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Can we discuss pet peeves here? (7 Viewers)

nirad3 said:
Is milk expiring faster than it has in the past?  Every freakin' time I go to make myself a bowl of cereal, the damn milk stanks.   :wall:
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Get organic. Costs more but It's good for like a month, and you don't end up pouring half a gallon of stank down the drain.

 
RokNRole said:
Stopped at Quiktrip for some refreshments. Plopped 4 tall boys on the counter and a large ice tea. After I paid the clerk and I stood silent for 3 seconds

” Do you need a bag”?

” No thanks. I’ll just juggle these to my car”.
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I get the opposite of this. There's a convenience store near me that makes killer biscuits in the morning, and I'll stop there for gas every few days.  Go inside for a coffee and a biscuit, and before I can even notice the cashier has ninja'd the biscuit into a plastic bag (same size as at the grocery store). I've told that lady no bag, I've asked her to take it out of the bag, and I've taken it out myself and left the bag on the counter, but I either don't go in there often enough or she is in auto mode because I get the bag every single time. 

 
wlwiles said:
I get the opposite of this. There's a convenience store near me that makes killer biscuits in the morning, and I'll stop there for gas every few days.  Go inside for a coffee and a biscuit, and before I can even notice the cashier has ninja'd the biscuit into a plastic bag (same size as at the grocery store). I've told that lady no bag, I've asked her to take it out of the bag, and I've taken it out myself and left the bag on the counter, but I either don't go in there often enough or she is in auto mode because I get the bag every single time. 
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Maybe she used to (or still does) work at Walmart.  

 
Nathan R. Jessep said:
Get organic. Costs more but It's good for like a month, and you don't end up pouring half a gallon of stank down the drain.
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is that crap any good....milk for me is one of those things that I really need to "taste good" or else I won't drink it....almost a milk snob to be honest....we get ours delivered straight from a dairy, but it is sooooo worth it....much better than regular stuff from grocery stores etc. ....let alone all these different organic, almond, etc stuff....(that I have tried anyway)...

 
Stinkin Ref said:
is that crap any good....milk for me is one of those things that I really need to "taste good" or else I won't drink it....almost a milk snob to be honest....we get ours delivered straight from a dairy, but it is sooooo worth it....much better than regular stuff from grocery stores etc. ....let alone all these different organic, almond, etc stuff....(that I have tried anyway)...
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Tastes like milk to me. :shrug: I was hesitant to try it at first myself. I can't speak to the fresh-from-the-dairy comparison, but comparing it to the "regular" milk you can get in the grocery store, it's fine, and last 4 times as long.  

 
Osaurus said:
Robocalls with out of state numbers indicating you have major complaints against you and local police are coming if you don’t talk to them immediately.  So awesome.
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what is the end game here?  What actually happens for those who fall for it and call?

I got one the other day that said I had warrants out for my arrest in NYC.  I just laughed and hung up.

 
offdee said:
what is the end game here?  What actually happens for those who fall for it and call?

I got one the other day that said I had warrants out for my arrest in NYC.  I just laughed and hung up.
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I think they try to bully folks into paying the “fine” for whatever immediately and warrants are cleared.  It’s getting more and more common based on what I just read.  Turrible.

 
Nathan R. Jessep said:
Tastes like milk to me. :shrug: I was hesitant to try it at first myself. I can't speak to the fresh-from-the-dairy comparison, but comparing it to the "regular" milk you can get in the grocery store, it's fine, and last 4 times as long.  
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I only use regular milk for cereal.  I never drink it by itself... well, save an individual chocolate milk bottle from time to time.  Maybe I should try organic because it seems like I pour out a LOT of milk.  :(   

 
nirad3 said:
I only use regular milk for cereal.  I never drink it by itself... well, save an individual chocolate milk bottle from time to time.  Maybe I should try organic because it seems like I pour out a LOT of milk.  :(   
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Or buy smaller containers?

 
when you read a manual to troubleshoot something, that manual refers you to a specific section for information on the product/service you are troubleshooting, you turn the page to the referred section.... and there isn't any information there that is even remotely related.

so you go to the "expert" on the subject to tell them the manual is completely useless and they say "it's all right there in the manual... you just have to find the right page... it's not up to date so some of the hyperlinks don't work, and pages have been reordered and some information has been removed or updated but it's in there.. you just have to search"

WHAT ####### GOOD IS THIS "BIBLE" THEN IF I HAVE TO RANDOMLY READ THOUSANDS OF PAGES TO FIND WHAT I NEED?? THE INDEX IS WORTHLESS!

