The Pet Peeves Thread

[Dodgerchick]

It seems everyday I find something that ticks me off. Yesterday I attended a parent training where specialists take time out of their already hectic schedule to offer pointers on how to better communicate with our kids. We had a speaker who listened to us, offered advice, and was just great. In the middle of her presentation, one of the parents started having a side conversation with another parent. That really ticked me off. Show the speaker some respect and if you're bored pretend you're listening. Don't slap the teachers and therapists that already deal with a lot in the face by disrupting the whole lecture. I mean seriously.

What are your pet peeves?

[Autumn]

Similar to that, I hate when people have loud conversations during a concert. They always seem to end up sitting right near me, and I find it so distracting. And infuriating, I didn't pay to listen to them. And perplexing, why did they pay to listen to each other?

[Mustang]

Gum snapping, coffee slurping, using the elevator to go down 1 floor, chew with their mouth open, scrapping your teeth against a fork or spoon, scrapping a yogurt cup to get every last bit of freakin yogurt out, whistling, using the cell phone while driving, texting while driving, using the self checkout lanes with a cart full of stuff, racing to the next open register when you are at the back of the line with a bunch of people that are ahead of you.

I'm sure there are others.

[Lathum]

People who eat french fries with a fork. Cheese fries are ok.

[Lathum]

or people who eat all their fries, then move on to their burger/ sandwich.

[Lathum]

some others

People who clap after a movie, that is just stupid.

People who drive the speed limit or below in the left lane.

People who don't clean up after their dogs, if yo can't bend down to pick the dogshit up off the ground than don't own a dog.

People who are chronically late, we all have that friend/ friends that are 15-30 minutes late for everything, no matter what.

[Mustang]

or people who eat all their fries, then move on to their burger/ sandwich.

*raises hand*

Guilty

[Lathum]

*raises hand*

Guilty

ok, why?

[Mustang]

ok, why?

I just do it with fast food for some reason and not at a restaurant. I absolutely hate semi-warm/cold french fries and like them at their hottest so, I have a tendency to eat them first before they cool down.

[Dodgerchick]

People who clap after a movie, that is just stupid.


I do that, but only if I go to a film festival since the cast/crew are usually in the audience. But yeah otherwise I'm right there with you.

[Autumn]

Yes, not scooping after your dog is at the top of my list. The last week my son and I have had to walk around a series of piles of shit on the sidewalk someone left behind. Every day I have to worry, twice, about him stepping in it. What am I supposed to do, scoop it myself? I don't understand this thinking at all.

Racing to an open line when you just got in the back of a line, that's one of mine too.

[Dodgerchick]

Yes, not scooping after your dog is at the top of my list. The last week my son and I have had to walk around a series of piles of shit on the sidewalk someone left behind. Every day I have to worry, twice, about him stepping in it. What am I supposed to do, scoop it myself? I don't understand this thinking at all.

We live in an apartment complex and have to walk through the grass to get to the bus stop. More than once we've stepped on some shit that some lazy ass owners didn't pick up (and it's dark it's not like we can actually see where we're stepping). It's even worse when it rains, the crap is all soft and it's just nasty. Like Lathum said, either pick up after your dog or don't own one.

Racing to an open line when you just got in the back of a line, that's one of mine too.

Yes, inconsiderate bastards.

[Samdari]

I just do it with fast food for some reason and not at a restaurant. I absolutely hate semi-warm/cold french fries and like them at their hottest so, I have a tendency to eat them first before they cool down.

Me too. The sandwiches stay warner longer, and the fries lose more by not being at their hottest. Always eat the fries first, especially for fast food.

[Honolulu_Blue]

some others

People who clap after a movie, that is just stupid.

Is that any less stupid than cheering for a sporting event while you're watching it on TV? And don't tell you've never done that for Brandon Jacobs or Eli, superfan.

[Farrah Whitworth-Rahn]

People who take infants and toddlers to adult movies. We saw Star Trek the night it opened and there were three infants in the theater. Get a damn sitter or Netflix the movie.

People who say "feel" when expressing an opinion. I don't care how you feel. I'd like to know what you think.

People who won't admit they made a mistake when they clearly have and/or try to blame someone else for their short comings. I lose respect for a person when they say "but it wasn't my fault!".

Blowing one's nose at the table. Also sniffing constantly rather than getting off your dead ass and getting a tissue.

I'm starting to think "People" is my pet peeve. :)

[RomaGoth]

I'm starting to think "People" is my pet peeve. :)

It is a pretty shitty magazine. ;)

[Lathum]

Is that any less stupid than cheering for a sporting event while you're watching it on TV? And don't tell you've never done that for Brandon Jacobs or Eli, superfan.

I think it is, but I have no idea why.

[RomaGoth]

People who don't clean up after their dogs, if yo can't bend down to pick the dogshit up off the ground than don't own a dog.

Before we sold our last home, there would be at least one pile of dog shit in the yard at all times because of the stupid ass neighborhood people who walk their dogs, let them shit in someone else's yard, and don't clean it up. I can't tell you how many times one of my kids would get precariously close to stepping in it.

Seriously, if you can't clean it up, don't have a dog. :mad: :rant:

[Lathum]

Blowing one's nose at the table. Also sniffing constantly rather than getting off your dead ass and getting a tissue.


Don't ever share a meal with my father. He is 79 and set in his ways. Ever since I can remember he has used a handkerchief. He keeps it in his back pocket and reguarlly takes it out and loudly blows his nose. During meals, at restaurants, thanksgiving dinner, wherever, whenever, and who ever is around. I'll never forget the first time my parents and my wife's parents, girlfriend at the time, all went out. I was mortified. It is the foulest thing I have ever seen. And the odd thing is he is a pharmacist and a total germaphobe.

[RainMaker]

People who need to pay with exact change everytime. Even if it's 88 cents, they need to dig in their pocket and give them exact change.

Parents who just let their kids scream and be obnoxious.

People at games who yell out stupid shit all game because they are drunk and starved for attention.

[stevew]

I hate it when posters change their nicknames on forums.

And then switch back.

[stevew]

I hate it when I tell the retard "sandwich artist" at subway that I want a "little bit of mayo" on my sandwich. And then she drops a John Holmes sized load across my bread, and is like, is that good?

No, fucktard.

[FrogMan]

parents who don't know rules but feel the need to complain about the ref on any kind of play during their kid's games. Picka a sport, any sport.

people who leave their cart in the middle of the aisle, or worse, on one side of the aisle while checking something on the other side, thus blocking the whole aisle.

People who feel the need to touch the monitor screen when pointing something, thus leaving greasy fingerprints all over my screen.

People who lean on my chair when I'm at the computer, you know when they want to see something, or when I'm explaining something, and then worse, they apply pressure on the chair and I have to fight against it to keep the damn chair aligned.

When my kid or my wife is reading on my screen over my shoulder. Or reading over my shoulder when I'm reading a book or the paper.

People who feel the need to tear the paper towel in the office bathroom instead of letting the automatic thingie cut it properly. This causes the paper to go back inside and usually jams it up real good. IT'S GONNA CUT IT, DON'T NEED TO TEAR IT!!!

FM

[JediKooter]

My list:

People who wait UNTIL they get on the freeway to speed up to freeway speed

People who leave their shopping cart in the middle of the aisle (yes, I push them out of the way)

People who think the fast lane is a cruising lane

People who pass you, then get in front of you and then slow down

PETA (they are beyond a joke)

Joe Buck

Carls Jr commercials for the over emphasized sound effects when someone takes a bite out of something

We can put serveral men on the moon, but can't sync up the traffic signals

Vegans...really?? Even the name is irritating

San Diego professional sports...come on, just buy a championship already!! The Yankees and Red Sox try and do it every year, why can't you?

Those stupid survey things that scroll across the screen when you are trying to read something

[lordscarlet]

I hate it when I tell the retard "sandwich artist" at subway that I want a "little bit of mayo" on my sandwich. And then she drops a John Holmes sized load across my bread, and is like, is that good?

No, fucktard.

I have learned that you will get a smaller quantity of condiment if you don't ask. Inevitably if you ask for "a little bit" they give you more than the guy ahead of you who just asked for mayo.

[RomaGoth]

I hate it when I tell the retard "sandwich artist" at subway that I want a "little bit of mayo" on my sandwich. And then she drops a John Holmes sized load across my bread, and is like, is that good?

No, fucktard.

Related to this. I just don't get why the "sandwich artist" at subway gives me a bizarre look when I ask for mayo on the bread. Sorry, but when I make a sandwich for myself I don't make it a dry sandwich with mayo and mustard in the middle. Yet, when I ask for this at subway, they give me a look and get an attitude like it is some special request or something.

[RomaGoth]

Carls Jr commercials for the over emphasized sound effects when someone takes a bite out of something


Hell yes to this. Now that I am on the east coast I don't have to see those commercials anymore. They are terrible, and actually reinforce my lack of interest in ever eating at Carl's Junior.

[Kodos]

or people who eat all their fries, then move on to their burger/ sandwich.

It's logical. Fries get cold faster than the sandwich. Plus, like a Terminator, it's just being methodical.

[RomaGoth]

It's logical. Fries get cold faster than the sandwich.

Especially if you eat at Carl's Jr.

[Kodos]

Carl's Jr. annoys me. Shouldn't it be "Carl Jr.'s"?

[Pumpy Tudors]

It bothers me when people go bowling and look like they're having the most depressing time of their lives. It's supposed to be fun. If you hate bowling that much, why even go?

[RomaGoth]

It bothers me when people go bowling and look like they're having the most depressing time of their lives. It's supposed to be fun. If you hate bowling that much, why even go?

I think this could be said about almost anything. Like the coach of a youth sports team, or the pimp yelling at his ho's....

[Dr. Sak]

People who bitch about calls in a sporting event and have no idea what the rules are.

Blaming the officials for losses...especially when they lose by 20 points or more.

[Autumn]

Oh, people who pull right out in front of you while driving, causing you to have to slow way down to avoid hitting them, and then it turns out they were only driving like a block up the road. Especially irritating when there was nobody behind me, and they could have waited two seconds.

[Autumn]

Don't ever share a meal with my father. He is 79 and set in his ways. Ever since I can remember he has used a handkerchief. He keeps it in his back pocket and reguarlly takes it out and loudly blows his nose. During meals, at restaurants, thanksgiving dinner, wherever, whenever, and who ever is around. I'll never forget the first time my parents and my wife's parents, girlfriend at the time, all went out. I was mortified. It is the foulest thing I have ever seen. And the odd thing is he is a pharmacist and a total germaphobe.

Not as bad, I don't think, as my housemate who used to pull out his big knife and cut his nails at the dinner table. Including his toenails.

[SportsDino]

People that don't merge early, zip by you in the lane that is obviously closed up ahead, and then expect to be allowed to merge at the very end. Extremely inefficient for traffic, and plain rude and greedy. (If people did not do that the probability of a jam in the first place will decrease because everyone would just glide through the chokepoint instead of hesistating due to the late merger).

