My latest Pet Peeves...

[supervike]

Ok, this one really bugs me.

You ever see those folks riding bikes where they obviously don\'t \'get\' the working of the gears?

For some reason, even though they are going at a low speed, they seem to be in the highest gear. Thier little legs are just flying on the pedals, but the bike is just crawling along.....I just want to yell \"shift to a lower gear, idjit!\"


My second is the latest trend in \'Real Estate Agents\' of taking thier photos with a cell phone to thier ear. We get it, real estate agents are busy folks, but you couldn\'t put that damn thing down for two seconds to snap the picture? COME ON!

Ok, I feel better now....

your turn....:beer:

 

[squidders]

Poxy shredded wheat adverts where bloody botham says \"people with healthy hearts tend to eat more whole grain\"...

They say this because they can\'t legally say \"people who eat more whole grain tend to have healthy hearts\".

COME ON ADVERTISERS!!! You insult us with your badly dubbed german adverts and now this!

p.s. I could go on ALL day about a diverse range of rants.

 

[DaN]

As Bill Hicks once said \"If you\'re in advertising, kill yourself. No seriously.\"

 

[TyphusoftheDH]

When little kids start bitchin\' about something or other in restaurants.

Stupid people...

Overly dramatic attention whores...

I could go on. :cussing:

 

[lizcam]

When parents allow kids to run around restaurants. I always insisted that Alex sit in the booth quietly like a gentleman. This is so he was not rude to others. No one seems to care about being rude any more.

 

[No Such Agency]

Appalling spelling, grammar and apostrophe abuse in internet forums. ESL people get a pass but if E is your FL, for the love of god, the plural of \"cat\" is not \"cat\'s\"

People who abuse the express aisle by bringing too many items. To be fair, the choices are often the \"8 items or less\" aisle, or the regular \"filling up the Ford Excursion with diapers and Spam\" aisles, thus forcing anyone buying ~10 items to either be that guy and abuse the express aisle, or wait forever behind fourteen overladen carts.

 

[Shawn R. L.]

Bike riders who ride on [size=-2]very tiny[/size] country roads with no room and seem to act as if there\'s nothing wrong with the safety hazard they pose to everyone........especially themselves.

Ad\'s on that use the fear of death to get you to switch which butter you use or cereal you eat. Someone in a somber voice talking about all the heart attacks or in one they had the sound of a heartbeat then the \'beeeeeeeeeeeeep\' of a flatline. Followed by someone who sounds like your best friend reassuring you that their brand will make the sun shine, the birds sing and all your health concerns go away..............

 

[Monkfish44]

cillit bang adverts. my cat waking me up by clawing my eyeballs

 

[supervike]

Originally posted by lizcam
When parents allow kids to run around restaurants. I always insisted that Alex sit in the booth quietly like a gentleman. This is so he was not rude to others. No one seems to care about being rude any more.

AH! This is a great one. Do parents think it is \'cute\' that their kids are loud and obnoxious, or do they just don\'t care?

 

[No Such Agency]

Originally posted by Shawn R. L.
Bike riders who ride on [size=-2]very tiny[/size] country roads with no room and seem to act as if there\'s nothing wrong with the safety hazard they pose to everyone........especially themselves.

Cyclists who go hell bent for leather on the sidewalk, with no regard for others. Grow a pair, ride on the road with the rest of us two-wheeled adults. Also, cyclists who ride the wrong way in the damn bike lane, WTF are you thinking? (I always play chicken with them, they always flinch)

 

[Amazon warrior]

I hate cyclists that think they own the road... and the pavement! I\'ve lost count of the times I\'ve almost been flattened by cyclists on pavements (and also when crossing at traffic lights- they *never* stop at the red light!), and then they have the cheek to glare at me as if I\'d done something wrong! They almost never use their bells, either. :flame::flame:

[size=-2]..and breathe...and ommmmmm...[/size]

Ha ha! You beat me to it, NSA!

 

[Amazon warrior]

Originally posted by supervike

Originally posted by lizcam
When parents allow kids to run around restaurants. I always insisted that Alex sit in the booth quietly like a gentleman. This is so he was not rude to others. No one seems to care about being rude any more.

