Southern California - PET PEEVES: What pushes your buttons?

Hurridly trying to purchase one item at Albertson's when there's only one molasses-slow cashier with nine customers in line. Next to her are 11 registers and 5 automated registers closed or out of order. :mad:

A bunch of sales guy/gal/customers (chit-)chatting amongst themselves, occasionally looking at you; while I'm standing in front of the checkout/cash register with product in hand for a few minutes...

This is one of the reason I like Performance retail stores, because I've never had this type of problems there.

At present? Everything.

Ho bags.

When cashiers just dump change into your hand without saying a single word........Every time that happens I immediately play the role of that cashier and say with a :) "here's your change of nine dollars and forty seven cents, thank you, have a nice day and come again".
Other than that, not too many things in life bother me as I am pretty thick skinned. :D

people that post annoyingly stupid threads on the internet... and the fact that I have to work for a living.

Ho bags.

I'm your pet peeve?

People who make noise with their mouth when they eat or chew gum.

Child abuse.

That's more than a peeve. That's immoral and illegal.

Society

I'm naming my next pet "Peeve". :p

People who make noise with their mouth when they eat or chew gum.Have you ever been to a noodle shop? :p

OK, fine. ;)

People who just can't be with their own thoughts, and gab incessantly on cell phones instead.

gab incessantly on cell phones instead...

... while driving!!! :mad:

gab incessantly on cell phones instead.

... and riding!!!

Hurridly trying to purchase one item at Albertson's when there's only one molasses-slow cashier with nine customers in line. Next to her are 11 registers and 5 automated registers closed or out of order. :mad:



Breath in….. Breath out……So you spent 6 extra minutes in line to buy food. Think of those that don’t have the money to even get in line for food. I’m not trying to step on your rant I’m just trying to put your bad experience in perspective. What I do have a pet peeve about is seeing all the power bar wrappers, Gu wrappers, banna peels and discarded bicycle tubes along the PCH here in Ventura County when I go out and do my daily lunch ride. As much as I hate the way they treat us, i'm sure motorist are not the culprits, (yes they proably throw more stuff out their windows than we will ever do from our bikes... still though).
Maybe I need to ride faster so I don't see all that crap laying on the side of the road.

Nothing.

People with no sense of humor.

Work.

People with no sense of humor.
+1

At present? Everything.


U mad?

Have you ever been to a noodle shop? :p

Ha. Yeah. :cry:

Mmmmm.... noodles.

People who pronounce the silent "t" in often bug me. I don't even have a good reason why. It just gets under my skin.

... Brad

My wife does not serve slurpy foods when we have guests over....:p

U mad?

No, but you just made me think of another pet peeve: men who say they'll "hit it" but don't put out.

People who pronounce the silent "t" in often bug me. I don't even have a good reason why. It just gets under my skin.

... BradHmm, is it a silent "t"? I've always thought people that pronounced it as "oven" has an accent. I've been taught to pronounced it "oft-ten" (HK/British & Canada).

I once punched someone who pronounced Toyota "Tie-yo-ta". :D

People who chit chat while SITTING on gym equipment.

All of these:


Driving-while-grooming among pet peeves

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/12/03/driver.pet.peeves/index.html

http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/12/03/driver.pet.peeves/art.driving.jpg


Doesn't life seem more dangerous when you don't check the optional insurance boxes on a rental car contract? Last week I watched in horror from the driver's seat of my totally uninsured, shoestring-budget rental car as the rear quarter panel of a Crown Victoria lazily drifted almost to the skin of my precious rental's fender at 65 mph on Florida's Turnpike.

The near-sighted menace behind the wheel, a look-alike of the 'Mr. Magoo' cartoon character, forgot to use his turn signal and somehow couldn't tell that he was about to crumple my rental car with half my worldly possessions in it, and reduce my modest writer's lifestyle to Cup o' Noodles and cardboard-box living for a while.

As I finished my multi-state journey on the streets of my little corner in New Jersey (where Mad Max could have been filmed), I started thinking about what lunacy everyday drivers have to deal with on the road these days.

Here are the top 10 driving habits that drive me crazy, and probably get under your skin, too.

Tailgaters

We have enough problems with people breathing down our necks on supermarket lines, train ticket lines and (sometimes in my case) unemployment check lines. We don't need them breathing down our necks on the highway, too.

I found this problem so bad in California (even when going 90 mph) that I thought drivers there had to attend tailgating school before they could obtain their driver's license.

