My latest Pet Peeves...
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Amazon warrior
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Probably. But I never saw that as an excuse to ignore the rules of the road, and I don\'t imagine being hit by *anything*, at any speed, is fun. If a cyclist is cycling on the road, and the traffic light\'s on red, then they should stop like all the other road-using traffic. Not whizz through at top speed and mow down whoever\'s on the crossing. I know the UK roads aren\'t especially designed for bikes (they\'re barely designed for cars!), but even here in Germany, where there are lots of very obvious cycle lanes, I still have to dodge the idiots who can\'t be bothered to use them, and don\'t know what their bell is for, if they even have one. I do realise that there are responsible cyclists out there, it\'s the small(ish) percentage of inconsiderate ones that piss me off.
james sequeira
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Young kids who think they are gang bangers, people who let their dogs crap on the path. People who spread across a walk way going at slow walking pace.
wiccanpony
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:flame: those who \"Paint\" better them I :moon:
BarstoolProphet
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Drivers so determined to \'get ahead\' that they dive into a lane with a shorter line at a red light, regardless of how big, or how heavy a vehicle approaching in that lane might be.
Being a truck driver, at least some of the time, I really hate losing those 30 feet of braking space when I\'m driving a 5-ton truck that\'s loaded down with another 3 tons of stuff. One of these days, someone is going to get crushed, cutting in front at the last second like that.
I also hate lazy pedestrians who would rather risk life and limb crossing a street illegally, rather than walking a mere 20 feet to a legal cross-walk.
Back to drivers... SIGNAL WHEN YOU\'RE CHANGING LANES YOU FRACKIN\' MORONS!
Being a truck driver, at least some of the time, I really hate losing those 30 feet of braking space when I\'m driving a 5-ton truck that\'s loaded down with another 3 tons of stuff. One of these days, someone is going to get crushed, cutting in front at the last second like that.
I also hate lazy pedestrians who would rather risk life and limb crossing a street illegally, rather than walking a mere 20 feet to a legal cross-walk.
Back to drivers... SIGNAL WHEN YOU\'RE CHANGING LANES YOU FRACKIN\' MORONS!
mattsterbenz
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Employees at fast food restaurants that can\'t do simple math. For example, say the total is $3.17, I\'ll give them a $5 bill, a quarter, and two pennies. They usually just blankly stare at what\'s in their hand, and I will tell them what to give back to me.
Also at McDonalds, I will get the grilled chicken wrap without sauce. Most employees get confused and have to call their manager over because there are only buttons for ranch, barbecue, and honey mustard wraps on their keyboard.
People who tailgate me while driving. I will deliberately go slower, then slam on my breaks. If that\'s not enough to piss them off, I will speed up when they change lanes to pass me!
People who throw cigarette buts out of their car window. A friend of mine told me that someone in front of him did that once, and it hit his windshield, so he sped up and drove in front of the smoker, and proceeded to throw garbage out of his window. lol
I could go on and on.. I\'ll have to post again later
-Matt
Also at McDonalds, I will get the grilled chicken wrap without sauce. Most employees get confused and have to call their manager over because there are only buttons for ranch, barbecue, and honey mustard wraps on their keyboard.
People who tailgate me while driving. I will deliberately go slower, then slam on my breaks. If that\'s not enough to piss them off, I will speed up when they change lanes to pass me!
People who throw cigarette buts out of their car window. A friend of mine told me that someone in front of him did that once, and it hit his windshield, so he sped up and drove in front of the smoker, and proceeded to throw garbage out of his window. lol
I could go on and on.. I\'ll have to post again later
-Matt
Shawn R. L.
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There\'s a big one down in SanFrancisco. On the last friday of every month - and the police simply look the other way, probably with Gavin Newsom\'s approval - there\'s a group who call themselves Critical Mass. A bunch of self rightous bicyclists who get into a large group....VERY large group and proceed to ignore traffic laws, traffic lights, right of way and intentionally screw up traffic. Oh, and they wait till the height of rush hour to stage their \'protest\' of there being, in their opinion, too many cars. Impede ambulances and firetrucks??..........oooohh weeelll..........
