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What is your primary pet peeve? Mine has to be stupidity.
Justiciar
12-16-2006, 01:45
When people refer to the Scottish as "Scotch". Lord knows why it bothers me so much. But it gets right up my arse. :inquisitive:
Possibly because they are comparing them to an alcholic beverage...maybe impling that they are all drunks?
Big King Sanctaphrax
12-16-2006, 05:19
The fact that, due to the increasing incidence of obesity, it is almost impossible for tall, svelte men like myself to find clothes in their size.
The fact that, due to the increasing incidence of obesity, it is almost impossible for tall, svelte men like myself to find clothes in their size.
I know what you mean!
The fact that, due to the increasing incidence of obesity, it is almost impossible for tall, svelte men like myself to find clothes in their size.
Similar problem, torso is too long and not broad enough. :angry:
GeneralHankerchief
12-16-2006, 05:28
That would be people doing anything with my stuff. Putting their hands on it, taking it, whatever. It's one thing that I can't stand.
Big King Sanctaphrax
12-16-2006, 05:49
Similar problem, torso is too long and not broad enough. :angry:
Shirts aren't so bad, as I can get them tailored, but trousers are absolutely impossible. I've got a 28" waist, with a 34" inside leg, and almost nobody makes that size. Even 30L is rare.
That would be people doing anything with my stuff. Putting their hands on it, taking it, whatever. It's one thing that I can't stand.
That reminds me, people touching my computer. :furious3:
Shirts aren't so bad, as I can get them tailored, but trousers are absolutely impossible. I've got a 28" waist, with a 34" inside leg, and almost nobody makes that size. Even 30L is rare.
Gah, that sucks.
I have a 32" waist, fine you might say. But, my thighs are big so size 32 pants wont fit without cutting the circulation to the rest of my legs. :furious3:
My pet peeve just has to be my inability to understand sarcasm :san_sad:
Kanamori
12-16-2006, 12:36
When I purposefully leave something somewhere, I usually want to find it there.
The fact that, due to the increasing incidence of tall svelte men, it is almost impossible for tall, big at the shoulders men like myself to find available women at the bar.
KukriKhan
12-16-2006, 14:50
The fact that, due to the increasing incidence of beanpoles discussing trouser-fittings, and lumberjacks oogling chickies, it is almost impossible for tall, bearded, beer-bellied guys like me to find decent seating at the bar (yanno, facing the football TV - barkeep at arm's length away).
Sorry. Just trying to fit in. :laugh4:
Gregoshi
12-16-2006, 16:20
Sorry. Just trying to fit in. :laugh4:
Nice pun Kukri. "Fit in" - brilliant! :laugh4:
I've got two pet peeves. First is having to re-do something I've already done. Now that I think about it, 90% of the time it involves a computer. I mentioned one incident in doc_bean's thread on his programming woes. Another I can remember is back when the Org was having performance problems. I'd spent 1/2 an hour or more composing a reply only to have it not post when I hit the "submit" button. :furious3: I'd either not repost it out of frustration or the second attempt was a lot shorter than the original.
The other pet peeve is driving - mostly in heavy traffic situations. It gets my goat when there are drivers who think traffic signs don't apply to them or that they are in more of a hurry than everyone else. Merging is where the most offenses take place (in my pet peeved mind).
King Henry V
12-16-2006, 17:32
Disappearing tangerines, one of the last mysteries of the world. One minute I'm sitting at the computer with a pair of juicy tangerines in my hand, the next all that remains is a pile of peel and me, apart from the vague memory of the sweet orange nectar, not having a clue about what happened to them. Weird.:inquisitive:
The Wizard
12-16-2006, 18:55
The fact that, due to the increasing incidence of tall svelte men, it is almost impossible for tall, big at the shoulders men like myself to find available women at the bar.
Word up.
Hosakawa Tito
12-16-2006, 20:01
The fact that, due to the increasing incidence of beanpoles discussing trouser-fittings, and lumberjacks oogling chickies, it is almost impossible for tall, bearded, beer-bellied guys like me to find decent seating at the bar (yanno, facing the football TV - barkeep at arm's length away).
Sorry. Just trying to fit in. :laugh4:
Hear, hear. Stand aside ye stringbean sniveling & lumberjack sexcrazed droolers. Can't a fatman get his fill o' high carb frothy beverage to feed his budweiser tumor without all this nonsense. Get yerselves a tailor who pimps on the side, now begone with ye!~:flirt:
Hear, hear. Stand aside ye stringbean sniveling & lumberjack sexcrazed droolers. Can't a fatman get his fill o' high carb frothy beverage to feed his budweiser tumor without all this nonsense.
No, the nonsense is required. However, you are always welcome at the bar. :bow:
Hosakawa Tito
12-16-2006, 20:30
Aye, and thankee for yer kindness my good man.:bow:
Not knowing what the thread title means...I guess.
The_Mark
12-16-2006, 20:43
High-heel shoes. Come on ladies, you're tall enough already!
To sum it up, another Bob the Angry Flower strip: http://www.angryflower.com/damnth.gif
High-heel shoes. Come on ladies, you're tall enough already!
