look at their faces when after the 5th person asking you reply: I was doing fine untill you sent all the staff by to bother us with the same question.

[Joedy]

Every

....single

........Vonage Commercial with the singing Village Idiot.

-joedy

[rjv71]

Another annoyance is doctor offices, dentist offices, ANY goverment related office...: if I have a 10 AM appointment... THEN HELP ME AT 10 AM.... not at 9.55AM .. not at 11AM ... at 10AM !! Ehh hello.. I have a job too, waisting my hours waiting for you... I would favor a system in where one would get a discount of 10 % for every 10 minutes than one is not being helped after the appointment time has passed.

[roughrider]

The creators of spyware, adware, trojans, viruses, etc. I'm a very nice guy but I wish the worst things upon these people. They just cause harm to innocent people and waste time. :mad:

I think major computer companies and the government should go after them with full force. Prosecute them and put them away for good. I mean throw them in a cage with a lion or lop their head off. I don't care. I have no sympathy for them.

I had an adware/pop-up on one of my computer offering to sell me software that removes adware/pop-up. The nerve of these people.

[NMMB]

...Someone is going to sue and be a millionaire like that lady that got burned by the McDonalds coffee...


People who sue over things like this infuriate me. Good God, if you are dim-witted enough to take a bath with your toaster, try to use your curling iron while you drive, or are surprised by the fact that the hot coffee that you just intentionally purchased is hot... well, I can't help but think that you deserve to suffer the consequences rather than be rewarded for your stupidity via a lawsuit. So much for survival of the fittest…

[JohnP]

People who sue over things like this infuriate me. Good God, if you are dim-witted enough to take a bath with your toaster, try to use your curling iron while you drive, or are surprised by the fact that the hot coffee that you just intentionally purchased is hot... well, I can't help but think that you deserve to suffer the consequences rather than be rewarded for your stupidity via a lawsuit. So much for survival of the fittest…
Tell me about it, I know! Yet...someone is now a millionaire, because no one TOLD her that coffee was hot.....just you wait, somebody WILL sue (litigation happy people...that's another one for me....) after being cut trying to open the new packaging that's everywhere these days....although the obscenely UN user-friendly packaging is something I would not miss in the least...
Its a sign of the times, I guess.
John P.

[hedliniv]

I happen to LOVE the Vonage commercials!!
Wooo Hooo!!
Woo Hooo Hooo!!

[ouch]

Another annoyance is doctor offices, dentist offices, ANY goverment related office...: if I have a 10 AM appointment... THEN HELP ME AT 10 AM.... not at 9.55AM .. not at 11AM ... at 10AM !! Ehh hello.. I have a job too, waisting my hours waiting for you... I would favor a system in where one would get a discount of 10 % for every 10 minutes than one is not being helped after the appointment time has passed.

Then you'll love what I once did. My (former) dentist had a sign posted in his office that read "Any appointments cancelled with less than 48 hours notice will be subjected to a $50 charge." When I showed up for an appointment, only to hear the the doctor would not be available that day, I took him to small claims court. When he didn't show, I was awarded fifty bucks.


Now I'm sure that some of you may take exception to my course of action, and I'll admit that I'm the type that normally has neither the time nor inclination to pursue such matters, but I was just so pissed off that I couldn't let it rest. The money meant nothing, but wiping the smug look off that guy's face was priceless.

[guenron]

Then you'll love what I once did. My (former) dentist had a sign posted in his office that read "Any appointments cancelled with less than 48 hours notice will be subjected to a $50 charge." When I showed up for an appointment, only to hear the the doctor would not be available that day, I took him to small claims court. When he didn't show, I was awarded fifty bucks.


Now I'm sure that some of you may take exception to my course of action, and I'll admit that I'm the type that normally has neither the time nor inclination to pursue such matters, but I was just so pissed off that I couldn't let it rest. The money meant nothing, but wiping the smug look off that guy's face was priceless.
I think someone once said, "Turnabout is fair play."

[ouch]

I think someone once said, "Turnabout is fair play."

I'm sure that saying dates to time immemorial (ie: prior to the year 1189), but nobody ever said it better than that great American pundit, Jessie "The Body" Ventura.:001_rolle

[Stauff]

Something which always succeeds in truly infuriating me is when you order tea in a café and they bring you a cup or mug of lukewarm water with an unused teabag next to it...:mad::mad: Water always has to be BOILING and should be poured ON the teabag (or preferrably, the loose tea leaves). My mother in law even pretends to make tea by running water through the coffee machine and then adding a single teabag to about a litre of water. I'd rather drink the water I washed the dishes in...

[ouch]

Something which always succeeds in truly infuriating me is when you order tea in a café and they bring you a cup or mug of lukewarm water with an unused teabag next to it...:mad::mad: Water always has to be BOILING and should be poured ON the teabag (or preferrably, the loose tea leaves).

Sorry to disagree, but water does not always have to be boiling. Only blacks and the more heavily oxidized oolongs should be prepared with boiling water. More delicate teas may require water that's as low as 140 degrees.

I do agree that being served a lukewarm cup should result in the server's being sent to a vivisectionist, but try as I might, I don't see what your problem is with being given a teabag that's- gasp- usused.:lol:
Think of the alternatives!

[JMT]

I can't stand the idea of people, who I imagine for the most part are not in the best financial shape, going to a strip mall to get a loan at terribly high interest or at the expanse of losing their car. I do not understand how the people who run these businesses sleep at night.

Well, they probably sleep on a pillow full of some poor schmuck's cash.

[Sue]

I think another term is 'loan shark'. When ppl are that desperate they roll all their debt into a car or even worse, refinance it into their home wiping out their equity, they should have the option of financial counseling without penalty. The debt counseling services that offer help and restructure ding a credit rating severely.

I would like to see our schools require a full credit class of 'real life' finances to learn how to manage money, debt to income ratios, the real meaning of their credit rating and how it affects all payments including insurance premiums, etc.

What happens is they receive plastic, usually before graduation and most haven't a clue.
Sue

[rtaylor61]

Sue and Jim,

I agree to both of you, up to a point. Although I we have a separate department for people with credit issues, I am very familiar with what is going on there. Very few people have trouble because of illnesses or bad luck. Most of the individuals we deal with simply don't pay their bills. I have seen instances where people had opened up as many as 72 different charge accounts, used them, and simply just never paid. Now, I know that bad things happen to good people, and it is a travesty when it does. But most of the people paying exhorbitant interest rates on cars are doing so because of their bad choices, which not only show them to be, put prove them to be very bad risks.

