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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,911
    people who wait in line for 5 minutes yet don't have their money ready when they finally get to front of line

    people, mostly women, who insist on taking and extra minute to put their change away at the counter as the rest of the line waits behind them

    people who constantly have to one-up a story you just told by telling their own (and usually their story is embellished bullshit)

    people who park/idle in handicapped spaces and/or fire lanes becuase their are too lazy to walk 30 extra feet
  • StillHere
    StillHere Posts: 7,795
    pjhawks wrote:
    people who wait in line for 5 minutes yet don't have their money ready when they finally get to front of line

    people, mostly women, who insist on taking and extra minute to put their change away at the counter as the rest of the line waits behind them

    people who constantly have to one-up a story you just told by telling their own (and usually their story is embellished bullshit)

    people who park/idle in handicapped spaces and/or fire lanes because their are too lazy to walk 30 extra feet

    i think i do that :oops: (but i don't mean to be showing anyone up) and i only tell true ones :)
    peace,
    jo

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  • Dru_Cortez
    Dru_Cortez Posts: 953
    When the hell did 'versus' become a verb?
    I constantly hear kids saying stuff such as,
    "The Jets are versing the Flames tonight,"
    or
    "I versed him in badminton in gym class today."

    Also,
    overuse of the word 'like,'
    particularly in place of the word 'said.'

    Furthermore,
    the word 'random' as a state of mind, as in:
    'I feel so random today.'

    It's as though I can feel the world losing intelligence!

    Cheers.
    'Cause you don't give blood and take it back again.
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,335
    After a weekend in Vegas...two come to mind:

    Guys who think it's acceptable to wear a shirt without sleeves.
    Guys that say "bro".
  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    I'm not sure who is more irritating. People who ask for directions at toll booths or the toll booth workers who give out directions.

    With the internet, Navigation systems, smart phones, maps, gas stations, etc so readliy available why hold up a line of people wasting their time and gas because of your inablity to be prepared.
  • LiLiNY81
    LiLiNY81 Posts: 775
    Constant Recoil... wrote:
    When people put on chap stick for a good minute straight
    :lol: Now I'm just picturing someone going around and around their lips with the chapstick
    "Now YOU listen. When we are on this ship, you are to refer to me as 'Idiot' not 'You Captain'!"
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  • Dru_Cortez
    Dru_Cortez Posts: 953
    LiLiNY81 wrote:
    Constant Recoil... wrote:
    When people put on chap stick for a good minute straight
    :lol: Now I'm just picturing someone going around and around their lips with the chapstick
    This IS a weird one.
    Never have I ever seen anyone take THAT long
    with lipsmack.
    + teenagers have the market cornered on
    all things balm related.
    15 bucks (ahem, CDN)
    for a 6-pack of Lip Smackers?!
    I think Red Bull is cheaper, for crying out loud!
    Cheers.
    'Cause you don't give blood and take it back again.
  • EmBleve
    EmBleve Posts: 3,019
    good points. I have a similar feeling with the word 'epic'. Another personal pet peeve.
    AND...people who can't spell. For example, just got a text saying bath TOBE, supposed to be meaning TUB. wth.
    Dru_Cortez wrote:
    When the hell did 'versus' become a verb?
    I constantly hear kids saying stuff such as,
    "The Jets are versing the Flames tonight,"
    or
    "I versed him in badminton in gym class today."

    Also,
    overuse of the word 'like,'
    particularly in place of the word 'said.'

    Furthermore,
    the word 'random' as a state of mind, as in:
    'I feel so random today.'

    It's as though I can feel the world losing intelligence!

    Cheers.
  • Constant Recoil...
    Constant Recoil... Posts: 1,276
    LiLiNY81 wrote:
    Constant Recoil... wrote:
    When people put on chap stick for a good minute straight
    :lol: Now I'm just picturing someone going around and around their lips with the chapstick

    That is exactly what happens!!! I know a couple people that do that. One is a guy even. He will talk to while he is putting on chap stick. It's like a routine thing. Go over top lip back and forth, then bottom, the around, then pat it down, then top, then bottom, then around, then mush lips together, then top, then bottom, then around, then pat. He is the most extreen one, but many other people do this I have seen. Your lips dont need to be that perfect!!!
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,910
    comebackgirl wrote:
    People who drive slow in the left lane. MOVE OVER!!! It's called the passing lane for a reason.


    This. Drives me fucking crazy. These idiots completely mess up the flow of traffic.
  • traveljunkie
    traveljunkie Posts: 663
    Constant Recoil... wrote:
    LiLiNY81 wrote:
    Constant Recoil... wrote:
    When people put on chap stick for a good minute straight
    :lol: Now I'm just picturing someone going around and around their lips with the chapstick

    That is exactly what happens!!! I know a couple people that do that. One is a guy even. He will talk to while he is putting on chap stick. It's like a routine thing. Go over top lip back and forth, then bottom, the around, then pat it down, then top, then bottom, then around, then mush lips together, then top, then bottom, then around, then pat. He is the most extreen one, but many other people do this I have seen. Your lips dont need to be that perfect!!!

    I might be guilty of this.
    I'll have to time myself later.
    :lol:

    I have too many pet peeves, which is probably someone else's pet peeve!

