Everyday Pet Peeves

March 17, 2022, 08:38 AM

V-Tail

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Originally posted by Flash-LB:
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Originally posted by coachB:
Jackwads parking in handicap spaces who are not handicapped or transporting a handicapped passenger.
But how do you know if they're handicapped or not? I've met a number of people who can't walk very far who appear to be perfectly healthy.

Living in Florida, we have an ample allotment of elderly folks, so I see this one over and over again, multiple times / week:

Healthy young female (strange, but I have never seen a dude do this) pulls into a handicapped parking slot and jogs into the store, leaving a grandparent in the passenger seat.

The handicapped parking tag clearly is for the grandparent, who does not exit the vehicle.

March 17, 2022, 08:44 AM

SIG4EVA

Chewing with your mouth open or smacking gum. Drives me insane.

March 17, 2022, 09:01 AM

1s1k

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Originally posted by Elk Hunter:
My 34 year old grandson, medically retired from the army has been living with my wife and me for 5+ years. Leaves his crap scattered all over the place, sleeps the oddest hours I have ever seen. He uses more clothes in 1 day than I do in a week, and my wife does his laundry. He must change his clothes 4-5 times a day, if not more. He seldom, if ever, closes one of the interior doors here in the house, my garage/workshop looks like a tornado blew thru it, parts, used oil, tools, etc. scattered all over the place. I spent nearly an hour yesterday looking for an extension cord, which I eventually found in the "apartment" he has established in my/our basement. If I make any negative comments about him or his actions to my wife she gets very defensive of him.

You win so far. That’s a very tough situation that would grate on me. If someone is kind enough to give you a place to live you better make it easy for them.

March 17, 2022, 09:29 AM

Jim Shugart

Mexican restaurants not issuing spoons.

I wanna put salsa on my beans and have to find a cupped corn chip. Then I forget that it's the chosen one, eat it, and have to repeat the process. Very exasperating...

March 17, 2022, 10:08 AM

Elk Hunter

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Originally posted by flashguy:
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Originally posted by 1s1k:
Sunday I took a trip with my wife about an hour and a half away. I usually just get in the fast lane and cruise. Not sure why this always happens but I counted 9 drivers who stayed in front of me with no one in front of them and as soon as I move over a lane to pass they jump in front of me. WTF?

I don't tailgate but they saw me coming for the last two miles or so knowing full well I'm going faster than they are. They definitely see me because they move immediately after I do so they are watching the rearview mirror.

My wife was even amazed. Towards the end I would make a slight move to the right and immediately moved back into the fast lane which was now wide open.

When I'm cruising in the fast lane I keep an eye on my rearview mirror and move over before the faster moving car is right behind me. Then I get in behind them and let them go on their merry way. I don't care if I'm driving 85mph. If someone wants to drive 95mph have at it. I'm out of their way before they have to even adjust their speed.
I drive like that, too. I'm always aware of what is happening behind me and attempt to avoid being in someone's way.

flashguy

Same here!!

Elk

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The Idaho Elk Hunter

March 17, 2022, 10:24 AM

1s1k

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Originally posted by Elk Hunter:
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Originally posted by flashguy:
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Originally posted by 1s1k:
Sunday I took a trip with my wife about an hour and a half away. I usually just get in the fast lane and cruise. Not sure why this always happens but I counted 9 drivers who stayed in front of me with no one in front of them and as soon as I move over a lane to pass they jump in front of me. WTF?

I don't tailgate but they saw me coming for the last two miles or so knowing full well I'm going faster than they are. They definitely see me because they move immediately after I do so they are watching the rearview mirror.

My wife was even amazed. Towards the end I would make a slight move to the right and immediately moved back into the fast lane which was now wide open.

When I'm cruising in the fast lane I keep an eye on my rearview mirror and move over before the faster moving car is right behind me. Then I get in behind them and let them go on their merry way. I don't care if I'm driving 85mph. If someone wants to drive 95mph have at it. I'm out of their way before they have to even adjust their speed.
I drive like that, too. I'm always aware of what is happening behind me and attempt to avoid being in someone's way.

flashguy

Same here!!

I don’t know how you guys picked it up but I got it from years of motorcycling and reading a few articles about it. It’s slightly safest to travel a little faster than traffic in the left lane. You pretty much only have to be concerned with cars you are catching in the lane to your right.