Randy

[JMT]

Sue and Jim,

I agree to both of you, up to a point. Although I we have a separate department for people with credit issues, I am very familiar with what is going on there. Very few people have trouble because of illnesses or bad luck. Most of the individuals we deal with simply don't pay their bills. I have seen instances where people had opened up as many as 72 different charge accounts, used them, and simply just never paid. Now, I know that bad things happen to good people, and it is a travesty when it does. But most of the people paying exhorbitant interest rates on cars are doing so because of their bad choices, which not only show them to be, put prove them to be very bad risks.

Randy

Randy,

I am referring to the type of businesses that cater to the bad risks you are referring to. The loan business that can give you cash as long as you have a car title. The best thing for these people would be for someoene to say, "NO, you can't have a loan until you get your credit cleaned up."

[Stauff]

Ouch,

Right you are on the temperatures, but I live amongst the barbarians: in my country there is only black tea in the café's:frown:

[ouch]

Frekerik-

At least you have no shortage of beer.:tongue_sm

[ouch]

Randy,

I am referring to the type of businesses that cater to the bad risks you are referring to. The loan business that can give you cash as long as you have a car title. The best thing for these people would be for someoene to say, "NO, you can't have a loan until you get your credit cleaned up."

But that would mean-- gasp-- delaying gratification!
When it comes to that, we, as a people, are not far removed from a typical two year old.

Some years back, I recall selling (more correctly, dumping) an old car on a nineteen year old who had already filed for bankruptcy. She went from shiny new beemer to hoopdie. How could someone get into such sad financial shape in so short a period of time? I wouldn't be surprised if she's dancing on tables for dollars to dig her way out (not that there's anything wrong with that).

[rtaylor61]

But that would mean-- gasp-- delaying gratification!
When it comes to that, we, as a people, are not far removed from a typical two year old.

Some years back, I recall selling (more correctly, dumping) an old car on a nineteen year old who had already filed for bankruptcy. She went from shiny new beemer to hoopdie. How could someone get into such sad financial shape in so short a period of time? I wouldn't be surprised if she's dancing on tables for dollars to dig her way out (not that there's anything wrong with that).

Sorry to hijack the thread, but part of the problem now begins at home. Mom and dad overspend, file for bankruptcy, no big deal. Then the offspring go out into the working world or college world, and in a short time, are bombarded with credit card applications, and just go off the deepend. Well, bankruptcy is a viable alternative to digging their way out, because, afterall, mom and dad did it. It is easier for someone with a bankruptcy to get a car loan than for someone who is willing to work out payment schedules to reduce their debt. And banks consider anyone in credit counciling repayment plans as having filed bankruptcy, since those plans are very much like a Chapter 13.

Randy

[Christoph]

Many of the aformentioned things here also annoy me. One thing that REALLY annoys me is going to the movies (at a theatre) and having to watch TV commercials before the feature presentation. I mean, having to sit through ads for soda pop, juice, cars, shoes, and other stuff that they advertise for on TV. Does anyone else find this annoying? You're paying to see the movie, for goodness sake! Why should you have to be put through this!? I'll happily sit through loads of trailers for other movies, and I don't mind a few PSAs. But don't mak me watch TV commercials at the movie theatre. They should ban this annoying practice.

[mrob]

Buffalo Bills' fans will understand my pain. . .:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[NMMB]

Many of the aformentioned things here also annoy me. One thing that REALLY annoys me is going to the movies (at a theatre) and having to watch TV commercials before the feature presentation. I mean, having to sit through ads for soda pop, juice, cars, shoes, and other stuff that they advertise for on TV. Does anyone else find this annoying? You're paying to see the movie, for goodness sake! Why should you have to be put through this!? I'll happily sit through loads of trailers for other movies, and I don't mind a few PSAs. But don't mak me watch TV commercials at the movie theatre. They should ban this annoying practice.

Stop going to movies (wait for it to come out on DVD), get other people (with the same distaste for adverts) to stop going to movies and let the cinemas know why you aren't going. This will only work if enough people do it, of course, but would be an interesting experiment. Damnit, I can't even suggest a protest without wanting to collect data on it :001_smile ... I am such a nerd somedays...

[Justso]

Back onto the annoying things:

Bicyclists riding on the side of the road when there's a perfectly good sidewalk to ride on.

[roughrider]

Back onto the annoying things:

Bicyclists riding on the side of the road when there's a perfectly good sidewalk to ride on.


A gentle tap from your fender will do the trick. :biggrin:

[mrob]

Back onto the annoying things:

Bicyclists riding on the side of the road when there's a perfectly good sidewalk to ride on.

Bicyclists riding in the middle of the road when there's a perfectly good sidewalk to ride on.

[ouch]

I'll try to keep this shave related. The thing that bugs me most is when you buy something on ebay, and the seller won't post positive feedback until after you've posted yours.

The only obligation a buyer has is too pay in a timely manner. As soon as the seller receives payment, the buyer's burden is completed, and the seller should immediately post positive feedback. Sellers that withhold feedback until they read the buyer's comments should be cut into little pieces.

[slcsteve]

A gentle tap from your fender will do the trick. :biggrin:

A .32 Silvertip from the Seecamp that I carry when I ride will break that tapping driver from ever thinking of tapping another bike.:a33:

[Flyer]

Back onto the annoying things:

Bicyclists riding on the side of the road when there's a perfectly good sidewalk to ride on.
It is a hefty fine if you are caught riding a bicycle on the sidewalk in Toronto...

[NMMB]

Back onto the annoying things:

Bicyclists riding on the side of the road when there's a perfectly good sidewalk to ride on.

Actually, I think that it is illegal to ride a bike on a sidewalk anywhere in Canada (don't know how it works in the USA). When you are on your bike you are considered to be a vehicle and must therefore obey all traffic laws (stop signs, etc). Furthermore, a cyclist is entitled to have at least 1/3 of a lane and if you as a motorist don't have room to get around them, then you are required by law to yield to them as they have the legal right of way.

