It's About Liberty: A Conservative Forum
Topics => General Board => Topic started by: radioman on April 08, 2011, 08:54:21 AM
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I'll start it off.
One my major pet peeves is when everyone refers to 'fundamentalist' Islamists to equate them with 'fundamentalist Christians. I also mentioned in another thread a pet peeve of mine when people refer to putting our military in harms way, or endangering them.
Another one is I hate it when I get fruit cakes for Christmas!! Gag me!!
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When you're checking out at the grocery store, there's a long line, and the cashier stops and just yaks it up with the customer they're helping, keeping everyone else waiting. ::cussing:: Similarly, when a customer being checked out isn't ready to pay by the time they're groceries are rung up. No Soup for You!!
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When you're checking out at the grocery store, there's a long line, and the cashier stops and just yaks it up with the customer they're helping, keeping everyone else waiting. ::cussing:: Similarly, when a customer being checked out isn't ready to pay by the time they're groceries are rung up. No Soup for You!!
you're right! I can't stand it when I'm standing in line behind someone who starts looking for their money or credit card AFTER the cashier rang everything up. You just wanta slap'em.
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To quote George Carlin, "I don't have pet peeves -- I have psychotic f**king hatreds".
Man, there's so many. Traffic-related ones alone could produce a 50 page thread. I detest people who hold up the flow of traffic in the fast lane, especially when lanes to the right are available. And what about people who get in line at the grocery store, and then meander off to browse for other items, as if the whole line is obligated to respect their use of the shopping cart as a placeholder.
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Traffic related:
Left turns at controlled intersections.
The car in front is making a left turn, on a green light the driver waits behind the crosswalk line until oncoming traffic is clear. NUTS! Move straight forward into the intersection until you have clearance then go. It is legal and at the very least one car will clear on the red and maybe two. Pulling up creates a condition "go" instead of condition "zombie" with the driver changing radio stations or eating chicken until a flagman comes out and waves him on.
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Traffic related:
Don't use turn signals when you want to change lanes, otherwise, you might as well fagetaboutit!
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People.
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The relentlessly unending use of the words "tansparency" and "unsustainable" ...
Also hearing someone referred to as a "Nimrod" ... as a derogatory term . The A**HOLES you use the term better find out who Nimrod was ! ::gaah::
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I hate it when people turn wide left when making a right hand turn. They force others to swerve or hit their brakes because the left lane is full of other cars driving by. I guess the dame thing happens when people swerve wide right when making a left turn. Doesn't happen as much but still. I also get discusted with Somali Women drivers......pretty much everything they do is wrong. Dirving too slow including slow in the fast lane. They either don't use blinker or forget to turn it off if they do. Using both feet to drive also pisses me off to no end.
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Oooo...ooooo. I remember another one. I hate it when people thank you for your military service then bash the military. One of the biggest examples is that George Bush was murdering mothers children and babies in Iraq and Afgahnistan. Unless he was pulling the trigger or pushing the button, then it was military personnel who was doing the killing. They can't seem to grasp it. That's what the military does is kill. So if Bush is a murderer then the people who exicuted the orders are also murderers. The libtards can't seem to grasp that. Never mind that if it was an illegal order, the military presonnel are required to disregard an unlawful order. That's a little too much for them to grasp.
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People.
Stupid people.
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Traffic related:
Left turns at controlled intersections.
The car in front is making a left turn, on a green light the driver waits behind the crosswalk line until oncoming traffic is clear. NUTS! Move straight forward into the intersection until you have clearance then go. It is legal and at the very least one car will clear on the red and maybe two. Pulling up creates a condition "go" instead of condition "zombie" with the driver changing radio stations or eating chicken until a flagman comes out and waves him on.
Yes! I think it's a west coast thing. I never encountered it in the Chicago area. Stupid people!
I have also noticed in the last couple of years, people have begun to SHOP the way they DRIVE. As if nobody else is in the store/on the road. You're trying to get through an aisle, and a shopper is standing, staring at the shelf, with their cart right in the middle of the aisle, so you can't get by.
"Excuse me?"
Nothing.
Louder. "Excuse me!"
"Oh! Did you want to get by?"
*rolling eyes*
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I don't like cafeterias any more because I always end up behind dummies that have to have every dish explained to them and they don't understand spanish; heck I don't understand spanish either, but I know what I want to eat even before I go in.
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Barack Hussein Obama's sibilant "S". The way his head moves back and forth between the right and left teleprompter. The way he tilts his head and puts his nose in the air. The way he drops consonants when he talks to Blacks. The shape of his head. The look on his face. His woman's bottom jaw, her fat ass, and people fawning over her toned arms.
I'll think of more later.
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Barack Hussein Obama's sibilant "S". The way his head moves back and forth between the right and left teleprompter. The way he tilts his head and puts his nose in the air. The way he drops consonants when he talks to Blacks. The shape of his head. The look on his face. His woman's bottom jaw, her fat ass, and people fawning over her toned arms.
I'll think of more later.
now those are some excellent pet peeves ::bows::
::hysterical:: ::hysterical:: ::hysterical::
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Grocery store: The idiot that's in line in front of you and looks up to complain about prices, I always ask them if they didn't know what it cost till now?? It was high when you picked it up it didn't just jump up in price at the register.
Driving in Florida: Signal lights don't exist.
STOP signs are at best are a suggestion and yield signs are for other people.
Politics: the use of the words "Historic" "unprecedented" "the notion that"
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It is legal and at the very least one car will clear on the red and maybe two.
Unless you drive around here where at least 4 to 6 cars will "sneak" through on the yellow (really red light) causing the other lanes to have to wait when they have a green because those folks wouldn't wait their turns. Which gets worse during rush hour where the people who had to wait then jam into the intersection causing the next group of cars to wait and so it goes because no one wants to wait.
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Driving in Florida: Signal lights don't exist.
STOP signs are at best are a suggestion and yield signs are for other people.
4-way stops!
Does anyone know how they work? No one around here and we have plenty. But what people do around here is either just go and ignore everyone else or try to wave you on when you're waving them on!
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Driving in Florida:Turn Signal lights don't exist.
STOP signs are at best are a suggestion and yield signs are for other people.
4-way stops!
Does anyone know how they work? No one around here and we have plenty. But what people do around here is either just go and ignore everyone else or try to wave you on when you're waving them on!
All stop signs.
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... but I know what I want to eat even before I go in.
But not those people in front of me at Micky D's! They have to read the menu first. Oh and not while they were in line before it was their turn. Nope they have to decide as the cashier is poised to ring them up. How hard is it to know what to get from McDonald's?
