belljr
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They made a big deal about bringing us back in office because of the face to face interaction.....so my passive aggressive *** refuses to log in now.
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Can we discuss pet peeves here? (7 Viewers)
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Keerock
Footballguy
My job heavily relies on teams, but I will sometimes put myself in "appear offline" mode so I can just watch what's going on without having to participate or respond
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
Yes, this. We use QuestionPro for institutional surveys, but my understanding is that all these platforms are the same. The responses are absolutely 100% not anonymous unless the person setting up the survey goes out of their way to make it so. That never deters me from being direct when I write out responses, but I make a special point to make sure not to say anything that I don't want read back to me by the head of HR.
My wife's cat is mean. It waits until my computer goes into sleep mode then jumps on the keyboard and tries to log me in 4 times which locks me out where I have to get to IT to get turned back on.
Anarchy99
Footballguy
My latest bugaboo is ordering the same thing every time but having the total price be different. I go to a local coffee shop and order the same breakfast sandwich and same coffee each time, and the price is rarely the same. It’s not going to kill me to pay the higher price, and I am guessing it may very be that that is the right price (ie they may be under charging me the other times). I’m guessing that some workers just give me the sandwich at the base price and others ring each item on it in separately. Not the best business practice though to be inconsistent.
mr. furley
Footballguy
this happens to me at Culver's. i get the same order every time and it's rarely ever the same price. i only notice because it's +/- $10 every time. sometimes it's like $9.20, other times it's $10.50.
nothing changes about the order or what they hand me.
parasaurolophus
Footballguy
When places don't fix stuff that they know isn't ringing up right.
For over a year sweet potatoes didn't ring up right at my local grocery store because the PLU for both organic and regular were the same in the system. You could type in the code manually and it would work at self checkout, but you had to know the code. They finally put signs up at the self checkout stations with the code.
For over a year sweet potatoes didn't ring up right at my local grocery store because the PLU for both organic and regular were the same in the system. You could type in the code manually and it would work at self checkout, but you had to know the code. They finally put signs up at the self checkout stations with the code.
Snoopy
Footballguy
I never ask for it but I sometimes am given a senior discount there.
wlwiles
Footballguy
I really try not to let this one bug me because I imagine that if it were me in that position I might do something similar, but people that repeat the same words all day long in businesses are becoming incomprehensible.
For example: My daughter loves McDonald's breakfast burritos, so usually on Saturday mornings I'll run down there and get a couple. The lady that works the drive-thru speaker in the mornings has managed to turn "Good morning, welcome to McDonalds, will you be using our mobile app today?" into "welm to Madonna, mobah app?" in her greetings. She's a sweet lady when you talk to her at the window and is otherwise articulate in conversation, and she always gives me my card back with a "have a blessed day" or a "thank you, love", it's just that she's repeated that phrase 1000x a day for however long and it's become little more than a grunt now.
For example: My daughter loves McDonald's breakfast burritos, so usually on Saturday mornings I'll run down there and get a couple. The lady that works the drive-thru speaker in the mornings has managed to turn "Good morning, welcome to McDonalds, will you be using our mobile app today?" into "welm to Madonna, mobah app?" in her greetings. She's a sweet lady when you talk to her at the window and is otherwise articulate in conversation, and she always gives me my card back with a "have a blessed day" or a "thank you, love", it's just that she's repeated that phrase 1000x a day for however long and it's become little more than a grunt now.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I stopped going to the now-defunct Pier 1 Imports in the '90s because of this.
the moops
Footballguy
We use Teams. I send messages all the time regardless of their status. If someone isn't logged in, they will see it when they log in.
And PS - I spend about 10% of my time at a desk
dino259
Footballguy
apperently there is a difference between "the works", "deluxe", and "everything".
belljr
Footballguy
I've posted this before.
In Virginia at a super Wawa. There are 16:gas pumps. Guess how many have an empty car parked in front of it. 15!!!!!
There are literally like 5 cars using up parking spots so now there are lines forming for gas pumps waiting for all the yahoos to come out
In Virginia at a super Wawa. There are 16:gas pumps. Guess how many have an empty car parked in front of it. 15!!!!!
