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Can we discuss pet peeves here? (10 Viewers)
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abbottjamesr
Footballguy
This is true.
I spent a month in Soul S. Korea a few years ago and did a lot of driving over there and I didn't notice this issue of inconsistent drivers or near as many passive drives. It really led to a better driving experience even during rush hour in a city that is just massive and that covers a lot of area. I would say that 90% of all drivers over there were extremely aggressive and it was pure bliss to drive in if you are also an aggressive driver. People would cut in front of you, but it was ok, because they didn't hold up traffic to do it. If you need to get over in heavy traffic just turn your blinker on and start over into the small space between two cars and they would make room. No horns, no cursing its not a big deal cause every one keeps moving and hardly any one is driving slow or blocking the flow of traffic.
I live in Charleston, SC now and the problem is often that 50% of the people have no where to be and drive like it's their first time on the freeway and the other half are aggressive and loosing their sh!t cause of the slow drivers who are super passive and blocking everything.
They say patience is a virtue, but why can't hurry the f**k up be a virtue.
mr. furley
Footballguy
never
i have a spotter in the passenger seat and cameras all around to ensure i'm fully aware at all times
El Floppo
Footballguy
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
People who don’t seem to check my calendar before scheduling a meeting and also people who don’t block out time in theirs and then decline a meeting because they’re busy at that time
belljr
Footballguy
I literally have 3 meetings schedule every Wednesday at 9am.
The beauty, however, is I can just blow them ALL off saying I had another meeting
wlwiles
Footballguy
Guy in my office is a singer. Not the "good voice" or "knows how to sing well" type - he just belts it out like William Hung at an Idol audition. Drives everyone in the office crazy. He's a pretty cheerful guy, gets along well with most everyone, but he's the human jukebox.
Biggest problem is, he apparently only knows like 4 songs, so it's the same verses over and over and over and over.....
Biggest problem is, he apparently only knows like 4 songs, so it's the same verses over and over and over and over.....
mr. furley
Footballguy
starting to feel like Richard Lewis over here but ..... loud chewers
holy mother of god i should not be able to hear you crunching, slurping and burping over the max volume of my headphones. especially not when you're 8 feet away.
oh, and mix in that she burps and farts with impunity all day long. it's.... awkward.
holy mother of god i should not be able to hear you crunching, slurping and burping over the max volume of my headphones. especially not when you're 8 feet away.
oh, and mix in that she burps and farts with impunity all day long. it's.... awkward.
EYLive
Footballguy
Similarly, I'm not sure why peanut butter needs to have a vacuum seal tighter than Fort Knox. Does Peter Pan want me to eat him or not?
El Floppo
Footballguy
I send emails with attachments all the time, but I guess it's up to me to follow up and make sure they got the emails and attachments. because them sending 'email and attachment received' is serious rocket surgery stuff or might sprain their foreheads as they mash them against the keyboard doing whatever the hell it is they do.
belljr
Footballguy
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
If I've attached files- yes, I want to know that you received them
The read receipt doesn't confirm that the other person could open the attachments.... Does it?
Osaurus
Footballguy
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
Maybe the exact scenario in question is going to need to be fleshed out, but if I'm sending an attachment and need confirmation, I send a read receipt and the onus is now on the other party to follow up if they can't open the attachment. Until I hear further, the responsibility is now theirs to confirm otherwise. While some strange scenario may exist to be an exception, I would think this covers 99% of emails with attachments.
El Floppo
Footballguy
at 0-3 so far, I guess I'm in the minority here.
seems like it should be a common professional courtesy to let the other person know that you received whatever it is they sent- via email or hardcopy. I'm certainly expected to know whether it's been received on the other end or not... so, as such, I always let people know that I received a package or attachment when I get it. seems unprofessional and discourteous not to. just me, I guess.
El Floppo
Footballguy
I'm an architect. I'm always sending out drawings or paperwork to contractors, vendors, subs, clients, etc. My projects don't have the luxury of waiting around (I don't imagine anybody's work does)- and I've been burned enough in my career by people claiming weeks later not to have gotten something that I've sent. I don't think the onus should be on the sender to confirm receipt... but tbh, I also don't add the read-receipt- I guess I should.
