This Really Annoys Me Pet Peeve Thread

[hunter_le five]

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.

I'm not disagreeing with you that it's irritating as ****. It absolutely is. I'm just saying there is an overriding financial reason for it. It's in the restaurant's best interest to get your food out to you as quickly as possible, and get you back out the door.

 

[Singletrack]

I have too many. Instead, just know that in some small way, you would annoy me. (Not you individually -- I mean the other people reading this.) However, people who brew beer tend to annoy me less than those who don't. So feel good about that!

People...they're the worst!

 

[Schlenkerla]

I'm not disagreeing with you that it's irritating as ****. It absolutely is. I'm just saying there is an overriding financial reason for it. It's in the restaurant's best interest to get your food out to you as quickly as possible, and get you back out the door.

Gotcha.

 

[Schlenkerla]

I have too many. Instead, just know that in some small way, you would annoy me. (Not you individually -- I mean the other people reading this.) However, people who brew beer tend to annoy me less than those who don't. So feel good about that!

People...they're the worst!

Yeah in general bitchy people do suck, figured it'd be entertaining, or a good place to vent. I could have posted this in the drunk and mindless mumbling section.

 

[podz]

I'm not disagreeing with you that it's irritating as ****. It absolutely is. I'm just saying there is an overriding financial reason for it. It's in the restaurant's best interest to get your food out to you as quickly as possible, and get you back out the door.

Assuming it's the kind of place that is able to stay full.

Whenever I make a table reservation for dinner, it's for 2 hours.

 

[lumpher]

"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.

You might call it "splitting lanes". The NTSB calls it 1 of the deadliest stretches of highway in the US for motorcycle riders.

 

[ArkotRamathorn]

To bring the conversation back to drivers since wait staff getting dumped on makes me sad (having worked in food service a LOT there's a lot of cruddy things "customers" pull that make a good waiter/waitress go bad).

Night driving, a person is clearly gaining on me (Wisconsin highway speeds just got upped to 70) so I'm chilling with my cruise on at 73-75 and the guy behind me is clearly going 77-78 so they'll pass me. Instead they get about 2 seconds behind me, turn their cruise down and just chill behind me. Yeah for the most part they don't have their brights on, but dude, I am NOT your Bambi bar deer-catcher. Your lights are ruining my night vision and if I hit a deer and have to hit my brakes you ARE going to hit me. It's ALWAYS someone in a much much nicer car than me so they're just looking for someone to hit the deer for them. Guess what dummy, I'm gonna drop my cruise control until you get the hint, I've had a person just chill behind me until my cruise hit 45, seriously you aren't going to realize I do not want you behind me, go hit the deer yourself turd.

TLDR I hate other drivers. Not cause they are awful and suck at driving, they're just super inconsiderate.

 

[slym2none]

You might call it "splitting lanes". The NTSB calls it 1 of the deadliest stretches of highway in the US for motorcycle riders.

The word "highway" never entered my post. I am talking about motorcycles running beside cars in between lanes at a stop light.

Please read my post again...

 

[normonster]

"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.

If you read this in swinger context and omit the last sentence it's very funny

 

[Terek]

If you read this in swinger context and omit the last sentence it's very funny

its even funnier if you dont omit the last sentence. Just read it all real slow with a dirty mind

 

[Inkleg]

Just read it all real slow with a dirty mind

Uhm, that's how I read every post.

 

[alphaomega]

Telemarketing. It needs to die.

 

[JonM]

Upspeak and vocal fry.

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

Door to door salesmen.
I get they're trying to make a living but every time they (or anyone else) knocks at the door I've got to deal with 1 large puppy that doesn't realize how big he is yet, and another middle aged Boston Terrier who is convinced that the harbinger of death is at the doorstep. By the time I get them corralled, the only real product I'm interested in is a tranquilizer gun. If you're not selling that, gtfo.

 

[Ridire]

...middle aged Boston Terrier who is convinced that the harbinger of death is at the doorstep...

I live with one of those, too.

 

[alphaomega]

the only real product I'm interested in is a tranquilizer gun. If you're not selling that, gtfo.

Yes! I'd buy the lot of 'em and order extra darts! BTW they're safe to use on kids aswell, right? Never mind, I'll take 'em anyway...

 

[Ridire]

Insurance agents who think that it is important that they have "face time" with me, so insist on stopping into my office for shoot the **** instead of just sending me a renewal packet and letting me deal with it. I hate the small talk when I'm busy and I hate the notion that if they give me "gifts" it will solidify them as our agent.

