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Can we discuss pet peeves here? (1 Viewer)

Mrs. Rannous said:
There's an IRS call scam going around where the robocall says they are filing a lawsuit.  We've gotten FIVE of those call so far today.  Who the hell falls for that crap anyway?

If poeple got smarter, say to the level of a doorknob, this would stop.
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Something happened yesterday that made me rethink this...

I was in line at a 7-11 counter and a guy (about 60yrs old) was in front of me with his son trying to work the card swipe machine.  They had been working on it for several minutes before I got in line.  It took them another couple minutes while I was waiting.  The conversation went like this:

Dad: "So what do these keys do?"

Son: "Enter your pin"

Dad: "OK, my pin is 3-5.."

Son: "Don't say it out loud Dad!!"

Dad: "OK. OK.  So 3-5.."

Son: "Dad!  Hit clear and start over."

Dad: "How do I hit clear? I already said some of my code."

Son: "No, Dad you have to type the PIN not say it"

Dad: "How does it know it's my card?"

...and on like that.

So to answer your question, that's the kind of person who falls for that crap.

 
17seconds said:
Something happened yesterday that made me rethink this...

I was in line at a 7-11 counter and a guy (about 60yrs old) was in front of me with his son trying to work the card swipe machine.  They had been working on it for several minutes before I got in line.  It took them another couple minutes while I was waiting.  The conversation went like this:

Dad: "So what do these keys do?"

Son: "Enter your pin"

Dad: "OK, my pin is 3-5.."

Son: "Don't say it out loud Dad!!"

Dad: "OK. OK.  So 3-5.."

Son: "Dad!  Hit clear and start over."

Dad: "How do I hit clear? I already said some of my code."

Son: "No, Dad you have to type the PIN not say it"

Dad: "How does it know it's my card?"

...and on like that.

So to answer your question, that's the kind of person who falls for that crap.
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Yes.  And these are the types of people who need guardians and no access to their funds.  I should know.  I am now my mother's guardian.

Although Dad used to let her take those calls.  Her answers to their questions made no sense.  He found it amusing.

 
Coworkers that don't read their emails or at the very least search their emails before making a phone call to ask a question that somebody already answered for them a week earlier. After 6 years of the same crap every holiday week, I no longer care to be polite. I have always approached these situations as if the rep was at a customer location and we had business depending on it, but I am done with that. 

Dispatcher email: customers on route 23, route 15, and route 26 will get their deliveries on Wednesday July 6th instead of Tuesday July 5th due to us being closed for 4th of july. 

Salesrep email to me: What day will my customers on Route 15 get their deliveries next week?

my reply: If only dispatch would have clearly communicated this information in an email last week. 

 
Smashed up names that the media and people use Or "disparaging" names by changing the person name

Brexit

Cindy Crosby etc

 
McGarnicle said:
My wife rarely touches the dishes but when she loads the dishwasher I wish she hadn't. I'm probably too OCD about this but I don't put a lot of stuff in there -- the good cutlery, wooden spoons, big pots & pans (unless we're cleaning up after a big party), and glasses that have logos or designs that will fade. Usually if she's loaded the dishwasher I need to take a bunch of stuff out and rearrange the rest. She gets annoyed. Yeah well I get annoyed when our stuff is ruined in the ####### dishwasher, ####.
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Friend of mine is seriously OCD about how he loads his dishwasher. It can be pretty entertaining to mess with his system.

 
Mrs. Rannous said:
If you are on the highway doing this, you are breaking the law, at least in Texas.  The left lane is for passing only.
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I got the impression he was talking about when there is consistent traffic and those in the left lane are passing those on the right.  One of those situations where if you move over to the right, you would immediately want to be back in the left to pass the guy in front of you.  Otherwise, the guy going around McGarnicle probably would have stayed in the right instead of fitting himself back in front of him.  

 
parasaurolophus said:
Coworkers that don't read their emails or at the very least search their emails before making a phone call to ask a question that somebody already answered for them a week earlier. After 6 years of the same crap every holiday week, I no longer care to be polite. I have always approached these situations as if the rep was at a customer location and we had business depending on it, but I am done with that. 

