Can we discuss pet peeves here? (1 Viewer)

[shuke]

Like the Dairy Queen Puppy Chow Blizzard. WTF? We had to look that one up.

I was taking a little nostalgia trip, cause I grew up with DQ, and the cherry dipped cone was a favorite.

Little searching and I find out they discontinued these in May, and now I have a new pet peeve

There's no way this is true.

reaction.

Dairy Queen's Cherry Dipped Cones Are Being Discontinued

Dairy Queen is taking its Cherry Dipped Cone off the menu, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's gone forever.

www.foodandwine.com

A lot of vague quotes and insinuations in that article. Cherry dip has forever been a hit-or-miss if you tried to get one at various locations. I don't think this is new.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Like the Dairy Queen Puppy Chow Blizzard. WTF? We had to look that one up.

I was taking a little nostalgia trip, cause I grew up with DQ, and the cherry dipped cone was a favorite.

Little searching and I find out they discontinued these in May, and now I have a new pet peeve

There's no way this is true.

reaction.

Dairy Queen's Cherry Dipped Cones Are Being Discontinued

Dairy Queen is taking its Cherry Dipped Cone off the menu, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's gone forever.

www.foodandwine.com

A lot of vague quotes and insinuations in that article. Cherry dip has forever been a hit-or-miss if you tried to get one at various locations. I don't think this is new.

See DQ's web site. Churro yes, cherry no.

(Offer void in Texas. Our DQ's are separate. We never had cherry dipped cones.)

 

[supermike80]

Ok...Bout had it with the ads that state....This is something the credit card companies don't want you to know...or.."Amazon hates this trick, but they cant stop you"....etc etc.....

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Ok...Bout had it with the ads that state....This is something the credit card companies don't want you to know...or.."Amazon hates this trick, but they cant stop you"....etc etc.....

I haven't seen those. I'm too busy listening to people singing about Jardience.

 

[need2know]

When someone is making a right turn and decides to go a little bit left and then right because they think that will help their turn.

Slow down and just turn right you moron.

 

[nirad3]

When someone is making a right turn and decides to go a little bit left and then right because they think that will help their turn.

Slow down and just turn right you moron.

People making lefts veer into the center lane sometimes, at least around here.

 

[Osaurus]

When someone is making a right turn and decides to go a little bit left and then right because they think that will help their turn.

Slow down and just turn right you moron.

I just assume they all normally drive big rigs

 

[Keerock]

When someone is making a right turn and decides to go a little bit left and then right because they think that will help their turn.

Slow down and just turn right you moron.

I just assume they all normally drive big rigs

I just assume they are ignorant, bad drivers.

 

[Chris B.]

Who over at Amazon is decreasing the items in my shopping cart by 2 - 15 cents per day? WHO!?!?!

 

[arrow1]

Who over at Amazon is decreasing the items in my shopping cart by 2 - 15 cents per day? WHO!?!?!

What?

 

[Keith R]

Stephen A Smith. I guess he figures if he yells loudly enough, he will sound informed. He is mistaken.

While I am no fan of SAS, he's not the only "yeller" in sports talk these days. I think he was probably the first to do it, but there are a lot of heads that are doing the same thing now.

Have you never heard of **** Vitale? At least he knew something.

Of course I've heard of Vitale; I read one of his books when I was like 20 years old. Huge fan of his. His "style" just comes across differently.

Take a listen to Rob Parker or Zach Lowe. They yell. Vitale is just an over-passionate loud Italian, IMO.

Positivity makes a BIG difference. Dickie V.

 

[BeTheMatch]

Businesses that can only be reached by leaving a phone message and waiting for them to call back. I'm ok with email, text, phone where you answer when I call, or phone where we schedule to talk at a specific time. But if our communication relies on you calling me back at a random time, there's a near zero chance that we're going to get to talk to each other.

That's the whole point.

 

[mr. furley]

Ok...Bout had it with the ads that state....This is something the credit card companies don't want you to know...or.."Amazon hates this trick, but they cant stop you"....etc etc.....

"i never knew i could make this much money so easily! I just plug it in once a day and at the end of the month i made 5400 dollars!"

 

[zoobird]

That's the whole point.

When I'm trying to get a price quote for their services?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

In keeping with today's What's Normal?, people who don't return their shopping cart to the corral or the store. Extra to the people who leave it in the middle of a parking space.

