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Can we discuss pet peeves here? (6 Viewers)
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Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
At least they're not starting every sentence with "And this one time, at band camp, ..."
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
The "then" is simply disconnected from the "okay" and placed at the end of the sentence.
offdee
Footballguy
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Does she also start sentences with, "so"? So what?
And I see she does. Never mind.
I would be pulling my hair out.
scorchy
Footballguy
Jet skiers. The most self-absorbed bunch of jackholes you'll ever see on the water. 90 percent have zero regard for anyone else out there trying to enjoy a peaceful day outside without some Salt-Life bros repeatedly roaring by and nearly tipping over your kayak or paddleboard.
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mr. furley
Footballguy
walked my dog by the river here on Saturday morning and watched some jackhole on a jet-ski roaring around other boats, creating huge waves and causing lots of shouting from people getting sloshed around.
like the equivalent of jacked up truck guy who races on city streets and cuts people off just to get a rise out of people.
jhib
Footballguy
Grocery related, in addition to the other shoppers:
- Stores that change aspects of their layout seemingly every few weeks (I'm looking at you, Wegmans).
- The dairy section getting screwed up by non-dairy stuff. I used to be able to grab my gallon of milk, some cream and/or half & half, and maybe buttermilk all in one quick swoop. Now the cream and other dairy products are far away from the milk because all the nut and grain juice pretending to be milk has to be next to the milk.
- Stores that change aspects of their layout seemingly every few weeks (I'm looking at you, Wegmans).
- The dairy section getting screwed up by non-dairy stuff. I used to be able to grab my gallon of milk, some cream and/or half & half, and maybe buttermilk all in one quick swoop. Now the cream and other dairy products are far away from the milk because all the nut and grain juice pretending to be milk has to be next to the milk.
mr. furley
Footballguy
for me it's fans that go to the games, but have no interest in the game itself.
they're there to network and/or be seen.
my uncle's wife goes to games and reads the newspaper. literally spreads open a newspaper with people crammed together like sardines. then when she's done, just rambles on and on about everything she can think of. my uncle can tune it out and she doesn't seem to care.
Chemical X
Footballguy
When sitting at a red light i have built in the fact that the car in front of me will need an extra 5-10 seconds to move forward, as i allow them to stop texting and remember they are driving a car. if i honk, i’m the one in the wrong cause they are texting, give them a minute.
the moops
Footballguy
parasaurolophus
Footballguy
Big stupid water bottles. Usually stainless these days. Often with dumb logos. Very easy to tip over because they are 48 inches tall and 1/2" in diameter.
belljr
Footballguy
. Hang out
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General Malaise
Footballguy
How about the jarring noise they make when they fall on to hardwood floors? Gawd!
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
It's a spacing issue, not a usage issue. Hangout = noun, hang out = verb.
The one that gets me is people who write "apart" when they mean "a part." "We want you to be apart of the group" means the exact opposite of "we want you to be a part of the group," but these folks are oblivious to it.
parasaurolophus
Footballguy
Mister CIA
Footballguy
For the suggestion box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7FoZ7HW0EUSurely this has been mentioned before, but this most recent example was egregious....
The setting: Hoh National Rainforest - one of the most peaceful and beautiful spots in our country. Getting there is a chore; it's not really near anything, so if you want to visit and hike around the pristine landscape, you're putting in some effort.
There's quite a bit of parking available that puts you on trail heads. Some are short hikes others are full day hikes. To the person who set their hyper-sensitive, loud as F car alarm and set off for a full day hike, let me be the first to say "F YOU!" Why did you feel the need to set that alarm and leave on an 18 mile hike??? Every 15 minutes, your car alarm blared out a warning that the ENTIRE rain forest could hear because the lovely peacefulness was broken by your "HONK HONK HONK HONK" that lasted 5 minutes and went off the entire day because you felt like bad guys would travel all that way to break into your crappy white Chevy Malibu.
Enough with the car alarms. They don't need to be set at a National Park where people are enjoying solitude. Or were.
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Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
When did we start calling it government "service"?
The public workforce gets a paycheck just like anyone else. How is that "service"?
