Can we discuss pet peeves here? (7 Viewers)

[Leroy Hoard]

I don’t know if it’s a pet peeve or just a “that’s weird”...but I don’t have a thread for that so...

Couples who sit next to each other while out to dinner. It seems controlling somehow - and insecure. It leaves me wondering “why do you do that, is sitting across from each other scary to you?”

I just figure they are sick of looking at each other.

 

[Glass Joe]

I just figure they are sick of looking at each other.

Lol! Great way to turn this around.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I don’t know if it’s a pet peeve or just a “that’s weird”...but I don’t have a thread for that so...

Couples who sit next to each other while out to dinner. It seems controlling somehow - and insecure. It leaves me wondering “why do you do that, is sitting across from each other scary to you?”

typically one is a fist puppet - hard to reach that far. 

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

typically one is a fist puppet - hard to reach that far. 

You just had to go there, didn't you?

 

[Binky The Doormat]

You just had to go there, didn't you?

#woke 

 

[Bull Dozier]

I don’t know if it’s a pet peeve or just a “that’s weird”...but I don’t have a thread for that so...

Couples who sit next to each other while out to dinner. It seems controlling somehow - and insecure. It leaves me wondering “why do you do that, is sitting across from each other scary to you?”

Did this with my wife recently, and do it on occasion.  The main reason was the view.  She sat down first in a seat where her background was the window looking out to the parking lot.  The choice was to sit next to her and be able to see the half dozen TVs in the place.  Sitting next to her doesn't inhibit conversation materially.

 

[Keerock]

I don’t know if it’s a pet peeve or just a “that’s weird”...but I don’t have a thread for that so...

Couples who sit next to each other while out to dinner. It seems controlling somehow - and insecure. It leaves me wondering “why do you do that, is sitting across from each other scary to you?”

Did this with my wife recently, and do it on occasion.  The main reason was the view.  She sat down first in a seat where her background was the window looking out to the parking lot.  The choice was to sit next to her and be able to see the half dozen TVs in the place.  Sitting next to her doesn't inhibit conversation materially.

What happens under the table stays under the table.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Articles and studies about the cities with the worst commute time where they clearly only look at people commuting WITHIN the city, not from outside the city to offices in the city.  Saw one yesterday that talked about how some people in Washington DC spent up to two weeks per year commuting. I can show them entire counties full of people commuting to New York who spend more than double that (4 hour round trip x 5 days per week x 50 weeks = 1,000 hours per year), but New York never gets mentioned in these articles because the people doing the studies are clueless.

Teachers who give tests where an entire class of honors students average 60/100.  If performance is that bad, the problem is the teacher: either their teaching failed or their test was too hard.

Not to pick on teachers, but...teachers who clearly don't understand their own grading system.  If 'outstanding' is the highest possible grade, that should be a 100, not a 95.  If you have two tests worth a total of 40% of the grade and a single quiz worth a 'total' of 30% of the grade, you've made the quiz more important than the test.  I don't think that was your intention!

Looking over my pet peeves, I guess I'm just saying that people who are bad at math are a menace to society.

Sorry a third of the world's population isn't as smart as the other half. 

 

[fantasycurse42]

People who don't understand the concept of the green arrow light when the main light is red, license should be suspended. 

Also

When I'm approaching a light, I can see the crosswalk flashing, blinking, or counting down - I know the light is getting ready to change, I'm well within my range to get there in time, get through solidly on yellow, and for some reason, the moron in front of me decides he isn't going through. 

 

[TheIronSheik]

People who don't understand the concept of the green arrow light when the main light is red, license should be suspended. 

When I'm approaching a light, I can see the crosswalk flashing, blinking, or counting down - I know the light is getting ready to change, I'm well within my range to get there in time, get through solidly on yellow, and for some reason, the moron in front of me decides he isn't going through. 

Not sure about other states, but in PA they have these stupid signs that say "Wait for Green" at intersections.  They are put up at intersections where opposing traffic gets a green light before you do.  So you don't see the oncoming traffic start moving and think "Damn.  I guess our light is broken.  I'll just drive through the red light."  Dumb.  But the wording is even worse.  Because people see them and they won't turn right on red.  And I get stuck behind these people all of the time.  I'll tap my horn and they'll point to the Wait for Green sign.  Those people are like Hitler.

