Can we discuss pet peeves here? (6 Viewers)

[Andy Dufresne]

This isn't even close to the same thing.....

Yes it is.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Bathrooms that have automatic water/soap dispensers that not only don't work but have doors requiring you to pull back to open, thus getting germs on you anyway.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Bathrooms that have automatic water/soap dispensers that not only don't work but have doors requiring you to pull back to open, thus getting germs on you anyway.

Automatic soap/water/paper towel dispensers that have no instructions on them how to work.  Nothing like looking like a crazy psycho waving your hands in front, over top, underneath, trying to find that sweet spot that will produce a fish biscuit.

I feel like a kid in high school again the first night with a girl trying to turn it on.

 

[mr. furley]

When the designated napkin dispenser filling person puts the napkins in backwards.  So instead of being able to take one at a time, you either have to break into the dispenser(which is harder than breaking into a vault at times) or squeeze your fingers down on the top napkin, forcing you to pull out like 10 at one time.

It can't be that hard to fill these things  yet I see this too often to not mention it.

or when they jam it so full that you can't pull one or two out without ripping the thing to shreds trying to get a grip

 

[mr. furley]

Automatic soap/water/paper towel dispensers that have no instructions on them how to work.  Nothing like looking like a crazy psycho waving your hands in front, over top, underneath, trying to find that sweet spot that will produce a fish biscuit.

I feel like a kid in high school again the first night with a girl trying to turn it on.

a fish biscuit?

 

[TheIronSheik]

a fish biscuit?

Did you not watch Lost? 

 

[mr. furley]

Did you not watch Lost? 

saw the first... 2 minutes of the very first episode and not a second more after that.

 

[Bull Dozier]

Automatic soap/water/paper towel dispensers that have no instructions on them how to work.  Nothing like looking like a crazy psycho waving your hands in front, over top, underneath, trying to find that sweet spot that will produce a fish biscuit.

I feel like a kid in high school again the first night with a girl trying to turn it on.

Have the exact opposite problem with exactly one faucet at work.  Stupid thing detects an ants movement at 50 yards, so if you are in the vacinity of the sink it is shooting soap out.

The other stupid thing is automatic soap dispensers combined with non automatic faucets.  If you are saving me from touching the soap, why don't you save me from touching the faucet?

 

[TheIronSheik]

saw the first... 2 minutes of the very first episode and not a second more after that.

Hmmm...  Ok.  Interesting.  I'm going to need some time to rethink our iFriendship, GB.  That was like a gut punch I wasn't quite ready for.

 

[nirad3]

saw the first... 2 minutes of the very first episode and not a second more after that.

Exactly 2 minutes more than I've seen.  

 

[belljr]

Bathrooms that have automatic water/soap dispensers that not only don't work but have doors requiring you to pull back to open, thus getting germs on you anyway.

Automatic dispensers are not to prevent germs....    

 

[TheIronSheik]

Hmmm...  Ok.  Interesting.  I'm going to need some time to rethink our iFriendship, GB.  That was like a gut punch I wasn't quite ready for.

With the way I'm losing iFriends left and right over in the baseball thread, I've decided to not do anything drastic with this new knowledge, GB.

 

[mr. furley]

With the way I'm losing iFriends left and right over in the baseball thread, I've decided to not do anything drastic with this new knowledge, GB.

i think we can make it work

 

[TheIronSheik]

i think we can make it work

This is why I love you.  You accept me for my flaws, GB.  

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Automatic dispensers are not to prevent germs....    

I stand corrected. They are there to piss people off.

 

[TheIronSheik]

I stand corrected. They are there to piss people off.

M I S S I O N   A C C O M P L I S H E D !

 

[EYLive]

People posting pictures/videos of their friendsgiving gathering. If I wasn't invited, then I don't care. If I was invited, I don't need to see pictures of something I attended. They're all the same.

 

[DallasDMac]

People posting pictures/videos of their friendsgiving gathering. If I wasn't invited, then I don't care. If I was invited, I don't need to see pictures of something I attended. They're all the same.

People who use friendsgiving. Seriously,  makes me stabby.

 

[Osaurus]

Most, if not all, LEED certified buildings 

 

[belljr]

WTF is friendsgiving?

I want to punch myself for typing it

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

WTF is friendsgiving?

I want to punch myself for typing it

It's part of the War on Turkey Day.

 

[belljr]

I honestly dont know what it is...

Is it Thanksgiving?  Gift exchange?

 

[TheIronSheik]

People who park next to other cars in empty parking lots.  My wife does this and it bothers me so much.  I mean, other people do, too.  Not just her. 

But I'll park in a huge, empty parking lot and when I come out to my car there will be two more cars (three total) parked and they are on both sides of me.  My wife will do it and I'll say, "Why'd you park next to that car?" And she'll say, "It was the closest spot."  Like an extra spot is going to really add to that hike?  