Sorry to any insurance guys/gals out there. In my business, I don't see them as a necessary "relationship". It is something I have to have, I pay for it, and I don't want to spend any real time on it, unless I'm shopping it out.

 

[Schlenkerla]

To bring the conversation back to drivers since wait staff getting dumped on makes me sad (having worked in food service a LOT there's a lot of cruddy things "customers" pull that make a good waiter/waitress go bad).

I hear you about the wait staff. One should never be rude to wait staff. I don't get that way with them. I will get upset, bite my tongue, at that point I'm done eating. I get up and tell the manager. I also never stiff them either, you just end up looking like a cheap jerk. I usually tell the manager that I will still tip them but I expect them to adjust the bill, taking off what I refuse to eat.

Being rude is not a good idea. Who know's what they will do to your food!!!

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvVdIg-sTo4[/ame]

 

[kombat]

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...

Concrete is harder than asphalt, and can be harder on your joints.

I'm what might be called a "slow" driver. 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.

You've got problems. You admitted you're a slow driver. Maybe that's a good thing, if you're not confident enough in your driving abilities to keep up with the flow of traffic. Maybe you shouldn't be driving at all.

When someone is tail gating me, you know what I do?

I wait until we're on a straight stretch of road with clear visibility, I turn on my turn signal and pull over onto the shoulder of the road and ... let him pass. I don't know his story - maybe he's in a hurry, maybe something came up, maybe he left later than he planned. We all make mistakes, I'm no better than he is. Someday maybe it'll be me that needs to get past a slower driver.

I used to get really bent out of shape at what I would perceive as "slights" on the road. People getting into merge lanes at stop lights knowing they'd have to merge in immediately (they just wanted to get ahead of me). People using merge lanes on the highway to leap frog a couple spots further up, or riding it right till the very end. Then I realized, life is too short to always be pissed off. There are always going to be drivers like that, and if I let them get under my skin, I'm always going to be in a bad mood over it. Besides, I'm not perfect either. Maybe they legitimately didn't know that lane was going to force them to merge in. Maybe they got a call to pick up their sick daughter from school. I no longer presume to be better than them, I just let it all roll off of me.

You should try it too.

 

[kombat]

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

If I ever open a restaurant, every table will have a "call" button, just like on air planes, so you can signal when you would like a server to come by for something.

 

[kombat]

Peeves, let's see:

• People who recline their seats on an airplane on any flight less than 2 hours.
• People who insist on checking/buying/cashing lottery tickets at the checkout at the grocery store. Double points if that's the ONLY thing they're doing. Seriously, go to a frickin' casino if you want to gamble, I'm trying to buy eggs here. Triple points if it's the express lane. I hope there's a special corner of hell for you people.
• Phone scammers. I've given up any semblance of being polite to them. I'm as rude as can be without being profane, threatening, or sexual (i.e., anything that could open me up to criminal charges). Knowing they're in some call center in India or Pakistan. "Did you know that over here, we flush our toilets with water clean enough to drink, while you guys wash your laundry in the same river you pee in? Doesn't it suck to live where you are? Boy oh boy, you must be miserable. Stinkin' hot all the time, no showers in your slum - you must smell awful." I just keep it up until they hang up.
• Clickbait. It drives me nuts that it's infested otherwise legitimate websites, like CNN. "16 Actors you won't believe were born another race!" "She went to her gynecologist - you won't BELIEVE what he found inside her!" "The superfood your doctor would die before telling you about!" "Think you know the alphabet? Think again!"

 

[Terek]

Telemarketing. It needs to die.

they started calling my new cell number......how the f do they get it!?!

 

[ArkotRamathorn]

Concrete is harder than asphalt, and can be harder on your joints.



You've got problems. You admitted you're a slow driver. Maybe that's a good thing, if you're not confident enough in your driving abilities to keep up with the flow of traffic. Maybe you shouldn't be driving at all.

When someone is tail gating me, you know what I do?

I wait until we're on a straight stretch of road with clear visibility, I turn on my turn signal and pull over onto the shoulder of the road and ... let him pass. I don't know his story - maybe he's in a hurry, maybe something came up, maybe he left later than he planned. We all make mistakes, I'm no better than he is. Someday maybe it'll be me that needs to get past a slower driver.

