Can we discuss pet peeves here? (12 Viewers)

[Jayrod]

The extreme early merging of lanes and waiting for other people to go first is an epidemic around here.  In good old Southwest Missouri, we take a lot of pride in our politeness to the point that it is actually a hindrance and incredibly inefficient.

The highway department has resorted to posting signs that say "Use both lanes," because there were traffic jams from everyone getting in line a mile before the merge point.

 

[dino259]

The extreme early merging of lanes and waiting for other people to go first is an epidemic around here.  In good old Southwest Missouri, we take a lot of pride in our politeness to the point that it is actually a hindrance and incredibly inefficient.

The highway department has resorted to posting signs that say "Use both lanes," because there were traffic jams from everyone getting in line a mile before the merge point.

Like this a million times.  Use the zipper merge.

Also on on/off ramps, wait until at least the dashed white lines to merge.  Don't cross the solid white lines that are still coming together.  It is a merge area.  It works better if you wait until your speeds are matched up.

 

[SWC]

i want to name a dog peeve so i can say this is my pet peeve and he is such a cutie little snuggle bug whose a good boy yes he is isnt he take that to the bank bromigos 

 

[parasaurolophus]

This is a local issue, but may happen at other malls as well.  The local mall has a route circling the mall where you enter off the main road, then can drive around the mall to get into the parking lot for the area of the mall you want to park near.  Fairly common.  It's a two way road, so the traffic coming from the main road to this circular route can turn right or left.  To not block traffic, these cars do not have to stop.  The traffic on the inner circular route have to stop.  People seem to think it is an all way stop, so cars coming in from the main road stop and wait for the cars on the inner route to go, which of course they won't since they don't know when the car with the right of way will realize it and will end up going.  Not only is their ignorance frustrating, but it makes it really difficult to get around.  Each stop sign is an adventure.

Exact same thing happened to me sunday night. I started honking and then the car behind them started honking. They finally went. Be shocked. It was an old man.

 

[Hov34]

I've said it before, I'll say it again.  Morons in traffic circles (roundabouts).  Had a dingleberry stop while in the circle in front of me to allow a car in.  I'm going to take a hostage.

 

[Bull Dozier]

I've said it before, I'll say it again.  Morons in traffic circles (roundabouts).  Had a dingleberry stop while in the circle in front of me to allow a car in.  I'm going to take a hostage.

I love roundabouts, but the guy at the roundabout I hate is the dude that flies up to it at 40mph.  You're going to stop, right dooshnozzle?  You see my and you know you don't have the right away, right dipstick?

 

[El Floppo]

The extreme early merging of lanes and waiting for other people to go first is an epidemic around here.  In good old Southwest Missouri, we take a lot of pride in our politeness to the point that it is actually a hindrance and incredibly inefficient.

The highway department has resorted to posting signs that say "Use both lanes," because there were traffic jams from everyone getting in line a mile before the merge point.

I remember driving cross country with a gb after college. we're somewhere in oregon, and there's signs for construction and two lanes merging to one in 2 miles. cars started merging right there and then. as a decent human being, one who travels in the right lane and uses the left only for passing- I found myself driving by all these early merging people while we drove down the right lane. oregon drivers were flipping the #### out, honking at us, flipping us off- one guy finally pulled from the left lane back part way into the right lane to keep us from continuing on down the road to where the merge would eventually happen... over a mile away. so we merged. 

eta: zipper merge or bust, IMO.

 

[parasaurolophus]

I remember driving cross country with a gb after college. we're somewhere in oregon, and there's signs for construction and two lanes merging to one in 2 miles. cars started merging right there and then. as a decent human being, one who travels in the right lane and uses the left only for passing- I found myself driving by all these early merging people while we drove down the right lane. oregon drivers were flipping the #### out, honking at us, flipping us off- one guy finally pulled from the left lane back part way into the right lane to keep us from continuing on down the road to where the merge would eventually happen... over a mile away. so we merged. 

eta: zipper merge or bust, IMO.

Similar experience except I held strong and I stayed in the right lane the whole way. Got to where the lane was allegedly closed and there wasnt a trace of construction. I have never been happier. I wondered if any of the people freaking out at me thought back and figured I must have known. 

 

[Leroy Hoard]

If you set the microwave for 60 seconds of use and you only use 58 seconds, please hit the cancel button.

Glad somebody posted this, it's about time.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

i want to name a dog peeve so i can say this is my pet peeve

LOL

 

[fantasycurse42]

If you take the elevator to the 2nd floor from the lobby, you're an awful person. If you take the elevator to the lobby from the 2nd floor, you should be placed into a rocket and shot into outer space.

Prob the 3rd time I've mentioned this one in here... It has been happening more frequently lately. 

 

[trident]

If you take the elevator to the 2nd floor from the lobby, you're an awful person. If you take the elevator to the lobby from the 2nd floor, you should be placed into a rocket and shot into outer space.

Prob the 3rd time I've mentioned this one in here... It has been happening more frequently lately. 

The doors from the stairwell where I work don't open except on the bottom floor.  You can't walk from the first floor to the second and get in.

