This Really Annoys Me Pet Peeve Thread

[soccerdad]

When people on TV (especially the cooking shows) and some of my own family speak with a perfect English (American) accent and mid-sentence, say a Spanish word with a native-Spanish accent. And then they continue the sentence in perfect English. That annoys the **** out of me.

You need to cook up some criadillas with pico de gallo. Oh sorry - I mean bull's nuts with chopped pepper, onion and tomato.

 

[Schlenkerla]

You need to cook up some criadillas with pico de gallo. Oh sorry - I mean bull's nuts with chopped pepper, onion and tomato.

I'm hungry for Greek food right now.

I'm gonna go get me some gee-rows or jie-rows with that garlicy cucumber sauce.

 

[ChefRex]

So you're the jerk!

Damn straight!
I park in the boonies anyway.

 

[kombat]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that is just insanely obnoxious.

What about country names? "An ongoing turf war among drug lords in MEH-hee-co has claimed the lives of 4 more police officers over the weekend..."

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

People who pronounce hefeweizen as heffenweizen.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Damn straight!
I park in the boonies anyway.

I'm gonna door ding you for the fun of it.... LOL

I don't know why people feel so protective of their car that they have to park in the boonies.

I have a nice Lexus but I don't do it.

I have nice furniture, but there's no plastic covering it like you'd see on Seinfeld. (It might be me imagining this. I could see George stuck to the plastic.)

I think it's the anxiety of it not being new any longer. Makes me wanna pop that ego they have going.

 

[Zuljin]

Carrying every key you own with you at all times. It doesn't annoy me. It's just dumb. It's show boating. Oh. Look at me. I have all these keys. I'm so very important. Uh-huh. And if you lose one, you've lost them all. Dummy.

 

[dkwolf]

I'm gonna door ding you for the fun of it.... LOL

I don't know why people feel so protective of their car that they have to par park in the boonies.

I have a nice Lexus but I don't do it.

I have nice furniture, but there's no plastic covering it like you'd see on Seinfeld. (It might be me imagining this. I could see George stuck to the plastic.)

I think it's the anxiety of it not being new any longer. Makes me wanna pop that ego they have going.

I have a 2002 Honda Accord with 150,000 miles on it, that aside from a dent in the left front quarter panel (from my mailbox falling off the house this winter), still looks like it just rolled off the dealer's lot.

Some people (myself included) believe in taking care of your tools to make them last. We take pride in maintaining them in good condition. The inconsiderate door dings and shopping cart scratches piss us off, because someone else didn't show our vehicle the same respect that we show theirs.

 

[brewerJase]

Donation solicitation at the grocery store checkout. Not that it is intentional on the part of the charity, or the retail chain, but all too many of the immature cashiers like to add a guilt trip to their donation request.

There are certain stores in this area that I avoid all together because of this.

Beyond the annoyance factory, my primary reason is that I only make charitable donations to organizations and causes that I have personally been able to fully research, and insure:

a) the groups values are in line with my own

B) they have an efficient organization with appropriate administrative overhead.

YES!!!! I give to charity, but to the charity of my choice. Don't need to feel guilty while picking up groceries.
South Park did a great episode about this.

 

[day_trippr]

I don't spend a ton of time on the road but I've noticed that every time the interstate has a rolling roadblock going there's a Prius leading the parade.

Is that a thing, now?

Cheers!

 

[autobaun70]

Carrying every key you own with you at all times. It doesn't annoy me. It's just dumb. It's show boating. Oh. Look at me. I have all these keys. I'm so very important. Uh-huh. And if you lose one, you've lost them all. Dummy.

I've told people who do this on several ocassions, "get yourself a couple more keys, and you will be qualified to be a high school janitor."

I've got plenty of keys, but I can't stand more than 2-3 in my pocket.

 

[Schlenkerla]

I have a 2002 Honda Accord with 150,000 miles on it, that aside from a dent in the left front quarter panel (from my mailbox falling off the house this winter), still looks like it just rolled off the dealer's lot.

