UGH! I hate this. My social studies teacher is horrible for spelling mistakes. He just doesn't know how to spell and his writing is near illegible.
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UGH! I hate this. My social studies teacher is horrible for spelling mistakes. He just doesn't know how to spell and his writing is near illegible.
- When your house mate can't go anywhere with out his mobile. That includes taking it into the shower and answering and sending sms. YES PATHETIC!
- When your in the car and the person that is driving has to read a sms / type one
UGH! I hate this. My social studies teacher is horrible for spelling mistakes. He just doesn't know how to spell and his writing is near illegible.
I had a history teacher like that back in high school, but he was fun about it. He would let us make fun of him whenever he spelled something wrong so it didn't bother me. And the plus side is, he would never take off points for spelling on written tests or essays.
Interesting that most of the posts on here are driving related!
To follow that trend, I have noticed a lot of pedestrians now walk along with loud music playing in their ears. You might think this would make them take extra care when crossing the road. Apparently not.
I'm going to agree on the undertaking issue. Very annoying if you are trying to merge into the left lane in slow or heavy traffic and someone is trying to undertake you at the same time. Also annoying if people are moving really slowly in the right hand lane. Move back over dammit!
Lastly (not driving related) any sentence that starts "Going forwards..."
To follow that trend, I have noticed a lot of pedestrians now walk along with loud music playing in their ears. You might think this would make them take extra care when crossing the road. Apparently not.
I'm going to agree on the undertaking issue. Very annoying if you are trying to merge into the left lane in slow or heavy traffic and someone is trying to undertake you at the same time. Also annoying if people are moving really slowly in the right hand lane. Move back over dammit!
Lastly (not driving related) any sentence that starts "Going forwards..."
I can't stand it when journalists start a new paragraph with "Which..." when in fact the sentence fragment that follows is supposed to be part of the previous paragraph, making its final sentence fragment a coherent sentence with all of its proper parts! It makes for longer sentences, to be sure. We have several journalists in our family, and I'm told that this is done to "dumb down" the writing. They assume some of their readers can't follow long sentences, so they're willing to make the rest of us roll our eyes.
I have a new one....
People who give their kids stupid names, or give their kids normal names with stupid spellings.
Like people who name their kids things like Prada, or Aryan Nation, or La-a (Ladasha).
And if you want to name your kid "Jennifer" then name her Jennifer. This whole "Well, we spell it Ghinniphfer" thing is just ridiculous. We get it, you want to be original. But you are just sentencing your kid to a lifetime of having to correct their name being spelled wrong.
People who give their kids stupid names, or give their kids normal names with stupid spellings.
Like people who name their kids things like Prada, or Aryan Nation, or La-a (Ladasha).
And if you want to name your kid "Jennifer" then name her Jennifer. This whole "Well, we spell it Ghinniphfer" thing is just ridiculous. We get it, you want to be original. But you are just sentencing your kid to a lifetime of having to correct their name being spelled wrong.
1. People who take ages to start moving when the traffic lights turn green.
2. People who can't move their index finger an inch to push the indicator stalk to signal their intentions to turn or change lane.
3. People who don't stay in the leftmost lane when driving on a motorway/dual-carriageway (assuming you drive on the left of course)
4. People who do anything possible to skip a queue of traffic, such as driving along the wrong lane and then joining the queued lane at the top, thus jumping in front of the queue.
5. People who are stupid enough to let the above people in front of them at the top of a queue of traffic. I will sit an inch behind the person in front in order to stop someone doing it to me but of course the person in front will happily let any car in. Grrrr!
6. Rubberneckers. Is it really necessary to slow to a crawl when you pass the police having pulled someone over. What are you really going to see? A policeman talking to the driver? Wow!
7. BMW Drivers, usually because they do all of the above.
8. People who use the word 'impact' to mean 'affect' and 'differential' to mean 'difference'.
9. Stupid 'I'm an idiot but if I use these phrases people will think I'm clever' such as 'think outside the box', 'Can we park that idea?'.... you know, the usual business bulls%%t.
Oh, and the obligatory 'People who touch my screen with their grubby greasy fingers!'
2. People who can't move their index finger an inch to push the indicator stalk to signal their intentions to turn or change lane.
3. People who don't stay in the leftmost lane when driving on a motorway/dual-carriageway (assuming you drive on the left of course)
4. People who do anything possible to skip a queue of traffic, such as driving along the wrong lane and then joining the queued lane at the top, thus jumping in front of the queue.