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Yeah, that! Nasty, nasty, nasty.
I almost got had by a renegade dog-chodd the other day, good job it was raining and I was puddle-dodging at the time. Dunno how big the dog must have been, but someone (more than one I think...) had trodden in it and the whole street was covered in the stuff! The dog must have been positively elephantine!!!!
Nasty!
mattsterbenz
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Maybe it was Cromwell, the 22 stone Mastiff. Anyone else seen pictures of him? He\'s a monster! lol
-Matt
-Matt
People who spit out of their car window.
Colleague of mine nearly smashed up his Motorbike beacuse of that last week. He was lucky that the car behind him was travelling a great deal slower than the speed limit.
People who come into a coffee shop and see a long queue and then dump their bags onto a chair to claim it.
People who let mothers with pushchairs struggle with doors & escalators.
(*)Emo teenagers who complain that glueing a Dwarf to it\'s base is Too Hard.
(* That one happened to me when I was doing a painting demo. Kid was 19 and a 14 year old shot him down with \"Wanker\".
Was really hard for me to contain my laughter, ........so I didn\'t)
War Griffon
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People that are on their mobile phones whilst driving :cussing: Despite it being against the law the number of people still doing this is amazing.
Get a hands free kit FFS after all if they bought a decent phone the damn thing would come with one for free.
Get a hands free kit FFS after all if they bought a decent phone the damn thing would come with one for free.
Monkfish44
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people who work in shops that act offended or dickish when you ask them for something (like a bag).
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I am just praying for her sake, that he wasn\'t about to get randy....
darklord
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wasps, what are they good for? absolutley nothing!!
cats
people who drive in their own little world obliviouos to the rest of us
parents who dont care what their kids do
most british companies, adding fees on for everything then expecting you to pay even more for ringing them because the service is crap
politicians (generally)
tv shows where every five minutes they have to tell you what is coming on in the next 2 minutes
the price of kids shoes
food companies who fill theor products with crap then exclaim its ok as its got vitamin c in it
cats
people who drive in their own little world obliviouos to the rest of us
parents who dont care what their kids do
most british companies, adding fees on for everything then expecting you to pay even more for ringing them because the service is crap
politicians (generally)
tv shows where every five minutes they have to tell you what is coming on in the next 2 minutes
the price of kids shoes
food companies who fill theor products with crap then exclaim its ok as its got vitamin c in it
No Such Agency
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Being a cyclist, I generally like truck drivers
They tend to be very careful around cyclists, which is more than I can say for a lot of Expedition/F-150 driving yahoos. I guess that\'s what commercial driver training will get you./notices this turned into a \"bike thread\" quickly... lol
Necroghast
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Hummers, Escalades, and any other gigantic vehicles that really serve no purpose.
People that cross 3+lanes of traffic in 15 feet, all at high speed.
Bikes that don\'t follow the rules of the road. Yes, we to have had \"Critical Mass\" up here as well.
Morons that don\'t use their turn signals.
The whole Election Cycle. It\'s been almost two years already. Enough All Ready!
Heavy Bass. Thank you, but if I can feel MY car thumping/ vibrating from your bass, it turned up to high and is a hazard to you as well as me.
Bikes that don\'t follow the rules of the road. Yes, we to have had \"Critical Mass\" up here as well.
Morons that don\'t use their turn signals.
The whole Election Cycle. It\'s been almost two years already. Enough All Ready!
Heavy Bass. Thank you, but if I can feel MY car thumping/ vibrating from your bass, it turned up to high and is a hazard to you as well as me.
Amazon warrior
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Imo, any spitting (unless for some reason you just got a mouthful of dirt) is a disgusting habit. I recall waiting for a tram one saturday morning, and there were two identically dressed skin-head types in huge boots also waiting. Apparently, they both had colds or chest infections because they spat continually until the tram arrived- and it was very late. The sounds were foul, and by the time they got on the tram, there was a veritable pool of phlegm around the bench they\'d sat on. Bleuch!!!
Regarding things thrown from cars, I once got hit on the thigh by a half-empty beer can thrown from a car. It really stung.