    That said ... when someone says could/would/should "of" instead of could/would/should have (could've). Man, that irks me.
    “I worked really hard on this set. I just told you we’re gonna have a great night, so I don’t need any fuckin’ help from anybody.” EV, 7/2/09
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,911
    DS1119 wrote:
    I'm not sure who is more irritating. People who ask for directions at toll booths or the toll booth workers who give out directions.

    With the internet, Navigation systems, smart phones, maps, gas stations, etc so readliy available why hold up a line of people wasting their time and gas because of your inablity to be prepared.

    people who don't have EZ-Pass and still have to go through the toll lines that have booth workers :D
  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    pjhawks wrote:
    DS1119 wrote:
    I'm not sure who is more irritating. People who ask for directions at toll booths or the toll booth workers who give out directions.

    With the internet, Navigation systems, smart phones, maps, gas stations, etc so readliy available why hold up a line of people wasting their time and gas because of your inablity to be prepared.

    people who don't have EZ-Pass and still have to go through the toll lines that have booth workers :D

    touche :lol:
  • StillHere
    StillHere Posts: 7,795
    OK got a new one
    just came back from the community center picking up applications for the 2 older kids to go to their summer program (and the after school) all that is beside the point

    the guy behind the desk is telling me about the applications and whatnot

    and in the meantime he is also talking to his co-worker about needing to go to the bank and blah blah blah blah

    and pretty much ignoring me except for handing me paperwork

    so finally the other person took over the conversation, thank goodness

    if it had been up to him i would have learned nothing about what the program is all about

    so..... customer services reps who don't pay attention and have more important things to do than helping customers

    RUDE! geez, man
    peace,
    jo

    http://www.Etsy.com/Shop/SimpleEarthCreations
    "How I choose to feel is how I am." ~ EV/MMc
    "Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become legends." ~ One Stab ~
  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    People who feel they need to re-write the traffic code, and this goes for drivers AND pedestrians.

    Pediestrians, if it is YOUR right of way, TAKE IT, don't rewrite it by waving the other driver on. If I stop for you, pedestrian, because you have a crosswalk and no walk/don't walk light, then go. If you do have a no walk/walk light, wait till it says WALK and don't just walk out into traffic without waiting for your light if cars are oncoming.

    Drivers, if you have the right of way and I have the stop sign, then just go, don't turn it into you go, no you go, no you go. Just follow the rules as written and everyone will save time.
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  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    People who knock or rattle a public restroom door every thirty seconds while you're in there kind of suck. I heard the knock on the door and I acknowledged that you're waiting. You don't need to pull on the door every thirty seconds. It's not going to make me go any faster and actually everytime you pull on the door I give you extra penalty time. :lol:
  • traveljunkie
    traveljunkie Posts: 663
    Salespeople who jump on you with a "Can I help you?" 5 seconds after you've walked in the door! Jeez. Let me have a look around first!
    “I worked really hard on this set. I just told you we’re gonna have a great night, so I don’t need any fuckin’ help from anybody.” EV, 7/2/09
  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    Travelin' Girl wrote:
    Salespeople who jump on you with a "Can I help you?" 5 seconds after you've walked in the door! Jeez. Let me have a look around first!


    I'm in auto sales and this is a tricky one actually. I have customers that complain to me that they were not attended to fast enough and I have customers who complain to me that a salesperson was all over them to quick. You seriously wouldn't believe the amount of customers I will watch in the showroom walk in the front door (and this is true on especially busy days) wait there for about a minute and then just leave in disgust becasue no sales person was there. That's when I have to put my track shoes on. :lol:
  • traveljunkie
    traveljunkie Posts: 663
    DS1119 wrote:
    Travelin' Girl wrote:
    Salespeople who jump on you with a "Can I help you?" 5 seconds after you've walked in the door! Jeez. Let me have a look around first!


    I'm in auto sales and this is a tricky one actually. I have customers that complain to me that they were not attended to fast enough and I have customers who complain to me that a salesperson was all over them to quick. You seriously wouldn't believe the amount of customers I will watch in the showroom walk in the front door (and this is true on especially busy days) wait there for about a minute and then just leave in disgust becasue no sales person was there. That's when I have to put my track shoes on. :lol:

    :lol:

    Well, certainly, different situations call for different levels of customer service. Like, say, when I'm at a restaurant and no one comes to take my drink order within the first minute. That's annoying. So, basically, I guess what I'm saying here is there is no way to win with me! ;)
    “I worked really hard on this set. I just told you we’re gonna have a great night, so I don’t need any fuckin’ help from anybody.” EV, 7/2/09
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,911
    JaneNY wrote:
    People who feel they need to re-write the traffic code, and this goes for drivers AND pedestrians.

    Pediestrians, if it is YOUR right of way, TAKE IT, don't rewrite it by waving the other driver on. If I stop for you, pedestrian, because you have a crosswalk and no walk/don't walk light, then go. If you do have a no walk/walk light, wait till it says WALK and don't just walk out into traffic without waiting for your light if cars are oncoming.

    Drivers, if you have the right of way and I have the stop sign, then just go, don't turn it into you go, no you go, no you go. Just follow the rules as written and everyone will save time.

    in some cases i disagree with this. i walk a lot for exercise and when i come to a side street that is fed off a major road i often will wave person turning onto the side street to go so as not to hold up all the traffic on the main road. i'll then pass after they make the turn. i think it's more courteous to let the driver go before the pedestrian in those cases.

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