Can we discuss pet peeves here? (5 Viewers)

[STBootleg]

My driver's ed was a semester-long class in high school. Simulators, advanced maneuverability, etc. I really wish it was still the norm.

With that said, in Ohio, first license requires 50 hours of driving with an adult in addition to drivers ed. I know it's the honor system, but I definitely made my son do it and will with my daughter.

In MD it is 60 hours. I also made my daughter do that and more.

 

[WVU Alum]

Our system of road tests for drivers licenses is absurd. It's a 10 minute test under unrealistically easy conditions and once you have your license, you never get tested again. Most failures are for doing the one thing where you can't possibly kill anyone (parallel parking), while the test doesn't even include any of the more difficult things where you can kill someone.

How about instead of requiring six hours of professional lessons, we reduce that to five hours, but give a one hour road test that includes highway driving, lane changes on busy roads, etc. And then require being re-tested every five years starting at age 75. Heck...we could require retaking the eye test every five years starting then, and we'd eliminate a lot of unsafe drivers.

We’d run out of proctors because they would all die in fiery crashes.

 

[Oracle]

My driver's ed was a semester-long class in high school. Simulators, advanced maneuverability, etc. I really wish it was still the norm.

With that said, in Ohio, first license requires 50 hours of driving with an adult in addition to drivers ed. I know it's the honor system, but I definitely made my son do it and will with my daughter.

In MD it is 60 hours. I also made my daughter do that and more.

My daughter completed her drivers ed and received her drivers license in Okinawa Japan. When we moved to Virginia, the state of Virginia gave her a VA drivers license without consideration for the fact that she had never driven on the right side of the road and her complete training was based upon Japanese driving laws. I was stunned.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

So I heard this guy speak the other day, right? And he had an interesting background and was talking about a topic that was relevant to me, right? But he also had this super-annoying vocal tic, right? Like he was literally uncapable of ending his sentences any other way, right? And when that happens, it pretty much becomes impossible to follow what he's saying, right? Because all you can think about is whether he's going to do the tic again, right? Even though you know he's definitely going to do it, because he's done it on every sentence so far, right?

 

[WVU Alum]

So I heard this guy speak the other day, right? And he had an interesting background and was talking about a topic that was relevant to me, right? But he also had this super-annoying vocal tic, right? Like he was literally uncapable of ending his sentences any other way, right? And when that happens, it pretty much becomes impossible to follow what he's saying, right? Because all you can think about is whether he's going to do the tic again, right? Even though you know he's definitely going to do it, because he's done it on every sentence so far, right?

Correct

 

[dino259]

With that said, in Ohio, first license requires 50 hours of driving with an adult in addition to drivers ed. I know it's the honor system, but I definitely made my son do it and will with my daughter.

Pennsylvania requires 60 hours, but talking to other parents it sounds like pretty much everybody lies about it, which sucks. I get the impression most kids get 20-30 and the parents deem it close enough.

Both my oldest and my current with a learners permit will get well over the required. They got to drive all the time with their permit.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

This is kind of a pet peeve against myself for being such a wuss: When I go to a big trade show, and there are exhibitors with bowls of candy at their booths, if I want a piece I basically have two options: Grab it and walk away, or else listen to their sales pitch as penance.

Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, I choose Option C: Walk past and don't get the candy. Which is maybe the best for my health. But damnit, I want the candy! Just not enough to be rude or feign interest

 

[Dr_Zaius]

My driver's ed was a semester-long class in high school. Simulators, advanced maneuverability, etc. I really wish it was still the norm.

With that said, in Ohio, first license requires 50 hours of driving with an adult in addition to drivers ed. I know it's the honor system, but I definitely made my son do it and will with my daughter.

In MD it is 60 hours. I also made my daughter do that and more.

My daughter completed her drivers ed and received her drivers license in Okinawa Japan. When we moved to Virginia, the state of Virginia gave her a VA drivers license without consideration for the fact that she had never driven on the right side of the road and her complete training was based upon Japanese driving laws. I was stunned.

