This Really Annoys Me Pet Peeve Thread

[CGVT]

Italian Beef= overcooked beef with some peppers on soggy bread?

I see...



Lafeyette Coney Island in Detroit

 

[Schlenkerla]

Italian Beef= overcooked beef with some peppers on soggy bread?

I see...



Lafeyette Coney Island in Detroit

Sense your sarcasm.

Shouldn't be over cooked, it gets chewy. Unless you like beef rare.

The giadinira is oil soaked peppers, olives, carrots, celery and cauliflower.

Soggy for me....yeah.

It's a sloppy mess.

 

[Kee]

Smokers and vapor's that have no regard to where they are blowing their smoke. We don't all want to partake in it. Can't stand it when the person ahead of me in the car is smoking and it comes right in the vent.....my wife is super quick at shutting that vent.

For years nonsmokers had no rights. A smoker could basically smoke anywhere, and be very belligerent about it.

 

[kombat]

Cheese Fries....

.... a must have if druck...

Heh, "cheese fries." That's cute.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Gyro on a pita with tzatziki (cucumber & garlic yogurt sauce) - Comes with Onion Breath, Onion Burps & Onion Farts for tomorrow...

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Best Drunk Food Ever. Especially with Cheese Fries....

Oh yeah.It's amazing how hard it is to find a good gyro around here. Good Greek food is one of the things I really miss from Chicago.

 

[dkwolf]

Electricity wasters.

Wife and kids all have problems with this. They will leave every light in the house on. Get up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet, leave the toilet light on, the hallway light on, etc.

I am constantly at war with all of them about this. They are even more emboldened now that I have changed every lamp in the house to LED because they say it takes 10 times less electricity to run the lights.

Two words:

Occupancy sensors.

 

[Remmy]

People that think Chicago deep-dish is pizza.

 

[MaxStout]

Now that this has sort of morphed into a food thread...lobster rolls! Not the nasty, mayo-slathered version, but the one with drawn butter (Connecticut style).

 

[ballsy]

For years nonsmokers had no rights. A smoker could basically smoke anywhere, and be very belligerent about it.

related cigardick post...when some a$$ wants to smoke immediately in front of the doors to a building (esp a medical office) so anyone coming or going has to walk through their crap...Bothers me enough when I'm by myself, but when I have my 4 & 6 yr old with me it takes everything in me to not tell them where to go with it!

 

[kev211]

related cigardick post...when some a$$ wants to smoke immediately in front of the doors to a building (esp a medical office) so anyone coming or going has to walk through their crap...Bothers me enough when I'm by myself, but when I have my 4 & 6 yr old with me it takes everything in me to not tell them where to go with it!

The new Ballast Point in Little Italy San Diego allows smoking on their outdoor patio. Bugs the crap out of me! If you wanna smoke thats your prerogative, but some of us want to enjoy being outside and actually be able to smell the hoppy goodness in our beers. I hate taking a big ole whiff of my Victory at Sea or Grapefruit Sculpin and getting ode de marlboro. /rant

 

[sudbuddy]

funny, the thin sliced meat looks more like döner kebab to me, the places in greece where i've had gyros, it was usually thicker but smaller bits cut from the "main roll".

Chicago has the largest Greek population outside of Athens. That's why our gyros are the bomb! I've had them in Greece too, very similar to ours

 

[podz]

Chicago has the largest Greek population outside of Athens. That's why our gyros are the bomb! I've had them in Greece too, very similar to ours

No, it doesn't. Chicago is number 3 on the list of the amount of Greek diaspora in USA cities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Americans#Demographics

 

[passedpawn]

Chicago has the largest Greek population outside of Athens. That's why our gyros are the bomb! I've had them in Greece too, very similar to ours

I have Greek EVERYWHERE around me. Tarpon Springs, which is about 5 miles north of me, is all Greek. It's hard NOT to get Greek food there. If anybody ever gets near clearwater, make a trip to the sponge docks in Tarpon Springs. Kitchy but fun.

 

[charliethebum]

I don't smoke anymore, but people crying about someone smoking a cigarette outside bug the hell out of me. Yeah, if the guy is blowing it in your face he's a prick and needs to learn some common courtesy, but if he's minding his own, making a conscious effort NOT to direct it at people, quit your sniveling

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

People that think Chicago deep-dish is pizza.

People that think that New York Pizza and Chicago Pizza should be compared as if they're the same category of food.

While NY Pizza and Deep Dish Pizza are both called "pizza", and are both comprised of cheese, tomato, and toppings on a crust, they're completely different foods.

Shepherd's pie and apple pie are two completely different things. But they're both pies.

Trying to argue over which is better is like asking whether a BBA Imperial Stout or a Kolsch is "better" -- they're both beer and both delicious, but they're insanely different. They serve different purposes at different times.

 

[Remmy]

People that think that New York Pizza and Chicago Pizza should be compared as if they're the same category of food.



While NY Pizza and Deep Dish Pizza are both called "pizza", and are both comprised of cheese, tomato, and toppings on a crust, they're completely different foods.



