(General) Pet Peeves

[dicky109]

This was inspired by another thread on English Pet Peeves. Could be photo related?

Has anyone ever been able to bond anything with Super Glue other than fingers?

Why does the TV news warn you to stay indoors during dangerous cold/windchills, then send some dweeb reporter to stand outside acting as a human windsock?

Others?

[mikesd]

Aisle blockers at Wal Mart, whether they be visiting with someone else or have their cart stuck out in the middle of the lane while scanning the shelves, ought to be 1-3 yrs. max.

[JAZZ D.P.G.]

Obvious DUMB questions. "You taking a picture?"

Drivers who cruise in the passing lane on highways.

Turning signals are to warn others, use them!

The really obvious warnings on products, and the idiots that caused these to be necessary.

Standing in line to pay for something.

Rants

[Moppie]

The realisation that Im getting older and that there is nothing I can do about it.

Not being able to afford an SLR.

[flyfishnj]

Has anyone ever been able to bond anything with Super Glue other than fingers?
Others?

Glued myself to my Spanish teacher in 7th grade ...

[RichardtheSane]

Glued myself to my Spanish teacher in 7th grade ...

Skills..... ;)


I'm another who detests those who sit in the middle lane of a three lane highway at 5 mph below the speed limit. It is for people like that we should get wing mounted rocket launchers in our cars legalised.

and the 'If I had a camera that expensive I could take great photos' type. Depending on if I know them or not I usually say (offering camera) GO ON THEN.....

[Tom W]

Glued myself to my Spanish teacher in 7th grade ...

I tried something like that once, and she immediately glued me to a chair in the Principal's office.

[Scottes]

People who pull into the left lane in front of you and drive ONE mph faster that they were driving in the middle lane. While I understand they want to pass another car, passing should not take 10 minutes.

People who stop at Yield signs. "It says Yield not Surrender!" (An ex-girlfriend once yelled that at another driver. I promptly spewed Pepsi out my nose and almost killed us all.)

Idiots who leave their shopping carriages in the MIDDLE of the aisle making it impossible to get around them. (I usually ram their carriage to push it out of the way.)

Tourists. All of them, anywhere. "If it's tourist season why can't we hunt them?"

[mikesd]

How about cruising on a interstate highway with cruise control on when someone passes you on the left then pulls back into the right lane in front of you, slows down forcing you to kick your cruise off!

[HJMinard]

How about cruising on a interstate highway with cruise control on when someone passes you on the left then pulls back into the right lane in front of you, slows down forcing you to kick your cruise off!

Yeah ... that one gets me - and they're usually yacking away on one of those infernal wireless communication devices.

I find myself easily aggravated at work by people who use the elevator to go up (or worse) down one floor - should be against the law unless you're handicapped. Two floors is pushing it ... one is utterly ridiculous. The worst ones will actually run and stick their arm into a closing door - then get on and push the button for one floor up. Homicide - or at least assault - should be justifiable in such cases.

[dicky109]

You're walking down a busy sidewalk in Manhattan (busy sidewalk in Manhattan being redundant) and the idiot in front of you suddenly stops short, then glares at you when you crash in to them.

My adult son lives there and my daughter bought him an electric cattle prod for his birthday. It works!!

BTW, I can think of no further punishment than being glued to my Spanish teacher. I think she originally worked for Franco.

[Canuck]

The number of people that don't know how to use apostrophe correctly.
It is used in a contraction like in don't, can't isn't and so on, or when it is used for posession, like Canuck's 10D, Pekka's Forum, and so on. I have seen it used incorrectly way too often, especially in the UK. However that said, I was over there in 2001 thru 2004 so that is what is still fresh in memory. I see it misused here, but not as much.

I totally agree with the turn signal lack of use. It is not used very often here either.

In America, the language is English, NOT Spanish, Korean, etc!

I have plenty more, but I am not really wanting to go there.