 

[Osaurus]

In keeping with today's What's Normal?, people who don't return their shopping cart to the corral or the store. Extra to the people who leave it in the middle of a parking space.

I like to make a cart fort around my car while I'm in the store. When someone removes one and leaves my car exposed, I lose it.

 

[parasaurolophus]

Spam mail from buying a house. Jesus these jerks are scammy AF. Parcel pickup, deed recording, immediate response required, blah blah.

 

[Chris B.]

Who over at Amazon is decreasing the items in my shopping cart by 2 - 15 cents per day? WHO!?!?!

What?

Here's my real life example that you can try. Put The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for the nintendo Switch in your Amazon cart. Each morning you'll see a notice that the cost changes by several cents. What's the point? It's so weird.

 

[jhib]

Highway "Food Exit" signs when it turns out all of the restaurants listed are 4+ miles away and they don't have a sign that tells you that part until you're already on the exit ramp.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Spam mail from buying a house. Jesus these jerks are scammy AF. Parcel pickup, deed recording, immediate response required, blah blah.

Ever since we bought our house six years ago, we've been getting random calls asking if we want to sell it. Bite me.

 

[belljr]

Spam mail from buying a house. Jesus these jerks are scammy AF. Parcel pickup, deed recording, immediate response required, blah blah.

May I interest you in a car warranty

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

My MIL got an ad for tinnitis treatment last week. She died four years ago. Ghah.

 

[parasaurolophus]

Fake service animals.

 

[Snoopy]

Unnecessary lane closures on a construction project.

 

[Scoresman]

Unnecessary lane closures on a construction project.

I share this one. A main thoroughfare here, near where I used to live in Portland was closed for two and a half years and it was absolutely awful getting in and out. They could've slowed the project down closing less lanes at a time, but this costs more. I feel like this should've been budgeted and if it delayed the project more, so be it.

 

[parasaurolophus]

Unnecessary lane closures on a construction project.

I will add unnecessary lane closure signs for work that is complete but the idiots decided to leave the sign even though the lane is now open.

 

[BeTheMatch]

My MIL got an ad for tinnitis treatment last week. She died four years ago. Ghah.

She died from tinnitus?

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

My MIL got an ad for tinnitis treatment last week. She died four years ago. Ghah.

She died from tinnitus?

You do know that my post doesn't actually say anything like that no matter how you try?

 

[dino259]

People that wait at street corners not intending to cross in either direction in the immediate future, Just waiting.

Back away ten feet please so every car approaching the crosswalk doesn't have to slow down to a stop because it looks like you are crossing.

I guess I need to specify I am talking about corners without stoplights and in a state where you must yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk as described.

Not sure if other states don't require you to yield, but if there are, somebody from that state would surely point out that they don't have to yield, wondering what's the issue.

Also this is a brand new subdivision and surrounding area so it is not some old relic of a town.

Thanks for listening. Have a blessed day.

When my wife and I go on walks, we'll run into this quite often when we have to cross busy roads. We're in a state where cars are supposed to yield. But I don't want to be the moron stopping traffic. I can wait a few seconds. So we always try to back away from the curb. But that wasn't enough. So now we back away from the curb and basically turn our backs on the road to make it clear that we're not expecting the cars to stop for us. That seems to do the trick. I'm pretty sure we're the only ones on earth doing this. You're welcome, empty vessels.

This is the balance people need to figure out. Cars should yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk. The key is in the crosswalk or activity entering. People walking shouldn't just think cars should stop. I thank you for standing back until ready to cross. Most likely if you pause for 2 or 3 cars it would be clear for you to cross without backing everyone one up.

There is a bike path that crosses a 4 lane city street with a grass median. I swear both bikers and runners don't even slow down coming into the street. I am amazed people have not been hit. They should just put up a stop light but that probably won't stop them from going through without stopping. Speed limit on the road is 35 and even when no one is present in the crossing cars will slow down to 25. Follow traffic laws people.

 

[wlwiles]

In keeping with today's What's Normal?, people who don't return their shopping cart to the corral or the store. Extra to the people who leave it in the middle of a parking space.

I feel like I've posted this one in this thread probably more than once. My #1 pet peeve in life is people that refuse to return a cart to the corral. I spent two years in high school being the cart wrangler at the local grocery store, it's sooooooo much easier to do that job when you don't have to wander the entire lot for the carts.

