This Really Annoys Me Pet Peeve Thread

[MaxStout]

In a similar note when people schedule a meeting without an agenda or an email to explain why they want to meet with you.

And then show up 20 minutes late while we're all in the room, waiting.

 

[m00ps]

It really annoys me when people camp out on the equiptment at the gym texting or otherwise playing with their phone.

Last time I visited my parents there was this chubby kid, couldnt have been much more than 15, who seemed almost lost in the gym. Definitely gave out this vibe like he was just there cause the football coach told them to start doing weightlifting. In the +1hr I was there, I never saw him do a single exercise. Just fiddled with his phone and looked around. I had to ask him to move so I could use the equipment he was on 3 times.

Felt kinda bad for him, but also wanted to tell him he's doing it wrong. You dont workout through osmosis resulting from just being inside the gym

 

[banesong]

Alright I got one...

When someone schedules a meeting from noon-1pm and doesn't intend to provide lunch. DECLINE.

Lunch time is sacred, unless you're going to give me good free food.

This. We have a standing Wednesday program management meeting from 1200-1300. Grumble.

 

[Schlenkerla]

I work 8am to 4pm. This is normal office hours for 85% of the people at my job.

I hate it when people schedule meetings before 8AM. To me it's as bad as scheduling during lunch.

These people like to come in at 6AM and only work until 2PM.

They're the same jackholes who schedule meetings during lunch because they eat their flippin' lunch at 10AM.

Basically they're only available for 4 hours a day. Due to coming in and leaving early and being out for lunch. So, it's hard to get a hold of them.

On the polar opposite side, I used to have a boss who scheduled his staff meeting at 4pm on Fridays. That was hell when I have a 3 hour commute to Chicago.

 

[banesong]

I work 8am to 4pm. This is normal office hours for 85% of the people at my job.

I hate it when people schedule meetings before 8AM. To me it's as bad as scheduling during lunch.

These people like to come in at 6AM and only work until 2PM.

They're the same jackholes who schedule meetings during lunch because they eat their flippin' lunch at 10AM.

Basically they're only available for 4 hours a day. Due to coming in and leaving early and being out for lunch. So, it's hard to get a hold them.

On the polar opposite side, I used to have a boss who scheduled his staff meeting at 4pm on Fridays. That was hell when I have a 3 hour commute to Chicago.

Urm... I am a 0600 person. I grumble and bring my lunch to 1100 meetings. That being said, I am lucky to get out by 1600... dang salary persons.

I get in that early 'cause a primary client works that early and that I get more done by 0900 than most of my coworkers get done all day, but the upper management frown if I leave at a reasonable hour.

 

[Zuljin]

External alarm 1
Remedy: Clear cause of alarm.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Urm... I am a 0600 person. I grumble and bring my lunch to 1100 meetings. That being said, I am lucky to get out by 1600... dang salary persons.

I get in that early 'cause a primary client works that early and that I get more done by 0900 than most of my coworkers get done all day, but the upper management frown if I leave at a reasonable hour.

Its different if you come in early to flex with your customer's hours or its a time zone thing. I used to occasionally work late because I talked to China and came in early because people in Italy were near the end of their day.

A lot of the people I am thinking of do because of farming (2nd job) or they have a bed time of 8PM.

My inlaws put their kids to bed at 6pm so they can eat dinner alone then bitch about how their kids are up early. LOL No kidding...

 

[kombat]

These people like to come in at 6AM and only work until 2PM.

You don't understand - they have kids. They have to pick their kids up from daycare/school, so they have to leave early. You don't have kids, so you don't mind working later, because your life isn't as important as theirs.

What do you have against families, Schlenkerla?

That said, I'm a 7:00 - 3:00 person, because I hate coming home at 5:30 and it's already dark out. Feel's like the day is already over.

 

[Schlenkerla]

You don't understand - they have kids. They have to pick their kids up from daycare/school, so they have to leave early. You don't have kids, so you don't mind working later, because your life isn't as important as theirs.

What do you have against families, Schlenkerla?

That said, I'm a 7:00 - 3:00 person, because I hate coming home at 5:30 and it's already dark out. Feel's like the day is already over.

Like your sarcasm.

My wife is a stay home mom, so I can focus on the job. My wife handles all the school, kid, household stuff, and all the activities.

I tend to work late being 3 hours from home. I can't do a daily commute. I'm only home on weekends.

Most people don't schedule meetings too early unless a key management person has a full schedule and they propose the time slot. It's still annoying though.

My fix for this is block out 8-10AM and 11AM-12PM time slots. Works most of the time.