[slcsteve]

Actually, I think that it is illegal to ride a bike on a sidewalk anywhere in Canada (don't know how it works in the USA). When you are on your bike you are considered to be a vehicle and must therefore obey all traffic laws (stop signs, etc). Furthermore, a cyclist is entitled to have at least 1/3 of a lane and if you as a motorist don't have room to get around them, then you are required by law to yield to them as they have the legal right of way.

Much the same in most, if not all the lower 48.

[jmhUT]

"Low maintenance desert landscaping". AZ, NV, and parts of NM, and TX have this. Instead of planting grass in a front yard they put rocks down and plant bushes. In this way we gentle citizens are spared the weekly chore of mowing our lawns. Well, everything that grows in the desert is tougher than we are. Thorns grow out of everything! Ever try and rake up a pile of thorny branches and put them in a plastic garbage bag. It's the equivalent of trying to jam an open umbrella into a sweat sock. Also, things bloom in the worst possible time, summer. 120 degrees anybody? Gas powered trimmers overheat regularly, as do their operators. Electirc tools don't have enough power to cut through the hardy underbrush. It's a nightmare and it grows back every two weeks. Your best bet is to get out there at 6am, when it's only 110 degrees.
Cheers,
Jeff

[SSLStudio]

ADD to the list, people who abuse animals for profit of fur , or entertainment.

[ouch]

"Low maintenance desert landscaping". AZ, NV, and parts of NM, and TX have this. Instead of planting grass in a front yard they put rocks down and plant bushes. In this way we gentle citizens are spared the weekly chore of mowing our lawns. Well, everything that grows in the desert is tougher than we are. Thorns grow out of everything! Ever try and rake up a pile of thorny branches and put them in a plastic garbage bag. It's the equivalent of trying to jam an open umbrella into a sweat sock. Also, things bloom in the worst possible time, summer. 120 degrees anybody? Gas powered trimmers overheat regularly, as do their operators. Electirc tools don't have enough power to cut through the hardy underbrush. It's a nightmare and it grows back every two weeks. Your best bet is to get out there at 6am, when it's only 110 degrees.
Cheers,
Jeff


I love Arizona. Went to U of A, and can't wait to retire to go back.

[jmhUT]

8 months a year I do too. Tough summers though. I would much prefer a front lawn to the bushes but the HOA says no way. Tucson is probably a little nicer place to retire just because it's smaller than Phoenix. It still cools down quite a bit at night down there too, not as much cement and asphalt. Not too many jobs though.

[mrob]

"Low maintenance desert landscaping". AZ, NV, and parts of NM, and TX have this. Instead of planting grass in a front yard they put rocks down and plant bushes. In this way we gentle citizens are spared the weekly chore of mowing our lawns. Well, everything that grows in the desert is tougher than we are. Thorns grow out of everything! Ever try and rake up a pile of thorny branches and put them in a plastic garbage bag. It's the equivalent of trying to jam an open umbrella into a sweat sock. Also, things bloom in the worst possible time, summer. 120 degrees anybody? Gas powered trimmers overheat regularly, as do their operators. Electirc tools don't have enough power to cut through the hardy underbrush. It's a nightmare and it grows back every two weeks. Your best bet is to get out there at 6am, when it's only 110 degrees.
Cheers,
Jeff

Jeff,
I'm compelled to ask, with the greatest respect:

WHY DOES ANYONE LIVE IN THE DESERT!!! ITS HOT THERE!!!:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

[jmhUT]

Well Mitch, there are some benefits:
1) Single digit humidity
2) As hot as it gets, you don't have to shovel sunshine out of your driveway
3) 300 sunny days a year (difficult to be depressed in the sunshine)
4) Very little clothing on our women
5) Bodies to match clothing (in most cases)
6) Inexpensive housing (until last year)
7) Excellent jobs
8) 6 months a year of perfect weather (2 more fairly decent)
9) Very strong economy

Some detriments:
1) The summers
2) Poor schools
3) Dirty air
4) Terrible drivers
5) High Crime
5) Desert goddamn landscaping

All things considered it has more pros than cons, as is the case with most cities; and like most things this boils down to personal preference. I moved here for a job. I don't particulary like PHX but my wife love it. She is small and petite and always cold. I am tall and thick and always warm. Guess who won? Side not, she is from Michigan and is a rabid Wings fan so you will likely side with her.
Cheers,
Jeff

[mrob]

Actually, I'd probably side with you! I too am "thick" and would not fare well in your heat. I interviewed for a job in Atlanta years ago and destroyed 2 shirts in 1 day with perspiration--yuck.

I also moved to where we are now--mid-Michigan--for a job, so understand your predicament. And when I was at Arizona State last spring for a conference I found a lot to like--most notably #s 4 and 5 on your "pros" list.:wink:

Side note--I'm from Buffalo, so am a Sabres fan (not Wings), and tell everyone that I moved to Michigan for the weather.:biggrin:

[jmhUT]

Yes, we have our share of local talent. I for one will not be complaining unless I have a daugher.

There are two black days in the recent history of the NHL as far as I am concerned. Both have to deal with heroes putting on Red Wings jerseys: Dominik Hasek and Chris Chelios.
Cheers,
Jeff

[moses]

Not so many things annoy me (hell, people are people - why get the BP up over nothing really), but there are a few things that do irk me a little.

This is kinda contrary to an earlier post, but two combined:

1) People who ride bikes on the sidewalk, and almost run over you. Almost everywhere I have lived, bikes are NOT allowed on sidewalks.

2) Drivers who think they own the road, and bikes shouldn't be there. I used to ride a lot, and it really seems like more car drivers think a bike has no right to be on the road. They do. First, being on the sidewalk is usually illegal. Second, bikes are legal on almost all roads, excepting freeways. A bike has all the same rights, and is subject to all the same rules as a car.

[moses]

Oh, another is perpetually indignant people. I came from a more laid back place, and moved to Berkeley, CA for a while. I found that there were an awful lot of people there who were constantly getting their dander up over the most insignificant things. Somebody would say something they didn't agree with, and all hell would break loose. Or someone would be a little slow crossing the street, or pulling out on a green light, or whatever, and the flip. Or, sure, I'm with you that all those supermarket things are annoying, but it bugs me more when people overreact to them.

