Can we discuss pet peeves here? (1 Viewer)

[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. 

ran in to a new one on Saturday

there's a park across the street from my house that's essentially the local dog park, sans fences. everyone runs their dogs there. lots of people out for walks, pass through and let theirs off leash to roam & sniff the other dogs, etc.

out Saturday for our daily walk.. mine has a ball she will not drop unless i show her that i'm throwing another ball or handing her a treat. if she has a ball gripped in her mouth, forget it. she's not giving it up. she sniffs other dogs with the ball in her mouth and if they try grabbing at it she just trots off.

never had a single problem with her.

lady across the way is walking a beautiful spaniel. bigger than my dog. hers is on a leash. mine is not. my dog trots off to go greet her dog.  both dogs butts are wagging so hard that they could tip over. all signs say this meet & greet won't be a problem at all.

mine gets within... 30 feet give or take and the lady stops, immediately pulls hard on her dog's leash, orders it to sit and steps in front of her dog. as i'm trailing to catch up to mine and say hello she yells "my dog is a great dog off leash! but she gets scared when she's on her leash!"

uhhh... huh?

my dog keeps trotting on anyways and starts to sniff her dog.. her dog looks totally happy and playful but this lady is jerking at the leash and shouting that it's not safe, that her dog is aggressive when on leash and she thinks i should run over and grab my dog asap.  so i hasten the pace to make her feel better. meanwhile the dogs are flopping around like two idiots, sniffing each other and wagging their tails while this lady continues trying to wrangle her very happy, friendly dog.

i clicked my dog's leash which to her means, turn and come to me. she turned and came right to me. the lady stormed off in a huff, trying to drag her 80+lb dog with her.

lady.. it's you who is the problem. stop being the problem.

 

[General Malaise]

Why do grown--ups refer to their pets as their "fur babies"?  That's so weird.  

 

[El Floppo]

ran in to a new one on Saturday

there's a park across the street from my house that's essentially the local dog park, sans fences. everyone runs their dogs there. lots of people out for walks, pass through and let theirs off leash to roam & sniff the other dogs, etc.

out Saturday for our daily walk.. mine has a ball she will not drop unless i show her that i'm throwing another ball or handing her a treat. if she has a ball gripped in her mouth, forget it. she's not giving it up. she sniffs other dogs with the ball in her mouth and if they try grabbing at it she just trots off.

never had a single problem with her.

lady across the way is walking a beautiful spaniel. bigger than my dog. hers is on a leash. mine is not. my dog trots off to go greet her dog.  both dogs butts are wagging so hard that they could tip over. all signs say this meet & greet won't be a problem at all.

mine gets within... 30 feet give or take and the lady stops, immediately pulls hard on her dog's leash, orders it to sit and steps in front of her dog. as i'm trailing to catch up to mine and say hello she yells "my dog is a great dog off leash! but she gets scared when she's on her leash!"

uhhh... huh?

my dog keeps trotting on anyways and starts to sniff her dog.. her dog looks totally happy and playful but this lady is jerking at the leash and shouting that it's not safe, that her dog is aggressive when on leash and she thinks i should run over and grab my dog asap.  so i hasten the pace to make her feel better. meanwhile the dogs are flopping around like two idiots, sniffing each other and wagging their tails while this lady continues trying to wrangle her very happy, friendly dog.

i clicked my dog's leash which to her means, turn and come to me. she turned and came right to me. the lady stormed off in a huff, trying to drag her 80+lb dog with her.

lady.. it's you who is the problem. stop being the problem.

Huh. She's doing what she can to protect your dog from an unknown danger she seems to know something about...but yeah, #### her.

 

[[scooter]]

Another driving one..... morons who drive in the middle of an unstriped residential street.  Yo, d00sh, there is enough room for cars parked on either side of the street and for cars to go in both directions.  Why are you driving in the middle of the street?  This is a huge annoyance right now.

I give a wide berth because I want to be able to see kids and pets that might run out in front of a parked car.

 

[mr. furley]

Huh. She's doing what she can to protect your dog from an unknown danger she seems to know something about...but yeah, #### her.

i see what you're saying but that dog gave absolutely no indication whatsoever of fear, aggression or concern. and if the dog behaves off leash..... but has a problem on it, then either (1) let the dog off leash or (2) figure out why it's only trouble when on a leash.

my money is on the lady being the problem and not the dog

 

[nirad3]

I give a wide berth because I want to be able to see kids and pets that might run out in front of a parked car.

Being in the middle of the road gives you a better vantage point to see that kind of thing?  I don't think so.  But OK, continue to play chicken and make me swerve.