People getting right on my bumper when I have traffic in front of me. I don't want to get rear ended if something happens and you don't have the reaction time. I have had to very carefully time my braking once because of this to use every inch of following distance between me and the care in front because I had a 'I wanna go 90' asshole behind me and something went haywire up ahead. If I was a bit closer to the car up front instead of a good few seconds I would have had to go into the ditch and pray or get totaled.

If you want to go really really fast I know its a tendency to get behind someone real close and hope they change lanes, but it doesn't make sense when the lanes are stuffed and their is blocking traffic ahead. Think dumbass, no where to go, live with it!

[MJ4H]

Oh, people who pull right out in front of you while driving, causing you to have to slow way down to avoid hitting them, and then it turns out they were only driving like a block up the road. Especially irritating when there was nobody behind me, and they could have waited two seconds.

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[JediKooter]

Hell yes to this. Now that I am on the east coast I don't have to see those commercials anymore. They are terrible, and actually reinforce my lack of interest in ever eating at Carl's Junior.

You are lucky. I always change channel when I see one come on. The sad thing is, I like Carl's Jr, but, I definitely don't go there because of the commercials.

[Pumpy Tudors]

I think this could be said about almost anything. Like the coach of a youth sports team, or the pimp yelling at his ho's....
Yeah, I see what you're saying. As far as coaching a youth sports team, though, I imagine that many of those people have or had a kid on the team at some time. So they either felt obligated to do it or they really enjoyed it once. And pimps have to yell or they don't get any respect (err, at least that's what I'm told by my pimp friends). I only really mentioned bowling because that's where I see it. I see someone looking absolutely miserable, and they're not even bowling in a league or anything. They're just there. I can't imagine any situation that would cause a person to leave the house and go do a recreational activity that they apparently hate. I hate playing Barbie Horse Adventures on my Xbox, so you know how I get around that? I don't play it.

Then again, I also eat paste.

[Flasch186]

the figure of speech:

"I could care less"

I always say, "oh you could?"

[flere-imsaho]

When two lanes are merging into one (or 3 into 2, or whatever) and everyone is reasonably merging together in an alternate pattern (like a zipper) there's always some jerk who speeds up the disappearing lane to cut in front of everyone.

I'm starting to think "People" is my pet peeve. :)

Come join JIMGA & I! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misanthropy)

I hate it when I tell the retard "sandwich artist" at subway that I want a "little bit of mayo" on my sandwich. And then she drops a John Holmes sized load across my bread, and is like, is that good?


Thanks for that visual: I can now no longer eat at Subway. :p

[RomaGoth]

Yeah, I see what you're saying. As far as coaching a youth sports team, though, I imagine that many of those people have or had a kid on the team at some time. So they either felt obligated to do it or they really enjoyed it once.

This is true. I would kinda wonder about a guy who coached a U-6 soccer team and didn't have any kids. :eek:

And pimps have to yell or they don't get any respect (err, at least that's what I'm told by my pimp friends).

Do I even need to respond to this one? :D

I only really mentioned bowling because that's where I see it. I see someone looking absolutely miserable, and they're not even bowling in a league or anything. They're just there. I can't imagine any situation that would cause a person to leave the house and go do a recreational activity that they apparently hate.

Well, sometimes a person will go do something their significant other wants to do, such as bowling, a movie, rugby, mud wrestling, and Barbie Horse Adventures on your Xbox.

[stevew]

I drive 1500 miles per week. Don't get me Started on driving pet peeves.

[thesloppy]

When you're in line at some sort of food dispensary with a menu displayed on a board, and you're standing behind a gaggle of retards for fifteen minutes, and they don't think it's appropriate to look at the menu and figure out what they want, until the exact moment they're actually standing at the counter, talking to the person ready for their order.

"What's good here?"

What would be good for you is putting in your order in less than thirty seconds, before I stab you in the neck with a pencil.

[Lathum]

People who write checks at the grocery store

[RomaGoth]

When you're in line at some sort of food dispensary with a menu displayed on a board, and you're standing behind a gaggle of retards for fifteen minutes, and they don't think it's appropriate to look at the menu and figure out what they want, until the exact moment they're actually standing at the counter, talking to the person ready for their order.

"What's good here?"

What would be good for you is putting in your order in less than thirty seconds, before I stab you in the neck with a pencil.

I am impressed in this age of electronics that you actually carry a pencil with you.

[TCY Junkie]

I went to HEB a couple Saturdays ago. Took 10 minutes to get out of the produce section. People were just staring at the produce and not picking anything out. I grabbed my grapes as I walked by, I wouldn't have had to slow down my buggy except for masses of asses. I never get pissed and can go to some happy place in my mind, but this was unforeseen. I'll never go to HEB on a Saturday again as long as I live unless jerry jones dies on a saturday. They have the best icing on their cakes.

[Dr. Sak]

People who knock items off of a shelf or a rack...look at the item on the ground and decide they are too lazy to pick it up and walk away.

People who are rude to waiters or waitresses for no reason.

[DaddyTorgo]

My list:

We can put serveral men on the moon, but can't sync up the traffic signals


pretty sure the point is that they're not sync-ed up in order to slow down traffic.

[FrogMan]

forgot about smokers who throw their butt out their car window

FM

[DaddyTorgo]

It's logical. Fries get cold faster than the sandwich. Plus, like a Terminator, it's just being methodical.

i'm 30 years old and i'm still a methodical eater. eat one thing first...then the next...then the next. and i don't like my food all touching (okay if it's like fries touching my burger or whatever...not okay if my corn gets all mixed-in with my mashed potatos. so basically side dishes shouldn't touch other side dishes, but side dishes can touch protein).

there are some exceptions - i'm usually not methodical about say rice or noodles as a side-dish. but things like vegetables, or mashed potatos (my fav), i largely am. unless the main protein doesn't taste good then maybe i save a bite or two for the end.

[RomaGoth]

forgot about smokers who throw their butt out their car window

FM

...or smoke right fucking outside the door to a building, and non-smokers have to navigate a smoke stack highway to get inside. Double this if there is a "no-smoking" sign in the area as well.

[RomaGoth]

i'm 30 years old and i'm still a methodical eater. eat one thing first...then the next...then the next. and i don't like my food all touching (okay if it's like fries touching my burger or whatever...not okay if my corn gets all mixed-in with my mashed potatos. so basically side dishes shouldn't touch other side dishes, but side dishes can touch protein).

there are some exceptions - i'm usually not methodical about say rice or noodles as a side-dish. but things like vegetables, or mashed potatos (my fav), i largely am. unless the main protein doesn't taste good then maybe i save a bite or two for the end.

DT, would you happen to have some OCD going on? Joking/kidding aside, this sounds very much like others I have known that do the same types of things. Another one is making sure there clothes are folded a particular way and don't touch in the dresser drawer.

Just wondering is all.

[stevew]

I have to eat with the lights on. I can't run the risk of her slipping trojan ingredients into my food, or undercooking it. She put pine nuts(wtf) in rotini two weeks ago. She uses cream of mushroom soup in a casserole, even though I repeat time and time again that I f'n hate mushrooms.

Sigh. 13 years on sunday.

[Oilers9911]

Atrocious Internet spelling/grammar. To wit:

Lose/Loose
You're Your
Ridiculous/Rediculous

etc etc...and if you are one of the guilty I sincerely apologize....for not smashing your keyboard to bits.

[thesloppy]

I have to eat with the lights on.

You prefer to eat in the dark?

[Lathum]

Atrocious Internet spelling/grammar. To wit:

Lose/Loose
You're Your
Ridiculous/Rediculous

etc etc...and if you are one of the guilty I sincerely apologize....for not smashing your keyboard to bits.

I'v made a concertad effert to improv my speling when posting on hear and other messege boreds.

[Dodgerchick]

Parents who take kids to watch a rated R movie and are shocked at the content. Just because South Park is a cartoon doesn't mean it's gonna be cupcakes and ponies.. unless someone is sticking a cupcake up a pony's ass and having sex with it.

[JS19]

Holding a door open or having the door held for me. Obviously, if the person is directly behind me sure, I'll hold it open... but I hate, which is why I don't do it anymore, but holding the door when the person is still a solid 10 steps or so away, it's pointless and a waste of my time. People are perfectly capable of pushing or pulling a door open themselves. On the other hand, don't hold the door open for me, I'm not gonna sit there and shuffle my way over to the door looking like a retard just bc you're holding it open for me, but then I'm the asshole for taking my sweet ass time.

Also, the whole "god bless you" deal. I'm not religious in any sense of the imagination, and I have no clue what the hell it means and its origin. But again, I'm an asshole for not saying to someone.

[lighthousekeeper]

Holding a door open or having the door held for me. Obviously, if the person is directly behind me sure, I'll hold it open... but I hate, which is why I don't do it anymore, but holding the door when the person is still a solid 10 steps or so away, it's pointless and a waste of my time. People are perfectly capable of pushing or pulling a door open themselves. On the other hand, don't hold the door open for me, I'm not gonna sit there and shuffle my way over to the door looking like a retard just bc you're holding it open for me, but then I'm the asshole for taking my sweet ass time.

ah spoken like a true new yorker.

when i moved from nj to kansas i was shocked at the pervasive door-holding culture. people would hold the door open for others that were a good 25 feet away. and if the straggler was a women, double the distance. i on the otherhand was the typical rude nj ahole who held the door for no one and like never before felt conspicuously out of place.

[JediKooter]

Thanks for that visual: I can now no longer eat at Subway. :p

You don't want to see the Peter North treatment given to your sandwiches then.


pretty sure the point is that they're not sync-ed up in order to slow down traffic.

I could buy that explanation if it weren't for it being Cupertino. This is the town where people drive about 5 to 10 miles an hour slower than the posted speed limit, yet will drive through stop signs and red lights.

[RomaGoth]

Parents who take kids to watch a rated R movie and are shocked at the content. Just because South Park is a cartoon doesn't mean it's gonna be cupcakes and ponies.. unless someone is sticking a cupcake up a pony's ass and having sex with it.

winner

[Mustang]

You don't want to see the Peter North treatment given to your sandwiches then.


Is that where they try to put mayo on your sandwich, it overshoots and goes on the next customers sandwich?

[Pumpy Tudors]

Is that where they try to put mayo on your sandwich, it overshoots and goes on the next customers sandwich?
:lol::lol::lol:

[Oilers9911]

I'v made a concertad effert to improv my speling when posting on hear and other messege boreds.

I approve of this message.