When you think about it, it's kind of crazy that one can rent a car where they drive on the other side of the road, and hence the interior of the car is basically mirrored, and the rental agency is like "well you should be fine, we'll charge you if you damage it." Or for that matter rent a car in a place where you can't speak the language or read a lot of the signs. I'm not complaining because I enjoy being able to rent a car in a foreign country, but it's definitely an adjustment.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

I feel like every person I’ve encountered in the last 3 days is completely oblivious to everything around them. It’s like they own the world.

I’m in Atlantic City fwiw

 

[jhib]

My driver's ed was a semester-long class in high school. Simulators, advanced maneuverability, etc. I really wish it was still the norm.

With that said, in Ohio, first license requires 50 hours of driving with an adult in addition to drivers ed. I know it's the honor system, but I definitely made my son do it and will with my daughter.

In MD it is 60 hours. I also made my daughter do that and more.

My daughter completed her drivers ed and received her drivers license in Okinawa Japan. When we moved to Virginia, the state of Virginia gave her a VA drivers license without consideration for the fact that she had never driven on the right side of the road and her complete training was based upon Japanese driving laws. I was stunned.

As someone who lives near a university with a sizable population of overseas students and who often gets to witness their driving habits, I am not at all surprised.
(I'm sure your daughter is a much better driver, though )

 

[ChiefD]

Vizio Tv’s.

How about the numbnuts who design these things change the remote codes per TV so if you running two TV’s at a time the remote in your hand doesn’t control both tv’s.

 

[Scoresman]

I feel like every person I’ve encountered in the last 3 days is completely oblivious to everything around them. It’s like they own the world.

I’m in Atlantic City fwiw

This has always been my biggest pet peeve and so many other pet peeves really just boil down to this.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Vizio Tv’s.

How about the numbnuts who design these things change the remote codes per TV so if you running two TV’s at a time the remote in your hand doesn’t control both tv’s.

Reddit Vizio seems to think that you could use the remote for one TV and your phone with an app for the other.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

When people whom I’m related to by marriage sleep in every Saturday so we can never leave early for the beach.

 

[ChiefD]

When people whom I’m related to by marriage sleep in every Saturday so we can never leave early for the beach.

I hear you brother. I’m always rarin’ to go Saturday morning for stuff and all I do is wait….wait….wait….all the while the silent rage is simmering…….

 

[Drunken knight]

When people whom I’m related to by marriage sleep in every Saturday so we can never leave early for the beach.

Mil does this daily. Can’t get out of the house before noon.

She was just out here for 10 days. Mrs went crazy on days they wanted to get out and see the area.

 

[Instinctive]

Vizio Tv’s.

How about the numbnuts who design these things change the remote codes per TV so if you running two TV’s at a time the remote in your hand doesn’t control both tv’s.

Yeah but it's really nice when I'm doing my multi TV NFL sundays and I can point the remote right in the middle, hit mute, and the volume swaps from one to the other. It's taking joy from the little things in life that keeps us going.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Got rear ended in bumper to bumper traffic by some lady who’s flip top got stuck in the pedal.



Can’t make this stuff up.

(Everyone is fine but cmon people. Tired of being at the **** end of other peoples ineptitude.

 

[WVU Alum]

When people whom I’m related to by marriage sleep in every Saturday so we can never leave early for the beach.

I hear you brother. I’m always rarin’ to go Saturday morning for stuff and all I do is wait….wait….wait….all the while the silent rage is simmering…….

I have a similar issue. Wife and sons sleep in, so my daughter and I just go ahead and leave. Wife has her own car and can leave later.

 

[mr. furley]

When people whom I’m related to by marriage sleep in every Saturday so we can never leave early for the beach.

Mil does this daily. Can’t get out of the house before noon.