 

[Christo]

Being in the middle of the road gives you a better vantage point to see that kind of thing?  I don't think so.  But OK, continue to play chicken and make me swerve.

Yes. How fast are you going that causes you to have to swerve?

 

[nirad3]

Yes. How fast are you going that causes you to have to swerve?

At or below the speed limit if it's a residential street.  Usually below.  I'm not sure y'all are understanding.  If someone is driving in the middle of the street, it forces the person coming the other way to have to move/drive way over to the right, where there are typically some cars parked.  Thus forcing said driver to have to slow down to let the person pass before continuing.

Do you walk down the middle of a sidewalk or keep to the right so people can walk the opposing way?

 

[Christo]

At or below the speed limit if it's a residential street.  Usually below.  I'm not sure y'all are understanding.  If someone is driving in the middle of the street, it forces the person coming the other way to have to move/drive way over to the right, where there are typically some cars parked.  Thus forcing said driver to have to slow down to let the person pass before continuing.

Do you walk down the middle of a sidewalk or keep to the right so people can walk the opposing way?

I don't see the comparison. Depending on the size of the sidewalk and where I intend to go, I might walk down the left, right, or middle. If I'm driving down the middle of a residential street with no middle line and a car starts to approach I will move to the right so we can pass each other.

Maybe you should to amend your OP to say drivers who drive down the middle of a residential street who don't move to the right when I am approaching so we can pass each other making me pull to the side and wait for them to pass. I could get onboard with that.

 

[nirad3]

I don't see the comparison. Depending on the size of the sidewalk and where I intend to go, I might walk down the left, right, or middle. If I'm driving down the middle of a residential street with no middle line and a car starts to approach I will move to the right so we can pass each other.

Maybe you should to amend your OP to say drivers who drive down the middle of a residential street who don't move to the right when I am approaching so we can pass each other making me pull to the side and wait for them to pass. I could get onboard with that.

That's exactly what I'm saying.  I thought I was clear in my OP but maybe not.  

 

[[scooter]]

I don't see the comparison. Depending on the size of the sidewalk and where I intend to go, I might walk down the left, right, or middle. If I'm driving down the middle of a residential street with no middle line and a car starts to approach I will move to the right so we can pass each other.

Maybe you should to amend your OP to say drivers who drive down the middle of a residential street who don't move to the right when I am approaching so we can pass each other making me pull to the side and wait for them to pass. I could get onboard with that.

That's exactly what I'm saying.  I thought I was clear in my OP but maybe not.  

I've never encountered a driver who was driving (partly) on the wrong side of the road and refused to move back into his lane. Do you live in some sort of Mad Max postapocalyptic suburb?

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I've never encountered a driver who was driving (partly) on the wrong side of the road and refused to move back into his lane. Do you live in some sort of Mad Max postapocalyptic suburb?

usually it's someone on their gawdamn phone  

 

[The General]

The old school Do Not Disturb door hangers that hang on hotel door handles that slide off every time you leave your room. 

 

[psychobillies]

Why do grown--ups refer to their pets as their "fur babies"?  That's so weird.  

This is how I know that there is no god.  If there was, he would immediately strike down anyone who ever uttered or typed the words fur baby.

 

[belljr]

I thought it meant Vagina...

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I thought it meant Vagina...

Nothing wrong with a pet beaver. 

 

[belljr]

Nothing wrong with a pet beaver. 

May have confused it with fur burger....nm

 

[nirad3]

I've never encountered a driver who was driving (partly) on the wrong side of the road and refused to move back into his lane. Do you live in some sort of Mad Max postapocalyptic suburb?

They seriously treat it like a one-way street and just head right down the middle of the street, yup.  Not a one-time occurrence and happens in not just my tract.  See it everywhere.  Morons.

 

[El Floppo]

I thought it meant Vagina...

What, you mean bottom?

 

[Mr. Mojo]

I was at the gym yesterday and some of the TVs had football on, but the one near me had the friggin' Kardashian show on.

Who the hell watches that garbage???? The answer - some lady riding a stationary bike was chuckling as she watched it.

 

[El Floppo]

They seriously treat it like a one-way street and just head right down the middle of the street, yup.  Not a one-time occurrence and happens in not just my tract.  See it everywhere.  Morons.

Where I grew up was really hilly, with lots of blind corners and windy roads and limited garage parking.

When driving during the day (when you couldn't see headlights coming around corners) you knew to go slow and yield to oncoming traffic if there was on-street parking on your side that narrowed the road to single traffic spacing. Morons couldn't piece that together, and would swerve into oncoming traffic making one of you have to back up. I'd be happy to sit there indefinitely until they made room.

