This Really Annoys Me Pet Peeve Thread

[Schlenkerla]

"My Pillow" commercials. Friggin' hate them.

"I want a pillow that just works." Ha like some don't.

"I'm returning this pillow because it's broken. It doesn't work. It quit working only after one night if use".

 

[Steveruch]

When I lost my job in the recession I started to walk 4-5 miles a day to keep my legs in shape until I found another job and when I realized that I was S O L because of my age and had to start collecting my retirement early just to have something coming in I continued walking as easy cheap exercise. When I walk I go at a very brisk pace and keep my head down avoiding eye contact giving the message that I am not out and about to meet people and make friends.
I am constantly running across people that insist on trying to engage me in conversation. Why is it so hard for some people to take a hint? I am VERY obvious in my let me alone body language.

 

[Remmy]

When I lost my job in the recession I started to walk 4-5 miles a day to keep my legs in shape until I found another job and when I realized that I was S O L because of my age and had to start collecting my retirement early just to have something coming in I continued walking as easy cheap exercise. When I walk I go at a very brisk pace and keep my head down avoiding eye contact giving the message that I am not out and about to meet people and make friends.

I am constantly running across people that insist on trying to engage me in conversation. Why is it so hard for some people to take a hint? I am VERY obvious in my let me alone body language.

^^^ People that want to make friends with me when I'm lifting. [emoji19]

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

^^^ people, as in homo-sapiens in general.

 

[soccerdad]

Sing this in your high voice ..

"For the best night's sleep in the whole wide world, visit my pillow dot com"

 

[MaxStout]

When I lost my job in the recession I started to walk 4-5 miles a day to keep my legs in shape until I found another job and when I realized that I was S O L because of my age and had to start collecting my retirement early just to have something coming in I continued walking as easy cheap exercise. When I walk I go at a very brisk pace and keep my head down avoiding eye contact giving the message that I am not out and about to meet people and make friends.
I am constantly running across people that insist on trying to engage me in conversation. Why is it so hard for some people to take a hint? I am VERY obvious in my let me alone body language.

Blurt out obscenities while making twitchy tics, like you have Tourettes. People will give you a wide berth.

 

[beernutz]

When I lost my job in the recession I started to walk 4-5 miles a day to keep my legs in shape until I found another job and when I realized that I was S O L because of my age and had to start collecting my retirement early just to have something coming in I continued walking as easy cheap exercise. When I walk I go at a very brisk pace and keep my head down avoiding eye contact giving the message that I am not out and about to meet people and make friends.
I am constantly running across people that insist on trying to engage me in conversation. Why is it so hard for some people to take a hint? I am VERY obvious in my let me alone body language.

I'll admit I'm getting close to theoretical retirement age and I still don't understand people very well but what I do understand is that many people are just oblivious to their surroundings or so self absorbed that other people don't matter at all to them.

I'm referring to people who block supermarket aisles, people who yammer loudly on their cell phones in quiet places, people who are so distracted at traffic lights they don't go when it changes causing many others behind them to miss the light, people who drive with their lights off after all common sense screams that they should be on, people who stay in the passing lane while driving over the speed limit though faster cars are behind them.

Of course I could go on forever with examples because there are so many just from driving. If people continue to abuse your good nature you have to at some point say, no mas, and just show them your backside or be even more direct in indicating to them what you want.

 

[Schlenkerla]

I'll admit I'm getting close to theoretical retirement age and I still don't understand people very well but what I do understand is that many people are just oblivious to their surroundings. People who block supermarket aisles, people who yammer loudly on their cell phones in quiet places, people who are so distracted at traffic lights they don't go when it changes causing many others behind them to miss the light, people who drive with their lights off after all common sense screams that they should be on. Of course I could go on forever with examples because there are so many. If people continue abuse your good nature you have to at some point say, no mas, and just show them your backside.

I'm with you! I find that kind of stuff annoying too. I think its a sign of getting older.

I am that angry old man with a shot gun telling the kids to get off my grass as they retrieve a baseball. 40 years ago I was the kid tormenting that old man.

That actually happened. The cops actually came and hauled his a$$ away. His wife nearly had a emotional breakdown from the event.

I was ready to do this last week when the some guy was talking loudly by my desk on his cell phone. However, he was using the speaker with volume turned way too high. He was pissing me off bad. I got off my call, and decided to take a walk to blow off steam. Normally, I'd let him have it... I would not regret what I would said to him, I think the tone would have been the issue. Not a good time to see HR.

 

[GrogNerd]

my username here literally translates to "mean old man"

I gotta admit, I seem to trap people into conversations for longer than they would like

I work from home, go to the boss' one day a week to work, so the only adult conversation I get is mostly with the BigHair, my boss and his wife. so I get a little starved for a little person-to-person contact.

a little old to go out partying every night, but I do get out a few nights a month for VFW and 2 brew club meetings,

so, yeah, I apologize for being that chowderhead talking your ear off. trapped forever if you get me started talking about beer.

it takes me a minute to pick up on the subtle social clues you're expressing which indicate you want to run away or not engage at all. eventually I'll take the hint and let you go

 

[Steveruch]

What I find even worse is I take public transportation a lot and always have something to read to give out an obvious "let me alone" vibe and still some people try to engage me in conversation.

 

[Steveruch]

Blurt out obscenities while making twitchy tics, like you have Tourettes. People will give you a wide berth.

That's far more effort than I want to expend on morons.

 

[Schlenkerla]

That's far more effort than I want to expend on morons.