She was just out here for 10 days. Mrs went crazy on days they wanted to get out and see the area.

my wife does not leave the house for absolutely any reason before 12 on saturday or sunday

she could have a heart attack at 8 AM but would wait until 12 to call an ambulance

 

[Ron Swanson]

This is kind of a pet peeve against myself for being such a wuss: When I go to a big trade show, and there are exhibitors with bowls of candy at their booths, if I want a piece I basically have two options: Grab it and walk away, or else listen to their sales pitch as penance.

Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, I choose Option C: Walk past and don't get the candy. Which is maybe the best for my health. But damnit, I want the candy! Just not enough to be rude or feign interest

I suggest Option D. Walk right up to them, take the candy, look them in the face, and nicely tell them with a big smile, "I'm just here for the candy" and then walk away. Enjoy your candy and the respect earned.

 

[the moops]

Why you all in such a hurry to get out of the house on the weekends? Love a relaxing morning without feeling rushed. We all got places to be at certain times during the work week. Chill

 

[Drunken knight]

Why you all in such a hurry to get out of the house on the weekends? Love a relaxing morning without feeling rushed. We all got places to be at certain times during the work week. Chill

Sure, I can enjoy a lazy day. If we are actually going to do something I prefer getting there before the crowds, doing our thing, coming home for a possible nap

 

[mr. furley]

Why you all in such a hurry to get out of the house on the weekends? Love a relaxing morning without feeling rushed. We all got places to be at certain times during the work week. Chill

48 hours free time with no other obligation. very little time during the work week to do anything that isn't an obligation. sitting around the house wasting those weekend hours just puts me further in the hole.

 

[Scoresman]

Why you all in such a hurry to get out of the house on the weekends? Love a relaxing morning without feeling rushed. We all got places to be at certain times during the work week. Chill

Sure, I can enjoy a lazy day. If we are actually going to do something I prefer getting there before the crowds, doing our thing, coming home for a possible nap

Yeah this. I've rolled with the "just chill" mentaility and it meant we either got no parking when we finally got there and had to come home, or it was so miserably crowded, we just wanted to come home anyway. When it comes to busy destinations a little planning and an early start goes such a long way.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

This is kind of a pet peeve against myself for being such a wuss: When I go to a big trade show, and there are exhibitors with bowls of candy at their booths, if I want a piece I basically have two options: Grab it and walk away, or else listen to their sales pitch as penance.

Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, I choose Option C: Walk past and don't get the candy. Which is maybe the best for my health. But damnit, I want the candy! Just not enough to be rude or feign interest

I suggest Option D. Walk right up to them, take the candy, look them in the face, and nicely tell them with a big smile, "I'm just here for the candy" and then walk away. Enjoy your candy and the respect earned.

Oh sure. You make it sound so easy

 

[supermike80]

My wife, love her as I do, has a habit of changing the radio station right as they are about to play a song. I mean literally the DJ will say "And here is..." and she changes it looking for something to listen to. Woman!! Wait 5 seconds to see what song they are going to play before you change eh?

 

[Gally]

Heck...we could require retaking the eye test every five years starting then, and we'd eliminate a lot of unsafe drivers.

I am only 51 and had to get a new license as mine was expiring in the next month or so. Since the DMV only allows one license tied to an email address I couldn't use our family email since my wife already tied her license to it and had to go in. Since I went in I had to take an eye test as part of the issuance. So they do this if you go in.

 

[Gally]

So I heard this guy speak the other day, right? And he had an interesting background and was talking about a topic that was relevant to me, right? But he also had this super-annoying vocal tic, right? Like he was literally uncapable of ending his sentences any other way, right? And when that happens, it pretty much becomes impossible to follow what he's saying, right? Because all you can think about is whether he's going to do the tic again, right? Even though you know he's definitely going to do it, because he's done it on every sentence so far, right?

Right.

 

[Grahamburn]

Stickers on vegetables at the grocery store.