 

[Bull Dozier]

Since we're talking about lights, I'll bring up poorly civicly engineered lights.  The flahsing yellow turn light (meaning you can turn left, but have to yield to oncoming traffic) are the best ever.  I go through an intercection every day on the way home where this would be perfect, but no I just get a red and have to wait until my side turns green.  Traffic is heavier coming from the other direction, so they get a green, and a left turn green arrow.  My direction has to wait, because the opposite direction always has a long line turning left to enter a highway.  The traffic going straight is light, and I could definitely turn, but by the time it actually turns green, cars waiting from the next light up have gotten a green and are approaching the intersection and now i have to wait for them.  It is a horrible intersection.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Since we're talking about lights, I'll bring up poorly civicly engineered lights.  The flahsing yellow turn light (meaning you can turn left, but have to yield to oncoming traffic) are the best ever.  I go through an intercection every day on the way home where this would be perfect, but no I just get a red and have to wait until my side turns green.  Traffic is heavier coming from the other direction, so they get a green, and a left turn green arrow.  My direction has to wait, because the opposite direction always has a long line turning left to enter a highway.  The traffic going straight is light, and I could definitely turn, but by the time it actually turns green, cars waiting from the next light up have gotten a green and are approaching the intersection and now i have to wait for them.  It is a horrible intersection.

Originally saw these in NC and loved them.  They've started rolling them out in PA now, too.  

 

[wlwiles]

I don’t know if it’s a pet peeve or just a “that’s weird”...but I don’t have a thread for that so...

Couples who sit next to each other while out to dinner. It seems controlling somehow - and insecure. It leaves me wondering “why do you do that, is sitting across from each other scary to you?”

My wife and I do this when we are already out and decide to go to a restaurant, because she's always cold natured and asks me to sit next to her so she can sidle up and sort of keep warm.  If we're planning to go out she'll bring a sweater/jacket usually

 

[DallasDMac]

People who don't understand the concept of the green arrow light when the main light is red, license should be suspended.

Flashing yellow left turn light is ten times worse. It amazes me how many idiots are totally baffled by these and refuse to move.

 

[belljr]

Cell phone viewer at urinal guy

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Cell phone viewer at urinal guy

Always fun when they drop it in the urinal.

 

[mr. furley]

people who do/don't do things purely out of spite/as a way to say "#### you"

how did your life get this miserable and is there any possibility of salvaging it? is spite & seeing how disappointing it is for others the only joy in your life? if so.. i dunno.. #### off to the Yukon or something

 

[Bonfire]

Anyone who starts a rebuttal or reply with "Umm..." or "Uhh..." then proceeds to give information that's supposed to settle the disagreement is usually a poop head.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

people who do/don't do things purely out of spite/as a way to say "#### you"

how did your life get this miserable and is there any possibility of salvaging it? is spite & seeing how disappointing it is for others the only joy in your life? if so.. i dunno.. #### off to the Yukon or something

They eventually get what they deserve. Everyone leaves them and they can stew along with themselves.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I really hate it that every mattress pad in the universe is not quite big enough to cover the top of the mattress.  How difficult is it to make it two inches bigger?  How much money are the manufacturers saving?

 

[parasaurolophus]

I know i have said this one before, but it happens to me at least twice a week due to the fact that i drive through several t intersections daily. 

But when i am approaching the stop sign at the t wanting to turn right into moving traffic a driver turning left onto the street i am on should not impede me at all. Heaven forbid you actually drive properly and not cut the turn. 

 

[mr. furley]

often i wonder if i'm sensitive to tone and read too much in to intent, or if some people just aren't able to interpret tone.

#%@!%!%! speaks to people in extremely condescending tones. all the time. slows down his speech, uses small words in simple sentences.. calls everyone "bud" and "champ", etc. mocks the things they're doing, wearing, eating, the way they walk, talk, etc. all the while guffawing and hyperventilating as he tries to tie everything back to a movie or tv show reference.

then going to the next person in line and explaining to them how he was just making fun of the previous person but they were too stupid/oblivious to realize it.

 

[Scott Tenorman]

often i wonder if i'm sensitive to tone and read too much in to intent, or if some people just aren't able to interpret tone.