Osaurus
Footballguy
belljr
Footballguy
belljr
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
belljr
Footballguy
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I hate it when the people doing the weather reports say that there will be half a foot of snow. Just call it six inches of snow, tools.
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
I guess that if something is being sent and is time sensitive, and requires confirmation, that should be spelled out in the emai. Something to the effect of "please confirm you are able to access the attached documents." Assuming that every email with an attachment needs to be confirmed I feel is overboard. I send and receive over one hundred emails on a daily basis. To add in the responsibility of tracking the receipt of each of those emails, and sending a confirmation email to everyone I receive with an attachment would mean I do nothing else but that all day long.
This might be industry/email load specific.
El Floppo
Footballguy
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belljr
Footballguy
mr. furley
Footballguy
dino259
Footballguy
Not sure if this has been mentioned....but people who when they are sitting have their knee continually bouncing up and down....
belljr
Footballguy
mr. furley
Footballguy
guilty
eta: generally only at work, though. or when my mind is churning on something.
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Hov34
Eephus's Great Great Great Love Child
So, dip####s in front of me at Sam's yesterday one stopped right in the door way to clean her ####### cart. And another stopped right beside her waiting for her fat relative to get into a motorized cart. Meanwhile I standing behind them waiting with a cart I got from the parking lot that probably had to homeless people bang in it. I'm still alive today!!!!
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
They are just politely confirming receipt.dino259 said:
belljr
Footballguy
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
simsarge
Footballguy
If it's trash day morning and the truck hasn't come, fine. If it's after the mid August truck run and the loosely wrapped up, 3 pound bag of doggie guano and it's been fermenting in the bottom of the can for 8 hours then it's a peeve. Take your dog's crap bag home and create your own VX trash can.
The General
Footballguy
People who read giant ####### iPads on flights sitting in the window and they blind you with sun reflection every time they move.
comfortably numb
Footballguy
2 (16) seeds playing each other in the NCAA tourney and one of them get a historical credit for a tournament win.
players feeling the need to slap hands or fist bump after a made or missed free throw.....its a freakin free throw.....dude doesn't need a fist bump or hand slap....just stay in your spot on the lane and let's move on...
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
While we're on the topic, refs who want to move the game along as quickly as possible since they get paid per game whether they call it clean and it takes a few minutes longer, or they let kids mug each other on the court so they can save a little bit of time.
jhib
Footballguy
Maddening.
The peanut butter seal always starts off well for me at the portion near the tab, but invariably tears and leaves portions still covered near the edges. I have to spend the time peeling those sections off or be frustrated every time I open the jar.
Meanwhile, we get these containers of shredded parmesan that use the most advanced adhesive in existence to hold on to that plastic film seal. But then there's a bit of the plastic sticking out as a tab, so it must mean they intend for you to be able to tear it off, right? Pull as hard as you want on that tab, there's no way you're pulling the plastic from the container, so you have to get a knife and cut the plastic all along the rim of the container to remove it. You would think I would just go straight to the knife every time I open a new one, but that tab mocks me every time, daring me to pull it off before admitting defeat and once again feeling like a wimpy failure.
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jhib
Footballguy
And the related packaging with an ineffective "tear here" feature. Even if things go well and you tear it perfectly along the dashed line, there's a good chance there's still adhesive inside the line, so you either have to pull the bag open anyway or get out a pair of scissors and cut it open further in.ineffective pull tabs on food. ie: the little foil on stock/broth, almonds, milk, etc. don't work and/or break.
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
No, but I've been coaching long enough in my area to know how certain refs handle games. I help out with the tournaments with the local traveling association, and I know in the morning when the refs show up which courts will be done early and which will be finishing later.
I'm not trying to indict all refs. There are a lot of good ones out there, and I let them know that when I see it. But they aren't all good, there's no question about that (I know one father/son reffing duo that will check their cell phones, sit down on chair and chat with parents they know watching games, etc., WHILE PLAY IS GOING ON).