 

[arrow1]

This is kind of a pet peeve against myself for being such a wuss: When I go to a big trade show, and there are exhibitors with bowls of candy at their booths, if I want a piece I basically have two options: Grab it and walk away, or else listen to their sales pitch as penance.

Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, I choose Option C: Walk past and don't get the candy. Which is maybe the best for my health. But damnit, I want the candy! Just not enough to be rude or feign interest

Wait until they are engaged with another schlup and then dip into the bowl

 

[Gally]

Vizio Tv’s.

How about the numbnuts who design these things change the remote codes per TV so if you running two TV’s at a time the remote in your hand doesn’t control both tv’s.

This was a big reason I waiting so long to ditch DirecTV. I had a single remote that had a toggle at the top of the remote so I could control the left receiver or the right receiver. It was so nice. In addition the volume (mute) controlled both TV's. So I could set the volume level for each TV then mute one. If then wanted to change the volume to the other TV I just had to hit the mute button again and it would flip the mute from one to the other and vice versa. It was the perfect remote set up. I only needed one remote and it was glorious.

Now I have two LG TV's and each has their own remote. I don't know how they did it but each TV's remote works for that TV only (unless only one TV is on). So I have them marked as "left" and "right" and can use them to flip services or whatever if I need to change to a different game and it won't affect the other TV.

The weird quirk is if only one TV is on either remote will work for either TV. But when both TV's are on they only work on the TV they are supposed to work on. It's like magic.

 

[the moops]

Stickers on vegetables at the grocery store.

That’s good one

 

[supermike80]

Stickers on vegetables at the grocery store.

That’s good one

I've read those are edible. But I still peel them off

 

[General Malaise]

Why you all in such a hurry to get out of the house on the weekends? Love a relaxing morning without feeling rushed. We all got places to be at certain times during the work week. Chill

I think this is a cultural thing vis a vis East/Midwest vs West Coast. People that live on the west coast are hard wired to be up and at 'em early. Stock market opens at 6:30, college football games start at 9, NFL games start at 10. Plus, I think people out West are just more active in general, so the idea of squandering a weekend day just sleeping or lounging around is akin to wasting money or water.

 

[General Malaise]

Why you all in such a hurry to get out of the house on the weekends? Love a relaxing morning without feeling rushed. We all got places to be at certain times during the work week. Chill

Sure, I can enjoy a lazy day. If we are actually going to do something I prefer getting there before the crowds, doing our thing, coming home for a possible nap

Yeah this. I've rolled with the "just chill" mentaility and it meant we either got no parking when we finally got there and had to come home, or it was so miserably crowded, we just wanted to come home anyway. When it comes to busy destinations a little planning and an early start goes such a long way.

Been doing a lot of hiking this year (Gorge, coast, etc) and if you don't get to a trailhead by 11am, Glllllllllllllllllllllll to you finding a parking spot.

 

[Grahamburn]

Stickers on vegetables at the grocery store.

That’s good one

I've read those are edible. But I still peel them off

Does the grocery store clerk really not know that this is a cucumber?

 

[Gally]

Stickers on vegetables at the grocery store.

That’s good one

I've read those are edible. But I still peel them off

Does the grocery store clerk really not know that this is a cucumber?

but is it organic or pesticide free or juiced up with GMO's or ????? I mean there are 100's of different types of cucumbers

 

[Scoresman]

The stickers allow the clerk to just scan it instead of typing the code for cucumber in the register. It speeds up checkout.

 

[Grahamburn]

The stickers allow the clerk to just scan it instead of typing the code for cucumber in the register. It speeds up checkout.

I do know this. It is still annoying when I try to peel the thing off and either can't get it or it rips.

 

[Keerock]

Got rear ended in bumper to bumper traffic by some lady who’s flip top got stuck in the pedal.



Can’t make this stuff up.

(Everyone is fine but cmon people. Tired of being at the **** end of other peoples ineptitude.

How did her flip top get down on the floor?

