Can we discuss pet peeves here? (5 Viewers)

[mr. furley]

ah, yeah, and he just hit diet lady with his daily "Oh, hey, look at you! you drank your water today you're such a good girl make sure you get all that finished before you leave tonight, ok  !! you can't not drink that whole thing your doctor will have a fit! " 

every. freaking. day. every. day.

 

[El Floppo]

video this....

 

[Thorpe]

I tore my achilles 4 years ago and just used crutches.  I just couldn't picture myself rolling around on a scooter at work.

I just tore my achilles.  How long did it take you to get back to walking somewhat normal?

Also, I have a knee scooter and I love it.  I can get around on crutches OK, but you can't carry anything on crutches or do much of anything with your hands, so the scooter gives me a lot more independence.

 

[mr. furley]

I just tore my achilles.  How long did it take you to get back to walking somewhat normal?

Also, I have a knee scooter and I love it.  I can get around on crutches OK, but you can't carry anything on crutches or do much of anything with your hands, so the scooter gives me a lot more independence.

how old are you?

my mom's husband is 67, tore his 2 years ago post-retirement so all he had was time to rehab properly. he's still not right.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

right now, undoubtedly it has to be listening to the lady at work (who thinks everyone is just the dumbest person on the planet, who is constantly appalled that people can't remember minute details from 14 years ago) complain to co-workers that her NINE MONTH OLD GRANDDAUGHTER is "sassy" and "rude".

the kid is learning french and english 

grandma is mad that the kid doesn't address her as "grandma" and that she confuses other words, like "hat". she calls a hat a chapeau. grandma is just furious that the kid is too rude to call it a hat when grandma says "say the word hat".

this kid is just the worst ####### kid that ever was a kid to hear it told

"she is just so rude!. she is so sassy. she won't use the right words! i'm just so angry at her mom and dad! they don't teach my granddaughter manners! uggh, she's just like her mom. so rude!"

 

LADY ->  YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER IS 9 MONTHS OLD AND WORKING ON LEARNING TWO LANGUAGES

GIVE IT A MONTH OR TWO BEFORE YOU CAST HER ASIDE AS FAILURE

the way @#$!%!% goes around the office sucking up to the older ladies

he knows ONE thing about each of them and he talks about it every. single. day.

he knows that one lady golfs. it's winter. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. "eh! Suzy! you getting ready to hit the links tonight ?? no, uh? i bet you wish you were don't you worry your little head, you'll be out there soon enough right?? RIGHT!??!"

another lady is on a veggie only diet (she's not a vegetarian): "ehhhhhhhh, Donna, you eat a good lunch today?!?! i bet you did you did, didn't you ? lotsa veggies?? i bet you ate broccoli and onions again didn't you? yeah, you did. you're a smart girl, you did the right thing. i know you did " 

another is a Brewers fan "heeeeeeey, Steffie, only 38 days until pitchers & catchers i bet you can't wait, can you you love the sound of the bat and the gloves cracking don't you  i bet you do. you do, don't you  !"

all that's missing is a pat on the butt and a hair tousling

keep in mind, this happens EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. every day. he makes his rounds and has the same monologue every day. mix in some really awkward, planned one-liners and horrible "funny" quips. every. day.

it's like he's talking to infants and not adults. 

the worst part.... they eat it up. they love it. all of them. they freaking love the guy. he's the boisterous loudmouth at every gathering. the one who makes himself the center of attention the entire time by being the loudest, most obnoxious shuck and jiver alive.

ah, yeah, and he just hit diet lady with his daily "Oh, hey, look at you! you drank your water today you're such a good girl make sure you get all that finished before you leave tonight, ok  !! you can't not drink that whole thing your doctor will have a fit! " 

every. freaking. day. every. day.

CAN YOU IMAGINE 

 

[DallasDMac]

Daughter-in-laws that suckers your wife in with "Hey, the grandkids want to know if they can stop by and see you." Then arrives at the door at 11 am and says "I have some errands to run, be back at 6:00." Then throws in a little "By the way, his fever was over 100 at 3 am but I'm sure it's nothing." Then calls this morning and says "Had to take grandson to the doc. He has influenza A, so you probably want to go ahead and disinfect everything you already touched a hundred times since he left yesterday." This includes our pillows we slept on overnight that he used for his nap.

