Pet Peeves

[MKSinSA]

Dumbass.

And.. It annoys me when online retailers do not accept paypal.

It gets even better in Canada. My GF comes from there and from time to time we look to buy gifts online and have them sent to her mom's house. It is amazing that in 2009, you have to go through some convoluted phone/email process just to order online since there's so much that can't be shipped internationally. So few Canadian businesses even bother!

OHH and an uneducated adult rambling about world issues.

I guess that's about it that i can think of at the moment

This one just rankles. I've decided I no longer accommodate lies. During the election, I listened patiently to increasingly unhinged commentary masquerading as political thought. That lost to reason and should be relegated to the hinterlands of logic. So, I've sworn myself to no longer tolerate idiocy. Nice to hear someone else has as well.

 

[Surely]

I see this thread has been given a second life......


A new annoyance:
Irresponsible/lazy professors.

I had an exam yesterday. Last Tuesday in class, the prof. said that he would email everyone an exam study guide. I waited all week for the study guide, but it never came. So, on Friday night at around 7:30 pm (before I went out to dinner), I emailed him asking if he was still planning on sending the guide. Within 45 minutes, the study guide arrived. I must have given him an "Oh sh*t!" moment.....

He's late on emailing us our weekly assignments as well. A few times I ended up having to work on them over the weekend instead of on Thursday/Friday.

On the other hand, he is a good prof., but it still annoys me.

 

[farkasam]

1. Rednecks. Sorry, iMpathetic. I've lived in the middle of Oklahoma all my life and I still hate them.

2. People whose first language is English, but they don't know the difference between "their," "there," and "they're." Such as my high school BIOLOGY TEACHER.

3. People who use too many exclamation marks everywhere. The ones that put six of them after every sentence as if they're screaming everything they say at the top of their lungs. Such as my high school ENGLISH TEACHER.

4. People who use "u" and "r" everywhere when it takes about a quarter of a millisecond to type the extra two letters and not look like a moron.

5. Grammar nazis.

6. People who think that going to any website means you're "logging on" to that website.

7. Commercials that are twice as loud as anything else on TV. They think they're getting my attention by blowing up my speakers, but as soon as I hear one I just mute the TV and ignore it. YOU'RE LOSING MONEY BY MAKING YOUR COMMERCIALS SO FACKING LOUD.

8. BILLY MAYS! HE'S CONSTANTLY YELLING! HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO TALK NORMALLY, HE'S LIKE THOSE ANNOYING PEOPLE WHO USE SIX EXCLAMATION MARKS AFTER EVERYTHING!!!!!!

9. The fact that Billy Mays is getting his own TV show.

10. People who think arguments against Macs from about 1996 are still valid. "LOL MACS ONLY HAVE ONE CLICK LOL MACS R GAY"

Billy Mays is dead! (Really, look it up).

And my 2 cents: people who slow down for no reason when driving through tunnels.

 

[iPhone 62S]

People who use incorrect computer terms: "I'm shutting down" (when they're actually logging off), "I'm going to log off the computer" (when they are shutting down), "I'm downloading this" (when they're actually copying it from a USB key), "I'm logging off of the internet browser" (self-explanatory), etc.

 

[big_malk]

People who claim benefits from the government. I'm not going to elaborate on this one because it could become offensive, but I detest socialism in any form. It's not realistic.

I don't want to turn this into a political debate, but government handouts and socialism really aren't the same thing. Socialism is perfectly realistic, as long as every actually works and are content not being richer than others.

But yeah, I hate people who sit on the dole and just do nothing productive.
If you've lost your job and trying your hardest to get another, fine.
Not looking? Give us back our money!

 

[iPhone 62S]

I don't want to turn this into a political debate, but government handouts and socialism really aren't the same thing. Socialism is perfectly realistic, as long as every actually works and are content not being richer than others.

But yeah, I hate people who sit on the dole and just do nothing productive.
If you've lost your job and trying your hardest to get another, fine.
Not looking? Give us back our money!

On that theme, actually, the adverts about how the UK government is "going after" benefit thieves. Not only are the ads themselves annoying, but it's very hypocritical after the whole MP expenses thing (though TBH I do find them funny because of that ).

 

[bartelby]

Billy Mays is dead! (Really, look it up).

A quick google reveals he wasn't at the time of the post you quoted...

 

[Love]

Wal-Mart. Every thing about the place pisses me off. Maybe your Wal-Marts are different, but the ones near me are just awful. There are 40 checkout lanes, but only 4 of them are actually open. The people there are obnoxious and let their kids do whatever they want.
That, and I guess chewing loud annoys me.

Our Wal-Marts are like that too. I hate going there.

 

[-Ryan-]

I don't want to turn this into a political debate, but government handouts and socialism really aren't the same thing. Socialism is perfectly realistic, as long as every actually works and are content not being richer than others.