[aam1234]

I have a couple. Did you notice that when you are carrying things in one hand and you want to unlock the car, the keys are always on the pocket where the hand is carrying things :evil:

The second, and I guess it doesn't apply to too many people. I go to work very early in the morning when the streets are virtually empty. BUT when going to the main street, there is always that lone car that happens to be there just when you are about to go to the main street, and makes you stop :evil: . Sometimes I get so mad that I go in front of them anyway...they have brakes, don't they :twisted:

[IanD]

Shopping carts in the middle of asiles. We should be allowed to carry non-conceled weapons in stores to help encourage people to keep them parked off to one side. Either that or the freakin idiots who design store layouts make sure that the asiles are wide enough for 2.5 carts. (Still want an Easy Rider Rifle Rack mount on the cart though)

People who ask me what I'm doing with the 500 lbs of carrots in the back of the Aztek.

One-size-fits-none clothing.

[Cadwell]

People who talk in abbreviations: You know the type, someone who says

"i.e." ("Eye-ee") rather than "that is"
or
"e.g." ("ee-gee") rather than "for example".

Winds me up no end. Write in abbreviations if you want, it saves time and effort but please, please, please speak the language! Talking in abbreviations of that sort saves no time whatsoever and makes you look like a prat!

[Scottes]

Hmmm... And people who think that ALL acronyms should be pronounced as words. "Earl" for URL gets me going every time.

And people who pronounce GIF as "Jiff" just because the inventors said that it was supposed to be pronounced "Jiff." It's an acronym and the first word has a hard G - it's pronounced "Giff."


And another, people who get confused by those with "two first names" and always call them by some mutated variation of their last name. Many, many people call me Steve - my first name isn't Steve and my last name isn't Steve so why can't your simple tiny brain realize that my name is Scott? So when someone calls me Steve I call them Barbara regardless of sex. I got a VP really PO'd one day when he called me Steve and I called him Barbara. He got all upset and had a hissy fit and told me his name was John. I shook his hand, told him that my name is Scott and that I was pleased to meet him. Rather than admit an mistake or apologize he simply never spoke to me again. And he should have, because for some reason his computer NEVER seemed to work correctly....

[Tom W]

Acronyms in general are a peeve. It wasn't always that way, but the rolodex of acronyms has gotten very thick around work these days. YMMV. :)

Stores that have those little island displays blocking the aisles so that instead of the 2.5 cart width, there's only room for one cart to get through. I shop at 4 mph - get out of my way!!

Gas stations with the pay-at-the-pump option that, when you're through pumping and are waiting for the receipt, give you the "see cashier" message. If I wanted to see the cashier, I'd have paid inside the building in the first place.

People that slam on their brakes the second that they see a cop, even though they aren't speeding. You're allowed to do the speed limit, people. In fact, you can almost always get away with 5 mph over. Most police don't even set their radar equipment less than 10 over the limit on the highway. That's where the phrase "over 9, pay the fine" comes from.

Forgetting that I used mirror lockup the last time I used the camera.

Micromanagement.

This could become a very long list.

[poke]

People that come up to you when you basking in the warmth of some heating device... and go

'Are you cold?'

No you blinking idiot... i am standing infront of a heater... DO I LOOK COLD? ? ?

Just thinking about it warms me up ;)

[charlesu]

Lists of pet peeves......

[Scottes]

People who turn on their turn signals when they're halfway through the turn. And the one-blink lane changers.

[JAZZ D.P.G.]

Acronyms are bad enough, but what about the people who speak in them, to hide behind the language of a subject?

Just finished a Cisco course in routing, talk about acronym world!

Attendees at the course speaking in letters and shortforms instead of words, what a headache!

Worse are the co-workers who use the language to hide behind, so you won't question their lack of ability.

This could be a good rant.

[KirkM]

People who use cell phones like walkie-talkies.

People who make every call on the speaker phone. love that dial and ring tone on the speaker!!

Those who just stand there watching the cashier pack their groceries, instead of helping to get the line moving.

Those who live in Michigan and complain about winter.

"My Computer", "My Documents", "My Pictures", etc.