I have dings all over my car doors because people are too lazy to walk an extra parking spot.  And yes, I've said called my wife lazy, too.  I mean, not to her face.  Or where she could hear me.  But it's been screamed into a pillow by the avatar of me in my brain.  

 

[El Floppo]

I honestly dont know what it is...

Is it Thanksgiving?  Gift exchange?

I'm guessing here... But I assume it's people who are opting out of typical family drama and just want to spend it with their friends. Typing that out, it kind of makes sense...so I'll have to assume the real reason is much more idiotic.

 

[El Floppo]

People who park next to other cars in empty parking lots.  My wife does this and it bothers me so much.  I mean, other people do, too.  Not just her. 

But I'll park in a huge, empty parking lot and when I come out to my car there will be two more cars (three total) parked and they are on both sides of me.  My wife will do it and I'll say, "Why'd you park next to that car?" And she'll say, "It was the closest spot."  Like an extra spot is going to really add to that hike?  

I have dings all over my car doors because people are too lazy to walk an extra parking spot.  And yes, I've said called my wife lazy, too.  I mean, not to her face.  Or where she could hear me.  But it's been screamed into a pillow by the avatar of me in my brain.  

People do this at beaches too...mostly empty beach and you have to park your chairs and idiotic boombox 3' from my family?

 

[belljr]

I'm guessing here... But I assume it's people who are opting out of typical family drama and just want to spend it with their friends. Typing that out, it kind of makes sense...so I'll have to assume the real reason is much more idiotic.

so still Thanksgiving

it doesnt matter who its with

 

[TheIronSheik]

People do this at beaches too...mostly empty beach and you have to park your chairs and idiotic boombox 3' from my family?

Everywhere.  And the best is the guy (who am I kidding, it's a woman) who can't park within the lines so there are 2 cars in the parking lot and her car is 4 inches away from my driver side.

 

[TheIronSheik]

so still Thanksgiving

it doesnt matter who its with

Yeah, I don't get this.  Who are they rebelling against?  

 

[El Floppo]

so still Thanksgiving

it doesnt matter who its with

Maybe the catch is they do it on a different day. 

 

[belljr]

People who park next to other cars in empty parking lots.  My wife does this and it bothers me so much.  I mean, other people do, too.  Not just her. 

But I'll park in a huge, empty parking lot and when I come out to my car there will be two more cars (three total) parked and they are on both sides of me.  My wife will do it and I'll say, "Why'd you park next to that car?" And she'll say, "It was the closest spot."  Like an extra spot is going to really add to that hike?  

I have dings all over my car doors because people are too lazy to walk an extra parking spot.  And yes, I've said called my wife lazy, too.  I mean, not to her face.  Or where she could hear me.  But it's been screamed into a pillow by the avatar of me in my brain.  

why dont you park further away....

 

[belljr]

Maybe the catch is they do it on a different day. 

We do Christmas or  Friendsmas on multiple days so GET OFF MY LAWN!@#!@#

 

[TheIronSheik]

why dont you park further away....

At work, it's a three story building.  And it's only about 2/3 full.  So the parking lot is pretty much empty except near the entries.  I park on the side of the building.  Furthest part possible.  I do it mainly because I like to force myself to walk as much as possible.  No matter where I park, someone will always park next to me.  Not always the same car.  I don't understand it.  

 

[TheIronSheik]

We do Christmas or  Friendsmas on multiple days so GET OFF MY LAWN!@#!@#

This reminds me:  Happy Chinese New Friendsyear!  I almost forgot it was today.

 

[Osaurus]

So it’s Chrisgiving?

 

[mr. furley]

I'm guessing here... But I assume it's people who are opting out of typical family drama and just want to spend it with their friends. Typing that out, it kind of makes sense...so I'll have to assume the real reason is much more idiotic.

this but usually by people who either have no family or whose families live very far away & they can't get off work to travel there and back for one day.

at least that's how i've understood but i'm an idiot so who knows

 

[Leroy Hoard]

It's part of the War on Turkey Day.

Soon instead of the photo op where the Prez spares a lucky turkey,  plans are to stab one to death on The White House lawn.

 

[belljr]

I don't have any family living closer than 3000 miles away. Neither do many of my friends. So instead of just sitting alone on Thanksgiving, we get together and have our own party.

We call it "Orphan Thanksgiving" though. It's not a family holiday for us, it's a friends holiday.

SO Thanksgiving 

There's no rules that say Thanksgiving is spent with family ...

 

[TheIronSheik]

SO Thanksgiving 

Yes.  I'm missing the part where "Thanksgiving" implies "family only." 

 

[belljr]

Another traffic one that kills me is people who are slaves to whatever the GPS says to do but don't think ahead or think about what they're doing in traffic.

