This Really Annoys Me Pet Peeve Thread

[ArkotRamathorn]

Driving these days people are so impatient. If you don't slam on the gas the second the light turns green you get honked at. Good Grief. Give yourself more time to get to work by getting up earlier in ya whiney bast'd! I'm sure that millisecond you got to work earlier really made a difference to someone somewhere...

My town is particularly bad for this. Everyone thinks the speed limit is 15 higher than marked, I'm what might be called a "slow" driver considering I only go 5 over marked speed limit.

So reverse-pet-peave on this. I LOVE LOVE LOVE when people are tail gating me when I was already going 5 over the speed limit, I slow right down to 10 under the speed limit and I take *extra extra* time moving out of stop signs and stop lights. Infinite amounts of pleasure is derived from the fact I know the person driving behind me is INSANE with anger (I will probably be shot one day from someone who cant handle their road rage).

 

[PlexVector]

My now wife once made the mistake while we were dating to say "could you park any further away?"
The truck wasn't in park yet and down to the end of the row I went. The store barely in site, put the truck in park got out and started walking. She doesn't say a word on where I park now. Plus I don't get door dings.

That only works with new wives I'm sorry to say...

 

[PlexVector]

The middle lanes of a six lane highway seems to be the new right lanes, and the far right lane is another left lane. It hurts to drive so slow and behind idiots at that. This happens alot!

 

[normonster]

All the stuff I posted in the "I do not care for" thread.

 

[normonster]

My town is particularly bad for this. Everyone thinks the speed limit is 15 higher than marked, I'm what might be called a "slow" driver considering I only go 5 over marked speed limit.



So reverse-pet-peave on this. I LOVE LOVE LOVE when people are tail gating me when I was already going 5 over the speed limit, I slow right down to 10 under the speed limit and I take *extra extra* time moving out of stop signs and stop lights. Infinite amounts of pleasure is derived from the fact I know the person driving behind me is INSANE with anger (I will probably be shot one day from someone who cant handle their road rage).

Dead man driving.....

 

[PlexVector]

Tailgaters! And its funny how they make my windshield dirty requiring a good amount of washer fluid...


Another peeve: People who go to a large gym in a small shopping mall and take up all the nearest spaces to the nearby shops.

 

[hunter_le five]

I, in general, hate people who attempt to find the closest spot. People give me **** because I'll pull into a parking lot and park 50' away from the entrance to the store when there are 10 spots closer.

My response: (1) I don't care; (2) is it really going to kill me to get an extra 50' worth or walking in today?; (3) I'll leave those spots for old ladies, dudes who walk with canes, and mothers with small children. I'm a healthy adult man, I can walk a little ways.

"There's a spot."

"There's a spot right there."

"Oh look, that guy's about to back out."

"There's a spot."

"You keep passing up open spots..."

"...Um, where are we going?"

*I finally pull into a spot at the very back of the lot.*

"Seriously, honey?"

She's gotten used to it. But it really used to piss her off. When did walking 200 feet become such a burden to people?

 

[lumpher]

I'm in center lane. Car is in the right lane and far enough behind me that I have plenty of room to move into the right lane. I turn on my right turn signal indicating that I'm going to move over. A-hole accelerates.

Welcome to Texas... You may not be here, but this is "common courtesy" here.

To stay on topic, I hate motorcycle riders who feel either their lane is the spaces between lanes or the shoulder.

 

[slym2none]

"Splitting lanes" is not encouraged while in traffic, but at stop lights, can make traffic flow better and possibly ease road congestion. The shoulder is off-limits, and a good rider knows that, too.

 

[TechyDork]

I hate that they cut the DOT budget here in AK so now they only plow the roads during daylight hours. Sucks for us, there is only a single two lane highway between our town and the biggest city in Alaska. Driving home in a snow storm, or even worse slushy rain/snow mix, is not fun. You could always count on the road being very very well cared for even in a driving snow storm.

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

The main drag on my way to work is a four lane highway with sidewalks and bike lanes on each sides. Some mornings there are bikers in the bike lane, some mornings there are runners on the side walk.
...then some mornings there are runners in the bike lane. What. The Flocc. YOU HAVE A DAMN PATH MADE FOR YOU. USE IT!

 

[TheFlatLander]

I hate the ones that use the right hand shoulder to get around you as you wait for traffic so you can turn left. Or the ones that make lazy looping turns using your lane.

 

[slym2none]

The main drag on my way to work is a four lane highway with sidewalks and bike lanes on each sides. Some mornings there are bikers in the bike lane, some mornings there are runners on the side walk.
...then some mornings there are runners in the bike lane. What. The Flocc. YOU HAVE A DAMN PATH MADE FOR YOU. USE IT!

The neighborhood I live in has concrete sidewalks throughout most of the main arteries. Joggers refuse to use them and run out in the road. I had to ask one one time, and he told me "Real runners don't run on concrete."

I guess he'd rather risk get hit by a car than run on anything but asphalt. *shrug* I'll never understand...

 

[Inkleg]

So reverse-pet-peave on this. I LOVE LOVE LOVE when people are tail gating me when I was already going 5 over the speed limit, I slow right down to 10 under the speed limit and I take *extra extra* time moving out of stop signs and stop lights. Infinite amounts of pleasure is derived from the fact I know the person driving behind me is INSANE with anger (I will probably be shot one day from someone who cant handle their road rage).

I'll do the same thing. Then when they get a chance to come around and are cursing, shaking their fist and flipping me off. I'll blow them a kiss, really sends them over the edge, but I'm an Ahole like that.