My dad even had a bumper sticker made up: "You don't need to tailgate -- you can ride in my back seat." So far there have been just two takers.

Road rage

Spontaneous road-battles are the worst. When dealing with someone with road rage, suddenly you're expected to dodge insults, trash and who-knows-what-else in a chariot battle right out of Ben Hur when all you wanted to do was hit the local Stop N' Shop.

A slightly portly friend of mine with road rage recently got stuck in her sunroof trying to climb out of her car in order to hit someone with her shoe. Honestly. She got rid of her car shortly thereafter, swearing that she has too much road rage to be behind the wheel.

I say people with road rage should try stocking their CD players with the 'Relaxing Sounds of Nature' series and keep a carafe of chamomile tea on hand at all times.

Grooming while driving

Has anybody actually met someone by exchanging glances on the road going 60 mph? It's like a car is a dressing room for some people -- people that need perfectly manicured hair and flawless skin at all times. I don't know how impressed I'd be if someone swerved into me while primping in the vanity mirror. But maybe that's just me. Maybe someone out there actually wants to have their insurance rates raised.

No turn signals

Have you noticed that there are two types of drivers that don't use turn signals? There's the bunch that don't use their signals because they're trying to be sneaky and grab the incredibly tight space in front of your car in bumper-to-bumper traffic. As if you won't notice the minute-and-a-half of steering-wheel turning they're doing to **** their tires at an extreme angle before they try and jump in front of you.

Then there's those who just don't seem to remember or care to use their signals, like the guy who veers into a turn in front of oncoming traffic and freaks everyone out at the intersection. For the latter, maybe driving a car simply just isn't engaging enough to demand their attention like it should. They need more speed. They need more freedom. They should try riding a horse to work instead.

Slowpokes in the fast lane

Is there any simpler way to phrase it? "Keep right except to pass." Some drivers just don't get it. They just love that left lane, even when they're rolling along 20 mph under the speed limit. Maybe they get nervous when cars whiz past their window. The left lane's no-traffic shoulder may seem friendlier.

Also, it's easier to see the scenery out the driver's side window from the left lane, as there are no cars to block the view. Highway departments should develop something like a high-speed snowplow to come up behind these 'pokers, and gently shove them over to the right.

Driving greedy

About a year ago, I saw a driver so protective of his space behind a tractor trailer that, while maneuvering to keep someone else from merging, he actually impaled his bumper on the back of the truck. The truck pulled away and yanked the whole bumper off. And the other car jumped into the space anyway, rubbing some salt in the wound.

If you can't help but be greedy for that car length or two, maybe a car with more relaxed acceleration is in order, like a vintage Yugo. You won't have to worry about careening into other vehicles when you stab the gas.

The multi-lane dash

Don't you just love it when a car makes a desperate diagonal bee-line across three lanes for an exit? It's like there's going to be an epic 50 miles until the next chance to exit and turn around. Granted, in some remote places there actually could be 50 miles between exits, but in major metropolitan areas? Perhaps they just enjoy the thrill of cutting everybody off on the road at once.

Staggering merge

You have to wonder if people had the same driver's manual as you did. Maybe they got their license in a different age, one where you could get three-quarters of the questions wrong on a permit test and still be approved to drive a vehicle.

That's what I wonder when traffic gets hot and heavy and one lane is forced to merge with another. My book years ago talked of cars taking turns to form a staggered merge, one car from one lane going ahead, followed by one car from another lane.

The unwritten rule of the New York Tri-State area seems to be 'survival of the gutsiest.' If you act like you're crazy enough to smear your bumper all over another the side of another car, then you can go ahead. But you'll still need to edge in and squeeze up to do it. Now I truly appreciate the day years ago my dad picked up a $300 beater car to be used exclusively in city traffic.

Meals on wheels

My driver's education instructor once ate a salad, utensils in either hand, while driving. He lowered the steering wheel as far as it would go and simply steered with his knees. Insane, you say? Absolutely. I think he wanted to give us a little scare after all the grief we'd put him through. What's astonishing is all the people eating in their cars on their morning commutes. Frankly, hash brown grease and ketchup only coordinate with your suit and tie if you're under 10.