 
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people that let you go first in situations that make no sense. 

I am waiting to turn left. I have a stop sign. Cross traffic does not. Woman slows way down and eventually comes to a crawl, but doesn't stop. Then I see her waving me on so I finally turn. If she would have just kept driving we both would have been to our destinations faster. 

 
parasaurolophus said:
people that let you go first in situations that make no sense. 

I am waiting to turn left. I have a stop sign. Cross traffic does not. Woman slows way down and eventually comes to a crawl, but doesn't stop. Then I see her waving me on so I finally turn. If she would have just kept driving we both would have been to our destinations faster. 
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The WORST

 
parasaurolophus said:
people that let you go first in situations that make no sense. 

I am waiting to turn left. I have a stop sign. Cross traffic does not. Woman slows way down and eventually comes to a crawl, but doesn't stop. Then I see her waving me on so I finally turn. If she would have just kept driving we both would have been to our destinations faster. 
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Extremely dangerous in addition to moronic and annoying.

 
People who use the word "scene" in a way other than to describe a scene in a play, movie, or TV show.  Example:

Me: Hey, have you heard the new Mumford & Sons album?

Other Guy: No, that's really not my scene.

Me: *punches other guy in the face*

 
Scoresman said:
People who use the word "scene" in a way other than to describe a scene in a play, movie, or TV show.  Example:

Me: Hey, have you heard the new Mumford & Sons album?

Other Guy: No, that's really not my scene.

Me: *punches other guy in the face*
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Anchorman:  “We take you now to our ace reporter, standing by at the scene of the crime.”

Scoresman:  *PUNCH!!*

 
Scoresman said:
People who use the word "scene" in a way other than to describe a scene in a play, movie, or TV show.  Example:

Me: Hey, have you heard the new Mumford & Sons album?

Other Guy: No, that's really not my scene.

Me: *punches other guy in the face*
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not my vibe.

 
Watching some US Open this morning.....Rory is in the bunker semi close to the lip....161 out...checks his yardage/flag/slope book, whatever....takes a bunch of time but he decides to go for it but he catches the lip and massive amounts of grass on edge of bunker....lucky to even get out....ball advances out of the bunker directly toward the green from where he was but only goes about 5-6 yards....he pouts a little then HAS to pull his book out again and act like he is looking at something....don’t think he even really looked at anything, it was like a natural reaction....like a smoker lighting up as soon as they get out of the car or something....almost like doing it without thinking about it...ok Rory....you were 161 yards out...now you are 155....you have the exact same angle....the slope on the green hasn’t hanged or the wind....you are 6 yards closer and now in the fairway.....do you really need your book to tell you what club to hit now from 155...?....grab your club and hit....it wsn’t the books fault, and nothing in the book changed from 10 seconds ago...hit the ball...Today!

 
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Stinkin Ref said:
Watching some US Open this morning.....Rory is in the bunker semi close to the lip....161 out...checks his yardage/flag/slope book, whatever....takes a bunch of time but he decides to go for it but he catches the lip and massive amounts of grass on edge of bunker....lucky to even get out....ball advances out of the bunker directly toward the green from where he was but only goes about 5-6 yards....he pouts a little then HAS to pull his book out again and act like he is looking at something....don’t think he even really looked at anything, it was like a natural reaction....like a smoker lighting up as soon as they get out of the car or something....almost like doing it without thinking about it...ok Rory....you were 161 yards out...now you are 155....you have the exact same angle....the slope on the green hasn’t hanged or the wind....you are 6 yards closer and now in the fairway.....do you really need your book to tell you what club you hit from 155...?....grab your club and hit....it wsn’t the books fault, and nothing in the book changed from 10 seconds ago...hit the ball...Today!
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What is this book you speak of?

 
RokNRole said:
What is this book you speak of?
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The one every pro carries with them....shows yardage on every hole from different places in the fairway...what you have to carry to clear a bunker...pin placements....slope or the green....etc...and any notes they added rom their practice rounds....