To sum it up, another Bob the Angry Flower strip: http://www.angryflower.com/damnth.gif
Bah! You don't know the true reason women wear high heels!!:beam:
doc_bean
12-16-2006, 21:22
Bah! You don't know the true reason women wear high heels!!:beam:
So they can't run away and become more vulnerable ?
I have many pet peeves, however none of them is ticking me off right now.
I do hate optimizing parameters for an algorithm though, but that's hardly something you can call a pet peeve :inquisitive:
IrishArmenian
12-16-2006, 22:41
Obsession with Political Correctness that they hide their true values, even from themselves.
Finding Durable Clothing. Because it gets so cold and wet in the winter and due to my occupation, I always have to break in my coats and have to patch them up many times. Except for two, those are some good coats.
Having Disproportionate body lengths for my clothing, basically the opposite of most of you. I have quite broad shoulders but to convert my waist size, I think it is about 30" in English Customary.
Working for rich people, who, when the work is done, invariably say...
:hair2: "Oh, you want me to pay you right now? I'm sorry, I don't have any cash or my cheque book with me."
~:mad "Then why did you ask me to come do the job today if you knew you couldn't pay me today you twit?!?"
Grrrrrrrrr!
IrishArmenian
12-17-2006, 00:17
That sounds quite frustrating. Just remind them you have a chainsaw in your hands and are just crazy enough to become a psycopath.
Shaka_Khan
12-17-2006, 00:20
I think this is a time for a revolution!
KukriKhan
12-17-2006, 01:22
Working for rich people, who, when the work is done, invariably say...
:hair2: "Oh, you want me to pay you right now? I'm sorry, I don't have any cash or my cheque book with me."
Option 1: "Oh, we take VISA and MasterCard, Sir." Point to a slot on the chainsaw, and smile. When they surrender a card, slide it, pause... "Oh I'm sorry, Sir; it was denied." Crank up the saw... (you know the rest).
Option 2: "OK Lads, bring in the glue guns; we have another no-pay, and hafta rebuild 'dis here tree!"
My pet peeve: people who take advantage of kindness, or see it as weakness and an opportunity to 'score'. I'm often moved to disabuse them of that notion.
Kongamato
12-17-2006, 01:35
When I'm driving in the right lane, (left in Europe) and the driver in front of me makes a right turn, and manages to slow down to near zero speed while turning. I lose almost all of my speed that way.
The use of apostrophes in plurals, an example being "apostrophe's in plural's"
People tying and taking out the trash bag without putting a new one in the trash basket.
I'm sure there are plenty more but I don't care to remember them at this time.
Justiciar
12-17-2006, 01:47
They drive in the right lane in Europe too, btw. :inquisitive: 's just us who don't.
So they can't run away and become more vulnerable ?
~:shock:
Evil_Maniac From Mars
12-17-2006, 02:36
So they can't run away and become more vulnerable ?
That's backroom material. :eyebrows:
Sasaki Kojiro
12-17-2006, 07:31
People who drive the speed limit while in the fast lane.
Sunglasses as a fashion statement. I like to see people's eyes and most guys who wear them have this ridiculous "I'm a badass, see my sunglasses?" thing going on.
People who stop to let you walk across the street when you would have gotten to the other side faster if they hadn't stopped.
Radio DJ's who talk over the intro to songs.
People who don't realize it should take you more than 1 second to finish changing lanes
People who criticize a movie because it was "pretentious".
Country music.
People who don't realize it should take you more than 1 second to finish changing lanes
.
That is my grandmoter....
doc_bean
12-17-2006, 11:16
Working for rich people, who, when the work is done, invariably say...
:hair2: "Oh, you want me to pay you right now? I'm sorry, I don't have any cash or my cheque book with me."
~:mad "Then why did you ask me to come do the job today if you knew you couldn't pay me today you twit?!?"
Grrrrrrrrr!
Errrr...can't they just transfer the money to your bank account ? If you're expected to pay in cash around here that usually means the job was 'black market'.
Errrr...can't they just transfer the money to your bank account ? If you're expected to pay in cash around here that usually means the job was 'black market'.
These are rich people. I wouldn't trust them to transfer themselves to the bathroom on time. They would take weeks to pay. Sometimes we have several different customers in a day, that would make for a long winded bill system at the end of the month, and we're not bean counters. Every customer is told it's full payment on the spot. Some just don't listen. Or they're regular rich customers who always do that and you just have to put up with it because, well, they're regular rich customers.
Another Pet Peeve: Commercials that use "Baby" as a generic term. "Baby will love new Pampers" or "It's fun for baby". Arrrgh!
It's THE baby or YOUR baby or A baby. Not just baby. Drives me bonkers.
Gah!
Also, people who cannot handle even minimal physical discomfort without whining about it.
:bigcry: "The cushion on this chair isn't thick enough. And the window is open and there's draft."
Working for rich people, who, when the work is done, invariably say...
:hair2: "Oh, you want me to pay you right now? I'm sorry, I don't have any cash or my cheque book with me."
~:mad "Then why did you ask me to come do the job today if you knew you couldn't pay me today you twit?!?"
