This Really Annoys Me Pet Peeve Thread

[betarhoalphadelta]

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

In California, it's allowed for riders to split lanes as long as it's done in a safe and prudent manner. This isn't just stop lights; many riders will do it in very heavy traffic on the freeway.

When done in a reasonable manner (traffic 0-15 mph, speed differential <20 mph), I don't think it's much more dangerous than sitting in traffic. After all, motorcycles can't maneuver when stopped. And the risk of being rear-ended on a bike in stop and go traffic is there too.

 

[podz]

In California, it's allowed for riders to split lanes as long as it's done in a safe and prudent manner. This isn't just stop lights; many riders will do it in very heavy traffic on the freeway.

When done in a reasonable manner (traffic 0-15 mph, speed differential <20 mph), I think it's actually not that unsafe compared to sitting in the traffic jam. Bikes can't maneuver to avoid vehicles when they're stationary, and are at higher risk of being rear-ended when not splitting.

Besides, it's nothing away from anybody if a motorcycle rides down the middle and passes them - you still can not go faster than the car in front of you.

I don't own a motorcycle, but it's still nothing away from me.

 

[slym2none]

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

Really? Then maybe they shouldn't be running on any hard surface. I don't buy that explanation, sorry.

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.

My "perceived slights" are when the other driver does something that almost causes me harm (and most often, them as well). No need to pass me, then as soon as you get in front of me, jam on your brakes because you almost passed where you were trying to turn into, when all they had to do was wait an additional 5 seconds by slotting in behind me instead of wrecking both of us.

I hope you don't see that as a "perceived slight" as well.

 

[CGVT]

Really? Then maybe they shouldn't be running on any hard surface. I don't buy that explanation, sorry.

I used to be a runner. When you are putting in a lot of miles, concrete is much harder on your body than asphalt. Much. I always ran on the shoulder of the road facing traffic.

The two most dangerous things to see coming at you were a redneck in a big pickup truck and a distracted soccer mom in a mini van. I was ready to head for the ditch any time I saw either coming at me.

In contrast, I always appreciated the driver that would give me a little extra room if there was no oncoming traffic. I try to do the same for runners and cyclists when I am driving. It doesn't cost me anything to share the road.

 

[MaxStout]

The holidays bring all the professional fund-raisers over the phone. First question that fires out of my mouth before the phone-drone dives into their script-reading: "What percentage of the donation goes to the intended charity?"

I have not heard one response yet that was above 20%. It's usually more like 15. I realize that, from the promoter's view, 15% of gross receipts that increase 10 or 20 fold is still more money in the charity's pocket than not using the promoter. But knowing that 85% of my hard-earned shekels are going to some boiler room operation doesn't exactly make me feel good about giving. I'll pass, thank you.

I'll choose a charity I believe in and cut a check directly to them.

 

[JonM]

I hate it when people use that "I just got a thesaurus for my birthday and suddenly I'm Lincoln at Gettysburg" overly loquacious purple prose writing style. It always reads like a high school kid who really wants to impress the college admissions committee.

"Whence mine eyes did gaze upon the wizened and tear streaked visage of Wolf Blitzer, my heart was like that of a stone made of lead and other heavy things for I then countenanced how my life - nay the lives of all my countrymen - shan't nary be the same henceforth and forevermore."

 

[ruger988]

Question for the "I hate tailgaters you should have left earlier" crowd...

If you're driving below the speed limit and think I'm too close to you, why not pull over and let me by? Obviously you aren't in a hurry and this 12 seconds isn't going to hurt you or your plans. Going slower and "having a really dirty windshield" is only going to piss people off more and create a more dangerous/hostile situation.

 

[wallybangbang]

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!!!

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

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South Park sums it up very well on why not to piss off restaurant staff
[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pDlR_ccnZww[/ame]

 

[podz]

I hate it when people use that "I just got a thesaurus for my birthday and suddenly I'm Lincoln at Gettysburg" overly loquacious purple prose writing style. It always reads like a high school kid who really wants to impress the college admissions committee.

"Whence mine eyes did gaze upon the wizened and tear streaked visage of Wolf Blitzer, my heart was like that of a stone made of lead and other heavy things for I then countenanced how my life - nay the lives of all my countrymen - shan't nary be the same henceforth and forevermore."

Pretentiousness is aggravating in all of it's forms. Sorta like the person who has two batches of beer under their belt and starts talking about isomerisation and water chemistry.

Makes me wanna listen to Eminem every time.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp6mXmHNPlg[/ame]

 

[Schlenkerla]

Question for the "I hate tailgaters you should have left earlier" crowd...

If you're driving below the speed limit and think I'm too close to you, why not pull over and let me by? Obviously you aren't in a hurry and this 12 seconds isn't going to hurt you or your plans. Going slower and "having a really dirty windshield" is only going to piss people off more and create a more dangerous/hostile situation.

Start the Video.... [Then come back to this point.]

Some people take great joy in being jerks. I'm one of them. 4 Years in the US Marines made me this way.

That said, I generally pull over to let people pass.

