Can we discuss pet peeves here? (8 Viewers)

[Bogeys]

#!$!%!%! taking meetings from his desk. which is 8 feet from me. on speaker. 

this is my nightmare

adjusting my positivity score down to -11

Had a VP in our office suite that used to have meetings on her phone and wouldn't close her door.  She was the worst about complaining about my boss and I (only 2 guys in the suite) just raising our voices to talk since our offices are the last 2 in the suite.  She finally had enough I guess so came and closed my door one day while we talked so I had to get up to go in his office.  Next time she had a teleconference on speaker, I got up and closed her office door.  All she ever said about it was touche'.  

 

[Bull Dozier]

Taking a break from the wife pet peeves to add a work pet peeve.

People who think their time is infitinely more valuable than yours.  I have two colleagues (one a salesman, and one a lawyer) who both subscribe to this idea about themselves.  If you send either one an email that isn't 100 percent crystal clear to them what the question is, they will call you.  But not just call you for clarification, the call is always the same:

Me: Hello
Them: Hi, this is d-bash x, calling about your email on Y
Me: OK?
Them: So, are you asking....hold on a second...(they are clearing reading the email now...reading it to themselves....talking to themselves....two minutes later)
Them: OK, so you're asking blah blah blah?
Me: Yep
Them: OK *click*

WTF not go through that AFTER you read the whole email?

 

[parasaurolophus]

I have two colleagues (one a salesman, and one a lawyer)

I'm sorry.

 

[mr. furley]

going to street festivals and instead of arts & crafts tents/booths it's 90% #### you would see at a mall kiosk.. or from an MLM solicitation.

no i don't want tupperware, or anything from Pure Romance. definitely not a subscription to the newspaper or a sales pitch for new siding.

 

[otb_lifer]

going to street festivals and instead of arts & crafts tents/booths it's 90% #### you would see at a mall kiosk.. or from an MLM solicitation.

no i don't want tupperware, or anything from Pure Romance. definitely not a subscription to the newspaper or a sales pitch for new siding.

why you hate rank n' file hustling schlubs so much?

 

[mr. furley]

why you hate rank n' file hustling schlubs so much?

i'm a FBG. i don't have time to mingle with these plebes.

 

[jhib]

going to street festivals and instead of arts & crafts tents/booths it's 90% #### you would see at a mall kiosk.. or from an MLM solicitation.

no i don't want tupperware, or anything from Pure Romance. definitely not a subscription to the newspaper or a sales pitch for new siding.

Okay, but don't you go complaining when it starts raining so much that you wished you had waterproofed your basement.

 

[jhib]

Gas stations with empty or non-existent windshield washer stations.

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

going to street festivals

https://images.app.goo.gl/jGRGECUjrriE9GGL9

 

[offdee]

Is this an overall woman thing or just mine?     She never truly completes any household task.  She always gets it to about 98% there and then for some reason doesn't close it out.

- Does all the laundry and folds all the laundry....but then just lets it sit in piles in the laundry room (take it up to the rooms and put it away!)

- Sweeps all the hardwood floors into one of those bins with a handle...but then just leaves the bin sitting full of all the garbage wherever she swept last (dump the garbage out and hang the broom/bin back up!)

- Puts dishes into the dishwasher....but then feels compelled to "soak" the final 2 items...doesn't matter what it is, bowls, cups, whatever (just put all of it in the Dishwasher!)

- Cleans a room up that has some of her piles of mail, magazines, kids homework, etc....then just moves those piles to a different room (throw the crap out or do something with it!)

- Loves her beverages...opens up a bottle or a can...drinks about 90% of it and then puts the remaining 3 sips into the fridge so we have about 7 open bottles of random drinks (just finish it or dump it out and put the bottle in recyclable bin!)

- Buys a bunch of flowers to plant...has an afternoon of no kids and tells me she just wants to get these planted.  Plants about 18 of the 20 containers, but for some reason doesn't do the last 2 and now they sit on top of the mulch dieing.  (just take the extra 15 minutes to get them all planted!)

- We have a system for mowing the lawn....I do the rider mower which takes care of about 80% of lawn space, she does the push mower to get the other 20% down in ditch areas, etc.  She finishes her mowing and just leaves the push mower right there to go inside to get a drink.  Ultimately ends in me having to push the mower up to the shed to put it away.   In the rare occasion she does actually put the mower back in the shed, she'll ultimately not close up the doors and lock up the shed which ultimately ends in me having to go do it.  (why is that so hard to push a padlock together?!?!)

She's extremely hot and great in bed though, so I let it all slide.

 

[mr. furley]

Is this an overall woman thing or just mine?     She never truly completes any household task.  She always gets it to about 98% there and then for some reason doesn't close it out.