For example, if there's a left turn coming up and a left turn lane, with a red arrow and traffic stopped and backed up, but they're not in the lane yet. Then they realize they need to move over, so, they stop in the center lane and signal that they want to move over and get in the turn lane. Well, it's going to be a full traffic light cycle before a spot opens up, and now they're blocking a full lane of traffic that has a green light because they "have to" get over.

Just continue straight and make a U-turn, idiot.

Or, "I missed my exit on the freeway, i'm going to stop and then reverse against 55mph traffic and back on to the exit ramp." Instead of just driving to the next exit a mile down the road, which ends up taking you to the same place. Yes, I have seen this happen.

GPS will reroute you, morons. Just go straight and wait 10 seconds for it to catch up. There's more than one path you can take.

What if the next exit is 42 miles .... asking for a friend

 

[TheIronSheik]

Another traffic one that kills me is people who are slaves to whatever the GPS says to do but don't think ahead or think about what they're doing in traffic.

For example, if there's a left turn coming up and a left turn lane, with a red arrow and traffic stopped and backed up, but they're not in the lane yet. Then they realize they need to move over, so, they stop in the center lane and signal that they want to move over and get in the turn lane. Well, it's going to be a full traffic light cycle before a spot opens up, and now they're blocking a full lane of traffic that has a green light because they "have to" get over.

Just continue straight and make a U-turn, idiot.

Or, "I missed my exit on the freeway, i'm going to stop and then reverse against 55mph traffic and back on to the exit ramp." Instead of just driving to the next exit a mile down the road, which ends up taking you to the same place. Yes, I have seen this happen.

GPS will reroute you, morons. Just go straight and wait 10 seconds for it to catch up. There's more than one path you can take.

I don't think this is a slave to GPS.  I think this is a sign of how self centered people have become.  No one else matters except themselves.

 

[In The Zone]

People who park next to other cars in empty parking lots.  My wife does this and it bothers me so much.  I mean, other people do, too.  Not just her. 

But I'll park in a huge, empty parking lot and when I come out to my car there will be two more cars (three total) parked and they are on both sides of me.  My wife will do it and I'll say, "Why'd you park next to that car?" And she'll say, "It was the closest spot."  Like an extra spot is going to really add to that hike?  

I have dings all over my car doors because people are too lazy to walk an extra parking spot.  And yes, I've said called my wife lazy, too.  I mean, not to her face.  Or where she could hear me.  But it's been screamed into a pillow by the avatar of me in my brain.  

My wife takes it to another level. She will park right beside the the cart return area. That's the last place I will park. Too many jackhole idiots pushing a 4 wheel metal object around my truck?  No thanks. If she does this while driving my truck I make her move.

 

[jhib]

Yet another car one that's been bugging me lately: newer headlights that are too bright (for my eyes, anyway) and/or aimed incorrectly.  Sometimes it feels like 1/4 of the cars I pass going the other way have their brights on.

 

[Despyzer]

What if the next exit is 42 miles .... asking for a friend

Are you (or your friend) crossing the Australian outback? There can't be too many highways that have zero exits in a 42-mile stretch. Chances are that the next one is probably within five minutes at most.

 

[Despyzer]

My wife takes it to another level. She will park right beside the the cart return area. That's the last place I will park. Too many jackhole idiots pushing a 4 wheel metal object around my truck?  No thanks. If she does this while driving my truck I make her move.

I'm just being nosy here. Why is your wife driving your truck with you in it? I think I'd feel really weird being a passenger in my own vehicle on a trip to the store or something.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Are you (or your friend) crossing the Australian outback? There can't be too many highways that have zero exits in a 42-mile stretch. Chances are that the next one is probably within five minutes at most.

The western US states are just like that.  The next exit could be fifty or more miles away.  Not everything is east-coast centric.

 

[parasaurolophus]

saw the first... 2 minutes of the very first episode and not a second more after that.

Definitely watched longer than two minutes but as soon as the trees started going crazy in that first episode i was out. 

 

[parasaurolophus]

What if the next exit is 42 miles .... asking for a friend

Then pull a uturn at the next police/emergency turnaround thing. You are breaking the law either way, might as well be safer and less disruptive to the other drivers. 

 

[Bull Dozier]

Are you (or your friend) crossing the Australian outback? There can't be too many highways that have zero exits in a 42-mile stretch. Chances are that the next one is probably within five minutes at most.

Spoken like an east coaster.  Take a driving trip out west a little and you'll see this is not that uncommon.

 

[Despyzer]

Spoken like an east coaster.  Take a driving trip out west a little and you'll see this is not that uncommon.

I spent thirty years in Montana - the 4th largest state that ranks 43rd in population. We lived on the west side and both sets of grandparents lived on the east side so we made that 12-hour trek and all over that state many, many times. I've never seen a highway anything close to what belljr described.

 

[belljr]

Pa turnpike in some spots are 20 miles