#%@!%!%! speaks to people in extremely condescending tones. all the time. slows down his speech, uses small words in simple sentences.. calls everyone "bud" and "champ", etc. mocks the things they're doing, wearing, eating, the way they walk, talk, etc. all the while guffawing and hyperventilating as he tries to tie everything back to a movie or tv show reference.

then going to the next person in line and explaining to them how he was just making fun of the previous person but they were too stupid/oblivious to realize it.

That's too bad, Chief.

 

[El Floppo]

Anyone who starts a rebuttal or reply with "Umm..." or "Uhh..." then proceeds to give information that's supposed to settle the disagreement is usually a poop head.

yeah- not good. I'll add people that preface a reply with "well, actually..." well, actually- if you want to disagree, just disagree. well, actually doesn't lock up the argument for you the way you think it does. 

I know i have said this one before, but it happens to me at least twice a week due to the fact that i drive through several t intersections daily. 

But when i am approaching the stop sign at the t wanting to turn right into moving traffic a driver turning left onto the street i am on should not impede me at all. Heaven forbid you actually drive properly and not cut the turn. 

I've said before NYC sidewalks are like everyone else's streets- at corners, people are always cutting the apex of the corner instead of staying to the right as they turn just in case there's somebody coming the other direction... and then act suprised and offended when somebody is.

 

[jhib]

I've said before NYC sidewalks are like everyone else's streets- at corners, people are always cutting the apex of the corner instead of staying to the right as they turn just in case there's somebody coming the other direction... and then act suprised and offended when somebody is.

Speaking of sidewalks, groups of people walking together and taking up more than their half of a sidewalk or waiting until the last second until moving over.

I'm usually pretty quick to fall behind my wife for a second to allow others coming the other way room.  I'll always do it when the sidewalk is only wide enough for two,  but also almost always when it's wide enough for three and there's a couple coming towards us - someone has to move, and I don't mind being the one in that case.  But I'm not moving so a group of three+ can stay walking side-by-side the whole time.  My wife and I are both taller than average and could each stand to lose a few pounds, so we've decided that we're not going to lose games of chicken to these kinds of people - if they want to actually run into us, have at it.

Just last week, we were walking together on a sidewalk wide enough for four (with snow on either side of the walk) when a group of four twenty-somethings approached.  Apparently, none wanted to be one of the ones that drifted back for a moment, because they weren't showing any signs of splitting up their 4-wide.  I made eye contact with the one right in front of me and literally asked, "What's your plan here?" just before they moved behind their friends at the last second.  Did they seriously expect us both to walk in the snow?

 

[El Floppo]

Speaking of sidewalks, groups of people walking together and taking up more than their half of a sidewalk or waiting until the last second until moving over.

I'm usually pretty quick to fall behind my wife for a second to allow others coming the other way room.  I'll always do it when the sidewalk is only wide enough for two,  but also almost always when it's wide enough for three and there's a couple coming towards us - someone has to move, and I don't mind being the one in that case.  But I'm not moving so a group of three+ can stay walking side-by-side the whole time.  My wife and I are both taller than average and could each stand to lose a few pounds, so we've decided that we're not going to lose games of chicken to these kinds of people - if they want to actually run into us, have at it.

Just last week, we were walking together on a sidewalk wide enough for four (with snow on either side of the walk) when a group of four twenty-somethings approached.  Apparently, none wanted to be one of the ones that drifted back for a moment, because they weren't showing any signs of splitting up their 4-wide.  I made eye contact with the one right in front of me and literally asked, "What's your plan here?" just before they moved behind their friends at the last second.  Did they seriously expect us both to walk in the snow?

I call this red-rover. and my shoulder will usually win. 

yeah- most sidewalks can't accomodate more than 4 people- so if I'm out with my family of 4, I'll just walk behind them with one of the kids, so we're 2 and 2. problem solved. I'll always stay to the right when solo- but I'm not swerving or diving into doorways to accommodate people who are either british or just stupid/lazy and are walking on the left. sometimes I have to do a hard-stop right in front of some particularly oblivious chucklehead (usually with face buried in their phone), forcing them to stop. yeah- not only is there nowhere for me to go, I wouldn't anyways because I'm already all the way to the right. they always look shocked and offended that the world hasn't bent over backwards to make their lives perfect at its own expense.

I've noticed a couple of psychological pedestrian things..

- people tend to want to walk down the middle of the sidewalk.