[Big Fo]

Blatant disregard for the "10 items or less" rule at the grocery store. The other day I go to checkout in the "10 items or less" line and there are two carts in front of me with 30+ items each while I have three items. The other checkout lines have more than two carts waiting so this was still my best option. I glance into the cart of the second person in line (the first was already being rung up) without saying anything and as it happens she turns around, notices how few items I have and allows me to go ahead of her. I say thanks. But then the first woman in line turns around and says "she has a kid, you shouldn't have done that, you could have waited." First of all I didn't even ask to move up in line and secondly where does this bitch get the cheek to try and reprimand me while she is disregarding one of the most fundamental rules of grocery shopping?

Drivers of motor vehicles who slam on their breaks and stop in the middle of a 35 mph road to let people on their bicycles (who are on a dedicated path with stop signs on either side of the road) cross.

[Schmidty]

I kind of own the copyright on this thread.

[stevew]

I hate people that random laugh.

As in:
Me: Can I help you find something?
Customer:Looking for a TV be haw he haw be haw

What in the fuck is funny?

[Noop]

Wearing socks in my bed. I have in the last year have acquired this weird quirk about people(women) wearing socks in my bed.

Women who don't take care of their feet... I can not date a woman who does not polish her nails and have her feet in good condition... I also hate big feet...

[Glengoyne]

People who write checks at the grocery store

Serial Coupon users are worse.

I once stood behind this woman at the register who took for ever to check out. She had a bajillion coupons...and then had to argue about several of them.

Shortly thereafter as I was walking to my car she was driving in front of the store in the parking lot. I stopped tied my shoe. Stood up. Looked at her. Knelt down and tied my other shoe. Stood up, waved to her and moved on.

[ColtCrazy]

Student who don't give a crap at school. I can handle the worst behavior problems...I usually get them anyway, but the apathetic students really get to me.

Even worse, are the parents that are totally oblivious to the situation. They except me to fix it in the one year I have them, yet do nothing with their own child at home and are typically the reason why the child is that way.

Parents who put themselves first and their kids second. Yes, neighbor, I'm looking at you.

People who think they are funny and repeat jokes constantly when it really wasn't funny the first time.

People who are first in line at a stop light, then screw around with a cell phone and cause a 5 second delay when the green light hits. You are first, you have a responsibility...GO DAMN IT!

[Suburban Rhythm]

Work pet peeve

People who communicate everything through email. I have a few of these in my group of 10, and noticed it's the youngest of the group. So maybe it's a confidence issue, but had this last week.

Comes over to my desk around 1:30

"I don't feel well, is it OK if I head out early?"
"Nah, go ahead...anything we need to pick up before tomorrow morning?"
"No"
"Ok, just please check in with Jim (unit mgr) first...tell him I am fine with it, I just want him to know you aren't just walking out"
"OK...thanks"

2 mins later, email from this kid (he's 24), I am cc'd on-

Jim,

I'm not feeling well, and leaving early. I cleared this all thru Brian. I'll be in tomorrow. Thanks.


[The thru in a work mail is another issue too]

He had to walk past Jim's office to go from my desk back to his!!!!!!

[lighthousekeeper]

Work pet peeve

People who communicate everything through email. I have a few of these in my group of 10, and noticed it's the youngest of the group. So maybe it's a confidence issue, but had this last week.

Comes over to my desk around 1:30

"I don't feel well, is it OK if I head out early?"
"Nah, go ahead...anything we need to pick up before tomorrow morning?"
"No"
"Ok, just please check in with Jim (unit mgr) first...tell him I am fine with it, I just want him to know you aren't just walking out"
"OK...thanks"

2 mins later, email from this kid (he's 24), I am cc'd on-

Jim,

I'm not feeling well, and leaving early. I cleared this all thru Brian. I'll be in tomorrow. Thanks.


[The thru in a work mail is another issue too]

He had to walk past Jim's office to go from my desk back to his!!!!!!

i see a valid reason for this - the email serves as documented evidence and implicit confirmation that everyone who needs to be informed has been informed.

[Dodgerchick]

Work pet peeve

People who communicate everything through email. I have a few of these in my group of 10, and noticed it's the youngest of the group. So maybe it's a confidence issue, but had this last week.

Comes over to my desk around 1:30

"I don't feel well, is it OK if I head out early?"
"Nah, go ahead...anything we need to pick up before tomorrow morning?"
"No"
"Ok, just please check in with Jim (unit mgr) first...tell him I am fine with it, I just want him to know you aren't just walking out"
"OK...thanks"

2 mins later, email from this kid (he's 24), I am cc'd on-

Jim,

I'm not feeling well, and leaving early. I cleared this all thru Brian. I'll be in tomorrow. Thanks.


[The thru in a work mail is another issue too]

He had to walk past Jim's office to go from my desk back to his!!!!!!

I see where you're coming from. Everything nowadays seems to be email when it comes to communication in the workplace. I prefer not to use it unless I need some sort of documentation (always leaving a paper trail). What gets me are people that get snippy about a project and want to air it out thru (hah, j/k through) email. People get really nasty. Have the nads to approach a person if it's that serious and talk about it. I know some people have issues with confrontation but email is a waste of time and energy, just do the face to face.

[gstelmack]

i see a valid reason for this - the email serves as documented evidence and implicit confirmation that everyone who needs to be informed has been informed.

Yup. We have an OOO list at work for this reason.

Another advantage to e-mail communication is you don't interrupt folks for non-time-sensitive issues, they can check e-mail when they have a break.

[lighthousekeeper]

A lot of items posted in this thread aren't what I consider to be pet peeves. I consider a pet peeve to be: "an annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly annoying to them, to a greater degree than others find it". Using that yardstick, shoppers at the express checkout with too many items doesn't qualify simply because most everyone finds that annoying. Same goes for people who cut you off, people who drive-and-cell, or drive too fast/slow.


A couple of my pet peeves:

1. Any brick-and-morter store that first demands your zip code or phone number before letting you proceed through checkout. Why the fuck do you need to know where my mail is distributed from?

2. Barber shops that first demand a hair-buzzer-length number before letting you proceed through the hair cut. I refuse to make their job that easy by telling them I'm a "4" or whatever, and refuse to store in my brain whatever number I happen to be. Further, I really don't want to have to make any decisions when getting my hair cut. I really just want to say "You're the hair expert, and I'm a dorky middle-aged married man: just look at the mop on top of my head, envision a shorter version of that hair that looks decent, and make it happen."

[gstelmack]

Aside from the "touching my monitor to point at something" pet peeve, most of mine revolve around folks who think whatever they are doing is FAR more important than what anyone else could possibly be doing:

- The "blocking the aisle with your cart" thing already mentioned.
- The "passing you then cutting in front to slow down in the car" thing already mentioned. This is usually followed by a turn out of your lane when they had plenty of room to slide in behind you.
- Related are the folks that will miss a turn, then block traffic while they try and get an opportunity when they could just go up to the next light or turn lane (which is usually visible) and turn around there.
- Parking at the front of the store, often with the person opening their door as you try to go around them. I know we had a whole thread on this.
- Taking up multiple parking spaces with your car. Sorry, if you're so scared of dings, don't drive it, but at the least park way freakin' out back.
- Loud cellphone talking, as if I care about your conversation.
- Gum snapping for similar reasons.
- Complaining to a service person about things that you had control over, like the lady who brought her two infants on the train last weekend and was annoyed that she could not get hot water at 3AM. Plan ahead!
- Not throwing away the empty box when taking the last donut / plastic fork / whatever. The trash can is sitting RIGHT THERE even.

[RomaGoth]

..I also hate big feet...

You know what they say about big feet....

[RomaGoth]

I have a pet peeve about cell phones. I was at the DMV here in PA last Saturday to get my drivers license. There are signs EVERYWHERE that say "please turn cell phones off". Somehow, this translates to some people as "you may talk very loudly on your cellphone and disregard everyone else around you".

I see this everywhere, including church, a movie theater, etc...it drives me crazy.

[wade moore]

A lot of items posted in this thread aren't what I consider to be pet peeves. I consider a pet peeve to be: "an annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly annoying to them, to a greater degree than others find it". Using that yardstick, shoppers at the express checkout with too many items doesn't qualify simply because most everyone finds that annoying. Same goes for people who cut you off, people who drive-and-cell, or drive too fast/slow.


A couple of my pet peeves:

1. Any brick-and-morter store that first demands your zip code or phone number before letting you proceed through checkout. Why the fuck do you need to know where my mail is distributed from?

People who lecture you about something and then turn around and do the exact same thing themselves.

[Lathum]

A lot of items posted in this thread aren't what I consider to be pet peeves. I consider a pet peeve to be: "an annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly annoying to them, to a greater degree than others find it". Using that yardstick, shoppers at the express checkout with too many items doesn't qualify simply because most everyone finds that annoying. Same goes for people who cut you off, people who drive-and-cell, or drive too fast/slow.


A couple of my pet peeves:

1. Any brick-and-morter store that first demands your zip code or phone number before letting you proceed through checkout. Why the fuck do you need to know where my mail is distributed from?



pretty sure you are violating your own definition of pet peeve here.

[JS19]

Encountered this one last night, something i absolutely can't stand, but when a guy wears slacks and a shirt, WITH NO FREAKING BELT!!!!

[Lathum]

Encountered this one last night, something i absolutely can't stand, but when a guy wears slacks and a shirt, WITH NO FREAKING BELT!!!!

maybe he forgot...

[JS19]

maybe he forgot...

Eh, don't think I can buy that one. That would be like brushing your teeth and forgetting the toothpaste.

[Lathum]

Eh, don't think I can buy that one. That would be like brushing your teeth and forgetting the toothpaste.

I have forgotten a belt many times. But I don't often wear them to begin with.

[JS19]

Now I'm curious as to how many people wear a belt on a regular basis. I think my belt issue comes from the fact that I wear a belt everyday, whether I'm in jeans, shorts, or slacks. Also, coming from the Marine Corps, I'm not gonna get in to all of the ins and outs of the uniforms, but god bless your soul if you forget your belt, it's just as important as your pants and shirt.

[Lathum]

I never wear a belt unless I need to.

[Buccaneer]

I don't understand the belt issue. I wear jeans every day at work, with a shirt (usually button down), and never a belt. I don't even own a belt (or a tie for that matter). Wouldn't wearing a belt with jeans look dorky?

[Buccaneer]

I don't know what would be my biggest pet peeves - probably not having much patience for those that do ignorant or stupid things. I encounter many people that simply don't know how to drive well, and how to act consciously or respectfully of others in stores/lines/etc. But most of those were covered by others.

[larrymcg421]

*People who speed up when you try to get in their lane, preventing you from getting over.

*I order a bacon cheeseburger plain and I get a burger without bacon or cheese. (Duh, I would've ordered a fucking plain burger if that's all I wanted.)

*Businesses not taking responsibility. Example: I ordered something online from Shane's Rib Shack, to be picked up on my lunch break. I get there and they hadn't even seen the order yet. I complain to the manager and he explains "oh, it's a third party company that set that system up". What the fuck does that matter? You contracted them to do it. You take responsibility for it!