The public workforce gets a paycheck just like anyone else. How is that "service"?
belljr
Footballguy
Because that's the definition of service... It's the supplying needs of the public and/or doing work for someone.
It's not volunteer service.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
If they are public servants does that mean my senator has to mow my lawn?Because that's the definition of service... It's the supplying needs of the public and/or doing work for someone.
It's not volunteer service.
parasaurolophus
Footballguy
What if it isn't a need?Because that's the definition of service... It's the supplying needs of the public and/or doing work for someone.
It's not volunteer service.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
We don't call it private service. (That's a whole different connotation.)Because that's the definition of service... It's the supplying needs of the public and/or doing work for someone.
It's not volunteer service.
And don't be obtuse - there's always the implication that some sort of sacrifice has been made by them to do their job.
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parasaurolophus
Footballguy
Why would you try and minimize my pet peeve?
Also your explanation is not correct.
Stainless steel is not as good of an insulator as glass, ceramic, or even plastic.
Do you know why it is used? ...
Wait for it....
Wait for it...
Wait for it...
It doesn't break when it hits the ground.
offdee
Footballguy
Below is what I have and it keeps things cold forever. Says insulated stainless steel
Simple Modern Insulated Tumbler Cup with Straw Lid and Flip Lid | Reusable Stainless Steel Water Bottle for Cold Brew Tea Iced Coffee Travel Mug | Classic Collection | 32oz | Moonlight https://a.co/d/4d9pd69
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parasaurolophus
Footballguy
Mostly messing with you. I made a joke a while back that one of my pet peeves is when people try and explain away your pet peeves.Below is what I have and it keeps things cold forever. Says insulated stainless steel
Simple Modern Insulated Tumbler Cup with Straw Lid and Flip Lid | Reusable Stainless Steel Water Bottle for Cold Brew Tea Iced Coffee Travel Mug | Classic Collection | 32oz | Moonlight https://a.co/d/4d9pd69
I actually was kind of thinking you might have been playing along as a joke by bringing up the stainless steel.
They use the steel instead of other materials because it won't break. So bringing it up after GM and I were talking about them hitting the floor, just fit perfect.
The real reason that your stainless mug keeps drinks cold forever is because of the vacuum layer between the steel. If you swapped out SS for glass, plastic, or ceramic it would stay cold even longer.
But the plastic would have to be hard enough to withstand the vacuum pressure. Such plastic is brittle and doesn't handle a dishwasher very well. Had one of these Ceramic and glass would shatter when they inevitably get knocked over since they are just about the worst shape for balance.
Which circles me back to how dumb super tall skinny containers are.
Please start drinking a 16 ounce smoothie like normal people. Thanks in advance.
offdee
Footballguy
ChiefD
Footballguy
You should know the smoothie loses its panache the more it sits there.
Jeez man - this is college 101 ####.
DallasDMac
Footballguy
I work in the home office, along with 80% of the other folks in the meeting. Hence the coordinated "open schedules" at lunch time. It ain't rocket science. To be frank, these people know exactly why everyone is "available" and they just think their meeting is that ####ing important.
offdee
Footballguy
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Then it would be a "want." You should know this.parasaurolophus said:
Mister CIA
Footballguy
My calendar is indeed fair game, but I'll think less of you if you abuse that privilege. If you're organizing a meeting, act like a pro. I too work in central time and sometimes have to simultaneously manage people's time in California, England, and India. Don't disrespect your colleagues with a lame-### "all your calendar belong to me."
Everybody who is somebody tracks this sort of bull#### in a mental notebook. Ruminate on that.
tl;dr: Dude.
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offdee
Footballguy
I do my best as well, but why is it so hard to just mark off specific times that you for sure don't want to be in a meeting...whether it be lunch, heads down concentrate on a project, family event, dr appt, etc.
I don't advise people I work with in an ##### way, I more or less suggest that work life balance is more important so just be transparent of when you really are not available (or would be upset if a meeting was planned at that time). Gives the teammates a sense of balance and just makes the project manager's life easier as well.
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Mister CIA
Footballguy
Oh, I never want to be in a meeting, which might explain why I don't carve out meeting exclusions.