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...people who stop in front of any kind of entrance or right-of-way (like
when they get off elevators, escalators, the entrance to an amusement park and they whip out the map to decide where to go, they walk inside Target and stop...)
...mothers with strollers loaded down for a caravan across the desert
...people shopping in stores who talk on their bluetooth so we all know about dad's surgery or mom's new curtains
(my favorite was the woman talking about her cousin getting out of prison)
...people who sit down in front of you at the movies and the place is empty
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People who order a meal #1 then start asking for substituitions, which is the same as a #5.
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...mothers with strollers loaded down for a caravan across the desert
People who put five and six year olds in strollers...and then wonder why their kid is fat?
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Maybe this is proof that I am rapidly approaching old-fartdom, but I get irritated by people saying "LOL".
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If you hire a 17 pc Big Band, and promise refreshments.....
A cart with 20 cups of ice, and two pitcures of water - DOES NOT QUALIFY as refreshments.
Just sayin....
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Maybe this is proof that I am rapidly approaching old-fartdom, but I get irritated by people saying "LOL".
Yes! WTH is up with that? Just laugh out loud; we'll get it.
I'm with IDP on Duh Wun's sibilant essess - CAN'T STAND IT! His galumphing wife can't properly pronounce the "s" at the beginning of a word; it's not a "shtreet", it's a "street" - there's no "h" there!
People driving while talking on their cellphones. It's ubiquitous; I'm not suggesting a law (although some places have them), it's just infuriating because they're NOT paying attention to their driving. I've seen people get in their parked vehicles, start the engine, then get on their phones as they're trying to back out of the parking space.
People coming from the other direction who turn right in front of me sans turn signal, leaving me sitting there when I could have turned as well.
The supermarket oblivions who block the aisle with their carts, walk away, and leave their purses in the seat; that's a three-fer for fckin' stoopit.
And this last but not least - put the coins in my hand FIRST, then the bills and the receipt so the change doesn't slide off the paper onto the counter and the floor. How hard is that that to understand?
Thank you, radioman, for this opportunity to vent. ::rant::
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I can't stand people that bitch about everything. ::exitstageleft::
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I can't stand people that bitch about everything. ::exitstageleft::
LOL
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I know it's accepted as proper English now after generations of common usage, but the word "orientated" bugs the hell out of me. The word "oriented" will do just fine in EVERY instance, thank you very much.
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I can't stand people that bitch about everything. ::exitstageleft::
::rockethrow::
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If you hire a 17 pc Big Band, and promise refreshments.....
A cart with 20 cups of ice, and two pitcures of water - DOES NOT QUALIFY as refreshments.
Just sayin....
How do you spell refreshments?
O P E N B A R
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I know it's accepted as proper English now after generations of common usage, but the word "orientated" bugs the hell out of me. The word "oriented" will do just fine in EVERY instance, thank you very much.
I think "orientated" is a Britishism, like "aluminium".
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Traffic related:
"Keepers of the speed"
Well, maybe not quite so much anymore but once upon a time they were easily enough to make me see red. I get it if there's sufficient traffic that no one can go the speed limit but if you're going 58 in the fast lane and see that everyone is trying to go around you, why can't you move over into the slow goddam lane?!!!
(deep breath....slow release)
I'm better now ::bashing::
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Junior Brown "Highway Patrol" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_wLVCLPx0M#)
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The supermarket oblivions who block the aisle with their carts, walk away, and leave their purses in the seat; that's a three-fer for fckin' stoopit.
I see this all the time. I'm sure I wouldn't be a good thief but geez these folks make me think I could lift a few wallets. They often have their purses wide open too!
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Maybe this is proof that I am rapidly approaching old-fartdom, but I get irritated by people saying "LOL".
Oh, that's how one can tell? Then I'm safe. LOL
::exitstageleft::
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Traffic related:
"Keepers of the speed"
Well, maybe not quite so much anymore but once upon a time they were easily enough to make me see red. I get it if there's sufficient traffic that no one can go the speed limit but if you're going 58 in the fast lane and see that everyone is trying to go around you, why can't you move over into the slow goddam lane?!!!
(deep breath....slow release)
I'm better now ::bashing::
Come to Florida and leave the guns home. ::oldman::
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Traffic related:
"Keepers of the speed"
Well, maybe not quite so much anymore but once upon a time they were easily enough to make me see red. I get it if there's sufficient traffic that no one can go the speed limit but if you're going 58 in the fast lane and see that everyone is trying to go around you, why can't you move over into the slow goddam lane?!!!
(deep breath....slow release)
I'm better now ::bashing::
That's what that spring loaded light beam lever is for, start with one, then two, and continue the sequence until the wake up or your lights are stroboscopic.
Works for me.
it's amazing how people, virtually unconscious, drive for years without killing themselves or others.
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it's amazing how people, virtually unconscious, drive for years without killing themselves or others.
I often wonder how they make it to Starbucks in the morning without breadcrumbs.
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Also hearing someone referred to as a "Nimrod" ... as a derogatory term . The A**HOLES you use the term better find out who Nimrod was ! ::gaah::
Nimrod was the guy responsible for building the Tower of Babel, a really stupid idea in and of itself, and who also thought of himself as God or a god or something. I have always thought of nimrod as being synonymous with "arrogant, self-important moron."
Now, as long as we are on "words" I will toss out the one that irritates me the most.
I am more than a little ticked off when I hear someone say, "I'm nauseous." I have to stop myself from saying, "No, really, you aren't so godawful ugly that I want to throw up at the sight of you."
nauseous
[naw-shuhs]
–adjective
1.affected with nausea; nauseated: to feel nauseous.
2.causing nausea; sickening; nauseating.
3.disgusting; loathsome: a nauseous display of greed.
The word that they should use if they see something that makes them feel sick is "nauseated" as in, "I am nauseated," or, "I feel nauseated." The "nauseous" thing got started in the early 1980's with the whole, "gag me with a spoon" Valley girl thing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_girl) although a major contributing factor is the general poor state of English language instruction in America. The #1 definition is in direct support of the misuse of this word for the last thirty years...the dictionary people giving up to the stupidity of poorly educated and the whims of popular culture.
Pretty much all "Valspeak (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valspeak)" annoys me although I did enjoy Frank Zappa's song with the Valley girl interjections by his daughter...
Frank Zappa - Valley Girl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=489pO9q8guA#)
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Back to Nimrod. Before his involvement with the tower, as a young man he was a hunter.
Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
Apparently he lost his way.