I used to get really bent out of shape at what I would perceive as "slights" on the road. People getting into merge lanes at stop lights knowing they'd have to merge in immediately (they just wanted to get ahead of me). People using merge lanes on the highway to leap frog a couple spots further up, or riding it right till the very end. Then I realized, life is too short to always be pissed off. There are always going to be drivers like that, and if I let them get under my skin, I'm always going to be in a bad mood over it. Besides, I'm not perfect either. Maybe they legitimately didn't know that lane was going to force them to merge in. Maybe they got a call to pick up their sick daughter from school. I no longer presume to be better than them, I just let it all roll off of me.

You should try it too.

You really really need to work on your reading comprehension.

I stated I'm usually above the speed limit by 5ish mph, so I'm not a slow driver. Slow drivers go 5 under everywhere.

Second THERE IS NEVER A REASON TO TAILGATE EVER. It is an unsafe driving practice and can and will cause crashes.

Your logic that the tailgater might be in a hurry for something like a sick daughter can justify ANY bad behavior. "Oh Johnny wanted to sleep in his own bed and couldn't afford a taxi so he drove home drunk and rammed a van full of a family and they all died. But Johnny was drunk and wanted to sleep in his bed so you can't judge him because he has his own story"

Also:

http://youtu.be/_VAsiC5a02U

 

[kombat]

You really really need to work on your reading comprehension.

I said "maybe."

Second I don't take it as a slight anymore.

You just finished describing - in detail - how you use the event as an opportunity to escalate the situation with the deliberate intention of antagonizing the other driver. Why would you do that if you didn't feel "slighted?" Would you do that to a total stranger who DIDN'T give you a reason? If so, wouldn't that make you a sociopath? If not, then yes, you're retaliating over a perceived "slight."

Tail gating or just sitting behind someone at night is just plain inconsiderate and there is NEVER ANY REASON AT ALL TO TAILGATE SOMEONE EVER.

So call a cop (hands-free, of course; safety first!). See how quickly they respond. Otherwise, why is it YOUR job to teach the other driver a lesson?

If I am on city streets and a kid runs out into the street and I slam on my brakes, I might be able to stop in time, someone tail gates me and hits me, I WILL hit the kid.

Exactly. So why would you ESCALATE the situation by both going slower (allowing him to get even closer) and antagonizing him (with the wave, the deliberately obstinate driving habits, etc.)?

It IS a dangerous situation. But rather than playing cop, or extending the situation, or getting my jollies off by trying to make a clearly agitated driver even more agitated, I do my best to end the dangerous situation as quickly as possible by allowing him to safely get past me, so we can both go on our ways.

Then I promptly forget about him.

I care more about safety (especially mine) than making a point.

Being alive is more important than being right.

 

[podz]

You really really need to work on your reading comprehension.

I stated I'm usually above the speed limit by 5ish mph, so I'm not a slow driver. Slow drivers go 5 under everywhere.

Second THERE IS NEVER A REASON TO TAILGATE EVER. It is an unsafe driving practice and can and will cause crashes.

Your logic that the tailgater might be in a hurry for something like a sick daughter can justify ANY bad behavior. "Oh Johnny wanted to sleep in his own bed and couldn't afford a taxi so he drove home drunk and rammed a van full of a family and they all died. But Johnny was drunk and wanted to sleep in his bed so you can't judge him because he has his own story"

<begin rant>
If I am on the stretch of the last mile home with a strong need to perform an assplosion and you pull out in front of me and slowpoke around just because you think you are the keeper of the speed limit and holier than though, guess what I am going to do?

I'm going to gun past you, cut you off and force you to the shoulder. Then, when you open the door and get out of your car, I'm going to drop my pants and do my business right inside of your car.

Motherf*ckers who think they rule what other people SHOULD or SHOULD NOT be doing.

</end rant>

 

[Schlenkerla]

If I ever open a restaurant, every table will have a "call" button, just like on air planes, so you can signal when you would like a server to come by for something.

Red Robin has this. They have a tablet at the table with a call button. They will NOT take cash. You have too use the tablet.

My 78 year old in-laws were beside themselves when a sever told them they have too use it to pay, then left abruptly like she didn't care. Eventually they had to flag down another person for help with using the device. They vowed to not go back to Red Robin.

I went there and there service sucked. Slow took forever to get menus and drinks. After that food came quickly, never got drink refills and was never told to pay using the tablet that my son was playing on at the time. We had to wave down the server a few times. Its like she saw us and was ignoring us.