*When people get pissed off at you for walking in near closing. The Walmart near me actually closes at midnight, and people are incredibly rude if I walk in at 11:55. Look, if you're open until midnight, then it means exactly that. If you don't want people walking in at 11:55, then close at 11:55.

[Lathum]

*I order a bacon cheeseburger plain and I get a burger without bacon or cheese. (Duh, I would've ordered the fucking burger if that's all I wanted.)


Having worked in restaurants for many years I have seen this one a lot. I have come to the conclusion that "plain" means different things to different people.

In my experience it it better to say more along the lines of bacon cheeseburger with just bacon and cheese, no veggies. Something along those lines.

[larrymcg421]

Having worked in restaurants for many years I have seen this one a lot. I have come to the conclusion that "plain" means different things to different people.

In my experience it it better to say more along the lines of bacon cheeseburger with just bacon and cheese, no veggies. Something along those lines.

Yeah, I do usually say this now, but it irks me that it needs to be said, that there is no common sense.

If someone just wanted a plain burger with no bacon or cheese, why would they pay more to order it as a bacon cheeseburger? They would just order a burger.

[Lathum]

Yeah, I do usually say this now, but it irks me that it needs to be said, that there is no common sense.

If someone just wanted a plain burger with no bacon or cheese, why would they pay more to order it as a bacon cheeseburger? They would just order a burger.

one would think...

[Pumpy Tudors]

I just want to back up lighthousekeeper here. I think the zip code/phone number in a checkout issue fits his definition of a pet peeve just fine. Then again, I eat paste.

[samifan24]

People that leave voicemails that say "I just had a question for you so please call me." Tell me what the question is so I know what I'm walking into!

[JS19]

Totally hear ya on the voicemails... I can't stand them. A missed call is all i need; I see that, I'll call you back... no need to tell me you called and to call you back, no shit you called, my phone says "missed call". And I looking at that little voicemail icon, and going through the process of deleting the voicemail. Also, when I actually am waiting for a call and the person leaves an important, relevant voicemail, I need to delete 15 voicemails before I can get to the one I actually want/need to hear. Worst part is, my friends know how anti-voicemail I am, so they intentionally call me all day leaving voicemails.

[Autumn]

Worst part is, my friends know how anti-voicemail I am, so they intentionally call me all day leaving voicemails.

You might want to check to make sure those are actually friends.

[Flasch186]

Totally hear ya on the voicemails... I can't stand them. A missed call is all i need; I see that, I'll call you back... no need to tell me you called and to call you back, no shit you called, my phone says "missed call". And I looking at that little voicemail icon, and going through the process of deleting the voicemail. Also, when I actually am waiting for a call and the person leaves an important, relevant voicemail, I need to delete 15 voicemails before I can get to the one I actually want/need to hear. Worst part is, my friends know how anti-voicemail I am, so they intentionally call me all day leaving voicemails.

+1 sans the friends thing, theyre in my club

[Karlifornia]

Come join JIMGA & I! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misanthropy)


I have finally found who I am. Thanks, for that.

[Suburban Rhythm]

i see a valid reason for this - the email serves as documented evidence and implicit confirmation that everyone who needs to be informed has been informed.

I see where you're coming from. Everything nowadays seems to be email when it comes to communication in the workplace. I prefer not to use it unless I need some sort of documentation (always leaving a paper trail). What gets me are people that get snippy about a project and want to air it out thru (hah, j/k through) email. People get really nasty. Have the nads to approach a person if it's that serious and talk about it. I know some people have issues with confrontation but email is a waste of time and energy, just do the face to face.

I could understand it if it was something multiple people needed to know, I am all for an email to 5 people over a conference call!

In his case, he's done similar before (maybe my pet peeve is actually him?)

The girl who is the level between me and previously mentioned unit manager, her father died earlier this year. So, one of the days of the funeral, I cleared with the unit manager that I was going to the funeral home, and, with his permission, anyone that wanted to go with me, I'd drive. Two other girls on the team cleared it with him.

Day of the funeral, this kid goes back and forth on if he's going or not. I told him well in advance, we were leaving at 2:30. 2:15, he tells me he sent the unit manager an email, but hadn't heard back yet. I reiterate, leaving at 2:30. 2:30, the three of us going go the the elevators, walk a few mins to the parking garage, get in the car. Out of the garage, onto the street, a few blocks to get on the highway...phone rings. When I go to answer, I realize I had four missed calls, all from this kid to tell me the unit manager responded and said it was OK for him to leave, and did we leave town yet.

So Lore...er Dodgerchick nailed it. Rather than walking in and requesting to leave with us as an adult, he hid behind mail.

[Chubby]

People who write checks at the grocery store

People who write checks to pay for gasoline.

We take checks where I work and I don't mind checks per se since we have a detail shop so I understand businesses getting cars detailed, writing a check and signing it for a pickup person.

The person that pays for their $10 in gas each week with a check (you know who you are) drives me fucking nuts. God forbid the check machine isn't working (it processes them eloectronically so we don't get hosed) since they always seem to think we shut it down just to F with them personally despite being probably the only gas station company in the state that takes checks...

[Chubby]

*People who speed up when you try to get in their lane, preventing you from getting over.

*I order a bacon cheeseburger plain and I get a burger without bacon or cheese. (Duh, I would've ordered a fucking plain burger if that's all I wanted.)

*Businesses not taking responsibility. Example: I ordered something online from Shane's Rib Shack, to be picked up on my lunch break. I get there and they hadn't even seen the order yet. I complain to the manager and he explains "oh, it's a third party company that set that system up". What the fuck does that matter? You contracted them to do it. You take responsibility for it!

*When people get pissed off at you for walking in near closing. The Walmart near me actually closes at midnight, and people are incredibly rude if I walk in at 11:55. Look, if you're open until midnight, then it means exactly that. If you don't want people walking in at 11:55, then close at 11:55.

You obviously don't work retail...

So by your logic, you're perfectly fine with me counting down my drawer at 12 midnight despite you still wandering the aisles aimlessly? I mean, we DO close at midnight...

[stevew]

This one dude at work doesn't get the Bros before Hos thing with lunch.

This is fairly non structured retail. I can basically go to lunch at almost point in a two hour period. We will invariably debate on a time. Then agree on a place.

Of course 15 mins before we leave he will be like "Katie is stopping by for lunch".

So I gotta scramble to find another lunch buddy or eat alone.

[stevew]

Chubby

In New York can you use food stamps to buy cold prepared Foods, slurpees, fountain drinks, etc? I used to work at a Sheetz in PA and it would slay me when people used EBT to buy frozen coffee drinks. Or 40 bucks worth of cold subs.

[stevew]

Sheetz is gas station/food store

[Chubby]

Chubby

In New York can you use food stamps to buy cold prepared Foods, slurpees, fountain drinks, etc? I used to work at a Sheetz in PA and it would slay me when people used EBT to buy frozen coffee drinks. Or 40 bucks worth of cold subs.

At some places you can, we don't accept them (EBS). The child support cards are a big enough headache since they only work in the store and not at the pumps (which they then prepay gas, don't pump it, it times out and refunds back onto their card but the refund doesn't show up for 3-5 days)

[Chubby]

Sheetz is gas station/food store

When I lived in State College I learned of Sheetz :)

[Farrah Whitworth-Rahn]

People who send email in text message language.

"Hi. How r u 2dy?"

Even worse when it's your boss.

[larrymcg421]

You obviously don't work retail...

So by your logic, you're perfectly fine with me counting down my drawer at 12 midnight despite you still wandering the aisles aimlessly? I mean, we DO close at midnight...

Not sure where you got that bolded part from my statement. When I'm in at that hour, it's usually to pick up something quick.

I have worked retail and when I did, I never expected to leave at the same time that the store closed. That's just silly. If Walmart wants all their employees to leave by midnight, then they need to close earlier than midnight.

I mean, I've had shitty jobs before, but it's ridiculous to be mad at someone for walking into a store that says "OPEN".

[stevew]

You can come in at 1155 but you damn well better be ready to check out by midnight.

[Lathum]

WaWa> Sheetz

[JS19]

WaWa> Sheetz

Never heard of Sheetz, but I've lived in NJ and Maryland, and Wawa pretty much is the shit, no questions asked.... I wish they had them in NY

[Lathum]

WaWa is one of the things I miss most about the east coast. There really is nothing else like it.

[Chubby]

Not sure where you got that bolded part from my statement. When I'm in at that hour, it's usually to pick up something quick.

I have worked retail and when I did, I never expected to leave at the same time that the store closed. That's just silly. If Walmart wants all their employees to leave by midnight, then they need to close earlier than midnight.

I mean, I've had shitty jobs before, but it's ridiculous to be mad at someone for walking into a store that says "OPEN".

Because generally, that's what people do when they pop in 5 minutes before a store closes. If somebody is running in and cahses out quick I could care less, cashiers get pissed because usually the tool that runs in at 5 mins before close farts around.

The point isn't to be out at midnight but if they are supposed to close at midnight then don't complain if they close at midnight whether you are ready or not.

[stevew]

WaWa> Sheetz

Wouldn't suprise me. Never been to a WaWa. But after finding out the harsh reality that having a penis eliminated you from advancement opportunity. And also having a supervisor steal 100 out of my register. I'm not very high on Sheetz anymore.

[MrDNA]

forgot about smokers who throw their butt out their car window

FM

Atrocious Internet spelling/grammar. To wit:

Lose/Loose
You're Your
Ridiculous/Rediculous

etc etc...and if you are one of the guilty I sincerely apologize....for not smashing your keyboard to bits.

These, plus the reverse of the 11:55. When I worked retail it would invariably be the indecisive asshole who came in five minutes before closing. I worked in a bookstore, so this was especially fun as they read snippets of the books they were considering buying.

[larrymcg421]

Because generally, that's what people do when they pop in 5 minutes before a store closes. If somebody is running in and cahses out quick I could care less, cashiers get pissed because usually the tool that runs in at 5 mins before close farts around.

So then why not get pissed at the tool who farts around and not the person who dares to walk into the store that says it's open?

And also, I'm wondering how your managers set your schedules? When I worked at Blockbuster and we closed at 11pm, my schedule was set to 11:30 or midnight (if they wanted me to help close). Therefore, I didn't care if someone came in 5 minutes before close. I was leaving at 11:30 anyways.

The point isn't to be out at midnight
Ummm, you were the one mentioning that you will have to wait until midnight to count down your register, as if that's some huge burden I'm causing you.

but if they are supposed to close at midnight then don't complain if they close at midnight whether you are ready or not.
But I didn't complain about that, so I'm not sure why you're bringing that up. I'm not sure why you insist on responding to arguments that I'm not making.

[larrymcg421]

These, plus the reverse of the 11:55. When I worked retail it would invariably be the indecisive asshole who came in five minutes before closing. I worked in a bookstore, so this was especially fun as they read snippets of the books they were considering buying.

