Pet Peeves

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Two of mine are:

1. People using handicap parking when they don't need it. Around here, I'd guess that at least 75% of the people I see pull into handicap parking, slip a "phoney" handicap sign on their rear view mirror and hop out of their car and walk into the stores.

2. Side-bar conversations in meetngs or people carrying on conversations while someone is trying to give a presentation

Jim Smith
 
Having lived in Germany for many years (Military) and then coming back to the states I would have to say that my true hatred is reserved for people who drive slow in the left lane (Reserved for passing in Germany) and people who drive without their lights on when it's either raining or clearly dark out. Get a clue people in DC, MD, and VA area!!! Agggghhhhh
 
mredburn said:
people who join a forum and dont use the search engine before asking.:eek::biggrin:

inane questions.
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Ok I'll give you a challenge...pretend you are brand new, you have no idea about all the sub forums here and you want to figure out how to get the best CA finish. Just search on "CA finish" and see if you would be able to make sense of it all. Or then you get interested in casting and want to buy a pressure pot. Do a search on "pressure pot". The problem is that as people who have been here a long time you have knowledge of seeing hundreds of posts as they were posted. Try having them all shot at you in a single search and then try to sort through the hundreds of posts that contain your search words but have nothing to do with your answer or have no definitive answer because no one can agree. I haven't really had this problem here but I can recall when I've joined most of the forums I belong to the Search function proved to be rather useless. It's almost easier to just sit back and read posts and gain the knowledge over time.
 
People on a forum that type the incorrect term "should of", "could of", "would of" etc. instead of "should have", "could have" or "would have". I have many more of those types of massacreing the English language.
 
That leaf blowing into the street just plain p***es me off. One guy did it on our street now three. Stupid dangerous when it gets wet. I was driving yesterday and had to break for a cat that darted into the road. Good thing the cat was quick because it was like fast breaking on ice.

Talking with the mouth full and chewing with your mouth open.

Apathy toward people in need. I always stop to help people out of a ditch or see if they need help. Do you know how many folks just drive on by?
 
1. Not using turn signals
2. Driving slow in the left lane
3. Tailgating
4. Talking on phone or texting while driving
5. People parking in the fire lane at a grocery store because they are too lazy to walk a couple extra feet

Hmmmm...I think I might have some road rage issues:eek::mad::biggrin:!
 
People who pull out their smart phone and reply to texts and or e-mails while you are talking to them. Usually I will shut up and walk away since whatever we were talking about is not as important as that stupid phone. One time when I was in the corporate world a Vice President pulled out his phone and started retuning e-mails. I knew our sale was blown.
 
Mack C. said:
People on a forum that type the incorrect term "should of", "could of", "would of" etc. instead of "should have", "could have" or "would have". I have many more of those types of massacreing the English language.
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That should be "massacring". You should of ought to have known that...lol.
 
Adults who let their children run Around restaurants and department stores! I just don't get it, guess that's why we see these terrible harnesses and tethered children...

And waiters that say "welcome to such and such, how are you? And when you reply doing well thanks how are you? And you get nothing besides what can I get you to drink? Dot ask how I'm doing if you don't care or won't listen and answer appropriate questions...
 
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Having a tru-stone crumble to pieces.
Blow outs on angle-cut wood.
People who are shocked that I'm charging $15 for a "plastic" pen.
People who are disappointed that I sometimes choose to use acrylic over "real wood".
Genuinely angry fights over the Internet.
Rants about "kids these days".

But the tru-stone is the only one that REALLY gets me!:mad:
 
1. Driving slow in the passing lane.

2. Speeding up in the slow lane, so you can't pass the guy in the passing. Now they're both holding you up. Happened to me last week. Good we weren't on a race track.:wink:
 
People who add an apostrophe to plural words, e.g., "It was the dog's who tore through the trash." My question is always, the dog's what?
 
danrs said:
Waiters who ask if I've ever been here before--especially when I go every week.

Also when after ordering they say "no problem."
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I worked for years in restaurants...from fast food to very high-end dining. I've done it all - soup to nuts...cook, cashier, waiter and "captain" (at the fine-dining establishment) - and I was damn good at it.

it cheeses me off to no end for anyone in the service industry to say "no problem" or "not a problem."

When I hear that phrase, it makes me want to grab them by the neck and shout "of course it's not a problem...it's your ****ing job!"



the other one that really gets me are these selfish jerks in the grocery store that think it's cool to walk in front of, and to the side of, their cart...while pulling the cart behind/beside them. It takes up 2 "lanes" of the aisle in the store and puts the whole area in a jam. I aim for the people and won't move out of the way. If I'm feeling particularly surly, I'll tell them: "See that handle in the back? It's there for you to push the cart"



OK...I feel better now.
 
1) People who can't put the cell phone down and drive. If you are texting or reading your phone while you are in motion and in the drivers seat, you should loose your license.

2) Anyone reading over my shoulder as I type or write something. If it was meant for you, you'll see it when I'm done.

3) Leaving drawers or cabinet doors open for me to walk into. If you're done, close up after yourself.

I have plenty more, but these are my 3 just today.
 
Kids who text each other while their sitting side by side.

Or those that text while everyone else is having a conversation that they might learn something from if they'd pay attention to what's going on around them.
 
Just today,

1. Pedestrians who don't look before they cross a road.

Grandmother pushing pram, on corner of main road and principal side street, about to cross side street. She just walks onto road without looking and nearly gets run over by SUV coming round the corner from the main road. See people do this too many times.

2. Parking right at where the road narrows.

Guy parked his SUV where the kerb side lane narrows. If he had parked a few yards before then other cars could get around his car without the risk of hitting him or cars in the next lane.

3. People in car parks who back out without looking behind them.

Same car park twice one after the other, lucky I stopped. They would of seen me if they actually turned their heads.

Am I becoming a grumpy old man? :eek::frown:
A lot more things are starting to peeve me than when I was younger.

TonyO
 
I need to add to my list.

7. People who drive 10mph under the speed limit on a two lane road.

I got behind someone on the way home and thought about this list. Not a single place to pass on that darn road either!
 
Tailstock tightening handles on the back side? How inconvenient! :rolleyes:
Pen instructions that have one drawing with the clip to the right and another with the clip pictured to the left....on the same page! Sheesh! :biggrin:
 
People who call their customers "you guys"!
people who act like they are on their cell phones when a salesperson (me) is trying to wait on them. How cowardly.
cell phone using drivers.
people who use handicap signs when they dont need them.
 
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