I've caused my wife to dive into the car for cover numerous times because I'm loading groceries and see someone shove a cart into an empty space instead of the corral, and I'll very loudly give them a "Go ahead and just leave it wherever the hell is convenient for YOU", "don't worry about anyone else", "I'll be sure to come over there and return it for you so you can hurry up and be on your way", "wouldn't want you to have to exert yourself since the cart corral is SOOOO far away", etc. Shaming them results in getting the cart into the corral only ~50% of the time though.

 

[Gally]

Not sure if this is a pet peeve per se but I have noticed that 99% of all restaurant bathroom sinks don't come out far enough so when you are rinsing your hands you have to essentially rub up against the back of the sink to get water to rinse off the soap. How hard is it to get a sink neck long enough to reach the middle of the sink bowl so you don't have to contort your hands to get all the soap off.

Seems like this is a recent development as I don't recall it being as prevalent as it is now. I can't remember the last sink that was designed properly.

 

[nirad3]

Not sure if this is a pet peeve per se but I have noticed that 99% of all restaurant bathroom sinks don't come out far enough so when you are rinsing your hands you have to essentially rub up against the back of the sink to get water to rinse off the soap. How hard is it to get a sink neck long enough to reach the middle of the sink bowl so you don't have to contort your hands to get all the soap off.

Seems like this is a recent development as I don't recall it being as prevalent as it is now. I can't remember the last sink that was designed properly.

While on the subject of sinks, why can I never get those automatic ones to start working? Am I a ghost or something?

 

[Gally]

Not sure if this is a pet peeve per se but I have noticed that 99% of all restaurant bathroom sinks don't come out far enough so when you are rinsing your hands you have to essentially rub up against the back of the sink to get water to rinse off the soap. How hard is it to get a sink neck long enough to reach the middle of the sink bowl so you don't have to contort your hands to get all the soap off.

Seems like this is a recent development as I don't recall it being as prevalent as it is now. I can't remember the last sink that was designed properly.

While on the subject of sinks, why can I never get those automatic ones to start working? Am I a ghost or something?

I think it's closely tied to the neck of the faucet not being long enough. It doesn't give you enough room to wave where you need to in order to activate the "touchless" faucet (even if you are touching the actual sink.). Ugh. Terrible design.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

The worst is if you’re short (as I am) and you have to lean over to reach the faucet and the surface in front of the sink is wet and it gets on your shirt.

 

[ChiefD]

The worst is if you’re short (as I am) and you have to lean over to reach the faucet and the surface in front of the sink is wet and it gets on your shirt.

You wearing a blouse?

 

[Cjw_55106]

Like the Dairy Queen Puppy Chow Blizzard. WTF? We had to look that one up.

I was taking a little nostalgia trip, cause I grew up with DQ, and the cherry dipped cone was a favorite.

Little searching and I find out they discontinued these in May, and now I have a new pet peeve

There's no way this is true.

reaction.

Dairy Queen's Cherry Dipped Cones Are Being Discontinued

Dairy Queen is taking its Cherry Dipped Cone off the menu, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's gone forever.

www.foodandwine.com

A lot of vague quotes and insinuations in that article. Cherry dip has forever been a hit-or-miss if you tried to get one at various locations. I don't think this is new.

Bought one yesterday in Mn

 

[Zeppelin]

Even worse than the above is restaurants (and other places) having signs about washing your hands to get rid of germs but not having hot water in their restrooms. What the **** is that?

 

[brun]

Even worse than the above is restaurants (and other places) having signs about washing your hands to get rid of germs but not having hot water in their restrooms. What the **** is that?

Per the CDC, hot water doesn't seem to be a requirement.
https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/show-me-the-science-handwashing.html

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Even worse than the above is restaurants (and other places) having signs about washing your hands to get rid of germs but not having hot water in their restrooms. What the **** is that?

Per the CDC, hot water doesn't seem to be a requirement.
https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/show-me-the-science-handwashing.html

Yep. You just need nice, foamy soap.

 

[Gally]

Even worse than the above is restaurants (and other places) having signs about washing your hands to get rid of germs but not having hot water in their restrooms. What the **** is that?