 
Buying a delicious-looking freshly baked pastry with chocolate on and/or in it, fighting the urge to eat it before even leaving the bakery, getting home and taking a nice bite... only to realize they put some kind of citrus in the chocolate without ever giving you any kind of indication.

:yucky:

 
jhib said:
Buying a delicious-looking freshly baked pastry with chocolate on and/or in it, fighting the urge to eat it before even leaving the bakery, getting home and taking a nice bite... only to realize they put some kind of citrus in the chocolate without ever giving you any kind of indication.

:yucky:
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Rough life

 
jhib said:
Buying a delicious-looking freshly baked pastry with chocolate on and/or in it, fighting the urge to eat it before even leaving the bakery, getting home and taking a nice bite... only to realize they put some kind of citrus in the chocolate without ever giving you any kind of indication.

:yucky:
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Similar experience on vacation recently except it was mint. 

 
Thinking back to my driving trip (drove down to Hilton Head and back), I had some major pet peeves on the road.  Jiminy Crckets are semi truck drivers d-bags.  Unlike driving out west, you are almost never on "open road" driving on the interstate to the east.  You are almost always in moderate traffic, so being able to set the cruise control and just going is difficult.  So when that opportunity does present itself, it is a rare treat.  I can't tell you how many times over those 2000 miles I was passing traffic in the left lane with the cruise on only to have a truck pull out in front of me (and I'm talking in the "cut me off" sense, not pull out in front of me because I was just riding the left lane when I should have been in the right) when I was going 10-15 mph faster than the right lane, but this one truck had to pass another going 1 mph faster.  The worst was going through some point in Tennessee, sort of mountainous area, and a semi cuts me off.  The two semis are going 65 maybe in a 65 zone (the one wanted to go 66 apparently).  The one cuts me off just as we get to a hill, and they both proceed to slow down to 60.  So I'm in the left lane stuck behind a moron truck going under the speed limit because he just couldn't wait behind the other one or adjust his speed down 1 mph so he wasn't a complete clog to the general flow of traffic.

I also ran in to some numbskull who refused to get out of the left lane, even though they were going under the speed limit.  This was southern Illinois I think.  They just sat in the left lane, clogging traffic because the right lane was populated.  People would pass them on the right when they could get around, but it created a 1/2 mile long backup on the freeway.  Finally when it was my turn I flipped them the bird and honked as I passed.  It is also possible I entered the left lane with a less than optimal space between our vehicles, but I wouldn't admit that in court.  I don't feel bad about it because they finally got the message and I saw them get into the right lane soon after that.  F'n morons.

 
when you go to take a deuce at work or in a public restroom and the TP dispenser is one of those thats covered up and the TP comes out the bottom.....and you run out of the first roll in mid wipe and have to slide the cover to transition to the reserve roll....but the reserve roll has not been "started" yet....and you can't find where the roll is supposed to start unrolling.....and you can't really see it/find it without crouching down on the bathroom floor...meanwhile your pants are around your ankles....you might get lucky every once in a while and find the starter spot, and maybe you are blessed with the skills of hot wiring a car without looking, like all the guys in the movies....but most of the time you just start ripping until you find a groove and there are little pieces of toilet paper all over the floor...

 
Can we talk about stupid parking lot designs?

You have to anticipate that most people are jerks. They will just cut through spots and create havoc. Look at this for example... Most people are just going to cut right through those spots instead of following the U pattern that they want them to take. 

 
Pretty sure I have brought this up, but why do they let dump trucks drive around with the covers off spewing gravel all over the roads? This should be an easy crackdown.

 
The guy who smokes while pumping gas. 

Yesterday, I watch dude walk from his van to the inside of the Unocal. Comes out 2 min later slapping a fresh pack of Camels against the palm of his hand, and by the time he gets back to the van he’s got a cig lit and is puffing away. He then proceeds to dump $49 worth of gas into his conveyance, all while smoking flicking the ash on the ground in front of him (right in front of the pump). 

Now, the logical part of me knows statistically there’s a very small chance that he’s gonna start a fire and blow the station up. And he’s not drinking Orange Mocha Frappuccino’s while having a gasoline fight with Brint and  Meekus. But, there are DO NOT SMOKE signs posted on nearly every vertical surface. #######. 