Life is annoying. We constantly get interrupting or inconvienced. That's that. How often are we really in a life or death situation where being delayed a minute or two makes a hill of beans difference? Life is too short to be constantly indignant or pissed off at some little slight or disagreement or rudeness.

[moses]

One last post. I was brought up with the old Southern tradition of being polite. Why is this such a lost art? I may fail far too often, but lordy....

On the other hand, I try not to get pissed off a perceived rudeness. I know I've done things like accidentally cutting someone off before, just because I was preoccupied. Sure, most of the time these things are just rudeness, but since it might not be, I prefer to give the benefit of the doubt.

[Kyle]

Life is annoying. We constantly get interrupting or inconvienced. That's that. How often are we really in a life or death situation where being delayed a minute or two makes a hill of beans difference? Life is too short to be constantly indignant or pissed off at some little slight or disagreement or rudeness.
Preach on, brother!

[slcsteve]

People that email or pm you with a request for advice and after you take the time to respond there follows empty space - no reply - no thank you - nada - zip - zilch. This would come under the category of "common courtesy" with the sub-category "lack of".:nono:

[Kyle]

People that email or pm you with a request for advice and after you take the time to respond there follows empty space - no reply - no thank you - nada - zip - zilch. This would come under the category of "common courtesy" with the sub-category "lack of".:nono:
How about when they ask for your advice and then try to argue about it with you?

[guenron]

How about when they ask for your advice and then try to argue about it with you?
Love it! There was a poster in my automotive mechanic's garage. To make a long story short it listed a series of services and the hourly rate associated with them Two entries were:

Advice $10.00/hour
Arguing about the advice $40.00/hour
:lol:

[Jonnybc]

The UK passport office! :mad3:

[Kyle]

Love it! There was a poster in my automotive mechanic's garage. To make a long story short it listed a series of services and the hourly rate associated with them Two entries were:

Advice $10.00/hour
Arguing about the advice $40.00/hour
:lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

[msandoval858]

I-35 in Austin :cursing:

[Kyle]

I-35 in Austin :cursing:
You win. :biggrin:

[Austin]

I-35 in Austin :cursing:

Yep, same here. :mad3:

[pitbulls20]

After doing a job for over 5 1/2 years, the customer knows more about your job than you do and don't mind telling you that your wrong or not doing it right !! Ok stay right here while I leave :)

[pitbulls20]

Person not being home in a time frame that they chose to be the most convient for them. Then wanting your to waste more of your time asking you to wait 20 min for them to get home and they don't show after 40 min. :mad5: :mad5: :mad5:

[pitbulls20]

Customer service in person I hate alot. Especially when they are stupid and ask the same thing 6 or 7 times.

[pitbulls20]

Work telling you that you will do more work for the same money as before and if you don't do it right you will get back charged more than what the amount you would have made on the job.

[pitbulls20]

The company not telling you that a job was canceled the previous day and letting you drive 20 or 30 minutes out of the way and then staying on hold for another 10 minuted to find the job was canceled. BUT if you are running a little late on getting to a job they will send emails, call supervisors, and call your cell phone or 2 way in order to find you and ask how long you will be till you can make it to the job. Hmm :mad5:

[pitbulls20]

Going out of your way to help someone out that gets to the office late all the time and gets started on their route running behind and then later when you need help they only have excuses or siimply will not help you out.


Just so you know I am a cable installer that is paid by production not hourly and hates his job :) Hang on I am sure I can think of more lol

[pitbulls20]

Maybe this is none of my concern but going to do a cable install at someones house that should be condemed, stinks so bad you almost can't breath, roaches climbing over EVERYTHING, water in the sink looks like mud, nothing seems clean anywhere, you have to walk to Paths to get to certain places in ones house, and the house is litterally falling apart, BUT they order cable that will cost like $140 a month with 3 digital boxes with one in the kids room and also high speed internet. I don't know why but that bugs the shit out of me.

[pitbulls20]

I guess I will stop there for now. My post count would hit 100 just talking about my job and the people I come across LOL

[Sue]

I don't know why but that bugs the shit out of me.

Children in that environment would be a VERY GOOD reason.

Sue

[castlecraver]

I think this thread needs bumped. I was going to start a "pet peeves" thread but its been a year since this one was updated -- I think we can all come up with a hundred more things that annoy us.

2 pet peeves that really get under my skin for some stupid reason:

- when people start descriptive sentences or answer your question with a sentence beginning with the word "So..." To me, it always sounds either condescending or ditzy, depending on the source.

- when people are unintentionally redundant in their use of acronyms. For example: "I need to go to the ATM Machine." The "M" stands for "machine." I realize that especially for acronyms that have become so ubiquitous in our lexicon, such usage is easily understood and not generally considered improper, but it still gets under my skin. I can't tell you why exactly.

Oh, and a third: When people pronounce words like "especially" as "expecially" or "asked" as "axed" (She "axed" him??? Really??? Was her name Lizzy Borden?). :tongue:

[jnich67]

What really annoys me? People....

Jordan

[CyclicSheep]

1) When people are stupid

2) When politicians, advertisements, and preachers grossly underestimate my intelligence and the intelligence of my fellow humans.

3) When people forfeit they right to say "uh...wait a second..." upon being exposed to situations described above.

3) When I'm stupid.

[FloppyShoes]

-Anyone who violates my own sense of self importance.

[william]

The thing that really gets my goat is when the local road diggers come along and dig up the brick paved padestrian road (for what ever reason) and fill the hole up with tarmac? Do me a favour, what sort of idiots do that?

[william]

Chewing gum on the floor:angry:

[william]

Mindless vandalism of any kind:cursing:

[william]

I've had a bad day and could go on for ever here so I will stop.....!

[Austin]

-Anyone who violates my own sense of self importance.

Your self importance annoys me too! :biggrin:

[Stauff]

A woman (SWMBO comes to mind) who touches or moves my shaving gear, fountain pens, books. :mad3: :mad3:

[OldSaw]

Chewing gum on the floor:angry:

I prefer chewing gum on the floor since I can't chew it on the ceiling. :lol:

[JonEdangerousli]

Biggest thing that bugs me: Being lied about.