There are literally like 5 cars using up parking spots so now there are lines forming for gas pumps waiting for all the yahoos to come out
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Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Agreed. But I don't go to Wawa for gas anymore. They (and Royal Farms) are way more expensive than anyone else in South Jersey. I remember when the reverse was true.
belljr
Footballguy
Cool I'm in Virginia
Scoresman
Footballguy
Restaurants that don't customize quantities based on table size. Like if four of us sit down and order a plate of potstickers, we'll ask how many come in the order and they say three. I mean come on, throw us a bone here. Why can't they put them on the menu priced individually and you order as many as you want?
Conversely, we went to an actual good restaurant the other day and when this happened they said they would add an additional item to match our table size.
Conversely, we went to an actual good restaurant the other day and when this happened they said they would add an additional item to match our table size.
Keerock
Footballguy
And THIS is the kind of thing that earns a server a better tip
Cjw_55106
Footballguy
Sounds like you should be upset with your employer, not fellow employees who actually utilize the tools your company pays for.
Ron Swanson
Footballguy
This drives me crazy as well but I've always assumed items are sold in odd quantities because people tend to dine more frequently in even numbers so this practice encourages the ordering of multiple orders. But if they don;'t sate the quantity on the menu it seems counter productive except for regulars.
the moops
Footballguy
Just get two orders of potstickers
sho nuff
Footballguy
Worse yet is places that bring a basket of bread…4 pieces for a table of 5.
Raging weasel
Footballguy
People who just chuck stuff out of their car window while either parked or driving. Fast food bags,empty beverage containers,and worst of all used diapers.
Snoopy
Footballguy
worse yet lit cigarette butts.
Keerock
Footballguy
There are road signs around Michigan with a number to call to report littering. I've been known, on occasion, to take note of license plate numbers and call on people who do this.
nirad3
Footballguy
I used to work for an architecture firm that specialized in gas stations. I'd say 95% of the cities we worked in count each side of the pump as a parking spot, so technically they are parking spots.... but I feel your pain.
That said, I pulled into a gas station on Friday morning and there were like 2 parking spots; one was ADA and the other was taken (presumably by the guy manning the register). So I pulled up to a pump knowing I was just there for a drink and to use the restroom.
Sorry?
Dr_Zaius
Footballguy
A few years back I was at a strip mall and saw a lady in a van open the side door, throw what looked like a bunch of trash from takeout (brown bags, Subway wrappers, etc.) in the middle of a parking lot and drive away. I was too gobsmacked in the moment to even react. There was a public trashcan no more than 10 feet from her van. No idea WTF is wrong with some people.
parasaurolophus
Footballguy
parasaurolophus
Footballguy
I have two favorites for littering experiences in my life.
Driving behind a car that had broken many traffic laws thus far. Comes to a complete stop at a stop sign. I finally catch up and they are still stopped. I see the windows roll down. Smoke comes pouring out, and then a McDonald's bag gets launched out each window simultaneously, car squeals away.
Next was waiting at a stop light. Both doors open. Guys lean out on each side and each puts an empty beast light can on the ground.
TheBaylorKid
Footballguy
While talking on the cell phone as the swing to the left to make a right hand turn.
JohnnyU
Footballguy
When I was 17 I threw a pop can out the window. I was in the front passenger seat. We got pulled over and the cop made me pickup trash in the ditch for over an hour in 90 degree heat and 100% humidity and finished by telling me that I disgusts him. I learned my lesson.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
I hate litter. I would totally snitch.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Watching the Summer League. I now hate Jim Beam. Sweet Caroline BOM BOM BOM over and over and over. Do these people not ever listen to their own ads?
nirad3
Footballguy
Perhaps annoying hearing it a few times a day via commercial, but I know that a lot of bars that play this song tend to get a lot of patron participation so it's not so far off from reality.
parasaurolophus
Footballguy
A pet peeve and sweet joy consequence.
When people don't read emails. Then expose themselves publicly for not having read their email.
"Why didn't anybody tell me this was on order?!?!"
"You were copied on the original order and the revised quantity order"
When people don't read emails. Then expose themselves publicly for not having read their email.
"Why didn't anybody tell me this was on order?!?!"
"You were copied on the original order and the revised quantity order"
Snoopy
Footballguy
One new FB trend. They say sponsored, meaning paid ads. Getting a lot of ads, supposably from different sites but I suspect for one site using a lot of different names. It shows a story with a premise intended to get you outraged, but there is not enough room for the whole story to be told. On purpose as it is clickbait. But I saw if you click on the link, it will bring you to a page with 30-40 such stories and ads in one scrolldown fashion, and the bait story is somewhere buried in there. Getting a bunch of those, each with a different bait story and I am blocking each ad site as I receive those.
belljr
Footballguy
I thought of this thread today. Doing mandatory online training for work.
They have a knowledge test at the end. You must score above 80% or higher to compete training. There were 6 questions. 1 wrong is 83% .... so there really was no way to score 80%
Percentages should match the questions
They have a knowledge test at the end. You must score above 80% or higher to compete training. There were 6 questions. 1 wrong is 83% .... so there really was no way to score 80%
Percentages should match the questions
Snoopy
Footballguy
Had one like that but with 4 questions, so had to answer all of them correctly.I thought of this thread today. Doing mandatory online training for work.
They have a knowledge test at the end. You must score above 80% or higher to compete training. There were 6 questions. 1 wrong is 83% .... so there really was no way to score 80%
Percentages should match the questions
Dr_Zaius
Footballguy
Speaking of which, should probably be in the annoying commercials thread, but the car commercial where they play the "Jitterbug" snippet of Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go is the worst one I've seen in a while. Even for people who like the song, do they really want to hear the guy groaning "Jitterbug" over and over? So obnoxious.
I actually ran across the Spanish version of the ad, and they replaced Wham! with the intro to La Bamba, which is much less annoying heard several times in a row.
parasaurolophus
Footballguy
People that claim a table before ordering. Messes up the natural order of things. Especially at a place that has a fast turnover rate.
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
Still not as annoying as the little girl's laugh. Yep, I'm old and crotchety.
Keerock
Footballguy
I submit that "mandatory online training for work" is the pet peeve...I thought of this thread today. Doing mandatory online training for work.
They have a knowledge test at the end. You must score above 80% or higher to compete training. There were 6 questions. 1 wrong is 83% .... so there really was no way to score 80%
Percentages should match the questions
belljr
Footballguy
How else will I learn what phishing isI submit that "mandatory online training for work" is the pet peeve...I thought of this thread today. Doing mandatory online training for work.
They have a knowledge test at the end. You must score above 80% or higher to compete training. There were 6 questions. 1 wrong is 83% .... so there really was no way to score 80%
Percentages should match the questions
nirad3
Footballguy
I'm on the completely other end of this. I think it's adorable and makes me long for when I was "Mr. Mom" to my now 12-year-old daughter.
GreenNGold
Footballguy
I thought of this thread today. Doing mandatory online training for work.
They have a knowledge test at the end. You must score above 80% or higher to compete training. There were 6 questions. 1 wrong is 83% .... so there really was no way to score 80%
Percentages should match the questions
I hate the questions/answers at the end that are either not clear or trying to be tricky. When I can make a legitimate argument both for and against multiple answers to a question it is not a good question.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Maybe the people who put these tests together need to be tested.Had one like that but with 4 questions, so had to answer all of them correctly.I thought of this thread today. Doing mandatory online training for work.
They have a knowledge test at the end. You must score above 80% or higher to compete training. There were 6 questions. 1 wrong is 83% .... so there really was no way to score 80%
Percentages should match the questions
Scoresman
Footballguy
I do this at certain places. What really messes up the order of things are people who don’t leave after finishing eating at places like this. There should be a fast turnaround but it isn’t always the case. Getting a table ahead of time is just a shark move.
Raging weasel
Footballguy
I agree. I have a few I have to do every yearI submit that "mandatory online training for work" is the pet peeve...I thought of this thread today. Doing mandatory online training for work.
They have a knowledge test at the end. You must score above 80% or higher to compete training. There were 6 questions. 1 wrong is 83% .... so there really was no way to score 80%
Percentages should match the questions
- Ladder safety
- confined spaces
- asbestos awareness
- sexual harassment and diversity
belljr
Footballguy
I have to do one on hazardous materials, their markings, proper disposal, spills etc etcI agree. I have a few I have to do every yearI submit that "mandatory online training for work" is the pet peeve...I thought of this thread today. Doing mandatory online training for work.
They have a knowledge test at the end. You must score above 80% or higher to compete training. There were 6 questions. 1 wrong is 83% .... so there really was no way to score 80%
Percentages should match the questions
- Ladder safety
- confined spaces
- asbestos awareness
- sexual harassment and diversity
I work with zero chemicals - I'm an "IT" guy lol
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Airport cab drivers that don’t accept credit cards, and don’t announce that upfront. Had to scramble to find an ATM at hotel.
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