I ordered an open-face chili-bacon cheeseburger smothered with chili. It wasn't open-faced, two buns one on top and on the bottom and maybe two table spoons of chili and a slice of bacon. Not smothered I wasn't what I was expecting, but I never ordered it before. I was aggravated about the attitude of the wait staff. People on either side of where I was siting were bitching about getting menus and drinks quite vocally. They were not very busy.

They assumed you knew to pay using the tablet and to use the call button. Its the first time I experienced this payment method much less the call button.

 

[Schlenkerla]

<begin rant>
If I am on the stretch of the last mile home with a strong need to perform an assplosion and you pull out in front of me and slowpoke around just because you think you are the keeper of the speed limit and holier than though, guess what I am going to do?

I'm going to gun past you, cut you off and force you to the shoulder. Then, when you open the door and get out of your car, I'm going to drop my pants and do my business right inside of your car.

Motherf*ckers who think they rule what other people SHOULD or SHOULD NOT be doing.

</end rant>

That's some serious pet-peevery.....

 

[kombat]

I thought of another driving one:

• I'm coming up to a stoplight and there is traffic in front of me. There's a left turn lane, but I can't get to it yet because the traffic going straight is lined up just to the point where the left turn lane starts. I could have squeezed past the car in front of me and into the left turn lane, if they'd just pulled ahead a little further, or toward the right side of their lane. But instead, they were oblivious to my turn signal, and I get to sit behind them and watch the left turn arrow light up, turn yellow, then back to red while the "straight" traffic in front of me blocks my way. Thanks for costing me a light cycle. I know they don't do it on purpose, I just wish people were a little more observant of the world around them. Whenever I find myself coming up on a similar situation where I'm in the straight lane and will be that deciding car at the start of the left turn lane, I always check my mirror to see if the car behind me has his left turn signal on. If so, I pull as far ahead and to the right as I possibly can, to let them by.

 

[ArkotRamathorn]

I said "maybe."







You just finished describing - in detail - how you use the event as an opportunity to escalate the situation with the deliberate intention of antagonizing the other driver. Why would you do that if you didn't feel "slighted?" Would you do that to a total stranger who DIDN'T give you a reason? If so, wouldn't that make you a sociopath? If not, then yes, you're retaliating over a perceived "slight."







So call a cop (hands-free, of course; safety first!). See how quickly they respond. Otherwise, why is it YOUR job to teach the other driver a lesson?







Exactly. So why would you ESCALATE the situation by both going slower (allowing him to get even closer) and antagonizing him (with the wave, the deliberately obstinate driving habits, etc.)?



It IS a dangerous situation. But rather than playing cop, or extending the situation, or getting my jollies off by trying to make a clearly agitated driver even more agitated, I do my best to end the dangerous situation as quickly as possible by allowing him to safely get past me, so we can both go on our ways.



Then I promptly forget about him.



I care more about safety (especially mine) than making a point.



Being alive is more important than being right.

The higher the speed the longer the stopping distance + their reaction times. I have better things to do than get hit from behind by some fool. If I slow down their stopping distance decreases and the chance of an accident is reduced.

If someone wants to pass me or something when I'm doing this, I let them right on by even if it's double yellow lines. It's no sweat off my back once they're in front and flying off down the road. But if you are behind me and there's a chance YOU are going to wreck my car because YOU are inconsiderate and have to tailgate, I'm going to take actions to reduce the damage to my car or reduce the chance of you causing damage.

There is no justification to tailgate. If the tailgaters want to pass on a double yellow in a 30 zone when I'm going 35, that's fine, I'm not going to stop you.

Also, I HAVE had a situation where I called the cops, and there were 2 reasons the cops did anything about it. The person had rammed me twice from behind, then drove off, and he had a history of drunk driving (3rd offense). Cops for the most part will *not* respond to a traffic call of one persons word against another because they had no witnessed a crime. If there is an accident where damages are caused they will respond, without that, they'll take your name and number and hope that that person commits a crime/damages so they can tack on the unsafe driving to their fines.

Tailgaters fall into two categories. People who just arent paying much attention in general, texting on their phones, talking on the phone, talking to people in the car, usually they are tailgating cause they literally CANNOT look away from the road but dont know what speed they are going. They use the car in front of them to gauge their speed. If I slow down they sometimes catch the hint and back off and slow down to a safe distance speed.

The next kind are tailgating because they think it'll make the person in front go faster, going their "favorite" speed. I WILL not cater to their desires and encourage their bad behavior.

 

[TexasDroughtBrewery]

That awkward guy who doesn't understand personal space and brushes up against you repeatedly in the standing room of a bar or establishment.