I will say, the people that high beam, crawl up your a$$ and zig-zag behind you to try intimidate you, are being royal jerks. I'll get over if possible. I'm normally driving 75-80 in 70 mph speed limit. I drive 6 hours a week in 3 hour stints. Its always at night.

I have tendency want to them to piss them off more when the situation is this; They are doing the intimidation thing and I can't get over and slow pokes are in front of me. Where I'm stuck. So they will get all of my windshield wiper fluid. I'm not going to slow down just to duck into traffic for them to gain 1.5 car lengths so they can bird dog the next traveler. They need to BTFO and slow down like everybody else.

For Amusement Sake I have thought about going Mario Cart on their A$$.

I have once thought about releasing out my sun roof;
- A mesh bag of used golf balls
- A sleeve of Daisy BB's.
- A box of roofing nails.

I used to have a car with a rear windshield washer. I wanted to put a bent copper tube on the nozzle so I could release a gallon of paint stripper on their car.

I don't like the thought of going to jail, and I would not recommend releasing road hazards, but I'd like to see their face when two dozen golf balls are denting their Precious Porsche Cayenne or 80% of their hood and roof have blistered paint.

Mood Music....

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVzvRsl4rEM[/ame]

 

[autobaun70]

Ammo hoarders/Craig's list sellers, and whoever the geniuses are running the local big box stores that put out all of the hard to find calipers (mainly .22lr currently) at the same time (during the normal work day) every day. The same group of old guys and Craig's list sellers, and everyone they can pile into their car, make their pilgrimage daily to buy their daily allotment, then triple the price on the local trader sites.

Anyone who works a somewhat normal schedule is forced to either pay up, or gamble on internet back orders.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

People walking through my yard, leaving footprints in my snow. They have no business in my yard, and no business leaving their footprints in MY snow. Wildlife in my yard is fine, critter prints in my snow is fine, but humans should know better!
End rant. Regards, GF.

 

[Schlenkerla]

People walking through my yard, leaving footprints in my snow. They have no business in my yard, and no business leaving their footprints in MY snow. Wildlife in my yard is fine, critter prints in my snow is fine, but humans should know better!
End rant. Regards, GF.

Me too

I hated people trespassing when I had an acreage. My neighbor on the other side of the lake would tell people they could fish on his property. I'd be mowing grass and some guy on ATV would be driving over front lawn. I'm like WTF!!!!. Another time I'm chilling in my back yard and two people on horses are riding up middle of my yard. My Labrador Retriever is going ballistic. I get out of my chair going WTF.

They try cutting thru my property mainly because of distance they would have to go. If they had to enter his property, they'd have to go a mile or more from the north or south. He had 17 acres in the back of the development. But by cutting through my property they would have only go about 500 yards. Right through my acreage to access the street.

Everybody that had privileges to fish over the years before I bought the property would get mad when I told them find another way to access his property. He doesn't own this section any more. Man he told a lot of people they could fish.

 

[autobaun70]

Two things involving dogs.

First involves mine. I have 2 labs in the back yard inside an invisible fence. All of the neighbor kids play in their various yards, and cut through mine to get to each other's (no problem at all). A few of them like to play fetch with my dogs, and will bring sticks to throw for them to fetch. Like all labs, when they get tired of playing fetch, they will go lay down and chew on the stick. This inspires the kids to think that a new stick is needed. Also, every day they bring a new stick. By the end of the week my yard is covered in sticks, some of which are the size of small logs.

The second is an old hag that lives about 4 doors down. She has a habit of bringing her punt dog to either my yard, or the neighbor across the streets yard to crap. If she were to walk the same distance in the other direction, there is a lot there that is designated for just such activity. Both of us are pretty laid back about dog poop. If you are out exercising, and your dog drops off a load, no big deal. I don't even care if you pick it up, but don't bring them to my yard just for that purpose.

 

[Zuljin]

<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>

More of this! I want a poop gun. A "scat"ter gun, if you will. I say we make poop THE weapon of choice. I was on for melee weapons before, but now I see- popping a poop on someone is the wave of the future! Anytime someone slights you; poop on them. Think you've been slighted by their poop? Poop on them back! Everything poop. All poop. All the time.

 

[Schlenkerla]

I once had a neighborhood friend who could not stand his neighbors. The neighbors he hated were having an outdoor BBQ.

His genius mind was to pick up all the dog doo in his yard, pile it up, pour gas on it, and light it on fire.

Wind was blowing towards his neighbors. They all ran inside to his great joy.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

I once had a neighborhood friend who could not stand his neighbors. The neighbors he hated were having an outdoor BBQ.

His genius mind was to pick up all the dog doo in his yard, pile it up, pour gas on it, and light it on fire.

Wind was blowing towards his neighbors. They all ran inside to his great joy.

Evil genius!
Regards, GF.

 

[Schlenkerla]

McDonald's now has breakfast all day, right?

I order pancakes and sausage with a side of scrambled eggs. They take my money. Then bring me the food. I tell them they forgot the eggs.

Then they tell me eggs are only served with breakfast....