 

[El Floppo]

They seriously treat it like a one-way street and just head right down the middle of the street, yup.  Not a one-time occurrence and happens in not just my tract.  See it everywhere.  Morons.

Where I grew up was really hilly, with lots of blind corners and windy roads and limited garage parking.

When driving during the day (when you couldn't see headlights coming around corners) you knew to go slow and yield to oncoming traffic if there was on-street parking on your side that narrowed the road to single traffic spacing. Morons couldn't piece that together, and would swerve into oncoming traffic making one of you have to back up. I'd be happy to sit there indefinitely until they made room.

 

[jhib]

Huh. She's doing what she can to protect your dog from an unknown danger she seems to know something about...but yeah, #### her.

Yeah, I usually find myself on the flip side of Furley's peeve. I get really annoyed when I'm walking/running with my dog in an area where dogs are supposed to be leashed (which is everywhere other than the one fenced-in dog park in town) and someone lets their unleashed dog come run over. Yeah, my dog isn't going to hurt yours, but she is a pretty aggressive player and I'd rather not deal with it when I'm not there for doggie socialization time.

Of course, I'd just avoid a park that was typically used as an off-leash area, but maybe the lady wasn't aware of that and wasn't comfortable having her dog unleashed without fencing.

 

[parasaurolophus]

Yeah, I usually find myself on the flip side of Furley's peeve. I get really annoyed when I'm walking/running with my dog in an area where dogs are supposed to be leashed (which is everywhere other than the one fenced-in dog park in town) and someone lets their unleashed dog come run over. Yeah, my dog isn't going to hurt yours, but she is a pretty aggressive player and I'd rather not deal with it when I'm not there for doggie socialization time.

Of course, I'd just avoid a park that was typically used as an off-leash area, but maybe the lady wasn't aware of that and wasn't comfortable having her dog unleashed without fencing.

One dog off leash and one dog on is a bad combination. 

Woman is probably typing on her board how annoying it is when dogs run at her and her dog when she is just trying to get somewhere quick and then she gets all tangled up because some mook (probably with a leash around their neck) couldnt be bothered to heel their dog.

 

[dino259]

Merging.  Traffic would be better if people learned to merge.  Have some patience.  More of an in town highway so the merge lanes are longer along side the highway.  Not your typical on/off ramp.  If people would give themselves time to get up to speed and align with an opening in traffic it would not slow down traffic as much.  To go along with that, if people would allow those to merge it would also help.  Everyone is trying to get some where.  Not a big difference if you are ahead or behind 1 car.

 

[Christo]

Merging.  Traffic would be better if people learned to merge.  Have some patience.  More of an in town highway so the merge lanes are longer along side the highway.  Not your typical on/off ramp.  If people would give themselves time to get up to speed and align with an opening in traffic it would not slow down traffic as much.  To go along with that, if people would allow those to merge it would also help.  Everyone is trying to get some where.  Not a big difference if you are ahead or behind 1 car.

You must be kidding. I have places to go!

 

[dino259]

You must be kidding. I have places to go!

I know.  And that time you let that car in front of you is the time they drive 50 in a 55 and let every other car in front of them. 

 

[EYLive]

The very idea of No Nut November is stupid as hell. Even more ###### are the sheep that perpetuate this idiotic thing.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

The very idea of No Nut November is stupid as hell. Even more ###### are the sheep that perpetuate this idiotic thing.

People are stupid, nothing new here.

 

[El Floppo]

The very idea of No Nut November is stupid as hell. Even more ###### are the sheep that perpetuate this idiotic thing.

So you're in the all nuts camp, eh?

 

[belljr]

Acorns are cool though, right?

 

[ChiefD]

The very idea of No Nut November is stupid as hell. Even more ###### are the sheep that perpetuate this idiotic thing.

They can pry my nuts from my cold dead hands.

 

[DallasDMac]

I have no idea WTF you people are talking about... and I'm ok with that.

 

[shuke]

The very idea of No Nut November is stupid as hell. Even more ###### are the sheep that perpetuate this idiotic thing.

What are the alleged benefits?

 

[mr. furley]

What are the alleged benefits?

learning Portuguese?