- Does all the laundry and folds all the laundry....but then just lets it sit in piles in the laundry room (take it up to the rooms and put it away!)

- Sweeps all the hardwood floors into one of those bins with a handle...but then just leaves the bin sitting full of all the garbage wherever she swept last (dump the garbage out and hang the broom/bin back up!)

- Puts dishes into the dishwasher....but then feels compelled to "soak" the final 2 items...doesn't matter what it is, bowls, cups, whatever (just put all of it in the Dishwasher!)

- Cleans a room up that has some of her piles of mail, magazines, kids homework, etc....then just moves those piles to a different room (throw the crap out or do something with it!)

- Loves her beverages...opens up a bottle or a can...drinks about 90% of it and then puts the remaining 3 sips into the fridge so we have about 7 open bottles of random drinks (just finish it or dump it out and put the bottle in recyclable bin!)

- Buys a bunch of flowers to plant...has an afternoon of no kids and tells me she just wants to get these planted.  Plants about 18 of the 20 containers, but for some reason doesn't do the last 2 and now they sit on top of the mulch dieing.  (just take the extra 15 minutes to get them all planted!)

- We have a system for mowing the lawn....I do the rider mower which takes care of about 80% of lawn space, she does the push mower to get the other 20% down in ditch areas, etc.  She finishes her mowing and just leaves the push mower right there to go inside to get a drink.  Ultimately ends in me having to push the mower up to the shed to put it away.   In the rare occasion she does actually put the mower back in the shed, she'll ultimately not close up the doors and lock up the shed which ultimately ends in me having to go do it.  (why is that so hard to push a padlock together?!?!)

She's extremely hot and great in bed though, so I let it all slide.

look at this ####### guy with a wife who actually helps out around the house and yard

 

[belljr]

I know my wife can take a 15 minute task and turn it into 2 hours...

so there is that

 

[need2know]

Is this an overall woman thing or just mine?     She never truly completes any household task.  She always gets it to about 98% there and then for some reason doesn't close it out.

- Does all the laundry and folds all the laundry....but then just lets it sit in piles in the laundry room (take it up to the rooms and put it away!)

- Sweeps all the hardwood floors into one of those bins with a handle...but then just leaves the bin sitting full of all the garbage wherever she swept last (dump the garbage out and hang the broom/bin back up!)

- Puts dishes into the dishwasher....but then feels compelled to "soak" the final 2 items...doesn't matter what it is, bowls, cups, whatever (just put all of it in the Dishwasher!)

- Cleans a room up that has some of her piles of mail, magazines, kids homework, etc....then just moves those piles to a different room (throw the crap out or do something with it!)

- Loves her beverages...opens up a bottle or a can...drinks about 90% of it and then puts the remaining 3 sips into the fridge so we have about 7 open bottles of random drinks (just finish it or dump it out and put the bottle in recyclable bin!)

- Buys a bunch of flowers to plant...has an afternoon of no kids and tells me she just wants to get these planted.  Plants about 18 of the 20 containers, but for some reason doesn't do the last 2 and now they sit on top of the mulch dieing.  (just take the extra 15 minutes to get them all planted!)

- We have a system for mowing the lawn....I do the rider mower which takes care of about 80% of lawn space, she does the push mower to get the other 20% down in ditch areas, etc.  She finishes her mowing and just leaves the push mower right there to go inside to get a drink.  Ultimately ends in me having to push the mower up to the shed to put it away.   In the rare occasion she does actually put the mower back in the shed, she'll ultimately not close up the doors and lock up the shed which ultimately ends in me having to go do it.  (why is that so hard to push a padlock together?!?!)

She's extremely hot and great in bed though, so I let it all slide.

your wife cuts the grass?  wow mine hasnt touched a lawnmower in her life.  you should feel blessed

 

[need2know]

I know my wife can take a 15 minute task and turn it into 2 hours...

so there is that

yes for example i can go to the grocery store get a few items and return in 30-45 min.  she does the same task and shes gone for 3 hours

 

[offdee]

your wife cuts the grass?  wow mine hasnt touched a lawnmower in her life.  you should feel blessed

She says she actually enjoys it....calming and is like "giving the grass a haircut" (she's a hair stylist).

 

[Bull Dozier]

your wife cuts the grass?  wow mine hasnt touched a lawnmower in her life.  you should feel blessed

I remember when we got our first house, my wife told me how she liked to cut the grass.  We were dirt poor, so our first lawn mower was a push/rotary mower.  She wasn't strong enough to push it through thick grass, so I cut the lawn.

Then we got a cheap used gas mower at a garage sale.  She wasn't strong enough to pull start it, so I cut the lawn.