Per the CDC, hot water doesn't seem to be a requirement.
https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/show-me-the-science-handwashing.html

Yep. You just need nice, foamy soap.

But then you rub your hands on the back of the sink to pick up germs as you rinse the soap off. Get longer faucets!!!!

 

[parasaurolophus]

"anonymous" surveys at work.

They aren't anonymous. Usually the results are aggregated by job titles and demographics. So if you have a group session and give them a specific survey afterward it isn't usually very difficult to determine who said what.

 

[parasaurolophus]

Sending a message to somebody via Microsoft teams that isn't logged in. I hate teams. Never use teams except when we have some group training or meeting and inevitably I have two or three messages from coworkers that sit at a desk all day.

Why would somebody think that is ok?

 

[Snoopy]

Getting a survey from a company asking for a rating on how they did, with a previous note from a manager that giving a rating other than the top one provided counts as a failing grade for them.

 

[arrow1]

Not sure if this is a pet peeve per se but I have noticed that 99% of all restaurant bathroom sinks don't come out far enough so when you are rinsing your hands you have to essentially rub up against the back of the sink to get water to rinse off the soap. How hard is it to get a sink neck long enough to reach the middle of the sink bowl so you don't have to contort your hands to get all the soap off.

Seems like this is a recent development as I don't recall it being as prevalent as it is now. I can't remember the last sink that was designed properly.

While on the subject of sinks, why can I never get those automatic ones to start working? Am I a ghost or something?

Can you see yourself in the mirror?

 

[mr. furley]

"anonymous" surveys at work.

They aren't anonymous. Usually the results are aggregated by job titles and demographics. So if you have a group session and give them a specific survey afterward it isn't usually very difficult to determine who said what.

a friend of mine who works in management says it's more simple than that even. your employee ID/name/email is attached to your "anonymous" response

he would sometimes drop sly comments related to things people had apparently said in the anonymous replies and watch them squirm. he did it to me once before cluing me in on it.

i'm all positives and shiny language if forced to answer those things now.

 

[wlwiles]

"anonymous" surveys at work.

They aren't anonymous. Usually the results are aggregated by job titles and demographics. So if you have a group session and give them a specific survey afterward it isn't usually very difficult to determine who said what.

And they're never offered as an "if you'd like to leave feedback, here's how to do so". Our company does one every year, they send it out with a 30 day window to complete it. Every 5 days they send a mass email with participation % broken down by each department, with their "goal participation" of >90%. As the deadline gets closer, the reminder emails quit coming from the HR person who set up the survey. My manager sends one asking for everyone to participate. Then his boss sends one. Then her boss sends the next one. 3 days before it's due the freaking EVP of whocares is mass emailing congratulating Team X for being at 100% and shaming Team Y for dragging up the rear at 72%.

It's always 25 questions of "how do you feel about this statement?". Strongly agree/slightly agree/neutral/slightly disagree/strongly disagree type scale. I choose neutral for every single answer every time.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Not sure if this is a pet peeve per se but I have noticed that 99% of all restaurant bathroom sinks don't come out far enough so when you are rinsing your hands you have to essentially rub up against the back of the sink to get water to rinse off the soap. How hard is it to get a sink neck long enough to reach the middle of the sink bowl so you don't have to contort your hands to get all the soap off.

Seems like this is a recent development as I don't recall it being as prevalent as it is now. I can't remember the last sink that was designed properly.

While on the subject of sinks, why can I never get those automatic ones to start working? Am I a ghost or something?

Can you see yourself in the mirror?

Not at one restaurant we went to. The artful space above the sink was reflective, but not sharply enough to actually see anything useful. It was all coppery rather than mirrored.

 

[the moops]

Sending a message to somebody via Microsoft teams that isn't logged in. I hate teams. Never use teams except when we have some group training or meeting and inevitably I have two or three messages from coworkers that sit at a desk all day.

Why would somebody think that is ok?

Maybe you should just log into Teams?

 

[Ilov80s]

Haters. Nothing more annoying than bringing constant negative energy.

 

[parasaurolophus]

Sending a message to somebody via Microsoft teams that isn't logged in. I hate teams. Never use teams except when we have some group training or meeting and inevitably I have two or three messages from coworkers that sit at a desk all day.

Why would somebody think that is ok?

Maybe you should just log into Teams?

Lol. Spoken like a true desk jockey.