Pet Peeves

[Raphael]

OK,

In the 'Share your wisdom thread we were getting a little off topic with our pet peeves. So I thought I'd start a dedicated thread.

Here it is. Tell us what really winds you up.

Here's my first...

Probably only a Brit thing but... the word 'valet'. The pronunciation of this word as it is written, as in sounds like 'to let' rather than 'to lay' has become standard in this country and is soooo infuriating. I hear it all the time; "I'm gonna git me car va-let-ed at t' weekend'. Arrrgh! it disgusts me.

I once worked at an advertising agency that produced many many adverts for a car sales company. I was once asked to produce a job vacancy advert for a 'valeter' as in someone whe va-lets cars. I tried explaining that the word didn't exist, that the word they were looking for was 'valet' (va-lay) but was met with blank looks. I stood in the middle of the studio and bawled my production manager out for being "an ignorant butcherer {spelling deliberate} of both the English and French languages." I believe I left their employ about 3 months later.

I often lament at the common ignorance of my fellow countrymen and their lack of ability to use their own (admittedly stolen) language.


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[Silky]

Ooooooh pet peeves! I know I have lots but I doubt I'll be able to post them all at once. I'll start with one of my pettest peeves....speeding drivers.

Now, I'm the first the admit that there are times when I do speed. I'd be lying if I denied it. However, one of my pet peeves is speeders, who burst up behind you and get sooooo close to your rear fender that you can tell what the driver had for lunch because you can see it still stuck in his beard...and then the bastard honks his horn and looks all exasperated because YOU aren't speeding too! So, my solution to this type of road hog...I slow down. I usually try to slow down alongside another car in one of the other lanes so as to box the speeder in...which exasperates him all the more.

Speed all you want, but don't get pissed off when others don't speed along with you.

I'll think of more pet peeves...this'll have to do for now. :)

Great topic, Raphael!

[Scott]

You mean it's pronounced valet there and not valay? That is odd :)


Pet peeves.... let's see....

XPress... not "Quark." Quark is the company not the program.

People doing 25 in a 45

People in a service industry that can't count money. go to a convenience store with a young man or woman behind the counter. Get items totaling $6.60 and hand them $21.60 and they give you this dumbfounded, lost gaze.

People who drive with no working brake lights.

[Raphael]

[QUOTE=Silkenfairy]So, my solution to this type of road hog...I slow down.[/QUOTE]

The way I see it Sil, you need to leave a safe braking distance between you and the cars around you. So if the car behind rides your bumper then you HAVE to slow down in order to make the distance they leave safe. ;)

I thought this thread would be popular, LOL.

Next...

[Silky]

Expounding on Jolt's "no working brake lights"....people who REFUSE to use their turn signals really tick me off! Come on people, we can't read your mind....you've gotta let us know which way you're going, which lane you're merging into, which parking space you're headed for!

Something else I hate...telemarketers in general...but especially telemarketing places who have a computer dial your number and when you answer the phone you have to say hello 10 times before someone actually picks up the phone on their end to speak to you. I say hello once, if there's no reply, I hang up. If they keep calling, I'll eventually wait until someone actually does pick up on their end, and then that poor soul gets a very LARGE piece of my mind!

[Scott]

Tooo.... much... negativity....

Time for an "ahhhhhh" break...

[Silky]

Awwwwwww....but don't stop the flow, Baby! I'm on a roll! If I unload it here, you don't have to hear it later....:D

[blix]

I'm with Silky, too many to list here!

Speaking of getting things into "the flow," here's one of mine:

GUYS: wipe the freakin' seat if you make a mess!

-B

[Silky]

Oh I'm totally with you on that one, b...:)

Another thing...if you use the last sheet...REPLACE THE ROLL! No one wants to get in there...sit down...and look over to see the empty roll hanging there. It tends to make me want to put a new roll in there and then take it with me when I leave, just so the offending party can be stuck in the same predicament. :)

[blix]

LOL! That's funny.

Even worse, they leave you with the last crumpled, glued and good for-nothing, sorry excuse for a square!

-B

[Scott]

I ALWAYS make it a point to leave 1/2 a square.

