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Can we discuss pet peeves here? (3 Viewers)

ChiefD said:
Went running last night. Like a good citizen, I run on the sidewalks.

A couple is out walking. In the middle of the street. When a car comes, the car has to slow down and wait for them to move over. Cars are backing up waiting for these twits to get over. I run off, and see them about 10 minutes later. Now they are walking up a hill and have moved over, and cars have to drive in the middle of the street to avoid them, all while driving UP a hill with a blind view.

USE THE SIDEWALK. It's nice. Well paved. It is 3 feet away from you. 

F'N people. 
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They recently closed my street, allowing only people that lived in the area through. Pretty much every night i would have to wait for people to get out of the way because they would leave the multi-use off street paved path just to walk in the middle of the street like it was some monumental event. "Honey! We can walk in the road tonight!!"

 
I notice this more now that it's holiday season and people are bringing in more food.  So they put food in an empty cube near me, fine, I don't eat it mainly because I cannot tell you how many guys I work with don't wash their f-ing hands yet they're the first ones to dip into the food.  Thanks ########.  But the other problem is, people get food and then feel this need to stand there talking to me (and others) while eating.  Just take your food and run along, why is that so hard?  

Our cube farm is right near the lunch room and my God the horrible things people eat.  God knows I eat some garbage but none of it smells like it's something I stepped in on the way into the office you know?  The bad one is fish.  I love fish but I'm sure as hell not going to stink up the office with it.  I'm not talking about canned tuna fish (which is bad enough) no, no, I'm talking about last night's fish or from two nights ago maybe, in the microwave, stinking up an entire wing of the building and then that microwave is rendered useless because that nasty fish smell permeates everything that gets nuked after it.  

The inside of the microwave is another one, food boogers everywhere, so damned gross man.

 
Sullie said:
The gas station.  I pretty much hate everything about every f-ing gas station I go to.  Put out your f-ing cigarette moron.  

Costco.  So the Costco near me that I belong to, it could not possibly be laid out any better, every dumba$$ thing you could possibly do wrong is essentially eliminated in the design of it yet people still f-ing do it wrong, I honestly hate people sometimes.  There's ONE way into the fuel pumps, with giant f-ing arrows painted on the ground and signs that say "One Way" yet people still go in the wrong way.  They have pumps, like 6 sets of pumps set up for left or right side filling and what do people do?  They either park on the wrong side or they turn their cars around and enter where it clearly says DO NOT ENTER.  Why are people so f-ing stupid?  I have 3 cars, two have the fill up on the left and one has it on the right.  I have a horrible memory but you know what?  There's an F-ING ARROW on the fuel gauge that CLEARLY tells me which side the fill up is on.  It's not that hard!

Shell station - 1.) Do you have a rewards card? Y/N  2.) Credit or Debit? 3.) Zip Code 4.)Credit or Debit?  (Didn't we just go over this on question 2? 5.) Do you want a car wash? Y/N 6.) Do you want a receipt? Y/N  and then of course the pump is sticky, there's goop on the screen, the receipt paper is empty, there's no paper towels, there's no solution in the wash bin and the squeegee is usually a tattered pos.  
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Your peeve isn’t gas stations.

Its people.

 
Sullie said:
The gas station.  I pretty much hate everything about every f-ing gas station I go to.  Put out your f-ing cigarette moron.  

Costco.  So the Costco near me that I belong to, it could not possibly be laid out any better, every dumba$$ thing you could possibly do wrong is essentially eliminated in the design of it yet people still f-ing do it wrong, I honestly hate people sometimes.  There's ONE way into the fuel pumps, with giant f-ing arrows painted on the ground and signs that say "One Way" yet people still go in the wrong way.  They have pumps, like 6 sets of pumps set up for left or right side filling and what do people do?  They either park on the wrong side or they turn their cars around and enter where it clearly says DO NOT ENTER.  Why are people so f-ing stupid?  I have 3 cars, two have the fill up on the left and one has it on the right.  I have a horrible memory but you know what?  There's an F-ING ARROW on the fuel gauge that CLEARLY tells me which side the fill up is on.  It's not that hard!

Shell station - 1.) Do you have a rewards card? Y/N  2.) Credit or Debit? 3.) Zip Code 4.)Credit or Debit?  (Didn't we just go over this on question 2? 5.) Do you want a car wash? Y/N 6.) Do you want a receipt? Y/N  and then of course the pump is sticky, there's goop on the screen, the receipt paper is empty, there's no paper towels, there's no solution in the wash bin and the squeegee is usually a tattered pos.  
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LIFE HACK:  The hoses on the pumps at costco are designed to reach to the far side of the car if needed.  You don't have to pick the lane with the correct fill side as any lane will work, so just pick the shortest one.  Your welcome.