Paying for network logos and commercials on almost every channel on my satellite lineup.

All the above driving complaints.

[Scottes]

Worse are the co-workers who use the language to hide behind, so you won't question their lack of ability.

Buzzwords! Argh!

[Penguin_101_1]

People who turn on their turn signals when they're halfway through the turn

That would be the cars' fault.

[mikesd]

Lottery ticket buyers that scratch them off at the checkout counter holding up the line.

[JZaun]

Yep every pet peeve listed here is on my hit list :)

JZ

[HJMinard]

The walkie-talkie feature on wireless telephones - always irritating when used by anybody at any time in the presence of other people. That obnoxious Nextel chirp drives me crazy ...

(edit: oops - didn't see Kirk's comments until after I posted. Another pet peeve ... people who post before reading. :) I guess I added a little detail to the peeve, however.)

[CyberDyneSystems]

I have to agree with Scott re: "Gif" ... there are a lot of pronunciation ones that for obvious reasons do not show up on a forum ;)

I'm going to say this and probably 90% of you will jump on me in disagreement,.. but I won't care!!!! :mrgreen:

I KNOW I'm right on this!

When oh when did Linux become lynn ux???

The Guys name is Linus... LIE NUS... (or lee-nus in his semi-native tongue,... semi because he is a Swede speaking Finn... ) not Lynn us.

I never ever ever ever heard anyone say "lynn ux" untill many years after Linux was created... and yet,.. now every Linux geek I meet seems to insist that it's "lynn-ux"

It CAN'T be!
His name is LINUS! :mad:

(lie-nus or lee-nus) I suppose if your a Finn or Swede.. it should be Leenux though :)

But it is DEFINATELY not "lynn-ux" :mad:


Now,.. I could live with these Linux geeks calling it lynn-ux just fine,...

IF THEY DID NOT ALLWAYS FEEL IT ABSOLUTELY IMPERITIVE TO MIS-CORRECT ME every single stinking time the CORRECT pronounciation of the word passes my lips....!!!!

(oh ,.. and don't think think I don't know what comes next! :lol :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Scottes]

Perhaps Linus pronounces his name Lynn-Us? He's not American, so why assume it's pronounced the American way? Actually he doesn't, but another pet peeve people that think that every word in the world is pronounced how Americans pronounce the word. (Yet another PP is Americans butchering the French language. I hate myself for this.)

Anyway, you can hear Linus pronounce Linux: http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/
Sounds like "Lynn-Ux" to me.

[Canuck]

...but another pet peeve people that think that every word in the world is pronounced how Americans pronounce the word. (Yet another PP is Americans butchering the French language. I hate myself for this.)


Je comprends pas. (I don't understand.)

[ssim]

(Yet another PP is Americans butchering the French language. I hate myself for this.)

Funny, I never heard you mutter a word in french when you were here. We'll expect a proper illustration on your next visit.

[PacAce]

Perhaps Linus pronounces his name Lynn-Us? He's not American, so why assume it's pronounced the American way? Actually he doesn't, but another pet peeve people that think that every word in the world is pronounced how Americans pronounce the word. (Yet another PP is Americans butchering the French language. I hate myself for this.)

Anyway, you can hear Linus pronounce Linux: http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/
Sounds like "Lynn-Ux" to me.

Funny. I heard Lee-nux. :mrgreen:

[PacAce]

Je comprends pas. (I don't understand.)

How about "Je ne comprend pas"? :mrgreen:

[Tom W]

Funny. I heard Lee-nux. :mrgreen:

I thought his name way "Ex-Pee". :)

[PacAce]

I thought his name way "Ex-Pee". :)

You forgot his middle name....Killer. Ex-Pee Killer. :lol:

[Scottes]

Funny, I never heard you mutter a word in french when you were here. We'll expect a proper illustration on your next visit.

That's because I know better than to insult my French-speaking hosts.

But I'll try to time it when Ian is drinking something. Watching him spit coffee through his nose might be humorous.