[blix]

Take note of that Silky! :D

-B

[Silky]

Yeah...I'll be watching that, blix...:)

Another pet peeve...people who take the juice/milk/kool-aid out of the refrigerator, using all but the last 1/8 of an inch in the bottom of the pitcher, and then put the pitcher BACK in the refrigerator! If you get it down that far...or even far enough so that there's not at least one glass left...MAKE SOME NEW JUICE! Don't eat all but one chip from the bag and leave the bag in the cupboard, don't take all but one of the cookies out of the box and leave the box in the cupboard...sheeesh, use the last one and throw the package out!

See...told you I had a lot of peeves...:)

[Dave]

[QUOTE=Silkenfairy]Yeah...I'll be watching that, blix...:)

Another pet peeve...people who take the juice/milk/kool-aid out of the refrigerator, using all but the last 1/8 of an inch in the bottom of the pitcher, and then put the pitcher BACK in the refrigerator! If you get it down that far...or even far enough so that there's not at least one glass left...MAKE SOME NEW JUICE! Don't eat all but one chip from the bag and leave the bag in the cupboard, don't take all but one of the cookies out of the box and leave the box in the cupboard...sheeesh, use the last one and throw the package out!

See...told you I had a lot of peeves...:)[/QUOTE]Nice to know you're eating all the right things .... chips, cookies and high fat/sugary drinks too! :)

[blix]

[QUOTE=Dave]Nice to know you're eating all the right things .... chips, cookies and high fat/sugary drinks too! :)[/QUOTE]

Good call, Dave! LOL!

Silky have you seen or heard that bit by Bill Cosby? I was about to tell in my last post, but couldn't do it as eloquently as you did, so I ditched it. He goes on a whole rant about the orange juice! It's hilarious!

-B

[TrinityOfOne]

Hmm, my peeves generally centre around the misuse of English, particualrly on the interweb, namely;

[color=#990000]The use of 'Text message' abbreviations when typing, hell, I never use them when I am sending SMS messages, let alone when I'm on a real keyboard!

Apostrophe abuse!

Misuse of ambiguous words (they're/their, you're/your, etc.)[/color]

There are probably more but I'll only get all wound up :)

[blix]

Dude... i m soooooo wit u on dat 1. ppl shuld chk da dictionary B4 posting!


Name that tune:

"...And I don't care how they spell things on the internet. When you email me you spell the whole word out."

-B

[Silky]

[QUOTE=blix]Good call, Dave! LOL!

Silky have you seen or heard that bit by Bill Cosby? I was about to tell in my last post, but couldn't do it as eloquently as you did, so I ditched it. He goes on a whole rant about the orange juice! It's hilarious!

-B[/QUOTE]

I haven't heard that, b...but I love Bill Cosby! He's so REAL in what he talks about! :)

[Happy]

My most current pet peeve: At work we have a parking garage. You know, a large building built for cars to drive into and park. Daily I am annoyed by people walking - slowly - in the middle of the car lane. Not only that but the dirty looks because your car is in thier way. It really isn't that hard to walk closer to the parked cars.

And speaking of the parking garage. It has five floors. So one has a choice of taking the stairs or the elevator. Why can't anyone be polite and hold the elevator for someone that is less than four feet away from the doors.

[Silky]

Ooooooh, another pet peeve! Driving around and around and around in a parking lot, looking for a decent place to park, and watching as some healthy young thing comes bopping out of the store with his/her friends and goes to get in their car, which is parked in a Handicapped spot! I think way too many friends/family of legitimately handicapped people use the parking sticker for their own benefit! It really ticks me off!

Wow, it's great to get some of this stuff off my chest. :)

[Taz]

My pet peeve is when I drive really fast and get to someone's backend and they don't speed up and just slow down instead. ;)



No really, I'm a speed freak when I drive.

My pet peeve involves bathrooms as well. At work there's 5 urinals, and 3 stalls. It bugs me to no end when guys use the stalls only to pee when there's 5 urinals all free. Because face it, guys can't aim worth squat. God forbid we should flush too. (And when I say we, I don't mean me.)

[Raphael]

Why do women ALWAYS leave the seat down after they pee, it's soooo infuriating to have to keep lifting it up all the time, then they have the cheek to complain when you leave it up ready for your next visit. ;)

[TinCupid]

[QUOTE=Raphael]Why do women ALWAYS leave the seat down after they pee, it's soooo infuriating to have to keep lifting it up all the time, then they have the cheek to complain when you leave it up ready for your next visit. ;)[/QUOTE]


Ditto Raphael!!!! ;)

[Silky]

[QUOTE=Raphael]Why do women ALWAYS leave the seat down after they pee, it's soooo infuriating to have to keep lifting it up all the time, then they have the cheek to complain when you leave it up ready for your next visit. ;)[/QUOTE]

I can tell you why I not only leave the seat down, but the toilet lid as well...because there's nothing I hate more than walking into a bathroom and being able to see inside the toilet. It really doesn't matter how clean it is, it's just the idea of it....:)

[YMS]

Re Leaving the seat down:

Hopefully, the seat/lid is left down while the flush is going on, for the sake of hygiene! (Just recall for yourself those pictures of captured sneezes and the millions of droplets sent flying - multiply that for the fallout from a flushing toilet...ugh.)