Pet Peave at Costco Gas:  People not pulling through to take the front pump when it comes available.  They are happy to just sit there and wait for the guy in front of them to finish.

 
abbottjamesr said:
LIFE HACK:  The hoses on the pumps at costco are designed to reach to the far side of the car if needed.  You don't have to pick the lane with the correct fill side as any lane will work, so just pick the shortest one.  Your welcome..
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At my Costco there's a guy there in a booth that will not let you do that, if your fuel door is on the left and you park on the right of the pump (or vice versa) he makes you move your car.

 
RokNRole said:
Your peeve isn’t gas stations.

Its people.
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You would think that but it's not necessarily true, secondly this is the pet peeve thread, think of this as a place to learn what pisses people off and stop doing that.  For example, I make mistakes all the time but I do my best to learn from them. One time, in my 20's, I cleaned my windshield and checked my oil AFTER I filled up my car with fuel and paid for it.  Buddy did I get an EARFUL from some angry dude yelling at me "You stupid MFer, you're holding me up, go move your car and do that or check the oil while it's filling up, etc."  He was right, he could have been nicer about it but he made his point and it stuck with me.  It was rude and selfish on my part to make everyone in line wait to fill their cars while I checked my oil and cleaned the windshield so I either do that stuff at home in my garage or I do that very quickly while the car is fueling up, problem heard and solved!

 
Sullie said:
You would think that but it's not necessarily true, secondly this is the pet peeve thread, think of this as a place to learn what pisses people off and stop doing that.  For example, I make mistakes all the time but I do my best to learn from them. One time, in my 20's, I cleaned my windshield and checked my oil AFTER I filled up my car with fuel and paid for it.  Buddy did I get an EARFUL from some angry dude yelling at me "You stupid MFer, you're holding me up, go move your car and do that or check the oil while it's filling up, etc."  He was right, he could have been nicer about it but he made his point and it stuck with me.  It was rude and selfish on my part to make everyone in line wait to fill their cars while I checked my oil and cleaned the windshield so I either do that stuff at home in my garage or I do that very quickly while the car is fueling up, problem heard and solved!
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If the guy said it like that I would have checked the tire pressure as well .

 
A shopping situation pet peeve. If you have a shopping cart and are looking at buying something- do not just leave it at the center of an aisle to block others from proceeding on/through. Move your cart to the side of an aisle out of the way of people.

 
abbottjamesr said:
LIFE HACK:  The hoses on the pumps at costco are designed to reach to the far side of the car if needed.  You don't have to pick the lane with the correct fill side as any lane will work, so just pick the shortest one.  Your welcome.
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:yes:   Another reason costco is the greatest company eva

 
Sullie said:
At my Costco there's a guy there in a booth that will not let you do that, if your fuel door is on the left and you park on the right of the pump (or vice versa) he makes you move your car.
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"Makes you" how?

Do your thing. What's he going to do?

 
abbottjamesr said:
LIFE HACK:  The hoses on the pumps at costco are designed to reach to the far side of the car if needed.  You don't have to pick the lane with the correct fill side as any lane will work, so just pick the shortest one.  Your welcome.

Pet Peave at Costco Gas:  People not pulling through to take the front pump when it comes available.  They are happy to just sit there and wait for the guy in front of them to finish.
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SO do most turnpike/interstate rest areas :)

 
My biggest pet peeve of them all

Pick your normal   starbucks/coffe house/wawa/food place whatever service place that has to make/get something for you.

Chit-chatting in the middle of whatever said task is.  And its not work related.

I don't mind if you chit-chat with your coworkers and can complete the task at hand but 90% of these workers pause, stop, talk then keep going.

IT DRIVES ME NUTS.

If people aren't waiting for you talk all you want.

 
the guy who has to rush to declare the weather not that bad

we're supposed to get 4-6" of snow today. it snowed very lightly between about 5-7 AM then started to pick up a little about 7:30.

i walked in the office door a bit after that.

#@!#$!%! RUSHES over "it ain't that bad out dere! everyone's freekin out dat it's gunna be bad out dere today! it ain't dat bad! dis is ridiculous!"

buddy, it's 7:30 AM. we are supposed to have steady snow today until 6 PM.  settle down.

 
Sullie said:
The gas station.  I pretty much hate everything about every f-ing gas station I go to.  Put out your f-ing cigarette moron.  

Costco.  So the Costco near me that I belong to, it could not possibly be laid out any better, every dumba$$ thing you could possibly do wrong is essentially eliminated in the design of it yet people still f-ing do it wrong, I honestly hate people sometimes.  There's ONE way into the fuel pumps, with giant f-ing arrows painted on the ground and signs that say "One Way" yet people still go in the wrong way.  They have pumps, like 6 sets of pumps set up for left or right side filling and what do people do?  They either park on the wrong side or they turn their cars around and enter where it clearly says DO NOT ENTER.  Why are people so f-ing stupid?  I have 3 cars, two have the fill up on the left and one has it on the right.  I have a horrible memory but you know what?  There's an F-ING ARROW on the fuel gauge that CLEARLY tells me which side the fill up is on.  It's not that hard!