AH! This is a great one. Do parents think it is \'cute\' that their kids are loud and obnoxious, or do they just don\'t care?

I think I hate it most when parents let their kids loose in supermarkets (I don\'t go to restaurants that often!)- they run riot (and usually into my knees), then have screaming fits because they want something. The parent usually gives in and gets whatever it is, thus rewarding the kid\'s appalling behaviour! Grrr!

 

[Springbok]

Marks & Spensers adverts, Jo Whiley and worst of all Gillian ( I\'m not a Doctor after all ) Macgee !!!

 

[arogers907]

You know what really torks me. That moon thing. I mean, come on! What\'s up with that?

Someone should shut that damn thing off. Don\'t they know we\'re trying to sleep?!? ???

 

[lizcam]

Originally posted by No Such Agency
Appalling spelling, grammar and apostrophe abuse in internet forums. ESL people get a pass but if E is your FL, for the love of god, the plural of \"cat\" is not \"cat\'s\"

I must drive you nuts then. Sorry. :redface:

 

[wiccanpony]

:evil:There is a “special” hell for those who use the last bit of toilet paper and then not replace it.:cussing:

 

[lizcam]

Soon to be ex\'s who have the nerve to tell you just how to paint a mini when they can\'t see the damn thing to begin with..........

Erm.........

Sorry. Just having a communication issue. Carry on. Nothing to see here.

 

[Rastl]

The normal stuff first:

Grocery stores in general. People who block entire lanes to:
a - go somewhere else
b - spend an eternity on their cell phone discussing brands of canned green beans
c - talk with the person they just blocked the last lane to talk with

I\'ve given up on lane-blockers and just move their carts. It\'s even better if they\'re leaning on it while I move the darn thing.

Wireless cell phone earpieces. You can\'t distinguish between the regular mumbling idiots and the cell-phone owning ones now. Not that it matters but ..

McDonalds gawkers. You\'ve seen \'em. They\'ve been standing in line for a while. The menu really doesn\'t change. But as soon as they\'re at the counter it\'s like they have to decide the fate of the world. Order a burger and move on!

The car that tries to shove their way in at the last minute on an onramp or when a lane is closed on the road. Everyone else saw the sign and merged in a while ago. But someone is always more important and has to drive right up to the barrier and then try to force their way in. I\'m one of the people who immediately rides up the bumper of the car in front of me to prevent that kind of nonsense when someone zips by. Really fun when a dozen or so drivers do the same thing.

This is COMPLETELY the wrong time for me to be posting on a rant thread, trust me.

Unsupervised children in any situation. I blame the parents for this. You bring them, you control them. I\'ve had more than a few bounce off me because I\'m not going to deflect the thing.

People who are rude to counter/service folk. If they\'re rude first. C\'mon. They\'re doing hard work for very little pay. Treat them like humans, for goodness sake.

If I pondered it I could probably find quite a few more but I\'ll leave some for the other folks.

 

[wiccanpony]

Originally posted by lizcam
Soon to be ex\'s who have the nerve to tell you just how to paint a mini when they can\'t see the damn thing to begin with..........

Erm.........

Sorry. Just having a communication issue. Carry on. Nothing to see here.

Go immediately to the BAR, do not collect $200...... then get Pie-eyed:drunk:

 

[freakinacage]

Originally posted by Amazon warrior
I hate cyclists that think they own the road... and the pavement! I\'ve lost count of the times I\'ve almost been flattened by cyclists on pavements (and also when crossing at traffic lights- they *never* stop at the red light!), and then they have the cheek to glare at me as if I\'d done something wrong! They almost never use their bells, either. :flame::flame:

from a cyclists pov, it hurt a LOT more getting hit by a car at 5mph than a bike at 20! also cyclists tend to be more aware of pedestrians than cars are of cyclists

Originally posted by Shawn R. L.
Bike riders who ride on [size=-2]very tiny[/size] country roads with no room and seem to act as if there\'s nothing wrong with the safety hazard they pose to everyone........especially themselves.

nah whats worse is when you come across a group cycling 2 or more abreast and chatting

it really gets on my tits cos the main time i run into them is on the way back from work on w/e mornings and they are just doing 20mph in a 60 zone AND I JUST WANT TO GET HOME TO BED!! bastards