What are your top pet peeves?

[Winston Legthigh]

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.

Good Times.

 

Full Disclosure. I'm not a Minnesotan currently. I'm one state to the right (geographically and philosophically). But when I go to the Hall of Fame, I'll retire as a Minnesotan.

[Guest Speed Racer]

Oh! Next pet-peeve: people who say they live in Chicago who, while still in Illinois, are a stone's throw from Kenosha. If you're going to use the C-word, that's a prime time to say Chicagoland.

[u2roolz]

I hate it when people call other people "Chief", "Boss" or any other variation of those types of words in a 1st time meeting situation especially at a restaurant or sub shop places.

 

"Hey Chief, what can I get ya?"

 

(shivers)

 

I also don't like how some people drink water from a water bottle. I notice this a lot nowadays on television. They try to make drinking water from a water bottle look cool. Maybe I hate the "listening to someone speak and nodding of the head while I sip my water." Yeah, that's it. I see that everywhere. I guess some people use this as a nervous tic to avoid a quick response to a question, so they reach for the water at that perfect time. A lot of people who do presentations end up doing this a lot during their presentations. An old boss of mine used to drink her water while fielding questions from her employees. She would answer the question then take a sip and try to look cool while doing it. It was the simultaneous head nod & sip that drove me insane.

[sonicshoulder]

Girls in super huge sunglasses....f.y.i. you look ridiculous

[u2roolz]

Girls in super huge sunglasses....f.y.i. you look ridiculous

 

Like this....

[sonicshoulder]

Like this....

I said girls but yes like thoses glasses, guys in wife beaters with chains buried in chest hair are now on the list too.

 

is that Steven Tyler?

[u2roolz]

I said girls but yes like thoses glasses, guys in wife beaters with chains buried in chest hair are now on the list too.

 

is that Steven Tyler?

 

Yes, I am afraid so.

[Guest Ordinary Beehive]

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.

 

Ok, so that should be what I posted to begin with, because that's what I meant. I do want a bike path where every, slow and fast, accomodates each other. I don't want a bike path with douchebag cyclists who think it's their right to speed by everyone else and yell at them.

[sonicshoulder]

Yes, I am afraid so.

He said he was clean, that bastard!

[sonicshoulder]

Awesome, they're remaking "Outsiders". Do you have the password for some website of douche bag pictures?

[u2roolz]

Awesome, they're remaking "Outsiders". Do you have the password for some website of douche bag pictures?

 

???

 

What are you talking about?

[u2roolz]

Does he get the boyfriend bomb?!

 

 

There's been a recent resurgence of Greasers in Central MA. They must be stopped. They have fascinations with old cars, diners, and rock a billy music. Oh, and white t-shirts with the cigarette rolled up into their sleeve.

 

I kind of know of a Greaser and I don't like him. Grandpa's clipped toenails at Denny's have more personality than this guy.

 

It bothers me a little bit because I don't get it. I love old cars, diners and some rock a billy music, but I don't dress up like this. I guess what perplexes me is why the sudden resurgence in Central MA? Of all places?!

 

I should start dressing up like a samurai and see if that catches on too.

[sonicshoulder]

Does he get the boyfriend bomb?!

 

 

There's been a recent resurgence of Greasers in Central MA. They must be stopped. They have fascinations with old cars, diners, and rock a billy music. Oh, and white t-shirts with the cigarette rolled up into their sleeve.

 

I kind of know of a Greaser and I don't like him. Grandpa's clipped toenails at Denny's have more personality than this guy.

 

It bothers me a little bit because I don't get it. I love old cars, diners and some rock a billy music, but I don't dress up like this. I guess what perplexes me is why the sudden resurgence in Central MA? Of all places?!

 

I should start dressing up like a samurai and see if that catches on too.

Don't worry, they will be weeded out by all the Socials, damn greasers...Soda Pop is rollin in his shallow grave

[caliber66]

Ok, so that should be what I posted to begin with, because that's what I meant. I do want a bike path where every, slow and fast, accomodates each other. I don't want a bike path with douchebag cyclists who think it's their right to speed by everyone else and yell at them.

I understand the situation you're describing, and not to be too snarky or anything, but you know there's a reason they call it a bike path, right?