Then we moved to a new house with a bigger yard, so I bought a good new mower from Sears.  Even though it was self propelled, she wasn't strong enough to start it, or maneuver it around the yard, so I cut the lawn.

Last year I bough a lightweight electric start mower.  She said "aren't the boys old enough to cut the grass now?"  

 

[Franknbeans]

well played...

by her

I can tell when my wife has been out doing gardening/yard work.  There are always tools left strewn about. Always.

 

[TheIronSheik]

People who sit in a window seat in a plane and put the shade down as soon as they sit down and leave it down until they get off the flight.

 

[belljr]

People who sit in a window seat in a plane and put the shade down as soon as they sit down and leave it down until they get off the flight.

You want it up?

I mean I leave it up until airborne (you are supposed to).   

 

[parasaurolophus]

Speaking of grass cutting, what is so hard about cutting the edges so that the grass blows back into the lawn? 

I hate people that blast it into the road or on the sidewalk. 

And dont give me the "i use the leaf blower after i am done" crap. Just be smarter cutting and you dont have to worry about it. 

 

[TheIronSheik]

You want it up?

I mean I leave it up until airborne (you are supposed to).   

I don't need it up the whole time.  But when we're sitting on the tarmac or when were about 20 minutes from landing, it's nice to be able to look out the window and gauge how much time you have left until takeoff/landing.  It's also nice to every so often look over and see outside.  Takes my mind off being crammed inside a tuna can with hundreds of people I hate.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

Speaking of grass cutting, what is so hard about cutting the edges so that the grass blows back into the lawn? 

I hate people that blast it into the road or on the sidewalk. 

And dont give me the "i use the leaf blower after i am done" crap. Just be smarter cutting and you dont have to worry about it. 

My buddy got fined by the borough for blowing a little grass in the street with his mower

 

[belljr]

I don't need it up the whole time.  But when we're sitting on the tarmac or when were about 20 minutes from landing, it's nice to be able to look out the window and gauge how much time you have left until takeoff/landing.  It's also nice to every so often look over and see outside.  Takes my mind off being crammed inside a tuna can with hundreds of people I hate.

ok more on board then!!!!!!!!!

Once airborne I usually leave it down if too sunny and watching vids.  But definitely UP when final approach waiting for take off etc!@!#@!#@

 

[belljr]

Speaking of grass cutting, what is so hard about cutting the edges so that the grass blows back into the lawn? 

I hate people that blast it into the road or on the sidewalk. 

And dont give me the "i use the leaf blower after i am done" crap. Just be smarter cutting and you dont have to worry about it. 

um mine mulches and thats where it ends up when mowing the edge   there is no chute....

 

[parasaurolophus]

My buddy got fined by the borough for blowing a little grass in the street with his mower

I would bet it wasnt just a little grass if he got fined. He probably lets his grass get too long and does it every time. I swear some places it is like they bag it and dump it on the sidewalk. 

 

[parasaurolophus]

um mine mulches and thats where it ends up when moving the edge   there is no chute....

That would put barely any grass on the sidewalk. Unless you do the edge with 3/4 of the mower on the sidewalk. In that case we have identified the problem and now you can stop doing it. 

Or you are turning around on the sidewalk. 

 

[TheIronSheik]

ok more on board then!!!!!!!!!

Once airborne I usually leave it down if too sunny and watching vids.  But definitely UP when final approach waiting for take off etc!@!#@!#@

Yup.  Totally understand the sun shining or watching a video.  The person on Monday I sat next to (completely full flight and since I booked my flight on Saturday, I was lucky enough to have a middle seat) put the window down and then stared at the back of the seat for 90 minutes.  I was reading and had to use my light.  Coming home last night, the lady did the same thing.  Just stared at the blank screen on the seat in front of her.  I felt like I was in a CPU simulation and they didn't have enough computing power to give all the NPC's actions.  I sat next to cyborgs.

 

[Super King]

You could have just ended it here, the rest is just gravy on the pet peeve sandwich.  

I have read somewhere the correct move here would be to just decide and make it happen, without suggesting anything after she asks "i dont know, what do you want".  Women like take charge kind of men.  Apparently.  I dont know.  I dont know what they want.  It changes during the middle of their own sentences.

You know why women want us to decide where/what to do/eat?

So they don't have to end up hating their own decision (which happens like 70-80% of the time). By the man choosing, we become the scapegoat for the "poor decision". 

 

[mr. furley]

My buddy got fined by the borough for blowing a little grass in the street with his mower

local news ran a story on how grass left on sidewalks or roads is "as slippery as glass" for cars/bikes/walkers/runners.

............

 

[jhib]

local news ran a story on how grass left on sidewalks or roads is "as slippery as glass" for cars/bikes/walkers/runners.