Some people (myself included) believe in taking care of your tools to make them last. We take pride in maintaining them in good condition. The inconsiderate door dings and shopping cart scratches piss us off, because someone else didn't show our vehicle the same respect that we show theirs.

I was only kidding about it, specially to actually doing a door-dinging. I too take care of my stuff. I worked hard to be able to buy it, but not so much to be pretentious and arrogant or flat out OCD about my possession. It's just a car.

I like to mock the uptite people with that special car or truck can't be parked with the regular folks. Sometimes it's not all that special. I see and laugh at the person with the Chevy Suburban, Ford F150, or Dodge Aspen who's worried about a door ding and parks at furthest point away from the door in a parking lot. Meanwhile, I take great joy in seeing summer time hail storms with this thought in mind...

That said I can understand the old corvette, a classic 80s Porsche or vintage/mint muscle car where lots of love is put into to a restoration.

My perspective...

I once had a relative that had plastic film on the couches and plastic running mats on the carpeted walk ways in house. Made everything seem cheap.

My parents had swivel plush rocker chairs that my sister and I were not allowed to sit in..... ever! They also had a pool table that could not be used. In 40 years had balls racked about 3 times. All before 1980. They also had a hide a bed close to 50 years old that could not be pulled out to sleep in... it would wear out the mattress and springs.

Yeah, I lived in a museum as a child.

You have to enjoy the things you have not stress out about wear and tear.

 

[Zuljin]

I don't spend a ton of time on the road but I've noticed that every time the interstate has a rolling roadblock going there's a Prius leading the parade.

Is that a thing, now?

Cheers!

Must be regional. Our Prius drives like it's qualifying.

I've told people who do this on several ocassions, "get yourself a couple more keys, and you will be qualified to be a high school janitor."

I've got plenty of keys, but I can't stand more than 2-3 in my pocket.

I don't like any keys in my pocket, and I really dislike fobs. Damn Prius.

I was only kidding about it, specially to actually doing a door-dinging. I too take care of my stuff. I worked hard to be able to buy it, but not so much to be pretentious and arrogant or flat out OCD about my possession. It's just a car.

I like to mock the uptite people with that special car or truck can't be parked with the regular folks. Sometimes it's not all that special. I see and laugh at the person with the Chevy Suburban, Ford F150, or Dodge Aspen who's worried about a door ding and parks at furthest point away from the door in a parking lot. Meanwhile, I take great joy in seeing summer time hail storms with this thought in mind...

That said I can understand the old corvette, a classic 80s Porsche or vintage/mint muscle car where lots of love is put into to a restoration.

My perspective...

I once had a relative that had plastic film on the couches and plastic running mats on the carpeted walk ways in house. Made everything seem cheap.

My parents had swivel plush rocker chairs that my sister and I were not allowed to sit in..... ever! They also had a pool table that could not be used. In 40 years had balls racked about 3 times. All before 1980. They also had a hide a bed close to 50 years old that could not be pulled out to sleep in... it would wear out the mattress and springs.

Yeah, I lived in a museum as a child.

You have to enjoy the things you have not stress out about wear and tear.

If I just wanted to look at it, I'd go to a museum. Take care of it, sure, but buy it to use it.

 

[Zuljin]

And when I see people with plastic covers all over their stuff, I think, wow, these people are crazy kinky. :fro:

 

[GrogNerd]

Carrying every key you own with you at all times. It doesn't annoy me. It's just dumb. It's show boating. Oh. Look at me. I have all these keys. I'm so very important. Uh-huh. And if you lose one, you've lost them all. Dummy.

I used to carry a bunch of keys, but now all the keys I've ever owned are all sitting in the top drawer of my dresser

now I'm a key minimalist; carry only 2 fob keys, one for the BigHair's car and one for mine and this house key. we have an electronic lock on the front door, so I only use it if the batteries die in it.

my keychain also has a bottle opener and a usb thumb drive with my ICE info

and I know you are all jealous of my house key

 

[Schlenkerla]

I've told people who do this on several ocassions, "get yourself a couple more keys, and you will be qualified to be a high school janitor."