 

[Don't Noonan]

I just tore my achilles.  How long did it take you to get back to walking somewhat normal?

Also, I have a knee scooter and I love it.  I can get around on crutches OK, but you can't carry anything on crutches or do much of anything with your hands, so the scooter gives me a lot more independence.

If I had to do it over again I would probably go with the scooter instead of crutches.  I honestly can't remember how long it took after surgery to start walking somewhat normally.  I think around 3-5 weeks?  Since it was my right foot, my biggest issue was even after I had the boot I couldn't drive at all, which made it a pain in the ### to get to work.  I don't think I could drive for 3 weeks after surgery.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Daughter-in-laws that suckers your wife in with "Hey, the grandkids want to know if they can stop by and see you." Then arrives at the door at 11 am and says "I have some errands to run, be back at 6:00." Then throws in a little "By the way, his fever was over 100 at 3 am but I'm sure it's nothing." Then calls this morning and says "Had to take grandson to the doc. He has influenza A, so you probably want to go ahead and disinfect everything you already touched a hundred times since he left yesterday." This includes our pillows we slept on overnight that he used for his nap.

You need to have a major talk with your son.  If you can make him feel like a five-year-old being scolded that's the goal.

 

[DallasDMac]

You need to have a major talk with your son.  If you can make him feel like a five-year-old being scolded that's the goal.

It's my wife's son, but yes, totally get where you are coming from. Step one was finally getting fed up and putting the foot down with the wife. She didn't argue with me at all, which is pretty much an acknowledgement she agrees. It's just hard for her to say no when the grandkids are involved. She was sick for her own birthday two years ago after a similar incident.

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

Not sure if it's been mentioned in the first 22 pages - didn't get any results when I searched "baggage".

At airport baggage claim areas, I'm SO tired of all the idiots who crowd and surround the carousel while waiting for their bags.  Why can't they all just stand back and approach the unblocked carousel when they see their bag?

 

[arrow1]

Not sure if it's been mentioned in the first 22 pages - didn't get any results when I searched "baggage".

At airport baggage claim areas, I'm SO tired of all the idiots who crowd and surround the carousel while waiting for their bags.  Why can't they all just stand back and approach the unblocked carousel when they see their bag?

because people suck

 

[The General]

New one. Screaming to the TOP OF THE GD list.

You animals that use the stalls to piss when there are a line of empty urinals at then you piss all over the seat need to be ####### beat.

 

[Osaurus]

New one. Screaming to the TOP OF THE GD list.

You animals that use the stalls to piss when there are a line of empty urinals at then you piss all over the seat need to be ####### beat.

Stalls are reserved for sitters, but they should always honor the code.

 

[The General]

Stalls are reserved for sitters, but they should always honor the code.

I’m at a large convention. There’s a limited amount of stalls. These ########s are all standing up in the stalls, there’s like 10 open urinals.

It’s awful enough if you have to take a dump in there but if you do it’s made inifitely worse waiting for some dickless guy to piss in there and then you open the door to see his piss all over the seat.

 

[ChiefD]

I’m at a large convention. There’s a limited amount of stalls. These ########s are all standing up in the stalls, there’s like 10 open urinals.

It’s awful enough if you have to take a dump in there but if you do it’s made inifitely worse waiting for some dickless guy to piss in there and then you open the door to see his piss all over the seat.

Take a dump at the urinal. 

 

[The General]

Take a dump at the urinal. 

I about did in my pants because some jackass wasn’t able to pee in one of the 8 urinals available.

These work conventions take a few years off my life, bad decisions are made in diet, alcohol, and sleep. 

 

[fantasycurse42]

Moving certain threads into that wasteland known as the Politics Subforum. 

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Moving certain threads into that wasteland known as the Politics Subforum. 

In the old days it was just a quick merciful delete with no explanation. Now they want to make sure you suffer.