5. People who are stupid enough to let the above people in front of them at the top of a queue of traffic. I will sit an inch behind the person in front in order to stop someone doing it to me but of course the person in front will happily let any car in. Grrrr!
6. Rubberneckers. Is it really necessary to slow to a crawl when you pass the police having pulled someone over. What are you really going to see? A policeman talking to the driver? Wow!
7. BMW Drivers, usually because they do all of the above.
8. People who use the word 'impact' to mean 'affect' and 'differential' to mean 'difference'.
9. Stupid 'I'm an idiot but if I use these phrases people will think I'm clever' such as 'think outside the box', 'Can we park that idea?'.... you know, the usual business bulls%%t.
Oh, and the obligatory 'People who touch my screen with their grubby greasy fingers!'
Actually, thats a law here in the states. If you see a cop pulled someone over, you must move to the next lane to give a one lane buffer, and if that lane change is not possible, you must go under 10MPH past the cop.
Im being serious. Its called the "move over law" and often times there will be a cop unrelated to the pulling over that is there to make sure that law is observed. If not, there will be 2 pulled over vehicles.
I learn something new every day
But here it's just people being too damn nosey for their own good...Slow drivers and drivers who dont indicate
People who say, "I could care less".... It doesnt mean what they mean it to mean.... it should read, "I couldn't care less"...... It annoys me more than anything else on the internet.....
People who post things in insignificant message boards like: "Well, Apple, ive bought your products for years, and im sorry it had to end like this, but your getting none of my buisness from now on...."
Like any company will read it and if they did that they would care about some kid on the internet
Loud eaters.... etc etc
People who say, "I could care less".... It doesnt mean what they mean it to mean.... it should read, "I couldn't care less"...... It annoys me more than anything else on the internet.....
People who post things in insignificant message boards like: "Well, Apple, ive bought your products for years, and im sorry it had to end like this, but your getting none of my buisness from now on...."
Like any company will read it and if they did that they would care about some kid on the internet
Loud eaters.... etc etc
well thats partially true "in some states". Maybe in your state that is the law, but in other states...it wouldnt be too safe for drivers to slow under 10mph on the highway haha.
normally its just if you see a pulled over cop..just push over a lane, if you cant...oh well..use caution..its not slow down to 10mph and have the guy behind you slam right into you. The purpose of the law isnt really to fine people or pull people over but it allows the courts to tack on a charge against people who are involved in those horrific accidents when they run into a police cruiser on the side of the road. In many cases, the person would get away with it because he could argue well the cop was basically half in the lane and I thought he was moving or something lame like that etc. and there wouldnt be an explicit law that said you must push over.
@iOrlando.
I know its law in my state of GA. Ive had many friends pulled over for it, and they have lost in court.
I agree its somewhat silly, but I believe it is to keep the officer safe, which is understandable.
Oh, and GA is a no-fault state. If a guy hits you behind your driver's side doors, its his fault. No exceptions. He was following too close.
I know its law in my state of GA. Ive had many friends pulled over for it, and they have lost in court.
I agree its somewhat silly, but I believe it is to keep the officer safe, which is understandable.
Oh, and GA is a no-fault state. If a guy hits you behind your driver's side doors, its his fault. No exceptions. He was following too close.
i dont doubt your claims...but for many laws...(such as cellphone laws)...many charges are simply added on to the suspect after a crime or incident occurs. So if a guy does hit a cop car, the additional charge can then be added on after the fact..and if it looked like a cellphone was in use..throw that into the mix. All of this simply equals more revenue for the states...through fines.
there are always other motives behind laws and actions...
Haha, in GA, if you were on your cell phone, the accident is automatically your fault. I think the only worse thing is if they other guy was impaired (alcohol, etc).
Guy hits you head on? You were on your cell, not paying attention.
Silly GA.
in texts//online in general when someone types "u," "y," "r," "idk" and the other little things that make texts more convenient to write. i don't know if i'm alone on this but it bothers the hell out of me.
1. People who say Tescos instead of Tesco.
2. People who can't walk fast
3. People who are fat
4. People
2. People who can't walk fast
3. People who are fat
4. People
People who drive through the drop off lane at my daughters school, then park in the lane, get out of their car, and walk their child to class.