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ETA:
Would it be correct to say, "The noxious Harry Reid makes me nauseated"?
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Barack Hussein Obama's sibilant "S". The way his head moves back and forth between the right and left teleprompter. The way he tilts his head and puts his nose in the air. The way he drops consonants when he talks to Blacks. The shape of his head. The look on his face. His woman's bottom jaw, her fat ass, and people fawning over her toned arms.
I'll think of more later.
::bows:: ::bows::
::USA::
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(One) of my pet peeves is the HOV lane.....First, we don't need it, but since we are stuck with it, why is the HOV lane ALWAYS the far left lane? Move the HOV lane to the right side of the interstate. Ass clowns.
Also, it is not "HOV" 24/7, so quit lookin at me funny as I blast past you during non HOV time....Assclown.
And please, all you states north of Tennessee...The left lane is the passing lane, not the stroll down the interstate lane at 60MPH. Get the hell out of that lane.... I swear, I don't see how some get off the interstate since thier wheels never leave the left lane...Stupid assclowns.
People from Michigan seem to be the worst, followed closely by Kentuckians. If you are black and from Michigan, the left lane is not your personal domain. Get out of it. Yes, it was my truck on your bumper.
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Ha! So your area hasn't (yet) learned the joys of "HOT" lanes.
HOT lanes (High Occupancy Toll) are HOV lanes that single occupant drivers can "buy" access to use. In this variation of the HOV scam (And it is a scam) identified HOV lanes are also open (at times) to single occupant drivers who utilize a transponder on their vehicles. Even though the lane is physically next to the open lanes of traffic, a series of double white lane dividers isolates it from the general flow of travel. At intervals designed by pinheaded morons, these double white lane dividers give way to dotted lines, indicating that it is OK to enter or exit the HOV lane. If you are caught entering or exiting anywhere but these intervals you get a $124 fine.
The rules and restrictions are way too numerous to list here. If you want to read some absolute bullsh!t leftist feel-good propaganda, check out their page: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Tolling/SR167HotLanes/default.htm (http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Tolling/SR167HotLanes/default.htm)
It does not promote safety, it does not reduce traffic, it does increase hostility in traffic, and it's main purpose is the same as every other leftist scheme - to separate dollars from the hapless.
I guess in the final analysis my "favorite" peeve is moronic dhimmicrats.
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Yesterday, as I was traveling to Nashville, driving properly in the right lane until passing, traffic is snarled by one of these (so called) smart cars.....Predictably, in the left lane. Complete with eco sticker.
Which brings me to another pet peeve. Death traps on the road. Smart cars. First of all, why in the hell do you believe you are smart driving one of these tin cans in traffic? You couldn't survive an accident with a mototcycle. No matter how many air bags (pun intended) you put in this thing, in an accident, you lose.
Don't get me started on the volt.
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PD - I hear ya about those dumb smart cars!!
Actually, they serve as a good way to ID the morons!! If we ever need to ....
Nevermind..
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People.
Stupid people.
Thanks for clarifying! ;)
And I might add, probably goes beyond a mere peeve...any law or regulation that deviates from the original intent of the Founders and the Constitution.
I'd be here all day if I had to list specifics! Stupid people and those who do damage to our Founding principles covers a lot of ground!
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People.
Stupid people.
Thanks for clarifying! ;)
And I might add, probably goes beyond a mere peeve...any law or regulation that deviates from the original intent of the Founders and the Constitution.
I'd be here all day if I had to list specifics! Stupid people and those who do damage to our Founding principles covers a lot of ground!
Actually, the motherload is stupid people who gather in crowds. To call such people cattle is to insult the entire bovine species.
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Other pet peeves:
"Hot Water Heater". There is no such device, they are called water heaters, you don't need to heat water that is already hot.
"Much More" I hate it when people day this, when you need more of something you just need more of something, not much more and if that doesn't make your point adequately, you can always use the old standby, a lot more.
"Whatcha Doin'?" Do you not have eyes? "Well I was trimming the hedge, but now that you asked I'm making an organic sculpture."
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People.
Stupid people.
Thanks for clarifying! ;)
And I might add, probably goes beyond a mere peeve...any law or regulation that deviates from the original intent of the Founders and the Constitution.
I'd be here all day if I had to list specifics! Stupid people and those who do damage to our Founding principles covers a lot of ground!
Actually, the motherload is stupid people who gather in crowds. To call such people cattle is to insult the entire bovine species.
The other "Herd"!
:P
Who want's to follow them into hell?!
(http://i585.photobucket.com/albums/ss291/libertasinfinitio/Warnings/hole.gif)
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People.
Stupid people.
Thanks for clarifying! ;)
And I might add, probably goes beyond a mere peeve...any law or regulation that deviates from the original intent of the Founders and the Constitution.
I'd be here all day if I had to list specifics! Stupid people and those who do damage to our Founding principles covers a lot of ground!
Actually, the motherload is stupid people who gather in crowds. To call such people cattle is to insult the entire bovine species.
The other "Herd"!
:P
Who want's to follow them into hell?!
(http://i585.photobucket.com/albums/ss291/libertasinfinitio/Warnings/hole.gif)
Not shown in the GIF is the sign reading: Liberals - This way for Obamacare.
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Other pet peeves:
"Hot Water Heater". There is no such device, they are called water heaters, you don't need to heat water that is already hot.
"Much More" I hate it when people day this, when you need more of something you just need more of something, not much more and if that doesn't make your point adequately, you can always use the old standby, a lot more.
"Whatcha Doin'?" Do you not have eyes? "Well I was trimming the hedge, but now that you asked I'm making an organic sculpture."
You just reminded me of the one that puts me into orbit!! The phone rings you answer"HELLO" and the idiot on the other end says,"oh your home" WTF did they call hoping not to find you? WTF is that??
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Or they ask "who is this" when you say hello. What do you mean "who is this?"; who did you want to call?
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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! ::bashing::
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The other "Herd"!
:P
Who want's to follow them into hell?!
(http://i585.photobucket.com/albums/ss291/libertasinfinitio/Warnings/hole.gif)
Not shown in the GIF is the sign reading: Liberals - This way for Obamacare.
::hysterical::
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Whiny men!
I am employed by a local government entity and am in a laborers construction union (I apologize ::praying::) . We have great benefits and are paid well. I try to be a hard worker and I enjoy a hard and busy day. I am treated wonderfully by my supervisors and have been rewarded for my work. However some of my fellow workers think they are getting screwed and are in a constant bit$h fest about their supervisors. They spend more time whining then they do getting any work done. They also worry about what others are doing instead of their task at hand. Its drives me nuts!!!!!!!!!
