Can we discuss pet peeves here? (12 Viewers)

[arrow1]

I might get killed for this but Halloween.  Not for kids but adults.  Yeah I'll dress up (somewhat reluctantly) to go to a party but I'm 48 years old.  I'm not going to dress up to go to work.  I work in a small office (22 employees) and it's already a buzz on what people are dressing up as this year. 

This is the old man coming out in me.  Loved Halloween in my younger single days but now not so much.

  I dislike Halloween immensely

 

[Bull Dozier]

I might get killed for this but Halloween.  Not for kids but adults.  Yeah I'll dress up (somewhat reluctantly) to go to a party but I'm 48 years old.  I'm not going to dress up to go to work.  I work in a small office (22 employees) and it's already a buzz on what people are dressing up as this year. 

This is the old man coming out in me.  Loved Halloween in my younger single days but now not so much.

I work for a large financial institution, corporate office setting so no person to person customer contact.  I'm still shocked as the number of people (99% women) who show up to work on Halloween in costume.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

It's the usual problem of adults stealing away what should be more of a kids holiday. See Christmas.

 

[jhib]

I might get killed for this but Halloween.  Not for kids but adults.  Yeah I'll dress up (somewhat reluctantly) to go to a party but I'm 48 years old.  I'm not going to dress up to go to work.  I work in a small office (22 employees) and it's already a buzz on what people are dressing up as this year. 

This is the old man coming out in me.  Loved Halloween in my younger single days but now not so much.

I'm fine with it if everybody is all in. Or if no one is into it at all. 

Unfortunately, that's seldom the case. Instead, you end up feeling stupid and judged for being one of the few that dresses up or left out and judged for being one that doesn't. 

 

[DallasDMac]

I'm fine with it if everybody is all in. Or if no one is into it at all. 

Unfortunately, that's seldom the case. Instead, you end up feeling stupid and judged for being one of the few that dresses up or left out and judged for being one that doesn't. 

Don't worry. As you age, you'll reach a point where you frankly don't give a #### what others think. It's a rather blissful time.

 

[Christo]

Is it bad when the grandparents of your child don’t even know how old their granchild is going to be for an upcoming birthday?

I couldn't tell you off the top of my head exactly when any of my neices or nephews were born. 

 

[Christo]

I don't know how old I am most days

Ignorance is bliss.

 

[Christo]

People who do U-turns in the middle of a busy road because they missed a turn.  Instead of just pulling into a side road and turning around that way, let's stop traffic in both directions because nobody else's time matters.

Yes! Happened right in front of me going to work this morning. The jagoff made like a seven point turn.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I don't know what years my parents were born?

I'm not even sure on the months tbh

Mr R's family seemed to think knowing everyone's ages was a sport.  I freaked out my MIL when I had no idea how old my parents were.

I did know when their birthdays were, though.

 

[[scooter]]

I might get killed for this but Halloween.  Not for kids but adults.  Yeah I'll dress up (somewhat reluctantly) to go to a party but I'm 48 years old.  I'm not going to dress up to go to work.  I work in a small office (22 employees) and it's already a buzz on what people are dressing up as this year. 

This is the old man coming out in me.  Loved Halloween in my younger single days but now not so much.

I solved this problem by dressing as a golfer every year. It's the same as my daily attire but with the addition of a visor.

 

[Zegras11]

I might get killed for this but Halloween.  Not for kids but adults.  Yeah I'll dress up (somewhat reluctantly) to go to a party but I'm 48 years old.  I'm not going to dress up to go to work.  I work in a small office (22 employees) and it's already a buzz on what people are dressing up as this year. 

This is the old man coming out in me.  Loved Halloween in my younger single days but now not so much.

tie a sauce pan around your belt and go as Peter Pan.  I did it one year when I didn't want to dress up.

 

[parasaurolophus]

I solved this problem by dressing as a golfer every year. It's the same as my daily attire but with the addition of a visor.

I am always clark kent or hal jordan. 

 

[DallasDMac]

tie a sauce pan around your belt and go as Peter Pan.  I did it one year when I didn't want to dress up.

I use a potato and go as a dictator.

 

[belljr]

I solved this problem by dressing as a golfer every year. It's the same as my daily attire but with the addition of a visor.

lol -my SiL is huge into Halloween. They have a big blowout party every year etc etc.  I HATE IT.

