Pet peeve thread?

[JavaBrewer]

Originally Posted by URY914

Not to change the subject but let's talk elevators..........

PLEASE let me off the freakin' elevator BEFORE you start to get on. Thank you.

In his final years my Dad got around on a electric scooter. The assisted living facility had one elevator and Dad would always park right at the doors and completely block the exit for those getting off. The doors would open and he would just push his way in. Good times

[Baz]

Originally Posted by JavaBrewer

In his final years my Dad got around on a electric scooter. The assisted living facility had one elevator and Dad would always park right at the doors and completely block the exit for those getting off. The doors would open and he would just push his way in. Good times

Never met the man but I bet he was a hoot!

[Por_sha911]

https://lifehacker.com/5977586/speed-up-your-ikea-visits-by-going-in-through-the-exit-doors

Every Ikea is designed with psychology in mind. You enter and you're dropped in the showroom, where you're expected to browse mock-up rooms, sit on couches, and open shelves, eventually getting to the self-shopping area where you can pick up what you need. It's meant to disorient you and make you lose track of why you came in in the first place.

Going in through the exit door completely upsets the psychology. You're entering at the end of a carefully planned maze, making it easier for you to get back out. Plus, you're closer to the things you really want: computers to help you find specific items and the self-shopping section where you stop browsing and pick up the things you want.

[hcoles]

Originally Posted by Por_sha911

https://lifehacker.com/5977586/speed-up-your-ikea-visits-by-going-in-through-the-exit-doors

Good idea - I should have done that. Who would have thought you would have to have a strategy for entering a store. Maybe IKEA and Amazon are on opposite ends of the shopping spectrum.

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

That's the way it is with you museum people. Always up and down and down and up. It would make my head hurt.

Technically I should be using the stairs... ya know for that diet and exercise program I'm starting...
Tomorrow

[epbrown]

People that ask you a question, but have already decided what answer they want. A new girl at work asked how I made the productivity stats set for our department. I told her until you get a feel for things, you rush around like a maniac, but once you learn the products finding things goes quickly. "No, I mean, what's the trick? The shortcut?" "There isn't one - that's what I do." Eyes me dubiously. "Sure..."

It kills me how many people refuse to believe hard work could possibly be the answer.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by epbrown

People that ask you a question, but have already decided what answer they want. A new girl at work asked how I made the productivity stats set for our department. I told her until you get a feel for things, you rush around like a maniac, but once you learn the products finding things goes quickly. "No, I mean, what's the trick? The shortcut?" "There isn't one - that's what I do." Eyes me dubiously. "Sure..."

It kills me how many people refuse to believe hard work could possibly be the answer.

Yes, good one.

Patience is one of those virtues I have come to appreciate as an absolute essential in how to enjoy life better.

It's not easy though - I have my moments!

[epbrown]

Originally Posted by Baz

It's not easy though - I have my moments!

The work question I've got patience for - I have less for this conversation:

"Wow, you're in really good shape, man; what do you do?"
"I exercise for - "
"Oh. I don't have time for that."

WHY did you ask?! What other possible answer could there be? "Yeah, it turns out if you eat Taco Bell every day, three times a day, you actually get into shape!"

[Por_sha911]

Less than 1 second after the President finishes speaking, all the talking heads in the MSM rushing to start bashing what they didn't like. I guess they think that Americans are too stupid to understand what was said so they have to tell us what we should think.

One NBC commentator was throwing out slurs as the POTUS was about to speak and even kept speaking as the POTUS began his speech.

[OldSpool87]

When merchants sell things they don’t actually have and a follow up call reveals a 5 week delay.

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by scottmandue

I work at a museum and use the elevator a lot, never ceases to amaze me how people can't grasp this simple concept.



This ticks me off too, especially when they are in a turn lane and you are going on through the intersection to pass them then they start to swing into my lane.

Watch football last Sunday.
Peeve = Player that bounce around playing referee making hand signals indicating what they think the call should be.

Here people drive across the double yellow down the street leaving a good 6' of clearance between them and the parked cars. If you are that bad at judging distance, please don't drive. The buses are the worst. I could drive on their side between them and the parked cars, literally.

I also hate puling up to an intersection and find people cutting the corner into my lane and then give me a dirty look because I nearly hit them. People like this make me hope they are the first to get a self driving car so I can mess with it.

[Hawkeye's-911T]

^^^Geez - mark me down for that pet-pi$$-off. Too many ass-hats in their 4 x 4's & SUVs (at least around here) haven't a clue as to the actual place in space of their vehicles while they're 'supposedly driving' them. Also
to "flipper's" 2nd point - the incompetents who insist on making a right angled street corner into some sort of curve to be taken at speed. Another board member (don't have his name at hand) has suggested a driver's licence is just too damned easy to obtain - too true!

Cheers
JB

[URY914]

How about it when a guy posts about needing some advice and people respond over and over with the same replies. How many times do people have to respond with the same advice?

There is a thread like this going on now.

[Brando]

One that has recently surfaced for me at work: Micro-managers.

[rockfan4]

Pickup trucks without real snow tires should be banned north of the 40th parallel between November and March.

Stuck in traffic this morning because another idiot spun out and hit a guard rail and maybe another car. Blocked two lanes of traffic because he couldn't pull to the side after the hit.

[Bob Kontak]

I despise the gas station coffee cup lid systems.

You cant lift them off because they are tapered. You end up touching the ones below yours and the next person gets to put their lips on whatever you fingers have been in.

As well as I get about five sets of finger germs in my mouth from the peeps before me.

[Norm K]

Gas Station TV.

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[URY914]

Originally Posted by Norm K

Gas Station TV.

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Yes! I came here to buy gas. Not watch your ****** tv while I'm pumping my gas.

[ckelly78z]

There are 2 local gas stations that implemented the TV while you wait theme. I made sure to take my credit card inside so I could tell the cashier that as long as they blast advertisements at me while I'm filling my car, I won't be back.

[john70t]

Appliances that have completely symmetrical doors with no indication of which sides are handle/hinges.