This Really Annoys Me Pet Peeve Thread

[Schlenkerla]

I'd have parked that bastard in with my old piece of crap car. What a *******.

I once had assigned parking at one of my apartments. Some jacka$$ parked in my space. I blocked the mofo in the whole labor day weekend. Would double park blocking my wife in too. I would move the car just to let her out, then move it back.

He had too of got the message if he saw an empty space, but he was still blocked in behind my car.

I've done just that, more than once.

Me only once.

 

[smurfjuice]

Bastid ...

 

[Zuljin]

Rechargeable batteries that don't last.

 

[BentBrewer]

Brewing accident?

'Accident'..... yes.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Professional athletes who suddenly become "Sr."

I mean, if you're Odell Beckham Jr or Golden Tate III, sure, put that on your uniform. Yes, your antecedents made a stupid narcissistic decision to share their name with you, but that's the identity that you've grown up with, and perhaps you should honor the antecedents that helped raise you into the person who became an NFL star.

But if you're Steve Smith, and you decide that you're going to have a kid and name him Steve Smith Jr, you're making a narcissistic bad decision. But to suddenly put "Smith Sr." on your uniform, you're basically honoring your own narcissism. "Hey everyone, look at me, I have a child! Yay, me!"

Referring to yourself as "Name Sr." is generally bad form, with VERY RARE exception. I mean, had I ever made that narcissistic decision (which I would never do), and someday long after my son had come to work at the same company as I did, perhaps I would have to start going as Sr. to reduce confusion. But this is the NFL. You're 27 and famous. Your kid is 4. The world doesn't care about him. He's not exactly going to be lining up across the line of scrimmage from you.

This trend of athletes naming their child the same name as themselves and then publicly congratulating themselves for procreating by calling themselves "Sr" really annoys me.

 

[soccerdad]

Dear Bwarbiany (the first).
Surely you are not suggesting that pro athletes are narcissistic, are you?
Sincerely, Soccerdad Sr.

 

[Kee]

Don't tell our President-elect that that's a thing. He will have to add two more gold letters to all of his buildings.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Don't tell our President-elect that that's a thing. He will have to add two more gold letters to all of his buildings.

Maybe that's how he separates the business?

ipe:

 

[GrogNerd]

ok, so this a-hole happened

#1 - I have an abnormally large head. if they make the hat in my size and it fits, it could NOT be a "kid's hat"

#2 - how does he know there is money to be made raping dogs?

 

[BentBrewer]

Hey man, what you do on your own time...

 

[GrogNerd]

so, traffic wasn't so bad, going to be 15 minutes early to work, decide to grab a bite at the McDs around the corner

I ordered a bagel... disembodied voice repeated back my order for a bagel, paid for a bagel, receipt says bagel. does this LOOK LIKE A ****ING BAGEL?

bad enough I spilled coffee in my car, soaking my cel phone (water-resistant Samsung S5, thankyouverymuch) and my digital camera (****... have had this Canon A620 for 10 years, LOVE IT!) and the car registration card I just got (temporary, until I get my new vanity plates DIY BEER)

now I gotta choke down some dry-assed sawdust hockey puck.

but NEVER EVER ask if things could get worse

camera is still functioning, it will take pictures, except if I want to use the flash

 

[soccerdad]

bagscuit

 

[GrogNerd]

flash working now... WOOHOO!

 

[kombat]

"Persons."

Just say "people."

 

[GrogNerd]

from a FB friend:

It has always wanted to be a bagel, felt inside it was really a bagel, despite its outward appearances - felt trapped really.

Finally got its chance to dress up as a bagel and all it got was condemnation from you, with your closed mind.

Bigot.

OMG.... did I use a non-preferred pronoun?

I'm such a deplorable

so, traffic wasn't so bad, going to be 15 minutes early to work, decide to grab a bite at the McDs around the corner

I ordered a bagel... disembodied voice repeated back my order for a bagel, paid for a bagel, receipt says bagel. does this LOOK LIKE A ****ING BAGEL?

bad enough I spilled coffee in my car, soaking my cel phone (water-resistant Samsung S5, thankyouverymuch) and my digital camera (****... have had this Canon A620 for 10 years, LOVE IT!) and the car registration card I just got (temporary, until I get my new vanity plates DIY BEER)

now I gotta choke down some dry-assed sawdust hockey puck.

but NEVER EVER ask if things could get worse

camera is still functioning, it will take pictures, except if I want to use the flash

View attachment 386320

 

[Steveruch]

so, traffic wasn't so bad, going to be 15 minutes early to work, decide to grab a bite at the McDs around the corner

I ordered a bagel... disembodied voice repeated back my order for a bagel, paid for a bagel, receipt says bagel. does this LOOK LIKE A ****ING BAGEL?

bad enough I spilled coffee in my car, soaking my cel phone (water-resistant Samsung S5, thankyouverymuch) and my digital camera (****... have had this Canon A620 for 10 years, LOVE IT!) and the car registration card I just got (temporary, until I get my new vanity plates DIY BEER)

now I gotta choke down some dry-assed sawdust hockey puck.

but NEVER EVER ask if things could get worse

camera is still functioning, it will take pictures, except if I want to use the flash

View attachment 386320

One more reason to avoid mcd.