Talkahaulic: Cellular phone user

Now that the 80's are over, the whole rich and influential power-broker look with a cell phone attached to your ear is a tad passé. Do people really need to flaunt their handheld cellular phones as they steer with one hand nowadays? If drivers really want to broadcast "I'm-so-successful-and-busy-and-everybody-needs-to-do-business-with-me-even-when-I'm-driving," why not hire an out-of-work actor to dress up as a personal assistant and furiously take notes for them as they drive? In addition to their cell phone, they can even put a fax machine, photocopier and coffee maker in the car so it looks like they're bullish on wheels. Don't forget an ironing board for the suit.

No, but you just made me think of another pet peeve: men who say they'll "hit it" but don't put out.

Ooh la la.

Hmm, is it a silent "t"? I've always thought people that pronounced it as "oven" has an accent. I've been taught to pronounced it "oft-ten" (HK/British & Canada).

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!

You're part of the problem!!!!!!! ;)

... Brad

The car you have been following for a 1/2 mile turns into the same drive thru your going to and proceeds to order about 1/2 the available menu...and/or your in the McD (not for me of couse) line or Starbucks line and the pair in front of you wait until they are "next" to start looking at the menu (the same menu they have seen for 10 years+).

^---- Just being in line at McD's would peeve me, dat schiet is gross!

If it's supposed to be silent, why is it there?:rolleyes:

If it's driving related, then it's the people that are driving slow (at or below speed limit) on the left-most lane. I kind of understand if they're new to the area and are looking for the street to turn left on; but most of the ones I've encountered will just cut across all the lanes almost last minute to turn right. I mean, why stay at the left most lane if that's the case?

^---- Just being in line at McD's would peeve me, dat schiet is gross!

no kiddies huh!

Only one night a week for dreck like this...keeps 10 year olds happy!

McD's cheese and mushroom angus burger tastes pretty good though. And their fries... hard to resist. :p

no kiddies huh!

Only one night a week for dreck like this...keeps 10 year olds happy!

Good point.

Though when I was a kid I only liked McD's breakfast... Stack of pancakes and a sausage. Daaym good!

Girls that wear shirts that say "Hottie" or "Sexy" all over them in gold glitter but are anything but.

Bigger women that wear skimpier clothing than they ought to.

Women that wear open-toed shoes (heels, sandals, etc.) with their toes hanging out over the edge. Sick.

Long-*** toenails. Especially fake ones. With flowers painted on them. With a little sparkly in the middle.

Skinny jeans on emo boys.

Socks w/ sandals.

Those individually-toed socks.

People that wear their Bluetooth earpieces with the blinking blue light - even when not talking, or in a place where conversation would be unwelcome. Like during church service.

When I was a flight attendant, I'd be offering beverages to a row of passengers, and the wife would turn over to her husband and ask, "What are YOU having, honey?" Talk about co-dependency. It's a freakin' beverage, for crying out loud.

Often should be pronounced OFF-tin. Most people use OFF-in, which is wrong.

What I hate is when people add a 't' where there isn't one. Like when they pronounce across as acrossT. Listen for it...people do it all the time.

Also, my dad, while sitting at a table during lunch, let his cell ring 4 times while he fumbled for his bluetooth headset. Then talked (loudly) on his bluetooth, and did absolutely nothing with his hands. They were folded on the table. I almost stabbed him with my spoon.

Then there's the guy in the office lobby or the elevator vestibule talking on his wired headset...while holding the phone in his other hand. Like his arms are too atrophied to actually hold the phone to his hear.

Also, I hate car problems. Cars should run. When they don't, their problems should be easily and cheaply fixable.


/I have so many pet peeves...which is a pet peeve.

i put a piece of electrical tape over my blue light because of how much it annoys me on other folks' headsets.

If it's driving related, then it's the people that are driving slow (at or below speed limit) on the left-most lane.

You know what bothers me as much, and is just (maybe more) dangerous, are the drivers in the far right (dare I say "slow") lane driving at the speed limit plus 30!

Rick / OCRR

That one Mo'Phat dude...

Wait, what?!? :D

Bite me, Poindexter.

:p :lol:

Oh yeah...I hate rally cars...with their huge wings, all those damn PIAA headlights, tin-can exhausts, and gaudy body kits...plus they're all just chumpy 4-door Subarus with inferiority complexes.



/secretly wishes to own a rally car...they look dang fun.

They are fun. :D

Alas, no huge wing, fartcan exhaust, or body kit for me...

Hella > PIAA

Actually one thing that pisses me off to no end is having blame heaped on me when it's not my fault.

Also, being stuck somewhere and not having the means to leave...