[OldSchoolYoungin]

A woman (SWMBO comes to mind) who touches or moves my shaving gear, fountain pens, books. :mad3: :mad3:

+1,000

My g/f loves the fact that I take care of myself and seems to think the AD isn't anything weird or what-not, but if my stuff starts invading her side of the sink, she just takes EVERYTHING and just stacks it under the cabinet :mad3: :mad3:

I guess I SHOULD be more mindful of her space, though :001_tongu

I hear you, JonE. That's about my most important one. Or being lied to, either way. I can not stand dishonesty, in any form. Especially if it's about YOU in particular!

Some more:

1. People that lie for no reason. I'm not talking about bragging about stuff that they don't even have/do, I'm referring to people that lie about simple things for no reason at all. Compulsive/pathological liars, the type that will lie to you about what time it is or what color shirt you have on.

2. Incompetent drivers, although it's already been covered. But I've never gotten so frustrated in traffic anywhere nearly as bad as this dumbass county. Not a big town, but driving around here is enough to drive anyone insane.

3. Braggards

I'll think of more...

-Allen

[Stauff]

People with a cut-corner mentality. :nono: If you're going to do it,do it THOROUGHLY.

People who can't distinguish good stuff from crap. (often people with money but without taste)

[OldSaw]

Ha! I agree. In a similar vein, I always pack the groceries while they are being rung up instead of waiting for the person working there to do it. I keep a running tally of when people say "thanks for bagging". I once went 18 weeks of weekly shopping without hearing it.

I hope you are just kidding. I was in the Navy with a guy who kept a running tally of everyone that annoyed him, so he would never forget should there ever be an opportunity to "pay them back". To make it even worse, he told me he learned it from his father who had a list going back over twenty years and how he got a kick out of once in a while "getting" someone after that many years. It was pretty pathetic. I believe it actually lead to his extremely unhappy life and negative outlook, always expecting and looking for the worst.

[Stauff]

Another one: people who keep repeating how modest they are. :cursing:

[CapeCodJay]

People who don't support their local Libraries!!!

[ratcheer]

Nextel push to talk phones. Chirp! Chirp! Chirp! ....

ad nauseum

Tim

[ratcheer]

1) When people are stupid



Einstein said, "There are only two infinites - the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe."

Tim

[Mama Bear]

Not much bothers me... but then I am 48 years old. I dislike liars and opportunists, anyone that takes advantage of other people... but at my age, I figure those people can dig their own graves and I will just move on and continue being happy... and do the best that I can with what I have to work with.... and the older I get, the more I realize I have.

[Lynchmeister]

My wife asking me to do some thing that requires me to get up and move...the second my ass hits the couch. This happens a lot, lol...like she has some kind of sixth sense or something.

[Mama Bear]

This happens a lot, lol...like she has some kind of sixth sense or something.

Yep, and once you have kids she will develop eyes in the back of her head too.... :biggrin:

[PeteT]

What annoys me? At the moment it's the idiot who keeps trying to change my f***ing B&B password. I've had another three password reset request emails this weekend.
Here's a tip for ya buddy, however many times you click the 'I've forgotten my password' link, it always sends it to me, not you. YOU CAN'T CHANGE MY PASSWORD!!!

[Austin]

Pete, are you talking about another member trying to change your pw?

[PeteT]

It would appear so Austin. Nick is aware of the problem but doesn't seem able to solve it.

[JonEdangerousli]

It would appear so Austin. Nick is aware of the problem but doesn't seem able to solve it.

You should always use a secure password. I use "password"...



D'oh!

[professorchaos]

To make this more annoying try watching COPS do this. It pains me to watch a COP change lanes or make a turn anywhere without using their signal. Come on, they KNOW the laws. Or when the cops use their lights to get through an intersection (red light) and then turn them off again!

+1 As if those charged with enforcing the law are somehow above it.

[professorchaos]

That reminds me Steve !!!!!!!!!

Annoys me ! indeed people using the toilet mostly men, they leave you enter the toilet and its niagra waterfalls all over the floor and on the edge of the toilet bowl so disgusting whatever in their minds do they think its ok to piss over the potty and not clean it.

a step higher then this is men not washing their hands after they used it Ive heard it many a time being in the toilet and this other person just leaves the toilet room.. " Hey dude I didnt hear any water " even my buddy from my former Aikido Dojo pulled that one off why I didnt say anything to him is a miracle aswell I heard him using the toilet and then leave I was thinking this guy works as a nurse in the Hospital he should know better and minutes later on the tatami
he is grabbing my arm ! eeeeeeeuw.

imagine Scotto some guy like this petting your baby ! oh how cute !

People this is why you do NOT eat the peanuts at a public place !!!!!!!

Even worse are the guys who know you are in the bathroom and don't bother with a courtsey rinse...

[TimmyBoston]

Those stupid Nextel phones! :cursing: :cursing: :cursing:

[Holton181]

Nextel push to talk phones. Chirp! Chirp! Chirp! ....

ad nauseum

Tim

Chirp! "Where you at?!?!"
Chirp! "Huh?"
Chip! "I said, 'WHERE YOU AT?!?!?"
Chrip! "Right here. Where you at?"

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Did I really need to hear this in line at the supermarket?

[Mama Bear]

Please press 1 for English.... :blush:

[TimmyBoston]

My wife asking me to do some thing that requires me to get up and move...the second my ass hits the couch. This happens a lot, lol...like she has some kind of sixth sense or something.

Wow complaining about the wife already and you've only been married for about a.....:biggrin:

[ILLfarmboy]

general annoyances:
Cops hiding anong side the road
having to go anywhere on a three day weekend (cops are everwhere)
people who smoke when I am trying to eat.
People who, at gas stations, stop at the first pump when the next one up is free, then I have to wait for them to pump their gas or drive around.
People buying and playing scratch off lotto tickets when I'm waiting behind them to pay for my gas.

Wife annoyances:

Not too many of them. But she will sometimes, when I go to bed early, come to bed sometime later and turn on the TV, assuming I'm not asleep yet and won't mind.

[Jim]

My wife asking me to do some thing that requires me to get up and move...the second my ass hits the couch. This happens a lot, lol...like she has some kind of sixth sense or something.



YES DEAR!