But as I said in my other response, when is your manager setting your schedule? I mean, if theyre telling you that you go home at midnight and you can't go home at midnight, it sounds like the beef is with your manager? If he sets your schedule to 12:30, then it shouldn't matter that the guy came in at 11:55.

Also, does anyone go up and tell the "indecisive asshole" that you're closing? If he ignores you, then I can see why he'd be an asshole (and I'd call a a manager). But there's a chance he might not exactly know that you're closing. I know I don't always read the closing time when I walk in and am frequently surprised at how early some places close on a Sunday. So the "indecisive asshole" just might not know that you're closing.

[Chubby]

So then why not get pissed at the tool who farts around and not the person who dares to walk into the store that says it's open?

And also, I'm wondering how your managers set your schedules? When I worked at Blockbuster and we closed at 11pm, my schedule was set to 11:30 or midnight (if they wanted me to help close). Therefore, I didn't care if someone came in 5 minutes before close. I was leaving at 11:30 anyways.


Ummm, you were the one mentioning that you will have to wait until midnight to count down your register, as if that's some huge burden I'm causing you.


But I didn't complain about that, so I'm not sure why you're bringing that up. I'm not sure why you insist on responding to arguments that I'm not making.
I do get pissed at the guy that farts around. The person that comes in close to close is USUALLY the guy that farts around, you can tell right away (at my job at least).

Being the supervisor I write the schedule :) That said, I don't want to dick around any later then I need to. I'd rather take off at 12:15 than at 12:30 :)

My point was if you are saying the cashier shouldn't care about the customer coming in at 11:55 then you as the customer shouldn't care when I count my drawer down at 12:00.

[hoopsguy]

A couple of peeves on the home front:
1.) Squeezing the toothpaste in the middle rather than from the bottom. I'm really not sure why it annoys me so much but it does.
2.) Not cleaning out the lint trap in the drying machine - I get really aggravated when I go to change it and it is clear that multiple loads have run through without this being swapped out.

[MrDNA]

But as I said in my other response, when is your manager setting your schedule? I mean, if theyre telling you that you go home at midnight and you can't go home at midnight, it sounds like the beef is with your manager? If he sets your schedule to 12:30, then it shouldn't matter that the guy came in at 11:55.

Also, does anyone go up and tell the "indecisive asshole" that you're closing? If he ignores you, then I can see why he'd be an asshole (and I'd call a a manager). But there's a chance he might not exactly know that you're closing. I know I don't always read the closing time when I walk in and am frequently surprised at how early some places close on a Sunday. So the "indecisive asshole" just might not know that you're closing.

The schedule was 3:30-close, which meant that whenever the last customer left the store + counting down the drawer + cleaning up the books left lying around. As for the second part, we weren't allowed to directly say anything to a customer so as not to be "rude." If he ignored the overhead speaker's "It is now 11:00 and we are closed" announcements he could basically stay as long as he wanted.

If you DON'T do those, things - then don't feel like we're attacking you with this pet peeve ;)

[Schmidty]

I'm still pouting about this thread. :(

[Greyroofoo]

I hate people who diss the the Colts instead of realizing the greatness that they are.

[OldGiants]

Police detectives who walk past 'their' men's room, across the walkway between the buildings and take a dump in 'our' men's room, while reading the morning paper.

Sounds like a Mel Brooks movie when they're in there.

[Radii]

My top sports pet peeve is people who constantly complain about the refs during games. There are two categories here. One is a fan who just loves pointing out mistakes. Another is a fan who constantly feels like the refs are biased against their team and complains incessantly about ever call that goes against their team. The second drives me insane.



As for me, I always eat one thing at a time(usually vegetable->side->main course), so I guess I would annoy the piss out of a few here myself ;)

[larrymcg421]

As for me, I always eat one thing at a time(usually vegetable->side->main course), so I guess I would annoy the piss out of a few here myself ;)

I do this too, but in the reverse order - main course->side->vegetable.

[Radii]

I do this too, but in the reverse order - main course->side->vegetable.

When I was a kid I wasn't allowed to leave the table until I ate my vegetables. I eventually learned that if i put it off that they got even worse when cold, and my parents had an iron will, no getting out of it. So I would immediately eat my veggies while they were still hot and tasted as palatable as possible and then move on to the more enjoyable parts of the meal. I dunno if its an OCD thing at this point for me or not but that's where it originated.

[Autumn]

When I was a kid I wasn't allowed to leave the table until I ate my vegetables. I eventually learned that if i put it off that they got even worse when cold, and my parents had an iron will, no getting out of it. So I would immediately eat my veggies while they were still hot and tasted as palatable as possible and then move on to the more enjoyable parts of the meal. I dunno if its an OCD thing at this point for me or not but that's where it originated.

You just had to be more stubborn. My sister used to go to bed and my parents would find she still had a wad of spinach stuffed in her cheek.

[Apathetic Lurker]

My pet peeve is people who have pet peeves

[flere-imsaho]

You just had to be more stubborn. My sister used to go to bed and my parents would find she still had a wad of spinach stuffed in her cheek.

That's pretty awesome. :D

[DataKing]

People that don't merge early, zip by you in the lane that is obviously closed up ahead, and then expect to be allowed to merge at the very end. Extremely inefficient for traffic, and plain rude and greedy. (If people did not do that the probability of a jam in the first place will decrease because everyone would just glide through the chokepoint instead of hesistating due to the late merger).

I actually swing out into the lane that's closing and hold my position, relative to other drivers. And wouldn't you know it, the person I was in front of before always lets me back in at the end. I get some colorful looks from the people I'm now in front of too. :D

[Izulde]

I actually swing out into the lane that's closing and hold my position, relative to other drivers. And wouldn't you know it, the person I was in front of before always lets me back in at the end. I get some colorful looks from the people I'm now in front of too. :D

Yeah people who pull moves like that are the first ones I'd shoot in an incident of road rage.

[Dodgerchick]

I actually swing out into the lane that's closing and hold my position, relative to other drivers. And wouldn't you know it, the person I was in front of before always lets me back in at the end. I get some colorful looks from the people I'm now in front of too. :D

I inch closer to the person in front of me because of people like you.

:p

[Autumn]

I'm with you DataKing ;-) I don't do that, but I definitely make it harder for people to zip on by everybody in the breakdown lane or closing lane. Get in line with everybody else, Francis.

[SportsDino]

My road rage is channelled purely into calculating the best way to tip annoying drivers to minimize damage to my car and cause them to spin out and explode in a fireball in the ditch. I have not snapped... yet!

I let people merge who are just following traffic. If you zip along and are obviously being an ass I'll block you all the way to the front and laugh as ten cars too close to cut in front of run by as you cuss.

[Dodgerchick]

Gum snapping, coffee slurping, using the elevator to go down 1 floor, chew with their mouth open, scrapping your teeth against a fork or spoon, scrapping a yogurt cup to get every last bit of freakin yogurt out, whistling, using the cell phone while driving, texting while driving, using the self checkout lanes with a cart full of stuff, racing to the next open register when you are at the back of the line with a bunch of people that are ahead of you.

I'm sure there are others.

I do this with greek yogurt. The stuff's pretty damn tasty; matter-of-fact, I did it today!

[Groundhog]

I do this too, but in the reverse order - main course->side->vegetable.

x2

People always give me flack about it, but when I'm hungry I want to enjoy the best part of my meal while I'm at my most hungriest!

[lighthousekeeper]

Thought of another one:

People with non-medical PhD degrees who have their email signature be: Dr. SoAndSo or refer to themselves as Dr. SoAndSo.

I'm in IT where most guys I know with PhDs don't do that, but I work with a lot of environmental scientists where that seems to happen more often.


I don't like the whole Dr. salutation in general. It implies a certain elevated status where one shouldn't (imho) exist.

[BrianD]

Thought of another one:

People with non-medical PhD degrees who have their email signature be: Dr. SoAndSo or refer to themselves as Dr. SoAndSo.

I'm in IT where most guys I know with PhDs don't do that, but I work with a lot of environmental scientists where that seems to happen more often.


I don't like the whole Dr. salutation in general. It implies a certain elevated status where one shouldn't (imho) exist.

I have occasionally thought about getting my PhD in something for the express purpose of making people address me as Doctor. :)

[Drake]

Wives who ask you to wake them up in the morning when you go to work, then refuse to get up over and over again until they're late, then bitch at you for not trying hard enough.

[path12]

I don't like the whole Dr. salutation in general. It implies a certain elevated status where one shouldn't (imho) exist.

I feel that way about chefs. Sorry, I'm not going to refer to you as 'Chef' so-and-so, Boyardee.

[Dodgerchick]

People who leave a voicemail and say their number faster than I can write it.

Slow the fuck down.

[Dodgerchick]

People who go in a grocery store through the exit doors. It says EXIT for a reason: to direct traffic.

[DataKing]

People who leave a voicemail and say their number faster than I can write it.

Slow the fuck down.

Or people who can't even be bothered to leave you a callback number. Thanks alot, asshole...now I have to look it up.

[FrogMan]

Or people who can't even be bothered to leave you a callback number. Thanks alot, asshole...now I have to look it up.

that and also people who talk to you (let alone call you) once or twice a year and don't even name themselves. They usually go straight to "hi, you know this thing about blah blah..."

What, am I supposed to instinctly know who you are by the tone of your voice on the first five words you say?

FM

[heybrad]

People who answer their cell phone and immediately respond with... "Can I call you back?" That's what voicemail is for. If you can't talk, don't answer.

Elevator traffic. There is a clear pattern. The doors open, the people on the elevator should be allowed off and then the people wanting on the elevator can board. I'm always amazed at the guy waiting right in the middle with his nose two inches from the door who has to dosey doe with people trying to get off the elevator. Get out of the way.

[RomaGoth]

Wives who ask you to wake them up in the morning when you go to work, then refuse to get up over and over again until they're late, then bitch at you for not trying hard enough.

You have more than one?

[DataKing]

Yank the covers clean off the bed next time. :D

[Dodgerchick]

or jump on the bed

[RomaGoth]

When people didn't wake up in boot camp, the cc would hit a metal trash can with a baton. Needless to say, a pretty shitty way to start your day. I highly recommend this method if

1) the wife needs to wake up
2) you have no problem sleeping on the couch for a few nights afterwards

[Autumn]

Throw a bucket of water at her head. It always works in the movies.

[DataKing]

Yeah but then you've got to do laundry...the sheets will be all wet.

And probably covered in your blood too.

[I. J. Reilly]

Jackasses who treat their truck bed like a trash can, then drive down the freeway at 80mph and are completely oblivious to the trail of trash they are leaving.

[Drake]

My wife is one of those women who announces early in the relationship that "you should never talk to me for the first hour after I wake up" and then spends the next decade proving how true that is.

Seriously, 99% of the time, I don't even get her up to help me get the kids off to school because all she does is scream at everybody until we're out the door, so it isn't like I look forward to waking her up anyway. She's never had an alarm clock she actually hears/can't sleep through...so most of our marriage has consisted of me sneaking out of the house in the AM and her sleeping until noon.