Grrrrrrrrr!
Oh I know the type, it really helps if you are very understanding of their less then fortunate financial situation, 'ya it are rough times' or 'is there nobody you can call' work like a charm, pity works.
as for pet peeves, scratch and smell. Have to. I know it's disgusting.
doc_bean
12-17-2006, 14:50
These are rich people. I wouldn't trust them to transfer themselves to the bathroom on time. They would take weeks to pay. Sometimes we have several different customers in a day, that would make for a long winded bill system at the end of the month, and we're not bean counters. Every customer is told it's full payment on the spot. Some just don't listen. Or they're regular rich customers who always do that and you just have to put up with it because, well, they're regular rich customers.
That does suck then.
Another Pet Peeve: Commercials that use "Baby" as a generic term. "Baby will love new Pampers" or "It's fun for baby". Arrrgh!
It's THE baby or YOUR baby or A baby. Not just baby. Drives me bonkers.
Gah!
Also, people who cannot handle even minimal physical discomfort without whining about it.
:bigcry: "The cushion on this chair isn't thick enough. And the window is open and there's draft."
Simulary, the use of "love" in third rate Belgian Magazines. X& Y are now a love couple. X&Y had a love baby,... ARGH !
(note to the Dutch speaking masses it's "liefdes-"). It's trivial people ! And it sounds retarded.
Craterus
12-17-2006, 15:43
Christmas
:hide:
People who ask questions while they already know the awnser.
You wear glasses? Well, yes what do you think it is, a hat? Ofcourse I'm wearing glasses, are you blind?
And people who ask: Are you going to finish that?
Ofcourse not, I just paid for it so you could eat it!
And people who ask: Are you going to finish that?
Ofcourse not, I just paid for it so you could eat it!
Belgium can be such a tragic place :yes:
...or people making fun of Belgium.
~;)
The Wizard
12-17-2006, 22:27
Belgium's continued existence.
~;)
IrishArmenian
12-18-2006, 04:25
I got to thinking of some from my childhood:
When opening a box of crayons, they forget to put one in. In reality, I would lose one under the table and forget about, seconds after opening said box.
When people put caps on dried up marking pens and you grab for that green that you need to draw the sheep (yes, I know, sheep aren't actually green) and it has no more ink.
Strike For The South
12-18-2006, 04:35
People who spell things wrong
Shaka_Khan
12-18-2006, 06:16
People who drive the speed limit while in the fast lane.
Woot abooot pooploo hoo droovoo sloowoo thoon thoo spood loomoot?
IrishArmenian
12-18-2006, 16:56
People who spell things wrong
What did I spell wrong?
Kralizec
12-18-2006, 18:08
Beirut: I'm poor. I couldn't afford you if I stopped eating. Can I hire you?
Craterus
12-18-2006, 18:33
People who spell things wrong
Americans. :party:
Belgium's continued existence.
~;)
Bad jokes...~;)
The Wizard
12-19-2006, 00:33
Zachte g.
~;)
:gah: NSFW
http://www.gotthegeek.com/images/stories/fat_thong.jpg
There should be an application process for thongs. And I agree with everything that Sasaki Kojiro has said
Big King Sanctaphrax
12-19-2006, 03:59
People who use the word 'literally' to add emphasis to a statement, when they're actually speaking metaphorically and it's not approriate at all. For example, 'I was literally fuming.'
Gregoshi
12-19-2006, 04:33
Thanks for the reminder BKS. Another of my pet peeves are those who literally take the word "literally" to literal. ~;)
Beirut: I'm poor. I couldn't afford you if I stopped eating. Can I hire you?
Ummm... ok.
Dave1984
12-19-2006, 11:36
People who use the word 'literally' to add emphasis to a statement, when they're actually speaking metaphorically and it's not approriate at all. For example, 'I was literally fuming.'
And the overuse of the word "random"
Like when people say "I'm going to the karaoke tonight and will probably end up randomly singing Angels by Robbie Williams"
How is that random!? You already know exactly where you're going and what you're going to sing!
That kind of thing.
Also idiot cliches, like when a baby kicks in the womb and people say "he's going to be a footballer!"
...or people making fun of Belgium.
~;)
I hear ya, we should be more considerate of the fact that there is really nothing to laugh about :beam:
@Baba & Frag: don't make me quote myself!
Samurai Waki
12-19-2006, 21:55
I tend to make big long and meticulously detailed plans, my Fiancee likes to live life moment-by-moment. Seething Anger is always my reaction.
People who sit in the outside lanes of the motorway when they aren't overtaking anything. Move over, get to the inside lane. The outside lanes are for overtaking only.
Oh, and people who use punctuation but leave it floating in space. A question mark goes directly after the question, it doesn't have a space before it.
Hosakawa Tito
12-20-2006, 20:27
Another peeve to add to the list. Postage stamp vending machines that can't count. A book of twenty 39 cent stamps costs $7.80. Pump in the $10 bill, get your stamps and $1.20 in change???? Hmmm, this machine has the "Trick Abacus" trait. I know the Postal Service is always pleading poverty but....
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