Topic: Pet Peeves - What's yours???

[Predator Don]

Yea magnum.....You hit another. Merge lanes.....

People, when getting on the interstate, accelerate and merge into traffic at interstate speed. You do not pull into traffic going 45 when everyone else is hitting 70.

When getting off the interstate, please use the exit lane for which it was intended...TO SLOW DOWN!!!!


My apologies to the states that have stop signs on thier entrance ramps. Your engineers should be in jail.

[Predator Don]

Don, #5 as relates to "menu trees".  I don't want to talk to your computer and I don't want to answer its questions; just hook me up to a human - where's the (press 1/press 2) BUTTON FOR THAT??! - and we'll be done in no time.

Plus, didja notice, if you give the computer your account or whatever numbers, as soon as you DO get a human, they ask you for the same information?

Yea, it drives me nuts....Then they want you to speak to their supervisor to either confirm everything or make sure all ok....I reaaallllly hate when i'm told I will receive an additional call from a supervisor.
 


Which reminds me....I have a huge pet peeve over cameras takin a pic of my plate and getting a ticket thru the mail.

[John Florida]

Thought of another one. The public restrooms, that have to accommodate for the handicapped. The handicapped stall is big enough to play a basketball game in, and the non-handicapped one(s) is/are so small that you practically have to step into the toilet to close the door.

Thank you, Americans With Disabilities act! 

 Use the damned thing. Just cause they're disabled doesn't mean the don't have to wait their turn. I do.

[Sectionhand]

Or they ask "who is this" when you say hello.  What do you mean "who is this?"; who did you want to call?

When idiots call me and say that , I say ; " I don't know . I can't see you !"  ( It used to be accepted courtesy to identify yourself when you called someone . )

Two more :

" He (She) passed ." If they mean "died" say so . The old version was "passed away" and I suppose that's still okay if you want to be formal about it . But "passed" ? ... That comes from people of Stymie's antecedants who were afraid of dead people .

"How'd Harvey do on his math test yesterday ?"
"He passed."
" Holy sh*t ! I'm sorry . I didn't know it was going to be so tough !"


"Went missing" ... What the hell happened to "disappeared" ? "Went missing" sounds like something trailer trash would say . The news media all seemed to pick this up at once but it makes them sound as if they just fell off the turnip truck !

[rickl]

"How'd Harvey do on his math test yesterday ?"
"He passed."
" Holy sh*t ! I'm sorry . I didn't know it was going to be so tough !"

[Alphabet Soup]

Or they ask "who is this" when you say hello.  What do you mean "who is this?"; who did you want to call?

I've been known to answer this one with, "Who would you like this to be?!"

[Thresherman]

I hate it when checkout clerks are required to say "Have a nice day!"  It can sound forced and makes you feel as if you owe some compliment in return.  I would much rather they say "Thankyou for your business."  It sounds professional, sincere and the only response required is the standard "You're welcome."

[Janny]

I hate it when checkout clerks are required to say "Have a nice day!"  It can sound forced and makes you feel as if you owe some compliment in return.  I would much rather they say "Thankyou for your business."  It sounds professional, sincere and the only response required is the standard "You're welcome."

This reminds me of another thing that annoys me! Our local Safeway is expensive as heck, and I never shop there except to stop and get one or two items that I need in a hurry. The staff are programmed to ask you if you would like help out to your car. Doesn't matter what I buy, they will ask me this question. I always try to be courteous and say "No thank you," but one of these days I will have a bag with one item that weighs two ounces and I will take them up on their offer.

[trapeze]

It was sort of mentioned earlier but I will expand on it a bit. Talking to machines. I hate it.

I refuse to participate in voice mail. Only out of absolute desperation will I leave someone a message. But under no circumstances will I use voice mail myself. I recorded a message for my voice mail but it doesn't say, "Leave a message at the beep." Instead it says, "Hey, you've reached trap's voice mail. That means that I'm out of cell phone range, I'm on the line with someone else or my battery is dead. If I'm on the line with someone else I can see that you have called and I will call you back. If I'm out of cell range or my battery is dead then please call me again later. DO NOT leave a message because I hate voice mail, I don't use it and I will not listen to your message if you leave one. No kidding, I won't so don't bother." And still my message box is full. Go figure.