 

[fantasycurse42]

The doors form the stairwell where I work don't open except on the bottom floor.  You can't walk from the first floor to the second and get in.

Waiting for an elevator to go one flight on a daily basis would drive me nuts. 

 

[mr. furley]

The doors form the stairwell where I work don't open except on the bottom floor.  You can't walk from the first floor to the second and get in.

this

it's embarrassing as hell but... it's that or get fired for not showing up to work.

 

[DallasDMac]

this

it's embarrassing as hell but... it's that or get fired for not showing up to work.

Sometimes you just have to take a stand for your principles!!!

 

[steelerfan1]

My wife does this all the time, very annoying

You are not alone my friend....You are not alone....

 

[DallasDMac]

You are not alone my friend....You are not alone....

Well yea, he just said he had a wife.

 

[Gr00vus]

autotune

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

This is a local issue, but may happen at other malls as well.  The local mall has a route circling the mall where you enter off the main road, then can drive around the mall to get into the parking lot for the area of the mall you want to park near.  Fairly common.  It's a two way road, so the traffic coming from the main road to this circular route can turn right or left.  To not block traffic, these cars do not have to stop.  The traffic on the inner circular route have to stop.  People seem to think it is an all way stop, so cars coming in from the main road stop and wait for the cars on the inner route to go, which of course they won't since they don't know when the car with the right of way will realize it and will end up going.  Not only is their ignorance frustrating, but it makes it really difficult to get around.  Each stop sign is an adventure.

Sounds like malls in Northern Virginia.

The malls here in Houston are like that, except that roads entering from the main road are all-way stops.  Much safer.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

If you take the elevator to the 2nd floor from the lobby, you're an awful person. If you take the elevator to the lobby from the 2nd floor, you should be placed into a rocket and shot into outer space.

Prob the 3rd time I've mentioned this one in here... It has been happening more frequently lately. 

I can no longer walk up stairs.  What would be your suggestion here?

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

If you set the microwave for 60 seconds of use and you only use 58 seconds, please hit the cancel button.

My wife does this all the time, very annoying

This has been bugging me.  Does she give any reason for this?  It would drive me nuts.

 

[kwille]

This has been bugging me.  Does she give any reason for this?  It would drive me nuts.

Yep. So easy. At work and at home. Grrrr.

 

[Don't Noonan]

This has been bugging me.  Does she give any reason for this?  It would drive me nuts.

Nope.  I think she must just set it for 2 minutes no matter what and just stop when she thinks it might be warm enough

 

[kwille]

I'm sure its been mentioned in a 25 page thread, but quit leaving your GD shopping cart in the parking lot you lazy good for nothing POS. Take the extra 15 seconds and wheel it to the little parking lot stall or, god forbid, get some exercise and take it back to the store you pathetic out of shape wiener (Elderly or those with mobility issues exempted of course).

 

[Don't Noonan]

This has been bugging me.  Does she give any reason for this?  It would drive me nuts.

Not joking.  I just looked at the microwave and it was stopped with 1:08 seconds on it and flashing.   I hate this because the clock is not showing.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Not joking.  I just looked at the microwave and it was stopped with 1:08 seconds on it and flashing.   I hate this because the clock is not showing.

Yep.  I use that clock.  And the blinking is annoying, too.  Have you asked her not to do this?

 

[fantasycurse42]

I can no longer walk up stairs.  What would be your suggestion here?

This is solely directed at those capable of going up or down, I obviously take no issue with someone who isn’t capable.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

This is solely directed at those capable of going up or down, I obviously take no issue with someone who isn’t capable.

That makes sense.  

 

[fantasycurse42]

That makes sense.  

The example that infuriated me earlier was a 30 something girl. I waited about 4 minutes on the 9th floor for the elevator (which is longer than usual). It arrives, heads down, stops on 5, then stops on 2. The girl who got on at 2, gets off the elevator, leaves the building, and jogs to cross the street before the light changed... How long was she waiting for that elevator? She couldn’t just take the stairs down? 

 

[Don't Noonan]

Yep.  I use that clock.  And the blinking is annoying, too.  Have you asked her not to do this?

Yep, she doesn't think it a big deal and it isn't a big enough deal to fight over.

 

[SWC]

i go to a gym and it makes me laugh that people will circle the parking lot trying to get a spot close to the door see the thing is you are sort of going the gym to work out and get healthy so hey bromigos maybe take the old extra four or five stall challenge and see if you can walk in from there not really a pet peeve because hey man i just say chill and let chill but it makes me laugh take that to the bank brohans 

 

[NeverEnough]

People who slow down to 1.5 mph to make a turn. Ugh, just drives me crazy. The road isn't slick, just F'in turn! 

And/or swing out super wide to make the turn when they drive cars like...wait for it...a Honda Fit. mfers you are not in an 18 wheeler!!!

 

[doowain]

And/or swing out super wide to make the turn when they drive cars like...wait for it...a Honda Fit. mfers you are not in an 18 wheeler!!!

That's "tracker trailer" 'round these parts.