[Doc4]

I knew from the second I read this, that this would be a 1000+ view thread.

Oh man Jay, you get annoyed at the slightest things!! :w00t:


Not so many things annoy me (hell, people are people - why get the BP up over nothing really), but there are a few things that do irk me a little.

This is kinda contrary to an earlier post, but two combined:

1) People who ride bikes on the sidewalk, and almost run over you. Almost everywhere I have lived, bikes are NOT allowed on sidewalks.

2) Drivers who think they own the road, and bikes shouldn't be there. I used to ride a lot, and it really seems like more car drivers think a bike has no right to be on the road. They do. First, being on the sidewalk is usually illegal. Second, bikes are legal on almost all roads, excepting freeways. A bike has all the same rights, and is subject to all the same rules as a car.

+awholelot


A woman (SWMBO comes to mind) who touches or moves my shaving gear, fountain pens, books. :mad3: :mad3:

Oh man, we're opening up a whole new mega-thread here!

[Doc4]

In the spirit of following Scotto's original command of one gripe per post, and to pad my postcount, I will add ...

I get really cheesed off by people who insist on interrupting me in the middle of a sentence. One at a time dude; do me the courtesy. This is especially irksome when they start answering a question that I haven't finished ... so not only have they insulted me, I don't even know if they're answering the question I was about to ask ... :mad2:

[SilkySmooth]

general annoyances:
Cops hiding anong side the road
having to go anywhere on a three day weekend (cops are everwhere)
.



How about the cop that has to excellerate from a complete stop and do 90+ to try to catch up to pull over me doing 65. There's something wrong there.

==Tom

[Mama Bear]

Men that leave the seat up..... :badger:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
:a49: :a49: :a49: :a49:

[Mama Bear]

I'm going to start running right now..... :biggrin:

[OldSaw]

2) Drivers who think they own the road, and bikes shouldn't be there. I used to ride a lot, and it really seems like more car drivers think a bike has no right to be on the road. They do. First, being on the sidewalk is usually illegal. Second, bikes are legal on almost all roads, excepting freeways. A bike has all the same rights, and is subject to all the same rules as a car.

Bike drivers who think they own the road. Seems like the fancier the bicycle clothing, the more road they think they own.

I had a bicyclist tell me one time that he was allowed to use three feet of the road and he made darn sure he did all the time. His unsafe faulty logic completely defies the rules of common sense. Just because I am entitled to use the entire lane with my car, doesn't mean I drive with the left wheels on the yellow line all the time just to make sure I get maximum usage of the lane. Putting his wheels on the 3 foot mark, with his imaginary tape measure, actually puts the entire left side of his body and bike in the automobile lane. To make his bullheaded habit even more stupid is that common sense dictates that we make adjustments to allow for things like merging traffic, pedestrians, animals and idiots on bikes who think they own the road and don't have to use common sense.

Right or wrong makes no difference when you are under a 5000 pound vehicle getting ready to meet your maker.

[Lynchmeister]

Yep, and once you have kids she will develop eyes in the back of her head too.... :biggrin:

Do I count? :tongue_sm

[Lynchmeister]

Wow complaining about the wife already and you've only been married for about a.....:biggrin:

Isn't that part of a happy marriage?...

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[TimmyBoston]

Bike drivers who think they own the road. Seems like the fancier the bicycle clothing, the more road they think they own.



+1 In my town, I swear, we have the stupidest cyclists on the face of the Earth. We also have these lovely wide Bike Paths (yes legal, asphalt, the width of a car lane and specifically installed for bicylcles) and the jerks won't even use them. It drives me absolutely crazy. :mad5:

[castlecraver]

+1 In my town...(yes legal, asphalt, the width of a car lane and specifically installed for bicylcles)

But do they include "roundabouts"???? :tongue:

[Lynchmeister]

YES DEAR!

...and it all comes to sense! :idea:

[SilkySmooth]

I'm going to start running right now..... :biggrin:

How about men that leave the seat down while doing #1.

I need to invent something that keeps the seat up in the mens room. Maybe something spring loaded.

[OldSaw]

I need to invent something that keeps the seat up in the mens room. Maybe something spring loaded.

Those used to actually be quite common years ago.

But as long as we're talking toilets... I hate the ones that have the automatic flush sensor and the toilet paper just out of reach, so when you lean over to grab some tissue it power flushes. :mad:

[RichGem]

plus a million on the nextel phones and the "press one for English"

To add one of my own, peole who a) don't put the cell phone on vibrate when in a public place and then b) don't excuse themselves from said public place (dinner table, movie, etc.) to take the call and c) insist on having a marathon conversation while not doing a & b.

[ILLfarmboy]

The fact that I recently got a written warning for having a loud muffler on my truck. (It really wasn't that loud) but motorcycles can be so freakin' loud it's unbelievable. These motorcycle nuts actually remove the baffles from their mufflers. They don't come that way (that loud) from the factory.

[OldSaw]

On the rare instance that I am actually able to set my cruise control while driving on the interstate, it is outrageously maddening when someone decides to pass me while going only one mile per hour faster than me, and takes so long doing so that I have to kill the cruise because I can't get over to pass the guy in front of me.

Are you sure you're not from Wisconsin? :lol: I call it the eventual pass.

That's one thing I really like about driving through Indiana. I rarely see this happen there. They make their pass and get back in the right lane. They are weak on signaling, but their maneuvers are so predictable I can live with that.

[Lynchmeister]

Are you sure you're not from Wisconsin? :lol: I call it the eventual pass.

That's one thing I really like about driving through Indiana. I rarely see this happen there. They make their pass and get back in the right lane. They are weak on signaling, but their maneuvers are so predictable I can live with that.

+1

[BD1970]

It annoys me when I'm asked to give my social security number and/or credit card number for something unrelated to applying for credit somewhere. Good example is the doctor's office. I give them my insurance card & copay & then they ask for my SS#. Why? Are you gonna give me a credit card? Well, no but...then you're not getting my SS#.

Another example...went to Blockbuster last week. My card had expired so they wanted me to fill out a new application & provide both a SS# & credit card#....you must be kidding? No way I'm giving that info on an application to a store full of teens & early 20 somethings.