Don't really want a smart phone either, tbh.
EDIT: Did not mean to sound mean, but srsly, people remember.
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Mister CIA
Footballguy
And thinking this through, my god, the thought of using Calendar to manage my daily routine is nightmare fuel.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
I once added a monthly reminder to my calendar to review my life's goals. Dumbest thing ever!
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Mister CIA
Footballguy
I'm here for anyone who wants to deep dive into Outlook Folder Theory (OFT).
NO, I'M NOT.
NO, I'M NOT.
rockaction
Footballguy
Some pet peeves just lead me to think that people don't understand life.
Or English.
Or movements in English.
I'm looking at you, guy who is wondering how the left got a hold of language about a decade and a half ago with the "service" thing. It's a way of explaining that you're paying for a...get this...service.
It's stupid left-wing-ology brought to language, and it happened right under our noses. I, of course, noticed it about that decade ago and had a quibble, but everybody -- including people on this board -- told me I was stupid.
Just like when I pointed out the potential for problems with transgender issues if we allow people to self-identify a "gender," especially if we use "gender" synonymously with "sex." The old threads are there and archived.
Look 'em up.
So thanks, Andy, for affirming what I knew was going to happen years ago.
Service.
Gah.
eta* I'm not attacking you, Andy, even though a re-read has me wondering. I was more happy with your affirmation. You're not the one who doesn't understand how language moves. It's the other people that thought that I was being stupid. "Service" was always bound to replace "job" when it came to government, because the pols that want to tax and spend want it that way with language. So the bureaucracies changed it from "government jobs" or "government work" to "government service," and then they cleverly dropped government from the whole thing, to where these days when one hears "service," one can bet it's on the taxpayer dime unless "customer" precedes it, which in that case you'll get a privately maintained automatic menu that is more like disservice than anything. But I digress here.
/endrant
Or English.
Or movements in English.
I'm looking at you, guy who is wondering how the left got a hold of language about a decade and a half ago with the "service" thing. It's a way of explaining that you're paying for a...get this...service.
It's stupid left-wing-ology brought to language, and it happened right under our noses. I, of course, noticed it about that decade ago and had a quibble, but everybody -- including people on this board -- told me I was stupid.
Just like when I pointed out the potential for problems with transgender issues if we allow people to self-identify a "gender," especially if we use "gender" synonymously with "sex." The old threads are there and archived.
Look 'em up.
So thanks, Andy, for affirming what I knew was going to happen years ago.
Service.
Gah.
eta* I'm not attacking you, Andy, even though a re-read has me wondering. I was more happy with your affirmation. You're not the one who doesn't understand how language moves. It's the other people that thought that I was being stupid. "Service" was always bound to replace "job" when it came to government, because the pols that want to tax and spend want it that way with language. So the bureaucracies changed it from "government jobs" or "government work" to "government service," and then they cleverly dropped government from the whole thing, to where these days when one hears "service," one can bet it's on the taxpayer dime unless "customer" precedes it, which in that case you'll get a privately maintained automatic menu that is more like disservice than anything. But I digress here.
/endrant
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Drunken knight
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
Anyway, sorry to put the politics in there, but sometimes it is deliberately political, these linguistic things.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Service is a serviceable word.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
We call it the service industry.Andy Dufresne said:
rockaction
Footballguy
Customer service, amirite?
Automated menus for our convenience?
My ###.
Automated menus for our convenience?
My ###.
offdee
Footballguy
How about I state this a different way…
Just mark your calendar with “NO MEETINGS” at the time slots that you think it would be rude for someone to schedule a meeting at (and you won’t internally bash them), I’ll get you started….
- before 9am
- Noon
- after 4pm
its not hard and will save you and the meeting organizers a lot of unneeded grief and hassle.
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arrow1
Footballguy
Back to convenience stores: Every day around noon, when I stop to get a soda, there is a crew of lawn care workers using the store's microwave to warm up their lunch. So, there are 7-8 guys in there clogging up the store waiting their turn to nuke their lunch they brought with them.
offdee
Footballguy
They allow it because those guys are for sure buying cold beverages in that store. But, yeah, I'm sure annoying.