French pronounciation is pretty crazy, if you ask me. Far too difficult for a simple moron like me. Give me an easy language to pronounce, like Dutch or German. (I used to work for a Dutch company and I once read an entire page of a Dutch manual aloud. Everyone knew what I said except me. Now that's my kind of language.)

[ilya]

Everyone in the world complains about bad drivers. In real life, bad drivers always outnumber the good drivers. The math just doesn't work.

[CyberDyneSystems]

Perhaps Linus pronounces his name Lynn-Us? He's not American, so why assume it's pronounced the American way?

I think I went into that rather thouroughly in my post,. I never assumed it was pronounced Lie nus,. I know it's pronounced Lee nus..

Actually he doesn't, but another pet peeve people that think that every word in the world is pronounced how Americans pronounce the word.

Again,. you must not have read my post.. ?
I went into Finn and Swedish pronuciation...

Anyway, you can hear Linus pronounce Linux: http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/
Sounds like "Lynn-Ux" to me.

Sounds like Lee nus/lee nux to me too...

In other words.. to him it should be pronounced like HIS NAME. :mrgreen:


Anyways.. I said I knew what would come next... :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Tom W]

Everyone in the world complains about bad drivers. In real life, bad drivers always outnumber the good drivers. The math just doesn't work.

The math works fine - there's only one good driver. :)

[PacAce]

The math works fine - there's only one good driver. :)

And that is moi! :mrgreen:

[Tom W]

And that is moi! :mrgreen:

HA!! Out of my way, slow poke! ;)

[Scottes]

Hey, I'm a good driver, too!


But that's by Boston standards, so 99.99% of the world thinks I'm a witless maniac behind the wheel.

[mikesd]

I'm a very good driver, and yes I know K-Mart sucks and Wapner comes on at six.

[belmondo]

Pet peeve?

Being in a vehicle when I'm not driving.

I have never been able to sleep in a car when someone else was driving.

No problem when I'm driving.

[PacAce]

I'm a very good defensive driver. But I learned to drive in Manila while I was attending college there. What that means is that even the New York cab drivers are intimidated by me when I'm driving in NYC. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[Tom W]

Hey, I'm a good driver, too!


But that's by Boston standards, so 99.99% of the world thinks I'm a witless maniac behind the wheel.

Well if that's the case, then you ARE a good driver. Welcome, witless maniac!

[JZaun]

Pet peeve?

Being in a vehicle when I'm not driving.

I have never been able to sleep in a car when someone else was driving.

No problem when I'm driving.


Hahahah
Yep, I wanna die like my grandfather did, "Asleep", not like his passengers, screaming and crying.

:?

JZ

[Tom W]

Hahahah
Yep, I wanna die like my grandfather did, "Asleep", not like his passengers, screaming and crying.

:?

JZ

As one who works rotating shifts, I can relate. Nothing is more exciting than waking up on the berm - at 70 mph!!

[JAZZ D.P.G.]

All I can say is I know where the good drivers are not.

In front of me.:cry:

Bad drivers are a fact of life, but add in the snow and ice, improperly maintained vehicles, and it is soooo multiplied:evil:

I've come to believe that every vehicle should have a cell phone mounted in it, and the license number should be the phone number........................

[Claire]

Swedes who ask me: "So where are you from?"
Me: "Gothenburg."
Them: "No, really. Where are you from?"
Me: "Lerum."
Them: "No, what I meant was WHERE are you from?"
Me: "I told you!"
Them: "Are your parents Swedish or is one of them Asian? Or are you adopted?"
Me: "Where are YOU from then?"
and so it goes...idiot.s

Or as in England:
Them: "Where are you from?"
Me: "Sweden."
Them: "Oh, that's soo cool! So, what's your ethnicity?"
Me: "My what??"

That's when I learnt what ethnicity was... :p

[Bodryn]

People who drive 5 and 10 miles over the limit in heavy traffic, disrupting the smooth flow of traffic.

Truckers that tailgate when you're already going the limit.

People who get road rage.