When I’m on my motorcycle and haven’t made it to the fast lane and I’m surrounded by cars going all different speeds I’m paranoid because I could get tagged from any direction.

March 17, 2022, 10:30 AM

pace40

Why do they bother to put perforations in toilet paper and paper towels when they just rip anyway.

March 17, 2022, 11:09 AM

NavyGuy

People (women) in line at a checkout counter (grocery store mostly) that wait for the checker to announce the total before starting to dig in their purse for, you guessed it, their check book, then need to back again when asked for DL.

March 17, 2022, 11:31 AM

Snake207

People who feel the need to Facetime or talk on speakerphone in public .

Car dealerships that put their logo on the back of a vehicle crooked.

March 17, 2022, 12:35 PM

V-Tail

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Originally posted by NavyGuy:

People (women) in line at a checkout counter (grocery store mostly) that wait for the checker to announce the total before starting to dig in their purse for, you guessed it, their check book, then need to back again when asked for DL.

And the coupons. Don't forget the coupons, some of which are expired and need to be discussed. She's also math-impaired, in the express lane and can't count to ten.

March 17, 2022, 01:13 PM

64dodge

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Originally posted by Snake207:

Car dealerships that put their logo on the back of a vehicle crooked.

I'll take it a step further and just say dealers that put any advertising on the back of my car.

I always tell them I charge $500.00 per month to fly their colors on my car. Cut me a check for the first two years in advance and we're good to go. No takers yet.

March 17, 2022, 01:15 PM

Ryanp225

When talking about the capacity of an autoloading pistol adding "...plus one" after the mag capacity.
No fucking shit you moron. EVERY single one of them is plus one. Just tell me how many the mags hold.
Fucking assholes.

March 17, 2022, 01:16 PM

dave7378

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Originally posted by PHPaul:
Lazy assholes that leave shopping carts all over the parking lot. Usually three slots down from a cart corral.

Oh yes, drives me nuts.

March 17, 2022, 01:17 PM

V-Tail

quote:
Originally posted by 64dodge:
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Originally posted by Snake207:

Car dealerships that put their logo on the back of a vehicle crooked.
I'll take it a step further and just say dealers that put any advertising on the back of my car.

I always tell them I charge $500.00 per month to fly their colors on my car. Cut me a check for the first two years in advance and we're good to go. No takers yet.

Last car I bought, we did a walk-around inspection before I wrote the check. Found one of the dealer ID thingies, told them that was a deal breaker.

They said it would be taken care of while I was doing the paperwork.

Nope, I'm not going to do any paperwork until I see a clean vehicle, no advertising junk.

March 17, 2022, 01:54 PM

YooperSigs

We have the technology to shoot a tiny robot to Mars. Once the tiny robot lands, it drives around and sends back live TV of Mars. Amazing!
But we apparently have no technology that eliminates me waiting at a red traffic light when there is no crossing traffic.

March 17, 2022, 03:28 PM

flashguy

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:
We have the technology to shoot a tiny robot to Mars. Once the tiny robot lands, it drives around and sends back live TV of Mars. Amazing!
But we apparently have no technology that eliminates me waiting at a red traffic light when there is no crossing traffic.

That technology definitely exists, I call it "demand-response" signals. The problem is that those enhanced signals are expensive and not used in a lot of places; and sometimes they just don't work as designed.

flashguy

March 17, 2022, 03:42 PM

Hildur

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Originally posted by Snake207:

Car dealerships that put their logo on the back of a vehicle.

Fixed it for you. I remember the first new car I bought they put an ugly dealership nameplate on the trunk, despite me specifically asking them not to put it on, and it was ugggggly!

Down here in PR I can't stand the beggars/panhandlers. It's one thing if the person begging really needs it and doesn't have the means to earn an income (think of someone who is disabled in a wheelchair, lost a limb or has some mental illness). But there are professional panhandlers who speak Spanish and English and are at the intersections from 7am to 4pm daily like clockwork. If it rains they hit the plaza where the supermarket is and panhandle there. If they put that kind of effort and planning into a getting and keeping real job they'd be off the street in no time.

March 17, 2022, 03:56 PM

flashguy

^^^^^ Unfortunately, that situation is not limited to Puerto Rico--it's in every large city here. Some of them rake in several hundred Dollars a day, a lot more than a minimum-wage job would yield. I don't give them any money. I know that probably some of them are legitimtely begging, but I can't tell which ones they might be.

flashguy