 

[GrogNerd]

skype version 7.18 is annoying me today

won't make calls, won't "quit", can't end the process in Task Manager

uninstalled, rebooted, reinstalled X4 and still wouldn't work

had to roll back to 6.14

 

[Venari]

skype version 7.18 is annoying me today

won't make calls, won't "quit", can't end the process in Task Manager

uninstalled, rebooted, reinstalled X4 and still wouldn't work

had to roll back to 6.14

I hate how Skype often minimizes whatever game I'm playing and puts Skype on top of everything else. Like flock off mate, I don't need to see that I have no new notifications.

 

[Devon]

I did a youtube search for "one gallon smash" expecting to get some brewing videos. What I saw instead was a bunch of ******* teenagers willfully smashing gallons jugs of milk all over grocery store floors and pretending to fall down, I guess to get people to help them with their "injuries." Apparently this is the height of modern comedy.

There's my pet peeve - *******, disrespectful little ******* teenagers.

 

[autobaun70]

Poetry, more specifically poetry readings. Especially in a place that you don't expect to encounter one.

It's like everyone is always very detached from reality.

 

[Hamaki]

Poetry, more specifically poetry readings. Especially in a place that you don't expect to encounter one.

It's like everyone is always very detached from reality.

I'm with you in almost every setting with one exception. I had an elderly O Chem professor that, on occasion, would wrap up his lecture 5 minutes or so early and read a poem or two to the class. His rationale was that the brain needed to shift gears from time to time to avoid burnout. It was odd but it was his tradition and he was very well thought of by students and faculty. I kind of liked that but probably just because it was him doing it. He was a good guy.

 

[autobaun70]

I'm with you in almost every setting with one exception. I had an elderly O Chem professor that, on occasion, would wrap up his lecture 5 minutes or so early and read a poem or two to the class. His rationale was that the brain needed to shift gears from time to time to avoid burnout. It was odd but it was his tradition and he was very well thought of by students and faculty. I kind of liked that but probably just because it was him doing it. He was a good guy.

Good with that for sure. To me, poetry should be funny, light, and most of all short. Not "enlightening," or something to be dwelled on.

 

[gwapogorilla]

That's your fault for using an Apple product.

on Imac it is alt+0=º

 

[soccerdad]

Alas the lowly brewer
He mashes, boils, and toils.
In his ceaseless quest
To produce an ale that is the best yet.
Yet as sure as rain in spring
That golden brew when made
Will bring him again and again
To the ever dwindling cask.
And so the task must be repeated.
The brew re-created he hopes
And so he toils again.
And waits. Alas the lowly brewer.

You mean that kind of $hit?

 

[Schlenkerla]

Alas the lowly brewer
He mashes, boils, and toils.
In his ceaseless quest
To produce an ale that is the best yet.
Yet as sure as rain in spring
That golden brew when made
Will bring him again and again
To the ever dwindling cask.
And so the task must be repeated.
The brew re-created he hopes
And so he toils again.
And waits. Alas the lowly brewer.

You mean that kind of $hit?

Yeah, while true, its still poetry.

 

[Schlenkerla]

It would be more readily acceptable if was about mead.

Mead drinkers are more to that flair.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Beer drinkers are more Neanderthal like... It seems too sophisticated for somebody like me.

 

[Dirt_McGirt]

It would be more readily acceptable if was about mead.

Mead drinkers are more to that flair.

I was thinking more along the lines of filthy limericks.

 

[Schlenkerla]

I was thinking more along the lines of filthy limericks.

Thats it!!!!

 

[CGVT]

There once was a man from Nantucket
Who fermented his beer in a bucket...

 

[ifnotuthenwho]

There once was a man named Lear
Who had the most terrible fear
That one day he'd be drowned
With both feet on the ground
And his head in a keg full of beer

 

[lumpher]

My department used to do a pot luck lunch once a month, where we were supposed to bring enough for 20+ people, and then have a departmental meeting during lunch. It was expensive on each of us feeding that many people AND we had to give up our lunches.

 

[autobaun70]

Maintenance (oil change) reminders on cars that just come on when it is time to change the oil, but don't show you the percentage of life remaining.

This mainly sucks because I have 2 cars that are like this, and one that shows percentages. The two with the light only get driven much less than the 3rd. Sure enough, the week after I change the oil in two of them, the third came on. Now I get to drag out the stuff 2 weekends in a row.

 

[m00ps]

Poetry, more specifically poetry readings. Especially in a place that you don't expect to encounter one.

It's like everyone is always very detached from reality.

...says the golf playing tiger with his pet rooster

 

[soccerdad]

A woman who brewed in the nude
Was known as exceedingly crude
She boiled up a milk stout
But how the lacto came about
Is fantasy for any brew dude

 

[user 574]

Check writers at stores. I hate you even if you're doing it from home.

 

[MaxStout]

There once was a lady named Dot
Who loved to mash way too hot
She'd go pitch the yeast
It would ferment like a beast
But the gravity never dropped a lot