Dispatcher email: customers on route 23, route 15, and route 26 will get their deliveries on Wednesday July 6th instead of Tuesday July 5th due to us being closed for 4th of july. 

Salesrep email to me: What day will my customers on Route 15 get their deliveries next week?

my reply: If only dispatch would have clearly communicated this information in an email last week. 
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to springboard off this but in the opposite direction

people who think everyone has the same ability to remember every little thing that happens in their life.

to have a photographic memory is an extraordinary gift. not common.

"don't you remember 17 years ago at @AhrnCityPahnder's place when you were talking to @strykerpks in the hot tub while i was listening to you from the can.. it was like 4:30 AM and we had been drinking all day.. that was in the middle of our mutual 2 year bender where we tried to drink every waking moment of the day... you were talking about mashed potatoes and macaroni and drinking a Tab to sober up.... you don't remember that? i remember everything you were wearing, the number of steps you took, the cashier at Pump & Go had on a Winger shirt and wore blue Converse... how can you not remember that????????"

 
mr. furley said:
to springboard off this but in the opposite direction

people who think everyone has the same ability to remember every little thing that happens in their life.

to have a photographic memory is an extraordinary gift. not common.

"don't you remember 17 years ago at @AhrnCityPahnder's place when you were talking to @strykerpks in the hot tub while i was listening to you from the can.. it was like 4:30 AM and we had been drinking all day.. that was in the middle of our mutual 2 year bender where we tried to drink every waking moment of the day... you were talking about mashed potatoes and macaroni and drinking a Tab to sober up.... you don't remember that? i remember everything you were wearing, the number of steps you took, the cashier at Pump & Go had on a Winger shirt and wore blue Converse... how can you not remember that????????"
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I do love how they give you more and more detail about the day they told you, as if it is going to trigger some memory about it. 

 
I have a few

1) people that have a presidential bumper sticker on their car.  Dude, I don't care who you voted for.

2) people that use lockers in the gym and don't lock their belongings.  Locks don't cost much, and plus, you're putting a lot of faith in your fellow gym goers.  I hate opening an "empty" locker and finidng someone's crap in it.

3) people writing a check at the grocery store, slowing down the checkout lines......get with the times and use a debit card, it's the same damn thing.

4) On the golf course, players that don't replace their divots, repair their ballmarks, or rake the sand traps. 

5) On the golf course, players that take 5 or so practice swings, take a lot of time to set up to the ball, and then duff it.  Dude, you're not a pro....get up and hit the f'n ball!

6) at the poker table - players that take too long to make a decision regarding a small bet, say $25.  It's just $25.  If you're that concerned about losing it, then I think you shouldn't be at the table!  I can understand if we are at the WSOP and it's for big money, but we're not!  Let's keep the game moving!  You should never need more than 30-45 seconds to make a decision to call a bet of about $25.

7) companies HR or hiring manager taking forever to get back to you (or your recruiter) when you submit your resume.  I know you're busy, but if you need someone that bad, reading my resume takes about 10 mintues!  Plus I am awesome :yes:

 
Have a guy at work that goes into the bathroom and hocks up stuff into the urinal.  So you know it's him even if you don't see him.  If that wasn't bad enough, whenever he thinks he's alone in the bathroom he'll leave without washing his hands.  But if you are in there with him and he knows you saw him, he'll run water over his hands.  Not take the extra 15 seconds to actually use soap.  Just runs water over them, grabs a paper towel and then bails.

This same guy is the one who drinks 100 cups of coffee a day so he's always brewing it for everyone.  I started bringing my own coffee in.

Disgusting.

 
People who want to show you something on their phone and try to hand it to you.  UMMM NO THANKS.  102% of people take a dump while on their phone.  No chance I'm touching that.

 
Man I can relate to the non email checkers.

I have one guy, who is a manager driving me nuts.

Hey when do you think X will be ready?

Me:  I delivered that a month ago. 

You did?  For the new stuff? Can you send it again.

.......

2 weeks later

When do you think they can test X.

