POST YOUR F*CKING PET PEEVES

[incompletejigsaw]

sabadabada said:I hate NYC bicyclists. Sanctimonious self righteous assholes. God forbid you ever step in a bike lane. Especially the ones that think that they can ride across the Brooklyn Bridge on a Saturday, when the bridge is loaded with tourists. They ring their stupid bells and yell "to your left...to your left" and act all pissed off that they can't ride 40 mph when they should know damn well that the bridge is going to be crowded with people who don't know about the bike lanes. In no other country do bike riders act like such pompus ass holes. And of course one of the benefits of singlehandedly saving the planet, is that you never have to obey a single traffic law yourself. Ride opposite traffic, down one way streets the wrong way, never stop for a red light.




DC bicyclists aren't on the same level as NYC bicyclists, but they do have their own issues as well. I hate when I'm driving downtown and from my left some cyclist enters the street with a full head of speed and expects me to brake on the dot so that he can merge into traffic. One time I didn't notice this cyclist merging onto the street and I was driving unaware that he wanted me to stop. Next thing I see some cyclist swerving right in front of me and when he goes to my right he yells and says, "Learn how to drive!" I told him, "Learn how not to be potential roadkill!"

 

[Records_Recycled]

People who use the word "vinyls"...

 

[cove]

incompletejigsaw said:


DC bicyclists aren't on the same level as NYC bicyclists, but they do have their own issues as well. I hate when I'm driving downtown and from my left some cyclist enters the street with a full head of speed and expects me to brake on the dot so that he can merge into traffic. One time I didn't notice this cyclist merging onto the street and I was driving unaware that he wanted me to stop. Next thing I see some cyclist swerving right in front of me and when he goes to my right he yells and says, "Learn how to drive!" I told him, "Learn how not to be potential roadkill!"




it's called "yielding" and "sharing the road"

 

[z_illa]

People who sit in the middle of an empty 3 seat bench on the bus or train, in rush hour.





People who stop immediately after exiting a door/elevator/escalator.





Tourists. I've got shit to do you day off having motherfucker.

 

[pickwick33]

z_illa said:.





Tourists. I've got shit to do you day off having motherfucker.




As long as they don't stand in my way when I'm rushing to get somewhere, cool.





During Labor Day Weekend, I was at a downtown Arby's. There were five people in front of me, all part of the same group.


YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL A TOURIST WHEN IT TAKES THEM FIVE MINUTES TO DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT AT ARBY'S. AND EVEN WORSE, THEY HAVE TO PONDER THEIR DECISION WHILE HOLDING UP A LINE.





Lordy, this isn't the epicenter of fine dining, it's only an Arby's! And they weren't from overseas, either, they were from right here in the States! Yet here they were, standing still, looking at the menu like it was the Eighth Wonder Of The World, and blocking the line's progress in the process. Seemed like they were a heartbeat away from whipping out binoculars and cameras. I expect to see more of this when the Xmas holidays kick in.

 

[incompletejigsaw]

cove said:incompletejigsaw said:


DC bicyclists aren't on the same level as NYC bicyclists, but they do have their own issues as well. I hate when I'm driving downtown and from my left some cyclist enters the street with a full head of speed and expects me to brake on the dot so that he can merge into traffic. One time I didn't notice this cyclist merging onto the street and I was driving unaware that he wanted me to stop. Next thing I see some cyclist swerving right in front of me and when he goes to my right he yells and says, "Learn how to drive!" I told him, "Learn how not to be potential roadkill!"




it's called "yielding" and "sharing the road"




Oh, I've yielded and shared the road with many cyclists before. At least in those instances the cyclists made hand signals signifying that they were trying to merge into traffic. This guy just assumed that he had the right to do so without making acknowledgment to the other drivers on the street. But that's not even the worst I've seen. I don't understand why cyclists want to ride AGAINST the traffic instead of WITH it.

 

[incompletejigsaw]

cove said:incompletejigsaw said:


DC bicyclists aren't on the same level as NYC bicyclists, but they do have their own issues as well. I hate when I'm driving downtown and from my left some cyclist enters the street with a full head of speed and expects me to brake on the dot so that he can merge into traffic. One time I didn't notice this cyclist merging onto the street and I was driving unaware that he wanted me to stop. Next thing I see some cyclist swerving right in front of me and when he goes to my right he yells and says, "Learn how to drive!" I told him, "Learn how not to be potential roadkill!"




it's called "yielding" and "sharing the road"




Oh, I've yielded and shared the road with many cyclists before. At least in those instances the cyclists made hand signals signifying that they were trying to merge into traffic. This guy just assumed that he had the right to do so without making acknowledgment to the other drivers on the street. But that's not even the worst I've seen. I don't understand why cyclists want to ride AGAINST the traffic instead of WITH it.