I just remember a simpler time before there were even answering machines and when the phone rang and no one picked it up you just called back later. Answering machines and voice mail are one of the few parts of modern technology that I despise and refuse to participate in.

[trapeze]

I hate it when checkout clerks are required to say "Have a nice day!"  It can sound forced and makes you feel as if you owe some compliment in return.  I would much rather they say "Thankyou for your business."  It sounds professional, sincere and the only response required is the standard "You're welcome."

This reminds me of another thing that annoys me! Our local Safeway is expensive as heck, and I never shop there except to stop and get one or two items that I need in a hurry. The staff are programmed to ask you if you would like help out to your car. Doesn't matter what I buy, they will ask me this question. I always try to be courteous and say "No thank you," but one of these days I will have a bag with one item that weighs two ounces and I will take them up on their offer.

Buy a pack of gum and if they don't offer to help you out with it then stand there perplexed when they don't. Mention that you voted for Obama and think he's a genius.

[rickl]

I just remember a simpler time before there were even answering machines and when the phone rang and no one picked it up you just called back later.

Imagine that.  It's elegant in its simplicity.

[IronDioPriest]

It was sort of mentioned earlier but I will expand on it a bit. Talking to machines. I hate it.

I refuse to participate in voice mail. Only out of absolute desperation will I leave someone a message. But under no circumstances will I use voice mail myself. I recorded a message for my voice mail but it doesn't say, "Leave a message at the beep." Instead it says, "Hey, you've reached trap's voice mail. That means that I'm out of cell phone range, I'm on the line with someone else or my battery is dead. If I'm on the line with someone else I can see that you have called and I will call you back. If I'm out of cell range or my battery is dead then please call me again later. DO NOT leave a message because I hate voice mail, I don't use it and I will not listen to your message if you leave one. No kidding, I won't so don't bother." And still my message box is full. Go figure.

I just remember a simpler time before there were even answering machines and when the phone rang and no one picked it up you just called back later. Answering machines and voice mail are one of the few parts of modern technology that I despise and refuse to participate in.

You curmudgeon you.  

I don't have a big problem with voicemail, primarily because it allows me to screen calls without answering the phone when people call who I may not wish to talk to at the moment of their choosing. (Which is about everyone but my wife and kids). It allows me to deal with phone calls on my schedule rather than someone else's.

What I hate are automated answering systems that lead you through menu options with painstaking slowness. Although I must give credit where it is due: our cable company, Charter Communications, has recently implemented an automated system with a human sounding "virtual receptionist" and it has accurate voice recognition software. No "Press 1 for this, two for that" - you just speak. It's fast - as if you're having a real conversation - intuitive, and it drills you into where you need to be in their system quickly, accurately, and decisively. If they were all like this, I would lose my aversion, because it is seriously less painful than dealing with whichever dolt answers the phone.

[rickl]

One thing I've used a few times is chatroom-style online help on my computer.  I've used it with Verizon, Comcast, and another company at work.  It's worked very well each time I've used it, and is less annoying than going through endless menus on the phone.

[trapeze]

And I don't allow bumper stickers on any of our vehicles. Ever.

[trapeze]

When someone turns the thermostat all the way up to 90 in order to warm the place up faster.

[trapeze]

When someone leaves one or two sheets of toilet paper on the spool rather than throw it out and put on a new roll.

[trapeze]

When I go to the trouble of flattening out the toothpaste tube (remember when they were metal and stayed rolled up?) and someone squeezes it in the middle.

[trapeze]

When I buy bags of hair combs and two or three weeks later there isn't one to be found anywhere.

Same with fingernail clippers.

[trapeze]

When someone pulls the last soft drink out of the refrigerator but can't be troubled to reach down next to it and put in another two liter bottle or pack of cans.

[trapeze]

When someone will put up with a light bulb being out for days or weeks because it's a man's job to replace light bulbs or something.