Shepherd's pie and apple pie are two completely different things. But they're both pies.



Trying to argue over which is better is like asking whether a BBA Imperial Stout or a Kolsch is "better" -- they're both beer and both delicious, but they're insanely different. They serve different purposes at different times.

That one went over your head.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

That one went over your head.

Are you sure? I'm pretty tall...

 

[CGVT]

We were having trouble with our internet (again) so I called Mediacom yesterday. After I went through their robotic troubleshooting, which I had already done before I called, I finally got a technician and we went through all of the same steps for a third time to no avail. After he told me that there was nothing wrong and there was nothing he could do to fix my problem, he went into a sales spiel to try to get me to subscribe to their cable TV service.
Dude. Really? Your internet service is terrible, why would I think your cable TV service would be any better? He offered me a 90 day money back guarantee and asked me if I wanted to sign up. I laughed and told him that I didn't even want his internet service and if I had another option I would cancel it.

Do they really ever get people to sign up for this crap when they call with a problem? Are people that stupid?

 

[MaxStout]

People that think that New York Pizza and Chicago Pizza should be compared as if they're the same category of food.

While NY Pizza and Deep Dish Pizza are both called "pizza", and are both comprised of cheese, tomato, and toppings on a crust, they're completely different foods.

Shepherd's pie and apple pie are two completely different things. But they're both pies.

Trying to argue over which is better is like asking whether a BBA Imperial Stout or a Kolsch is "better" -- they're both beer and both delicious, but they're insanely different. They serve different purposes at different times.

Yep, two different animals. I like both kinds, but whole the NY vs Chicago pizza argument is silly. They are as different as night and day. NY pizza has a soft thin crust, and a slice is meant to be folded in half and held in the hand. Food you can eat while you're walking. Chicago pizza has to be eaten with utensils, unless you're good at juggling a 2" thick hunk of food in your hands.

 

[kev211]

We were having trouble with our internet (again) so I called Mediacom yesterday. After I went through their robotic troubleshooting, which I had already done before I called, I finally got a technician and we went through all of the same steps for a third time to no avail. After he told me that there was nothing wrong and there was nothing he could do to fix my problem, he went into a sales spiel to try to get me to subscribe to their cable TV service.
Dude. Really? Your internet service is terrible, why would I think your cable TV service would be any better? He offered me a 90 day money back guarantee and asked me if I wanted to sign up. I laughed and told him that I didn't even want his internet service and if I had another option I would cancel it.

Do they really ever get people to sign up for this crap when they call with a problem? Are people that stupid?

Time warner Cable pulls that crap all the time. I pay enough for your already sh**ty internet that Im calling to get fixed, you really think you're gonna upgrade me to the same internet with TV attached? Get real! It aint happening.

Another one on call centers... Companies who outsource their call centers to India and have the operators give you their name. I know your name isnt David, so cut the crap, you're not fooling anyone.

 

[Kharnynb]

döner kebab

gyros

 

[podz]

Do they really ever get people to sign up for this crap when they call with a problem? Are people that stupid?

If there wasn't a reasonable return on investment, then companies wouldn't do it.

 

[Schlenkerla]

People that think Chicago deep-dish is pizza.

Are you talking deep dish or stuffed?

 

[Schlenkerla]

I don't smoke anymore, but people crying about someone smoking a cigarette outside bug the hell out of me. Yeah, if the guy is blowing it in your face he's a prick and needs to learn some common courtesy, but if he's minding his own, making a conscious effort NOT to direct it at people, quit your sniveling

If they are blowing it at you. I say cough some hack spew or sneeze snot slobber on them. See how they like it.

More so, I hate the smell of it on my clothes.

I live on the 3rd floor, the old biddy on the 1st floor chained smoked. The smell of smoke reeked in my apartment if I was gone for a few days. I can open a suit case when traveling and smell the stank of smoke. I learned to turn on the kitchen fan and the exhaust just to keep air moving in this dank apartment.

 

[Dirt_McGirt]

I'm more annoyed than I should be whenever I'm in my gym's locker room and I keep opening unlocked lockers only to find them occupied by someone's unsecured crap. It shouldn't take me 6 attempts to find a place to lock up my stuff.

Maybe when they come back after their workout to find the doors on their lockers hanging wide open, they'll consider splurging on a cheap combo lock in the future.

 

[sudbuddy]

No, it doesn't. Chicago is number 3 on the list of the amount of Greek diaspora in USA cities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Americans#Demographics

OK Mr. Fancypants, things must've changed. It was the largest Greek population outside of Athens and the largest Polish population outside of Warsaw for most of my life, so forgive me for not going to Wikipedia (of all places, so reliable) to fact check myself on an innocent post. You got me, congrats!

 

[sudbuddy]

And I gotta go with Portillo's on the Italian Beef debate:

 

[sudbuddy]

But Al's Beef has a serious combo too:

 

[Zuljin]

I'm not seeing any tater tots in all the awesome food. Just sayin.

 

[Schlenkerla]

And I gotta go with Portillo's on the Italian Beef debate:

A++.... On Portillo's.