What are your top pet peeves?

[sonicshoulder]

Poor grammar

I can attest to this, ha, just jokin' orange.

[u2roolz]

(light bulb moment)

 

How come you never get ketchup packets any more from places like Wendy's when you do drive thru?!!!! (I understand that I have ketchup at home, but I like to eat my food in my car in their parking lot. I can use my sudden knowledge of what comes in their bag to put my ketchup into such as several napkins or the burger wrapper or the lid of my soft drink. I'm that capable of doing such things in today's speedy environment. I also sneakily use sweet n sour sauce for dipping needs.) Am I being discriminated against because I'm not actually going into their restaurant? There's silver tins of all the ketchup that you want in there. They even have paper ramekins (big word I know) to use at will.

 

I refuse to go to McDonald's, since I don't like the taste of their burgers etc. But I do love their fries even though I haven't had them since 2003.

 

I wonder if Burger King and McDowell's give out ketchup packets?

 

Anyone?

 

Don't make me get Nancy Grace involved!

[sonicshoulder]

The elderly

 

People who wear watches – especially the people who wear watches and then get all huffy and act put upon when you ask the time, every few minutes

 

Overly precious baby animals who know they’re precious and then try to manipulate you using that preciousness – usually against your will

 

The guy at work who has to “let me just double check with regards to that” everything – and I mean everything

 

People who don’t say “thank you” when I hold the door for them, and then act all surprised and offended when I instruct them to go fuck their mothers and/or themselves

 

The way my toaster never seems to know how to correctly prepare a Pop Tart – leaving it either too cold or burnt, but never just right

Thank you...I've been dissing the elderly for years and everybody just calls me an asshole. Of course not all elderly, not even a majority...just the ones who think they can: 1) Take 26 items through the 15 or less aisle

2) Steal things from your yardsale

3) and finally...clip their fucking fingernails at a restaurant.

 

I would like to add anybody who carries fingernail clippers on their keychain to this list as well. I mean how fast do those suckers grow.

[moxiebean]

Thank you...I've been dissing the elderly for years and everybody just calls me an asshole. Of course not all elderly, not even a majority...just the ones who think they can: 1) Take 26 items through the 15 or less aisle

2) Steal things from your yardsale

3) and finally...clip their fucking fingernails at a restaurant.

 

I would like to add anybody who carries fingernail clippers on their keychain to this list as well. I mean how fast do those suckers grow.

When my brother and I were kids out next door neighbor would give each of us a cuticle set (incl. fingernail/toenail clippers and metal nail file) for Christmas. What kind of person gives an 7-year old kid a cuticle set as a Christmas present? Or a 8- 9- 10- 11- or 12-year old? Yep, we both got the same gift from him every Christmas 6 years in a row.

[Guest Ordinary Beehive]

Able-bodied people who either walk slow or stand and block the way on an escalator.

Having to get out of bed and go to work when it's still pitch-black outside.

Joggers or bikers who yell "on the left".

The trendy shortening of words, such as "whatevs".

 

 

 

 

When my brother and I were kids out next door neighbor would give each of us a cuticle set (incl. fingernail/toenail clippers and metal nail file) for Christmas. What kind of person gives an 7-year old kid a cuticle set as a Christmas present? Or a 8- 9- 10- 11- or 12-year old? Yep, we both got the same gift from him every Christmas 6 years in a row.

 

I would add "People who give their neighbors Christmas gifts" to my list.

[Guest Speed Racer]

Joggers or bikers who yell "on the left".

 

If we're about to collide because you don't know you're stepping in front of my path, should I yell, "Hope you're insured!" instead? Seriously, what would you prefer happen in that circumstance?

[Winston Legthigh]

If we're about to collide because you don't know you're stepping in front of my path, should I yell, "Hope you're insured!" instead? Seriously, what would you prefer happen in that circumstance?

I like using my instead. Two rings! Well in advance. If I don't get a reaction, I do it again, closer by.