 

[ChiefD]

 take the old extra four or five stall challenge 

This made me chuckle out loud. 

 

[Gr00vus]

I can no longer walk up stairs.  What would be your suggestion here?

Jet pack. Jet packs for all!

 

[steelerfan1]

This has been bugging me.  Does she give any reason for this?  It would drive me nuts.

Mrs. R, as an older male I have learned that I can be right or I can be married, but I cannot be both. This is not a hill that I am willing to die on 

 

[DallasDMac]

Mrs. R, as an older male I have learned that I can be right or I can be married, but I cannot be both. This is not a hill that I am willing to die on 

When she's right, she's right. And when she's wrong, she's right. We married fellows live by many such adages.

 

[steelerfan1]

When she's right, she's right. And when she's wrong, she's right. We married fellows live by many such adages.

And strangely enough, this isn't a pet peeve for me...

 

[DallasDMac]

And strangely enough, this isn't a pet peeve for me...

Mine is easy. She loves to just start talking out of the blue. When I'm reading, watching a video, whatever. i.e. When I'm obviously engaged in something. Blurts out a one liner. Doesn't get my attention first. Doesn't give me a heads-up to stop what I'm doing and pay attention. Just pukes out a statement. Then immediately gets ****** off when I have no idea what she said. As if I am totally at fault for not paying attention. It's aggravating.

 

[pollardsvision]

Not really a pet peeve, as it helps me save a bunch of time, but people that refuse to use the 2nd lane at the bank drive thru are idiots. There are apparently a bunch of people that don't believe their money can possibly be deposited if they don't hand it directly to the teller (via the little sliding drawer) as opposed to sending it through the tube. I get a kick out of going in and out from an empty 2nd lane while the 1st land is 3-4 deep.

 

[parasaurolophus]

Women wearing jackets and not putting their arms in the sleeves. Idiots. 

 

[mr. furley]

Mine is easy. She loves to just start talking out of the blue. When I'm reading, watching a video, whatever. i.e. When I'm obviously engaged in something. Blurts out a one liner. Doesn't get my attention first. Doesn't give me a heads-up to stop what I'm doing and pay attention. Just pukes out a statement. Then immediately gets ****** off when I have no idea what she said. As if I am totally at fault for not paying attention. It's aggravating.

yes! mine will start talking about something mid-stream as though we had been currently engaged in a deep and meaningful conversation on the topic.  then gets irritated because i can't recall her having mentioned something tangentially related days, months or years ago.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Mine is easy. She loves to just start talking out of the blue. When I'm reading, watching a video, whatever. i.e. When I'm obviously engaged in something. Blurts out a one liner. Doesn't get my attention first. Doesn't give me a heads-up to stop what I'm doing and pay attention. Just pukes out a statement. Then immediately gets ****** off when I have no idea what she said. As if I am totally at fault for not paying attention. It's aggravating.

My mom used to do this.  My husband still does this sometimes.  No matter how often I've told them to say my name or something to get my attention, they just expect me to be immediately focused on what they are saying.  It is aggravating.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Not really a pet peeve, as it helps me save a bunch of time, but people that refuse to use the 2nd lane at the bank drive thru are idiots. There are apparently a bunch of people that don't believe their money can possibly be deposited if they don't hand it directly to the teller (via the little sliding drawer) as opposed to sending it through the tube. I get a kick out of going in and out from an empty 2nd lane while the 1st land is 3-4 deep.

You still have a bank drive-thru that uses tubes?  Do you live in 2005?

 

[pollardsvision]

You still have a bank drive-thru that uses tubes?  Do you live in 2005?

What do new fangled banks use to transport cash and documents 30 feet way?

 

[Bull Dozier]

yes! mine will start talking about something mid-stream as though we had been currently engaged in a deep and meaningful conversation on the topic.  then gets irritated because i can't recall her having mentioned something tangentially related days, months or years ago.

My youngest kid used to do that all the time.  I figured out how to respond.  I just said to him "I have not been in the conversation going on in your head up to now, you'll need to get me up to speed."

 

[parasaurolophus]

What do new fangled banks use to transport cash and documents 30 feet way?

Every bank i know of with more than one drive thru lane still uses tubes. 

 

[belljr]

Mine is easy. She loves to just start talking out of the blue. When I'm reading, watching a video, whatever. i.e. When I'm obviously engaged in something. Blurts out a one liner. Doesn't get my attention first. Doesn't give me a heads-up to stop what I'm doing and pay attention. Just pukes out a statement. Then immediately gets ****** off when I have no idea what she said. As if I am totally at fault for not paying attention. It's aggravating.

Mine randomly talks out loud to herself.   And then I'll say "are you talking to me?"  She'll say no.  Then later WILL be talking to me and I have no idea.

She thinks out loud A LOT

 

[mr. furley]

What do new fangled banks use to transport cash and documents 30 feet way?

that teleportation machine that Wonka used

 

[parasaurolophus]

The bank drive thru comment reminds me of that commercial where the annoying girl asks "What's a computer" at the end for some reason.