 

[bigmarc27]

This is probably more than just a pet peeve, but I’m sick of companies always trying to scam people. I’ve got a 6 ft tall wooden fence for the entire backyard with a padlock on the gate (don’t want kids leaving it open to where the dogs could run out), I’ve got nest cameras, and I work from home. With all this, I’ve still gone through 3 yard companies in the past couple of years because they claim the sprayed for weeds or whatever when they very obviously didn’t. I watched the Orkin guy come out, fill out an “I sprayed the yard sign,” pop it in the ground and leave. When I called to complain they had the nerve to tell me not only did they spray, but that they did the backyard as well.  He didn’t have much to say when I mentioned the padlock and the cameras. It’s infuriating. 

 

[belljr]

What are the alleged benefits?

Elephants eat better

 

[supermike80]

If you display a neon "open" sign in your business's window, please turn it off when you are in fact not open.

 

[TheIronSheik]

If you display a neon "open" sign in your business's window, please turn it off when you are in fact not open.

I was literally going to put this in here about a week or two ago.  But then I thought, "I'm not sure it's really a pet peeve.  More just blows my mind."

On my way to work everyday, I pass about 20 stores with one of these signs lit that is clearly not open.  

 

[supermike80]

I was literally going to put this in here about a week or two ago.  But then I thought, "I'm not sure it's really a pet peeve.  More just blows my mind."

On my way to work everyday, I pass about 20 stores with one of these signs lit that is clearly not open.  

One little restaurant I drive by has THREE open signs...all flashing.at 6:30AM..and not open

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I was literally going to put this in here about a week or two ago.  But then I thought, "I'm not sure it's really a pet peeve.  More just blows my mind."

On my way to work everyday, I pass about 20 stores with one of these signs lit that is clearly not open.  

Oh, it's a peeve all right.  Also the reverse- the places that are open and don't bother to turn on the sign.  With the window tint, I can't tell if I should bother or not.

 

[Keerock]

People think I'm patronizing (that means I treat them as if they're stupid)

 

[TheIronSheik]

One little restaurant I drive by has THREE open signs...all flashing.at 6:30AM..and not open

I was only on the fence (for me anyway) with it being a pet peeve because I wasn't actually trying to shop or do business with those stores.  And I thought, maybe that's just me being a cranky old man.    But, now that I think about it, the fact I think about it everyday on my ride to work must show that it's been bothering me enough to be a pet peeve.  Or at least a feral peeve. 

 

[supermike80]

I was only on the fence (for me anyway) with it being a pet peeve because I wasn't actually trying to shop or do business with those stores.  And I thought, maybe that's just me being a cranky old man.    But, now that I think about it, the fact I think about it everyday on my ride to work must show that it's been bothering me enough to be a pet peeve.  Or at least a feral peeve. 

It's a peeve because I remember labor day...granted a holiday I get that....But I wanted a haircut..thought maybe the places might be open....Drove to one, not easy to get to (I live in Michigan...any left turn requires a serious time commitment) saw the open sign..Cool...Did my Michigan lefts...pulled in to the lot...Closed.

Said OK.. know another one( it's a chain)...Off I go.....More Michigan lefts once I saw the open sign wonderfully illuminated.   Closed.

That is when it became a peeve.

 

[mr. furley]

 (I live in Michigan...any left turn requires a serious time commitment)

because i only have to deal with it a couple days a year it's not so much a pet peeve as it is a curiosity for me

but i have to ask WHY DOES MICHIGAN DO THIS??????????????????????????????????

i need to turn left. why do i have to first turn right, proceed to a u-turn only (no left turn possible, so you can't say pull in to a business parking lot... to do that you have to drive to the next u-turn lane and backtrack) lane with stoplight lane and wait for traffic coming from the opposite direction (that does not have a stoplight to allow u-turners in) to clear???

particularly when i'm facing north and need to turn left... and south facing traffic can only turn left. WHY??????  there's literally no reason we both can't turn left at the same time. WHY???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

 

[Keerock]

 (I live in Michigan...any left turn requires a serious time commitment)

because i only have to deal with it a couple days a year it's not so much a pet peeve as it is a curiosity for me

but i have to ask WHY DOES MICHIGAN DO THIS??????????????????????????????????

i need to turn left. why do i have to first turn right, proceed to a u-turn only (no left turn possible, so you can't say pull in to a business parking lot... to do that you have to drive to the next u-turn lane and backtrack) lane with stoplight lane and wait for traffic coming from the opposite direction (that does not have a stoplight to allow u-turners in) to clear???

particularly when i'm facing north and need to turn left... and south facing traffic can only turn left. WHY??????  there's literally no reason we both can't turn left at the same time. WHY???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

I've lived in Michigan practically my whole driving life, so it's the norm for me.  Here's the "reasoning" behind it.  Better than roundabouts and SPUIs as far as new-fangled engineered traffic solutions IMO. 