[Guest Speed Racer]

Frankly, I find speaking to someone more personable than dinging a bell at them. As far as I can tell, people are pretty split down the middle on that issue - they eitehr prefer the bell or the voice, and really hate the other.

 

If I'm on a shared path, I will slow down to the pace of a jogger, and try to say "excuse me" instead of "on your left." If some asshat walks onto a bike path without looking (oooh! pet peeve!!), I usually say something a lot stronger than "on your left!" "On your left," for me, is reserved for Saturday mornings on paths full of road-riders.

[jff]

The fact that Subway now offers toasted sandwiches as an option.

 

I like to go to Subway on Monday and Thursday, because I like the $3.99 daily special on those days.

 

The Subway I go to is right next to a university building and several office buildings, so there's always a crowd, and out of necessity the line moves pretty fast and a bit chaotically at times.

 

The person in front of me always wants their sub toasted, and I do not.

 

Therefore, my sub is ready to be dressed while their sub is still in the toaster.

 

But they do not realize this (and hey, I know it's difficult to understand how my sub can be ready before your sub, even though you're in front of me in line ), nor does the assembly line employee.

 

So the guy in front of me tells the employee what they want on their sub.

 

Except it's MY SUB, and these dumbasses always ask for disgusting toppings, like extra mayonaise. Shit I HATE and would never, ever eat!

 

God that peeves me to no end.

[Winston Legthigh]

Frankly, I find speaking to someone more personable than dinging a bell at them. As far as I can tell, people are pretty split down the middle on that issue - they eitehr prefer the bell or the voice, and really hate the other.

 

If I'm on a shared path, I will slow down to the pace of a jogger, and try to say "excuse me" instead of "on your left." If some asshat walks onto a bike path without looking (oooh! pet peeve!!), I usually say something a lot stronger than "on your left!" "On your left," for me, is reserved for Saturday mornings on paths full of road-riders.

Fuck the personable issue, I'm just trying to get them to move aside. In my experience "On your left" makes people step to the left more often than not. The bell startles them, they turn around, and then they get out of the way. The bell I have is loud as hell, and carries a lot further than shouting "on your left!"

[Guest Speed Racer]

I like using my [bell] instead.

 

Additionally, I find "on your left!" and its cheerful companion, "on your right!" to be more informative. I always try to pass on the left, but if a group is walking on the wrong side, or the center, of a lane, a simple "ding" can confuse people.

 

In my experience "On your left" makes people step to the left more often than not.

 

I suppose Minnesotans are more directionally-savvy than [place you hail from].

[Guest Ordinary Beehive]

So, everyone else on the path has to accomodate you, just because you yell "on the left"?

 

Nowhere is there a ranking of superiority or seniority on a bike path, yet those bikers that ride fast seem to think it's their path, and anyone out strolling is in the way. So they yell "on the left" consistently.

[Winston Legthigh]

a simple "ding" can confuse people.

 

Always double tap. Never had a problem.

I suppose Minnesotans are more directionally-savvy than [place you hail from].

Welllll... That would be Minnesota, but thanks for the attempted cultural snobbery.

[gogo]

So, everyone else on the path has to accomodate you, just because you yell "on the left"?

 

No where is there a ranking of superiority or seniority on a bike path, yet those bikers that ride fast seem to think it's their path, and anyone out strolling is in the way. So they yell "on the left" consistently.

Wouldn't the premise be that everyone on the path should be accomodating to each other? So, "on the left" is just kind of short-hand for "please take one step to the right so I can pass you?" Is it really that hard to leave a space for folks to pass you?

 

I don't ride a bike, so it's not my issue. I just don't understand what you think the system should be. Is it that the phrase sounds too demanding, too insistent? Or is it just the idea that they want to pass at all?

 

 

Welllll... That would be Minnesota, but thanks for the attempted cultural snobbery.

Ha!