 
Quint said:
The guy who smokes while pumping gas. 

Yesterday, I watch dude walk from his van to the inside of the Unocal. Comes out 2 min later slapping a fresh pack of Camels against the palm of his hand, and by the time he gets back to the van he’s got a cig lit and is puffing away. He then proceeds to dump $49 worth of gas into his conveyance, all while smoking flicking the ash on the ground in front of him (right in front of the pump). 

Now, the logical part of me knows statistically there’s a very small chance that he’s gonna start a fire and blow the station up. And he’s not drinking Orange Mocha Frappuccino’s while having a gasoline fight with Brint and  Meekus. But, there are DO NOT SMOKE signs posted on nearly every vertical surface. #######. 
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Fixed.

 
parasaurolophus said:
Can we talk about stupid parking lot designs?

You have to anticipate that most people are jerks. They will just cut through spots and create havoc. Look at this for example... Most people are just going to cut right through those spots instead of following the U pattern that they want them to take. 
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Mmmm.... Del Taco....  :hophead:

 
Bossman said:
When Europeans pronounce "aluminum" .... they add a vowel that isn't there and say "aluminium (al-lu-mini-um)
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This is the kind of thing that might normally bother me, but in this particular instance, it just makes me happy. Every time I hear it, I smile. Don't know why. 

 
Stinkin Ref said:
when you go to take a deuce at work or in a public restroom and the TP dispenser is one of those thats covered up and the TP comes out the bottom.....and you run out of the first roll in mid wipe and have to slide the cover to transition to the reserve roll....but the reserve roll has not been "started" yet....and you can't find where the roll is supposed to start unrolling.....and you can't really see it/find it without crouching down on the bathroom floor...meanwhile your pants are around your ankles....you might get lucky every once in a while and find the starter spot, and maybe you are blessed with the skills of hot wiring a car without looking, like all the guys in the movies....but most of the time you just start ripping until you find a groove and there are little pieces of toilet paper all over the floor...
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Agreed. 

And if you had simply stopped at "public restroom," I would have also agreed. 

 
parasaurolophus said:
Can we talk about stupid parking lot designs?

You have to anticipate that most people are jerks. They will just cut through spots and create havoc. Look at this for example... Most people are just going to cut right through those spots instead of following the U pattern that they want them to take. 
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I drove by here last month.  Awful.

 
my mother-in-law's habit (and, yes, she passed it down to her daughter) of interrupting conversations with things that absolutely don't need to be said.. or things that don't need to be talked about right now.

you can be engaged in a 1:1 conversation with, for example, a cop about an accident you just witnessed and this lunatic will walk up, get your attention with a "hey" and then commence to tell you about her lawnmower that isn't working and how she needs your help taking it to the shop. completely ignoring the fact that you're trying to talk to someone else, about something totally unrelated to what she just said, that's actually important.

i'm not 100% convinced it's malicious or manipulative... it always feels more that she's just completely oblivious. like she has such narcissistic tunnel vision that she actually physically cannot see anyone other than the target of her monologue.

had soccer last night. hot, hot and humid. no subs. middle of the 4th quarter (no halves) one of the kids threw up and came wobbling to the sideline. i benched her right away got her a Gatorade and some ice and told her to get in the shade. then post-game walked over to talk to her mom.. who happened to be sitting next to my wife... to let her know what happened, etc. mid explanation, my wife, who is sitting there listening to me, says loudly "well, we have a huge problem..... it's the fence guy.... i need you to help make a decision or we could really be screwed."

double take, triple take... what? 

i give her a confused and angry look and say "...........are you serious right now? i'm telling this girl's mom that she threw up mid-game.. that her (black) daughter looked pale, said she was dizzy and not feeling well and you interrupted me to tell me we have a problem with the fence guy????? that can't wait 3 minutes????? now you tell me??"

wife: :hot:  (undaunted) but i need your opinion before he shows up tomorrow morning

me: (attempting to maintain composure) i'm not talking about that right now. (girl) could need to see a doctor here. i'm trying to tell her mom what happened and what i saw so she can make a decision on something more important than our fence. the fence can wait.

wife: :hot: you're being rude!

me: #### :hot:  

GOOD TIMES!