I stand by the statement so much that I've stated it twice.

 

[bassie]

z_illa saideople who sit in the middle of an empty 3 seat bench on the bus or train, in rush hour.










I'm not familiar with your city's transit - is there no room left on either side of the person then?





People do some dumb-ass shit on transit without a doubt, but it is possible to turn some of it around with some communication. Folks just not willing to talk or ask for what they want is a peeve.


There are a myriad reasons why someone may choose to sit on the aisle in a two-seater or maybe the bus was empty when I got on, I zoned out and left my bag on the seat next to me....a simple "excuse me" or "can I sit down" or smile even goes a lot further than stomping by all huffy or glaring. Use your words!!

 

[pickwick33]

bassie said:z_illa saideople who sit in the middle of an empty 3 seat bench on the bus or train, in rush hour.










I'm not familiar with your city's transit - is there no room left on either side of the person then?





People do some dumb-ass shit on transit without a doubt, but it is possible to turn some of it around with some communication. Folks just not willing to talk or ask for what they want is a peeve.


There are a myriad reasons why someone may choose to sit on the aisle in a two-seater or maybe the bus was empty when I got on, I zoned out and left my bag on the seat next to me....a simple "excuse me" or "can I sit down" or smile even goes a lot further than stomping by all huffy or glaring. Use your words!!




Most folks will silde over on those benches if they see someone wants a seat.

 

[z_illa]

pickwick33 said:bassie said:z_illa saideople who sit in the middle of an empty 3 seat bench on the bus or train, in rush hour.










I'm not familiar with your city's transit - is there no room left on either side of the person then?





People do some dumb-ass shit on transit without a doubt, but it is possible to turn some of it around with some communication. Folks just not willing to talk or ask for what they want is a peeve.


There are a myriad reasons why someone may choose to sit on the aisle in a two-seater or maybe the bus was empty when I got on, I zoned out and left my bag on the seat next to me....a simple "excuse me" or "can I sit down" or smile even goes a lot further than stomping by all huffy or glaring. Use your words!!




Most folks will silde over on those benches if they see someone wants a seat.




I believe "pet peeves" have an element of pettiness to them. This is an issue that really has no effect on me but annoys the hell out of me. Most of the time I already have a seat and like Pick said if someone comes and needs the seat most people will move. It is the arrogance maybe obliviousness that gets to me. You are going to move if you sit in the middle. So don't sit there.





Today a woman in front of me waited for 3 stairs to go by on the escalator before she stepped on. You should never have to break stride to step onto an escalator. I'll give you a pass on a slight pause, but that was ridiculous.





Every day I encounter at least 2 people who it seams are traveling through a revolving door for the first time. Get over it. I've got places to be.

 

[sabadabada]

z_illa saidickwick33 said:bassie said:z_illa saideople who sit in the middle of an empty 3 seat bench on the bus or train, in rush hour.










I'm not familiar with your city's transit - is there no room left on either side of the person then?





People do some dumb-ass shit on transit without a doubt, but it is possible to turn some of it around with some communication. Folks just not willing to talk or ask for what they want is a peeve.


There are a myriad reasons why someone may choose to sit on the aisle in a two-seater or maybe the bus was empty when I got on, I zoned out and left my bag on the seat next to me....a simple "excuse me" or "can I sit down" or smile even goes a lot further than stomping by all huffy or glaring. Use your words!!




Most folks will silde over on those benches if they see someone wants a seat.




I believe "pet peeves" have an element of pettiness to them. This is an issue that really has no effect on me but annoys the hell out of me. Most of the time I already have a seat and like Pick said if someone comes and needs the seat most people will move. It is the arrogance maybe obliviousness that gets to me. You are going to move if you sit in the middle. So don't sit there.





Today a woman in front of me waited for 3 stairs to go by on the escalator before she stepped on. You should never have to break stride to step onto an escalator. I'll give you a pass on a slight pause, but that was ridiculous.





Every day I encounter at least 2 people who it seams are traveling through a revolving door for the first time. Get over it. I've got places to be.




Once at the NY Public Library Main Branch, I was coming in the revolving door and some guy was coming out and half way in, he stops to talk to the guard and I pushed the door pretty good and squished him up against the door frame. So when he gets, he's giving me a dirty look while we each spin through, and I just said, "who the fuck stops halfway into a revolving door."

 

[Siskin]

Those revolving doors are scary though. Imagine if your head went in, but your body didn't (or vice-versa).





My pet peeve on public transport is anyone conversing loudly with colleagues. It's always about work. I think: there is a good reason I didn't choose marketing as a career.