There are probably 4 years in a row with a picture of my wife and me. I'm  wearing my hockey gear with "a black eye and missing teeth"

 

[IvanKaramazov]

I work for a large financial institution, corporate office setting so no person to person customer contact.  I'm still shocked as the number of people (99% women) who show up to work on Halloween in costume.

I don't know.  I see great potential here for costumes such as Slutty Auditor, Slutty Financial Adviser, Slutty HR Manager, etc.

 

[TheIronSheik]

I use a potato and go as a dictator.

Go shirtless.  When people ask what you are, say, "I'm a premature ejaculation."  When they looked confused, say, "I just came in my pants."

 

[Bull Dozier]

I don't know.  I see great potential here for costumes such as Slutty Auditor, Slutty Financial Adviser, Slutty HR Manager, etc.

Not enough slutty, and too many frumpy dalmatians.

 

[parasaurolophus]

Go shirtless.  When people ask what you are, say, "I'm a premature ejaculation."  When they looked confused, say, "I just came in my pants."

According to my dad i dont even need to go shirtless. Its just what i am.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I solved this problem by dressing as a golfer every year. It's the same as my daily attire but with the addition of a visor.

This also works if you want to change things up and go as Steve Spurrier.

 

[El Floppo]

Go shirtless.  When people ask what you are, say, "I'm a premature ejaculation."  When they looked confused, say, "I just came in my pants."

Had a friend go to a "come as your favorite emotion" Halloween party dressed in all black with the largest pear he could find attached to the front of his pants. When asked, he'd tell people "I'm ####### despair"

 

[Leroy Hoard]

These last few remind me of a couple that shared one set of army fatigues. One wore the top and the other the pants. 

They were going as an upper and lower G.I.

 

[psychobillies]

Right!  Or when they try to stop in the left lane of that same highway because they just realized that's their exit. 

related

 

[Zegras11]

I use a potato and go as a dictator.

Do both and go as Peter Pan, the dictator. 

 

[EYLive]

I'm about to wear the same Spiderman onesie I got for Christmas for the 4th year in a row. Not a fan of Halloween.

 

[Scoresman]

I work at an airport so this has been bugging me lately but why on earth do people not walk on those moving sidewalk things? I know it's a cliched Jerry Seinfeld bit, but it's a real thing.  People just stand on them like idiots.  They're meant to speed up the walking between long distances, but that only works if you walk on it you ####### idiots.  

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I work at an airport so this has been bugging me lately but why on earth do people not walk on those moving sidewalk things? I know it's a cliched Jerry Seinfeld bit, but it's a real thing.  People just stand on them like idiots.  They're meant to speed up the walking between long distances, but that only works if you walk on it you ####### idiots.  

They may feel unsteady on a moving surface.  Not everyone is comfortable that way.

 

[Scoresman]

They may feel unsteady on a moving surface.  Not everyone is comfortable that way.

Ok, then they can bypass the moving walkway altogether.  It's optional. Just standing on one is slower than normal walking pace.  

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Ok, then they can bypass the moving walkway altogether.  It's optional. Just standing on one is slower than normal walking pace.  

But you can also get somewhere while resting a bit.  Some airports are just too poorly designed not to take the opportunity.

 

[parasaurolophus]

But you can also get somewhere while resting a bit.  Some airports are just too poorly designed not to take the opportunity.

So stand to the right. 

 

[Scoresman]

But you can also get somewhere while resting a bit.  Some airports are just too poorly designed not to take the opportunity.

You don't understand.  People need to GET OUT OF MY WAY.

 

[Scoresman]

So stand to the right. 

Oh they do.  The problem is they block the left side with their fat ### suitcase that's wrapped in saran wrap.  

 

[Leroy Hoard]

If God meant for us to walk he would not have invented moving walkways.

 

[Christo]

I work at an airport so this has been bugging me lately but why on earth do people not walk on those moving sidewalk things? I know it's a cliched Jerry Seinfeld bit, but it's a real thing.  People just stand on them like idiots.  They're meant to speed up the walking between long distances, but that only works if you walk on it you ####### idiots.  

Or, they're to make it easier for people who have been traveling long distances and carrying heavy luggage to get from place to place.

 

[parasaurolophus]

Oh they do.  The problem is they block the left side with their fat ### suitcase that's wrapped in saran wrap.  

When people stand to the right it isnt hard to get by them. It is the groups of idiots that stand double wide that are the absolute worst. Sometimes fatties block the whole thing and they should definitely be walking. 

 

[Christo]

So stand to the right. 