Shell station - 1.) Do you have a rewards card? Y/N  2.) Credit or Debit? 3.) Zip Code 4.)Credit or Debit?  (Didn't we just go over this on question 2? 5.) Do you want a car wash? Y/N 6.) Do you want a receipt? Y/N  and then of course the pump is sticky, there's goop on the screen, the receipt paper is empty, there's no paper towels, there's no solution in the wash bin and the squeegee is usually a tattered pos.  
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Sullie said:
I notice this more now that it's holiday season and people are bringing in more food.  So they put food in an empty cube near me, fine, I don't eat it mainly because I cannot tell you how many guys I work with don't wash their f-ing hands yet they're the first ones to dip into the food.  Thanks ########.  But the other problem is, people get food and then feel this need to stand there talking to me (and others) while eating.  Just take your food and run along, why is that so hard?  

Our cube farm is right near the lunch room and my God the horrible things people eat.  God knows I eat some garbage but none of it smells like it's something I stepped in on the way into the office you know?  The bad one is fish.  I love fish but I'm sure as hell not going to stink up the office with it.  I'm not talking about canned tuna fish (which is bad enough) no, no, I'm talking about last night's fish or from two nights ago maybe, in the microwave, stinking up an entire wing of the building and then that microwave is rendered useless because that nasty fish smell permeates everything that gets nuked after it.  

The inside of the microwave is another one, food boogers everywhere, so damned gross man.
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Miserable people who struggle to function in a society with other people and then blame it on everyone else.

 
I've said it before in Shuke's thread, but if you are such a germaphobe that you have expertly clean your buggy at the grocery store get the #### out of the doorway while you're doing it.  You are blocking people behind you ####tard.

 
Hov34 said:
I've said it before in Shuke's thread, but if you are such a germaphobe that you have expertly clean your buggy at the grocery store get the #### out of the doorway while you're doing it.  You are blocking people behind you ###########.
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Same goes with the way out. Pick somewhere else to look for your keys.

 
jvdesigns2002 said:
A shopping situation pet peeve. If you have a shopping cart and are looking at buying something- do not just leave it at the center of an aisle to block others from proceeding on/through. Move your cart to the side of an aisle out of the way of people.
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I don't even hesitate anymore. I move their cart. I don't wait to see if they notice me standing there. I don't say "Excuse me." I just move it and go along with my business. I figure if people are that oblivious to the world around them, they likely won't even notice their cart moved.

 
Hov34 said:
I've said it before in Shuke's thread, but if you are such a germaphobe that you have expertly clean your buggy at the grocery store get the #### out of the doorway while you're doing it.  You are blocking people behind you ###########.
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Do these people clean the crap out of everything?  I am sure the carts are dirty as hell, but how is it different than the other 1000 things that they and their kids are in contact with on a daily basis?

 
mr. furley said:
the guy who has to rush to declare the weather not that bad

we're supposed to get 4-6" of snow today. it snowed very lightly between about 5-7 AM then started to pick up a little about 7:30.

i walked in the office door a bit after that.

#@!#$!%! RUSHES over "it ain't that bad out dere! everyone's freekin out dat it's gunna be bad out dere today! it ain't dat bad! dis is ridiculous!"

buddy, it's 7:30 AM. we are supposed to have steady snow today until 6 PM.  settle down.
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Winter storm Abigail was a mean one. 

 
This one certainly has the potential to be a "me" quirky thing than possibly being a legit pet peeve--but I'll mention it and see how it's received here.  I routinely go  into banks (SWC would probably like that) where there is a long line of customers waiting to see a teller--and they have maybe 2-3 tellers actually helping people--and there are 2-3 tellers that are just sitting there at their teller station--not even paying attention to the line--just typing on the keyboards and looking at their screens with their station labelled as being closed. This is beyond infuriating to me.  If they are unable to help live customers--they shouldn't put themselves in plain view of them.  Put some computers in the back of the bank where I can't see them and let them work on their busy work back there.

 
jvdesigns2002 said:
This one certainly has the potential to be a "me" quirky thing than possibly being a legit pet peeve--but I'll mention it and see how it's received here.  I routinely go  into banks (SWC would probably like that) where there is a long line of customers waiting to see a teller--and they have maybe 2-3 tellers actually helping people--and there are 2-3 tellers that are just sitting there at their teller station--not even paying attention to the line--just typing on the keyboards and looking at their screens with their station labelled as being closed. This is beyond infuriating to me.  If they are unable to help live customers--they shouldn't put themselves in plain view of them.  Put some computers in the back of the bank where I can't see them and let them work on their busy work back there.
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I have no idea if this applies at your bank, but MrR works for a bank in the IT department.  Not all of the computers have the teller software (or some of the other software, for that matter).  Only certain stations could or should have that stuff.