It would be to my amusement though.

I'm not a moron either.

 

[JonM]

When I was in grad school, right between my apartment and school was Library Mall, which is where all the clipboard people hung out - can't walk three feet without someone in your face "Free Mumia!" "Stop sweatshop labor!" I pretty soon figured out that if I walked with a very purposeful gait and put a not-quite-scowl on my face and stared straight ahead, no one would f*** with me. Occasionally I'd see someone start to approach and I'd give a subtle shake of the head, and back they go. Got really good at it over three years.

Fast forward to this summer 18 years later. I approached the farmers market and saw clipboard people. "I know how to handle this," I thought. I'm obviously out of practice.

 

[flars]

My pet peeve is people that will use vulgar language instead of simple expression to get attention whether written or spoken.

 

[day_trippr]

^soooo tempting^

 

[Steveruch]

It would be to my amusement though.

I hadn't thought of that.

 

[Steveruch]

My pet peeve is people that will use vulgar language instead of simple expression to get attention whether written or spoken.

People who only use vulgar language come across as being morons: cursing requires very little brain power, although some situations can't be dealt with by anything less than a rousing F##$ YOU!

 

[JonM]

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[Schlenkerla]

People who only use vulgar language come across as being morons: cursing requires very little brain power, although some situations can't be dealt with by anything less than a rousing F##$ YOU!

When I was in the Marine Corps the word was rarely said out of anger......

However, we used it as a noun, verb, adverb, adjective, pronoun, preposition and a conjunction. Basically it fit the situation in nearly every form of our daily communication.

Most jarheads would be able to approach the "spewing" person with touretttes and probably still be able to have a meaningful conversation.

 

[Schlenkerla]

BTW - Wikipedia has a good write up on the use of the word. My sophomoric mind found it amusing since it was used rather frequently and I was not actually reading an x-rated paperback.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page.

Wikipedia - False etymologies - Another theory is that of a royal permission. During the Black Death in the Middle Ages, towns were trying to control populations and their interactions. Since uncontaminated resources were scarce, supposedly many towns required permission to have children. Hence, the legend goes, that couples that were having children were required to first obtain royal permission (usually from a local magistrate or lord) and then place a sign somewhere visible from the road in their home that said "Fornicating Under Consent of King," which was later shortened to "______." This story is hard to document, but has persisted in oral and literary traditions for many years; however, it has been demonstrated to be an urban legend.[13]

 

[kombat]

However, we used [the F-word] as a noun, verb, adverb, adjective, pronoun, preposition and a conjunction.

I get noun ("You f***!"), verb ("Let's f***."), and adjective ("You f***ing maggot!"), but adverb? "He walked f***ly?" Pronoun? Preposition? Conjunction?

 

[GrogNerd]

i'm at work and I've just wasted the past 15 minutes looking up how to use **** as an adverb

not so sure about the one I found: **** YEAH!

 

[Schlenkerla]

I get noun ("You f***!"), verb ("Let's f***."), and adjective ("You f***ing maggot!"), but adverb? "He walked f***ly?" Pronoun? Preposition? Conjunction?

I will be the first to admit, I'm no grammar expert. I was really joking in the sense of its use.

This seems rather amusing too. Examples: NOT WORK SAFE!

 

[GrogNerd]

<-- former US Navy squid, so I'm in the same boat as the Jarhead (speaking metaphorically, but since it's always a pleasure giving a Marine a ride to whatever beach needs taking, I'm also speaking literally)

I think I've used up my alloted F-Bombs for one lifetime. I try and use something else to compensate.

like EFF or FLOC or FRACK

 

[MeatyPortion]

Bicyclists who whiz through a 4 way stop and almost get hit by two cars and don't even look around.

 

[GrogNerd]

Bicyclists who whiz through a 4 way stop and almost get hit by two cars and don't even look around.

we have a pack of about 30 who ride down the center of the road like they own the place, blow thru stop signs/signals

makes me wish for a roof-mounted .30cal minigun with one of those helmets that aim where you're looking

 

[Schlenkerla]

Bicyclists who whiz through a 4 way stop and almost get hit by two cars and don't even look around.

I have been known to pull up beside them with the windows down, give a honk, and tell they have too stop at the stop sign too.

They look at me like I'm a psycho and I am generally amused from the wild-eyed look I get from them. - I might have saved their life in the future.

However, I can understand kids under 16 years on age but NOT adults. They probably don't know rules of the road. I just assume they may not stop. I don't do this ^^^ to kids.

 

[MeatyPortion]

I literally almost hit one last month going through a four way stop. I stopped at the stop sign, looked to make sure it was my turn, and then started driving through when a bicyclist on my right going the same direction as me suddenly veered to the left right in front of me to make a turn. I had to jam on my breaks and was honking the horn and swearing out of the window.

 

[Steveruch]

<-- former US Navy squid, so I'm in the same boat as the Jarhead (speaking metaphorically, but since it's always a pleasure giving a Marine a ride to whatever beach needs taking, I'm also speaking literally)

I think I've used up my alloted F-Bombs for one lifetime. I try and use something else to compensate.

like EFF or FLOC or FRACK

"Feck off!" Father Jack

 

[Steveruch]

Bicyclists who whiz through a 4 way stop and almost get hit by two cars and don't even look around.

I've done a lot of walking since the recession pushed me into early retirement. I pay a lot of attention to what goes on around me and I am amazed that a lot more bicyclists aren't run over.