Government handouts in any form, whether it be through the NHS, Benefits system, universal education et cetera is simply redistribution of wealth, as that money is taken without an opt-out system from taxpayers. Therefore it is socialist in nature. You don't have to be an egalitarian to be a socialist. You could even be a conservative libertarian who believes in a social safety net and still be called a socialist. There is no getting away from the fact that we live in a socialist democracy, with a socialist economic system.
Also, your point on socialism being realistic, is then rebuked by the next point on everyone being content not being richer than others.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

 

[big_malk]

Government handouts in any form, whether it be through the NHS, Benefits system, universal education et cetera is simply redistribution of wealth, as that money is taken without an opt-out system from taxpayers. Therefore it is socialist in nature. You don't have to be an egalitarian to be a socialist. You could even be a conservative libertarian who believes in a social safety net and still be called a socialist. There is no getting away from the fact that we live in a socialist democracy, with a socialist economic system.
Also, your point on socialism being realistic, is then rebuked by the next point on everyone being content not being richer than others.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

My other peeve, people proving me wrong, it hurts to admit it when it happens

Still, I'd say our country is more capitalist than socialist, and going further that way all the time, such as the privatisation of water, electricity, parts of the NHS etc...

 

[-Ryan-]

My other peeve, people proving me wrong, it hurts to admit it when it happens

Haha, I'm a politics student and I work for a political party. What can I say.

Still, I'd say our country is more capitalist than socialist, and going further that way all the time, such as the privatisation of water, electricity, parts of the NHS etc...

I agree. I think the glamorous tint put on socialism at the end of the Second World War has all but faded. I think only recently have people only than Monday Club Tory's woken up and realised that having all these socialist 'luxuries' for the poor is wasteful, bureaucratic and expensive. Far cheaper to have lower taxes and everyone looking after their own, with only a small safety net at the bottom for the very poorest.

 

[Sun Baked]

My pet peeve ran away and got run over by a sewage truck.

 

[AndyCodez]

What's most annoying right now is the guy in my office eating (chomping), drinking (slurping with the o so good relax sound after drinking) and the cleaning out of his mouth with his tongue (Yes i can hear this as well. Makes me want to hurt people lol!

 

[Shotglass]

What's most annoying right now is the guy in my office eating (chomping), drinking (slurping with the o so good relax sound after drinking) and the cleaning out of his mouth with his tongue (Yes i can hear this as well. Makes me want to hurt people lol!

Sounds like my dad.

 

[designgeek]

I think he runs a bittracker now.

 

[michael.lauden]

Sounds like my dad.

sounds like 2/3rds of the people i know

 

[Signal-11]

And my 2 cents: people who slow down for no reason when driving through tunnels.

I speed up, depending on what I'm driving or riding. Some engines need to be heard echoing, screaming its way up a tunnel. Better than sex.

 

[Sir SpemzR]

Any noises while eating...i hate em with a passion

 

[InvalidUserID]

#1 - People who park in the middle of the street, in front of stores, everywhere BUT a legal parking spot but turn on the hazard lights. YOU BEING LAZY ISN'T AN EMERGENCY! Your hazard lights aren't a pass to park anywhere you want, even if its for a minute or two!

#2 - People who drive past a long line only to head to the front, turn on their turn signal and try to cut in front of everyone else who waited patiently. Do you do this at the grocery store, bank, shops, etc?

#3 - Guys with staring problems. Either give a quick look or if you are going to stare, do something about it.

 

[Surely]

#2 - People who drive past a long line only to head to the front, turn on their turn signal and try to cut in front of everyone else who waited patiently. Do you do this at the grocery store, bank, shops, etc?

Yes! I hate that! I never let that car cut in front of me.

#3 - Guys with staring problems. Either give a quick look or if you are going to stare, do something about it.

Maybe you're hypnotizing?

 

[-Ryan-]

#2 - People who drive past a long line only to head to the front, turn on their turn signal and try to cut in front of everyone else who waited patiently. Do you do this at the grocery store, bank, shops, etc?

People that complain about this don't seem to understand that you should let these people in, because both lanes should be used in equal measure, and then merge simultaneously so as not to cause a bottleneck. The people "skipping the queue" are the ones doing it right.

 

[r.j.s]

People that complain about this don't seem to understand that you should let these people in, because both lanes should be used in equal measure, and then merge simultaneously so as not to cause a bottleneck. The people "skipping the queue" are the ones doing it right.

Not in the US - here, it adds to the bottleneck they are trying to skip.

 

[heehee]

People who are never on time.

 

[TheVidEditor]

1. People who dont text you back for another 3 hours
2. People on youtube who ask how to get a directors account
3. People who think their 30 sec iMovie project deserves to be shown in theaters around the world, and should be renowned by Quentin Tarrentino

 

[Surely]

People that complain about this don't seem to understand that you should let these people in, because both lanes should be used in equal measure, and then merge simultaneously so as not to cause a bottleneck. The people "skipping the queue" are the ones doing it right.

I don't think that you understand.

In North America, there is one turn lane. If you want to turn, you need to be in that lane. If you're not in that lane, then you're in the next lane, which is meant to continue forward.

The people that InvalidUserID is talking about are the ones that know they need to be in the turn lane, but decide that they are more important than everyone else to wait in the line. So, they drive in the go-forward lane until they are almost at the turn, and then try to cut in. This causes a bottleneck. Those f'ers.