This Really Annoys Me Pet Peeve Thread

[Kharnynb]

Vague or flat out bad instructions that come with products where "some assembly is required".

Agreed, as long as you aren't bitching about ikea, because I cannot understand people who cannot follow ikea instructions....Compared to some knock-offs, they are dead easy.

 

[dkwolf]

Agreed, as long as you aren't bitching about ikea, because I cannot understand people who cannot follow ikea instructions....Compared to some knock-offs, they are dead easy.

Okay, who else read the above post, and immediately thought of....

[trying to assemble Penny's new wardrobe, reading the instructions]
Wolowitz: Oh, boy! I was afraid of that!
Leonard: What?
Wolowitz: These instructions are a pictographic representation of the least imaginative way to assemble these components. This, right here, is why Sweden has no space program

 

[Schlenkerla]

Agreed, as long as you aren't bitching about ikea, because I cannot understand people who cannot follow ikea instructions....Compared to some knock-offs, they are dead easy.

I showed my 7 year old thing IKEA instructions the other day. It was for a wall shelving unit.

Told him they're Daddies Lego Kit....



Legos have no written instructions...

 

[Zuljin]

Why are their eight sausages? Do you know where Atlantis is? When will Pangea reform?

 

[gcarter]

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[sudbuddy]

It really annoys me that nothing was posted on this thread to entertain me today

 

[Schlenkerla]

It really annoys me that nothing was posted on this thread to entertain me today

Maybe people are running out of pet peeves.

 

[sudbuddy]

Maybe people are running out of pet peeves.

Hmm...

 

[Dirt_McGirt]

Maybe people are running out of pet peeves.

Ok, uh....what about this?

I've decided that vests serve no functional purpose.
I've never in my life walked around outside in chilly weather thinking "man, my core is super comfortable, but my arms are just BURNING UP!!"

Conversely, every time I throw on a vest as part of my wardrobe and spend any significant time outside, I wind up with cold arms.

If it's a suitvest, fine. If you want to show off your guns, fine. But otherwise, buying a vest is just paying the same price for a garment without arms on it.

 

[Inkleg]

People who ask me if "I'm cold", as I'm wearing a long sleeve wool shirt, a wool vest and shorts year round.
Though I will add layers as weather dictates, but the shorts stay.

 

[Kee]

Ok, uh....what about this?

I've decided that vests serve no functional purpose.
I've never in my life walked around outside in chilly weather thinking "man, my core is super comfortable, but my arms are just BURNING UP!!"

Conversely, every time I throw on a vest as part of my wardrobe and spend any significant time outside, I wind up with cold arms.

If it's a suitvest, fine. If you want to show off your guns, fine. But otherwise, buying a vest is just paying the same price for a garment without arms on it.

Also, you might be mistaken for a John Denver fan.

 

[slym2none]

People that work off of only assumptions, then get mad when their assumptions aren't true and things they did based on those assumptions are useless/a waste.

 

[Schlenkerla]

People that work off of only assumptions, then get mad when their assumptions aren't true and things they did based on those assumptions are useless/a waste.

I didn't want to assume what you meant before replying, so I read this three times to make sure my assumption of what you're saying is correct. I think.

Damn it, you made me waste time thinking about this. As if it was important.

 

[Stillraining]

Ok, uh....what about this?

I've decided that vests serve no functional purpose.
I've never in my life walked around outside in chilly weather thinking "man, my core is super comfortable, but my arms are just BURNING UP!!"

Conversely, every time I throw on a vest as part of my wardrobe and spend any significant time outside, I wind up with cold arms.

If it's a suitvest, fine. If you want to show off your guns, fine. But otherwise, buying a vest is just paying the same price for a garment without arms on it.

I totally disagree...I have always found them rather delightful in many situations.

 

[Dirt_McGirt]

I totally disagree...I have always found them rather delightful in many situations.

You're saying that you prefer her wearing that vs. not?

Also, were I to tangle with her in a hypothetical, way too many hooks on that hat, for my taste. I let Mrs. McGirt bring 2 fish hooks into the bedroom. 3, tops.

 

[Schlenkerla]

I totally disagree...I have always found them rather delightful in many situations.

Any more like this and the mods might have to put NWS in the title and the move thread elsewhere.

She needs a good ole, loud, but-slap....then ask "How's the fish biting?"

 

[Zuljin]

A proper suit is three piece, and a brocade vest is a vestment of decadence.

 

[Schmoogdaddy]

Legal disclaimer chipmunk gibberish at the end of a car dealer commercial on the radio.

 

[slym2none]

Legal disclaimer chipmunk gibberish at the end of a car dealer commercial on the radio.

Good call! We have a radio ad for one of those around here that the "legal gibberish", spoken at least twice as fast as the "regular" ad, is longer than the "regular" ad.

*applauds*

 

[Schmoogdaddy]

When your drinking straw collapses when you're trying to pile-drive it out of it's wrapper.

 

[slym2none]

People that think "thumping" the sugar/sweetener packet is the only way to do it, and shaking it is just gauche.

 

[Schlenkerla]

People that think "thumping" the sugar/sweetener packet is the only way to do it, and shaking it is just gauche.

People that use the word gauche.

 

[slym2none]

I catch a lot of guff from people for my choice of words.

Such as using the word "guff".

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Threads about pointless chit....man that really gets me!

 

[slym2none]

1) People that complain about threads.
2) Lists
3) Irony

 

[soccerdad]

People that think "thumping" the sugar/sweetener packet is the only way to do it, and shaking it is just gauche.

People who poison their coffee. Hell - if you don't like it, don't drink it.

 

[Schlenkerla]

I really have come to dislike Windows 7 & 8. Have to use it at work.

I have a Chromebook, Chromebox and a Linux machine running Lubuntu. I experience little to no problems at home, however they don't do the same things.

It's Java that sucks at work. It's a 50/50 chance that it works throughout the day.

 

[dkwolf]

People who poison their coffee. Hell - if you don't like it, don't drink it.

Same with tea. There are two kinds of tea, unsweetened and ruined.

 

[Zuljin]

Sweet iced tea with lemon is a pleasure unto itself.

 

[ifnotuthenwho]

Same with tea. There are two kinds of tea, unsweetened and ruined.

There is no such thing as unsweetened tea. There's tea and sweet (a.k.a ruined) tea.