 

[mr. furley]

Not sure if it's been mentioned in the first 22 pages - didn't get any results when I searched "baggage".

At airport baggage claim areas, I'm SO tired of all the idiots who crowd and surround the carousel while waiting for their bags.  Why can't they all just stand back and approach the unblocked carousel when they see their bag?

i'm somewhat confused on the logistics here.  where should people stand? 

 

[shuke]

i'm somewhat confused on the logistics here.  where should people stand? 

Like at least 3-4 feet back so people can see and approach when their bag comes by.  

 

[mr. furley]

Like at least 3-4 feet back so people can see and approach when their bag comes by.  

ah, got it.

i was envisioning people grouping together 20-30 feet away in a sort of single file line or something.

 

[Zegras11]

ah, got it.

i was envisioning people grouping together 20-30 feet away in a sort of single file line or something.

That far back and they'll slip on the black ice.

 

[sbonomo]

Not sure if it's been mentioned in the first 22 pages - didn't get any results when I searched "baggage".

At airport baggage claim areas, I'm SO tired of all the idiots who crowd and surround the carousel while waiting for their bags.  Why can't they all just stand back and approach the unblocked carousel when they see their bag?

Bless you for bringing this up.  I particularly hate family's with their stupid kids taking up. 4-5 spots.  Stand back and get your stupid kids out of the way.  

 

[pats3in4]

Totally unrelated but I saw a vanity plate for a guy yesterday. He was an older white dude, and his plate said:

IESUS

Wasn't sure if he was trying to say ISIS in a clever way or if Jesus was already taken and he figured this plate would get the point across. Thought about turning him into Homeland Security.

Older white dude?  Sean Connery, perhaps?

"In Latin, Jehovah starts with an 'I'."

 

[MikeIke]

Yeah I'm sure it's been brought up before, but I don't care to go through the whole thread. 

If you type "should of" your opinion immediately becomes less than that of a bacterium. 

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

Yeah I'm sure it's been brought up before, but I don't care to go through the whole thread. 

If you type "should of" your opinion immediately becomes less than that of a bacterium. 

I would of said the same thing if I could of thought about it.

 

[mr. furley]

that guy who won't keep the storm drain out front of his house clear. yes, it's technically city property, but they can't clear every drain all winter long so it's the neighborly thing to do your part and keep it clear of ice/snow.

been doing my part. we haven't had a bunch of snow but whenever we get some i make sure to shovel the storm drain clear.

and good thing, too, because starting yesterday afternoon we've had a steady freezing rain. the corner near my house is almost completely flooded over because the dooshnozzle on the corner refuses to keep the storm drain out front of his house clear. all that rain has nowhere to go so it's pooling almost all the way across the road... about 15 feet around.

way to go, champ. you saving 3 minutes each time it snows is just aces for the rest of us. 

 

[fred_1_15301]

ah, yeah, and he just hit diet lady with his daily "Oh, hey, look at you! you drank your water today you're such a good girl make sure you get all that finished before you leave tonight, ok  !! you can't not drink that whole thing your doctor will have a fit! " 

every. freaking. day. every. day.

Maybe he's actually just implementing the coolest schtick ever and you're missing it.

 

[mr. furley]

Maybe he's actually just implementing the coolest schtick ever and you're missing it.

i'm open to all possibilities except this one

 

[Scoresman]

The baggage claim one is one of those things where I agree that everyone should take a few steps back to wait, but I’m not going to be the first one to do it because I’ll just get crowded out. 

 

[fred_1_15301]

i'm open to all possibilities except this one

Well I don't know the guy so you're probably right.  But I have to say that would be one ####### cool schtick.

 

[belljr]

that guy who won't keep the storm drain out front of his house clear. yes, it's technically city property, but they can't clear every drain all winter long so it's the neighborly thing to do your part and keep it clear of ice/snow.

been doing my part. we haven't had a bunch of snow but whenever we get some i make sure to shovel the storm drain clear.

and good thing, too, because starting yesterday afternoon we've had a steady freezing rain. the corner near my house is almost completely flooded over because the dooshnozzle on the corner refuses to keep the storm drain out front of his house clear. all that rain has nowhere to go so it's pooling almost all the way across the road... about 15 feet around.

way to go, champ. you saving 3 minutes each time it snows is just aces for the rest of us. 

so when the plow comes by and leaves a 3ft high wall of ice and snow in front of the drain you shovel it out?

