New Year, new pet peeve thread
 

Yeah I know, I should've started this in January but the mood strikes me now so here goes.

Smelling SBDs in a crowded or confined space. The next time I smell someone's stinky fart on BART, in an elevator or airplane, I'm gonna go postal.

Haphazardly loading a dishwasher. My wife is good about this but her mom and sisters are something else. Knives pointing up, dishes every which way and big pots taking up the precious little space. I appreciate them helping out but if yer gonna load up the dishwasher like that, just leave it for me.

Lastly, some high maintenance chick decided to apply nail polish while sitting in the middle seat next to me on Southwest Airlines last week. I asked her, OK not so politely, to cut it out. I mean, come on, has she not ever been by a nail parlor? All the Vietnamese girls are wearing masks and the door is left wide open so they can pollute the atmosphere. I like to see nice nails on a pretty girl but I'm not dying for it.

I know you guys have some pet peeves so let's list them for 2010.

Did she polish all nails and then give you the finger or did she do it right away????:D:D

Did she polish her nails with liquid Sarin Gas?? Why would it be lethal or anywhere near as unhealthy that it would kill you after a few whiffs??

I dunno, but I think I guess she might have thought you were over-reacting....

I have no pet peeves except that everyone who drives in front of me should go faster than me or move over...

(Who is BART and why are people farting on him???)

BART = Bay Are Rapid Transit...

This year sucks so far...

idiots that do not use turn signals is high on my list right now

people that are oblivious to the people around them

People not using two spaces after a period in technical writings.

Is it still 2 spaces?? I thought it was changed to one?

pet peeve threads...again. ;)

For term papers, thesis papers, emails, and other things using mono-spaced fonts, it is a must.

For things like typeset books and this forum, not as big of a deal.

I've been told that because of word processors, that the 2 space thing is unnecessary. I think the theory is that word procs use some sort of dynamic spacing. I still hit space twice at the end of a sentence.

people that are intolerant of others.

I guess that I am old school. I was taught that a period & a full colon required 2. Always. I looked it up . . .

"The Bottomline: Professional typesetters, designers, and desktop publishers should use one space only. Save the double spaces for typewriting, email, term papers (if prescribed by the style guide you are using), or personal correspondence. For everyone else, do whatever makes you feel good."

from: About.com: Desktop Publishing

I will continue using 2.

Ian

You seem kind of sensitive.

The dishwasher thing is a little annoying. I often get in and rearrange the dishwasher when I load stuff, but it's not as big a deal now that the only people in the house are me and the wifey. We make fewer dishes so we'll often run a more lightly loaded dishwasher.

Women with too much perfume. Men with too much cologne. It's freakin' horrible to shake hands with some sort of salesman and then have your hand reek of cologne until you can wash it. I hate to get into an empty elevator just to have the perfume of the last woman who got out haunt me until I get out.

People that hit their brakes for no reason.

RUBBERNECKERS and Left lane bandits

I Hate people like that!

People that forget that the world is full of intolerant idiots that are armed with concealed weapons, automobiles, ACLU lawyers, HR weenies, and WMD.

Me? I prefer to use razor-sharp wit. Most people don't even ralize the encounter was a personal fail until much much later (when I am out of range of all the above). If I want to be as nasty as they are, I'll resort to the phrase.. "What did you have for lunch? You reek of it."

As far as the space thing is considered. Some moron came out with this format called APA (which has infiltrated almost all higher learning organizations as the regulation), where they try to save as much unnecessary space as possible. Therefore, all puntucation gets only one space. Very stupid...and a hard habit to break now that I'm going back to school. I still use two spaces all the time...and then have to go back through my papers to change it all to one.

People :D Especially the grammar, punctuation, spelling, and space nazis

"In memory of" plastered on every other car's back window...

Sorry for your loss, but I don't know you, I don't need to empathize, it's depressing and a little crass...

Jackholes that interrupt. I no longer acknowlege their interruption. I wait, say "now that you are through interrupting me" and then go on with what I was saying.

Yeah it has pissed a few people off but after I explain how rude it is and that it basically says what I am saying is irrelevant to them they get the picture.

Groveling bag-lickers in the film business (in Vancouver).
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This is related, but not really a pet peeve... more of a "what were you thinking?" Those ads in the paper... I think they're usually in the obit section... that have a photo of "the departed" and say stuff like...

Tyrone, you've only been gone a year,
but it seems like yesterday you were still with us.
We miss your smile, your humor, and everything about you.
Mama and Daddy are doing okay and wish you weren't gone
so you could come to their 40th anniversary. We love you.
Bobby, Shari, Dell, Clyde, Keesha, Teri, Tink, and Larry

I didn't know newspapers were part of the afterlife.