[Guest Speed Racer]

So, everyone else on the path has to accomodate you, just because you yell "on the left"?

 

Ah, so this comes back to you not enjoying being told what to do.

 

If I intend to pass you, and where I am riding/jogging while I approach you is a place where I am allowed to ride/jog and pass, it is in my interest AND YOURS that my wheel does not end up between your ass cheeks. If you look behind you and I know that you see me, then I will say nothing. If you seem wrapped in inertia, I will say nothing. If you are veering toward the path of my oncoming bicycle, I will alert you, so that - again - my wheel does not end up between your ass cheeks.

 

attempted cultural snobbery.

 

Joke much? Nothing more than that intended. When I had a bell, I had problems with people dancing side to side; yelling a direction, nothing. I guess we could go back to the part where I said people have strong opinions about the bell v. yell.

[Winston Legthigh]

Nowhere is there a ranking of superiority or seniority on a bike path, yet those bikers that ride fast seem to think it's their path, and anyone out strolling is in the way. So they yell "on the left" consistently.

Yeah - but "keep to the right if you're slow" is a pretty standard tradition. (on bike paths, escalators, and airport walkways!) Lots of walkers in groups hog the whole path, as they should - nobody expects people to walk in a single file. Thus a "ding! ding!" to signal "coming through!"

 

Joke much?

Gogo thought it was funny.

[Guest Speed Racer]

Something we can all agree on:

 

Yelling, dinging, or whatever, cyclists who zoom past people WAY faster than the intended speed of traffic on that path. Huge pet peeve. Asshole-ish cyclists in general, but cyclists who show no interest in sharing the road with pedestrians, whom they could really hurt, annoys the hell out of me.

 

Gogo thought it was funny.

 

Do you really want her on your side? She wants to eat a sandwich that has no bread!!!

[moxiebean]

I prefer to yell "Hey, how is it going?"

[Guest Speed Racer]

My boyfriend and I would move to the left, if you asked me that.

[fif1435]

I prefer to yell "Hey, how is it going?"

 

"My boyfriend just got a bicycle tire between his ass cheeks"

[Winston Legthigh]

Something we can all agree on:

 

Yelling, dinging, or whatever, cyclists who zoom past people WAY faster than the intended speed of traffic on that path. Huge pet peeve. Asshole-ish cyclists in general, but cyclists who show no interest in sharing the road with pedestrians, whom they could really hurt, annoys the hell out of me.

 

 

 

Do you really want her on your side? She wants to eat a sandwich that has no bread!!!

There was one time, long ago, in Dinkytown (see? Minnesotan) that a superdude was really biking fast ON THE SIDEWALK (pet peeve! forgot about that one) and clipped us as he rode by. We eye-lazered hatred towards him, and a block later he endo-ed over the roof of a car (he had gone through a stop and the car never saw him. We correctly surmised that we had one-time Carrie powers. He was alright, but his bike was crushed. Instant Karma indeed!

[u2roolz]

For the cyclists:

 

Do you feel like you should be allowed to ride your bike into drive thru lanes for fast food and a bank?

[Guest Speed Racer]

There was one time, long ago, in Dinkytown

 

I live in Marcy Holmes. I may or may not have opened a shop door on 14th Avenue at 4th street with the intention of forcefully ejecting a cyclist from his bike a few weeks ago. It worked. I feel no remorse.

 

And on drive-thrus and banks: absolutely not. Much easier to park and do business than straddle a bike.

[Winston Legthigh]

For the cyclists:

 

Do you feel like you should be allowed to ride your bike into drive thru lanes for fast food and a bank?

Ew! Who wants to bike and bank?

 

Yes for a McDonald's $0.49 cone.

[Guest Speed Racer]

Yes for a McDonald's $0.49 cone.

 

To bring it full circle: best Dinkytown in Summertime moment, 2007 - some mangy guy riding a bike, sipping a 40 and licking a McD's soft serve.