 

[mr. furley]

so when the plow comes by and leaves a 3ft high wall of ice and snow in front of the drain you shovel it out?

yes

first thing before the driveway.. unless i absolutely have to get out for some reason.

 

[belljr]

yes

first thing before the driveway.. unless i absolutely have to get out for some reason.

You're a better man than me.   

I keep our hydrant connections clear but that's about it

 

[mr. furley]

You're a better man then me.   

I keep our hydrant connections clear but that's about it

the way i see it is, keeps the road from flooding and my driveway/lawn clear in the event of something like the ice storm we're getting.

when the snow melts in spring it has some place to go instead of me waiting for the 4 ft tall ice block to finally melt at the end of May.

 

[Jayrod]

"Yell at referees" guy is becoming a big one for me.

Not necessarily at me, but when I'm in the stands at my kids' games.  Good grief, those officials are 20-yr old kids that played JV ball in HS.  Give them a break and just encourage your 8 year old girl instead of berating the poor kid trying to decide which grey area travels to call and enforcing the "get back to half court" rules and call 20 million jump balls.  This isn't really basketball yet and they aren't really officials.  They are kids earning some pocket money so your kids can have some fun and stop staring at a screen for an hour or two.

 

[mr. furley]

"Yell at referees" guy is becoming a big one for me.

Not necessarily at me, but when I'm in the stands at my kids' games.  Good grief, those officials are 20-yr old kids that played JV ball in HS.  Give them a break and just encourage your 8 year old girl instead of berating the poor kid trying to decide which grey area travels to call and enforcing the "get back to half court" rules and call 20 million jump balls.  This isn't really basketball yet and they aren't really officials.  They are kids earning some pocket money so your kids can have some fun and stop staring at a screen for an hour or two.

except in the soccer league my kids are in the refs are 14 - 18 years old

nothing like hearing some guy yell at a 14 year old girl for not calling offsides in a 6/7 year old soccer game

 

[belljr]

"Yell at referees" guy is becoming a big one for me.

Not necessarily at me, but when I'm in the stands at my kids' games.  Good grief, those officials are 20-yr old kids that played JV ball in HS.  Give them a break and just encourage your 8 year old girl instead of berating the poor kid trying to decide which grey area travels to call and enforcing the "get back to half court" rules and call 20 million jump balls.  This isn't really basketball yet and they aren't really officials.  They are kids earning some pocket money so your kids can have some fun and stop staring at a screen for an hour or two.

it is crazy - we have some coaches in our rec league of 7th and 8th graders that are insane.   So we have half court defense only in rec league - minus the last 2 minutes of each half.

Anyway we have one girl on our team that puts both her feet just inside the halfcourt line on defense and everyonce in a while may reach over the half court line and strip the ball.  We're talking a foot maybe.  And coaches and parents are going NUTS.  People the spirit of the rule is to not have full court presses.  If you can't teach your girls how to avoid one girl meeting you at half court you need to figure that out.

 

[Bull Dozier]

"Yell at referees" guy is becoming a big one for me.

Not necessarily at me, but when I'm in the stands at my kids' games.  Good grief, those officials are 20-yr old kids that played JV ball in HS.  Give them a break and just encourage your 8 year old girl instead of berating the poor kid trying to decide which grey area travels to call and enforcing the "get back to half court" rules and call 20 million jump balls.  This isn't really basketball yet and they aren't really officials.  They are kids earning some pocket money so your kids can have some fun and stop staring at a screen for an hour or two.

I coach youth basketball.  I coached for several years with a great guy who thought he had the right balance of riding refs, and being nice. I always thought he went just a hair over the line.  I will say anytime a ref has an issue with a parent, he will jump on the parents big time, so he does have the refs back as far as parents go.  But, I'm coaching by myself this season and have had far more success with refs just saying my point of view in the form of a question; "he looked straight up to me, what did I miss?" for example, not in an argumentative or challenging tone.