I also work part-time at nights at another job and I do a lot of driving. Most things about driving that could drive me to drink have already been discussed. However a few others;
Some drivers come within inches of an intersection before they apply their brakes to stop, scaring the crap out of me. My wifey sometimes does this and it irks me to no end.
Also many people around here do not know how to merge. Many too who have lived here all their lives still cannot drive in the snow and ice. And finally I detest traffic signals that are placed on on-ramps to our freeways here………….. they make it a complete cluster firetruck during rush hour.
Oh and liberals……………. pretty much everything they say and believe annoys ::cussing:: (use of other words that fit better here may incur the Lord’s wrath on me) me to no end………………………
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Additional pet peeves:
1) "press 1" or "press 2".
2) Calorie counts at fast food joints.
3) Telling me my coffee is hot.
4) The use of braille at drive up ATM's.
5) Automated responses
6) NBA, I don't care where lebron plays.
7) thug signs
8) thug shorts
9) thug hats
10) thugs
11) europe
12) sissies
13) cross dressers
14) sex changes
15) Jet skis (when fishin)
16) fishermen (when jet skiing)
17) Affliction (ok, some of it is cool, but not on fat chicks or fat guys)
18) spandex (see above)
19)CNN
20) BSNBC
21) Networks
22) revisionist history
23) islam
24) muslims
25) mrs obama doing NHL commercials
26) earth day
27) My wife telling me "maybe"
Basically, I have a pet peeve about everything.
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Additional pet peeves:
1) "press 1" or "press 2".
2) Calorie counts at fast food joints.
3) Telling me my coffee is hot.
4) The use of braille at drive up ATM's.
5) Automated responses
6) NBA, I don't care where lebron plays.
7) thug signs
8) thug shorts
9) thug hats
10) thugs
11) europe
12) sissies
13) cross dressers
14) sex changes
15) Jet skis (when fishin)
16) fishermen (when jet skiing)
17) Affliction (ok, some of it is cool, but not on fat chicks or fat guys)
18) spandex (see above)
19)CNN
20) BSNBC
21) Networks
22) revisionist history
23) islam
24) muslims
25) mrs obama doing NHL commercials
26) earth day
27) My wife telling me "maybe"
Basically, I have a pet peeve about everything.
I think that about covers it.
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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?
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Yeah, add Indian Help Desks! They're terrible!!
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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.
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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.
::gaah::
Which reminds me....I have a huge pet peeve over cameras takin a pic of my plate and getting a ticket thru the mail.
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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! ::bashing::
Use the damned thing. Just cause they're disabled doesn't mean the don't have to wait their turn. I do.
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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 !
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"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 !"
::laughonfloor::
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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?!"
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. ::oldman::
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.
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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.
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And I don't allow bumper stickers on any of our vehicles. Ever.
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When someone turns the thermostat all the way up to 90 in order to warm the place up faster.
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When someone leaves one or two sheets of toilet paper on the spool rather than throw it out and put on a new roll.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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When the DVR is full of Oprah. Or retarded stuff from Nickelodeon.
Although it is satisfying repeatedly pushing the red delete button.
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I have fingernail clippers that were made in the USA, so that tells you how old they are.
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They wouldn't last a day in my house.
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They wouldn't last a day in my house.
What do you do with them, eat them?
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People who can't follow very simple directions.
People who refuse to look at directions at all. I usually don't look at directions unless something just doesn't look right or work correctly. Then I will pull out the directions and get the answer. Mechanical stuff is like that. And for the mechanically inclined and gifted, no problem. For the mechanically hopeless following directions is critical and yet...
One of my kids (who is otherwise pretty smart) can't follow the directions for a cake box recipe. And then is totally mystified when it doesn't come out of the oven correctly. Uh, dude...did you put the oil in? What oil? The oil that it tells you to add right there on the box. Oh...that oil.
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They wouldn't last a day in my house.
What do you do with them, eat them?
I have to hide one set so that I will always have access. All others vanish. I have purchased several dozen of them over the years.
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People who write for a living that can't get it right. Depending on spell check. I see it all the time in articles for the AP and stuff on other outlets like FNC. Obviously bad grammar. Very irritating.
I don't write for a living and I make no apologies for my occasional poor grammar or typos. But is it too much to ask that for those who do write for a living to make a little more effort at getting it right? Some of the stuff I read is nearly incomprehensible. What do editors do these days?
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People who post so frequently that they dominate the "Recent Posts" area.
/sarc
Okay, I'm outta here for a while. Have fun.
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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.
Yes, as a matter of fact, I do remember that.
Dammit!
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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.
Yes, as a matter of fact, I do remember that.
Dammit!
Heheh.
Yes, I remember that as well. One can buy a clip doo-dad that will keep the tube rolled up.
I, however, am one of the squeeze where-ever I grab offenders. If, when, the tube contains just a little and needs to be "organized", I'd do it then, but Gunsmith always beats me to it. Without complaint, too. Just sayin'. :supercool:
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About answering machines: I won't have a conversation with them; I'll say who I am and that I'd like a call back and then hang up. We have one with a thirty-second message space; if someone exceeds that, the machine just cuts them off and I am darned surprised how many people who should know this insist on talking to the machine until it han
CRAP!!!
I'm on the porch and a lizard just scared the bejayzus outta me!!
... until it hangs up on them.
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My son who reads on an appitude of three grades ahead but writes like he's three grades below. This is what kills me, the teachers all cry foul when we force them into a payscale based on merrit, some making $40/hr and my kid can't write simple projects ::angry::
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People who wait for oncoming traffic to pass or make the turns even thought those cars are blocks away and their speed is under 40 mph. It's not as if those oncoming cars or trucks can make a hard right turn while at 40 mph. By the time they get to the turn and complete it i'm at least a block ahead ::facepalm::
While I'm on the diving subject: Idiots that slow down almost to a crawl to let me in ::gaah::.....I can manage the entrance onto the highway by myself, if you can just do what's expected of you....drive your damn vehicle.
Idiots of society still blaming GW Bush for high gas prices totally ignoring the simple fact that the asshat that they helped elect is the ultimate causation. ::rockethrow::
Stupid people...I hate them!
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My son who reads on an appitude of three grades ahead but writes like he's three grades below. This is what kills me, the teachers all cry foul when we force them into a payscale based on merrit, some making $40/hr and my kid can't write simple projects ::angry::
Same here with my high school sophomore. He reads and comprehends as well as any adult I know, but his writing is atrocious! Even after attending a private Christian school through sixth grade, he has trouble with punctuation, etc.