[BD1970]

Another pet peeve is these "kids" nowadays that go for this "look" of shaggy hair, body odor, and patchy/unkept facial hair. Try showering & shaving before you get a job serving the public, especially in the restaurant industry.

And, for the love of God, pull up your friggin' pants!!!

[BD1970]

Unruly kids in public annoy me.

[BD1970]

Adults who look scathingly at parents who try to make their kids behave in public.

[BD1970]

People at the gym who spend more time standing around talking or tying up a machine that I want by talking instead of working out annoy me. This ain't social hour.

[BD1970]

People who don't think before they ask stupid questions annoy me.

[castlecraver]

People who don't think before they ask stupid questions annoy me.

There are no stupid questions... only stupid people :lol:

[Stauff]

There are no stupid questions... only stupid people :lol:

That's what my medieval history professor at college used to say:

'There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers - especially at examinations...' :001_tongu

[EmpireView53]

I waded thru all the beefs you guys have, and thought they're all great. My gripe is: what the hell are car manufacturer's doing to its consumers these days making those so-called bumpers? It's nothing but a hunk of plastic with paint on it that scratch, scuff, scrape, and ding so easily. I just purchased a BumperPad (.com) that somehow straps/velcro onto the bumpers for protection. (Don't have it yet) Cars cost way too much to have to deal with this. To me this is a travesty and a conspiracy. ALSO, who's bright idea was it to put rear speakers on rear doors where you can't hear them blend in with the front speakers because the front seats are blocking them? Can someone tell me just what the F**K is the point of this?

[JonEdangerousli]

Men that leave the seat up..... :badger:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
:a49: :a49: :a49: :a49:

Women that leave the seat down...



Actually, long ago I determined the best course of action was to always lower both the seat AND the lid. Keeps down the bacteria count in the bathroom air, keeps pets out, and it requires her to do as much work as it does me.

[JonEdangerousli]

Bike drivers who think they own the road. Seems like the fancier the bicycle clothing, the more road they think they own.

I had a bicyclist tell me one time that he was allowed to use three feet of the road and he made darn sure he did all the time. His unsafe faulty logic completely defies the rules of common sense. Just because I am entitled to use the entire lane with my car, doesn't mean I drive with the left wheels on the yellow line all the time just to make sure I get maximum usage of the lane. Putting his wheels on the 3 foot mark, with his imaginary tape measure, actually puts the entire left side of his body and bike in the automobile lane. To make his bullheaded habit even more stupid is that common sense dictates that we make adjustments to allow for things like merging traffic, pedestrians, animals and idiots on bikes who think they own the road and don't have to use common sense.

Right or wrong makes no difference when you are under a 5000 pound vehicle getting ready to meet your maker.

Actually depending on the state you're in and the situation bicycles have up to the entire lane. I can't speak to what your friend does. We have *ssholes that ride bikes too, probably in a similar proportion to those that drive autos.

And depending on the situation having your 5000 lb auto on top of a dead cyclist can still be vehicular homicide. Like being on record someplace being anti-bicycle, LOL.

[SilkySmooth]

Those used to actually be quite common years ago.

But as long as we're talking toilets... I hate the ones that have the automatic flush sensor and the toilet paper just out of reach, so when you lean over to grab some tissue it power flushes. :mad:

I never had that experienc. Sounds exhilarating!

LOL


==Tom

[SilkySmooth]

Are you sure you weren't using a bidet?

[OldSaw]

Actually depending on the state you're in and the situation bicycles have up to the entire lane. I can't speak to what your friend does. We have *ssholes that ride bikes too, probably in a similar proportion to those that drive autos.

And depending on the situation having your 5000 lb auto on top of a dead cyclist can still be vehicular homicide. Like being on record someplace being anti-bicycle, LOL.

Good thing I got rid of the 5000 pound car. I'm driving a much lighter one now. :biggrin:

I see the kids at the middle school play the same games as pedestrians, purposely holding up traffic. All it takes is one, (or many) cell phone talking driver to not pay attention and they may not get a second chance.

[scagooch]

The police officer across the road who has violated every city by-law since he's moved in. Hint you can't put out your smelly garbage 3 days before pick up. I'm happy knowing my tax money allows you to walk your dogs while your in uniform and packing heat.

[JonEdangerousli]

Good thing I got rid of the 5000 pound car. I'm driving a much lighter one now. :biggrin:

I see the kids at the middle school play the same games as pedestrians, purposely holding up traffic. All it takes is one, (or many) cell phone talking driver to not pay attention and they may not get a second chance.

You just hit on another of the things that really annoy me: People talking/texting/etc while driving. People that barely have enough skill to operate a motor vehicle under the best circumstances then distracted with trying to think and talk on the phone at the same time. You know, morons.

/apologies to Mel Brooks for hijacking that last line from Blazing Saddles.

[slcsteve]

Toilet lid that has one of those fuzzy rugs on it, and if you try to pee with the seat raised, the lid causes it to fall - "savage bijoona" Playboy ca. 1973. You have to pee with one hand holding the seat up or realize that it is really "savage".

[abramsgunner]

I get tired of people telling me motorcycles are dangerous... Take today for instance, at least 6 different people took the time out of their day today to remind me I take my life in my hands everytime I get on my scoot.. or get this, one even commented "What's a father with young children doing riding a motorcycle?"...

Look, I appreciate your concern... but mind your own business already!!

Lets see:
I like to play with matches..
When not working, I carry a loaded pistol..
I like to smoke a pipe now and again..
I eat bacon AND Fried Chicken.. sometimes in the same meal..
I work a high-stress job..
I have been known to run with scissors..
Hell, I shave with a 1954 model double edge razor!!

Add all those up and I'm already living on borrowed time anyway, so riding a motorcycle (with full gear, and hi-viz yellow at that) is probably the least of my worries .. LOL

[Austin]

Did anyone tell you that motorcycles are dangerous? :biggrin:

[SilkySmooth]

I get tired of people telling me motorcycles are dangerous... Take today for instance, at least 6 different people took the time out of their day today to remind me I take my life in my hands everytime I get on my scoot.. or get this, one even commented "What's a father with young children doing riding a motorcycle?"...

Look, I appreciate your concern... but mind your own business already!!