 

[GrogNerd]

One more reason to avoid mcd.

Agreed.

But, it was on the way & convenient

Next time, I go out of my way for BK, I guess

 

[schematix]

Next time, I go out of my way for BK, I guess

Hate to break it to you but the people who work at BK are just as capable of screwing up your order as the ones at McD. Has less to do with the company and more to do with the acuteness of people who typically work in FF.

 

[Steveruch]

Hate to break it to you but the people who work at BK are just as capable of screwing up your order as the ones at McD. Has less to do with the company and more to do with the acuteness of people who typically work in FF.

Probably, but I've never had a problem at my local BK, but have had something wrong almost every time at mcd; that includes the taste being better. The last mcd visit was it for me.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Truck drivers that go 55 mph for 15-20 minutes, side by side, in 70 mph speed limit area. Basically, slowing down traffic.

Why do they do that, because they can?

Yesterday, during rush hour, I watched two semi trucks do that to another truck with a big flatbed.

It's obvious the flatbed driver was getting mad or at least annoyed. He was high beaming them for a while and tried to high beam them the shoulder too. I assume he was doing that because he was too close to be in their mirrors.

I don't understand why they feel the need to mess with people that way and risk an accident. I drive a lot and rarely see road rage among professional drivers.

 

[Zuljin]

The old rolling roadblock. I've seen them do it on tollways.

 

[phug]

We have it happen here because the one driver is tired of being behind the other one. But they've both got speed limiters. So maybe the one guy can go 1-2 Klicks faster than the other. It takes them a godawful long time to finish passing. And the. They get to a hill and the guy who's faster has a heavier load so it screws it all up and he has to try again

 

[dkwolf]

Thanks to an extremely generous donation, the high school I graduated from just built a new performing arts center. Yesterday was the second event of the opening concert series... the 34th Army Band. The place was almost completely packed (850 seat hall). Now, it's absolutely GREAT that they finally have the auditorium/performance hall that we were trying to get built two decades ago when I was in school, and the caliber of performances they can now bring in is significantly higher than before. But... some of the people in the audience...just...don't....get it.

A few tips, if you find yourself in attending a professional performance:

Remain in your seat. Movement is distracting to everyone seated behind you. If you must get up and leave before an intermission, try to do so during a break in the performance (pause between performance of two pieces of a band concert, break between scenes of a play, etc.). Only get up during the actual performance if you ABSOLUTELY MUST. And under no circumstances do you RETURN to your seat during a performance. Many halls will have monitors outside of the doors so you can watch from outside until a break or intermission, where you can return to your seat. It is very likely that an usher will be there barring you from re-entering. This is for a reason. When the doors at the back of the hall open, light floods in, and it can be distracting for the performers on stage. You don't just 'sneak' out. Everyone on stage knows SOMEONE left.

They will often make an announcement about turning off cell phones, no flash photography, etc. If you're an adult and need this reminder, please...stay home. You should f'n know better. And to that end, if you want to take pictures during the performance (which you shouldn't, but maybe your brother is making his big solo debut or something)... bring a good CAMERA. Not your damn phone. Something you look through a viewfinder to frame the photo, not a live display screen. Why, you ask? Again, respect for everyone seated behind you. The hall is dark for a reason - part of that is to minimize distractions in the audience. When you hold up your cell phone to frame a picture, guess what? EVERYONE sitting behind you is now looking at your screen instead of the stage, because it's a new, moving, point of light in an otherwise dark environment.

Modern performance halls are designed with AMAZING acoustics. It is not unheard of for a whisper in the back row of the seats to be clearly audible on stage. Do not say anything to the person next to you you don't want everyone in the hall to hear. In fact, unless it's intermission..don't say anything at all.

 

[GrogNerd]

<<insert slow clap gif here>>

 

[JonM]

And don't applaud between movements.

 

[GrogNerd]

Some of us are painfully ignorant of most classical music, so wouldn't know the end of one movement from the end of the entire piece

Please forgive us neanderthals when we're incapable of hiding that ignorance

But, yeah... context. If other audience members are not clapping, follow their lead.

 

[JonM]

Clap when the conductor turns around.

 

[dkwolf]

Clap when the conductor turns around.

This.

Watch the conductor. Specifically, watch the baton. If the conductor cuts off the band and holds the baton at the ready, he is doing one of two things; either pausing before moving into the next movement, or holding a few moments of silence at the end of the piece. If he's moving into the next movement, he will remain at attention and start directing the next section. If it's the end of the song, the baton will come down, his posture will relax, and he will turn around. The lowering of the baton is where you will often see the audience react.

 

[GrogNerd]

Well, there you go, good to know

Not so ignorant anymore

I clap between movements from here on, you can call it stupidity

Thanks for the lesson

 

[Steveruch]

And don't applaud between movements.

I did that once and dropped the T P; it rolled half way across the bathroom floor.