They just don't teach writing the way they used to, which probably explains why home-schoolers are generally way ahead of their peers in public school.
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My son who reads on an appitude of three grades ahead but writes like he's three grades below. This is what kills me, the teachers all cry foul when we force them into a payscale based on merrit, some making $40/hr and my kid can't write simple projects ::angry::
It's you fault!!Teachers are always accusing the parents of not having an interest in their childrens schooling. It's never the teacher.
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My son who reads on an appitude of three grades ahead but writes like he's three grades below. This is what kills me, the teachers all cry foul when we force them into a payscale based on merrit, some making $40/hr and my kid can't write simple projects ::angry::
Same here with my high school sophomore. He reads and comprehends as well as any adult I know, but his writing is atrocious! Even after attending a private Christian school through sixth grade, he has trouble with punctuation, etc.
They just don't teach writing the way they used to, which probably explains why home-schoolers are generally way ahead of their peers in public school.
"They" don't teach anything the way they used to. Some things are simply not grasped intuitively, they need to be drilled in by rote, iow repetition and practice.
There may come a day when I don't know my own name, but I will for sure know the "times-tables". Went to Catholic elementary school and they were the chant-of-the-day, every day.
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Gotta' disagree Trap...VM is the 2d greatest invention behind caller ID. My wife's pet peeve is when I ignore the phone. I always let it go to VM for the same reason IDP does...I don't want to talk right now, and I may not even want to talk to the caller at all! When the wifes out or during the school day, I check caller ID to see if loved one's need something. Other than that, I don't even notice it ringing.
My pet peeve (related) is when people block their #! It's the equivalent of knocking on somebody's door and not responding when asked "Who's there?"!
Others...
Libiots.
Throwing out food. It's the closest thing to a sin that my secular mind can think of. Seeing heaps of food in the trash after a big party just sits poorly with me.
Being asked for my phone # by a retail clerk. My ZIP is one thing, but my f**kin' phone #?!?!?! I'm way more polite than I fel like being, but I know it's not the clerks idea.
Petulant homos.
Drivers who can't take a left turn at an intersection properly. Nobody in MA does it right, to the point that I couldn't even if I wanted to.
Unions.
Union teachers.
Libiots.
About answering machines: I won't have a conversation with them; I'll say who I am and that I'd like a call back and then hang up. We have one with a thirty-second message space; if someone exceeds that, the machine just cuts them off and I am darned surprised how many people who should know this insist on talking to the machine until it han
CRAP!!!
I'm on the porch and a lizard just scared the bejayzus outta me!!
... until it hangs up on them.
I was laughing when I got to the point where you got cut off by the lizard. I thought you were joking about how long you were going on.
Not that I thought you were going on too long.
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That's what ran by my chair; I caught it out of the corner of my eye. I don't mind them around, they eat other bugs [SPIDERS!], but they move fast and often catch me off-guard.
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Skink?
Little critters do wonders. My yard is a mosquito free zone. The swallows come back every spring and eat them all. It is necessary to sacrifice a small area in the corners of my porch, a fair trade. They had laid claim before I moved in.
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How many times Ive sat in church and the preacher says "Ok, this is my last point, so I'll make it quick", only to sit there for another hour.
If they expect us to sit there and not get hungry, why do they hold church during my lunch time? ::whatgives::
EDIT:
Oh yeah,
Me and my wifey go out to a nice restaurant (expensive) to have a nice quiet evening out, and the waiter seats a young family with noisy babies and rug rats at the next table. ::evil::
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That's what ran by my chair; I caught it out of the corner of my eye. I don't mind them around, they eat other bugs [SPIDERS!], but they move fast and often catch me off-guard.
If they eat spiders and centipedes, they're welcome in my house. But I do tend to get jumpy when I see movement out of the corner of my eye, because it often turns out to be a centipede. I f$#%in hate those things.
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My son who reads on an appitude of three grades ahead but writes like he's three grades below. This is what kills me, the teachers all cry foul when we force them into a payscale based on merrit, some making $40/hr and my kid can't write simple projects ::angry::
It's you fault!!Teachers are always accusing the parents of not having an interest in their childrens schooling. It's never the teacher.
Way back in 1957 when I was in first grade , I was having a terrible time with reading and comprehension . Essentially I was "reading backwards" ; I suppose a yet , at that time , undiagnosed form of dislexia . At any rate all of the "experts" at school were unanimous when telling my mother that I would never learn to read or write properly . Well , Good Ol' Mom wasn't buying it and working tirelessly with flash cards , reading to me , having me read back to her , etc . until ...." I is where I is ! " Where ever that is . Essentially , I owe my level of formal education to my Mother and not the public school system which came very close , at a crucial time , to failing me .
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Essentially , I owe my level of formal education to my Mother and not the public school system which came very close , at a crucial time , to failing me .
A lesson for all parents to remember. School ain't nothing but a Progressive Babysitter." If you don't get involved, you can't blame anyone else. For example, I told my (now 15 yr. old) son that if any of his teachers muttered anything about man-made global warming he was to politely say that "my dad does not believe in that and will be happy to debate you in front of the class."
So far, no takers.
#ETA: Moms are great. From a very early age, mine had me thinking about politics so I was able to understand why my dad yelled at the t.v. during Huntley-Brinkley . . .)
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Sectionhand: Your mother was determined as my mother-in-law who did the same thing for her son and that was a two decades later when they were supposed to be more aware of these cases. Damn disorder runs in both families to what extent we'll never know. Personally it takes me forever to read but comprehension is descent. I wish I could read like my son so I could have been an engineer. It is my belief that we're put together in different ways by God, so that we can grow faster as a civilization. We all seem to be good at least one thing and we must find out what it is. Older brother has a knack for problem solving and crafting mechanics. Middle brother has a knack but we just don't know what the hell it is.
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My son who reads on an appitude of three grades ahead but writes like he's three grades below. This is what kills me, the teachers all cry foul when we force them into a payscale based on merrit, some making $40/hr and my kid can't write simple projects ::angry::
It's you fault!!Teachers are always accusing the parents of not having an interest in their childrens schooling. It's never the teacher.
Way back in 1957 when I was in first grade , I was having a terrible time with reading and comprehension . Essentially I was "reading backwards" ; I suppose a yet , at that time , undiagnosed form of dislexia . At any rate all of the "experts" at school were unanimous when telling my mother that I would never learn to read or write properly . Well , Good Ol' Mom wasn't buying it and working tirelessly with flash cards , reading to me , having me read back to her , etc . until ...." I is where I is ! " Where ever that is . Essentially , I owe my level of formal education to my Mother and not the public school system which came very close , at a crucial time , to failing me .