- when two people are walking together, they'll walk down the middle of sidewalk with distance between them until somebody approaches from their front going the opposite direction, at which point they'll veer to the right and/or converge closer to each other. when that person passes, they expand their space and move back to the middle of the sidewalk. not one thought that somebody might be trying to get by from behind.

 

[SWC]

i am against people who compalin about things on teh internet take that to the bank brohans 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

i am against people who compalin about things on teh internet take that to the bank brohans 

I feel strongly both ways.  

 

[Leroy Hoard]

i am against people who compalin about things on teh internet take that to the bank brohans 

sounds like you the complaining internet bro, bro.

 

[nirad3]

 How difficult is it to make it two inches bigger? 

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

 How difficult is it to make it two inches bigger? 

Try the veal.

 

[nirad3]

Probably said it before, but yper-aggressive drivers.  Flow of traffic is between 35-45 and some a-clown merging in and out going 50.  Congrats loser, you'll get to your destination 30 seconds ahead of me.

More so now that I'm a dad, but I just find my lane and chill.  No reason to speed.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Probably said it before, but yper-aggressive drivers.  Flow of traffic is between 35-45 and some a-clown merging in and out going 50.  Congrats loser, you'll get to your destination 30 seconds ahead of me.

More so now that I'm a dad, but I just find my lane and chill.  No reason to speed.

I always enjoy pulling up slowly to said d-bag at the red light.

 

[belljr]

This is probably a repeat from me but...

Wife and I been together now 22 years or so.

I've never been a morning person, it takes me awhile to function.

So most mornings what does my wife do as I zombie walk to the bathroom then zombie walk to get dressed and head downstairs?

Have conversations about upcoming events or decisions that need to be made.  And every time a give a few grunts, she gets mad, I grunt some more and leave.

I'm not deciding on our new couch at 545 am!!!

 

[TheIronSheik]

This is probably a repeat from me but...

Wife and I been together now 22 years or so.

I've never been a morning person, it takes me awhile to function.

So most mornings what does my wife do as I zombie walk to the bathroom then zombie walk to get dressed and head downstairs?

Have conversations about upcoming events or decisions that need to be made.  And every time a give a few grunts, she gets mad, I grunt some more and leave.

I'm not deciding on our new couch at 545 am!!!

I feel like you just described my life.

 

[Zegras11]

This is probably a repeat from me but...

Wife and I been together now 22 years or so.

I've never been a morning person, it takes me awhile to function.

So most mornings what does my wife do as I zombie walk to the bathroom then zombie walk to get dressed and head downstairs?

Have conversations about upcoming events or decisions that need to be made.  And every time a give a few grunts, she gets mad, I grunt some more and leave.

I'm not deciding on our new couch at 545 am!!!

I'm at 35 years of this. It's amazing how they can't wait.

 

[TheIronSheik]

I'm at 35 years of this. It's amazing how they can't wait.

This past Saturday, I rolled over in bed and woke up slightly at about 4 am.  My wife was on her phone and looked at me and said something like, "Does June 5th through the 10th work for you for going down the shore?"  

Then she got mad because I answered her by saying "Seriously?"

 

[EYLive]

Littering.
I was driving around my neighborhood yesterday and slow down as I approach a traffic light. A truck is stopped in the lane to the left of me, the passenger opens the door and drops a crumpled fast food bag in the street just as I pull up next to him. I glare at the guy and he has the nerve to give me a dirty look. The driver looks over at me too, as if I'm the female dog that tossed trash in the middle of the street. I would loved to have KO'd both those buttholes but that would only get my fists greasy on their ugly faces.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Littering.
I was driving around my neighborhood yesterday and slow down as I approach a traffic light. A truck is stopped in the lane to the left of me, the passenger opens the door and drops a crumpled fast food bag in the street just as I pull up next to him. I glare at the guy and he has the nerve to give me a dirty look. The driver looks over at me too, as if I'm the female dog that tossed trash in the middle of the street. I would loved to have KO'd both those buttholes but that would only get my fists greasy on their ugly faces.

Yeah.  I'm always amazed when I see someone just throw something out the window of their car.  I mean, they don't even have the care of trying to hide what they're doing.  It's odd.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I'm really tired of the huge false eyelashes that seem to be fashionable nowadays.  Those things are just nasty.

 

[TheIronSheik]

I'm really tired of the huge false eyelashes that seem to be fashionable nowadays.  Those things are just nasty.