I SENT IT TO YOU 6 weeks ago

 
doowain said:
People who want to show you something on their phone and try to hand it to you.  UMMM NO THANKS.  102% of people take a dump while on their phone.  No chance I'm touching that.
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Shake hands with anyone?  102% of people take a dump with those too.

 
belljr said:
Man I can relate to the non email checkers.

I have one guy, who is a manager driving me nuts.

Hey when do you think X will be ready?

Me:  I delivered that a month ago. 

You did?  For the new stuff? Can you send it again.

.......

2 weeks later

When do you think they can test X.

I SENT IT TO YOU 6 weeks ago
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Email is a horrible way to communicate long term schedules.

 
Gr00vus said:
Email is a horrible way to communicate long term schedules.
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Not a schedule. But I know where you are coming from.   They asked for a specific file and let them know when it was ready.

I not only emailed everyone, I walked down to his office to let him know.

 
belljr said:
Not a schedule. But I know where you are coming from.   They asked for a specific file and let them know when it was ready.

I not only emailed everyone, I walked down to his office to let him know.
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You forgot to tattoo it on his forearm, so - your fault.

 
Bull Dozier said:
The biggest pet peeve I have with my wife is her habitual tardiness.  I'm a "early is on time, on time is late" kind of person, so it causes friction.  We've gotten better over the years (I've calmed down, she's gone from being 30 minutes late for everything minimum, to occasionally only 5).  If we're going out, it's the same routine.  She sits around doing nothing (looking at facebook usually) until she no longer has enough time to get ready, then she starts.  I'm sitting around waiting since I've been ready to go since a half hour before we were supposed to.  I'll peek in the bathroom every once in a while to prod her along.

Well, last weekend, we were going out with her friends.  This is one of those instances where I've learned to not give a #### if we are late, so I don't push or prod her and I just wait without care until she's ready.  Well, we were supposed to pick them up at 6:30 on Saturday.  I was sitting around at 6:30, and decided I'd go get something from our bedroom before we left.  I walk in, and there she is sitting on the bed, all ready to go, looking at facebook on her phone.  She see's me and jumps up with the "got caught with her hand in the cookie jar" look on her face.  I'm ready! I'm ready! she tells me trying to cut me off from giving her a hard time about being late.  "How long were you going to sit there before you told me you were ready?" I asked.  Her response?  "It's only 6:30!"
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We solved that problem a long time ago. I simply state what time the bus is leaving and if she wants to be part of my night she will be ready including all clothes and make up by the set time. I usually make that announcement 2-3 hours ahead of time so there are no surprises. I've pulled away from the house on more than one occasion.  

Plan B: I just toke until she is ready to split if I'm waiting. She prefers I'm not high driving so she usually doesn't keep me waiting long.   

 
Ministry of Pain said:
We solved that problem a long time ago. I simply state what time the bus is leaving and if she wants to be part of my night she will be ready including all clothes and make up by the set time. I usually make that announcement 2-3 hours ahead of time so there are no surprises. I've pulled away from the house on more than one occasion.  

Plan B: I just toke until she is ready to split if I'm waiting. She prefers I'm not high driving so she usually doesn't keep me waiting long.   
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I agree with you both that the tardiness in getting ready is ridiculously annoying, but these two statements.....wtf is wrong with you.

 
doowain said:
I agree with you both that the tardiness in getting ready is ridiculously annoying, but these two statements.....wtf is wrong with you.
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Option 1 is simply stating that if you are not ready by the time we agreed upon, rather than fuss back and forth about it I simply leave. 

Now if I do leave, it's simply a trip to the Shell station to gas up and grab a cold water, put a little scare in her that I might be going out on my own. I come back 5-10 minutes later and she is magically ready. 

And when I'm too tired to play that game I just toke up and wait, what's the problem? 

 
Ministry of Pain said:
Option 1 is simply stating that if you are not ready by the time we agreed upon, rather than fuss back and forth about it I simply leave. 

Now if I do leave, it's simply a trip to the Shell station to gas up and grab a cold water, put a little scare in her that I might be going out on my own. I come back 5-10 minutes later and she is magically ready. 

And when I'm too tired to play that game I just toke up and wait, what's the problem? 
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With Option 1 -- it's the attitude that "if you want to be part of my night" that's odd.  I agree with the premise, but the attitude is interesting.