Lets see:
I like to play with matches..
When not working, I carry a loaded pistol..
I like to smoke a pipe now and again..
I eat bacon AND Fried Chicken.. sometimes in the same meal..
I work a high-stress job..
I have been known to run with scissors..
Hell, I shave with a 1954 model double edge razor!!

Add all those up and I'm already living on borrowed time anyway, so riding a motorcycle (with full gear, and hi-viz yellow at that) is probably the least of my worries .. LOL


I must say that's a heck of a first post!

[Roman414]

My wife. She won't put things back the way she found them. She will unscrew the sprinkler from the hose to wash her car or something, and doesn't put it back on when she is done. She will take a screwdriver, pliers, whatever, from the tool box and not return it there. I spend half my life looking for the sprinkler or my pliers. I found a screwdriver stuck in the ground, all rusted. She had taken it from the toolbox to dig in her garden! She has gained weight. Her laugh sounds like the cackling of a demented hen. Lately I find myself watching old Hitchcock movies and mentally cheering for the husband...

[SilkySmooth]

And how long have you been married?

[krawlx]

Today, the rains from the typhoon continued to pour down and all afternoon it was ridiculously hot ans sticky. Everyone is sweating. But, does the bus driver have on the air conditioner? Of course not. Tonight I get on the bus to come home and it's still pouring rain, and by this time it quite chilly. I get on the bus, and the air conditioner is on full blast.

But, the reason this annoyed me so much is that I went to the library and in order to get a private study room I have to give them my student id. I come back two hours later, there's a new worker, and my student id is gone. I'm sure none of the Koreans who were using the other study rooms lost their id. But, mine mystically disappears.

*End Rant*

So, in two words: irrationality and illogical-ness (if that's a word.)

[CapeCodJay]

I have to add, people who work in service industries that can't speak English worth a lick!

[SilkySmooth]

So, in two words: irrationality and illogical-ness (if that's a word.)


reminds me of Catty-Wampus intelligence.

[abramsgunner]

I must say that's a heck of a first post!

Thank you... :biggrin:

[Rufus]

Roman414 are you sure you're not married to my wife? To really annoy me she will deny that she has used/touched the sprinkler, screwdriver, etc; that really puts me into orbit.

[Rufus]

My wife likes to leave her shoes in front of the toilet bowl at night, so that when I get up in the wee hours of the morning to have a wee I trip on them. That really pisses me off!

[Stauff]

My wife likes to leave her shoes in front of the toilet bowl at night, so that when I get up in the wee hours of the morning to have a wee I trip on them. That really pisses me off!

As long as you only trip on them...:rolleyes:

[JonEdangerousli]

My wife likes to leave her shoes in front of the toilet bowl at night, so that when I get up in the wee hours of the morning to have a wee I trip on them. That really pisses me off!

I've discovered a solution to your problem. The solution is in your post.

[infotech]

Getting those stupid chain letters emailed to me. I know the person on the other end usually means well but after seeing all of them (or variations) 1.5 million times it gets old. It got to the point where I had to tell certain people that my email address changed because they wouldn't stop sending them to me.

[Lynchmeister]

Cars annoy me. My wife and I just got a letter from the bank. "Dear Mr. and Mrs, you have paid off your loan and the lien on said vehicle has been removed." Nice! Well...the car's now 10 years old and has a host of problems...now we get to do it all over again. :cursing: :cursing: :cursing: :cursing: :cursing: :cursing:

[OldSaw]

Are you sure you weren't using a bidet?

I've never seen one at the Mall of America where this happened most recently. And I've never confused a bidet with a commode before. This is also becoming a problem at some airports that use the double gigantic tissue roll dispenser. Sometimes the reach is quite a stretch, just enough to trip the flush sensor.

[OldSaw]

You just hit on another of the things that really annoy me: People talking/texting/etc while driving. People that barely have enough skill to operate a motor vehicle under the best circumstances then distracted with trying to think and talk on the phone at the same time. You know, morons.

/apologies to Mel Brooks for hijacking that last line from Blazing Saddles.

They really seem to be attracted to traffic circles. I used to think most people didn't know how to properly use traffic circles until I started getting my gas at a station right next to one. I have come to the conclusion that it is only about 10% of the driving populace that backs things up. You know, the ones who stop like it is a four way stop and can't understand why everyone else is not stopping to let them go, also known as, "You know, morons".

[JonEdangerousli]

Getting those stupid chain letters emailed to me. I know the person on the other end usually means well but after seeing all of them (or variations) 1.5 million times it gets old. It got to the point where I had to tell certain people that my email address changed because they wouldn't stop sending them to me.

I found that people stopped sending them to me when I took their email address and signed them up for a ton of email newsletters. My favorite one years ago was to sign them up for the "gay quaker news"...

[OldSaw]

My wife. She won't put things back the way she found them. She will unscrew the sprinkler from the hose to wash her car or something, and doesn't put it back on when she is done. She will take a screwdriver, pliers, whatever, from the tool box and not return it there. I spend half my life looking for the sprinkler or my pliers. I found a screwdriver stuck in the ground, all rusted. She had taken it from the toolbox to dig in her garden! She has gained weight. Her laugh sounds like the cackling of a demented hen. Lately I find myself watching old Hitchcock movies and mentally cheering for the husband...

Please forgive me and allow me to brag just a little. I believe I have the best wife in the world. The only habit she has that annoys me is after she uses the salad dressing, she simply sets the cap on the bottle, so if you habitually shake the bottle before pouring you will have a mess on your hands. However, knowing this, I have developed the habit of checking first and she tries to remember to screw it down.

Now I just snicker when it happens, because in order for me to have the best wife in the world, I have to believe it. She doesn't have to be perfect or the most petite or dye her hair, she just has to love me as much as I love her and I think she out performs me in that area. :001_smile

[ILLfarmboy]

Bartenders who can't make a decent Manhattan or who don't know what the word 'neat' means.

When it is raining and the dog needs to go out to potty.

Ok, this one most people won't relate to but here it goes. I live out in the country on a gravel road and every summer usualy in late July or August the county will oil the roads for a distance of about 40 or 50 yards on either side of everyones drive way, ostensibly to cut down on dust.:001_rolle Dust I don't mind but I don't like getting oil all over my vehicles. Realy I think it is just a cheap way to get rid of waste oi.l:mad3: