Can we discuss pet peeves here? (3 Viewers)

[mr. furley]

the Big 12 men's bball tournament only being available on ESPN+

no, i will not pony up for the subscription/add-on and then cancel later

 

[Instinctive]

the Big 12 men's bball tournament only being available on ESPN+

no, i will not pony up for the subscription/add-on and then forget to cancel later

FTFY

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

the Big 12 men's bball tournament only being available on ESPN+

no, i will not pony up for the subscription/add-on and then cancel later.

I'm still PO'd that one of the post-season NFL games was PPV. It's not like they need the money.

 

[Dezbelief]

"Every kiss begins with Kay" is a really creepy slogan.

Especially when someone in your family is named Kay.

 

[the moops]

he just stops them and says ...no, that direction only has morning rush. You would be opposite direction of the afternoon rush

How is this possible?

 

[parasaurolophus]

Gas powered hedge trimmers.

 

[Mister CIA]

Gas powered hedge trimmers.

On the plus side, you can't shred the power cord on a gas-powered hedge trimmer.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Gas powered hedge trimmers.

On the plus side, you can't shred the power cord on a gas-powered hedge trimmer.

That's why I had a cordless electric one.

 

[BeTheMatch]

If you're driving 55 in a 55, it's time to wander off into the woods, find a nice quiet spot, dig a hole and climb inside.

 

[FarFromHome]

Gas powered hedge trimmers.

On the plus side, you can't shred the power cord on a gas-powered hedge trimmer.

That's why I had a cordless electric one.

My outside extension cord has been repaired 10 times from me cutting it with my damn hedge trimmer. Smh. Just bought a battery powered one with a 10 ft extension. Heaven I tell ya. Heaven

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Gas powered hedge trimmers.

On the plus side, you can't shred the power cord on a gas-powered hedge trimmer.

That's why I had a cordless electric one.

My outside extension cord has been repaired 10 times from me cutting it with my damn hedge trimmer. Smh. Just bought a battery powered one with a 10 ft extension. Heaven I tell ya. Heaven

I didn't even take that chance. All cordless electric outdoor stuff for me. I had this image of being fried like something in a Warner Bros. cartoon.

 

[Keerock]

Gas powered hedge trimmers.

On the plus side, you can't shred the power cord on a gas-powered hedge trimmer.

That's why I had a cordless electric one.

My outside extension cord has been repaired 10 times from me cutting it with my damn hedge trimmer. Smh. Just bought a battery powered one with a 10 ft extension. Heaven I tell ya. Heaven

I didn't even take that chance. All cordless electric outdoor stuff for me. I had this image of being fried like something in a Warner Bros. cartoon.

I've had all cordless for a few years now. Didn't stop me from cutting through an extension cord that was running behind a bush with my hedge trimmer though

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Gas powered hedge trimmers.

On the plus side, you can't shred the power cord on a gas-powered hedge trimmer.

That's why I had a cordless electric one.

My outside extension cord has been repaired 10 times from me cutting it with my damn hedge trimmer. Smh. Just bought a battery powered one with a 10 ft extension. Heaven I tell ya. Heaven

I didn't even take that chance. All cordless electric outdoor stuff for me. I had this image of being fried like something in a Warner Bros. cartoon.

I've had all cordless for a few years now. Didn't stop me from cutting through an extension cord that was running behind a bush with my hedge trimmer though

Sounds like you need a cordless extension cord.

 

[BoltNlava]

They were cat-calling me and wanting me to get in the car with them.

Kee, can I break this to you? If you were a freshman and you were scared enough that you ran away from the car, then I highly doubt they were calling you for a fivesome. The whole thing sounds like a disaster. You needn't worry any longer about turning tail and motoring on out of there. You probably did the right thing. That sounds like Dazed and Confused.

Of course, I wasn't there and what do I know—but it doesn't sound too promising.

Oh, I agree... but the dream that they wanted me as a sex toy makes for a better story.

I don't know why but I had visions of you squeaking every time they bit down on you. Oh wait. That's a chew toy! Sorry carry on.

 

[mr. furley]

cordless with rechargeable battery is great. until the battery drains in 5 minutes and you have to drag out the corded version instead.

sure, you can buy a replacement. even two. every year. and pretty quickly you've exceeded the price of replacing the cordless version.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Not so much pet peeves as "Why doesn't everyone copy this great idea?" Some examples:

• IIRC correctly, Advil was introduced back in the '80s. As far as I know, it remains the only pill with a slightly sweet coating that makes it much easier to take, including via dry swallow if necessary. Is there some scientific reason that other pills don't employ the same coating?
• Back in the '90s, I lived in Eastern Europe, so hardly a center of technological innovation. Every apartment building had light switches in the hallways that ran on a timer. You walk in the front door, press the button, and the lights stay on for a minute or two, giving you plenty of time to ride the elevator up and enter your apartment (and if for some reason your journey took longer than that, you just pressed the button again). In the US, every apartment building I've ever seen has lights that are on 24/7, or at best on a timer that turns on at sunset and runs all night. Why do we waste so much energy?
• Not a Costco member, but we used to live near a store that let non-members use their gas station. They had extra long hoses so that it didn't matter where your gas tank was, you could pull up on either side and fill up. Made things run way more efficiently

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Not so much pet peeves as "Why doesn't everyone copy this great idea?" Some examples:

• IIRC correctly, Advil was introduced back in the '80s. As far as I know, it remains the only pill with a slightly sweet coating that makes it much easier to take, including via dry swallow if necessary. Is there some scientific reason that other pills don't employ the same coating?

The only one I can cite is the generic Tylenol brand that Target sells with the white arrow on it. Very cheap compared to the name brand btw.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

cordless with rechargeable battery is great. until the battery drains in 5 minutes and you have to drag out the corded version instead.

sure, you can buy a replacement. even two. every year. and pretty quickly you've exceeded the price of replacing the cordless version.

Stop buying stuff from some dude in a trenchcoat on a street corner. The stuff I had lasted for well over ten years, and it had to deal with Texas vegetation.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Back in the '90s, I lived in Eastern Europe, so hardly a center of technological innovation. Every apartment building had light switches in the hallways that ran on a timer. You walk in the front door, press the button, and the lights stay on for a minute or two, giving you plenty of time to ride the elevator up and enter your apartment (and if for some reason your journey took longer than that, you just pressed the button again). In the US, every apartment building I've ever seen has lights that are on 24/7, or at best on a timer that turns on at sunset and runs all night. Why do we waste so much energy?

This is just awful. Invariably, the lights went off while we were in the middle of a staircase. Getting to a light switch was an adventure. Moving in or out of an apartment would be a nightmare. Besdies, LED bulbs make the whole thing very energy efficient.

 

[mr. furley]

cordless with rechargeable battery is great. until the battery drains in 5 minutes and you have to drag out the corded version instead.

sure, you can buy a replacement. even two. every year. and pretty quickly you've exceeded the price of replacing the cordless version.

Stop buying stuff from some dude in a trenchcoat on a street corner. The stuff I had lasted for well over ten years, and it had to deal with Texas vegetation.

Home Depot and Menard's, actually.

 

[the moops]

My propensity to impulse buy bulk items at Costco that end up tasting like a homeless guy’s bum.

I bought a 456-pack of ‘seaweed snacks’ and just added them to a lunch salad. I used chicken as the protein, but the entire salad tasted like the lowest grade mock-tuna: the kind that would make @Ministry of Pain go ham in a movies theater. It was pretty much unpalatable.

So, now I have a 455-pack of seaweed snacks that I absolutely loathe. Can’t even bring them into work and pawn them off on my co-workers because 1) Who reaches for seaweed snax when they get hungry 2) they are heinous, so even if somebody gets desperate enough to eat one, the smell and retching will warn everyone else not to eat them. Then there’ll be a 454-pack of seaweed snax sitting around taking up valuable real estate in the breakroom.

I hate throwing out food, but can’t in good conscience donate these vile sea vermin snax to any food shelters.

My kids love those seaweed snacks. Ship them my way

Gimme ur address- I’ll send em

Please make this happen boys.

Oh it's on. I will post pics when the deal is completed

OK our favorite prosthetic delivered. I got some delicious pizza for pi day, yet my kids attacked the seaweed first. The smell is just fine.

So thanks @ProstheticRGK !!!!

https://imgur.com/a/koR5Gfy

 

[Pip's Invitation]

They had extra long hoses so that it didn't matter where your gas tank was, you could pull up on either side and fill up. Made things run way more efficiently

The rest stop stations on the NJ Turnpike have this. It should be everywhere.

 

[Scoresman]

An extra long hose definitely lets you get into either side. That’s for sure.

 

[BeTheMatch]

 

[MTskibum]

If you're driving 55 in a 55, it's time to wander off into the woods, find a nice quiet spot, dig a hole and climb inside.

I know right, you should give at least 5 mph margin of error and only drive 50.

Crazy bastards on the road nowadays.

 

[ProstheticRGK]

My propensity to impulse buy bulk items at Costco that end up tasting like a homeless guy’s bum.

I bought a 456-pack of ‘seaweed snacks’ and just added them to a lunch salad. I used chicken as the protein, but the entire salad tasted like the lowest grade mock-tuna: the kind that would make @Ministry of Pain go ham in a movies theater. It was pretty much unpalatable.

So, now I have a 455-pack of seaweed snacks that I absolutely loathe. Can’t even bring them into work and pawn them off on my co-workers because 1) Who reaches for seaweed snax when they get hungry 2) they are heinous, so even if somebody gets desperate enough to eat one, the smell and retching will warn everyone else not to eat them. Then there’ll be a 454-pack of seaweed snax sitting around taking up valuable real estate in the breakroom.

I hate throwing out food, but can’t in good conscience donate these vile sea vermin snax to any food shelters.

My kids love those seaweed snacks. Ship them my way

Gimme ur address- I’ll send em

Please make this happen boys.

Oh it's on. I will post pics when the deal is completed

OK our favorite prosthetic delivered. I got some delicious pizza for pi day, yet my kids attacked the seaweed first. The smell is just fine.

So thanks @ProstheticRGK !!!!

https://imgur.com/a/koR5Gfy

Glad your kids enjoyed it! I hate throwing out food- my dad would’ve done spins like a Maytag washer in his grave.

How y’all can handle that smell is beyond me. And the taste.

 

[Snoopy]

If you're driving 55 in a 55, it's time to wander off into the woods, find a nice quiet spot, dig a hole and climb inside.

I know right, you should give at least 5 mph margin of error and only drive 50.

Crazy bastards on the road nowadays.

Sammy Hagar?

 

[MTskibum]

My propensity to impulse buy bulk items at Costco that end up tasting like a homeless guy’s bum.

I bought a 456-pack of ‘seaweed snacks’ and just added them to a lunch salad. I used chicken as the protein, but the entire salad tasted like the lowest grade mock-tuna: the kind that would make @Ministry of Pain go ham in a movies theater. It was pretty much unpalatable.

So, now I have a 455-pack of seaweed snacks that I absolutely loathe. Can’t even bring them into work and pawn them off on my co-workers because 1) Who reaches for seaweed snax when they get hungry 2) they are heinous, so even if somebody gets desperate enough to eat one, the smell and retching will warn everyone else not to eat them. Then there’ll be a 454-pack of seaweed snax sitting around taking up valuable real estate in the breakroom.

I hate throwing out food, but can’t in good conscience donate these vile sea vermin snax to any food shelters.

My kids love those seaweed snacks. Ship them my way

Gimme ur address- I’ll send em

Please make this happen boys.

Oh it's on. I will post pics when the deal is completed

OK our favorite prosthetic delivered. I got some delicious pizza for pi day, yet my kids attacked the seaweed first. The smell is just fine.

So thanks @ProstheticRGK !!!!

https://imgur.com/a/koR5Gfy

Glad your kids enjoyed it! I hate throwing out food- my dad would’ve done spins like a Maytag washer in his grave.

How y’all can handle that smell is beyond me. And the taste.

My kids also love these things. I hate them though.

 

[belljr]

Early in line plane boarders when we already have assigned seats and they usually aren't zone 1 either

 

[the moops]

Early in line plane boarders when we already have assigned seats and they usually aren't zone 1 either

Not as bad as the early to get up and try and get off the plane folks. Obviously not talking about the folks that need to make a connection. Although even worse are the early to get up to deplane folks who do not have a flight to catch when an announcement was made that several folks need to get off to catch a connection so please let them

 

[shuke]

Early in line plane boarders when we already have assigned seats and they usually aren't zone 1 either

I hate it too but admit I'm sometimes part of the problem. All about that overhead space.

 

[Joe Schmo]

People using shopping carts as nascar vehicles in the grocery store. Rubbin' ain't racin' in the condiment aisle! I came around a corner after leaving an aisle and some dude was traveling at 150mph and nearly clipped me and my cart. I'm sure he needed to get the last chunk of corned beef out of the meat case except that there were about 200 pieces still left. Dude had the nerve to give Me the eye.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Back in the '90s, I lived in Eastern Europe, so hardly a center of technological innovation. Every apartment building had light switches in the hallways that ran on a timer. You walk in the front door, press the button, and the lights stay on for a minute or two, giving you plenty of time to ride the elevator up and enter your apartment (and if for some reason your journey took longer than that, you just pressed the button again). In the US, every apartment building I've ever seen has lights that are on 24/7, or at best on a timer that turns on at sunset and runs all night. Why do we waste so much energy?

This is just awful. Invariably, the lights went off while we were in the middle of a staircase. Getting to a light switch was an adventure. Moving in or out of an apartment would be a nightmare. Besdies, LED bulbs make the whole thing very energy efficient.

Yeah, they probably could have set the timers to run for longer, like 5m. I remember one time our elevator was out for an extended period and that happened a lot (although the elevator being out was way more annoying). And yes, this was all well before LEDs. Still, it's weird that we just keep lights on all night for the few people who are in the hallways, and there should be a better solution

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

I buy books at the thrift store. They’re $2.99 for paperback and $3.99 for hardcover.

More and more I’m seeing people using their phone to check the price and then loading up multiple carts of books for them to sell for profit.

So instead of people having access to cheap books these dopes are inflating the price.

 

[the moops]

I buy books at the thrift store. They’re $2.99 for paperback and $3.99 for hardcover.

More and more I’m seeing people using their phone to check the price and then loading up multiple carts of books for them to sell for profit.

So instead of people having access to cheap books these dopes are inflating the price.

Go to the library. Super cheap there

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

I buy books at the thrift store. They’re $2.99 for paperback and $3.99 for hardcover.

More and more I’m seeing people using their phone to check the price and then loading up multiple carts of books for them to sell for profit.

So instead of people having access to cheap books these dopes are inflating the price.

Go to the library. Super cheap there

Really? Went to mine recently and they were pretty bare as they were redoing their inventory. Didn’t even consider this as an option. (Didn’t think they sold books)

*- I must have missed the high brow humor. I like keeping the books that I have read.

 

[Scoresman]

People using shopping carts as nascar vehicles in the grocery store. Rubbin' ain't racin' in the condiment aisle! I came around a corner after leaving an aisle and some dude was traveling at 150mph and nearly clipped me and my cart. I'm sure he needed to get the last chunk of corned beef out of the meat case except that there were about 200 pieces still left. Dude had the nerve to give Me the eye.

I'm guilty of this but not to this extreme. I move fast through the store but am careful around corners. My counter pet peeve are people who are the opposite of this and stroll through incredibly slow like they're window shopping at a grocery store.

 

[Joe Schmo]

People using shopping carts as nascar vehicles in the grocery store. Rubbin' ain't racin' in the condiment aisle! I came around a corner after leaving an aisle and some dude was traveling at 150mph and nearly clipped me and my cart. I'm sure he needed to get the last chunk of corned beef out of the meat case except that there were about 200 pieces still left. Dude had the nerve to give Me the eye.

I'm guilty of this but not to this extreme. I move fast through the store but am careful around corners. My counter pet peeve are people who are the opposite of this and stroll through incredibly slow like they're window shopping at a grocery store.