Some battles are worth fighting. Some battles are worth ignoring so you live longer. :)

[Karlifornia]

My wife is one of those women who announces early in the relationship that "you should never talk to me for the first hour after I wake up" and then spends the next decade proving how true that is.

Seriously, 99% of the time, I don't even get her up to help me get the kids off to school because all she does is scream at everybody until we're out the door, so it isn't like I look forward to waking her up anyway. She's never had an alarm clock she actually hears/can't sleep through...so most of our marriage has consisted of me sneaking out of the house in the AM and her sleeping until noon.

Some battles are worth fighting. Some battles are worth ignoring so you live longer. :)

Jesus, man. Do yourself a favor and get outta dodge as soon as the kids go off to college/work.

[RomaGoth]

...all she does is scream at everybody until we're out the door...so most of our marriage has consisted of me sneaking out of the house in the AM and her sleeping until noon.

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[DataKing]

I guess a little "morning delight" is out of the question then.

[Dodgerchick]

I don't think this is necessarily a pet peeve, but I get seriously annoyed when people like something in Facebook that shouldn't be liked. Several months ago there was an NPR article about some reporters getting kidnapped in North Korea... and people liked it. Today there's a CNN article about 8 people getting shot in Orlando, FL and people are liking it! WTF?! Are people that heartless or is this just a stupid Facebook fad?

[RomaGoth]

I don't think this is necessarily a pet peeve, but I get seriously annoyed when people like something in Facebook that shouldn't be liked. Several months ago there was an NPR article about some reporters getting kidnapped in North Korea... and people liked it. Today there's a CNN article about 8 people getting shot in Orlando, FL and people are liking it! WTF?! Are people that heartless or is this just a stupid Facebook fad?

I think it is just people saying that they like that the story was reported, not that they like the events that occurred. With that being said, it IS pretty stupid. Only click on "like" if it is a good story, not something about people dying. At least in my opinion.

[Dodgerchick]

I can see that but it's still pretty idiotic. It's as silly as people who post, "first", "second", "third", etc. when something's being reported. When I see an article I like and wanna read the comments, more than half are these kinds of comments. It really gets on my nerves.

[RomaGoth]

It's as silly as people who post, "first", "second", "third", etc. when something's being reported.

Yeah it is rather absurd to waste a comment on something like "first" or "second". Maybe they are just narcisistic or something, I dunno.

[Autumn]

162nd!

[RainMaker]

1) Long lines at a retail store. I know it's not the employee's fault, but it sucks that you have to wait 30 minutes to actually buy something from someone. This is mostly aimed at grocery stores. I mean splurge and open another register for $9/hour and make your customers happy.

2) When there is a long line at a convenient store and the person is determined to pay by exact change. 89 cents, no problem for them. Or the women who are in a long line and don't have their purse or wallets open when they get the total. Just an asshole thing to do.

3) Contractors who bail on projects. Have had this happen with two web designers in the last month. We are in a massive recession and I know these guys are hurting (they told me when we hired them). But for some reason they disappear in mid-project to do God knows what. Always come back weeks later when someone else has finished it with some lame excuse. I've had issues with getting contractors to do stuff on my roof too. It's like people don't want to work.

[Mustang]

Can a person be a pet peeve?

For various reasons, there is a lady in the office that I want to take my keyboard and smash it across the back of her head.

[Airhog]

Idiot drives annoy me to know end.

I had a lady behind me a few weeks ago. We were about about 500 feet from a lane closure on our right. She decides to whip around me into the lane that is closing, and attempt to pass me. I nearly ran into her as she whipped around me. That was the greatest Driving WTF I have ever witnessed. And for what gain?

Another of mine, is when you are driving with the flow of traffic, and some guy or gal is riding you ass. Its like WTF dude, if I could go any faster here I would.

[Malificent]

Construction dump trucks with the "Stay 300 feet back. Not responsible for debris." If a standard car is roughly 16 feet, they're saying "if you aren't approximately 19 car lengths behind us, we're not responsible for crap dropping off our truck." And I say, hell yes you are. Noone drives a full football field length behind another car.

[dacman]

People trying to set you up with their weird, bizzare friend -- the kind you would never go out with in a million years. "I don't know why no one will go out with her, she's really nice." No she's a kind of ugly major freakaziod that creeps people out! And you think so highly of me you want me to go out with THAT -- now I have to question our friendship, too. ARRGGH.

[Dr. Sak]

People that don't merge early, zip by you in the lane that is obviously closed up ahead, and then expect to be allowed to merge at the very end. Extremely inefficient for traffic, and plain rude and greedy. (If people did not do that the probability of a jam in the first place will decrease because everyone would just glide through the chokepoint instead of hesistating due to the late merger).

Don't bitch at them for following the signs that say "USE BOTH LANES TILL MERGE POINT!". If some people weren't such jerks they would just let every other car in and traffic would move fine.

[B & B]

My pet peeve is folks not using the word freakazoid enough, and when they do.... it ends up misspelled.

[CraigSca]

Here's one of mine - those commercials on TV for tax lawyers and the wonderful reductions in taxes owed to the government from their clients.

"I owed the IRS $1.2 million dollars and ended up paying $10,000. Thanks, Mr. Shyster!"

Oh great - so, you successfully bilked the government almost the full amount of your taxes owed. High-five to ya, my man! I'll just continue to pay my taxes and drive my 5 year old Honda while you jet off to Aspen for the weekend.

Now - I'm not going to talk about the reckless government spending, or the fact that the tax code is by all accounts screwed up - but I can't stand to hear people who are getting away with tax evasion.

Thank you!

[RainMaker]

Idiot drives annoy me to know end.

I had a lady behind me a few weeks ago. We were about about 500 feet from a lane closure on our right. She decides to whip around me into the lane that is closing, and attempt to pass me. I nearly ran into her as she whipped around me. That was the greatest Driving WTF I have ever witnessed. And for what gain?

Another of mine, is when you are driving with the flow of traffic, and some guy or gal is riding you ass. Its like WTF dude, if I could go any faster here I would.
I love the guys in the city who bolt off a light like it's the Indy 500 only to be stuck at another red light within 200 feet (and sitting right next to my car again). Somehow thinking that going 55 MPH from one light to the next in the city is going to save him some time.

[TCY Junkie]

My zipper. I never had to push the holder down to lock it and now I have to because my zipper got worn and goes down in three steps. The problem is I never had to touch my zipper when I whipped it out before and now I have to pull it down.

[stevew]

I love the guys in the city who bolt off a light like it's the Indy 500 only to be stuck at another red light within 200 feet (and sitting right next to my car again). Somehow thinking that going 55 MPH from one light to the next in the city is going to save him some time.

This. They probably wonder why they get shitty gas mileage and have to replace their brakes very often.

Still though, sitting in the passing lane and going the speed limit or less is probably my biggest driving peeve lately. I hate having to pas on the right cause someone doesn't understand how the road. I only go about 5-9 over.

And semi trucks. Fuck those things.

[RainMaker]

Another is this new trend of news/sports shows on TV letting me know what every shithead on Facebook or Twitter thinks. Our President is in Asia on a trip and I need to see what TwilightFan45324 thinks of it.

[stevew]

Twilight. Are you kidding me? The movie had the plot and budget of an after school special. Just horrible how popular this is.

[Dodgerchick]

Twilight. Are you kidding me? The movie had the plot and budget of an after school special. Just horrible how popular this is.

Couldn't agree with you more, just a horrible, horrible movie. The second one looks just as bad.

[stevew]

I just watched the movie today. That SNL "Firelight" spoof was so hilarious now that I finally saw the movie.

[JediKooter]

Twilight. Are you kidding me? The movie had the plot and budget of an after school special. Just horrible how popular this is.

Well, it is geared for the 13-16 year old girl crowd. So throw it in the big garbage pile that consists of all the shitty boy bands and Hannah Montana crap, but, those girls are spending mom and dads money on it so, it keeps getting made. I weep for our future of entertainment...

[Blade6119]

One of the girls im dating doesnt laugh, she just keeps saying "thats soo funny!"...I know it was on scrubs, and it pisses me off just as much as it did JD

[lighthousekeeper]

One of the girls im dating doesnt laugh, she just keeps saying "thats soo funny!"...I know it was on scrubs, and it pisses me off just as much as it did JD

yuck

[Airhog]

Another one of mine, is being blasted with christmas stuff before thanksgiving.

Its not so bad that they put that stuff out at walmart. But when people start turning their lights on, and I turn on the radio and hear it, then that starts to get under my skin.

I firmly believe that Christmas season does not start until black friday.

[Dr. Sak]

Another one of mine, is being blasted with christmas stuff before thanksgiving.

Its not so bad that they put that stuff out at walmart. But when people start turning their lights on, and I turn on the radio and hear it, then that starts to get under my skin.

I firmly believe that Christmas season does not start until black friday.

+1000000

[SportsDino]

If I saw a sign that said 'use both signs before merge point' then I guess I would think differently. Have not seen such a sign at any of the points I'm thinking of though. I HAVE seen people drive on the margin of the road pretending it is another lane and then expect to be merged back into traffic ahead of everyone else, while talking on a cell phone.

I'll err on the side of calling dumb mergers assholes until proven innocent.

[cthomer5000]

Chubby

In New York can you use food stamps to buy cold prepared Foods, slurpees, fountain drinks, etc? I used to work at a Sheetz in PA and it would slay me when people used EBT to buy frozen coffee drinks. Or 40 bucks worth of cold subs.

I stumbled into this thread... i think in New Jersey you cannot buy prepared food with food stamps (or whatever the electronic equivelant is this days). It may just be 'hot food' though. Also, IIRC, you cant buy carbonated beverages either.

[Suburban Rhythm]

Twilight. Are you kidding me? The movie had the plot and budget of an after school special. Just horrible how popular this is.

+ infinity

I work with women...actually girls would be more accurate, though they are in their 20's and 30's...who talk about this bullshit nonstop.

"It's so romantic...it's so sweet"

Really? Then I feel very sorry for their husbands.

Everytime I walk past their desks and they are on People reading about this crap...i throw up in my mouth a little.

[stevew]

AutoTone

Not thst it hasn't been played out for a long time. But now virtually every pop song features a robot voice these days.

[Izulde]

Stephanie Meyer and Anne Rice are two people that inflame my desire to go on a homocidal rampage.

[Lathum]

Kay jewelry commercials.

[Dodgerchick]

People who try on clothes in a fitting room and leave them on the floor. If you're not gonna take them, have the decency to leave them hanging in the room for an employee to put them away.

[Dodgerchick]

When you ask someone a yes or no question and they go on a long ass tangent about something that has nothing to do with the original question.

I went to pay rent and asked the leasing agent a simple yes or no question and the girl kept talking... and talking... and talking. I had to interrupt and ask if the answer was yes. I just don't have that kind of time.