This type of intersection configuration, as with any engineered solution to a traffic problem, carries with it certain advantages and disadvantages and has been subject to several studies.

Studies have shown a major reduction in left-turn collisions and a minor reduction in merging and diverging collisions, due to the shifting of left turns outside the main intersection. In addition, it reduces the number of different traffic light phases, significantly increasing traffic flow. Because separate phases are no longer needed for left turns, this increases green time for through traffic. The effect on turning traffic is mixed. Consequently, the timing of traffic signals along a highway featuring the design is made easier by the elimination of left-turn phases both on that highway and along intersecting roadways contributing to the reduction of travel times and the increased capacity of those roadways.[1]

It has been shown to enhance safety to pedestrians crossing either street at an intersection featuring the design since they only encounter through traffic and vehicles making right turns. The left-turning movement, having been eliminated, removes one source of potential vehicle-pedestrian conflict.[1] One minor disadvantage of the Michigan left is the extra distance required for the motorist to drive. Sometimes the distance to the turnaround is as far away as 1⁄4 mile (400 m) past the intersection. This design leads to each motorist driving an additional 1⁄2 mile (800 m) to make a left turn. It also results in left-turning vehicles having to stop up to three times in the execution of the turn.

 

[supermike80]

because i only have to deal with it a couple days a year it's not so much a pet peeve as it is a curiosity for me

but i have to ask WHY DOES MICHIGAN DO THIS??????????????????????????????????

i need to turn left. why do i have to first turn right, proceed to a u-turn only (no left turn possible, so you can't say pull in to a business parking lot... to do that you have to drive to the next u-turn lane and backtrack) lane with stoplight lane and wait for traffic coming from the opposite direction (that does not have a stoplight to allow u-turners in) to clear???

particularly when i'm facing north and need to turn left... and south facing traffic can only turn left. WHY??????  there's literally no reason we both can't turn left at the same time. WHY???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

A buddy of mine said this was done because its safer---whatever.   It would be marginally more tolerable if it was consistent..but it isn't.  You really never know if you will have to turn right in order to cross the entire lane of traffic to get in the left turn lane so you can hit the Michigan left.

OR

If you will have to continue through the intersection, hit the turn lane, then turn right when you get to the intersection.

OR

Some of them just have regular old left turns.   

 

[jhib]

NJ jughandles >>> MI lefts

But yeah, the inconsistency is a pain with those, too.

 

[mr. furley]

I've lived in Michigan practically my whole driving life, so it's the norm for me.  Here's the "reasoning" behind it.  Better than roundabouts and SPUIs as far as new-fangled engineered traffic solutions IMO. 

This type of intersection configuration, as with any engineered solution to a traffic problem, carries with it certain advantages and disadvantages and has been subject to several studies.

Studies have shown a major reduction in left-turn collisions and a minor reduction in merging and diverging collisions, due to the shifting of left turns outside the main intersection. In addition, it reduces the number of different traffic light phases, significantly increasing traffic flow. Because separate phases are no longer needed for left turns, this increases green time for through traffic. The effect on turning traffic is mixed. Consequently, the timing of traffic signals along a highway featuring the design is made easier by the elimination of left-turn phases both on that highway and along intersecting roadways contributing to the reduction of travel times and the increased capacity of those roadways.[1]

It has been shown to enhance safety to pedestrians crossing either street at an intersection featuring the design since they only encounter through traffic and vehicles making right turns. The left-turning movement, having been eliminated, removes one source of potential vehicle-pedestrian conflict.[1] One minor disadvantage of the Michigan left is the extra distance required for the motorist to drive. Sometimes the distance to the turnaround is as far away as 1⁄4 mile (400 m) past the intersection. This design leads to each motorist driving an additional 1⁄2 mile (800 m) to make a left turn. It also results in left-turning vehicles having to stop up to three times in the execution of the turn.

 

 

[mr. furley]

A buddy of mine said this was done because its safer---whatever.   It would be marginally more tolerable if it was consistent..but it isn't.  You really never know if you will have to turn right in order to cross the entire lane of traffic to get in the left turn lane so you can hit the Michigan left.

OR

If you will have to continue through the intersection, hit the turn lane, then turn right when you get to the intersection.

OR

Some of them just have regular old left turns.   

encountered this for the first time in Holland a couple years ago on Felch Rd. 

the lights, the signs, the need to turn right and then execute a u-turn.  thought for sure i was getting pulled over.  none of it made sense. 

@Keerock's post helps it make logical sense but still.. it's a cluster to troubleshoot the first few times.