Parents are clueless though.  Everything is a foul when their kid has the ball in their hand, but yet they never commit fouls.  It's obnoxious.

 

[SWC]

i am pet peeved by people that do not yell at referees enough those kids knew what they were getting in to when they put on the pinstripes so suck it up buttercup and take your yellin and maybe call three seconds once or twice this centruy cripes number five has been in there so long hes paying real estate taxes take that to the bank brohans 

 

[offdee]

to, too, two.   Learn the difference.

 

[ChiefD]

to, too, two.   Learn the difference.

Yep. Their really is a difference. 

 

[offdee]

Yep. Their really is a difference. 

They're is!!!

 

[Phil Elliott]

Yep. Their really is a difference. 

No, they're really isn't that big of a difference.

 

[Phil Elliott]

I hate when someone uses the term "Pet Peeves"

Was at a meeting at the Auto Show last week when a GM exec was talking and he started out by saying.  "Let me give you a couple of my "Pet Peeves" so we can all stay on the same page.       Everybody was looking around like STHU

This.

 

[otb_lifer]

Yep. Their really is a difference. 

should of saw this coming 

 

[Ditka Butkus]

Grandchildren are overrated.....Bunch of 50 year olds hanging out drinking having a good time ..Then one of the couples show up with their grandchildren and ruin the party...Stay home and take care of your grandchildren...

 

[otb_lifer]

Grandchildren are overrated.....Bunch of 50 year olds hanging out drinking having a good time ..Then one of the couples show up with their grandchildren and ruin the party...Stay home and take care of your grandchildren...

i'm pushing the five-oh and have a 12 yr old daughter   

applicable?

 

[Jayrod]

it is crazy - we have some coaches in our rec league of 7th and 8th graders that are insane.   So we have half court defense only in rec league - minus the last 2 minutes of each half.

Anyway we have on girls on our team that puts both her feet just inside the halfcourt line on defense and everyonce in a while may reach over the half court line and strip the ball.  We're talking a foot maybe.  And coaches and parents are going NUTS.  People the spirit of the rule is to not have full court presses.  If you can't teach your girls how to avoid one girl metting you at half court you need to figure that out.

We had an "incident" last night at my daughter's game which is why I thought of it today.

Girl on other team had secured the ball and as she headed down the floor, tripped and the ball went rolling forward.  Our coach told our girls to pick up the ball since it was now loose.  They did (instead of letting it go out of bounds, which it would have).  The ref then stopped the game and told the girls they had to get back and couldn't grab the loose ball and gave it back to the other team.  Our coach got upset, said some stuff to the ref (who was right next to him at this point) and the ref got really mad and gave him a technical.  The coach had loudly complained a couple of times earlier and had been "warned".  I totally get the kid giving him a T as he deserved it at that point.

Then the parents got to yelling.  Then the ref lost it, yelled at the stands defending himself, kicked one of our fans out and then proceeded to continue a yelling match with another fan about the call.  He couldn't have been more than 20 years old and was probably only 17 or 18.  Kid just lost his cool and at that moment I tried to get the other parents around me to settle down and just let it go.  One of the girls (coach's daughter) started crying and it took a few minutes to get the FT's done, calm everyone down and start back up.  One of the other team's parents yelled about how it was just 2nd grade girls basketball and I just looked at him and shrugged, nodding my head.

I'm about as competitive a guy there is and have not been above saying something to the refs when I think it is really awful.  However, this just got silly last night and we may not re-up with this team next go around.  I know my wife hates it and I'm glad she wasn't there last night.  She would have been appalled to be sitting near those dads who were yelling and at our coach.

 

[E-Z Glider]

Not sure if it's been mentioned in the first 22 pages - didn't get any results when I searched "baggage".

At airport baggage claim areas, I'm SO tired of all the idiots who crowd and surround the carousel while waiting for their bags.  Why can't they all just stand back and approach the unblocked carousel when they see their bag?

I always make sure to accidentally slam my bag into the people standing there while giving a sarcastic apology.