 

[Terminalxylem]

Why you all in such a hurry to get out of the house on the weekends? Love a relaxing morning without feeling rushed. We all got places to be at certain times during the work week. Chill

These guys need to learn how to savor the weekend experience.

 

[Terminalxylem]

Why you all in such a hurry to get out of the house on the weekends? Love a relaxing morning without feeling rushed. We all got places to be at certain times during the work week. Chill

48 hours free time with no other obligation. very little time during the work week to do anything that isn't an obligation. sitting around the house wasting those weekend hours just puts me further in the hole.

Life isn’t a race to get things done. With the down time, consider perusing menus, and thinking about your future orders.

 

[Dr_Zaius]

Stickers on vegetables at the grocery store.

That’s good one

I've read those are edible. But I still peel them off

Does the grocery store clerk really not know that this is a cucumber?

I worked at a grocery store during high school and we didn't have the stickers. Most of the stuff is obvious, as you say (although if you didn't remember the 4 digit code you had to look it up in the book, which was annoying). Some of the weird roots were tricky, but the worst for me were the apples. I'm 16 - how am I supposed to tell a Fuji from a Roma from a whatever? Most of the time I just coded them as either Macintosh, Red Delicious, or Granny Smith depending on what they looked sort of like.

 

[Grahamburn]

Stickers on vegetables at the grocery store.

That’s good one

I've read those are edible. But I still peel them off

Does the grocery store clerk really not know that this is a cucumber?

I worked at a grocery store during high school and we didn't have the stickers. Most of the stuff is obvious, as you say (although if you didn't remember the 4 digit code you had to look it up in the book, which was annoying). Some of the weird roots were tricky, but the worst for me were the apples. I'm 16 - how am I supposed to tell a Fuji from a Roma from a whatever? Most of the time I just coded them as either Macintosh, Red Delicious, or Granny Smith depending on what they looked sort of like.

So many places are self checkout now anyway. The amount of time I save being able to scan the damn thing is offset by the time I lose trying to pick the sticker off my pepper.

 

[Dr_Zaius]

Stickers on vegetables at the grocery store.

That’s good one

I've read those are edible. But I still peel them off

Does the grocery store clerk really not know that this is a cucumber?

I worked at a grocery store during high school and we didn't have the stickers. Most of the stuff is obvious, as you say (although if you didn't remember the 4 digit code you had to look it up in the book, which was annoying). Some of the weird roots were tricky, but the worst for me were the apples. I'm 16 - how am I supposed to tell a Fuji from a Roma from a whatever? Most of the time I just coded them as either Macintosh, Red Delicious, or Granny Smith depending on what they looked sort of like.

So many places are self checkout now anyway. The amount of time I save being able to scan the damn thing is offset by the time I lose trying to pick the sticker off my pepper.

Oh I agree with you for the record. Especially now, because as you say, you're often checking yourself out and presumably you know what you bought. Also, you have a touch screen with pictures to click on, not the black and white text list that I had to dig out and reference back in the day.

 

[arrow1]

Got rear ended in bumper to bumper traffic by some lady who’s flip top got stuck in the pedal.



Can’t make this stuff up.

(Everyone is fine but cmon people. Tired of being at the **** end of other peoples ineptitude.

How did her flip top get down on the floor?

Flip top or Flip flop?

 

[Drunken knight]

Got rear ended in bumper to bumper traffic by some lady who’s flip top got stuck in the pedal.



Can’t make this stuff up.

(Everyone is fine but cmon people. Tired of being at the **** end of other peoples ineptitude.

How did her flip top get down on the floor?

Flip top or Flip flop?

Some people claim that there’s a woman to blame

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Got rear ended in bumper to bumper traffic by some lady who’s flip top got stuck in the pedal.



Can’t make this stuff up.

(Everyone is fine but cmon people. Tired of being at the **** end of other peoples ineptitude.

How did her flip top get down on the floor?

Flip top or Flip flop?

Some people claim that there’s a woman to blame

When it's probably their own damn fault.

 

[Drunken knight]

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