Okay, this is a legitimate gripe. But it wasn't @Scoresman's point. In his world, they are just there to move people faster and, therefore, you are required to walk.

 

[parasaurolophus]

Or, they're to make it easier for people who have been traveling long distances and carrying heavy luggage to get from place to place easier.

They aint called moving standways.

 

[Christo]

They aint called moving standways.

Why do we park on a driveway and drive on a parkway?

Something to ponder.

 

[Scoresman]

Okay, this is a legitimate gripe. But it wasn't @Scoresman's point. In his world, they are just there to move people faster and, therefore, you are required to walk.

They ARE there to move people faster but it doesn't work if they don't walk.  If you want to rest, there's a bench right over there.  

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Ok, then they can bypass the moving walkway altogether.  It's optional. Just standing on one is slower than normal walking pace.  

I like jumping on one and walking as fast as I can.   I feel like the six million dollar man.

 

[DallasDMac]

Do both and go as Peter Pan, the dictator. 

And I could have fried potatoes afterwards. Win/win.

 

[Christo]

I like jumping on one and walking as fast as I can.   I feel like the six million dollar man.

So do I. But that doesn't mean the standers are using them "wrong."

 

[Christo]

They ARE there to move people faster but it doesn't work if they don't walk.  If you want to rest, there's a bench right over there.  

Link?

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I'm just happy my local mall finally got all 6 beltways working.  Now I always have that option of turning around and doing the frozen moon walk.

 

[belljr]

Inside one of the busiest concourses at O'Hare International Airport, the recorded announcement cautioning travelers that "the moving walkway is now ending'' means what it says.

United Airlines has started to remove all eight moving walkway belts in Concourse C of Terminal 1 at O'Hare. The airline says the equipment, originally installed more than 20 years ago as a convenience for tired, bag-toting passengers, now just gets in the way.

The moving sidewalks, officially called "travelators'' in the airport trade, provide a resting spot for some travelers who while catching their breath can still be on the move. And they're a tool to help more energetic (or late) passengers reach their gates faster.

But there are downsides too. Individuals who do not follow walkway etiquette — walk left, stand right — create traffic jams. And every year hundreds of walkway users at U.S. airports get hurt taking tumbles, according to safety authorities. Meanwhile, children can't seem to resist the temptation to behave like the walkways are an amusement park ride.

Fight!!!

 

[Christo]

Inside one of the busiest concourses at O'Hare International Airport, the recorded announcement cautioning travelers that "the moving walkway is now ending'' means what it says.

United Airlines has started to remove all eight moving walkway belts in Concourse C of Terminal 1 at O'Hare. The airline says the equipment, originally installed more than 20 years ago as a convenience for tired, bag-toting passengers, now just gets in the way.

Fight!!!

20 years ago a lot of people were still carrying their bags. Now every bag rolls.

Which leads us back to another pet peeve I'm sure's been discussed in here: every GD person bringing bags onto the plane that should be checked.   

 

[mr. furley]

owners of small or toy dogs that pick them up

STOP IT

the reason they snarl, bark and shiver is that they aren't socialized because you're picking them up. let the ####ing dog socialize with other dogs and it will be fine. dogs figure it out on their own.

my medium sized terrier with a ball in its mouth, shaking her tail so hard that her entire back half is wiggling is not a threat to your 2 lb toy pomeranian. your dog was wagging its tail, bouncing around and looking excited until you scooped it up in a panic, started backing up and whining about the dog needing to calm down.

it wasn't until the dog was clutched to your chest, with your voice cracking in fear that your dog started snarling, barking and flipping out. YOU MADE THE DOG THIS WAY. 

 

[In The Zone]

This also works if you want to change things up and go as Steve Spurrier.

Guilty as charged. 

 

[TheIronSheik]

I work at an airport so this has been bugging me lately but why on earth do people not walk on those moving sidewalk things? I know it's a cliched Jerry Seinfeld bit, but it's a real thing.  People just stand on them like idiots.  They're meant to speed up the walking between long distances, but that only works if you walk on it you ####### idiots.  

Big Tex? 

 

[TheIronSheik]

And I could have fried potatoes afterwards. Win/win.

That's good.  But ideally we want a solution that's a win-win-win.  

 

[kutta]

20 years ago a lot of people were still carrying their bags. Now every bag rolls.

Which leads us back to another pet peeve I'm sure's been discussed in here: every GD person bringing bags onto the plane that should be checked.   

Wait. Why do we have to check bags when we can carry them on? I never check bags.