 
When people ask if they can do something but then do it before I even have a chance to answer. 

 
Hov34 said:
I've said it before in Shuke's thread, but if you are such a germaphobe that you have expertly clean your buggy at the grocery store get the #### out of the doorway while you're doing it.  You are blocking people behind you ###########.
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“buggy”

 
Ok I know it's stupid and irrational, but I hate when people piss into the water part of the urinal.  Pee on the porcelain part so I don't have to listen to you taking a piss. 

 
when you spend 2 hours snowblowing, only to have the shear pin on your blower break... and then the city plow comes around and re-buries the end of your driveway.

 
parasaurolophus said:
I know this has been mentioned, but gaps at stop lights due to cell phone use are ridiculous these days.
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Cell phone use is ridiculous in general, but I see it way too much while people are driving.  I guess I would rather it be at a stop light than the times I look over while on the interstate and some dip#### is driving past me looking at their phone.  

I also take my daughter to play at an indoor sports place so we can run around during the winter.  I have noticed that there are 3-4 moms that never take their phone out of their hand while we are there.  They will actually lift up their kid, play with the parachute, etc.. with the thing still attached to their hands.  WTF.  

 
Say "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less".

People saying "whatnot".  The word of the idiot.  Even worse when you type it.

 
trident said:
Say "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less".

People saying "whatnot".  The word of the idiot.  Even worse when you type it.
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A few weeks ago a sports radio caller used that word at the end of every sentence. Surprised that the host did not call him "Mr. Whatnot".

 
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Old people behind the wheel. 

Just got home from running some errands. The driving behavior I witnessed from old people was just absurd. I volunteered to pick some things up for my wife since she was doing her annual get stressed by the holidays routine. So I of course put myself in some guaranteed to interact with old drivers situations.

1. Parking lot at Joann fabrics. I am leaving the store and I have to wait for an old woman parking. She is all over the place austin powersing this thing and making pretty sudden forward and backward moves so I have no way to get around her without walking through a snowbank. There are 100 open spots and she just needs to have the one next to me. 

2. Parking lot for nothing bundt cakes. Only one way in. Unfortunately right next to talbots. There is a lexus backing out of her spot I have to wait for. She gets half way out, just enough to eliminate the gap between her and the curb and then she stops and I see the trunk open. Out of Talbots walks another old woman who then loads her bags in the trunk. Then she climbs in the back seat only to immediately climb out and head back into the store. The woman driving the lexus just sits there and decides to reopen trunk. I start honking at this point. So of course she gets flustered and backs all the way into the curb then drives back into the spot. She was pretty much incapable of moving her head more than 20 degrees and obviously incapable of any rational thought.

3. Left turn lane. We get an arrow. Car in front of me doesnt move. I cant even tell if it has a driver. I honk, car starts to go, then stops. Light is now yellow. Then old dude decides he doesnt want to turn left he wants to pull a u-turn. So he is efforting the sharp turn and of course cant get it done fast enough and now traffic is coming. So he is blocking the far left lane and the other two lanes now have cars moving through. So there he is stuck blocking one lane and frozen. Lights finally turn and he is able to go, but nope, he is still just frozen. At least cross traffic isnt blocked. I get the arrow again and he finally goes when I go. That guy is going to kill somebody. Just ridiculous.

I called my wife and told her I would finish her stuff after 7pm when all the old people are sound asleep on their plastic covered lazy boys.    

 
Walking Boot said:
I went into a bank last week for a really quick thing. Like, I was going to use 30 seconds of the teller's time. There is one guy ahead of me in line. Only one teller working mid-day. He gets called up. "Yeah, I need to make a deposit." Teller says OK and gives him a slip to fill out. He couldn't take care of this earlier? Come on man, when you get the call-up you gotta be ready. "Oh, can I deposit this into someone else's account for them?" Teller says sure... we just need your friend's account number. "OK, hang on I'll call him."

He then pulls out his cellphone and starts looking for his buddy's number.

At the teller window. With people waiting behind him. 

Dude. Please remember there are other people in the world who have stuff that needs to get done. Obnoxiously wasting everyone's time.
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I always hated that they didn't have checking withdrawal slips out to fill out.  I hated being the guy that had to do it at the teller

 
every sentence being punctuated by laughter throughout

it's worse than waterboarding

my nightmare is being stuck in a room with someone who talks non-stop but laughs throughout

so, basically being at work every day

 
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