What's the problem?  How about driving high?

 
doowain said:
With Option 1 -- it's the attitude that "if you want to be part of my night" that's odd.  I agree with the premise, but the attitude is interesting.

What's the problem?  How about driving high?
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I was hoping you would talk about the last one, but I'll address the first. I don't know that I ever worded it the way I posted and I usually say it with a big smile on my face to my wife so she knows I don't really want to be without her on a potential date night. 

The 2nd part...I wish more drivers would toke up. In SoCal where I lived, a lot of people are driving around high and at reduced speeds. There is so much traffic you rarely get the car over 35 MPH anyways. I guess I just continued with that mind set when I came back to Florida. 

I had a minor fender bender leaving the cop/baseball bar going into Dodger Stadium once, I had been drinking. I have never come close to an accident when high on ganja, and I don't smoke the same amount I would at say 8:00 at night as I am settling in for a TV show or movie. We're talking 2-3-4 hits, not an entire bowl or two.

What do you think those e-cigs folks are doing in their cars? I don't personally own one and I'm not wild about what is referred to as "wax" but the people piling into these places are usually weed smokers or at least in SoCal/SFL where I roam.   

 
doowain said:
What's the problem?  How about driving high?
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got pulled over by the cops once about 3 minutes after finishing a joint with the windows up. no way to ignore the cloud that billowed out when i rolled down my window. 

all they had to say was "wear some shoes next time you drive.. driving barefoot is dangerous".

 
Mrs. Rannous said:
If you are on the highway doing this, you are breaking the law, at least in Texas.  The left lane is for passing only.
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This is another pet peeve - people who refuse to acknowledge or can't comprehend that McGarnicle's scenario happens a lot and has nothing to do with the passing in the left lane only law.  

 
parasaurolophus said:
Coworkers that don't read their emails or at the very least search their emails before making a phone call to ask a question that somebody already answered for them a week earlier. After 6 years of the same crap every holiday week, I no longer care to be polite. I have always approached these situations as if the rep was at a customer location and we had business depending on it, but I am done with that. 

Dispatcher email: customers on route 23, route 15, and route 26 will get their deliveries on Wednesday July 6th instead of Tuesday July 5th due to us being closed for 4th of july. 

Salesrep email to me: What day will my customers on Route 15 get their deliveries next week?

my reply: If only dispatch would have clearly communicated this information in an email last week. 
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I just forward the original email with a "FYI"

 
The way many websites load these days.

OLD - Page just loaded.

NOW - Page loads and sections load all over the place.  You think it's done loading and you click on something only to find out the page is still loading and you clicked on something else and are taken elsewhere.  WTF decided this was better?

 
AAABatteries said:
This is another pet peeve - people who refuse to acknowledge or can't comprehend that McGarnicle's scenario happens a lot and has nothing to do with the passing in the left lane only law.  
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How about people who can't read the qualifier on my post?  I said, "IF you are doing this on the HIGHWAY..."

Learn to read.

 
Getzlaf15 said:
The way many websites load these days.

OLD - Page just loaded.

NOW - Page loads and sections load all over the place.  You think it's done loading and you click on something only to find out the page is still loading and you clicked on something else and are taken elsewhere.  WTF decided this was better?
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Many sites are now optimized for Chrome.  That could be your problem here.

 
How about people who can't take no for an answer.  If they don't get the answer they want, they play the guilt trip or get pissed off.  I know it's a very human reaction but it drives me nutz

 
need2know said:
How about people who can't take no for an answer.  If they don't get the answer they want, they play the guilt trip or get pissed off.  I know it's a very human reaction but it drives me nutz
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usually the same guy that doesn't believe anything a person says, plays detective trying to suss out the "truth" and refuses to let it go until you snap

"what are you doing this weekend?"

"nothing... nothing at all"

"you sure? nothing? not even going to the grocery store?"

"nothing"

"that doesn't seem right.. you won't even go get gas or something?"

"nope. i'm not leaving my house"

"i bet you do"

"nope"

"you will. i guarantee it"

"SHUT THE #### UP! JUST SHUT THE #### UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 
mr. furley said:
usually the same guy that doesn't believe anything a person says, plays detective trying to suss out the "truth" and refuses to let it go until you snap

"what are you doing this weekend?"