 
mr. furley said:
my mother-in-law's habit (and, yes, she passed it down to her daughter) of interrupting conversations with things that absolutely don't need to be said.. or things that don't need to be talked about right now.

you can be engaged in a 1:1 conversation with, for example, a cop about an accident you just witnessed and this lunatic will walk up, get your attention with a "hey" and then commence to tell you about her lawnmower that isn't working and how she needs your help taking it to the shop. completely ignoring the fact that you're trying to talk to someone else, about something totally unrelated to what she just said, that's actually important.

i'm not 100% convinced it's malicious or manipulative... it always feels more that she's just completely oblivious. like she has such narcissistic tunnel vision that she actually physically cannot see anyone other than the target of her monologue.

had soccer last night. hot, hot and humid. no subs. middle of the 4th quarter (no halves) one of the kids threw up and came wobbling to the sideline. i benched her right away got her a Gatorade and some ice and told her to get in the shade. then post-game walked over to talk to her mom.. who happened to be sitting next to my wife... to let her know what happened, etc. mid explanation, my wife, who is sitting there listening to me, says loudly "well, we have a huge problem..... it's the fence guy.... i need you to help make a decision or we could really be screwed."

double take, triple take... what? 

i give her a confused and angry look and say "...........are you serious right now? i'm telling this girl's mom that she threw up mid-game.. that her (black) daughter looked pale, said she was dizzy and not feeling well and you interrupted me to tell me we have a problem with the fence guy????? that can't wait 3 minutes????? now you tell me??"

wife: :hot:  (undaunted) but i need your opinion before he shows up tomorrow morning

me: (attempting to maintain composure) i'm not talking about that right now. (girl) could need to see a doctor here. i'm trying to tell her mom what happened and what i saw so she can make a decision on something more important than our fence. the fence can wait.

wife: :hot: you're being rude!

me: #### :hot:  

GOOD TIMES!
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regarding the red ... WTF?!?!

 
mr. furley said:
my mother-in-law's habit (and, yes, she passed it down to her daughter) of interrupting conversations with things that absolutely don't need to be said.. or things that don't need to be talked about right now.

you can be engaged in a 1:1 conversation with, for example, a cop about an accident you just witnessed and this lunatic will walk up, get your attention with a "hey" and then commence to tell you about her lawnmower that isn't working and how she needs your help taking it to the shop. completely ignoring the fact that you're trying to talk to someone else, about something totally unrelated to what she just said, that's actually important.

i'm not 100% convinced it's malicious or manipulative... it always feels more that she's just completely oblivious. like she has such narcissistic tunnel vision that she actually physically cannot see anyone other than the target of her monologue.

had soccer last night. hot, hot and humid. no subs. middle of the 4th quarter (no halves) one of the kids threw up and came wobbling to the sideline. i benched her right away got her a Gatorade and some ice and told her to get in the shade. then post-game walked over to talk to her mom.. who happened to be sitting next to my wife... to let her know what happened, etc. mid explanation, my wife, who is sitting there listening to me, says loudly "well, we have a huge problem..... it's the fence guy.... i need you to help make a decision or we could really be screwed."

double take, triple take... what? 

i give her a confused and angry look and say "...........are you serious right now? i'm telling this girl's mom that she threw up mid-game.. that her (black) daughter looked pale, said she was dizzy and not feeling well and you interrupted me to tell me we have a problem with the fence guy????? that can't wait 3 minutes????? now you tell me??"

wife: :hot:  (undaunted) but i need your opinion before he shows up tomorrow morning

me: (attempting to maintain composure) i'm not talking about that right now. (girl) could need to see a doctor here. i'm trying to tell her mom what happened and what i saw so she can make a decision on something more important than our fence. the fence can wait.

wife: :hot: you're being rude!

me: #### :hot:  

GOOD TIMES!
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Tell me when your sitcom script is written.  I want to invest.  The residuals are goign to set me up for life.

 
parasaurolophus said:
people that let you go first in situations that make no sense. 

I am waiting to turn left. I have a stop sign. Cross traffic does not. Woman slows way down and eventually comes to a crawl, but doesn't stop. Then I see her waving me on so I finally turn. If she would have just kept driving we both would have been to our destinations faster. 
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She probably has a pet peeve of people tailgating.

 
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