I type entire words back asswords and for a second they look fine to me.I have the same problem so I have to really watch it.
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Gunsmith has a kind of dyslexia as well. He sees words that aren't there and doesn't see ones that are, sometimes. This was caught when he was in elementary school, but wasn't dealt with properly by either the school or his mother. (School had him reading comic books -- which he sees as an insult to his intelligence to this very day -- and his mother had him read aloud to her over the sound of the television.) ::rockethrow::
When we got married, he got more interested in reading (because I am a reader, I suspect) and he does a lot more reading now, more easily, than when he was younger, having found his own way to compensate. Sometimes, kids, and even young people, are just not ready, physiologically/psychologically, to learn something that will come more easily when they are a bit older, I think.
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::facepalm::
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Also many people around here do not know how to merge.
I see this all the time.
The sign clearly says to merge left. I'm in the left lane happily going on my way. I've seen people actually get in the right lane after the merge sign only to have to try to get back in before the lane ends. Or the idiots who think they're gonna force me to stop so they can get over. Read the sign. It's not like it's a construction zone and you were caught off guard. I really like to tick those people off by acting like I don't see them. I know they saw the sign. And if they didn't LEARN TO READ ROAD SIGNS. I've even seen some of them pull from the left lane several cars back and try to speed around everyone else. I don't really care if people pass me but not when you try to bully your way to pass me. Ain't. Gonna. Happen.
I really think that people's real personality comes through when they drive. As I've always told my kids: You are how you drive.
Can't hid it. Haven't found it not to be true among those I know.
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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.
I tell people I screen calls. Why act like I don't? I value my time. I don't owe a stranger my time.
I get a least a handful of hang up calls everyday--checking the caller id I can see they are sales, etc calls that I have no interest in and then there's the other 1/2 doz that DO leave a message I have no interest in. I feel under no obligation to answer those people's calls. My family knows to keep talking until I get to the phone.
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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.
When the lightbulb goes out and the man won't change it because it's the woman's job even though she a lot shorter and has to drag out a ladder to do it and the man could reach it easily.
::bashing::
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I have to hide one set so that I will always have access. All others vanish. I have purchased several dozen of them over the years.
I've actually throw them out. They seem to multiply around here.
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Hmmmm... So there's a chance that I could eliminate the risk of centipedes in my house by allowing small lizards to roam freely indoors???
::thinking::
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Hmmmm... So there's a chance that I could eliminate the risk of centipedes in my house by allowing small lizards to roam freely indoors???
::thinking::
Millipedes, too, unless there are cats present, then it's curtains for the skinks. 'Course, though, they do have to poop somewhere .....
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What price a little lizard poop for a home free of creatures with more than six limbs?
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Millipedes don't bother me. (Does that make me guilty of legism?) They're slow-moving and eat decayed vegetable matter. I rarely find them indoors.
I'm sure my cats would enjoy the skinks, though.
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My pet, Peeve, is a real houndog!!
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Obama voters.
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Or they ask "who is this" when you say hello. What do you mean "who is this?"; who did you want to call?
Swear to God, I got one of these calls just tonight. Drunk, southern, moron.
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Or they ask "who is this" when you say hello. What do you mean "who is this?"; who did you want to call?
Swear to God, I got one of these calls just tonight. Drunk, southern, moron.
We have phone number that is very similar to a car dealership and also a tax preparation service. I have actually answered a local call on several occasions, thinking it might be someone I know, only to have the person ask if I am Earnhardt or Jackson Hewitt. That doesn't bother me much, because anyone can misdial a number, but sometimes when I tell them they dialed the wrong number, these people will ARGUE with me. I guess they think I am an employee that doesn't want to do her job, or they couldn't have possibly made a mistake?
Then, there are the people who realize that they have dialed the wrong number the minute you say "hello," and just hang up, without having the courtesy to apologize for bothering you. >:(
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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.
When the lightbulb goes out and the man won't change it because it's the woman's job even though she a lot shorter and has to drag out a ladder to do it and the man could reach it easily.
::bashing::
Height is not an issue in a world with ladders, step stools and chairs. The ability to change a light bulb is source material for innumerable jokes for a reason, because there is nothing in the world that could possibly be easier. Since this is a thread about pet peeves I chose this one because there is flat out no reason why anyone regardless of their sex (or age past, say, six) should not be able to replace one.
Which brings to mind another word mis-usage issue...
Using gender instead of sex in reference to a person.
Gender is a property of words, not people. People may be divided by sex, male or female or liberal Democrat. Words can have gender, masculine or feminine or neuter.
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Using gender instead of sex in reference to a person.
Ooo. Big one on my list too, trapz.
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On the ladder, stepstool, lightbulb issue:
I need a friggin lift for most everything in my house; kitchen cabinets, light fixtures, ceiling fan bulbs, closet shelves, furniture tops. It's kinda tiring and annoying having to do a two-step when a one-step is easier for the tall-guy (and I've got stepstools and a two-level platform placed strategically around the place). Gunsmith got me a grabber (http://arcoa.com/products-ezg.html) for Christmas, which cuts down on the climbing/delegating issue. I'm considering bringing it to the grocery-store with me so I can cease asking favors from strangers.
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Height is not an issue in a world with ladders, step stools and chairs. The ability to change a light bulb is source material for innumerable jokes for a reason, because there is nothing in the world that could possibly be easier. Since this is a thread about pet peeves I chose this one because there is flat out no reason why anyone regardless of their sex (or age past, say, six) should not be able to replace one.
I agree.
I change all the bulbs in my house because my darling husband thinks it's my job. I'm not that short but there are a few I can't reach and he'll watch me drag out the ladder rather than coming over and just reaching up and getting it for me.
Most of the time I'd rather do something myself than wait on someone else anyway. Only when I get really stuck do I ask for help. It drives me nuts when I mention to a friend I got some new electronic thing and their response is good thing I have kids who can help me figure it out. I got a brain and quite capable of figuring out what wire goes where.
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Further evidence that call screening is the best.
I don't answer my cell unless I recognize the number.
Just got one I didn't recognize. Left a message. From Oklahoma dept of benefits for people who don't pay taxes and want me to pay more (just kiddin' dept of human services or some such thing) anyway, the caller informed me (but not me as I don't live in OK and my cell number isn't close to being near the right area code) that my case closed April 1 and if I wanted benefits reinstated all I had to do was call and they would be retroactive from April 1. Nice, heh?