Excuse me for trying to look smokin' on my date night with my wife. 

 

[Bossman]

not sure why this bothers me so much but it happened again yesterday.

Walking into the post office and the guy walking in behind me whistling. Really REALLY loud.

As I stood in line at the counter, he doesn't stop ... the entire post office visit ... SUPER LOUD as he gets his mail out of the PO box and all the way back to his truck.

It just strikes me as "Hey, look at me!" ... when all I want to do is ignore you.

I wish there was something witty that I could say to make them realize how annoying they are.

anything I think of seems either too harsh or not harsh enough.

 

[parasaurolophus]

not sure why this bothers me so much but it happened again yesterday.

Walking into the post office and the guy walking in behind me whistling. Really REALLY loud.

As I stood in line at the counter, he doesn't stop ... the entire post office visit ... SUPER LOUD as he gets his mail out of the PO box and all the way back to his truck.

It just strikes me as "Hey, look at me!" ... when all I want to do is ignore you.

I wish there was something witty that I could say to make them realize how annoying they are.

anything I think of seems either too harsh or not harsh enough.

Not sure why it wouldnt bother everybody. 

 

[Bossman]

Littering.
I was driving around my neighborhood yesterday and slow down as I approach a traffic light. A truck is stopped in the lane to the left of me, the passenger opens the door and drops a crumpled fast food bag in the street just as I pull up next to him. I glare at the guy and he has the nerve to give me a dirty look. The driver looks over at me too, as if I'm the female dog that tossed trash in the middle of the street. I would loved to have KO'd both those buttholes but that would only get my fists greasy on their ugly faces.

I'd love to pick it up and meet them at the next red light and toss it into their open window.

Is it so hard to put the trash in the trash bin (that every gas station has) when you stop to fill up?

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I'd love to pick it up and meet them at the next red light and toss it into their open window.

Is it so hard to put the trash in the trash bin (that every gas station has) when you stop to fill up?

And you know that's where they do all their grocery shopping anyways.

 

[Bossman]

not sure why this bothers me so much but it happened again yesterday.

Walking into the post office and the guy walking in behind me whistling. Really REALLY loud.

As I stood in line at the counter, he doesn't stop ... the entire post office visit ... SUPER LOUD as he gets his mail out of the PO box and all the way back to his truck.

It just strikes me as "Hey, look at me!" ... when all I want to do is ignore you.

I wish there was something witty that I could say to make them realize how annoying they are.

anything I think of seems either too harsh or not harsh enough.

How about this:

"I'm having a really hard time ignoring you with all that noise coming out of your face"

 

[EYLive]

I'd love to pick it up and meet them at the next red light and toss it into their open window.

Is it so hard to put the trash in the trash bin (that every gas station has) when you stop to fill up?

What makes it worse is that this was in my part of town, about a mile from my house. It felt personal, like he took a dump on my porch. Then he and his equally ugly friend tried to maddog me from the safety of their stupid truck.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

not sure why this bothers me so much but it happened again yesterday.

Walking into the post office and the guy walking in behind me whistling. Really REALLY loud.

As I stood in line at the counter, he doesn't stop ... the entire post office visit ... SUPER LOUD as he gets his mail out of the PO box and all the way back to his truck.

It just strikes me as "Hey, look at me!" ... when all I want to do is ignore you.

I wish there was something witty that I could say to make them realize how annoying they are.

anything I think of seems either too harsh or not harsh enough.

Loudly hum a contrasting tune.  I'd go with "It's A Small World".

 

[Bossman]

Now I got a guy that answers his phone in speaker mode....

so everyone around him is not only subject to his side of the conversation .. but now we also get to hear what the other guy is saying as well.

Why are people so inconsiderate of others around them? We really don't want to hear your business dude.

I hate people.

 

[Quint]

not sure why this bothers me so much but it happened again yesterday.

Walking into the post office and the guy walking in behind me whistling. Really REALLY loud.

As I stood in line at the counter, he doesn't stop ... the entire post office visit ... SUPER LOUD as he gets his mail out of the PO box and all the way back to his truck.

It just strikes me as "Hey, look at me!" ... when all I want to do is ignore you.

I wish there was something witty that I could say to make them realize how annoying they are.

anything I think of seems either too harsh or not harsh enough.

was it off-color whistling?