 

[soccerdad]

The hostess seats you, the waiter takes your order, the kitchen staff delivers the food ... and when your mouth is full, some a$$hole in a tie comes by to ask 'is everything here OK?' I've started saying, 'it was until you interrupted.'

 

[slym2none]

MFW the waiter stops by my table to ask if everything is OK:

 

[1977Brewer]

The hostess seats you, the waiter takes your order, the kitchen staff delivers the food ... and when your mouth is full, some a$$hole in a tie comes by to ask 'is everything here OK?' I've started saying, 'it was until you interrupted.'

Every. Single. Time.

And then my waters empty and there's no one in sight. Same when I'd like to get the check.

 

[Schlenkerla]

When it comes to dining out my pet peeve is with ordering an appetizer, getting it, then not having a chance to actually flippin' eat it.

I'm like WTF, I ordered a $8-9 appetizer. Why is my main course arriving 30 seconds after I get the damn appetizer!!!!!

Its to the point that if I order an appetizer and usually a beer, I will NOT order the entree until I'm done with the flippin' appetizer. If I'm out for a special occasion I have too do this so it doesn't ruin the experience.

I've come to the conclusion the wait staffs must never eat out.

If this happens, the manager hears about an the waiters gets nothing more than a 10% tip.

 

[podz]

Nothing makes me understand more quickly that a person is stupid than when they use "then" as a comparative.

 

[PlexVector]

Nothing makes me understand more quickly that a person is stupid than when they use "then" as a comparative.

Or a programmer...

 

[MaxStout]

The hostess seats you, the waiter takes your order, the kitchen staff delivers the food ... and when your mouth is full, some a$$hole in a tie comes by to ask 'is everything here OK?' I've started saying, 'it was until you interrupted.'

I think they time the question right when you've taken a bite. "How's your food?" is really a rhetorical question. They don't want to hear an answer.

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

The neighborhood I live in has concrete sidewalks throughout most of the main arteries. Joggers refuse to use them and run out in the road. I had to ask one one time, and he told me "Real runners don't run on concrete."

I guess he'd rather risk get hit by a car than run on anything but asphalt. *shrug* I'll never understand...

WHY!?

"The soles of my shoes are offended when they touch concrete, but boy howdy do they love the natural feel of motherfolccing asphalt."

I did my due diligence (2 minutes of drunk googling) and it looks like asphalt is slightly more forgiving than concrete, and therefore better on knees. So obviously that means that one's knees will be permanently damaged if they hop up on the sidewalk for 2 gorram seconds when they see a 4 wheeled death machine heading their way.

 

[slym2none]

Real runners run on cinders. These people either need to 1) get their asses down to a track made for runners or 2) admit they aren't "real" runners. They are casual enthusiasts at best.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Nothing makes me understand more quickly that a person is stupid than when they use "then" as a comparative.

Really? How do you know it wasn't a typo.

 

[ArkotRamathorn]

Real runners run on cinders. These people either need to 1) get their asses down to a track made for runners or 2) admit they aren't "real" runners. They are casual enthusiasts at best.

Real runners ride bikes because their knees are already shredded from years of running on *any* surface while landing on their heels.

 

[hunter_le five]

I've come to the conclusion the wait staffs must never eat out.

Quite the contrary. However, waitstaff are usually under pressure from management to to turn your table as quickly as possible. The more times your table gets turned in a night, the more money the restaurant makes. The longer you sit there, the fewer entrees they sell. Time you sit there waiting for food is time wasted.

 

[GrogNerd]

parking at the mall/wally world, I'll take one pass down an aisle to see if there's something close, then I'll kick the BigHair out and drive up the next aisle over, park in the first empty space.

judgment call when we get out whether the BigHair will bitch about me parking in the boonies, I'll usually tell her to wait at the door while I fetch the car

she doesn't have to walk a mile, I don't have to listen to her bitch about walking a mile. everybody wins

 

[ChefRex]

I'll do the same thing. Then when they get a chance to come around and are cursing, shaking their fist and flipping me off. I'll blow them a kiss, really sends them over the edge, but I'm an Ahole like that.

I love the "blow a kiss" turns a road rage er into a raging manic

 

[Schlenkerla]

Quite the contrary. However, waitstaff are usually under pressure from management to to turn your table as quickly as possible. The more times your table gets turned in a night, the more money the restaurant makes. The longer you sit there, the fewer entrees they sell. Time you sit there waiting for food is time wasted.

Then the management doesn't eat out much or they're flat out careless. I'm paying money to eat the food they are serving, I'm buying drinks, I'd like the time to eat and drink and enjoy the surroundings. That's why I'm there.

Anybody rushing, to move me along has the wrong idea about their business, especially if they want me come back. If they are sloppy about presenting the food, (their product) which is a big deal, what else are they sloppy about business-wise?

Odds are if they do this to me, I won't order dessert or coffee. I won't come back and I won't recommend the restaurant to friends.

Assume I'm not the type just drinking coffee with a laptop and I'm hanging there for four hours.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Quite the contrary. However, waitstaff are usually under pressure from management to to turn your table as quickly as possible. The more times your table gets turned in a night, the more money the restaurant makes. The longer you sit there, the fewer entrees they sell. Time you sit there waiting for food is time wasted.

Have you ever ordered an appetizer and gotten your entree nearly right on top of each other?

If you plan to eat both, which is why you ordered it, then why would you want the best part of the meal cooling off as you wolf down the appetizer.

Its just inconsiderate if you ask me. When this happens I send the food back and ask for the bill. I pay for the appetizer and drinks and then tell the management about the service.

I get the point of turning tables to make more money. People won't come back if the service sucks.