(the funniest one I ever got was from a woman I didn't know who left a message describing the trip she recently took)
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Or they ask "who is this" when you say hello. What do you mean "who is this?"; who did you want to call?
Swear to God, I got one of these calls just tonight. Drunk, southern, moron.
Hey! I am not a moron!
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Or they ask "who is this" when you say hello. What do you mean "who is this?"; who did you want to call?
Swear to God, I got one of these calls just tonight. Drunk, southern, moron.
Hey! I am not a moron!
The imagination just runs wild so I'll settle for this!! ::rolllaughing::
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Or they ask "who is this" when you say hello. What do you mean "who is this?"; who did you want to call?
Swear to God, I got one of these calls just tonight. Drunk, southern, moron.
Hey! I am not a moron!
If you don't know me by now ..... ooooo ooooo
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Or they ask "who is this" when you say hello. What do you mean "who is this?"; who did you want to call?
Swear to God, I got one of these calls just tonight. Drunk, southern, moron.
Hey! I am not a moron!
If you don't know me by now ..... ooooo ooooo
You just had to do that didn't you??? You just won't let him get you and get you he did.
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Or they ask "who is this" when you say hello. What do you mean "who is this?"; who did you want to call?
Swear to God, I got one of these calls just tonight. Drunk, southern, moron.
Hey! I am not a moron!
If you don't know me by now ..... ooooo ooooo
You just had to do that didn't you??? You just won't let him get you and get you he did.
Just got him right back, dint I. Besides, I already admitted he got me.
Stop being a PIMA.
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This could have gone under Rev. Terry Jones or Ann Barnhardt or a couple of other topics but this non-legal and compelling rant at all time favorite Limpsey Grahmnesty belongs here.
Michael Berry Says BLAME THE TERRORISTS, Not the Koran Burners (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCTonApwCQg#)
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Thanks CO. That was great.
Never heard of him before. But checked out him at here: http://www.ktrh.com/pages/michaelberry.html (http://www.ktrh.com/pages/michaelberry.html)
(he wants schumer to apologize to Houston--hehehehe)
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I get hit with this just about every day...
no matter how bad this adminsitration screws things up,
they always have a way to blame it on Bush, repubs, or tea partiers.
And to make matters worse,
the repubs just stand there dumb founded,
like a deer glazing into the headlights,
without a clue as to a comeback.
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Just saw this thread. I have many pet peeves, some mentioned, some not.
Some are grammatical: It's for its, their for they're, to for too and the like. Sometimes it's a typo, but all too frequently it's grammar illiteracy. And another one is the proper use of which, that or who. A person is a who. 'John, who decided to . . . ' NOT 'John, which decided to . . .' That one drives me nuts. I see this one all the time in so-called professional articles (and the columns on Breitbart's Bigs are notorious for this error).
Women wearing mink coats who use food stamps at the grocery store. Yes, I've actually seen this one.
People with over 10 items in the 10 items or less grocery line. Oh, I only have 11 items! Then get the f*ck out of the line, moron.
I'm a pedestrian (no car), and I too hate the no turn signal @ssholes. I'm patiently waiting on the curb as a car approaches and they turn without signalling, forcing me to be at their whim. Just who the f*ck do they think they are, just how self-important to have people waiting on them?
Having a doctor's appointment for 11 a.m. and not getting in to see the doctor until 2 p.m. Manage your appointment times better, dude. Just who do these doctors think they are, car mechanics or something?
Service calls which tell you we'll be there between the hours of 8 in the morning and 5 in the afternoon, like I have nothing better to do with my entire day.
Women and men who decide cologne or aftershave is something one bathes in.
Computer program instructions which do not match the computer screen. Then it becomes a guessing game as to what to do. Technical writing is seriously underdeveloped, but is a reflection of poor writing skills overall. It's just that poor technical writing wastes my time.
Text speak writing passing for English.
Ballots in every language under the sun. You're in this country now, so if you can't vote in English, get the f*ck out and go home where I don't give a sh*t who's running for office (if someone is even running for office and your home country is not some third world sh*thole dictatorship).
People who axe questions.
People who lie when one asks for directions. If you don't know, say so.
The aforementioned 'Press 1 For English' garbage. How about 'press 2 for get the f*ck out of here'?
The active versus passive bias in the media. 'Bush's policies have caused serious economic hardships on many elderly' versus 'Obama is working to help the elderly in this time of uncertain economic activity'. The active negative war dead coverage under Bush (milestones!) versus the totally ignored war dead coverage under Obama. There are so many more, like blaming Bush for the failures in the Katrina aftermath, while giving the mayor of N.O. and the governor of LA a free pass (which basically means reporters do not understand Federalism -- big surprise that!). Or 5% unemployment under Bush being the end of the world (eleven11ty11!), while 10% unemployment being unexpected, but getting better, under Obama (hey, he's trying!).
The absolutely horrid misogynist coverage of female Republican candidates versus the kid glove treatment given to morons like Debbie Wasserman-Test.
The free pass given to stupid utterances by Obama (like 57 states) or Biden (stand up Chuck!), while we still know all about 'potatoe'.
Calling protests with bused in goonions a 'grass roots protest' while calling the TEA Party protests, where people come on their own dime, inconsequential, if covered at all. Teabagging versus astroturfing.
Adults, and even kamikaze children, who ride bicycles on the sidewalk. Dude! It's a sidewalk, not a sideride.
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Hey, would you be in the middle of the ocean in a 7' jon boat?
Then, get off the freeway in that 'smart' car. By the way, it makes you look mighty dumb.
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Just saw this thread. I have many pet peeves, some mentioned, some not.
Some are grammatical: It's for its, their for they're, to for too and the like. Sometimes it's a typo, but all too frequently it's grammar illiteracy. And another one is the proper use of which, that or who. A person is a who. 'John, who decided to . . . ' NOT 'John, which decided to . . .' That one drives me nuts. I see this one all the time in so-called professional articles (and the columns on Breitbart's Bigs are notorious for this error).
Women wearing mink coats who use food stamps at the grocery store. Yes, I've actually seen this one.
People with over 10 items in the 10 items or less grocery line. Oh, I only have 11 items! Then get the f*ck out of the line, moron.
I'm a pedestrian (no car), and I too hate the no turn signal @ssholes. I'm patiently waiting on the curb as a car approaches and they turn without signalling, forcing me to be at their whim. Just who the f*ck do they think they are, just how self-important to have people waiting on them?
Having a doctor's appointment for 11 a.m. and not getting in to see the doctor until 2 p.m. Manage your appointment times better, dude. Just who do these doctors think they are, car mechanics or something?