"nothing... nothing at all"

"you sure? nothing? not even going to the grocery store?"

"nothing"

"that doesn't seem right.. you won't even go get gas or something?"

"nope. i'm not leaving my house"

"i bet you do"

"nope"

"you will. i guarantee it"

"SHUT THE #### UP! JUST SHUT THE #### UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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The above doesn't make sense.  I don't think this has ever happened to you.  Right?

 
McGarnicle said:
On long trips this drives me absolutely bat#### -- I settle into the left lane and leave 5 or 6 car lengths in front of me, like you're supposed to. Never fails, all day long regardless of what state we're in or the amount of traffic, dip####s tailgate me, pass on the right and cut in front of me. Congrats on getting to your destination .0005 seconds sooner than me, you ####### idiot. I guess to an impatient road-raging frustrated impotent nascar wanna-be, so much space in front of me means I'm not driving with the required sense of urgency? Kindly eat a bag of #####.
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We are not going to do this again are we.  

 
Mrs. Rannous said:
You mean we went through this before?  Some people just will not get it.
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Yes many times over the years.....I completely agree.  They even make special road signs for the idiots sitting in the left lane.  I guess they cannot read either.  I don't want to hijack the thread so I will move on :)

 
sbonomo said:
Yes many times over the years.....I completely agree.  They even make special road signs for the idiots sitting in the left lane.  I guess they cannot read either.  I don't want to hijack the thread so I will move on :)
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So, you're on an 800 mile trip and there's a long line of cars in the left lane and you're in the pack just keeping up and some ###hole starts tailgating, you move over? Or are you saying you're content to do 55 in the middle/right lane behind an 18 wheeler while 50 cars whiz by you in the left lane?

 
sbonomo said:
Yes many times over the years.....I completely agree.  They even make special road signs for the idiots sitting in the left lane.  I guess they cannot read either.  I don't want to hijack the thread so I will move on :)
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If you arent riding the rear of the car in front of you move over? Never saw a sign that said that.

 
Back to the email peeve, I have a coworker who insta-deletes almost every email after glancing it, but also clears his deleted bin in outlook too.  So he can't go retrieve anything if he needs it and has to ask me constantly for things that were emailed to forward them back to him.

 
I haven't read through this entire thread--so I apologize if I'm repeating something that is already mentioned.

I can't stand it when a group of people on a sidewalk or an aisle walk with their group spread out so that they essentially create a  slow moving "wall" in front of you.  To make it worse, I swear that 90% of the time--if you try to walk more quickly and squeeze to the side of them--they will almost certainly start walking faster and try to block that little side space closed so you can't make it through.  It's like their mindset is "I'll walk slow until the very moment that I see that you are going to do something about it--and when you do--I'll still box you out".   Super annoying. 

 
jvdesigns2002 said:
I haven't read through this entire thread--so I apologize if I'm repeating something that is already mentioned.

I can't stand it when a group of people on a sidewalk or an aisle walk with their group spread out so that they essentially create a  slow moving "wall" in front of you.  To make it worse, I swear that 90% of the time--if you try to walk more quickly and squeeze to the side of them--they will almost certainly start walking faster and try to block that little side space closed so you can't make it through.  It's like their mindset is "I'll walk slow until the very moment that I see that you are going to do something about it--and when you do--I'll still box you out".   Super annoying. 
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When I see this, I tend to walk straight into the middle on purpose with arms stretched out.  That way I create as much havoc as possible.  I also try to fart if possible to make sure they know who they are messing with.  

 
need2know said:
When I see this, I tend to walk straight into the middle on purpose with arms stretched out.  That way I create as much havoc as possible.  I also try to fart if possible to make sure they know who they are messing with.  
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When I read this post--I wished there was a "love this" button because "like this" is not nearly a strong enough way to show my feelings.  lol. I will try to implement this strategy in the future.  

 
My biggest pet peeve is when you say something self-deprecating amongst company and someone then dog piles you making fun of what you just said.

Just oblivious that you were making a joke.

Should be a German expression for this.

 
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