I've got plenty of keys, but I can't stand more than 2-3 in my pocket.

I'm that guy.

I have two apartments with three each just for entry; exterior door, interior door and the dead bolts. Then there's a laundry room key, two mail box keys. Add in the the storage unit key, the work desk key, plus a laptop locking cable key. Then a car key with a fob.

For some reason I only carry one car key. LOL

It was worse when I still owned a house and had two apartments.

 

[phug]

I used to carry a bunch of keys, but now all the keys I've ever owned are all sitting in the top drawer of my dresser

now I'm a key minimalist; carry only 2 fob keys, one for the BigHair's car and one for mine and this house key. we have an electronic lock on the front door, so I only use it if the batteries die in it.

my keychain also has a bottle opener and a usb thumb drive with my ICE info

and I know you are all jealous of my house key

View attachment 353827

and now some jerk will 3d print a copy of your house key. It happened to the TSA, it could happen to you.

 

[GrogNerd]

and now some jerk will 3d print a copy of your house key. It happened to the TSA, it could happen to you.

try it now

 

[Schlenkerla]

try it now

You need to ask phug to edit your quote or chat with a moderator. You can tag the quote for a moderator too (use the report post).

 

[GrogNerd]

You need to ask phug to edit your quote or chat with a moderator. You can tag the quote for a moderator too (use the report post).

I see Attachment 353827 and a dead link, so I think I'm OK.

 

[phug]

stay safe GrogNerd. Never know how many home brewers have 3 printers and wicked CAD skills. though, since they're homebrewers hopefully they'd just prank you and leave beer in your kitchen.

Very cool key though.

 

[GrogNerd]

I am confident the Venn Diagram intersection of homebrewers with 3d printers, wicked CAD skills, who can find my house and who would break & enter is small enough to not worry about it

Still, hope I blurred in time to stop you nefarious ****ers out there

Then there's my .38 and I work from home

 

[kombat]

#1: I just assumed that wasn't your real key. It looks like an image grab from a novelty-key printing online storefront.

#2: Locks only keep honest people out. If someone is determined to break into your home, they're not going to bother 3D-printing a copy of your key - they're just going to wait until you leave for groceries or something, and throw a brick from your patio through your glass patio door.

#3: AFAIK, nobody here knows your real name, where you live, or if you even have anything worth stealing.

#4: If you're still worried, just post a picture of your dog. Even if you don't actually have a dog.

 

[GrogNerd]

#1: it actually is

#2: completely agree

#3: there are a few

#4: any intruder will be greeted by this vicious hound

 

[Schlenkerla]

I see Attachment 353827 and a dead link, so I think I'm OK.

Its still works in his post.

This is the last four digits in that link from his post "3827"

Delete it in your gallery or PM a moderator.

 

[autobaun70]

I wouldn't worry about a 3D printer, but anyone with a manual key snapper and minimal locksmithing knowledge can duplicate a key from site. Not saying that I can, but I know several folks that can.

 

[Scout]

All you need is a bump key. A couple taps with a hammer and presto, you are in!

 

[Scout]

My biggest pet peeve right now is reading a 100+ page thread and knowing that is I comment on something, everyone will have moved on in the following pages.

 

[Venari]

I have a roommate who is "noisy".

Her bed is directly over an air vent.

I live in the basement.

All air ducts come down to the basement.

I hear everything that happens upstairs.

 

[Scout]

I hate the fact that HBT on mobile doesn't work as it should. There is a "back to forum" button, but it only goes back to the previous page. Either I hit the back button a dozen times, or I go to the main forum directory and then back to the forum I was in. (I know, first world problems.

Slow drivers. You know the ones, going ten or even 15 under.

Cars without cruise control. You'd think every modern car would have it. (Here's where I bitch about my wife's car) My wife's car is an 05 four door Neon. Power windows on TWO doors, no cruise control, and the doors lock automatically when you go, but don't automatically unlock when you put it in park. I shouldn't bitch, because I grew up with manual windows and locks, carburetors, no a/c, nor cruise control.