Service calls which tell you we'll be there between the hours of 8 in the morning and 5 in the afternoon, like I have nothing better to do with my entire day.
Women and men who decide cologne or aftershave is something one bathes in.
Computer program instructions which do not match the computer screen. Then it becomes a guessing game as to what to do. Technical writing is seriously underdeveloped, but is a reflection of poor writing skills overall. It's just that poor technical writing wastes my time.
Text speak writing passing for English.
Ballots in every language under the sun. You're in this country now, so if you can't vote in English, get the f*ck out and go home where I don't give a sh*t who's running for office (if someone is even running for office and your home country is not some third world sh*thole dictatorship).
People who axe questions.
People who lie when one asks for directions. If you don't know, say so.
The aforementioned 'Press 1 For English' garbage. How about 'press 2 for get the f*ck out of here'?
The active versus passive bias in the media. 'Bush's policies have caused serious economic hardships on many elderly' versus 'Obama is working to help the elderly in this time of uncertain economic activity'. The active negative war dead coverage under Bush (milestones!) versus the totally ignored war dead coverage under Obama. There are so many more, like blaming Bush for the failures in the Katrina aftermath, while giving the mayor of N.O. and the governor of LA a free pass (which basically means reporters do not understand Federalism -- big surprise that!). Or 5% unemployment under Bush being the end of the world (eleven11ty11!), while 10% unemployment being unexpected, but getting better, under Obama (hey, he's trying!).
The absolutely horrid misogynist coverage of female Republican candidates versus the kid glove treatment given to morons like Debbie Wasserman-Test.
The free pass given to stupid utterances by Obama (like 57 states) or Biden (stand up Chuck!), while we still know all about 'potatoe'.
Calling protests with bused in goonions a 'grass roots protest' while calling the TEA Party protests, where people come on their own dime, inconsequential, if covered at all. Teabagging versus astroturfing.
Adults, and even kamikaze children, who ride bicycles on the sidewalk. Dude! It's a sidewalk, not a sideride.
Heh, good list!
For this one -
"I'm a pedestrian (no car), and I too hate the no turn signal @ssholes. I'm patiently waiting on the curb as a car approaches and they turn without signalling, forcing me to be at their whim. Just who the f*ck do they think they are, just how self-important to have people waiting on them?"
Have you tired banging on their trunk as they pass and when they look back give them the finger? Well, that used to work back in the day, today people might shoot you! But the worst I ever had done was someone get out of their car and when I set to square off on them they changed their mind and spit at me and drove off. Hopefully they saw me laughing at them in their mirror!
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And another one is the proper use of which, that or who. A person is a who. 'John, who decided to . . . ' NOT 'John, which decided to . . .' That one drives me nuts. I see this one all the time in so-called professional articles (and the columns on Breitbart's Bigs are notorious for this error).
And right on cue (http://bigjournalism.com/wthuston/2011/04/23/time-mag-does-not-know-what-influential-means-with-top-100-most-influential-people/?utm_source=e_breitbart_com&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BIG+AM+Report+for+April+25+-+TIME+Mag+Does+Not+Know+What+%E2%80%98Influential%E2%80%99+Means+with+Top+100+Most+Influential+People&utm_campaign=BIG+AM+Report&utm_term=_0A++++++++_0A++++++++TIME+Mag+Does+Not+Know+What+_E2_80_98Influential_E2_80_99+Means+with+Top+100+Most+Influential+People_0A++++):
Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and Bill O’Reilly are examples of current commentators that have quite a bit of influence.
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Bicyclists, arrogant bicyclists would be an oxymoron, who interfere with traffic. Public roads are for street legal motorized traffic.
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Bicyclists, arrogant bicyclists would be an oxymoron, who interfere with traffic. Public roads are for street legal motorized traffic.
That pay taxes to maintain those same roads.
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You have to understand that the government is pushing us out of our SUVs to bicycles.
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Government has to understand that people on bicycles that ignore traffic laws are at risk of dying. Likewise, tyrannical government is also at risk of dying, for denying free people their God given rights!
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Another pet peeve of mine:
people who write and speak would of instead of would've for would have
I recently heard a line of dialog on a tv show where it was spoken correctly. I was shocked. The actor pronounced the v sound clearly.
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.... eleven11ty11! ....
I've seen this many times and I've no idea from whence it came. What's the story?
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Bicyclists, arrogant bicyclists would be an oxymoron, who interfere with traffic. Public roads are for street legal motorized traffic.
The worst is when you come across these caravans of literally 50+ of them. Good luck passing 10 car lengths of spandex on a 2-lane highway..
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Bicyclists, arrogant bicyclists would be an oxymoron, who interfere with traffic. Public roads are for street legal motorized traffic.
The worst is when you come across these caravans of literally 50+ of them. Good luck passing 10 car lengths of spandex on a 2-lane highway..
I find that a Ford Excursion pulling closely behind them and up against the center line evokes a seemingly spontaneous single-file-on-the-shoulder reaction. For whatever reason, that single-file reaction is sometimes accompanied by a spontaneous middle-finger extension, which has the effect of decreasing the distance between the Excursion and the bicycle column.
Strange stuff.
::angel:: ::angel:: ::angel::
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.... eleven11ty11! ....
I've seen this many times and I've no idea from whence it came. What's the story?
If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say it's a parody of a line in the parody This Is Spinal Tap, where Nigel talks about most guitar amps having a top volume setting of '10', but his amp 'goes to 11'.
[External embedding disabled.]
Spinal Tap - 11 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbVKWCpNFhY#noexternalembed-ws)
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.... eleven11ty11! ....
I've seen this many times and I've no idea from whence it came. What's the story?
I don't know exactly where it started, but I think it came from the use of multiple exclamation points to indicate emphasis!!!!!!!!!
Sometimes, in their excitement, the person typing forgets to hold the shift key down all the way!!!!!!!11!!!!
I don't think it has anything to do with Spinal Tap's "our amps go to 11" but it might.
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This is a new pet peeve for me, as I just now realized that it's been bugging me consistently enough to qualify.
Blog posts that begin with, "It Begins:".
Regardless of the blog or author, rarely does the body of the post denote the literal beginning of anything. The attempt is to signify that somehow with that particular blog post, there is a demarcation between events occurring before the blog post and after it, and that from that point forward everything is different and will continue in a trajectory set by the subject of the blog post.
And lest anyone do an exhaustive search, I've probably been guilty of it somewhere along the line, so I'll preemptively admit it even though I don't specifically recall doing it.