............

Now just imagine the grass were black...

 

[parasaurolophus]

local news ran a story on how grass left on sidewalks or roads is "as slippery as glass" for cars/bikes/walkers/runners.

............

Motorcylcists seem to be the big push behind the safety element of this in Wisconsin. But take that with a grain of salt, because plenty of them also think really loud motorcycles, not wearing helmets, and riding on the center line are safer. 

 

[ghostguy123]

local news ran a story on how grass left on sidewalks or roads is "as slippery as glass" for cars/bikes/walkers/runners.

............

I have never walked, run, ridden a bike, or driven a motorcycle on glass before, so is it actually slippery?

 

[mr. furley]

I have never walked, run, ridden a bike, or driven a motorcycle on glass before, so is it actually slippery?

hm, i can see where a motorcycle or bike might get a little slippery if you hit it at just the right angle, at speed & maybe it was either wet or there were a fairly sizable pile of grass to ride over.

running...... no. maybe it would increase the speed at which you fall if you managed to slip on it because you stumbled or something but if you're just running along and someone didn't sweep the walk after mowing... no.

 

[parasaurolophus]

hm, i can see where a motorcycle or bike might get a little slippery if you hit it at just the right angle, at speed & maybe it was either wet or there were a fairly sizable pile of grass to ride over.

running...... no. maybe it would increase the speed at which you fall if you managed to slip on it because you stumbled or something but if you're just running along and someone didn't sweep the walk after mowing... no.

Well if a pit bull ran out in front of you and you tried to stop, you could probably slip.

 

[ghostguy123]

either way, cutting the grass so that you shoot grass all over the road makes the home owners look stupid.  

 

[parasaurolophus]

either way, cutting the grass so that you shoot grass all over the road makes the home owners look stupid.  

it is super inconsiderate. 

 

[belljr]

local news ran a story on how grass left on sidewalks or roads is "as slippery as glass" for cars/bikes/walkers/runners.

............

I don't leave it there but the pet peeve is it should never be there

 

[mr. furley]

I don't leave it there but the pet peeve is it should never be there

you'll get no argument from me

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I don't know where the "life hacks" thing came from, but make it stop.  

 

[parasaurolophus]

You want it up?

I mean I leave it up until airborne (you are supposed to).   

I think maybe you guys are describing different things here. When you say you leave it up until airborne, you actually mean you leave the shade covering the window right? 

I have never seen an airplane window shade that covers the window moving from bottom up. 

I have also never encountered a flight crew ask people to lift the shades on a runway. However almost every time i am in orlando or vegas they ask us to the shade down to help keep the plane cool while we are on the ground. 

 

[grateful zed]

women drivers. 

 

[Jobber]

your wife cuts the grass?  wow mine hasnt touched a lawnmower in her life.  you should feel blessed

Mine either.

”The smell of exhaust and grass makes me nauseous”

 

[El Floppo]

Weekend tourists.

I get that you're not from or live in NYC...but you don't have to act like you've never seen a street or sidewalk before.

 

[Terminalxylem]

I don't need it up the whole time.  But when we're sitting on the tarmac or when were about 20 minutes from landing, it's nice to be able to look out the window and gauge how much time you have left until takeoff/landing.  It's also nice to every so often look over and see outside.  Takes my mind off being crammed inside a tuna can with hundreds of people I hate.

Maybe your seat mate doesn’t want you looking across their personal space, or worse yet, accidentally making eye contact to initiate dreaded in-flight conversation?

Or maybe they like to be surprised when they land?

 

[Terminalxylem]

I don't know where the "life hacks" thing came from, but make it stop.  

I can’t stand that term/concept either. Also dislike use of “shtick” in this forum

 

[El Floppo]

Antischtickite

 

[mr. furley]

Antischtickite

shocked this alias hasn't been taken yet

@antishticktite

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Mine either.

”The smell of exhaust and grass makes me nauseous”

Buy an cordless electric mower.  Buy it for your anniversary.

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

Buy an cordless electric mower.  Buy it for your anniversary.

Back in the 90's, I used one of these for a few seasons, but it got to be a pain in the butt keeping the old blades sharp.

I switched to an electric with a cord. The thing eventually died on me. I have been using a gas mower since. I really need to try one of these newer cordless ones out.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Back in the 90's, I used one of these for a few seasons, but it got to be a pain in the butt keeping the old blades sharp.

I switched to an electric with a cord. The thing eventually died on me. I have been using a gas mower since. I really need to try one of these newer cordless ones out.

We had one for twenty years.  The first one lasted about fifteen years.  When it went, I got a new one on Amazon.  I never thought I would care about a lawn mower, but they were great.  (Black and Decker FYI.)