 

[sabadabada]

People who get to the top of or bottom of a flight of stairs and then stop.

 

[bassie]

Siskin said:





My pet peeve on public transport is anyone conversing loudly with colleagues. It's always about work. I think: there is a good reason I didn't choose marketing as a career.




Last year, a loud guy on the morning rush hour bus did a reference check from his cell on someone he had interviewed for a job. He used her full name and identified the job he was interviewing for. People were totally flabbergasted and were staring daggers at him, but he carried on oblivious. That route carries a lot of government workers and my co-worker did an check on her name in the internal phonebook as soon as we got in to warn her (awkward!!), but she wasn't in there.

 

[sabadabada]

bassie said:Siskin said:





My pet peeve on public transport is anyone conversing loudly with colleagues. It's always about work. I think: there is a good reason I didn't choose marketing as a career.




Last year, a loud guy on the morning rush hour bus did a reference check from his cell on someone he had interviewed for a job. He used her full name and identified the job he was interviewing for. People were totally flabbergasted and were staring daggers at him, but he carried on oblivious. That route carries a lot of government workers and my co-worker did an check on her name in the internal phonebook as soon as we got in to warn her (awkward!!), but she wasn't in there.




There is a pretty notorious one about a partner of a major lawfirm talking about lay-offs, which in big-firm law was (at least at the time) unheard of on an Acela and someone overheard the conversation and tipped off the gossip site Above the Law, and so people at the firm learned about the impending layoffs that way. Big scandal.





http://abovethelaw.com/2009/02/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-new-yorkor-pillsbury-associates-brace-yourselves-/

 

[pickwick33]

bassie said:Siskin said:





My pet peeve on public transport is anyone conversing loudly with colleagues. It's always about work. I think: there is a good reason I didn't choose marketing as a career.




Last year, a loud guy on the morning rush hour bus did a reference check from his cell on someone he had interviewed for a job. He used her full name and identified the job he was interviewing for. People were totally flabbergasted and were staring daggers at him, but he carried on oblivious. That route carries a lot of government workers and my co-worker did an check on her name in the internal phonebook as soon as we got in to warn her (awkward!!), but she wasn't in there.




That's why I could never carry an involved conversation on a cell phone while in transit, or in a public place. I'm sure others have mastered it, but I could never do it. If I'm on a crowded train, the extent of my conversation will be: "I'll be there in ten minutes," or something. Never anything more involved than that.

 

[street_muzik]

I hate it when people make an issue out of the word "vinyls". Really? You're life is that good that all you can do is cry about the word "vinyls"? I'm going to start using it to annoy anal retentive people like that.

 

[bassie]

I think it might be time for me to retire to a remote island.





I was about to get to work this morning and I saw a girl get hit by a cyclist. It was on both of them. He whipped around his corner at top speed (in a bike lane) and she did not look around her at all and stepped off the curb mid-block. She flipped over the front and landed on her face and tumbled. The cyclist landed on his shoulder and basically came out easy. Her nose is broken, as are her front teeth and her face, arms, legs scraped up and bruised. She is really cute and would not take her hands away from her face ???my face???my face??????. We kept telling her, it???s not that bad, and it really isn???t. I work near hospital row and it happened that one of the people there was a nurse. The nurse asked a few good questions and concentrated on getting in touch with a family member off the girl???s phone. There was another woman there and she bugging the shit out of me. She started feeling the girl???s nose and I asked is she was a doctor ??? No.


OK ??? So you probably shouldn???t be doing that.


Also, she kept hugging and holding her. I???m thinking, WTF are you doing? We have no idea if she???s hurt anywhere else and you don???t know this person. She is hurt, not public property. I finally said I think you need to give her some space and she didn???t back off. Whatever.


Am I projecting? Why did it bug me so much that this woman was crowding this girl? I mean I guess she was being comforting, but it was so untoward.

 

[Horseleech]

street_muzik said:I hate it when people make an issue out of the word "vinyls". Really? You're life is that good that all you can do is cry about the word "vinyls"? I'm going to start using it to annoy anal retentive people like that.




This is a pet peeve thread, not a 'what's the biggest issue in my life' thread.

 

[Almond]

bassie said:I think it might be time for me to retire to a remote island.





Am I projecting? Why did it bug me so much that this woman was crowding this girl? I mean I guess she was being comforting, but it was so untoward.




Sometimes people just want to feel like they are helping even though their presence doesn't make much of a difference. I feel really bad about her broken nose and teeth : (. My beautiful friend had some dental damage from a bike accident that took some good time and money to fix. A couple of damaged teeth really detracted from her appearance and I'm glad she got them repaired if even just for vanity.