Agree on the slow pokes especially when they meander down the center of the aisle. I'll do a yewey and come to the aisle from the opposite end and make them pick a lane. Screw you, Granny!!!

 

[shuke]

I buy books at the thrift store. They’re $2.99 for paperback and $3.99 for hardcover.

More and more I’m seeing people using their phone to check the price and then loading up multiple carts of books for them to sell for profit.

So instead of people having access to cheap books these dopes are inflating the price.

Meh, people have been doing this since ebay was a thing. Everyone has the same opportunity to get them at the initial cheap price. Also surprised you're peeved at people wanting to make money.

 

[General Malaise]

People that are annoyed at other people for having pet peeves.

 

[zoobird]

When I get Chipotle to go...it really irritates me when they don't thoroughly fold all around the edge of the upper foil tray so that it's attached firmly to the bottom foil tray. They often leave huge gaps where they pointlessly fold the upper tray over itself, leaving it only partially attached to the lower tray...and making it so I have no idea if all of my food is going to spill out if I'm not extra careful.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

I buy books at the thrift store. They’re $2.99 for paperback and $3.99 for hardcover.

More and more I’m seeing people using their phone to check the price and then loading up multiple carts of books for them to sell for profit.

So instead of people having access to cheap books these dopes are inflating the price.

Meh, people have been doing this since ebay was a thing. Everyone has the same opportunity to get them at the initial cheap price. Also surprised you're peeved at people wanting to make money.

Weird that I have to further explain my pet peeve not yours but OK…

The whole thing bothers me. Thrift stores used to be a place were poor people could go and buy things reasonable prices.

Now the thrift stores are filled withhalf people needing the cheap items and the other half looking to turn a profit. These dopes load up their carts with anything they think is valuable and then spend a half an hour going through them to see what’s worth selling.

They don’t have a discerning eye or knowledge of the products - they are just helped along by their handy little device.

Additionally - the result is now the thrift stores have raised all their prices and a lot of items are now unreasonably priced.

Now with all that said - it’s not something that enrages me, hence it’s in the pet peeves thread and not the OMG what rages me out thread.

 

[shuke]

People that are annoyed at other people for having pet peeves.

My pet peeve is when other people have unreasonable pet peeves. So you must be annoyed with my pet peeve.

 

[shuke]

Weird that I have to further explain my pet peeve not yours but OK…

This is a discussion board. This is what we do here, we discuss things.

 

[the moops]

People that are annoyed at other people for having pet peeves.

My pet peeve is when other people have unreasonable pet peeves. So you must be annoyed with my pet peeve.

I'm annoyed that you two haven't shoved your face full of food for our entertainment in quite some time

 

[shuke]

Additionally - the result is now the thrift stores have raised all their prices and a lot of items are now unreasonably priced.

How are we arriving at this conclusion? Do you mean the thrift stores raised their prices based on increased volume? I think it has to do more with them catching up with the resale market. Hell, a lot of stores have their own ebay sites and don't even put the better items on the floor anymore.

 

[shuke]

Also, the intent of thrift stores is not just to offer items to those in need, but to use the profits for helping those in need. So the more they sell, the more people they can help.

I'm talking thrift stores like Salvation Army, Goodwill, Habitat for Humanity restores, etc. Not talking about for-profit resale stores.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Weird that I have to further explain my pet peeve not yours but OK…

This is a discussion board. This is what we do here, we discuss things.

That’s how you discuss things? Ok, let me give it a try your way.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Additionally - the result is now the thrift stores have raised all their prices and a lot of items are now unreasonably priced.

How are we arriving at this conclusion? Do you mean the thrift stores raised their prices based on increased volume? I think it has to do more with them catching up with the resale market. Hell, a lot of stores have their own ebay sites and don't even put the better items on the floor anymore.

Meh! Not really.

How’s that?

 

[shuke]

Additionally - the result is now the thrift stores have raised all their prices and a lot of items are now unreasonably priced.

How are we arriving at this conclusion? Do you mean the thrift stores raised their prices based on increased volume? I think it has to do more with them catching up with the resale market. Hell, a lot of stores have their own ebay sites and don't even put the better items on the floor anymore.

Meh! Not really.

How’s that?

Relax