[Lathum]

There should be a checkout lane at the supermarket for people under the age of 60 who not only have an ATM card but know how to use it efficiently.

[RainMaker]

People who turn every single conversation and topic into something political.

"The Bulls aren't playing too well lately"
"I'm sure the liberals are begging for them to get a bailout"

You can go to any news story on a major site and the comments ultimately turn into some Obama bashing or political complaint.

[stevew]

The supermarket in general. I went in the other day and shopped during the day for the first time in maybe a decade. I'm a midnight or later shopper. I'm getting cut off by old people. Or raced around by assholes. I about broke out some C-Bombs on a chick who almost nailed me with her cart. Twice, in two different aisles.

Then, I forgot how people randomly talk to you. Like it's suddenly acceptable to have a conversation with a stranger, just cause we are both looking at pork. Then people don't respect your personal space. I'm checking out, putting my stuff on the lane. This mouthbreather who smelled funny was basically 2 inches away from my body. I go to swipe my ATM, and he's like staring at the pin pad. I went into full on box out mode, like I was trying to grab a rebound.

Basically the only reason I went was cause they had some amazing meat specials, plus I had accrued 18% off in groceries cause I buy a lot of gasoline from Giant Eagle. So I got like "400 dollars" worth of food for like $250. It was worth it, i guess. As long as the guy didn't give me head lice.

Yeah, I'm aware of the fact that I'm an asshole.

[Dodgerchick]

steve, you sound like someone who's lives in L.A.

[lordscarlet]

People that are so anti-social that they won't talk to me at the supermarket.


:D

[ColtCrazy]

Another is this new trend of news/sports shows on TV letting me know what every shithead on Facebook or Twitter thinks. Our President is in Asia on a trip and I need to see what TwilightFan45324 thinks of it.

+1

British comedy duo Mitchell and Webb did a very funny skit on this topic, talking about how world was going to end then asking people "so what do you think". Pretty funny.

I don't even care what "experts" think most of the time, why would I care what some random idiots thinks?

[JPhillips]

The Ford commercial where they show a circular saw slice a piece of plywood with a curved cut.

[JS19]

People buying $50 worth of lotto tickets when all I wanna do is drop a $20 on the counter for gas and be on my way. It's not so much the people, but there should be an entirely different store dedicated to lotto alone.

[rjolley]

Watching tv shows or movies and they advertise another show or movie in the lower part of the screen. You're telling me you can't wait until the commercial break to tell me about a show I could care less about? Everyone doesn't jump through commercials. (ok, most of us do, but work with me here)

And speaking of commercials, I can't stand the way they change the volume. Have it set to a nice level...get distracted by something...then BLAM!!! My eardrums are assaulted by a commercial about some tax lawyer.

[Lathum]

People who don't know how to go around a corner in a crowded place. I have included a diagram. Notice I am sticking as far right as I can, hugging the wall, yet idiots always feel the need to fly around the same corner but on the left.

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/4899/cornery.png (http://img35.imageshack.us/i/cornery.png/)

[Mustang]

when all I wanna do is drop a $20 on the counter for gas

I haven't paid cash for gas in 5 years. Only time I bother walking into a gas station now is if I'm on a longer trip and want to take a piss and get a soda.

[Lathum]

I haven't paid cash for gas in 5 years. Only time I bother walking into a gas station now is if I'm on a longer trip and want to take a piss and get a soda.

I'm the same way. I don't even carry cash on me anymore.

[CleBrownsfan]

I have one...

I have two dogs and I usually buy a 40 lbs thing of dog food. Trying to get all the pieces of food out of the bag into a container is such a pain in the ass. It never fails - I drop 1/3 of the bag on the floor and it just pisses me off!

[DaddyTorgo]

People who don't know how to go around a corner in a crowded place. I have included a diagram. Notice I am sticking as far right as I can, hugging the wall, yet idiots always feel the need to fly around the same corner but on the left.

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/4899/cornery.png (http://img35.imageshack.us/i/cornery.png/)

i always just refuse to move for those people, or stick out an elbow so they crash into it.

fuck them.

[DaddyTorgo]

People who are walking in groups and hog the entire sidewalk.

No lady, it's not okay for you and your walking-buddy to walk two-abreast while I'm trying to go in the other direction just because you're talking. No I won't fucking step into the grass to go around you. Why don't you fucking slide into a line for 10 fucking feet.

[Lathum]

i always just refuse to move for those people, or stick out an elbow so they crash into it.

fuck them.

I do as well, and I am a pretty big guy, but then they give you this look like you're the asshole.

[DaddyTorgo]

I do as well, and I am a pretty big guy, but then they give you this look like you're the asshole.

I'm bigger than you (as you know). And I glare right back at them, and occasionally I'll raise an eyebrow like "Yeah?" It's amusing. I laugh at it.

[saldana]

apologies if this is somewhere else in the thread, but i just experienced it and wanted to choke the salesgirl..this happens in alot of stores so it is not necessarily about this particular place

went into a retail store and looked around for a few minutes and was unable to find what i was looking for...finally found the girl and said, excuse me, i cannot seem to find any food dehydrators....the girl replies "oh, we dont have any of those in stock, but i can order one for you from our website"

my answer = "if i wanted to order one from your website, i wouldnt have bothered to come into your store. thanks, i will go somewhere else."

[DaddyTorgo]

i dunno saldana - think they're just trying to be helpful. i mean they can't exactly say "sorry we don't have any. why don't you try store X or order it online" without getting their asses fired.

[Passacaglia]

Watching tv shows or movies and they advertise another show or movie in the lower part of the screen. You're telling me you can't wait until the commercial break to tell me about a show I could care less about? Everyone doesn't jump through commercials. (ok, most of us do, but work with me here)

And speaking of commercials, I can't stand the way they change the volume. Have it set to a nice level...get distracted by something...then BLAM!!! My eardrums are assaulted by a commercial about some tax lawyer.

What's worse is when they use the lower part of the screen to advertise the show you're already watching. Saw that last week. And it wasn't a "You're watching..." kind of thing, it was an ad.

[Passacaglia]

People who don't know how to go around a corner in a crowded place. I have included a diagram. Notice I am sticking as far right as I can, hugging the wall, yet idiots always feel the need to fly around the same corner but on the left.

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/4899/cornery.png (http://img35.imageshack.us/i/cornery.png/)

Even though hanging to the right is usually more appropriate, I always stick to the outside when going around the corner, or at least the middle, so I can dodge either way if needed.

[DaddyTorgo]

Even though hanging to the right is usually more appropriate, I always stick to the outside when going around the corner, or at least the middle, so I can dodge either way if needed.

fuck dodging. put an elbow into some dude's sternum...cave man style!! :devil:

[boberot]

People who constantly use "retard" or "retarded." I know it's a reflex, and people don't mean anything by it.

But, as somebody who works at an agency serving people with developmental/cognitive disabilities, I know how often they come across it out in public or through various non-mainstream media interactions -- and I know how much of a slap in the face it is to them.

[MJ4H]

People who constantly use "retard" or "retarded." I know it's a reflex, and people don't mean anything by it.

But, as somebody who works at an agency serving people with developmental/cognitive disabilities, I know how often they come across it out in public or through various non-mainstream media interactions -- and I know how much of a slap in the face it is to them.

This times 1 million. I used to be super-guilty of this. I've had my perspective changed.

[boberot]

So my 11-year-old daughter is very much in a save-the-whales / save-the-apes / save-the-etc mindset. Very admirable.

She took the initiative to do a cute little fundraiser to raise $20 or $30 to donate to this cause, so I went to the WWF website [no, not the wrestling one] and made a donation using my credit card.

Since then, probably three times a week [minimum] I get giant, thick mailings from WWF asking me to support whatever the current initiative is. I've probably got 150 in the past year or so. I cringe at the money they're basically wasting, and think about what a poor fundraising policy it is to blast with expensive mailings every person who makes one modest donation.

[DaddyTorgo]

So my 11-year-old daughter is very much in a save-the-whales / save-the-apes / save-the-etc mindset. Very admirable.

She took the initiative to do a cute little fundraiser to raise $20 or $30 to donate to this cause, so I went to the WWF website [no, not the wrestling one] and made a donation using my credit card.

Since then, probably three times a week [minimum] I get giant, thick mailings from WWF asking me to support whatever the current initiative is. I've probably got 150 in the past year or so. I cringe at the money they're basically wasting, and think about what a poor fundraising policy it is to blast with expensive mailings every person who makes one modest donation.

have you tried calling/emailing whatever to tell them to take you off the lists?

[Passacaglia]

fuck dodging. put an elbow into some dude's sternum...cave man style!! :devil:

Usually when I turn the corner in my office, I'm carrying a pretty full mug of coffee, so I'm not really in a position to do that.

[JediKooter]

Quiznos...for making Subway employees think that you want your sandwich toasted. Yesteday, went to subway and ordered two sandwiches, one for lunch, one for dinner. The first sandwich was the tuscan chicken melt and I clearly said, only warm up the chicken, I do not want the bread toasted. No problem. The second sandwich, a spicy italian, again, I do not want it toasted.

I guess the dude was a little frazzled because he was the only one there and there was a small, but, manageable line begining to form. So, he sees the people coming in and he decides to turn into a NASCAR pit crewman and try and make my sandwiches as fast as he can. I knew that was red flag...

So, he cuts up the bread for both sandwiches, then proceeds to put the chicken on one of the rolls. I tell him again, "I only want the chicken warmed up". So he grabs the roll, with the chicken and starts to put it on the little pizza spatula they use to toast sandwiches. I tell him to stop, "I only want the chicken warmed up." He takes the sandwich off the pizza spatula thing and comes back over to the counter. Then he starts to make the spicy italian, gets all the meat on there and the cheese. THEN, he takes both sandwiches and puts them on the pizza spatula thing. Now I'm waving my arms for him to stop and tell him to stop. I say again, "I only want the chicken warmed up". I add, "Do not toast ANY of the bread".

He takes the sandwiches back off the pizza spatula thing and brings them to the counter where I tell him again to only warm up the chicken. He looks at me. Finally, I say, "Slow down and take your time. Take the chicken off of the bread and put it on something and put it in the microwave to warm up the chicken". He goes, "So you don't want anything toasted?" Aye yi yi. I told him I don't want anything toasted and to just slow down and not rush the order, that's how things get messed up.

FINALLY, he puts JUST the chicken in a french fry looking carton and puts it in the microwave!!! YAY! But, now because he's so flustered and there are still people waiting, he's now throwing everything on my spicy italian, making a big mess. I let that go.

He finally gets my sandwiches wrapped up and he's apologizing to me and he keep saying it's no big deal, just slow down and it's a good thing you weren't defusing a bomb.