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

I’m really fond of people who disregard yield signs altogether, like, don’t even glance back in the direction of traffic, which ends in them cutting you off, and then they have the nerve to act all surprised when you pull up next to them and/or follow them home whilst brandishing a firearm, a fake one no less.

 

You must be a blast at cocktail parties.

 

One does not brandish a fake firearm south of the Mason Dixon Line because one is likely to be on the business end of a REAL firearm.

[anthony]

1. Stains on my clothes

2. People trimming their nails in public

[caliber66]

(sorry, Kevan I'm really a nice person - your response was pretty jerky)

psst. I'm pretty sure he was kidding.

[Guest Speed Racer]

I understand the situation you're describing, and not to be too snarky or anything, but you know there's a reason they call it a bike path, right?

 

A lot Of paths around here are mixed-use, or oscillate between exclusive and mixed every mile or so. That, and even if it's a bike-only path, just like on car-only roads, vehicles can still be traveling too fast for conditions and pass others dangerously.

[caliber66]

A lot Of paths around here are mixed-use, or oscillate between exclusive and mixed every mile or so. That, and even if it's a bike-only path, just like on car-only roads, vehicles can still be traveling too fast for conditions and pass others dangerously.

I understand (thus, "I understand the situation you are describing ) and rode my bike often on bike paths in Rhode Island that had a lot of foot traffic. They were nice because they were painted with icons showing the proper direction of both foot and bike traffic (i.e., walk left, bike right, like on the road). People from both sides often failed to heed the rules, of course, but we generally got along pretty well. When I was out on the path for exercise, I liked to push fairly hard, and it was a pet peeve of mine when I had to break my rhythm to detour around a group of walkers spread out over the path or when I got attitude when I announced my approach and intention to pass.

 

Point is, if you're walking down the middle of the road and a car honks at you, it's not the driver who's out of line.

[cryptique]

Yelling "on your left" is actually considered proper etiquette. If it pisses you off, that's your problem.

[Dondante]

nice thread. i hate a lot of shit, so this should be fun and theraputic at the same time...

 

when someone asks, "what's up?". such a broad question. can't we just say hello, how ya doin and leave it at that?

 

people i barely know or don't know at all that refer to me as dude, bro, boss, chief, son etc.

 

people who overuse words like "like"

 

people who talk about their god

 

oblivious people at the grocery store who act as if they are the only ones shopping

 

people who constantly talk about being fucked up, what they do when they're fucked up, how fucked up they were last night, and how fucked up they are while they are getting fucked up.

 

clothes with large labels on them so you don't forget what brand you are wearing. pre-worn out clothes, like jeans with fake holes, tears and fades. popped collars etc.

 

people who feel the need to take a picture of everything.

 

when people ask to take your picture, tell you to smile, wait for you to smile, and then make you hold that smile for about 10 or more seconds until they feel they are ready to press the button.

 

people you barely know telling you about their kids and showing you pictures

 

those annoying relatives at family gatherings that you have no relationship with whatsoever asking stupid questions about your life knowing full well that they could care less, and you could care less about talking to them.

 

door to door soliciting....especially jesus freaks

 

i could go on forever...

[caliber66]

When people say they could care less when they mean they couldn't care less.

[u2roolz]

Tonsil stones.

 

I just had one about a month ago. I thought it was food stuck in there. Nope. I coughed it out and it stank like shit. Just like they say on the net.

 

Never had this before.

 

It's a pet peeve because there's really nothing you can do to prevent them from coming.

[Beltmann]

I hate when people open a cabinet, get what they need, and walk away without closing the cabinet. To me, closing the cabinet is part of the same task, not a second task that can be completed later.

 

In a similar vein, I hate when my wife takes out the orange juice, pours herself a cup, and then leaves the juice on the counter. Somehow it becomes my job to put the cap on the bottle and return it to the fridge. I have to do this every damn morning, right after I close the bread bag that was also left open on the counter.

[bleedorange]

I hate when people open a cabinet, get what they need, and walk away without closing the cabinet. To me, closing the cabinet is part of the same task, not a second task that can be completed later.

 

In a similar vein, I hate when my wife takes out the orange juice, pours herself a cup, and then leaves the juice on the counter. Somehow it becomes my job to put the cap on the bottle and return it to the fridge. I have to do this every damn morning, right after I close the bread bag that was also left open on the counter.

 

We might be married to the same woman. Does she also leave the used butter knife just sitting on the counter?