By all means do whatever with the seat and lid after the contained flush!

(I am the lone female in the household, when daughter isn't visiting, so leave it all up for the sake of husband and son - hmm, am I letting the female side down with that little admission?)

[Silky]

[QUOTE=YMS]Re Leaving the seat down:

Hopefully, the seat/lid is left down while the flush is going on, for the sake of hygiene! (Just recall for yourself those pictures of captured sneezes and the millions of droplets sent flying - multiply that for the fallout from a flushing toilet...ugh.)

By all means do whatever with the seat and lid after the contained flush!

(I am the lone female in the household, when daughter isn't visiting, so leave it all up for the sake of husband and son - hmm, am I letting the female side down with that little admission?)[/QUOTE]

Oh my! I never even considered that the flush is as "hazardous" as a sneeze! No more lid up flushing for me....LOL!

As for leaving the seat and lid up for the men, it's sometimes easier to do that, than to try to train them to do the opposite. Men aren't always as receptive to this type of conditioning as we women are...:)

[Scott]

I'll put the seat down as soon as you women start putting the seat up when you're done! I can't tell you the number of times I've had splashing all over my knees.

[YMS]

No more lid up flushing for me....LOL!
Mwhahaha (however it's spelled!) - another convert to the contained flushers sect...

[Silky]

[QUOTE=YMS]Mwhahaha (however it's spelled!) - another convert to the contained flushers sect...[/QUOTE]

I do have one question though, Y...

What about public restrooms? I have visions of standing as far away from the handle as possible...reaching up with my foot to flush...and then bolting quickly from the stall before any of those germs come flying out of the bowl! Any tips on what to do in this situation? :D

[TrinityOfOne]

[QUOTE=Silkenfairy]I do have one question though, Y...

What about public restrooms? I have visions of standing as far away from the handle as possible...reaching up with my foot to flush...and then bolting quickly from the stall before any of those germs come flying out of the bowl! Any tips on what to do in this situation? :D[/QUOTE]

Wear a SARS mask? :D

[Silky]

[QUOTE=TrinityOfOne]Wear a SARS mask? :D[/QUOTE]

Maybe they'll create something like the sneeze guard that they have for salad bars...only in reverse...:D

[TrinityOfOne]

[QUOTE=Silkenfairy]Maybe they'll create something like the sneeze guard that they have for salad bars...only in reverse...:D[/QUOTE]

Something that sneezes at you? :)

[blix]

[QUOTE=TrinityOfOne]Something that sneezes at you? :)[/QUOTE]


LOL!!! Trin, you are on a witty roll these days! I love it!

-B

[burndog]

[QUOTE=Silkenfairy]I can tell you why I not only leave the seat down, but the toilet lid as well...because there's nothing I hate more than walking into a bathroom and being able to see inside the toilet. It really doesn't matter how clean it is, it's just the idea of it....:)[/QUOTE]

I'm with you on this one 100%. It was tough enough to train my wife, but now with two kids I have learned that one of my small missions in life to be the lid closer, and boy do I wash my hands alot.:(

[Silky]

[QUOTE=burndog]I'm with you on this one 100%. It was tough enough to train my wife, but now with two kids I have learned that one of my small missions in life to be the lid closer, and boy do I wash my hands alot.:([/QUOTE]

^5 from one lid closer to another (after a good hand washing, of course)! :)

[burndog]

Well, I do not mean to put an end to toilet talk, but my pet peeve is people who adopt pets (especially dogs) and then leave them chained up outside. The cat we have now was found when it was -30, it was all covered in iceballs and I doubt it would have made it through the night. We checked aroung with the neighbours describing the cat and we found the owner, and he said "Oh, that's Fluffy, she's our outdoor cat" We told him where we lived, and he never did come to pick here up...a good thing I suspect. I hope he does not own any outdoor children.