I'm like WTF is the deal with breakfast all day?

I say, I want my money back for the eggs... They obliged me.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Now I'm home, argh the fooked me on the sausage. No GD sausage.

 

[GrogNerd]

Apparently, it's only pancakes all day

 

[Schlenkerla]

I hate MCDonald's

 

[m00ps]

Pretentiousness is aggravating in all of it's forms. Sorta like the person who has two batches of beer under their belt and starts talking about isomerisation and water chemistry.

Makes me wanna listen to Eminem every time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp6mXmHNPlg

I like the brewers that have a brewery logo, blog, labels designed, and a "house" everything before they hit #5. Usually havent even tried their hand at their own recipes either

 

[NothingRhymesWithCurtiss]

General things that peeve me:

1. Student Loans. I went to school to earn a degree in order to "make more money" just to use the money to pay back my student loans.
   
   
2. Giving kids participant trophies. Yay! Let's tell every kid that they "won" and continue to breed mediocrity.
   
   
3. People with tattoos on their neck, hands, face... that complain that they can't find a job. Really? I am sleeved and have maintained steady employment since I started getting tattooed 17 years ago. Why? Because I can easily cover all of my tattoos. Sure. I would love a neck tattoo. But I also love putting food on the table, paying my mortgage, and spoiling my kids.
   
   
4. The Big Bang Theory. The show. Not the scientific theory. It's about "nerds," but I don't know any nerds that think it's funny.
   
   
5. Americans that walk down the left side of an aisle, row, hallway... we drive on the right. Walk on the right.
   
   
6. When people argue that what is popular is therefore good. (See the Big Bang Theory.)
   
   
7. Panera Bread. Zero artificial flavors. Zero preservatives. Zero flavor. I'd rather eat the re-heated slop from Applebees.

 

[GrogNerd]

Ooh! And what about elitist aholes who look down their noses at beginners having a little fun with a new hobby

Aren't they annoying as ****?

 

[beernutz]

People in the front of the line in a turn lane who when the green arrow appears do not move. It is not hard to guess what most of them are doing. A minority of them are just inattentive even without being distracted by electronics. To add insult to injury, these drivers will often wait until the green arrow turns red, realize their fcuk-up, and then run the red light so that they are the only one who gets to turn.

Just slightly behind the above morans on the idjit scale are those people immediately behind them in line who are too intimidated to give a short wake the f up and go honk.

 

[JonM]

Or the one who sits in the left lane at a red light with no signal on, indicating that he will go straight. You get right behind that guy. Right lane fills up. Light turns green, the idiot in front of you NOW decides to put on his left turn signal and make you wait.

 

[GrogNerd]

People in the front of the line in a turn lane who when the green arrow appears do not move. It is not hard to guess what most of them are doing. A minority of them are just inattentive even without being distracted by electronics. To add insult to injury, these drivers will often wait until the green arrow turns red, realize their fcuk-up, and then run the red light so that they are the only one who gets to turn.

Just slightly behind the above morans on the idjit scale are those people immediately behind them in line who are too intimidated to give a short wake the f up and go honk.

guaranteed those idiots are looking at their phones. see it all the time around here

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

General things that peeve me:

1. Student Loans. I went to school to earn a degree in order to "make more money" just to use the money to pay back my student loans.
   
   
2. Giving kids participant trophies. Yay! Let's tell every kid that they "won" and continue to breed mediocrity.
   
   
3. People with tattoos on their neck, hands, face... that complain that they can't find a job. Really? I am sleeved and have maintained steady employment since I started getting tattooed 17 years ago. Why? Because I can easily cover all of my tattoos. Sure. I would love a neck tattoo. But I also love putting food on the table, paying my mortgage, and spoiling my kids.
   
   
   [*]The Big Bang Theory. The show. Not the scientific theory. It's about "nerds," but I don't know any nerds that think it's funny.
   
   
4. Americans that walk down the left side of an aisle, row, hallway... we drive on the right. Walk on the right.
   
   
5. When people argue that what is popular is therefore good. (See the Big Bang Theory.)
   
   
6. Panera Bread. Zero artificial flavors. Zero preservatives. Zero flavor. I'd rather eat the re-heated slop from Applebees.

My wife has said the same thing about that show for years. A show about nerds and nerd-dom for non-nerds.

 

[podz]

I like the brewers that have a brewery logo, blog, labels designed, and a "house" everything before they hit #5. Usually havent even tried their hand at their own recipes either

Don't they sell a starter kit at the LHBS to handle all of this for you?

 

[brettwasbtd]

McDonald's now has breakfast all day, right?

I order pancakes and sausage with a side of scrambled eggs. They take my money. Then bring me the food. I tell them they forgot the eggs.

Then they tell me eggs are only served with breakfast....

I'm like WTF is the deal with breakfast all day?

I say, I want my money back for the eggs... They obliged me.

Lies! Jk, sorry to hear your less than stellar experience...

I went to McDonald's the other day and made myself a "brunch" Burger - ordered a McDouble asked them to add an egg round and hashbrown to it...$4 and DELICIOUS