I will give him this and this is why I wasn't mad at the dude, english is not his first language, so there could have been something lost in translation, BUT, I've always been very clear when saying that I do not want my sandwiches toasted when they ask if I want my sandwiches toasted. He just got in too big of a hurry and because Quiznos thinks it's just the absolute shit because they toast their sandwiches and Subway has to compete, the dude got tunnel vision.

So fuck you Quiznos and your toasted sandwiches, you turned a simple sandwich making job into a high pressure situation. My new pet peeve is toasted sandwiches and Quiznos...

[DaddyTorgo]

no!!

quiznos is fucking delicious!!!

[JediKooter]

no!!

quiznos is fucking delicious!!!

Haha! I've always just been 'meh' about Quiznos to begin with. However, I do like the potato chips they have and their italian dressing.

[DaddyTorgo]

quiznos is about a billion times better than subway.

neither are like...better than say your local top-class deli, but for fast-food sandwiches quiznos is FAR AND AWAY better than subway

[JS19]

People who leave the windshield wipers on when the rain has stopped and they aren't needed anymore, or when they have them on a higher setting that is necessary.

[Lathum]

So Babies r us calls to tell me the crib and dresser are in that out Moms got us. The store is about 30-45 minutes away. I ask if they offer delivery, they inform me they do and it would be $85 to deliver to my area code, no problem, I say lets do it. The lady then informs me I have to come to the store to do the paperwork, etc...for the delivery. Umm, if I wanted to come to the store I wouldn't bother with having them delivered, fucking stupid.

[Passacaglia]

So Babies r us calls to tell me the crib and dresser are in that out Moms got us. The store is about 30-45 minutes away. I ask if they offer delivery, they inform me they do and it would be $85 to deliver to my area code, no problem, I say lets do it. The lady then informs me I have to come to the store to do the paperwork, etc...for the delivery. Umm, if I wanted to come to the store I wouldn't bother with having them delivered, fucking stupid.

Put that crib together right away. Our crib was delivered about a week after we ordered it, but the platform that the mattress goes on isn't level -- it's 3/4 of an inch higher in one corner. We called them for a replacement part, but that will take 2-3 weeks.

[JediKooter]

quiznos is about a billion times better than subway.

neither are like...better than say your local top-class deli, but for fast-food sandwiches quiznos is FAR AND AWAY better than subway

Just something about Quiznos sandwiches seems to be missing. Haven't figured it out yet and since yesterday, I'm in no rush. :)

Yes, a local deli, far out shines either of the two for sure. Wish there was a one close by where I'm at. I've had better sandwiches from a deli that's in a liquor store than either Subway or Quiznos.

[DaddyTorgo]

i've got the most amazing local deli - they use real baguettes for their sandwiches and all the meats/cheeses are imported from italy...it's like fucking heaven on a roll.

[Lathum]

Put that crib together right away. Our crib was delivered about a week after we ordered it, but the platform that the mattress goes on isn't level -- it's 3/4 of an inch higher in one corner. We called them for a replacement part, but that will take 2-3 weeks.

Thanks for the heads up.

[Passacaglia]

Just something about Quiznos sandwiches seems to be missing. Haven't figured it out yet and since yesterday, I'm in no rush. :)

Yes, a local deli, far out shines either of the two for sure. Wish there was a one close by where I'm at. I've had better sandwiches from a deli that's in a liquor store than either Subway or Quiznos.

You have a Potbelly near you?

[Izulde]

i dunno saldana - think they're just trying to be helpful. i mean they can't exactly say "sorry we don't have any. why don't you try store X or order it online" without getting their asses fired.

Sure they can. Every retail store I've worked at, I've done this and so have other people.

Why? Because if you're honest and helpful about other places they can try, they'll be more likely to give you another shot, even if the other place(s) has what they're looking for this go-round.

[DaddyTorgo]

Sure they can. Every retail store I've worked at, I've done this and so have other people.

Why? Because if you're honest and helpful about other places they can try, they'll be more likely to give you another shot, even if the other place(s) has what they're looking for this go-round.

but maybe they've been told by their bosses "if you do that i'll fire your ass."

i dunno...having worked in retail for so long (idk how long you spent in retail) maybe i'm just more inclined to give retail workers a break.

[JediKooter]

i've got the most amazing local deli - they use real baguettes for their sandwiches and all the meats/cheeses are imported from italy...it's like fucking heaven on a roll.

Now that sounds tasty!!



You have a Potbelly near you?

Never heard of them. They make a good sandwich?

[Izulde]

but maybe they've been told by their bosses "if you do that i'll fire your ass."

i dunno...having worked in retail for so long (idk how long you spent in retail) maybe i'm just more inclined to give retail workers a break.

I can't remember having been told that by any of my bosses. It'd be stupid if they did. Like I said, it's actually one of those small things that helps build customer loyalty.

I worked Best Buy a year, Target a seasonal, and Victoria's Secret 4 years.

[lighthousekeeper]

Victoria's Secret 4 years.

Every time you mention that, here's what my brain does:

1. Takes the image of you lounging with Star Wars poster
2. Peppers in a healthy does of mall-stalker-day-dreams-of-BathAndBodyWorks-girl vibe
3. Places all that in a Victoria Secret

Then I shudder uncontrollably.

[DaddyTorgo]

I can't remember having been told that by any of my bosses. It'd be stupid if they did. Like I said, it's actually one of those small things that helps build customer loyalty.

I worked Best Buy a year, Target a seasonal, and Victoria's Secret 4 years.

well i dunno...maybe the girl is too clueless or something then. *shrugs*

[Passacaglia]

Now that sounds tasty!!



Never heard of them. They make a good sandwich?

Yes. Looks like the closest one to you is in Texas. So never mind!

[JediKooter]

Yes. Looks like the closest one to you is in Texas. So never mind!

I can take a long lunch... :)

[Izulde]

Every time you mention that, here's what my brain does:

1. Takes the image of you lounging with Star Wars poster
2. Peppers in a healthy does of mall-stalker-day-dreams-of-BathAndBodyWorks-girl vibe
3. Places all that in a Victoria Secret

Then I shudder uncontrollably.

I'd completely forgotten about #2 until you mentioned it. From now on, just consider all threads started by me about some girl to be a side effect of me being off medication and bored with my present life situation. :D

...Unless I start a dating thread in the Dynasty Forum. I've been having some amusing moments with OkCupid lately.

[Mustang]

I don't like Quiznos just for the simple fact that what they do, I don't consider it 'toasted'. It comes out the equivalent warmth of sitting out in the sun on a 90 degree day for 20 minutes. Maybe there is some secret handshake or phrase that I need to give them to actually get the bread toasted.

[rjolley]

Quizno's subs come out with just the right amount of toastiness. One thing I've noticed here is they've changed their meat. The chicken for the carbonara and the beef for the cheesesteak have been changed to the generic chicken and beef used for other sandwiches. So, the end product isn't as good.

One chain sandwich shop that I've come to like is Firehouse Subs. Haven't had a bad sandwich there yet.

[Pumpy Tudors]

I get my sandwiches from Staples. Yes, the office supply store. You have to ask for them at the register. They're nice and warm, too.

I dare somebody to try this.

[DaddyTorgo]

I don't like Quiznos just for the simple fact that what they do, I don't consider it 'toasted'. It comes out the equivalent warmth of sitting out in the sun on a 90 degree day for 20 minutes. Maybe there is some secret handshake or phrase that I need to give them to actually get the bread toasted.

really? my bread is always toasted, sometimes charred edges. just ask them to turn the damn oven speed down/temperature up...i think they often just speed it up to get the sandwiches done quicker

[MikeVic]

Quiznos is on my shit list because the last time I've gone there (and I've only been there a handful of times), they tried to screw me over. I wanted to get one of those 2 for $6 deals (includes a drink), and I was tired, just wanted to grab food, go home, eat, sleep.

Anyway, I get to the front and it comes to something that seemed like a little too much money, like they punched it in wrong, but I figure ah whatever, it's like 50 cents more, I'll let it slide. I walk to the drink machine and notice I don't have a cup. So I go back and say I forgot my cup, and they want to charge me for the drink too. So I say I got the 2 for $6, and the cashier says well, it's already punched in wrong so you'll have to pay for the drink. I said they already over-charged me on the 2 for $6, now they want to charge me for the drink, and I'm not paying, I should actually be given money back and the drink. So the cashier gets some other person there, and she gives me the drink and says 'well, the order is already punched in and it's only a 50 cent difference, so...'

So I got my drink and won't be going back to Quiznos. I've lived without them up until last year, so I can go on living without them. I've never had that kind of problem at a fast food place before.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Quiznos is on my shit list because the last time I've gone there (and I've only been there a handful of times), they tried to screw me over. I wanted to get one of those 2 for $6 deals (includes a drink), and I was tired, just wanted to grab food, go home, eat, sleep.

Anyway, I get to the front and it comes to something that seemed like a little too much money, like they punched it in wrong, but I figure ah whatever, it's like 50 cents more, I'll let it slide. I walk to the drink machine and notice I don't have a cup. So I go back and say I forgot my cup, and they want to charge me for the drink too. So I say I got the 2 for $6, and the cashier says well, it's already punched in wrong so you'll have to pay for the drink. I said they already over-charged me on the 2 for $6, now they want to charge me for the drink, and I'm not paying, I should actually be given money back and the drink. So the cashier gets some other person there, and she gives me the drink and says 'well, the order is already punched in and it's only a 50 cent difference, so...'

So I got my drink and won't be going back to Quiznos. I've lived without them up until last year, so I can go on living without them. I've never had that kind of problem at a fast food place before.
I miss the old days when we could just make an Canadian exchange rate joke and move on. :(

[DaddyTorgo]

I miss the old days when we could just make an Canadian exchange rate joke and move on. :(


:lol:

[Lathum]

WaWa makes the best subs, nothing else comes close.

[CraigSca]

Our local Quiznos has been shut down twice for health violations. Woot.

[DaddyTorgo]

Our local Quiznos has been shut down twice for health violations. Woot.

i'll fuckin pass on that, k thnx

[Pumpy Tudors]

Our local Quiznos has been shut down twice for health violations. Woot.
That wouldn't have happened if they had just toasted the bread longer!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Dodgerchick]

Okay, this one REALLY, and I mean REALLY ticks me off.

Parents that take up a seat to a crafts for kids event. I can understand if these parents wanna help their kids with the project, but please, get your lazy ass off the kiddie chair and give the children that are standing around a chance to work on their craft for fuck's sake.

I went to one of these events this past weekend and 4 parents were taking up a kiddie chair and I had to grab one from another table. One of the parents said, "Oh, would you like him to sit here?" LOLOL, omg, seriously? The lady only saw us standing there for about a minute before I had to grab another chair. Not only that, there were kids that were standing around waiting for one of these parents to get up! Tsk tsk tsk.

[stevew]

People who refuse to take the extra time or consideration to charge up a device with a battery in it. No excuse for "I can't talk right now, my cell phone is dead"