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Can we discuss pet peeves here? (4 Viewers)

Jayrod said:
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.
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That's awesome.

I have no doubt that if you put this situation to those same parents in generic terms (2nd grade rec basketball game, teenager ref, rules designed for development of players and not high competition) and asked if spectators should treat it as an NBA game, they would all say no of course not.  But, have them watch their special snowflake participate in sports and its Thunderdome.

 
belljr said:
At that age there are rules in place like no defense outside of the 3 pt line.

I'm assuming the kid misinterpreted this when the 8 year old fell down while dribbling
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I'm guessing this age level had "no pressing" rules and this all happened in the backcourt.  It may or may not have been the correct interpretation of the rules, but the main take away is regardless if it was correct or not, nothing rises to the importance of riding a 17 year old ref.

My dad comes and watches by boys basketball games, they are now both in high school.  He says a lot of stupid stuff, but I always sit way up at the top of the bleachers so there is no way the ref can hear him.  I went to watch my nephew play this weekend, but that was a traveling game so we were right on the sideline.  He kept saying stupid stuff which I would try to get him to understand didn't really matter. In the last couple of minutes of the game, the scorers table gave the opposing team points for my nephews team basket.  This made it a 12 point game instead of the 8 point game it should have been.  Both were insurmountable deficits considering the quality of play (5th grade).  He wouldn't let it go or even understand that it didn't matter what was on the scoreboard, what was written in the book is all that matters.  If it gets close they can make sure that is correct, which it wouldn't anyway.  Giving up, I said to him "you know, they look for volunteers to run the book every game. You should step up next game."  I thought that would shut him up and help him realize how stupid he was being.  He cooly replied "no thanks, I'll just keep saying stuff on this side of the court.  It's more fun." :rolleyes:  

 
Bull Dozier said:
I'm guessing this age level had "no pressing" rules and this all happened in the backcourt.  It may or may not have been the correct interpretation of the rules, but the main take away is regardless if it was correct or not, nothing rises to the importance of riding a 17 year old ref.

My dad comes and watches by boys basketball games, they are now both in high school.  He says a lot of stupid stuff, but I always sit way up at the top of the bleachers so there is no way the ref can hear him.  I went to watch my nephew play this weekend, but that was a traveling game so we were right on the sideline.  He kept saying stupid stuff which I would try to get him to understand didn't really matter. In the last couple of minutes of the game, the scorers table gave the opposing team points for my nephews team basket.  This made it a 12 point game instead of the 8 point game it should have been.  Both were insurmountable deficits considering the quality of play (5th grade).  He wouldn't let it go or even understand that it didn't matter what was on the scoreboard, what was written in the book is all that matters.  If it gets close they can make sure that is correct, which it wouldn't anyway.  Giving up, I said to him "you know, they look for volunteers to run the book every game. You should step up next game."  I thought that would shut him up and help him realize how stupid he was being.  He cooly replied "no thanks, I'll just keep saying stuff on this side of the court.  It's more fun." :rolleyes:  
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oh I agree.  I was just commenting on why Getzalf may have been confused.

 
Scoresman said:
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. 
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I stand back then just push my way through the stupid family and kids taking up half the rail.  I believe they deserve it.

 
Ditka Butkus said:
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...
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Or better yet, let their parents do it rather than dropping the kids on you at the last minute when you had plans to go out. :rant:

 
When someone eats cough drops likes its candy. Someone at work puts a cough drop in and bites down on it right away, chomping loudly on it. It'd be different if it was 1 cough drop, but they eat them all day.

 
I don’t know why this one bugs me—but I get irritated when people associate listening to an audiobook as being “reading”.  Reading and listening are two completely separate and different activities.  Listening to a book is not  the same thing as reading it.  It’s not like I can say that reading the lyrics to a song is the same as listening to that song.  

 
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Is it just me or does the presence of a "Coexist" bumper sticker on a car significantly increase the chance of the driver driving and/or parking in a manner which inconveniences other people?

 
jvdesigns2002 said:
I don’t know why this one bugs me—but I get irritated when people associate listening to an audiobook as being “reading”.  Reading and listening are two completely separate and different activities.  Listening to a book is not  the same thing as reading it.  It’s not like I can say that reading the lyrics to a song is the same as listening to that song.  
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There's a commercial out now with this... About busy people finding time to "read" with audio books. Drives my wife crazy. I could care less. Half of one, six dozen of another.

 
People who invite you out (drinks, lunch, etc.) and then cancel 30 minutes prior, usually with a lame excuse. Double or triple my angst when the behavior is repeated more than once. And multiply it tenfold when they do it to others I care about. I'M LOOKING AT YOU MARY!!!

 
jvdesigns2002 said:
I don’t know why this one bugs me—but I get irritated when people associate listening to an audiobook as being “reading”.  Reading and listening are two completely separate and different activities.  Listening to a book is not  the same thing as reading it.  It’s not like I can say that reading the lyrics to a song is the same as listening to that song.  
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This has been a secret pet peeve of mine forever, but never wanted to be enough of a #### to say it out loud. Thanks for giving me the courage to do it!

 
Ketamine Dreams said:
People who slow down to 1.5 mph to make a turn. Ugh, just drives me crazy. The road isn't slick, just F'in turn! 
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This and people that act like they're driving a tracker trailer by veering into the lane to their left to make a right turn.  You have a Kia Optima, the turning radius is fine from one lane.  :wall:

 
Ketamine Dreams said:
People who slow down to 1.5 mph to make a turn. Ugh, just drives me crazy. The road isn't slick, just F'in turn! 
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And even worse when you are trying to turn right out of a parking lot that they are turning left into and they have taken the turn so narrow that you cant even turn because they are like 4 inches from you moving super slowly. So there you sit for zero reason other than they are idiots. 

 
People that hold doors for me from far away then give me a look like I'm inconveniencing them because I don't start running/walking faster.   Worst are men that hold the door with their backs propping open the door.  Now I have to shimmy past your fat belly/junk to get through the doorway. 

When ever someone does this now, I just tell them to please move in I'm fine.  Or I just turn around and act like I'm on the phone.  

 
Arizona Ron said:
Worst are men that hold the door with their backs propping open the door.  Now I have to shimmy past your fat belly/junk to get through the doorway.  
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You should always carry a thick capped shampoo bottle in your Hermes messenger bag.   Pull it out whenever you're walking towards these door back proppers and they'll quickly get the message.

 
my old boss (still work in the same office, different department) loves to call "emergency" meetings

on only a couple occasions were the meetings actually important.  

i'd forgotten that fact until her whole team (20+ people) tromped by my office just a bit ago for a pop-up emergency meeting................. to announce that the girlfriend of a guy who works for her had a baby on Wednesday.

SEND A FREAKING EMAIL

 
sbonomo said:
I stand back then just push my way through the stupid family and kids taking up half the rail.  I believe they deserve it.
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*exactly* how I deal with it.  If you want to camp in front of the bag, expect to be pushed out of the way. 

 
Sweet J said:
*exactly* how I deal with it.  If you want to camp in front of the bag, expect to be pushed out of the way. 
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also, come to think about it:  after you go through the x-ray machine at the airport, for the love of god, just grab your bin and take it to a bench to put your stuff back on.  Why why why must you stand RIGHT IN EVERYONE'S WAY and put on your belt, shoes, jacket, put computer in back, etc.??  ARE YOU AN ANIMAL?  ARE YOU NOT HUMAN? 

 
Ketamine Dreams said:
People who slow down to 1.5 mph to make a turn. Ugh, just drives me crazy. The road isn't slick, just F'in turn! 
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Speaking of turns... I had a situation turning last week where I was turning left at an intersection, and an oncoming car was taking a left of his own (toward my right). Has anyone else encountered the do-si-do oncoming turn vehicle who expects cars to pass each other first before making their turns, or is this something that only happens to me on occasion? This guy almost t-boned me, and it is not the first time I've encountered that. Makes no sense to me... just turn in front of each other. 

 
BigJim® said:
Speaking of turns... I had a situation turning last week where I was turning left at an intersection, and an oncoming car was taking a left of his own (toward my right). Has anyone else encountered the do-si-do oncoming turn vehicle who expects cars to pass each other first before making their turns, or is this something that only happens to me on occasion? This guy almost t-boned me, and it is not the first time I've encountered that. Makes no sense to me... just turn in front of each other. 
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Wow, that's just dumb and dangerous on their part.

 
rockaction said:
People who have the right of way that wave you on from a turn lane. It's dangerous.  
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I’ve seen 3 accidents resulting from this stupidity in the last 2 months.  Not sure if anyone has ever seen the movie Duel, but it comes to mind in these situations.

 
This is a local issue, but may happen at other malls as well.  The local mall has a route circling the mall where you enter off the main road, then can drive around the mall to get into the parking lot for the area of the mall you want to park near.  Fairly common.  It's a two way road, so the traffic coming from the main road to this circular route can turn right or left.  To not block traffic, these cars do not have to stop.  The traffic on the inner circular route have to stop.  People seem to think it is an all way stop, so cars coming in from the main road stop and wait for the cars on the inner route to go, which of course they won't since they don't know when the car with the right of way will realize it and will end up going.  Not only is their ignorance frustrating, but it makes it really difficult to get around.  Each stop sign is an adventure.

 
Bull Dozier said:
This is a local issue, but may happen at other malls as well.  The local mall has a route circling the mall where you enter off the main road, then can drive around the mall to get into the parking lot for the area of the mall you want to park near.  Fairly common.  It's a two way road, so the traffic coming from the main road to this circular route can turn right or left.  To not block traffic, these cars do not have to stop.  The traffic on the inner circular route have to stop.  People seem to think it is an all way stop, so cars coming in from the main road stop and wait for the cars on the inner route to go, which of course they won't since they don't know when the car with the right of way will realize it and will end up going.  Not only is their ignorance frustrating, but it makes it really difficult to get around.  Each stop sign is an adventure.
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Sounds like malls in Northern Virginia.

 
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